it's time to free fall. ah lou. this is al jazeera ah hello, this is in use our on al jazeera, fully back to bo live for my headquarters in dopa coming up in the next 60 minutes . the best friend for an image that hispanic ukraine urges citizens to stay calm. as the us warns of an eminent russian invasion, several embassies order their staff to leave in while thousands of veterans marching kia as

a threat of war looms. but russia denies its planning and invasion. also this our police in france via gas had demonstrated as a so called freedom convoy arrives in paris to protest against corona virus restrictions. and sher lunk as president bonds strikes by health care workers ignoring demands for better pay and conditions. i'm devin ash, with sports the white to decide the fate of russian figures case a continues committed valley eva trains a while it's decided if she can compete in the individual events after failing a drug test. ah, thank you very much for joining us. us president joe biden will hold a phone call with his russian counterpart vladimir putin this hour. it's another attempt at a diplomatic solution over a potential russian invasion of ukraine, something moscow denies it. planning all ukraine's president earlier visited

a police training camp. brody me, zalinski says warnings of our russian invasion are only provoking panic. it's our borders. it's our territory. you, you know, i have to speak with our people like our unit for, you know, like, like a president and said, people throughs and the truth that we have different information and know the best friend for enemies that hispanic, you know, gone through and all this information details only for bernie doesn't help us. meanwhile, on the streets of the ukrainian capital, kia war veterans were among hundreds on the march in a civilian show of strength. they are vowing to fight for their country if required . russia's foreign minister said oliver has accused the u. s of waging a propaganda campaign during a phone call a few hours ago with the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking. and we'll have

more on that phone call, as well as the phone call between president putin and the french president emanuel my call when we speak to algiers. dorsey jabari in moscow. our white house correspondent kimberly hancock, is standing by with reaction from washington. at 1st we go to natasha butler, who's in the ukrainian capital key. ed natasha, the ukranian president, calling on people not to panic, but several countries already withdrawing their diplomatic staff and urging their citizens to leave ukraine. ah, it is not an easy position at all for the ukrainian prison voted me as lensky as you say. he is calling for calm. he's calling on people not to panic, and that's pretty much been his message over the past few days and weeks. he is saying the business of life must go on as usual. but at the same time, of course, what is happening in ukraine. the reality here in kiev is those several countries

have decided to advise their citizens to get out of the country as soon as possible, and that they really need to stay here. and on top of that, you have the u. s. embassy pulling out all of it's a diplomatic stuff. so all of that's of course is making some people feel really rather anxious indeed. now, at the same time, you have moscow saying that it has no intention of invading ukraine, but the u. s. has a very different story, washington painting a different picture saying that could be an attack. an invasion, a by russian military force is on ukraine at any moment at any day. so that is the situation. it is extremely tense paper and here are still of course trying to get on with their daily lives. but as the days passed is certainly much more pessimistic picture right now that it was earlier in the week where we were talking about hope and optimism when diplomacy seemed to be working in some way to find some sort of solution. right now people are in a very unpredictable situation,

right. i was going to ask you about that. about the sentiment among people you were at a veterans march earlier. what, what are people st yeah, hundreds of people march to a nikiya. they were walking through the city all very peaceful among them were many a veterans veterans of ukraine's, a war in the east of the country with the russian back separatist that and what the people had come out to say. and what they were telling us is that look, if russia was to invade ukraine, we already, we believe that our military is strong, we would fight to the ends. they say they are proud of the country. but at the same time, you know, many of them said look, we don't one more of course, we are hoping for peace. many of them really don't believe that they will be a war. they feel that perhaps some of what is going on the narrative on,

on both sides western power, u. s. on one brush on the other, they are caught in the middle, may feel that narrative is something that they have heard before, of course, because they have lived up with what they call us. it's right to russian aggression for many years because that war, these has been going on for nearly 8 years. they just want to get on with their lives. but as i said, they say they are ready to fight if they have to natasha but not live in kia. thank you for that. natasha. next to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawk it in washington dc. a very important phone call coming up at this hour. kimberly the a u. s. f, as in joe biden, due to speak to rushes. lita, what can we expect? we've already got a sense of what might be discussed, given the efforts by the secretary of state and his counterpart survey lab rav back phone call, already taking place. and we've gotten a read out of that. what was communicated essentially, is that the diplomatic path remains open. to resolving this security dispute over

