afraid you can use that to justify stripping away basic civil liberties. the listening post examined the vested interest behind the content you consume on al jazeera, ah, of russia, a taxi crane, it would be a war choice, or a war without cause or reason. president joe biden warns russia that the us and its allies are ready to respond to any military incursion into crime that comes as rush or announces the withdrawal of some forces near the ukrainian order. but nato says it's here to see any evidence. ah, hello, i'm down, jordan, this is al jazeera la you from doha. also coming up britain's prince. andrew reaches

an out of court settlement with the woman who accused him of sexual abuse. i'm totally changed on the border with me and my serving military officers told us they were concerned about fighting inside the country and no job and no job. we meet work as defined, italy's latest on against the on that side. ah years president joe biden has appeal for diplomacy to be given a chance to avoid a war. he says will also trigger powerful sanctions against russia from the west and its allies. he said the u. s. has not verified. russia's claims that some of its troops. i was drawing from near the ukrainian border. my camera begins are coverage from washington dc. i move to ports of a partial withdrawal of russian troops. the u. s. president made a previously unscheduled address at the white house. good afternoon or repeating warning without massive sanctions,

should the invasion go ahead. he also noted the stated, rushing, willingness to continue talks. i agree, we should give the diplomacy every chance to succeed. and i believe their real way to address our respective security concerns sharing. shortly after the white house press secretary was asked how the us would define diplomatic success, which would be an, a de escalation, a proven de escalation at the border of ukraine. where the russians are pulling back their troops, where they are making clear to all to the global community, to the media, to the public, that they are not invading crane and backing that up with actions. us ambassador at the united nations appeared skeptical about report stuff, a partial russian group withdraw. we've heard these reports just as you had, but what we know is that russia still has more than 100000 troops on the ukrainian

borders. so the threat is still there. russia is, deputy ambassador told al jazeera that there was a withdrawal underway in accordance with a long standing plan, as it was bland, up to the front of them, of being pulled back, and the other part to be pulled back after the completion of the exercise. said that from the very beginning, so nothing extra when there was a moment the diplomatic process continues. but the key to success in the eyes of the u. s. and it's nato allies, a visible and permanent withdrawal of russian troops on the ground. my kind of just the era washington, well ukrainian and western leaders say they haven't seen enough evidence of russian troops with drawing these circles show where russia is thought of deployed more than 830000 soldiers. troops are also deployed in the annexed region of crimea, and back thousands of fighters in too readily held at eastern provinces, hours before russia's withdrawal announcement. a u. s. defense official said ground

units and moving closer to the ukranian border. a satellite company said there was increased military activity in villa, bruce, crimea, and western russia. the u. k says rushes building field hospitals may ukraine and better ru saying it could indicate an invasion as planned. it also says a temporary combat units are being moved closer to the border. what jellies chancellor is the latest leader to hold talks with vladimir putin in moscow. the russian president says he doesn't want war, but to go back on the path of negotiations, dosage by 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 by me or venture. and then as the training samstone in the troops as usual, marched 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. and they will start

moving to their home base in individual units when march on their own military column. what's going on? while this raises hopes that 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 up. russia's demands on ukraine were worth considering. stressing the need for diplomacy to succeed the mattress moved the curtains, and bye bye to mister. 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 yan sultan burg, expressed cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down. there are signs from moscow that the diplomacy should continue. this gave grounds for cautious optimism, but so far we have not seen any sort 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 worry al jazeera moscow will step vatton is in limits in southern bella rouge. and she says, there are no obvious signs of a russian troop withdrawals. well, i have to say there's quite some most skepticism here. also in the south of beller 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 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 so 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 missile defense systems are here and also so guy is go your

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 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 rushes parliament is calling on president putin to recognize, to break away regions in easton, ukraine. as independent states, putin has described what's happening in those regions as genocide, without providing any proof to show that sheila, of nauseous through these completely areas that the overwhelming majority of people in our country sympathize with dumbass resident, you caught them and hope for the situation there to address,

we improve for them to, to update them. cruise them, cook me, cuz allow me to add that in our assessment. what's happening now in the dorm bus constitute genocide? cha, stratford has mona from cock, if saucen lawmakers to day at voting on a resolution to potentially recognize those break away states. now we've subsequently heard other self declared breakaway states, we should say. and interestingly, during about putin speech, he said that sir, he hoped that the french and the german leaders could put pressure on the ukrainian governments to, to resolve the crisis in the dom 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. well, american vitality krench kind of spoke to our desire and explained how a city planned to defend itself. i'm responsible for civil 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 would be a part of european family as democratic, modern ukraine country. and it's just, just russians not happy with that because it's no secret mister put in

