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israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is denied. and the 1st climate change famine could hit. madagascar of the crops have destroyed a powerful sanklo. ah, a new day of high level diplomacy is played out. his story, these talks between russia and ukraine, a desperately trying to be restarted. speaking in berlin, the leaders of germany, france, and poland said their common goal is to prevent a war in europe. the french president had just flown in from kia, where he met his ukrainian counterpart. how the above meet has more. it was the 1st visit by a french president in 24 years. emmanuel, my call in care after holding a 5 hour marathon meeting room with rushes, president vladimir putin in moscow. on monday, we'll be pushing some, any push on what our goal for coming weeks and months is to have

a stabilization of the situation and to kickstart through new currency mechanisms or lasting de escalation in this context. the cool had, in this you have shown the restraint that all parties have shown and word indeed are essential. france also pledge $1300000000.00 to help stabilize the economy. signing deals, to improve some of the infrastructure around the country. but with no sign of de escalation, yet, ukraine continues to prepare for the worst case scenario. ukrainian tubes are to hold military drills around the country, starting february 10th. the same day rush and blues are due to start phase 2 of their joint exercises. the ukrainian minute she will be displaying some of the weapon who received from nato members. this army has grown from 6000 to nearly 850000 combat ready troops. and the country has also upgraded its own military industry. on the flu, spoke of up a few of them. yes,

we can cover our needs when it comes to anti tank weapons for land and mobile unit . we also produce several types of talked go where from us war. but for now, it's diplomacy that is prevailing, even though presidency. lensky is being cautious. the happening perhaps a little of the optimism shown by emmanuel michael berinsky. it's law yet. i don't trust words. in general, every politician sincerity appears in their specific steps. in our case, the sincerity is de escalation. i believed it putting has everything to do. this is specially as this person is very sincere. as i understand in this, the young assured me, i don't know an entity in europe who would be able to put strong pressure on russia . the occupation of our country is still not happening. it seems all parties have agreed to continue talking. with the meat al jazeera, give us president joe biden's pick to be the next commander of federal grant. is

wanting. okada and iso la getting stronger. general michael carrillo told a senate confirmation hearing that china is now increasing influence and investment in areas that the groups operating paco have has the story in american convoy with a helicopter an armored vehicle made its way tuesday to assyrian prison. this was the scene of a massive fight between the islamic state and f. b, a fighters in january. it was an attempt to free. i still fighters imprisoned inside, even with u. s. military air strikes, it took days to repel the attack. a concern for senators tasks with that in the general nominated to take over us central command at his hearing tuesday press reports indicate that up to 200 fighters, may have escaped, and hundreds of people will kill. if you are confirmed, you'll be responsible for helping ensure the s t f and the iraqi government have the capacity and support needed to address the threat from ices and properly detain

these prisoners. the sen seemed likely to confirm general michael gorilla to the post. as he assured them, he would address their concerns, spelling out what he sees as the challenges ahead of the centcom theater is also burdened by civil war and humanitarian crisis. the areas home to 9 of the top 10 most dangerous violent extremists organizations including el cater and isis, which are both reconstituting. all of these ill trends are accelerated by water scarcity and food insecurity. china has significantly increase its investment and influence in the region, and russia acts as a spoiler normally and senate hearings about the middle east. china isn't a big part of the conversation, but corolla says china now has economic deals in 18 of the 21 countries within central command. he says countering their influence will be a big priority. as he looks to lead the u. s. military from egypt to catholic stone, pedestal haine, al jazeera washington, the f. b. i has arrested

a husband and wife team alleging they conspired to launch a billions of dollars worth of crypto currency. more than 119000 big coin was stolen in a hack of crypto exchange bit for next in 2016 u. s. department of justice says it has recovered the coins its largest ever financial c. as get more now from shelby tansy in washington. d. c. she ever and of course, since the time when the script, our currency, when it's bitcoin was stolen, the value of it has gone up. hugely. how significant is this or for the department of justice. it was a message that they were obviously trying to trying to relay, which is they can track if they can track what we'll have to thought of as these secretive corners of block chains and, and networks which can hide potentially bitcoin. they're all that now they are on the case, but have the means now, no matter how sophisticated you are to try and find that, because as always,

