active when everyone is protected, it is not play, being nationalistic about this. you just look at it in a very different way. say that perspective men and men meeting each other and they don't have any pollution. let me get put it clear for you. this analogy 0. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call hand will, but you can use in current affairs that matter to years. ah, french president to mateo mclauren arrives in kia for talks his efforts bill to find a diplomatic solution over the crisis of ukraine's border. ah, oh, i'm adrian finnegan. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up, spying on its own citizens. more fall out in israel,

of the accusations that police use spyware to target politicians and business leaders. hong kong imposes strict measures to combat a reco rise, improve at 19 infections. a wide open field campaigning gets on the way in the philippines for candidates vying to become the next president. ah, america may so russian and ukrainian forces, they're all in place and seemingly ready for conflicts. but still the hunt for a diplomatic solution goes on. the french president has just arrived in ukraine after a trip to moscow. on monday, you as president joe by host. java is charles le, olaf. sholtes biden is wanting russia of tough economic measures, including blocking a crucial gas pipeline to germany will stop the report on that from our white house correspondent kibbler good for you as president joe biden. and german chancellor,

olaf short 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 between germany and russia. germany relies on russia for natural gas. and even though nordstrom too is not yet operational, if russia invades ukraine, the u. s. insist nordstrom too,

must stay dormant, but germany has been non committal until monday if russia invades 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 norse tube to we will bring an end when you commit to day to turning off and pulling the plug in 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 is no need to win back trust. he has a complete trust of the united states. germany is on one of our most port now lies

in the world. there is no doubt about germany's partnership with the 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 hell kit al jazeera, the white house, as we reported french president obama, crohn is now in ukraine. he's holding talks with ukraine's president, a lot of me at zalinski. on monday in moscow, he praised zalinski for showing great self control. amid the tension with russia, that was after a 5 hour meeting with russia's leader vladimir putin, which both sides say was constructive. you could cuz you don't put in multicast. sure, it's a dispute president who has assured me of his willingness to engage in logic and of his desire to maintain these balances of initiative and in particular with regard to the stability and territorial integrity of ukraine. again,

the next few days will be decisive and will obviously require deep discussions that we will pursue together on it as it has been in prison. bitch don't lose. no, but you get what i see a president micron considered it necessary to come to russia to exchange views about how to proceed from here. it's too early to speak about a number of his ideas. i consider it possible that they could serve as a basis for further steps. we will see how microns meetings will go, what we agreed, that after his visit to the ukrainian capital, we will have a call and exchange views on the matter. we have correspondence on both sides of the story. in a moment. we'll go to dawson jabari who's in moscow for us, but 1st, let's get the latest from keith with hotter abdel, hamid's order president a cron. is there one of the expectations from today's meeting? well the meeting is underway or at the moment i think the president michael will be briefing for president zalinski on that 55 hour long meeting he had in moscow.

ah, and what was discussed with president good. now when he arrived, he had some base short comment which would indicate that a rush hour president put in would have agreed not to have any further escalation. we don't know much more about that, but certainly that is one point they would discuss during their meeting. one could also imagine that em presidency lensky will bring up the issue of germany and germany's positioned ukraine, being very frustrated with germany, a lack of support when it comes to providing defense. a do many so far has been providing only helmets and a field hospital that actually the german foreign minister at today is visiting in eastern ukraine. if you recall, yesterday she was supposed to meet the presidency landscape. that was, it was cancelled at the last minute. official reason being scheduling issues, but as we understand it,

presidents lensky was frustrated because of germany's position when he comes to that no stream pipeline and alana, barbara de german foreign business minister having refused, apparently to as say publicly, what would happen to that to that pipeline and if they were a military escalation would germany and keep it offline, as it is at the moment or not, what is it that european leaders are looking for amid this flurry of diplomacy? that's on the way. what is it president mcroy was very clear about it. yesterday in moscow he said that this is a european issues about the future of europe. it's about the security of europe. and you can see very clearly that the french president certainly wants europe to have a leading role in this crisis, and not to be overshadowed by oldest statesmen, is coming out of the white house. i don't think it's much of

