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on the us. canada border were protesting truckers are disrupting hundreds of millions of dollars in commerce every day. to mask or not to mask several us states lift face covering requirements, but the white house urges students and teachers to keep wearing them and rush and figure skater. camilla valley ever is back on the ice of the beijing olympics, despite labeled troubles, which saw her gold medal ceremony delights. ah, russia and bella rose, have started the attend that day long at joint military drills. the kremlin says the exercises will focus on what it coles, suppressing and repelling external aggression. the u. s. has accused moscow of escalating tensions by holding the drills in southern bella roots near the

ukrainian border. russia has repeatedly denied its planning to invade ukraine, despite amassing tens of thousands of soldiers at the border. here is also planning a 10 day drill starting on thursday. and the 1st convoys carrying us military equipment and personnel have arrived in romania, a 1000 american soldiers will join at $900.00 service members already. station them . it's part of an additional troop deployment ordered by president joe biden. meanwhile, the u. k. foreign secretary is in moscow. lease trust is due to hold talks with a foreign, a russian foreign minister sick, a laboratory in the next hour. while british prime minister barak johnson is at the navy headquarters in brussels before traveling to poland. adding to diplomatic efforts is germany's chancellor, all of shells hosting the ladies of the 3 baltic states bordering russia. ukraine, foreign minister says, this is all helping progress,

but insists he won't accept any ultimatums from russia. it's ashley butler has the latest developments from kiev. dmitri labor, or 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, keeps along ukraine's border. he said that it was calm, it was quiet despite the built out over 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 a president zalinski had also welcomed them. he talked about the french president emmanuel mcgraw, 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 macro 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 rochelle senior advisors to try and revive the piece process for the east of ukraine. that those are the so called minsk agreements. they are a talks that are being mediated by france, by germany. something that emanuel mark raw has said is very important. indeed, he sees that as a possible way to try and diffuse a tensions of ukraine. perhaps a possible solution to the crisis of the cost of ukraine. there's an increase in the number of russian navy patrols fishman, say they are living in fear of being arrested and interrogated by intelligence agents. charles stratford has more from the as of the c

the freezing fog is thick speed out across the sea, crimea, which was antics by russian forces 8 years ago, is not far from here. anton 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 has been detained by russian naval intelligence. in recent years. he says he was taken to a russian naval base, encourage the entrance to the black sea where he was interrogated and held. but 15 days before being released, lot of the 3 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 harass 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. pointless trying. the wreck of

a soviet fishing troll appears on an island around which ukrainian fishermen now cost their nets less frequently. soviet build houses where the fishermen used to stay. stand there near the shore were 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 russian naval patrols in 2003, russia and ukraine signed an agreement which allows both countries to fish anywhere . and the, as we'll see since 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 navigational warnings. recent large scale russian naval exercises of crimea,

fuel fears that the criminal is preparing to invade ukraine by sea. something russia continues to deny. going last 70 percent, at least when russia sees control of crimea, and sylvester pull the black sea port, city grange government. he's going small naval patrol vessels from nato partners, but seems powerless to better protect fishermen. kerber goodness, if there's a lot of course i'm worried, we go far out to sea, we might not come back. it's good as the russians and for my families that they've taken us for. but there are many instances when they file forged cases against us. and the risk of being put in a russian prison for the fish market trade to say they are feeling the financial fall out of russia's 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 at the fishing industries suffering. and that means we do to we

repeatedly asked the ukranian navy for comment about how it can better protect fishermen from what the government calls russian aggression with the navy refused because of what it says are security issues. anton, is afraid of fishing, these icey waters in the weeks ahead. i see now increasingly under russian control charts rapid al jazeera, the, i'll see some new crime saw the world news now in canada's prime minister has called a growing protest movement against ivan 19 measures. a threat to its economy, truck is and now blocking a vital border crossing with the united states. john hanjin reports from the ambassador bridge between ontario and michigan. on the american side of the busiest land crossing between the u. s. and canada. not a wheel is churning, traffic on the ambassador bridge had been stopped in both directions. now on the

other side from canada to the us, just a trickle of trucks is allowed through. on monday, hundreds of angry truckers disrupted north america's most bustling international commercial connector and they say they'll keep it up until vaccine mandates and other covert 19 restrictions are abolished on both sides of the border in a heated exchange in canada's parliament, time minister just to to go and says, canada won't bully. you can't end a pandemic with blockades. you can't, and a plan damage by decreeing you can even ended by legislation. you need to ended with science, you need. and oh, and even as canadians are tired and impatient for it and we're going to continue to be there for them to support them through it. and to make sure we do everything necessary to and her the protesting truckers say they'll continue their blockade as

