leon police found consignments of fake olive oil made from industrial lubricants that were being exported to the united states. the main thing that we do when we carry out criminal investigations is to reconstruct the money flow and the flow of goods and connect pieces together. it office fruits does profits that are easy to make and hard to ignore. perhaps it means that all of us should be a little more vigilant about what we put on our plates. ah, this is al jazeera, ah, hello, i'm in language. this is the news. our live from joe ha, coming up in the next 60 minutes, the u. s. and nash, i warn rushes, trying to stage an excuse to invade ukraine. we will watch for the so called hall's

wife operations were russia, manufacturers of america justifying. france announces its withdrawing its troops from molly, ending a 9 year military mission. more than 100 people are killed and thousands displaying stop to heavy rains trigger land slides in southeast in brazil. and he's facing extradition to the united states for cocaine trafficking, the former president of whom doors under arrest in an army barracks. and i'm lia harding with sports as controversial figure skater. camilla valley ava 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 banned substance. ah, we begin this news hour with the growing crisis between russia and ukraine. nato

says, eats concerned, rushes, trying to stage an excuse to invade its neighbor. both russian backed rebels in easton, ukraine, and kiev. government forces have accused the other of shelling their positions, fighting broke out in the area back in 2014. and this concern, any escalation intention, could spark a full blown wall. those fees had been raised at a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels, secretary general jens stoled from burg as cold on russia to negotiation. good fact . we are concerned that her rashaw is trying to stage a pretext for an armed attack against ukraine, or it is still a no clarity, no certainty about the russian tensions. we don't know what will happen. but what, who do know is that russia has amassed the biggest her force we have seen in you reviewed for decades in on the wrong ukraine on her. and we also know that there

are men, the russian intelligence officers operating in ukraine. they are present in don boss, and we have seen attempts to stage of a pretext, 3rd or false flag operations, or to provide an excuse for invading us. ukraine and russia says it's withdrawn. 10 convoys of troops from came me, crimea. and that drills are can plate while foreign minister is sick. i lab rob says moscow will respond to us to us security proposals later on thursday. okay, we have a team of correspondence covering this story from every angle. we have andrew simmons standing by for us in cave. will we live to dos? did you berry in moscow shortly? but 1st let's cross to neve back i've he's been following developments all day from brussels need. thank for. thanks to being on that this news our so we've heard from

the defense secretary, lloyd austin and also from night a nachos eons styles and bad talk us through what those men had to sank. well that i 60 general, obviously as head of the alliance, was keen to reiterate the importance of standing firm and standing together in the face of russian aggression. the alliance is facing a huge existential threat, given the biggest build up of russian forces around ukraine. since the cold war and it has meant that the alliance has to reconsider, but where it puts its troops and where it boasts as its security in europe. also, we heard from mar, floyd austin, the u. s. the defense secretary, a man who is speaking not only in the capacity as a politician, but also as a man with a long history of being a soldier and fighting alongside forces from the nato alliance. and he, i shared very openly the latest u. s. intelligence suggesting that to russia was doing anything but the escalating

tooth numbers that the opposite was indeed true. the blood banks were arriving at the border of ukraine. they c suggested was not the kind that were not the kind of signs that you would expect from a, an army, a force that was deciding to withdraw troop numbers deescalate, tension, sees what he said. we see them add to the more than $150000.00 troops that they already have a ride along at border. even in the last couple of days, we see some of those troops. it's closer to the border. we see them flying more combat and support aircraft. we see them sharpening their readiness in the block c . we even see them stalking up their blood supply suppliers. you know, i was a soldier myself not that long ago. and i know 1st hand that you don't do these

