soon as he grapples with repairs to his many boss, yahoo, one of the few women to drive to remote villages, risk in it all ivory coast on our do. ah, diplomacy under terrence, the usaa ukraine agree a joint way forward in response to russia's military build up? ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm no mozy in london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. and angry vardek from protest is indonesia following a decision by the president to dismantle the country's last independent judicial body. a show of force in libya, fight is loyal to the interim. prime minister arrived in tripoli after his

successor is named the crone of ours. pandemic fuels a wave of crime in peru, forcing the government to declare a 45 day state of emergency. ah hello and welcome to the program, our top story, the crisis on ukraine's borders and u. s. president joe biden has spoken to ukraine's president brought to me as a landscape out this saying any further russian aggression will be met with swift and decisive action. the leaders agreed on the importance of diplomacy and de terrance, in response to russia's military buildup. and lensky has invited the u. s. president to visit here in the coming days. wheels of diplomacy are continuing to turn with the german chancellor, olaf shawls being the latest western leader to meet the ukrainian president and at russia's, vladimir putin. in an effort to deescalate the situation,

he's you to touch down in kiev on monday before then going on to moscow on tuesday, bringing warnings of immediate sanctions. if russia invades odessa versus north, then these plots resign. it's necessary to be clear to say clearly that in the case of military aggression against ukraine that threatens its territory integrity and its sovereignty, that will lead to strong reactions. and sanction that we have carefully prepared those sanctions and can make them effective immediately together with our hours in europe and in nature. revisit thought. meanwhile in ukraine, people are trying to go on with their lives, but talk of war is never far away. it's asha bought or is following developments from cath. there is a lot of unpredictability here, a lot of uncertainty in the ukrainian capital, but you know, life does go on for most people who have been out to day in the sunshine. shopping, meeting up in restaurants, but all as you say, in the shadow of what may or may not happen on one side,

the u. s. warning of imminent invasion, imminent attack from russia. on the other side, of course, you have russia saying that it has no intention of invading ukraine. so a lot of conflicting stories. also we thought conflicting reports today over ukrainian s based, there were reports that it was going to be closed, then you had top ukrainian officials, a saying that was absolutely nonsense. it would make no point. it would be, make no sense, i should say, to close ukrainian as space. there was now a cabinet meeting with officials and ministers that discussing the situation over in the skies over ukraine. it is a very difficult and complex situation. and in the middle of all this of goals between russian western powers, ukraine, the president flood him is lensky calling for com, urging people not to panic, even though each alice seems to bring something that fuels anxiety. now, on mondays, lensky will be speaking to the german chancellor,

olaf shoulds. he will be here in the city. he is likely to say to zalinski that he is bringing all the support of european powers for ukraine sovereignty. it's a message that he has given many times before. he said it is absolutely essential. the war is avoided. he will then travel to moscow on tuesday, iris for to care charles, a senior consulting fellow of the russia and eurasia program at chatham house. he said, latest diplomatic efforts in moscow and not producing any changes. well, it's hard really to see what else can be done other than this flurry of diplomacy that's been going on at what a lot of western leaders think is the last minute. no, certainly the overtures to moscow that we've been seen continuing them in a tent space over the last few days don't seem to be getting any attraction because after all, they're repeating to the russians, the same messages that have been rejected so many times before and hearing from the church and the same demands that the west is unable to meet. so i imagine everybody

concerned is looking for other ways of actually moving the situation forward. and it's a very fluid situation with this tense situation where everybody is expecting an imminent attack. so all bets are open or russia minute trained trails near cranes border and intensifying and recent weeks. the presence of russian forces is the largest don't by the russian soil since the end of the cold war, nato considers the war games a serious threat and a possible starting point for a russian invasion and to ukraine. that lawson reports now from the broker f field near the border with ukraine. at the air field rush and helicopter gunship steak through the air near by dozens of russian trucks. these the training grounds armored personnel carriers are transported towards the border with ukraine. the south of barrows looks like a rush and military zone is abandoned in the field and above, near the city of homo is one of the 12 areas where russia unbearable conducting

