pull back that people actually have more feel. why is the u. k, so hostile to transfer the mysteries to all of us? join me if i take on the live this man or the misconceptions and debate the contradiction, carmen get up front on al jazeera. ah ha. monitors in easton ukraine record almost 2000 cease far violations on saturday. 2 ukrainian soldiers are killed in fighting with pro russian separatists. while rushes president vladimir putin overseas strategic nuclear drills involving hypersonic ballistic missiles. ah, i'm has him seeka. this is, as you see about life from don hall's that coming up canadian police,

clara protestors who had camped near parliament opposing pandemic restrictions. dozens have been arrested. the celebrations in mali over the withdrawal of french troops, even as a soldiers are killed in clashes with rebels. ah, the united states has, once again warned, russia could launch and attack against ukraine at any time. president biden will convene a national security meeting on sunday to discuss the crisis the european. so do you repeat? monitoring agency us see says it is recorded nearly 2000 c spot violations and eastern ukraine on saturday. ukrainian military says separatists backed by moscow, open fire on more than 30 settlements key. evan, separatists forces, have accused each other provocative actions and russian president vladimir putin

over saw strategic nuclear exercises. the kremlin saying it's war ships and submarines have successfully launched hypersonic weapons and cruise missiles during the drills. the ukrainian president bullied damian zelinski says his country is committed to peace and has vowed not to respond to russian provocations. but he told delegates at the munich security conference, the global security infrastructure is failing. ukraine or diplomatic editor james base begins our coverage from munich. the us vice president, cola harris meeting with the ukrainian president laudermill lensky. any threats to your country, we take seriously and we have rallied our allies in our partners to speak with one voice. the ukrainian leader made the trip here, despite warnings from the u. s. administration that it might be unwise to travel, given the threat against his country. later on

stage, he was asked about president biden's assertion that president putin has decided to invade. in the next few days. either hold bowwie north shore or as a me, them, when we stand ready to respond to everything, we cannot remain pass everything. how can you live in a state where you are told on a daily basis that war will happen with that to morrow? the advance will happen. it means crushing national currency, money being taken out, businesses closing. can you live in that kind of countries and can you have stability in that kind of country? me know that. he also questioned why the announcement of the details of western sanctions should only come off to any invasion, but to which you guys, we don't need your sanctions after the bombardment after our country has been fired . after we have no borders, after we have no economy, one found of our country will be occupied. why would we need sanctions then? each us from nato and you lead as a threatening, unprecedented sweeping sanctions on russia. but the details are not finalized. i

asked the european commission president sort of on the line about possible measures such as stopping e u energy imports, and russia being excluded from the swift banking system. the final decision will be taken in case that russia is beginning a war against ukraine and the military aggression against ukraine. and then it's going to be a political decision by the european council that is taken up the preparation for the preparation. everything is on the table. what's the lead is not just talking about sanctions, russia might face, but also what a full scale war might look like. it will be around us and what is that also for many, many lives and to have something like this in europe? it's hard to imagine, but we are closer to that. now don't be in any time since day at least in the cold war, because i never seen such

a concentration of troops and forces on such or read this with all the different elements in place. everything from of course, a high end weapon system. so to feel hospitals to logistics, to command control. so russia on the launch attack with hardly any warning time. there's remarkable unity in the words from e, u, a nato members here. but if his president biden predicts as an invasion soon, will that unity persist when time for them to take action? james greys al jazeera munich, are russia back separate his leaders in easton, ukraine. se civilians in a don bass region are being evacuated to russia as shelling intensifies. char stratford has been speaking to people near the front line. there are hundreds of villages like these along the front line on the ukrainian controlled side. on what's increasingly worrying the amount of civilians that are still here. as we

understand this, evacuation continues in the separatist control areas or is increasingly wiring also . is that in villages like these, there are also a lot of ukrainian military. and we've been speaking to some of the civilians here about their fears were soldiers staying what were once private homes? military vehicles passed by the talia runs the village shop. she has little hope a peaceful solution to the crisis can be found. mother was him, did this, the military's been here for 8 years, but we all feel like target and of course the military in the village makes the risk greater. i'm afraid to even think about an evacuation. if i would have to leave my home suddenly with a bag of documents who's not attending the security conference in munich suggests he doesn't want a peaceful solution. most of the families of those buried in the graveyard have

