and he skillfully mcdowell, 3 key areas of development. oh, filling a promise of connecting the world, connecting the future. wanted cato cutters, gateway to whoa trade. ah, still a huge force ready to invade. nato says there is no evidence russian troops of pulling back from ukraine's borders. ah, my peace adobe your watching l. 0 alive from doha. 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 you, exhibition looks to shed new lights on his ancient monument. ah, the head of nato says, russia's testing of europe, security is the new normal yen stalsen box. as the alliance will now locate boosting its forces in eastern europe. he says, the threat of a russian invasion is still a very real with troops building up around ukraine. nice baka begins our coverage now from brussels. fish bumper 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 pull back of forces from near ukraine. the kremlin says combat equipment

and treats were leaving. the crimean inflow cease from cave in 2014 and returning to bass. 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 troops or equipment. this may of course change. however, what we see to day is that russia maintains a massive invasion force ready to attack with high end capabilities from crimea to but are us strong words to from european union chiefs in strasburg, urging moscow to come to the negotiating table. lou schwab was ordering 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 muscle for the cameras joint exercises would 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. but there is a 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 sultan 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 falk al jazeera brussels. now a cyber attack that hit ukraine's defense ministry is the worst the country has seen the government's suspects. russia may have been behind it. that's the claim. however, the kremlin denies. in a show of defiance, against a potential invasion ukraine held a national day of unity. a 200 metre long flag was carried through the olympic stadium. and key of the president loaded me as a lensky month to day by attending military drills. much more really going to cope, which when we are seeing a large concentration of troops, it hasn't changed over the last week. we think some small rotations, but i wouldn't call these rotations of whole that of russian troops. constant lock there. we will consume the pullback of russian troops once that happens. and once a short period of time passes up, the number of groups of military forces in hardware decreases at those parts of the border. natasha butler has worn out from kiev 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 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 happen. 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? charles francis reports from call keep on her a small the pantry artic gathering their bond to unity day. the upon us, young brothers, fate shall yet smile. our enemies will perish linked you. in the morning, some words of the ukrainian national anthem, the choir was national dress of the ceremony in a park in the eastern city called que the gathering was held to market. the ukrainian president followed me 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. after posing for photographs to quiet, began to leave my good job for the unity of our country. they want to be united. we want to be very united nearby, outside the tent, where for years people have signed up for the army and donated money. opposed to of the russian president and his bell rouge and ally and fellow neighbor of ukraine. but the city is calm. look when 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 worry method 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. john strafford al jazeera, called cave. russia's foreign ministry has mocked western media for labeling wednesday, quotes invasion day. dasa jabari has that story 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. t department's website that used to publish stories about the so called russian fake or use on please publish stories about your own faith williamson 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 as 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 this country invading ukraine. they say that they are 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 didn't 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 u. s. president and the russian president, seemingly willing to have that conversation with each other to try and get through this current escalating attentions b. u. s. as it's in final stages of in direct talks with iran to save the 2015 nuclear deal. frances, also taking part in discussions and it's foreign minister says an agreement could be just days away in direct negotiations between the u. s. and iran resumed last week, after a 10 day ice, which 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 told is rising after mudslide swamps, an 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 a few hours. he has cut yellow purse for the yacht. the forest in magnitude of this rainfall was unexpected. within hours streets across the brazilian city of the properties were submerged. nearby families are stunned as floods and mudslides get closer to their homes. the current so strong, they pushed vehicles along streets like toys. even a burst is aimlessly drowned away,

nearly covered in water. families are now dealing with a devastating aftermath, including hearing about neighbors who didn't survive at masses' grandmother. i don't know. 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 know this year again, authorities fear the death toll will likely rise. recovery efforts are underway. president, how you 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. locus of again al jazeera, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 2 people in western, guatemala. the jo damaged buildings including the church, affecting $25000.00 people. last year, more than 125 quakes were recorded in guatemala without any deaths. or significant damage, residents and tourists are being forced from homes in hotels, in northern argentina, as wildfires there get worse firefighters. the trying to contain the blaze in the region of korean tis, which now covers more than 5000 square kilometers of land. the agricultural region produces tobacco, cotton and livestock, all vital exports for us troubling economy. still to come here on this program, the 1st woman is cured of h i v. we have details of the breakthrough treatment plus beating up prices. how

