to issued by our oil, be it for public opinion or profit. once you make people afraid, you can use that to justify stripping away basic civil liberties. the listening post examined the vested interest behind the content you could see on al jazeera. ah, german chancellor, olive shoals heads to moscow a day off to russia, suggested this still hope the diplomacy in the ukraine crisis, fairing and imminent russian invasion ukraine's president declares wednesday will be a day of unity. ah, hello i money i eat. this is out there, lie from dough also coming up, canada activates emergency powers never used before in an effort to end protests

against coven, 19 vaccine molds and garbage piled up on beaches and livelihoods still in ruins. to mount soft, to tie from rice swept across. ah, the german chancellor is heading to moscow on the 2nd leg of a diplomatic mission to stop a feed russian invasion of ukraine. all our shawls will arrive as the kremlin and western leaders hold out. the possibility that a diplomatic solution is still possible. the russian president vladimir putin insist no attack as planned, even though tens of thousands of his soldiers have taken up positions on ukraine's board. us or the german leader wasn't here on monday, reaffirming full support to ukraine's president laudermill lansky. later issued an address to the nation, giving a message of unity for the day that some have warned that russia will invade

natasha butler as us report from keith. we have the right after days of calling for carmen, ukraine and downplaying west warnings of an imminent invasion. a change of tone from president for low to may zalinski in an address to the nation. william of thought, samson bless us. we are being threatened by a big law and a day 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 contingency was increased around our borders. allison on the diplomatic front, they're trying to deprive us of the right to decide foreign policy on our own. it came after a visit by the german chancellor to ukraine, the latest western leader on a diplomatic mission to decrease tensions with russia and to 30 war europe. often more than 2 hours of talks with zalinski, schultz promised keith more german financial aid and issued

a warning to moscow. is my hand kiss, the i'mma ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity on the non negotiable for germany. we therefore expect russia to take their steps to de escalate the current tension as one was planned for germany. it is clear that further military aggression against ukraine would have serious political economic, geostrategic, consequences. russia shaggy soon gig. zalinski said ukraine must join nato because the country security was inseparable from europe's. my would know ali us, as for our future alliances are 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 zelinski was forced to clarify your crane's position on nato after cummins. earlier in the day, made by ukraine's ambassador to london for suggested that ukraine could be flexible when it comes to its ambitions to join the military alliance commentary ambassador

late to retracted. we are not a member of nato right now and to reward war, we are ready for many concessions. and that's what we are doing in our conversations with rations. but it has nothing to do with nato wizard, which is in trying to catch a fusion 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. but if your service goes out, possibilities and exhausted, of course, security talks can't continue endlessly. but at this stage, i would propose to continue an increase from pressure. all right, a move that will be welcomed by shawl, so we'll meet the kremlin leader on tuesday in what some say could be and last chance. but diplomacy? natasha buckler, alto sera, keith. meanwhile,

you as president joe biden has again spoken on the phone with the british prime minister boris johnson. agreeing that the window for diplomacy is still open for washington is taking no chances with its diplomatic staff that are based in ukraine . as heidi j, castro reports, the u. s. says he decided to close its embassy in here, due to russia's military escalation on a friday and border. an invasion, as we have said, could begin at any time, should boot and decide to order it. there would be widespread human suffering. americans in ukraine had been told to leave the country, but a core group of us diplomats will remain. they'll work from the city of leave, 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 u. s. 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 algae 0,

washington. you and secretary general antonio terrace has stepped up, his engagement with both sides in a potential sign of how concerned he is about the risk of conflict. he's our diplomatic at his head, james base. until now the united nations has been pretty much on the side lines 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 ukrainian foreign minister and has issued this strong statement do leave no stone unturned in the search for a peaceful solution. abandoning diplomacy for confrontation is not a step over the line. it is a dive over a 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 or nor 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. that 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 believed 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. on the u. s. is offering ukraine a sovereign loan guarantee of up to a $1000000000.00, meaning it will step in if he can't make its debt obligations. yes, actually stay ansley blank and says it will help stabilize ukraine's economy,

which he says is straining from the tension with russia. gemini is also offering them alone of a $170000000.00. while away from all the international diplomacy communities living on the front line to growing increasingly concerned, charles stratford has more from bota, civic 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. 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, every scene 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. shuddered 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. for the longer this crisis goes on, the more concerns grow amongst people here. but the community they have lived in for generations may never be the same. char stratford, al jazeera, bought a sieve, go. houston ukraine, or russia's defense minister has announced the end of some militia drills in belarus. the u. s. pentagon says, trick numbers have actually increased in the past few days. step rason is in belarus, is border region and says military activity does appear to have slowed down. quivering traveling in the south of bella roost near the border with ukraine and visited the few areas where the said joint bellow, ocean,