sort of things for no reason. and you certainly don't do them if you're getting ready to pack up and go home. so on the one hand, of course, concerns about russia's military build up something that clearly according to us, intelligence is ongoing. but at the same time, both salt and berg and austin have reiterated that the door of diplomacy remained firmly opened. and f for vladimir putin does indeed decide to stage some kind of invasion, whether under the pretext of a false flag operation. then, according to austin, the world would see putin for who he really is. it's been a fascinating afternoon. thank you very much for your coverage, new faculty press in brussels. let's head to mosque i now where dosage of ari's standing by till sir one will be tell us about moscow's claims. it's pulling back its troops. well, following the announcements that we've heard from the country's defense ministry on

thursday, we've also been hearing from the kremlin spokesperson, dimitri pess. gov, who reiterated that the troops are indeed falling back to their home basis. after finishing a number of military drills that they've been carrying out over the past few weeks . now, the important point from the kremlin spokesperson was about the fact that it took months, really weeks and months for these troops and the equipment, the military hardware to actually get into position, to carry out these military drills. and of course, there are drawback is not going to happen overnight. there is a logistical issue that needs to be taken into account. and of course that means it's gonna take time for these troops to re base to where they're actually permanently station. so the sense here is that this is an ongoing process. now, what the russians believe their reaction has been from the west is of course, nothing surprising for them. this has been the rhetoric coming from the americans and nato,

that they don't really trust russia and the information that comes from the officials here for their part. they say that we will carry on doing what we do and it, it really is not our concern. whether not, they believe us. now, this is of course, all in the context of this security guarantees that rushes looking for from the united states and nato, about at preventing nato from further expansion eastward. something that is very much a concern for the president vladimir putin who has that over and over again that that is not something this country will accept. in this process, the russians had asked for certain security guarantees in december from the 30 member alliance and the u. s government and the u. s. responded gave a written response to the russian foreign ministry, the end of january on january 26. and we've just heard today that the russian foreign minister said that the russians will respond to the americans in the form of a 10 page. let heard this was something the survey law was told, lot of we are putting on monday that was ready after a number of consultations with various ministry. and we have heard over the past

hour that the us ambassador to russia has been some into the foreign ministry where we believed he was given that response. but we're waiting for official confirmation of that. need us to say that the diplomatic process is still ongoing and that path has certainly not been exhausted. and the feeling here is that the russians are now looking to have a serious conversation with the american government about their concerns. all right, well let's see how that unfolds, and i'm sure you'll be across it till search. barry live for us in moscow, all right, over in kiev now. and andrew simmons is standing by for us there. now at the top of the show, we spoke about these reports. if fighting in the john bass area, what will key tell us about that? andrew? would it would appear to be escalating 3 towns now on one village, a hit by a number of of weapons including a grenade launcher and also malta. these are these attacks

appear according to ukrainian officials, to be from the russian separatists in the hands. and now that is not a completely confirmed in some areas because the separatist claim that ukrainian forces of open fire on them. but there are any quoting one incident so far, whatever the case. this is a deep concern to nato allies because there has been a suggestion all along from intelligence services that russia may well try to provoke some response me ukrainians, or indeed just turn round and say this is a pretext to action taken in this area, which is controlled by these russian separatists is backed by russia, russian passports to all citizens in these areas. and this could be very much a for one or it is a causing some concern. the foreign minister here has warned,

that's a allies need to actually condemn this. on lloyd austin, at the defense secretary for the us in brussels, did make a reference to this a short time ago. i. he said that they were watching the situation closely and all along they said that russia may try to do something like this. so it one shouldn't be alarmist about this because this is an 8 year war. and the dumbass is an area where both sides have contravenes the minsk agreements. the failed piece agreements, sir, but they do have a limited cease fire in place. and heavy weaponry is banned, but it will appear according to the ukrainians that they're suggesting that there has been a bit of this and vice versa. the russian separatist say that ukraine has breached there. sir. i spoke a short time ago to an official of from the strategic information department of the ukrainian government. and he was saying that sir,

