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a unification agreement with ethnic minorities and washington is to split $7000000000.00 of frozen afghan funds between aid full of gone of thumb and compensation for $911.00 attack victims. ah, we begin with increasingly urgent warnings from the us about to what it says. a plans for a potential russian invasion of ukraine president joe biden will be speaking to russia's, vladimir putin on saturday. that says, washington wants russia could launch an attack within days. but moscow's denying the charge and accusing the west to spreading false information. patty call hang begins our coverage. good afternoon, the u. s. national security advisor took to the white house podium friday with an urgent sounding warning. any american in ukraine should leave as soon as possible, and in any event in the next 24 to 48 hours,

we obviously cannot predict the future. we don't know exactly what is going to happen, but the risk is now high enough. and the threat is now immediate enough that this is what prudence demands. he warned that these russian military exercises could quickly turn into an attack on ukraine, possibly with bombings and missile strikes. and eventually a ground invasion. russia has repeatedly denied its intending to attack its neighbour, but with the current build up of forces and equipment along the russia, ukraine border, the u. s. believe it could. and in another sign of urgency, a virtual meeting friday morning, between the us president and his european allies, nato, canada, poland, and romania. soon after the pentagon announced an additional $3000.00 troops, will be headed to poland in the coming days. on top of the nearly 2000 that are already on the way, in addition to the 1000 soldiers deployed to remain. yeah. you as president your

buttons as well. troops will go to nato countries. he's ruled out sending any into ukraine. if there is an invasion, still the u. s. insist there is still time to come to a diplomatic solution. the administration has taken its concerns about russia, you know, very publicly, very earnestly, very forthrightly and, and there's a potential reward here. if putin eventually takes an off ramp and begins to de escalate, the white house has confirmed the president biden and russian president vladimir putin will speak on the phone saturday. a call that may provide a clear picture of the likely path forward. patty colleen al jazeera washington. now russian troops are carrying out large scale military drills and better. ruth, as well as naval jewels and the black sea, near the border with ukraine. kiev says the war games make navigation critical, waterways virtually impossible. charles trap fed reports from ca given east and

ukraine. joint russian embellishes military exercises near the ukrainian border up to 30000 russian soldiers and most of the better rouge and army taking part in the 10 days of drills including missile defense systems, tanks and fighter jets. moscow has around a $100000.00 troops station, close the grains borders. ukraine invoked to cause from the so called 2011 vienna document, which is an international agreements on military transparency, which russia is a signatory of demanding moscow provide detailed information timeframes. the military maneuvers, several western countries including france, launched fresh diplomatic efforts this week to persuade russia to back down. so far, those efforts have failed to bear. significant fruit. moscow says is demand that

they never be further. nato expansion east, including ukraine, is being ignored. ukraine's foreign minister told al jazeera roches concerns are illegitimate, and ukraine would not concede to moscow's demands. but russia violated usually every rule of international law related to securing what year. so now it wants to impose on others, the discussion that you guys are expanding nato. are doing something else and that inflict damage my security. the last thing the wes are doing the response to that question using is actually to agreed to take this concern seriously. instead, it's us, ukraine and other countries who are suffering from russia's actions should ask them a question. well, how will you rush insure your security without inflicting damage

on the secure, on our security new satellite images published by a private u. s. company. show what it says is new russian military deployment, new ukraine's border. more nato troops and weapons are being sent to bolster the alliances eastern flank. in a rare press conference in the russian bank, separatist hill territory, the leader of the self declared the nets, people's republic accused ukraine of planning a military solution. so the crisis something ukraine denies me. i do not rule out that ukraine can attack at any time. they have everything ready, the concentration of forces and capabilities allows them to do it at any moment. as soon as there is a political decision, russia says it has no intention of invading ukraine, but it says it will be forced to take unspecified military technical action. its

