[000:00:00;00] hulu . oh, i this is al jazeera ah, it's just gone 1800 odds gmc on come all santa maria, welcome to the news. al from al jazeera ukraine's president says his country will continue its path towards joining nato. germany's chancellor urge as russia to take up office of dialogue and there are positive signs coming out of moscow. the foreign minister tells his president to continue along the diplomatic path. oh good

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on 5th thought and was done often. we encourage russia to use these offers of discussion, as we emphasize again in any case of military escalation. we have agreed with our allies and we are ready to undertake and implement very serious sanctions. the territorial integrity of ukraine should not be violated. and if it does happen, we know exactly what to do. russia though is saying it can be a way forward with to the foreign minister survey lab problems. comments are offering optimism, but moscow is still willing to resolve issues through dialogue. feel free to move in lower me the other thing, the head of the foreign ministry, i must say that there is always a chance. and your last contacts with the ladies of the united states, france and the german chancellor is coming tomorrow. colleagues are contacting me tomorrow, the head of the polish foreign ministry will be here in 2 days. the head of the italian foreign ministry and other contexts are planned. the pentagon is also saying that more russian troops have been deployed to the border with ukraine

president joe biden discussing the matter with the british prime minister bars johnson on a phone call. all right, he is the team this hour to take us through the story. we'll have the latest from london with charlie angela and james, but he's got the medicaid in new york. it's not that with the white house with kimberly, how can we pick up on that point of what the pentagon saying? because it's all this diplomacy, particularly focused on, on european leaders and the united states is making sure they ever know if there is still very much a threats there. the united states has for some time now made it an important part of their coordination efforts with the transatlantic leaders to project unity in the face of what they call russian aggression. and to that end, the u. s. president, as he returned from camp david in the last hour. so saying very little to reporters as he got off of marine one heading straight to the oval office. but inside, as you mentioned, he did have

a telephone call with the u. k leader boris johnson. we are still awaiting a read out of that, but in the interim, what we do know is that the pentagon spokesperson, john kirby has been speaking here in the united states, saying that is the view of the pentagon and of the bible administration as a whole. that vladimir putin and his military are becoming more and more ready for that imminent invasion one, the united states has been warning about for some time in the words of the spokesperson. he says that that military is growing stronger and more ready with more capabilities and more options. and it may not just be a physical force that the pentagon is concerned about, or is partners and allies, but also the potential for cyber attack. so this is the new warning coming from the pentagon at this hour. we should also point out that in the ongoing briefings that are taking place here in the united states, the national security advisor james sullivan,

also informing members of congress. he was up on capitol hill earlier in the day, he is continuing debrief and closed door briefings, giving an update on where things stand, something that the u. s. president is continuing to do as he continues to partner and, and consult with not only the transatlantic leaders, but also through the various levels of government, not just in the united states, but a in around the world as the all eyes are now watching very carefully for the move 5 latimer, putin. again, the warning coming from the united states side is that they believe that t is poised and prepared to invade at any time. that's kimberly. how could our white house correspondent moving on now to london, charlie angela, as kimberly said, we're waiting to hear what the 2 ladies have sit in their phone call. but prior to that, doris johnson, in his own inimitable way, is, had plenty to say yes. using very evocative language,

he said that patient needs to step back from the precipice to avoid what will be a disastrous situation. a comment that he then repeated on twitter, but we do know that he's showed he's very much on the same page as president buys and when it comes to the news stream gas pipeline from russia to germany. and he said earlier, and i quote, all european countries need to get new stream out of that bloodstream, young, count that hypodermic trip fate of russian hydrocarbon that's keeping so many european economies going and find alternative sources of energy. a pretty, pretty strident comment and it is an effect, a bit of a jive chancellor le schultz who has continued to delicately sidestep the issue of, of the gas pipeline. if russia was to invade, no doubt the to need is we'll be discussing how to persuade sholtes to come to the table on this. if an invasion does occur and is what is probably sharing vital intelligence, information for johnson might be sharing his plans with by on,

on how he plans to with leaders from the nordic and baltic states. when he visits europe next week. and people have been reporting, he could be trying to build a strong, the western line against russia. but it is worth remembering that if an invasion is to cut it is going to have more adverse effect from europe than the us here in the u. k. will already seeing some of the effects of the tensions in the financial markets, the foot c, $100.00 down and fuel prices are going up. but in the side of how the ukraine is now becoming a top priority for this government to foreign secretary liz trust earlier held an emergency coping meeting to discuss the confidence response to the crisis off the edge all but it isn't to evacuate ukraine. the prime minister has cut short a very important and long way to, to northern england, to come back to london to get a full intelligence inks and his security chiefs. and to hold that phone call with