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 $400.00 missile defense system. so station there, according to reports, and also so call you a fighter jets flown in the, 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 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 lucas. she's got a leader here in bella with 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 luca shanker sat, well, this is our business. i will meet flooding me, put in very soon, and i'll will deal with it. the rest of the days news coming on and campaigning begins in what's expected to be south korea's tightest presidential election into decades. and remembering the face of american football attribute. nfl hall of fame case john mangers. ah

hello. we've got some pretty wet, some windy weather pushing towards western parts of europe over the next couple of days. some lie be down, paused by strong winds as well, but at least the payoff is it will tend, somewhat milder for most of us here. got a cold front just ahead of that. some wet weather and some windy weather just pushing through the low country, sliding a little further east with some rice the the snow there for scandinavia. high pressure drifting away from eastern parts. here it is generally dry. now there's still some snow there just around the abs, pushing a little further eastward towards austria. some wet weather, winter weather too. just in around the generic helps as we go on a through a thursday. 30 little little drive of the southeast of france, but whether not too far away started to push its wayne as we go through the course of the day. have you down paused there in across the low countries, but his aunt next sister miss area of low pressure is quite a violent one. that will bring some damaging winds into our northern ireland into scotland, northern parts of england for the middle part of the week. so some be down, pause,

coming through here. still some heavy down post just around central parts of the med will see turning increasingly wet into parts of greece, a few showers to just around northern parts of algeria, pushing cross northern areas of tunisia. chances some showers there too, for northern libya. ah frank assessments for china will benefit from the 0 call it strategy. if the rest of the world we're not getting together informed opinions at all costs focused on each other on that statement. critical debate, why group would claims that native constitutes? i lead to stan cho thread to rush up. what is precisely his actions that's created this insecurity in the region in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera. ah

ah. welcome back you watching out as a reminder of how top stories this, our german chancellor is heading to moscow on the 2nd leg of a diplomatic mission to prevent a fed russian invasion if crane what's the need is on the kremlin site, diplomatic solution is still possible ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has addressed the nation calling for a day of unity this wednesday, that when some have warned that russia will invade us is offering you create a loan guarantee you up to a $1000000000.00, meaning it will, steppin if you have comp make as decimal obligations, secretary of state out to the blink and says it will help stabilize the client's economy. with

nancy, canada with the prime minister has invoked emergency powers never used before to end protests against cave at 19 restrictions. the so called freedom con, that convoy began as a demonstration against vaccine mandates more than 2 weeks ago. now it since spread to other cities and blocked border crossings with the us. 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 those 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 will soon became a rallying point for people opposing the trudeau government. and now it spawned copycat protests globally. in belgium, demonstrators,

there were joined by others from france, holland, and germany, to demand a hold to cuba, 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 israel, a convoy of trucks drove the main highway from tel aviv to through slum heading for the parliament building. we all support canada and support the truckers con v that went up 2 or 2 and we do hear the same critics of accused the so called freedom comb, voice 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 that are available to keep roads, bridges, and supply lines open. alan fisher, i'll g 0 washington on last night and work is about the age of 50 in italy won't have access to the workplace from tuesday. it's an extension of the

government's green pass health certificate, which is required to access most public venues. employees in the private and public sector will have to show proof of vaccination against coven 19 anyone court working with us. it could face fines and suspension without pay. thousands of nurses in australia's most popular state of new south wales have walked off the job for the 1st time in nearly a decade. staging a 24 hour strike the mountain. best hay and most staffing during the pandemic. the nurses defied a last minute order by the states industrial relations commission to call off the strike, which it said could put public health in danger. south for more than a $150.00 hospitals are taking part. has been 2 months since typhoon ride, devastated large areas of the central philippines. only 10000000 people were affected by the storm with at least 2 and a half 1000000 still in need of help to. well, alan dugan has this report from bo,

whole province, one of the worst hit areas. jesse garcia, thought he was just an ordinary typhoon. they said they were by the sea side with their children until the water rose. like a wall. you'll seen me, philip, we're not all of a sudden our roofs were blown only and we had to swim away from the current with our children. it's just terrible that a bunch of us are bright. thankfully, jesse said their house and his boat, which he once use for fishing, is now this choice. this cause though vineyards in or by is one of the worst. his areas here in the province of ball survivors here tell us some of them were able to salvage a few pieces of whatever is left of their homes. but for what they say when they're not even allowed to rebuild here any more typhoon y, locally known as that,

that caused extensive damage in the science. and the men in our region. it killed at least $400.00 people and displeased millions more. government officials say the damage is comparable to super type when a young in 2013 the strongest storm on global record. according to the united nations, more than 2000000 people are in dire need of assistance and access to food, shelter and medicine remains limited. hundreds of towns are still without power and boiling water will announce our a hard the folk. there are hardly reese and the there are you still confronting these hardships? but of course, we need all the help we can get considering that the 200000 people about 80000 of totally destroyed homes right now. early in the gym, ours is now homeless. her 15 square meter home was swept away by the storm surge. nothing is left, she said,