this is showing a disturbing signs where 1st of all, you get some form of actions and provocation. a next you have dis information, and the information war is quite potent in this conflict. and there's no doubt that the russian media are. busy playing a, playing up the reported attack from the ukrainians on russian separatists. so right across russia, it would seem the media is going with this. now that categorically was according to the ukrainians is not the case and they're having to it would appear of sources of suggesting that the ukrainians will not respond to provocation. whatever is happening, we can't verify independently on the ground, but we do have witnesses who have heard and seen a fire in that error and they've told al jazeera about it. so this is by no means or so, so to speak,

any rumor it is happening. and there is quite some concern about it. be wrong to say it's alarming, but it's certainly disturbing. and certainly in from your campus across developments. now, dan andrew simmons, my press any key and and for that update, i'd be more head on misuse. our including like sand castles, innocent nami, that's how one doctor describes hong kong and devastating 5th uncovered 19 white america for one day. oh no contract. no coal representatives for a group of mine is in the u. s. testify the senate hearing and ins falls. livable takes a big step towards the quarter finals of the european champions late. that's coming up in sport with leon. ah,

france has confirmed the withdrawal of troops from molly after a 9 year mission president emanuel micron denies. the french mission was unsuccessful. but his accused, molly's transitional government forcing his troops out a sad bag reports from synagogues, capital to com. france says it's military withdrawal. it's not a failure. rosamille to jump, but after 9 years of being in molly, their fight against groups linked to al qaeda and i, so it's now set to change as conditions for the french are no longer cordial. france as nigeria will become the hot for they fight against terrorism about his youngest immediate delma book. we cannot stay engaged militarily next to authorities who do not share our strategy nor our objectives. that's the situation we are confronted by. and molly, today is oldie ah,

when the french ambassador was expelled from mali, demonstrate to celebrated in the capital d'amico. the mildly or experience is an experience that is openly mac opening up a new era in west africa. because now it's possible to a pools to what the former colonial masters are doing. and it's also possible to adopt a new strategy let is not a strategy prepared or adopted by for us. the operation which initially began in molly has expanded throughout this whole region with french troops based in different countries. european nations have joined operations and there's also a $15000.00 strong un peacekeeping force in the country. the series of crews in mali burkina faso guinea and an attempted cute in guinea by so as change the dynamics in the region. front is uneasy with molly's military joint, his relationship with russia. while he says they are russian soldiers in the

country as part of a bilateral agreement, this growing anti french sentiment among protesters in west africa. we came out today to say we set up with the french army, they should stop playing with africa. we cannot suffer under the sun while their children comfortable over there. they have everything they want. however, they still come here and exploit our resources. so i let lubbock deb, i'm not going to be going to do. we know they are our enemies. we ask them to open their vehicles so that we have an idea of the content. they refuse. we know what is inside suspect items. they should apologize. change countries and go far from us amongst yeah, that could be political implications to france is true pre deployment. west african leaders are aware of growing anti french feelings. and they also concerned about the crews in the region, not wanting themselves to lose favor amongst their populations less their faith also ends up in a qu, the withdrawal from molly,

a monster major strategic shift by front ends a 9 year mission that successive french presence had argued was crucial for regional and european security. it now has to redo plates troops to other west african countries to protect its interest while keeping those nations on site as a big i'll just there are the car. and delaney got joy is a specialist and security issues in this a whole range. and she says it's hard to say whether the french mission has been a success or not. the 1st deployment and 13 was particularly positive. i would say, i mean, how long was a friend to price it at the time was hailed victoriously in by michel when he arrived. and there was, there was a genuine request on the part of the min states to have the french state involved. that operation which was called about assume stella was a conscious consequential operation. so the friend who are gaining perry tree increasingly and step after step, they were communicate doing it particularly well. and that operation which was

concluded after one year was particularly successful. since then, there have been a number of successes regarding that came 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 balconies 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 hospitals and testing facilities in hong kong, a buckling under the pressure of