biden. so he'll be fully prepared on tuesday to hold another emergency kobinie thing to discuss the you case stance on the crisis. but the message here remains one of diplomacy and de escalation, but with much more renewed sense of urgency. okay, charlie angela in london will wait to hear what comes off that phone call a little bit later. finally, to new york james base. i did the medicated. i james, what sort of noise is it coming out of the united nations? because everything we've been focusing on has been at presidential and, and foreign minister level yet, and the u. n. has been pretty much out of this and not involved in this crisis very closely. we've had one, the security council meeting where every side rehearsed the arguments that you're hearing elsewhere on the global stage. and the un secretary general's been pretty keen to keep out of this. i don't think that he believes as much he can do in a conflict where a permanent member of the security council, who has a veto on any action by the security council is involved. but the un secretary

general has been involved in the last hour or so. antonio terrace has been holding meetings by phone with the russian foreign minister and the ukranian foreign minister a short time ago. this is what his spokesman had to say. i think though, where the secretary general expressed her to both her foreign minister as was his serious concern over the whole attentions around ukraine. he welcomed the ongoing diplomatic discussions to diffuse those tensions and underline yet again the fact that there is no. there is no alternative to diplomacy, but i think the secretary general may have a bit more for you. oh this afternoon. well, the reason for these phone calls, possibly one of them, is the fact that there's a lunch taking place, upsetting about now with the un secretary general and the security council, the current president, the security council, is russia. all the other ambassadors will be going to russia's mission to the

united nations. so i'm sure they'll be asking the russians what really is going on in the security general. be briefing them of his views. i put it to the spokesperson of the secretary general. the last few minutes does the secretary general still believe what he told me about a month ago that he doesn't think there's going to be a conflict? and i was told yes, the secretary general does not believe there's going to be a conflict. and i can tell you here at the united nations, kemal is a rather weird atmosphere. certainly some diplomats particularly western diplomats believe that could be war any time any moment. others are not so sure that there is not. yes, we got the drum beats of war, but there's not aggression and the, and the obvious sound bites you'd expect from moscow aggressive sound bites you'd expect before a war. we're also not expecting the country that might be invaded. they're not, they're not saying the sort of things you'd expect a moments before a war. and we don't seem to have the key thing, which is the spark. yes, they're talking about a false flag operation. where is that the causes bel,

i the cause of war. the thing that putin can say, i had no choice, but to send my troops across the border. it doesn't seem to be there at this moment . and so there are some diplomats telling me they'll be war any minute. other saying maybe this is all a big a delusion by putin. maybe he's using the element of surprise this time, but to surprise everyone and not have a war. great context there with james bay that diplomatic editor in new york. thank you, james. now way from international diplomacy, communities living on the frontline in ukraine, the standby, they are growing increasingly concerned. shall stratford has some of their stories from easton ukraine. a couple of 100 meters down. that hill is russia. now this area has remained quiet over the last 8 years of this conflict. there's been no shilling. there's been no fighting. there's been no destruction of people's homes and businesses. but that does not mean that the lives of people in this village has not been deeply affected by the conflict. they used to be able to go

and visit friends and family in russia freely. they used to be able to go to the cemetery, which is in russia. they used to be able to trade and go shopping was 3 years ago. the whole changed in 20000000 teen roles of barbed wire were laid along the border . took almost 30 years after the collapse of the soviet union and a war before a boundary between the 2 states appeared. elaina mummy tova runs the village shop. he describes life before the war as a golden time. well, that's what your longer should. we have relatives leave him there. you are right behind the streams. there is a village and their children used to come to school here. visited each other as friends who were married each other spent our holidays together. and now everything is close to us outside the half empty school is the statue of a historian who wrote about the importance of unity among cossacks who populated

this region for centuries. the village is quiet and tonia misery server sits in the sun with her friends was shadowed them by parents are buried in the cemetery and i can visit their graves anymore or friends on the other side can't come here to visit us. we miss them. everyone is full of regret and we know they think the same were far away from politics, but now our freedoms enjoys, are gone. there are many villages like this one along the crane russian border where there is no sense of hate or the endless blaming the other for the killing in these conflicts. for the longer this crisis goes on. the more concerns grow amongst people here that the community they have lived in for generations may never be the same child stratford al jazeera, but to see if go easton ukraine. very pleased to welcome steven piper to than use our he is a former us ambassador to ukraine on skype from morgan hill, california. today. steven, thank you for your time, i should say, ambassador,