ukraine, but that in the eyes of the united states, it is russia that needs to deescalate and engage immediately in good faith discussions. if an alternative path is pursued by russia, then there will be a resolute, massive united trans atlantic response that is, according to the state department. now we know that there's been another phone call and that has been with the defense secretary, lloyd austin and his russian counterpart. but of course, again, it is the phone call that is set to take place imminently between the u. s. president and the russian president that now all eyes are on many hoping that this is something that can avert a potential military crisis. and we should very quickly point out that it was at the request of the russian side for this to happen on monday. the counter invitation issued by the united states was this call to happen today? the big question, what might happen on sunday, given the fact that the united states believes due to military intelligence does

not been provided that we are now at a window where russia may invade ukraine. kimberley hancock live in washington. let's get the view now from moscow and door. so jabari door, so a lot of diplomatic contacts happening again to day. president. putin do to speak to present biden as we just heard the this hour. but he's already spoken to the french president emmanuel. michael, how is russia viewing all these different conversations? well, i think it's important to highlights that term. we have not heard from the kremlin about the details of these phone conversations that have been taking place on saturday and which is not usual practice. usually the kremlin does provide and much more information as these phone conversations take place between various high ranking officials. the only one that was shared much more in detail was the phone conversation that took place between the russian foreign minister, sir. good love rob and his american counterpart anthony blinking earlier on

saturday, where the foreign minister highlighted the fact that everything that is happening is because the west is refusing to address moscow's key security concerns. and they're creating that at this atmosphere of hysteria to actually distract from the main issue. they don't want to answer about russia security concerns. and we also understand the russian defense minister survey shows who has been speaking to his american counterpart in a very rare phone conversation. all we know at this stage is that they discuss issues of mutual concern, and the kremlin is not being forthcoming about the details of that conversation. and the, the french president emanuel micron has been speaking to president vladimir putin. the 2 men spoke for nearly an hour and 40 minutes, and according to the french side, the french president micron said that to the idea that diplomacy can continue is not comparable to deescalate intentions and that they are not on the same track

. apparently, the french president said that sincere dialogue is incompatible with escalation. of course, the 2 men met on monday in moscow where they had a 6 hour meeting and it was clear that vladimir putin was not satisfied after that meeting at the french president later on, moved to kiev, where he met with officials there. and he each set, that's the issue of nato's expansion was not brought up, but he didn't allow vladimir putin to expand further. he said that they talked about all the other secondary issues. and it's clear now that there is a, there was certainly an escalation in attentions after those meetings because the russians maintain that there a main concern is being ignored. meanwhile, they say that they're still very much not interested in dating ukraine, and they want to continue this path of diplomacy. but the rhetoric that is coming out of washington is not conducive to that whether or not this upcoming phone call with us president joe biden will be able to calm things further. we'll have to wait

and see. indeed, we will wait and see, and we'll come back to you as soon as they're new developments on this story and more information on that phone call between present routine and present biden dorsey jabari in moscow. thank you. meanwhile, russia is continuing its military drills with bella. russian forces near the border with ukraine al jazeera is set by thin, is that the better was ukraine border? she says the exercises are raising more concerns about moscow's intentions. there's a lot of anxiety about these exercises that officially started the, the main face a couple of days ago, officially a bellows and russia are training for an attack by an aide today. these are war games. but as a lot of speculation, if this through build up was basically meant for something else, maybe a 2nd front for russia, basically in bellows, they can easily go to the ukranian capital key, f, which is the closest the nearest from here. they're not only exercise is happening at this air field, but there are training grounds around his whole area. this whole stretch in the

