new york festivals broadcaster of the year was for the 5th year running. there are some of the media stories, a critical look at the global news media spread on al jazeera government shut off access to social media. i regret to say that this is the new normal in europe, nato, and the usa. there's still no evidence of russian forces. d escalating despite moscow's claims of a draw down. while ukraine holds a day of national unity on what u. s. reports had suggested would be the day russia invaded. ah, hello i, mariam noisy, watching al jazeera life from london also coming up on the program

at least 78 people reported dead after. heavy rain has patropolis and brazil, flooding streets and causing devastating landslides. why there's not much learning going on right now in zimbabwe schools. ah, hello and welcome to the program will the head of nato is saying that russia tested europe secures he has become a new normal for europe, at least a 150000 russian soldiers and our estimated to be station near ukraine's borders. a kremlin is released footed showing some of its forces moving back to their permanent bases in crimea, which are annexed in 2014, but nato achieve yen. st oldenburg, said, satellite images, confirm rusher is not reduced troops on ukraine's border. he announced at the

alliance will now look at establishing new combat ready groups to strengthen its east and flank. meanwhile, ukraine has held a day of national unity following u. s. reports which suggested russia might attack on wednesday, and you have barcode begins our coverage now from brussels, where it natalie does have been discussing the crisis. fis bump diplomacy as defense chief some nato countries, including the u. s. and germany arrive the lines headquarters to strengthen their stance on russia and pour 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 kia in 2014 and returning to bass. but nato secretary general was quick to dismiss. any talk of d escalation of tensions. we do not see any sign of the escalation on the ground,

nor withdrawals of our troops or equipment. this may, of course change. however, what we see to day is that, that russia maintains a massive invasion force ready to attacked with high end capabilities. from crimean to, but are us strong words to from european union chiefs in strasburg, urging moscow to come to the negotiating table. lou schwab was waldron 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 you there was little sign of any russian troop withdrawals in belarus on wednesday. this another show of military bustle for the cameras. joint exercises, wood bell, or 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 and 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 sultan burg, 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, as cyber attack, the head, the defense ministry, is the worst the countries ever seen and suspects russia to be behind him,

the crime in his reject it that. meanwhile, inside ukraine itself, people have been raising the flag in a national day of unity as a show of defiance in that fears russia mine they'd. 1200 meter long fly, was carried through the olympic stadium and care present. ramirez lensky as monk the day by attending military trails near the border with that a roof and is called on ukrainians to show resilience route you. we are not afraid whatever's forecast. we are not afraid of any pupil 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 in december, no matter what day or month. now there is natasha, but that brings us more now from the ukrainian capital 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 time. you're being warned by western powers intelligent forces saying that any day now russia could evade in your, 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. but separatists in the east of the country, we have been at war with russia for nearly 8 years now. maybe lots of people have forgotten that they will tell you, but we certainly happened. but even that having said us, 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 stuck up 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 ally safe god, my family, where will i go? ukraine's day of national unity is being observed across countries. we've been hearing, including in border areas and russia, regions likely to be the front lines of any conflict with ukraine's east and neighbor from your car. keith charl. stratford has more now. oh, upon us, young brother's fate shall yet smile our enemies will perish liked you. in the morning, some woods of the ukrainian national anthem, the choir was national dress of the ceremony in a park in the eastern city of hold 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 tried to rouse the crowd with a popular song about morale and peace. ah, but only a few people came to watch ah, of supposing for photographs the choir began to leave my good job for the unity of our country. it might be a one to be united. we want to be very united near by outside the tent, where for years people have signed up for the army and donated money opposed to of the russian president and his barouche and ally, and fellow neighbor of ukraine. but the city is calm. this book when the filling up it's quiet as usual, is just the normal routine day people lacking children at school. i don't know what will be will be. i am not worried. there is no point in worrying about that. on a day when you as intelligent services predicts a possible rush,