thank you for your time. i, i don't if you could hear from our diplomatic editor james base a little moment ago and he was pointing out the fact that this almost confusion half the play as the saying walk. it's not in a matter of hours or days, the rest hour will really not sure. and there's a lack of this sort of spock moment as well. do you feel it could just keep getting drawn out longer and longer? well, the problem is a nobody can read, vladimir pooh is mine. and it may be that initial tootin is not yet decided what he wants to do. ringback but you do see, ah, a huge mass unit, russian military force around ukraine. now, something like a $130000.00 troops. the u. s. government believes there's a significant risk of a russian military assault on ukraine. and as for a pre check, so there's little doubt that if the russians wanted projects, they could certainly manufactured and a lot of the things that the u. s. government has been saying in the last several weeks, had been designed, i think,

precisely to preempt that kind of pretext to vladimir putin basically holds all the cards here, doesn't he? i mean, he's sitting there, he's moved his troops around and everyone's just waiting for his his next move. it's an incredibly powerful position. it's, well, i think the west is framed the situation about as well as it can when the ultimate decision on whether or not there will be a russian assault on ukraine, lies with mr. brewton. so the west has said, there's a diplomatic path forward. ah, they've taken some of the ideas from the russian draft agreements from december on arms control, risk reduction, confidence building measures, steps that could contribute in a genuine way to security in europe. but they've also made clear that if the russian military goes in the ukraine, there will be made your costs, including sanctions, more american and nato, no traces to ukraine, and also a greater will show a presence on it as eastern flank. and then add on top of that,

the issue of ukraine's and nato ambitions or membership ambitions. this is clearly a problem for moscow, but at the presidency lensky today saying, no, we're still very much going down that path that. so, i mean, that's not something russia will, will, will be happy with really say that ukraine's nato ambitions had been created by russian policy of the past 8 years. russia seizure crimea, russia's use of military force, which is now claimed more than $40000.00 writings. in dawn boss, and you've changed the entire perception in ukraine towards nato. so 10 years ago polls would show may be 20 percent of ukrainians. wanted to see ukraine and nato. today, polls are showing 56 to 59 percent supporting that. and it's understandable, they've been a victim of russian aggression, and many ukrainians now have concluded that the only long term answer to their security is to be in the alliance. now having said that,

there is no enthusiasm now within nato to put ukraine on a membership track. and the russians know that the russians understand at so that leads me to worry that the russians are trading this argument. and it may be less about russian concern about nato and more russian concert that ukraine is moving out of moscow's orbit. but again, i would argue that's result of russian policy towards you credit, which has been a massive failure over the past 8 years and best i can i get your perspective on, on the u. s. position here at the moment. i've asked a few guests this in the last couple of days, how all of this is playing out in the united states, given all the domestic issues which exist in the u. s. that cove, it still exists, that all sorts of other things going on is this sort of viewed as a potential conflict in a far off land or at other real concerns about the fact that america could get

drawn into a conflict here. well, it's been interesting. first of all, i think president biden has made very clear that there are limits on us support for ukraine. so for example, while the united states is deploying additional forces to europe, they're going to places like poland and romania. and he has said, as of other nato leaders, there will be no need of combat forces in ukraine fighting a defend ukraine. but what those forces are designed to do and as to plants, or to make that a moscow, that will nato may not fight for ukraine, neither will defend nate our territory. but more generally, a yes, i think the story about russian and potential russian aggression against ukraine. our new russian attack on ukraine is very much in the news here. and my sense though, there is a lot of support and this is an issue. we're actually, republicans, democrats generally agree that the united states should be supportive of ukraine and shouldn't be on the side opposing what would be an overt act of russian

military aggression that's entirely inappropriate in the 21st century master steven . i freeney enjoy talking to you and getting your perspective on the situation. thank you for joining us. thank you, writes, we are nearly 90 minutes past the news on his what's coming up, a new place to call home. the challenges facing afghan refugees as they resettle in the united states. also report from india's most populous state for an election is testing to popularity, a prime minister rend remedy by high and beijing chinese skia lands a big win for her country. olympic highlights, coming up a little later, ah, attention remains high in the flash point, suburb of ship gera, this is unoccupied, east jerusalem is ready. police cleared protest as on sunday, injuring dozens of people. demonstrations broke out. when

a fought right is riley and pay tried to reopen a political office. harry force has more from shakira. so low and numbers in this part of shakes you're out and we saw on sunday night, but still considerable tension around this fire, members of and supporters of the solemn family who faced eviction from their home. here in march, that's next month. and here in the street outside, considerable numbers of israeli security forces. they've been here throughout the day afternoon and into the evening. they've been clearing out periodically, both jews and palestinians. there was a recent move on some of the people around that fire and some quite unpleasant scuffles just over this barrier that they've erected half way down that street is where a very divisive figure the far right is really politician to my been via, has set up an open a make shift office. he says to ensure or try to ensure security for jewish

