and supermarket chains and asks, what's really on our plates in glorious food. on $21.00 algebra, ah, we're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. it's a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly. you as president joe biden urges americans to leave you crying immediately is fees of a russian invasion guar. ah, hello, i'm emily anguish. this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up, china's expanding influences. top of the agenda is foreign ministers from the u. s . lead kwan security block old talks in australia. olympic officials confirm

a russian figure skater tested positive for a band drug before the games. a court will now decide if she can keep competing. and antonio chang, you're heading into the golden triangle limits. i'm person smugly. seems to have increased dramatically. yeah, mom's military. ah, we begin with a warning from the u. s. president, that things in ukraine could get crazy quickly. joe biden is urging americans to get out immediately and says he won't send troops in to rescue them. russia has deployed soldiers to the border with ukraine rising fees, it could invite, you know, it's alone that that's why what i've asked is american citizens should leave she leave. now. we're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. it's

a very different situation and things can go crazy quickly. i need your castro is following developments from washington d. c. this is an interview that president biden gave to m b. c. news. he said essentially that americans should leave ukraine now because in the case of a russian invasion, he said there would be no scenario that he would order us troops into rescue the stranded americans. because in his words, he said that would be a world war americans and russians shooting at each other. and he said there is no scenario he would allow that to happen. the president's words, echoing a very similar warning issue by the us state department, also today, which told american citizens to leave ukraine now using private or commercial means, again, reiterating that the u. s. would not be going in to help americans leave after the fact. if russia does invade,

of course this is all coming after us intelligence assessment has found that more than $100000.00 resident troops have amassed near the border with ukraine, with fear is that they will achieve full capacity to invade the country by february 15th, which is something that russia denies while americans are being urged to leave ukrainians . preparing for conflict to many people have begun learning self defense and sales of guns arising. and tasha butler reports from key if you train the front line may be far from the shooting range in the capital g. yes. but he's never, far from the mind of leonid or stout, says the veteran of the conflict in the east of the country where ukrainian forces are fighting, rushing back to their protests. he fears russia could attack once again, because he doesn't trust vladimir putin. he can do whatever he was as to the

president by the say that it, sir, boy was a nuclear robber, was old friends, 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 care of 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 give. but not every

one is worried. for many daily life is a big concern than the kremlin. i think the russian villa, russia the most who liked doing this exercises for the world to have a dialogue with russian. 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 ongoing diplomatic efforts will put a di escalation in sight. the latest crisis. natasha butler, al jazeera, kiev, and talks between ukraine and russia aimed at resolving the conflict in east and ukraine had ended without progress. officials met in berlin to the so called normandy format talks mediated by france and germany sicily. unfortunately, almost 9 hours of talks have ended without any significant results formed in

documents. but if we go through, we hope that the ukrainian authority will have enough prudence not to launch combat actions against their own citizens. on the other side of the contact line. the whole years business did. yes. today we have disagreements. yes, there are issues which have to be coordinated, but there is a will to continue and there is a will to negotiate. this is the key thing. what was the more the best days color, obviously, without the escalation, without withdrawal of russian troops from our borders. one cannot speak of calm that the situation can be combed. but we, the president and our team are working 247 to make it happen. to the world news now in foreign ministers from the u. s. laid quad group, amazing in australia, have pledged to deepen cooperation against what they call co wage and in the pacific region. the block includes estrella, japan and india, and it's remarks as seen as an effort to counter china's growing economic and

military expansion. the group is expected to discuss expanding time between russia and china, as well as the crisis over the ukraine. following this story is sarah clark, who joins the live now from brisbin. hello there sarah. it's been a day full of meetings. what was central to the agenda was had bilateral, but actual meetings between is full countries all day. the court making it to has been on the way now for 2 hours. we do expect to joint press conference in the next half an hour. and a china obviously talked this agenda of the foreign ministers mating. it's growing power in the region, of course, efforts to try to counter it's military expansion and it's economic spanish, in its growth in allies across the entire pacific. and of course, the issue of growing anxiety full, this court block is of course the russia and china growing alliance. we had the likes of changing ping and letting me a person before the winter olympics. and that's the strategic alliance where there

