fancy the mystery to all of us join me if i take on the live, dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradiction. get upfront on al jazeera. ah, me, the us was a russian invasion of ukraine could begin any day, but moscow refuses to west of life and misinformation. ah, kinda robinson abroad them. and this is al jazeera life from dog ha. so coming up the canadian truck drivers defy a court order to clear the vice border crossings with america after days of protesting against the club. 193 long because president ban strikes by health care

workers ignore on demand for better pay and conditions. and mexico's president promises no impunity for people who killed journalists as another family for the death of a loved one. ah, we begin with an urgent warning from the us about what a claims a plan for a potential russian invasion of ukraine, moscow's denying the charge and accusing the west of spreading false information. us president joe biden said to speak to rushes vladimir putin in the coming hours. his secretary of state anthony blink, and his just described this as a pivotal moment. but we continue to see very troubling signs of russian escalation, including new forces arriving around ukraine borders. as i said yesterday were in the window when a russian invasion could start at any time if president putin so decides that

includes in the coming days, we don't know whether president has made that decision. but we do know that he has put in place the capacity to act on very short notice patty calhane has more on those, those warnings from the us. 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 yet us president joe biden says, well, troops will go to nato countries. he's ruled out sending any into ukraine. if there is an invasion, sealed us 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. we'll speak on the phone saturday, a call that may provide a clear picture of the likely path forward. patty colleen al jazeera washington. now rob in troops carrying out large scale military drills and better. ruth, as well as naval drills in the black sea, near the border with ukraine. g f says the war games make navigation critical waterways virtually impossible. charles transferred reports from cognitive and east and ukraine. joint russian embellish and military exercises neither ukrainian border up to 30000 russian soldiers. and most of the better rouge an 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 to you grains borders. ukraine invoked

a clause from the so called 2011 vienna document, which is an international agreements on military transparency and 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 mosca says it's 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. russia violated virtually every rule of international law related to securing the year. so now it wants to impose on others, the discussion that you guys are expanding nato,

are doing something else. and that is the damage of 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 suffers from russia's actions should ask them a question. well, how will you rush to insure your security without inflicting damage on the secure, on our security new satellite images published by a private us 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 to 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 if it's demands and not met. most goes main demo and is that ukraine never becomes a new member. and that's something that the us and it's nato allies say, is a non starter diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis. continue to fail. charles stopped, but al jazeera, called cave eastern ukraine. mont, while the news now and truck drivers in canada are ignoring a judge as ordered to stop blocking the largest trade route with the united states

. 5 days of disruption to traffic on the ambassador bridge has for some auto factories across the border to shut down because of the lack of parts from canada. rob reynolds reports in ontario, superior court judge, ordered right wing protestors to stop blocking 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 protesters to go home. it is time to recognize that this protest is blockade his illegal. 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 person we all want to ruin whoever's point groceries, pull dawn out of town. i don't care what happens to them, but the guardian 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 anto vaccine protesters are certainly a minority in canada. 88 percent of its citizens have received at least one dose of the vaccine, rob reynolds al jazeera. now in france, thousands of police have been mobilized ahead of the arrival of a convoy inspired by those protests in canada. motorists from across the country

are heading to paris despite a police or to not to enter the capital. checkpoints have been set up and riot control barriers broken. several rallies are expected over the weekend. now hundreds of prisoners in myanmar have been granted amnesty as part of the union day celebrations. the day monks, the unity of the countries diverse ethnic groups bought, has been overshadowed. for many, i live on the military, vul. tony chang reports a squatter's soldier's march is through the dawn light, man mars capital. ne piddle, part of the celebrations the union day. the parade mark 75 years since the signing of an agreement. the united mia mars ethnic groups senior general men on lie who lead last year's military coups, the guest of honor, hugo, 11 ali, and his address to the nation. he praised the unity of all the people in myanmar saying that come through thick and thin together. as part of the celebrations,

state media are announced and amnesty, the 800 prisoners across the country. since the coo, more than 12000 people, have been arrested as military try to sign and 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. there 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 fe he felt in detention. he says he's still prepared to show his opposition to the qu, not bowler for the 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 false from the military. as seems to be one thing that unites the people of myanmar these days. their refusal to accept life under military rule, tony ching elders are still ahead on the bulletin. how the us plans to distribute billions of dollars a frozen afghan fans, and the head of the w. h. hellen visits vaccine research hom, in south africa, or chinese, what he's aging under african nations to do look forward to brighter skies. the winter sponsored my cattle airways. it's getting stormy again in northern europe. this is not unusual. we've seen these time time and again, and this line of white his conference pushed out all the heat. that was in romania

