mission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah, russia attach a grain, it would be a war choice, or a war without cause or reason. president joe biden warns russia the u. s. and its allies, a ready to respond decisively to any attack on ukraine. how russia announces that some of its troops are withdrawing from drills near ukraine. but nato says it hasn't seen the signs of de escalation. ah, there in tennis is out there, a knife from london, also coming up, britons,

prince. andrew reaches an out of court settlement with virginia ju freight, who says he sexually abused her when she was 17. and less than 3 weeks ago, he was a president of honduras. now on orlando hernandez has surrendered to police. if a drug trafficking charges ah and are you as president joe biden has warned that america will rally the world to oppose any russian aggression against ukraine? sang the human cost of war would be immense. barden says the u. s. has not verified . russia's claims that some of its troops are withdrawing from the ukrainian border . and his appeal for diplomacy to be given a chance to avoid a war, he says will trigger powerful sanctions from the west and its allies of russia attacks ukraine. it would be a war of choice or a war without cause or reason. i say these things not to provoke,

but to speak the truth. because of truth matters, accountability matters. if russia does invade the days a weeks ahead, the human cost for ukraine will be immense. and the strategic cross for russia will also be immense. if russia tax ukraine will be met with overwhelming international condemnation, the world will not forget. russia chose needless death and destruction. let's get more from my counter and washington d. c. so an attempt brimley by president biden, to spread out to the risks for russia, but also to continue to the possibility of, of dialogue and diplomacy. yes. will a double edge speech there made by president biden previously unscheduled? once again, reiterating those threats against russia,

including massive sanctions. should they go ahead with invasion? but at the same time expressing the hope that de plus diplomacy remains. he'd noted to that to russia has indicated its willingness to continue talking at this. he, it welcomes and says that he would choose the diplomatic route over any other. and hope said russia does the same at the same time though, making very clear that there would be massive u. s. reaction. should the invasion take place once again, outlining that sanctions package that he threatened in recent weeks, including and singling out to the closure of the nor to pipeline from russia to germany. now this is something that he'd been reluctant to expressly say would be part of the sanctions package, no longer making very clear that it would, despite the impact that it would have on the u. s's ally, germany. so a once again, 8 to tone, it's better to speech by the, a president on the one hand reiterating threats against russia. should the invasion

go head on the other hand, opening up the possibility of continued negotiation. and he was also reaching a was not just talking to americans. he's also talking to russians. wasn't he saying that at the u. s. in nature, not a threat to russia? well, that was an interesting aspect of his particular statement or saying that the u. s . does not threaten the ordinary russian apparently attempting to counter what the biden administration would see on russian propaganda. trying to persuade its people that the u. s. along with this nato allies pose a massive threat to russia and to russians, but president biden going out of his way to say that this is not the case. he reiterated that there are no u. s. troops in ukraine, and there will be no u. s. troops in ukraine aid ukraine will continue. and also of course, there are u. s. troops on nato's eastern flank. they'd been sent there to buttress the nato

forces in recent weeks, along with the number of other nato allies. but very much, a 2 tone spread statement from the u. s. president. it would appear that he decided to make the statement after reports in the course of the morning that russia had begun a withdrawal of its troops. having said that, it had continued the training programs, which they were taking part in a very clearly precedent, biden, attempting to make very clear that the u. s. does not accept this at face value insisting that intelligence sources maintain that there's still a massive russian presence on the ukrainian and belarus borders some 150000 said the u. s. president. i can, i thank you very much. well, as i might just mentioned, the sight of some russian troops appearing to pull away from the border with ukraine has been met with some skepticism as diplomatic efforts to avoid war continue. ukraine and western leaders said, i haven't seen enough evidence that russian troops are withdrawing where circles,

where russia is thought to have deployed more than a 150000 troops. surrounding ukraine on 3 sides of russian soldiers are also deployed in the antics region of crimea. and back thousands of fighters into rebel held eastern provinces. i was before russia's withdrawal announcement, a u. s. defense official said ground units. we're moving closer to the ukranian border. satellite company said there was increased military activity in bella, bruce premier and western russia, including the arrival of helicopters and fighter jets. the u. k says russia is building feel hospitals near ukraine in bel ruth, which could mean an invasion is being planned. it also says battalion tactical groups of being taken closer to the border. those jabari reports from moscow. russia's defense ministry says, these are some of its troops, which had been positioned on the border with ukraine. they're returning to base after finishing training exercises and journeyman over here to work. as the

