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distribution across west africa. and working towards clean energy. european scientists say they've had a major breakthrough in developing nuclear fusion power. ah . you claim so that won't accept any ultimatums to diffuse attention with russia. foreign minister demitra caliber made the comments following tuesdays visit from the french president columbus as talks with western leaders, a helping to no attention would moscow. all this comes with the u. k. foreign secretary arrived in moscow for talks about the crisis. western nations, the threatening moscow with sanctions, if it invades ukraine. well, we have to correspondence on the story. the sal and 11 will get the basis from nadine bob and his life for us in london 1st to have with natasha butler. tell us more about what came out of this press conference with the ukranian foreign

minister natasha. yes, dmitri clover a giving a press conference in kiev. and he went over a couple of points really. he said, 1st of all, in terms of the situation along kev's along ukraine's border, he said that it was calm. it was quiet despite the buildup of russian troops there . and that i caused some of the comments he made earlier today in which he said, look, the situation is still very tense, but it is under control. he said he also welcomed a recent diplomatic efforts by various a western leaders. he said that those efforts had really helped to or reduce tensions that helped to ease tensions. and that the presidents, as lensky had also welcomed them, he talked about the french president emanuel macro, who met with the russian leader vladimir putin in moscow on monday. and also with the ukranian present in kiev on tuesday,

or he said the micro had put no pressure on a ukraine, had not come with any proposals, but it only come with opinions, particularly when it comes to a efforts by ukrainian and russell senior advisors to try and revive the piece process for the east of ukraine out. those are the so called mince agreements. they are a talks that are being mediated by france by germany. something that emanuel mcgraw has said is very important. indeed, he sees that as a possible way to try and diffuse attention, so of ukraine, perhaps a possible solution to the crisis. but it is very clear, said ukraine's of foreign minister, the ukraine would not to bow to any ultimatums. and so far as seems that there's very little common ground between ukraine and russia when it comes to that piece agreement, that are to thank you for that. natasha butler with the latest live in kia. let's bring in at

a bother. he's joining us from london with foreign secretary. las trust has travelled from to the russian capital after sending weapons and military personnel to ukraine. now them, can you hear me? your 2nd writing of them to tell us what are, what's expected from those choices visit to the russian capital. while this trust is just landed in moscow, she is put out a tweet saying, i am in moscow to meet foreign minister lover. often make clear that russia must immediately withdraw its forces and respect. crane sovereignty, all face severe consequences. any incursion would be a huge mistake. diplomacy is the only way forward, and russia must pursue that path. so a bit of carrot, but also quite a lot of stick there from the u. k. foreign secretary,

the 1st foreign secretary to travel to russia in 4 years. i think behind this are a couple of things. firstly, on january the 31st lease trust of the u. k. parliament that by thursday, on the 10th of february there would be in place new legislation which would, which would have ready new sanctions against her people and companies which seem to be supporting the russian government. what the foreign office is calling the largest ever a sanctions regime against russia in the circumstances. but russia did take military action families trust as talked about any further invasion. now those m new sanctions are not ready. the opposition here as queried why it's being reported that they should be brought forward by the end of this month. but they so puts more pressure on on lives truss. and on the british government to look like it's doing

something as alongside its european allies, under nato. now less trust is in russia for a 2 day visit meeting. the foreign minister, boris johnson on thursday travels to poland to meet the prime minister and president. but crucially also then goes to brussels to meet the secretary general of the nato alliance and britain, very keen to show that it is standing firm with the us. and the key partner in the nato alliance in of messaging. but also in terms of committing troops. the u. k, his is sending 350 more soldiers to the border between poland and barrows. now they've mainly been taking, trying to help the efforts to deal with the refugee situation that but it is also a signal that britain militarily is ready to do. what exhaust on the nato, so let's trust very much saying we want to see a diplomatic solution and that talking is good. but she really wants to,

to convince the russians, but it's more than that. there is something to back up these threats of action. if there were to be military action, then thank you for that. that is now being baba, live in london. now japan send in gas shipments to europe. his fears grow of an energy crisis because of the threat of war and ukraine. the supply due to arrive late this month, follows the request from both the us and europe depends largely on russian gas and poles. to other news, mountain schools in india's southern karnataka state have been ordered to close for 3 days as tensions escalate against the batting of religious head, scarves and cloth. a judge of the state high court has now decided the case is a constitutional matter and sent it to a big panel. police 5 gas to the crown. the tuesdays demonstration. many schools have been preventing girls from wearing head scarves preventing girls wearing headscarf rather from attending classes. the opposition of choosing the state

