him entries from around the world about those who won't give up their fight for justice. out is there a selects justice ah, russia begins joined military drills with bowers, while the u. k. foreign secretary visits moscow in the latest diplomatic effort to ease the ukraine crisis. ah, hello, i'm emily angland. this is al jazeera alive from doha. also coming out. i'm john 100 on the us canada border were protesting truckers are disrupting hundreds of millions of dollars in commerce every day. to moscow not to mask several us states

live to face covering requirements, but the white house urges students and teachers to keep wearing them and russian figure skater. camilla valley ever is back on the ice of the beijing olympics, despite doping allegations which saw her gold medal ceremony delays. ah, russia and bella rues, have started their 10 day long joint military drills. the kremlin says, the exercises will focus on what it calls suppressing and repelling external aggression. the u. s. has accused moscow of escalating tension by holding the drills in southern bell ruse. near the ukrainian border. russia has repeatedly denied its planning to invade ukraine despite amassing tens of thousands of soldiers at its order. here is also planning

a 10 day drill starting on thursday. the southern border of belarus is around 200 kilometers away from ukrainian capital. give russian troops and military equipment are also situated on its border with you. crime, as well as to the south in crimea, which russia annexed in 2014 and the 1st convoys carrying us military equipment and personnel have arrived in romania. a 1000 american soldiers will join $900.00 service members already station, then it's part of an additional tro troop deployment ordered by president joe biden . meanwhile, the diplomatic drive to de escalate. these tensions is continuing on thursday. the u. k. foreign secretary leads trust is in moscow for talks with her russian counterpart. so guy lever of, while british prime minister barak johnson is at national headquarters in brussels before traveling to poland,

adding to diplomatic efforts is germany's chance. love show hosting the latest all the 3 old take states, ordering russian ukraine's foreign minister says this is all helping progress, but insists he won't accept any ultimatum from russia. that's bringing dosage a battery now, who's live for us in moscow doors. so there is plenty happening, but festival wants leaves trust hoping to gain from this visit. well, according to the foreign secretary, she is here with 2 main objectives. one, to make very clear to the russian authorities that should there be an invasion of ukraine that the sanctions imposed on russia from the british government would not, not only effect the british economy their russian economy rather, but also at very close allies of russian president vladimir putin and their personal wealth in the u. k. would also be effected. there is

a lot of russia money invested in the british property market and the foreign secretary has said that the sanctions that they've prepared in case of an invasion would really also look at those certain individuals that have a lot of what money invested in the u. k, she's also going to be making her 2nd point than that is that the only way forwarded for russia to deescalate tensions and get on a much stronger diplomatic path to try and resolve this crisis. this is of course, a very important visit because this is the 1st time a british foreign secretary has been added to moscow since 2017. the relationship between the 2 countries haven't been that great. the russians have said that to have accused liz trusts of reading one to many spy novels. because earlier, at last month, the british government accused russia authorities of trying to overthrow the government in care of and placing a puppet regime. there something the authorities here dismissed and very quickly.

so she's here at the her own request, the british government, one at this visit and the russian foreign minister survey lavolle has agreed to meet her and they will be speaking to the press in the coming our civil wait and see what has come from the meeting of the 2 ministers is and aiden will bring that to you live. thanks dosa. and what mulkey tell us about the war games that are underway in bell roots between russian and, and bella, russian forces well, these are, according to nato secretary general, the biggest or russian deployment of troops to valero, since the end of the cold war, nearly 30000 russian soldiers are in belarus to carry out this operation allied, resolved that they as they've called it. and this was announced earlier in january this, they were drilled between the 2 countries at the request really of the bell, russian president, alexander lucas jenko, who said that they need to strengthen their countries, borders and, and the russian president vladimir putin was very happy to oblige and carry out

these drills these, this is the 2nd phase of that military exercises to be held. and there is a lot of military hardware and equipment that's been shipped to bell russia bellows for that drills. there is the iskander and missile system. and as well as the s 400, as surface to air missile system. and there has been a lot of discussion about the amount, the sheer size of this military drill that hasn't been seen before. so there is some concern from nato, but the russians have said that this is something that they plan on carrying out throughout the year. the bell, russian defense minister announced earlier last week that they will carry out 20 military drills with russian forces throughout the year. so there is a sense that the 2 sides will simply continue this military cooperation throughout the coming months. it would be interesting to say how it unfold. thank you very much. dosage jabari live for us in moscow of the coast of ukraine. there is an

increase in the number of russian navy patrols. 6 russian landing ships have crossed into the black sea to continue their combat training missions. fishermen say they are living in fear of being arrested and interrogated by intelligence agents shall strap fit has more on this story from the as of c the freezing fog is thick speed out across the sea, crimea, which was annexed by russian forces 8 years ago. he's 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 in coach at the entrance to the black sea where he was interrogated and held the 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, 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 a soviet fishing troll appears on an island around which ukrainian fishermen now cost their 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 that 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 in 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 navigation warnings. recent large scale russian naval exercises of crimea, fuel fears that the kremlin 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 left, of course, i'm worried. we go far out to sea, we might not come back. it's good as the russians inform our families that they've taken us. 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 tray to 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 at sea deficient industries suffering. and that means we do to we repeatedly asked the ukranian navy for comments about how it can better protect fishermen from what the government calls russian aggression. 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 drop down to 0 the as off see some ukraine and these alive pitches are the u . k. foreign secretary lives trust in moscow holding talks with her russian counter

