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forces during protests against home demolitions and anger in mexico. as the us suspends avocado in port soft, an american safety inspector receives a threat on his telephone. ah, let's get going. the ukrainian president says he's been told weapons date will be the day russia invades a defined lot of me as a lensky has declared it a day of national unity urging ukrainians to show their pride. but hours after that statement rattled the markets zalinski office clarified the president was only referring to media reports from key f natasha butler begins are coverage would be have to be re after days of calling for carmen, ukraine, and downplaying west warnings of imminent invasion. a change of telling from

president fellow to make the lensky in an address to very nice young were you in the law of thought? 7, the busha were being threatened by a big war, and a date of military invasion has been scheduled once again. it is not for the 1st time of war is being conducted systematically against us on all fronts. on the military front, the military contingent, housing, a police around the board of alice. i'm on the diplomatic front there trying to deprive us of the right to decide foreign policy on our own. it came after a visit by the german child, lead ukraine, the latest western, either on the diplomatic mission to diffuse tensions with russia and diverted. new boy, europe, often more than 2 hours of talks with lensky shops promised, keep more german financial aid and issued a warning to moscow. it's my hand, kiff the i'm up ukraine, 70 and territorial integrity, non negotiable for germany. we've ever expect russia to take class that to the

escalate. the current pension was done for germany. it is clear that further military aggression against ukraine would have serious political, economic, and geostrategic contents. it's ross, are you wanting to lensky said ukraine must join nato because the country security was inseparable from europe. my ally asked us for our future alliances. our ambitions, you know very well that this is our wish. but apart from that, there is a war in the east. we believe that nato membership will ensure our security lensky was for the car or fi, your current position, or nato off. the common voter in the day made by ukraine's ambassador to london suggested that ukraine could be flexible when it comes to its ambition to join the military alliance. comin and buster the late to retracted. we are not a member of nato right now. and so the word war, we are ready for many concessions and lots of what we're doing in our conversations

with russians. but it has nothing to do with natal with which, which is enshrined. think institution at digital is moscow, doesn't want ukraine in nato and says that the west has ignored it. security demands, but in a possible sign of hope. russia's foreign minister has advised president vladimir putin to continue with the dialogue version. this was our possibilities and exhausted, of course, security talks can't continue endlessly, but at this stage i would propose to continue and increase them pressure. all right, a move that will be welcomed by shall. so all meet the kremlin leader on tuesday, and what some say could be a last chance for diplomacy. natasha butler al jazeera keith. now in the past few hours, the white house is warned that a russian invasion of ukraine could begin as we've been hearing at any time. but there is still hope for a diplomatic solution live now to hydro castro are falling developers for us out of

washington. so heidi, the pentagon doesn't believe that mr. putin has actually made up his mind yet one way or the other. but white house official saying that the russian invasion could begin at any time. so that kind of coming up with, with 2 possible scenarios here. how does that all break down there? right, the way that you can explain that peter is, according to this pentagon spokesman, russia has its troops ready. we know its surrounding ukraine on 3 sides. and the u . s. intelligence has found that russia is ready to invade from the air from the ground, from the seas even. and what's missing at this point is an order from couldn't himself, for the troops to move in. and it has been undetermined whether prudent has made that decision to invade. and we saw the precarious nature of the situation, underscore by a white house spokeswoman, who did say that we are in the window or,

and where an invasion can happen at any time. and that was the rationale behind temporarily closing the u. s embassy in here that happened today. keith is only about 60 kilometers away from the russian border. there will be a core contingent at embassy workers who remain in ukraine, but they are moving further to the west in order to get away from the russian border and get closer to poland and just in poland on the other side of the border are some 6000 us troops who have recently deployed. they are there not to engage in active combat according to the u. s. president. or rather in case of an invasion, in case there are rescue, jeez. and the u. s. has been clear in warning, russia against war, saying that it would only result in widespread human suffering if the window for diplomacy, the heidi is still well and truly open. it's difficult to imagine, i guess what the diplomats, what people like boris johnson, that european conversation is going across on between washington and all the