government, which is controlled by the ruling b, j. p of discrimination against muslim. so i'm sorry to have a meeting this year. they think that you are north of what's the video game i'm starting to call it started going on living. you do very job and it's got it. not going. you know, the other one is that he got an order. the students who was that he just started this route, they ended, we will offer, ended the this women being tutored by crowd of men while going to class in canada because stays the video of the san con, has gone viral, kind of seen his shouting back at the far right him, boots students from across india have support to move. some women facing unfair treatment will cover the crystal for all india. progressive woman's associations as a recent fan is a continuous attack on india secularism. several of the colleges which have imposed

the ban initially had rules which allowed sick men, for instance, men of the sick faith to bad act. ah, but as long as it matched little de uniform, the college uniform college has a uniform. likewise, it allowed women to bad job with which match headscarf which match the color of the uniform. so there was no big issue here. the issue happened when hindu simply mrs. brooks organized a violent protest demanding that muslim women be prevented from bidding the job on . and saying that if they wished to wear the who job, they should be forced to study in a different college in a different room. and this is basically apartheid which is happening here. india has disappeared. this is the government in kut naca as well as at the center. and unfortunately this is one of the many attempts to attack muslim. so these are extremely resistive group that has nothing feminist about objection to the job.

they are merely trying to prevent any, you know, this, the sink, the thesis for muslims and colleges, and think the space for interaction between him. the one in those, in the hindu supremacist party to which mister, most people know basically believes that should be in the nation. in which are the identities should remain subordinate to the hindu, the hindu or majority. i also want to say here, unfortunately, that on the question of a job, several christian groups also have people slim desist and they are supporting the hindu nationalist of position on this. they can assist position on this and several other things and family met. and the following developments from new delhi, the court says that they will refer this to a larger bench because the issue at the heart of this is constitutional, right? on one hand, you have women saying, but look, we have the constitution right,

where religious head scarves, which by the way are allowed everywhere else. but the state is saying that you cannot wear them in the classroom. all of this started late december, early january with about 16 it's to use were protesting because they were banned from entering the classroom with these head scarves. now, over the last couple of days we've seen stand up become violent. the other group is people who identify and affiliated with him, the group the see videos of people marching in saffron, scarves and shawls. now saffron is a carlo that is closely associated with him. the ism seen a shocking video of men hoisting a saffron flag of you know, so you have this debate now with protesters have actually approached before seeing that you know what the government is saying. i'm listening to more the package and the father. he's in power in the state and has back to court these who have allowed both where these religious attire on campus,

but not in classrooms. so protests are, these women are saying that this is basically illegal and their rights need to be reinstated. now the international court of justice has ordered uganda to pay $325000000.00 and reparations to democratic republic of congo for it's rolled and conflicts more than 2 decades ago. between 19982003, uganda and vermont backed rebel forces to fight congolese government troops for control of the mineral rich eastern region of a tory authorities from d. r. c was seeking 11000000000 and reparation for alleged victims and economic loss. hundreds of thousands were killed and the fighting. the ruling is final and can't be appealed. now you, hey, prime minister balls, johnson has indicated last remaining cloven 19 restrictions may be scrapped early. that include the ending, the requirement for people to self isolate. if they test positive, johnson says he'll reveal his plan for what he calls living with the virus later

this month. his leadership is still under pressure though is new party gate photos emerge. mrs. big, i can tell the house today that is my intention to return on the 1st day after the hot to recess to present our strategy for living. with a provided the current encouraging trends in the day to continue. it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions, including the legal requirement. so if i said, if you test positive a full month now public health can work in 3 longer. i have begun and definite strike to demand higher pay. and a fair promotion system on the emergency and critical care staff continue to work. after negotiations with the government failed. still ahead on the bulletin, white chicken farmers and going to a facing an uncertain future off the coloring. millions.

ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored my cattle airways, your weather update for asia right here, right now. hello everyone. here's the thing. a few showers rolling across, westbank gall, pushing into bungler dash also some unsettled conditions for the southeast of india as a disturbance. moves westward right across the lanka. but i think for india, the rain will stay south of janai and we'll see some thundering downpours in colombo, not just thursday, but actually for the next few days, se, asia, there's been flooding on borneo. hundreds of people force from their homes here. and we've seen a relentless rain for the philippines. this is for a minute now, but actually will call it pretty much sebu rate into devout and there is still a moderate flight advisory in play on thursday. off to central china right now

seems fairly quite a few clouds drifting around some showers between the gang see and the pearl river valley. so this will impact way lin at 8 degrees, but dry in hong kong. ok, we're not talking about rain, but snow for tokyo with this southern coast low pushing up. and this is likely to be a heavy swath of snow that we can expect thursday into friday. so here's the balance . what the team's thinking about 10 to 20 centimeters of snow for tokyo. so dig those shovels out. you're going to need it as a snapshot of your weather. we'll see soon. bye. for now. the, the weather sponsored by katara ways. the corona virus has been indiscriminately selecting its victims, its devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain, a disproportionately high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins. the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that is

