in his side, mamma, would the military arresting people for their political beliefs? ah, this is al jazeera ah. hello, i'm emily angry. this is the news allan live from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. as to the ard meeting today at seasons, february, the in the unit down to kiera is so under the u. s. and nato say there are still no signs of russian troops pulling back from ukraine's borders. despite moscow's claims, france announces its withdrawing its troops from miley ending and 9 year military mission. like sand castles, innocent army,

that's how one dr. describes hong kong, devastating 5th, coven, 19 wife. that's pushed hospitals to breaking points. and more than $94.00 people that killed and thousands displaced after a heavy rains trigger. lance lives in southeast and brazil. and i'm lia harding with sports as controversial figure skater. camila valley ever goes for another golden beijing. the 15 year old russian is about to compete in the women's free skate despite testing positive for a band substance. ah, we begin the program with the growing crisis between russia and you'd crime us and nato say moscow is adding more troops and there's no evidence of a pull back. despite that, russia says it's withdrawn at 10 convoys from crimea. foreign minister sig, i lab rob says moscow will respond to you as security proposals later on thursday.

but the white house argues another 7000 russian soldiers have arrived at ukraine's border, many within the past 24 hours. meanwhile, nato defense ministers, the meeting for a 2nd day in brussels, at the center of the crisis, is russia's demand that ukraine never be allowed to join the military lines. and that nature is forces pulled back from eastern europe. as we are meeting today in peace and stability in the unit, lansing area is sir on the fits that are signs for moscow. that diplomacy could continue, but so far we have not seen and the sign o withdrawal or de escalation. russia has yet again demonstrated its this through god for the principles underpinning european security on its ability and willingness to threaten the use of force in pursuit of its objectives.

unfortunately, i am afraid that this is the new normal, which we need to be prepared for a mile ration bank to rebels in a sin. ukraine have accused key as government forces of using motions to attack their territory. that's according to members of the self proclaimed law. hands get people's republic and russian state medium. they accuse ukrainian forces of violating a ceasefire agreement in the dispute in region. ukraine says the rebels have shelled it's positions 8 times in the past 24 hours, but the situation is now stable. al jazeera con, independently confirmed the allegations to get more on the night. i am meeting with nathan banker in brassel russell's shortly the fest. let's guide see andrea simmons in here halliday. andrew, what's the make of these reports and fighting in the don bath area? well, what we make of it is that russia is really making

a major thing of it in the media. it's being reported right across the board. t, v and newspapers and online. and the report goes like this, that the separatists in this area of law hands, which is a self declared peoples republic. this was a, in the don barza region. and this conflict there has been going on for 8 years. a report suggests that that a mortar attack was launched along with a grenade launchers also and a heavy machine gun, no mention of any casualties apparently, but the whole report is questionable. it would seem because the ukrainians are saying that they actually received incoming fire. i was the other way round, and the has been a photograph published on the joint forces website showing

a destroyed building, which they say is a kindergartener. 2 people were slightly injured. now the russian media is using the same photograph using a different village name and saying that the a building was hit by the ukrainian a forces so at we are in a position now of being unable to verify either way i'll miss, but the ukrainians are asserting quite strongly that this is fake news and now that the actual context of all of this may not be huge because it's very frequent that we get exchanges of fire along this front line about the past 8 years. that's been the case. however, there is this warning from the us under the western powers that the could be the russians using something like this as a pretext for further military action on incursion, perhaps into this region, or indeed, or an invasion or such. so that there is some concern over this,

i wouldn't say a law but certainly consume not some people saying lots of different things. andrey wants the government saying about these reports of the shelling in the dumbass rate and what have you hearing from them? a well they're saying the situation is come. we all. however, hearing that sir, in denette school, which is the other self declared people's republic there. oh there is showing going on. it isn't clear which side is shelling which side and we're not clear on exactly what's going on. but there are reports of shelling. it has to be said that there is also a feeling really in the government that, that russia is, is, is testing the waters in some ways, but also a still incredibly dangerous. and this is a feeling that the whole attempt by russia to suggest that 10 convoys of tanks have been removed from crimea. it is merely a turnaround of false is not necessarily a withdrawal far from a withdrawal,

according to the craniums, according to the americans under the western powers. and we're hearing from yen stole to book, saying that this is the new normal that russia will continue. it's aggression, and that has to be more reinforcement sent out by the west into the region, so by no means an easy situation and what do they make of it here? the people? well, there certainly there's a veneer of, of, of, of, of, of organized unity and we saw that. so on wednesday, the unity day are the same day that the, the evasion was supposed to start according to intelligence reports, likely date anyway. and, and so we're getting really people feeling beneath this veneer of self respect. there is a real fear about the future about whether the new normal isn't just russian aggression. but the sphere on the streets the could go on for weeks months, perhaps indeed. all right, thank you very much for that update. andrew simmons lie press in key and let's get