an evasion of ukraine show of unity here in eastern city of car, give us a small group of people. and their message is that ukraine remains unified against what they in the government and their western back. assaye is russian aggression. charles rapid al jazeera, called kiff brushes, foreign ministry spokes, passengers marked western media for labeling wednesday invasion day. some news agencies, citing intelligence reports that russia could start attacking its neighbor in the early hours of the morning, the crime and called it fake news and says the patrol of ukraine is a victim is inaccurate. or yackel flake asks me if there is a space on the state department's website that used to publish stories about the so called russian fake uses. please publish stories about your own faith williamson created by your american media. if you need examples, i shall send you some those cars and may be for the 1st time in human history, but the so called aggressor, which the west appointed russia to be on the so called victim,

which ukraine is being described as are both denying everything that is being reported marie pitbull again, lou as state department as head back saying it's russian officials were planting stories in the media that could be used as a pretext to invade ukraine can move from my can or in washington. so that still seems to be this talking up of the prospect of an eminent invasion mike yes, indeed, the state department saying that what it calls a window for invasion is still open or the secretary of state antony blinkin saying as well that the u. s. has observed no signs of any withdrawal by russian forces along the ukraine border. the statesman for the spokes, the state department went even further saying that far from there being any form of withdrawal, it appears that russia is enforcing and reinforcing its troops along that particular border. this is what state department spokesman met price at to say we

are doing everything we possibly can to seek to find a peaceful resolution to the crisis. moscow has needlessly precipitated but those efforts, as we said, will be effective only if the russian federation is willing to de escalate. to be very, very clear, we have not seen that. in fact, we have seen the opposite in recent weeks. and even in recent days, more russian forces not fewer are at the border, and they are moving concerning li into fighting positions. this is cause for profound concern. president biden has spoken to allah shalt the day after the german chances talks with president poosey. and what do we know about these conversations? well, the talks have concluded, we haven't heard anything formerly from the white house as yet, but we have had a read out of the conversation from the german president's office,

making very clear that the conversation was long. it was intense. the german chancellor informed the president biden about his recent visit to both to kids and to moscow way health talks about putin. both leaders once again expressed the hope that there would be a diplomatic resolution to this ongoing crisis. however, both express fears as well that russia maintains or remains in a threatening posture along that ukrainian border. what was not mentioned in the read from the germans is whether there was any discussion of what would be included in any potential sanctions package should direct you go ahead and invade. that's a sticking point between the u. s. and germany. the u. s. absolutely adamant and president biden had reiterate the fact that any sanctions package would include the closure of the nordstrom to pipeline from russia to germany. germany heavily reliant would be heavily reliant on gas resources from the pipeline. it has not

indicated whether it would agree to any such sanction being included in any package, the u. s. as adamant that it would, but there's no news about this of whether the 2 leaders talked about this particular aspect of agreement on essential package. should russia invade ukraine? alright, thanks very much. washington mike can reporting to us or you, lia shojo, is director of the frontier europeans to the middle east institute. and a former military adviser to nato, says rushes demands are on feasible. if we look at the rush of the mans particular to any, through those 2 drafts from a few weeks ago, what russia is actually demanding is not just the stop of military expansion, but the reduction of nato on in europe's east. so going back to the 2 countries like romania like the baltic countries and poland and telling

them you should no longer be a member states of nato. and you should no longer host western troops on your territory. now that of course is completely unfeasible. and if that is being considered provocative by russia, then we're at a point where everything can be considered awkward to by russia. so the head for you on the program. if you of his to grind rebels are accused of going on or eventually free, and i'm har, reach and killing and raping civilians. patients treated outside overwhelmed hospitals as hong kong struggles with a big scourge in cove infections. ah hey there, thanks for joining in snow. the name of the game for western areas of japan. hello, everyone. good to see you at all has to do with this weather maker here in the

waters between korea and japan. this is more so plaguing western areas. upon shoots toward the south west, we have a heavy snowfall warning in play here. could pick up to 50 centimeters of snow within 12 hours. hey, we're also talking about snow for central portions of china in between the gang, see, and the pearl river valley. and eventually cool air will win out here toward the south. so hong kong prepare for it. your temperatures are going to drop big time in the days to come. now indo china still getting spells of rain here. this is plaguing bangkok on thursday with the high of 30 degrees. and as we look at indonesia as main islands, just relentless rain come naturally for a java. as we look towards mara as well. and for borneo, our heaviest concentration of rain will be toward the west and southern areas. as we go down under right now, the rain, his mostly made a clean sweep across eastern areas, and then we're talking about those high temperatures toward the southwest. so perth has a high 37 degrees, and in his weather report in new zealand,

