[000:00:00;00] ah, knowledge is 0 with every oh lou. ready the u. s. president. it warns russia of swift and severe costs if it invades ukraine, the kremlin, accused of the west, a war hysteria, while in care of thousands, march against russia's border, threatened ukraine's president cautions against punish the best friend for enemies, dead hispanic, in our country. and all these information details only for benny doesn't help us. ah,

i'm darned, jordan, this is al jazeera live from dough are also coming up. thousands of protest has paralyzed canada's capital, demanding. i'm in to cobra. restrictions and copy got rally spread across the world . on spotlight on security in the asia pacific region, the us, japan and south korea and meet to discuss the threat posed by north korean. ah, yes, president joe biden has spoken to russia's. vladimir putin over the phone about moscow's military build up on ukraine's border. but the white house says it didn't result in any fundamental change the kremlin colby discussion, business like and balanced, but criticize what it sees as war hysteria in the west. a white house correspondent kimberly hawk. it has more. according to a senior administration official, the telephone call between the us and russian president last

a just over an hour. the call was apparently professional and substantive in nature . but there was apparently no change in the dynamic. in other words, the united states reportedly put forward a number of ideas that it believe were in the best interests of the west of the alliance and addressed the key security concerns of russia. however, it is still unclear in the eyes of the united states. whether or not russia has made a decision to take the diplomatic path to resolve the security differences. or go with the use of force and worrying for the united states is what they're seeing on the ground, the continued build up of military troops. and the united states saying, according to this administration official, that is the belief of the united states. if russia is to pursue that military option, that the result would be nothing short of catastrophic. now,

earlier in the day on saturday, we do know that the secretary of state antony blanket did also communicate to his counterpart that the diplomatic path remains open. that the, there is this chance to engage in good faith discussions, but that russia needs to de escalate immediately. this is something that was underscored by the u. s. president. otherwise there would be a reaction by the west. in other words, there would be a resolute, massive united transit land take response, and the u. s. president underscoring as well to vladimir putin that this transatlantic relationship is more aligned than ever before. meanwhile, the u. s. secretary of state, anthony lincoln's says, a diplomatic path remains open with moscow and that it must deescalate. if moscow chooses the path of aggression and further invades ukraine, the response in the united states and our allies will be swift. it will be united,

it will be severe. yesterday we order the departure of most of the american still at the u. s. embassy and keith. the risk of russian military action is high enough . and the threat is imminent enough that this is the prudent thing to do. no one should be surprised of russia, instigates a provocation or incident, which it then uses to justify military action. it had planned all along. well, the kremlin says the phone call with president biden fail to address it's key security concerns. doza jibari has moved from moscow. apparently vladimir putin told us president joe biden does the information the united states has is false, and that's the hysteria that is created is at an all time high, the russian president reiterated that he doesn't have any interest in invading ukraine. but once some guarantees from the americans about nato's expansion, now,

the russian president also said that ad nato's expansion could lead to direct russia nato confrontation. this is that the core of the disputes that we're seeing unfolds and increase tensions. that is, that russia does not want to see nato increase its memberships, and further expand eastwards, something at that. the russians say is very much a security concern for them. now. the russian president vladimir putin also spoke with emanuel micron earlier that they had an hour and 40 minute conversation. and according to the elisa palace read out of that call, the french president did not get any indications from the russian president that russia is looking to invade ukraine. the french president also has been speaking to the ukrainian president, as well as i will be speaking to the u. s. president. later on. so a very much reassurances from vladimir putin to the world leaders that russia has no interest in invading ukraine, but it's very much concerned about his own security at the moment. apparently,

according to the russians, u. s. submarine and church, the russian territorial waters and ignored the 1st sign that was sent to them to leave the area. but the submarine eventually did. now. a following dies, we heard of a very rare phone conversation that took place between the russian defense minister survey, chicago, and his american counterpart part lloyd austin. where all we heard from that conversation was that they discussed mutual security measures. soon after that, the death russian defense ministry summoned the u. s. military. a say here, a musto to answer some questions. and then the russian defense ministry issued a few statements saying that the united states has to be more careful to avoid these kinds of aggressive actions and that they should understand russia will do whatever is it is in its best interest to ensure its own security. what is it also mentioned that russia's military says it used appropriate means to force that us

submarine to leave its territorial waters. moscow claimed the u. s. vessel was chased away by a russian naval ship near the pacific carolyn's. but the u. s. has denied it, carried out operations in russian of waters. ukraine's president said warnings over a possible invasion on provoking panic. and in the capital cube on saturday war veterans were among thousands who march nice civilian show of strength. dosher butler reports. oh, sort of a clear message from keith to moscow at a rally with thousands of people are choo crane's government to stand up to russia some here, ford for ukraine. veterans of the country's war with russian back separatists in the east. and they say they'll fight again. we are ready, we are ready to fight. if it happens, we don't want to, but it will happen. we are here to say this kind of meeting is about the brand new people do go to gather all i want to get to so that we're not separated real over

