this just a little bit, you can change it a bit, but i still want my personality and you can still have yours. oh, ah . this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm no mozy. welcome to the news, our ly from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes, ah, sirens signal, an escalation and fighting between government forces and russian back separatists in east and ukraine. 6 african nations are to get m r at a technology, but a dispute or the intellectual property rights means the european union is not

immune from criticism. why at the mercy of the wind, reco breaking gas from storm eunice, bring parts of the u. k to a stand still and anger in minneapolis or federal court hands down a 2 years sentence to the white female officer shot and killed dante wright last year in sport, olympic chief, thomas bah, says the russian teams, treatments of figures, case had committed valley. eva is chilling. the 15 year old who was at the center of controversy in beijing over positive drug test, as now arrived back in most ah welcome to the news, our separatist leaders in easton ukraine sate civilians will be moved to russia with the approval of the kremlin. after an escalation and fighting between government forces and russian back rebels,

the us now says up to $190000.00 russian soldiers, romania, the ukrainian border, and calls for an immediate de escalation. speaking in munich, you as a general interrogatories, as tension seem high and now than during the cold war. and on friday siren sounded in the east of the country urging people to find cover. charles stratford reports now from nova c laska in southeast, in ukraine. ah alarm in the streets, russian. berk, separately controlled to match the sirens, sounded after the leader of the self declared republic, announced the mass evacuation of civilians. wired them all, they wouldn't have no idea what. as of today, february, the 18th, the one, the mass, centralized evacuation of the population to the russian federation has been organized, were watching women, children, and the elderly are to be evacuated. first law of other children gathered at

evacuation points. lines of cars began heading towards the russian border. sauces internet told al jazeera bus drivers were ordered to stay and help the evacuation ukraine in its western backers. half a day's been saying that russia plans are so called false flag incident, which could give moscow all the separatists. it supports a pretext to attack. russia calls that a lie. but hours later, russian media said this was a car. bombings and exc no casualties were reported. the target was said to be a top security official. when the breakaway region. this is said to show a center where men can sign up to join the separatist forces. soon after the announcement by pushing the leader of the other russian back self declared republic, a blue guns who followed suit me, me and said, all those who can carry a weapon should be prepared to fight near that is the one that i call on civilians

who are not mobilized or involved in the maintenance of infrastructure to leave for russia as soon as possible. the announcement came after what the ukrainian government and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. the o se, se, with some of the worst shilling by the russian bank, separatists and years. the separatists accused the ukrainian army of the same. ukraine's top military commanders said ukraine had no intention of attacking the separatist held territory, author of thorough. i reiterate that the military and political leadership of he craned don't plan and not conducting offensive operations in the east. the only option, the occupation of the people in territory that is acceptable to us is the political and diplomatic one with a villages close to where the ukrainian government is in control was surprised and scared by the news near the call. when you socially, we haven't heard the news about the evacuation on the other side. i only heard about the kindergarten being shelled yesterday and they said that it was

provocation. there has to be an investigation needed with us here for the week. of course we were worried, we have children and grandchildren. we just want to have otherwise we will have to leave this area. it must stop. we have lived through this horror for years, the mirror and the announcement by the leadership of both the self declared donates an lugens, the people's republic of a mass evacuation on the separatists control side of the front line has huge implications, but essentially hundreds of thousands of people living in areas like these in the ukraine in government control territory, despite russia repeatedly saying it has no intention of an invasion or military escalation against ukraine. those words becoming increasingly hard to believe. she struggled al jazeera nova salva eastern branch. meanwhile, rush present, let him pretend will oversee new drills on tat today involving strategic nuclear forces in the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles. following talks with the

battery shanita fusion did emphasize at the exercises a defensive and not intended as a threat of invasion. he would go would have, can use at today's talks, we also discuss strengthening our joint defense space of russia and bellows. we agreed again to take collective mrs to strengthen security of l. countries in the face of the growing military activity of nato countries near the borders of our status. we also focus on the joint military exercises which will continue and bellows until the 20th of february. i should say that these exercises of totally defense of nature and do not threaten any one diplomatic efforts to avoid a conflict. continuing at a security sound taking place in germany, it's actually general antonio terrace, one russia, that it would be breeching international law should invade your crime. algeria, diplomatic editor james base reports to us now from munich. the un secretary general has for weeks said he thinks war can be avoided, but his warnings about the situation are getting more dire. oh, with

a concentration of russian forces that on ukraine, i am deeply concerned about heights intentions and increased speculation about a military conflict in europe. i still sing it will not happen. but if it did, it would be catastrophic. sitting with the german foreign minister, hannah lena bear book, the u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin. who was again asked about the prospect of war. the differences have to be resolved through dialogue through diplomacy. ah, we are deeply concerned that is not the path. it rushes martin, the man here vitale, clear go. he was in the audience. we ready to fight. we're ready to defend our families, our faith, our cities, our citizens. we need support a point clearly aimed at germany,