training comstock and the troops, as usual, marched back to their home stations. units from the southern and western military district stuck completed the tasks already have started loading on trains and moto vehicles. they will start moving to their home bases individual units will march on their own in military column worsley little. while this raises hopes that tensions could ease between russia and ukraine, there are still large scale military exercise is taking place. and it's not clear how many units are being pulled back. use of the troops draw down came just as the german chestler all off schultz arrived in russia for talks with president vladimir putin. who said war was the last thing he wanted me ish linear. 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 negotiation process. as a result of which there should be a guarantee for security, for everybody including our country, cesar,

olaf shalt set some aspects of russia's demands on ukraine, were worth considering. the squad, stressing the need for diplomacy to succeed. the diplomatic look the curtains and provide to me today, i fully agree that diplomatic efforts have yet to be exhausted. and that 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 in the belgian capital nato secretary general yan sultan burg, expressed cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down nay. there are signs from moscow. the 3rd diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for cautious optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sort of d escalation on the ground. despite these intense diplomatic efforts, there are still many outstanding issues at the heart of the crisis. let me put and says he is ready to talk to you as leaders about ukraine's request to join the 30

member nato alliance. and he says that is a conversation which cannot be put off any longer. something both nato and u. s. leaders have refused to discuss so far and until that issue is resolved, it is now clear that this crisis could continue for months to come door such a bari al jazeera moscow steadfast and is in louis nits in the southern barouche. one of the places russia has been building up troops. i have to say there's quite some my skepticism here. also in the south of beller, was about the statement that the russian troops are leaving or about to leave is also very hot to verify the statement here on the ground. because there has been some footage a released by the russian ministry of defense, a showing a tangs and troops are leaving, but there wasn't any mention of for 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 who are you a 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 high to chat station 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, the russian ministry said that the western and southern command was going to be withdrawn back to their basis and russia. but i didn't mention 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. william b taylor is the former us ambassador to ukraine. he explains what pigeons options are. so when we see these military forces going back to their barracks,

back to their home stations, that will be a very good indicator that there can be serious negotiations. and going back to these 2 options that president book has, he has an option of, of negotiating. and the de escalation will be an indication that that's a serious option for him. he's chosen that option or he can evade. and if he invade, then we will see these forces moving again closer and closer to the cranium border . think everyone has talked to president putin that we know of a polls. the principle that that nations are our sovereign, that ukraine is sovereign, upholds the principal and everybody who's seen president burton recently as it are our members of nato. nato has a strong policy since the beginning of an open door to democracies who want to join nato. so, and that, that's

a principle that no one is going back on. now it is also true, however, that it takes time for nations to be ready to join nato and ukraine knows that it's got some work to be to do before it can be accepted. that there are processes for joining nato that ukraine would like to start. and i think that still very much option ah, the eucharist prince andrews reached an outer court financial settlement with virginia ju fray as she had filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her 20 years ago. when she was 17 years old. the prince, who is queen elizabeth son, denied the allegations to fray said she was being traffic by the billionaire peter fall. jeffrey epstein, who died in jail while awaiting trial in 2019 a letter fall to the judge said the settlement would include

a substantial donation to the phrase charity in support of victim's rights. charlie angela has more from london, but this development is unexpected to say the least in recent weeks. the language between the 2 sides has been nothing but adversarial with the prince's lawyers saying that they wanted this to go to civil trials. the prince saying he wanted to have his day in court, a chance to give evidence on the oath, while virginia euphrates said that she did not want to settle, she wanted to go to trial to prove that no one was too powerful to be above scrutiny. in fact, the prince was due to give a witness statement on march 10th, and a trial date had been penciled in for between september to december this year. but this development will no doubt be received with relief by the royal family. they reportedly were very anxious that this could overshadow the queen platinum, jubilee celebration. planned for later this year. this scandal has been hanging over the royal family since 2015. prince andrew lost his title,

