and pat and pasha, we tell your stories, we are your voice, your news, your net out his ear. ah, kindergarten in the firing line, rushing back separatists and ukrainian forces, blame each other for a flare up and fighting at the you and russia denies it. plans to invade ukraine, but the u. s. claims the kremlin is looking for an excuse i am here to day. not to start a war, but to prevent. ah, no more about this and this is all dissimilar from doha. also cut me off a makeshift medical care in hong kong. covered 19 patients are forced outdoors with

hospitals close to capacity. i'm john 100 in minneapolis, were the fate of foreign police officer kim potter is in the hands of a judge for the killing of dante right ah. showing any senior crane's re ignited fears of an eminent invasion by russia. the u . s. is accusing the kremlin of looking for an excuse to justify going to war. andrew simmons begins coverage from key f. this is linda simps, this 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 seats wire meant to be in place. rushing back separatists from

a self declared republic of law, hampton, accused ukrainian forces of starting the fighting of the look. really, the situation on a contact line has been exacerbated dramatically him. the enemy is trying to provoke active combat. actually, 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 russian audience are very susceptible to this type offer of this information. enter also, des, discern terrorist republics?

they are try to, 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. 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 dis, information 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't boss will be watched closely. and the president himself reiterated his warning that russia may cause an incident as a full runa for an invasion. here read the believe that they are gay for why galbraith, with him every indication we had with

that we say the violence in easton ukraine has undoubtedly worsened and already had situation here. under simmons, al jazeera keith, america's next diplomatic move, his talks with trans atlantic leaders on friday about russia's troop build up on the ukraine border, is coming after secretary of state antony blinkin delivered a warning about moscow's motives at a un security council meeting. kristen salumi has more secretary of state antony blanket 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 where 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 there, 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. hong kong health care system is near to breaking point, following a record surgeon coven. 19 cases. hospitals have reached 90 percent capacity and patients are being treated and make shift to open your spaces. the territory report is more than 6000 new cases on thursday and to ease the stream some patients are being discharged sooner or brit planets. joining us from outside the hospital in hong kong that brit. what is the day 3 here? is there any indication that the situation is changing? there isn't any indication that it's changing. in fact, more tenants have been set up here at the makeshift triage area. and this is the

case for other public hospitals in the city as well. there are barriers set up. there are heaters because temperatures are dropping and they're expected to drop further in the coming days. it's also quite windy. so suddenly the hostile authority has apologize for the situation, but it hasn't changed. so one could assume that there is still a capacity issue here. and con, con, especially as the city records another record $6000.00 plus cases. yesterday, it certainly looks as though infections are growing under the cities so called dynamic cove. it's 0 strategy. in policy, those who even exhibit mild symptoms are expected to be sent to hospitals or quarantined facilities. however, because there is such a backlog of cases, what's happening is that people are having to stay at home and isolate until they're admitted to a hospital. now, to accommodate for that, the government is looking at opening up isolation facilities in places like hotels,

housing estates, and other places. well there's even talks of pat cruise ships being involved in the operation. there are also talks of, perhaps being a building, a makeshift hospital like the one that we saw at the beginning of the pandemic built in. will holland just 10 days? taxes have also been recruited to be part of this operation. they will take patients from home to those quarantine facilities too. so certainly the government is looking at ways to deal with this bottleneck. is there an indication that the governments planning to adopt its policy? there are suggestions that the 0 colon policy nowadays is too stringent. right, well you could say that looking at other places in the world, but certainly in terms of hong kong, there are no indications from chief executive carry lamb. in fact, she is doubling down on this policy despite escalating cases, despite the fact that this is one of the most densely populated cities in the world

. now she's also looking into whether to test all residents in the city to really stop eddie chain or transmission that would be testing 7500000 people here in hong kong that would take place over 3 weeks in march. now she made that announcement while speaking to reporters, as she was welcoming experts from the main lad, the mainland is assisting with manpower expertise and rapid an engine test, which of course would be key to test everyone in the city. lamb has had a directive of fraud that she didn't pig who are the chinese president of course, who said that at the city must take all necessary steps to stamp out this virus. he said that social stability is at stake. now, lamb and response said that she was thankful for she's concerned and vowed to unite hong kong too, as to curb this virus. suddenly, hong kong, it must be said washed over the last 2 years in horror. as many hospital systems