was no limits, a strategic partnership pledging mutual protection of co interests. and of course, that's in reference to ukraine and russia. and of course china and taiwan. now this, so that's a big concern, obviously for the new pacific. and it's inevitable that the likes of the crime, a russia situation that will be discussed, that is a global issue, but no data with the totes being led by the u. s. secretary of state at the blank and that will be on the agenda. another us often uses the phrase affirmative when it describes the vision of this court block, and that's what it's trying to push. it's trying to push an alternative regional order as to what china is offering. and now it's a, as i mentioned, the, the u. s. the ukraine, i should say, and russia situation will be on the agenda, but it is a busy agenda and we do expect those foreign ministers to, to leave that joint meeting and the next half an hour. so before the u. s. secretary of state moves on to the pacific on saturday. certainly sounds busy sarah,

as he mentioned, china has been a major focus of discussions full days, foreign ministers. what can we expect from beijing in terms of reaction obey jing has been a long time critic of this quote group which has been put together since the early 2 thousands. it did appear dissipated for while, but in 2017, it's been reinvigorated. it's described this quote, diplomatic and strategic block as inflammatory. it says it raises tensions in the area, of course, and let's say china think he doesn't want a group with this power working cooperatively in the region to try and counter a chinese efforts to expand on a military and an economic front. so the quote countries they'll be collaborating on various deeper medic grounds and we've got a lot of the, an increasing aggression from china towards india. we expect that to be addressed, but it is a packed agenda. so what will be interesting to see if we do get a joint statement on the lots of ukraine and russia? we've got a long military a lot. so certainly history between russia and india,

and in the it's been reluctance to why in the crying russian situation, the military situation on the border. so what we really want to see is what the joint statement does declare. and it does include russia, a new crime. indeed, sarah, make sure you keep us up to date as to when that press conference happens. and when unfold, sarah clock live for us in britain and new power struggle is feed to be brewing in libya, the parliament voted to replace the interim. prime minister abdul hama the debate just hours after he survived an assassination attempt, but debate, but says he warn't hand over power until elections held. malik traina reports from tripoli in the eastern city of 2 brook. i live his parliament, selected a new prime minister that he bossa was voted into office unanimously. he arrived in tripoli on thursday night and was received by hundreds of people. the former

interior minister is widely seen as western libya, strong men, and he's got the backing of powerful orn groups across the country. including warlord fully for half tres self proclaimed libyan national army or elani, which controls the oil rich is to a high belt. the other we welcoming support the decision of the libyan parliament made on 1st day to appoint mister bishop har as prime minister and to form a government that leads to a better future for all libyans with them. but in turn, prime minister abdul hamid the beaver says you will not hand over power. lin s let be amerihome. i will not allow for new transitional stages. i will not be deterred from our role in the government until elections are held. the government of national unity will continue its work until it is handed over to an elected government. and for the moment, the un agrees that we've seen the reports of the appointment of herb of another, o prime minister. this is part of stephanie williams. ongoing consultations. our

paula, i mean our position that i stayed any very clearly yesterday. oh, remains unchanged if your position rains unchanged, you still recognize entering prime minister as the prime minister of libya. is that correct? yes, the short answer is yes. to be both main task as in term, prime minister was to hold elections, but the country has to rival legislatures, the parliament in the east and high council state in the west. in december, the vote was postponed because they couldn't agree on the rules for holding it. job realist weighs a political analyst and says, changing the government now will only prolong the conflict with the customer. lemonade in a alimentary leg are the best solution to the conflict because it ends the mandate of the rival legislative houses. it's clear the parliament and high council of state are blocking the way and don't want elections in order to stay in power. as a major political figure from libya's west west support. busy from the way warlord