we should remember, these are allocations and these 2 are innocent to proven guilty. but, but the j did set up a national crypto currency enforcement department last october. the very big on trying to say, look, we're up to this talk as you say, for this case in 2016 crypto currency exchange currency exchange called but for the actual bit fine x, which is an exchange where you could exchange dollars for a bit coin and bitcoin because of dollars, it was hack. $71000000.00 of bitcoin was stolen. but as you mentioned, bitcoin has appreciated so much on the internet about $71000000.00 a bit going ben is worth $4500000000.00 now. so that's why we're seeing this huge numbers, these huge numbers being turned around, of which $3600000000.00 have been recovered by the department of justice to people arrested elia elections time. have a morgan husband and wife than other kids to be original hack. but they are accused

of attempting to launder that money through various sophisticated means, and there was a list of all that kind of means. they were trying to imply which i was going to help out excited and understand how for them. but it was a little bit of a sophisticated techniques that were attempted to try and hide this money and they didn't succeed about. so i think the d i j is, is crying about this right now. this is the deputy attorney general at in today. the message to criminals is clear crypto currency is not a safe haven. we can and we will follow the money, no matter what form it takes. to see another attorney from the dear j, i was saying that you might expect maybe the dear jerry, but concerned about bitcoin are a bit wary of it because it does perhaps make the job more difficult to, to, to trace money laundering other things. but actually, one of the attorneys involved in this case is not actually what he suggested nor

they were trying to actually restore confidence encrypted currency. clearly this is going to be a major part of the financial infrastructure of the world going forward. and what they're trying to say is no. you can't have confidence if your money is stolen. using in the crypto currency world, we do have the means to attempt, at least to try and track of them, which are actually just, just so that we can. there was another crypt, currency heist, $4400000.00 worth of cyber bitcoin stuff from a company called meter over the weekend. thank you very much for that. up there chaper tansy in washington, d. c. the corruption trial of israel's former prime minister has been delays of the allegations of illegal spyware. spy police, on monday and israeli newspaper reported offices, hacked the phones of benjamin netanyahu. son and his associates. protest is business ladies and cabinet ministers are also said to have been targeted using the israeli made pegasus spyware. prime minister, tony bennett, has promised an inquiry. a keep elder is

a political analyst and contributor at the higher it's newspaper. he says it should be more focus on the victims of the spyware. it was used to collect information about civil servants, is wireless, private people, and of course criminals. and as we know, pegasus technology was used by dictatorship all over the world and is were promoted sending this to a soldier ravia. we know that it was used to collect information about a later journalist for job g. and the bully, it was too tempting not to use it in order to collect information against political rivals as well as you know, israel has got some enemies to collect information,

both around surveillance of palestinians. and actually when it was published, that is well, was penetrating into cellular phones of the scene in activist and human rights activist. and we didn't hear so much about it and we didn't start an inquiry and it didn't hit the headlights. the thing is not so much the news about the use of pegasus and n a. so it's about who are the victims of pegasus and i didn't did the monster is turning against us not is riley, horses have killed 3 palestinians in the occupied westbank city of nablus alliston in officials and demanding an international investigation. the men were suspected a suspected rather of involvement and recent attacks against israeli soldiers. andrew chappelle roubles. it was just after mid day in the occupied westbank city

of nablus when israeli special forces along with domestic security agency, sion bet carried out the raid. according to witnesses, under cover troops used a taxi with palestinian license plates pulled up next to a car and opened fire spraying it with bullets in broad daylight. elizabeth notice my name is amelia fencing. after these railey forces left people gathered to see what happened. no one suspected the vehicles were carrying. there's wally soldiers simply because of the palestinian number place to have these rarely soldiers continue to fire for a minute. they fight more than 80 bullets and the young palestinian men were killed on the spot. the palestinian men were accused of involvement and recent attacks against israeli soldiers and civilians. the troops were filmed, taking weapons from the vehicle before they left the scene. oh, a case of extra judicial killings, according to the palestinian authority. that requires an international investigation. family members gathered outside the morgue to share their sadness

