for inglorious food on $21.00 out to 0, there are some of the media stories. a critical look at the global news media spread on al jazeera government shuttle access to social media. ah, russia launches military exercises in bellows and in the black sea nato calls it a dangerous moment for europeans security. ah, they're watching al jazeera live from to how with me, fully by table, also ahead. libby as parliamentary points, are you prime minister hours after the term leaders survived an assassination attempt? at least 6 people are killed in an explosion in somalia as capital delegates

involved in parliamentary elections appear to have been the targets. and the abortion law in el salvador, that's cost one woman, 10 years of her life. ah, thank you very much for joining us. thousands of russian troops have started 10 days of joint military drills in bella rules. it adds to moscow's huge military build up near the border with ukraine. their number of diplomatic initiatives underway to ease attention, but russia has rejected british calls to port truce back to their bases. the kremlin says, the exercise in bella was, will focus on what it describes as repelling external aggression. ukraine has started holding military drills for the same period, rushes foreign minister, se galeb rav welcome the u. k. 4 in secretary in moscow. earlier, a liberal says british and nato to build up in eastern europe, threatens russia. know what literally other sheeny,

unlike maneuvers that russia holds in its own territory when their tubes go back to their basis. western troops far from their own territory of u. k. the us and canada, their troops go to the baltics and the black sea, and they never go back to their bases or go home. you still may, julian, have we done something that is not part of our sovereign right? something we're entitled to do in our own country. if russia is serious about diplomacy, they need to move those troops and desist from the threats. now if we are able to follow a pulse of diplomacy, a nato has put offer on the table for talks to improve transparency, to improve confidence between the parties, then they're all hopes of a better future. and the case prime minister has urged europe to hold firm on ukraine's rights to join nato, for his johnson has been at the alliance his headquarters in brussels for talks

with nato secretary general young stilton burg. here is boston is in better was his capital men square more on the start of russia's military dress. russia is flexing its military muscle right here in ballard. scrambling has already confirmed that this is not the usual exercise. this exercise sold allied resolve basically defending the unions to state which involves rush and values against what they say is a nato, an imminent attack or the remnants added to an unprecedented threat to the territory. and that's why this gain of this exercise is much larger than the usual exercises these countries will hold. normally, nato chief has estimated their 30000 russian troops. forces are here now in ballard roast, that would be the largest deployment of russian troop since the end of the cold war . and they're holding officially war games. basically, a scenario that bella, luce,

is being attacked by nato and its leader is being top of, but this is all happening, just 50 kilometers away from the ukranian border. and so i was away from your praise capital. here we have some fighter shadow involved as 400 missile defense systems. it's a large operation. and as you said, rush and baller was saying, this is just an exercise news for us. we'll go home after february 20, but there's a lot of speculation if there's just maybe a smoke screen for a real attack. so there's a lot of anxiety about these exercises so, so to say, and natasha, but my is in kia. she says most ukrainians aren't expecting an invasion. who the president of ukraine of la them is. lensky was meeting european business leaders here in care of a short while ago. and he said that ukraine has the force and the weapons that it

needs to defend itself. and he said, what's important is that people in ukraine keep working carryon out with their daily lives. we've been speaking to people as well in the city to find out how they feel about those military exercises are happening. and but arisen one man told us that he feels that this is russia putting on a show for the west that it doesn't really affect people in ukraine. he doesn't feel that the country is being threatened, that this is all just a bit of theater. but on a, by the kremlin, but we spoke to other people. we spoke to one woman who said that she's very worried indeed, she feels anxious. she has a documents ready to flee the city if she needs to. because what you need to know is that, you know, kia is, is less than 200 kilometers away from that border with belarus. it is for a close indeed if you like, and some people here all worried about a possible attack. they all worried about a possible invasion, even though this is far from being a city on the siege. people are very much going about their daily business because

as they have said repeatedly, look, we have been at war with russia for 8 years now. so that threat is always loomed large while as the drills get underway, diplomatic efforts continue to try and ease attentions out there as dos. jabari is in moscow. she says the visit by the you case. foreign secretary might have worsened relations with russia. the british foreign secretary came here with a few lists of on demands that she was going to make of the russian officials to try and get them to de escalate the current situation. this trust came to moscow and saying that she wanted one of her 1st objective was to make it very clear that the sanctions package that the british government has on stand by should russia this are to invade ukraine is going to not only affect russia's economy, but also president vladimir putin's inner circle and their holdings in the u. k. the 2nd point she had was that the russia has a chance de escalate the situation. she has put all the owners of what has taken

