to this, to cooperation, control of the message is crucial. the for public opinion for profit, the listening close examines the vested interest behind the content you can use on al jazeera oh i russia is expected to and it's joint military exercises. ballard. the tension continues on the border with ukraine's monitors in east in ukraine record almost 2005 violations on saturday as to ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting with pro ration separatist. ah, hello, i am emily, angling this is al jazeera life and how are coming up. the indian state of punjab

boats for a new government suppose the same as a test of the prime minister's popularity ahead of general election in 2024. and the worst oil spill off through shows could cost $65000000.00. fisherman saying the damage could have a long term effect on their law. i the us has again warned russia could attack ukraine at any moment. the situation on the ground remains tens with reports of around 3000, say, 5 violations in east in ukraine on saturday. president for me to landscape has vowed not to respond to russian provocations, but he told the munich security conference, the world is failing. his country out diplomatic editor james bay's begins out coverage. the us vice president koval,

a harris meeting with the ukrainian 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. either or both of your or ask 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 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 country and can you have stability in that kind of country the knoll it i. he also questioned why the announcement of

the details of western sanctions should only come off to any invasion. but would 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 is 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 you, 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 then, 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 launch attack with hardly in the morning 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?

change phase al jazeera meaning rushing back to separate his late as in a senior crime. same civilians in the dumbass region of being evacuated to russia as shelling intensifies shall straps. it has been speaking to people near the frontline. there are hundreds of villages like these along the front line on the ukrainian controlled side and what's increasingly worrying the amount of civilians that still here. as we understand this, evacuation continues in a separate, says, controlled 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 stay and 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. moser was in this,

is 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, suggest he doesn't want a peaceful solution. most of the families of those buried in the graveyard of 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 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, russian president vladimir putin has over same what's described as strategic and nuclear exercises. the kremlin says it's warships and submarines tested at nuclear, capable weapons, and missiles dosage barrier has the day towns from moscow. elizabeth 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 grooming roma, grimalda's shoes, or 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 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 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 me

in 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 officials say was fired by the ukrainian 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, your party, i'll to 0 moscow. so the world news now and voters in punjab in northern india, the latest to go to the polls in state assembly elections. it's seen as a test for prime minister and render modi's governing party the b j pain. farmers make up the states and biggest devotion block were heavily involved in successfully protesting against proposed agricultural reforms. last name,

elizabeth random is live for us at a pulling station in the city of puffy, iowa. hello there. lisa, both you're in one of those 2 states where elections are taking place and it's the 1st election in punjab since those massive protest is protests rather lead by farmers. how's that going to impact voters? that's right. emily farming is always a big issue here and on job. that's because the state is not as india's breadbasket, it produces 40 percent of the country's serial crops. now the b j. p has never actually won at election here in punjab, but it has been power before through a power sharing agreement. so it will be interesting to see how it does compared to the last election because of the very unpopular hom laws. there are many other serious issues facing the stage and more than 30000000 people that are quite unique to here and job water depletion because of farming. there's also organized crime,

a lot of organized crime and punjab, the fed mafia which control and legal sand mining, liquor, distribution and drugs, one of the biggest drug abuse problems in the country with the proliferation of opium and heroine and also brain drain pad, jobs, sends, and lot of people, what is the highest number of people, especially young, that educated skilled workers who are leaving here because of a lack of opportunities. now the electro battle and punjab, a c and it's between the, the main opposition part of the congress which is currently in power here. a regional party call should or money, or carly thou, which actually ended its alliance with the b j. b, the central government because of the farm laws and the arm army or common man party, which is currently in power jelly is what's at stake in these elections for the paypal and the parties up for election. so there is so much at stake here. we have been talking to people, you know,

who have been telling us about the issues facing many indians like high unemployment, the rising cost of living inflation while their wages remain and low india is really struggling with, with these issues. and while the economy is growing, it's only broadening the sectors which benefit the threat, widening the gap between the rich and poor. what is already one of the most on equally societies in the world. now elections are also taking place today in the state of what their probation, which is india's largest. i'm also one of the poorest and so jobs and development are always a big issue there. now the b j. p is in power there and staying and power in order for the is very important to the party to it. so it will give it a huge boost in his bid for a successive 3rd victory of the national election coming up in 2024. as i said, it's not expected to do well here in, in punjab, but in the congress party loses power here up to one of the other regional parties

