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hello, i'm mary. i'm to mozy in london. you're watching alger 0 or coming up on the program . the death hope climbs in the brazilian city of patropolis, where torrential rain is swept to a homes and livelihoods into hostile political landscape. seize the french military mission in molly, draw to a close. ah, the u. s. has warned again that russia is on the verge of invading ukraine in the coming days, dismissing claims from moscow that some of its troops are pulling back. russia continues to reject accusations of a planned offensive despite amassing more than a $150000.00 troops along its border. ukrainian soldiers have already been fighting a war against russian back separatists in the east of the country. and there are fears now the and attacked by russian troops will throw europe into chaos in the rebel held east separatist fighters and government forces of accused each other of

shelling. andrew simmons begins our coverage now from key f monster vigor ah no emphasis at least 500 explosions recorded in less than 24 hours along the front lines of the don bass region of eastern ukraine. the size of the craters are an indicator of the heavy weaponry being used in breach of a limited cease fire meant to be in place. rushing back separatists from a self declared republic of law hands accused ukrainian forces of starting the fighting of the look. now, the situation on a contact line has been exacerbated dramatically. the enemy is trying to provoke, active combat, actually get ukraine's side continues to violate his obligation to observe the ceasefire. not so say the ukrainian forces accusing the separatists of being responsible for all the attacks. dozens of them, they say a kindergarten was hit,

and this was published on the military website. there were no casualties, but the same pitcher was being used by russian media outlets using a different name for the village that was on their side of the front line. ukraine says it's a deliberate ploy by russia. it's fake news. and her, the problem there to the russian audience are very susceptible to this type or for of this information. enter also, dennis and terrorist republics, they are try to arm to escalate to the level that they did this level. because in this situation, they feel that they, they could, they are one more time rapier in a rush than newsletters and in russian media field. international investigations into who was responsible for the attacks are underway. first days attacks may have been intense, but no more so than countless other days in this 8 year old conflict. it's the

timing of what happened in the disinformation afterwards. that has some western powers thinking. this could be the start of something much bigger. in brussels, the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, said the situation and don bass will be watched closely. and the president himself reiterated his warning that russia may cause an incident as a foreigner for an invasion that they are gay, fall flag operations every indication we have with that with the violence in easton, ukraine has undoubtedly wasn't an already tense situation here under simmons al jazeera keith, are desirous child stratford is in new york, and he spoken to some of the people living in the dumbass region. we've been traveling in some of the air is along the 420 kilometer contact line to day on

stopping off on the way in the town of idea of care. a town often described as a flash point, very close to the separatist controlled donnette sc airport. we spoke to residence in abdi if they indeed said that they had heard shelling in the morning shelling that they described being a lot heavier than in recent weeks. they said that they were unsure as to whether the shelling was incoming or outgoing. no reports of any casualties though. interestingly, also we paused on the way to mariel, pull around 25 kilometers north of her convoy of ukrainian military vehicles, towing large pieces of artillery lodge guns, taking them south. we cannot in any way verify where that artillery was being taken to. of course these developments and developments that the ukranian government are describing today as being an escalation by the russian back separatists comment,

particularly wiring sign. what we've heard increasingly bellicose language by the leader of the self declared in its people's republic, dennis michelin accusing the ukrainians of planning what he described as a military solution to this crisis. something of course, of ukrainian government stuart sleep denies. and of course, without any real political solution, any real positive sign that has come from ongoing diplomatic efforts to in this crisis a day like today in this region of east in ukraine is very concerning. indeed, a lot of america's top tip and that has millions of people are facing amendment of peril as a white for russia to invade your crime. us actually a state, hampton banking, made the comments at un security council and repeated his countenance assertion that ma scully's liking to manufacture a pre tax for war. i have no doubt that response to my remarks here today

will be more dismissal from the russian government about the united states stoking hysteria, or that it has no plans to invade ukraine. so let me make the symbol the russian government can announce today, with no qualification equivocation or deflection that russia will not invade ukraine, stated clearly stated plainly to the world and then demonstrate it by sending your troops, your tanks, your planes, back to their merits can hangers and sending your diplomats to the negotiating table in the coming days, the world will remember that commitment or the refusal to make it nick got a sociable the 1st speak. we'll get something we will not present here, baseless accusations that russia allegedly was going to attack ukraine. i think we've had enough speculation on that, including the security council meeting on the 31st of january,

convened by the united states. we have a long time ago clarified and explained everything. and the announced state of that so called envision is behind us. so therefore, my advice to you is not to present yourself in an awkward situation. i think it's just, well, the russian government has responded my expelling. one of america's most senior diplomats in moscow. russia says deputy chief of mission park goldman was told to leave because the u. s. recent expelled a russian diplomat. bowman was 2nd only the american ambassador that the usa department is called to move an unprovoked, an escalade tore stab. dosage of bar is following developments from moscow. although we have server that sparse corman, who is already, by the way, left russia. he was told last week that his diplomatic accreditations were not going to be renewed and that he was no longer allowed to stay in the country, even though the american said that his 3 year residency visa had not expired. it