a major cove at 19 outbreak. the worst since the pandemic began beds have filled to capacity impatience of being treated in manc shift open air spaces. brick climate has the details from hong kong. 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 for. so he, 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 domes, 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 for you. it will cost a lot of hong kong wants to stamp out. corona virus infections, like in mainland china, i think the mainland coded control measures may not suit all call, but the message from beijing is clear. get your house in order on probation. media quoted chinese president sheet in ping as telling hong kong to take all necessary steps to contain the virus from yacoma chief executive carry lamb. thanks g for his support and vow to unite hong kong to fight the virus. the hong kong government is facing criticism for seen like this. old people waiting out in the cold for a hospital bed. 2 years into the pandemic. many asking why more wasn't done to prepare for this day. brick clearness, al jazeera, hong kong south korea's corona virus cases have surged past 900000 for the 2nd day. the reason outbreak has also saying a shop rise in critically ill patients. at least 389 people are in the intensive

care and increase of 76 in the past day. people are being urged to get a 4th vaccine shot. talk to dell fisher is the chairman of the w. i chose outbreak alert and response network. he says he's not surprised by the trends emerging from south korea and hong kong. what you're saying is actually nature take its course. if you do nothing, then most obviously widespread transmission so. so to actually see cases, people may be asking why there's a large number of cases i would say that's the natural state and well done for keeping it 0 for so long. but you're always sort of, i guess, pushing against the tide this this outbreak or this, this, this recent surge, i know hamsters were, were accredited with some of the, the, the arrival of coven, possibly tourists or, or travelers,

other people that could have brought it in and applying quarantine and only other measures to try and keep it out. we've seen this file eventually, and in most of asia, which was going over 0, australia, new zealand in china. many times were saying outbreaks seated possibly by fresh and frozen food so. so we know it's hard to keep it out and the natural state is for it to get in and stop to, to grow. all these countries have, have, eventually had to accept the coven is getting in. there's a lot of pain and keeping it out. and when it gets in eradicating it again, is also a lot of pain and social pain. i mean, economic time. so, so yeah, the rest of the world has had to accept that living with the virus is the, is the only long term strategy. and i think hong kong will soon have to come to terms with this because eradicating it with their current numbers will take some

extreme and as i said, painful measures to german germany now where the government is looking to and some of its kind of 19 restrictions next month, staffing on march, the 4th and vaccinated people will be allowed back into shops and restaurants, but they'll still have to show a recent negative test, mask wearing and social distancing worlds will continue to the world news. now the light is the land slide disaster in brazil has with dozens of people to the deaths . the months worth of rain fell on the trouble is known as brazil's imperial city. the lightest casualty count is 104 dead, with hundreds moved to emergency shelters. from high risk areas, monica yanna kiff has after the 7, an unexpected storm, the search for missing bodies wow and whistle door,

he said he was able to pull out his mother and one girl before the mud avalanche hid his bar once shook, or you're pushing melbury everything fell at once. i never thought i would see something like this. well, you know, do not. so i thought you the last a niece and her nieces, daughter, she still looking for both and has lost hope. wanted to throw a fever yesterday, a man was found alive in the debris. the firefighters pulled him out today 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 into far more 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 and 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 in bo dot though the mere familiar 26 members of my family are alive by i have lost all my friends. they were buried by the mud recess. their souls patropolis is also known as the summer. get away from 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 jed alj almeida says he survived the 1st tragedy. but his homeless again, i'm afraid good, 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, closure vieira. poverty is also an issue,

