is always been the house of nazareth now a growing group of residence wants to get it beating again. it will come back because the city still have very much fought ah more allegations of shelling in easton ukraine as russian back separatists and government forces blame each other for worsening violence. and yes, president joe biden, sec, to talk with his nato allies about the a russian troop build up in the grange border. ah, 11 o'clock. this is our desert life window. also coming up, make shift medical care and hong kong. cobit patients forced outdoors with hospitals close to capacity,

and the netherlands prime minister apologizes to indonesia for war crimes committed in its former colony. ah, they said that in russian by separatist in easton, ukraine have accused government forces of launching new attacks. both sides are blaming each other for stepping up artillery and mortar fire and the don bass region. the shelling has bree ignited fears of an imminent invasion by russia, where you are saying that the kremlin is looking for an excuse to justify going to war. under simmons reports now from ukrainian capital inflows. 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 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 longer merely the situation. on a contact line has been exacerbated dramatically. the enemies trying to provoke active combat action. ukraine's side continues to violate his obligation to observe the ceasefire. not so 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 they did this level. because in this situation, they feel that they, they could, they are one more time rapier in a rush, and newsletters and in russian media field. international investigations into who was responsible for the attacks are underway. those 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 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 forerunner for an invasion. here we believe that they are gay for why

galbraith, with him every indication we have attacked with the violence in easton, ukraine has undoubtedly worsened and already tense situation here. andrew simmons al jazeera keith tell. stratford has more now from mary paul in southeastern ukraine. interestingly this morning, there are reports coming from the dpr authorities that the septic controlled air, the self declared and its peoples republic saying that at least 70 shells ukrainian shells of landed in areas around donnette ski. they say that there are some areas that are without electricity. obviously we have no way of independently confirming that also the ukranian side this morning saying at least 60 shells landed on this side. there were reports also of least 2 soldiers being injured in those attacks.

and as we've been saying these, this escalation and it can be called that because this is like the heavier shelling we've seen in the last couple of months comes at a very worrying time as these diplomatic efforts seem. and they continue to fail to bring any real resolution to the crisis. interesting lot last night, coming into mary awful. around 25 kilometers new for me. we passed the convoy of the military vehicles carrying ukrainian soldiers and towing large pieces of artillery large cannons. we can't verify where in fact they were going also with respect to the lu ganske area of the separate controlled region in the east. the guns consorts is the separatists. they're saying that there has been quite heavy shelling overnight. well, around the 30 world leaders in more than $100.00 ministers or in germany for the munich, the annual munich security conference. the great tension between russia and ukraine will likely be the main focus. of course i,

let's be now taught that from i to get it to james bases at the conference and munich. and james, this comes round a at a crucial moment. absolutely crucial. i think the timing of this conference, this is an annual event, didn't happen last year. because of the pandemic, but leaders from countries all around the world come here to munich. notable in the absence all the russians, they are not represented here. but i still think with the us secretary of state, the u. s. vice president, the ukranian president, loads of nato allies, whole all here in munich. this is going to be a very important diplomatic moment. let's discuss it more with the vice chair, meaning security conference, forest, rudy forest. you are also a veteran german diplomat before you took your current role. what is your assessment? how dangerous is this moment for the world? it's a very dangerous moment. i've been a diplomat for 33 years since 989. and i think in europe, we have not seen

a moment as dangerous as this one, with a risk of confrontation between russia and ukraine. in terms of what we're going to see here, the mean security conference, we've got high profile americans, the vice president and secretary of state. we've got presidents lensky. what will you be watching for? the munich conferences is about 2 things. traditionally, one is the trans atlantic bonds. so this is, this is our part of our d, n a. like bringing americans and europeans together to talk about security. that's 15. but the other part is dialogue on this dialogue also with governments with which we have a difficult relationship with russia. sadly, at this point in time, the relationship is very, very tense. so we would have liked to have had a senior russian government representative here, engaging germany, engaging nato allies, united states of america. sadly, we will not have that,

