precious moran gay in the game. my zimbabwe on al jazeera, a diverse range of stories from across the globe. from the perspective of on networks, journalists on al jazeera. ah, russia sends tanks rolling through bella rues, hold a minute to drill his fears, grow that it will invade ukraine. west and neat is call it a dangerous moment for europe. ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm to mossey in london. you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. a new power struggle bruise in libya, parliament points a new prime minister hours after the currently to survives an assassination attempt

. suicide bombing in somali as capital kills at least 6 people, while the country struggles to solve a political crisis. and bumper to bumper problems on the u. s. canadian border by truck drivers. arriving out there protests against corona, vars vaccine mandate ah, tens of thousands of russian and better russian troops have started 10 days of major joint military drills. nato estimates 30000 russian soldiers have been sent to batteries. the largest deployment to the ex soviet state. since the cold war crammed and says they will return to that permanent basis in russia wants, the exercise is finish. but western power fer it could be used as an opportunity to attack ukraine. and is there a step vasa reports now from the better russian capital? minsk, russia flexing its military muscle,

just 50 kilometers from the bellow. roshan border with ukraine. 4 weeks troops have been arriving even from russia. far east than 1000 kilometers away. it is clear that is as far bigger than previous military exercises by an officials have not disclosed the number of soldiers involved. nato speaks of 30000. if you consider that. an invasion of a large territory like ukraine is in coatings interest to have a chance to attack from the south from marine ants and crime your forces from the east, from russian soil, and from the north, in a joint action of russia, it is ally bellows. so. ready militarily speaking, it couldn't be any better, but it's released by russian ministry of defense showed tags and metal launchers being used in the drills and military chats in the ear. from the bellow russian

border, which is great, it is less than a 2 hour drive to the capital, kia. what's the latest worry if this is a serious drill or a ploy for a real attack. for the next 10 days, the world's eyes will be on the largest russian contingent on bowers and foil indicates a possible 2nd front for vladimir put a new makes use of the isolated and international weak position of his strategy. alexander lucas shanker. lucas shanker, came unto sanctioned from the west after he was accused of election thought and a violent crack down on the opposition. while the bell of russian leader has always trusty, independent of bellows and refrained from condoning, put into military actions in premier and eastern ukraine. yes, now turn to the russian leader for help. good. it's a book, mass mutual, dose, you poor, military forces have always left peluso after the end of an exercise. right now with a more participants in the rhetoric is aggressive. i think lucas shank is attitude is caused by his annoyance with the west,

which in the fact it doesn't recognize him as a legitimate leader. he believes russian troops will eventually leave after the drills finish on february 20 until dan speculation about the real purpose of this show of forest likely continue, steadfast and al jazeera in men. u. k. prime minister, meanwhile, is described wargames in europe the most dangerous moment. or as johnson is hell, talks with nato lead against oldenburg, as passive diplomatic efforts to try and, and tensions ukraine. but a little progress was made by sending the case for the secretary in moscow. wireless trust was accused of grandstanding and refusing to listen to the russian counterpart circ a lover of dosage of bar reports from moscow. british foreign secretary on her 1st official visit to moscow. the trust followed diplomatic protocol by laying a reef at the tomb of unknown soldiers close to the kremlin. a gray and cold days started the foreign secretary's trip,

but it was an even colder reaction from her russian counterpart, sir gay lover all you following there near to our session. behind closed doors, little jewell and tim stool. i'm disillusioned about the fact that our conversation is like between the mutual and the deaf person, demands to remove russian troops for russian territory kept coming up during only go. she ation. it is regrettable. as far as the ologies ultimatums and frets, this is a dead end street and yield nothing. but unfortunately, some of our western colleagues have been carried away with this and their public statements. i can not cold. this diplomacy study. laughter of made it clear that the british are not listening to russia's concerns. fundamentally a warn ukraine would be disastrous for the russian and ukrainian people and for european security. and together, nato has made it clear that any incursion into ukraine would have massive consequences and carry severe costs. the british efforts to reduce tensions

continued in the belgian capital, where prime minister boris johnson met nato secretary, general yen salton, berk both presenting a united front against what they say is russian aggression. this is probably the most dangerous moment i would say in them in the course of the next few days in what is the biggest security crisis that europe has facebook for decades and we've got to get it right. and i think that the combination of o sanctions, and military resolve test diplomacy is a what is in order from brussels to warsaw. in the same day, boris johnson visited the polish capital to reiterate, britons resolved to protect nato allies. another 250 british soldiers are due to arrive in poland soon, making it home to the largest overseas deployment by britain's armed forces. a fact moscow says is further evidence of nato's eastward expansion. list trust came here

