government forces when conflict started in 2014, most of the people that used to live in this neighborhood are too afraid to return because of the sporadic shilling. and now increasing phase of a potential renewed conflict. oh, we do not want war in europe. the message from russia's leader off to talk with the german chancellor in moscow of ukraine. and russia says it is pulling some of its troops from the border with ukraine after they've completed their drills. ah, and come out santa maria here in dunbar with the world news from al jazeera, the former president of honduras has spoken out after the u. s. demanded his rest and extradition. accusing him of links to drugs caught garbage,

piled up on beaches and livelihoods still in ruins. 2 months now, after typhon bryce swept through the philippines. ah, russian president vladimir putin says he doesn't want war and he's willing to work with the west to resolve the ongoing stand off of that ukraine. and speaking alongside the german chancellor, all of sholtes who's visiting moscow patients said he is not satisfied with responses to the kremlin security concerns. he did confirm, he has ordered some trips to withdraw, though, after they finished military drills near ukraine's border trip build up has been at the center of western warnings that russia may in fact invade you. nish lenient. even though by it, do we want war or not? of course we don't, and it's for that reason that we have submitted a proposal as to a negotiate should process as a result of which there should be

a guarantee for security, for everybody including our country. unfortunately, we have already said this, we have not yet received any kind of substances answer to the submission of the mattress and the curtains and provide to mr. i fully agree that diplomatic, if it's have yet to be exhausted, we have to find a peaceful resolution to this crisis. several troops of a pullback, which is a good sign. and we hope that this will continue. we're prepared with our allies in the a u, a nato, to take steps for the improvement of various of mutual interest. but thought there with all center barry in moscow with more on president putin's comments. he called his nearly 3 and a half hour meeting with the german chancellor. all off showed useful and comprehensive. he said that the 2 men had a lot to discuss. this came as he announced a 10000000000 dollar further investment from the russians into the german economy. the supply of russian gas to germany is very much part of that relationship. he

said that the russians supply nearly 35 percent of the gas that the german population uses. also noteworthy is the position about nato, and the talks with united states. let me put, it was very clear that they have to have a discussion now about needed further expansion. it's not just about the issue of people crane whether or not they will join today or tomorrow or in the future because the issue has to be addressed. now, he doesn't want to wait anymore, he wants to talk about expansion of nato, and he wants to clearly talk about the core issue that at russia has with nato in the united states on those key points. while the pentagon says it's reviewing claims by the russians that by withdrawing troops from the ukraine for kimberly, how could i white house correspondent, i guess in the meantime, there is plenty of skepticism over these claims. yeah, there is

a lot of skepticism about these claims. we'll get to those in a moment because we've had some news in just the last few moments and that is that right now we've just learned from the white house that in fact, the u. s. president joe biden is in a telephone call with the french president, emmanuel mack crawl. we also know a background from the state department that in fact the and the secretary of state antony blanket is in a telephone call with his russian counterpart survey. laugh rob. so there's a lot of diplomatic activity that's going on air, or it has just wrapped up. it's hard to tell because we haven't gotten exact tick tock or timing on these telephone calls only that they're taking place now or around now. but what we can surmise small, this is a flurry of diplomatic activity is taking place at this hour in an effort to try and de escalate the tensions that exist over ukraine. and that build up of russian troops along its border. now add to that,

come out is the fact that we know that also the defense secretary lloyd austin is continuing his diplomatic outreach planning with military leaders. he's headed to brussels, where he'll be going to nato headquarters to meet with the military leaders of belgium, poland, and lithuania. but to your question about the skepticism about those reports of a russian troops pulling back after completing their training exercise, you're absolutely right. there's a lot of skepticism in the united states about those reports, because according to the u. s. ambassador to nato julianne smith, she says, well, the united states has seen this before. in fact, back in december, the u. s. said that they saw some or, or heard reports of de escalation only to see russia rapids program up even further in terms of the bolstering of military troops along the border with you praise. so a lot of skepticism. they're reviewing this intelligence as we speak. but again,

there is a healthy dose of skepticism as there continues to be this dual track and washington of diplomacy, as well as a preparedness and deterrence. okay, thank you. kimberly talk to you again later. a nato secretary general says there are grounds for cautious optimism about this pull out of russian troops, but he's seen no evidence so far. so far, we have not seen any de escalation on the ground or not seen any earth science of reduce the russian, meet her person, so on the borders of ukraine. ah, but we will continue to monitor and to follow closely. walter, russia is so doing some other news concerning russia, the imprisoned dissident, alexei, nevada, is on trial once again. this time charged with fraud and insulting a judge is accused of embezzling funds from his now band. anti corruption foundation in a valley narrowly survived an assassination attempt with the chemical nerve agent,