which has not been supplying weapons to ukraine's position. the foreign minister that said was based on her country's history, our responsibility after the 2nd world war was that never again from germany, there will be wall and never again, there will be genocide. the discussion was moderated by the incoming chairman of the munich security conference, or christoph hoisin is his country's former ambassador to the un and was chancellor merkel foreign policy adviser back and basset, of the big question. is there going to be a war? i think nobody knows. i don't know if putting himself knows he's plain he's playing this game. see is one day saying that now we want to we want to go into negotiations. he says they were, it's never any, never had any intentions. and then you are following right now that when you look at the don bus,

you'll see that the number of cease fire violations is skyrocketing on saturday. here in munich, the british prime minister applies in the u. s. vice president and the ukranian president supposed to speak, and they'll be a meeting of the g 7 foreign ministers on this growing crisis. james bayes al jazeera munich. joining us now via skype from the hague is yup, to whom jeff foreman, nato secretary general. thank you very much for joining us. can i start by asking you about this recent escalation that we've been seeing in the dorm bass region? is it likely to lead to something more? well, it seems that that they're trying now to find them. perhaps they have found the pre decks to launch and form of minute reaction in the don't boss, which is one of the probable scenarios of cause, rather cynical that you ask people to leave for russia. because ukraine is,

is attacking with 10890000 russian soldiers around ukraine. it's cynical, i repeat, but i do see it as the pretext for potential further action. i'm afraid we have been told for weeks now that rush invasion of ukraine might be eminent. why hasn't happened yet? well, as i think we should also look at it's to the sides from of law the me to put in her knee is confronted with unprecedented solidarity within nato, solidarity within the european union. her and my opinion is that he might not have expected that her. we saw it again in munich, the german foreign minister, the united states, secretary of state. so i think, i think he has not made up his mind yet. and, but he is so high up in the tree. that climbing down without loss of face is almost

impossible, and that is the reason that i think it is highly probable. now that some form of action will follow soon. i'll is the question that you've been asked before, but it, it was under your leadership that nato pledged ukraine and ga, might join the alliance one day. how did it go so very badly wrong in terms of telling russia precisely what it didn't want to hear without providing any security guarantees for these countries? well, as i think that any are wording in a community and you know that community reads, they will become naval members. they was ukraine. and rhonda, i think would put in his consistency, but then started in the same city of munich in 2007 with his speech in 2008 or we had the nato summit. he invaded georgia or an ex crimea in 2014. so, so would that is consistent would in once a, europe,

a european security structure earlier a b and security order with spheres of influence. put in one c alt or 2.0 or the conference after the 2nd world war, which divided europe booked in wanted, wants to divide europe once again. and russia has a superpower in his opinion. and is it you also should have exclusive political influence in what he qualifies as his near abroad. and ukraine is very much part of it, but so as ga, so as beller or so as our media, so as mold over. in other words, this is now about ukraine, but, but it's not only about ukraine, it's about much, much more as he se putin made his intentions very clear at them unix, katie conference in 2007. then in the crescent, he 1008. the declaration was made about potential membership for ukraine in georgia . so did nato play into russia's hands by giving it the pretext to do precisely

what it's doing now? well i, i, quite honestly, i do not think so that, that you should, you should or good nato natal blame for this. i, i have to admit that at that site that was a fight between present boost on the one hand, who wanted to bring you green closer. and germany and france, on the other hand, were very much against her. so the compromise text reads, they will become and nature members, but everybody knows who to new been because i spoke at length with him and then put in new then and those now that nato membership for ukraine is simply not on the table in the foreseeable future. because in 2008, there was no consensus in nato. and now there isn't either because now there is a u. s. president, who himself is also of the opinion that, that ukraine for the foreseeable future will not become major member. so want to put in letting me put it knows this very, very well indeed. or he pretend, sir,

that he doesn't. but he does it. very interesting what you say about the pressure that was coming from the americans at a time. could you shed just a bit more light on that on, on that conversation and, you know, it, was there any sort of voice at the time that was saying, you know, this could be, is, could be hugely disastrous if we are sending out a signal to russia without these countries then being fast tracked somehow, although that probably isn't possible because there is a, a process for her membership anyway. but how did it work in terms of at u. s. pressure. and then the pushback from germany and france and, and small in 18 numbers would it was, it was a political, a fight between, between the heavy weights in nato. and there was a compromise finally by declaring they were, we come natal amazon. i think that is still relevant because laid those door was, is and should remain open and your brain should be and have the freedom to decide

what alliance egan so enters into enter into. but reality demands demanded then, and demands. now that it is simply not in the gas german's answer shorter than very clearly in the past week. so, so why, why this, why this political exaggeration as if ukraine is threatening russia? i'll and by the way, it's an element. i do not hear frequently, but it's very relevant in my opinion. i think when it comes down to where people drill is most afraid of. it is not of nato because he knows that nature is not going to wage war with russia over ukraine. native unordered button is very scared about the european union and the enlargement of the european union because then democracy, the rule of law good governance comes closer to his boarders. and that is of course, a very nasty development for a, for an autocrat. if not dictator, like, writing will put in there when ukrainians show the ambition which they do to become

