residential bypass threatening presidents with severe economic sanctions saying if conflict occurs, it could be the largest invasion works. you can do the magic tops if you possibly will rely from moscow to bring you the latest development on al jazeera. ah, still a huge force ready to invade. nato says there is no evidence. russian troops are pulling back from the borders with ukraine. ah, hello and welcome mind piece adobe. your watching all to see are alive from do are also coming up. dozens dead as floods, landslides tear through the brazilian city of patropolis, struggling with the surge. hong kong hospitals overwhelmed as corona,

virus cases continue to climb and unraveling the mysteries of stonehenge and new exhibition looks, to shed new lights on the ancient monument. ah, the head of nato says, russia's testing of europe security is quotes, the new normal gen stalsen bird excess. the alliance will now look at boosting its forces in eastern europe. he says, the threat of a russian invasion is still very real with troops building up around ukraine. ne parker starts our coverage from brussels. fis bump diplomacy as defense chiefs of 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 treats were leaving the crimean peninsula. seas from key evan, 2014 and returning to base. but nato secretary general was quick to dismiss any talk of a de 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 russia maintains a massive invasion force ready to attacked with high end capabilities from crimea to barrows, strong words to from european union chiefs in strasburg, urging moscow to come to the negotiating table. lou schwab was ordered 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 muscle for the cameras joint exercises . wood bella, russian troops, only deepening fears and neighboring ukraine. that it invasions imminent. on the land. and in the air, nato says russia has reached full combat readiness. whether raise the shred of hope in recent days, russia, his signal that it would 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 salt and 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. near parker al jazeera brussels, a cyber attack that hit ukraine's defense ministry is the worst the country has seen. the government suspects russia may have been behind it. a claim the kremlin denies in a show of defiance against any potential invasion. ukraine held a national day of unity. a 200 meter long flag was carried through the olympic stadium. and he of the president law to me as the lensky mark the day by attending military drills, whom 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 17 and in march, and april and september. and in december, no matter what day or month when natasha butler has more from ukraine's 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 attack to being warned by western powers intelligent sources 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, 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 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 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? shall stradford reports now from khaki eve on how a small but patriotic gathering marked unity day. oh, ah! upon us young brothers fate shall yet smile our enemies will perish liked you. in the morning, some words of the ukrainian national anthem o acoya was national dress at the ceremony in a park in the eastern city of iv the gathering was held to mark what the ukrainian president volume is 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. but only a few people came to watch. after posing for photographs, the choir began to leave. j for the unity of our country, they want 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 poster of the russian president and his barouche and ally and fellow neighbour of ukraine. but the city is calm. so when the, it's quiet as usual is 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 wyoming on a day when u. s. intelligence services predicts a possible rush,

an evasion of ukraine show of unity here in eastern city of car cave, wants a small group of people. and their message is that ukraine remains unified against what they in the government and their western back. a say is russian aggression. char stratford, al jazeera, called kiff. well, russia is foreign ministry has marked western media for labeling weapons day invasion. day dawson jabari has more on that 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 usd departments website that used to publish stories about the so

called russian fake or usa, please publish stories about your own fake marines them rated by your american media. if you need examples, i shall send you samples, cars, and may be for the 1st time in human history, but at the so called aggressor, which the west appointed russia to be the so called victim, which ukraine is being described as 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 it this country and baiting 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. i go into ukraine. certainly vladimir point 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 you as president and the russian president, seemingly willing to have that conversation with each other to try and get through this current escalating attentions. the u. s. says it's in the final stages of in direct talks with iran to safety 2015 nuclear deal. france is also taking part in the discussions. it's foreign minister says an agreement could be just days away in direct negotiations between the u. s. and iran resumed last week off for 10 day hires. we are in the midst of the very final stages of, as i said before, a complex negotiation with the key stakeholders here. this is really the decisive period during which will be able to determine whether a mutual return to compliance with j. c. p. away is in the offing or if it's not again, we are sincere and steadfast in our efforts to test