hoping to get some reassurances from her russian counterparts. but it seems her visit may have caused more damage to the fragile relationship between london and moscow. the british defense secretary is due in russia on friday, no doubt hoping for a better outcome door such a bari al jazeera moscow, just a 2 hour drive from batteries and ukrainians in the capital key ever watching rushes drills closely. many civilians have started learning, self defense and gone sales also on the rise. it's ashley bought a reports from key f. ukraine's front line may be far from the shooting range in the capital, kiev. but he's never, far from the mind of leonid or stout, save a veteran of the conflict in the east of the country where ukrainian forces are fighting russian backed separatists. he fears russia could attack once again because he doesn't trust vladimir putin. he can do what i wish he

was as to the president by the say that it's a boy was a nuclear weapon was all france and i agree with him. 100 percent. his like a little dictator unit says people must learn to protect themselves. the owner of this gun store says that more and more people are coming in to buy a weapon worried by the situation. the sales have gone up by 30 to 40 percent in the last 2 months. in another part of the city, a placement converted into a bomb shelter, one of thousands in kiev that has been reopened in case the worst happens. it was billed during the cold war by the russians who have now become the enemy to a full scale invasion would lead to a 3rd world war in the center of europe. it wouldn't be only ukraine involved, but all the other countries, anxiety here over russia's military build up on ukraine's border is being exacerbated by moscow's latest move,

military exercises in belarus. less than 200 kilometers from here. but not every one is worried. for many daily life is a bigger concern than the kremlin. i think the russian villa, russia, the most like doing this exercise is for the world to have a dialect with ration most of it like not, not to make it work because they're not interested in the showing emotional phosphate which they're capable of attacking. they want to attack, but would they dare with they really do us more nearly 8 years of conflict cranes, east of cast a long shadow. but most hope that the going diplomatic efforts who put a di escalation in sight, the latest crisis. natasha butler, al jazeera kiev. ah now her fears of a new power struggle in libya, a replacement has been named for the interim prime minister,

just hours after he survived an assassination attempt of former interior minister fatty basheba was chosen by the parliament based in the east of the country. bart, there is no sign that the currently, the abdul, hamid de baber will step aside. his car was shot and tripoli early on thursday. course it's feared having to name bleeders could deepen existing divisions between rival factions as they struggle to reconcile. malik train it has worn out from tripoli and today's session and eastern levine, the city of to brook of the parliament said at union adam isley approved that he was other as the new p m. now fed to bizarre, seen by many here in western libya as, as little 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,

especially in western libya or in terms of balance of power or the current prime minister abdul hamid baber has for the most part, been able, unable a, to extend his control and eastern libya eastern libya as controlled by the warlord khalifa, huffstutter, who in 2019 launched military offensive to take the capital. he was unsuccessful, returned back to western libya and has a huge a power base. there are 30 brochure her and the and clearly for have to her of thought to come to an agreement. in fact, just a little while ago actually for have to spokesman amazon. miss molly are said that they support the parliament's decision to name that he was her as a new prime minister. will this be a smooth transition will abs? hamid waiver says he's not handing over power to this new prime minister. so we're going to have to wait and see what happens in the next days and months ahead. and

what is news agency? a thing that you asked will help view a e replenished missile defense interceptors after spate of attacks by who the rebels. the iran aligned group has waged a string of attacks in recent weeks. many of miss that targets bet till one rocket attack, kill 3 civilians. last month, the heel at the head of us central command told reuters his country will do everything he can to assist the u. e. at least 6 people have died after a suicide bomber attacked in many boss carrying election officials in the somali capital market issue. the on group osha. bob says it was behind the assault bombing his road near the presidential palace. they've been several attacks and market issue recently is rival faction struggled hold elections. mark web has more from nairobi. the i with it is said, the attacker ran 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 township 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 plan representative select m p m. p intern. select will vote on the president, but it's stalled. repeatedly, over the last 14 months, we saw fighting on the streets of mogadishu, a year ago between the armed 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 of klan 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 to lead for you want to 0. ah, fighting for the right to i had jobs in class. religious tensions play out in india's colleges. pres, her boss, a nation after a pandemic earthquakes and a super tie thing. philippines, tourism industry slowly returns ah,

