sense of war, the human suffering that he's a forethought. it is one of the most serious doubts of violence and recent. here we brave bullets and bomb because we give voice to those demanding freedom the rule of law and will always include the views from all sites. ah. ready yes, president joe biden agrees, in principle, to hold a summit with vladimir putin on the ukraine crisis after a diplomatic pushed by france. meanwhile, the cranium president is appealing for sci fi and the east following bays to sustain shelly on the front lines. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is out as they are at live from. dell are also coming up. australia opens its doors to vaccinated, foreign tourists and business travelers for the 1st time, almost 2 years. and patient migrants rushed to get into neighboring dominican

republic. as construction begins on a new board, a wall between the 2 countries. ah, a diplomatic part out of the crisis and ukraine appears to remain open despite an increase in fighting in the east and further reports of russian troop movements along the border. presidents joe biden and vladimir putin have accepted in principle to hold a summit over ukraine. the format will be prepared by their foreign ministers on thursday, shabby town to report now from washington dc. we have reasonably, the russian forces are planned into an intend to attack ukraine. on friday, joe biden stumped many of the u. s. s. allies by categorically stating that lobby mo brewton had made up his mind to invade ukraine. in the coming days. and on sunday, the president convened a meeting of his national security council to discuss the situation ahead of that

meeting. the us secretary of state, reaffirmed the despite the president's announcement, diplomacy was still an option until it settled until we know that the, the tanks rolling, the planes are flying and the aggression has, has fully begun. we're going to do everything we kinda prevented, but we're prepared either way and we're prepared with a response. it will have massive consequences for russia if it actually carries the through. lincoln said he hoped, a forthcoming meeting this week with his russian counterpart would address both preventing war and addressing mutual security concerns for the us, europe and russia in the russian and ukrainian. i'm back to this to the u. s. were also on the some they took a circuit, anatoly, anton of denied any invasion of ukraine was planned. he said moscow's priority was the implementation of the minced agreements, which was designed permanently to stop the war and ukraine east. by among other things, given the region, someone told me, united states easy to stop such crisis. you have to be this way. a key to

who you means agreement, that phone, ukrainian ambassador said whether russia invaded or not. the country was already at war, but still held out the possibility of a diplomatic solution. we call in, not only on the grass, which is russia, but also, and all of our friends and allies to get together and use every opportunity to still deter russia from invasion over the discussion as always, the u. s. as passed declarations in the run up to war. how confident are you given what's happened in the past with afghanistan with iraq? are you absolutely confident in the intelligence you're seeing now? we have high confidence and in, in the things that we're looking at, of course, you know, in terms of being able to predict exactly what's going to happen going for j. you never can the friend to say that the summit agreed to in principle by the us and russia wouldn't just be about ukraine, but security and strategic stability in europe as a whole. the white house,

as it was always committed to diplomacy as long as there. busy was no invasion but added as far as it was concerned, it was still seeing preparations for a russian assault very soon, but it's less specific when the president was on friday. she advertised the al jazeera washington. well, meanwhile, the ukrainian president is appealing for sci fi and the east following days of sustain shilling on the front lines. meanwhile, to the north, an estimated 30000 russian troops have had their mission in bella. ruth extended indefinitely. same was, robbie has more war in ukraine. remains an open question, but military posturing on ukraine's borders continues to intensify. russian troops were meant to leave bella roost on sunday when military exercises with their allied ended. but their stay has been extended indefinitely. the bella, russian defense minister, cited increased military activity in the region as well as unrest inside ukraine,

but no mention of what ukrainian leaders and their western allies described as russian provocation. and august would produce the testing of reaction forces which continue. they are directed to as a prevention of floor and are presidents who have met repeatedly say, we don't want war, but we are not being hurt. and therefore recreated and appropriate grouping of troops if need be. we'll bring an appropriate response within the presidents of bella. ruth and russia met in moscow 2 days ago. president alexander lucas shackle is a close russian outline. the strategic advantage of having russian troops in belarus is just one more reason. analysts say president vladimir putin has the upper head. this invasion force has been master ukrainian border has already achieved some of its objectives because he's already got the conversation going with the united states about limiting the sovereignty and liberty,