southern part of bella rose, and of course for bella router, it's a rush. i have to say it's quite easy to use this country right now because alex, i'll know, lucas young guy has looked to vote vladimir put in for help since he became a very isolated and embattled leader. so russia is using these grounds here now to at least show this amount of forest that they are having. but we're speaking to a religious also, they can't really feel that there's an imminent threat of war. but of course, there's a lot of anxiety, especially here as well, while russian troops are carrying out naval trade in the black sea near the border with ukraine as well. the ukrainian foreign ministry is formerly protesting against those exercises. it says the war games make navigating critical waterways virtually impossible. john stratford re for some khaki in 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, a 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 invoke 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. russia violated virtually every rule of international law related to securing a year. so now it wants to impose on others, the discussion that you guys are expanding nato, are doing something else and that 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 serious. instead, its us ukraine and other countries who are suffers from russia's actions should ask them a question. well, how will you russia 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 to the crisis. something ukraine denies. 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 inviting ukraine, but it says it will be forced to take unspecified military technical action if it's demands and not med most goes main demo and is that ukraine never becomes a nato 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. plenty more head on this news our including canadian police start clearing protesters blocking the us canada bridge. but more truckers plan to gather in toronto. these palestinians are being closed out of their homes because these really military wants to train on their lands. i'm the the, everything from the occupies westberg and i'll bring you the story next. and in sport, chelsea and palmera sir vine to be con, fee for club world cup champions. for the 1st time kick off is in less than 90 minutes. general had the details. ah, 1st release in france of fire tear gas to break up. a rally against crone of irish pandemic restrictions in the capital. a convoy of vehicles is blocking traffic in

central carries after making a pass for new stretch points. thousands of police have been mobilized. several rallies are expected over the weekend. he to whom he is a freelance journalist in paris. he says the protests are being driven by more than just pandemic restrictions. i think it's a mixture of reasons embarrassed causes of course we have the anti faxes taking part in this and those that one, some of the restrictions that have been in place for so many months, if not years in france and elsewhere in the world to restrict access without the green pass, the vaccine pause, the fact that you have to wear masks from the age of 6 at school. ironically, all of these restrictions are eventually going to be lifted according to french authorities, probably by towards the end of this month, the end of february. and then we have those that are complaining about the state of the economy are rising energy costs, which is it countries across,

across the world, certainly being felt quite strongly here in western western europe and in france. and also the cost of living in general. and incidentally, these last 2 economic factors, so reasons for the protests are likely to dominate the upcoming french presidential elections in about 2 months time. while the so called freedom convoy in france has been inspired by similar protests in canada truck drivers there. ignoring a judge's order to stop blocking the busiest trade to where the united states reynolds re force and ontario was 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 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 reynolds al jazeera, or let's speak to judy train about all this. she's an investigative reporter at cdc news, and he's joining us from ottawa. judy, thank you so much for being with us. the protesters seem unfazed by, by the state of emergency. tell us 1st about who's been protesting, how much support they had and what's driving this really folly. i will tell you that these protesters are emboldened 1st of all they begin as a truckers convoy, as you heard in a previous report was driven by truckers, me from the west in the provinces of alberta. the what is interesting is that it has now spread, and the core of its organization has quite a bit of far rates and weights of premise inclinations. and now

that they are fully entrenched in the capitol, they are actually drawing support from other individuals who are just frustrated with the pandemic restrictions with all these continuous launch downs that have affected businesses. so it's no longer the truckers, it began with the truckers, but now it is more widespread, but they are still in the minority because the majority of citizens in this city as well as in canada, do not support what they are doing. because some of the rhetoric they're using, they wanted to end vaccine mandates. they wanted to end the restriction for truckers in order to work in canada, they had to get bassett aid. and that was also a restriction in the us. that's what it began with. but now there is talk over throwing the government here, the parliamentary it is, it is anti government, and it is also highly, i would say,

motivated by forces who want to dis, dest, destabilize this democracy. and so what impact is it having politically on prime minister, just in judo, he has then though prime ministers began his rhetoric coming out strong, he could condemn the action. he called them. he called them far right. he called them massage and s t. he basically labeled them, he took their hard line but the same time and it's it further isolated them and it motivated them to entrench further. i would tell you that this all began with a tactical mistake, auto police, which is the local police force here, allowed trucks thousands of heavy transport trucks waiting between 5 and 10 tons to drive into the capitol. what they did was not only did they drive up to the

gates apartment hill, they then disabled their trucks. some we had vehicles that had their view, their tires removed, and they refused to move them. and once you have those trucks been in the city core, it's very hard to remove, right? it's easy folly to remove protesters very difficult to remove thousands of trucks right now. most of the trucks are gone. but when in the red zone that is closest to part of the hill, there are still about 400 heavy transport trucks. what impact has that had? i mean, we've seen the disruptions cause in the u. s. or the automotive industry because of that bridge being blocked, what impact has it had in canada? in the capital? what's going on is that businesses have been so frightened by the amount of harassment that they've and residents have received, that they've actually shut down their businesses. these are the city of ottawa has