settlers in this area. he says it's in response to an austin attack, which the police say was responsible for the fire in a jewish home. on friday nights. no one was in that home, but 2 people have been arrested during the course of the day on suspicion of austin . this is something that we tried to do last year in may. he set up a temporary office. he was persuaded to leave by the then prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the run up to the flare up of violence that we saw both in gaza and in israel. and he's trying to do it again now. and there is a prime minister in charge who is also of the as what he right, but something of an enemy have been via the been vcs as a traitor to the right. natalie bennet so potentially less leverage to get him out . so he could be here for some considerable time. he has parliamentary immunity and his presence here is exceedingly provocative for palestinians who live here combined with all that we have the 2 very important jewish jewish and islamic

religious periods coming up passover and ramadan. and also as i say, the potential for this family to be evicted next month. so it's not the sorts of scenes yet that we saw last april in may, but certainly tension is building me. mont funeral has been held for a palestinian teenagers, shot dead by his ready security forces during unrest in the occupied westbank live and others were injured on sunday when troops opened fire on people protesting against the demolition of the home. stephanie deca recalls. oh god. oh, allies cut short, the body of 17 year old from the solid is taken to be buried. who was killed by israeli forces during confrontations near janine in the occupied west bank. the stand off started when these really army arrive to demolish the homes, palestinian prisoner mohammed, java dot, who's accused the fatal shooting and his really subtler in december. that also led

to norm standoff between policy and gunman and israeli army. the army said, quote, it identified what had called a number of armed rioters and fire toward them to neutralize the threat. hundreds of scenes, it turned out to protest against demolition the message here. and that's it. you know, 0 tolerance. in others we, the israelis will not tolerate any kind of reason what you call resistance, what israel calls, of course, tara. so what it's trying to do then, is to say your criminals, and any time you do a violent act, israel will never consider it a resistance act. we are going to come after you. and the idea is to try to intimidate the palestinians and try to give them a feeling that there is no space whatsoever for any kind of resistance to what israel is. israel continues to apply its policy of home demolitions, the palestinians and human rights group say,

accounts to collective punishment against the palestinian people. stephanie decker, all g 0. joining us. how many are in the same professor of international law at a could university to talk more about this. in the end of stephanie's report, she just talked about this policy of, of home demolition. can we start there? can you explain that a little more to our international audience who might be looking at this thinking? well, it's one government coming in and just destroying the houses of another people. yes, good evening to you and everyone suggested, i mean this policy is a consistent what is see what it is in the west bank, including the sort of sentiment gusted. it has been a single homes based on separate considerations. one of them is that it's been built home without it, and this is the biggest number of simulations taking place in the occupied westbank,

including your students and them. but the other one which is the one that was implemented today is what is called didn't of a home demolition. and this is the type of they want to send that in the human rights community called collective punched basically the home that a on me went to modest today and they actually didn't want us to them excluded it is a home in which the woman and fortune been live for only because her husband has been accused and not even invited. yeah. or of a suiting against a citizen. and that is it really on me decided to demolish this home and that is, that are a list of things got approved and one of the demolition of the school. so you have the, sorry, i'm gonna instruct you, you have the demolition happening and that is an issue to do with as you say,

a palestinian prisoner. the result though is that there is conflict and in this case a 17 year old palestinian is killed as as a result. so it's just the situation getting worse and worse. and i wonder what sort of justice i'm using that word loosely. what sort of justice there is for the family of this young man. there is no justice whatsoever or so it's a crime followed by another crime. it's an army going into as it relates within the west bank in order to demolish the whole, which is that which amounts to persecution it, amongst all a forcible displacement and transfer of this family. so it is a crime and international am and there, as people around this village here that are in the army came in to do much home. they went out to protest and then a young man was killed and,

and many others have been one bits. and by the israeli army. and so we can see several of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law is being conducted. or only for the purpose of persecuting methodist indian people keeping an apartheid regime that it continues consistently and it's violently on the palestinian population. and living in the west back when they are in a cyber are from i could university. thank you for your time. we really appreciate it. thank you very much. iran says the united states is canceled a prisoner swap deal just a night before the agree date. the foreign ministry said the swat was being discussed alongside the nuclear talks in vienna. details of the exchange are not clear, but the u. s. holds and number of iranians, it accuses of violating international sanctions. and iran reported to be holding at least for americans. what i stefan itala fully. okay. he explored with us. unfortunately i did was once achievable,

