i really loved it when it was built and really loved it, even where he was bombed. a major target of the conflict in northern ireland in the late 20th century belfast europa, a new episode of war hotels on all ge 0. 0, i regret to say that this is the new normal in europe, nato, considering deploying new battle groups to shore up its east and flank in response to russia's military build up near ukraine, a credit and release as footage of its forces on the move. but nato is ang, satellite images show. russia has not reduced its true numbers. ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm to mozy in london. you're watching al jazeera,

also coming up on the program. at least 58 people are dead after heavy rain, his patropolis in brazil flooding streets and causing devastating landslides. if europe is to grind, rebels are accused of going on a revenge spree in am horror, region killing and raping civilians. and his patients lie on beds outside. overwhelmed hospitals, china's president orders hong kong leaders to bring the cities cove it outbreak under control. ah loan, welcome to the program. or the head of nato, says russia, testing europe, security has become a new normal for europe. at least a 150000 soldiers in our estimated to be stationed near ukraine's borders. the kremlin has released footage,

showing its force is moving back to their permanent bases in crimea, which was annexed in 2014 saying military drills of now concluded. but the made her chief against dalton berg says satellite images confirm russia has not reduced troops on ukraine's border. he announced at the alliance will look at establishing new combat ready groups to strengthen its east and flank. meanwhile, ukraine has held a day of national unity following us reports, which suggested a brush might attack on wednesday night. barker begins our coverage now from brussels, where nato leaders have been discussing the crisis. fis bump diplomacy as defense chief some nato countries including the u. s. and germany arrive at alliance headquarters to strengthen their stance on russia and pull over the latest intelligence. and this is what they've been looking at. a russian defense ministry video claiming to show a partial pullback of forces from near ukraine. the kremlin says combat equipment

and troops were leaving the crimean peninsula. seas from cave in 2014 and returning to base. but nato secretary general was quick to dismiss any talk of the escalation of tensions. we have heard the signs from moscow about our readiness to continue diplomatic efforts, but so far we have not to see in any de escalation on the ground. on the contrary, it appears that russia continues to military buildup strong words to from european union chiefs in strasburg, urging moscow to come to the negotiating table. lou schwab ogletree the choice to days between war and tragic sacrifices that would go along with it or the courage of a political engagement, a courage of a diplomatic negotiation. very clearly european union chooses diplomacy and chooses negotiation. we will demonstrate discourage your there was little sign of any russian troop withdrawals in belarus on wednesday. this another show of military

bustle for the cameras. joint exercises would bella, russian troops, only deepening fears, a neighboring ukraine, that had invasions imminent, on the land, and in the air. nato says russia has reached full combat readiness. but there is a shred of hope. in recent days, russia has signal that it will be willing to join talks about door remains open. due to marcia, nato runs the risk of being drawn into a long, protracted stand off with russia due to little as it runs the risk of a possible invasion in ukraine. something that could destabilized the whole of europe. russia is creating a new normal, said stoughton berg. by using force to contest the principle of serenity in europe . the alliance he said, must respond possibly with a new nato battle group in romania. the hope of an easy end to the stand off is fast fading. the fog al jazeera brussels, the ukrainian government is saying

a cyber attack, the hit, the defense ministry, is the worst the countries ever seen and suspects russia might be behind it. a kremlin has rejected that accusation inside the country. meanwhile, ukrainians have been raising fly in a national day of unity as a show of defiance in that fears that russia will invade. 1200 niece along flat was carried through the olympic stadium and keith present. ramirez lansky has not the day by attending military trails near the border with that a roof and cold on ukrainians to show resilience. oh, we are not afraid. whatever is full cost, we are not afraid of any people any enemy. we are not afraid of any dates because we will defend ourselves both on the 16th of february and on the 17th and in march, and april and september. and then december, no matter what day or month with asha butter is live 1st in care of. and of course, this soon as the day comes at a time when russia claimed to be withdrawing troops. ne chose says that it has