the proposition as to whether a return can be achieved. the death tools rising after mud slides, swamps, a historic brazilian mountain town. up to ac houses have been destroyed and patropolis, and at least 66 people have been killed. one months rain fell in hours. she is cassia lopez. what a yon. ah! the forest in magnitude of this rainfall was unexpected. within hours streets across the brazilian city of the properties or submerged nearby families are stunned, as once in mud slides get closer to their homes. the current so strong a push 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 didn't survive at 1st mortgage, w, j. 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 mobile fire department says more than $250.00 millimeters of rain fell within 6 hours. that's more than the 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 can on this year again, already is fear the death toll will likely rise. recovery efforts are underway. president hyatt, also nato was visiting russia, has called on the local government to deliver immediate support to what will likely

be a long term operation. cartier, locus of a. and how does there a 6.2 magnitude, earthquake has killed at least 2 people in western, guatemala, the job damage buildings, including the church, affecting 25000 people. last year, more than 125 earthquakes were recorded in guatemala without any deaths or significant damage. residents and tourists have been forced from homes and hotels in northern argentina. as wildfires get worse, the fire fights is trying to contain the blaze in the region of korean tests, which now covers more than 5000 square kilometers of land. the agriculture region produces tobacco, cotton and livestock, all vital exports for a struggling economy. still to come here on this program, spots the difference will tell you what's unique about the council in one that us city and beating up privacy is how often indians are struggling with inflation. ah,

hey there. thanks for joining in. here's your headlines for the americas. we've got a messy mix of weather for the canadian province of ontario. we're talking rain 1st and then it's going to switch over to some freezing rain and pick up about 10 centimeters of snow. is that cold air rushes in. so here we are on friday, dark, the blue and the purple, the lower the temperature, but still keeping that warmth in for the eastern seaboard of the u. s. was found, we go a bit of activity around british columbia, rolling across the canadian prairies, but nothing out of the ordinary here. and for the west coast of the u. s, the sellers have come down big time in los angeles, picking up some hail over the higher ground. so we've got you in for a hiv 22 on thursday. very active weather for the south is while pretty much stretching from kentucky rate to the u. s. gulf states and in fact, across northern areas of texas into oklahoma. we could see a tornado here,

severe thunderstorms, and definitely some drenched rain being fueled by that moisture from the gulf of mexico. there has been flooding in honduras and those showers still coming at you for that caribbean coast of central america. now for south america, the heaviest rain will be along the eastern side of the andes, into the western amazon basin out toward the south atlantic. and we've had some big storms around rio de janeiro on thursday, and that continues the co cater culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism worldwide. and to reward matter an excellent and encourage creativity, the shape tomato wants a translation and international understanding was found to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged that road and strengthening the bones of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches.

ah, ah ah, the me welcome back. you're watching al jazeera alive from the top stories this half out. that of nice since the lines will look at boosting sources in eastern europe, western powers, believe russian troops are still building up in numbers around ukraine and a show of defiance against a potential invasion. ukraine held a national day of unity wednesday was the day russia was reportedly likely to attack the 66 people have been killed in brazil after much life. swarm to mountain time, destroying ac homes firefighters to say more than $250.00 millimeters of rain fell

in 6 hours more than the month, the average for the month of february, an increase in truck drivers testing positive occurred with 19 and is causing food delivery delays to hong kong, the supply issue is forcing up the price of fresh fruits and vegetables in some parts of the city. hong kong imports and 90 percent of its food stuffs, health authorities say $35.00 cross border drivers have tested positive for the virus this month, forcing hundreds more into isolation to stop it spreading from 0. i came all the way here from the other side of the city because prizes have become too expensive or they're lazy and my delivery truck only came at 2 pm today. i didn't dare to take a break in case i missed its arrival. while the government has set up a task force to deal with the problem, matoney and yet i deal with the 1st task is to recruit more truck drivers who have not been exposed to infection risk to joining this work. second,

