o l g 0 ah, ah, ah, yes, present, 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 imminent russian attack. several embassies have ordered their staff to lead. ah, i'm sorely back people. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up,

police in france via gas had demonstrators as a so called freedom convoy, arrives in paris to protest against corona virus restrictions. should lancaster president ban strikes by health care workers ignoring demands for better pay and conditions? ah, thank you very much for joining us. us present, joe biden. he said to have a phone call with his russian counterpart vladimir putin. it's another attempt at a diplomatic solution over a potential russian invasion of ukraine, something moscow denies its planning. ukraine's president, meanwhile, earlier visited a police training camp. brody b zalinski says warnings of a russian invasion are only provoking panic. he's our borders, it's our 3rd through, you know, i have to speak with our people like you, you know, like,

like president and say, people throughs and the truth that we have different information. and now, the best friend for enemies that hispanic in our country, and all these information details only for bernie doesn't help us. meanwhile, on the streets of the ukrainian capital, kia, a war veterans, or among thousands on the march in a civilian show of strength, they are vowing to fight for their country if required. russia's foreign minister stay love. rob 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 blanket. we'll have more on that phone call when we speak to dorsey jabari in moscow in just a few minutes. but 1st we go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins in washington. kimberly, so an important phone call today between president biden and the russian leader. what can we expect?

yeah, that's set to take place at any moment. what we know from the call that already took place between the foreign ministers, both antony blank and an survey. lab rav, is that what was communicated and will be communicated. when the 2 presidents take to the telephone is that the diplomatic path remains open. this is something that the united states has been repeatedly saying that is a taking a dual track deterrence and diplomacy. so the diplomatic path remains open, but that moscow needs to de escalate in the eyes of the united states needs to engage in good faith discussions. if there is an alternative path that is decided by i decided on by vladimir putin then in the eyes of the west, what will happen will be a resolute, massive united, trans atlantic response. and so to that end, what we know is that all ready, the united states has been in close coordination with its partners and allies. not

only have there been evacuations that have been going on, although they are calling the repositioning, whether it be small amount of troops that were working, doing training exercises in ukraine, that has now been repositioned in terms of those numbers. 160 going elsewhere in europe. we also know that the embassy itself going to a very much a skeleton staff, only essential services. the very basics. and essentially what the messages from the state department is now they've issued a do not travel advisory for american citizens telling anyone that is still in ukraine, that they must leave. now, in fact, they should have left yesterday. and the message is that they are now expecting that there could be an imminent attack at any moment. given the fact that russia has positioned a large number of troops along ukraine's border. kimberly, thank you very much for that. kimberly how can live at the white house that's get a reaction now from mos or dose. jibari is there from his door,

said the americans are saying the diplomatic path is still open as we heard there from. kimberly, what about the russians? what, what do they make of all this diplomacy? well, according to officials here, this is another attempt by the american government to try and distract from the core issue at the heart of this dispute. and that is something that the russian president vladimir putin, a highlighted when when he spoke to french president emmanuel mc wrong. just a short while ago, the 2 men spoke on the phone for about an hour and 40 minutes. this was a call that vladimir putin was waiting for, since emmanuel mc chrome visited him in moscow on monday. and they had a 6 hour meeting after that meeting. micron went on to have meetings with officials in ukraine. and he said that he would call vladimir putin later to discuss the things that he had proposed vladimir putin and posen emmanuel macro, had taken with him to crate this. and during this phone conversation,

vladimir putin again highlighted the fact that at russia, security concerns have not been addressed and ignored by the united states government when it comes to nato's expansion. that is something that the president says, this is very much a red line for this country. emanuel mccomb, for his part said that since your dialogue is incompatible with escalation, the seems to be a very sincere push from all sides to try and continue these negotiations on these dialogues. but it appears that these efforts are really not getting anybody anywhere. they continue to say the same things, but the tensions continue to rise. we also know that the russian defense secretary has been speaking to his american counterpart earlier, where the 2 men during a very, very unlikely scenario that they speak to each other. it's very rare that the 2 men speak on the phone and the russian defense producer survey shaw ago said that they will continue discussing mutual interests when it comes to security. so it appears