in the country, if he was a believe he can bring libya the government back together with the un and other powers refusing to recognise them as prime minister. whether he can bring stability to the country or. busy even take office both remain very uncertain. mal trina, still, hey, john al jazeera, forced to cut production. us comic is bear the brunt of corona virus. protest that the border with canada. and we hear from a prize winning olva who fled uganda. the human rights are rapidly deteriorating. ah, there is still surprised me quite warm weather in europe. it's down here to clean

remain. dea has been bitten into by yet again. more cold weather is always coming in from the north or has to and the last few weeks. maybe no big surprise. next storm systems on its way in the last one, the spring in the low temperature. this one here, but it hasn't yet reached romania hasn't reached the black sea hasn't reached bulgaria, attempt to still hear about to 10 degrees above average. everyone else back to normal and wants to france gone through the few snow sleep chairs the sunshine's back out. so by saturday it's windy up. admittedly, the snow warnings are mine, f a noise is norway. we expect me to just snow here and it's still winter. rain disappointed, he dismal weather that southwesterly over england, for example, most of the dog here. he's back in the sunshine on the tail end, a few showers in italy, and back to the south of france. there are no more but still lofty sunny. pretty knowles. this tale attempt is down in bucharest by this time on saturday. and the wind is no longer that strong. in egypt, the hum matter is still blind. the dusty seasonal winds remove. no laughter, in fact takes the dust off to the as always islands, whether it's been seen as

a very orange glow in the morning and the evening. in madagascar, it is still raining as it is, and i go, ah frank assessments for china. well, from the 0 call the strategy if the rest, the world together informed opinions at all costs market on needs enough, right in front of the critical debate, wide report claims that need to do and interest and she'll threat to russia. but it's precise. his actions that created the insecurity in the region in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera ah

the hello, what's going on here? i'm in language, reminder of on top stories with alan view as president is wanting things in ukraine could go crazy quickly. he's urging americans to leave immediately as content grow los skirts would invite the country foreign ministers of the us lead quoted group meeting in australia. the security block includes it's daily in japan and india and it's delegates are expected to discuss expanding time between russia and china and full of the ukraine crisis. and libby as parliament has chosen a new prime minister fatty basha. gov was picked to replace abdul comment and debate who's refusing to hand over power at his feet fled ours up to debate, but survived an assassination attempt and the big cast is,

had confirmed russian figure skater. camilla valley ever tested positive for a band substance before the games began. in 15 year olds case will now be taken to the court of arbitration for sport. it will rule whether she can continue competing against him. i also consider whether the russians should be stripped of a gold medal, the one in the team skating event. on tuesday, officials delight a ceremony to present those metals. such cases are not helpful to the games. i think hopefully most people see that of the, the 3000 people are competing here though some wonderful sports and grateful and hopefully we can continue to concentrate on that. but you'll also appreciate that we need to the these cases need to be prosecuted properly taken care of properly and due process needs to be got needs to be gone through 20 years, covering developments from beijing. hello there. katrina, what era we went through from here. what are the next steps in this process?

or there are a number of athletes, the russians included who waiting to see whether they will be able to keep the gold medals from the eventually this week. and also evaluate herself the 15 year old figure skaters waiting to see whether she can still continue on at the olympic games. now, according to the ios, see, there is an urgent legal case being put forward by the international testing agency . the i a on behalf of the i or c. no, they are appealing for a suspension ban on valley a but to be lifted. now this band allowed her to compete engaging in the olympics despite testing positive for t and z, t and z or tra. metacity is a medication given by doctors to heart patients to treat angina. but it's banned by most sporting agencies because it's also known to boost insurance. now what is going to complicate this legal issue is that value for herself is only 15 years old