seen united kingdom fail, it citizens, britain's true colors pop 2 on al jazeera. ah ah, watching our de 0 with me, elizabeth pull on a reminder of our top stories. the sour ukraine says it won't accept any ultimatums to diffuse the tension, but russia, foreign minister, demitra labor says talks with western leaders are helping to lo, attention with moscow. schools of india's cosmetic estate have been wanted to close for 3 days because of anger, about a ban on muslim students wearing head scarves. the opposition is accusing the

warning b. j. p of discrimination. now ukrainian fishermen, so they're afraid of working on the as all to see because of russian navy patrols, in recent months, they have been increasingly operating close to the ukrainian coast. dozens of bullets have been stopped, and fishermen have been detained by what they say is russian naval intelligence. child stratford reports from the southern ukraine the freezing fog as thick as much speed out across the hazel c. crimea, which was annexed by russian forces 8 years ago. is not far from here until one has come to check the area he will fish when the winter fishing season starts next week . he insists on covering his face because he like hundreds of ukrainian fishermen is being detained by russian naval intelligence. in recent years. he says he was taken to a russian naval base and coach at the entrance to the black sea where he was interrogated and held the 15 days before being released. lot of the fleet, mister,

there are many obstacles access to the sea as difficult russians don't allow us to work properly. they approach us and stop pushing us back, harassed us. we can't do anything of our small boat against their equipment. it's impossible to prove to them we have a right to be here. i says pointless trying. the wreck of the soviet fishing troll appears on an island around which ukrainian fishermen now call us then nets. less frequently. soviet build houses where the fisherman used to stay. stand there near the shore. we're about 20 kilometers off the coast. fishermen tell us the normally in this area they'd be around a 100 ukrainian fishing vessels operating. but they say that number is dwindling fast because of fears. of russia, naval patrols in 2003, russia and ukraine signed an agreement, which allows both countries to fish anywhere. and the, as we'll see in 2014, when russia unexplained,

the moscow has increased its naval presence and taken greater control of these waters. and the larger black sea, which as off, is connected to by the current straight. in december, the ukrainian navy said russia brought 75 percent of the as of by issuing navigation warnings. recent launch scale russian naval exercises or crimea fuel fears that the criminal is preparing to invade ukraine by sea. something russia continues to deny. green, last 70 percent, at least when russia sees control of crimea and suggestible the black sea port city grange government. he's going small naval patrol vessels from nato partners, but seems powerless to better protect fishermen curb regarding unless of course, i'm worried. we go far out to sea, we might not come back. it's good if the russians and former families that they've taken us for. but there are many instances when they filed forged cases against us

. and the risk of being put in a russian prison for me is the fish market trade. say they are feeling the financial fall out of rushes, actions, and see who to for me. all the situation has got really bad. no rush and tories small amount of fish from the boats because of problems that see the fusion industry suffering. and that means we do to we repeatedly asked the ukranian navy for comments about how it compare to protect fishermen from what the government calls russian aggression. the navy refused because of what it says are security issues unsolved is afraid of phishing these i see waters in the weeks ahead. i see now increasingly under russian control charts, rapid changes, era the as i'll see, some new grain. now, senegal has signed data for the european union to buy 300000000 doses of corona virus vaccines. they ought to be produced in

a purpose build factory outside the capital deck card, then distribution across west africa, the president of the european commission. ursula wanted as in senegal, before join to you summit with the african union late of this month. let's get more on this asset bakers joining us from deck us to tell us more sad about this investment. this boost not just to investment in senegal, but also to the efforts to get people vaccinated. yes, it is a boost to synagogue. it will help the economy and create jobs. and the commission president and the minister of economy have just finished a press conference for memorandum of understanding has been signed to invest in synagogue. this new factor will be built just that. so the capital here in the car will cost around $200000000.00, and the aim is to get to run $300000000.00 dose it out by the end of the year. and that is helpful because they've been the vaccination rates in the country and love

that is done to a lack of doses in a global system that doesn't favor african countries. also, the world health organization program kobuck relies on donation voluntary donations by countries and sometimes the doses i donated have short exploration dates. and by the end of last year, senate god had lost $400000.00 doses and nigeria run dominion. so it's thought that once synagogue manufacturing those vaccine, the vaccine doses that should i need to address the distribution issue. and what will the threw us out for trust in vaccines and africa given the number of people they have been vaccinated on the continent and 11 percent will having a factory there. and 7 goals help that that is what they're thinking. hey, if you look at synagogue itself, only 8 percent of the $17000000.00 population has been vaccination,