left the village. people tell us the shelling in the area and the last couple of days has been the worst in years that been yellow. so it's very frightening. i felt the fear rising up 3 me when the shelling started with us. we been here since the beginning of the war, but where can we go and who can help us? we had about the evacuation on the other side and it's not a good sign. there is no good that will come out of this is mainly the elderly left here. now, they say the shilling has been worse at night. people in the villages like this one close to the front line are afraid they are aware of what the russian back separatists on their side of the front line of now calling a mass evacuation of civilians are they are asking what about our safety to char stratford, al jazeera, eastern ukraine, emory out there. there is a research director at the european experts association based in ukraine. she says

there is a russian dis, information war playing out in the east of the country. what he said is, information is trying to push is the message that ukraine is together with the allies is repairing some kinds of provocation and preparing some kind of military offensive operation against on boss. and for the last 2 days, we see that kind of messages appear in every our claim. and that ukraine has done that kind of aggressive military operation against don boss, which is completely untrue because our a few shells made already numerous states saying that your grant is fully obliged with the means agreements. and we do not plan any kind of offensive operation, nor shall in, on the don't boss. so that is why we really see that russia and the russia back

rock states and the 3rd tourist of dunbar in the occupied territories. i prepare in a pro occasion and then they will give them ground to accuse ukraine and to ask for some kind of military support from russia. what isn't formation in trying to do is to read that much here or you can, but it doesn't work here because your grant is already in there for 8 years in the state of war. and we have seen that for, for, for, for all the time. and the week later, the stand that russia is an aggressor. a president, putin has sent a message of his own on saturday overseas strategic exercises involving russia's nuclear forces. daughter jabari reports from moscow. vladimir putin gave his go ahead for the start of the nuclear drills. joined by his bell, a russian counterpart, alexander lucas. shane co, rushes,

president chil saturday for these wargames. usually they are held in october. the exercises involved russia's northern and black sea fleets. it's air force as well as soldiers on the ground. the kremlin says, the missile systems all able to launch nuclear warheads hit their intended targets . those were groom roma, grimaldo. she's over the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces are being carried on in the course of which tasks of joint management of nuclear weapons and weapons of increased potential danger will be worked over in the course of committing an operation of strategic attack. forces the russian back leaders of the self proclaimed republics of don't ask. and the honks in ukraine's dumbass region announced the mass evacuation of women and children. on friday evening. in the southwest region over starved russian citizens continue to be bust. then after being forced to leave their homes in ukraine in the middle of the night,

and the situation is terrible. shooting has been heard for 3 days that we had to load the apartments and get dressed quickly. but they said that in order for us not to create any danger for ourselves, we need to evacuate. i'm 75 years old. i'm single. i don't have anyone to help me out of a state of emergency has been declared in the raw stuff region. as shell was found to have landed in a residential area a kilometer from the ukrainian border. a 2nd shell was found nearby, which russian official say was fired by the ukranian army. with a window of diplomacy quickly closing saturdays nuclear exercises serve as yet another example of russia's military straits. but as the security situation continues to rapidly deteriorate on the borders with ukraine, many see the possibility of conflict as increasingly inevitable door such a party. i'll choose 0, moscow. a canadian police say they've made progress in clearing protesters opposing

pandemic restrictions from streets in the capital up to him. demonstrated started to leave off the officers moved on those camping outside parliament. they've occupied the area for the past 3 weeks. at least 170 people have been arrested and trucks that were blocking streets, had been towed away. the officers on the ground have shown patience and professionalism. they are well trained and experienced and they needed all of that expertise to bring about the results that we are seeing at every step. they faced a barrage of resistance shoving and vitriol. we are, we all saw that this is the protesters were aggressive with the officers and we needed to use horses at one point. as a result, we responded this morning by adding helmets and baton to our equipment for the safety of our officers. hundreds of people have been celebrating in the streets of molly, after the ruling military gentle ordered french troops out of the country, france, and already analysis, which will, after