were overwhelmed, but it hadn't happened here. hong kong went for months without any cases. last year, it was exceptionally low. the case isn't number the case numbers here, but it now, as hospitals are a stretch to their limits, there's frustration that 2 years and the pandemic. why weren't authorities more prepared break? thank you very much. indeed. brooklyn talking to us from hong kong, a u. s. judge is expected to sentence another white police officer for the killing of a black man. former officer kim potter was convicted of manslaughter in december. she says the fatal shooting of dante writes was a tragic accident. john had run reports from minneapolis. kim potter sealed dante wright's fate in a matter of seconds. now in a minneapolis court room, it's potters future that will be decided. prosecutors are asking for a 7 year prison sentence, her potter convicted in december of manslaughter. her lawyers are asking for

probation, and what they say was a tragic accident. remember yelling, taser taser taser and nothing happens. police camera video shows right apparently trying to escape a traffic stop potter. it fires what she says. she thought it was a taser. ah, the weapon she drew was her gun. ah, right was killed by potter just as protesters filled the streets of minneapolis. during the trial of derek, chosen a white police officer later convicted of killing another black man, george floyd. earlier this month, the minneapolis swat team serving a no not warrant shot, a mere look to death. as he rose from his living room sofa holding a legal gun in his own home, they were looking for some one else. the incident marks the latest killing of a black man by a white police officer. i don't think these are trials are going to make

a difference that we're seeing violence against young black men and women. and i don't think is, is surprising. i think it's alarming, and we do need to get to the root of it to stop this. homicide charges are rare in the u. s. for a police officer acting on duty. convictions are rarer still and when they do come down, sentences tend to be lighter. when the killer wears a badge after shooting laquon mcdonald, 16 times as he walked away from police knife in hand, chicago police officer, jason vandyke, was convicted of murder. but released earlier this month after servant less than half of his nearly 7 years sentence sent the st. villas mad a half to set a precedent. jason van dyke was the 4th of chicago police officer on duty in 50 years. the b try and convicted form for murder period. but what that says is,

is that yes, the activist community and organized the community and chicago have been doing great work. but the judicial system in chicago. did you this who system in cook county is felling us, and she hands down her ruling for kim potter. the judge can't help but be aware that the sentence in the courtroom will also resonate outside john henderson, l g 0, minneapolis. stella had an al jazeera struggling to survive and just $5.00 a day. thousands of haitian workers take to the streets, demanding better pay. and we're going to tell you what advocates and cambodia doing to help people with disabilities build a better life. ah, friday is probably going to be clean up day because this is the backend of frontal

system which is currently quite active over the southern states. but it means that you're the day on fridays or gone quite an sons come out again. and the bigger picture means it's still some snow to come through for new england, the eastern side of canada, and other rather more minor storm is one year cross the great lakes, throwing some cold down from minneapolis, but it's not as cold as it was. so that, you know, the sun's at the same is true back to the pacific coast attempts to come down to some degree, nearly $24.00 degrees now that normally breeze and san francisco, but 18 degrees. recently we've seen some pretty heavy weather, particularly in place. i got a mile on the still a few showers around here, i think the shower of pick up in mexico, but they're scattered around elsewhere. still in jamaica, cuba and hispaniola. but nothing like as many as they were. however, you know, the problem in south america, certainly in the southeast of brazil, a huge amount of flooding recently. they're still showers in the area, but it's not as severe looking. the wet weather may be further north and north west,

and south of all. this is another frontal system trying to form near uruguay of this big circulation here. otherwise, most of argentine or at least, is looking fine and quite warm. ah, cutter. one of the fastest growing nations in the bonnie cutter needed to open and to develop it. international shipping company to become a key, middle east, and trade and money. 3 key areas of development, filling up from connecting the work future. wanted cato cutters, gateway to world trade. lou

ah, watching all the 0 reminder of our top stories this our ukraine and russia about separatists have accused each other of shelling positions in the eastern dom bus region. at least 500 explosions, been recorded in less than 24 hours along the front lines. america's top diplomats accused moscow, well looking to manufacture a pretext for war. antony blanket has been speaking it a un security council meeting on the ukraine crisis. russia's continued to deny any plan to attack hospitals in hong kong have reached 90 percent capacity. as officials struggle to contain a record number of cobit 19 cases, there were more than 6000 new cases on thursday, many patients and are being treated in makeshift open air spaces. thousands of factory workers have gone on strike in the capital of haiti to demand better paid.

