me ah the russia attraction crane, it would be a war joyce, or a war without cause or reason. president joe biden ones, russia, the us and its allies are ready to respond to any military and question in ukraine . it comes as russia and says it's with growing some forces near the border with ukraine. nater says it has yet to see any evidence that's happening. ah, hello, welcome. i peter

w. watch you know you're alive from also coming up britain's prince. andrew reaches an out of court financial settlement with the woman who accused him of sexual abuse on juris his former president in handcuffs. he's wanted by the us on drug trafficking charges. also this off our no job, no job. we meet the workers defying italy's latest stand against the unvaccinated. ah, the us president joe biden has appealed for diplomacy to be given a chance to avoid a war. he says will trigger powerful sanctions from the west and its allies. mister biden is wanting america will rally the world to oppose any russian aggression in ukraine. he also said the u. s. is not verified. those russian claims, some of its troops are withdrawing from the area near the ukrainian board 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 the 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. my kind of monitoring events source of washington this, our mike, so the us administration clearly still hoping for the best but anticipating perhaps still the worst. yes indeed. were president biden there sending a to turn message on the one hand reiterating his threats,

of massive sanction, and massive mucus retaliation? should russia go ahead and invade ukraine, on the other hand, are welcoming the russian willingness to continue discussions, welcoming the fact that diplomacy is still alive and well. and that is the message from president biden, that the u. s. continues to favor diplomacy as a way to resolve this ongoing crisis along with its nato allies. but at the same time saying that the u. s. is prepared to wield the big stick should be diplomatic process and not result in russia, not invading ukraine. and that sanctions package that very big step there, that president biden specifically mentioned shutting down the nor to pipeline from russia to germany as this is something that would have an immense impact on germany as a nato ally and obviously economically on russia. but president biden making very clear this would be part of any sanctions package that would come into effect,

saying that this is a different package from that that was instituted back in 2014 after the russian invasion of crimea. so on the one hand reiterating previously made threats by the united states and nato allies, but at the same time keeping alive the hope of diplomacy. mike, how can the us shut down the nord stream to pipeline arrangements? it's thousands of kilometers away from washington. i mean, on top of which as well we had, i think it was 2 days ago now we had the russian ambassador to stock home saying, look on sanctions. we don't give her an expletive if you catch my drift because we've been insulated against sanctions for a long time now. well i guess it's a very good question, but certainly should that pipeline be shut down in precedent by the new saying, shut down the pipeline is not formally operating as yet. it's still got to be approved by german regulatory engineers. however,

it would have to be shut down in germany. that would probably be the only way in which that would affect which obviously would require the participation of germany, which so far has been circumspect on the issue of shutting down that pipeline as part of a sanctioned package. given the importance of the pipeline to germany's natural gas resources. so there is a open question on that particular issue, but president biden's absolutely adamant that that pipeline would be shut down, which would have a massive impact on russia. probably the greatest single sanction that would impact drastically on the russian economy. i was also mentioned that president biden in his statement went out of his way as well to speak directly to the russian. people saying you are not, we are not enemies of the russian people. and certainly that was an attempt to prepare to counter russian propaganda that saying that that is the case, but a multi pronged statement from president biden. mike, thank you so much. my kind of join this like that from washington. well,

ukrainian and western leaders say they haven't seen enough evidence of russian troops with growing. now these circles show where russia is thought to have deployed more than 830000 soldiers. russians are also deployed in the annex region of crimea and back thousands of fighters into rebel held eastern provinces. i was before rushes with roll announcements, a u. s. defense official said ground units. we're moving closer to the ukranian border. a satellite company said there was increased military activity in belarus, crimea, and western russia. the u. k says russia is building field hospitals near ukraine in bella, luce, which could mean an invasion is planned. it also says battalion tactical groups having taken closer to the border. the german chancellor is the latest to hold security talks with let them put in and moscow the russian president said he doesn't want war. but to get back to the path of negotiations. dawson jabari

reports now 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. my name again, shirley maria to work as the training comstock and the troops as usual, marched back to their home stations, units from the southern and western military districts that completed the tasks already have started loading on trains and motto 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 michelin? yes. even though by at the do we want war or not,

of course we don't. and it's for that reason that we have submitted a proposal that 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 should 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 duct. the diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for courses, optimism. but so far,