demands and med most goes main tomorrow and is that ukraine never becomes a nato member, and that's something that the us and it's nate. so allies say is a non starter diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis. continue to fail. charles stopped but al jazeera, called cave eastern ukraine. moving onto the news now protest as a continuing to block, a bridge between canada, connecting rather canada to the us. despite an order from the judge in ontario to leave the injunction gives police the power to end the demonstrations against pandemic restrictions. rob reynolds reports and ontario, superior court judge, ordered right wing protestors to stop walking, a vital bridge between canada and the united states. on friday truck drivers and others clogging the ambassador bridge over the past 5 days have disrupted industrial supply chains on both sides of the border, forcing some auto factories to close. the bridge carries one quarter of all trade

between the countries. earlier prime minister justin trudeau gave a warning to the occupiers who have been severely disrupting everyday life in the canadian capital ottawa for 2 weeks. it is time for these protestors to go home. it is time to recognize that this protest is blockade. is it legal? everything is on the table because this unlawful activity has to end trudeau spoke with you as president joe biden, about the demonstrations and their conservative american supporters. we discussed the american and indeed global influences on the protest. we talked about the u. s . based flooding of the 9 on one phone lines, in ottawa, the presence of u. s. citizens in the blockades and the impact of foreign money to fund this illegal activity. the occupiers who call themselves the freedom convoy,

have been lavishly praised and encouraged by personalities. on the right, leaning fox news channel, police officers moved among the trucks and other vehicles snarling city streets, collecting license, plate information, demonstrators heckled and jeered at them. oh, the protests started among truck drivers, angered by a requirement they be vaccinated against coven 19 when crossing back and forth over the u. s. border. but it has metastasized into a general anti government movement. how to and the convoy? yeah, you got and the mandate got and the mandates and personally all want sharon, whoever's point groceries, pull dawn out of town. i don't care what happens to them, but they got to be banished. us authorities are on guard against similar protests in los angeles aimed at disrupting this weekend super bowl. the department of homeland security is searching additional staff to its incident command,

post their strong cooperation with the california highway patrol, the los angeles police department, the anti vaccine protesters are certainly a minority in canada. 88 percent of its citizens have received at least one dose of the vaccine. rob rentals al jazeera and in france. thousands of police personnel had been mobilized ahead of the arrival of the convoy and spied by those protests and canada. montrose from across the country are heading to paris despite a police or not to enter the capital. checkpoints have been set. hoppe and riot control barriers brought in. several rallies of expected over the weekend. and thousands of protest has have descended on the australian capital. fighting against coven 19 vaccine mandates. its estimated more than 10000 gathered outside parliament in canberra. the growing protest movement comes at a sensitive time for prime minister scott morrison with his government up a re election in a few months. the protest 1st, the cancellation of

a charity fundraising event near by. now ma'am, as ruling military council celebrated union day on saturday with a parade in the nation's capital, the day marks the unity of the country as diverse ethnic groups. bart has been overshadowed for many i life. under military rule, tony chang reports a squad of soldiers marching through the dawn light, the men mas, capital nippy door. part of the celebrations for union day. the parade mach 75 years since the signing of an agreement, the united mia mars ethnic groups, senior general men on lie who lead last years military coups. while the guest of honor, you grew or no longer ali and his address to the nation, he praised the unity of all the people in myanmar saying they'd come through thick and thin together. as part of the celebrations, state media or announced an amnesty. but 800 prisoners across the country. since the qu, more than 12000 people have been arrested as military, try to silence,

protest as and stop descent, slow whose identity were concealing was a student when the protests against the qu started, he was arrested and jailed in march. the conditions he says were brutal regard. they were intimidating us in prison, not to fight against the genta. the authorities in prison use the criminals to repress us. if something happened in the prison, not only the prison staff but also the criminals, came to beat us. eventually he was released in october, and despite the fear he felt in detention, he says he still prepared to show his opposition to the qu, the not bol overdue. although i was arrested, my revolutionary spirit isn't gone. i still resent them and one to fight against them. protest is now appears flash mobs quickly, unfurling their banners and running down the streets before the security services arrive. despite the arrest disappearances and shows a force from the military. it seems to be one thing that unites the people of