a few showers for the escape gets been has a high of 23 degrees on thursday. the truck they will see you soon take care. the discarded clothes from rich nations are funneled to charities and sold to impoverished nations. on an unprecedented scale, a massive industry sift through the unwanted garments to re so to some of the world's poorest inhabitants. but much of what arrives on fit for purpose and this fueling and environmental catastrophe. people have power troubles with gone to uncover the dirty secret behind the world's freshman addiction. that white man's clothes on edge is eda blue.

ah, welcome back. look at the main stories we're following. the salad. now, nato secretary general is saying the alliance is looking to deploy more battalions to eastern europe. made ongoing fears that russia would invade ukraine against. dalton book says there's no evidence that some russian troops have go back from ukrainian border despite claims from moscow. this off to the crime and released a video showing a train load of ahmed vehicles moving across the bridge away from crimea, which run russia antics from ukraine in 2014. meanwhile, ukraine has been holding a national day of unity with people raising ukrainian flag across the country. president vladimir lansky, called on citizens to show resilience will in avenues of following mud slides and floods of killed at least 78 people in brazil. after a months worth of rain fell in hours,

vehicles and houses was swept away in the city of metropolis in rio de janeiro. catchy lopez, her down reports. ah, the force and magnitude of this rainfall was unexpected. within hours streets across the brazilian city of the properties or submerged nearby families are stunned as words and mudslides get closer to their homes. the current so strong in 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 donna, 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 rains were more than 500 people were killed. you know, this year again, authorities fear the death toll will likely rise. recovery efforts are underway, president hyatt bar. so nato who's visiting russia has called on the local government to deliver immediate support to what will likely be a long term operation. cartier, locus of again al jazeera while size of destroy, more than 2000 square kilometers of land in northern argentina. he korean to his

region, has been devastated with at least 6 percent of the area affected houses in hotels and the provincial capital of been evacuated as firefighters work to bring the blaze on the control. the agricultural region produces tobacco, cotton and livestock, or vital exports, embattled economy, the group osha. bob was attacked several police stations on security checkpoints, in the somali capital market issue to children, to suicide bombers and a police officer. i believe to be along the 9 people reported dead somalis in tunnel security minutes to says our ship. our fight is struck in the early hours of wednesday morning. a tax calm as a nation prepares for a much delayed presidential election next week. the rebels from if europe has to go, i region have been accused of killing civilians and raping dozens of women in the hall region. last year, an amnesty international report says to grind fighters committed atrocities in the

towns of china and cobo, only half the victims of the half the victims of sexual violence. they say they were gang raped, some of them as young as 14 years old. people in columbus, a t p, life rebels killed unarmed civilians in an apparent revenge, killing spree. t p. a laugh has not responded to the latest allegation, but they have said in the past they conduct their own investigation of into other alleged atrocities. earlier we spoke to donna teller rivera, senior crisis advisor, amnesty international, and 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 and the unfortunate need there was 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 impugn in total impunity which, which remains the case until now became fast as curator has been sworn in as president, 3 weeks after toppling the democratically elected head of state pool. on re santiago the amoeba. youth of office in a televised ceremony with no foreign representatives in attendance, he had a military gent that overthrew rockmart christian gabor a last month. in his address time, eva promised to deal with the worsening security situation, which he said lead to couple res ousting the usaa saying in the very final stages of indirect talked with iran to save the 2015 nuclear deal. iran says that an agreement might be close in direct negotiations between both countries resumed last week after a 10 day hiatus for minister of france. one of the countries involved in the talks

