we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people who left behind me. ah, we're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. this is a very different situation as things go crazy quickly. he was president joe biden urges americans to leave you crying immediately in washington warns of a possible russian invasion at any time. ah, hello, i'm in language. this is al jazeera live from 0 for coming up. the ukraine crisis in china is expanding, influence dominate talks between foreign ministers from the us to later quan

security block in australia. olympic officials confirm a rush and figured skate and tested positive for a band drug before the games occult will now decide if she can keep competing. and i'm john henry of the us border with canada, where the truckers blockade has really slowed down comes ah, we begin with a warning from the us president, things in ukraine could get crazy quickly. joe biden is urging americans to get out immediately and says, he warned, send troops to rescue them. russia has deployed soldiers to the border with ukraine raising fees if 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. heidi joe castro has moved from washington. daisy, this is an interview that president biden gave to nbc 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 issued 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 a mast near the border with ukraine, with fear that they will achieve full capacity to invade the country by february 15th, which is something that russia denies and president biden's warning comes as russian and bow russian troops begin. joint military drills, nato estimates, $30000.00 russ and russian soldiers and taking pomp, the largest deployment to the ex soviet state. since the cold war western powers feed the drills could be used as an opportunity to attack ukraine. fit best in reports from the battle russian capital means russia flexing its military muscle, just 50 kilometers from the bellow. roshan border with ukraine. 4 weeks troops have been arriving even from russia as far east. 10000 kilometers away. it is clear that is as far bigger and previous military exercises by russian officials have not

disclosed. a number of soldiers involved. nato speaks of 30000. if you consider that an invasion of a large territory like ukraine is in, quote, his interest to has a chance to attack from the south from marine ants on crime. your forces from the east, from russian soil and from the north in a joint action of russia at its ally bellows. so. ready military speaking, it couldn't be added footage released by russian ministry of defense show tanks, and mr. launchers being used in the drills and military jets in the ear. from the bellow russian border with ukraine, it is less than a 2 hour drive to the capital key of what's the latest worry if this is a serious drill or a ploy for real attack. for the next 10 days, the world's eyes will be on the lie, just rushing contingent on barrison soil in decades. a possible 2nd front for

vladimir, put a new makes use of the isolated and international weak position of his prodigy, alexander luke sanker. lucas shanker, came under, sanctioned from the west after he was accused of election fraud and a violent crack down on the opposition. while the bell of russian leader has always stressed the independence of bellows and refrained from condoning, put into military actions in crimea 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 bellows after the end of an exercise. right now, the more participants and the rhetoric is aggressive, i think location because attitude is caused by his annoyance with the west. and the fact it doesn't recognize him as a legitimate leader. he believes rush and trucks will eventually leave after that, we'll finish on february 20 until then speculation about the real purpose of this

show of force will likely continue. steadfast and al jazeera in a rush and bank to separate his lady in easton. ukraine will be holding a press conference shortly as tensions continue to rise. child stratford is covering developments for us. child. first of all, tell us a little bit about who these separatists lady is and what were expecting him to say . well, dennis pushy lynn became the self declared head of the soap declared. tonight's people's republic in 2018 off days predecessor was murdered in a bumble, lost in donates. it was something that the de next leadership blamed on the ukrainians as did the russians. and dennis michelin as seen as being in relation to certainly zak a shanker, the previous leader,

more moderate, if you like. but we are expecting some pretty inflammatory statements to be made by a him, according to his press secretary, the information that we've got were expecting him to use language like genocide being committed against civilians in those what the ukrainian government called the occupied territories. he can a detailed civilian deaths, he's going to detail the damage to the destruction of infrastructure and what he says is a build up of ukrainian forces on the ukrainian side of the, of the contact zone. now, we also know certainly that the general feeling age is that any statement put out by pushing will have had to have had the green light from the kremlin. it's widely understood that moscow suddenly, according to most analysts uses the separatists m as a, as a proxy against the ukranian government. so of course,

any kind of statement like this could potentially have big impact on a potential escalation and would be detrimental to white, a diplomatic efforts to try and diffuse this crisis in details. and as you mentioned, you know, the timing of this is incredibly significant. what do you think the ukrainian government will think about such a move from michigan to make statements to the media now? well, we actually spoke to the press secretary for the ukrainian foreign minister demitra caliber earlier today. and he said that a labor would not be prepared to give any statement about anything that pushes in says today because the ukrainian government maintains that sir the leadership of the dpr and the l. p. r. that's the other separatist controlled self declared republic in the east new ukrainians described them as being terrorists and they

