ah al jazeera, as a use ah a flare up and fighting between ukrainian and russian back forces in easton, ukraine. i'm attack on a kindergarten becomes a front line in the back of the tree. ah . allow our money inside. this is out there. light from dough house coming up. hospitals near full capacity patients treated on beds outside hong kong struggles to contain a coven, 19 search. the dutch prime minister apologizes to indonesia offs investigation

detail the systemic use of extreme violence by colonial forces during the war of independence. and thousands, the processing government workers and hating demand high wages and firms that export to li ah, the u. s. is continuing to warn that russia is on the verge of invading ukraine, dismissing moscow's claims, as some of his troops are pulling back the u. s. as the kremlin is looking for an excuse to go to war in easton, ukraine, there's been a spike in fighting between government forces and russian back separatists and re, simmons begins al coverage from key f like ah, no not emphasis. at least $500.00 explosions recorded in less than 24 hours along the front lines of the don bass region of east of ukraine. the size

of the craters are an indicator of the heavy weaponry being used in breach of a limited ceasefire. but to be in place rushing back separatist from a self declared republic of law, hampton accused ukrainian forces of starting the fighting of the you. the situation on a contact line has been exacerbated dramatically. the enemy's trying to provoke active combat, actually because ukraine's side can use 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 that russian audience are very susceptible to,

to this type offer of this information. enter also, dennis and terrorist republics, they are try to, to escalate to the level that, that at this level. because in this situation, they feel that they, they could, they are one more time rapier in russia. newsletters and in russian media field, international investigations into who was responsible for the attacks or underway thursdays 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 us 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 full runner for an invasion. here we believe that they are gay for why

galbraith, with him every indication we have with attack with the violence in eastern ukraine has undoubtedly worsened and already tense situation. here, under simmons, al jazeera, kia, america's top amount, has a keys mosca, of looking to manufacture a pretext for war antony blank and was speaking at a un security council meeting to discuss the crisis on the crane russia border. russia has continued to deny that it plans to attack out as there is christensen amy reports from the un secretary of state antony blink, and made a last minute detour to the united nations on his way to europe. to address the security council. again, warning that russia was poised to attack ukraine. some have called into question or information. recalling previous instances were intelligence ultimately did not bear

out. but let me be clear. i am here to day, not to start a war, but to prevent one. russia's deputy foreign minister, sir, gave, or shannon called the accusations baseless, insisting that weapons supplied to ukraine by the west are the real threat globally . the coastal is not as used. the fact is that the russian forces were on the russian territory and remain on russian territory. and the day before yesterday, some of the units off of their exercises were returning to the home basis. still, many countries expressed concern as the number of russian troops on the border appears to be increasing. and while russia presented its own evidence of alleged ukrainian war crimes against separatists, the u. s. and others dismissed the claims as a false pretext to invade. these are weak and irresponsible allegations by russia aimed at hiding is responsibility for the occupation of the ukrainian territories

and subsequent humorists, while ations their exxon suits ukraine, remains committed to peaceful resolution. the one thing security council members appeared to agree on as that the 2015 minsk agreement, which was signed to en conflict in eastern ukraine, be the basis of diffusing tensions. but as thursday's meeting made clear, russia and ukraine have very different views on how that deal should be implemented . kristin, selena al jazeera, the united nations hospitals in hong kong have reached 90 percent capacity as officials struggle to contain a record number of coven 19 cases. most beds have been failed and patients have been treated in makeshift openness spaces. natasha reported more than 6000 new cases on thursday to ease the strain on the cities health care system. patients to now be discharged sooner. let's go to a break planet. she's life for us in hong kong outside

a hospital. so tell us the latest situation where you are well, this is the 3rd day that we have said make shift triology types set up outside this hospital in chicago district. and that's the case for all the hospitals in the city as well. we've now same barriers set up. there are more tense and there's a heater as well, which is to accommodate for the dropping temperatures and, and the windy conditions to many of these people are elderly, a hospital authority. they apologized for their situation saying they feel very sorry that this is the case. but it's clearly happening again as the case is escalate here more than 6000. another record for hong kong again yesterday. so certainly authorities are now wondering where to put all these people under the cities at dynamic cove id 0 strategy. in a policy you should have to stay at home until you are admitted to a hospital or a quarantine facility. however, because there's such a bottleneck,