says a deal could be just days away. and iran li negotiate arbitrary honey says the sides are closer than ever to an agreement, but nothing is agreed until everything is agree. on doris, his former president, one orlando hernandez, alt will be imprisoned in an army barracks until a judge decides whether to exit into the u. s. on drug charges, us prosecutors accuse him of facilitating the trafficking of $500000.00 kilos of cane. it did before a judge on wednesday after surrendering to police had been deployed to his house in the capital de gooseneck alper. the day before. a 2nd hearing has been set for march 16th hernandez only left off as less than 3 weeks ago after 8 years as president. now senior schools in the southern indian state of karnataka have reopened. after a week, they were closed during protest against a ban on students wearing his job in class. court is gary deliberating the rule

sludgy, been enforced, but some girls have been told to remove their covering before entering the premises . protests against the band, by some muslim students and parents early this month, drew counter protest by hindu students. karnataka is governed by prime listener under modi's hindu nationalist party, which is accused of discriminating against muslims. holiday authorities aren't letting us inside the school. they're asking us to remove the he job and burka were muslims, how can we remove them? it's our pride, we will wear it, and we do not care about our lives. china's president has told hong kong leaders to make stabilizing the cities was covered. outbreak of the pandemic. their overriding mission hospitals are struggling to contain an overwhelming rise in affections with some 2000 cases recorded daily. this week. gillian wolf has more. 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're finding the gate. they're finding a big fall off on good. they're kind of in the territories. 5th wave of coven 19 has seen daily infections search at 40 times since the start of february, with hospitals and clinics struggling to cope. these makeshift turns, provide some relief to an overall medical system that has reached its capacity. solar hi, good young. the current pandemic situation is very serious. so the number of people waiting for medical treatment, how surged it had to separate general patients from those are covered 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 to his work every week. it seems like there's no end in sight for forming. he won't, 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 or heard more citizens would support them. are you, 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 turn hong kong into one of the world's most isolated

cities. and this is ultimately the theme for a region that is determined to stop cobit 19. at all costs, drilling wolf, al jazeera. a canadian official says truck is protesting against coven restrictions, a dismantling their last remaining blockade on the us border. but the demonstration in the capital also shows no sign of vending lease of order protesting truckers to leave off a paralyzed defender for more than 2 weeks demanding an entr vaccine mondays and all the restriction offices have now started handing out notices and threatening to arrest them. and warning those near the parliament building, they could lose their licenses, but many a saying they'll stay put 1000 bob ways. government is suspended. teachers have gone on strike over pay and working conditions. they say rising inflation is eating away salaries and they want to be paid and us dollars. government is offering them

a raise. but union say it's not enough harm. tax reports from her. i oh, it's another week of children going to school in zimbabwe and doing nothing constructive because there are no stop the government to spend a thousands of teachers with 3 months without pay for going on strike, demanding more money to we are not linear, nobody. oh no teachers, younger women around the government has offered teachers a 20 percent pay increase payment of part of their salaries in us dollars and other incentives including free education for the children and loans for housing. but unions rejected the offer saying it's still not enough. the government here employ about 140000. his nationwide is not known exactly how many of them are to strike the education requirements. they say can be replaced with thousands of i'm employed teachers. are you looking for union leaders believe politician out of touch with

reality those who as opposed to manager education? if found in the skipper with ellen, children are living in private schools in a little private schools. and some of them are living in exotic leanings and as a bit in australia you is, i'm a mother listened us, but so the public school is now so much neglected because they don't affect this as into does on this. so they don't what yeah, that's you must, you are cells gas from his house to supplement his income. he and others have been the teachers want at least $540.00 us dollars a month right now the earning less than $100.00. it teacher gets, i bought a 2 years right now and you need to break better mount into transport. i lauins daisy housing i lauins and basic salary is also included in that. a to years. economists warn, paying salaries in american dollars will fuel inflation with no side so far,

willing to budge these little to no learning taking place in many of us and bobby's public schools. how to matessa algebra had i ah, just a great look at the main stories we're following as our now nato secretary general is saying the alliance is looking to deploy more battalions to eastern europe, and the ongoing fears that russia will invade ukraine installed some bug says there's no evidence that some russian troops have pulled back from the ukrainian border. despite claims from moscow, u. s. is estimating a $150000.00 russian soldiers gathered around ukraine, salt and boxer, satellite images prove that russia has not moved its forces. but the kremlin insist nato is wrong. it's released a video showing a train load of armored vehicles moving across a bridge of.