understandable as we can do as many people as possible no matter how much they know about a given crisis or issue as al jazeera correspondence, that's what we strive to do. ah, russia is expected to end its joint military exercise with bowers as tension continues on the border with ukraine. monitors in east in ukraine, record nearly 2000 c 5 violations in a day. 2 ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting with pro russians separatist. ah, hello, i'm emily. ang, when this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up

a dam that pushed to ethiopia into a dispute with egypt, and sir dan stotts generating electricity and the indian state of punjab boats for a new government. the poles are seen as a test of the prime minister's popularity ahead of general elections in 2024. ah. the u. s. has again warned russia could attack ukraine at any time. the situation on the ground remains tense with reports of around 2000 cease fire violations in east in ukraine on saturday, while president flood li volota me. zalinski has vowed not to respond to russian provocations, but he told them unix security can conference. the world is failing, his country out diplomatic editor james base begins our coverage the us 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 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. a little bit of shaw or meat. and when we've done ready to respond to everything, we cannot remain passive. how can you live in a state where you are told on a daily basis that will will happen with that to morrow? the advance will happen. it means crushing national currency. what money being taken out, business is closing. can you live in that kind of country? can you have stability in that kind of country? you know, he also questioned why the announcement of the details of western sanctions should

only come off to any invasion. but you 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 part 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 europe in 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 when 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 where does 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 down we have be in anytime since day at least in the cold war because i never seen such a concentration of troops and forces on such read this with all. busy the different elements in place, everything from of course, the high end the weapon system, sir, to seal hospitals. so to logistics, sir, to command control, so russia can launch an attack or whither hardly end. the warning time is 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 it's time for them to take action?

james bay's al jazeera munich, rushing back to separatist latency in east in ukraine, se civilians in the dumbass wage and continues to be evacuated to russia as shelling intensifies, shall 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 was increasingly worrying the amount of civilians that are still here. as we understand this, evacuation continues in the separatist control 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 staying 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 im did this. the military's been here for 8 years, but we all feel like target is missing. 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 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 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, and russian president vladimir putin has are the same once been described as strategic nuclear exercises. the kremlin says its warships and submarines tested in nuclear capable weapons and missiles as dosage of ari reports from moscow to submit . letting me put, gave his go ahead for the start of the nuclear drills, joined by his bell, a russian counterpart, alexander lucas jenko, russia presidential 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 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 any one to help me

out of. 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 ukrainian army. with a window of diplomacy quickly closing saturdays nuclear exercises serve as yet another example of russia's military strength. but as the security situation continues to rapidly deteriorate on the borders with ukraine, many see the possibility of conflict as increasingly inevitable. doors to jabari, i'll to 0 moscow. to other world news now in the grand a. the opium, renee suns dam has just begun generating electricity the 1st time. if you are in prime minister abi and, and other dignitaries that are at the side for the inaugural ceremony of africa, the largest hydro electric power project, a b o. b, a says to $5000000000.00 development will power its economy. neighbors,

aged to and sudan, have long complained of water shortages and flooding, caused by the blue now with our being jammed independent journalist, samuel get it joins us live now from addis ababa. hello, they samuel, thanks for being on the program. how ethiopians reacting to this dodge of his energy generation? well, this is perhaps the biggest public project that your parents have ever participated in. this is like the go on me projects where it wasn't just as government money the this, it was a fundraiser that started about 10 years ago. but the idea was started during the empire. and the last, see, there was a vision and it's just now that this energy is being produced. so a majority of people you have to know to reside in the darkness. and this is going to be a welcome addition to what your parents have all these occupier to be an independent

nation. so sufficient and have a system that can bring light majority of the population. samuel, despite the prime minister singing the praises of this development. how is this move being seen by the rest of the region, particularly sudan and shipped? well, there has been discussion. even during president donald clump, there was a gathering in washington dc with your pin side, the jeeps shown in the sudanese and there was no agreement. theres continues to be conversations, negotiations per se, but there hasn't been a definite agreement where this renaissance done was headed to. but the top and side is insisting this has nothing to do was taking resources from the student or from egypt. but it has everything to do as providing with your parents, giving it your best a share of the resources that was denied to them in previous years while we will