join drills known as allowed to resolve. this is not allowed in local people. tell us the it's rip is in bad shape and has recently been used for sports competition. that release by the russian ministry of france, show state of the art military equipment in action near the border between bellows and ukraine, and nato. several divisions of as 400 missile defense systems and dozens of so called fighter jets taking part in the exercises in response to questions from the baltic states that loose has confirmed that russian forces are also active outside the scope of these drills. so military units and sub units from the east military district of the armed forces of the russian federation of performing task outside the framework of the exercise. they have been deployed and performing practical measures to guard the southern state border. lead are no opportunities to enforce it using border patrol units of the republic of barrows. there are

a lot of questions about the exact size and real purpose of these exercises happening around 20 kilometers from the border. which ukraine, for sure russian forces are a lot more active this close to the ukrainian capital key as a lot more active than they've had been since the end of the cold war. but for many here, it's hard to believe that war is imminent. after a government crackdown passes in 2020 independent media will shut down and that was, and it's embattled leader alex on the lucas shanker to russian president vladimir, put in for help for people living at home, out close to the border. it is difficult to find out what's going on now because you won't happen. we were told, it won't happen 1st. they said there will be worth what i wish the news and lucas ship, because if there won't be a war, they brought tanks and trucks and we thought it was a war. but it turns out it was a test of military readiness, laddie mc out. so i had a lead off, an opposition party and home is not that optimistic use as many people in ballard,

i would like to demonstrate against the possible war, but are too scared to do so. when you those moved that move that's. i'm personally very worried. i have family, i don't want war, like most fella russians, but as i see the developments going on so far under the disguise of military exercises. it naturally makes me very worried on this main road to ukraine's capital. kia buses and trucks are still crossing the border, but here is only 200 kilometers away. and russia show of military force nearby is making people in ukraine and western powers. very nervous stuff fastened else's era into both gas level, arg, opposition parties, indonesia se they'll unite against president chi. saeed. austria out, sweeping changes to the judiciary. more protest have taken place in the capital of

society, gave himself the power to dismiss judges. the supreme judicial council was replaced under a new decree. this was one of the last institutions, independent of the presidency, lead to the volk, mon reports now from tunis. i protested. defy covert restrictions, banding protest together, and that thousands essential genus and they're angry. president chi site is dissolved, tenacious judicial, watched all the supreme judicial council, and his latest law gives him near total control over the appointment and dismissal of judges. critic say he's now consolidated power over all the countries. institutions. i for the president has relieved some judges of their posts, dismiss douglas, and prevented them from objecting or striking the judiciary that we resorts who is now under the control of the presidency about her g 7 states in the u. n. her voice deep concerns about science actions and his increasingly authoritarian rule. the e says its members states are discussing cutting,

funding to tenicia and tenacious judges have been on strike demanding independence for the judiciary and the reinstatement of the watchdog pi side supporters and many lawyers. however, support his decision and accused the counsel of failing to root out corruption that they say is rife among judges. these demonstrators said they're afraid that ty side is dismantling the state. get over there. said there are no longer any independent constitutional institutions today. and as of yesterday was the last, before i started to establish a temporary body to serve, the supreme judicial council was said, but a movement calling themselves citizens against the crew. say they're not giving up . al, i could be michel out be a shed our see at the political and democratic movement of the st continues and with the same objectives and the same approach. anybody out, critics say that chi side is gambling and gaining total control over tenicia at the risk of losing the financial support to the g 7 and you. but this process shows

that many tunisians are prepared to define his authority and fight against dictatorship. that they fought so hard to overturn. 11 years ago, alicio holcman al jazeera tunis, gross libya now where fighters, who back the interim prime minister ab to meet the baber of entered the capital, tripoli, and convoys. the armed group say they want to sure up debate was position after the parliament in eastern libya moved to replace him with fatty bush. aga debarber says that he will not hand over power until long delayed elections are held. malik traina has more from tripoli. we saw yesterday called in mystery, he's the speaker of the high council of state that the legislative house based here in tripoli that shares power with the parliament. and he said that he received enough recommendations from its members for him to move forward. a sort of like a nod of approval from the high council of state. does this mean that that he will