people are waiting thousands of them across the city to be admitted. now what we're looking at here is the situation where they are now turning, perhaps student dormitories, hosp, hotels and housing estates in to quarantine facilities. so certainly they're wondering where to put all these people there. a taxi services now transporting people from their homes to these facilities, looking at ways where they can really accommodate them in any which way. and what does the government said about all this and how it's handling the crisis? will lamb, the chief executive carry lamb is that doubling down on the strategy, the 0 coven strategy? it seems to spite the escalating cases. and despite the fact that this is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, she was speaking to reporters yesterday. and she said that they're now looking at

universal testing, which means testing $7500000.00 hong kong residents, which would be no little fate. they say that that would take place over 3 weeks in march. although the details of that haven't been announced yet that would require more rapid outage and tests from the mainland. now, lamb has welcomed more expertise, more man power from mainland china, including more medical equipment, more medical tests. and certainly the message from beijing is clear. get your house in order thought this out. social stability depends on it. lamb has a, an election coming up a leadership election next month. there are talks about whether that might be postponed, but certainly her political survive, ability hangs in the balance, especially with the situation unfolding here at hong kong hospitals. hong kong watched in horror over the last 2 years. as all the major cities in the world were overwhelmed, their hospital systems stretched to the limit. and now there's

a lot of frustration that is happening here. i can't many thanks to that brit planet there for us in hong truck drivers protesting against coven 19 restrictions in the canadian capital. also were a brace for a police crackdowns and the navy. 3 week demonstration police officers have flooded into the city and began arresting several protesters, including a key organizer, the so called freedom convoy. early on thursday, prime minister justin today defended his decision to invoke the emergencies act, which gives more power to help play the blockade. on monday, as we entered the 3rd week of illegal blockades and occupations, the federal government invoke to the emergencies act. we did it to protect families and small businesses to protect jobs and the economy. we did it because the situation could not be dealt with under any other law in canada. mister speaker,

we did it because that's what responsible leadership requires us to do for the good of all canadians, the illegal blockades and occupations have to stop and the borders have to remain open. you and offer communion leaders. the meeting in brussels for 2 days. some in europe wants to promote its global investment plans. and africa is chinese trade, the growth issues around the supply of coven? 19 vaccines on security are also on the agenda. welcome web reports from nairobi. the african leaders meeting their european colleagues in brussels in belgium. the e u is africa, largest trading partner, according to u. n. data. but africa's trade with china is growing. the concern, if you will, and you're not just you, but i think of it in, in the us and other african countries drifting slowly towards the towards the east

particularly trade here in kenya's capital, nairobi, china's growing presence can't be missed in the 1990 this main road through the city was built by a german company, a new highways now being built in its place by chinese contractors funded by a chinese loan. it was more than a century ago that european powers scrambled to colonized most of africa here in kenya, british colonialist bill. this is an administrative center. in 1918. the things have changed. it's now an art gallery, and it was off by the new chinese bill highway. and china. is it one of the world powers who are today buying for influence? i'm so african resorted. russia held at 1st summit for africa 3 years ago. president vladimir putin for mister aiden trade deals without the conditions,

often demanded by the west. between meeting delegates were wounded with weapons at arms. fair rushes, military presence in africa, is growing as our it's arms export to the continent. so the, you want the world to know it's still a major player. but economists say it's terms of trade with africa over on fair, profiting from cheap african raw materials while selling back services and manufactured goods. and one of my criticisms of african governments is i don't think they're very clever at negotiating a common position. and i think that's why quite often they suffer, particularly with china who wants to always negotiate $1.00 to $1.00 disputed the use promised a $170000000.00 of investment. although it's not clear how it will be raised or spent. it's widely seen as an attempt to counter the chinese infrastructure, loans and projects which critic say tolerate corruption and lu, african government into debt traps. part of the challenge for

a long time has been the leadership corruption, lack of integrity management, over sauces, and all those things of, you know, money comes into the country through age. that's why aid has not had significant impact in africa. the use now talking more about trade than aid and promising better terms. malcolm web al jazeera nairobi can yeah, still has on out there and find out what advocates in cambodia doing to help disable people find way. ah ah look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle ways. there are still some snow showers showing themselves for han shoe and hawkeye dough during friday. beyond that,