evidence that the reverse is happening in a more troops are on the way. how is all this affecting the mood, the atmosphere in the country right now? well, in terms of the mood in the country, i mean, you could say that it pretty much seems to change day today. you got to try to imagine what it would be like to be living somewhere where there is constantly this right of invasion or a talk to being warned by western powers intelligence sources saying that any day now russia could evade annuals in a country where on 3 sides, you have this huge build up of russian forces, some of them carrying out military exercises, just less than 200 kilometers from the capital here for example. so it's a very unusual atmosphere, but you know, a lot of people will say to you here in ukraine to look, we've been living in the shadow of a possible russian attack for many years now for nearly 8 years because ukrainian

forces have been fighting russian back separatists in the east of the country, we have been at war with russia for nearly ideas. now. maybe lots of people have forgotten that they will tell you, but we certainly happened. but even that having said that, i have to say in the past days, people have suddenly become a little more pessimistic, a lot more anxious because the longer it drags out the harder it is. the kind of mentally deal with all this and people have started to do things like still cut food and water and made preparations. think to themselves, what will i do if there isn't a talk? if there is an invasion, how will i safe? god, my family, where will i go? and i suppose adding to those is, are this, this cyber attack in the prospect of cyber warfare which could possibly, if it continues paralyzed past the nations infrastructure. now, what is present savanski been saying about that, and just more generally about how the country might prepare.

yes. so present lensky actually addressing those cyber attacks. that's happened on tuesday, the ukrainian government, that huge cyber attacks against the websites of the defense force here, the army, but also to major state banks. now they didn't attack the infrastructure as sort of the web pages. nevertheless, bernie, very disruptive, and it's a thought of a cyber warfare. some intelligent forces have said, could be the method that russia does employ to destabilize ukraine's. now zalinski has said that the ukrainian government believes that a foreign forces all behind the attack is not exactly naming who they might be. but he's also generally been talking about how there is so much skepticism here in ukraine, in ukraine. when it comes to russians, assertion that it is drawing down some of his troops on the borders. lensky,

like many of the ukrainian officials administers are saying, look, show is the proof shows the evidence, because in the words, the foreign minister, kia, you know, russia, she said, says one thing, but actually does another. i will thank you very much in touch about joining us from k f as we're hearing now. ukraine's day of national unity is being observed and this is across the country, including border areas near russia. region likely to be the front lines of any conflict with ukraine's east and neighbor from said you. hi, keith. charles stratford has more. oh, upon us, young brother's fate shall yet smile our enemies. perish liked you. in the morning some words of the ukrainian national anthem. oh, the coil was national dress of the ceremony in a park in the eastern city of give. the gathering was held to mark what the ukrainian president valona may zalinski called

a day of unity. the flag was raised from half mast soldiers stood to attention. after the national anthem, a singer try to rouse the crowd with a popular song about morale and peace. ah, but only a few people came to watch ah, of to posing for photographs to quiet, began to leave in jail for the unity of our country at night. they want to be united. we want to be very your night, give me a, by outside the tent, where for years people have signed up for the army and donated money. poster of the russian president and his belly, russian ally, and fellow neighbor of ukraine. the city is calm. this before in the field it's quiet says he's a little bit and it's just the normal routine day. people whacking children at school. i don't know what will be will be. i am not worried. there is no point in

the world. one a day, when you as intelligent services predict, say, possible, rush, an evasion, hope you crime shows unity here. eastern city of car kid wants a small group of people. and their message is that ukraine remains unified against what they in the government and their western beckers. say, is russian aggression. charles trumpet alger 0, cold kid, now rushes foreign ministry. spokes person has walked west and media for labeling wednesday invasion day when russian troops are likely to attack ukraine. news agency, citing intelligence reports that russia could start attacking its neighbor in the early hours of the morning. the crammed in referred to it as fake news, dosage of barry has more now on the reaction from moscow. we've been hearing statements coming out from the foreign ministry spokeswoman, who said that it really this is not something this country take seriously because of course they have no intention of invading ukraine. this was that