ponce leverage. meanwhile, british premises bars johnson will be in brussels later today. and these trusts as well as leverage, will hold a press conference in the next hour or so. and we'll bring that to you live, but just repeating these live pictures of the u. k. foreign secretary in moscow with so again, love growth to the world. news now in canada's prime minister has called a growing protest movement against covert 19 measures. a threat to its economy, truckers and outlooking a vital border crossing with the united states. john hendrick 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 turning. traffic on the ambassador bridge had been stopped in both directions. now on the other side from canada to the u. s. just a trickle of trucks is allowed through. on monday,

hundreds of angry truckers disrupted north america most bustling international commercial connector and they say they'll keep it up until vaccine mandates and other coven 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 block hates. you can and a plan damage by decreeing you can even ended by legislation. you need to ended with science, you need, and it with her. and even as canadians are tired and impatient for it to 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 enter this oh the protesting truckers say they'll continue their blockade as long as it takes so far,

police have been reticent to cleared the roads. you know, it's 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 it stake each hour and each day the chance of a confrontation between police and protesting truckers increases in the u. s. and in canada, patience is wearing thin. it will have to be resolved one way or the other. i'm not saying not a suggestion, you know, it's been better rouzan and ross, please answer that may not be the solution. there has to be a resolution to get the pricing on that sort of impact on the safe 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 us 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 fine have been inspired by the truck protests in canada. dozens of people headed off from nice seeing what they're calling a freedom convoy him. they want to enter vaccine passes and will join drivers from across france. your plan to arrive in paris on saturday. a growing number

of democratic lead states in the u. s. a rolling back mosque mandates, the governor of neal says the indoor phase, covering policies for businesses will not be renewed. the state of illinois and massachusetts say they'll and some mosque requirements by the end of the month. still ahead on the al jazeera, you won't tolerate races, we won't tolerate discrimination. the head of america is national football league. it's falling short when it comes to racial diversity among the staff. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. let's go with your weather report for europe and africa. hello everyone. first things 1st, whether alerts in play across northern ireland into scotland. it was. so this is

for snow ice. and when now specifically that ice, that's a thursday overnight into friday saying. so waking up on friday, dark, the purple, dark of the blue, the lower the temperature, so one below in edinburgh and 2 for london. so any of that precipitation will i stop and we'll get a bit of a glaze on the roadways there. now for central europe, things are quiet, it's all about high temperature. it's here. so belgrade, 17 degrees in the sunshine. that is a good 10 above where you should be for this time to year. things have quite it down in turkey, most of that energy out toward the east, pushing into the caucasus. and we've got outbreaks of rain for the levant and breezy as while there was winds extend rate through egypt, sudan into chad. and along that border with chad in the air, we're going to see the sand dust kicked up further toward the south pouring rain for southern angola into northern sections of nym, libya, also western areas. this was decent for cape town at 24 in the sunshine,

but that's below average. give it a bit of time. your temperature shoots up to 34 degrees by tuesday. that's it. oh, with sponsored by casara ways. oh, need to different worlds. but creatively, philosophically aligned, al jesse real world explored the surprisingly between the egyptian islamic scholar, muhammad abdul and russian novelist, leo tolstoy, and the french addiction surrealists all 3 breton and jewels, and 9 leech really thinkers and surrealists on al jazeera blue. ah ah

hello, are you watching out there? i'm emily anglin, a reminder of our top stories. the south m d u. k. foreign secretary list trusts is holding talks with russia is a foreign minister about the tension near the ukranian border. russia and belarus have started joint military drills. the kremlin says the exercises are focusing on repelling external aggression. truck is in canada who were protesting against vaccine requirements and pandemic restrictions. a blocking the ambassador bridge, it's a vital border crossing with the u. s. and crucial to both economies and several democratic lead us states our easing pandemic restrictions, new york has announced its dropping the requirement for mosques to be worn inside businesses. russian media reporting a limb peak, a skater camilla valley ever tested positive for

a band hot medication before leaving to bank ging, the report comes after olympic officials delight presenting the 15 year old and her teammates with thick old metal. the drug is used to treat angina and is banned by the world and joking agency as a performance enhancing stimulant. the i see says reports of doping, a 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 katrina, you has more on the story from aging. the speculation has risen from a report by a russian newspaper all b. c. that valley ever tested positive for true metacity, which is a drug used to treat angina. now this drug is banned by the world as does the