long as it takes so far, police have been reticent to cleared the roads as domino effect when to stop added up with these guys to save each day hundreds of millions of dollars in commerce crosses the ambassador bridge including 25 percent of canada's total global exports. so with billions at stake each hour and each day the chance of a conference in between police and protesting truckers increases in the us and in canada, patience is wearing thin. be resolved one way or the other. not saying that i just suggest, you know, when the battering rams and police officers that may not be the solution. but there has to be a resolution to get the pricing on that sort of impact on the united states and canada as the stand off. whereas on it remains to be seen whether the 1st to lose patients will be the protesting truckers or police john henry and al jazeera on the

u. s. canadian border. and there are reports, a similar protest convoys planned in the us white house press. secretary jim saki says, washington is monitoring the situation and working with canadian authorities. investor fridge is canada busiest link to the united states and accounts for about 25 percent of trade between the 2 countries. and so the blockade poses arrest to supply chains for the auto industry because the bridge of the key conduit for motor vehicles, components, and parts, and delays risk disrupting auto production. we are in close contact. we've been doing a great deal of work on this. alicia wood randall, our homeland security advisor convened a meeting just today. and dr is in france have been inspired by the truck of protests in canada. dozens of people headed off from ne, in what they're calling a freedom. come boy, they want an end to vaccine passes and we'll join drive it from across france. reply to arrive in paris on saturday. more than 100. 20 people have

been arrested outside new zealand parliament during a protest against corona virus rules. then they want an end to mandatory vaccination for employee for certain industries. for demonstration has been inspired by that candidate located. it's in its 3rd day a growing number of democratic lead states in the us are rolling back mosque mandates. the governor of new york says the indoor faith covering policy for businesses will not be renewed. the states of illinois and massachuset save el and some mosque requirements by the end of the month she had pretends he has been following developments from washington day, saying it's about her sons is also matter of public health policy. the metrics, the, the centers for disease control uses the federal organization here. here in d. c is rates of transmission doubts,

so that looking at when they decide on their recommendations for masking mandates, and because all the cronies, so transmissible those rates are really, really, really high. so that's why the head of the cdc said that the cdc is not ready yet. to recommend loosening vaccine monday to then she points to, you know, around the statistics which are very, very we're in new cases and still it's around 240000 a day in the us daily depths of 2500 a day or hospitalizations. we're still over about 100100000 patients. having said that with these statistics because of all microns trans, mr ability, there isn't that very, there is no specificity about how many of these cases actually specific coded cases . and how many people are people who went to hospital or something else and were found to have all across what we're looking at now as a debate about the use of those metrics, perhaps the metrics should be different, especially when you're looking at different regions of the country, so instead of looking overall transmission rates should we be looking at overall

hospital capacity? because in the end it's all about saving the public health system. and about vaccination rates in particular is there's a real worry among some public health officials. there is that when on the chronic spreading, it's such a right even when you're wearing mosques because it's producing so much virus that then people are going to not really believe much in my city. most corona virus cases arising rapidly in tongue where the virus arrived along with aid of last month's volcanic eruption. and, and i mean, if the pacific islands 1st community outbreak, 31 people tested positive on thursday the, the total number of cases there to 64. still ahead on al jazeera, amanda is ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to democratic republic of congo. and we won't tolerate races, we won't tolerate discrimination. the head of america's national football league admits it's falling short when it comes to racial diversity among its

awe of the last few days. central europe scott, quite warm with the spring sunshine. it was winter, just feels like spring sunshine doing this work, but this cold air coming down on that cold front. it's name that for a reason and the throw bite into it. it's largely a rainy front and behind it is some snow, but ahead of it is temperatures risen several degrees above the average of say, the last few days of vienna at 12 degrees, for example, but it won't last. now this isn't a severe winter spell, that storm could bring snow to norway, briefly to scottish mountains, but otherwise it's not extreme. and the winds back ran to a southwesterly, bringing rain into island by friday anyway. of the side of it. we do bite into the won't, so vienna's down to 6 ellsberg down to 4 and the be a fair breeze,