the american side went back on it's sward on the night before the egg date 0. it proves once again how careful you must be when you make an agreement with washington. because you never know if they will honor the agreement or even if they announced currently the issue still being discussed in parallel route to vienna, talks to canadian police say they were arrested 11 people and confiscated a stash of guns at the sight of a protest against corona, virus vaccine mandates for they say the group for in the province of alberta was ready to use violence against offices. as you know, canadian truck as if for weeks now been protesting against cove. it measures for it is have been moving to clear the blockades. they've imposed on several border crossings with the united states in the united states, almost all of the afghans airlifted there since the fall of the taliban are settling into their new lives while many are relieved to be there. some of them

still face an uncertain future. kristin salome has met one such afghan family living in new jersey. they found a place to live now after fleeing afghanistan with little more than the clothes on their backs. liquid near the alum is out of family, has only a few months to figure out how to pay for it. i am going to start everything from 0 rama toola ala mazata worked as an interpreter back hall. you so it is marked up that his resign himself to physical labor here in his new home in the state of new jersey. what mother russia, he's got some job offers, but will need to buy a car to be able to get to work 1st. the other cost to all their bill is so high a. i must work hard to pay it all then. hey, it's, it's very difficult for me. hey, are you by any chance at the warehouse reform? church of highland park is help and we will soon be hiring a refugee school impact coordinator, pastor sat caper. dale has been resettling refugees for years and says,

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and one here in new jersey. but some families, tired of waiting for a placement, have begun leaving on their own. according to the hebrew immigrant age society, highest is one of the 9 resettlement agencies tasked with overseeing community placements capacity. why fi were not ready funding wise? we were not ready that we will be able to support and ask them arrivals as long as you know that that's a concern for refugees. most of whom have at this point only been given temporary, b says, we are here right now. we don't know what is our future. they are thankful to those who have helped them land here. but relief has been replaced by worry. kristin salumi al jazeera spotswood, new jersey, still ahead on the seas. i'll see is that thousands more hundreds will be displaced . this year's gang bonds continues to rise, also will be embedded. bruce, with era conflicting reports about russian military activity along the border with

some current us your sports news. some of the history learn writer at the winter games. ah, ah. hello they will start in southern africa. and for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, madagascar is facing another storm at cyclone strengthen to the north of maricia and reunion island. its making its way to the north of the capitol antenna reba. expected to make landfall on choose day. now it's not a very powerful storm, but we could see some flooding, rains damaging winds, and of course a storm surge. we'll keep an eye on that storm. elsewhere across the region. we're seeing some rather intensive thunderstorms roll across angola. all the way to tanza

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lou ah, you're on the news are here at al jazeera. these are our top stories. germany's chancellor has met ukraine's president low to mid zalinski or schultz as any russian attack on ukraine will be met with a strong response. a he's off to moscow himself to meet president putin on tuesday . he cranes, president though, says he'll still pursue nature membership, calling it a vital issue for his country's security and territorial integrity and brushes. foreign minister believes there is still room for diplomacy on its security demands . remember moscow? what's the limits to nato expansion and military operations in eastern europe? russia's defense minister as announced the end of some military drills in belarus, but the united states, while the pentagon particularly says shirt numbers have been boosted in the last few days since that boston is in belarus,

as boarder regence as military activity does seem to slow down quivering ruffling and south of bell roofs near the border with ukraine and visited the few areas where the said joint bell erosion, russian military bills are ongoing. and it was interesting to see that there seemed to be a lot less activity than a few days ago. one particular field nearby, there were s $400.00 missile defense system. so station there, according to reports, and also so call you fight the jets flown in from russia. but there was hardly any activity at that location. and also another town with a major air field, military air feel it was all a lot quieter than we seen a couple of days ago. this is interesting because said at the same time the russian minister of defense sag a, showing a sad that these military drills that was supposed to last until february 20 are now coming to an end and that some have already ended, which raises quite a few questions of, if this is really the end of it,

or are they going to continue until they were scheduled to do? so? it is also interesting because on the 19th of february, there's going to be a large group of journalists to also foreign journalists invited to this joint fellowship russian drill. so the question is, is this still going to be ongoing? alexander lucas? she's got a leader here in bella with us today. what will happen to the russian troops, according to nato around $30000.00 are supposedly here, after these drills are finished and look shanker sat. well, this is our business. i will meet flooding me, put in very soon, and i'll will deal with it. not ukraine's president has just addressed his nation. we're going to go to kia and talked to natasha butler about this. i'm looking at the transcript of it here. why don't you take a 3rd? actually, it's an interesting lines there. yes, this is a statement that was put out