the diplomatic path is open, but it's very unclear as to what it's achieving. right. and we're getting reports just now door said that a u. s. a submarine has reportedly legally entered russia's territorial waters. this is according to the russians. what more you hearing about this will, according to the russian defense ministry. earlier today, a american submarine came in to ensure a russian territorial waters in near the coral islands. this is in russia's far east in the pacific ocean, north of japan and the, according to their russian navy. they issued warning signs to the americans that were 1st ignored, but then they did eventually leave or the russian waters. now, at the russian defense ministry has now i called the u. s. military attache. they've been summoned to the ministry to try and clarify what actually took place. this of course, is

a very important development and it could explain why the russian defense minister spoke to his american counterpart earlier today. what comes of that meeting? we'll have to wait and see. indeed, thank you for that. dorsey jabari live in moscow and al jazeera natasha butler is in kia ukraine's capital. she says many people, they're feeling anxious despite the president's calls for com. he's calling 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 the several countries have decided to advise their citizens to get out of the country as soon as possible . unless 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 us, 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 what the situation. it is extremely tense. people here are still of course, trying to get on with their daily lives. but as the days pass is certainly much more pessimistic picture right now than it was earlier in the week where we were talking about hope and optimism. where diplomacy seem to be working in some way to find some sort of solution. right now, people are in a very unpredictable situation. meanwhile, russia is continuing its military drills with bella. russian forces near the border with ukraine al jazeera, that boston is at the bela roast 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 about a roof. and russia are training for an attack by and they told they these are war games. but as a lot of speculation, if this trip build up was basically meant for something else, maybe a 2nd front for a rush are basically in bellows. they can easily go to to you gradient cap, no key f, which is the closest the nearest from here. not only exercise is happening at this airfield, but there are training grounds around this whole area. this whole stretch in the southern part of bella, luce and of course for ballot. it's for russia, i have to say, it's quite easy to use this country right now. because alex, on the look shank guys looked to help me put in for help since he became a very isolated and battled leader. so russia is using these grounds here now to at least show this amount of forest that they are having. but we are speaking to villages 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. in other world news police in france of $500.00 gas to break up a rally in the capital against colon of iris demik restrictions. a convoy of vehicle is blocking traffic and central power. after making that task, police check. thousands of police have been mobilized several. ronnie's are expected over the weekend. he to whom is a freelance germ listen berries. he says the protests are being driven by more than just make restrictions. i think it's a mixture of reasons and various causes. of course, we have the anti facts is 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 some 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. meanwhile, police in canada have begun to move in on protesters who are blocking a vital bridge, connecting canada to the u. s. on friday, a judge gave police the power to end the demonstrations against colon of i spend any restrictions. 5 days of destruction on the ambassador breach has for some auto factories across the border to shut down because of the lack of parts from canada bridge carries one quarter of a,

of all trade between the 2 countries. judy train is an investigative reporter at c, b. c. news in canada. she says, the canadian government underestimate at the track as protest. this all began with a tactical mistake. auto police, which is the local police force here, allowed trucks thousands of heavy transport trucks, weighing between $5.10 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 in the city corps, it's very hard to remove. it's easy to remove protesters very difficult to remove thousands of trucks in the capitol. 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 these outsiders. what has happened is that they are floating all the local bibles, and that is causing concern. what impact it has economically is that, 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 some would even use the word siege that has locked down this tires lock down. the city's core. in the us, under 5 year olds, won't receive their cone of eyes vaccines for at least a few months. the federal drug administration has delayed approval until pfizer and by and take provides more clinical data. the pharmaceutical companies expect to

have information required by early april. still ahead on al jazeera. no one seen this for 30 years, an ancient spanish village re surfaces after being fed merge to make way for a reservoir. these palestinians were being bruised out of their homes because these really military wants to trade on their lands. i'm near the abraham from the occupied west bank and i'll bring you the story next. ah, ah, look forward. took burritos, goes through with sponsored boy cutoff airways. it's still really rainy season, se, asia, this fall cipher, indonesia. but you see the clouds are moving further north, up into thailand, vietnam, the average rainfalls not high. this time the it's 20 males in bangkok. so when you

