oh, the progress of the all the crown variance. so we have to look at what we can do to slow only cons advice when it comes to deciding which options to reduce the infection rate. the advice from the w h o. do it all ah. ready we're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. the so very different situation offense could go crazy quickly. us present, joe biden urges americans to lead ukraine immediately. washington warms of a possible russian invasion at any time. ah, i'm fully back to go. you're watching al jazeera life from doha also ahead. the ukraine crisis and china is expanding,

influence dominate talks between foreign ministers of the u. s. lead quad secuity block. in australia. i will tell you about a new tax on electronic payments, such divided opinion in ghana, antonio china, you're heading into the golden triangle where methamphetamines smuggling soon stood increased dramatically. no moss, military, good. ah, thank you very much for joining as we begin with a warning from the u. s. set, russia has deployed more troops to the border with ukraine raising fears it could invade present. joe biden says things could quote, get crazy quickly, and is urging american citizens to leave ukraine immediately. the crisis has been discussed in australia at a meeting. our foreign ministers from the u. s. lead quad secuity block, the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking, had this warning 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, while diplomatic efforts to diffuse, the crisis are continuing, russia has just said it will respond soon to proposals from the u. s. and nato, the u. k. defense secretary ben wallace is in moscow and is meeting his russian counterpart sager show he called ukraine sworn minister for his point has told al jazeera russia's insistence that they talk directly to the separatist as part of the minsk process. is unacceptable. earlier, separatist leader accuse key eval, phrasing mistakes by moving military hardware. what al jazeera is, child stratford is in concave, where he spoke to the ukranian foreign minister about efforts to try to ease

tensions. to me to collaborate here in car cave, you'll be attending a national security council meeting laser. we understand we spoke to him earlier, put a number of questions to him. one of the big things that he said was that the, the west really needs to, as he described it, change its logic. he said that so the logic that there should be any kind of concessions given by ukraine in this crisis needs to change. it is russia, the aggressor that needs to make those concessions. he also spoke to us about some meetings he had with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. that's the monitoring team that monitor the attempt to the sci fi along the contact zone. he said that the monitors need to do a report or start working up a report on the number of russian passports that have been issued to ukrainian citizens in the separate controlled areas. this of course, is an issue because there appears among some analysts and politicians here that

russia could use the pretext of actually having to protect russian citizens these ukrainians now with russian passports as a, as a pretext to launch some sort of escalation. he also spoke about the o s. c, getting greater access and movement in and around the contact zone. he said that the o s. c needed to see to make sure that there weren't russian weapons, russian troops in that separatist controlled area. a very interestingly, he made a statement about the norman d format. now these are negotiations or they can pro, normally format comprises of france, germany, russia, and ukraine. there was a meeting yesterday in berlin with representatives of those countries, and that is all to do with trying to push forward with the agreement. and that is something that ukraine is of repeatedly been criticized for,

for not implementing that side to that agreement. and i asked him whether in fact the ukrainians had a plan to possibly change the agreement or at least change the sequencing. and he told me what he said was the main stumbling block according to the ukrainians for implementing minutes to this stumbling block was not placed there by ukraine. it was done by russia when it started to insist that the only way forward in the limitation of means is the direct dialogue between ukraine and the so called donors can lugens people's republics. now if you create an except that notion, then the stages of russia in this conflict will change from party to the conflict, to mediator into conflict. and this is unacceptable. live to dos jabari in moscow for his door. so we've been hearing from the russian defense ministry in the last few minutes what he had to say. well sir,

j. chicago has been meeting his british counterparts. and at the opening statements of that meeting, he made it very clear that the political and military attentions that are escalating is not because of russia. the russian defense minister said that at the current situation is really something that the british defense minister has to explain. one specific question he has for him is why there are a british soldiers training ukrainian, a military personnel in kiev and how many of them there are there and when will they leave? this is something he wants answers to. and the russian defense minister also said that at the current state of relationships between moscow and london are, is close to 0. of course that comes at the heel of a visits by list trust the british foreign secretary who was here on thursday meeting her russian counterpart, sergey love. rob and that meeting is being described as one of the worst meetings