more on what's happening with the nitrate late is a net perspective. let's cost live mantle nave. baca is in brussels where the defense ministers, the making for a 2nd day naval what's happening on date. so yeah, will day, 2 and talks have been underway between representatives from ukraine and georgia and nato alliance members, ukrainians dial again, rather than being here in person. or of course is important to remember that both of these countries are on a road map to nato membership. and have been on that robot for a very, very long time. and both of them face stiff opposition from the kremlin in that ambitions of joining the alliance. but the ambition has taken something of a back seat in recent days. it's not as prominent as it was largely because the situation deteriorated so much in east, in europe. it isn't seen diplomatically, is perhaps being helpful to keep hammering on about ukraine, imminently joining the nato alliance. they also began with yen stoughton burg reiterating that he believed that said there was

a security crisis in europe that there is a new normal now with russia, testing the very underlying principles of european sovereignty. and nato was now forced to respond. 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 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 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 to 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 would beller, 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, his signal that it would be willing to join talks about door remains open. do too much, and 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 stolen 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 standoff is fast fading. or adding his voice to the mix, the french foreign minister, jean eve, la diane, who in an interview with the financial times said that he believed that the existing arms packs that have been in place in europe for a very long time are increasingly redundant, increasingly irrelevant given the fact that the nato alliance is having to contain

with the largest build up of russian forces in eastern europe since the cold war, you get a sense that either side, the nato alliance of russia is continuing to 2nd guess each other's moves. hopes of a d escalation. intention seems some far away off right now into that vacuum. essentially, nato is saying we'll look if we don't have correct ounces. we don't have clear cut responses from the kremlin. all we have to do is take protective measures, and that means bolstering our forces. but the fear is, of course, that could antagonise moscow to do exactly the same. and don't thank you for breaking that down for us. any back? our life ross in brussels, plenty more head on the fuse, our, including why a centuries old mosque and indian administered catch me remains out of bounds for friday, pres, in search of a better live town south career is trying to integrate defectives from no co way

into society and in full and liverpool tagged a big step towards the quarter finals of the european champions league that so coming up with a french president a manual mccomb has confirmed the withdrawal of his troops from molly after a 9 year mission micron denied the french mission in molly has ended in fallujah, but he accused molly's transitional government to forcing his troops out, france and european allies, se they'll continue what they call a joint action against terrorism in this region. but they don't give me detail. we cannot stay engaged militarily next to authorities who do not share our strategy, nor our objective. that's the situation we are confronted by. and molly, today will be the womans, the sequence shown left hospital in these conditions,

france and its partners in this fight against terrorism and the states participating in the to cooper task force. i've taken the decision to remove military forces from molly. this removal will begin by the closure of faces in gussy manada and go will be ordered with the molly and military forces and the un forces in molly. so i think during this period, we will maintain our mission and support for the un peacekeeping mission as well as from on this. let's bring in a sad bag who is in senegal capital because i said this is been in the works for a while. what are the details, the hearing about the withdrawal of these troops? whether they're calling it a strategic or a phase withdrawal that could take to 6 months now. what french president emanuel macros said is that ne j will become the new heart for the fight against terrorism . now this operation france got involved in molly back in 2013 to when insurgents and separatists had taken control of large parts of the north of molly

and the french helped dislodge them and take back control of those cities and towns with that operation against france, either terrorism has spread to this whole region, which comes to the right 10 countries, but to france is facing up to the reality on the ground, which is that in molly has been to military cruises and increasing anti french sentiment. but not only in molly, but in other countries, also in burkina, faso, military, french ministry. conway was blocked by people. opposed to france has been military cruise in brocade, festal, and guinea in an attempt, it manager couldn't get gimme by so, so the landscape is changing. and with that was the west african leaders are looking over the shoulders, concerned about military crews. and if it is an increasing anti french sentiment, they also concerned about their populations and how they would react to an increased military french military presence in their countries. but as the french

president has said that they fight against some of these groups that are linked to al qaeda and i still will continue. but this is a major strategic shift forefront after 9 years of being involved. but the french president is adamant that this isn't a failure. however, not everybody sees it that way. indeed, thank you very much for breaking that down for us aside. bag live for us in synagogue capital dot com for more analysis on this is bringing delana god joe, who's a specialist insecurity in this region and joins us from neighboring felina, thanks for being on this news. our one of the security implications of frances withdrawal of troops in molly thank you for having emily m said to lee in the short term. i think what we foresee is a vacuum in terms of security, especially in the tri border areas. so in that area where most armed groups are located, the fact that matter can, will not be providing at least for a while,