often timmy is struggling with inflation? ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored play cattle airways, you're locked into your weather update for asia. let's go everyone. great to see you. it's a fairly com pitcher across india along the western gats. we've got temperatures in the thirty's majors see a few spits and spots of rain for a car now to come into careless state. but as we look toward the southeast corner of india seems are dry. the same goes for, for longer. it's while really the bulk of the activity is falling over the admin and nick bar islands checking in on southeast asia right now concentrate it. rain southern sections is march our rate across java, western and southern areas of borneo on thursday. now, for indo china, we've had spells of rain over the last little while it was a dry or pitcher,

but we've disrupted that weather pattern. so still some sundry downpours in bangkok with a high of 30 degrees snow to be expected for central areas of china. this is all falling in between the gang stand, the pearl river valley, and eventually cold air will rush as far south as hong kong, so your temperatures. i'll look at this over the weekend. they take a big drop. we've got that northerly wind, so that's part of what striking down things and really raw fueling day snow. the big issue for western areas of japan. we do have a heavy snowfall warning in place for western areas of honshu. we could pick up to 50 centimeters of so within 12 hours that you're up. oh, the weather sponsored by katara weighs about it in washington, dc with a chain link and a painting for unit, for people who are struggling out using wild meets of palestinian seeking inspiration for a striking knew in the heart of the american capital. the benefit of shreed art is

a kind of confront, but will his plan for universal artwork succeed oregon there. the colors of home on al jazeera lou. the me watching al jazeera. my name is peter. i'll be your top story. so thought today, the head of nato says the alliance will look at boosting his forces in eastern europe, western powers, believe russian troops, the still building up around a crane and a sharp defiance against any potential invasion. ukraine held a national day of unity wet and say it was the day russia was reportedly likely to attack 66 people had been killed in brazil after mudslides swamped mountain time,

destroying 80 homes of stable than 2 $150.00 millimeters of rain fell in 6 hours more than the monthly average for february, an increase in truck drivers testing positive cove. it is causing food delivery delays in hong kong. the suppliers he was forcing up the price of fresh fruit and veggies in some parts of the city. on kong, import 90 percent of his food stamps, health stores, he said $35.00 cross border drivers have tested positive for the virus this month, forcing hundreds more into isolation to stop it from spreading from our own. 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. well, the government did set up a task force to deal with the issue and 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 coven 19 tests every day by using the record 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 ariana. and we're contacting some of the shipping companies to see if it's possible to transport these goods to hong kong by water. cost bottles 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 a 0 koby 19 strategy mainland china. as pressurizing, the authorities to contain the spread is julian wolf. with 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 day they're finding a big, big follow. with on good, behind the big 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 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 of la 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 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 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 before entering public menus. in person classes are suspended until next month. and 2 years of

sealed borders have effectively turn hong kong into one of the world's most isolated cities. and this is ultimately the theme for region that is determined to stop co 19 at all costs, joint woof al jazeera doctors in the us have announced they've cure the 1st female h i v patient makes, or only the 3rd person to peculiar through a stem cell transplant 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's not been free of h i v for 14 months. then it's nash isn't epidemiology professor at the city university of new york. he says, this is a breakthrough treatment. this means that viruses basically vanquished from the person from the person's blood from the person cells. this happened because the treatment for leukemia 1st, you know,

really destroys all for blood cells. and then she received stem cell transplant on top of that. so it's, it's very, it's unheard of, it's extremely unheard of for people with a check for this to happen. people with a virus always comes back even after it is undetectable. if you stop treatment and it did not happen in these 3 cases that we've had to date, to be sure this is very important developments very, very welcome years and progress, right. a cure for each have been highly sought after since it was recognized as a life threatening viral infection of pandemic proportions nearly 40 years ago. but it's really been a loose to date to some of the feel free to. meanwhile, people, the average person who h i v can live healthy life with normal life expectancy on life saving treatment that we're lucky to have. we've had some major advanced treatment and prevention and so with the same treatments we can prevent transmission as well as treat it. we