. that it's really difficult to overstate just how much of a loss that will be for india's oldest party, which is currently only in power 3 of the countries $28.00 states. ok, thank you for breaking it down for us. elizabeth parent, i'm a live press in putty allah. within the next few hours, the grant ethiopian renee on stam will generate electricity for the 1st time. if you open up prime minister abbey, ahmed, and other dignitaries are at the sight of africa's largest hydro electric power project. for the inaugural ceremony, ethiopia says the $5000000000.00 development or power, it's economy, neighbors, egypt and sudan though have long complained of water shortages and flooding caused by the damning of the blue. now river. still head on al jazeera in hope, as greener pastures farmers and indonesia. tell us why they'll never again rely on

tourism for stability with some rooted artifacts make their way home to the name of more than one under d. oh hello there. we've seen some exception. the unsettled weather across the north of europe over the past few days. thanks to storm units that brought dramatic winds to the low countries as it worked its way further east is going to take the severe gales to the baltic. states on that wintery weather towards western russia, but there is going to be more wet and windy weather to come behind it. we've got an area of low pressure, quite a large area that's moving into the northwest,

bringing heavy rain to island and britain. we've got warnings out again for winds and that heavy rain northern areas we are likely to see some snow in scotland by the time we get into monday and that system's gonna move across the north sea, taking us or we conditions to southern parts of scandinavia. we've got more wet conditions for the low countries as well. but further south of this, there's still some nice and fine weather to be found across the iberian peninsula. in particular, temperatures have been down here slightly, but we are going to see them creep up. by the time we get into mondays, lots of sunshine for spain, it's going to get wet and windy across the mediterranean for places like italy, wintery as well. for the balkans, but by the time we get into tuesday, that's going to creep away and we'll see the temperature come up in bucharest that should weather update. ah, the frank assessments for china?

well, bannister from the 0 call it strategy. if the rest of the world cannot get to get informed opinions at all costs luckiest on needs. and on fridays, on that statement, critical debate with claims that nato constitutes an interesting chill threat to russia. but it's precisely his actions that created this insecurity in the region. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera. ah, the hello, you're watching, i'm just 0. i'm way. i'm going to reminder of how top stories to sound ukraine's military says, rushing back to separatists have fired artillery on more than 30 areas in the 8th.

the multi nation monitoring agency, the o. s. c. recording the 2005 violation on saturday. russia says hypersonic mythos have been launched during so called a strategic nuclear, drew over seen by presidents let me inclusion the kremlin denies the war games will increase tension and voters in punjab in northern india, the latest to go to the polls in that state assembly elections as seen as a test for prime minister and render modi's governing pontine the b. j paid several other states will be vaccine this month. and next we're getting reports from coast guards that a passenger has been found alive on board a great ferry, as emergency services battle to control a fire. 12 people still missing the blaze broke out early on friday as the vessel headed to easily with 288 passengers, victoria gate and b. turkish passengers rescued from the euro ferry. olympia

prepared to leave corfu their boarding boat. it'll take them home to stumble, and 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 along. 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'm a journeyman gall, merely. i talked to the port authorities and they told me information about the far . i've been to the other side of car through so i could see the 30. i saw the fire called out on gray smoke appeared, then suddenly the bolt caught fire again. the wait to night would be bogged on us. the arrow school by my legs are trembling. the ferry caught fire of the coast of co . foo 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 hold them. you have a good only over 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 your rescue teams are unable to pull the ferry to look for missing people because the temperature is still to halt. relatives fear the authorities will cool off the search. and we live from a monopoly when we're gonna worldly 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 all of them if they're doing what they can emerge. and they are concerned, tory from the greek prosecutors of orders, an inquiry into the cause of the fire. the captain of the ferry has been questioned and released victoria gate and b al jazeera, a french modeling agency linked to the light sex offender and financier jeffrey.

abstain, has been found dead in paris prison. jean luc cornell was taken into custody in december 2020 is part of an investigation into allegations of ripe and the sex trafficking of minus. one of abstains, main accuses claims for nel procured women for sex with the financier and others, promising them modeling work. renelle had denied any won't doing for testers in barcelona, demanding the release of rapid pablo hassle. a year after he was jailed the in 2018. his cell was found guilty of insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism in his lyrics and twain. but he fell to report to prison and was arrested in february last year after a standoff with police who support is saying he's a political prisoner, but officer starting in the military and the and public law. so it's 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 felt with all the pressure on him being isolated in prison and everything else and they could get him to shut up. on the contrary, he's giving a voice to many of his inmates. so all the problems inside the prison are now being told in a loud voice. the police in canada say they've made progress in clearing. protest is opposing pandemic restrictions from the straits ma capital ottawa demonstrated started to lay off the offices, moved in on those camping outside parliament. they've occupied the area for the past 3 weeks. at least 170 people have been arrested and trucks used to block the streets, have been towed away. there was no notice, no nothing. they just came in with full force snipers on the roots of all of our permanent buildings. this is absolutely discussing what is going on. i cannot believe that i am seeing this on canadian soil. 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 were 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. preparations to reviving denise his tourism industry hit by the pandemic. our underway, regular direct flights to the popular destination of bali resume this month. while many on the island had eagerly awaited the return of foreign travelers. some question, the stability of the tourism industry. jessica washington reports from bali. the highlands of barley have long attracted tourists visit, has come here for the cool climate and to see barley's famous rice fields. but these fields and farms are more than just a tourist attraction. they provided