apparently, the foreign ministry has says that the deputy a to the u. s. ambassador is no longer going to be allowed to stay in this country . and he is the latest diplomat to be the casualty of what the foreign ministry here is calling this visa wars between tara washington and moscow. because this has been going on since late 2016. and the russians have said that they have had since october of last year, over $200.00 diplomats expelled from their embassy, washington. and this is just a reciprocal move on their part of the foreign ministry spokesman said the earlier tonight that this is as, as direct result of what the americans have done to russian diplomats in washington . and of course, the americans have responded by saying this is just not something they were expecting. the u. s. government has said that since 2017. their mission in moscow at the embassy, u. s. embassy has gone from having $1200.00 employees down to about $120.00,

which is why they are no longer as of this year issuing any non diplomatic visa. so this just another example of the deteriorating relations between the 2 countries and of course was the foreign ministry here, says it's not at the doing of the russians. this is what the american government wants, and it's really not looking out for russia's best interest. in ela, development, nato is accused rusher of misleading the world over its crimes, at some troops of withdrawn from ukraine's borders. the alliance as the russian military is actually adding more forces to the region, need. bach reports from nature headquarters in brussels. nato is on edge defense ministers from the alliances. 30 member states have been 2nd guessing. russia's next move for weeks, rejecting moscow's claims. it was cutting truit numbers around ukraine. nato intelligence suggest the opposite. we see them flying more combat and support aircraft. we see them sharpening their readiness in the black sea. we even see them

starting up their blood supply suppliers. you know, i was a soldier myself mother long ago, and i know 1st hand that you don't do these sort of things for no reason. in response, the alliance is chosen to stand firm, discussing the possibility of bolstering nato troop numbers in eastern europe, and maintaining dialogue with ukraine about one day joining the alliance. we have not seen any sign of withdrawal or the escalation. russia has yet again demonstrated its this regard for the principles underpinning you to pin security and 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 at which we need to be prepared for. despite the possibility of a nato troop build up in the coming months,

the alliance insist that diplomacy is at the heart of any hopes of a resolution to this stand off, and that the organisation is a defensive alliance, and no threat to moscow. russia disagrees also in brussels. the european commission chief has been briefing e u leaders on the crisis, insisting all diplomatic avenues must be explored. the pharmacy has not yet spoken . if last, wait, that is good. and we have still hope that peace will prevail. and i commend the efforts of many you leaders who have engaged with most parties seeking to find a diplomatic solution. new satellite images show russian military forces deployed along ukraine's bordering crimea. bella roost and western russia over the past few days. or no, no, i thought, you know, while joint military drills continue in belarus. oh, our russian grad rocket launchers, longstanding,

arms packs between western powers of russia have underpinned european security for decades. but given the largest build up of forces in eastern europe since the cold war, there were fears these agreements could rapidly unravel. that is the new normal. the alliance says europe now faces a relationship with russia, characterized by deepening distrust. nave barker al jazeera, brussels. ah . over a 100 people have been swept to their death in the latest lands, light disaster, and brazil. a months worth of rain fell in one day in patropolis, known as brazil's imperial city, resulting mudslides of buried homes, flooded streets and washed away cars. monica anna, kia has mall. ah, i should a 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 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 in to borrow 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 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's 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 that were buried by them on this basis. but properties is also known as the 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 jet alj almeida says he's survived the 1st tragedy, but his homeless again. i know for a good nothing was done to prevent this from repeating itself. climate change and char graphy may explain part of the tragedy in patropolis,

but there is much more as says, risk loud riviera. poverty is also an issue. misers, keshawn concluded 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 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 so head on the program claims a financial fraud in the family for me as president donald trump is order to testify under oath, along with 2 of his children or one game. oh,

the american coal mine is taking on wall street ah, with west australia is about to get hot, but not immediately in the immediate future things relatively benign shouting through towns, managing the onshore breeze for sydney, up to was brisbin, a few showers here, admittedly, and something in land in queens, and the temperature in perth is up to about $37.00. so in the high side here, but look at this. calvin's at 40 is going to be just north of this. i think you see the middle forty's sometime later over the weekend or next week in new zealand. the rain that ceased over wellington for 5 days ago. now coming up as a system through the southern outs, giving rain, snow tight. admittedly, nothing like a severe as the last one,

but they're all the same and recent flooding because of the heavy rain in columbia and singapore has stopped now, but you'll look at the forecasts. if the sumatra western java and thailand and min mom, it's wet here in contrast to vietnam, largely dry the good part of the philippines rather dry than of late nuts. same line of rain you see stretching back to nick about and them and islands. but there's only a few showers in still anchor, not much in town, not as well. in fact, most of india is fine and dry in the northern plain. it's still well rather misty and murky, but the wind is picking up in new delhi and that could clear things up. ah, the criminal gangs. ascending vietnamese children, walk into slavery in europe. 11 east investigates how the traffic is leading justice. now to sierra.