because we don't know exactly what is going to happen in terms of air force. but the fact that backline is retreating is going to be a problem for those troops. both maryan and you said in particular that are fighting in the tribe work area. so this will have immediate consequences, at least delena as we mentioned. i mean, some have described the french mission as a failure. what do you think has been a shape since 2013 when french troops 1st deployed tamale the 1st, the 1st deployment in 2013 was particularly positive. i would say, i mean holland, who was a friend, frustrated at the time, was hailed victoriously by michael when he arrived. and there was, there was a genuine request on the part of the maya states to have the french state involved . that operation which was called a better soon sterile was a conscious consequential operation. so the friend who are gaining territory increasingly and instead of to step they were community thing it particular well.

and that operation which was concluded after one year was particularly successful. since then, there have been a number of successes regarding that can in terms of deputation which is which is a form of military action that eliminates the head of a terrorist organization or an armed group. and they were able to eliminate a number of leaders am, but they weren't able to stem insecurity as much as i believe they would have wanted. so one of one of the things that micron keeps repeating is that what they wish to do, what can is supposed to do is slow down violence. i believe in that a sense to some extent they were successful. i mean, this is a very comp, counterfactual analysis is hard to tell what would have happened in but comes up since delane. i mean, it seems to be quite a polarizing issue in some would say that france is abandoning malins. or do you agree with some critics who say paris has been all we have has been infringing on

molly's sovereignty, m. o. from from a legal point of view, but canada and france haven't been, haven't been infringing on maryan. sovereignty was a request on the minor states, there is a legal agreement m, in terms of, of whether yeah of whether this whole intervention was positive again is, is extremely hard for us to tell. i mean is, is difficult to also imagine whether deep some of these aren't groups and kinda affiliated islamic state affiliated, would have had this basis for support. and recruitment had not been for a french presence that is perceived by a part of the modern society as neo colonial. so one thing that we could imagine and once that can will leave molly is that there will be less of a pool for recruitment for some of these are new, oops, and this is possibly one of the positive consequences. another thing that we could

imagine in the future is that that would be more of a push on the part of the 1000000 transition government and the 1000000 juanita m to negotiate with, with some of his armed groups. this has been ongoing for a number of years now, but there will be a stronger push by this, given that there will be less military support on the part of the french, i guess we'll have to white and said delane out, what impact will this have on the return to civilian rule given it's been almost a year since the agenda to pow i in that crew back in may. am i thinking this, this is particularly hard to foresee. i mean, the fact that now in the military do is holding, he's not tonight. so these are national consultations that also car at the local level and is, is a very positive sign. i don't know how it's really, really hard to tell that believe and how long this will take, how long this transition government will last. how long will it take it to organize elections that actually impact?

well, we appreciate your insight as always, delana, ga, joy i especially since security in this a health region. thanks for being honest news. allan and company in hospitals and testing facilities in hong kong, a buckling under the pressure of a major covey 19 outbreak. the worst since the pandemic began, beds are filled to capacity, and patients being treated in make shift open spaces. rick clinic reports from the city. dozens of patients, many of them elderly waiting outside in the cold and wet weather just to get a hospital bed inside under its dynamic 0 infection strategy. hong kong requires any resident who tests positive to go to a hospital or a quarantine facility, even if they have mild or no symptoms. as a result, thousands of waiting to be admitted. hong kong government is looking at ways to

cope the huge numbers, including the possibility of turning hotels, housing estates, and student dorms, into isolation, wards. adding to the concern is the sluggish vaccination rates among hong kong, elderly, currently less than 30 percent, or if everyone in hong kong is willing to get fascinated, the situation will be better. it will cost a lot if hong kong wants to stamp out corona virus infections, like in mainland china, i think the mainland coded control measures may not suit all cold, but the message from beijing is clear. get your house in order hung pro baiting media quoted chinese president. she's in pain as telling hong kong to take all necessary steps to contain the virus. only a gum chief executive carry lam, thanks. she for his support and vowed to unite hong kong to fight the virus. the hong kong government is facing criticism for st. like this old people waiting out in the cold for a hospital bed. 2 years into the pandemic. many asking why mall wasn't done to

prepare for this day. brick clinic, al jazeera hong kong. a german government is looking to end some of its coven 19 restrictions next month. starting on march, the 4th unvaccinated people will be allowed back into shops, bars and restaurants. but bell still have to show a recent negative test mask wearing and social distancing. rules will continue. a canadian official says truck is protesting against the mandatory cove at 19 vaccinations, dismantling their last located on the us border. but demonstrators, in the capital ottawa tank port, billy says ordered them to leave, threatening to arrest drivers and cancel their licenses. if they don't, they have shut down the city center for more than 2 weeks, demanding vaccine mandates. and the other restrictions be scrapped. the latest landslide disaster in brazil has swept dozens of people to their deaths