but nonetheless, i think people are coming together. they will exchange ideas. we will have a few russian representatives here and i'm for moscow will watching closely. yes, you're right. i'm sure president putin in the foreign minister live off will be watching what is said here. how important is it that the u. s. busy and it's nato allies, presidency landscapes, ukrainian partner, are all showing unity. how important is that to avoiding a war? i think it's absolutely crucial. i think the russians have been looking for cracks in nato, in the western lines, or between nato and the you. but i think that has not materialize. i think there's been a very firm response from the west. and i think those determination to respond to a rushing attack. were all talking about ukraine. but quite remarkably, if we weren't, there would be another huge story. we'd be talking about, which is the fact the iranian foreign minister is coming here. you've got other delegations from the gulf. you've got saudi arabia coming here. you've now got the

israeli prime minister of foreign minister because we're in the very final days of negotiation with the neuron nuclear deal, it's make or break time. how important is, is the meetings that are going to happen here in munich? very important indeed, and you're quite right if it weren't for ukraine, we would be focusing on this and rightly so. we've had for many years, a very strong turnout from the middle east. it has been quite quite normal for us to have the iranian foreign minister, mrs. a refund, the old days now will have mr. amir young, but the foreign minister of saudi arabia, of cuts are, will also be here. the israelis will be here. the americans will be here, some other colleagues who have been working as diplomats on the j. c. p. away the nuclear deal. so i think it will be an opportunity for people to touch base to assess where they stand and take it from there. and i know, you know, with these sort of things they've not far away in vienna,

they've been doing the detailed negotiations. but this is where the leaders are foreign ministers and others. how important that they get involved in this, in this last minute part of the process. i think it's, it's exactly as you say. so you have the negotiators sitting together working together, obviously being in close touch with their capitals. but this, this offers an opportunity for people to speak face to face. and again, that is so important about munich happening this year. we were unable to have it last year, but people coming together, engaging directly with each other, is a whole different quality parts of the vice chairman of the munich security conference. thank you for joining us on, which is there we are going to be here? constantly nick over the next 48 hours or so. so very important diplomacy should take place here. yeah. pretty intense agenda right. james. speak you later. thanks a lot. well, yes, president joe biden is expected to speak to nato allies later on friday bys is, america's top diplomat told the united nations that moscow is looking to

manufacture an excuse for wool. kristen salumi has his 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 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 gavers 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 sits 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, or belarus is ready to host nuclear weapons if threatened to from the west. that is

the warning from the president alexander lucas shanker, as he visited, a training ground where joint military drills with russia such me wrapping up. next jenko jew to meet the russian president vladimir putin on friday. steadfast reports now from units near the border with ukraine, showing off military force near the border with ukraine. these wargames, held by russia and bellows, have not only spooked the west, but also many valor roshan president, alexander lucas shank, us remarks when visiting one of the training grounds added to the concern where you put it if necessary. it's such stupid in mind to step taken by all rival kind opponents. we will not only deploy nuclear weapons, but super nuclear ones to protect our country. but if there are no threats, we don't need to play a weapon for 100 years. fellows will hold a referendum next week to amanda conference constitution. not only letting look shameka stay in power, but also allowing nuclear weapons from russia to be based in the country. lucas

shank has been isolated by the west after a violent crack down on protesters in the past year and a half he turned to put in for help and we turn rush is increasingly use and then a roof on the border with nato as a military training ground troops have arrived here from as far as 10000 kilometers away. the far east of russia. russia has now announced that its withdrawing its troop back to the south and west of the country away from bellows. many i wondering what will happen to the other russian forces here in pins, just 30 kilometers from the border. bella, russians and ukrainians have lived together for generations. they are worried about being tracked into a possible war relation and we think it's a dangerous precedent or they'd like with so many russians come to us. the situation around ukraine is very tense and we are all deeply worried. ukrainian people are very close to us. our towns have a good relations with ukrainians. my heart aches the ukraine, and also we were afraid of the occupation has been happening silently. and we don't