a wind the straw blowing down through the road valley western front. otherwise suns predominantly south central western mediterranean and spain and portugal. now back to thursday, because we still got the remains of the last storm, went through turkey in east bed, and that'll blow a fair breeze to answer egypt. few shannon's, the north. he asked the ha matter that still blowing the weakening there elsewhere north africa still drawn the horn of africa. the seasonal rain is in madagascar through malawi, and as far west as ambia and namibia. ah, the chuckle region of paragon, one of south america's toughness. we followed 2 men who seemed to thrive on his challenge in a veteran truck driver who answers every call whatever the weather to provide for his growing family and the cowboy who enjoys his rough, lonely life risk in it. oh,

power of life. on the al jazeera ah ah ah. hello, you're watching out 0. i'm emily anglin, a reminder of our top stories. this, our russia and beller roosts have started joint military drills. the kremlin says the exercises of focusing on repelling external aggression. it comes as u. k. foreign secretary leads. trust is due to hold talks with russian foreign minister, sir guy leverett, in moscow truck is in canada who are protesting against vaccine requirements and

pandemic restrictions. a block in the ambassador bridge. it's a vital border crossing with the u. s. and crucial to both economies. and several democratic lady u. s. dank, say, easing, pandemic restrictions, new york has announced it's dropping the requirement for masks to be worn inside businesses. russian media reporting at olympics guys. i can mila valley, haven't tested positive for a band hot medication before leaving, said bang ging 3rd because comes after olympic officials delayed presenting the 15 year old and her teammates that gold metal. the drug is used to treat angina and his band by the world and he doping agency as a performance enhancing simulate the i see says reports of doping. just speculation . obviously we ask for and hope for the patient and understanding

of all the athletes in involved here. but it is a legal case. i am bound by that legal case as you all and i'm unable to say anything more for more on this story. let's bring in katrina year whose life for us in beijing katrina. what more can you tell us about these allegations? will camilla live as a russian figure stating star, and she led her team to victory on monday during the team that when she performed unprecedented quadruple jumps. now the metal ceremony for that event was supposed to take place on tuesday, but it's been postponed indefinitely. now, when pressed for the reason as to why this has happened, i would say spokesperson mach adams as we just heard at a press conference on thursday, said that he could not explain or elaborate on the reasons why, except to say that this is a legal matter and he said, any potential doping violation case was only speculation. now the speculation has

risen from a report by a russian newspaper all b c. that value that tested positive for true metacity, which is a drug and used to treat angina. now this drug is banned by the world and he does the agency because it's also known to boost endurance. now, according to all b, c, her sample which tested positive for this struggle. tim z, as is also known, was collected about a month ago before the european championship. so the timing of this could possibly be a complication. another possible convocation, as well as age. she's only 15 years old and according to to the world anti doping agency, athletes who commit doping violations who are under the age of 18, do not need to be named. now valley eva and her coach appeared during training as usual in beijing on thursday morning. they would not comment to reporters and the

russian olympic committee has also not made any comments so far. but her support is all very concerned that this incident will threaten the existing metal one by the russian team this week and also endanger her chances of competing at next week's individual event on tuesday for which she is a heavy favorite. plenty of moving parts to the story. thank you very much. katrina, you live for us in banking. moving on now and and investigation is underway in libya into an attack on the interim prime minister abdul hammered debate. but car was shot at in the capital tripoli, but he escaped uninjured. it comes ahead of schedule devotion parliament to replace him. the international court of justice has ordered uganda to pay $325000000.00 to the democratic republic of congo. a fine is reparation for conflict 20 years ago. they killed hundreds of thousands of people. that's when

you get in and we're wondering, bank rebels. fort congolese troops for control of the mineral, which region of a touring the fine is far less than the 11000000000 that democratic republic of congo was seeking. john murray burn st guy is a researcher on democratic republic of congo at amnesty international is, is the ruling is a step forward, but the fine should have been bigger. today's ruling by the international court of justice is very important. symbolically 1st, because for, i mean, for the 1st time since the combo wars started, estate is being held to account. there was this 1st raleigh in 2025, which recognized the responsibility of uganda. and now there are also the compensations coming. now. it,

so there are amount of compositions seems very little compared to the damage compared to the number of victims. but it is still some important step. it's also some, somehow depends on the or says government willing to make sure that you're gonna pay what it has to pay. because you know, it's the, the court, the court of justice has done its work. but now, there is a diplomatic walk that needs to be done, but did your see to make sure that the money is paid and that it goes through to their victims. i mean, as i say, seeing the amount of repercussions that has been decided by the court doesn't seem to meet the level of the damage, but still it's so it's an important step for, for the victims. vote is in india,