. a month's worth of rain fell in what's known as brazil's imperial city. as monica janek, yet reports, after the sudden and unexpected storm, the search for missing bodies. oh, emerson thought he said he was able to pull out his mother and one girl before the mud avalanche hid his bar. once you've got your pl shayna where everything fell at once, i never thought i would see something like this. well, you know, do not so smart. you the last a niece and her niece as daughter, she still looking for both and has lost hope. wanted to throw you. yesterday, a man was found alive in the debris. the firefighters pulled him out to day in the morning and he was dead. i can't cope with this any more. fallacy. moiz says she's come to pick up clothes and food to take to the shelter where she is sleeping. but like many, she has not yet come to terms with her loss. because inter balmore,

i cannot go back to my house because it's unsafe. i lost a needs in the mudslide, but many have lost so much more that the number of deaths has been growing by the hour after tuesday's unexpected brain fall. $230.00 millimeters of rain and 3 hours the same amount expected for the whole month. it submerged streets and destroyed houses and vehicles you go down to me if i media 26 members of my family are alive by i have lost all my friends. they were buried by them on this basis. patropolis is also known as a summer. get away for brazil's royalty when the largest south american country was an empire. the region suffered devastating floods and mud slides in 2011 that killed more than 900 people. 75 year old geraldine joe meta says he survived

the 1st tragedy. but his homeless again, i look reviewed nothing was done to prevent this from repeating itself. climate change and geography may explain part of the tragedy in patropolis, but there is much more as says res, gouge avira. poverty is also an issue. misers, keshawn with one student. it's very difficult to check of houses being built regularly for roles are being complied with when there's no alternative to house the poor and needy brazil's present. j bull sanara tweeted from russia. he said he'll visit that throb pulleys on friday. elections and brazil are due later this year, and recent polls show ball so narrow, trailing behind format present was in masula, thus silver. a devastation in patropolis is only expected to add to his wolves. monica and our give i'll jazeera still ahead on al jazeera,

honduras is full of president, is ordered to stay in prison for a month and he finds his expedition to the us. the right to space is getting crowded and dangerous up there and installed one of the best, double se you'll ever see in the in agile. and it wasn't even by a goalkeeper. ah hey, they're great to see a red off the bat. we've got a dangerous storm india atlantic. this is storm units. it's a bomb cyclone. so that's when an area of low pressure deepens within a certain period of time. think the deeper the low, the more intense it is. there's where it is on thursday. press play by friday, that's cuts right across the united kingdom. here's where you need to know. this is a dangerous storm winds, a 160 kilometers per hour gust over exposed areas in line,

we're talking about the southwest of in england. we could see wind gusts up to a 130 kilometers per hour, and then snow over the scottish hills $20.00 to $30.00 centimeters with blizzard conditions. now let's go back to thursday. these are the leftovers of storm dudley producing some flooding rain over germany and poland effect rate across germany. we've got red warnings in play for hurricane force winds that extends into western poland for greece and turkey. it's fairly settled, but we do have rounds of rain for the southern greek islands on thursday. cross africa, northern parts of libya, white and windy conditions to be expected. some showers danced around the gulf of guinea and leftovers of what was the tropical cyclone slamming into central and northern parts of moves and big. this is going to generate some flooding in the days to come. that's a snapshot of your weather will soon take care. ah,

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ah ah, ah, hello, you're watching out his ear. i'm emily angland, a reminder of our top stories. the salam, the russian defense ministry, has published a new video of what it says is tanks returning to their bases. but the u. s. and nato say russia is adding more troops, need ukraine, and there is no evidence of a pullback. meanwhile, the ukrainian military and russian backed rebels in these dire accusing each other of shelling their positions in the disputed new hands. general ukraine says the situation is now stable to 0 to independently confirmed things delegation. and