ensure that all cross boundary truckers will have covey 19 tests every day by using the rapid anti body testing. once the results show negative truckers are allowed to work across the boundary. we're also working to see if it's possible to go with waterway transportation. as hong kong is girdled by water, and there are quite a lot of inland wolf and cargo handling area. and we're contacting some of the shipping companies to see if it's possible to transport these goods to hong kong by water. hospitals in hong kong are struggling to keep up with an influx of corona virus. patients. the new wave of infections comes as the city's leadership sticks to its 0 cobit 19 strategy mainland china is pressuring the authorities to contain the spread. 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 big. bad timing of

a piccolo. went on good behind the territory. his 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 i searched 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, who has worked every week. it seems like there's no end in sight for, for me. oh, 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. our 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 us who nami. 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 for entering public venues. in person classes are suspended until next month. and 2 years of seal borders had 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 cove at 19 adult. drilling, move out is here. no relief is inside, for germans have had enough of covered 19 restrictions. the government is looking to and some of them next month, starting on the 4th of march, unvaccinated people will be allowed back into shops, bars and restaurants. but they will still have to show a recent negative test results, mass wearing and distancing rules will continue. doctors in the us have an answer. they have cured the 1st female h i v patients that makes her only the 3rd person to be cured through a stem cell transplant the treatment to get rid of the disease. and both the use of umbilical cord blood from a donor with natural resistance to the virus. the stem cell transplant was initially used to treat the female patients cancer, but she has now been free of h. i v. for 14 months, syrian government air strikes of killed at least 4 people and injured 3 others in the northwest. they targeted

a fuel market in italy. the last remaining province held by the rebels. volunteers from the white helmets tried for hours to put out the fire. serious decade old conflict has killed nearly half a 1000000 people rebels from ethiopia to gray reach and have been accused of killing civilians and reaping dozens of women in the am horror region as of last year. and amnesty international report says to grind fighters, committed atrocities and the towns of china and co, both nearly half the victims of sexual violence. there say they were gang raped, some of them were as young as 14 years old. ham traffic in the us state of michigan has long been a diverse place in recent years. is welcomed. growing numbers of immigrants from the middle east and south asia. now it's become the country's 1st city to elect and all muslim counsel, john henderson has more of the the city of him trimming, put a new face on representative government in america for a century. it was

a polish american enclave in michigan surrounded by the city of detroit. now a wave of new immigrants from yemen, bangladesh, pakistan has eroded the dominance of warsaw. in 2013, the city became majority muslim. yeah. a call to prayer echoes past the goth expires. of catholic churches in the aromas of poland mingle with the sense of the east this year for the 1st time, the mayor and all 6 members of its city council or muslim. the only entirely muslim city government in the united states may or armor gallops as him traffic's tale is the latest evolution of the story of america. the american dream is a life and the doors of opportunities are open for everyone. and i came as an immigrant in high school, i was after miss 11 grade in yemen and did all my schooling here and now on

the mirror of the city, the mayor echoes as similar sentiment to that of another barrier breaking politician who came under fire for his religion before becoming president in 1960 because i am a catholic, and no catholic has ever been elected president. the real issue in this campaign have been, excuse me, i believe in an america where religious intolerance will some day and for all man and all charity are treated as equal downtown ham triumeq bridges its past with its present, with the polish american congress. right next to a bangladesh business. what's changed is it's now just 70 percent polish. and majority muslim. the changing face of the city hasn't come without controversy. there's the people who wanna be like, oh, they're gonna bring cherry ally and all the women are going to be forced to cover and women aren't gonna be able to drive anymore. and all of those things rights. amanda jew, cowski spins the cultural gap here,

a polish american who converted to islam. we said baba because it's grandma and polish, and this is when she lived in ham triumeq. she says the issues here are neither religious nor cultural. who the kind of problems of many cities like a high poverty rate. in the united states, we have a separation of church and state. we have those principles of making sure that we're representing everyone. and we're not bringing religion into that sphere in terms of the way that decisions get made. both processes happen. there's not that much of a difference. city leaders are hoping the new found attention might bring tourism and commerce to the home of america's newest wave of immigrants. john henderson, al jazeera ham traffic, michigan. argentina is dealing with stubbornly high annual inflation. no running at 60 percent. some analysts are forecasting. it'll climb even higher this year, despite promises from the government to control prices. theresa bo reports now from when it's iris on how people are trying to adapt. it's