one 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 way that planning or for any scenario that we don't know how will be developed whole situation. but we also prepare for worst case it, but the 1st of all is the ukrainian, the army. it's pretty strong. eve eve, something good going wrong in russians coming here. ok, so you will defense ready to fight area? civilian have to defend our city? clear answer. brittany, prince andrew has reached a settlement with the women accused him of sexual assault vision. as you phrase says, the abuse happened 20 years ago when she was 17 years old. the prince has denied the allegations rank a book to report. ah,

an out of court settlement with an undisclosed payment and no admission of guilt. 61 year old prince and you have spade himself, and the british monarchy. the humiliation of a trial in the us will likely never know the size of the settlements on what exactly was agreed to what the confidentiality conditions are. that went along with this. we do know that he agreed to pay as part of the settlement in to a charity of the plaintiffs choice in a statement included in the court filing, the lawyers for prince andrew. i'm bet she knows you're free, said he will demonstrate his regret for his association with jeffrey, abstain a convicted sex offender who traffic to young girls. i'm angry at this latest example of a powerful, wealthy man being able to wield his power and his wealth to allow him

to dodge accountability for some very serious allegations. the trial had put in to cast a shadow over the queen's platinum to be celebrations, but stripped off his royal duties. and patronage is the damage to the repetition of a 2nd son has already been done. there are lots of questions about andrew's personal well, some way to fund lifestyle leads. and this is a very big question is reflects on the state, reflects on the state and reflects on the establishment more generally is it all of this is being done in the way that ultimately means the taxpayer funding this sounds. i'm a lawyer for 8 of jeffrey absence victim said she saluted virginia your phrase, stunning courage. priyanka got the all to 0. not supposed to come here and just there, including a decade after they died,

a gun makers ordered to pay millions to families of victims of a sandy hook school massacre month. ah, ah, look forward to burritos, guys. with the sponsored by capital airways there. your world's weather update begins in the middle east hang tight, we'll get to africa and one sec. it's a fairly quiet pitcher, though. we've got temperatures in the teens for the levant. those winds are finally starting to die down across the gulf states. but here's the thing, i think on wednesday, for example, in doha, it will be another foggy start to the day visibility, 2 kilometers or less. you've got a high of 26 degrees. it's settled across areas of iran, afghanistan into pockets on his wall, correct? she's got a high $28.00 degrees and the settled conditions continue for turkey as while suns out in is stumble, loving degrees for you is mere. we've got

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european leaders off cautiously welcoming moscow's announcement for the crane remains on britain's prince. andrew settled a sexual assault case against him in the u. s. virgin issue for the q is the prince abusing her when she was 17 years old from time to has repeatedly denied the allegations. well back to our top story now in the crisis in ukraine, there's a growing sense of fatigue among some of the country's people tired of living under the threat of innovation and weary about the lack of a diplomatic breakthrough. natasha bunker reports from care of. the ukranian government remains on shore if the russian troop pullback is a true sign of tensions. easy 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 keep this. is it considered doing so to protect his family, if russia or to invade ukraine every day, i'm thinking about what to do with my family. you go to leave for example of your

green or go to village where my parents of my vice leaves. they have small house, but at least for example, they have electric generator. they have 4 solar panels. so at least we'll have a different example that will 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 50 people are still going to work or to school. the short restaurants are busy, but it's the situation continues. some people that we may tell us that they are worried and making contingency time. 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,

but russia will destroy itself if it, in 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. b, ukraine's government is skeptical, and all that i see go for that, i say post, you know, we continuously hear different statements from the russian to duration. so we have a rule, we believe not what we hear, but we believe what we see. if we see the loud, we will dilute in the destination. 40 years ago, this huge arch was built on a hill in the city to celebrate russia and ukraine's friendship. since then, some one 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 keith. now since the military coup in miramar, a year ago, there been frequent accusations of soldiers perpetrating abuses including torture,

extradition, judicial kennings, and even massacres. may enlarge. military has denied the claims. tony chang reports, rebel fighters approach a convoy burning vehicles on christmas eve. it was the scene of a massacre. they say more than 30 men, women and children executed. their bodies burned at you. they say it was mere mas army. specifically, the much feared 66 light infantry mia mars military leadership have denied involvement and they met. but those tactics, a well known to captain men toe, whose name we've changed for security reasons. he served in the 66 light infantry until november, when he deserted. now he's in hiding. he says he and his soldiers were taught to believe that any one who stood up to them was the enemy. and with angrily, diana, the army seized the ethnic groups like terrorists where they tell the soldiers that all the ethnic groups are terrace. that's why they fight against them. they want to

