jazeera ah, the white house warns that russia could invade ukraine at any time which moscow denies, but all sides agree that diplomatic avenues remain open. ah, hello darn jordan. this is out 0. live from dough are also coming up canada in boats emergency powers for the 1st time and protests against vaccine mandates. oh, funeral in the occupied westbank for a 17 year old palestinian shot dead by his ready forces during protests against home demolitions. and it's too dangerous and many how criminal gangs are forcing people from their homes in honduras.

ah, ukraine's president says, he's been told that wednesday will be the day that russia invades moscow has denied it. has any such plans? a define belong to me as the landscape has declared wednesday, a day of national unity urging ukrainians to show their patriotism. but hours after that statement raffled markets, savanski is office clarified. the president was only referring to media reports from kiev. natasha butler reports. we have to be right off the days of calling for call me ukraine and downplayed wes warnings of an imminent invasion. a change of tone from president fellow to make the lensky in an address to thanks young william the wolf thought. 7, the busha were being threatened by a big war, and the date of military invasion has been scheduled once again. it is not for the 1st time, a war is being conducted systematically against us on all fronts. on the military

front, the military contingent housing, a police around da boarded some 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 ukraine, the latest western, either on a diplomatic mission to the tensions with russia and diverted. new board europe. often more than 2 hours of talks with lensky shops promised to 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 this step to the escalate. the current tension was done for germany. it is clear that further military aggression against ukraine would have serious political, economic, and geostrategic contents as russia. i guess 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 insure our security, the landscape with force, the car of fi, ukraine, position, or nato off the common voter in the day made by ukraine's ambassador to london. that suggested that ukraine could be flexible when he comes to it's, i'm fission to join the military alliance. comment busted only to retracted. we are not a member of nato right now. and so the word war, we are ready for many concessions. and that's what we are doing in our conversations with russians, but it has nothing to do with natal with which is enshrined 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 dialogue, a useless policy of possibilities. and exhausted. of course, security talks can continue endlessly, but at this stage i would propose to continue and increase them pressure. all right, a move that will be welcomed by shult. so we'll meet the kremlin leader on tuesday in was some say could be a last chance for diplomacy. natasha butler al jazeera keith dawson. barry has more on the diplomatic signals from moscow. we've seen a slightly different tone from the kremlin at this is it because the meeting that we saw take place between sergey la prov and vladimir putin broadcast on state tv, showed a very direct exchange between the 2 men vladimir putin asked survey lover of what are your proposals in response to the united states government and their rebuttal about the security guarantees this country is looking for. and serbia lover of said

that although the united states and nato have responded negatively to the as security guarantees. the russians are looking for. there is still some merit to what they propose. the lab rav said that there has been some a ideas put forth by the americans that warrants further dialogue. i think this is the 1st time we're hearing of any concrete and answers from the russians about how they see the upcoming weeks unfolding. the russian foreign minister saying that they do have some proposals that are worth looking at. and vladimir putin asked a survey. laugh, rob, do you think there's a chance to have an agreement about our security and concerns and survey lover of respond that by saying there's always a chance. i think this is love. rob's a moment to really as signal to the world that there is still very much a window for diplomacy and that all hope is not loss. vladimir putin also asked about the russian response and that sir glover of said that the russian officials

have prepared a 10 page response to the americans. and we are yet to find out when they will respond officially and a hand that response over to the us. the u. s. is offering ukraine a sovereign loan guarantee of up to a $1000000000.00 secretary of state, anthony blink, and says the money would help ukraine's economy, which is under increased pressure because of tensions with russia. the german chancellor announced a loan of a $170000000.00 for cuba on monday. a crane is one of europe's poorest countries. men are the u. s. as temporally closing, its embassy in kia van relocating it for the west. napoleon because of fears of a russian invasion that the white house as a diplomatic resolution, is still possible artichoke has to report from washington dc. the u. s. says he decided to close its embassy in here, due to russia's military escalation on a plane in order. an invasion, as we have said, could begin at any time said prudent,

decide to order it. there would be widespread human suffering. americans and ukraine have been told to leave the country, but a core group of us diplomats will remain. they'll work from the city of la vive, further west, from the border with russia. despite the embassies closure, the white house says it remains actively engaged in finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis. the path for diplomacy remains available. if russia chooses to engage constructively. however, we are clear eyed about the prospects of that given the steps russia is taking on the ground in plain sight, president biden says he will not send us troops to defend ukraine in the event of an invasion. but american soldiers are standing by across the border in poland, a member of the nato alliance. real lives will be at risk ukrainian lives to be sure, but also russian lives. this. this will not be bloodless. this will not be easy. a

