finds a new gas and oil deal with china, what's on proteins mind and as stalks clayton, silicon valley, all google shares becoming more affordable. counting the cost on al jazeera lou brown says the u. s. and russian presidents have agreed in principle to hold a summit on ukraine, on an extension of russian military drills maintains the west fees often invasion despite the kremlin denials. ah, hello, my money by is out. is there a lie from dough or so coming up so long as if a fairy fire of grease describe that trauma as a search goes on for those still missing and i'm really excited about family

again. welcome back to us, returned to australia all to it. father relaxes what we'll want some to wells topics. cove at 19 bottles. ah, france says the u. s. and russian presidents have agreed in principle to hold a summit on the ukraine crisis. but the meeting is far from a done deal. the white house says joe biden will only pause to spite if russia doesn't invade ukraine, and there's yet to be any official remarks from the kremlin shebra, towns reports from washington dc. reasonably, the russian forces are planning to attend to attack ukraine on friday. joe biden stump, many of the u. s. as allies categorically stating that loved him a fusion and 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 that despite the president's announcement diplomacy was still an option. wait 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 can prevented. but we're prepared either way, and we're prepared with a responsive, we'll have massive consequences for russia if it actually carries this 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 dollars. the russian and ukrainian ambassadors to the u. s. were also on the sunday talk to a circuit. and until the anton of denied any invasion of ukraine was planned, he said moscow's priority was the implementation of the minster agreement, which was designed permanently to stop the war and ukraine east,

by among other things, giving the region some autonomy, the united states, easy to stop such crisis, you have to dissuade a key to who means agreement that phone ukraine 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 on all of our friends and allies to get together and use every opportunity to still deter russia from invited a friend to say that the summit agreed to in principle by the us on russia. won't just be about ukraine, but about 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 saying preparations for a russian assault very soon, but it's not specific when the president was on friday, she had a chance. the al jazeera washington p. j crowley is a former

u. s. assistant secretary of state, he says they could be ways around the red lines drawn by both sides. i think what, what every was trying to do here is not only to help push and understand that will be a cost. should he invade ukraine? but also try to put on the table 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 the you, you and to have some sway in the positioning of forces on nato territory. those are non starters from a lion 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, more fighting in the eastern ukraine, an extension of russian ministry drills on the border on adding to fears that invasion may still be imminent. same as ravi report. war in ukraine remains an open question, but military posturing on ukraine's borders continues to intensify. russian troops were meant to lead beller roost on sunday when military exercises with their allied ended. but their stay has been extended indefinitely. the bell, 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. he would regular august would produce. the testing of reaction forces will come to you. 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 heard, therefore, recreated and appropriate grouping of troops on him if need be. we'll bring an appropriate response with the presidents of bella, luce and russia met in moscow 2 days ago. president alexander lucas shinkel is a close russian allies. 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 mass on the 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's 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, b o. d 0 light rain in argentina is giving some hope to fight as have been battling for weeks to contain. wildfires. been through 10 percent of the land in korean tis province in the northeast via also it's threatening wildlife across argentina's largest wetlands. animals have been smoke inhalation. a passengers been found alive on board ferry that's been on fire now. the greek island of coughing fits since friday. another man was found dead while 10 or so missing victoria. gayton b reports. a greek coast guard boat arrives in coffee harbour 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 ferry. he's now recovering in hospital without my room and i have my credit on now. this morning we had very good news. a 21 year old bel ruffian. citizen came to our hospital. he was in very good shape you at all. he underwent medical examination stuff. he was re hydrated and went through additional tests. his rescue has renewed hopes that all the missing passengers may still be alive. this woman's come to the port hoping to hear news about her husband. is 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 passages 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 then i and honestly,

the husband was only 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, but the authorities of worried weather conditions may deteriorate for the hampering the rescue operation. victoria gate and b al jazeera with australian tourism operators say they are looking forward to finally rebuilding after covered 19 border roles. a father relaxed the government has shifted away from its fortress like approach which previously even prevented its own citizens