a masking policy you before you can enter an establishment, you have to be wearing a mass. there are many, many activities that require you to show proof of vaccination with the entry of the oh siders, what has happened is that they are floating all the local buy loss and that is causing concern. what impact it has economically is bad. for example, just our largest mall, our largest shopping center here in ottawa has not been open for 15 days. we are now going on the 16 of a protest of a occupation and somebody even use the word siege that has locked down this entire lock down. the city's core, thank you so much, judy, for talking to us about this and giving us a picture there in canada. judy train is an investigative reporter at cbc news. joining us a line from ottawa. we appreciate your time. thank you. my such a u. s. president joe biden has signed an executive order to distribute

$7000000000.00 held in afghan funds, and money was deposited in new york by the afghan central bank before the taliban to power in august. half of the funds will go towards humanitarian efforts in afghanistan. and the other half to relatives of victims of the 911 attacks and other attacks by arms groups where we spoke to taliban as spokesman to hail shaheen earlier. and he says the money belongs to the afghan people. this is that was part of a plan to stand bank for the stability of the current job one coming see. and it in the property of the people up up when his son was of those plans out of bullshit money deposited by the people up. i went to sunday the, an accounting that was kept her with the understand bank. so these are many of the people, and it is a photo as i did, the 0 being kicked off by the finest town bank order. it's

implementation of many policy. we are not in control, we are not using that the that either. we wanted them for anything of that either. that is the was the issue. and that is the issue. this was pros in you want and freezing on the empire. and these are of the bank. we do not to use the money. we just want best. this is not to be kept as reserved. one is found bank. we read nickel or, or walter to, to, to temper with the many are to use it. and any field or by the government to be used for we do not want that one time, but this it has to be kept as it is, there is some bank still had on the news hour. no one seen this for 30 years. an ancient spanish village re services after being submerged to

make way for a reservoir, an amnesty for hundreds of prisoners in myanmar, but thousands of rest of since last year. school remain behind bars. and the so the ball is less than 48 hours away in sports will happily test for me and gotten back ah, the winds up again. not so much thinking about the breeze. it brings a few showers into live and is this seasonal one? there is the sheer mile which tends to bring dust down with it when it's coming from a dry area, and iraq is now fairly dry. on the grounds, this orange is of plu potential. not so much heavy dust storms, but just a lot of dust in the air. poor visibility tends to drop the temperature. the dough half max is 20 deposit 23 and there are shares around the southern part of iran, round the u. e. and probably omar and for the next day or so as the wind tends to

decrease. beyond that sunshine is predominate or showers, maybe in lebanon, parts of syria, but otherwise, it's looking pretty good picture. we still got that same story to the horn of africa sunshine, which is not a big surprise. and it's no surprise as a drought here as well, until the rainy season arrives. it's coming from south slowly. it's going to stay that way. shes fine also tends to be a maybe uganda, but really not very much that the main rain belt in southern africa still extends from madagascar where its psycho season through southern part that tells me i'm allowing them background to zambia is an awful lot still to come i think in namibia they're not necessarily on the coast but on the subject to cycling and take you to tuesday that the potential landfall and madagascar want to watch. ah britton's beloved curry houses are in crisis to indian don is shut down every week

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ah ah ah, you're watching the news out on al jazeera with me fully back people, a reminder about top stories. the ukranian president has. it isn't not to panic, has warnings grow of a potential russian invasion? something moscow denies us present job by didn't hold a phone call with his russian counterpart flatmate foot. in the meanwhile, russia foreign minister has accused the us of conducting a propaganda campaign about a possible invasion of earlier with the us secretary of state anthony blanket and in avenues police and trying to buy a gas to break up for ronnie and the capital again, calling about some damage restriction, a convoy a vehicle is blocking traffic in central. how are you stopped making possibly

checkpoints, thousands of these have been much more now on our top story and the tensions between russia and ukraine and the west. let's speak to alexander vote, traverse about this, his editor in chief of the swiss military review and his joining us from geneva, thank you so much for being with us. so the kremlin says it wants to avoid conflict . but is there a risk right now of an actual conflict because of all the stretch rank from all sides? there is definitely a risk of risk of conflict because at any given moment when you have such a high concentration of troops of, of technical means of radars of computers. everybody is trying to sort out what the other is doing. and so mistakes accidents may happen that makes for a risky situation where there's a whirlwind of diplomacy right now. we know lots of phone conversations happening,