missouri squished, i would consider that it's very difficult to check of houses being built regularly . if all roles are being complied with when there's no alternative to house the poor and needy, brazil's presence able sanara tweeted from russia. he said he'll visit that drop will is on friday. elections and brazil are due later this year. and recent polls show ball sanara, trailing behind former president, was in masula, thus silver. a devastation in but properties is only expected to add to his wolves . monica and our give, i'll jazeera, widespread travel disruptions are expected across the united kingdom on friday as a powerful storm moves in. jeff harrington has the details in your world. whether update, hey, there, we've got a dangerous storm cooking up in the atlantic. this is storm eunice and it's a bond sight clone. 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. so it cuts right across the united kingdom. as we hit toward friday, this is going to bring some silky rain, also a lot of snow. so here's what you need to know. winds over exposed areas will whip up to a 160 kilometers per hour and inland areas. specifically, the south west of england, we could see those winds up to a 130 kilometers per hour. and then over the scottish hills about $20.00 to $30.00 centimeters of snow because of winds will be bad. there is while we're talking about blizzard conditions. now as we go on through friday, this energy will cross the english channel and fly into the low countries, southern scandinavia, whites, and windy conditions to be expected here. now this all comes after we saw a storm dudley roll through here is wall in this brought some hurricane force winds to germany. western poland, red weather alerts in played there, but by friday i think most of those will be dropped. and in fact, that weather has now sunk further toward the south. it's giving us some rain and

snow over a higher ground in turkey. moving west to east. a quick shot of rain for is stumble with a height of 13 degrees on friday. still ahead on al jazeera in search of a better lives out south korea is trying to integrate defectives from north korea into society. why a centuries old mosque in the indian administered cashed me remains out of found the friday praise and in for one of the best the devil say you'll ever see in the show and it wasn't even a go. okay. ah frank assessments for china will benefit from the 0 call the strategy if the rest the world to get informed opinions at all costs market on needs enough right in front of that critical debate, wide report claims that need to do and interest and she'll threat to russia,

but it's precisely his actions that created this insecurity in the region. in depth analysis of the gains global headlines inside story on al jazeera news . ah, ah ah ah,

hello, you're watching out his ear. i'm emily angland, reminder of our top stories. the salam nato says it's concerned to rush is trying to stage an excuse to invade ukraine. that's after russian backed rebels in east in ukraine and keep the keep government forces accused each other of shelling their positions. the russian defense ministry has published new video of what it says is tanks returning to their bases. for the u. s. n, nato say rusher is adding more truths, ne ukraine, and there's no evidence of a pullback. and the french president to manual micron has confirmed the withdrawal of troops from molly. after 10 years, france and european allies will continue what they call a joint action against terrorism in the south region. staying with our top story now and the ongoing crisis between russia and ukraine. let's bring in

kurt boca who is a former us ambassador to nato and joins us live from the hag. kirk, thanks for being on this news hour. there are plenty of moving parts to this story, according to nature ration needs to meaningfully withdraw its troops, but moscow claims it has reduced its forces in and out of ukraine. so who's telling the truth? well, certainly what we've seen from satellite evidence is not only that there has been no decrease, but there has been an increase in the past day. there may have been some repositioning of russian forces, which they captured on video tape. but if there's no indication of where they're coming from, where they're going to, what it means. but overall, the situation remains substantially as it has been that which is to say, a massive russian military presence and around ukraine and indications from satellites that appears perhaps even gone up in the last day. and can what you make

of nights, concerns rush is trying to stage apprentice next to invited a valid consent. absolutely, this is something that russia has done consistently during its 8 year occupation of parts don't boss whenever it wants to raise tension or put pressure on ukraine. it claims that ukrainians are melting, some kind of offensive were violating the sea fire are firing upon their troops. so it's something rushing to do with regularity. it is apparent that that is happening again. now, we still don't know what that means. russia, if you remember, just the other day, the duma passed legislation encouraging vladimir putin do recognize the so called nuance can do and ask people's republics as independent states. so this could be a pretext for that, or it could be a pretext for a larger war, or it could be just more of the same as rush or tries to keep the military pressure on looking at it from, i say russian perspective, nato says it will now consider and it hasn't confirmed this will potentially

consider sending more troops to the region. and then there were, of course, those warnings that wednesday was sort of going to be day day that russia was going to invite, but that didn't come to fruition. so is it fair to say that these kinds of moves just in flaming the situation when you say these kinds of moves you're referring to shining a spotlight on rushes, military activities? well, i'm talking about what mayor was saying in relation to potentially sending true was what it saying publicly in terms of sending troops potentially more trips to the region. and then also talking publicly about perhaps wednesday being the day that it is right. well, i think there are 2 different things made of sending troops to the region is putting some forces in countries and central and eastern europe that are members of the alliance in order to provide some reassurance to them that nato's article 5 commitment to their security remains ironclad, and to send that signal to russia as well, that if you were to attack