. so this is that is forecast, crescent going down about 10 degrees typically and then that normally breezes dot to induce cheryl's. i think of the cheating grease spots i'll get in the fasting to sunday. this might be a little bit more interesting, particularly as it develops into western france and portugal and northwest in spain . during sunday, kaziz areas, particularly in spain and portugal, have been suffering from near drought conditions and been declared in the middle of portugal. this is a river and a reservoir that should be run the fall in this after winter rains. what winter range you might say? well here's some late winter rain coming in. this is the forecast a sunday just about produces some in the middle of portugal. suddenly something in northwestern, spain, there are north africa, you don't expect much rating. there isn't very much there. is that how masses still blowing? this is the season already picked up the dust and blows it off the west coast of africa eventually. and that plume this example goes all the way across to brazil and starts to feed the amazon. did you know that you do not in southern africa,

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watching out there with me in the garage door heart reminder of our top stories, the fella, the us has issued urgent. one is that russia could launch an attack against ukraine at any moment. moscow denies that us president joe biden to speak to rushes, letting me fusion in the coming hours truck drivers in canada, or ignoring a judge of order to stop locking, the largest trade route with the united states, 5 days of disruption traffic on the basset, a bridge for some us auto factories to shut down because of the lack of parts from canada and hundreds of prisoners and me on my have been granted amnesty as part of the 75th union de anniversary. celebration for unity agreement with ethnic minorities, overshadowed by the press of life for many under military rule. now through long as president has declared that health and power work is provide essential

services, which means it's illegal for them to take strike action. public health care workers walked off day jobs only this week to demand better pay and conditions. well, let's get more on this. michelle fernandez isn't too long because capital lumber as the strike enters its 6th day. so what's been the reaction, the respond to the declaration by the president now will it for our workers to stop there strike given the possible tough penalties if they continue the health care unions told me just a short while ago that they're still in consultations with their lawyers to try and figure out what the implications of this latest gathered that has been brought in by the president under this essential services act. a piece of legislation that goes back to 1979. now, the act does and research some very tough penalties if any offenders are found guilty through the legal process are professionals can find that name struck off.

registers like, like doctors can be struck off. medical registers are p. bear acids, movable. any movable can be forfeited to the state, and there's a lot of very, very strict punitive measures for those convicted under the essential services act . so union still have not called off bear trade union yet union action. and that means that hospitals, like the one you see behind me, this is the colombo south teaching hospital, a major government institution that provide services, free health care services, just to the south of the capital that a lot of their services have been disrupted. and the problem with this is that people who can't afford private healthcare, you know, are really inconvenient and just how much of an impact has the strike had on health care services been out. hey, so the unions in terms of their strike action and indefinite strike. now we're

running into a 6 day ah, have continued to man, emergency services, for example, cancer treatment, women services children services. but there is definitely a sort of a bite in the we, the services that are provided on a day to day basis are provided. or you have clinics, i did speak to somebody just about an hour and a half ago. this lady had undergone a hernia operation, and she had had some complications. and in that she's really frustrated because she cannot bring herself to a government hospital because all the outside treatment clinics are taking time. she's obviously are in a lot of pain and she was complaining so just day to day things when they come in for investigations, blood test, if they are required to do a sort of x rays. because this is about 18 trade unions under the health care sector umbrella, which means nurses lab technicians and all of them,

which means that for people, and particularly as i said, people who can't afford private health care that don't have the option that need to come to places and hospitals like this, they're the ones paying the price of this work stoppage. yeah, and that's, that's the sad part of this entire development. now thank you very much for that. that is me now fernandez with the latest live in colombo. thank you. now, u. s. president joe biden has signed an executive order to unfreeze $7000000000.00 an afghan funds. the money was deposited in new york by the ask and central bank before the taliban took power and august. half of the funds will go towards humanitarian efforts and have gotten a thumb. the other half relatives of victims of 911 and other attacks by armed kristin salumi has more from new york. they've already won. lawsuits that were filed years ago here in new york against the taliban and al qaeda against the

taliban for its role in those attacks. and so they are suing to get access to about money as a result of those judgments. at the same time, the bite and administration is dealing with increasing calls to do something about the dire humanitarian situation in afghanistan from the united nations. and domestically here as well, people are concerned about what's happening there because of the taliban take over. the bind administration does not want to recognize the taliban or let them have access to this money. so they're saying that they are going to set up a trust that will be overseen by a 3rd party to get this money into the country while avoiding the government. now, there, this is still months away. they're not saying how that's going to be done. at least many questions on answered, and that has humanitarians concerned. the united nations again has warned that the