present to menu elma chrome has confirmed the withdrawal of french troops from molly after 9 years from and you are a pain allies, will continue what they call a joint action against terrorism in this a hell really engine. ok. let's return to our top story on the russia, ukraine tension. that's bringing and glen diesel, who's the editor of russia in global affairs, is also a profession professor of international relations at the university of south 8th. no way. he joined us from osler, thanks for being on the program, profess. so there are plenty of moving parts to this story. and as we just heard, according to nature, there aren't any signs of russia withdrawing troops. but that's despite what moscow is saying. what do you see as the current state of play? well, i think both are of course, well the same contradictory can both be true because ross has begun reducing some of its true presence by returning them to our ex. however,

is it because the military exercises over the russia will also continue to keep the military pressure high because it will, this is the only reason why there is diplomacy to begin with. and so keep in mind that russia attempted to negotiate the mutually acceptable pioneer p and security agreement for the past 30 years. but these demands for secure and the guarantees have over the past 3 decades consist them blue being ignored. either way, simply because russia was to weaken, nato could act unilateral in europe. so or so, because diplomacy must be backed by military pressure. we can expect that the russian military, it will scale back a little bit, but the pressure will numberless be maintained. so diplomacy come, can continue. glen ne, i says it will consider in this no confirmation at this point, but it will consider more traits and night. i staves what's likely to be potent reaction to base will moscow say that is antagonistic?

well, definitely because, well, the message coming from washington, if there's a need to reduce tensions, but how about the transmitter to their asking russia to pull back? meanwhile, they're pumping weapons more with and thing to ukraine. they're mobilizing nato in eastern europe. so when they say reduce tension, what they're asking for is the rational capitulation so so, so this is obviously provocative in which should only russia to reduce tension as well. maybe you can increase it. so we'll definitely respond to this woman that way . and that will again undermine beta. secure in this is underpinning rush. i was message to europe. i cannot how security will act in the way in which you're going to have security either so provocative. i mean, it all seems very counter intuitive. what do you think? curtain will do next. they have many tools that their disposal i

for one, the russian parliamentary recently now voted for task put in to recognize the independence of the best of the boss region. i don't think they will act on this yet, but it's, it's one option to more pressure on the because what russia has been asking for one thing for the past 7 years is for the west pressure ukraine into actually abiding by the minister. so after 7 years, of course, the ukraine still did not want the implemented, they will not talk to the bus, it will not give them, they'll talk to me, which was so if, if the music agreement is ignored, then russia might ignore it as well. in terms of either sending it's true to defend on bus or. busy or recognizing their independence, but so far the russian troops on there for mainly 2 reasons. one is to deter q from

talking on boston. the 2nd is to deter nato from moving its military systems closer to the russian motors. yeah, that was my next question. i mean, what do you make of, of the allegations of what's happening in the loo hands, people's republic. i mean, there are various reports from both sides from kiev and from mascara. what do you make of what's happening there and what are you hearing? well, it says difficult to say both sides, sir, do talk each other and show which other m so or so it's her. yeah it's, it's not for me to say how this recent shuttling began. but it is worth noting that the, this means the agreement, this was the negotiate of them to conflict in ukraine between came and bust. however, it, if you're carrying us, they say will no longer abide by it. and then there is no more peaceful solution.

which means that this would have to be sold by military force to some extent. and this is part of a problem with this dynamic, because if he argues that russell spinal to invade the worst weapons into ukraine. however, and only way that ukraine can retake that on bus by force to have enough weapons and know that they have made during their boxed. so it's a bit of a security dilemma or so called the all american and british military support for ukraine can actually alicia, or certainly is a dilemma or anything that's the understatement of the day. but we appreciate your insights as always, glen jason, from the university of south east and no way thank you. i was moving on now and the u. s. is says it's in the final stages of indirect talks with iran to say the 2015 nuclear deal. france is also taking part in the discussions and it's foreign minister says, an agreement could be just days away. indirect negotiations between the u. s. and

iran resumed to last week after a 10 day break. 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 the 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 to syria. now where government and strikes have killed at least 4 people and injured 3 others in the north west of the country, they targeted a fuel market in evenly the last remaining province held by rebels. volunteers from the white helmet group tried for hours to put out the fire. the former president of honduras faces extradition to the united states for drug

trafficking. as men, while rappel obe reports from the capital one, orlando hernandez was taken to court after hundreds of police surrounded his hon. and emotionally charged gathering outside the supreme court of honduras. many hope to catch a glimpse of former hundrend president 100 lender. it amended, wanted by us at liberty's, on international drug trafficking and illegal weapons charges. it amanda's arrived in handcuffs and chains for a preliminary court hearing related to an extradition request filed by the united states. earlier this week, i'm a part of failure here to celebrate. we're here to celebrate the narco dictatorship that is failing today with its greatest liter. tensions outside the court lead to minor scuffles between critics and supporters of the former president and owner. we are supporting our president in pace. so dignified process is carried out and he's