many of them make clothes for big brands sold overseas, but they say they're paid less than $5.00 a day. theresa bought reports from the factory floor to the streets of the haitian capital. these workers from an industrial park and put 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 that thinks of us. many of these 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 tomorrow and inflation rate of around 20 percent in the country is a major concern worker say they spend half their salary to pay for transportation

just to go to work lesson. 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 presidential in elmore east. gangs control large sectors of the capitol and violence and kidnappings. i white bread. the country is also struggling to recover from a devastating 7 point to worth wake, which destroyed the southern tape of the peninsula. something the acting prime minister addressed at the donors conference on wednesday, i deliver selma,

who knew this shrug 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 truck drivers protesting against coven 19 restrictions in the canadian capital ottawa r. bracing for a police crackdown aimed at ending almost 3 weeks of demonstrations. police officers flooded into the city, arresting several protesters, including a key organizer, the so called freedom convoy primary. so justin, who door has defended his decision to invoke the emergencies act, which gives more powers to help clear the blockade. on monday,

as we entered the 3rd week of illegal blocking and occupations, the federal government invoked the emergencies act. we did it to protect families and small businesses to protect jobs in 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. the number of people killed in a landslide in brazil has risen to at least a 117 victims. families have started to bury the dead in the city of patropolis near rio de janeiro. as many as 116 people are still missing. many of fear to be trapped in the mud flood waters triggered on the land slides of tuesday. during the

most intense rain in decades. a dense haze of smoke is covered, park wise capital, associate, air quality is worse. and since monday, experts say the conditions are caused by forest fires in northern argentina. residents have been urged to stay inside with doors and windows closed. a judge in new york, his world former u. s. president donald trump must answer questions under oath in the states civil investigation into his business practices. trump and his 2 eldest children, a vanka and donald trump. junior, i've been order to comply with subpoenas issued in december. the state is investigating if trump inflated real estate value, so obtain bank loans and reduce tax bills. the rooms almost certain to be appealed . you and african union leaders are meeting in brussels for the to day some that europe once a to promote its global investment plans in africa as chinese trade. their grows issues around the supply of covered 1900 vaccines and security are also on the

agenda. malcolm lab reports from nairobi, 3 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 know, 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 present can't be missed in the 19 ninety's. 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 to africa resources. 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 wooed with weapons at arms, fair rushes, military presence in africa, growing as are its arms exposed 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 $170000000000.00 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, the mismanagement 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 spec malcolm web al jazeera nairobi can yeah. place in seattle frontier gas during the latest protests condemning the military takeover in october

. the demonstrated marston, several areas of the capital cartoon time were set on fire at the airport security forces of kill dozens of student using the unrest since the true the dutch prime ministers apologized to indonesia for the systematic and widespread extreme violence used by the dutch army during indonesia, war of independence, mark rota says the government takes responsibility for the war. crimes committed in the former colony. victoria gave me reports. 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 indonesia, his 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 lead is 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 them 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 is estimated more than a 100000 indonesians were killed, did extreme vault. can the fate of his highness for him? this extreme violence took many forms such as torture, executions without trial beatings, right? theft detention, and, and human conditions, violent reprisals such as the shooting of civilians and messed attention calling

from. but some in the netherlands think the country has nothing to apologize for. they say the report is biased. a belt book is 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 the colonization, or it's all true or no, i can see it from both sides. because i am 50 percent javanese was a and my family fought on both sides of this battle. draco, it was very violent on all sides. the netherlands finally recognized in denise's independence in 1949, but more than 70 is owned. the country is still coming to terms with its colonial past. victoria gate and b al jazeera. 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 horns. lori explains how advocates are trying to change that each day he leaves for

work is a bit of a gamble from noon boone time. 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 ganga . anyhow, i asked to sing at 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, not crud used to work in a shoe factory, but she was laid off by killing again. that up when the new owner came, they decided to reduce the number of workers. they kept only those who are 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. me at home, some de la cruz and jesse me around them, people with disabilities, sometimes state their employers, 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 bit that joe, 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 li algebra. ah, this is all the 0. these are the top stories ukraine under rush about separatists of accused each other of shelling positions in the eastern dom bass region. at least 500 explosions have been recorded in less than 24 hours a.