of 2015, a terrible natural disaster on the story that needs to be told from the hall of the affected area to be that to tell the people story was very important at the time. ah, monitors in the eastern ukraine record, almost 2000 cease fire violations on the saturday. 2 ukrainian soldiers are killed and fighting with pro russian separatists. meanwhile, rushes president vladimir putin overseas strategic nuclear drills involving hypersonic ballistic missile. ah, i'm robots and this is all just a lie from doe hob, also coming off 12 people still missing 2 days out of

a fairy standing from greece to italy, caught fire on the returning of treasures looted, artifacts. go on to stay in benito, while others a 100 back and julia ah, united states is again warned, russia could attack ukraine at any time. president biden will convene a national security meeting on sunday to discuss the crisis, the multi nation monitoring agency, the o. s. c. record of nearly 2000 seas, 5 violations and eastern ukraine on saturday. the ukrainian military separatists, backed by moscow opened fire on more than 30 areas, key van separatist forces of accused each other of provocation. russian president vladimir putin being overseeing what are described as strategic nuclear exercises. the kremlin says it's warships and it's submarines tested nuclear capable weapons

and missiles, president of allowing me as the lensky says, ukraine is committed to peace and won't be provoked by russia. but he told delegates that the munich security conference, the world is failing ukraine or diplomatic editor james bays, reports from munich. the u. s. vice president cala harris meeting with the ukranian president vladimir zalinski. any threats to our country, we take seriously and we have rallied our allies and 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, alcohol above and of your or as a me, them,

when we stand ready to respond to everything, we cannot remain posterity. how can you live in a state where you are told on a daily basis, that wall 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 country and can you have stability in that kind of country be no it i, he also questioned why the announcement of the details of western sanctions should only come off to any invasion, but you were to guide. 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 military aggression. against ukraine, and then it's going to be a political decision by the european council that is taken about 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, at least in the cold war, because she, i never seen such a concentration of troops and forces on such a 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 bay's al jazeera munich rushed back separate as late as an east ukraine. se civilians in the dawn bus region are being evacuated to russia as shelling intensifies. so 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. and once increasingly worrying the amount of civilians that still here, as we understand this, evacuation continues in the separation controlled areas or is increasingly worrying . 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 stay in 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 more than 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 or 2nd 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 shelling has been worse at night. people in 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. well, president brittan sent a message of his own on saturday, overseeing exercises involving russia's nuclear forces, dos as your body reports from moscow. submit. let him you're putting gave his go ahead for the start of the nuclear drills, joined by his fellow 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 all 3 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 backed leaders of the self proclaimed republics of don't ask and the hans in ukraine's dumbass region announced the mass evacuation of women and children. on friday evening in the southwest region of restore of 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. 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 with . a state of emergency has been declared in the roast off 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 served as yet another example of russia's military straight. but as the security situation continues to rapidly deteriorate on the borders with ukraine, many see the possibility of conflict as increasingly inevitable. dorset jabari al jazeera moscow orders in punjab, northern india, the latest to go to the polls in state assembly elections. it seems a test for prime minister and that under modi's governing b,

j. p. party farmers make up the states biggest voting block. they were heavily involved in successfully protesting against proposed agricultural reforms last year . well, elizabeth banana was watching the voting at a police station in the city of petard bachelor. she's joining in missouri. one of the 2 states for the elections are taking place. it's the 1st election if i understand correctly in punjab since those processed by farmers which were led by farmers from the state exactly rod, so those year long protests against be about to be a john for parties. the government plans to corporate highs the agriculture sector, lead to by many accounts, one of the biggest protest movements in the world and with something that somebody had never done before a you to and the repealing of the doors on a separately mercy of large corporations. farming is always