content. and we also can protect it if it needed in any time. so that's why we're here. some demonstrators gathered beneath the statue of tad, us shift jenko, and 19th century poets. an artist, a symbol of ukrainian national pride. as moscow continues to build up its military hardware and forces on ukraine's border, some western intelligence official se kiev could be a target. washington says that russia could attack ukraine at any moment. the kremlin says it has no plans to invade, but some countries are taking no chances and advising their citizens to leave the u . s. is evacuating it's diplomats, a difficult situation for ukraine's president who called for com. the truce. did we have different information? and now, the best friend for enemies that hispanic in our country. and all this information

details only for benny doesn't help us with so much conflicting information. most people here don't know what to believe. some say they've heard it all before. others anxious, but no one wants another generation growing up with another wall. latasha butler al jazeera key of the canadian government is warning of increasingly severe sequences for anyone participating in blockades of cities or border crossings. anti vaccine projectors are slowly moving their trucks of a key us canadian border bridge. they've been blocking since monday, but they say they're still angry. they must be vaccinated to drive across the border. more protesters congregating and ottawa demonstrations of paralyzed the canadian capital for a 3rd weekend. capital has more now from washington. the truckers are protesting. canada's stringent pandemic restrictions including the requirement that all truck drivers be vaccinated when entering from the u. s. they continue to partially block

the ambassador bridge border crossing in windsor canada. despite police efforts to remove them, some trucks remain blocking that crossing and more protestors have arrived on foot to join the party like atmosphere, where people are chanting freedom and seeing the canadian national anthem despite the frigid temperatures. now that bridge normally see some $300000000.00 in goods travel between the u. s. and canada with a 3rd of those goods being auto parts. so this disruption now in its 6th day, has force some auto manufacturers on both sides of the border to slow production. now protesters are also rallying in the canadian capital ottawa, and this is the 3rd week and they've done. so. prime minister just intruder has been clear in asking them to leave. however, they appear determined to stay and police say there is no clear deadline for their removal. will have been similar demonstrations in paris. french police dispersed

a convoy that tried to block traffic in protest against pandemic restrictions. they were rallying against vaccine passes, which are required to enter restaurants and many other public venues. at least 500 vehicles. the intercepted police checkpoint, but peter humor, they professor freelance journalist, he says, protest, as i'm motivated by more than just pandemic restrictions. i think it's a mixture of reasons embarrassed causes of course we have the anti faxes taken 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 out from the age of $36.00 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, set me being felt quite strongly here in weston western europe and in france. and also the cost of living in general. and incidentally, these last 2 economic factors, reasons for the protest are likely to dominate the upcoming french presidential elections in about 2 months time. not going to come here and i was there including as afghanistan, unitarian crisis deepens, the taliban demands access with billions of dollars frozen in the us. and chinese athletes born in the us come under intense scrutiny of the beijing winter months. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle ways. hello,

they will start in the middle east and it's an unsettled weather to come across areas here, thanks to a weather system that's pulling its way east across iran, bringing rain sleet and snow to areas his mother's showers creeping into western areas of pakistan. but behind it, we've got the shamal wind blowing down the gulf, and that's going to strengthen on sunday, bringing a bit of a wind chill to areas dropping a temperature down in doha to 20 degrees. is going to cause some hazy sunshine with lifted dust. we could see some sandstorms, but by the time we get into monday, it does ease the temperature around this area likely to pick up. now the wind is still an issue across more than the areas of africa. we are going to see it's one way, particularly across parts that you nivia as well as our julia and libya. it's a rather dry picture here with some of the temperatures below average for this time of year. but for the winter weather, we have to head further south with things in strong storms, while all the way from angola across the d, r. c. onwards to tanza, near we have had some flooding issues. we could see some more here,

and we're watching more wet and windy weather approach, madagascar, we'll have a look at that system over the next few days. but for south africa, there'll be plenty of sunshine in cape town. oh, the weather sponsored by casara ways from international politics to the global pandemic. and everything in between. it did not respect poor people and pure our planet promised to ensure the fate v. a woman. what's happened with just the 15th and pulled back that people actually have more feel. why is the u. k. feel hostile to transfer the mystery to all of us? join me if i take on the live dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradiction. carmen get up front on al jazeera.