polls like poland developed after is it acceded to the european union? that is, that is really a travel for put in there because that is not in conformity with the autocratic regime. these having in russia, you say that there says about we can in europe and in the sort of flurry of diplomacy, we've seen much the rhetoric is really coming from, from moscow. and the last, russia is really treating us as more than a, bilateral to speak with the lessened, particularly at nato, is not taking center stage in any of these discussions. it's just sort of playing along well about i would say i would say that nato were last last thursday or yesterday was, was very much her on stage by, by the press conference of secretary general, still the back. who does, or who does, or had triple a one job in my, in my opinion, or so nickname nato is,

is in play. but if put in would decide, or when he would take military action. or you talk about sanctions. and then of course, the european union toolbox is, is larger than nato, so books and that, and then it's a matter of, together with the united states of america and, and canada, of course, for that matter, to open that toolbox and to see that there will be a very substantial package of, of sanctions if, if would been most and well again, i consider a mil in military move for highly probable as we speak. nato hasn't said anything specifically about this demand from russia, that troops or weapons deployed to countries that entered the alliance after 997. which would include much of eastern europe that, that, that be removed, that those trip to points and weapons being pulled back. that there, there is,

there is, there was only one of the promise made by nato, and i know this race very well. that is, that nato, a promise than pledged not to base substantial, bombard, forces permanently. and there was a qualification under, under present circumstances that name nato has meticulously fault. and that, that principle. so what, what put in is now asking of, of nato is, is completely and totally, not only unheard of, but unacceptable, as if he wants to turn back the clock on, on, on nato enlargement. as far as romania and bulgaria are concerned, let alone are the vulnerable baltic states, sir, thank heavens, that they have become members of nato apps, as escalation with you, because have been so much focus on ukraine, that perhaps this escalation is being used as lavish to try and get concessions

over those other countries and is nato sort of is that they're in their, in their thinking in the sense that would they be effect came till actually that the possibility of a war conflict. would they be prepared to make these concessions to avoid bloodshed? no, i'd. i don't think that nato will and should make any, any concessions or if, if you allow me a cynical remark, it surprises me that to that brooklyn has not yet said that the german v. the viney only german real, real if you cation should also be turned back. but again, that's, that's a cynical remark. her i allow myself, herbert, but there is, of course, no way that what has happened as far as nato enlargement is concerned, that the talk will be turned back. there is no way that the european security structure, bloody will put in is after will ever be acceptable to the united states and nato and the european union for that matter. because i repeat that there is

a great form of solidarity and between the allies in nato and, and the, and the european union member states between to 30 ended and the to, and the 27 and put in, put in very me, put in might not have expected that there because he is making all this trouble in a time where there's a new coalition in germany, in germany. and there is a french president who was facing reelection coming a coming april. so he might have thought and speculating novels that the, that the timing was right with the, with an, an, an, an experienced chancellor and, and a brand, a president who has other things on his mind. now you see both were president. was it on my call and also now her af, after a bit of a rusty start with the chancellor shorts of germany, and becoming, becoming very active on the diplomatic front. and the only ray of sunshine i now see is, is that there is at least an informal agreement between the antony blinking and

several other off. at the end of the gum. we said to talk her and we hoped that that should this force flex initial moves in dom boss will not make that conservation impossible because it's, it's the only thing we have left in my opinion. and again, as you indicated, a moment ago were booked in wants to play. premier lee couldn't fix the american seriously. he doesn't take, it doesn't want to europe in the european union seriously. and i think he's wrong there as well. you have to have schaeffer. thank you. very much for joining us for miss actually general of nato. and actually we are expecting a statement from the vice president very shortly. our president joe biden expected to speak at the white house. actually, this was meant to happen a few minutes ago. so it is likely that he will speak pretty soon. we'll head to that. as soon as it gets underway. ah.

6 african countries are we given the technology to produce their own coven vaccines and a name to protect more people deal? announce at a summit between the european and african unions, comes after. wealthy countries have been accused of keeping, most of the doses move back as more now from brussels. anger over vaccine inequality between europe and africa. cast a long shadow over this landmark summit from the offset less than 12 percent of africans are double vaccinated compared to 71 percent of europeans. but it's hoped in a new agreement announced on friday to ship technology needed to produce ammo and aid jobs in africa will help we dress the balance to day. i'm delighted to announce the 1st 6 african countries that would receive technology from the app to produce their own m r n a vaccines, egypt, gania, nigeria, senegal,

south africa and tunisia. dublin joe will work with the companies and the government in each country to develop a roadmap for training and production. the announcements being largely welcomed, but simmering in the background and ongoing dispute between a you and e, you leaders over vaccine, intellectual property rights. many african leaders believe that if you are a piece serious about eradicating cove 19, or indeed getting rid of other serious illnesses than powerful pharmaceutical companies, should share their research, allowing african scientists to make vaccines from scratch in africa for africans. that's the goal, said the french president, without making any firm commitment to pasco ski. i think that the objective we should pursue is that intellectual property should never be a barrier to the production and dissemination of vaccines wherever they're needed. that is the objective, the subject, african,