a big issue in pine jar that is known as the red basket and produces but there are many other serious issues facing the state 30000000 more than 30000000 population. 21000000 eligible voters is environmental issues. what a depletion, the cause of comic crime mafia is which control and legal fan mining, liquor, distribution and drugs. roger is a, a job one of the worst. one of the biggest problem in the country is in this case, to give you an idea of the scale just and the one box of electrons were announced here in early january. authorities seized more than $27000000.00 with drug, mostly a lot of a heroine and opium. that's not including the 5000 kilograms of poppy hosking intoxicant. and the 33 kilograms with heroin which received here just in the last head. dave and also rain trade, many young people educated pd's hills workers leaving con job because of the lack

of opportunity for those are some of the issues. the electoral battle here seen is between 3 parties and the main opposition party, the congress, which is currently in power. a regional party for should or many are highly val, which actually broke its alliance with the b j. p in the central government because of the farm laws and the om at me or common man party which is which has been in power and delhi for 7 years and despising to be seen as a party to which could win elections outside of the capital. we mentioned before that this is the test for primers and that i'm, that i'm already on the b j p. what is of straight forward for the part is under the, for the people as well. well there's so much had sake here for the people, you know, india is really struggling with unemployment, especially among the youth. the economy is growing, but only inspector would benefit the wretch widening the gap between the rich and poor and what is already one of the most an equal societies in the world. now what's the per day which is in the largest state,

and so one of the poorest is also going to the polls today. and so the economy, jobs development really big issue there as well. staying in college with very important for the body here. jumper party, it would give the party a huge boost in bed for its excessive 3rd victory in the general election. coming up in 2024. the congress is not expected to do while they are the by the, the adjuster parties. biggest challenges for they should have regional out that with the marge, why the hockey. but his homeless party lead, he loses power here and on august 8th, how much that will be in the oldest political party, if only in power and 3 of $28.00 states in the country. at the moment, the party founded by india's independence india found espouse secular values at a time of increasing religious hold. rise asia. elizabeth, thank you very much,

elizabeth, put on them and talking to us from about yellow. so the hard on all 012 people are still missing 2 days after a very certain goose italy called fire drug deaths in argentina. more than 20 users died after taking contaminated cocaine. ah hello. they will start in southern africa. and once again, madagascar is facing another cycle. and 4th, one in about 4 weeks is going to bring some really wet and windy weather as it moves its way west is expected to strengthen before making land for on tuesday to the south of the capitol. it'll make its way across the land bringing some really wet and windy conditions here in a place that really doesn't need to see more of this. now further west of it is

looking rather dry for south africa. we've got sunshine back in cape town. if we take a closer look here, sunshine as well for johannesburg until at least wednesday, it's dry or in botswana. the wet weather is further north and places like milan always. and bob we, we are going see some heavier falls in northern areas of mozambique in the days to come and further north and this, it is a dry a picture. the winds are continuing to pose a problem kicking up. that's the horrid dust pushing it further west, and it's looking rather wet and windy for coastal areas of morocco, but that clears away by the time we get in some monday. it's looking more unsettled, however, across parts of the middle east, thanks to a winter storm system that's pushing its way across iraq, into iran. behind it, we're going to have a shemelle that's going to pick up blowing down the gulf, and it's going to bring the temperature down into by, by wednesday. ah,

the day you decide to do something for the 1st time and make day anything bigger. with blue the me wondering, i'll just have a reminder of our top story is this, our ukraine military says rushing back, separated the fight artillery on more than 30 areas in the east. the multi nation

monitoring agency, the o s. c. h said it recorded nearly 2005 violations on saturday. russia says hypersonic, this house have been launched during what are described as strategic nuclear drills overseen by president vladimir putin kremlin denies the wargames will further increase tensions. ukrainian president, columbia gmc has filed not to respond propagation by russia. speaking of the munich security conference lot of landscape says this country is committed to peace for world powers are failing it. 12 truck drivers remain missing as emergency services battle to control a fire on a greek ferry. the blaze broke out early on friday was the vessel was heading to italy with 288 people on board. victoria gave me reports turkish passengers rescued from the euro ferry. olympia prepared to leave corfu their boarding boat. it'll take them home to stumble. and the 4 digit code on the italian coast guard