european capitals. what they might come up with. because in the dim and distant past of this rumbling conflict, it's kind of diplomatic slash political standoff. you and i were having conversations at this time of day about the us secretary of state antony, blinking, sending written ideas to serve a lab for off addressing moscow's security concerns. and that aspect of the diplomacy it would seem, has gone no place. right. in fact, the u. s. continues to wait for an official response from russia. we know that russia has been demanding that ukraine not be allowed to become part of nato, and for nato forces to be rolled back away from the eastern europe. both points which the us and its allies have said they are not wanting to engage in. so it's remains to be seen how russia will respond to that. we know today though, that you as president joe biden was on the phone with boris johnson of the u. k, and they discussed reinforcing nato's defensive positioning in eastern europe were

warranty route between ukraine and russia, and even as we speak now, the u. s. defense secretary is heading to belgium, where he will be meeting face to face with military allies as part of nato. of course, all of this happening while the white house is still emphasizing that, as you said, peter diplomacy is still possible and they still see that there is a way to end this conflict without any bullets being fired. heidi, thank you so much. hi. did you account for talking to stay out of washington for the secretary general and soon a terrorist spoke to the ukranian and the russian foreign ministers, his diplomatic editor, james bays, on those talks. until now, the united nations has been pretty much on the sidelines of this crisis. the un secretary general knows that russia is a permanent member of the un security council with veto power bought. the secretary general has now had

a phone conversation with the russian foreign minister and with the ukrainian foreign minister and is issued. this strong statement will have no stone unturned in the search for a peaceful solution. abandoning diplomacy for confrontation is not a step over the line. it is a vive, over the cliff. in short, my appeal is these. do not fail the cause of peace. the secretary general was speaking after having lunch with the security council. secretary general can conflict be avoided? i believe so. the lunch meeting was hosted in the russian mission to the united nations. russia just happens this month to be the president of the council. other ambassadors who were there were reluctant to say much about what was discussed. it was a get discussion. it really was recent days here in the corridors of the united nations . have been very strange. you'll find some diplomats who tell you, they believe that war is imminent. they'll be an invasion within days. and yet

there are others who say that i think that will be a conflict. they think that president putin, who's always use the element of surprise, is going to surprise the world this time. by doing nothing. went away from the international diplomatic angle of this story. communities living on the front line, our growing increasingly concerned out as here as charles stratford has more from pacifica in eastern 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.

that all changed. in 2019 roles of barbed wire were laid along the border, which almost 30 years after the collapse of the soviet union and a war before a boundary between the 2 states appeared. elaina mommy, tova runs the village shop, describes life before the war. as a golden time. well that's what your longer should. we have relatives living there . you are right behind the streams. there is a village and they are children used to come to school here, visited each other as friends. we married each other, spend our holidays together, and now just every soon as close to the outside, the half empty school is the statue of the historian, who wrote about the importance of unity among cossacks who populated this region for centuries. the village is quiet. antonia mrs. server sits in the sun with her friends club, michelle,

them. my parents are buried in the cemetery and i can't visit their graves anymore . our 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 this conflict. with 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 body seeker, eastern ukraine lost more grounds still to cover for you here on out to sierra, including making their boat count. the state election being seen as an important gauge of the indian prime minister's popularity also had its not all child's play. the difficulties facing some afghan families after they've relocated to the us.

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being on his board? the marriage project, witness on al jazeera. oh ok. welcome back horse park watching out to the are your top stories ukraine's president has told the country a russian invasion may happen this week. let me, as the lensky has called for a day of unity on wednesday, i was late to his office, clarified that the president was actually referring to media reports, russia foreign minister, such a lover, office calling for additional talks with the us and its allies to address moscow security on the white house as a parcel for diplomacy does remain open. canada's prime minister is invoking never

before used emergency powers to end process that a paralyzed life in the capital auto, and block some border crossings with the u. s. so called freedom conway began as a demonstration against vaccine mandates. alan fisher reports the main bridge linking canada to the u. s. is open again, police enforcing a court order ended the 60 blockade by protest. there's demanding an end to coated restrictions. they made several arrests and set up barricades to stop it happening again. the protest hit supply chains on both sides of the border. but outside canadas, parliament and ottawa, protesters are refusing to leave, even as the local government eases covered restrictions. prime minister justin trudeau has had enough invoking special emergency measures to confront the protesters. this is not a peaceful protest at the borders. busy in different parts of the country,

the blockades are harming our economy and endangering public safety. in 1088 emergencies act allows the federal government to insure security during national emergencies. this has never been used. a similar move was last employed in 1970, the prime minister then to the us father pierre. the scope of these measures will be time limited, geographically targeted as well as reasonable and proportioned. the so called freedom convoy protest began because canadian truckers opposed a vaccine or quarantine mandate for cross border drivers. but it soon became a rallying point for people opposing the trudeau government. and now it spawns copycat through test globally. in belgium, demonstrators, there were joined by others from france, holland, and germany, to demand a hold to cover restrictions by europe's governments. the messages leave us alone.