a culinary hotspot in the central market of when a site is and people here pride themselves in cooking the best spanish or b as in the city. but with the countries inflation rate at 50 percent. but the seattle lydia ileal says she has to make a next re for each month to keep the business going. arrogant dinner a sequel margin. tina is a disorganized country, but we learn to serve the situation. it's a constant challenge. the learning experience or products have very good quality. i don't want to reduce our quality. so what i do is try to sell as much as i can. so again, in quantity and don't have to increase the price as much. the government has been trying to regulate the rising prices with controls and other economic measures, but it has not succeeded. inflation has been a problem for arden times per decade, and that's why people are implement strategies to protect their income in this market. for example, waters need once a month to agree on the price of certain products, and they promote those prices in car voice like this $1.00. the problem we're told is that this month the price of fif went up around 70 percent. so now they have to

change this cardboard once again, jose luis hello, now owns a butcher shop. says epidemic beef consumption has dropped significantly. and he still trying to recover from the economic impact. oh is the beef culture in argentina is huge with barbecues, every weekend. what we see is people not eating is much be flagged before, and they are eating pork and she can insert it, ah, inflation for it is the government to guarantee that salaries and pensions increase to keep up with a constant rising prices. protest like this one show, it does not always work. on tuesday, thousands gathered in the center and went site is to demand more government assistance tina and the international monetary fund, or in financial talks to negotiate more than 40000000000 in debt to target inflation. but economy say that fight to control racing prices won't be seen bike

on an argentine at there are several factors that have an impact on inflation. that's why it's so difficult to tackle. and that's there is an integrity plan that attacks all those causes of inflation like a monster with a 1000 heads arjun times have gotten used to living with inflation and many find ways to survive it, but it's a vicious cycle that has hurt the countries chances of growth arjun times have gotten used to living with inflation and many have found ways to survive it, but it's a vicious cycle that has heard the countries chances of achieving long lasting economic growth. there is, i will as a feeder when a fight is done the years, the ancient monument of stonehenge in the west of the u. k. has raised more questions than it's answered. now an exhibition in london is seeking to unravel some of its mystery. as the haughty. as another day dawns, the mystery of these stone towers remains. stonehenge in southern england was built

nearly 5000 years ago, some believe as a spiritual pilgrimage said. now museum curators are using dna testing and artifacts to paint a clear picture for the public when we visit stonehenge is such an amazing monument . but what we tend to mr. the people who built it was bringing all these objects together. latent do, they did the, the people who built an age and later understand their relationship and their connection to other parts of britain in europe. the exhibit at the british museum in london is the 1st of its kind, a glimpse not only into what these structures are, but who was behind them. masks, pottery and tool help to humanize those who visited stonehenge or lived around it. were trying to unravel the misuse of stonehenge, but there's no dial, but there's many that we won't enter in the exhibition. and those are those, those questions. but really what people were doing within the circle, for instance, those things are an unknowable. but in some ways that part of the power of the

monument and parts of the tire exhibition. if we don't know, and we are inviting visitors to, to, to come in to the exhibition and see what we do know and leave with questions as well. because the questions that pushes forward, pushing us forward and shedding a glimmer of light on an ancient past. the hardy, just the 1st time since the pandemic began, people in the u. s. city of los angeles are enjoying a championship rally. you thousands of rams fans grab it to catch a glimpse of the american football, super bowl heroes. the victory parade wound its way through the city, and then to justify the coliseum, the lakers and the dodgers. one championship title from the past 2 years, but they couldn't have fixed rates because of coded ah,

exactly half past the you're watching else is either a low from your headlining stories. the head of nato says the alliance will look at boosting is foresees in eastern europe western powers believe.