a lifeline for the thousands who lost their jobs when the travellers stopped coming because of covert 19. kodak used to be a tour guide. now he farms cabbages had departed in. i don't want to go back to tourism. i want to continue to be a farmer. he says he is happier than before, and prefers the independence of his new life. pandemic restrictions brought financial hardship to many here and bali. now as the island reopens for international travelers, some say they want more than just to return to the way things were before the community groups have helped. former tourism work is learn how to far. many things can destroy the threesome. but for the cutter is faded strong. so we focus on the culture and some is just a bonus day. so deep used to work in a nightclub as a bartender. he says he's using his hospitality experience to set up an agro

tourism venture, offering farm tours and camping. he wants to be an entrepreneur, not an employee. go make it by, let's look at it. i won't go back to tourism full time. we can have tourists here and do it in our own way. me by lee tourism authority, say the pandemic has brought hard lessons that needed to be learned. none put in one baskets. this is the 1st land. and then 2nd land is we have to be. so 5, newman ariano sales close to foreign tourists near barley's could have beach though these days. she hardly has any customers. she hopes her children won't be as reliant on tourism dollars as she years. yeah. once i've been long, i depend on tourism because that's all i can do. if something happens to tourism again, my children have the skills to do something else and young lane as the island prepares

to welcome visitors. again, many say the pandemic has taught them valuable lessons. they will never forget jessica washington out to 0 valley, a cleanup and rep. so facility in peru is continuing a month after major oil spill spanish oil giant says the operation could cost more than $65000000.00. it hopes to clear this village by the end of march is miranda sanchez reports from les, my local fishman, 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 artists, no fishermen without their likelihood. but i think the thought of over 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 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 rep, 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 and gone 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 main under water pipeline, we're in optimal condition, an extraordinary force, meaning the ship moved. rip them, causing the fuel leakage. la, 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 seal the dupes, maybe elite edward of spill during the closing procedure to me, that's a real cost because break it on these types of dominance is a common incident. was environmental assessment and control agency could find reps of with $80000000.00 rep. they will still be done with the clean up, but many fishermen said the damage done will last for years and they don't know how they will be making a living from now on the shellfish, divers, recorded under water showing despite what rattle says the water is polluted laughing the fuel, 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 effect of the worst ecological disaster on this coast. again, a santa soldier cedar lima beetle. hundreds of people rallied on the straits of

molly's capital after the military june 2 ordered french soldiers to leave. france had previously announced withdrawal after a non emission fighting groups linked to al qaeda and i saw, while molly ones, french forces gone without delay. harris says the process could take up to 6 months . the 1st time in more than 100 years people in benign will be able to see artifacts looted by colonial soldiers. the treasures were returned from the french museum last year and have gone on display at the presidential palace in cut, her non cut unknown. barbara and copper reports, french colonial soldiers stripped his artifacts out of a royal court more than a century ago. now that back patricia on display in what is now a republic beneath the president patrice tell on, 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 west and museums and private collections. britain, belgium, the netherlands, and germany are among countries that have received requests to return sterling treasures, removing from husband bill room. our state government announced the building a new york in city of design, boston. david r j are also the block lights. movements room events would happen across the bure ah, the federal government. my julia has also been in the forefront of this writing directly to request for the return of the art to park in neighboring nigeria. the king of the benign kingdom has welcomed him to stolen bronzes from british universities. this is this at all. this was

a lot of doors because florida the symbolized, that was all the up full and i did want to resolve stuff. told him he dealt with dental with health. what do you do? what do i received a feeling good. a recent report commissioned by the alyssa palace kind of some 90000 african works in french museums. a law is being drawn up to precipitate their return. barbara anger, aicpa al jazeera. ah, hello, are you watching out here? these are the top stories, the sour ukraine's military says, rushing back to separate is have 5 artillery on more than 30 areas in the aisd, the multi nation monitoring agency, the o. s. c said it recording in a 2000 say 5 violations on saturday.