a 9 year mission fighting against groups linked to al qaeda and i. so i said big reports from neighboring single. yeah, happy the french are leaving, but it's not soon enough for the modern military. there was the french to withdraw immediately, not in the 4 to 6 months that the french president emanuel micron says it will take the people in the streets and burma cole agree. the bronze must leave. molly frances, here to steal the result of molly from fair to colonize money, leave the country without delay. they have been here for 10 years and could not solve the problem. in addition, if there is a broom, it means we don't want any more. we don't want any more, the brew means that that's why we put a stop to france. the french president says the countries fight against terrorism, the region is not over. j. pasco, too, said, was to say, i think all this must be done with respect because for 9 years now,

france has been helping molly equip train and accompany the moly and military, as well as the military of the region. and our forces will be relocated a few kilometers from the border in the year. the security threat remains. the 1000000 military says 8 of its soldiers were killed and 14 injured with 4 still missing in an attack on friday. they say it was carried out by an ice linked group near the booking facile border. molly said it killed 57 of the militants as relations between molly and france, rich new lo questions still remain around security groups linked to an i still still operate in this whole region spread across 10 countries. the french may be leaving molly. but as recent incidents, sho, militants can still carry a deadly attacks. attacks the malia and military must now face without french support. i said, beg, i'll just era tucker. all right, still ahead. nigeria is upgrading its irrigation projects for the 1st time in decades. but many farmers are not happy about a huge sink hole opens up in

kashmir, cutting off water supplies surrounding communities. ah, look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored by kettle airways. hello, there will start in east asia and strong bitterly. cold winds have been causing problems in northern parts of china, closing some of the ski slopes at the winter olympic events now around beijing. those winds were also found some of those gusts reaching 65 kilometers per hour and bitterly cold at minus $32.00 degrees. now the wind continues on sunday, but the temperature will pick up in beijing in the days to come. it's wet down in the south. this is where we're seeing the unsettled weather. we're gonna have a miserable few days, at least for places like hanover and hong kong. we haven't seen him,

which is this low for this time of year in about 3 years. if we have a look at the 3 day won't we're well below the average by monday and it's going to be pretty wet until thursday. the shanghai however, the temperature is picking up. we've got sunshine here and there's more snow. however, for japan as we look up to the north, but snow flurries here, some avalanche warnings out in horseshoe, but toko stays clear and dry. it was a move across to south asia. it's a pretty clear picture for much of pakistan and india. we've got a few. sha was creeping into bangladesh. thanks to a circulation in the bay of bengal, some showers down in the south, but lots of sunshine for new delhi. and that wind will be making the air much clearer in the days to come the weather. sponsored by katara ways, americans are increasingly saying authoritarianism might not be so bad. there were several steps along the way where the chain of command, it seems like tried to cover up what's your take on why they've gotten this so wrong. that to me it's political malpractice,

the bottom line on us politics and policy and the impact on the world for now does era, we know what's happening in our region. we know how to get to places that others and not as far as i said, i'm going the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. ah, ah, the color again, you're watching as a reminder of our top stories. this ukrainian military says russia back separatists of open fire on more than 30 settlements in eastern countries. european monitoring agency, the o s c says it's recorded almost 2005 violations on saturday. the president has warned that a war with russia will have global consequences,

vala deem as the landscape told, the munich security conference. his country is committed to peaceful well power off failing. the russia says hypersonic missiles that been launched during strategic nuclear drills overseen by president. let met who to crime and denies the war games prefer the inflamed tension. a dozens of cocaine nooses remain in hospital in argentina. 2 weeks after 24, others died. of poisoning detectives are still investigating who contaminated their sublime theresa ball reports from the capital warehouse iris history and every day we had that kathy lonnie goes to the hospital in hurling. i'm in the province of when a site is 2 weeks ago, her son was rushed here after inhaling contaminated cocaine. and i me for dinner. wedding diane and my son is 41 years old. he's an addict, and i've tried to help him, but cannot. but that doesn't mean he deserves. what happened to him?