most populous state would have pradesh are heading to the post filler collections. the ballot is a key test of prime minister in orange modi's popularity with alter pradesh accounting for 80 seats in parliament, modi's at b. j pe, party one. the last 8 election back in 2017. for the parties image there has been heard by strong opposition to it's now abandoned farming reforms. human rights groups have criticized indonesia security personnel for a police operation that lead theorists of more than 60 people. villages were protesting against plans to develop a rock mining size in central java. jessica washington reports from chicago in what us village is central java. the police presence remains high. after early a 10 scenes between security officers and residence. dozens of people were brought back to the village after being detained by

a host walk mining. one man exclaimed, how he is detained. i was at the mosque when it was time to praise, open the door and went to wash myself. then i was taken away by police. i got here opposed to refuse to let authorities survey them. a legal aid lawyer was also detained, and communication in the area was disrupted greenpeace nisha condemn, very much condemned the ah, excessive force used by the police and other state barret, this authorities plan to create the mining side in what us the and the said, well, will be used in the construction of the banner dan, a major government project. this very obvious that this will create a college degree edition in the village. authorities say they have already given

people the chance to voice their due to lack of what the ad becoming we had already communicated with the regional government with people religious leaders in waters. so we could go and start measuring the land of those who agree with the project. our. * local police say they were trying to prevent the bene, janice, one of these is major ongoing infrastructure project. it's construction is considered a priority for the central government. but some have concern that officials might be putting developing the full human rights human rights group say the reason infrastructure projects have also resulted inland defeat. the accusations of land grabbing. definitely the government has put priority over development rather than human rights security rather than liberty rights group,

the calling for an investigation into the conduct of security personnel. jessica washington 00 to counter to the u. s. now in the national football legs commissioner has admitted its failed to ensure coaching opportunities for minorities. there's only one black head coach in the nfl, yet 70 percent of its plays. black was a good l comments come awake after a former coach filed a law suit for allegations of racism. reynolds has this report from los angeles with american football's biggest event of the year, the super bowl just days away. nfl commissioner roger goodell held his annual state of the league press conference and event that was dominated by questions about a lack of diversity in the leagues upper echelons. the dell said in his words, that the league had fallen short by a long shot in making head coaching jobs available to people of color. this coming

after former miami dolphins head coach, brian flores filed a lawsuit against the nfl and several teams alleging racial discrimination against head coaches and executives. at the league. there is only one black head coach in the entire nfl at the moment, and none of the teams owners are people of color. good else said the nfl would be reevaluating its rules and procedures regarding these matters and said that racism would not be tolerated. now, many coaches players and fans will be waiting to see if cordell's words are followed by action. vaccinated foreign terrorists can now visit the philippines for the 1st time in nearly 2 years. he thing of restrictions comes man, flight of implant after concerns about the only con, variance and decline in local cases has pushed authorities to open borders. it's

a big to revive that countries tourism dependent economy. more than a 1000000 filipinos have lost their jobs in serious and industry cheering. the pandemic jamila alan duncan has more from bar hall, one of the philippines most popular serious destiny sheets. it's definitely base, i guess, on a lot of consultations with different government agencies. as you know, corporate cases have been slowing down steadily in the philippines over the last few weeks. there was already a plan to open the country to international tourist last year. but obviously the very dominant variance here is on the crime. so it is quite important for the country to open it nomic lee, that's because the philippines is one of the worst performing. the tourism industry is one of the worst performing in se, asia, the tourism industry contributes 12 percent to the countries g, d, p. and since the pandemic broke out, nearly 30 percent of all the filipino tourist workers have lost their job. so we

are here in the hall, you know, one of the most sought after tours destinations in the country. we've spoken to the governor earlier, who said this is definitely looking like hopefully like the light at the end of the tunnel. as you know, the same province was also devastated by cypher wright last year. and thankfully, he said that near the only half of the storage areas where damage. so they're really hoping that this would signal really the start of the economy slowly picking up and making a valuable contribution to the lives of ordinary filipinos who have suffered immensely. since the pandemic broke out, ah hello, you're watching, i was 0. these are the stories were following this alum, russia, and bell. ruth had started their 10 day long joint military drills. the kremlin says the exercise. it will focus on what it calls suppressing and repelling external aggression. the us has accused moscow of escalating tensions by holding

the drills and southern valor he ukrainian volta meanwhile.