watch his space. thank you very much for that update. independent journalist samuel at get a cherry live for us in addis ababa still head on al jazeera, a survivor is found alive on board, a great ferry that had been on fire for day story with dental with house. what do you do? i received a feeling good and diluted artifacts make their way home to beneath, after more than 100 years. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle airways. maybe surprising that violent storm eunice is just about blown out. here it is

leaving the bolting for western russia, but as to replace fairly quickly by this much bigger. but luckily, not as violence system which will become, i think, rather more widespread, more people are going to feel it. and this is what's happening at the moment. then this is strong southwesterly winds, they are not cold. tucked in with the cold wind follows bringing snow to the high ground in northern ireland and scotland and any ground to be honest in norway. this is strong, wind again, and eventually is low, radiate for the south, which is parts of europe currently enjoying fairly fine weather again in spain and portugal. but the picture on monday looks pretty obvious. terraces dropped the winds up showers of rain or snow on the hills, particularly in the alps and their stuff in in brook in the 5th, the austrian out the tier leon mountains with a gusty wind on monday and then temps has dropped and 2 with a day of one, a persistent snow on tuesday. this is normal, winter weather, still february. after all, in north africa things are quarter the how much is blowing quite strongly and

interesting because it's blowing fit west, which is taking the dust, which eventually end up in the amazon. there's also a knock tempt his up in, for example, tiger bucky, the faster when the record highs? oh, with sponsored by cassandra, always talk to alger. see, we also do you believe a stretch of an invasion of ukraine is currently the biggest threat international peace and security? we listen, we are focusing so much on the humanitarian crisis that we forget the long term development we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the store, respect, baton on al jazeera, revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al jazeera. ah

ah, and are you watching al jazeera, i'm emily anguish, reminder of our top stories this hour ukraine's millet tray says rushing back to separatists have 5 artillery and more than 40 areas in the east. the multi nation monitoring agency, the o. s. c, e said a record of nearly 20065 violations on saturday. lima russia says hypersonic missiles have been launched during so called strategic nuclear drills overseen by president vladimir persian. the kremlin denies the war games will increase tensions . and the grand to ethiopia, when i sounds damn, has begun at generating electricity for the 1st time at the opium prime minister abbey ahmed is at the inner world integration ceremony of africa's largest hydro electric power project. the great coast guard is reporting

a passenger has been found alive on board a ferry. it's been on fire since friday. several others are still missing. 9 emergency services are still trying to get the blaze under control. the vessel was on its way to easily with 288 passengers from the fire, broke out victoria gayton. b reports turkish passengers rescued from the euro ferry . olympia prepared to leave co fu their boarding, a boat that'll take them home to is stumble in its validity. we don't copy on the italian coast guard helped us a lot. they brought us to coffee and put us up in a hotel with the turkish embassy also helped us a lot. we are very grateful to the italians and the turks diploma. luckily, we didn't die. that is the most important thing. the rest doesn't matter. also what the port is las guarantee 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 cor food. so i could see the ferry,

i saw the fire go out on gray smoke appeared, then suddenly the bolt caught fire again. the wait to night would be bogged on us. the arrows go by, my legs are trembling. the ferry caught 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 hold on. we give the 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 over crowding 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 to halt. relatives fear the authorities will cool off the search and we live from a monopoly when we're going to 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 both and they're doing what they can move

. and they are concerned orders from the 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 b al jazeera voters in punjab. in northern india, either light has to go to the poles in state assembly elections. it's seen as a test for prime minister and a render modi's governing party. the b j pain. farmers make up the states biggest voting block. they were heavily involved in successfully protesting against proposed agricultural were phones last year. elizabeth random has more from the city of popular where to polling station in the city of battiata where people have been coming to cast their ballots all day. there are more than 21000000 eligible voters in punjab. the state is known as india as bread basket. and so farming is always a big issue here, but people have been telling us about other serious issues that they're facing. rising unemployment,

rising cost of living inflation while the wages remain low. but there are some other issues in punjab which a very unique to this place. water depletion due to farming, organized crime in the form of mafia which control the legal sand, mining liquid, distribution and drugs. one of the biggest drug abuse problems in the country with the proliferation of heroin, an opium, and also a brain drain. punjab has one of the biggest numbers of young people, educated skilled workers leaving the country because of the lack of opportunities here. now the electoral battle in punjab is between india's main opposition party. the kong was a regional outfit for should all money are kind of dull and also the odd meal common mad party, the b j. p is not a significant player here in punjab. but if the congress does lose power here to one of the other parties, it would be a huge defeat for india's oldest party, which is only in power. 3 of $28.00 states in the country in an