from entering and leaving. sarah clark reports from brisbin, ah, jubilance and excitement as tourists and international passages touchdown in australia. after almost 2 years of border closures, picking up my best friends, i haven't seen him since 2018 and he made it back just in time for my wedding in ponies. i'm really excited actually. yes. i'm. i'm going to see my friends for the 1st time in the since 5 years at a loss was here. yeah, serial. it doesn't feel quite real like it. it feels a bit val. it wasn't just tourists surviving, but families reuniting over the last 2 years. and strategy has pursued a tough 0 covered 19 strategy. quarantine restrictions have also been in place posing a major hurdle for australian citizens wanting to return. i didn't know flotsap potentially be delayed because of what's going on overseas,

but there's very few repatriation plots really to even for london is it was like $55000.00 strange one to come home and it's very flotsam off i you know, with pretty green. i was good to see my sister again and i come i to go see mom and dad now because of him worrying about them for 2 years. astrology has one of the highest immunization rights in the world with more than 90 percent of people. over 16 fully vaccinated tourists coming here must be double vaccinated or have a medical exemption. more than 1000000 tourist visas had been issued for arrival this month. tourism was one of the fastest growing sectors and astrology economy before the pandemic in 2019 it contributed around $30000000000.00, but the board of closures and the nation, the reputation as fortress of strata and tourism group know they've got a big job on their hands to convince tourists to return, there's a huge drove ahead of us. we have had an incredible disruption to our industry. no international might the trucks into the market as well. what was that main?

we lost about $18000000000.00 worth of international revenue and on and to put it back together. it's a complex machine or industry you have to back in the ready but not every state in australia is welcoming arrival. western astrology has been close to both international travelers and had quarantine restrictions in place for vaccinated astrology, citizens for most of the pandemic. it will eventually open its borders in my chair, a clock out 0 prison australia. messages of concern and get well, have been coming from across persons. political spectrum of queen elizabeth the 2nd tested positive for coven, 19, and 95 year old is said to be experiencing miles symptoms and will carry on during like gcs. later on monday, the prime minister is expected to announce and all panoramic rules in england. police have arrested dozens of people in canada. his capital author was 3 weeks of

destructive protest come to holds thousands of truck drivers and their supporters had blockaded the center of the city using emergency powers. police spent the weekend clearing the convoy of trunks and protest stores and tents in the downtown area. the purchase began in response to coven 19 vaccine mandates capitalized on why the frustration about the government's overall pandemic risk. still to come, desperate to get out more lebanese risks, treacherous journeys in search for best buy and buy by beijing. we look at how successful the winter olympics have been on district cove. it conditions ah hello there. let's have a look at the weather across europe, and after

a pretty dramatic, we can particular across more than areas is more wet and windy weather to come to start the week. we've got weather systems pulling across central areas, taking those wintery and wet conditions, further east. now on monday we are going to see the concentration of wet and windy weather, affecting the low countries go to red alert, found the strong winds across central germany heavy rain expected here. and it's the sooner story for belgium and france for britain and island that is commer on monday. but the wet weather isn't far away. we'll see that come back in with a vengeance on tuesday. and a bit of a wintery blast coming into norway once again from that system. we will see a lot of those conditions push further east in the days to come. now further south of this, we got another weather system bringing a winter mix to switzerland, edging down into the balkans. it's going to get very wet here. and we have got some wind warnings out to some of the mediterranean islands. sardinia in particular, in the days to come wet weather for italy and for greece. but as we edge further

west, where we are seeing a lot of fine and dry conditions across the iberian peninsula, sunny for spain and portugal, and we're seeing temperatures in the south pick up with 24 degrees in quarter by the frank assessments for china will benefit from the 0 call the strategy if the rest of the world to get informed opinions at all on sundays and friday from the critical debate wide report claims that need to come do an interest in she'll threat to russia. but it's precisely, he's actually that created the insecurity in the region in depth analysis of the danes global headlines inside story on al jazeera. ah

ah, welcome by watching out their minds help stories with our fraud says the us and russian president have agreed in principle to hold a summit over ukraine. the potential diplomatic breakthrough comes as fighting increases the nice ukraine and also reports russian troop movements along the border. passengers been found to live on board, a fairy that's been on fine, a me near the greek on and of course things friday. another man found dead. well, 10 still missing australia is i think it's ordered to fully vaccinated tourists, off the new 2 years of being closed off to the world. tough for the measures even restrictive australians from returning home. i'm leaving a war plain as crushed in northwest iran, killing at least 3 people,