can prevent transmission from mother to child from sex and you know, sharing partners to one another. and so this is what we need to be focused on now for the 80 percent of for the 38000000 people who are living with a chevy around the world. today. senior schools in the indian state of can africa have reopened after a week. they were closed during protest against a ban on students wearing hit jobs in class, the court is currently deliberation. the rule is largely being enforced, but some girls are being told to remove their head scarves before entering the building protests against the band. by some muslim students and parents drew counter processed by hindu students, college or thirty's aren't letting us inside the schools there asking us to remove the he job and burka when limbs, how can we remove them? it's our prize. we will wear it. we do not care about our lives. the syrian government strikes have killed at least 4 people and injured 3 others in the northwest. they talked with a few market and id live the last remaining province held by the rebels. volunteers

from the white helmets try for hours to put out the fire series decade old conflict has killed nearly half a 1000000 people. rebels from ethiopia to gray reach and have been accused of killing civilians and raping dozens of women in the region of horror. last year. and amnesty international reports as to grind fighters, committed atrocities, and the tons of china, and cope. nearly half the victims of sexual violence. their safety was gang raped. some of them were as young as 14 years old. the european union's top court has dismissed a case by poland and hungary challenging and you funding law. the ruling means the e. you can cut funds to member states that violate democratic rights and freedoms. the decision marks of milestone in the e used few to poland and hungary as popular government, some protecting human rights. argentina is dealing with stubbornly high annual inflation. it's now running at 60 percent. some analysts are forecasting it will

climb even higher this year, despite promises from the government to control prices. theresa bow reports now from bernice iris, or how people are trying to adopt it to 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 out of container a sequel margin. tina is a disorganized country, but we learn to serve the situation. it's a constant challenge in a learning experience. our 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 tines for decades,

and that's why people implement strategies to protect their income in this market. for example, waters need once a month to agree on the price of certain cuts and they promote those prices. in car voice like this one, 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. since 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 over 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 when aside is to demand more government assistance

. didn't tina and the international monetary fund, or in financial talks to negotiate more than 40000000000 in debt to target inflation. but economy say the fight to control racing prices won't be seen bike on an argentine. 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 a 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 if the former president of honduras will return to court next week for a 2nd hearing on whether he will be expedited to the us on drug trafficking charges

. us, prosecutors say he made it possible for 500000 kilos of cocaine to be exported to the us in 2004, one, orlando hernandez, only left last office last month after 8 years as president. he's about to cooperate with the domestic authorities, saying he's ready to defend himself in court. over the years, the ancient monuments of stonehenge in the u. k. has raised more questions than answers. non exhibition in london is seeking to unravel some of its mysteries. here's the haughty as another day dawns, the mystery of the stone towers remains. stonehenge in southern england was built nearly 5000 years ago, some believe as a spiritual pilgrimage site. no museum. few readers are using dna testing and artifacts to paint a clear picture for the public when we visit stonehenge when such an amazing monument. but what we tend to mr. the people who built it to what,

bringing all these objects together. like to do like to see the people who built an age and late to 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 helped 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 exhibition. and those are in those questions. but really what people were doing within the circle, for instance, those things are unknowable. but in some ways, back parts of the power of the monument and parts of the power of exhibition. if we don't know when 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 it's questions that pushes forward, pushing us forward and shedding

a glimmer of light on an ancient past. the hardy, just during the 1st time since the beginning of the pandemic, people in the u. s. city of los angeles are enjoying a championship rally. thousands of rams fans gathered to catch a glimpse of their american football, super bowl heroes. the victory parade, wound his way through the city and ended just as the colosseum. the lakers and the dodges one championship titles in the past 2 years, but they couldn't have victory parades because of coded ah, ah midnight 30 gmc less update your top story so far today the head of native since the alliance will look at boosting its forces in eastern europe, western powers, believe russian troops are still building up on the border with ukraine. much more really going to cope, which way we're seeing a large concentration.