the weather's fatty fine, not particularly cold, but this is, this stands out as being lucky lot. well, it certainly is rather wet for huge by the sudden, troublesome snow mixing out on the northern flank baby in will hand, the whole thing is going slowly southwards and then extending east was which means that south in japan will get a mixture of rain and snow but how we get to the end of saturday, but look at what's happening. that normally breeze coming down towards hong kong at 17 degrees on saturday, right down to 11. but till we get to sunday or monday, it's well below where it should be by days. well below where it should be by night, which is on average, 15 degrees is a really comfortable i remember seeing this in the last few weeks, even few months in hong kong, south of that to live quite than of late in the philippines. there is rain significantly coming on that line that is in china, down through me and more, and then towards call them from singapore. and su marcus is a wet area once again, sort of ways. he may be some parts of body on the far side of the philippines and it's quite wet as for india last year. quite picture, the northern plain,

of course, warming up, but still pretty misty and murky. very few shouts for lanka or towel, nodded. oh, with sponsored by cats, all right, ways to join the debate. they erasure of like people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online ad your voice. the comment section is right here. join our conversation. we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not by being nationalistic about those. you just look at it in a very different way. said that perspective med and med meeting each other and they don't have any solution. let me put it clear for you this screen on al jazeera with oh,

you're watching out. as a reminder, our top story is this. our ukraine and russia back separatists have accused each other shelling positions in the eastern dumbass region. at least $500.00 explosions happened, recorded in less than 24 hours along the front lines. america's top diplomat has the keys moscow looking to manufacture a pretext for antony blank and was speaking at a un security council meeting on the crisis in ukraine. hospitals in hong kong have reached 90 percent capacity is official struggle to contain a record number of coven 19 cases and more than 6000 new cases home thursday. any patients now being treated in makeshift openness spaces or israel as wrapping it's so called green past cove. and policy as infections across the

country decline. the certificate system required proof of vaccination recovery from the disease or a negative test to ensure entry to public venues. was a key part of the government's efforts to curb the spread of the virus, including the recent oma covariance, which pushed infection rates to record levels. prime minister natalie bennett says the latest wave appears to be breaking that's prime minister has apologized to indonesia for the systemic, and widespread, extreme violence used by the dutch army during indonesia. whoa of independence. mar quarter said the government takes full responsibility for the war. crimes committed in the former colony, victoria gayton. b reporter. news from indonesia were these nomadic pictures about tomatoes, taking action against republicans for decades. the dutch government said the army had done nothing wrong, as it attempted to regain control of their former colony during indian easiest 4 year long war of independence. that started in 1945. but his study by dutch

researches has concluded the army did commit war crimes against civilians, and that political and military leaders largely ignored the attacks. the dutch prime minister said the findings are harsh but unavoidable, and issued an apology for what he called a collective failure. did almost all it online for the systematic and widespread, extreme violence from the dutch side in those years and the consistent looking away . but previous cabinets to him i make today on behalf of the dutch government, a deep apologies to the people of indonesia, forthcoming reports of violence and massacres, have been around for a long time. but it wasn't until 2017 that the government commissioned an investigation. it's estimated more than a $100000.00 indonesians were killed. did extremely high belt, can afraid of his highness for him. this extreme violence took many forms such as torture executions without trial beatings. right. if the tension on that and human

conditions, violent reprisals such as the shooting of civilians and messed potential willing for. but some in the netherlands think the country has nothing to apologize for. they say the report is biased. built the, if normal in all law, violence is normal when you're in war, there was a war going on. whatever people want to call it, be it police action or a war of d colonization on, but it's all true, although i can see it from both sides because i am 50 percent javanese was her, and my family fought on both sides of this battle, draco, it was very violent on all sides. the netherlands finally recognized indonesia independence in 1949. but more than 70 is owned, the country is still coming to terms with its colonial past. victoria gay to be al jazeera, as is a factory, workers have gone on strike in haiti's camp, so they're demanding better pay. many of them may close for

a big brown sold overseas, but they say they're paid less than $5.00 a day to reserve by reports, from the factory floor to the streets of the haitian capital. these workers from an industrial park in port a prince. i demanding a raise to them minimum wage. matthews yourself says he can barely survive on his income. we take to the streets to protest, to make our voices heard, especially with the international community because we live in poverty. there is no government the thinks of us. many of this people work to make textiles and clothing that get sold at large scale retailers in the us and other countries. they say they are paid less than $5.00 a day for 9 hours of work. they're demanding the equivalent of 15, hulu and inflation. rate of around 20 percent in the country is a major concern. worker say they spent half their salary to pay for transportation just to go to work. awesome. we are launching the movement to demand the gum and