place over the past few weeks on russia shoulders, saying that they are the ones that are going to have to show by removing some of their troops alongside the ukrainian border. further back away from that border to show that they're interested in, di escalating. now, the russian foreign minister was not having any of that. he sat after an hour and a half meeting at a press conference that the conversation he had with his british counterpart was a conversation between deaf and dumb music, basically. and that's the rhetoric that was coming from london was not conducive to dialogue. they don't consider that diplomacy. i love rob said that london is not hearing moscow and it became very clear, very quickly. the 2 officials were not even looking at each other at the press conference. it was very much i see atmosphere in that room. and we all saw it, i think a lot of analysts been saying that we've heard triple actually have done more damage than good. and she's the 1st foreign secretary to visit moscow in 5 years. and i think we now understand why the relationship has been straight,

and it's clear now there they have a long way to go before they can even call that friendship. at this stage. in other world news, saudi arabia has warned, it will bomb who the sides in humans, capital finance, and sold civilian c vacuum areas used for military purposes. this comes after 12 people were injured, reportedly by falling debris at the ada international airport in saudi arabia. when a drug was intercepted by ad defenses, the saudi led coalition says it's inexcusable that hootie rebels deliberately targeted a civilian airport. drones strikes by the hoofs have intensified in the last few weeks. in libya, the parliament has voted to reprise entering prime minister abdul hamid de bayver. the former interior minister of fatty russia has been named to his as his successor . the challenge to libya's unity government comes hours after the bible survived an assassination attempt. he escaped uninjured when his car was shot out in tripoli,

debarber says he'll ignore attempts to remove him. while it trainer is our correspondent in libya, he joined his life from tripoli. so mulligan you enter in prime minister announced by the parliament, tell us more about who he is and what this means for the, the balance of power in libya or steadily. an interesting turn of events and today's session in eastern libyan the city of til brook, or the parliament said at unit immensely approved fit. he was either as the new p m, now fed to bizarre, seen by many here in western libya as, as lived as western libya. strong men are he, when he was 4, when he was the minister of interior, he took a strong stance against malicious. that brought him into the sort of the limelight . he got you, general support from people, especially the international community. they thought that he could help us stabilize the police force. and the security apparatus i, especially in western libya,

are in terms of balance of power. the current prime minister abdul hamid the baby has for the most part, been able, unable a, to extend his control and eastern libya, eastern libya as controlled by the warlord halifax huffstutter, who in 2019, launched a military offensive to take the capital. he was unsuccessful. he returned back to western libya and has a huge, a power base. there are 30 but other and the, and kelly for have to her of thought to come to an agreement. in fact, just a little while ago khalifa have to spokesman amended. miss marty are said that they support be parliament's decision to name that he basha. as a new prime minister. will this be a smooth transition? was the hemi labor says he's not handing over power to this new prime minister. so we're gonna have to wait and see what happens next days and months ahead. and in this coming, just hours after that, the former prime minister. well,

that entering prime minister, wish to call himself dabei bear as savannah, an assassination attempt. what do we know happened? well sources closer abs, hamid's baber told us that as he was returning home in the early hours of thursday morning, around 2 30 am local time his vehicle was attacked by gunman. or we received exclusive footage from the source or wickets visibly. see a 4 shots in the vehicle in other i'm in the neighbors of vehicle. now we've yet to see an official response from either the ministry of interior or the prime minister in terms of this incident authority say they're launching an investigation into the case. the assailants were able to get away, and this really proves how fluid the security situation here is in tripoli and in libya in general. also, you know, a really a significant day in terms of the politics are in terms of security. the security

status of this raises a lot of questions for the most part, you know, triply has been saved. they've been able to host lots of foreign diplomats, your foreign ministers, even prime minister, have been able to come to tripoli and meet with officials safely up. but now some people may start to 2nd guess, or whether the security or services here can insure their safety. if the prime minister has been attacked, you know, in the streets of triple it. malik, thank you for that manic trainer. by for i say in libya's capital tripoli, in somalia suspected suicide bombers kill at least 6 people in the capital, mogadishu, a dozen more wounded by the blast, it sant dead delegates involved in the ongoing parliamentary elections where the target malcolm web is falling to that means from arabic capital kenya, the eye witnesses said the attacker run towards the convoy and the police who were riding on the back of a pickup as part of the convoy shot shot at him. and he wasn't able to reach the

convoy that he detonated the device. the people that were killed the bystanders at the roadside, it's a fairly busy area. it was not far from the market. the group pounds for bob has said it was responsible for the attack about said last year that it was opposed to the election process and threatened to disrupt it. we were 1st meant to happen over a year ago and a couple years ago there was a plan that for the 1st time in decade, tamale would have a one person one vote election, but that didn't get off the ground. and so instead it's reverted to the previous system by which klan representative select m p 's. and then m. p, intern select will vote on the president, but it's still repeatedly over the last 14 months. we saw fighting on the streets of mogadishu a year ago between the opposition and security forces following substantial pressure applied a month ago from the u. s. and the u. k. who provide military support to the somali

