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africa cup champions, return home to a huge celebration. ah, western fears of a potential russian invasion of ukraine has leaders scrambling to find a diplomatic solution in washington president joe biden, host of the german chancellor, olaf schultz bite, and warned russia of tough economic measures, including blocking a crucial gas pipeline project to germany. our white house correspondent, kimberly. how could reports u. s. president joe biden and german chancellor, olaf schultz sat down in the oval office for their 1st white house meeting, attempting to put on a united front to state. the obvious germany is one of america's closest ally,

working on walk step further deter russian regression. your biden statement follows weeks of criticism. the germany has been vague in its supportive nato allies. schultz is also fighting accusations. he's been soft on russia, as it's a mass, tens of thousands of troops along its border with ukraine. but the biggest concern might be the issue of nord stream to a contentious $11000000000.00 natural gas pipeline. being built between germany and russia. germany relies and russia for natural gas, and even though nord string to is not yet operational, if russia invades ukraine, the u. s. insist nordstrom to must stay dormant, but germany has been non committal until monday if russian vase that means tanks of troops crossing the on the border of ukraine. again,

there are no. there will be we, there will be no longer a nor stream to we will bring it in. will you commit today to turning off and pulling the plug on north string through. as i already said, we are acting together. we are absolutely united and we will not taking different steps that answer may not be enough for republicans and democrats in the u. s. congress who railed against shorts for failing to increase troops to nato, or send lethal weapons to ukraine. biden pushed back on the criticism of his german counterpart. there's no need to win back trust. he has a complete trust of the united states. germany is on one of the most important allies in the world. there is no doubt about germany's partnership with united states. none, the german chancellor is expected to travel to ukraine and russia next week to build on white house discussions. it's diplomacy aimed at averting a russian invasion of ukraine. kimberly held can al jazeera the white house. edward

joseph is an adjunct professor at johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies. he explains why biden and shoulds differ in the way they discuss the consequences of a potential washed invasion. let's remember that the reason for sholtes to come here was affirmatively to demonstrate that germany is a reliable ally. so that's the context he doesn't come here in a posture of disagreement with washington. he comes here in an effort to assure up the alliance and shaw american of faith and to push back against doubts expressed here in the u. s. and in europe as well, about germany's commitment and 2nd, the way i read this press conference and nordstrom to the all important question. nordstrom to is that i see it that by then and sholtes have agreed on a formula for dealing with towards dream 2, in which it is biden who emphatically,

without any question, says this project will be terminated, it will be ended, not just suspended, but ended. if russia invades and shots, yes, dodges the answer because that's the agreed formula. sholtes doesn't say nothing. he says we're in full agreement with united states for shots to come out. and state that domestically in germany is highly problematic. he's just taken over in december in this unprecedented 3 party coalition. and there are formal agreements and formal constraints within that aunt as part of the coalition agreement about what germany can do to support ukraine. and obviously there's divisions within germany in the business community. and let's remember the former german chess or care hud shredder is basically in the hands of the russians on this. he's just been appointed to the head of gas prom after representing rosena, french president. mario mccoy is to the travel to ukraine on tuesday for talks. he

praised ukraine's president followed him as a landscape a day earlier in moscow for showing great self control. that was after a 5 hour meeting with russia's leader vladimir putin, which both sides said was constructive out as who as torso jabari reports from moscow meeting as if old friends, after 2 and a half years apart, reunited in moscow. russian president vladimir putin, clearly happy to see his french counterpart, emanuel micron finally face to face. the 2 leaders spoke briefly in the kremlin before meeting behind closed doors were emerging after several hours. but could you please briefly duleigh our talks with macro according to tradition. we're businesslike, useful, and substantive. we have good understanding that macro visited russia to speak about global and european security questions for which supporting our country's as permanent members of the united nations security council, especially responsible for the french president firmly positioning himself as the

peacemaker. in the middle of this crisis. the palm, yet i demoted innocently. the 1st element is the necessity to work. pressed to avoid escalation, let growing tensions increase the risk of seeing a brutal deterioration of continents balance of power and stability in that would be no one's interest. because disorder and instability would be in the interest of neither europeans known to. russian spoke to continental president emanuel mac rob will be traveling to care from moscow, where he will haul talks with ukraine and officials. as international diplomacy continues, the russian military's preparing for war games with neighboring bella roost. the exercise is called allied resolved. and as the biggest russian military deployment to bel roost since the end of the cold war, the russian military buildup includes nuclear capable bomber patrols, as well as s $400.00 error defense system. and across beller,