listen to our voices so that it can adjust the minimum wage. we've made some steps and sent letters to them that had never heard us. the protest began last week and on thursday, the police again use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstration. factory workers use burning tires to block the roads. were protesting peacefully with sticks. the police are abusing us. we do not consider them as police. we consider them as gangs haiti is in the middle of a political and social crisis since the assassination of president george elmore east gans control large sectors of the capital, violence and kidnappings are widespread. the country is also struggling to recover from a devastating 7 point to earthquake, which destroyed the southern tip of the peninsula. something the acting prime minister addressed at the donors conference on wednesday. i television marco new

day, shock natural. haiti was not only hit by a natural shock, but it's also affected by others of human origin which shows as vulnerability, social and political movements and rising crime constitute the challenges we have to face. as tensions in the caribbean island run high workers here say they will continue with their struggle for better wages. they say they haven't had a race in more than 3 years and will continue protesting until the government meets their demands. there is i will. i'll to cedar fly crews in northern argentina. continue to baffle wildfires that have ravaged more than 5000 square kilometers of land. unprecedented drought has feel blazes in corn chip province. hundreds of residents have been forced to flee their homes along with herds of livestock. pfizer having devastating effects on the economy and the environment. a judge in york has rule that former u. s. president donald trump must answer the questions on the oath in the states

civil investigation into his business practices trumpet. his 2 eldest children at vanka, donald trump junior, have been ordered to comply with subpoenas issued in december. the state of new york is investigating if from inflated real estate values to obtain bank loans and reduce values to low with tax bills. the ruling is almost certain to be appealed. cynicism, united states have been hearing testimony from coal. mine is have been on strikes most of the past year and say they pay and benefits were cut while investors profited. it's one of several attempts to unionize. i work is across the us, including at starbucks and amazon. gabriel at his own day. has more neil. i'm going america or one 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 in 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 on is happening, you know, more and more po, 3 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, 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 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, though the working class of america stands up fast by their fight. continues gabriel, as onto how does it in new york? people with disabilities are often among the poorest and most socially excluded in cambodia. only 56 percent of adults with disabilities can read and write compared to 80 percent of the total population. so i say, explains how advocates trying to change that through various programs each day he leaves for work is a bit of a gamble, one noon boon kind. he never knows how much hill earned or whether he'll be arrested by police for performing on the streets of pin on pen, where young garcia anyhow, i asked to sing a few different restaurants,

but they didn't want me because i'm blind. i felt very bad about myself. i just want to see them so that i can earn a living. he left at school before he was 10. he says his disability and lack of education have made it difficult for him to find work. his story is not unusual in cambodia. knock rod used to work in a shoe factory, but she was laid off by karen again, bad up when the new owner came, they decided to reduce the number of workers. they kept only those who were able to operate the machines. they fired people with disabilities because they think were physically not competent for the job. she was unemployed for 4 years before a non governmental organization helped her find work. essential personnel, cambodia is one of several organizations that helps people with disabilities, whether it's equipping them with skills or matching them with employers. what's

been more difficult is changing people's mindset. middle mishondra law, clues, and jeremy around them. people with disabilities, sometimes state valuable lawyers, don't care about them. they think the lawyers look at them like the abnormal work places usually aren't accessible for people with disabilities. and some employers think people with disabilities are less capable in 2010. the cambodian government passed a lot that said at least 2 percent of the public sector should include disabled people. while private businesses with more than a 100 employees, were required to have at least one percent. there's no verifiable data on whether this law is being enforced. statistics show the rate of poverty, it's much higher in households with at least one disabled member. for norcross, the help she got has been immeasurable and that that joe j. a young life is very

difficult when you don't have any basic education. it's impossible to become skilled at a job when i got this job. i was so happy i was so proud of myself, namely, her dream. she says, is simple. she just wants to be able to support herself and her family. florence lee al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera, these you top stories, ukraine and russian back separatists have accused each other of shelling, possessions in the eastern dumbass region is 500 explosions. have been recorded in less than 24 hours along the front lines. america's top diplomatic accused moscow looking to manufacture a pretext for war. antony blinkin was speaking at a un security council meeting to discuss the crisis fine ukraine's border. russia's contin.