refused to talk to them. and of course this has a huge impact. for example, on the minsk to agreement. this agreement that was signed in 2015 by the venue, ukrainian government and the separatists. as a, with the aim of a law sting political solution to this crisis. 13 articles in that agreement, 7 years later, not a single one of those articles has been fully implemented. the ukrainians say that the agreement was too heavily weighted in the separatists. favor. that by default would potentially give russia a greater hand in the ukrainian affairs. so yes, any kind of statement made by pushing today will, according to the foreign minister here, i have have very little impact. but there are many that accused the ukrainians of not doing enough to implement their side of the agreement, which of course, it makes the crisis even even worse. all right, we'll,

we'll make sure we get an update from you after we hear from the separatists laid out, charles, stratford, ly for us in that coquette. thanks for time. ukrainian crisis has been discussed all the way in australia animating and find ministers from the u. s. lead quad security blank u. s. foreign secretary antony blinking had this one simply put we continue to see very troubling signs of russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the ukrainian border. and as we said before, we're in a window. when an invasion could begin at any time and to be clear that includes during the olympics and quote, ministers at that meeting in melbourne, have pledged to deepen cooperation against what they call cohesion in the pacific region. the block includes astronomy at japan and india, and it's remarks, as seen as an effort to count in china's growing economic and military expansion.

the group has discussed the growing ties between china and russia, as well as the pandemic cybersecurity, illegal fishing and climate change. sarah clark has moved from brisbin in that joint statement. the group reaffirmed the support for the observation of democracy and that's a central part of this court are packed. she said that the region is in a period of uncertainty, and our prosperity is under pressure. a particularly from authoritarian regimes and of course this is in reference to china. this pat, part of it's a gender is to push back on the expanding not just military, but the economic push from china across the entire pacific. so it's a direct reference to china, as well as russia's growing alliance. you might recall she, jim ping and vladimir putin announced a alliance in the last week or so before the winter olympics. and i noticed it was a joint declaration of no limits to protect the court interests. and in that particular references might to you crime russia as was taiwan and china setups

references be my in the joint stipend, australia. also, i noted that this quote group is not just providing cobit vaccines across the entire pacific region. i'm not sure 500000000 doses have been provided. they've also noted they boosting infrastructure in the region. that's the inter pacific region. but the overriding focus and the overarching focus of this joint statement is a free and inclusive pat. we've heard this group often reference an anti blink and reference the fact that this is an alternative pat to what china can offer and central to this is democracy and freedom of speech. so they've also talked about strengthening saba and counter terrorism efforts in the region. and increasing maritime security support and leaving testers have confirmed russian figures guys at camilla valley ever tested positive for a band substance before the games began. if, if daniels case will now be taken to the court of arbitration for sport, it will rule whether she can continue competing at the games. it may also consider

whether the russians should be stripped to the gold medal de, one in the tame skating event. on tuesday officials delayed a ceremony to present to those medals. such cases are not helpful to the games. i think hopefully most people see that of the, the 3000 people are competing. here are some wonderful sports and graceful, 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. katrina, you has more on the legalities taking place in banking 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 event this week. and also a valley ever herself. the 15 year old figure skaters waiting to see whether she can still continue on at the olympic games. now, according to the iris c, 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 value, but to be lifted. now this van allowed her to compete engaging in the olympics despite testing positive for t and z. now 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 also node to boost insurance. now what is going to complicate this legal issue is that value eva 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 aging games. and they're already competing without their flag and without the anthem, because of previous doping violations. libby is newly selected,

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time astronomy is a famous co while as could become extinct unless more is done to protect them. ah, heavy rain. so potentially there and actually recently there in the central southern philippines, a good part of borneo too. in the forecast we've seen it pretty wet and kind of on time. and then more recently satisfaction the forecast just south of java. you got this orange bit here. now i think that will induce a pretty big thunderstorm, so potential flash flooding and you got shout away from singapore to bangkok and be owned still right season. admittedly, it's rock, be driving for most of australia in the tropics. in particular, davi is a thing we'll talk about just a 2nd. was west new zealand. but look what's happening in western australia, having had heated purse, we now dropped it down. these are significant thunderstorms,

heading down to us that the wheat bo probably enjoyed as well to the east, that the onshore breeze will bring a few shafts all away from sidney up to brisbin. and then probably more so in tropical queens. and i said, we should talk about davi, it is going to be subsumed into this lying, this tongue of persistent re on its way through. no fault of marriage towards wellington, not a good prospect there. we won't see it as a cycling immediately. however, this is the forecast for waddington it's rain, wind, rain wind for the next 3 days and quite severe in places. ah britton's beloved curry houses are in crisis to indian don is shut down every week . use a bricks, financial drive, and the pad in $1.00 0, $1.00 east investigates on out you 0. i morning allow government al