brought to respect it. we also supporting him pace fully as the national party as late as of the party. we're not looking for trouble, we're not attacking any one of them. we just want our president to realize he's not align it. amanda is, was arrested on tuesday at his home in the 100 capital u. s. prosecutors a legit. and then this helped facilitate the trafficking of hundreds of tons of narcotics from columbia and venezuela over the course of his 8 years as president allegations, the 53 year old, former hunter and leader has repeatedly denied his fate. now, in the hands of a judge overseeing a request for extradition by the united states. i mean, they got on the thought of so, but a fancy in order to guarantee his presence at the extradition proceedings. he will be provisionally detained at the facilities of the special operations command of the national police man. the federal prosecutors in new york had previously named

at 9. there's a co conspirator in a major international drug trafficking case. and last year, a us judge sentence, president edmond is, is younger brother tonia than this to life in prison. overcharges related to cocaine trafficking. having concluded the 1st of 2 appearances before the supreme court, former 100 president, one orlando, 9. this will remain under the custody of security forces until march 16th for a 2nd and final extradition hearing. one way to follow al jazeera douglas, he got up for a wedding guess in india have been killed after falling into a well, a concrete slab covering the abandoned well collapse under the weight of a group of women and girls. other guests were taken to hospital and pradesh to be treated for the injury. friday praise remain out of bounds at a centuries old mosque and indian administered cash me. it was closed in 2019,

when the government in new delhi revoked the regions or tony indian authorities have long seen it as a place of anti government activities. have any mental report. this imposing structure holds especially place in the hearts of many cush metes. for centuries, the grand mask has been a venue for prayers and an arena for political activism, but has largely remain closed for nearly 2 and a half years. he was, as you almost reported, you my, you, i come every friday for prayers, but all in vain. the mosque remains closed. i feel sad and distressed. we believe operators will be answered if you break the jam, your must chip on fridays, and it used to give me solace. push meters claimed in full by india and pakistan. but governed by the 2 nations and bots, indian administered kashmir, has in protest and violent uprisings against new jellies rule for decades. the grand mosque has played a role in driving these in august 2019 the government revoke kashmir special status

and imposed a communication to blackout. it also shut mosques in this muslim dominated region, while others have reopened, the gran mostly door has been detained in his home, and the grounds have remained out of bound. so friday, pres, in the past, tens of thousands of muslims attended these, which not to wear through a 3rd, which are some elements. so want to disturb places like these and grid in the impression internationally. i see that muslims are being suppressed in india. i think security agencies took these precautions to prevent that in the heart of the main city she now go. the mosque is a major meeting point for people who live here. sermons would address kashmir, political struggles, while authorities have closed it for extended periods in the past. it's closure now has raised concerns about religious freedom, rudo holl, ard threw in these times while you're seeing unprecedented suppression pressure and tyranny across india, particularly in kashmir,

where even religious gatherings are not allowed to our grand mosque plays a central role. it's closure in the case in these claims of secularism and democracy. the government is also blamed the pandemic and says it will last local authorities for a security review to reopen the mosque. but cushman is a skeptical and st. new delhi has made similar excuses in the past to crack down on their freedoms. park new metal al jazeera, new delhi. foreign ministers from the association of southeast asian nations have discussed how to restore pace in me. emma, at a meeting in the cambodian capital p on him thorns louis has been following events from colonial. the crisis in myanmar has exposed divisions within our psion. now once again, me unless military government was not invited to a ministerial level meeting within ours yet. it's participation, downgraded to a non political representation. some hours in members have taken the view that

myanmar military government should not be invited until they've demonstrated a commitment to implementing a peace deal negotiated by ours in, in april last year. that deal includes initiating dialogue and granting a special envoy full access to the country. and last year, special envoy, a diplomat from brunei, cancelled a shed your trip because he was told he would not be able to meet with ousted leader on santucci and others. he had proposed this year, special envoy, commodious foreign minister, has said he plans to visit me on march next month is not yet known, who he will meet or other who he will be allowed to meet. but he has said that arson has not made contact with the national unity government. that's the shadow government opposed to the qu because this group has been designated a terrorist organization by the gender. now, 4 months activists have been calling for them to do more to resolve the crisis in myanmar, including recognizing the shadow government as well as supporting in arms embargo