government? the process has redeemed the theories of ongoing meetings happening in various provinces across the country. a lot of horse trading going on behind the scenes as plan delegates try to reach a consensus on who they will appoint as m p to represent them. and people who are close to the process say that almost certainly very large amounts of cash will be changing hands as part of this process. still ahead on the program, promising to end detention. so profit migrate and refugees are to be put under house arrest in the us and of a cost of conflict. uganda in order to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to democratic with our because ah, the

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but snow for tokyo is snowfall warning in play upwards of 20 centimeters, but because those temperatures are above 0, this is going to be heavy wet snow and it's going to melt quickly on friday with the high of 10 degrees. ok, got to run season. ah. the sport style mom flying the flag for her nation. we have been pointing lankin crazy and playing crickets on rugby for her country. between luxembourg. my dream play in the world while providing for her family cries in both ways, cleaning games. that's why we bought precious moran gay in the game. my zimbabwe on al jazeera lu.

the me welcome back. a reminder about top stories on al jazeera, russia and better rules have started. joint military trails near ukraine's border of crime in says the exercises were focused on what it costs to pricing and repelling extra aggression. maybe as parliament to replace the intern prime minister abdul hamid to buy about with a shy guy, the former interior minister. it came hours after the bible survived in consternation attempt and at least 6 people have been killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion in somalia. capital mogadishu authorities believe a suicide bomber was targeting a convoy of soldiers. in other news, candidates prime minister has called

a growing protest movement against covert 19 measures. a threat to its economy truck is not blocking a vital border crossing with the united states. john henderson reports from the ambassador bridge between ontario and the us state of michigan. on the american side of the busiest land crossing between the us 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 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 and candidates, parliamentary prime minister gesture to go in canada, bully, you can't and append demik with blockades. you can end up

by decreeing, you can even ended by legislation. you need to ended with science, you need. and even as canadians are tired and impatient for us, 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 end her. 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, college domino effect, a whole bunch of stuff added up with these guys. 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 confrontation between police and protesting truckers increases in the us. and in

canada, patience is wearing thin. it will have to be resolved one way or the other. i'm not saying not to suggest, you know, been better ramson, asked police officers that may not be the solution. but there has to be a resolution to get this work possible it obviously united states canada as the stand off wears on it remains to be seen whether the 1st to lose patience will be the protesting truckers or police john henderson al jazeera, on the us. canadian border or france and belgium have banned a so called freedom convoy of cars this weekend. inspired by the truck is located in canada, drive is demanding and direct seen passes. have set off from southern france that we're planning to demonstrate in paris before heading to brussels. drivers, we ignore the band face fines in france of more than $5000.00. police in new zealand have arrested around a 120 protesters against corona vice restrictions. if they get

a parliament for 3 days, demanding an end to mandatory vaccination for guffman staff, including health workers, firefighters and teachers, the demonstrators say the tucker is located in canada, inspired them to speak out how the us is said to trial a program where migraines and refugees caught at the border with mexico a place into so called home care. a few. it is seem to be cheaper, a cheaper alternative than detention centers. but the move has been criticized by ride school. they say present. joe biden has failed to deliver on his promises of more humane detention meshes. rob rentals report from los angeles. this was turned out in 2020 years. the colbert 19 pandemic. rage migrants in the u. s. government detention facilities in california protested and went to court over dangerous conditions in a final settlement reached late last month, the federal immigration enforcement agency, ice, and private for profit prison corporations agreed to safety protections for

detainees, including cobit vaccinations and limits on detainee populations, unsanitary conditions and indifferent gar that are rural county jail under contract with ice were experienced by immigration detainee and asylum seeker, jo, me here. there was feces. ready and you're. ready in and it was just bad situation and it was really hard for us to get clean supplies. we'd see some of the guards would come in and they'd be sick that have called the next, you know, they'd be off to 3 weeks. and we come to find out that some of the guys were actually infected with over it. and they weren't taking any precautions to help us out or keep us safe. the american civil liberties union, one a ruling, the freed hundreds of detainees while awaiting asylum hearings. we filed the lawsuit because it was clear from the outset that when kobe began to spread ice and g o group, which is private for profit contractor,