any you leaders have described the summit as a fresh start with the president of senegal mackey sol urging europe to shed colonial era prejudices and to engage with a new dynamic continent. the use responded with an economic new deal for africa in the form of a 170000000000 dollar array of massive infrastructure plans to compete with china's belt and road initiative. what this means for africa is a new recommitment. and in you any section, all you're paying cash for your coupons to be able to drive africa was a transition, but also look at our transformation. also look at looking at energy and bringing and also looking at in the environment and also things around a ricardo. so it's a big, big package, but energy is going to be in a big player in the or of this new relationship or not. and i

know being fair, 155 countries and a combined population of 1300000 people. the african unions long been accused of lacking unity of doing deals with foreign power separately, and often in competition with one another. in many ways, the pandemic focus the african unions to moms to be treated as equals reframe in the continent as a place where wealthy western countries are ready to heavily invest. people come out to 0 brussels. dr. seth berkeley as chief executive officer of the gabby alliance and says that more needs to be down to make sure vaccines are reaching, developing countries. what we don't know is when the next new variance will occur, there's been a new variance out every 4 months during the last couple of years. and whether this new variant would be worse than the current variant or would be better in terms of the ability to cause disease. so at the moment we have to be prepared for any

eventually. and in the meantime, the critical issue is getting primary doses into those at risk. everywhere on the world, 2021 was a very difficult year for us. there were many barriers in the way. there was actually nationalism. there was the ability to raise money. there were export bands, but despite all. busy of that, we were able to get well over a 1000000000 doses into a lower income country. so today, lower income countries have a coverage rate of around 33 percent fully vaccinated. 45 percent single dose, but that's well below the global number of over 60 percent. having receive some doses and in high income countries, the numbers even being significantly higher than that. so we need to continue to work, particularly in the lowest income countries where coverage remains very low. molly's running military interest held france to withdraw that forces from the country

without delay. it comes out after the french foreign minister said molly's fight against groups linked to al qaeda and i feel is now their own problem present to manual mark con, confirm time for the growth of troops from molly after a 9 year mission. and he said it would take 4 to 6 months or france, the former colonial powers sent troops to molly in 2013, helping to push back on groups with links to al qaeda and iso which had captured 2 thirds of the country. but since those early success as violence is spread across the style, there were 800 daddy attacks in 2021 alone. and at least 2 and a half 1000000 people have been displaced. anger at the political elite and france led to mass protests in molly in 2020 and to cruise in the space of 10 months. the relationship between paris and bama cose, new military to sowed. and they cancel planned elections and decided to deploy mercenaries from the russia linked wagon. a group. france will now move the 2300 troops in molly to neighboring naja while announcing withdraw french present

ammonia macro said a victory over terrorism was not possible without the state support readily, murray is saw hello senior advisor and senior fellow at the policy center for the new house, which is a broken thing tax joins me now. how much of a a failure is this for france is mission to have to withdraw from the area just when groups like l. carter and i still are gaining ground. certainly stepping up their tax. it's, it's really difficult to argue against the statement of making this operation and french intervention of politics in the region as a failure. as you mentioned, when you look at the situation security situation, a humanitarian political situation in the region as it got worse every year. a new group evolve new coalition, yet as groups have been created, the emergence of the islamic states, all these factors and you know,

makes it really hard to not say that it's a failure. but also i think the did the countries in the region and governments in the area also have to take some of the blame, including the money and government military successes have been recorded in the past by chasing all tied on the. i'm excited for the it's from some areas, but the states have been unable to return to this areas that are, that have been controlled by you had this groups to govern and protected or people . so the blame is not only under france, but also on the local states. and it's, it's really unfortunate to say it's a funny or because all the factors point out to that direction, molly's military release has been cooperating or hiring mass series from rushes. wagner, group, one of the implications of this for rush is influence in the region. oh, rush. i have been floating in with the french for years now and in africa,

and after, after basically almost get them. i'm getting them out of the r c. the mechanic republic of congo i did of car. now the are also in molly and it's, it's a threat to, to france. and even that russia does not have the capabilities under resources to offer what france is offering molly molly and other countries in the region. but it's a geopolitical, so success and when for, for the russians we're not saying. and we don't believe that the russians are going to be more successful than the french because they are more popular for, for i'm speaking about the russian messing aries here. they have been more popular for human rights abuses and dirt record is, is well documented in africa and it does not look good for, for molly. and then what are the consequences for francis influence?

