hey susan, since a fly along the russian crane border, u. s. presidential bypass threatening president with fear economic sanctions saying if conflict occurs, it could be the largest invasion for ports you can do. the magic tops. if you've hostilities what we live from moscow to bring you the latest development on al jazeera, ah. ready is russia attacks ukraine? it would be a war of choice, or a war without cause or reason. president joe biden warns russia, the u. s. and its allies are ready to respond to any military incursion in ukraine . it comes, as russia announces it's withdrawing some forces near the border with ukraine. nature says it's as yet to see any evidence that's happening.

ah, hello and welcome on pete adobe. you're watching out his ear alive from doha, also coming up. britain's prince. andrew reaches and outs of court financial settlement with the woman who accused him of sexual abuse on juris his former president in handcuffs is wanted by the us on drug trafficking charges ah ah, top story, the u. s. 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. bitin is wanting. america will rally the world to oppose any russian aggression in ukraine. he also said the us is not verified. russian claims, some of its troops ought withdrawing from the area near the ukrainian border of

russia attacks ukraine. it would be a war joyce, 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. correspondent, like hannah has the details for us from washington present. invite in their sending a to tone message on the one hand reiterating his threats of massive sanction and massive us retaliation showed 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 the nato allies, but at the same time saying that the u. s. is prepared, wheeled the big stick should be diplomatic process and not result in russia, not invading ukraine. and that sanctions package very big step that president biden specifically mentioned shutting down the know to pipeline from russia to germany. 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. while ukrainian and western leaders say they haven't seen enough evidence of russian troops with growing these circles show where russia is thought to have deployed more than 130000 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 withdrawal, and announcement a u. s. defense official said ground units. we're moving closer to the ukranian border. a satellite company said that it was increased military activity in bella, luce, crimea, and western russia. the u. k says russia is building fuel hospitals needed ukraine and bella roost, which could mean an invasion is planned. it also says temporary combat unit to be moved closer to the border. the german chancellor is the latest. we'll need us

a whole security talks with let him put him in moscow. the russian president says he doesn't want war. but to get back to the path of negotiations, dosage of body reports from moscow. russia 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 by me or venture. and as the training comes done in the troops as usual, will march back to their home stations units from the southern and west military districts that completed the tasks already have started loading on trains. and motor vehicles, they will start moving to their home base and individual units will march on their own in military column what's going on? while this raises hopes, the tension could ease between russia and ukraine. there are still large scale military exercises 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 chancellor. all of shots

arrived in russia for talks with president vladimir putin who said war was the last thing he wanted, the linear even the 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 as to a negotiation process. as a result of which there should be a guarantee for security, for everybody, including our country, chance for all of shall set some aspects of russia's demands on ukraine were worth considering. golf, stressing the need for diplomacy to succeed. the diplomatic look, the curtains and vitamin they said, i fully agree that diplomatic efforts 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 in the belgian capital nato secretary general. yes, sultan burg, expressed cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down. there are signs

from moscow that the diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for courses, optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sign of the escalation on the ground. despite these intense diplomatic efforts, there are still many outstanding issues at the heart of the crisis. wanted 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 worry al jazeera moscow. the russian parliament is calling on president putin to recognize to break away regions in easton, ukraine. as independent states, mister putin has described was happening in those regions as genocide. he did not

provide any evidence fish on that una nauseous throne yet he is completely or is that the overwhelming majority of people in our country? sympathize with dumbass resident, but you taught them and hope for the situation there to drastically improve for them to dorothy them could have them cook me as cousin allow me to add that in our assessment. what is happening now in the dumbass constitute genocide? you shall stratford has more for us from calc 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 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 cho collabo, he who say that say,

any recognition, although self declared break away, 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 the 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 of now got russian passports inside those areas. in the news, britain's prince. andrew has reached an out of court settlement with a woman who accused him of sexual assault. virginia juice re says the abuse happened 20 years ago when she was 17 year 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 regrets his association with epstein and commands the bravery of mister frey and other survivors and standing out for themselves and others. he pledges to demonstrate his regret for this association with epstein by supporting the fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims. let's bring in clear finkelstein, she's faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania. she joins us on skype class finkelstein welcome to al jazeera. so the queen's 3rd child 9th in line to the throne is innocent because he's not being found guilty. well, this is a civil suit. remember, this was not a criminal matter, and we don't know the content of the settlement, presumably confound room, did not make any factual confessions or statements. a settlement is really just