i found him lying on the floor unconscious. he had a heart attack. it was terrifying. at least 24 people have died and more than 80 others have been hospitalized. all of the victims showed similar signs of sickness, breathing difficulties, convulsions and fatigue. police report so that the drugs were mixed with car fan tele, if her synthetic drug. that's $10000.00 times more powerful than morphine it's mostly use in with harry, mary. mary thing to anesthetize large animals like elephants, it has a devastating effects on humanly the police immediately detained drug lord hawking, aquino, known as hale by sir suspected of selling the tainted drugs. they also captured thousands of doses of cocaine in pink packages. the same packages the victims had when they became ill. investigations are still ongoing about how the toxic cocaine made it to the streets. monica coronado is

a national prosecutor. she created the country's 1st unit, specializing in the fight against rock trafficking. she says the pandemic has had an impact on criminal organizations to le bye leopold determined that the panoramic is brought not only poverty business closure, domestic violence, but also border controls and increase of security. complicated exporting drugs to europe or the united states. so bad. now more rustic, no criminal gang when the clients to die because of their product. my d m. o l, his brother, he's still fighting for his life. she still trying to comprehend what went wrong. says to me, what is there is so much uncertainty every day with our hearts and our mom. he's not getting better. i don't know how this happened. i hope the open sense is to help treat our loved ones because they are l. a quest for answers from relatives of the victims pushing authorities to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. that he said, well, i'll just see that when i cited

a french modeling agents linked to the late sex offender and finance. see, a jeffrey epstein has been found dead in paris prison john loop renelle was taken into custody in december 2020 as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and sex trafficking of minus one of the main accuses claims. we're now procured women for sex and apps the with as been and others promising the modeling work we now had denied any wrong doing a 12 truck drivers remain missing as emergency services battle to control a fire on a greek fairy. the blaze broke out on friday as the vessel headed to italy with 288 people on board. missing laurie drivers off from bulgaria, greece, turkey, and lithuanian delays, carrying out a peace deal in the dark for region of sudan are raising concerns about security and a delivery. it's nearly 2 years since the government signed the agreement to end years

of conflict with our crews. as him, morgan reports now from a fashion many are frustrated by the slow pace of change. all the soldiers at the camp in a fashion in north star for start the day with the morning assembly there with the arms group just as inequality movement, which fought for years against the sudanese government. but they're still waiting to start implementing a peace agreement which was reached in 2020 and what harker, there has been an order that our groups should move to gathering points to stop the security arrangements of the deal. but we're waiting for logistical supports, such as fuel, engine oil, spare parts for the car, and supplies, and other administrative issues to move to the gathering centers. the dar for conflicts killed at least 300000 people and left more than 2000000 displaced the peace deal allowed for those displays during the fighting to return to their

villages and for the region to be developed. it also provided some power to the former rebels. all armed groups that have signed the peace agreement are supposed to be integrated into the national army before the end of the transitional period. currently scheduled for july next year. but more than a year after the deal, very few of the security arrangements have been implemented and further delays or closing security concerns in the state. and in the dark for region, world food program temporarily halted operations after an attack on its warehouses . the government responded by ordering all on groups to be the main city. but the people over the past year are still worried about safety. well, hi considered. well, there were robberies, there are killings. the country is not very safe and that makes things hot. m, as in papa of the security situation is terrible with the killings and robberies. the war has ended, but insecurity remains in north. dar for his governor has getting the

deal to work is not proving easy to look at the handle as, as he murphy, iraq. the c a c is gary yelton feasel. but for condo, i think the main issue and delaying the implementation is political will, which was absent, but it's now there. the other issue is the financial issue. those who supported the deal were supposed to assist, especially the part of the security arrangements because it involved the disarmament, disintegration and rehabilitation of those who won't be part of the armed forces and that needs funds. we either did them. meanwhile, and military camps fight as a way to start the next phase in the agreement. while the security situation in the region remains fragile. he but morgan al jazeera and fashion northstar for nigeria has begun upgrading some of its irrigation systems over fears of food shortages. it is hoped, the overhaul of dams and water channels will improve productivities. but many farmers are skeptical at many drinks, reports from cono in northern nigeria. this was once