they are moving their focus elsewhere, but to be pushed out of molly in this way, certainly seem to tell them apply. yeah, it's definitely it's going to be there. they're going to be some consequences on the ground jihad is groups are going to benefit specially in areas between the borders of molly burkina, faso and the chair. but eventually, i know once once they are well positioned in the chair, they would be able to at least contain them in that area. but in molly it's, it's going to be in the short term is co, they're going to be some consequences. what, what this new redeployment is going to look like and come in once and come in years, a remains to be seen of it in france to reiterate, reiterated it supports for countries in the region, in addition to, in addition to the gulf of dna and with the spread now into northern gan, our northern, been in the northern, could you walk?

so the, the durn you are deployment are meant to be seen and the consequences also going to be on have to be really thoughtful thought of is that the consequences about the repetition in the air? ah, france have been faith in some anti sentiment. not only in molly, molly is the known one, but also in the book in our fossil. so if, if the new strategy has been, has to take those things in consideration and learn from the lessons are from molly . include in communicating in better working with local partners better and, and in can involve more of the local partners rather than trying to, to, to just go to with their own strategy and try to, to be on the same page with the, with the local partners. be at molly or new share or born in our fossil. thank you very much, readily, murray, for joining us from washington. we're very work storm eunice has killed at least

8 people in the u. k. belgium island, the netherlands. but truly england. that's born much of the brands with parts of the roof of london's o. 2 arena, read off, and record winds recorded. work is now under way to clear treat trees that have fallen on roads, houses, and power lines. where we challenge reports on this now from london, it was billed as perhaps the u. k. worst storm in 30 years, with winds expected a 140 kilometers an hour. but that to me a breeze, compared to what storm eunice actually delivered. augusta on the olive white top 196 kilometers an hour and has provision the become the u. k. strongest recorded wind for all eunice's theory, though the damage could have been a whole lot worse. i mean, if, as i say the search had coincided with the winds on the high tide, we could have seen some devastation, hence the severe flood warnings and some evacuation. so i'm really happy that those

things are got out of think, but it was gray. the edelmans prepared and the public list and, and people kept himself safe. unit has killed and injured people. lo, fatalities from falling trees have been confirmed in the u. k, ireland, and the netherlands. but in most places, the damage has been to property rather than life. now this rather sorry side is london o 2 arena, formerly known as the millennium dime. it's a huge, great concept and exhibition space in london. se featured in james bond films and the like. but as you can see, storm eunice has shredded a huge great hole in its fabric skin. really rip it apart. it's going to be some effort to fix that, want to think. and then there was the disruption. traveler's anxious the watch information board as train off the train was camp. there was gridlock on many roads this tail, caused by the closure of the damp bridge parts of london and away $400.00

plus flights with rounded case. now, every disaster needs a hero and come with the our come a big jet tv. the ation enthusiasts live web stream isn't used to large audiences, but more than 200000 locked down as host, terry dies live commentary went viral, carry on planes as they struggled to land at heathrow. i go to peter tow. yeah. rich. eunice has moved fast, sweeping across the u. k. and ireland in less than a day. now the rest of northern europe is taking its turn, or italians, now dra 0 london. the search for flood survivors in brazil is on hold because of new storms in the area. months worth of rain fell in one day in the city of patropolis on tuesday, killing over a 100 people more than a 100 are also thought to be still missing. emergency sirens have been of a,

have been activated across the city, wanting residents to head to safety. family of a black american man, shot dead by a white police officer, reacted angrily to a jail sentence shorter than prosecutors had requested. kim porter kill 20 all dante right in april, last year, she says she mistook her gun for a taser court handed her a t a gel term for manslaughter. shorter than the 7 years recommended by the minnesota state guidelines. the judge said potter did not intend to commit a crime. john henderson is in minneapolis. well, the sentencing guidelines in this case of a manslaughter conviction called for 6 to 8 and a half years, members of the family before the sentencing urged a maximum sentence. but the sentence that came down you heard was 2 years, and only 16 of those will actually be served in prisons. the rest will be at home on supervised release. so the family was crestfallen afterwards. dante writes,

father are very right, said he was disappointed. he was hurt at his mother said that the problem with the american justice ism system is white women, tears referring to the fact that kim potter cried as you heard in that sound bite right there. also the judge cried as she handed down the sentence and wiped away a tear. the family says this was not justice for dante right. that the, the officer will be free in a matter of a couple years and that they'll never have their son back then crump, the civil rights lawyer representing the family, said. some people in our community are given longer sentences for marijuana possession. let that sink in a reference to the fact that many african americans are arrested for minor drug charges and spend more time. so the, the response from people who were with dante rights, family,

and supporting the civil rights movement here has been largely negative. but rights mother did say one thing, she said, one rare thing happened for which the family is grateful and that is that a white police officer was held responsible and convicted for the killing of an unarmed black man. canadian police have been granted new emergency pals to break up . a protest is paralyzed the capital city or tour. police say they've made 70 arrests, so far, many trackers left on their own, but those remaining said they weren't move until a coven. maxine requirement across the us border is removed so called freedom convoys shut off hot the city for nearly 3 weeks. these officials insist they're in control of the situation. we'll work around the clock to clear the city's downtown area. i wouldn't have been her nervous earlier spend on a breaking the law of renaissance for return. you're going to have with your eyes rover. you agree with them?