against the jupiter. and it appears that ours in is not ready to do either. the ours in foreign ministers meeting in pen on penn, this week is bound to disappoint those, hoping that ours in would take a much firmer stand on resolving the issue in myanmar. a new initiatives then launched in south korea to better integrate defectors from north korea by helping them start their own businesses. more than 33000 defect is live in south korea. but as rob mcbride reports from so many find it hard to adapt to life. but this launch of enter meeting between 2 cultures with a common purpose, south korea, ministers, and officials on one side, on the other young defectors from north korea wanting to make their mark in business planning. and jesse kim came to south korea 8 years ago, bringing with her a lifelong love of food, which she is turning into a successful online business promoting north korean cuisine quiet. although,

till my own as a child, i was fascinated by the ingredients. the smile characteristics of food and always prepare meals for the whole family, my home town because he me, her home is near to mount, back to considered by north korea's leadership to possess special significance and straddling the chinese border through which most effectors escape to the south. is north careers heavily fortified border with south korea? much harder to cross and the scene of dramatic attempts, such as this defection by a soldier in 2017. amid a hail of bullets, once they get out of north korea, many defect is fine. that is only the start of their troubles. the bigger challenges adapting to south korea is much freer lifestyle and fast paced economy completely unlike anything they've been used to. jesse kim has made that transition successfully down more than tongue and again, more than clinical i think for all young people business is difficult. i don't

think i found any harder, easier as in north korean defector. but many defect to struggle with some, even returning to the north pole. this scheme is aimed to help them with business startups. with the wider goal of integration between north and south or on the water. i am convinced this is an opportunity for people like you and future generations to dream big and initiate change across the korean peninsula. the army when an amended he startup business him to produce goods and services for both the north and the south can help reduce the psychological distance between the 2. curiously, his lives in visual, with inter korean relations currently in a deep freeze, even small initiatives, it seems keep alive the hope of close ties. one day. rob mcbride, al jazeera sol space. scientists have spotted a case of mistaken identity about to collide with the moon. they think that

a rogue, a booster rocket expected to crash next month was built by china, not by spice ex, owned by the american tycoon, a long musk scientists say the era highlights problems with the tracking space. debris and china recently complained the united nations because the chinese space station had to avoid to space ex satellites. the u. s. company rejected those claims though, saying the chinese would have been notified well in advance. if a name miss was the likely, and it's certainly getting crowded in the earth's orbit, $5000.00 active satellites were there last year. that's twice as many as 12 years ago, with space tourism and other developments the estimate 10 years from now is 30000. steven free land is an expert in space law. he says the international community needs to do better cleaning up space. john. we have a lot of law that regulates the international use of space. and those trade,

he laws that will put together really 50 or 60 years ago, but there were well, have meant this face has fine large were thus far. but the technologies raised for the number of actors in spaces bridgeford in there are so many more things that can be done. and a large proliferation all space debris layer, literally hundreds of millions of pieces of space, debris, all through earth. all birch plans are from various countries and companies, maybe 300000 satellites to go up in the next 10 to 15 years. and so i have this area with all of this debris will become even more hazardous as we send more and more things into space. of course, space is incredible. it's allowed humanity to do so many things. the reason i'm talking to you now is only because we space technology, but that's the point we are so dependent on space,

we have to manage the way we move forward. otherwise we risk it becoming in accessible and navigable like unsustainable which would have been on all of us still ahead on al jazeera, we'll have all the action from the badging winter olympics as canada united states to the gold medal in women's eyes. hockey, leis up mixed with boy. ah

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next few minutes, russian figure skater, camila valley ava will compete for gold in the women's free skate. despite testing positive for a band substance. the 15 year old was clear to compete by the court of arbitration for sport against the wishes of the international olympic committee. she will not face a hearing for her doping charge until after the games. the i o. c has said that if she finishes in the metal positions, there will not be a metal ceremony for any of the competitors involves. now will keep you up to date with the action. but former u. s. a. lympics gator adam rippin from the us says it's wrong that valley ava is still able to compete that summoned with a fail doping test is allowed to compete in the games. it's a complete slap in the face to every single athlete who comes here and competes clean. what is going on for camilla right now is traumatizing. it is absolutely not fair and it is crazy that a child is going through this right now. but

a child did not get those drugs on her own. and i think that's something that we need to remember that a child cannot get those drugs on her own. some one gave them to her, and there's going to be these fairy tales about her grandfather did it or whatever . well, you know what? that didn't happen? it is just it's insane that a symptomatic coven, positive athlete, isn't allowed to compete. but there are athletes here with positive drug test. the positive test occurred back in december. and as adam there hinted, the russians are blaming it on contamination with her grandfather's medication. but the head of the u. s. anti doping agency, travis tire. he says he's not convinced, even if he did have a legitimate need him and let's hope that he did if, if he had this drug, that doesn't mean it's going to jump from a closed container medicine cabinet into someone's urine. at a level $2.00, nana graham. so it raises serious questions and alarm bells and to the legitimacy