his royal highness. he was stripped of his military duties and his charity obligations as the royal family tried to distance himself publicly from the scandal . but just going back to that statement is interesting. the word he uses, he regrets his association with jeffrey epstein. that's something that he refused to renounce before. surprising considering at the scene was a convicted p default, so definitely a change in tone from the prince. the question now is whether or not he will ever be able to return to any form of public life, but also who will be paying for this settlement? still to come this half hour, these families, they would pay every, give it all back. this for one minute families of the victims of one of america's worst school shootings reach a multi $1000000.00 settlement with a gun maker. and they stepped up the pressure on the vaccination, bringing a new job, know job policy for the over 15. ah

ah. your world whether update begins in japan. hello everyone. more snow coming out, shift for western areas, han you and hook. how do we get this weather maker in the waters between korea and japan? so a heavy snowfall warning in play for the southwest of hope. kado, looking at about 40 centimeters over 12 hours, up to central parts of china. right now we're seeing that rain start to fill in. now this is a forecast on wednesday. i'm going to take you several days out over the weekend. we're going to find herself on sunday dark of the blue and the purple, the lower the temperature, but that cold air really sinks in as far south as hong kong just the high of 11 degrees spells of what, whether to be expected across indo china. this is plaguing bangkok with the high 30 degrees, but by the weekend you'll begin to dry out. also seen flooding across into uneasy

as main island of java. hundreds of homes have been destroyed here and still more rain in the forecast on wednesday. down under the big story really, there was rising temperatures once again in western australia, not helping with the fire, danger, risk there, and some showers. zip across adelaide, melbourne. and hobart, nothing major though. now for the north island of new zealand, we flushed out that humidity. so awkward $23.00 degrees and some showers would be expected for the south island on wednesday. that's a snapshot of your weather. we'll see you soon. take care. ah 5 because is the world's leading coca producer. but its weak infrastructure makes traveling a challenge. we followed to dr. zoom as he grapples with repairs to his many backup and yahoo! one of the few women to drive to remote villages,

risking at all ivory coast on al jazeera. oh, i reminded the top stories here, era, the u. s. president says you will rally the world to oppose any russian aggression against ukraine. drove are also appealed for diplomacy to be given a chance. defense ministry says some troops have finished exercises, ukraine's porter and returning to their bases at the head of nato, says, there are no signs of de escalation on the ground and the case print. andrew has reached an out of court financial settlement with his sex abuse. accuser the junior

due fray, the prince denies the allegations police have taken honduras, his former president on orlando and others from his home after judge ordered his arrest. us prosecutors want to expedite and unders, accusing him of engaging in corruption and drug trafficking to fund political campaigns. allegations he was denied and under his left office less than 3 weeks ago. after 8 years as president. last year, us georgia sentenced his brother to life in prison for drug trafficking and under it was named as a co conspirator. in another case, when you're a clue who is in 2 years, a few weeks ago has moved from mexico city. things have certainly moved along very quickly since the announcement of that extradition request by the united states against former president of hunter as one, orlando at amanda is the images of president edmond as being escorted away in chains from his home by security forces in the 100 capital are almost surreal.

there are certainly captivating. police have been surrounding admin. this is home since the late hours of monday evening into tuesday into tuesday morning. following that extradition ordered by the united states on charges of drug drug trafficking and weapons charges. now u. s. prosecutors claim that the former president of honduras of landlord amended help to facilitate the trafficking of more than 500000 kilos of cocaine from central limit from south america through hunters and ultimately into the united states. calling this a case of quote, state sponsored drug trafficking. now the 100 security ministry says that 100 authorities will make sure that the, that the former president does appear before a judge in less than 24 hours. but in the past, when we've looked at similar extradition cases, these are cases that tend to take somewhere about between weeks, sometimes even months. but because of the high profile nature of this case, in particular, we do expect that things will move along

a bit faster. now i would be remiss not to mention that one lender then this is not a very well liked individual in honduras. so this news has been met with celebrations on the streets and honduras as well as on social media. many people in honduras from across the political spectrum, seeing this news as a positive step toward justice and accountability in a country that's been plagued for years by drug violence. russian president vladimir putin biggest political opponent is back on trial and could have his jail time extended by more than a decade. alexander valley is accused of stealing more than $4700000.00 of donation is to his political organizations. human rights groups have branded it a sham trial. the closed door hearings are being held inside the maximum security prison, a 100 kilometers from moscow, where he's currently serving a 2 to half year sentence around his wife julia was at tuesday's hearing after demanding accessible proceedings. the families of 9 victims of the sandy hook