including its 2 pilots state tv says the plane hit the ground near school in the city of to breeze. the other person killed with a resident in the neighborhood talks to revive the iran nuclear dale, reportedly nearing a final agreement in vienna. but anti rom, 250 members of parliament have demanded 6 conditions and men before any deal is signs. they include a guarantee from the us and european signatories that they will not pull out of any new deal as president donald trump did 4 years ago or so, saunter has more from terror on there is ab statement that has been released by the running parliament today is not a mandatory one, it's not binding for the negotiators and for the government. rather, the statement is a recommendation. very 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 negotiating countries. so the, the parliament statement is focusing on the all the numbers will, of all the sanctions, not only those where which are related to the nuclear file. but the parliament, seeing that the americans and the other western powers, must give assurance to the iranian side that they are going to also remove the functions that are related to the human rights violations. you run the side of program. so one, they're asking for that as well. so all the sections to be removed. and 2nd one, they're asking about the what if occasion, late verification. that means that 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 the 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 particular the u. s. a. to give the guarantee to your ronnie and

that in case of a deal, this deal is going to go beyond by the administration. and it is going to give the guarantee running that the next administration is not going to come and cancel and strike by the no jerry and military is killed at least 7 children in southern niss . it was meant to target armed men hiding in a school in mother room fund district. in the muradi region, an agency operating the region confirm several people were killed in the attack. in recent years, last year, as military has been a keys of accidentally killing civilians several times if you're up here has started generating electricity from a controversial mega dam on the blue nile. it's been a source of tension with sudan and egypt for years. they fear it will reduce their share of the water. so high rat to pause 11 years and $5000000000.00 in the making. europeans are finally able to switch on electricity produced by their own

giant dan. welcome distraction for prime minister abbe. i've made that war with rebel to gray and forces in the north. a 145 meter high dam on and all rivers, main tributary. the blue now is designed to hold 74000000000 cubic meters of water, but africa's largest hydro electric power project is controversial and it's fiercely opposed by through his neighbors. you thought you know the officers hugger outs, the downstream countries, the brothers, the people of egypt and stood on the water will flow and the world must know that the dam will not affect them. all that was said about ethiopia seeking to prevent the flow of water was untrue, and we will not allow the people to starve or thirst. we seek integration between the 3 countries and a real partnership. both egypt and sudan fear the damning of the blue. now will cause severe water shortages for them. egypt responded on sunday saying a therapy is persisting and it's violations of a declaration signed in 2015. leaders in cairo. say the dam is an exist then sure

threat to the 106000000 egyptians who are almost entirely reliance on the north river for irrigation and drinking water. while sedan 1st welcomed the dam projects it later voice similar concerns about its threat to national security. over the years talk sponsored by the african union, failed and construction still went ahead. the more that we see events like create the one that happened today begin to where to emerge. the more it becomes duma, a duma, that we're going to actually sit as friends and as fellow africans. i'm pre solve this as a purely african problem. here he says, the hydro power generation is essential to ethanol, mc development in africa, 2nd most populous country. both egypt and sudan are still pushing for legally binding deal, both the filling of the joint reservoir and it's operation height of algebra.

families of people who died in the bay roots port lost nearly 2 years ago, haven't protesting against plans to rebuild the area. they shut down a major road in lebanon's capital, demanding a criminal investigation, be completed. legal challenges, followed by defendants have delayed investigators for months. meanwhile, more lebanese of risking their lives in search of a better life. nearly 250000 have escaped. the can make crisis in recent years, and people are risking more dangerous routes to get out. fine. hold on reports from tripoli and northern lebanon. many of these men have tried to reach europe by sea. some were intercepted, others rescued, or returned. they end up in prison. but otherwise, those, all of them have a story to tell. and it's one of desperation. lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic collapse,

impoverished 2 thirds of its population. while we are living in misery, i attempted to you 3 times, but our boat was intercepted and then we were thrown in prison. typically as the city along the mediterranean coast, even before the latest crisis, the local currency has lost its value by 90 percent. i didn't know that out of my mind as yet enough, all the pockets empty the international community is really to help lebanon. but politicians are refusing to be honest and fight corruption, allow that. but these men say all they want is to live in dignity. i don't know, but i know donna, we want to leave because the children are sick and we can't even feed. so my friends and i collected money to buy, we were caught, illegal migration has seen a significant increase in lebanon. many try to reach cypress turkey and italy, hundreds of lebanese, still try to leave by sea. but there are also those migrating through legal routes