that it means that it will not be judged by a jury on those civil claims. and moreover, settlements of the sort are all, almost always 5 it there will be a non disclosure agreement that the companies the settlement and so we will likely never know the size of the settlement. what exactly was agreed to what the confidentiality conditions are that went along with those? we do know that he agreed to pay as part of the settlement isn't to a charity of the plaintiff's choice. so she has yet to name that charity, but it will be a charity to assist victims of sexual assault in all likelihood. will we ever find out who's paying this in as much as in his own rights. he famously is not a wealthy man, even though he is so incredibly well connected. there is media speculation as of

london that may be the settlement. the initial settlement is around about 8 or $9000000.00 us dollars plus legal fees in new york, rounding. it's up to maybe 101112 1000000 us dollars. he's got a ski lodge ski shalley in the swiss alps. that's for sale. it's not been completely sold yet. we understand but, but we're going through the system in switzerland. could this all becoming from how can i put this delicately, the bank of his mother? right. well and prince andrew receives roughly the equivalent of about $340000.00 a year for living expenses. from the queen, supposedly and the exact source of those funds is a bit unclear, but presumably that is british tax payer money that goes to sustain him. and of

course the royals have their private funds. i think the british people really deserve to know whether or not any public funds would be co mingled with the funds that andrew will use to pay off the settlement. i would expect that it would be viewed as highly improper for the british taxpayer to be funding this sort of settlement. and so my guess is that there will be some public reassurances of that nature, but we will never know presumably for sure. and again, we'll never know the exact terms of the settlement or any specific conditions of confidentiality that the plaintiff has agreed to abide by as a condition of this settlement in a legal context. clare short of actually going to a jury trial. is this the best possible outcome for prince andrew if only because

he's lost so much, he's lost everything now essentially, and he will clearly now have to spend the rest of his life, i guess in the shadows here. yes. so this settlement came after a federal judge refused to de smith for the 2nd time, the law suit after prince, andrew had been fighting consistently to get the lawsuit dismissed. and one has to conclude that what he wanted to avoid more than anything else was a public display in which facts would come out there was that very damning photograph that has been highly publicized of him holding the plaintiff's waist, putting his arm around her. and that was a very damning photograph, which he claimed not to remember being taken at all. so he was very intent to boys

at the public trial. in that sense, it's probably the best outcome for him. whether it's the best outcome for the public or for the plaintiff is another question. one problem with non disclosure agreements in sexual assault cases is that the public and other victims are deprived of the benefits of the public information that comes out in a highly publicized trial. and those very frequently help move public consciousness forward around sexual assault and sexual harassment. and this might have happened in this case though of course there's been so much negative publicity for him already around the circumstances and his association. his association with jeffrey epstein that already the in the public's mind. he is presumably guilty already. the court of public opinion that's always tougher than

a real jury court, i guess in some sense he's clear. good. thank you so much. claire finkelstein, they're talking to us from the university of pennsylvania still to come on this program a decade after they died, a gun makers is ordered to pay millions of dollars to families of victims of the sandy hook. school massacre also had no job. no job. workers define it for these later stands against the on vaccination. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by counsel airways where we go with your weather update for asia right here right now. hello everyone. great to see you to be told it's a quiet pitcher across india, high temperatures here though and go. that's $34.00 degrees that is above average now that southeast corner of india, it's dry. same goes for sri lanka,

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knew watching al jazeera a reminder about top stories this hour, the u. s. 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 will to oppose any russian aggression in ukraine. by them says the u. s. is not to verify russian claim, some of its forces all withdrawing from the area near the border with ukraine. e leaders all cautiously welcoming the announcement from moscow, but ukraine thus were named skeptical. one of the story, the u. k. is prince andrew has settled a sexual assault case bought against him in the u. s. which in nature freight accused the prince of abusing her when she was 17 years old. prince andrew has repeatedly denied the allegations back to ukraine with a sense of fatigue among people on the streets, tired of living under the threat of invasion and weary about a lack of a diplomatic breakthrough asked, natasha bought the reports now from key of the ukrainian government remains unsure if the russian crew pullback is