now, hong kong health care system is near breaking point after a record surgeon cove cases, hospitals of reached 90 percent capacity in patients and now being treated in the open air. brit climate reports from hong kong makes shift triology tents set up outside this hong kong public hospital for the 3rd day. dozens of patients, many of them elderly, wrapped in emergency blankets in the cold and windy weather as they wait for space to free up inside. hong kong hospital system is buckling under its worst wave, yet driven by the highly contagious army kron variant hotels. and now freeing up rooms and a fleet of taxis have been recruited to help coach with the surge. officials are also relaxing. some isolation policies to allow some patients to be discharged sooner. yet there are no signs. the government is willing to abandon its dynamic 0 cove. it strategy and beijing has made it clear hong kong should follow its no

tolerance approach to the virus. on thursday, chief executive carry lamb said the government is considering testing all of hong kong, 7500000 residents. once enough, rapid antigen tests arrived from mainland china. lamb was at the border to great medical experts who are in the city to help bring the outbreak under control. yeah . was only a lot like i have this testing ability that a complete and comprehensive testing across hong kong is one of the measures we are considering. there are mixed reactions to the proposed plan. oh good. all. i hope to fires can be stamped out if the government wants us to do the mass testing. i will support it to do it is that the people are mo bile. if the mass testing is not done all at the same time, people will infect each other and testing will be useless. the death of a 3 year old girl on tuesday appears to have triggered a vaccination rush for young kids. vaccination rates among hong kong only remain sluggish at less than 30 percent,

and with temperature is expected to drop for the next few days. the outlook is bleak. the hong kong, most vulnerable people, for most of the pandemic cases here remained low and hong kong watched as other hospital systems around the world struggle to cope. now cove, in 19 infections here are exploding, and as prostration, the government wasn't more prepared. brick clearness, al jazeera hong kong. is there any police of brace for more violence this weekend and occupied east jerusalem? protested of galvan and the chef gerad neighbor to support palestinian family ordered by a court to give up their home to his writing satler's next month. tensions are usually high in the district and they're now more police patrolling the street high force. it has more from shakira in occupied east jerusalem. what's taken place has been a pretty large show of solidarity here in the form of outdoor friday. pres, which have broken up now, but at the height around $200.00 people were here praying on pray match the

background tool. this is of course, the general situation in occupied these truce lynn with hundreds of families, potentially facing force displacement from their homes. and over the last year or so, this neighborhood of shakespeare has very much become the, the touchstone of the, the protests against that. and we saw in last april in may just how tense that situation could become. it was one of the, the triggers to the war that we saw between israel and fighting factions in gaza at the moment those tensions which are always been sharpened by 2 things. at attack alleged attack last friday, a week ago. and austin attack against the jewish settler home is where the police say they've now arrested for people in connection with that. and the response to that from a far right is ready, politician. it's been a member of these ready parliament, the connecticut who has set up an open office on the grounds of the palestinian

home. not very far from here, just a few dozen meters away from where the palestinians here have been gathering. he's been here all week in a deliberately provocative position, which he says is also to try to ensure the safety of settlers in this extremely volatile and divisive part of occupied east jerusalem. soaring food prices have had a region in sudan that was already suffering from years of conflict for harvests and for means families used to be self sufficient. now depend on aid to survive. hebrew, morgan reports on this now from alpha, russia in north duffel every month. how, what is my and her youngest son? hamid's come here to receive food assistance, help she needs to keep him and his other siblings back home fed. fab said again, when we tried to farm last year, the pest destroyed it so we couldn't produce anything. so now we rely on the food

distribution to take home and cook to fade him and his siblings selma. retina. hammett is one of hundreds of children who rely on help from the u. s. world food program in and fashion into dance north. dar for state. like the rest of the region, it has been devastated by years of conflict. more than 300000 people have died and over 2000000 displaced according to the united nations. and like the rest of the country, it's been hit by high inflation. traders in the market say a bad harvest led to higher prices and fewer people buying from the other philosophies. the other people come from time to time to buy and sometimes they don't buy. the market has been mostly stagnant. unlike the previous years she knew farming in north dar 4 was already affected by conflict in the region. many farmers have had little to no access to their farms because of fighting involving arms. groups. farmers also blame climate change for reduced rainfall, leading to a poor harvest. all that costs rising food prices,

which many cannot afford. the world food program has 1800000 people need a to survive up from 1400000 last year. nearly 400000 of those are who children. the organization says it's trying to adapt to the needs of people. but it faith of challenges. we do not have enough donations to be able to meet these challenges and provide assistance to everybody in neat and we are faced with a terrible and a tragic situation where we have to choose from who received assistance and who does not. so what we need is more support from the international community, but we also need the government to solve the conflict of the state. the government sets the assistance, helps keep children in school and out of the work for feeling then that we have kids in schools who are as young as 8th, who do harsh labor that affects their well being. that includes girls who face