myanmar these days. their refusal to accept life under military rule, tony chang al jazeera, through lancaster, president has declared health and electrical sectors, essential services. it comes out almost a week of strikes by health care weapons, demanding better pay and conditions. declaring a sector essential under sri lankan law means strikes a band. still ahead on the bulletin. we're in chicago. if america's longest run, it also shows the industry is facing some major bumps in the road. and the head of the w h. o. visits of vaccine research hub in south africa, will tell you what he's urging of the african nations to do. oh

hello. that is quite a bit of sunshine to be enjoyed across central and eastern parts of europe. at the moment. after that weather system swept well away from the southeast, even behind clear skies. and it is going to thought to wal mart in places like france stretching across to the east for the south. we are seeing some sunshine here, but also a smattering of showers in some stronger winds. but for much of the wet and windy weather, we have to head to the north west. we've got a big wind to depression sweeping in from the west. that's going to bring heavy rain to britain, an island and more snow to norway. a lot of that wintery weather edging across scandinavia. by the time we get into sunday, it's going to be finland and western areas of rush of the see the heaviest snow no further south. this is looking more settled across the low countries. we're going to see some one coming into cities like paris and anna. but if we have a look at paris, for example, the 3 day will well above average on sunday, before the showers come into play on monday. now further south of this,

lots of fine weather to be found if you showers across it to the stronger winds, with warning for croatia and north western parts of italy. but for much of the wet and windy weather, we have to look to the iberian peninsula with heavy rain in spain on sunday. ah frank assessments for china, well benefit from the 0 call it strategy. if the rest of the world cannot get to get informed opinions at all costs luckiest on needs. and on fridays from that statement critical debate with claims that native constitutes an interest in shield thread to russia. but it's precisely his actions that's rated this insecurity in the region. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera lou.

the me watching on the me, elizabeth on him and dog heart reminder of our top stories for us. president joe biden said to speak to russia, letting me put in on that today discussed tension or the ukraine washington as warning that moscow could attack within days. but russia denies that hundreds of prisoners in might have been granted amnesty as part of the 75th. the union day out of the celebrations of the unity agreement with ethnic minorities. but new corruption charges have been filed against opposed leader on time to change the canadian john just ordering truckers who are protesting against mandatory clothes in 1900 vaccine to stop locking a bridge. it is the biggest trade route between canada and the us. now,

among the factors most effected by the trunk of the blockade in canada is the u. s . auto industry. it is already suffering a supply chain crisis that by a shortage of semiconductor chips that the industry is attempting to show the strength. as the chicago auto show, rose rose back for a 10 day. ron john hendern reports from chicago. the largest auto show in north america rolls back to chicago and it's gone electric, new electric cars, trucks, even a hybrid camper of sorts of bound here as u. s. automakers plug into a trend say years ago by their european and asian counterparts. but just a few kilometers away production lines at chicago's only auto plant if ground to a halt, sidelined by a lack of the computer chips needed to power them as consumers around the world gumble up chips to run new home electronics during ongoing viral lockdown. the chip

shortage has been going on for, let's just say a year and it's likely to continue. it has caused the, you know, decrease in the production of vehicles and that is cause prices to go up as always happens when there's a shortage in supply. both new cars and used cars. it's unfortunate, and chances are it's going to last another year. is chip makers rushed to build more semiconductor plants. the computer chip shortage is just one of the series of pandemic era supply problem. assembly lines have also stopped at ford and toyota plants in canada, and shifts have been cut in general motors factories in michigan as anti vaccine truckers protesting covered 19 rules block border crossings and carmakers supply chain. i would say it's a supply crisis, and on some level at all, really does trace back to the pandemic an in one way or another. even the blockade at the canadian border right now between the us and canada is what's it about?