and anger along with members of the community who gunrall nicole can plotted themselves. sure. my son has been hunted by the israelis for months. the israeli intelligence called for my children and threatened them for my son to give himself in me. israel's defense minister, been against commended his security forces for the operation. prime minister naphtali bennett says, there is no immunity for terrace. no one has all of us have it with us. i am really sad not only for this crime, but for the entire situation. the palace in people have been in for decades what i am and if i wouldn't have nobody but we are used to these crimes, but we must act in response. i am really sad. we are filled with anger, but no one is lending us a helping hand. bob. ah, the deluxe a martyrs brigade, the armed wing of the fatigue party says it will retaliate. ah, 3 more young men caught up in a seemingly never ending cycle of violence. inter chappelle al jazeera still head

on al jazeera, the warning is sounded of a catastrophic, drowned in the horn of africa. and reclaiming their rainfalls echoes highest horse rules and dizziness communities must have a great to say of an oil and mining projects on their last ah let's go with your headlines for the americas. hello. everyone. beginning in south america was got our storms bubbling up across the and is the amazon basin and out toward the south atlantic. we go into that southeast corner of brazil. finally, some good news, a bit of a breather for a flood stroke. in sal paulo it is still a few showers around with a high of 20 degrees for you, central america, a lot of disturbed whether to be found here, outbreaks of rain across the yucatan through cuba, and also the bahamas with

a system draped down from the u. s and rain to be expected across hispaniola. now we go into the u. s. gulf states in florida that rain pushes away but still keeping the risk for florida and the florida keys on wednesday. so we saw rain and snow for the canadian maritime, so it's now pushed into newfoundland. we'll see snow here, we'll see rain, but winds will be a factor as well. august seen to about 85 kilometers per hour was found. we go still warm pocket of air over the canadian prairies. the northern plains are into the double digits for billions, with a hive, 12 degrees and a stellar stretch of weather. although in excessive heat, watch him play for los angeles at 31 degrees and we're gonna lock your temperature there for the next few days. 31 on saturday with plenty of sun. that's it. susan ah, cutter. one of the fastest growing nations in the cut needed to

open and to develop it international shipping company to become a middle east and trade 3 key areas of filling up from connecting the work future. ronnie, cut cutters, gateway to world trade. ah ah, you're seeing out, is there a reminder of our top stories this, our diplomatic efforts are underway to resolve the ongoing dispute with russia of ukraine. that it is of germany,

france and poland have met in berlin. in an attempt to restart talks between moscow and key f u. s. has seized more than $3600000000.00 worth of stolen crypto currency . largest ever financial seizure. a couple in new york have been arrested and charged with trying to load that money. the corruption trial of israel is former prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been delayed of the allegations that police use controversial spyware and israeli newspaper reported officers, hacked the phones of yahoo son and his associates. hunger is getting worse across the horn of africa and to aid agencies say it's only a matter of time before hundreds of thousands of lives will be in the balance. kenya, somalia, ethiopia, and eritrea are suffering. the most of the 3 rainy seasons failed and the u. n's world food program says that 13000000 people across the region now face severe hunger. unicef says that around 5 and a half 1000000 children in the region

a right now at risk of acute malnutrition. the biggest concern is that a drought a decade ago could be repeated, which killed a quarter of a 1000000 people in somalia alone together uni safe and the world food program are asking for 450000000 dollars, which they say is the only way to prevent catastrophe or thompson perry is a spokesman for the u. n's wilson program. he recently traveled kenya and says hundreds of families awaking up each day, not knowing where their next meal will come from. i have just been to go to kenya and returned over the weekend. i met pastoral families that have locked entire heads of livestock to the drought, and farmers were felt to have this not once or twice what price. they have been 3 consecutive failed rainy seasons. and are you consecutive fell drained seasons would deal a huge blow to anyone. it what, what is strange is that it is only the beginning of february. and typically you