violations. so having a schools feeding program reduces child labor and protects the children because it keeps them from going to work to be able to buy food for themselves. how says she hopes the situation in the state improved? so she doesn't have to continue to rely on 8 for her son, but until that happens, she says she'll continue to seek assistance. so she can save money for her family, for of any human morgan, audience, era, and fashion. north star for a fuel tankers collided with a commuter bus in southwest nigeria with at least 17 people, now fear dead. the crashing organs stay happened in the early hours of friday morning, causing a massive fire. painstaking effort is now the way to move child bodies from the wreckage. nigeria is notorious for poorly maintained roads, although the cause of this accident has not been confound. more than a decade after a devastating seen army, their plans to release contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear power plant

into the sea spectres from the international atomic energy agency of just completed their 1st mission to the site. as japan insist it'll be safe. unami was triggered by a 9.0 magnitude, earthquake, so powerful. it shifted the earth off its axis. with an 800000 people were killed. this, you know me knocked out because she missed emergency generators. cooling the react as cause 3 partly melted, causing radioactive material to leak into the atmosphere and the ocean. dozens of people die during an evacuation. more than a 150000 people. authority say it will take 40 years to clear the area, but the government is allowed some people to return to nearby towns. the many wary about that experts are optimistic about the long term impact. the w h. o is found, the disaster will not lead to a spike in cancer. and you anything that future radiation linked health effects on not likely out there is robert bright now reports.

it's a solution to an 11 year old problem that japan says is perfectly safe. but it still leaves asian neighbors, nervous, and according to many experts is probably the best of only bad options. and just over a year, japan wants to start releasing more than a 1000000 tons of treated water from the sight of the plant damaged by the 2011 earthquake and synonymy along japan's northeast coast. water used to cool the reactors as well as ground water that came on to the site and became contaminated, has been stored in a growing number of tanks that are quickly reaching capacity. inspectors from the international atomic energy agency have given assurances they will be closely monitoring the operation in the coming months and years. the r e a will contribute to building confidence that the what are the charge is conducted in

a safe and transparent manner. in line with this, with the international safety stuff that's but there's been widespread opposition to the plan, especially from communities along this part of the japanese coast through my program was still on our kuni di abrupt decision to discharge d, contaminated water into the c chaise. complete disregard of public opinion and is unacceptable to most people in for could she mark on of chris among other residents, suggested the international inspectors. hadn't heard their concerns ticklish. the clues there have been lakes of contamination bullshit before if the discharge plan is feasible, convincing evidence must be presented and opposition extends to japan's neighbors, china and both north and south korea, japan and this all radiation will be removed from the water before discharge. apart from the radioactive isotope tritium which nuclear plants, the world over it says routinely release into the c am which exists in such my new

quantities. it comes well within international safety standards. still fishing communities along coasts that faced japan are fearful of the impact on their livelihoods. and scientists say they'll closely monitor water quality in the years to come. while the controversy is set to continue, japan will be hoping this will finally solve one of the legacies of a natural disaster that it has struggled for more than a decade to overcome. robin bride al jazeera, sol, time off the sport with jana. thank you, mary. i'm a limbic chief and thomas back says it was chilling to see how rushing, biggest gay, so committed eva was treated by her entourage after she missed out on a metal on thursday. the 15 year old is now landed back in moscow after i didn't time in beijing on a festival cases that everybody on the plane has been embroiled in a day to scandal over

a week and cracked under enormous pressure during the women's free skate stumbling and falling. during her routine, eventually finished in full place, a coach it's harry to brit confronted her as she left the ice and was heard asking why she stopped fighting, gazing, governing body is going to vote on raising the minimum competition age 17. back in the international olympic committee didn't want fully able to compete after much. she tested positive for a bad drug back in december. but she was clear to skate by the court of arbitration for sport and backs that it was hard to watch. i must say i was very, very disturbed yesterday when i watched the competition on on tv. these pressure is beyond my imagination. i did particular for, for a girl of 15 years old, you quit in every movement in the body language. you could feel that this is the

mains mental trace, and that maybe she would have preferred just to leave the ice and leave the story behind it. when i afterwards saw how she was received by her closest onto rush would say such a what appeared to be a tremendous coldness. i was pondering about this. i must say them the last night and whether you can be really so cold to us the your, your, your, it was truly while val eva's case is stealing the headlines. there have been 3, it's open violations at the games. the latest is ukrainian bobsled, a lydia hunker, the 28th road has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a band anabolic steroids. on monday, she's the 2nd ukrainian to return a positive test in beijing. china's freestyle skier, eileen gue,