ah ah, welcome back. a quick reminder about top stories here. this out of the white house as a phone call between the us and russia, leaders on ukraine did not result in any fundamental change. the covenant said the coolest, businesslike, but criticized what it sees as a war hysteria in the west. the canadian government is wanting of increasingly severe consequences for anyone participating in blockades of cities or border crossings. anti vaccine protests. those are slowly moving that trucks off a key u. s. canadian border bridge. they've been blocking since monday and french police abuse tear gas to break up a similar protest in central paris. they're running against vaccine passes, which are required to enter restaurants and many other public venues. what more on our top story on the tension between ukraine and russia due east navarro is eurasia program fellow at the foreign policy research institute. he says,

rushes demands aunt rational. the irony here is that russia, having initiated the crisis, having perpetrated the crisis by, you know, mobilizing increasingly, mobilizing medical support for their front line troops engaging in unplanned, military exercise in billers. and they are the ones who are sort of creating all these provocations. and then in a, in a, in, in an interesting example of disinformation somehow projecting that onto the west. the claims in particular with regards to nato. as i say, you know, the country is a fair asking nato withdraw from have been members of nature for now for going on 20 years. so this is, this is not a situation in which russia is acting as a, a rational player. they have the clear intent here by vladimir putin used to press

his claims to have a veto over ukrainian, the foreign policy number one. number 2, there is every reason to believe that if he is willing to threaten a military intervention that he is willing to engage in overt regime change. and 3rd, you know that, that his biggest challenge at the moment, given the fact that the u. s. and nato have a solidified their united front in the face of his threats. how is he going to save face? you are a sector of state anthony blinkin says washington has opened a dialogue with north korea, but he hasn't ruled out the possibility of further provocative actions from pyongyang. lincoln is meeting his japanese and south korean counterparts in the why the talks are focusing on north korea's recent flurry of miss artists were robert bry just live now from sole with the lakes at rob. so be seen a number of these missile test lately, from pyongyang,

presumably north korea will be top on lincoln's agenda. they are, these tests have certainly raised the stakes here in asia pacific and i think it's been important to her from and to me blinking point of view. and also her from his counterparts, are from south korea and japan, really to put on a united front in their joint statements. and also in their joint news conference that they have delivered in hawaii, where they're all of the participants condemning what they called provocative actions by north korea. are also hinting at the possibility that kim jong on the north korean leader has possibly said that he might end the moratorium on nuclear testing. and also the launch of longer range intercontinental ballistic missiles, which would certainly really step up with that web certainly be an increase provocation and blink. and also accepted the fact that the north koreans could use the current crisis in ukraine and exploit that to launch more missiles,

but did not seem phased by that saying he and the allies here in asia pacific are, are ready to meet that challenge. as far as the americans are concerned, he said that we walk and chew gum at the same time. interestingly, he also made a direct comparison between north korea and what russia is doing at the moment, saying they are of a piece saying these are actions rogue actions that challenge the international rules based order. and that the allies should stand up against such actions, both here in the asia pacific and in europe, that they should combine, stand up on the behalf of their citizens and citizens world wide saying it's a traditional role that the u. s. is taking a taken in rallying such opposition to these actions, accepting the and that the us now faces multiple challenges at the same time. yeah, robin. how much concern is there among the allies of china's growing influence across the region? that has been

a concern. we've seen that when a blinker was in australia for the a quad group of meetings, this is the loose alliance of liberal democracies in the asia pacific region, which is seen as a way of constraining china's expansion ester ambitions. in asia pacific, we've had less of a mention of it in hawaii because of course south career. while it is a liberal democracy, it is not a part of quad or which japan in the united states are both belong to. and that's because south korea has a far more delicate position. it is caught between the 2 camps when it comes to business or china is south chris biggest trading partner. so we have had some references to breaches of the rule based order, which seemed to be directed at china and it moves in the south china sea. but without mentioning china, by name, i think the more important part as far as why was concerned, was really showing to north korea that the allies here a stand united and that the to allies of japan and south korea or remain on the same page as

a blink and leaves here to deal with crises elsewhere are right or wrong, right? live for us there from so rob, thanks. now come by a fight on some libya as joint operations forces as rolled into tripoli to support the in trim prime minister abraham into babies that were ordered by him to secure the capital. after the eastern based parliament moved to replace him to baker says he won't handle a power until long delayed elections are held. the appointment of a new prime minister has re ignited divisions with protest as taking to the streets . malik china as more from tripoli. now we're here in mortar square in the capital tripoli where a large uh, large group of people, especially armed men in view and uniform, have gathered to protest the move buy of fitz, he besought to take over as prime minister. yes, i understand people are sick and tired of these legislative branches,