to find work abroad. research institutes estimate that nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people have left lebanon in recent years. and while immigration is not a new phenomenon for lebanese, that 5 percent of the population, and among them a record number of skilled workers. but not everyone finds a way out. if you thought if it's hard to get visas or jobs abroad and it's too dangerous and expensive to try to escape by sea, but as conditions worse than many warn, the dangerous of such trips won't stop the flow. so to j, the weather will get better next month, and there will be thousands, not hundreds of lebanese trying to make their way to europe, because the economy crisis is unbearable, but there are so much anger and pain here was a heavy says, he can't care for his children love a doodle. good, it just let me live. he says,

oh, good benefit there. those are the tripoli, northern lebanon, the dominican republic has started building a wall covering nearly half its border with haiti. president louis, i'll be not the hopes it will stop illegal migration as well as drugs on weapons smuggling. but half a 1000000 haitians are in the dominican republic, many more often, cross the border to look for work. i mean, other estimates, the 1st phase of the war should be completed within 9 months. joseph pierre as a political, unless he says security issues of both countries will not be thought solved by the war. considering the high level of option in both countries. i don't think the war we 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, luce, every year, 634000000 dollars in smuggling. why did to be going to a public loss all. busy 300075 1000000 in smoking. so haiti's is or is a poor country that i'm going to public. 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 the you were going to be wishing from haiti. and those people who of the world are not enrolled on the border function and more over the military, the dominican military. we control the boulder. these are the people who are most i'll beneficial for all these we go, mike wishon, kelly has stepped out military patrols on its bone with the navy as part of the

clamp down on an eagle migration. now suite, the government decline, the state of emergency out an increase and migrant crossings. since then, hundreds of undocumented people have been sent back across the border. some residents of chiles. both areas have stage protests against my guns. the winter olympics in china have ended in spectacular style. norway top the metals talley warehouse, also had them most successful when to game so far. but it was a doping scandal that made headlines as katrina you. of course, from beijing ah, dancing snowflakes and a technicolor light show flooded badging birds nest stadium. as the city said, good bye to the 2022 winter olympics. china's president, she didn't ping, presided over sunday evenings closing ceremony, while olympians paraded to the stadium to the tune of beethoven's ode to joy. the head of the international olympic committee commended the athletes for displaying

a spirit of unity. lay the political leaders around the world be inspired by your example of solidarity and peace. after 2 weeks of intense competition, norway topped the metal tally with 16 golds german athletes, wood, horbeth, 12 and horse nation china. 19. it's highest gold, middle count at any went to games. 17 year old snow border screaming catapulted to fame by winning both gold and silver, which it could be a could be casing. i was so happy that i was able to accomplish the goals and the challenges i set for myself. the winter lumpy, so fill it with the best athletes in the world. but not all metal winners went home with their prize. figure skating teams from russia. the united states and japan must wait for the results of a doping investigation into camilla valley ava,

an inquiry which could take months and other family credit money at the meadows. her money for the figure skating team competition has been suspended. therefore, our athletes are not able to bring the meadows back to japan, which i think is a shame. the 15 year old russian gold medal favorite was allowed to continue competing despite testing positive for a bad substance. her final performance ended and stumbles tears and a cold reception by her coaches. for many the camilla valley, the doping scandal has tarnished the image and credibility of the olympics. many athletes have criticized the organizes to failing to catch the russians positive test before the games. and the subsequent decision to allow her to compete organizes have down play the scandal hailing the event a success, especially in controlling corbett 19 infections. thousands of foreign participants were kept separate from the chinese public inside the bubble,

around $450.00 positive tests for the virus, including athletes who were forced to withdraw from competition. many will be relieved to end their time under strict pandemic controls or from here to winter olympics had to milan cortina in italy in 4 years time clearly. so katrina, you out a 0 dating ah, this is out there are these you top stories from says the us and russian presidents have agreed in principle to hold a summit over ukraine. the potential breakthrough comes as fighting increases in easton, ukraine, and russian troops are reportedly moving on the border. i just came back from unit with the vice president. she let our delegation there to make sure that we are in lock step with allies and partners on everything that we're going to do both to see if we can still prevent present food from carrying forth.