nova shock in 2020 alexei mode of your visit. russia specialist, an associate professor of national security and strategic studies at cuttin university in perth and told us, the timing of this court case is deliberate. the eyes of the world, and suddenly the west is on your brain, then the window. so now lonely as much when public he's in the eyes of the with the media will not ratio any problem. and in fact, i believe that the kremlin believes that given the current state, the political negotiations concerning your questions off the villages in they rushing bridge and all that made in your brain. i think the probably bill is not only will be on on, on the bottom of the robber, just for the west to discuss this matter with, with russia right now hands, it's probably an ideal time to rob the trial. so it doesn't look like it's happening in last moment. and at the same time the attention of the west is

elsewhere. there are couple of charges that he has been accused of. one is the fraud, and that 1 may, i may get a hold or a couple of years in addition to the current sentence, and i think all it requires is for him to be out of the game for the time of the election. the 2nd charge is installed on the wall at the rock, but more importantly, it's about damping him as someone who breaks the law create an impression in the eyes of the rest of the electra. that is not in the role. then someone who actually offense, elderly and respected members of the russian community, and by that discredit discrepancy is, is that you as the charismatic of russia. so. busy called on systemic a position the united states is asked honduras to arrest and hand over its former presidents has been accused in federal court in new york of receiving money from

drugs, cartels. cathy lopez or the on has more security forces were called in on monday night to surround the wealthy neighbourhood where the former president of on board as lives less than 3 weeks ago when orlando nun, this was in charge of the country now the u. s. is calling for his arrest. an expedition o prosecutors in new york have repeatedly accused and former president of involvement and drug trafficking, alleging his political rise was fueled by truck profits. i am under kind of a company what we've been calling for his arrest since 2015. when we denounce that, the former president was a drug trafficker corrupt and associated with criminal joe. and that was that i had known this was prison for 8 years. he was, prosecutors have accused him of receiving millions of dollars in exchange for protecting drug shipments through their country. the money was reportedly also used

to bray politicians and help his political career. rather, not. the former prison has repeatedly denied the allegations in an audio recording on tuesday. he said he's willing to voluntarily turn himself in the story, but i thought he knew i'm ready to collaborate and voluntarily go to the authorities. the moment the supreme court judge is assigned to this case, so that i can face the situation and defend myself accordingly. his legal team, our user, will take instruction from the supreme court of on board us and not from foreign countries, isn't the view in life. it's up to the executive power of the nation. we must wait for an independent body of the state to make the corresponding decisions. look at non this law office on january 27th. when the new president, yamato pastor was sworn in on that same day, he became on doris as representative to the central american parliament, which overseas, political and commercial treaties across the region. and as

a member of their group, his lawyers argue the former president has immunity from criminal prosecution. paseo lopez for the young al jazeera 2 months now since typhoon ride, devastated large areas of the central philippines, nearly $10000000.00 people were affected. but at least 2400000 still in need of help jamilla allen dog. and as this report from the whole province, one of the worst hit areas. jessie garcia thought it 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 thin me feel up when i all of a sudden our roofs were blown away and we had to swim away from the current with our children. it was terrible, terrible baba, but all of us are brave only thankfully, jesse said their house and his boat, which he once use for fishing, is now this choice. this cause though vineyards in obey 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 a death caused extensive damage in the desires and them in our region. if 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 records. 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 bonnie water, well on, on sort of 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 yet considering that the 200000 people about 80000 of totally destroyed homes right now or lean the gym hours 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 ali doug and al jazeera ball province, central philippines. in the news ahead, campaigning big in what's expected to be south korea's tightest presidential election in 2 decades. and remember the fights of american football attributes to the nfl hall of fame coach. john madden.

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precious moran gay in the game. my zimbabwe on al jazeera. ah aah! on al jazeera, these are the top stories this our rushes president vladimir putin says he is ready for further talks with the west in a little in order to resolve a sand off of ukraine. he spoke of formation with the german chancellor, all of schultz in moscow. putin also said he ordered some troops to withdraw from areas near the border with ukraine, but gave no details on when it'll happen, or how many will be withdrawn. west says rushes has up to a 100000 military personnel. and nato secretary general has added that. he is cor

shalise, cautiously optimistic about russia's announcement, but he said so far, he's not seen any signs of de escalation on the ground. more now with step boston, she is, she is in loony nets in southern belarus, where russia has been conducting military drills. she told us there are no obvious signs, but truth droll there. well, i have to say there's quite so much skepticism here. also in the south of valor was about the statement that the russian troops are leaving or about to leave. it's also very hard to verify the statement here on the ground because there has been some footage are released by the russian ministry of defense is showing a tanks and troops leaving, but there wasn't any mention of a day or time or location. we're here at luna. and yet air base, which is one of the location where reportedly high and equipment from russia was brought in as far as 10000 kilometers away from the far east. the eastern command,

apparently as $400.00 missile defense systems are here and also so guy is korea fighter jets. well, we know now that this exercise or whatever is happening here hasn't ended because just a 20 minutes ago. we heard of hi to chat statement to the air, presumably on a training mission. so definitely activity here still in the learning yet. and it's also interesting to note that the russian ministry sat, that the western and southern command was going to be withdrawn back to their basis in russia. but i didn't mentioned anything about the eastern and central command. and what we've known so far is that there are many tropes brought in from the far east. and earlier, the mayor of kiff italy quit cars for 2 hours here. he says, the city will defend itself. in the case of an invasion. i'm responsible for trivial defense and to we have to defend our cities. we have to defend our families