a native country, there would be a military response that is different than the situation surrounding ukraine, where russia is directly threatening ukraine, which is not made. a member of nato countries have made clear that they are not sending their own troops to ukraine to fight against russia there if that were to take place. so there are totally separate circumstances when it comes to the sharing of intelligence information or shining a spotlight on rushes activities and even naming a possible date for an invasion. i think actually in balance, those things are constructive because what it does is it makes it more difficult for me to go ahead and execute such a military operation if in fact, the intended one. so this may have a deterrent effect. if we keep pointing out what russia is actually doing, such as is the case today with these accusations of ukraine escalating and don't boss when it appears the russians are the ones doing that. in your opinion,

and in particular, given your, your role as a former us ambassador tonight are there seems to be a lot of talking and not a lot of diplomatic outcomes. so way to from here, what's the solution? well, 1st off, i think always keeping the channel for diplomatic dialogue. open is important. it only matters. diplomacy will only be successful when it is backed up by strength. and when the other party wants to actually seek a solution. right now russia is deliberately escalating the situation rather than seeking into pro matic solution. but if we get to a point where there is enough pushback on russia and support for ukraine, and the russians conclude that military action against ukraine, refresh, large military action would be too costly. then they will be in the diplomatic channel. and nato and other countries will be ready to use that channel if russia is in fact ready to seek a solution. while we will watch this space, thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us and curt volker,

the former us ambassador to nature. i appreciate your time as you're moving on now, and the u. s. says it's in the final stages of indirect talks. with iran to say the 2015 nuclear deal, france is also taking part in discussions and it's foreign minister says, an agreement could be just days away. indirect negotiations between the u. s. and iran resumes 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 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. a former president of honduras faces extradition to the

united states for cocaine trafficking. as manuel rappel reports from the capital one, orlando hernandez was taken to coach after hundreds of police surrounded his home in 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 in his right to respect it. we are 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, i don't the thought of so, but a fancier 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 in commando federal prosecutors in new york had

previously named edmond, as a co conspirator, in a major international drug trafficking case. and last year, a u. s. judge sentenced president at mann does. his younger brother, tony edmond, is 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, at a non, this will remain under the custody of security forces until march 16 for a 2nd and final extradition hearing manual that i follow al jazeera douglas, he alba sentences in the united states and you to he testimony from coal. mine is his bane on strike. for most of the past year. they say they pay and benefits were cut while investors profited. gabriel elizondo has more in this story from neil. i'm that america i one game. oh,

it's the ultimate david versus goliath moment. david, being the coal miners from rural alabama, who have been on strike for nearly 12 months. calling on warrior met cold, their employer for a new union contract with better wages and working conditions. second workers 7 days wake up 16 hours a day. goliath being the asset management company, black rock, with a nearly 10 trillion dollar portfolio. it owns the largest stake and the alabama coal mine you will be placed under arrest on a charge of disorderly conduct. that is wide and miners were in new york, outside black rock headquarters, demanding their voices, be heard, they care, nothing about the communities, people live in, they kill it. so many jobs you know, run and skeleton crew. so there was a lot of jobs that were just lost or terminated. and i is happening, you know, more and more close to black rock and warrior met, cold declined to comment,

but the bigger picture is unionization. in the early 19 eighties for private sector jobs, about 20 percent of the entire american work force belonged to labor union. today that number is below 6 percent, but that could be changing. the push by american workers to join labor unions seems to be gaining speed though. oh, yeah. and also in alabama, 6000 workers. it and amazon warehouse are trying to unionize. they would be the companies 1st organized workforce at starbucks, after workers at 2 stores in new york voted to unionize. last december, staff at around 30 other stores are following suit. and it's even happening at capitol hill, where congressional aides to house members are organizing to form a union. we're seeing workers everywhere take back power. you know,