but it doesn't seem to be working. why do you think that it is time running out for diplomacy to work out? well, it depends what the objectives really are and for the united states on one side and for russia on the other. the diplomacy seems to be working pretty well because we are, if you want to go back to the situation of the cold war, where there are really 2 superpowers who have something to say about the world affairs. and everybody else is irrelevant from china to the european union to everybody else, including the actors who are on the ground in the middle of these 2 superpowers. so i would, i would argue, on the contrary, that the diplomatic attempts and strategies are working for those superpowers. alexander one wander is what sorta information the americans have. what basis are they making to, to say that an invasion is emitted for from a military expertise. what do you think is happening here?

definitely there are satellite pictures. there's all sorts of reconnaissance data that shows that in defects. there are not one but 2 russian military forces build up. one in bell arrest, which is are highly contested and, and strategic area. and the other one which is close to us. so the eastern border of ukraine, where previously, russian forces have been concentrated and have, has direct and indirect effects on, on ukraine. so yes, there are 2 hot spots and the conjunction of these 2 hot spots and the planning that is going on in the new various been bounced and the now mobilization of certain russian forces in certain russian technologies and hyper sunday commit files. for example. all of these are clues allow the united states,

diplomats to say that there is a risk and there are plans within the russian are forces that is correct, right. and the russians have 130000 troops right now near the border with ukraine, a 30 warships. well, what is, you know, the end game here ultimately for russia? is this about really preventing ukraine from moving closer to the west? why is ukraine so important to rush out that they would invaded? now you've asked many questions. let me answer the 1st those on 30000 troops that you have been talking about, well, they've been there. they have been situated close to the ukrainian border for more than a year now. so this has not really led to 2 major changes. however, those forces have been mobilized. they are training, they are preparing for maneuvers or war. it's very difficult to spot the difference on, on the, on either side and, and therefore, the state of preparedness,

russian forces is now almost as high as the nato high, really high readiness reaction force that, that has been planted in various areas around the ukraine. so let's say that the russian military buildup is echoing the west military build up in the air. very good to talk to you and get you insight about this. thank you so much for talking to us on exam that much of as a security and defense on this training aside from geneva, thank you for your time. thank you. i is rarely military drills in the occupied west bank of forcing some palestinian families from their homes many times a year as need a brain reports the temporary re, housing and constant disruptions to their lies is causing many families to move up permanently in yearly hours of the morning, these palestinian families are being forced to leave their homes and belongings.

these were the military sometimes uses this area in the north of the occupied west bank as a training ground. this means that people who have lived here for a decade have to stay away for as long as the army decides is necessary. israeli military jeeps move between homes to ensure every one has left palestinians here. say it's not their 1st order to leave their home. this year and fear it won't be the last or the one to print it out. they'll stay here until each one of us leave their home. they'll say, why aren't you out yet? it's a day and you have to leave explosions like these often break the piece here . you know, you must, i fear for the children. they get scared of the bombing. i tried to calm them down, but we're scared to i remind them not to touch anything. the army leaves behind because it might explode with the bad people here say they have nowhere else to go . so they have to stay out until they're allowed to return to their homes. after

midnight, the military drill will continue for 3 days, which means they'll have to go through this again. twice this week. the israeli army told al jazeera that it takes measures to protect civilians during the exercises. but is really officers previously said that trainings are used to push palestinians out 7 families left their homes on tuesday, but many more people used to live here. 48 families once lived in this village called bleak. now there are only 20 to get a command says he had to relocate his home 5 years ago because he was tired of these displacements. still, he says his land is under threat oxford window, so i've lost half of my garage because the thanks went over them. i've had a piece of land landed with bodily and they're completely ruined. these videos are from his really through his in january. people here say 8 structures were demolished, then farmers we spoke to said they're not leaving their land. some even snuck back