. and the world anti doping agency has protections in place for minors, which means that she may just receive a reprimand. and in that case, attention would turn to her team, her entourage and her coaches. and this case is already raising suspicions of the russian athletes who are competing at the beijing games and they're already competing without their flag and without the anthem because of previous doping violations. indeed katrina and as we mentioned valley i haven't tested positive before the winter gang or how was she able to compete in the 1st place? that's right, so it's quite a complicated timeline. so this sample that was taken from valley eva would stating back to and she competed at the russian national championships on december the 25th of christmas day. now that sample was then set into the world anti doping agencies headquarters in sweden. but it wasn't flagged to test positive for tmj,

z until february, the 8th. that is off to valley a. the lead her team to olympic goal victory by performing unprecedented quadruple jumps. but it was the day before the metal ceremony for that event was due to take place. now the russian anti doping agency were sought when they found out about the positive test. they initially band valley over from competing during the olympics. but the value of the appeal to that then, and so the band was suspended, allowing her to go forward. so now the iris c and the international testing agency, a question why that suspension band was lifted. and it's also raise a lot of questions as to why valley have a sample set basically, or the piers unattended or, or unseen for about 6 weeks before being flagged during the beijing olympics, but valley of herself and her coach. continuing as normal, they appeared at training this week in beijing, and she is still scheduled to appear at the event individual event which takes

place next week for it. she is a favorite to win so many questions that need to be answered. thank you for breaking it down for us. katrina, you live for us inviting the us is urging canada to use federal powers to and for de blockade along the shade. borum thousands of truck drivers and protesting against pandemic restrictions and disrupting the flow of goods in the process. john henderson reports from michigan along the u. s. canadian border. the truckers blockade is slowly taking its toll. this paddle border is moving faster than traffic and is rebels in 18 wheelers demanding an end to cove at 19 restrictions continue using their freedom convoy to block the border on the canadian side, the pain is being felt on both sides. ford has stopped its auto assembly line in windsor, toyota, his clothes, 3 plants across ontario and general motors is cutting shifts in michigan,

and those closures threatened to reverberate throughout the auto supply chain. despite the added diamond traffic, this trucker says the demonstrators have a point. everybody ah, right. whatever one you know the i want i want to die out of bed. i support him. you know? good. i think it kind of sucks in all the traffic hearing. on thursday the truckers opened another front blocking all lanes on manitoba main. crossing to north dakota and with the ambassador bridge blocked from detroit to windsor traffic on the busiest land crossing in north america is shut down entirely from the u. s. to canada and all but closed in the other direction. trucks carrying everything from cattle to car parts, which under automakers just in time delivery system need to be delivered within 48 hours to keep assembly lines rolling. have been diverted to the crossing between port huron michigan in the canadian city of sarnia at the blue water bridge. these trucks are getting across to canada, but wait times have been up to 3 hours and traffic crawls and as likely to continue

as long as the truckers blockade goes on and politicians seem unwilling to crack down. we are canadian prime minister justin trudeau insist canada will follow the science. not only are canadians, tired of this hand, demik of, of the challenges were facing her there also, of course, tired of the restrictions hired the rule hired of the law. that is understandable. but you know what helps lift restrictions, you know, it helps move beyond the lockdown vaccinations. but some canadian provinces, including alberta and saskatchewan, have east coast rule in quebec and prince edward island announced plans to do the same. but with plans for a freedom convoy in the us, the truckers protests show no sign of vending. john henderson al jazeera, on the us border with canada. still in the us, inflation has hit its high level in 40 years. consumer prices rose by 7.5 percent

over the past year. energy costs, so the biggest jump up to 27 percent. president joe biden says he expect expect inflation will ease by the end of the i'm going to work like i don't want to bring gas prices down, which i'm going to work into. make sure that we keep strengthening, supplied, changed, and bring the cost of energy. and everything else is good to come to america. down by helping the poor, 247 by changing a whole range of things that you know. what's happened with coven? cobit has caused significant increase in prices in the supply chain. students in india have been arrested while protesting against a ban on religious head, scarves in schools in the southern state of cannot to come, people gathered in the capital, new jelly and opposition to the moon van has triggered demonstrations in several parts of the country. cannot taca is governed by a prime minister,