would have grazing pasture. you would have water ponds that would have regenerated from october to december, short rainy season. all this time it's different. there is no grazing pasture there, he's no browse these nor water sources. they're all dried up on your tradition rant high some and even his high up as 50 percent. and at one rural health center that i visited, like data counting, teresa, the nursing charge, told me that they are now having to treat more people for mound nutrition than any other element. for the situations quite di. these are families that are scattered across north east of kenya. they also put a huge number in somalia, particularly in the central part. and you also have quite a few of people who have been affected by the drought in the south than himself. eastern part of ethiopia, so you do have across your own people. what now struggling were waking up angry with no idea of where the next me will come.

hong kong has brought in its toughest restrictions. yes. the battles. a record number of covered 19 cases. people will only be allowed to meet one and one other person in public and only invite one of the household into their own home recruitment reports from hong kong. a record search of cases in hong kong triggering the city's toughest pandemic measures yet come yet come, may i get to you today, we are in a fear pandemic situation. i hope that the public will accept that we have to go back to the most stringent level from thursday. only 2 people will be allowed to dine out together. more than use, including places of worship will be ordered to close. and for the 1st time, there will be limitations on private gatherings at home to the new round of measures. also focus on the need for vaccine passes, in order to improve low vaccination rates among the elderly. with residents needing

to prove their immunized against coven 19 to enter shopping malls and wet markets. fine, for those who break the rules will double to nearly $1300.00 us dollars. you go, you got out. i agree with the measures because the situation is worsening. otherwise, how can we get the virus under control? we have to be patient. i or the, i think the government to encourage people to stay at home in the state. the government should open more testing seen to so that people do not have together. here was only, there was no difference between 2 people or 4 people gathering from the government should think about how to control the spread of the virus. in these social distancing measures, a meaningless shortage of vegetables is adding to pandemic, grievances in hong kong after truck drivers. who tested positive were unable to transport them from mainland china. into the import reliant territory. panic shoppers swept several local markets, clear of fresh produce mainland chinese authorities of offered to help with labor

shortages if hospitals become overwhelmed. for now, hong kong appears to be sticking to the same 0 tolerance strategy adopted by the mainland, with locked downs and mass testing. now commonplace testing centers like this one as scattered across the city since cases started to escalate. they've seen a surge in demand with long cures, forming homes cases might still sound low compared to other major cities. but for many people here, this is uncharted territory. brick clements al jazeera hong kong campaigning has officially begun in the philippines for a presidential election in may. candidates, divine to succeed, president, ford, we go to test it as this 6 year term comes to an end. contained is and through the mayor of manila, the son of a former president and a retired boxing champion to me that london has more from minute for the 90 day election period has officially started in the philippines. and there are

thousands of candid viper around the $18000.00 spots on the 15th and left in the philippines. usually a festive affair, dancing music and lots of catchy phrases. and paula full theme. but it doesn't make it any less visit the 2023 elections. it's seen as the most contentious in recent, a lot unique i in any way that are candidates who can do many things under kind. and let's see that their corrupt but no, it's hard to find someone who is not corrupt. we have to consider their actions and how they're taking action. now someone who is patriotic and who will put the country 1st, begin being able, i hope that the candidates will provide jobs and help the economy not on and off just like now because sometimes people have something to eat. sometimes they don't have to which keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poor. i mean, the next president is expected to inherit unprecedented number of challenges in the

country. the country is facing. it supports the phenomena, recession and decade, that during unemployment rate, each candidate is promising reform unity and change. but this election is no different. most of the candidates are using their family connection money and popularity to get elected. at least 20 people are dead and 35000 have been f homeless and madagascar after a cycle and slammed into the islands eastern coast. the indian ocean country is one of the poorest in the world and has experienced a series of environmental and climate disasters. and recent news, sampras ravi has more cycling, but sir, i brought with it heavy rain, strong winds, death and destruction. the tropical storm weekend as it moved across the madagascar, but not before causing serious damage. thousands of buildings destroyed or flooded across the island. it's already southern africa. the 2nd biggest cycle on this year,