of the story. and it can't be one, it simply accepted because you know, an athlete or a coach or a trainer or olympic committee states, that's what has caused this positive test, a lot more investigation in scrutiny of that story. it has to be done. the russian team has already won gold in the team event and again, there have been no metals awarded 10 days after that. the united states who came 2nd have met with the i see president thomas bock who's reported to have offered them torches instead of metals until the doping cases resolved. 3rd place japan declined to meet with bach will way from the skating controversy there. michela schiffron has crashed for a 3rd time at the games. the american failed to finish the slalom leg of the combined event. they mean the 3 time olympic champion has not won a single metal in any of her 5 attend thing and said the combined gold went to switzerland. michelle gets the rivalry continues between canada in the us as canada

went on to win gold and the women's ice hockey. the canadians won 3 goals to 2 against the defending champions. captain mili philip pullman scored twice to claim the 3rd gold medal of her career. it's the 5th olympic metal title for canada in the last 7 games. while there are no male ice hockey players from the n h l competing in beijing because of kobe 19 concerns, the action is still on in the league and check out this contender for save of the season. it's not even by a goalie, you definitely need to look at a slow play here to see how impressive it was. florida panthers, lucas carlson, came up with this double block in there 3 to over time. when over the carolina hurricanes amazing will to football and liverpool have taken a big step towards the champions league, quarter finals after a to nail when away at inter milan. both goals came in the final 15 minutes at san

0, roberta for amino opening the scoring with this header. and that was followed by a strike from mohammed sada the clean sheet and to away goals. put liverpool in a strong position, heading into the 2nd leg on march 8th, halftime tune it up if, if it's a proper time, like today be up to have half time. i don't tell the boys. oh my god, job done. put your legs on the table. it's am, that's a very tricky result. and why should be think differently about his mouth? 6 times champions, league winters. byron munich had a tough night. they went a gold down await at salzburg. chuck, we've wakey adama. got the goal for the austrian side who are playing in the knockout stage for the 1st time buyer and drew level in the 90th minute when kingsley cummins scored the crucial away goal. so it's 11 heading into the 2nd leg to the n b a and lebron james and the l. a. lakers overcame and nasty looking ankle injury to anthony davis to beat the utah jazz davis had to be helped from the court

after landing awkwardly in the 2nd quarter. but thankfully x rays showed it was just a sprain and he'll receive treatment during the all star break. in his absence, james led the lakers to victory with $33.00 points, including that dunc they fought with 12 points down in the 4th quarter, and it was often reeves who put them out of sight to snap utah's 6th game, winning street and across town in los angeles eli rams football team has been parading the super bowl trophy thousands lined the streets to cheer them on after their victory over the cincinnati bengals to the 3rd team in the city to win championships in the last 2 years. but the lakers and dodgers didn't get parades because of the pandemic. even the hollywood sign was decorated to say rams house. hold, that's all yes work. now hinge back over to emily. thank you very much. leanne. all right, that's so for me, emily angland for this news as well. but nick clack will be here just a moment with morning stay with us. ah

mm. for did remy? this is lena families. the pain is unbearable for their relatives were killed last week. doing a military operation ordered by the venezuelan government, security forces accused him of being part of a colombian rebel group and said date died in combat. when neighbors and family members insist they were innocent, taken from their homes and executed. under pressure, venezuela's, defense minister by the me to president said the armed forces were obliged to defend that country from irregular groups, but added that human rights needed to be respected and that the events that them

order would be investigated. frank assessments for china will benefit from the 0 call it strategy if the rest of the world cannot get informed opinions at all cost focused on needs. i'm not protest from that statement. critical debate library would claims that native constitutes an interest and she'll thread to russia, but it's precisely his actions that created this insecurity in the region. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera killing, the debate they eraser of like people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online your voice comment sessions. right, so our conversation, we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not by being nationalistic about us. you just look at it in a very different way that perspective men and men meeting each other and they don't

have any pollution. let me get it clear for you this analogy. sierra. ah, as we are meeting today, peace and stability in the unit antic area is under the law to say to nato say, there are still no signs. russian troops are pulling back from ukraine's borders despite moscow's claims. ah, and i'm the clog, this is out. is there a life window also coming up, france announces it's been drawing its troops, jamante, ending in i. e. a military mission are more.