uses western border in neighboring poland. there are now nearly $1700.00 us troops as part of the pentagons efforts to bolster nato forces. ukraine's army is also getting ready for any eventualities. they have been carrying out drills of their own while the military preparations continue. a diplomatic roadblock remains. moscow still insisting on limiting nato's further expansion. a demand still being refused by the united states. dorsey jabari al jazeera moscow tougher restrictions being brought back in hong kong as it battles reco cove. at 19 cases, chief executive terry lab announced that new measures including the closure of religious venues and new limits of public gatherings. some yacoma getting adams on the given this severe pandemic. i have to publicly accept that. we have to go back to this most stringent level. we will be introducing a ban across timely gatherings, even in private, and will increase a penalty for those who don't comply with the compulsory testing requirements. if

they don't comply, the fine will now be doubled. a triple detail with brit credits, whose life for us in hong kong. what else to carry alarm announced today. brit was he heard there adrian, a huge range of restrictions and for dues. they will now be benz on, on a certain gatherings in the, even in the household, which is something that we haven't heard before. we do know that jim's and, and basel already shot now, places of worship will also have to be closed and hassan's little. so i have to be closed, but interestingly enough, there is a huge emphasis on vaccine pauses. so you will need to prove that you've had a vaccine to went to wet markets and shopping malls and soup markets as well. that how we haven't seen that kind of thing introduced at such a huge level in hong kong before. so certainly alarm from carry a lamb just there. we know that vaccine levels just aren't where officials want

them right now. the at around 80 percent for fully vaccinated, but if you look at people over 70, it's still hovering at around 30 percent, which exposes the most vulnerable people in the city. and that's what authorities have said time and time again. we're also suffering hair, a supply shortage when it comes to fruit and vegetables. often truck drivers who came across the border tested positive, so they've now reduced the number of truck drivers delivering goods to the city. and that's triggered some paddic by hair. and many of the soup markets around the fruit and vegetable sections. many of those shelves were bare today. but certainly the emphasis and the message from kerry lamb is the same. we are sticking on this no tolerance approach to coded 19 that hasn't changed. harry lam say i be across the board of the ground on officials have offered health when it comes to manpower. if the hospitals become overwhelmed, if there was a problem, a, in terms of the quarantine facilities becoming overwhelmed as well,

that's much to this may of the, the business community here they've increasingly pushed to, for a relaxation of the border measures. the quarantine measures here say that these kind of strict border controls jeopardize the city status is a financial hub and could trigger an exodus. but certainly, we don't know whether there will be some kind of mass city wide lock down, like we've seen across the border in places like she on. but here, as you can see behind me, it's quite a busy testing center. there are more than 60 of these scattered around the city, and i've never seen them this pack the cues, grap right around the corner, and people here have been here for hours. so certainly this is triggering some kind of a panic here in the city. some concern you look at the numbers around 600, may not seem that high when you look at other places in the world, but certainly this is uncharted territory for people here in hong kong for credit reporting like that from hong kong for it. many thanks, indeed,

a government advisory panel in malaysia is cooling for borders to be reopened from the beginning of next month. it says the travelers should no longer have to go through compulsory quarantine. the laziest borders have been shot for nearly 2 years now. i was here is florence louis house ball from corner logo data analysis by malaysia's health ministry projects. the number of new covert 19 cases could reach 22000 by the end of march. as the health minister puts it, the only con, waive is here. but malaysia is better prepared, better protected, the very high vaccination rate in the country. around 98 percent of adults are fully vaccinated, while around 53 percent have gotten that booster jobs. and the government recently started vaccinating children above the age of 5. now majority of the cases are a symptomatic or mild, but the government says it's prepared in case there is a search in the number of cases that require hospital care. it's reactivating

a cove at 19 task force. this is a committee that's able to take quick action, including ordering the building of field hospitals where necessary. now the government says it's not going to impose stricter conditions and it's not planning to suspend schools for the time being. but it has advised employers to allow staff to work from home when possible, and to avoid face to face meetings where they're not necessary in a bit to cub the spread of the corona virus. so to come on out of here, a hate he is prime minister, reject cause to step down. his term ends racing. she has a further instability mapping the ice flow. we look at why new research could be bad news for communities that depend upon glasses. ah, ah, look forward to burritos,