it's about masks and vaccines, so it, that, that the microchip shortage all traces back to the pandemic. if you demick is really thrown a monkey wrench, you, the automakers just in time manufacturing system. it was pioneered by toyota and it worked like this. say this part was made in the us on a monday. well, it could be delivered on a tuesday and in stall into a car manufactured in canada, 2 days later. that way nobody has to warehouse the thing that worked well in good jobs. there's not a nissan, as the auto industry accelerates toward an increasingly electric future. the question you as carmakers face is how soon can they increase production and lower skyrocketing prices to meet pent up pandemic demand. john henderson, l g 0, chicago. now the united states has said to open an embassy in the solomon islands above considered a diplomatic pushback against china's expanding influence and the pacific region

secretary of state anthony, blinking as an fugitive for virtual summit with pacific island leaders. so clark has more the announcement to open. an embassy in the solomon islands comes as a u. s. secretary of state antony blink. and touch down in fiji. to hold talks with 18 pacific ladies on key issues like climate and security. it's a move that's being seen as an attempt by the united states to re establish diplomatic ties almost 3 decades after it downgraded its presence in the island nation. the u. s. close its embassy and honey, our in 1993. over the last 2 decades, china has been building up its influence in the south pacific, emerging as a diplomatic and economic partner to an increasing number of countries. china is also committed to send police advises to the solomon islands after the riots which devastated the capital last november. the u. a state department says the embassy

would start as a small set up in honey hour with 2 employees and about 5 local staff. but it's not just the embassy. there are also plans to reopen an office for the u. s. peace court in the capitol. saturdays announcement is part of president biden strategy in the inner pacific, which aims to build partnerships in the region with its allies to counter china's growing ambitions and influence. and we are taking you back to us secretary of state anthony blinking, who is speaking in fiji. i believe he's talking about the situation in ukraine, so let's listen in my conversation with the farm is for lever off, short time from now and where russia goes from here. we have been as clear as we possibly can be. throughout this, this crisis, a crisis again, created by russia's actions and massing forces along ukraine's borders. that there are 2 paths forward, and it is ultimately up to, to present, to decide which path to follow. one is diplomacy in dialogue to try to resolve the

differences through through dialogue through diplomacy. we've been very focused on in close coordination with all of our partners and allies making clear that we're prepared to. we're prepared to do that . we shared ideas with, with russia that address some of its concerns that raised the many concerns that we have about actions that brushes taken to undermine security. and that looks at possible ways forward that on a reciprocal basis could actually strength and collective security. russia said that it would respond to some of the ideas we put forward. we still have not seen that response. i'll be asking minister live off if we can anticipate seeing a response in the, in the coming days to see if we can carry the dialogue forward. but as we've done

that, we've been equally clear that if russia chooses the path of aggression, it will face massive consequences which we have outlined repeatedly and again, not just from us, but from allies and partners around the world. and we are, as i noted in very close coordination and collaboration with them. so present we will have to decide which, which pass to follow. we are prepared either way. and it's clear what the responsible path is. but as i said, we're prepared. either way, i don't know what, what was said between china and russia when the meeting took place between president she and president putin. but as i noted the other day, we hear very often from, from beijing. the primacy at places on the sovereignty of nations says that's the most important element in, in the international system. you would think,

given that, that it would have expressed concerns to russia about its threatened violation renewed violation of ukraine sovereignty. but you'll have dash president, she, if he, if he shared that with, with president putin. president putin, as i said earlier, has put in place the capacity to act very quickly. if he so chooses, we're very focused on that. and i continue to hope that he will not choose the path of renewed aggression. that'll change the path of our diplomacy and dialogue. but if he doesn't prepared, i can't come into the ukraine. but so we have been listening there to us secretary of state anthony blinking, who was speaking on a visit to the fiji and fiji and capital that he was taking questions about the