in before the end of the drill. they wanted to take care of the cattle and you lamb was born. well, sam took the risk to return home. others remain without a roof over their heads until they're allowed to go back home. neither abraham elijah's eda, the occupied west. thank. she lancaster president has declared that health and power workers provide essential services, which means it's illegal for them to take strike action. public health care workers walked off their jobs early this week to the man, better pay and conditions. me now fernandez has more from outside the national hospital in colombo. obviously, these services are continuing without disruption or as cancer treatment or women's and children services. for example, there was a man who i caught a few minutes ago walking out of the accident service. he'd fallen off a roof. now. yes, he was treated, but he had to go off site to our place close by to actually get an extra because

lab technicians, i included in the nursery, the other technicians and our services that are affected by the stroke. the health worker said that they are still in consultations with their lawyers. they haven't called off the work stoppage. it's in the 6th day. and they said that this is a very, very serious fact that the government should not be bringing in this essential services act to force them to come back to work. on the other hand, the electricity engineer says that this is a very cosmetic solution. they agreed that obviously electricity is part of the essential services, but they seem the same when the government should give it do recognition. the problem is the effect it has on ordinary people. people who do not have the resources to seek private healthcare. and this is the worst part of this work stoppage where the health strike is concerned. and that's what the government says

is the key factor that has prompted them to take this measure to bring in this essential services act, provision a rendering all such a work stoppage has by these sectors as illegal hundreds of prisoners in myanmar have been granted amnesty as part of the 75th union de anniversary a day celebrating the unity agreement with ethnic minorities is overshadowed by the repressive life of many. under military rule, tony chang report. a squatter's soldiers marching through the dawn light, a man must capital, nay, poodle. part of the celebrations, the union day, the parade mock 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 manambra, 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. meteor announced an amnesty, but $800.00 prisoners across the country. since the qu, more than 12000 people have been arrested as military try to silence, protest has and stopped 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 gender. 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 crew. to nod ball overdue, although i was arrested, my revolutionary spirit isn't gone. i still resent them and want to fight against them. what 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 of 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 ching al jazeera as now presidential election in turkmenistan is likely to be held on march. the 12 president gorbenko li bardeen will commit av reportedly told parliament had reached a tough decision about his role and wanted younger leaders to steer the oil rich nation. the president, son, sir, dar, is expected to replace him. the united states is set to open an embassy in the solomon islands that's being seen as a diplomatic push back against china is expanding insurance in the pacific region where secretary of state antony blank in is in fiji for a virtual summit. with pacific island leaders far, clark has more the announcement to open. an embassy in the solomon islands comes as

a u. s. secretary of state antony blink. and touched on in fiji. to hold talks with 18 pacific leaders on key issues like climate and security. it's a move that's been 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. it's embassy and honey, our in 1993 low 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 advisors to the solomon islands after the riots which devastated the capital last november. the u. s. 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. saturday's 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. arrayed by military police in brazil, targeting a major drug dealer has killed at least 8 people. commanders say the dia all worked, the d, the dead driver all worked for their largest criminal organization in rio de janeiro . supreme court judges ruled last week that real state government must come up with a plan to reduce the number of data sharing police rates. security forces are battled for years to reclaim the frivolous lamps controlled by gang. now an ancient spanish village which disappeared 30 years ago to create a reservoir is back above dry land. years of trout have uncovered the submerge and evil in which are now a new tourist attraction. michelson has more an abandoned village reappears. it was submerged in 1992 when,

as he read on spain's not best and galicia region was flooded to create a reservoir. but a major drought has revealed the coast village beneath it sent him into is there no stallion oil feeling is the soldier because i see the home of a family member, their own or of someone they know re emerge in younger people or those who are not from here it triggers curiosity, and there must be the ruins, make for great viewing. visitors walked down muddy parts to see partially clapped roofs, bricks and wooden debris that once formed homes, as like a shock, a boy with his mom shop. it's impressive to see it like this. it is rare to be able to enjoy the scene. and this is why we came to take pictures into at least have the picture of what this was like. natalie, no letters of your gift. that'll go over that. my feeling is that what will happen over the years to drought and all that with climate change. for months now, spain has suffered from low rainfall and data from the environment. ministry shows

reservoirs of well below capacity for taurus, a nostalgic trip round a coast village is also a reminder. the region is facing a tough reality. who may consume under caesar? as for it is coming up after the break on the news hour, including the top of the table clash and the portuguese league, which turned out to be about more than just football jim is here next week, and he ah, for quite a few decades casa, has been dealing with political and economic turmoil, and its people struggle to access essential needs, like adequate quantities of potable water, a sufficient number of beds for a pregnant mothers, and limited access to up to date information for students. and in huzzah. the ground water is not sufficient to meet the daily needs of all of its residents.