during the pandemic, a many people risk their lives for corporations to work for very little money. and now they simply want more. unions, bill, the middle class president joe biden recently outlined a proposal to make union membership easier. thing is widely considered the most pro union president, in decades for the miners, they hope their struggle has galvanized. others is tom, the working class of america stands up fast by their fight. continues gabriel, as i do, how does it in new york foreign minister is from the association of southeast asian nations, have discussed how to restore pace in me, in my, at a meeting in the cambodian capital, what young pen larnes louis has been following events from quite a long pull, the crisis in young law has exposed divisions within our psion. now once again, myanmar, military government was not invited to a ministerial level meeting within ours, yet it's participation downgraded to

a non political representation. some are the 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 myanmar 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 gender. and it appears that ours in is not ready to do either. the ours in foreign ministers meeting in pen on pen this week is bound to disappoint those, hoping that ours in would take a much firmer stand on resolving the issue in myanmar and new initiatives been launched in south korea to better integrate defectors from north korea by helping them start their own businesses. more than 33000 defectors live in south korea. but as rob mcbride reports from so many find it hard to adapt to life in at this launch event 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 jessie came, 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, on my own as a child, i was fascinated by the ingredients. the smile characteristics of food and always prepaid meals for the whole family. my hometown, 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 defectors find that is only the start of their troubles. the bigger challenge is adapting to south korea as much freer lifestyle and fast paced economy

completely unlike anything they've been used to. jesse kim has made that transition successfully and more than tongue and again, more than clinical i think for all young people business is difficult. i don't think i found it any harder or easier as a north korean defector. but many defect to struggle with some, even returning to the north. this scheme is aimed to help them with business start ups with the wider goal of closer integration between north and south. you're on the walker. i am convinced this is an opportunity for people like you and future generations to dream big and initiate change across the korean peninsula. there me women, community 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 isn't visual with inter korean relations. currently in a deep freeze, even small initiatives, it seems keep alive the hope of closer ties. one day. rob mcbride al jazeera sol.

friday prayers remain out of bounds at a centuries old mosque in indian administered cashed me. it was closed back in 2019 . when the government in new delhi revoked the regions autonomy indian authorities have long seen it as a place of anti government activities, have me middle explain. 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. humor says, you almost reported to 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 he prep the jam your must chip. on fridays, 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 seen

protest and violent uprisings against new del is rule for decades. the grand mosque has played a role in driving these in august 2019 the government revoke ish me special status and imposed a communications blackout. it also shut mosques in this muslim dominated region, while others have reopened, the gran most leader has been detained in his home, and the grounds have remained out of bounds for friday. pres, in the past, tens of thousands of muslims attended these, which not to where 3 bedrooms were. some elements. so want to disturb places like these and create an impression. internationally i think of muslims are being suppressed in india. i think security agencies took these precautions to prevent that. in the heart of the main city, sheena go. the mosque is a major meeting point for people who live here. so months would address kush me is 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 through. in these times we are seeing unprecedented suppression pressure and tyranny across india, particularly in kashmir, where even religious gas drinks are not allowed to lose. our gram mosque plays a central role. it's closure and the case in these claims of secularism and democracy. the government has also blamed the pandemic and says it will last local authorities for a security review to reopen the mosque. but kashmiris are skeptical and say new delhi has made similar excuses in the past to crack down on their freedoms. park new metal al jazeera new delhi, a 1000000 lanterns have been lace in thailand to celebrate a buddhist festival. the dom mikaya, buddhist sect was founded 52 years ago. some consider the movement to be controversial because of its unorthodox interpretation of what is him. it's wealth and links to a former prime minister still ahead on al jazeera will have all the action

from the badging winter olympics, as canada bates, the united states, to the gold medal and the women's eyes. hockey laya, has all those details after the break. ah.