by a british diplomat to be had with a russian counterpart in recent years. those trust had a lot of demands to make an organ love rob was not having it. he said that she is come with a list of very strict and rigid demands and is not really here to listen to russia's position at. survey love. rob said that it was basically like a and mute person speaking to a deaf person. and at the end of the press conference between the 2, he simply walked away without acknowledging her eye or making any eye contact, yearning that a press conference and many of the newspapers here say that really if she were a man, there could have been a fist fight between the 2 of them and that her visit did more harm than good. now will going to wait to see whether the british defense minutes there will be able to patch things up as least a little bit for the time being between the 2 countries. to try and find a way forward to de escalate attentions door. so thank you very much for that door

. so jabari live in russia's capital, moscow, and i over to our white house correspondent kimberly hawkins in washington. d. c. kimberly both president biden and u. s. secretary of state, raising the alert level now with respect to ukraine. why? well, there is this feeling that the u. s. for rather, the russian president vladimir putin may take advantage of the olympics in terms of the timing to potentially launch an invasion of ukraine using the russian military . and as a result, the next 48 hours, particularly critical according to the secretary of state. but he has not provided any sort of proof for intelligence, simply saying that this is a time of high alert. now the u. s. president joe biden has given an interview saying that americans need to leave the key or even the country as a whole ukraine. because the concern being that if there are russian troops inside

ukraine, the u. s. military simply can't go in to ukraine to evacuate them. the prospect of having u. s. military potentially firing russian soldiers, you, as president says, would essentially be world war and his words, different a different world than has ever been. so this is something the u. s. president is gravely concerned about and to that, and he'll be heading this weekend once again to camp david as he continues to monitor the situation with his national security officials. and we should also point out the u. s. state depart, once again, sending out another advisory urging us citizens to leave ukraine, given what they believe could be imminent danger in a very precarious situation. kimberly, thank you very much for that company. how kits live in washington? have a ukraine crisis and china's expanding influence dominated talks between foreign ministers of the us that quad security block in australia,

effects to deepen corporation against what they call coercion. in the indo pacific region, far conch re force from basement australia for nations, for democracy, all with united message on the indo pacific region. what brings us together, what is an affirmative vision for what the future can bring about, but also a commitment to defend the, the rules based systems that we have spent tremendous time and effort building. that's the overriding focus of the quote grids of foreign ministers from the united states, india, japan, and australia. the security alliance says it supports an open and inclusive vision and offers an alternative to a china lead order in the region. and it came to push back on china's expansion origin easing a period of rising strategic uncertainty. the rules and norms that have provided a foundation for us to ability. and hence our prosperity are under pressure. in

particular from authoritarian regimes, full of increasing concern to the quad is beijing and moscow's announcement last week of a strengthening relationship with presidents shading ping and vladimir putin declaring uno limits, partnership with mutual protection of each country's core interests. as tensions between russia and nato countries escalate over ukraine, the us secretary of state told the quote, the same principles in the indo pacific apply to russia. one of the reasons we're working so intensely to defend the core principles threatened by russia aggression toward ukraine is because those very same principles are crucial to enduring stability in this region. and every other part of the world, the us secretary of state flies to fiji on saturday with this joint statement, he's aiming to reassure pacific late is that washington at its allies, are committed to providing security and distributing cobit 19 back thing that was

boosting investment in infrastructure across the region, and all of this fall, china is ramping up its age and influence. aging has labeled the quote lines as an inflammatory initiative designed to undermine 3rd parties like china. these foreign ministers have pledged increased humanitarian relief terrorism in cyber and marine security for indo pacific nations. the court members are expected to make further commitments when they made in japan in the middle of the year. sarah, clock out a 0 prison australia still ahead on al jazeera olympic officials concern a russian figure skater tested positive for a band drug before the games man forced to cap production. u. s. a border with with allied trucking areas