like it because we favorite wasn't ships, may stay here. and their presence is very much felt driving around the south of barrows. satellite images appear to show that instead of withdrawing more troops are being sent to the region. the trails are scheduled to end on february 20, only then it will become clear if soldiers will return to their basis. as moscow has promised, steadfast and al jazeera in learning yet, bella was a rescue. operation is on the way in greece, after 5 broke out on a ferry with 288 people on board. the vessel was near the island of co food, the time on its way to the port brin, dc in italy. the cause of the fire is not yet known. more still coming up here now to 0, including struggling to survive on just $5.00 a day. thousands of haitian workers take to the streets to money to pay cloth. i'm john henry in minneapolis where the fate of the lease officer came. potter is in the hands of a judge for the killing of john k. right. ah,

ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored my cattle airways, we have a very dangerous storm cutting across the islands of ireland and britain. and then eventually it will hop over the north sea into the low countries in southern scandinavia. let's go over what this means for ireland in britain. when get toward the south west of england, 145 kilometers per hour into wales. then about 20 to 30 centimeters of snow over the scottish hills with blizzard conditions. red warnings also and play for coastal areas of the netherlands looking at those winds cranking 200 kilometers per hour. and also for a huge swath of germany. we could that those winds a 120. now we did just have stormed deadly passed by. look at the damage it caused in poland. i cranes toppled here more than 500 homes. were damaged roofs peeled off

at these homes and 2 people died. now i'm going to put this for to saturday and has stormed units moves further toward the use. it's going to crank up those winds again in that same area where we just had the wind storm. now for turkey, we've got wet weather and snow moving west to east. that snow will be over the higher ground. and next stop, we're going to africa near record breaking temperatures for beneath toko and gonna some shower. so for api, john with the high 28 degrees and it's going to be a very wide weekend for eastern portions of south africa. that's a snapshot of your weather. we'll see you again soon. take care. oh, the weather. sponsored by katara ways joined the debate fate erased, of black people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online your voice. the comment section is whitehead join our conversation. we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not by being nationalistic about us, you just look at it in

a very different way. so that perspective men and men meeting each other and they don't have any solution. let me put it clear for you. this screen on al jazeera, with a guy you're watching al jazeera, remind about top stories and russian back separatists in easton, ukraine of accused government forces of launching new attacks on friday. at least 500 explosions have been recorded along the front lines in less than 24 hours. you as president joe biden expected to hold talks with nato allies of the company us to un security council meeting on thursday. your state entity plan can accuse most good looking to manufacture an excuse for war. the dutch prime

minister has apologized for systematic and widespread, extreme violence during denise's. war of independence, while router says the government takes responsibility for the war. crimes committed in the former colony, retorted b. news from indonesia were these nomadic because of that forces 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, for 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 and afraid of his highness for him. this extreme violence took many forms such as torture executions without trial beatings. right? theft the tension on that and human conditions, violent reprisals such as the shooting of civilians and messed attention willing. but some in the netherlands think the country has nothing to apologize for. they say the report is biased. a belt, but it's 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 de colonization on. it's all true or no,

i can see it from both sides. because i am 50 percent javanese was, and my family fought on both sides of this battle. drake, on it was very violent on all sides. the netherlands finally recognized indonesia, his independence in 1949. but more than 70 is on the countries still coming to terms with its colonial past. victoria gate and b al jazeera, a court in india, a sentence so day people to death and 11 more to life in prison for the unmet about bombings, 14 years ago. 56 people were killed in at least 200 were injured in a series of explosions in 2008 in the state of good, you're at 21 devices detonated in just over an hour. blas happened on buses and car parks and at a public hospital. hong kong health care system is near breaking point after record surgeon cove. at 19 cases, hospitals have reached 90 percent capacity in patients of being treated in makeshift openness spaces. the territory reported more than 6000 new cases on