come into power? what we're going to have to wait and see, but still needs to form a government. he's going to give that list to the parliament if they give him a vote of confidence. i mean, really it's, it's, it on a political level, it's going to be a done deal for me today, but he's going to be forced to hand over power on a political level. what he's trying to do, what the baby is now trying to do, is trying to change the general view, the, the, the view among people. here. he's saying that he's going to announce a roadmap for elections to happen in june. and this comes after elections were postponed in december. we need to remember that the baby came into power in march, and he was passed with leading libya to election. and more than 2800000 librium register to vote, and that's more than any other election. and look at history, so there's a huge appetite. libyans are sick and tired of these legislative houses that have

remained in power for year upon year, right. they want to vote who they want, they want, they want to control them. they want to vote for who they think it can lead the country towards stability in afghanistan for female activist had been found after going missing several weeks ago. united nations is saying the women in their relatives were leased by the countries to fact to authorities. women disappeared after taking part in protest against the taliban, demanding right for women to work in access to education. the group is under pressure from western government. so the human rights is a try to secure a to tackle of growing humanitarian crisis. what 5 you and staff members have been abducted in southern yemen. they were kidnapped while travelling on a field mission in the albion region. 4 of them, yeah. many nationals, the united nations, as it's in close contact with the internationally recognized government in southern yemen. to ensure that relief is ready. please have clear. protest is in the flash

points above the shaft, your ra, and occupied east jerusalem demonstrations broke out. as a far right is ready, m p from the religious zionism alliance been a temporary parliamentary office in the neighbourhood. gesture raw has emerged as a symbol of palestinian resistance against is rainy control of the city. hundreds of palestinians, there's either been evicted or facing eviction from their homes out. there is not one that symmetry has more on this. now for me shout euro left. you my let. this is the 10 sets up this morning by it's mob been via a member of the connects it for the religious zionist party who arrived, accompanied by dozens of settlers at the house of a solemn family which has been threatened with eviction. he sets up his tent and said that he will move his alimentary office here under the pretext that this will offer protection to the settlers who sees some houses in this area. because according to him, the israeli police have failed to protect those settlers. additional police forces also arrived here to secure the member of the connected on the settlers. this lady

has been here since this morning. she came with it, a mob been there and has been provoking the situation and obstructing our journalist. it work. 73 year old fatima salam, who lives in the house with her 3 children and her grandchildren was also beaten as the family were attacked. holly in her son was then detained as he tried to protect his mother. as you can see, the police standing by the settlers obstruct the media and dozens of palestinians have gathered hair along with some israeli left wing activists to help defend the salam family. without a 0 life from london, much more tell to tell you about the country with one of the highest rates as smoking in europe is just to prove to me a total ban on tobacco advertising. ah

hey there, thank you for joining in tokyo. you may wake up to a light dusting of snow on monday. i know last time it was a boss, but certainly the potential to see a centimeter or 2 as this disturbance pushes away. it's going to melt quickly though with a high of 10 degrees. also some snow for the korean peninsula, more so northern parts. so pyongyang, 3 degrees, but likely to fall as showers in sol with a high of 7. now for central parts of china, temperatures along the yangtze, river valley running a bit above average that includes 4 will han, with the hives, 12 degrees and a band of rain stretching from lose on island in the philippines rate through 2 indo china. some thunder downpours here and that what weather is slumping further toward the south? it's also plaguing at the malay peninsula. meantime, rounds of rain to be expected for what's java, central java, and also east java on monday. and for australia it's been all about the heat. so let's put the colors on here, the darker the red, the higher the temperature. and so this coastal town in western australia $46.00

grees, almost ensures a snapshot of what we're looking at monday. temperatures of hot it up in perth, but also some severe thunderstorms bubbling up north of the area. and for new zealand, the north island things are finally starting to dry off for you. on monday. see you later. ah, a unique id endangered. biodiversity lies in the heart of one of that produced tropical jungles. there was a lot of misinformation about the animals that we have here. and now that probably allergies to come by, others of conservation in their communities out there a journey deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist until teams effort to save the flora and fauna. so precious in the region. women make science, ecuador hidden treasure on al jazeera. oh,