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the record $39.00. so we're getting mighty close there. here's an update on tropical cyclone bat, sir i over open waters but still heavy rain for northern sections at madagascar. also heavy falls in the forecast for southern angola, western namibia. but it's a sunny pitcher in cape town with a hive 28 degrees on tuesday. ceasing oh, the weather sponsored by cats are always the world of high frequency share trading, exposed. i had this engine that was basically trading. i could have lost $30000000.00, was a terrifying experience. how artificial intelligence has raised the stakes and risks on the money market? this market go faster, faster. we're opening up the possibly finance building for no money bought on al jazeera. ah

ah, again, this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news this. our western leaders are scrambling to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis between russia and ukraine and meetings with the german chancellor. the u. s. president warned moscow of economic punishment if it invades french president mariel mclaren is due to travel to ukraine for tea. on tuesday for talks, it follows a meeting with russia's leader vladimir putin on monday, which both sides said was constructive and tougher restrictions being brought back in hong kong. as it battles wrinkled coven 19 cases, public gatherings will be limited to people. fines for those failing to comply will be doubled. to more than a $1000.00. the corruption tron of israel's former prime minister has been delayed

after allegations of illegal spy way used by police on monday and it's ready. newspaper reported that officers had hacked the phones of benjamin netanyahu. son and his associates, protested business leaders, and cabinet ministers are also said to have been targeted using the israeli made pegasus spyware. finest enough of the bed as has promised an inquiry, beany on their positive pegasus. these seibert tools are intended to fight terror, intended to fight crime, severe crime there were knight attempted to be used against citizens. we will, i should to check the matter in a transparent, profound and swift way. because all of us, the citizens of the state of israel, as the ministers of the government, to all the system, we all deserve answers, a witless sin benjamin netanyahu. corruption tron is believed to be among those targeted by the spyware williams, a whole him do not. you flew, this is

a black day for the state of israel without referring to my issue, which of course has wide implications. i think this case concerns all citizens of the country. not right, not left. all citizens of the country, without exception or something inconceivable has happened to hear more or less from our zera's hurry force that who joins us now live from west to rue slim harry any further clarity on how this might affect netanyahu's trial. will you heard from benjamin netanyahu? they're saying, aside from my issue, this is something that affects all israelis. and of course, that is something that it is giving people pause for thought the, the allegations of this kind of wide spread abuse of this very powerful cyber hacking tool into the phones of a very wide range of people. however, as far as his lawyers are concerned, this is something that they are very much trying to use to their advantage already before these latest revelations came out. there was this one very significant

witness against netanyahu. the former director general of the communications ministry, i thought were very close associate of netanyahu. there were questions as to whether the allegations that his phone had been drained in this way could affect his testimony, which was originally scheduled for next week. now we have netanyahu's, son, and other very close associates, also being drawn into all this prosecutors so far have been saying that any use of this software is separate from the investigation that the allegations against the, the charges against netanyahu have been based upon. but certainly they will have to try to, to prove that. and so his lawyer lawyers are saying that this has to be properly investigated and that it does potentially pose a threat to the, to the validity of the trial going forward. a walk. well, the, the commission of inquiry that not fully bennett announced, need to sort out well, it is,

i suppose 2 things. the sheer extent of the names in this list that was published by this sir, this business newspaper, calculus on monday morning. the fact that every one from former heads of government ministries to mares to activists on both left and right of israeli politics were brought into this. but also the fact oldest the allegation that the police weren't as they had been saying, seeking proctor judicial approval for each use of such technology that essentially they were going on expeditions, trying to see what they could find on phones and, and building cases around them. the police have been denying at least that part of it, saying that they were only acting in proper criminal investigations. however, the, the broadness of these allegations are extremely serious. and that is what this inquiry will have to try to sort out out 0 hurry force of their lives in west richland,

harry, many facts campaigning is officially begun in the philippines for an election in may, which will choose a successor to president rodrigo, to tape those vying for the job include the son of a former leader, as well as a retired boxing champion general alan dorgan reports from manila. on the 2022 presidential campaign is one of the most contentious in recent philippine history. opinion polls suggest bobo marcus, junior, the son of former president for den marcus is the head. his father was overthrown by a popular revolt in the 1980s. for years, his family has been using social media to rewrite history. he's facing disqualification cases before the commission on an election visit vice president lenny roberto is leaving the fight for the opposition. before joining politics, roberto was a human rights lawyer and a development worker whose campaign theme radical love has garnered white support.

but her biggest challenge is how to counter the large scale this information attacks against her sen, pine to relax on has the longest experience in government, out of all the presidential candidate father. he was the chief of police and is served more than 10 years in the senate, but many question is human rights record. and his push for a controversial anti terror law. manila, mary scott, and his story is quintessentially filipino as a boy scavenged for food before becoming an actor. his position as manila mayor has made him a formidable candidate, but many think he may not be ready for the presidency. just like renowned boxer mine, he buckled the witness says was like in his boxing career, it will be god once again. who will help him be the way to become the next president? this year's election will be no different patronage politics remain rooted in the

country. his electoral system, most candidates, are using their popularity, family connections and money to get elected. but the fight for the highest post in the land is also seen as a test for the kind of values the voters would seem important. democracy benefits and thrived from this kind of diversity. and that kind of polarization will be reflected in the way the presidential campaigns through their messages. the online world is the public sphere and that online world is easily manipulated. election day is on may 9, and although it is just a few months away, presidential elections here have historically been quite difficult to predict. but whoever wins will have a huge jump ahead of them. issues including the pandemic, unemployment, regional relations and drug violence will all lead their undivided attention,