this led to the development of the new water treatment facility and hun eunice slowing down further pollution. the extension of, as if, as medical facilities was accomplished to provide expectant mothers with a safe and reliable opportunity to get the care they needed. the kuwait library at the university college of science and technology is not only a repository of knowledge but an access point to the world beyond ah, ah ha my time not for an update on the winter olympics, he is jemma and keep folly

a decision on a russian teenagers fight to stay at the winter olympics. despite of failed drugs, test is expected within 24 hours. camilla valley ava has been training in beijing ahead of tuesdays, individual figures, casing competition. her fate is in the hands of the court of arbitration for sports, the 15 year old start as the rational impact committee, one gold in the team event 5 days ago is since been revealed. she tested positive for a band substance in december. we know that the pressure is strong because the, the time is very short. so we, we guarantee normally our decisions within 24 hours. so, so we need to stick to that because to begin saw, saw in turns the program is so tight that we need to deliver decisions on time or some kids are more complex than others. but so we try to, to stick to that rule. so that shaw would say them metal can be delivered during the games or not later, but we know it's not always possible our that's our mission or we try to do our best for that. a veteran pair of one goal of the united states in the inaugural

mixed snowboard, cross 40 year old, and nick baumgartener setting up the when and breaking the record of the oldest snowboard medal winner. then lindsey jacob alice, coming from behind 2 clips. her italian rival is the 36 year olds, the 2nd gold after winning at the women's event. it makes up for a full at the cheering games the 16 years ago, and she's freezing to victory. 5 gal thing you have one, china's 1st ment, speedskating goal setting a new olympic record in the process. the claim, the 500 meters cycle in 34.32 seconds. it adds to the bronze one of the 2018 film games united states claim, bragging rights in a class, and then ice hockey heavy weight, say be canada. it's like a big step towards advance in the course of final ukrainian skeleton, right, has made a police of peace in his country. the id say he went faith repercussions. the

flashing of the know war ukraine message often is right. germany annoyed, at least the gold medal count with 8. the us have moved into 3rd by virtue of having more silvas, the netherlands, and sweden, austria, china, russian, and pick committee. italy and japan complete the top 10 chelsea and palmer russell aim to the fif club wild cup for the 1st time the match kicks off in just over half an hour in abu dhabi chelsea lost the corinthians in the 2012 final that will say the last time the south american club has won the title, european champions as boosted by the return of coach thomas to south out the tournament so far. after contracting over 19, of course it gives you it gives you more because it's your course as your manager and it's more energy in the change room and february. so how important is to bring, how much roughly in the middle of the season, if it's just so much and we really wonder, no wonder these

e sewer pocono an ox when people say that palm errors other favorites, they're not talking reality. we're talking about chelsea of that sort into 615000000 euros to build their squad. well, palm errors have spent just 32000000 euros to build this squad. but i believe, and our players believe that our competitiveness is bought could make the difference in the final to be for answer in the premier league more frustration for manchester and i said they were held at 2 a one will drop by south hampton, the home side left shop early on creating several chances before jayden sanchez gave united the late that was his 1st goal at old trafford, south hampton, and found an equalizer early in the 2nd half. thanks to scotland. international say, adams. the jewel means united remain 5th in the table, but i like to slip further down. once osland, tottenham, i that games in hand. that was high drama at the end of porthos at 2 porch. easily

. jo, his 14 has been on friday for red cards, were handed out by the referee after peppy. took a kick to the head and players from both sides, including those on the bench, then took matters into their own hands. port site with top of the standings, 8 points clear of supporting the biggest events sporting events i should say on the u. s. calendar. american footballs receivable is less than 48 hours away. the cincinnati bengals aiming for that 1st title as recently as 2019. it was statistically the was team in the league. their opponents, the los angeles rounds will have the rare honor of playing the championship game in the home stadium. the rams, if not one, the super boss is relocating from st. louis 6 years ago. what i really like about this jim is one of the best teams i've been around in terms of veteran leadership, true player ownership in autonomy. and a lot of that is reflected by the guys that you see that are here right now. feel really fortunate to, you know, to be able to go to work with these guys every day and, and looking forward to watching them attacked this up on sunday. our guys are