we are peaceful. we will leave you alone. we are not accepting any japs any more. and it israel, a convoy of trucks drove the main highway from tel aviv to jerusalem, heading for the parliament building. we all support canada and support the truckers corn v that went up to our to our and we do hear the same critics of accused the so called freedom convoys of having little popular support. but authorities are aware of the disruption. even small protest can cause and like canada, i know examining what actions are available to keep roads, bridges, and supply lines open. alan fisher al jazeera washington, jonathan k as a journalist and senior editor at kill at magazine, he says, the prime minister todo has been criticized for being less decisive. canadian cities like toronto, ottawa smaller but still they often see we can protest. what was unusual about this

one is the 1st monday and tuesday came and the protesters were still there. that is new, especially on the right side of the spectrum, canada. so i not sure you can blame the police that much. it's a relatively small city, not a huge police force. they had every reason to expect these people would be gone after the weekend. and when they didn't go, they were also faced the fact they had brought in these massive trucks. in order to get rid of a master's truck, let alone dozens or hundreds of them from downtown. you need specialized tow trucks through your viewers. no. and the local tow truck companies works really reluctant to act because a lot of these truckers are their customers. so it's made the government at several levels looks somewhat impotence in the face of what actually by international standards are very small approaches at most i think marketing of 8000 people. i'm sure people looking for the showing countries where 8000 people protesting the capital is just that happens on any given weekend. so it is unusual by making

standards a little bit of a no win situation for the prime minister. i will be accused of dragging his feet by some and for being tyrannical by others. i think his supporters were looking for maybe what they would consider more decisive action. ottawa has already been the side of this protest for several weeks now. on the other hand, people who do support the con boy are going to be angry that he's been that he's invoking this at all. a funeral is being held for palestinian teenagers, shot dead by israeli security forces during unrest in the occupied west bank 11. others were injured on sunday. stephanie deca as more. oh, oh, life cut short. the body of 17 year old from the solid is taken to be buried. 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 home policy and preserve mohammed jetta dot, who's accused a fatal shooting and israeli settler in december. that also led to norm standoff between privacy 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 harvesting ins. it turned out to protest against demolition the message here. and that's, you know, 0 tolerance. in others we, the israelis will not tolerate any kind of what you call resistance, what israel cause, of course, darren. 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 it's policy of home demolitions, the palestinians and human rights group say accounts to collective punishment against the palestinian people. stephanie decker, or 0 sydney security forces of kill 2 people that a protest against the military demonstrators marched towards the presidential palace in the capital. 2, thousands have been staging weekly rallies now since the military takeover. in october, his morgan attended one protest and on durham on people have gathered once again to voice their condemnation and anger at to dance military rule. sedans, military took over power in a military take over, in late october, last year, dissolving a 2 year transitional government. and people have been protesting, ever since demanding a return to civilian rule. and to saddam's transition to democracy. protest to say that since they took to the streets there been demanding that them should be no

negotiation with the military, no compromise, and that the military should return to the barracks. now, protest have also happened in other cities around the country and in the capital to hudson, where protested. tried to make their way to the presidential palace hotel secured to come with the husband gathering within the vicinity of the presidential palace and security forces. use tear gas dispersed, protested from the vicinity of the presidential palace and to dance capital for the tomb. nearly 80 protested, have been killed in protest against the military and hundreds have been injured here and am due to man protested, had planned to go to the legislative assembly, which is d. a functional. but they say they want to show the military that they want a civilian government, general abdel for the album han has said that he's willing to handle the power to civilian rule when elections are held. or should there be a political consensus between the political parties and the military that is