a weekly briefing of the foreign ministry where as this spokeswoman said, that's a really, it's a rhetoric and it's hysteria that is created by the western media. let's listen to some more of what she had to say or yup. couple fake of christie's kicks me if there is a space on the u. s. state departments website that used to publish stories about the so called russian fake use our please publish stories about your own faith williamson rated by your american media. if you need examples, i shall send you some his cousin, and may be for the 1st time in human history as the so called aggressor, in which the west appointed russia to be on the so called victim, which ukraine is being described does are both denying everything that is being reported marie, but i think the general sense here is that nobody's really interested in this war. everybody i've been speaking to on the streets almost over the past few weeks. i just are shocked at the, even the thought of this country invading ukraine. they say that they're very close in the cultural ties that they share with you quite. and there's really no benefit

for this country to go into that to go into ukraine. certainly vladimir putin has made it very clear that he is not going to invade ukraine, but he does want to have a conversation with his u. s. counterpart president joe biden, about the security concerns that he has about nato's further expansion and both sides. now u. s. president and the russian president seemingly willing to have that conversation with each other to try and get through this current, escalating the attentions without his era life from london to head on the program difficult choices and a tough economy escalation. so as inflation, souls in greece or people are forced to decide between food and heating and america's avocado shortage. how a spot with mexico could hit restaurants, fans of welcome a

hey, they're good to see you now. that storm dudley has cut across the united kingdom. it's taking its energy further toward the east for talking a lot of rain and wind as well. so for western areas of germany, there are red warnings out for hurricane force winds. now we take a closer look at some of the rain, a pretty solid band of brain, from northern portions of germany, into poland. now to the south of this around the bulk and things are settled and we've got high temperatures here belgrade. at 17 degrees. both greece and turkey mostly dry except for the southern greek islands. we will get into some rounds of rain here, but suns out in its stumble with a high of 12 degrees on thursday and for the other side of the mediterranean and abundance of sunshine, barcelona. we've got your pencil in for 900 degrees. we're going to get striped with some rain and wind for northern areas of libya and also some showers, dancing around the gulf of guinea or more concentrated rain is further toward the

south. the remnants leftovers of our tropical cyclone passing through the moves and b channel is going to slam into central and northern portions and those in beacon bring some drenching rain here. and we've also got more rain coming for flood stricken areas of eastern south africa. not too far away from durban turbans gotta have 24 degrees on thursday. that's your update season. aah! for their full fathers! who, the soviets 25 years off to independence. they too must become men. defenders of lithuania, preparing for the possibility of war. waiting for invasion, a witness documentary on al jazeera lou.

ah, ah, welcome back. i made stories now. nato secretary general, they sang. the alliance is looking to deploy more battalions to eastern europe and made on going fears that russia will invade ukraine. installed some books, as is no evidence that some russian troops have full bottom ukrainian border despite moscow's claims. without off to the crumbling release of video, showing a trainload of ahmed vehicles moving across a bridge away from crimea, which russia onyx from ukraine in 2014. meanwhile, ukraine has been holding a national day of unity with people raising the cranium flag across the country. present laudermill, zalinski called on his citizens to show resilience and all the

stories are following mud slides and floods of killed at least $58.00 people in brazil, off to a months, rain fell within hours. vehicles and houses was swept away in the city of patropolis and rio state canopies. dionne now reports ah, the force and magnitude of this rainfall was unexpected. within hours streets across the brazilian city of the properties were submerged. nearby families are stunned as words and mudslides get closer to their homes. the current so strong a pushed vehicles along streets like toys. even a burst is aimlessly dragged away, nearly covered in water. families are now dealing with a devastating aftermath,

including hearing about neighbors who didn't survive. first. mortgage don't. it's very sad to see people asking for help and not being able to do anything. it's a feeling of desperation, a loss. our city is gone, our neighbourhood is gone. this group desperately tries to hold on. the local fire department says more than $250.00 millimeters of rain fell within 6 hours. that's more than a monthly average for the entire month of february. the region is still recovering from the damage of last year's heavy rain where more than 500 people were killed. this year again, already fear the death toll will likely rise. recovery efforts are underway. president have also nato who is visiting russia has called on the local government to deliver immediate support to what will likely be