. we have to defend our future because our future is you will be a part of european family as democratic, modern ukraine country. and it's just russians not happy with that because it's no secret mister pool didn't want very much to rebuild. so it in prior to washington wire and the grand have to be very important part of this. and we have no, we're planning here for any scenario that we do a mo, how will be developed whole situation. but we also prepare for worst case it, but the 1st of all is the ukrainian, the army is pretty strong eve eve, something good going wrong in the russians coming here. ok, so you will defense ready to fight area civilian have to defend our city? clear answer. canada's prime minister has invoked emergency power is never used

before to and protests against cove in 1000 restrictions. the so called freedom convoy began as a demonstration against vaccine mandates. more than 2 weeks ago. it's since spread to other cities and blocked border crossings. with united states or from alan fisher, 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 coded 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 i say candidates, parliament and ottawa protestors 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 protectors. 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 emergencies act along the federal government to ensure 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. but it soon became a rallying point for people opposing the trudeau government. and now it spawned copycat protest 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 man. and an 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 con v that went up 2 or 2 and we do hear the same critics of accused the so called freedom convoys of having little popular support but authorities unaware 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 unvaccinated workers over the age of 50 in italy won't have access to their workplace from tuesday. this is an extension of the government's green pass health certificate, which is required to access most public menus, employees and the private and public sectors will after show proof of vaccination

against coven, excuse me, any one court working without it could face fines and suspension without pay thousands of nurses in australia's most popular state, new south wales of walked off the job for the 1st time in nearly a decade. the staging a 24 hour strike, demanding better pay and more 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. there are staff for more than a $150.00 hospitals, taking part. excuse me, ethiopia parliament has voted for an early end to a 6 months state of emergency that was declared back in november when rebels from the northern tegra region with threatening to march on the capital, addis ababa, they have since retreated, and the security situation has improved campaigns began for south korea's presidential election under the constitution the when it gets to serve a single 5 year term. but as rob mcbride reports from sol, it's

a position that has often been marked by scandal. this like most elections before, it is likely to be a straight to horse race between a conservative units of young and his liberal opponents, the j mm. young. with both of them fighting against their own unpopularity. a fact, they seemed to accept, pulled their young by yankee the gun don't you have to party politics with a vested interest offer limited choices. as a result, people are left to bite the bullet. in truth, 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 sign o 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. no, i mean, 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, yoon soak yo has promised a tough line with the north, including the possibility of preemptive strikes against its newly developed hypersonic missiles. however, capture if it's carrying a nuclear weapon to time it will take to reach the capital area and commit a massacre is under a minute, 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 the president has often ended in the disgrace of cruise, resignations, or imprisonment. as this campaign part young hey returns to life as an ordinary citizen, following her, pardon and release from a 22 year sentence. one of 4 former presidents to spend time behind bars. rob mcbride al jazeera, so breaking news just coming through. consenting versions, prince andrew. he has reached an out of court financial settlement with the junior afraid says the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her 20 years ago when she was just 17 years old. the prince has consistently denied allegations but has come to some sort of settlement. at this stage. paris has launched its 1st noise radar as part of

a plan to target loud motorcycles and other vehicles. the machine measures noise levels of moving cars and can even identify license plates. the french capital plans to start issuing fines from early next year. already you'll see he's going sanctioned the owners of noisy vehicles under existing legislation, but they need the necessary equipment to catch people in the act. russian figure skater coming value dominated the ice skating rink at the beijing olympics on tuesday, despite the doping scandal surrounding her. the 15 year olds performance was good enough to put her on top and be womens short programmable standing. she now progresses to what's called the free skate on thursday, where no battles will be handed out. if she finishes in the top 3. a sports court cleared value ever to continue competing despite finding a doping tests and a pre elliptic events and a bit more sports, thousands of people on the face and voice of american football. again that at the oakland coliseum in california to pay tribute to john madden,

who died at the age of 85 in december. this is the stadium when he 1st came to fame . deborah lily's on the report on the unique legacy that stretched across decades where 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 madden when he coached the oakland raiders in the 1970 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 men. 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 anna, but 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 would seem like he would appear everywhere. but one place you would never find john med 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 talked 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 maddened by the video game that bears his name. madden nfl. 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 hondo al jazeera new york. ah, it's half of the hour on al jazeera, these are the headlines, rushes. president vladimir putin says he doesn't want war and is willing to work with the west to resolve the ongoing standard.