situation and ukraine secretary blinking. they're saying once again, what we've heard from the white house over the past 12 hours or so that they believe that president putin has put in place the contingency to act very soon in ukraine. if he chooses to, he called this a crisis created by ukraine and by russia rather crisis created by russia and warned that russia would face via consequences if vladimir putin continues on the current path. this is moving onto the news now and mexican president, andres manuel lopez over door has promised to ensure journalists won't be killed with impunity. it follows the murder of a journalist in the southern state of walker on thursday. l. lopez who ran amuse website was shot dead in his car. 2 people have been arrested. he is the 5th journalist to be murdered in mexico this year. and 2 journalists working for the un

humanitarian agency and have gone on have been released along with to africa, nationals after being detained by the fall of bond that were held for several hours . the thought amongst the journalists were detained because they didn't have the necessary documents. reporters without borders says journalists are facing increasing harassment by the fall of on. now you as president joe biden has signed an executive order to allocate $7000000000.00 of ask and funds which were frozen. the money was deposited in new york by the afghan central bank before the taliban to power in august. half of the funds will go to was humanitarian efforts and have gone on. the other half will be paid to relatives of victims of mine and levin and other attacks by armed groups. people in libya's capital tripoli, having protesting against the appointment of a new prime minister for the interior minister party bus. shonda was appointed to the roll on thursday by the interim government on friday. demonstrators called for

parliament to be dissolved and for long delayed national elections to be held. the world health organization says the acute phase of the pandemic could end by the middle of the year. that if about 70 percent of the world gets vaccinated tried drawers on, on gabrielle suits, was speaking during a visit to south africa and pharmaceutical company, african with a 1st co. the 19 vaccine was made in africa. in b. o. notice of emma, immersed in technology share and then when the hub we could expedite manufacturing removing the need for large clinical trends and catching development and approval time, but at least one year. once again, i can relate all those involved in bringing them out in a technology transfer have to this point and i look forward to it said the development. and finally, the miller has more from the facility in cape town. much of the emphasis really has

been on the disadvantage, that african countries are in or facing regarding access to vaccines. the, the director general of the w h o is said that while half of the people in the world have received at least one jab, just 10 percent of africans are awfully vaccinated in echoes down to about 5 percent for lower income countries. and so really, the vaccination programs and rollouts have been concentrated in rich countries and so africa largely forgotten. and now the establishment of a trans, for hub in south africa, is meant to accelerate that vaccination process, largely bringing the manufacturing of vaccines to african countries where that information that technology and science will be transferred. c both locally and across the continent where the other vaccine manufacturing can be boosted. they are expecting that an increase in vaccination, our manufacturing whoa,

help lower income countries. i'm africa really is at a disadvantage at this point. and we also heard from the belgian develop, administer, who's here supporting the w h o program in south africa saying that the patent waiver issue is one that has continued for 2 years and hasn't moved. so a transfer hub is really an ideal solution, a structural solution to the problem that african countries have faced, but also is 2 years to late. it will still be a while before we see them manufactured and distributed are with regard to africa. and in particular, as they have developed to the vaccine, but they're likely to only start clinical trials in the 4th quarter of this year. around november perhaps, and only in 2024. get the approval. they need to manufacture these vaccines on mass and distribute them. and we look at by of ac, they say that they have the ability to manufacture about 50000000 doses over the

next period. but even then, that will beginning the months to come. so still some time before african starts receiving jobs with vaccines made in africa. not of the u. s. now, with children under the age of 5 warrant received their colona vars. vaccines for at least a few months after health authorities delayed the approval of the shot, the f. d. a says it needs more data from drug makers, pfizer and bio tech, before it can roll out the vaccine for children age to 6 months to 4 years. ah, there's a problem in door help with the top stories on al jazeera us president joe biden is set to speak to russia's letting me put in on saturday to discuss tensions over ukraine. washington of warning that moscow could attack within days, but russia denies that.