i welcome back to main stories. now, you as president, joe by dennis spoken to ukraine, to present roger lensky. they agreed on the importance of diplomacy in deterrence, in response to russia's military build up on the border with ukraine. that the protest engineer after president chi psi scrapped the supreme judicial council and gave himself the power to dismiss judges. council was replaced under a new decreed opposition. parties have el unite against site and in libya, fight as you back in term prime minister abdul hamid debate above entered the capital, tripoli and convoys. parliament in eastern libyan literature placed a baby. but he says he wrote honda of power until long delayed elections held in

avenues. police have cleared the remaining protest and vehicles from a key bridge on the u. s. canada border. the crossing is not yet open to traffic. lisa, around a dozen people were arrested brocade was part of larger protests which interrupted across canada against covet vaccine mandates. and similar demonstrations have now spread to parts of europe as re challenge reports. after nearly a week of protest and disruption, this was the end of the stand off on ambassador bridge since saturday canadian police in windsor ontario. i've been gradually enforcing a court order made on friday to end the demonstration. by sunday, only a few stragglers remained. most had left or been arrested. vehicle towed away. the bridge is one of canada's most important roots to the us with 25 percent of trade between the 2 countries using it. but for 6 days it was shut. as a protest started by truck is angry at mandatory covered vaccine certifications,

blocked it all day in the past. worse, they let us live or large. we're sick and tired of it can. it is freedom convoy as they called it looks to be over now. but the idea has spread. this is paris france, $150.00 or so ca, setting off 1st to leo, and then on to brussels. i love this is on that. i knew we will tell europe to join us so we can change things because the people need to make their voice heard to know that we are here. today. we have the impression that we look down on things are forced on us and we are forced to get vaccinated in order to keep our jobs. we don't want that. we don't want the suppression. we want to be free. brussels was quite on sunday, but maybe not for long, because of cobit government in western democracies have placed restrictions on people's lives. not seen outside of wartime. most citizens have complied, seeing them as for the greater good. but the vocal minority finding ways to make

their opposition rory talents out to 0. the news from iraq where the supreme court has ruled that hush is a bari, is not eligible to run for president. this follows a complaint filed against him by m p's of a corruption charges, which he denies from a foreign minister was a front runner for the position and had the support. as soon the politicians subaru says, the decision by the court is politically motivated. i would up the why had, has more now from back got following the supreme court's decision to disqualify her she or the body, the presidential candidate nominated by the could a shit, democratic party. he has just denounced it. the court decision considered and get in his words politicized judgment by the court. the body denied the court decision, and he said that despite the fact that he was acquitted by the court in 2016,

but yet some, as he calls from adversary's insist on excluding him from the presidential race. now the supreme court embedded dad has just disqualified, was who she at the body based on a low salt submitted by a number of lawmakers. and that is based on as they say, they accused her shot at the body of corruption and mismanagement. when he was finance minister in 2016, they say that he was at sack, from his job in 2016. and that's why he is not the right person to be nominated for the president of the country. now the question now is whether or not this could this democratic party will have even time or chance to submit all to apply for other candidates to replace the body. meanwhile,

the incumbent bar, i'm sorry, the president current president, but homicide, which is the no, many the candidate of the debt. could this turn union party, he is now taking the lead. as a frontrunner in the presidential race, a funeral has been held for a mexican journalist who has killed earlier this week. the latest in a string of violent attacks against reporters, albert lopez was shot 5 times. while in his recording studio in the southern state of walker, he is the 5th mexican journalist to be killed since the start of the year. that has regularly wrote about politics and corruption and local government, one man detaining, connection to his death is the brother of an official which lopez a denounces. having criminal links. i spoke to louis shapiro, mexican journalist, and he's had the all 5 reporters murder this year. we're investigating political

corruption. i think what we're seeing in mexico right now, we've with donald, is the, has to deal with a lot of the corruption and impunity going all through mexico. the least all of them, every single one of them was we're looking into the links between politicians and criminal organizations, or corrupted politicians. one point we talk about how women are going to peace and where children journalists. but now we know the strongest lean between all of them is that they were looking into corruption pacifically at those politicians empower either will be municipal officers or state governors or even high up to the, to the mexican president. so i think corruption and the 5 most political power is linked to agreement, organizations in different ways not only in the drug trade, but also in monolith,