the residence of menagerie. the epicenter of the storm are still waiting for help. our house collapsed. we don't know where to go. we have no food. we have nowhere to go. all our things were in our house, the children's clothes, school supplies, everything was destroyed. we have to help everyone. where do they live on the beach in the city? we really have to find a solution. the world's food program warned the cycle and destroyed staple crops, making a food shortage crisis in the months to come, almost inevitable. we know for sure that the life of the rice crops will be damaged, will be lost. so this is the main main. the crop for mother mcgaffey people is and they will be seated, will affect it in that full security in the next a 36 months. if we don't do something immediately and we don't pass them to recover, an estimated 150000 people have been affected so far. more than 3 quarters of

madagascar 28000000 people live in poverty. aid workers are expecting the number of affected people to go up. still reeling from a tropical storm in january, which killed 55 people before the extreme wet weather. communities were coping with years of such severe drought. the you unwarranted could lead to the world's 1st climate change related famine. the african continent its leader say is paying the highest price for climate change. then basra v o g 0. a landslide in western columbia has swept away houses, killing at least 14 people, and injuring 35 others. one person is still missing and more than 60 homes have been evacuated. heavy rain and the coffee growing province is threatening more than 5 fresh energy company reps hold says it's nearly halfway through between up of an oil spill along the coast of peru. it's higher, more than 2000 people, including fishermen to clean up beach if they have

a capital lima. but marine conservation is say, the response has been too slow. estimated 18000 square meters of beach has been affected by last month's bill. i could ours, highest court has roles. indigenous communities must have a bigger se, over oil and mining projects that impact their land. the ruling is a serious blow to president game allah. those plans to award mining and oil concessions and the amazon rain forest. the seo newman reports. this is the ancestral territory of the i co, fun community of seen on the way at the entrance of the amazon basin in ecuador, contemplations, this indigenous community has lived off of what the rain forest provides from food to medicines and boats. but when they discovered that their territory was being invaded by gold mining projects all along their river isolated community took action, men and women. when there was a letter,

we also have the right to protect care for and patrol our territory to identify the most impacted areas to tell the state enough, enough contamination enough of putting our territories in danger. but their indigenous patrols weren't enough. as commerce, amazon, we began go into the capital to the margin ministry to see what was happening to me . and we discovered that the government had approved $52.00 money concessions for 25 years. mostly there was never any consultation, nothing with the legal assistance of the n g o amazon front lines. the community brought a lawsuit against eco doors government al jazeera was visiting the community when they received the supreme court verdict. oh, you've one new one. the unprecedented ruling obliges the state to consult communities over oil and mining projects that impact their land and to seek their consent. it applies not just to this indigenous community,

but to all those all over the country. many of whom suffer massive environmental damage from the oil industry. the country's largest says, ruling is a blow to the government's ambitious plans to double oil production and significantly expend mining, most of which take place in the amazon. now we can see this movement spreading across ecuador and spreading across the amazon, because what's happening in ecuador is actually happening all over the amazon. it kudos mining association insist that responsible mining is imperative for the countries development. it is only due to a math. this is an indispensable industry for human beings and also for our economic welfare. we don't oppose consulting communities, but we oppose being discriminated, has need a late last week. the tiny seemingly community has won a huge battle, but it may not necessarily have the last word since the court ruling does leave

room for exceptions in the name of overriding national interests. lucy newman, al jazeera, netflix western, the power of the dog is leading this. he has oscar nominations, competing in 12 categories at this year's 94th academy awards. the films director new zealand. jane campion has also made history becoming the only woman to be nominated for best director, a 2nd time ah . watching al jazeera, these are the top stories. diplomatic efforts are underway to resolve the ongoing dispute with russia of ukraine. the leaders of germany, france, and poland have met in berlin, in an attempt to restart talks between moscow and kiev, fisher was like in mind, the mysterious antique, our common goal is to prevent war in europe. marsh was a shot. the amassing of russian troops on ukraine's border. what is of great.