has picked up her 2nd gold medal of the games this time in the women's half pipe. the 18 year old was born in the united states, but chose to represent china. she nailed both, her runs. it finished clear of canada's defending champion, cassie shop, adding to china's best ever. gold medal tally as to when to games. gu is also the 1st action, sports athletes to pick up 3 metals at the same winter olympics. she'd already wanted the big competition and took silver in this lifestyle as well. for the 3rd straight, limbic the netherlands when the man's 1000 meters speed skating title. this time it was thomas crows taking the gold medal. he'll say one silver in the 1500 meters and this was a record breaking race for norway. johan is take this, but when the mens of 15 kilometer must start by

a florida gold medal and that was significant because it took noise gold, metal talley to 15, which is more than any nation at a single when 20 x so no surprise then to see no, wait way out in front. now. 15 golds. that's 5 clay of germany. you have 10. the u . s. and china have 8 each followed by the netherlands, sweden and switzerland. with 7 nigerian sprint, a blessing aguilera has been given a 10 year bond if a doping violations the 33 year old received 5 years for the use of prohibited substances. and 5 years by refusal to cooperate with the investigation by the athletics. integrity unit aguilera. one silva in the long jump of the 2008 beijing olympics and was kicked out of last year's take your games off to testing positive for human growth hormone as an out of competition test. manchester united boss hows dismissed remus of a rift between christiane, even now day and the clubs captain harry mcguire,

one newspaper in the u. k. suggested the power involved and a power struggle. and mcguire felt his authority has been undermined by renados return. but the united, skip a tweet, hit that the report about noon. okay, we're just taking you to the white house now expecting to hear from you as president joe biden is going to be addressing the recent to galatian in the eastern parts of ukraine as appears grow over that crisis. let's listen, but 1st of 2, by fours, the group of members of congress were currently representing the united states or with vice president harris at the munich security conference. the 2nd was the latest in a series of calls over the past many months. with the heads of state of our nato allies and our european union, throwing them up to date on what the united states thinks is the current state of affairs. and was likely to happen to ukraine in the coming days. to ensure that

we're continue to remain in lockstep, that is european union and nato. despite russia's efforts to dividers at home and abroad, i can affirm that has not happened. the over whelming message of both con, both calls was one of unity determination and resolve. i shared with all of those on the coals, what we know about a rapidly escalating crisis in ukraine. over the last few days, we've seen reports of a major uptick in violations of the ceasefire by russian bag fighters attempting to provoke and craned in the dumbass. for example, a showing of ukrainian kindergarten yesterday, which rush as falsely assert it was carried out by ukraine. it, we also continue to see more and more dis information being pushed out by to the russian public, including the russian back separatists,

claiming that ukraine is planning to launch a massive offensive attack in the dom boss will look, there is simply no evidence. he's assertions and a devise defies basic logic to believe the ukrainians would choose this moment with well over 850000 troops arrayed on his borders to escalate a year long conflict. russia state media also continues to make phony allegations of a genocide taking place in the dumbass been pushed, fabricated claims warning about ukraine's attack on russia. without any evidence at just what i, sir, ukraine's thinking of doing, attacking russia. all these are consistent with the playbook, the russians have used before to set up a false justification to act against ukraine. this is also online with the pretext scenarios that united states and our allies and partners have been warning about for weeks. throughout these tense moments, the ukrainian forces have shown great judgment and i might add restraint. they

refused to allow the russians to bait them into war. but the fact remained russian troops currently have ukraine's surround it from baylor bruce along the russian border and with ukraine to the black sea in the south and all of his border. in a look, we have reasonably, the russian forces are planned into an intend to attack ukraine. in the coming week . the coming days, we believe that they will target ukraine's capital key. a city of 2800000 innocent people were calling out rushes plans loudly repeatedly, not because we want to conflict of because we are doing everything in our power to remove any reason the russian may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. make no mistake, a fresh pursues his plans. it will be responsible for kit catastrophic and needless or of choice. united states and our allies are prepared to defend every inch of

nato territory from any threat to our collective security as well. we also will not send troops in to fight in ukraine, but we will continue to support ukrainian people as pasture. united states provided a record amount of security assistance ukraine to bolsters defensive $650000000.00 from javelin missiles till ammunition. we also previously provided $500000000.00 in new crate and humanitarian aid and economic support for ukraine. and earlier this week, we also announced that additional sovereign long guarantee up to $1000000000.00 a strength ukraine's economic resilience. at the bottom line is this, the united states and our allies and partners will support the ukrainian people, will whole russia accountable for its actions. the west is united and resolved, were ready to impose severe sanctions on russia if it further invades ukraine. but

i say again, russia can still choose diplomacy. it is not too late to deescalate him, returned to negotiating table. last night. rush agree, the secretary state blanket and foreign minister labourer off should meet on foot on february 24th february 24th in europe. but if russia takes military action before that date will be clear that they have slammed the door shut on diplomacy. they will haven't shit, they will have chosen war. and they will pay a steep price for doing so. not only from the sanctions that we and our allies will impose on russia, but the more outraged the rest of the world will visit upon an oath. for many issues, the divide, our nation and our world. but standing up to russian aggression is not one of them . the american people, united europe is united trans.