most of australia surprisingly is dr. and the action being a bit further east or no can, you can don't hear that storm door. he's going to eventually join up with us. been at the system every rain of a new zealand. there's an active cold front coming through western australia by co frontier. i just been an area of right now, she's got some chocolate tucked into it's new. be significant thunderstorms on the way through. eventually the wheat belt in new zealand yesterday, warnings i for this heavy rain the have been in the southern out. so the south portland, but i think we might cross for the north later on saturday or sunday, the regular carry home all weekend. and of course it's fed by davi, which is, gets subsumed here. now in southeast asia, there is yet more rain of a heavy type in western bonia that was single pole, possibly in the next day or so. it tends to fade away by the weekend. and then you've got a concentration may be in the since i've been java or beyond. for heavy rain seems likely and it's enhanced once more in town. i do. and sri lanka, as the ne monsoon,

is fed from both the north and the south by some warm moist air. sadly, not the case in northern india, still settled briefly become windy, i think improved their call to new delhi. but basically it's sunny and often foggy . ah, with britain's beloved curry houses are in crisis to india. don is shut down every week. you direct financial friday and the pad in one 0, one east investigate on out you 0 from international politics to the global pandemic . and everything in between. join me as i take on the lies this man or the misconceptions, and of me the contradiction are mark lamond hill and it's hardly get up front on out 0. 0

ok. i'll come back and look at the main stories. this allen allen dead, thousands of russian battle russian troops to start 10 days of military drills. tension, crow of rushes present on it for doubt with the u. k. prime minister warns it's your most dangerous moment. in our headlines this, our facade has been named as replacement for libby as in term prime minister. i don't need the bay but just als off re survived, and assassination attempts, but no signs. he will step aside and at least 6 people died when as suicide bomber attacked and mini bus carrying election

officials in the somali capital market issue. the group ship, bob says it was behind the assault scots and breaking news. come in here from reuters, citing the state department issuing an advisory saying that americans in ukraine should depart now. so that's the word from the state department. actually. it was just a couple of weeks ago, just at the end of january when the state department recommended us citizens in ukraine, depart the country immediately because of the build up of russian troops on the border. they also ordered the family members of personnel, its embassy in kiev, leave the country. this is due to the deteriorating security situation as fears grow of a possible invasion due to build up of russian troops on the board with ukraine. but also now we are seeing symbol tenuously, the joint military drills taking place between russia and that roost. the russians have denied that they have any plans to invade and have said that their troops will

return to their permanent basis in russia when those military drills in battle. reuss, conclude we are following all the stories as well. this our award winning also coenzyme kara, a se ger who fled you. gander on wednesday, says he was taught should, while in custody, but plans to return to his country at some point. crime of miss treatment is the latest example of a deterioration in human rights in uganda over the past year. in the lead up to the january 2021 presidential election security forces, arbitrarily arrested and beat opposition supporters and journalists and kill protest. as the internet was also shot down, popular seeing a town presidential candidate, bobby wine was put on the house or shortly after voting in the election was again placed on the house, arrested. he was about to campaign in december by election. in august uganda, the authorities stop the activities of $54.00 civil society groups including human rights and election monitoring organisations. all i spoke to coenzyme raquira

besides just a short time ago and told me that he is on his way to europe and expects to be there in a few hours where his doctors will be waiting, though his location is undisclosed. at the moment for safety, he did describe his ordeal whilst and detention in december were no others by the sea, which is in charge of the presidents. and his immediate was taken to the court where it was, was bitten, was bitten with blood, june buttons, much pips, they used to pluck flesh from my thighs. why did they my left that dungeon or my birthday was full of them at the logical operation. and

on my make, do i am right now. nothing was uncle rafters. they really big to me. i almost died. then they denied me medication to call my passport . they refused me from flying out to get the medication from europe, from us, a decided to run out of the country to think voters in india's most popular state which have pradesh, heading to the polls for local elections. more than a 150000000 people are eligible to vote, making it a key test for prominence and render modi's popularity. modi's bar john to pa t o. b j. p. one. the last election in 2017 is hoping another victory help him in national elections in 2024. b. j p's image has been hugged by strong opposition to fami reforms that are not been abandoned,

as well as the high rate of unemployment and the government's handling of the pandemic. meanwhile, in southern india, schools remain closed across the state of kanaka, in an effort to reduce tensions over a ban on women's job. listens students and parents say that being discriminated against off to several schools, denied entry to goals wearing his job last week. protest on tuesday we met with counter demonstrations by hindus who support the ban. 12 percent of people in the state and muslim, local government is ruled by modi's hindu nationalist party, which has been accused of fostering discrimination. have any mental is in monday or in the state of connecticut and explains how the dispute could affect state elections. we're outside the college and mondell, what a woman wearing a book called was heckled by a group of hindu students. that video has gone viral and has come to define the controversy in the state of cannot up. now forties, including the state government had back the stand of the students saying that