helped us a lot. they brought us to coffee and put us up in a hotel. the turkish embassy also helped us a lot. we are very grateful to the italians and the turks. luckily, we didn't die. that is the most important thing. the race doesn't matter. also at the port is iliana guaranteed bacchus. he's waiting for news about his missing father. i am a duly many gaul, merely i talked to the port authorities and they told me information about the fire . i've been to the other side of car through so i could see the ferry. i saw the fire go out on gray smoke appeared, then suddenly the bolt caught fire again. the way to night would be bogged on us. the arrows go by my legs are trembling. the fairy coat fire of the coast of coal flew on its way to italy. the relatives of one truck driver on board say they're worried. he may not have had time to escape for them. he had a good only owe for them yet he was afraid of corona virus. he had health issues and because he was afraid of catching the virus due to overcrowding on the ferry,

he often preferred to sleep in the truck. especially if it was not a long trip. only his rescue teams are unable to pull the ferry to look for missing people because the temperature is still t holt. relatives fear the authorities will cool off the search and we live from a monopoly when we're going to boldly men. we spoke with the coast guard a while ago, they're waiting for the effects of the water being used by firefighters to create cooler conditions so that they can enter their doing what they can move, and they are concerned. tori greek, prosecutors of orders and inquiry into the cause of the fire. the captain of the ferry has been questioned and released victoria gate and be al jazeera protestors in barcelona, demanding the release of wrapper. pablo hustled a year after he was jailed 2018. hussle was found guilty of insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism in his lyrics and tweets. but he failed to report to prison. he was arrested last february after

a stand off with police. a supporter say he's a political prisoner out. when i bought a hustler starting in that, i mean my little garcia in the and public hussle is fighting the same fight in prison as he was when he was out on the streets. so in that sense, they couldn't defeat him, they thought with all the pressure on him at being isolated in prison and everything else, they could get him to shut out. on the contrary, he is giving a voice to many of his inmates. so all the problems inside the prison are now being told in a loud voice and obviously on hundreds of people have been celebrating in the streets of molly after the military jointer ordered french soldiers to leave. france had already announced its withdrawal after a 9 year mission fighting groups linked to al qaeda and i. so i said, beg reports from neighboring, senegal, happy the french are leaving, but it's not soon enough for the maryan military. there vosta french to withdraw immediately. not in the 4 to 6 months that french president magnet micron says it will take the people on the streets in bummer, co agree,

france must leave marley. france is here to steal the resources of molly france to say, to colonized money, leave the country without delay. they have been here for 10 years and could not solve the problem. in our tradition, if there is a broom, it means we don't want any more. we don't want any more. the brill means that that's why they put a stop to france. no, no. the french president says the countries fight against terrorism. the region is not over. oscar to 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 militaries 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 maryan military must now face without french support . i said big i'll just era took out a french modeling agents linked to the late sex offender. financial jeffrey, i've seen, has been found dead in paris prison john loop on our scene here on the right was taken into custody in december 2020 as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and the sex trafficking of minors. what i've seen is made accusers claims on l, procured women for sex with epstein and others, promising the modeling work are now had denied any long doing a clean up is continuing at a reps all facility and peru amans. after

a major oil spill, the spanish oil giant says the operation could cost more than $65000000.00. it aims to clear the spell by the end of march, but as marianna sanchez reports from lima, local fishermen say the damage will last much longer. these fishermen should be on the shore casting their lines for their daily catch. but last month, old bill disaster has left more than 2000 art is no fisherman without their likelihood. but i think the thought of them let them in our life and has been cut and we don't know what to do. this turned to camille kitchens for survival. oil giant reps so gave them a $130.00 in vouchers. that wealth of the, like lou says it's not enough, know that he fees and it seems this month i will not be able to pay my bank debt. the electricity, water, everything in the house. we ask rap sold to help us with more than 12000 barrels of crude spilled, impacting flora and fauna along 80 kilometers of the coast of lima. experts say