a true sign of tensions easing slaughter. stacy's son, yvonne brings him joy in what he says is a world of hysteria. he doesn't want to leave his home. and keith says it considered doing so to protect his family. if russia were to invade ukraine, every day i'm thinking about what to do with my family. you go to be, for example, of your green or go to village where my time of my vice leave. they have small house, but at least for example, they have like 2 generator. they have 4 solar panels. so at least we'll have a different example that we'll be working. most people in the city attire, to thinking about what russia might do next. for 8 years. they've lived with conflict in the east of the country between ukrainian forces and russian back separatists, but the recent crisis is fueling a renewed sense of anxiety. things seem very normal in the 15 people are still going to work or to school, the short restaurant of busy,

but it's the situation continues. some people that we may tell us that they are worried and making contingency. if there is an invasion or even go to western ukraine, but if there is any to fight my entire family will continue with the russians. is just showing off, making noise, play acting russians on totally influencing ukrainian opinion. but everyone else, russia will destroy itself if it is a diplomatic efforts to avert a new war, have seemed at times to go round in circles with a little sign of a breakthrough. moscow now says it's pulling some troops from the border, but ukraine's government is skeptical. and all the rest is go for that. i suppose, you know, we continuously hear different statements from the russian federation. so we have a rule, we believe not what we hear, but we believe what we see. if we see the loud, we will believe in the destination. 40 years ago, this huge arch was built on

a hill in the city to celebrate russia and ukraine friendship. and then someone has painted a large crack in the monument. no one here wants a new conflict, but history has taught them to be prepared. natasha butler, al jazeera kiva. the police in honduras have arrested the former president, won orlando hernandez. the united states wants to extradited for allegedly engaging in drug trafficking. manuel, repulse reports. less than 3 weeks ago. wonderland to a man. this 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 neighborhood where the former president of honduras lives. i, 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 to have any more. we've been calling for the rest since 2015. when we do now, start from president was a drug trafficker corrupt and associated with criminal thing. and that was the mandate was president of honduras for 8 years. us, prosecutors had 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, but i knew so i'm ready to collaborate and voluntarily go to the authorities. at the moment the supreme court judge is 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, the new, 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. it amanda is left to office on january 27th. when the new president c o magic acid 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. manuel did apollo al jazeera arsonist since south central chile have burnt 19 trucks belonging to a forestry company. investigators believe these suspects are from the indigenous community in the region of loss rios natives. there have longstanding disputes with forestry companies over their ancestral territory rights. the u. s. gun maker behind the rifle used in these 2012 sunday hook. school shooting has settled

a law suit with some of the victims families. a payout of $73000000.00 by remington is thought to be the 1st of its size against an american gun maker linked to a mash shooting. rosalind jordan picks up the story. boys say adam lanza used a bushmaster, a our 15th 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 butch master, 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. ah. 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 contribute it 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 to close his. 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 erase the worst of losses. rosalyn jordan, l g, sierra washington. the police chief in the canadian capital has resigned the day after the prime minister invoked emergency powers to stop and t bank's donation

protest peter slowly and has been accused of not doing enough to break up a truck driver rally that block roads and also for 2 weeks the group was fighting against mandatory covered 19 vaccinations to cross the border with the u. s. italians of the age of 50 who haven't been vaccinated against co, with 19 on our band from going to work. however, as adam rainy explains from room hundreds of thousands of people are choosing to stay at home rather than getting shot any other week, day power, lamb. it also would be on shift, making sure patrons don't damage the works of art at an v. m. 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. and it also refuses to do me my liver,

about 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 cobra, 1900 restriction took effect on tuesday. meaning around a half 1000000 unvaccinated workers over 50, are barred from going to work, are receiving sick pay for months, italy has increased restrictions on the on vaccinated 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 an on the lock. so you'll, so if i am not anti vax but i support the freedom to change though 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 the water. 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 researching is

not abuse of state power. that it takes away a fundamental right from individual the choice of what to put more bobby got it simply should mean to natalie gospel, a simply attractive at the same thing, the market as a the moffatt tells you if you don't to be, i'm going to make life impossible, maybe the government says if you don't give me access to your body, read nikolai possible causal medical experts like dr. park greets, allowed in t disagree. law star thought he said dawned almost domain to the secret asap. the government has given us a tool for protection by nature in a pandemic. this is necessary and for this isn't a normal time out and these haven't been normal times for the past 2 years. with this tough choice is necessary shelter for tea. a tough choice to get their shock so that hundreds of thousands of workers are still unwilling to make no matter the high cost. adarine algebra, rome ah.