the security choices of the countries neighboring russia about rolling back the glock. so natal protections are taken away from them, and russia can habits wait. an estimated 190000 russian troops at a heightened state of alert. are now to ukraine, north, south and east. there extended mission in bella, luce only the latest warning sign that western leader, se points to an eminent full scale russian invasion of ukraine. the in basra, v o g 0. p. j. crowley, the former us assistant secretary of state, he says, a diplomatic solution is still possible. i think what, what everyone's trying to do here is not only to help put and understand that would be a cost. should he invade ukraine, but also trying to put on the table. you know, something that might be important to him. you know, the dilemma here is that he's what he's demanded, which is ukraine. make

a commitment never to join nato or do you and have some sway in the positioning of forces on nato a territory. those are non starters, from alliance standpoint. so i think it is useful for western leaders to continue to try to say ok, if not this, what else can we help you with, you know, to try to convince you that or what's happening in ukraine and west of ukraine does not pose a threat to russia, there have been constructive discussions about resurrecting treaties that have lapsed other confidence, building measures transparency in terms of, of operations on data territory. you know, those i think have value. but at the end of the day, this is a crisis, the latter approach and has created he has assembled

a formidable military force surrounding ukraine. and it will be his decision as to whether he carries out the invasion or not, in now straightly as opening its borders. after nearly 2 years to fully vaccinated tourists, visitors will not need to self isolate, but those not double job will require a travel exemption to enter and will be subject to a quarantine requirements. the government close the country up to the rest of the world. in march 2020 and the bid to control the spread of coven 19. but since then, australians have been barred from leaving was sarah clark joins us live now from brisbin airport. sarah. so just tell us what's been happening at australia's airport today. have we seen an influx of tourists? well, we've seen some emotional jubilant things. we've seen reunions within a tourist, returning to a strategy for the 1st time, and around $700.00 for days. you might recall those borders,

but close back in march at 2020. now it's still on a small scale and number of people coming in. they're only 50 overseas or international flights arriving in australia on monday. so that's tiny or microscopic in comparison to the numbers we were saying pre pandemic. but we do know that to run $1000000.00 tourists bases have been issued this month and should not also, this is the last phase of those borders. reopening we had the skilled migrant workers. they are allowed to return to australia as well as the international students. mid december and of course as you mentioned, the strains even had to seek exemptions to travel and that was lifted in the last a couple of months. so we've had some of the toughest border restrictions in place in australia for almost 2 years. and on monday, today we've seen fantastic feigns emotional things with people are the reuniting or tourist simply returning to australia for the 1st time in a couple of years. but i should know that the tourism australia has noted the day

to have a very big job on their hands to try and convince a strategy and as well as tourist to return to a struggle after these tough board restrictions. because there are concerns, of course that those borders may be slam shut once again. yeah, that's an important point to make sarah, because the tourism sector has been struggling since these tough border restrictions company industry recover though. oh yeah, it's fair to say that i travels may be wary about returning to australia, that tourism groups were starting to note some negative sentiment in their various market research. so the battle ease on for australian tourism groups. an upright is to convince tourists to come back to australia. and i should note, pre the pandemic back in 2019 tourism was one of the fastest growing sectors it brought in around $30000000000.00 to restrain. that, of course, was pre pandemic. and we did own the reputation here as a fortress, australia, because of all our board has been closed. and that all aside,

we still have the likes of western australia. one state in australia which has its board is closed. they don't open till march to not just international travelers, but domestic travelling. so there's still a bit of an inconsistent message coming from from australia to international travel . so the tourism goods to have a big job on the hand. all right, a sarah clark line for the at brisbin airport. sarah, thank you. now, queen elizabeth, the 2nd is said to be experiencing mild symptoms after testing. positive for coven 19. buckingham palace says she'll continue her duties. the 95 year old british monarch recently met her son, prince child just days before he tested positive for coven 19, for a challenge as more from outside. buckingham palace on her condition, wrote a brief statement from buckingham palace, suddenly gives the impression that the queen is not especially ill, that she's only got miles cold like symptoms and that she will carry on performing like duties at windsor castle over the coming week. as you would expect for a woman of her wealth and stature, she has a very good medical team randa,