it's the worst ecological disaster and they do come with amazon inc on this year. we are in a position to confirm that theoretically we have collected almost 98 percent of the oil, both from the sea and from land rep. ssl has filed a lawsuit, blaming the oil tanker. the company says these pipes that tore off the mean under water pipeline, we're in optimal condition, an extraordinary force, meaning the ship moved, rip them, causing the fuel leakage law. an expert in maritime accidents says the spill should have been minimal if valves that immediately blocked the fuel passage when an accident like this happens, had been in place. but they were not. there him, you know. oh yeah. if the terminal had those ralphs that separate and feel the dupes may be lead edward of spill during the closing procedure. to me, that's the real cause. because break it on these types of dominant is a common incident. environmental assessment and control agency could find reps of

with $80000000.00 reps. also, they will still be done with the clean up, but many fishermen say the damage done will last for years and they don't know how they will be making a living from now on shellfish. divers recorded under water showing despite what reptile says, the water is polluted, laughing, i feel like the damage to the natural bank will be irreparable for a long time to clean. it is one thing, but to decontaminate is another story. for now, these fishermen can only watch and wait and wonder what will be the long term effects of the worst ecological disaster on this coast. medina center sal just eda lima, be to dozens of cocaine uses, remained in hospital in argentina 2 weeks after 24. others died of poisoning detectives are investigating who contaminated the supply, visible reports from the capital one a service, harry and every day beatrice cathy, 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 . when a me for dinner wedding day, you know, 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 fence . hello, etha, synthetic drugs. that's $10000.00 times more powerful than morphine. it's mostly use in victory. nary medicine to anesthetize large animals like elephants. it has a devastating effects and humanly the police immediately detained drug lord hawking, aquino, known as held by sir, suspected of selling the tainted drugs. the 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 drug trafficking. she says the pandemic has had an impact on criminal organizations to le, by liberal, good at them in the, the pandemic 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 bands are now more rustic, no criminal gang when their clients to die because of their product. maddie m morales, brother. he is still fighting for his life. she still trying to comprehend what went wrong. unfair film, what if there is so much uncertainty every day with our hearts and our marks, he's not getting better?

i don't know how this happened. i hope the open senses to help treat our loved ones because they are ill equipped for answers from relatives of the victims, pushing authorities to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. that he said, well, i'll to cedar window cited for the 1st time and more than 100 years people have been in will be able to see artifacts looted by colonial soldiers. the treasures were returned from a french museum last year and gone on display at the presidential palace and cato. bob rango reports, french colonial soldiers stripped this artifacts out of a royal court more than a century ago. now there back the treasures on display in what is now a republic beneath president patriot talon says, the exhibition including an ancient strain, will help citizens understand that past. it was all for your children, your grandchildren and foreigners who come to your countries can see what has

marked the history of your country. precious mountain from african countries, for the return of looted spoils remaining in western museums and private collections. britain, belgium, the netherlands, and germany are among countries that have received requests to attend stolen treasures. removing from husband view room, our state government announced the building a new res, young man in city of design, boston david r. j. i also did black lights, movement room events would happen across the bureau ah, the federal government. my julia has also been in the full frontal desk writing directly through request or to reach all of these are to park in neighboring nigeria. the king of the benign kingdom has welcomed him to stolen bronzes from british universities. this is, this is, dawn. is also a lot of doors because florida the symbolized that was your hope all the afternoon

. i did want to resolve the stolen w dental with health. what do you do? what do i received a feeling good. a recent report commissioned by the elisa palace counter some 90000 african works in french museums. a law is being drawn up to facilitate their return . barbara anger. papa al jazeera. ah, this is our 0 these of the top stories you as president jo biden's to convene a national security meeting on sunday to discuss the crisis in ukraine. the ukrainian mulatto says russian bout separatists have fired artillery on more than 30 areas in the east. multi nation monitoring agency, the o s. c e recorded nearly 2000 says fire violations on saturday.