prepared. we practice last 3 days in this weather. are they ever mr. b? we've had probably 3 of our fresh practices. we've had all your guys were moving out a great speed. i feel really good about where teams out from a health standpoint, from a conditioning standpoint and they'll be armed up, ready, go on sunday, back to the interlude papers. i'm as pressure on chinese athletes born in the united states to win more metals. there under intense scrutiny. not helped by the geopolitical tensions between washington and beijing. katrina, he reports from china's capital. her picture is on the cover of chinese magazines and billboards curable now the woman and she's become the unofficial face of the beijing winter olympics. chinese skia eileen goose popularity has sought since she won gold in the women's big f. freestyle skiing event on tuesday. excited fans overwhelmed chinese social media. crashing the network label following the competition. wagon go early go is around my age and she has always been my idol.

she wasn't expected to win gold in the big air competition. that's why i'm so excited. very moved. you go. the 18 year old was born and raised in the united states. that has a chinese mother and has chosen to represent china. goose background is similar to another chinese athlete. u. s. bond figure skater to e, but her reception by the public in china has been very different. do came under vicious attack on social media after stumbling twice during separate team events. chinese internet users labeled her a disgrace and criticized her american upbringing and poor grasp of mandarin. some claimed she was chosen over a chinese born athlete because her father is an elite scientist. experts say chinese olympians are under enormous pressure to wind. read. there's one narrative that says it doesn't matter how many metals we went. but then of course, behind the scenes, it's all still about the goal so. so there is still that balance that i think china

is trying to to find. oh, switching nationalities for sport is not uncommon. in these went to games. there is an unprecedented number of foreign born athletes competing for china. but geopolitical tensions between washington and beijing mean both grew. andrew faced difficult questions around perceptions of allegiance. critics of the us have accused, grew of prioritizing profit are the concerns about china's human rights record. the athlete has refused to clarify whether she holds an american passport. dual citizenship is not allowed in china. that isn't ship though american when i'm in the u. s. and i am chinese, i'm in china. and i have been very outspoken about my gratitude to both the u. s. and china for making me the person who i am. internet senses have deleted tens of thousands, of course, related to the winter olympics, and over hundreds of others for causing trouble. tony's media had since been flooded with comments supporting, doing, saying more tolerant

a failure and her background on that as china continues to push its team to succeed, it's unlikely that any of its olympians will be free from politics. all the pressure to perform anytime soon. katrina, you al jazeera making. let's finish off with some m b. i and it was a good night for donovan mitchell and the utah jazz mitchell's go 24 points and added 7 rebounds in a 15 point when i've at the orlando magic is a fixed right time when you to are there falls in the western conference standings . rolando, a well out of the player picture in east and the mellow bull was in top form for the charlotte hornet. c recorded 31 points on 12. is this all? it's harry rosier had a triple. double. charlotte? overcoming the detroit pistons by 22. not a bad way to snap a 6 game losing streak well for detroit. now, 7 consecutive losses. and that's really a sport for now. i'll have more later on jim at jemma. thank you very much for that

. that's it for this. he is our bent him, a world news coming up after the spring. ah . in the latest news, as it breaks out through the killing, you have to isolate or is widely united states over the last 3 years, many across the border fear group will do that as a challenge with detailed coverage opposition to the mine run strong signs against it. like this form are found across the community from around the world, very hard to get a sense of public opinion inside them up with the military arresting,

grateful for their political beliefs. passport, so mom, flying the flag for her nation. we have been putting, i'm going to embrace them, playing her kids on rugby for her country, between ring maximum my dream play in board girl. while providing pot family prize in bob where is winning games. that's my 0 precious moran day in the game. my zimbabwe on al jazeera, katie's culture today is steeped in the regions rates, nomadic past, and horses are a way of life. talk to al jazeera goes to cake is done to discover more about the cultural and economic significance of these majestic creatures. take his dance horses wings of pride on al jazeera. ah al

jazeera, with o. u. s. president joe biden is set to talk to president putin of russia, another attempt at a diplomatic solution over fears of a russian invasion of ukraine. the best friend for enemies that hispanic grey, meanwhile, urges citizens to stay calm as the u. s. ones of an eminent russian attack. several embassies have ordered their staff to lead ah, i'm 20.