and will be getting expert medical care. professor the hugh thomas is the head of the medical household and physician to the queen. he has a team of people as well, so it is day he will be most likely looking after the queen. but you have to realize that this is a 95 year old woman. and as we all know from the last 2 years or so, the older you get, the more risk. you are a serious complications from coven 19 and her health has not being particularly good. in recent months, she was forced to step back from many g t's in october with a bit of a health scare. then it has also been a very, very bad here for the queen. and for the royal family, she lost her husband's prince, fit it back in april of last year. and there are, of course, the numerous scandals swelling around the royal family at the moment. prince andrew might in the jeffrey epstein sex scandal. he has reached

a financial settlement with an american woman, virginia to fray who to keep him sexual assault. and this prince charles, whose charity the princess foundation, is currently being investigated by police for perhaps financial impropriety. so not a good year for the queen and the royal family. most people of course, will be wishing her a speedy recovery. police of arrested dozens of people in canada's capital ottawa. as 3 weeks of disruptive protests came to a halt. thousands of truck drivers and their supporters had blockaded the center of the city. using emergency powers police officers spent the weekend clearing the convoy of trucks that littered the downtown area. the protest began in response to coven 19 vaccine mandates, but turned into a demonstration against the prime minister. justin true death. also to come here and i'll just say we're including a survivor is found alive on border greek. sorry, that's been on file for days on the popularity of india's rooting parties put to

the test as voters in the state to put job at the bottom. it's more of that same ah hello, there will start in north america and it remains bitterly cold across much of canada, edging down into northern areas of the u. s. and we are going to see that arctic cold plunge down further south. and that's going to knock temperatures down and bring wintery conditions to the north west pacific. some of that snow hedging down into california, and we'll see those temperatures dipped down in that southwest corner. we've also got a weather system bringing more snow across the great lakes and into eastern parts of canada. now if we look at the temperature chart, we can see that arctic air coming down matching up with the warms coming up from the gulf of mexico. and when those 2 and masses collide, well, it is a recipe for some severe storms. we're expecting them to break out on tuesday.

rumbling all the way towards the east coast know ahead of that. we'll have some sunshine in places like new york city. if we have a look at the 3 day, the temperature is well above the average here. there will be some rain coming in pay on tuesday as we move to central america. however, it's a much quieter. settled picture here. lots of sunshine for southern parts of mexico, scattered showers here and scattered showers for much of the caribbean with 30 degrees in havana and santo domingo on tuesday. that's the weather update. ah, the farmer finding harmony in pursuing his passions, my passion is finding young artists and keeping culture, traditions alike, nurturing the musical talents of his community. had been trying to dream music for lynch minded mining to the outside world and tending his family's lands the most

positive thing that called it's brought to my mind actually sketching doing this hector megan me, music man, my son bob boyd. oh, now jesse ross, lou ah, welcome back. a good reminder of our top stories here, this out the white house as president biden as accepted in principle, a french broker summit with russian president vladimir putin. if russia doesn't invade ukraine. earlier the ukranian president appealed for sci fi in the east following days of stain shilling on the front lines. and bela roosters announced that russia has extended its military deployment. they're citing running tension near the ukrainian border. around 30000 russian troops. been carrying out exercises

in the roofs and australia is opening its borders after nearly 2 years to fully vaccinated tourists. pitts does not double job, require travel exemption to enter be subject to quarantine requirements. balance on the streets of care. this still fresh in the memory of ukrainians this weekend is the 8 anniversary of the crackdown on demonstrations and the city center. the mass protests had led to the fall of the pro russia government that was in power at the time. as andrew simmons reports from kev, ordinary people say, but just like in 2014, that protect their country. one man in more than a 100, dead in one day, their memorials, among the bricks they used to defend themselves. one son with one aim, now, not only to avenge his father's death 8 years ago, but ready to defend his homeland from the might of russia's military. father try help. a lot of me, a bon darechuk points to where snipers were posted. he's an i t engineer and

a military reservist and expects to be called up very soon. like so many who died here, valard him. his father sergey didn't look like a revolutionary. he was a school teacher. survey was alive when his fellow protest has rushed him to a makeshift clinic in a hotel reception area. he'd been shot in the back and died later. i know are who are guilty in this situation and part of regime a young cor, each and just a wall. it's a russian federation. and of course, putting on the morning of february, the 20th 2014, a truce was broken. as police suddenly retreated, then came a barrage of bricks from the protest, as answered with gunfire. in hindsight, they call it the revolution of dignity. on that day, as i witnessed, it was anything but dignified. once again, the square is