thursday trainees. the strain some patients have been discharged early and authorities are looking to increase. testing for climate has more from a major hospital in hong kong. that certainly isn't getting any better. they've set up more tents here. there are a barriers set up and a few he says as well to accommodate for the surge in patients. many of them elderly people lying outside the beds behind me. and we've seen this for the 3rd day in a row. the hospital authority has apologized for this situation. however, it is happening again another record $6000.00 cases. so it has to be said, there is a capacity problem. hospitals are. 6 over stretched, and there's no quick solution to this. the government is walking into expanding isolation facilities, including turning hotels into quarantine facilities, student dormant freeze, and housing estates as well. they're also looking into building and make shift

hospital like the one we saw early on in the pandemic, and who han, which was built in 10 days. there also, i have a designated fleet now of taxi drivers who take pete patients from home to isolation facilities. the policy is currently that if you display any symptoms of covert or even if they're mild, you should in theory be transported to an isolation facility. however, because of this bottleneck, people are having to wait thousands of people across the city or having to wait at home until they're admitted and some of for some that day just doesn't come. a u. s . judge is expected to sentence a white police officer for the killing of a blackman former officer, kim potter was convicted of manslaughter in december. she says the fatal shooting of dante wright was a tragic accident. often confusing her hand gun for her taser on hanjin reports not from minneapolis. kim potter sealed dante wright's fate in

a matter of seconds. now in a minneapolis court room, it's potter's future that will be decided. prosecutors are asking for a 7 year prison sentence for potters 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 fires, which she says she thought it was a taser. ah, the weapon she drew was her gun right. was killed by potter just as protestors filled the streets of minneapolis. during the trial of derek shaven, a white police officer later convicted of killing another black man, george floyd. hi. earlier this month 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 la kwan 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 serving less than half of his nearly 7 years sentence,

thin dog man has to set a president. jason vandyke was a 1st chicago police officer on duty in 50 years to be try and convicted for for murder period. but what that is is, is there, yes, the activists community and organize the community and chicago have been doing great work. what is this in chicago? did you this system in cook county is felling as 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, al jazeera, minneapolis, mexico government is under increasing pressure to investigate the killings of 5 journalists within the 1st. 6 weeks of this year. hundreds of reporters rallied outside the military headquarters in warner, where president entered his men while lopez over it all was holding a news conference. she's been criticized verbally, abusing journalists, referring to the suggs mercenaries and sell out. at least 50 reporters have been

killed in mexico since december 2018. thousands of factory workers have gone on strike in haiti's capital to demand better pay money than make clothes for the big brands which are sold overseas. for they say they're paid less than $5.00 a day, or isabel has us, ah, 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 the 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 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're 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 protests 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, juvenile maurice, ganz control large sectors of the capital and violence and kidnappings. i widespread. 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, august 18 iverson. mark, 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 it will continue with their struggle for better wages. they say be, haven't had a race in more than 3 years and will continue protesting until the government meets their demands. police have well, i'll to cedar. now authorities in brazil have warned of more heavy rainfall in the wake of flooding, and a landslide that killed at least a $117.00 people, sar, and so wrong out alerting people in the hillside tour a ton of metropolis to leave. it follows some of the heaviest rains lily, 100 years victims families have started to bury the dead. as many as 116 people

remain missing. and in the u. k, the weather office there has issued a rare red warning for southern and central england storm unice has just made landfill and its extreme winds are expected to cause danger to life. it comes to us days after another storm called power outages and transport disruption. some errors schools have been close in the army is on stand by to provide further support. ah policies check out the atlanta and out 0 and russian back sir. protest in easton, ukraine of accused government forces of launch get new attacks on friday. at least 500 explosions have been recorded along the front lines. that's in less than 24 hours, char stratford hurst more from mary paul in se ukraine. interestingly, this morning there. busy are.