of white top plaid is quite important. this time of the year, because they tend to suggest the movement of big thunderstorms that will there is indeed suggesting. and proving shells moving up towards thailand and beyond the setting be wet, recently, impotency malaysia down in singapore. and of course, over, over good part of borneo on this line that takes you up to the central philippines . would use some flooding as this hints as well done in java. so that's the se, asia rainy season, but the end of winter. it's not quite upon us, of course, but we've had a bit of snow. it took you back at 10 degrees. now. this line is snow disappearing into hawkeye day. but coming out to china, that like of blue is rain. that's all linked to what was happening for the south in time. and it become quite substantial for a while i think. and reach shanghai bit is snow may be on its nolan edge in high ground. otherwise it's not that cold, but it also is likely in beijing that we backed sunshine and minus to eventually

but sunday looks pretty snowy day. i have to say, as for india, between house for to the rain in this ne, monsoons for lanka allowed to marry, carola northern plain same as always. but wind in this, i think on saturday. otherwise, poor quality. ah, the war in afghanistan is now old. will non taliban figures make up a part of with that american you can only for within the taliban, believe it there will be a powerful to tell about them inside story podcast. a frank assessment in the days headlines subscribe down. however you listen to podcasts. lou,

the me. you're watching live from doha reminder of our top stories, diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis between russia and ukraine are continuing. u. k. defense secretary ben wallace is in moscow, and meeting is russian count on vacation equal. russia has just said it will respond soon to proposals from the us and nato. earlier, the u. s. president wants things in ukraine could go crazy quickly is urging americans to meet immediate concerns for that moscow could invade ukraine and foreign ministers of the u. s. want group have met in australia. security block includes japan and india as delegates discuss growing ties between china and russia

when it's probably security and climate change. in other world news, it's been confirmed. russian figures cater camilla valley ever tested positive for band substance before the winter. olympic games began. 15 year old case will not 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 a gold metal, they won in a team. skating event. such cases are not helpful to the games. i think hopefully most people see that of the, the 3000 people are competing here. 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. i just here is katrina, you has more on the legalities taking place in beijing. well, there are

a number of athletes, the russians included who waiting to see whether they will be able to keep their gold medals from the event earlier 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 ios, see, there is an urgent legal case being put forward by the international testing agency . the i t a on behalf of the i or c. no, they are appealing for a suspension ban on value, but to be lifted. now this band allowed her to compete engaging in the olympics despite testing positive for t and z. now, t and z or tro metacity is a medication given by doctors to heart patients to treat angina. but it's banned by most sporting agencies because it also known to boost insurance. now what is going to complicate this legal issue is that value over 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, libya is newly selected, prime minister is promising to be a leader for all citizens, but he bershana was graded by cross supporters. after his claim touched on in tripoli, he was appointed by the house of representatives faced into brook. bashaw guy said to replace entering prime minister to meet the biber, but he says he won't stand down until elections are held. the challenge to libby is unity. government came hours after the bible survived an assassination attempt. malik train reports from tripoli in the eastern city of 2 brook live, his parliament selected a new prime minister. fet table chava 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 afters, self proclaimed libyan national army or elani, which controls the oil rich east to her belt the either we will come and support the decision of the libyan parliament made on 1st day to appoint mister bashir car as prime minister and to form a government that leads to a better future for all libyans with them. but inter and prime minister abdul hamid de baber says, you will not hand over power. then as 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 we've seen the reports of the appointment of her, of another. oh prime minister. this is part of stephanie williams. ongoing consultations, our policy. i mean our position that i stayed any very clearly yesterday. oh remains unchanged. if your position remains unchanged, you still recognize entering prime minister as the prime minister of libya. is that correct? yes, the short answer is yes. to babe, as 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 about about eliminating a elementary elect 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 libby as west west support. busy from the way warlord in the country is that he was a believe he can bring libby as government back together with the un and other powers refusing to recognize them as prime minister. whether he can bring stability to the country or even take office. both remain very uncertain. now, latrina, europe, indonesia has ordered 42 war plains, from france in an 8000000000 dollar deal to upgrade its aging air force. the success for france follows australia cancellation of a french submarine deal. the australian navy wants nuclear power subs instead. and has joined a strategic alliance with the us and britain. indonesia also wants american war pains. but while the deal has been approved in washington, it hasn't been finalized. finland has announced the purchase of dozens of 5 just