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you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top story is this. our phone call is underway between u. s. president joe biden, and russia's president vladimir putin. this off to russia's foreign minister accused the u. s. of conducting a propaganda campaign about a possible invasion. the americans are concerned that a russian troop builds up around ukraine means the russians will invade. the u. s. secretary of state also spoke to the foreign secretary of russia earlier. meanwhile, the ukrainian president has urged susan's not to panic as warning school, the potential russian invasion, something moscow has denied the u. s. is evacuating non emergency american staff from its embassy in kia and police in france. fire tear gas to break up her rally in the capital against pandemic restrictions. a convoy of vehicles is blocking traffic in central paris after making it pass police checkpoints, thousands of police have been mobilized not to show lanka now where the 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 earlier this week to demand better pay and conditions. and now fernandez report some columbo. obviously, these services are continuing without disruption or as cancer treatments 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, had 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 x ray. 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 say that this is a very cosmetic solution, and 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, or is the key factor that has prompted them to take this measure to bring in this essential services act revision are rendering all such work stoppage as by these sectors as illegal in myanmar, hundreds of prisoners have been granted amnesty as part of the 75th union de anniversary the de celebrating the unity agreement with ethnic minorities is

overshadowed by the res press of life for many. under military bull, tony chang reports a squad of soldiers marching through the dawn light. the men must capital nippy door, part of the celebrations for union to the parade mark 75 years since the signing of an agreement, the united mia mas ethnic groups senior general men on lie who lead last years military coups, the guest of honor. ye go one wanderer, 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 meteor announced an amnesty that 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 flow, 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. i think god and all there were intimidating us in prison, not to fight against the genta authorities in prison use the criminals to oppress us. if something happened in the prison, not only the prison stuff 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 coo, not bullying fadia, although i was arrested. my revolutionary spirit isn't gone. i still resent them and want to fight against them. protested, now appears flash mobs quickly, unfurling the banners and running down the streets before the security services arrive. despite the arrest disappearances and shows a force from the military. that seems to be one thing that unites to people of me these days. their refusal to accept life under military rule, tony cheng elders are us present. joe biden has signed an executive order to

distribute $7000000000.00, housing afghan funds, half of the money will go toward humanitarian efforts in afghanistan, the other half to relatives of victims of $911.00 attacks and other attacks by armed schools. so he'll shaheen is a spokesman for the tommy bon. he said as the cash belongs to the afghan people. they said is that was for the purchased on bank product, the stability of the cutting chaplain currency. and it is the property of the people above one is found was of those funds out of boise money deposited by the people up on a sunday in the accounts and that was kept i would find some bank. so these are the many of the people and it isn't for me, is anyone being kept up or by the point is time bank potter? it's implementation of money policy. we are not in control. we are not using that

the that either we wanted 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 he's of the bank. we do not use the money. we just want the best. this is not to be kept as reserved. one is found. bank. we read new or, or water to really 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, we won't, but this, it has to be kept as it is there. but that one is fund bank. the united states is set to open an embassy in the solomon islands. that's being seen as a diplomatic pushback against china is expanding influence in the pacific region. secretary of state antony blinking is in fiji for a virtual summit with pacific island leaders. far,

clark has for 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 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 advisors 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 in our pacific, which aims to build partnerships in the region with its allies to counter china's growing ambitions and influence. is really military drills in the occupied west bank of forcing some palestinian families from their homes. many times a year, as neat, abraham reports the temporary re, housing and constant restrictions 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 really 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

longer friends. they'll stay here until each one of us leave their home. they'll say, why aren't you? oh, yes, 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 october. no, sorry, 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 it. 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. while some 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 an ancient village in spain,

which disappeared 30 years ago to create a reservoir is back above dry land. years of drought have uncovered the submerging evil into which are now a new tourist attraction or michael. some has a story and 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 cost village beneath it sent him in thursday. no. spell he annoy a feeling as the soldier, cuz i see the home of a family member, their own or of someone they know reemerge in younger people or those who are not from here, it trickles curiosity. they must. the ruins, make for great viewing. visitors walked down muddy parts to see partially collapsed roofs, bricks and wooden debris that once formed homes, is like a shock to provide with is much of its 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. not really no letters of your gifted or go over that. my feeling is that what will happen over the years to drop 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 taught us a nostalgic trip round a coast village is also a reminder. the region is facing a tough reality. who may consume al jazeera ah the headlines on al jazeera u. s. president joe biden has begun a phone conversation with the russian president vladimir putin. it's the latest attempt to find a.