a long term operation cause hello festival. again. al jazeera wildfires have destroyed move in 2000 square kilometers of land in northern argentina. korean to region has been devastated with at least 6 percent of the area affected. houses in hotels, in the provincial capital, up in evacuated, firefighters work to bring the blaze under control. the agricultural region produces tobacco, cotton and livestock, or vital exports for the embattled argentinian economy. now al shabba, the armed group has attacked several police stations on security checkpoints. in the somali capital market tissue 2 children, 2 suicide bombers and a police officer. i believe to be among the 9 people reported dead. small is in tunnel security minister says she attacked the fighters, struck in the early hours of wednesday morning. these attacks come as the nation prepared for much delay presidential election next week. rebels from ethiopia,

tech. why? region have been accused of killing civilians and raping dozens of women in the harbor region. last year. an amnesty international report is saying that to grind fight is committed atrocities in the towns of china and cobo, nearly half the victims of sexual violence. i say they were gang raped, some of them as young as 14 years old. people in commerce, a t p l. f rebels killed unarmed civilians and a power revenge, killing spree e t p l f is not responded to these latest allegations, but if they've previously said that it would conduct investigations into other alleged atrocities. donatello rivera is a senior crisis advisor, amnesty international. she says the t p l s actions were deliberate, i think is important to stress that these are not situations of civilians being caught in the cross fire. this, these are not collateral damage cases. these are cases of civilians,

men and women who were deliberately targeted by graham forces in the unfortunate need. there is such a level of impunity clearly on both sides, whereby the fighters feel that they can commit this kind of atrocities which amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity that they can do so in impunity in, you know, total impunity which, which you know remains the case until now. a funeral has been held for palestinian teenager who was shot dead by israeli forces in the occupied westbank. 19 year old near hud booty was killed during a confrontation between protest as an israeli soldiers in the town of nabby sala. his death comes uh after a day after another teenager was killed by israeli gunfire. near the town of jeanine. soaring, inflation is hitting living standards across the developed world,

largely driven by a rise in energy prices in greece. left. some people forced choosing eating or paying their power bills. john throb, police reports now from offense. anna tonda is making past that and porridge make up her diet, which she shares with her mother for whom she cares. together they earn a $1000.00 a month and pensions, they own their small apartment, so there's no rent to pay. but as energy costs rise, many of whom does neighbors have received electricity bills. they cannot pay. and when hers comes, she says she'll take to the streets, got ahead of you so i won't pay it because i catch. you can be all right, with 500 or even a 1000 euros. who can asian pay the utilities? no one. this is life or death, or name. rising energy costs are reflected in food costs. the government is subsidizing farmers fuel even more than usual,

and has harvard sales tax on animal feet and fertilizer. but it's not enough since thought a papa who runs a pi shop in central athens. the fresh meat and vegetables that go into her pies have gone up 40 percent since last summer since christmas. her electricity bill doubled is still better than i never said he miss. i didn't raise the price of my pies and i added $0.50 to the price of the fees. it doesn't cover my increased costs. if i prices up further on these customers, because many of them the pension is, i'm going to wait. if i can't make ends meet, i'm going to reduce the kitchen staff and work longer hours or yeah, energy costs rose by more than 15 percent last year across developed economies, the highest annual rise in 40 years. and that's what's driving most inflation here in greece. electricity prices alone tripled last year. and the government is spending more than $2000000000.00 subsidizing energy costs for households, businesses and farmers. greece has been one of the most exposed european economies

to energy price shocks, because 40 percent of its electricity is generated from imported natural gas. the energy subsidies, a move increase away from it's school of sustainability says one environmental think tank. this is really a fossil fuel subsidy. this are months needed a funds that could have been used for our energy efficiency project, renewable energy projects, energy storage projects, as well as support of just transition in the league nitrogen of greece. greek incomes were battered by an 8 year depression following the 2008 global financial crisis, and they still haven't recovered in politics. that vulnerability is a greater concern than the long term goal of sustainability. jobs are open us al jazeera athens. china's president has told hong kong leaders to make stabilizing the cities west cove. it outbreak of the pandemic there overriding mission