a coincidence at both mike hall was in, or whether in moscow at the same time that the german chancellor all of scholes was in a washington d. c. meeting with president biden. there has been a thinking among europeans that there was a certain frustration that may be the white house was thinking too much of a lead that they were kept out of the picture. for example, do during those crucial meetings between u. s. secretary of state anthony blinkin and the german and the russian foreign minister rather sergey a love rav. well, mcroy is saying very clearly that this is something that needs to be dealt in europe primarily with nature. members, yes. but the european have to be part of any decision. and he's also saying that maybe when he comes to the security or raise was of europe, the current ones. while those have been put in place at the end of the 2nd world war. and maybe this is an opportunity to try to update those arrangements to take

into consideration. also rushes concerns and rushes needs out. various hotter abdel, how made reporting live her from a kiff. let's go live better moscow dosage of areas there for a story. what's the mood or on how yesterday's talks went? i think at when the 2 men met initially, and there was very much a joyful atmosphere, especially from the russian president vladimir putin. he seemed quite genuinely happy to see emmanuel micron. he that he was very, very glad to see the french president face to face. the 2 men hadn't seen each other since. summer of 2019 and a pudding was looking forward to this evening and they had a very lavish 7 course meal in the kremlin. and that included reindeer with sweet potatoes and blackberries. and of course, russian wine was also served. but after the 5 hour meeting at the russian president

had a very different tone. i been speaking to many a analyst here who said that it was very clear put an did not believe the meeting to go as well as he had hoped. at one point he said that, do you want france to go to war with russia? and that is what will happen if a crimea is it try to, to be taken away from russia by ukraine, if and when ukraine is accepted into nato. so there was a very much different tone from the russian president, but emmanuel micron insisting that the next few days will be very critical in trying to de escalate. they a current stand off and that he is really making some very huge promises to try and continue with his line of dialogue with lottery, a potent saying that the 2 men will have a phone conversation after a micron has his meetings in kiev and that they will continue with this line of communication. the russian president even said that emanuel micron had put forth some proposals that had the basis for developing future dialogue and talk spent put

and said it's too early to say to speak about them at the moment. and the kremlin today is said that these are very extraordinary circumstances, and this is why the 2 men met for over 5 hours. and that's what happens next. really depends on how many micron manages to speak to you. not only leaders in ukraine, but also european leaders, and we'll have to see whether or not he is really the man who can deliver on what he's been promising. or 0 store such bahrain reporting lever from moscow dawson than events. the corruption trial of israel's former prime minister has been delayed after allegations of illegal spy away use by police on monday and is rarely 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 with the israeli made pegasus spyware. prime minister, natalie bennett. as promised at inquiry,

beany and they're both shut the pegasus. these siber 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 thrust baron, profound and swift to 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 witness sin, benjamin netanyahu. corruption trial is believed to be among those targeted by the spyware williams. a whole him do you not the flu? 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 here. i'll 0 harry forces west jerusalem explains how the allegations could affect netanyahu's corruption trial. as far as his lawyer is 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 that. and you know who the former director general of the communications ministry, i form a 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 yahoo, son and other very close associates also being drawn in school. this prosecutors so far have been saying that any use of the software is separate from the investigation that the allegations against the charges against that been based upon . but certainly they will have to try to prove that. and so his lawyers are saying that this has to be properly investigated. and it does potentially pose a threat to the,

to the validity of the trial going forward. but also the fact already see legation that the police weren't as they had been saying, seeking propositional approval for each use of such technology. that essentially they were going on expeditions, trying to see what they could find on phones, and then 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. still to come here on alex's era. the putting the brakes on protest, canadian truck drivers from sounding the forms as demonstrations against maxine mandates from palm and greece considered new measures to come violent sporting events after the murder of a football fan. the

ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored by cut on airways, you're locked into your weather report for asia. hello, everyone. good to see over the past 24 hours, top end of sumatra, 144 millimeters of rain, much of the same can be expected on wednesday in this same zone. same goes right across the malay peninsula and also western areas of borneo central china cloud cover floating around, but also some showers between the gang see and the pearl river valley impacting gray lynn with the high 7 degrees. and believe it or not to so has stopped for now across western areas of japan support 00 degrees. you just said a record for 24 hours. snowfall the other day. so finally, a breather. warm air, cross the korean peninsula, and also parts of china as well as young jo at 11 degrees. that's above average. got a cluster of cells toward southern portions of the be been gall. that's going to swipe

the eastern portion of sri lanka. next we go into northern india, some showers in the forecast here as well from sar rate into new delhi. this will help clear out the air freshen it up a bit and you'll lose some of that smug. well, in this weather report in the middle east where those winds freight across the gulf, not his bluster as they have been over the last few days, though he has a high of 22 degrees on wednesday. ok, that's it for me, for now. i'll catch up with you later. oh, the weather bun said by katara always. frank assessments for china will benefit from the 0. call the strategy if the rest of the world to get informed opinions at all on sundays enough. right, it's critical debate wide report claims that need to come do an interest in your threat to russia, but it's precisely, he's actually that created the insecurity in the region in depth and of the day's

global headlines inside story on al jazeera blue. ah, hello again. this is al serra, let's remind you of the main news to saw french president. my dear mike corners holding talks with ukrainian president, followed him as lensky out of an effort to find a diplomatic solution. over the crisis of ukraine's boredom, it comes a day off to a 5 hour meeting with russian lead up vladimir putin. both sides say it was constructive. western leaders scrambling to find been a diplomatic solution, fuller crisis, which in russian of ukraine, in meetings with germany's chancellor, the u. s. president for moscow of economic punishment. if it invades the corruption

trial of his rails, former prime minister has been delayed after allegations that police used controversial spyware. that is really newspaper reports. the officers hacked the phones of benjamin netanyahu son and his associates with tougher restrictions being brought back in hong kong. as it battles record, cobit 19 cases, chief executive carry lab announced 3 measures, including the closure of religious fend use. public gatherings will be limited to 2 people. some way i can get to him. so now, given the severe pandemic, i have the public set that we have to go back to this most stringent level will be introducing a ban on cross family gatherings, even in private and will increase a penalty for those who don't comply with compulsory testing requirements. if they don't comply, the fine will now be doubled. a coven, 19 government advisory panel, and malaysia is calling for borders to be reopened. it says that international

travelers should no longer have to corn, teen laziest. borders have been shot for nearly 2 years now. i was just here as florence louis reports from quality data analysis by malaysia's health ministry projects. the number of new cove at 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 $900.00 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 where possible and to avoid face to face meetings where they're not necessary in a bit to cub the spread of the corona virus. a convoy protesting against pandemic restrictions has caused disruption in new zealand capital. wellington, hundreds of mostly mass cliffs, demonstrators clog streets around parliament. as politicians returned from her summer break, the angry about mosque mandates and requirements for workers in some industries to be vaccinated. canada's prime minister justin trudeau is calling for an end to a protest there by hundreds of truck drivers also against vaccine mandates, the truckers and their supporters of shut down parts of the capital ottawa and the mer is asking for additional forces to help priyanka gupta reports

canada feet of power ottawa occupied by truckers on the supporters for more than a week. now. protest is call it a freedom convoy. the police say it's a siege on the capital. in the depths of winter truckers from across canada are off road, adamant that cove 19 vaccine mandates for cross border drivers must end or the prime minister should resign. on monday, just intruder accused them of trying to do a democracy. it has to stop. the people have auto don't deserve to be harassed in their own neighborhoods. they deserve to be confronted with the inherit violence of a swastika flying on a street corner, or a confederate flag. are the insults and jeers just because

they're wearing a mask. the police are turning off supplies, the fuel ant funds to put a brake on the porters. a court has also put a injunction on the loud sound of horns disrupting the life. we went after the funding. our efforts combined with the cities efforts eliminated to go fund me. $10000000.00 are no longer accessible to the demonstrators. but the battle is far from one. the truckers are showing no signs of leaving. i would guy on the streets for my kids and my grandkids head here in a personal personal and like we saw people on the side of the street with their sorrows at o'clock at night, 40 below in the weather, standing there with their signs and telling us that were the only hope a bunch of truckers with their hawkish dixon, flags that come on. how did we get here? hundreds of kilometers away from ottawa at the main crossing between the us and