a lush green valley. but for 5 months, the parched paddy fills of cora. haven't seen a drop of water along beast channels, but because of the browser, but to get em, have been turned out for maintenance. as a result, agricultural activities of stopped a huge concern for farmers who are losing income for 40 years. ah, really, we're enjoins a police all swords, acer, shortest of water, some weather, and then there, because absurd latigion of the camels from the down to here. but we are manager sites, but now this is the coming of this project. the whole project now has been close. some farmers like muster for welcomed their innovation work, but say timely completion. would dow suspicions that they will be forced of their land for an extended period which could lead to a food shortage as

a deadline for the completion of repairs nears excavators, i in overdrive digging up all the new water channels and workers, li concrete, in some of the finishing touches it's a 1st major upgrade to the irrigation project since they were built was some dating back to the seventy's. much of the infrastructure was falling apart. we had injured yamato to we have recent project provides direct jobs to more than 3000000 people, including irrigation farmers, fishermen and pastoralists. officials say the rehabilitation work on dams like this . and war to channels will not only double production, but also allow for its passion of areas under cultivation. still thousands of farmers remain suspicious and skeptical. it's going to be completed on time. officious say though painful, the work must be done to save the projects from collapse and the livelihood, the dependent them in addition to that of the media integration infrastructure.

there is delaney soil productivity. there is declining corporate activity and also the, the, the output power, hector, if that when you, when down for that. so the gum will decided to inter been to, to put a heavily teat to improve this. will philos oxide is this way? the capacity and also to be the can the farm was bring? yeah. bring in new implements new. yeah. improve seats in ah, i can. we can about lasers at the gary edition site where restoration work is complete. pharmacy like nursery, bry, him half as their 1st crops of side was handed back to them or been and didn't, are you running the tomato crop yields has improved tremendously. some with the current, a harvested, totally unlike the previous years they've been. this is the outcome of vicious hope to achieve across all locations with the upgrades completed in time for farmers to start planting crops at the end of march. the multi $1000000.00 works also involve training and retraining of farmers and educating them on best management practices

. most farmers want to return to their lands as soon as possible, but they are growing nervous that they will be delays. i'm a decrease al jazeera colo nigeria. a farmers in indian administer kashmir are worried about their crops. after a sink hole appeared and swallowed a stream environmental a say, it is a disaster for people who rely on the fresh water for their livelihood. elizabeth, foreigner reports from the delhi. this massive thing called appeared or the night of the town of coca narcan indeed administered cash made fresh water which used to feed a popular trout fishing stream is now falling into the hole that led to a 20 kilometer stretch of the brand new river drying up killing many fish, dines farmer up, the rashid who live nearby says the water provided a lifeline. was what about the sea? it's been over 3 days since the water has disappeared from the stream. we're

worried because the harvesting season is approaching, the water in the stream should be restored. we use it to get our body and orchard. if this doesn't get restored soon we'll face many problems. and calls can be caused by the chemical disillusion of limestone rocks in the river. the researchers say they need more information about this one is if at any wise it is very red here. this hasn't happened before. so we've come here, collected samples, collected all particles, and we'll go look at this in the laboratory to see what's called the thing called attempts to divert water away from the whole have so far failed. local officials are asking people not to go nearer, while experts investigate how to deal with it. environmentalists say the whole can be plugged but not before they find out where the water was going. how deep is the depot singles and is the water coming out from there? and if it is coming out which place how much it has several because it can do some

tunneling also, which is dangerous because if people are living in the area and this tunneling has taken place. so then those areas become weak. people living close to the stream say they're concerned, they could be more damage than we are living in fear. because the sink hole may cause the land to collapse. we live near the bank of the stream and it's a threat to our homes in our lives. the government is being urged to act quickly before the woman weather causes more smarter mouth and further flood the send. cold . elizabeth per item al jazeera new daddy ah, his agenda. let's get around now to top stories. us president joe biden will convene and national security meeting on sunday to discuss the crisis in ukraine. ukraine says russia back separatists have open fire on more than 30 settled.