hospitals is struggling to contain an overwhelming rise and infections with 2000 cases recorded daily this week. jillian wolf has more now. these coven 19 patients both young and old, wait outside, one of hong kong, major hospitals for their turn to be seen inside a facility filled to capacity. they are finding the baby. finding a bed that follows. on good behind the bed. the territories, 5th wave of coven 19 has seen daily infections surge 40 times since the start of february, with hospitals and clinics struggling to cope. these mix of tans provide some relief to an overall medical system that has reached its capacity solar high get young. the current pandemic situation is very serious. so the number of people waiting for medical treatment are searched. it had to separate general patients from those of colbert through diversion sections outside. hong kong has reported

more than 25000 cases with more than 220 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic . for residents like yancey who is required to provide a negative coven, 19 test, who has worked every week. it seems like there's no end in sight for forming the war. i feel so bad for the hospital workers, so they're working so hard at all. but the government is not doing what they should do. i heard more citizens would support them. the situation has sparked widespread criticism among members of the health and education sectors. with one doctor saying, i've worked in health care and hong kong for a decade or public hospitals are always stressed. we buckle every time. there's a flu surge now with a disease that is more transmissible and severe than the flu and requires expose staff to quarantine. hong kong hospitals are sand castles in a soon army. these new public housing units which are supposed to cater to tenants, have become quarantine stations. and even these have nearly reached full capacity.

but for hong kong, 7500000 people there is rising fatigue with the changing restrictions. the global financial hub is expected to introduce a vaccine pass next week that will require proof of vaccination before entering public venues. in person classes are suspended until next month. and 2 years of seal borders have effectively turned hong kong into one of the world's most isolated cities. and this is ultimately the scene for a region that is determined to stop coven 19 at all costs, drilling woof. al jazeera, a canadian official says truck as protesting against covered restrictions dismantling their last remaining blockade on the u. s. border. the demonstration in the capital also shows no sign of ending lease avoided protesting truckers to leave off a paralyzed the center of more than 2 weeks, demanding an end to a vaccine mandate and other restrictions officers of now started handing out notices, threatening to arrest them and saying they could lose their licenses. now to

honduras, the former present one, orlando hernandez, is in court where a judge will decide whether to extradite him to the us on drug charges. us prosecutors accused him of facilitating the trafficking of 500000 kilos of cocaine . on tuesday he surrendered to police, deployed to his house in the capital to cuz he culpa and led away in and was led away in handcuffs and, and as only left office last month after 8 years as presidents. now there's an avocado shortage in the united states. which means americans are beginning to miss out on one of their favorite food items. u. s. government suspended all imports from mexico after reported threats to one of its agricultural safety inspectors under chappelle has more restaurants like baja, contina and los angeles is marina del rape. the decision to cut mexican condos from the us market is already having an effect. realistically, we have enough for about $2.00 to $3.00 days until we start seeing our pricing in for a kind of change. you know, sanchez says, restaurants in the area have had enough on their plate throughout the pandemic.

it's really difficult for the mom and pops just trying to get just trying to get ahead. last 23 years. it just to mall to it's just been chaotic. so just another thing, but we're resilient. pick any restaurant operators aware of that and we'll, we'll move ahead, we'll move forward. we'll find viable solution that that is purchasing through california because those will find a way to get to get that walk moly on that plate guarantee. that endemic and do supply chain headaches and surging demand meant of ricardo prices were already record high. before the us agriculture department suspended all import the mexican ricardo. it says one of its plants, safety inspectors received a threatening phone call. me check on the only state approved to export to us consumers. what do you need adding other cards for mexican? wants them. kick this party up in the suspension was announced on the eve of the

super bowl. one of the biggest sales days of the year. he's an export industry worth $3000000000.00 per year. i will also make the go next because president andre men will lopez pro daughter had suggested the ban had a different motive. he says us growers don't want imported mexican cutters because of their superior quality. and her chappelle al jazeera ah oh, main stories now, nato secretary general is saying that the alliance is looking to deploy more battalions to eastern europe, amid ongoing fears that russia will invade ukraine. insult him back says there's no evidence that some russian troops have pulled back from the ukrainian border despite as claims from moscow. the u. s. estimates. the $150000.00 russian soldiers are gathered around you.