control everything. despite decades of oppressive rule, members of mammals, army or tap my doors, they're often called inside the country were held in high regard. their role as guardians of a divided nation often superseded reports of atrocities against ethnic minorities, including the ringer. last year's military coup changed over the stature and the reputation of the tap would i have taken a massive hit ah, the people of myanmar, white, white, frankly, heath and are view them as terrorist at one stage it was thought that the trickle of to thank tis coming from over there in myanmar might turn into a flood that didn't happen, the army closed ranks. and since then it's been very hard to know what's going on in military mines high on a misty hill side along the time. yeah, my border,

we got a rare insight into the concerns had been listed soldiers. as we filmed a border outpost, several soldiers in plain clothes approached us friendly. they chanted openly in english and ty, with a worried about the fierce fighting going on between mamma's army and its people, is talking like a vidal. and they say she is we worried about that? but in this region, like in this like, we don't have any globe and about another adding the girls here, but are you worried about the fighting inside man? mars? well yeah, i little bit, ah, captain me at tow. can be more open about his concerns. since february there is no happiness, he sings, my homeland is destroyed. now he's committed to fighting against the army. now a fight. the song lyric says we will win tony ching al jazeera on the time. yeah. my buddha. the un special envoy for yemen says there's still

a way out of the country's war. he made the comments during a un security council meeting. our diplomatic editor, james vague reports in nearly 7 years of war in yemen. rarely have things been this bad. the violence is raging, the humanitarian situation is dar and the diplomacy is deadlock. the un special envoy hands greenberg was briefing the security council, the who fees aren't letting him visit center and for the coalition, one of its members, the u. e is currently serving on the security council. its ambassador was scathing . what we have heard to day confirmed the continued failure of the political process under the leadership of the united nations, to deal realistically and firmly with the continuously intransigent position of the hoot, the militias and their dangerous escalation. after the u, a civilian infrastructure was subjected to terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of innocent civilians. we can only ask mister greenberg when will the appeasement

of this terrorist group, and i put that point to the special envoy. it's not my position to hear from this podium restored to discussing, walked the members of the council mean and closing me on armies, knowing that and that i hope will be able to, to engage in close discussions. isaac hands with her and with all other members of the counseling to make sure that we meet on the stones. the security council also heard that the lack of funding for the humanitarian situation in yemen is unprecedented. it means that next month the you and may have to cancel flights, delivering aid. and that means that some people in yemen might get no food at all. italians over the age of 50. you hadn't been vaccinated against coven 19, and now banned from going to work. but as adam rainy reports from rome, hundreds of thousands of people are choosing to stay at home, rather than get the job 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'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 live up in the lobby, they're stealing my job. part of my life. that way 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 will bard from restaurants and other venues. now they're very livelihoods in income are at risk for refusing to jab, it'll show on, on a lock. so you'll,

so if i am not anti vax but i support the freedom to change, show 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 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 restriction is not abuse of state power. that it takes away a fundamental right from individual, the choice of what to put in her body. be good, it simply should mean to natalie cast or a simply attractive at the same thing, the market as a the mafia as you, if you don't to be, i'm going to make life impossible. maybe the covenant says if you don't give me access to your body, read me possible gospel medical experts like dr. path retail out in t disagree. la star thought he said, don dulness domain to the secret asap. the government has given as a tool for protection by nature in a fan demik. this is necessary and 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. she's 15, a tough choice to get their shots so that hundreds of thousands of workers are still unwilling to make no matter the high cost. adarine algebra room. for you, as gun maker behind the rifle used in the 2012 sandy hook school, shooting a settle and lawsuit 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 on mass shooting, frozen joint reports. please say adam. lanza used a bushmaster aer 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 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 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 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 in 2 months after sandy hook, a hard fought accountability, that still cannot erase the worst of losses. rosalind jordan, l g, sierra washington. the veteran indian singer and music composer, bobby le, here he has died at the age of 69. ah, he was one of the country's most influential music directors who brought disco to bollywood, whose songs were hugely popular in the eighty's and ninety's. his career spanned any half a century of the indian film industry. in 2014, he joined the routing b, j. p. as a candidate in the general election, but he must ah, stop a quick check of the top stories here, u. s. president joe biden.