agency because it's also known to boost endurance. now according to all b, c, her sample which tested positive for this drug or t m d, as it's also known, was collected about a month ago before the european championships. so the timing of this could possibly be a complication. another possible complication is value of 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 and investigation is underway in libya into an attack on me and from prime minister, after ham davis was shot at the capital tripoli, but he escaped injured. it comes ahead of his scheduled voyage in parliament to replace international court of justice has ordered uganda to pay $325000000.00 to democratic republic of congo. the fine is reparation for conflict 20 years ago. they killed hundreds of thousands of people. that's when you gander and were wanda and backed rebels. fort congolese troops for control of the mineral, which region of a touring define is far less than the 11000000000 that democratic republic of congo was seeking. the court's decision cannot be fueled. and internationally acclaimed uganda, an author critical of the president has fled the country. cat windsor were kiera

basha, egypt was arrested in december, charged with insulting the president on social media. his lawyer says he's going to europe and will seek medical treatment for his injuries. he suffered behind buys his best known for his book, the grady barbarian which is widely interpreted as a satire on the president said the children says the malia is experiencing its worst drought in a decade. in november, the charity found 60 percent of households had at least one person who lost their source of income. mostly jute, the death of livestock. and more than a 3rd of families included at least one person going without food for more than 24 hour period. it says 4600000 somalis will face crisis to emergency level food shortages until may. and the un has only been able to raise 2 percent of its a target voters in india's most populous state or

per dish, are heading to the polls for local elections. the balance is an important test for prime minister in the range of modi's, popularity, with order project accounting for 80 percent or 80 states rather in parliament bodies b, j. pe, party one. the last date election in 2017. but the parties image there has been hurt by strong opposition to its now abandoned bombing. we're full and in southern india, a ban on women's religious head scamps has ignited more protests. it's prompted the government to shut down universities in kentucky state this week. the debate about whether the hinder dominated government is safeguarding the rights of india's minorities, is at the center of the controversy. having mitchell explains ha videos that defined the growing tensions in the state of to not got in southern

india. students aligned with him. 2 groups heckler woman, for wearing a boycott as competing religious, johns, a hood. every religion has freedom, their falling, their culture, and i'm following mind. they should let us follow our culture and not raised obstacles for us. a few weeks ago, 16 needs students were barred from wedding head scarves in the classroom. those protests have now spread across the state with more women, demanding the right to cover the heads and cloth, opposing them all hinder groups. they have been marching, reading, saffron colored, scarves, and shoals, and some hoisted a saffron flag. the color is considered sacred by many hindus ego uniform, a living song, uniforms seem for everyone. whether it is him doing muslim or christian. they should abide and very uniform and the he job has to be kept outside the gate. the state government run by prime minister marines remote these party john, the party has supported school and college administrators in banning muslim girls

wearing head scarves in class. the route has v ignited the debate about minority lights in india that these in the supreme interest groups are the same. you know, the self same groups that since 2000 eat up attack women in the sam coastal got a got area for visiting bubbs for vetting western clothes are they of valentines day is coming up and the same groups are to be out on the streets. excellent. couples level as was to think together and saying that you're not allowed to factor nice with somebody who's not your husband and so on. so these are extremely resistive groups. there is nothing feminist about that objection to the job. they are merely trying to prevent any, you know this, this sink the spaces for muslims and colleges and think the space for interaction between him. the one with the state government closed all high schools and colleges until friday, while the high court judges here legal arguments and decide whether or not the law

on constitutional freedom is been broken off in the middle. i'll just eat a new daddy. human rights groups have criticize to indonesia security personnel for a police operation that led to the risk of more than 60 people. villages were protesting against plans to develop a rock lining side in central java. jessica washington reports from jakarta in what us village, central java, the police presence remains high after earlier 10 scenes between security officers and residence. dozens of people were brought that to their village after being detained by how many proposed money. one man explained how he is detained. i was at the mosque where it was time to praise, open the door and went to wash myself. then i was taken away by police. i've got here, of course, refuse to let authorities survey then

a legal aid lawyer was also detained, and communication in the area was disrupted. grandparent nisha condemn, very much condemn the ah, excessive force used by the police and other state of barret, this authorities planned to create the mining side in what us the under side well will be used in the construction of the banner dan, a major government project this very office that this will create a college degree edition in, in the village authority say they have already given people the chance to voice their due to lack of what the ad if 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. * local police say they

were trying to prevent the ben again, one of these is major ongoing infrastructure project in 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 defeats the accusations of land grabbing. his 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, our 0 to counter in the us. the national football legs commissioner has admitted it has failed to ensure coaching opportunities for minorities. there's only one black head coach in the nfl, yet 70 percent of its play as a black. roger, go down,

comments come a week after a former coach father low 6 allegations of racism. rental supports 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 good dells words are followed by action . ah ha, what charges here? these are the stories were following the sal, m. u k. foreign secretary leads trust has told russia's foreign minister, a war with ukraine would be disastrous and has urged moscow to take a path of them. the pharmacy americans, as russia and belarus, had started joint military drills. the kremlin says the exercises are focusing on repelling external aggression. tulsa jibari has moved from moscow according to the foreign sec.