easier is working to revive its pandemic hit the tourism industry, regular direct flights to the popular destination of bali, resume this month. while many on the island have eagerly awaited the return of foreign travelers. some question, the stability of consumerism industry. jessica washington followed this report 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 said that the man, i don't want to go back to tourism. i want to continue to be a farmer, and he says he is happier than before,

and prefers the independence of his new life. pandemic restrictions, broad financial hardship to many here and valley. now, as the island reopened for international travelers, some say they want more than just a return to the way things were before the community groups have helped form a tourism work is learn how to far, many things can destroy the threesome. but for the cutter is very strong. so we focus on the culture and some disciplines today. 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, may get bollocks, but he looks at the, the, i won't go back to tourism for him. we can have taurus here and do it in our own way. 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 is. yeah. i depend on tourism because that's all i can do. something happens to tourism again. my children have the skills to do something else and young 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. barley billings in canada. say they've made progress in clearing, protested the, posing pandemic restrictions from straits in the capital order. one demonstrated,

started to leave off to offices, moved in on those camping outside parliament. they have occupied the area for the past 3 weeks. at least 170 people have been arrested and trucks used to block straits, have been towed away. there was no notice, no nothing. they just came in with full force and there were snipers on the roofs and all of our apartment building. this is absolutely disgusting. 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. and stallions prime minister says he's concerned about

reports, a chinese navy ship used a laser on an australian surveillance plane. the incident reportedly happened on thursday north of the country in the taurus strange, scott marson says the issue will be raised through both defense and diplomatic channels. i'm very concerned about the actions that i will of using the licenses on and astride in surveillance across that is i can see it no other way than an act of intimidation. one that is unprovoked, unwarranted, and a strategy will never accept such acts of intimidation. it was a dangerous act. these sorts of things can disable such a craft and put those on that a cross at great risk. so i thought it was a reckless and irresponsible act and, and it, it should not occur. rescue work is in brazil said i have little hope of finding any more survivors in the city,

devastated by landslides and floods. at least $139.00 people were killed in patropolis, including children, and hundreds more as still missing. heavy rain caused the deadly floods on tuesday . a cleanup at the reptile facility in peru is continuing a month after a major oil's film. the spanish oil, james says the operation could cost more than $65000000.00. it hopes to clear this village by the end of march, but as marianna sanchez reports from lamer, 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's oil spill disaster has left more than 2000. there is no fisherman without their likelihood living among those of album, let them in our life and has been cut. and we don't know what to do. they turned to camille kitchens for survival. oil giant reps so gave them a $130.00 and 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 get 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. and 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 underwater pipeline were in optimal condition. and 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 that i'm, you know, oh yeah,

if the terminal had those ralphs that separate, feel the dupes, maybe elite edward of spill doing the closing procedure. to me, that's the real cause. because breakage on these types of dominant is a common incident. peruse environmental assessment and control agency could find reps of with $80000000.00 rep process. 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, the fuel give 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 madana center. so just cedar

lima b to a french modeling agent agent linked to the light sex offender and finance. here jeffrey epstein has been found dead in a parent's prison. john loop for now was taken into custody back in december 2020 as part of an investigation into allegations of ripe and the sex trafficking of minors. for now has denied any wrong doing. for the 1st time in more than a 100 years, african treasures looted by french colonial soldiers back home, the artifacts were tend to be named for from a museum in france last year. the african countries want this back to as barbara and got reports. french colonial soldiers stripped his artifacts out of a royal court more than a century ago. now that back patricia's 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 mounting 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 return stolen treasures. woman from husband, buell group. our state government announced the building a new res young man in city, designed by david r j. or also to block lights, movement room events would happen across the bureau. ah, the federal government of my junior has also been added to this writing directly to request for the return 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 all. this was a lot of doors because for is the symbolized. that was your hope. all the filling up once it was all stuff told in the delta, 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 epa al jazeera. ah hello, you're watching out his era. these are the stories we're following. the sour ukraine's military says, russian bank separatists have 5 artillery on more than 30 areas in the aisd, a multi nation monitoring agency. the always see says it recorded meaning 2000 say 5 violations on saturday. may my russia.