a battle zone. the truce had seemed tenuous from the outset here. now the frontline has moved everywhere you look there are casualties. my dan euro, my down freedom square, the angel monument words name symbols that for many years have made vladimir putin sees. he's fanatical about ukrainians, being part of russia. yet this country now has more than 30 years of independence behind it. it may be a democracy that is imperfect, but the vast majority of ukraine's people turned their back on soviet autocracy and want to be part of europe with membership of nato for protection. but at what cost, there is conflict in the east of the country with russian back separatists and the annexation of crimea by russia. are you prepared to die for this cause? yes, her andy and her. ah, all asa ukrainian people are ready for this and it's most important.

protect our country, our families and, ah, for this, we indeed, every single what we we can, more than 14000 lives already lost in conflict. leukemia and many others know any to well, the human costs so far could be dwarfed by all out war. andrew simmons, al jazeera kiff, at least 7 children have been killed in an asteroid, carried out in the jag by the nigerian military. it's believe the attack was targeting all men knew a hiding a school in a village in modern for district, an agency operating in the region confirmed several people were killed in the attack. and there been several incidents of the nigerian military accidentally killing civilians in recent years. a passenger has been found alive on board a ferry that's been on fire near the greek island of cool food since friday. another man was found dead. 10 others remained missing the torah gate and to report

a greek coast guard boat arrives in coffee harbor on board is a passenger rescued from the euro ferry olympia, which caught fire on friday. the 21 year old truck driver from bell, ruth told rescue as he'd heard the voices of all the passengers as he escaped from his cabin to the upper deck of the fairy. he's now recovering in hospital loving mother billman. i am a creditor now this morning we had very good news and a 21 year old bell ruffians citizen came to our hospital. he was in very good shape . you thought he underwent medical examinations of he was re hydrated and went through additional tests. his rescue has renewed hopes that other missing passengers may still be alive. this woman's come to the port hoping to hear news about her husband. i. he's a life. he's a professional. he's very experienced and capable, and he's alive. i'm telling you with certainty, every action has to be taken immediately. how much longer can all those people in

that barret? these passengers, with some of the 1st, to be rescued from the burning ferry. arriving home in italy, they said they were traumatized by what they'd experienced. and on a subtle hutcher was somebody just always, it wasn't easy. i'm a strong person used to fighting, but this time the fear was great. when you start to see the smoke and you can't breathe any more, and people are falling to the ground, small children in a situation like that, you can't understand unless you've lived, that firefighters boarded the fairy for the 1st time on sunday morning. they been delayed by temperatures of up to 600 degrees celsius. tug boats have now secured the vessel that the authorities of worried weather conditions may deteriorate for the hampering the rescue operation. victoria gate and b al jazeera talks to revive iran nuclear deal are reportedly nearing a final agreement in vienna. but in tehran, 250 members of parliament,

of demanded 6 conditions unmet before any deal is signed. thank lew, to guarantee from the u. s. and european signatories, they will not fall out of any new de las president. donald trump did 4 years ago. russell sorta as worn out from the rain in capital. there's ab statement that has been released by the running parliament to day is not a mandatory one. it's not binding for the negotiators and for the government. rather, the statement is a recommendation statement emphasizing some of the white issues that have been the main, the main, the cock confrontations between the 2 parties. you run your site and the, the other negotiate and countries. so the, the parliament statement is focusing on the all new but will all the sanctions, not only those which are related to the nuclear file, but the parliament thing that the americans and the other western powers must get assurance to the iranian side that they are going to also remove the sanctions that

are related to the human rights violations. you run the program. so one they're asking for that as well. so all thanks is to be removed. and 2nd one, they're asking about the what if occasion. but if occasion, that means that's not the guarantees on the, on the papers, but we need to see them practically on the ground. that there's, this part is this companies are removing the sanctions and you see the practical implication of them or the implementation of that on the ground as well. and the 3rd one is the guarantees. when they say guarantee, they mean that particularly the u. s. a. to give, to guarantee, to uranium that in case of a deal, this deal is going to go beyond by the administration. and it is going to give guarantees to run that. the next administration is not going to come and cancel, say, dominican republic has started construction on a new wall covering any half its boda with haiti. president luis up in odda hopes the construction will stop illegal migration as well as drugs and weapons smuggling