we have not seen any sign of de 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. while the russian parliament is calling on president putin to recognize 2 breakaway regions in eastern ukraine as independent states. mister putin as described. what's happening in those regions as genocide, without providing any proof to show that you know, the measures thrown you days completely or is that the overwhelming majority of people in our country, sympathize with dumbass resident, support them and hope for the situation there to drastically improve for them to do

us, it could have them cook me as cousin allow me to add that in our assessment. what is happening now in that dumbass constitutes genocide? here are 2 zeros. charles stratford has more now from cock eve tossing lawmakers to day voting on a resolution to potentially recognize those break away states. now we've subsequently heard other self declared breakaway states. we should say interestingly, during about him a putin speech. he said that sir, he hoped that the french and the german leaders could put pressure on the ukrainian government to resolve the crisis in the dorm bass peacefully. we've also heard from the foreign minister to be choke labour. he who said that said any recognition of those self declared breakaway republics would be a violation of international law and would destroy the minced agreement. but there are concerns that if this kind of language that is coming out of russia to

recognize these self declare states that that could well instigate or push some sort of according to analysts military action from the ukrainians, which these analysts say would. i would push a counter reaction by, for example, the russian back separatists with the help of russia because of what is believed to be hundreds of thousands of ukrainians that are now got russian passports inside those areas. living on britain's prince, andrew has reached an out of court settlement with the woman who accused him of sexual assault, virginia, jeffrey. since the abuse happened 20 years ago when she was 17 years old, jeffrey says she was traffic to prince andrew by the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. the prince has repeatedly denied the allegations. a statement says prince andrew, it regrets his association with abstain and commands the bravery of miss jeffrey

and others. survivors in standing out for themselves and others see pledges to demonstrate his regrets for his association with epstein by supporting the fight against the evils of sex trafficking. and by supporting its victims the police chief in canada's capital also has resigned the day after the prime minister invoked emergency powers to stop and t bank's donation protests. peter slowly has been accused of not doing enough to break up a truck driver's rally that's blocked roads in auto for 2 weeks. the group was fighting against mandatory cooper, 19 vaccinations to cross the border with the united states. the world health organization is urging more people than eastern europe to get vaccinated after a spike and cope with 19 cases. the epi number of people testing positive has more than doubled in 6 countries in 2 weeks from armenia to ukraine. not but the genie post laden little vaccination of remains our best defense against severe disease

and death. all count cove. 19 virus very circulating. however, too many people at greater risk remain unprotected as others. but not yet full praise knew they also, i colon governments, health authorities and relevant partners to closely examine the local reasons influencing low vaccine demand and acceptance and divide, tailored interventions to increase vaccination rate urgently based on the context specific evidence. italians over the age of 50 who haven't been vaccinated against cupboard 19 am, are banned from going to work, but of adam rainy explains from rome. hundreds of thousands of people are choosing to stay at home, rather than get shot any other weekday? paola mendoza would be on shift, making sure patrons don't damage priceless works of art at a museum in rome. instead, she said a protest against italy's latest covey 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, and that also refuses to do it. may my live, i don't about that. the lobby, the stealing my job. part of my life. 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 vaccinate. first, they were bar from restaurant and other venues. now they're very livelihoods, and income are at risk for refusing the jab showing on the box. you also know i'm not anti vax, but i support the freedom to choose show that everyone should be able to decide for themselves whether to take the fax, they don't know if someone decides not to. they shouldn't go hungry and taking their job away. 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 job. those opposed to the measure say, this latest restriction is not a use of power. that it takes away a fundamental right from individual, the choice of what the body simply should mean to recap and simply attract the same thing to market as much as you don't to be. i'm going to be collecting possible. the government says if you don't give me access to your body reading the possible medical experts like dr. pet retail out in t disagree. last started, he sat down, don't us to remain to the secret. a government has given as a tool for protection and upon demick, this is necessary and this is not a normal time out. and these haven't been normal times for the past 2 years. when you're this tough choice is necessary before a tough choice to get their shots, that hundreds of thousands of workers are still unwilling to make no matter the

high cost. adam rainy didier room, thousands of nurses in australia as most popular states of walked off the job for the 1st time in nearly a decade. the staging of 24 hour striking whales demanding better pay, and most dr. independent mach, it protested defied a last minute order by the industrial relations commissions call off the action, which it says would disrupt health services. still to come here on al jazeera for you a decade after they died, a gun makers order to pay millions to families of the victims of the sandy hook school massacre. ah, ah. hey there, wilkins here worlds weather update. here's your headlines for the americas. we've got a southerly flow for the canadian province of ontario. look at pops up the temperature