religious attire, including the headscarf, violate the dress code in education institutions in the state. really know how to model the good or modify the not making any effort with children's well being in stayed there, ruining them. i'm ashamed of what's happening in our state. now the high court, which is hearing the matter has all schools and colleges like this one, to re open from monday and has all the requests and students to not insist on wearing religious attire till the court delivers a definitive judgment on the matter. political landis point out that this would arise ation between hindu lin muslims in canada. could impact state elections, especially in order for the age where in 2017, the bgp came to power on the back of the hindu vote. and this point out that this time around the issue over here could not those waters to once again bought a long, really just like 3 major compounds. the united states have been forced to cut or

stop production as a direct result of protest by canadian truck as against covey restrictions. a group of drivers is blocking the ambassador bridge in detroit. she carries a quarter of all the trade between canada and the us. john hendrick brings us more now from one of the main border crossings of port huron in the us. that bridge we're talking about. it's close. that's the basset or bridge in detroit. i am at the nearest crossing to that it connects port huron with sonya on the canadian side . and that bridge you see behind me is the blue water bridge. and on that bridge you can see that the trucks are moving but at a snail's pace. and they've been waiting anywhere between an hour and a half to 3 hours over the course of this day. busy to get across that bridge because it really wasn't made to handle that kind of traffic. and there could be more problems like this because earlier on thursday, protesters also closed the bridge connecting manitoba in canada with north dakota.

so the, there are now 3 crossings that have been effected, the one in manitoba in the bathroom bridge, almost entirely closed this one open, but going at a snail's pace. so that affected the economy all on both sides here. head of london police forces stepping down after a series of scandals and questions of her judgments crested. dick says the city's mayor left her no choice after withdrawing his confidence. but she'll stay on for a short time to insure stability. fresh on her has been growing over an initial choice not to investigate, locked down parties of the prime minister's office, along with reports of racism among the force and the murder of a woman. by a service officer. a woman has been released after spending 10 years in el salvador jail aggravated manslaughter. she's had a miscarriage. she was serving a 30 year sentence about the supreme court reduced it to time already served

victoria gate and b has this report. now, this was elsie after her release from jail, a victim of el salvador, strict anti abortion laws. ne jaime, that's 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 had 17 other women in prison under similar circumstances. women's rights activists say their work is far from over. but elsie says she's hopeful the others will be released soon. as apple, again,

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 sick as the 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. after almost 2 years, philippines is again open to foreign tourists. government is looking to kick start tourism mckee. source of income almost completely lost because of covered g mail, allan doug and reports from bo hall, one of the main tourist destinations. despite being devastated by

a powerful earthquake in 2013, these century old churches remained a top tourist destination until the pandemic broke out the months long locked down and the closing of international borders to visitors devastated the tourism industry here for months, leading thousands unemployed. just as the messiah's province was slowly recovering last year, type foot right? destroyed many parts in december. oh, clipper no works on a tourist. both says the lack of visitors was just too much. but a come with a yoga bug. young. it was like you were happy the other day and the next day of your said, but because you michael, have had my job the next day. it will. how could they be my expenses up? so when you started the very thing again, more, even though we only had blue cross commerce with her and like we were allowed to back, you know, people say visiting ball is anonymous with seeing the entire country,

the province. it's rich with bio diversity and seep in history. this is why it's long been called the heart of the philippine islands, the tourism in the she accounts for nearly 12 percent of g d p. so the government's position to reopen the country to international travelers. again, as scolded cases decrease significantly, is giving men here a renewed sense of hope and purpose. the impact so positive because you're talking about the drivers, the poor thurs, the tour of the resource, we're looking at a great multiplier effect. and that also reverberates the agriculture that reverberates the fisheries. because all over that influx of visitors contributes to a volume of need earthquakes, a super typhoon, and the pandemic. the litany of tragedies may seem unbearable. ah, but the roman catholic church has always as the moral and spiritual called pass for

communities here. and so in times of hardship, the faithful say prayers to god and know that somehow there will be a better way to jim l. as in dog and al jazeera, behold, province, central philippines. ah, look at the main stories now. the state department is urging americans to leave ukraine immediately. the updated travel, advisory warns of potential combat operations. should russia take military action will tens of thousands of russian bella, russian troops have started 10 days of major joint military drills. the latest move to increase fears of a potential invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, burton has been making diplomatic moves on several fronts. meeting the ne.