pentagon spokesman says the us has not concluded that russia's president has decided to invade ukraine, but that an invasion could come with little or no warning. president vied and spoke with the case prime minister and discussed reinforcing nato's eastern defences. and the u. s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, or he will meet with military allies. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. few and 2nd general antonio perez spoke to the ukrainian or russian foreign ministers. here's our diplomatic as a james, based 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 ukranian foreign minister and is issued this strong statement. you 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 off to 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 that were reluctant to say much about what was discussed. it was a good discussion. it really was recent days here 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. but doing nothing. what stephen pye phase, a former us ambassador to ukraine, he says russia has pushed kip towards natal 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 rams. and don boss, and you've changed the entire perception in ukraine towards nato. so 10 years ago holes 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 under and that, 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 result a russian policy towards you credit, which has been a massive failure over the past 8 years. canada's prime minister as invoking emergency powers to en protests that are brought have up to the capital ottawa unblocked some border crossings with the us. the so called freedom convoy began as a demonstration against vaccine mandates. alan fisher reports the main bridge, lincoln 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 just intruder 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. $988.00 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 his father pierre. the scope of these measures will be time limited, geographically targeted as well as reasonable and proportioned. the so called freedom convoy protests 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 spawned copycat protest globally in belt by europe's governments. the messenger leave us alone. we are peaceful, we will leave you alone. we are not accepting any japs any more. and an israel, a convoy of trucks drove the main highway from television to jerusalem, heading for the parliament building. we all support canada and support the truckers kong v that went up to ottawa 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 protests can cause and like canada, i know examining what actions that are available to keep roads, bridges, and supply lines open. alan fisher al jazeera washington type. i shall break here

now to 0. when we come back, it's not all child's play. the difficulties facing some afghan families after relocating to the united states morning status. ah look forward to brighter scully's, the winter sponsored my cattle at ways. hello. once again the weather slots, he set fair across much of the middle east as per usual. but we have seen some wet weather recently, this area cloud just pushing across or on. stretched down into that east side of a man. and we saw some big downpours here. and you can see the kinds of problems that, that lead to huge amounts of rain for, and there has been some localized fighting things, quieting down now, but just was a southeast of a man. you might just catch a shout early on tuesday. it will brighten up, it'll cheer up. as we go on through the day, much of the middle east will be dry and settle a chance of a shower or 2 up toward the caspian sea,

but nothing too much to speak of temperatures into the mid teens. there around the levant is the mid twenties across much of the middle east, dry and settled dry and settled to across sir. the northern half of africa. generally speaking. you shall showers, said just around the equator and south with some big downpours coming through here anywhere from around angola using across zambia, pushing i, which was more than parts of mozambique notice for northern parts of madagascar at tropical cyclone that's now spilling its way through as we go on into tuesday. it will grassy punch is way out toward northern parts of the mozambique channel commerce. alas, for example, we'll see some heavy downfalls it will weaken as it does so, and continued further west. oh, the weather sponsored by cataract ways. chilling the debate they erased out of like people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online, at your voice. the comment section is right here. during our conversation,

we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not to play being nationalistic about us. you just look at it in a very different way. say that perspective men and men meeting each other and they don't have any pollution. let me get it clear for you this dream on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back of her comment about top stories here. this ukraine's president has told the nation that a russian invasion may happen this week. a lot of mazda lensky has called for a day of unity. on a wednesday, hours later, his office clarified the president, was referring to media referrals. russia's foreign minister saga laboratories,

calling for additional talks with the u. s. on its allies to address moscow security demands. the white house says a path to diplomacy remains open, and the u. s. is offering ukraine a sovereign loan guarantee of up to a $1000000000.00 sector of state. anthony blinking says the money would help ukraine's economy, which is, which is on the increased pressure because of tensions with russia. and russia's defense minister as announced the end of some military drills in bella, luce, but the pentagon says troop numbers have been boosted over the past few days. steadfast is in bella. luce is border region and says many truck to but it seems to have slowed down, quivering ruffling, and south of bell roofs near the border with ukraine and visited the few areas where the said joint bell, russian, 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 airfields nearby, there were s $400.00 missile defense system. so station there,