to eat in toronto, but likely to see some soaking rains here. if we look at the next few days for toronto, this is a brief form up your back into the freezer by friday, when shift around to the north and high minus. that's well below average. up to the west, we go, we've got some pulses of rain snow over the higher ground low temperatures across the canadian prairies and the northern plains. now if we go to the west coast of the u. s. is temperatures certainly have come down for los angeles just to high of 18 degrees u. s. gulf states, florida. we're tapping into that southerly flow off the gulf of mexico. but that's going to scoop up some moisture, give us showers, texas into arkansas, and also around coastal sections of louisiana on wednesday, showers to be expected for you across the bahamas into cuba, pushing back into believe and honduras. and next up i want to show you this pretty potent disturbance. we've got some really wet weather, just to the east of the andes, in bolivia, likely to see some flooding dare drought, and a heat wave is feeling

a wildfire toward the northeast of argentina and temperatures. have come down big time and coma. doro river davia on wednesday. ah, the egypt strong man is ruling with an iron fist and the silence from his allies is deafening. the us was perfectly happy to trade off tomorrow for c, for security. while western lead is turning a blind eye when even the citizens have fallen victim to his repression, executions, torture, censorship is not acceptable, and you won't hear such strong words from let's say berlin or paris or london. armand in cairo. on al jazeera lou,

the me welcome back. you're watching al jazeera, it will be here. this your top story so far us president joe biden has appealed for diplomacy to be given a chance to avoid what he says will trigger powerful sanctions from the west and its allies. mister biden is one in america will rally the world to oppose any russian aggression in ukraine. item says the u. s. is not verified. russians claims some of his troops withdrawing from the area near the border with the brain. european leaders are cautiously welcoming the announcement from moscow that ukraine does remain skeptical. and britons prince andrew has settled a section of salt pe sports against him in the us. virginia jeffrey accused is the prince of abusing her when she was 17 year old prince. andrew repeatedly denied the allegations. let's go back to the events in and around ukraine earlier. the mirror key of italy click go. spoke to al jazeera,

he explained the uncertainty about how close russian troops saw and how the city plans to 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 european bars 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, saw it in prior to washington wire in the grand have to be the very important part of this empire. we had no, we're planning here for any scenario. that we do in mo, how will be developed whole sedation, but we also prepare for worst case about the 1st of all is

the ukranian, the army. it's pretty strong. eve for eve, something good going wrong in the russians coming here. how civil defense, ready to fight did air it? civilian have to defend our city? clear answer, the russian president vladimir putin biggest political opponent, is back on trial, and could have his jail time extended by more than a decade. alexia, novel. ne is accused of stealing more than $4700000.00 of donations for his political organizations. the human rights group, amnesty international. it says the trial is a sham. the closed door hearings have been held inside a maximum security prison, 100 kilometers from moscow. the police in honduras have arrested the former president won orlando hernandez. the u. s. wants him extradited for allegedly engaging in drug trafficking is manuel ra palo less than 3 weeks ago. why not landlord? amanda is,

was president of honduras. now he's been arrested by hunter and police following an extradition order by the united states. security forces were called in on monday night to surround the wealthy neighbourhood where the former president of honduras lives. the prosecutors in new york have repeatedly accused the former president of involvement in drug trafficking, and alleging his political rise was fueled by drug profit. i'm not going anywhere we've been calling for the rest since 2015. when we denounce that from a president was a drug trafficker corrupt and associated with criminal going to the mandate was president of hunter is for 8 years us, prosecutors have accused him of receiving millions of dollars in exchange for protecting drug shipments through the country. the money was reportedly also used to bribe politicians and help his political career. the former president has repeatedly denied the allegations in an audio recording on tuesday. he said he was

willing to voluntarily turn himself in this new. so i'm ready to collaborate and voluntarily go to the authorities at the moment the supreme court judges assigned to this case so that i can face the situation and defend myself accordingly. hours later, a judge appointed by the supreme court of honduras issued in order for the president's arrest view in life, it's up to the executive power of the nation. we must wait for an independent body of the states to make the corresponding decision. at amanda is left office on january 27th. when the new president c o mata castle was sworn in us, prosecutors claimed that during his time in office, the former hunter and leader helped to facilitate the trafficking of some 500000 kilos of cocaine into the united states. calling this a case of state sponsored drug trafficking monumental up below al jazeera. i was in