no engine modi's party and is being accused of fostering discrimination. drug smuggling is on the rise, in se asia ty, authorities are confiscating millions of pills every week. and louse has reported an 800 percent rise in seizures. the un says the crew in me and my is behind the growth, as tiny chang explains in the hills on the border with me, emma, an army patrol and thailand emerges from the midst than this visibility. they can barely see 10 meters ahead. but this is one of the busiest smuggling roots on the border. in recent months they've seen several 1000000 methamphetamine pills and shot dead, 6 smugglers from mamma. and their commander knows where they're so busy. yet hang, i think is to politics and a conflict between the people in chart and ethnic groups in the provincial capital

chain, right? the authorities are showing off their latest bust seized the night before. more than 6 and a half 1000000 methamphetamine pills. in the last 6 months, the amount of crystal meth and meth pill seized has exploded. the produces, often linked to ethnic tom groups inside myanmar appear to be raising funds. these groups need money at the moment, no money in general that they can generate through this trade can buy them arms. i can buy them other supplies, which they may or may not need to support themselves that populations are one. sam is a drug smuggler and a police informant. he wants his identity. hidden would have been milan. the he says that although the amount of drugs being intercepted has increased sharply, far more is getting through. and even more than that. huh. is waiting to come across the border cut nova, i cannot even guess the amount of drugs that are waiting to be delivered. but i

know that there are tons of them so that the produces can produce whatever amount of drug that the client would smile. and the cost of production is so cheap. can the tie authorities stem the flow of drugs? they say they know where the drugs are coming from. but with fighting between mere mas army and ethnic tom groups, no one over there is thinking about stopping smugglers. the tie army try and make regular patrols down this river. heading towards the golden triangle. this is mia mar. this is tyler. they say often during the dry season, there's so little water that boats can get down with the smugglers and just walked straight across. 12 hours after this patrol nearly $9000000.00 mess pills were seized just down river. a brief interruption in the flow of illegal drugs into the country. tony chang al jazeera on the time. yeah. my border. hundreds of people have been protesting in gun or against to proposed new fee on electronic payments. the government is planning to introduce the trip. isn't tax known as the living on

digital transactions of more than $16.00? well, the titian supporting the law site will help raise money for development projects. award winning also cag windsor, will kiera bush aya says he was tortured while being held in custody from nearly a month. he fled again on wednesday. that says he plans to return at some point. raquira shy his claim of his treatment follows of allegations of human rights abuses and you can go over the past year. it was arrested in december because of critical comments. he posted about the president on twitter. cack windsor were kind of a shy. i spoke to al jazeera about his old deal in prison in december, no other listed by the if see, which is in charge of the presidents. and his immediate good do was taken to the court of seat where i was

was bitten, was bitten with blood, un buttons, much pips. they used to pluck flesh from my thighs. why did they my lift that done? you and all my but there was full of them at the ledge rations and all my make do i saw and i am right now. nothing flag was uncle rogers. they really did to me. i almost died. then they denied me medication to call my passport. they refused me from trying to get a good medication from europe, from u. s. a n d. i decided to run out of the country and i believe that i'll be fine. and why sam k, a will have to return to my country and this time around or not sneak into our

country our use. the airport is a few people in power. they've never called me from staying in my own country. they can never make me already in my own country. so i have to go back to gunner and fist. this barbarism it is, do they are advantage is our they keep power. so they won't be any new is a if they are issuing out sanctions against some of he says they should not be voting. zivin and his son. ah. and are you watching out his ear and these are the stories were following the sound . he was president, is wanting things in ukraine could go crazy quickly, is urging americans to leave immediately is concerned for that moscow could invite the country.