jamal alan dog and al jazeera anela. haiti is bracing for more political chaos after the interim. prime minister refused to step down ariel on re to power of the assassination of president juvenile noise. in july, monday would have been the end of moiz his turn on while rob, hello, reports. security forces are on high alert. in puerto prince criticisms are growing over prime minister arielle on re who has led haiti since the assassination of president of nel. molly's last year for over staying his mandate as interim leader . ha, ha, ha ha. all on re has no legitimacy to organize elections and no legitimacy to govern the haitian people cannot cope any more with this current situation, though, on re counts on broad political support from the international community. he's sparked a controversy for saying he has no plans to step down until the country holds new elections room for both sides. you. we must achieve good,

nonpartisan elections without fraud and without handing out money. oh, violence of you loss. opposition groups are vying for a shot at filling the power back you left after the marie's assassination. one group known as the montana accord, have elected their own interim president and say, the current ruling government should be rendered unconstitutional. i think that the montana agreement is the best that, that people, haitian to vote can have in their hands to the because after prison moiz that we did not have any way to have a constitutional, you know where to succeed. mr. moore is adding to the crisis, created by molly's is death. last july, haitians are still reeling from a devastating 7 point to magnitude earthquake in august and most recently, heavy rains that have left thousands of homes under water. while an investigation into who ordered the killing of haiti's late president remains unresolved crimes

like kidnapping and extortion. linked to worsening gang violence in the countries capital have only grown in the north java. exceptional, we are in an exceptional situation of institutionalized violence in our criminal to, has emerged in the country at kidnapping cases. that also means there are set acts in regards to human rights in 2021. that is what we have verified. and one of the examples that we can put forward is the case of the assassination of president chanel moist. dathan waffle dc analyst. more in the insecurity and crippling economic conditions that have plagued the caribbean nation for years are likely to only worsen as this latest chapter. in haiti's political crisis drags on manuel rap, hello al jazeera spanish energy company reps all says that it's nearly half way through the clean up of an oil spill on the coast of peru. it's hard more than 2000

people, including fishermen to clean up beeches near the capital lima. but marine conservationists say the response has been too slow. officials estimate but 18000 square meters of beach on perused. pacific coast have been affected by last month's bill. mountain grass is holding less ice and fresh water than expected. that's according to a new atlas, developed by researches in france and the u. s. no. wow, that's good news for the fight against rising sea levels for communities that depend upon the glasses. it's bad news. julian wolf explains these mountain glaciers contain less fresh water than originally thought. and that doesn't just mean a loss of natural beauty. it puts the fresh water supply for millions of people at risk. it's easy to just focus on the impacts. oh, i love song tourism because those of us in the west and we'll visit glasses systems as a later activity. but actually people who live around them and actually downstream

from the more important they depend upon them as a buffer the amounts all to the answers, the river systems from which they irrigate that crops and drink high resolution satellite images have allowed scientists to more accurately calculate how fast the glacier is moving, the foster it moves, the thinner it is, and the less water it contains. that might mean the world. sea levels might not rise by quite as much as originally thought. what you have to keep in mind is that there still you does not include the greenland and the undocked tick ice sheet, who in the long term will be the major drivers of sea level rise. and just looking at the total volume of the ice, she compare to the glaciers. if all and dotted with males, it has the potential to increase the seat of a rise by more than 50 meters, which is way more than the 25 centimeters for from the glaciers.

countries around the world are struggling with disappearing glaciers. peru is investing in desalination to make up for the loss of fresh water and chilly hopes to create artificial glaciers in the andes. but that won't be enough. we don't want all the glasses to belt. we want to last as long as possible. and the fact that there's 20 percent less i store the mounting glasses if nothing else changes means that they'll disappear 20 percent sooner. we don't want to be in a situation where there's no ice left on it. we want to preserve the ice on the earth and now overnight becomes a more difficult challenge, a challenge those most affected hope, the world will accept. join wolf out as the chinese tennis star punch wife has made a rare public appearance at the winter olympics. she was seen speaking to io see president thomas bark at the freestyle skiing in beijing has been conserve our well being out. she accused a senior chinese official of sexual assault and

a social media post and then disappeared from public view. but interview with a french newspaper, she says the post was misunderstood. there's been a huge welcoming party of his cellar girls football heroes. they brought home the africa accommodations for the 1st time after beating egypt to the penalty shootout . it's the biggest triumph in senegal. sporting history and the victory parade of the capital background brought tens of thousands of on the streets. the government declared a national holidays on the footballers president mackie sal cut short a trip abroad to welcome home the place mm mm.