a by of the ukranian president. for them is lensky on social media and is just come out, am i actually going to just read you a few lines? i actually addresses the people of ukraine saying we want peace. we want to resolve all issues exclusively through our negotiations. both a don barza and crimea will return to ukraine. it says that we are not scared that we will continue to fight are it also says that we are told february the 16th will be the day of the attack, but we will make that a day of unity. we have one great european aspiration. oh, what's interesting about the statement just looking at now is it certainly seems to be, you might say, a change of tone from the a president zalinski that we heard just a couple of days ago, who was saying, oh to the people have ukraine. we mustn't panic, we must stay calm. who seemed to be down playing over the past few days over the past few weeks,

or any sense that there was an imminent invasion. and then he refers to the state of february 16th, and that is a date that the u. s. a. some u. s. intelligence sources have said could be a date of a possible attack. again, that has been something a dismissed by ukrainian officials, by his uminski referring to it, saying that in fact, we will make federal the 16 a national day. in fact, he said that they will, they've signed a present. he signed a presidential decree to put a flags and ribbons are all around the country and is urging people to do that incredibly specific stuff. and that wasn't it. thank you so much. natasha butler in queue. let's move on to india, where voters in 3 states have cast ballots and local elections. people in one region of the country's most populous state are to pradesh, were among them happening metalli's there. and reports on how the selection is being seen as a popularity test for the prime minister or render moody. it's the biggest state election in india,

auto predation. the not is home to more than 200000000 people and is voting in 7 phases. how can i, what i can, how can i get me about to be that? and what if you can see how prizes are rising more? the said he'd bring good days and prosperity. yes. best days, a heal with prices of vegetables touching the sky. i have voted, thinking about inflation with a petrol yet. i'm come with the probation and the highest number of members to parliament, and is seen as reflecting the national political mood. prime minister in the rain to movie is half way through his character. these balls are regarded as a test of his party gender parties, policies, with what she look in, feels like these couple large areas of western look religion, millions of lives and votes, depend on it. i'm it, commerce family has own land here for several generations. it was once a lucrative business. now costs have searched and farmers have been waiting months

for sugar mills to pay them. geography armina are earnings have been badly hitting . what can we do? we have to pay our children school fees. i don't see those labels working. if we don't get paid on time, we either have to delay their payments or pay them less. ah, many farmers here to part in a year long protest against 3 agriculture laws. they said favorite big corporations . last september, the host to the largest of those protests in the state, targeting the bgp ahead of the polls in 2017 the b j b when a landslide victory luther police, but growing economic distress among farmers has diluted. some of that you fauria. last year, the mo, the government revoked the 3 agriculture laws, but many farmers have continued to protest, saying that demands have not been met. export save this has bolstered opposition parties making the b j. p seemed less formidable. in the last 2, twenties has 17 election. the western european made of em windham in favor of the b b. but this, i'm, it seems ada, sir, you know, in the forty's,

i'm going to smile in the opposition more. and if they continue to build up the same kind of momentum that we saw in the 1st on awarding, then we can say that will be anybody's game. ringback pools are also being held in for more states. results will be declared on march 10 and will indicate how the b g o p may perform in the next national elections. partly methyl al jazeera with the british northern india. another charles began against me and mars deposed civilian liter. unsung suit. she this one centers on allegations of election fraud so far. it's her testimony from an election commission director unsung suit. she was arrested by the army when it sees power more than a year ago. she is accused of influencing the 2020 votes to win a 2nd term in office and denies all charges. so denise security forces have killed 2 people at a protest against the military. demonstrators marched towards the presidential palace in cartoon. thousands of them have been staging weekly rallies. in fact,

since the military took over in october all up nearly 80 people killed honduras now, which has one of the highest murder rights in the world. and it's driving people out of their homes. and indeed, the whole country. this includes families trying to protect their children from being recruited into criminal gas. manuel, arapahoe reports from taxi gulp. a corruption makes tackling violence all the more difficult. at a late night crime, see in fig. lucy galvan, a shoot outraged between gang members and police in the villanueva neighbourhood, leaving at least 7 dead. i put an offer from him. okay. there is insecurity for every one. we can't live here any longer, but we've no place else to go because other places are dangerous to we're in dire need. i don't know what to do. stay here or leave the country. many hearsay, blood soaked streets littered with bullet casings. had become in all too common