ah rule lou ah ah it's time now his boat, he's leah and there's plenty of controversy coming out of badging land there isn't we'll know a lot more in the next few minutes when russian figure skater, camila valley eva competes for gold in the women's free skate despite testing positive for a band sub sense, 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, if she finishes in the metal positions that there will be no ceremony for any of the competitors involved, that will keep you up to date with the action on that. but former us olympic skater, adam rippin, says that it's wrong that valley eva is still able to compete. that someone with a fail doping task 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 very 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. well, that positive test occurred back in december. and as adam hinted that the russians are blaming it on contamination with her grandfather's medication. but the head of us anti doping agency, travis, tiger, he's not convinced even if he did have a legitimate need. and let's hope that he did. if he had this drug, that doesn't mean it's going to jump from a closed container medicine candidate into someone's urine. at a level $2.00, nana graham. so it raises serious questions and alarm bells a to the legitimacy of the story. and it can't be one. it's simply accepted because you know, an athlete or a coach or a trainer or limbic committee states, that's what has caused as positive test,

a lot more investigation in scrutiny of that story. it has to be done. volley ever has already won gold and the team event, but there been no metals awarded 10 days after that. the united states who came 2nd have met with the ios, the president who's reported to have offered them torches instead of metals until the doping case is resolves 3rd place. japan decline to meet with him away from the skating controversy, mikaela skipper and has crashed. schiffron rather has crashed for a 3rd time at the games. the american failed to finish the slalom leg of the combined event. it means the 3 time one pick champion has not won a metal in any of her 5 attempts invasion and said the combined gold went to switzerland, michelle schiffer and having a games to forget. but that's not the case for japanese speed skater. me how to god . gee, she won her for metal a few games in 1st ever, individual gold. it came in 1000 meters with an olympic record time technology had

already won 3 silver invasion. and the neighborly rivalry between canada and the u. s. and women's eyes, hockey ended with canada out on top winning gold. the canadians scored 3 goals, 2 against the defending champions. captain, mail you philip, who scored twice to claim the 3rd gold medal of her career. it's the 5th olympic title for canada. in the last 7 games, what's, how look at the metal table and how it's shaping up norway out in front so far with 13 gold medals, 3 clear germany in 2nd place. and it's the us and sweden and the host china rounding out the top 5. will while there are no mail ice hockey players from the n h l competing in beijing because of coven 19 concerns, the action still continues back in the lead and check out this contender for save of the season. it's not even by a goalie, you definitely need the slow motion here to see how impressive it was. florida

panthers, lucas carlson, coming up with this double block in there 3 to overtime win over the carolina hurricanes. incredible. well, the football and liverpool have taken a big step towards the champions league quarter finals after a 2 nell when away at inter milan. both goals came in the final 15 minutes at the san siro roberto for armeno opening the scoring with this header. and that was followed by a strike from mohammed sada the clean sheet and 2 away goals. put liverpool in a strong position, heading into the 2nd leg on march, 8th. full 6 time champions, league winners. buyer munich. they had a tough night. they went a gold down away to salzburg to go. will wake it. adamo got the goal for the austrian side. who were playing in the knockout stage for the 1st time buyer and drew level in the 90th minute. when kingsley commons scored the crucial away goal.

so it's 11 now heading into the 2nd life robot. maybe that would be all right to basketball and, and be a and le bron james and the alley lakers. they overcame a 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 received treatment during the all star break. in his absence, james led the lakers to victory with $33.00 points, including that dunc gorgeous. they fought from 12 points down in the 4th quarter, and it was austin reeves who put them out of sight to snap utah's 6th game winning streak in across town. in los angeles, thousands lined the streets to welcome home. the eli rams football team. now super bowl champions. they beat the cincinnati bengals on sunday to bring it home there the 3rd team in the city to win championships in the last 2 years. but the lakers and dodgers did not get parades because of course,

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