currently governing? but so far, there has been no progress made in terms of jobs between the various stake holders involved in finance, politics. they not, at nation, has been launching an effort to try to mediate between the stakeholders, the political parties, the resistance committees that have been organizing for protest and the military. that is yet to produce any results. the next round off talks or negotiation, or rather the next phase of this you an effort to try to bring together the stakeholders is expected in the coming days and weeks, but protested. they will continue to take to the streets, to voice their anger against the military, and continue with their demand for civilian rule. 3 states in india, holding their local elections. the country's most populous state was a prudish is among them. pop, nate, my talk is that it's the biggest state election in india, author probation. the north is home to more than 200000000 people and is voting in 7 phases. how can i, what i can thank,

i can never be daddy. and what if you can see how prizes are rising more? the said he'd bring good days and prosperity. yes, best days are here with prices of vegetables touching the sky. i have voted, thinking about inflation without petro kit. i'm pamela with the probation and the highest number of members to parliament, and is seen as reflecting the national political mood prime minister there inter moody is halfway through his character. these balls are regarded as a test of his party, john the parties policies with what she looking feels like these cover large areas of western with millions of lives and votes, depend on it. i'm it, commerce family has owned land here for several generations. it was once a lucrative business. now god had searched and farmers have been waiting months for sugar mills to pay them. geography ordonia on earnings have been badly hitting. what can we do? we have to pay our children school fees for see those labels working. if we don't get paid on time,

we either have to delay their payments or pay them. bless. many farmers here to part in a year long protest against 3 agriculture laws. they said fabled big corporations. last september, the host of the largest of those protest, the state targeting the b j. p. ahead of the polls in 2017 the b g. b one, a landslide victory luther publish. but growing economic distress among farmers as diluted. some of that you fauria last year, the mo, the government revoked the 3 agricultural laws. but many farmers have continued to protest, saying that demands have not been met. experts say this has bolstered opposition parties making the b j. p seemed less formidable. in the last 2, twenties has 17 election, the west and you be the mid of them when term in favor of the b, b. but this, it seems that the, you know, the forty's, i'm going to smile in the opposition more. and if they continue to build up the same kind of woman that we saw in the 1st on the ordering,

then we can say that will be anybody's game. ringback polls are also being held in for more states. results would be declared on march 10 and will indicate how the b g p may perform in the next national election party method. i'll just see what the predation. northern india u. s. has banned all imports of avocados. from mexico, quotes until further notice. after reports, an american plug safety inspect received a threatening message. the band was announced before the super bowl. one of the biggest days of avocado consumption. every year. farmers in wichita state are often threatened by drug cartels demanding protection money. the mexican president believes there are other interests at work. we are looking into the matter to understand what was the threat. the truth is that mexican, a cat is, have been exported. but we have to check what happened. and all of this, there's also been a lot of political interests. there is competition. they don't want mexican ever

carriers to give them to the united states because it would take over the u. s. market because of its quality. there are other countries interested in selling ever caro's. almost all of the afghans airlifted to the us since the fall of the taliban are pardon me since the taliban took over the country are settling into new homes and while many are relieved to be there, some face an uncertain future out here is kristin. salumi met one afghan family in the state of new jersey. they found a place to live now after fleeing afghanistan with little more than the clothes on their backs acquaint near the alum. mazata 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 does mike, up at his resign himself to physical labor. here in his new home, in the state of new jersey. 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 the all their bill is so high

a. i must work hard to pay it all then at this very difficult for me. he or you, by any chance at the warehouse reformed 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, donations have been pouring in. so all this stuff is going to afghan families who are resettling all around, central new jersey, everything from mattresses to money. since some 80000 afghans were air lifted to the united states, we were deeply concerned then cobble fell in august, and as we watched the same horrific scenes that everybody else did of the chaos at the airport. we knew that quite soon we'd be experiencing a search like we'd never experience in terms of arrival. with her, they found the alameda family and more than 200 other afghans, a place to live,

nearly tripled their annual numbers in a part of the country where affordable housing is hard to come by. and a matter of 6 months, the united states re settled all but $7000.00 afghans, evacuated as part of operation allies. welcome into communities across the country . but those 7000 remain on 2 military bases. one in wisconsin, 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? oh, funding wise, we were not ready that we will be able to support and ask them arrivals along the other. 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.