we're putting people at great risk of serious harm. and geo group is contracted by ice to hold detainees. it runs more than $100.00 prisons processing centers and other facilities. last year, president joe biden issued an order phasing out contracts between the justice department and private for profit prisons, but that order didn't cover immigrant detainees. we've been deeply disappointed by how things have played out throughout his campaign bite and promised to end the use of for profit detention by the federal government. including for undocumented immigrants. and us would have a huge impact on the ice detention system, of course, because nearly 80 percent of people who are in ice detention are in facilities that are privately operated. as large numbers of migrants are expected at the us mexico border in the coming months. the by the administration, informed congress this week, it will use a home curfew program as an alternative to incarceration,

now awaiting an asylum. hearing me here cannot forget how he was treated in detention. you know, just treated worse than animals. you know, people treat her pets way better than what we were being treated. nearly $21000.00 migrants are currently locked up in ice and privately run. prisons, rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles, some breaking news out of tenicia now. and the president has announced the supreme judicial council has been dissolved, it is tasked with ensuring the independence of the judiciary. but present, ty side says it has become a thing of the past. and this is amazing in a series of decision side has taken in sacking the government and suspending parliament in july. a critic say he is bidding to consolidate power over institutions, entities. i will have more in the story in our 15 g m t use our hair, nauseous, era. nato. salvatore, where

a woman has been released from prison after 10 years behind bars for aggravated murder because she had a miscarriage. she was originally sentenced to 30 years before the supreme court judges intervened. campaigners to change the abortion law say, are the women in similar situations remain in jail? victoria get be has a story. this was elsie after her release from jail, a victim of el salvador, strict anti abortion laws. me o me. my son and my parents gave me the strength to carry on. i've been working every day over these years in prison, sometimes also on the weekends because i knew that i could reduce my sentence. i was working until the final day i was there. el salvador implemented a full ban on abortion in 1998, including in cases of rape or incest. women who go to public hospitals after a miscarriage is sometimes accused of murder and charged with aggravated homicide. this is what happened to elsie with 17 other women in prison under

similar circumstances. women's rights activists say their work is far from over. but elsie says she's hopefully the others will be released soon. as i put a gate galleria, thank you to those women who were fighting every day for my release and who continued to fight for the other women who are still in prison. i know just like me, they will get a freedom and be with their families against other women, wrongly convicted of called for abortion to be legalized in el salvador 21 year old . evelyn hernandez was acquitted of homicide in a re trial 3 years ago. she'd previously been sentenced to 30 years in prison and spent 3 years in jail after giving birth to a stillborn baby. after spending 10 years in prison, elsie says she's ready to move on with her life and wants to ensure other women don't go through the same ordeal. victoria gate and be al jazeera. uganda says

wednesday's decision again, stayed by the international court of justice is unfair and wrong. the i c. j, awarded democratic republic of congo, $325000000.00 in reparations for a conflict 20 years ago. that killed hundreds of thousands of people as when you gander and wandering batch rebels fort congress. so so control of the mineral rich region of a tory, the fine is far less than the $11000000000.00 said democratic republic of congo was seeking. jom obey i sang, i is a researcher for democratic republic of congo, amnesty international. he says a ruling is a step forward, but the find 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 congo wars started, a state is being held to account. there was this 1st raleigh in

2025. we recognized the responsibility of uganda, and now there are also the compensations coming in. now, it saw there amount of compensation since a 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 dear c's government willing to make sure that you're gonna pay what it has to pay because you know, it's 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 to to their victims? i mean, as i say, i was saying them amount of reparations 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 and internationally acclaimed uganda and author critical of the president has fled the country while king that will kit are basha, was arrested in december charge with insulting president. you're wearing the 70 and social media is lawyer says he's going to europe and will seek medical treatment for injuries he suffered behind bars. his best known for his book, the greedy barbarian, which is widely interpreted as a satire on president, was 70 voters in india's most popular fate, or to per dash her heading to the poles for local elections. the ballot is seen as an important test for promise to render modi's popularity with ultra pradesh accounting for 80 seats in parliament. modi's b. j. p. party won the last 8 election in 2017 or the parties image share has been hurt by strong opposition to its now abandoned forming reforms. meanwhile,

schools in india, southern karnataka states continue to be close after confrontation following a ban on women's has cobs. the move spawns protest are muslim students earlier this week say they're being discriminated against. they were met with counter demonstrations from hindu, who support the bat i . so again, i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera, russia and bella was, have started joint military drills near ukraine's border. the criminal says the exercises will focus on what they call suppressing and repelling external aggression. know what lee, she mashini. unlike maneuvers that russia holds in its own territory when their tubes go back to their basis. western troops far from their own territory, u. k. the us and canada, their troops go to the baltics and the black seas, and they never go back to their base.