ah al jazeera, with every oh lou ah, ah, welcome back. i made stories this hour now and ukrainian russian back separatist of accused each other of shelling positions in the east and don bos region. both forces have reduced images of a kindergarten they say was hit by the other side. at least 500 explosions have been recorded in less than 24 hours. america's top diploma is accused moscow of looking to manufacture a pretext, a wool antony blinking with speaking at

a un security council meeting to discuss the crisis on that ukraine's board up. russia continues to reject accusations of a planned offensive and are all the top story at least a $104.00 people have been swept to that death in the latest landslide disaster and brazil, which is buried homes, flooded streets and washed away cause. man, i was so he didn't also have been following french commanders are coordinating withdrawal of their troops with the molly and military. this marks a major shift in a balance of power in the sale as french soldiers. and then i knew admission and molly against fighters linked al qaeda and i so present an aisle macro on is accused. molly's military leaders of forcing withdrawal denies. the french military operation has been a failure. as i beg reports from neighboring synagogue. france says it's military withdrawal. is not a failure, russellville, to jump,

but after 9 years of being in molly, there 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. francis major will become the hot for they fight against terrorism, but his youngest, immediate tillman. 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 molly. today's will be, ah, when the french ambassador was expelled from molly, demonstrates his celebrated in the capital by marco. but my lease or experience is an experience that is open remark, opening up a new era in west africa. because now it's possible to a pools to what blue form of colonial massive are doing. and it's also possible to adopt a new strategy that is not a strategy prepared or adopted by for us. the operation which initially began in

mali has expanded throughout this has 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. but the series of crews, in molly 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 resorts. so i let lubbock deb, i'm the front of the 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 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. thus, their fate also ends up in a qu, withdraw from mali. 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. i said vague, i'll just there are the car government in vietnam has been accused of using a little know test campaign to silence critics and need a report by human rights watch to watch dog is saying more than

a 170 activists that have been put under house arrest or banned from travelling since 2004 are also ports of assault and intimidation by security agents. human rights, what says the international community must alert vietnam's lead us to the problem? well, it certainly is the case that best practice in terms of restrictions on freedom of movement has been going on for quite some time. but what we have seen is a significantly worsening situation in vietnam with activist given a longer prison terms facing more arrests. i mean, there's been a really concerted effort by the government to try to wipe out the dissident movement in vietnam and, and part of that has been intensifying these kind of restrictions on freedom of movement as well. most people haven't really paid attention to this is so much because, you know, other issues are seem to be more serious in vietnam. but, you know, for the activist base as part of restrictions and being able to simply go about

their business. it's, you know, one of their biggest concerns, the sort of things i think need to be part of what the international community is talking about when they raise vietnam. and not just talking about vietnam being opposed to china or vietnam being the new asian tiger for economic development. a 4 and a half your investigation is found that dutch troops used extreme violence often deliberately during indonesia war for independence in the 1900. forty's, according to the researches extra judicial executions, torture and detention on the inhumane conditions. some of the methods used by dutch armed forces as indonesia thought to rid itself of colonial rule. the findings also show that military leaders and politicians in the netherlands largely ignored the brutality. prime minister mark richard, apologize for his country's actions. and the way previous governments looked away from novice and they'll make today on behalf of the dutch government, a deep apology to the people of indonesia. today, more over,

we must conclude that apologies from the government are in order to everyone in our country who had to live with the consequences of the colonial war in indonesia often until today. and that includes all groups, including veterans who behaved as good soldiers at the time of the truck, as protesting against harvard restrictions and the canadian capital auto, or bracing themselves from a police crowd down to end the nearly 3 week demonstration police officers of flooded into the city and are expected to begin taking action against the protectors earlier on thursday. prime minister just intruder defended his decision to invoke the emergencies act, which gives more powers to help care. the blockade, mister crudo told m. p. 's. the truck is, are a threat to the economy. a judge in york has rule, but for me, us president donald trump must answer questions under oath in the state civil investigation into his business practices. trump and his 2 eldest children, vanka and donald trump. junior has been ordered to comply with subpoenas issued in

december. the state of new york is investigating of trumping fated real estate values to obtain bank loans and reduced values to lower tax bills. ruling is almost certain to be appealed. allow senators in the us are holding a special hearing into wall street, greed, a group of coal mine is from alabama, who've been on strike for nearly a year. are providing testimony, a say that pay and benefits were caught while invest as profited. it's part of the grind wave of unionization across the us. is gable alexander reports from new york . i'm that america. i work day. 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 like a worker. 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 why the 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, both the black rock and warrior met coal 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 a 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, we're also in alabama. 6000 workers at an 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 unionized 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. were seen workers everywhere, take back power. or, 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. thank is widely considered the most pro

union president in decades for the miners. they hope their struggle has galvanized others. as tom, though, the working class of america stands up fast by their fight, continues. cape rosato out as in new york, a. ah, a look at the main stories. this allen allen, ukraine, and russian back sat purchase of accused each other, shedding positions in the east and don bos region. both forces released images of a kindred garden. they say was hit by the other side. at least 500 explosions have been recorded in less than 24 hours. ukrainian soldiers have been fighting a war against russian back separatists since 2014. meanwhile, america's top diplomat is saying that millions of people are facing a moment of para.