. about half a 1000000 haitians are in the dominican republic, with many more often crossing the poorest buddha to look for work. i've been a, the estimates the 1st phase in the world should be completed within 9 months. what just appear is a political analyst. he says the security issues of both countries will not be sold by a wound cleanseth during the high level of coach and getting both count trees. i don't think the war we'll provide for the selection expected of your fleet. i think if there was a way to sort out the public that would be beneficial for both country. for instance, haiti lows every year, 634000000 dollars in smuggling. why did it go public? los, 030-0075 1000000 in smoking. so he's is, or is it more concrete and then you know what it, so this won't work,

could be beneficial for both country, but there is no way to do so because people have a lot at vintage all burg. here we go. i mean, wishing from haiti and those people who are the border, they will not a lot on the board of function. and moreover, the military, the dominican military will control the border. these all the people who was, ah beneficial for all these irregular migration families of those who died in the bear with port blast almost 2 years ago. i've been protesting against plans to rebuild the area. they shut down a major road in lebanon's capitol. they're demanding a criminal investigation, has completed legal challenges, foul by defendants have delayed investigators for months. and he said to paula ford, tear gas to disperse, protest as running against a u. s. funded infrastructure program, official se sum demonstrators were injured during the march and the capital catman

. do. u. s. corporation is providing $500000000.00 in grants to help pay for power lines and road improvements in the pool. critic say the deal undermines the countries laws and sovereignty voters in put job in northern india, the latest to go to the polls in state assembly elections, farmers make up the states biggest voting block. their mass protest had forced the government to withdraw agriculture reforms. it pushed through parliament elizabeth per annum reports. it's the 1st election in punjab, since farmers lead here, long demonstrations against legislation, they feared, would leave them at the mercy of large corporations. the welfare of farmers is always a big issue in the state known as india's bread basket. but it's just one of many facing voters hot up at the village, them and i already, inflation has hit us hard prices of cooking gas and food grains have been rising for some time. earning isn't enough. what kind of family that owns only $100.00

a month spent on mason guys. so we want the next government to ensure better education for all our studies have suffered for the past 2 years. and we expect the next government to ensure our studies don't suffer anymore. despite forcing the government to withdraw as controversial changes to agriculture laws far as leaders say, they haven't been able to raise others serious challenges facing the state prices. the prices and the gradient sector, along with the issues of ecology, environment, depleting, water table and hell have all gone missing in this election. no one raised these issues and the unity of farmers wasn't strong enough to make it happen. political analysts say that might benefit from ministers in marty's hindu nationalist by the jump, the party, the b j. p. is campaigning on security issues in the state which borders pakistan from that god off the water state. god of drawn god.

god of insecurity for a particular community has played a role and in the last 10 days there have been able to communicate and gather a particular community. what, what should in the common that the forces the battle in punjab is between the incumbent congress party, a region or organisation call should owe money alcholay dull, which might partner with the b j. p. and ahmad meal, common man potty. if andy as main opposition, party, the congress lose power here in punjab, it would be a devastating blow for india as an oldest political party, if only holds power and 3 of the countries $28.00 states. india's largest state author for this is also holding elections. staying in power, there would give the b, j. p, a major boost in his bid for a 3rd successive victory in the next national election and 2024, defeat an author, probation,

or an any of the other 3 states which also vote this month would increase pressure on the b, j. p. it's leaders that already face and criticism for high unemployment and their response to the co. the 19 pandemic. elizabeth koran m al jazeera battiata up and job. ah tougher crit check on the headlines here. this i the white house as president biden has accepted in principle. i french broken summit with the russian president vladimir putin. if russia does not invade ukraine earlier, the union president appeal for cease fire in the east following 2 days of sustained shelling on the front lines. jabber tansy has more from washington, dc. it's the agreement in principle to a summit, but florida's to summit about ukraine. the elisa paula says this is a summary to discuss, discuss security and strategic stability in europe. this isn't just about you.