both the parliament and the high council of state. now the parliament. oh, hold it. in fact, he bizarre to become the new crime minister on thursday when the current intern prime minister aba has said that he will not hand over power until elections are until elections happen. elections were scheduled to take place in december up, but they were delayed. they were postponed, he called on people to take to the street and to the man that elections happen. he said he's putting court to plan for elections to happen in june. speaker of the high council state, another legislative body. hearing tripoli, i said that betsy bizarre received enough recommendations for him to take on the position that he was either still has to form a government or he'll put that list forward, sworn to the parliament. if they give him a vote of confidence, it's going to be really difficult problem. i mean to be able to continue to stay in power up the,

i mean the baby might be losing on the political level. but here in the capital tripoli in martyr square, or we can see that on the ground there is a large oh, there is a large support, mostly armed men that support abdul hamid today. but we're gonna have to wait and see how the situation developed in the coming days and weeks at afghanistan. central bank as cold on the u. s. president to reverse, in order to return only half of the $7000000000.00 in afghan assets held in the us . joe biden set aside the other half a 911 victims. many afghans are demanding the money back. norbert mann, the report shar anew in downtown cobble is hugely crowded with shoppers. but as the economy is tanking, crowds are thinning and businesses and the major commercial district a shutting down or closing early the foreign reserves the could rescue afghanistan is sitting in

a bank 11000 kilometers away in the u. s. but president joe biden is only releasing half of the funds to afghanistan. the rest is to be shared out among victims of $911.00 in the u. s. as well as other attack victim. but as you go come up, that it got the $3500000000.00 belongs to afghanistan and the people. and if the u . s. is paying this amount to those who lost their lives in the 911 attacks than the u. s. should pay compensation for the 20 year war, and the people who died in afghanistan without war carpool is a city on depression. many can barely afford to eat much better than law. and as though i was gay, most of us sleep with empty stomachs because we don't have jobs to find money and feed our families like before in shot. and now some one was distributing bread to the poor. and there were hundreds of poor and starving people, fighting over one piece of bread. and i was thinking,

it's better to die than being disrespected this much. xtreme hunger is nationwide. it's estimated more than half the $39.00 afghans are suffering. the un says the african economy is in free fall, and so or it's people, the u. s. says it will use to release funds to buy much needed aid, but not by the taliban, which it doesn't recognize as the legitimate governments. taliban leaders say it's not america's money to give away the ones on hello. hello, whoa, whoa, whoa. the people of afghanistan want their rights. the funds that are blocked in the u. s. belong to the afghans any to the rights to take them. the decisions are made up of these fonts should be made by us, the islamic camera tricky. oh, this of displayed the anger biden's decision on the streets of the capital. but however, they express themselves moved. he has said the money belongs to afghanistan and

they desperately need it. lord burton manley, i'm to thir sedans, military. the adults at our, albert hon, says officials are now investigating the deaths of protested since last is qu, health officials. sadly, 79 people have been killed in demonstrations against october's military take over crowds of returned to the streets in the past week, demanding civilian rule and justice for those killed. but i also said he's committed to holding elections next year. now sports court is set to meet in beijing to decide whether the russian figure skater camilla valley eva should be allowed to continue competing in the winter olympics. a week ago, the skating superstar became the 1st woman in olympic history to land a quadruple jump. olympic organizers delayed, presenting her team, its gold medals are to report surface. she tested positive for using a band drug before arriving in beijing. a decision from the court as expected, before the value of escape that woman short program on tuesday. we have to, we're

a keep old saw a, the humans hide of, of the story and, and speaking about about the energies, the think about a person of 15 years old being in this situation and, and we have to, you know, to, to treat the situation extremely carefully, now there is a process on going and this process will, will go through the next steps and there will be a result and, and there will be a competition on, on the 15th, not john is athletes. so a born in the united states are under intense scrutiny of the beijing winter olympics. and geopolitical tensions between washington and beijing are adding to their pressure to when metals, katrina, you reports on china's capital. her picture is on the cover of chinese magazines and billboards curable not a 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 of that 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. good 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. expert say chinese

olympians are under enormous pressure to wind. the red. 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 level american when i'm in the u. s. and i am chinese lamb in china, and i have been very outspoken about my gratitude to both the u, as in 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, the causing trouble. tony's media had since been flooded with comments supporting judy, say more tolerance, a failure, and had background on me. thus, 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 aging. ah . topic which are the top stories here. the white house, as a phone call between the u. s. and russian leaders on ukraine did not result in any fundamental change the kremlin said the call was business like, but criticize what it sees as war hysteria in the west. yes, sector of state anthony blinkin says a diplomatic part remains open with moscow and that it must deescalate if moscow chooses the path of aggression and further invade ukraine. the response from united