school shooting in 2012 of reached a 73000000 dollar settlement with a u. s. gun maker 20 children and 6 teachers were shot dead at the elementary school. in newtown, connecticut, i, a 20 year old gunman, remington was sued over how it marketed the rifle. the gunman used with a lawsuit alleging the company targeted younger at risk males a charge. it denied the case has been watched closely by a gun control advocates, gun rights, supporters and manufacturers. for this case was never about damages in the sense of compensation that it was about damages in the sense of forcing change. it was about damages in the sense of um, realizing the goals of these families to do what were to do whatever they can to help prevent the next sandy hook. when you experience something like somebody being told they're getting a certain amount of money. a lot of money and having it hurt,

haven't hurt these families, would they would pay everything that you would all back is for one minute. that would be true justice. italian workers over the age of 50 who refused to be vaccinated against coven 19. and now banned from going to work. it's the government's latest measure to put pressure on vaccinated people. but as i'm rainy reports, room, hundreds of thousands of workers are choosing to stay at home instead. any other weekday? paola mendoza would be on shift, making sure patrons don't damage my swiss works of art at a museum in rome. instead, she's at a protest against italy's latest cove at 19 restriction to go to work. it's now required for all italians over the age of 50 to get their coven 19 vaccine. something 61 year old m at also refuses to do. it may my live,

i don't about the delivery. they're stealing my job. part of my life that it's disoriented me. the bills haven't started arriving yet, but when they do what then, what italy's latest cove at 19 restriction took effect on tuesday, meaning around a half 1000000 unvaccinated workers over 50, are barred from going to work, or receiving sick pay for months, italy has increased restrictions on the unvaccinated 1st, they were barred from restaurants and other venues. now they're very livelihoods in income, are at risk for refusing to jab, it'll show and on the lock. so you'll, so if i am not anti vax but i support the freedom to change so that everyone should be able to decide for themselves whether to take the vaccine or not on the day. if someone decides not to, they shouldn't go hungry, taking their job away. a lot of, although italy has a nearly 90 percent vaccination rate, the government says it's necessary to encourage as many people in higher risk age groups to get the jab. those opposed to the measure,

say this latest restriction is not use of state power. that it takes away a fundamental right from individual the choice of what to put in the bottom. because it simply should mean to natalie cast or simply attractive. but the same thing, the market as a democratize you, if you don't to be, i'm going to make life impossible babied and the government says, if you don't give me access to your body, lead nikolai possible god for medical experts like dr. patrice allowed, empty, disagree. law star thought he said, and almost domain to the secret asap. the government has given us a tool for protection by niche and a pandemic. this is necessary and for this is not a normal time out. and these haven't been normal times for the past 2 years. with this tough choice is necessary shelter. a tough choice to get their shots that hundreds of thousands of workers are still unwilling to make no matter the high cost. adarine algebra, rome, formal campaigning has begun. first south korea's presidential election and the mudslinging is well underway with the 2 leading candidates and even their wives

engulfed. i accusations of corruption, sham anake influence and threats to journalists and as robert bryan reports from so it's a position, it's often been marked by 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 opponents, the j mm. young with both of them fighting against their own unpopularity. a fact they seem to accept to whoa, whoa, they're young via the gun. don't give out who party politics were vested interest offer limited choices. as a result, people live to bite the bullet. in truth, the less on 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 in, 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 units, 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 man, i got 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 area, 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 marred 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 at 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 it's 2 months since typhoon ride devastated large areas of essential philippines . any 10000000 people were affected by the storm with at least 2400000 still in need of help. jimmy ellen again has this report from behold, 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 fill 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, but all of us are by, thankfully, jesse said their house in his boat, which he once used for fishing, is now this choice. this caused, so vineyards, in all 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 anymore. typhoon way locally known as the dead caused extensive damage in the desires 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 typhoon 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 bony water will answer a hard the folk. there are hardly reese and 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 are 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 eat. there are communities which were already really from the economic impact of the pandemic. so typhoon rice, devastation has actually scaled back recovery efforts even further. shemelle ali dog and al jazeera ball province, central philippines. ah, one of the top stories around to 0 here as president joe biden is warning america will rally the world to oppose any russian aggression against ukraine. saying the human cost of war would be immense. he appealed for diplomacy to be given a chance of russia attacked ukraine. it would be a war.