canada. there's heavy traffic as support as poor in from south of the border, prominent republicans, including former preston, donald trump, tesla founder, ellen musk, and far right, i'm anti vaccine groups have shown their support for the truckers, but in canada, most people are vaccinated, including many of the protest as why it is not because canadians love getting needles. is because canadians trust science, canadians trust each other. but these demonstrations show trust in the government and a throughs may be winning for some crank of up there. i'll sera, campaigning is officially begun to the philippines from a selection which will choose a successor to president rodrigo, to take those buying for the job. i include the song of a former leader, as well as a retired boxing champion general alan dorgan report. so 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 dan 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 go on election visit vice president. lenny robledo is leading 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 widespread support. but her biggest challenge is how to counter the large scale disinformation 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 mayor is calmer 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 now, boxer money buckled to when a 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 in though 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 right from this kind of paper sheet. 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 me 9. and although it is just a few months away, presidential elections here have historically been quite difficult to predict, but whoever wins, so we'll have a huge jump ahead of them. issues including the pandemic, unemployment, regional relations and drug violence will all lead their undivided attention to my lean dog and al jazeera manila. the speaker of libya's parliament says that elections won't take place this year, but that a new interim prime minister will be chosen on thursday. the incumbent, although ha, made the baby who leads a unity. government says that he'll stay until the elections are held in june. but

some legislators say that his mandate ended in december when presidential elections were supposed to take place. while trina, hospital from tripoli. really the feeling here among people is one of disappointment, of one of one of disappointment and sadness that they weren't able to exercise other democratic right to vote who they want into power. i think it's also really important to talk about why the elections didn't happen to begin with the high council state, which is the length legislative house based here in tripoli. and was voted into power in 2012. but eastern base parliament was voted into power in 2014. now, when libya divided into 2 separate governments, 2 separate sides a deliberate political agreement to place in 2015. a disagreement called for, for both legislative houses, they extended their mandate and stated that they were to agree on

a constitutional framework for elections to be help. that never really happened. so really, people living are really sick and tired. they're tired of the parliament, they're tired of the legislative houses. they want to vote in a new parliament, a new legislative house. but, you know, these parties haven't been able to agree. so i think the feeling here now is one of disappointment, and you know, really, libyans are just sick and tired of these politicians staying in power and dividing the country graces stepping up measures to stop the violence. sporting events after a football found was killed by supporters of a rival team, the prime minister called for action to cub unruly behavior. i'll just here as katya kathy lopez, how diane reports. this is where a 19 year old football fan was killed in the northern greek city of the cello. nicky, the street is now lined with candles and flowers,

hawkish come panels was stamped to death outside the id is to sell on ag club stadium. he's believed to have been killed by supporters of arrival team after a brawl. the case has led to a national debate about violence and sporting events with us, so we can't get over it. my entire family has been affected. i have a 17 year old grandson who wears the teams yellow jersey all day. and now we feel afraid. i'm 72 years old and i've been going to the stadium since i was 8. we never had these types of situations that you have at least 9. so slaves have been arrested that many say it's not enough. the outrageous fueling calls for tighter rules and punishment under pressure at the government announced they will submit a bill in the coming weeks to parliament with stricter penalties and more police controls. yet the majority controlled by the use al, combating violence among football fans is an obligation we have towards greek society that the youth and the millions of fans in our country. yet in the past 2

years, it's significant steps have been taken up. the government will continue in this direction and we expect everyone in society to contribute to eliminate sports violence. the sport has been played by violence on and off the field in recent years. these photographs of makes of weapons are among the items confiscated by police. a sign that the threat of violence is always lurking. and now the murder of alkies is pushing the issue to the forefront. ha, ha ha. i feel awful about it. how can you not? i wonder what these people are thinking? how can they live? it all seems on thinkable, all this violence taking place yellow jerseys of the artist football club have in place in the neighbourhood where alkies was murdered. people here say it's a reminder to authorities and the community of a senseless tragedy cartel office of a gun al jazeera. ah,

it is brutes. everyone's holy right room so they can hear it all. dad lives love 0 french president, or mario macro is holding talks with ukraine's presidential olivia zalinski. part of an effort to.