from the us in a deal worth $9000000000.00 in government says it's buying the $64.00 war pains just part of a long term defense plant and not in response to the ongoing standoff between russia and the west, the lunch has a border with russia and isn't you member, but not part of nato. to gannon are where a government proposal to tax electronic payment has provoked as street protest in the capital. a cra, demonstrators complained that the so called a levy will hurt low income earners already facing high food and fuel prices. victoria gate and b has a details. a protest is march through gone is capital across. the angry about a government plan to introduce attacks known as an e levy. a charge of nearly 2 percent will be added to all electronic transactions of morgan. $16.00. recent poll show up to 85 percent of the country's population opposes the tax protested. say people on low incomes will suffer the most to

prepare for torture for money, which is direct, kept in my pocket, physically or kept in my electronic wallet. you start to check the electronic money . immune transaction. army is simply immoral, is criminal. the government says the money raised from the levy will pay for development projects. tax revenues have fallen sharply and gone or in recent years from 32 percent of g. d. p in 2009 to 15 percent in 20. 20 part of the reason is nearly 3 quarters of the countries. $10000000.00 workers are employed informally, many don't pay income tax. some economists say the levy is not a bad idea, but must be implemented fairly. others say the timing is wrong. process i was collecting data out. well, prizes. i'll gwin at event loss with one big well president and chris twice. now we open box is what i've written coverage. come in a new sort of brendan oliver. listen to the people were raw dot whoa lost to per

hobby boxes. some protest to say they cannot afford to live and to calling on the government to go. slowly, moving in front soon. all my grandchildren are homeschooling. i cannot feed them if we cannot access water or food. i don't have anything to survive on. so i'm asking the government to hand over power to someone else. we're really suffering gonna has one of the fastest growing mobile money markets in africa. protest is want the government to think again about the impact of the levy on the poorest in the country. victoria gate and b algae 0. the u. s. is urging canada to use federal powers to end a 4 day blockade along their shed, border thousands of truck drivers protesting against pandemic restrictions and disrupting the flow of goods. john henry reports from port huron in michigan. along 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 covert 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 time and traffic, this trucker says the demonstrators have appoint everybody. ah, right, whatever you want. the i want, i, i what i out of band, 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 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 of the will hired of the lockout that is understandable. but you know what helps lift restrictions, you know, it helps move beyond a lockdown, vaccinations. but some canadian provinces,

including alberta and saskatchewan, have east coast 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 vending. john henderson al jazeera on the u. s. border with canada. and a demonstration inspired by the truck as protests in canada is underway in the west, in french city of la man. but our drivers have been threatened with a fine if they tried to reach belgium by the united nation. says the military co in myanmar a year ago is to blame for an increase in illegal drug smuggling in the region. at least in thailand, a confiscating millions of pale of meth every week and louse reported an 800 percent increase in drug seizures. tony chang as more in the hills on the border with me on my an army patrol and thailand emerges from the mist. in 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 sick smugglers from me and mo, and their commander knows why they're so busy. yet how i think is to politics and conflict between the people in chart and ethnic groups in the provincial capital, cheng ry. the authorities are showing of 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, ah, money to generate that they can jerry 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 the police informant. he wants his identity hidden would have been milan. he says that although the amount of drugs being intercepted has increased sharply, far more is getting through. and even more than that 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 producers can produce whatever amount of drug that the client woods 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 term 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 miramar! this is tyler. they say often during the dry season. so little water that boats can

get down, but the smugglers 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. ah ha, again, i'm fully bachelor with the headlines on al jazeera diplomatic efforts to the she is. the crisis between russia and ukraine are continuing. the british secretary of defense, ben wallace is in moscow and is meeting his ration counterpart sag assure eagle. russia has just said it will respond soon to proposals from the u. s. and natal washington has warned that russia has deployed more troops to a border with ukraine raising fears it could invade us. reson joe biden says things could court go crazy quickly.