and they feel grateful if they are able to eat twice. city. the situation here is repeated many times over. at least 4 other provinces remain in desperate need of aid. there are communities which were already reeling from the economic impact of the pandemic. so typhoon rice, devastation has actually scaled back recovery efforts even further. shemelle alan dog and al jazeera ball province central philippines. santana is on the way to south korea's presidential election under the constitution, the when a gets to serve a single 5 year term as rob mcbride reports from so it's a position that has often been marked. i scandal this like most elections before. it is likely to be a straight to horse race between a conservative unit. so y'all and his liberal opponent, the j. mm. young with both of them fighting against their own unpopularity. a fact they seem to accept to ho. oh,

they're young. i give the gun. don't give out to party politics with a vested interest, offer limited choices. as a result, people live to bite the bullet and choose the less only to evil. neither has international standing, but they are vying for a job that now has global reach. there's south korea's importance in the world economy, especially and high tech manufacturing. it's cultural clout is growing through movies, drama, and k pop. and it's key geopolitical role in sino u. s. relations as well as it's fraught dealings with north korea, the outgoing liberal president, moon j. n, has made it his mission to improve into korean ties. but his term is ending with the north, increasing its missile testing with the threat of launching longer range, ballistic missiles that have brought the peninsula to the brink of conflict in the past. uh huh. when there's a high possibility there, various missile tests are,

will be conducted intensively after the presidential election on march 9th. and if he wins you and zekiel has promised a tougher line with the north, including the possibility of preemptive strikes against its newly developed hypersonic missiles, you don't owe your mother her captor power. if it's carrying a nuclear weapon to time, it will take to reach to capital area and come in a massacre is under a minute. it's practically impossible to intercept whether or not this election will result in worsening into korean relations. what's almost guaranteed is its fair share of controversy. both candidates come into this race mod by domestic scandal, and that's before the campaign. mudslinging really gets underway. this is a country where the job of president has often ended in the disgrace of coups resignations, or imprisonment. as this campaign starts, park yon hay returns to life as an ordinary citizen, following her, pardon,

and release from a 22 year sentence. one of 4 former presidents were to have spent time behind bars . rob mcbride al jazeera, so that ali banner is in bahrain on the 1st official visit by an israeli prime minister. the golf state normalize relations with israel and 2020 through a u. s. broke in agreement as well. and bahrain signed a security cooperation cooperation, dale earlier this month, take his president, is in the united arab emirates for the 1st time in nearly a decade. matchup tape, 81 as being hosted by the crown prince of abu dhabi mohammed been said, al nyhan, taking the u. e. where for some odds for years onto the ab spring as they supported opposing sides in regional conflicts, mexico's president has suggested politics and economics all the reasons behind

a u. s. ban on mexican avocados. the suspension on imports was announced after you as the official report of being threatened while during inspection work in mexico. farmers in michigan state are regularly extorted and attacked. i cartels and criminal gangs. i theory under there, soon to we're looking into the matter to understand what was the threat. the truth is that mexican ever carriers have been exported here, 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 avocados to give them to the united states because it would take over the u. s. market because of its quality. so there are other countries interested in selling ever cargoes. them thousands of people have on the face and voice as american supple. i gathered at the oakland coliseum in california to pay tribute to john latin. he died at the age of 85 in december. it's the stadium went

fast and to think out there is gabriel. alexander reports on madden's unique legacy . the book starts now. one man, an icon to 3 generations of american football fans in 3 different areas, coaching, broadcasting and gaming. that man, john madden, who embodied everything football. he started as a player before his career was cut short due to injury. but older american football fans likely remember john mad and when he coached the oakland raiders in the 19 seventy's, his no nonsense attitude gaining him the loyalty of his players. a super bowl when and when he retired, the winning, his coaching nfl history, a coaching career that was kept by an induction into the pro football hall of fame would have satisfied most people. but not john man. most middle aged football fans likely only no. john madden from his 2nd act and what an act it was after coaching,

madden spent the next 3 decades in the broadcast booth. as a flamboyant analyst, well, you can't make yourself one dimensional with over 15 sports emmy awards. he's widely considered the greatest football analyst ever for his ability to explain the game in simple, yet entertaining terms. john madden was one of the most famous and recognizable people in all of american football. during the season, it would seem like he would appear everywhere. but one place you would never find, john madden was at an airport. john madden did not like to fly at all. he was claustrophobic. so he took a bus everywhere around the country and had said, madden cruiser hole on the side of the bus. so everybody knew who was inside and he stopped all the time at small little cafes in order to eat and talk to people and

learn what their life was like. he loved it. he loved getting to know people. he was the ultimate man of the people. ha younger football fans, those under 30 years old, probably only know mad in by the video game that bears his name, madden, and phil. one of the most popular sports video games of all time has sold over a $130000000.00 copies and generated nearly $4000000000.00. john, earl madden, a man who stature is unmatched in a uniquely american sport. gabriel's ando al jazeera new york. ah, this is out there are these you top stories. the german chancellor is heading to moscow on the 2nd leg of a diplomatic mission to stop a fed russian invasion of ukraine. i'll have sholtes will arrive as the kremlin and western leaders hold.