jazeera as a, you know me. ah, ah, ah, hello, you're watching 0. i'm emily anglin, reminder about top stories this alum, the you, as president is warning things in ukraine could go crazy quickly. is urging americans to leave immediately has concerns grow that moscow could invade the country. foreign ministers of the us laid quote, group a meeting and a strategy, and the security block also includes japan and india in delegates discuss the

growing ties between china and russia, as well as cybersecurity and climate change. and deliver testers have confirmed to rush and figure skater camilla valley ever tested positive for ban substance before the games began. 15 year olds case when i'm taken to the court of arbitration for support the u. s. is urging candidate to use federal powers to end a 4 day blockade along the border. thousands of truck drivers in protesting against pandemic restrictions and disrupting the flow of goods. john hendrick reports from puerto and in michigan alone, the us 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 covered 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 has closed 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 of the i wanna die, i wanna die out of bed. i support him. you know? but 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, and 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 that's 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 and demick, ah, the challenge is crazy. but they're also, of course, tired of the restrictions hired the rule, hired of the local. that is understandable. but you know, it helps lift restrictions, you know, it helps move beyond lockdown, vaccinations, but some canadian provinces, including alberta and saskatchewan, had eased covered rules 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 ending john henderson al jazeera on the us

border with canada. turning to our top story now in russia and backed separatist lady in easton, ukraine is holding a press conference as tensions continue to rise between moscow and ukraine. dennis push in is head of the break way. don't use the people's republic. let's listening now via our translator of don't boss, because the stand up. right? well, we have only one demand, the ones ukraine to stop shooting don't bus and let us live. so, dear friends, please forgive me for long and emotional introduction. we're ready to answer your questions. now we have also western journalists

generally when they listen to western media, they portray parallel reality. nobody wants to think that we have victims in the bus and also need human rights. and we never hear about peacekeeping ca, initiatives from western point of view ukrainian, the state is effectively ruled by neo nazi right wing ideal anti western countries send the

weaponry to this key government that will turn this weapons against russian federation. but ukraine can explode the terrorist acts that will be directed towards everyone, including question countries. so our question is why this western government don't listen to this? it is time to resolve this question. so now we have q and a in play failure names.

let us start last night the advisors met during the so called normandy for month. what we can expect expect from the normandy form of negotiations. thank you of the question need. unfortunately we're, we're not invited to this meeting since paris. ukraine is engaged in sub latasha of uminski agreements. this is why our representatives and myself trying to

engage and convince ukrainian party that war is not the best outcome, even for ukraine. minsky agreements was a compromise more. we are not entirely happy about men sky agreements, but it's a realistic way to and that is for peace negotiations more we would like to coexist. however, you crane or if you still listen to us. and that if you to cooperate for normandy,

for month why ukraine is engaged in such destructive behavior as if they want and they can dictate their conditions. i would like to re mind that when men's course scion, ukrainian forces were losing and they were encircled. and on lane russian goodwill, the support of france and germany allowed to se ukrainian encircled troops and men's can agreement came into being if we look at the west in the rhetoric. oh, he said, if we look at the actions,

especially this armaments supplies sending military instructors we can see new military activities from ukrainian side. oh, yeah. the west doesn't criticize ukraine and doesn't force them to follow men's agreements. documents that were signed and exist when you walk away and the ukraine is planning a military conquest and military solution of this conflict.

if you look on how much effort in both parties faking upon the contact line, it is clear that ukraine is preparing military invasion despite all the initiatives from france and germany who can see that nothing helps. and we can see that ukraine is increasing the amount of military hard than the contact line. when i say sending more and more armament, i don't see what practical steps one should take a little piece or one. ok. we're going to come out of that press conference now and

head straight throughout. correspondent child stratford, who's lived for us in the city of ca, cave city in north east in ukraine. charles, you've been covering that press conference of dentist. push all in this rushing back to separate us late in eastern ukraine. he said more is not the best outcome. what did you make a few statements and what stood out for you? well, one can only really interpret some of these statements has been very inflammatory. there are a whole host of allegations that the leader of the self to play tonight is people's republic. dennis for surely made there. yes, he said that ukraine was in his was preparing for a military solution to this crisis. he said that they've been a build up of ukrainian weapons on the current and government control side of the contact zone. he blamed the west for supplying some of those weapons for supplying .