according to reports, and also so call you a fighter jets flowing 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 you a sad that these military drills that were 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 for enjoy this invited to this joint fellowship russian drill. so the question is, is this still going to be ongoing alex on the look osha and got the leader here and bella was asked today, what will happen to the russian troops,

according to nato around $30000.00 are supposedly here, after these drills are finished and lucca shanker sat, well this is our business, i will meet flooding me, put in very soon, and i'll will deal with it. went away from international diplomacy. communities living on the front lines are growing increasingly worried. charles stratford as mona, from birth, cisco, 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. the whole changed in 2019 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, mom, you 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, like antonia misses server sits in the sun with her friends. club, michelle, them, my parents are buried in the cemetery and i can 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 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. charles stafford al jazeera but to safeco easton ukraine. a funeral has been held for a palestinian teenager shot dead by israeli security forces during unrest in the oxide west bank. 11. others were injured on sunday. stephanie decker force. oh god . oh. life cut short. the body of 17 year old from a double solid is taken to be buried. was killed by israeli forces during confrontations. new janine in the occupied west bank. the

standoff started when these really army arrived to demolish the home of palestine. prisoner mohammed jetta dot, who's accused the 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 palestinians, it turned out to protest against to demolition is a message here. and that's a 0 tolerance. in others we, the israelis will not tolerate any kind of res, what you call resistance. what is real calls? 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. resistance act, we are going to come after you. and the idea is to try to intimidate the

palestinians and try to give them the feeling that there is no space whatsoever for any kind of resistance to what is real is. ah, israel continues to apply it's policy of home demolitions, the palestinians in human rights group say accounts to collective punishment against the palestinian people. stephanie decker o g 0. dana cove at 19 cases in south korea have again, next seated 50000 for the 6th day in a row. a country recorded more than 57000 infections filled by. the army kron variant for the death rate is at its lowest point. since the pandemic began, almost all of the afghans are lifted to the u. s. since the fall of the country to the taliban are settling into new homes and while many are relieved to be there, some face uncertain future. i'll just say was kristin salumi met one african 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 is out. a family has only a few months to figure out how to pay for it. i'm going to start everything from 0 rama tula. allah, mazata worked as an interpreter back hall. you so it is mixed up, but his resign himself to physical labor here in his new home in the state of new jersey mother. but 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 bell is so high. hey, 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 helping 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 airlifted 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 re settlement agencies tasked with overseeing community

placements capacity. why fi were not ready and funding wise? we were not ready that we won't be able to support and ask them arrivals along as 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 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. the high moderates are driving people out of their homes in honduras, some of being forced leave the country saying they're trying to protect their children from being recruited into criminal gangs. as manuel rap on our reports in the capitol compton makes tackling the violence more difficult at a late night crime scene in big lucy galvan, a shoot outraged between gang members and police in the villanueva neighbourhood, leaving at least 7 dead. i put on the sofa from info k,

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 here say blood soaked streets littered with bullet casings. have 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 emmis 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. when 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 of us all me as we faced humiliation we've lost our house because of the gangs. my children cry and sites me, mama 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 got a lack of confidence in hunter and authorities means victims of violence. seldom reports, crimes to police and security experts say collusion between criminal groups and government officials permeates across all levels of society. i mean, it be most unfortunately we see the different politicians and government leaders have been linked to drug trafficking. we see that there are high rates of impunity, 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 reigning in the violence often feels like a losing battle. corporate audio and video audit in comparison to previous years,

the incidents 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. where ponderous has a rate of $38.00 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. manuel wrap a little al jazeera big lucy gal ranges at the r b or a national park. and argentina have managed to rescue a number of animals and fires sweeping through the area around 50000 hectares. have been burnt. a pair of anteaters and for my cause will be reintroduced the wetlands once it's safe to do so. researchers found a new way to track down elephant poachers in africa. they conducted dna testing on over 4000 tasks seized in shipments. it revealed family ties among the elephants

killed, helping pinpoint the air as they lived in its hope. the research will help identify illegal trafficking networks ah, start up with check on the top stories here. ukraine's president has told the nation that a russian invasion may happen. this week is called for a day of unity on wednesday. russia has consistently denied any plans to attack its neighbor, last leg legally. we knew we are being threatened by a big war that ended date of a military invasion was scheduled once again. it is not for the 1st time.