teen as president alberto fernandez is testified as a defense witness. and the corruption trial involving his vice president, christina finance, to could not prosecute a question and diverted public works comes to a business like him and sheet with president is alleged, and she received bribes in return, fernandez to the court. the president don't decide how and where money is spent. he testified construction expenditures go through several jurisdictions and then on to the congress. arsonist in south central chile have been 19 trunks belonging to a forestry company. investigators believe the suspects are from the indigenous community in the last 3 are region natives. there have long standing disputes with forestry companies over the festival territorial right. the u. s. gun maker behind the rifle used in the 2012 sandy hook school shooting a settled a lawsuit with some of the victims, families

a pay out of $73000000.00 by remington is thought to be the 1st of its size against an american gun maker linked to a mass shooting his roslyn jordan, the boy se adam lanza used a bushmaster, a r 15 style rifle to kill 20 small children and 6 adults at sandy hook elementary school in 2012. 2 years later, some of the victims families decided to su remington, the maker of the bushmaster, they were told they had no chance of winning. i could never tell you, i thought i'd see this day. and it's not going to bring mary back. it's not going to bring any of these kids back, but the cost of business is going to go up substantially. the $73000000.00 settlement between remington, one of the oldest gun manufacturers in the united states. and some of the families is the 1st of its kind in this country. the deal means remington won't go on trial

in september on charges. it's business practices contributed to the massacre today marks an inflection point when our duty of care to our children as a society finally supersedes the bottom line of an industry that made such an atrocity as sandy hook possible to begin with, that accountability means the families will get to make public internal company documents showing just how remington market at bush masters to the public, especially to socially insecure young men. and the linchpin of this settlement is that it allows these families the rights to share the information as to what they learned. remington had fought the lawsuit, claiming a 2005 federal law did not hold it. and other gun manufacturers liable for how their products were you. no matter how tragic,

no matter how much we wish those children in their teachers were not lost and their families had not suffered, the lot needs to be applied dispassionately. the sandy hook family say the time for being dispassionate is over. i made a very early promise to do everything in my power to honor his short life. this lawsuit has been part of that promise. the closest i get to him now is by kissing his earn every night, telling him i love him and i miss him. but i made him a promise and i'll keep working to deliver that promise for the rest of my life. more than 9 years and 2 months after sandy hook, a hard fought accountability that still cannot raise the worst of losses. rosalind jordan al jazeera washington reported by several n g o says found that major financial organizations provided more than $1.00 trillion dollars to the coal sector between 20192021 mass. despite many of them

having made net 0 pledges. the study showed banks from china, the us, japan, india, the u. k and canada were responsible for 86 percent of global coal financing. reducing coal use is a key part of effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions and bringing emissions down to net 0 by 2050. well then, 40 countries promised to end the use of coal after climate talks in glasgow last november. mohammed haida, is an economist. he says, this is because of the impact the pandemic on the energy market. after the pandemic, after the look down, you know, the quite a lot of sectors in the whole, the global, the economy, the whole world is really suffering. a lot of the problems among, you know, those, the sectors is the energy sector and could be, you know, the cold sector is one of the most critical at the moment. taking in consideration

that there was a great amount of a great number of country rely on their energy power generation on call. for example, you know, india, china, other countries or most of those country in the world depend on this sector. the energy. busy or the electricity innovation depends on 60 percent of its power on, on cold. so that's why people are surprised when they are like, you know, you have international conferences for the, for the clean environment and the emission, this is a nonsense in reality, to be honest. we have to be sure we have, we have to be at a more reasonable. and if the, if the, if all the schools would like to improve the environment, you have to sit down and put a plan. the french capital paris, as long as its 1st noise radar,

as part of the plan to target loud motorcycles and other vehicles. the machine measures noise levels of moving cars and can, i tend to find license plates. the french capital plants issuing fines from early next year. your forest can already sanction the owners of noisy vehicles under existing legislation, but they need the necessary equipment to catch the driver in the act. ah, exactly half past the hour. let's update your top story so far today. you, as president joe biden has appealed fort diplomacy to be given a chance to avoid a war. he says will trigger powerful sanctions from the west and its allies. mister biden is wanting america will rally the world to oppose any russian aggression in ukraine of russia. attacks ukraine, it would be a war choice or a war without cause or reason. i say.