country is on the brink of economic collapse. and already we've received a statement from one humana, terry, and group refugees international that says that they're worried that this will further cripple the banking system in afghanistan and perpetuate the suffering of afghans. but for now, this is what the by an administration has decided to do. protecting some of that money for the lawsuits, appending here in the new york while at the same time freeing up the money for humanitarian purposes. although not quickly or not enough for some who are concerned, mexico's president has promised there will be no impunity for those who kill journalists. it follows the murder of a journalist on thursday in the southern state of la haka. he is the 5th to be killed in mexico this year, victoria gayton, b reports. these family and friends of murder, journalist, harbor lopez,

a gathering for his wake. he was a manager of a news website in mexico, southern state of war haka and was shot dead on thursday. slow growing a little be settled. this was a cruel leg, done without doubt, by unscrupulous people. i think our colleague didn't deserve that kind of warnings . the se, if that's what they wished to convey by shooting him 5 times, prosecutors say 2 suspects were arrested as they tried to leave the murder scene. lopez had received threats before, but he'd not joined a government program that provides protection for around 500 journalists. his brother said, trust in institutions is falling and moved them over to put their mac roll. lately we've fallen victim to criminality, to abuse of power situations that are beyond our control. as a media worker, i'm very worried. i trusted the authorities and asked them to do their job as they should. so lopez is the 5th journalist we murdered in mexico this year president andres manuel lopez overdraw says those responsible will be brought to justice. by

the time it may be that these regrettable crimes are committed, but there is no impunity, 0 impunity. it is not the same as before. in all cases, reporters without borders says 90 percent of the murders of journalists go unpunished in mexico. many report is killed for working on stories about drug related violence or government corruption. may he got, he a cno, an all in the spaces. mexico is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists . and we're seen like that by the rest of the world were seen as a country where the authorities are not able to contain these crimes and end impunity. we've been asked time and again, what's happening in mexico, journalists across mexico know the dangers they face are rising and they're urging the government to do much more to protect them, victoria gate and be al jazeera. now the won't help organizations as the acute phase of the pandemic could end by the middle of the year. that's if about 70 percent of the world population gets vaccinated. the head of the w h o visited the

south african pharmaceutical company after gen, which is producing the 1st made in africa cove at vaccine it'd be o notice of a modern emerging technology share. and then when the hub, we could expedite manufacturing removing the need for large clinical trans and catching development and approval time, but at least one year. once again, i can relate all those involved in bringing the money in a technology transfer. have to this point and i look forward to it started the development. and finally, the mother has more from the factory 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 has said that while half of the people in the world have received at least one jab, just 10 percent of africans,

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 transfer 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 both locally and across the continent where the other vaccine manufacturing can be boosted. they are expecting that an increase in vaccination of 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, administers 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 a with regards to average. and in particular, they have developed 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. if 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. now, ban on religious head, scarves and classrooms in the southern state and india as back before the courts on monday school to fits rios in the same day in kanaka,

they've been closed because of violent protests against the ban of the emitter reports. from monday, the con, con, has become a local hero. people from across india have come to take photos of themselves with her, and some give her gifts and money was con, shot to fame. after this, we deal with the virus she seen resisting a group of men demanding she removable car. i am not scared of anyone except the almighty. i thought of him, he was the one who gave me the strength and now all this respect. i am very grateful. i experience has highlighted a control over a ban on religious clothing in the southern states. nautica that has led to a national debate about constitution, freedom. women started protesting after they were banned from entering class, one very headscarf bis parked counter protest by him. the groups the marsh wedding, saffron colored gulf, to assert their identity. the color is considered sacred by many hindu. but after

riding clashes, schools and colleges were close for 3 days. the state government has backed the ban in india, dumb way. now the bus is going, but yes, a bit of a minority. so this is what delta dental you get is, is completed on and was yet acting to go to. so i did a gentleman, protest had spread to other regions. authorities in new delhi have detain students demonstrating in solidarity with the women a court and could not got has allowed schools to reopen, but asked students not to wear any religious clothing until a final decision is made. many people are getting anxious in the muslim dominated neighborhood in mound out, they say been only send their daughters to schools that allow head scarves and activists say that the band could lead to more than gaz. 2 becoming further marginalized and segregated from others in schools. some teachers are worried about

the long term impact on students. the once you have stood poison into this a otherwise a loving gum earlier. well, it might job many people may use it for different reasons at the, in different stages. so that could be one of the i'm in all most unfortunate thing that might happen had after must gone, says she's grateful for the support she's received and is confident. the court will rule in favor of those objecting the ban. she plans to go to university next year to fulfill her father's dream of becoming a lawyer. path nathan al jazeera cannot cost southern india ah no arman as an approximate doll. however, the.