sight authorities tell us that scenes of brutal violence like this one in the honduran capital, or just the tip of the iceberg in a far more complex security situation that affects nearly every corner of the country. in honduras, his pores neighborhoods gangs, particularly m. s 13, and the 18th street gang are notorious for crimes like extortion, and for the recruitment of young children, those who resist often pay with their lives. i won this young mother who has asked us to hide her identity, says she was tortured by gang members and forced to flee her home after refusing to pay extortion money. i'm up, i saw me at your knee. we faced humiliation we've lost our house because of the gangs my children cry and say it's me mamma, be good for us to go someplace else where they won't want to kill us. imagine a 7 year old boy saying that he, you are a lack of confidence in hunter and authorities, means victims of violence, seldom report crimes,

to police and security experts say collusion between criminal groups and government officials permeates across all levels of society. last year was i'm a bit it be most unfortunately we see it had different politicians and government leaders have been linked to drug trafficking. i see that there are high rates of community corruption and weakness in the rule of law. ebit ordonia is a deputy police commissioner tells al jazeera that despite modest advances in reducing the national homicide rate. raining into violence, often feels like a losing battle through online video in comparison to previous years, the incidence of crime has actually decreased. but perhaps in some communities, it's risen due to factors like local culture or in communities where gangs exist in great numbers, way ponderous has a rate of 38 homicides per 100000 residents, making it one of the most dangerous countries in latin america. international observers predict that thousands of hundreds will be displaced from their homes in

2022, a challenge that cannot be addressed without a drastic reduction in the violence plaguing the country. monroe wrap a little al jazeera big lucy gallagher. bear is an exhibition on the way in belgium to explain to men what apply for women to be harassed julian wolf reports. it's not only opening eyes but hearts and minds as well. the drawing back the curtains on what some women experience every day. she shall titled masculine poetry this our project aims to explain to men what it is like for women to be subjected to sexual harassment. this husband and wife and 2 of the artists behind the exhibition say it's inspired. 8 by experience as their daughter had growing up in the south of france left, i suppose you put his m, we made this project for men, and we realized that it had an enormous impact on women tools for mentors, realization for women. the fields are allowed to talk. i think what we interesting

would be to have teenagers go through it as well today. because as at that age to learn this behavior, it enabled them to understand. and afterwards, we need to beats between men and women so that the world changes, so that there is a change of behavior i. visitors are led through a dark and tunnel lined with sounds and images of leering men, say, fiddle fer it was hell. but also there are no surprises what it feels like, what we're used to. and i think it's interesting to put that in an exhibition new. i think it's interesting to see what men think about it to set to open next month. the project will have psychological experts on hand to accompany viewers, but before it's launched, there has been interest from politicians and human rights campaigners who have come to this preview in a hanger in brussels. local authorities across belgium have expressed their interest in a version of the show going on tour. priscilla is a police officer who works with victims of domestic abuse, and she says it will help 01 cumulatively. so my 1st reaction is that there are

very few victims, he dare to file a complaint. as a police woman, i am putting myself in the role of my colleagues out on patrol in police vehicles or on the street. i don't think for us it's possible to witness this sort of thing as obviously to catch people in the act have evidence of this sort of phenomenon. so i think there is a lot of work to be done. and it begins with building awareness, though is behind this project, say they hope it will incur to a greater awareness of how harassment affects women. and that those who suffer it could be any one's partner, mother, daughter, sister, or for awe showing al jazeera well, it's the 14th to february, which means some of us are celebrating our birthdays to day, but plenty other people celebrating valentine's day. we've got a few stories for you. first of all, the flower grows in columbia, which is one of the world's largest producers. they're having a great day effect as one day accounts for 15 percent of total annual sales exports

are up by a 3rd so far. this year, thanks to the pandemic effect there is, will juggle up on vimeo ali, give out a lot. but as people sit at home during the pandemic, they found an emotional support and flaws to help the confinement. something for their mental health. as we say, flowers are food for the souls and the pandemic highlighted that then china, where valentine's day means many athletes are actually missing their loved ones, their isolating in the cove at safe olympic levels of aging. and john chuck, who masks and social distancing place as well. so organizes of despite decided to spread the love by handing out some red roses, which is nice. but if you are heart broken and cynical, you can celebrate today's well if you want in exchange for a donation. this is my favorite story that a helms the conservation center in the u. k. will name a cockroach after your ex, but is it that much of an insult? when you consider conservation of say that cockroaches are

a vital part of the global ecosystem. gross. was that both these coming up back to china reaction for the beijing olympics with russian figure skater camila. but yeah, that has been cleared to compete. ah