money laundering, or even setting up their own agenda is, has a lot to do with it, with a tour of this way now, harry's government has declared a 45 day state of emergency in a capital lima and the province of cloud. utah, soaring crime writes, please will be joined by the army in daily raids on so called dangers owns the critics say government lacks a long term plan to stop this violence. marianna sanchez reports from lima. ah, they say it will be a street by street clean up strategy. police fighting a crime. we've in lima, a city of nearly 10000000 people on friday night they close to several blocks of a street lined with bars in one of the cities, most dangerous districts. as part of the state of emergency room, both in our live neighborhood council to call us and tell us who are incurring good offices, we are working with that information. dozens of armed robberies with coded by

security cameras in recent months. have many peruvians, particularly women living in fear, but again that maria says she's been forced to adapt that, but then i think within about i don't go on on the street after 5 pm. i've been assaulted many times the take your walton phone. and now if i have to go out, i don't have anything in my purse. the most common attacks, young men targeting backpacks and purses or men on motorcycles stealing cellphones from their victims, reduced telecommunications regulator says, an average of $4000.00 cellphones are stolen every day around the country. the national institute of sophistic says more than a quarter of lea must population have been crying, victims were than 80 percent of the people who live in the state of emergency, sol say they are dissatisfied with bully security. but for the police it is difficult. for instance, in this area we're more than 800000 people live. there's only 10 police cars to patrol the streets. now the government has ordered the army to join the patrols and

with a clenched fist says defense minister hotel was govea. eva, will use the full force of the law. our soldiers know what they need to do were armed forces. we go out with gun authorities respected and that principle must be recovered. some analysts say the government lacks a consider plan to combat crime effectively linked instead of deterring the armed forces may encourage organized crime actors to arm themselves like in brazil or mexico. although we have an increasing level of violence, we're not in a critical situation. my impression is that the governments measure is basically populous. the corona virus pandemic conflicts more than 4000000 peruvians without a job. and police say most people involved in criminal activity or young unemployed men. 60 percent of peruvians disapprove of precedent. they look a steel 6 months long government for a range of reasons, including the crime rate, critic say more police and soldiers on the streets. even if effective will do

little to curb public discontent. madana scientists, i just see that lima be to united states a suspended imports of avocado from estate and mexico because of security concerns comes off for an american official, received a threatening phone call while carrying out inspections. in michigan state is a major producing region and exports hundreds of thousands of tons of condos to the us, but it struggles with gang violence. mexico says it's investigating the threat. says notice if approved any, a total ban on tobacco advertising, despite strong opposition by the government, those backing the ban, hoping to discourage young people from taking up the habit in a country with one of the highest rates of smoking in europe, needs, bark and airports. it's an image of odds with the countries healthy, environmentally friendly reputation. but for you, switzerland, be the haven for tobacco firms with some of the most lax laws in europe. sundays referendums, change things with voters defying the government. and approving

a ban on tobacco advertising in newspapers, the internet. anyway, young people can see them. it's laughable that for 2 years man, a health policy to fight coven 19 has been in place. and now we really have the opportunity to introduce a new health policy. yet the swiss government has advised people to vote no. for me it's obvious that we have to vote yes to the ban. those backing the van say, the government's opposition is down to the presence of the world's major tobacco companies. several have their headquarters here, and the industry generates more than $6000000000.00 a year for the swiss economy. but the old economic arguments no longer hold sway. there were $9000.00 smoking related deaths a year in the country. the impact on its health system is now the forefront of people's minds, which are at the root of, of the cold on the lease, i voted in favor of banning tobacco advertising when miners. i think the only argument of the opponents was the collapse of the swiss economy. i don't see how it is linked. maybe i didn't understand well,

but it seems more important to me to protect children from tobacco. so the tobacco firms have lobbied hard to avoid the bad with opponents, claiming cake and even sausages could face similar restrictions for the campaign failed to convince most people swiss voters showing politicians a big business that it's time to get tougher on tobacco. neve parker al jazeera. ah, ah, a quick look at the top stories now and us president joe biden has spoken to christ . president radi, ms. lansky saying any further russian aggression will be met with swift and decisive action. the leaders agreed on the importance of diplomacy and deterrence in response to russia's military build up and the landscape also invited the u. s. president to kia in the coming days where wheels of diplomacy continuing to turn with the german chancellor shots becoming a latest west and leader to.