then part of that is done to mistrust and historical mistrust of europeans and pharmaceutical companies. in the past, companies have experimented with vaccines with some people in africa. without that consent and that hasn't gone ignored, it hasn't been forgotten. also we just spoke to the head of the institute and he said that it's helped, once this factory set up and africans manufacturing vaccines or africans that will hopefully be result in more people getting vaccinated. thank you very much for that. i said that as i said, beg for the latest live and deca. thank you. now, 3 international news outlets have been given 72 hours to obtain an operating license and took a face being blocked the media watchdog. and his don bullet requested in licenses from the turkish websites on broadcast to deutsch well, of boyce of america. and you news, it's the 1st time the regulator has used its mandate on foreign digital media

outlets. media control and turkey has been under scrutiny due to sweeping regulations put in place the controlled online content. now stake tv in iran, showing what it says is a new miss all with the reported range of almost 1500 kilometers. that adds to runs often or weapons. observers have want of a regional arms race viable, saudi arabia and the you a seek to bolster their own capabilities. the former sudanese minister holiday, my usa has been arrested by security forces. he has been a vocal critic of last year where the tree clue, sudanese, congress parties says he was detained because of his role and the committee to dismantle the form of ruling party. it was suspended after the military seized power. more arrests are expected with was issued for all former officials on the committee shops and closed and occupied westbank city of nobliss, of palestinian started a general strike and protested israeli killings palestinian leaders demanding an

international investigation and to what they call a heinous crime. but israeli special, they opened fire on a car carrying 3 palestinian suspected of attacking israeli soldiers. tuesday, shootings provoked threats of retaliation by the ox. a massive brigade now for marlene and foreign minister is in taiwan on what's being called a milestone visit. well, most countries refused to recognise the sovereignty of either region. the pe opened embassies in 2020 and that infuriated china and somalia, the semi autonomous region of somali lance as it wants to increase trade with taiwan and bringing investment in this orland gas sector. now new and more lethal variant of bird flew as devastating poultry farmers in west africa . millions of chickens have already been called awkward address reports from tamara near donna's capital. i cry on the struggle to contain this friend. this is the 2nd

time in 7 months, delaware farms has been forced to college chickens. $30000.00 birds are being destroyed just 2 weeks after $63000.00 was spent to restock the farm. that was very, very interesting for us and very difficult to very so just after coming to populated them and all that so really lost so much so much better in order to deny last year birth lou was the 89 into writers this year is the more legal age 5 and one very it which is difficult to control. 24 hours ago. 4000 chickens were here. now it's nearly empty. and even the few remaining will have to be destroyed. written on the fisher say, just one infraction is enough reason to call the entire farm birds. and

the rising number of deaths across gunner war is the government. we are having to deal with it to try to minimize the cost tens of their debts. mortalities is the highest in the 10 year period. 3 dead. what we have are more than 700000 bears which have either been put down as a preventive measure to control that to spread or have been a died out of the infection. officious on the ground say the current outbreak, took them by surprise. confident in numbers. so we are a little bit overwhelmed because same area of resources and logistics and all that . so in a way, and most of the things are not actually in place as we because we didn't anticipate that based no more base will be affected. gunners,

neighbors are reporting cases to they didn't catch you later. try to search for the sort of infection you're treated to work best. it is no conclusive. well, for chris to shortage of food that people were been getting any food from neighboring countries. many small farms have been forced out of business. the government says it will soon start compensating farmers for their losses, but while they wait for help, thousands of farm workers for you spend certain times about their future. my duties algebra, taylor gardner. now scientists have made the biggest breakthrough in 24 years into the process of nuclear fusion, and it's a step closer to what's described as the ultimate power source and away from fossil fuels. that's the energy process of power the sun and has the potential to provide virtually unlimited supplies of clean,

efficient energy. european researches of the u. k. based jet, the bar tree working to deliver fusion power by 2040. the latest experiments had produced 59 megajoules of energy in 5 seconds. now that is more than double what they were able to produce in 1997. it's not a huge amount of energy, but scientists can use the process to help build an even larger reactor, which is already underway in france. well, athena copper 2 is a researcher of the max planck institute for plasma physics in germany. and she says there's a very clear plan on how to move forward. the next step is eater, is the experimental react hardly being billed in southern france. and this is a larger scale, much larger scale and expert. we've done here, but the experiments we have succeeded in performing now in the, in this results we're presenting is the peach us a lot about how will this plasma will behave in this future experimental reactor.

this device will be able to produce even more fusion power up to $500.00 megawatts and for even longer time. and in parallel, we're thinking about the next step, which is a demonstration fusion power plant, which will show how we will deliver electricity. and after that, of course, it's for society to pick it up and use future energy. it's clean and safe. it's abundant. there's. it's safe inherently because there's nothing that can go wrong in principle that would require any measures to be taken for the public. so if one does something wrong, the plasma just shuts down itself, and there is absolutely no danger. ah, hello, i'm elizabeth bronman door. how? with the top stories on al jazeera ukraine says it won't accept any ultimatums to diffuse the tension with russia. foreign minister dmitri.