. with a whole lou. ah i think the discussion about how exciting the winter olympics are not the very interesting definitely does very well in a to me thank you very much or have if the world anti doping agency is calling on russian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the entourage a figure skater,

camilla valley ava comes after the teenager was clear to take part at the winter olympics despite filling a doping test in the run up to the beijing games. the court of arbitration for sports said, stopping the 15 year old from competing could cause her irreparable harm valley ever was only notified of her positive result. after the olympics had started, she set to compete again on tuesday, and the women's individual went with water investigation. still ongoing, we demanded that through santa complex a strong, strong investigation into the, into cars behind the updates the up in the, in the, in this case. so our, our in diligence and investigations. we also look into that, make sure the appropriate basic issue is, is carry out. oh, we've been talking to a piece or it's correspondence. stephen wade his in beijing. he says there are so many unanswered questions. even if she wins the gold medal this week,

there will be no metal ceremony if she's involved in no metal ceremony. we've also learned there will be no metal ceremony for the metal shoe on earlier. so we have almost, i think, unprecedented mess here involving this figure skater. the biggest question is why this took so long to spare, crackling a little bit. she won the russian national championship on december 25th. her drug sample, her testing sample was sent to the stockholm lab because russia doesn't have a lab that works, but it's authorized. the sample was tested in stockholm for some reason. the positive result was not revealed until the 7th, or the 7th night of the 7th and the day, the 8th. in the meantime, she's in beijing, she's already won the metal. a lot of questions being asked, who's responsible? why did take so long? we see now that perhaps the stockholm lab sweden was under some coven restrictions . perhaps the lab was operating at half strength. but there are 1000000 questions here to be answered every place you look. there's answers,

we don't have all we got today is the fact she's going to be allowed to skate. she's the best skater in the world without a doubt. she did a quad here. the 1st woman with ext to do a quite a few days ago. it's likely the russian women will go 123 with her at the top. but then she may not be the penal metal ceremony if she wins it. it is just absolutely sort of unfathomable what's going on here. all the on the courtrooms, there has been some actual sporting action in beijing, the cali humphreys, of the usa, making some olympic history, a 36 year old, taking gold and a brand new event. she won the women's motto, bob, the 1st ever one person, bob slay events at the games and for ease had it competed for canada at the last 3 winter games of china as you among tao one gold and the women's free sal aerials. she landed a triple somersaults do it, ju, is of hers trying to win an olympic ski ariel event. the only rams had won the nfl super bowl championship, a late touch down from cooper cock, securing

a narrow victory over the cincinnati bengals snohomish reports who just the 2nd time in front of history. los angeles rams. a have their hands on the super bowl trophy. $23.00 to $20.00 win over the cincinnati bengals. securing them at the championship for the 1st time and more than 2 decades. it feels great. i'm just so happy to be able to celebrate this is sort going to merge them our family problem in the most, amanda, you're so proud of this group. it's a, it's a special feeling. this title decide though, was held at rams own of $5000000000.00 stadium and no expense spare team has been assembled to perform their up against them. we're rank outsiders. as cincinnati bengals, the super bowl appearance arriving to 2 years after they were the nfl worst team,

a del beckham, juniors touched on for the rams was an early highlight, but the bangles were never out of contention. ah, by the time the plays had handed sent to sage over to the music world for the half time show, the rams had the narrow 13 to 10 lead. in the 3rd quarter, the bangles looked set to call an upset. and when the 1st super bowl, a crucial interception combined with some nerveless kicking, put them into a 7 point lead. but in keeping with the game held in the shadow of hollywood, some late drama was still to come. with barely a minute left on the clock. the decisive touch down pass was grabbed by cooper cup who was also named the game's most valuable player. i just feel so undeserving of all these awards and accolades, i just feel like of as played from a i played

a from place of freedom of just allow myself to be in the moment every single time that there was going to be that there is going to be guys alongside me to will make this thing come to live here on the homes. are so thankful for them. the franchise only returned to law sandy's 6 years ago. the city is now in possession of the nfl biggest prize. santa ha moose, i'll just there. fear being champions, league round 16 gets under way on. choose day with a match worthy of being a final. at scoring timorous ceo patina on his side, paris sanction man house round madrid. he asked she are looking to win the continent topic club competition a for the 1st time. no, i forwarded to. there isn't a favorite. i think it's a knockout game that could also be the champions league final just because of the names of the 2 teams, the players and the quality paras, sanisha might have been waiting more than 50 years to win this title. okay, and that is all your support for now back to you, kamala vara,

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a challenge with detailed coverage opposition to the mine run strong science against it. like this point are found across the community from around the world, very hard to get a sense of public opinion inside me. i'm up with the military arresting people for their political beliefs. ah, ukraine's leaders as nato membership is still the priority. as moscow indicates, there is a chance, 7 diplomatic solution to end the crisis central. ah, learn taylor, this is andrew 0, live from london. also coming up in the west bank of funeral for 17 year old shots by israeli forces during protest against him. demolitions protested. keep up the