[000:00:00;00] ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, we've cut off rushes, government from western financial the u. s. and dallas and dallas lieu of sanctions against russia over its actions in ukraine, but hold back on the toughest penalties. diplomacy is still an option, says by proven even as he gets

a parliamentary knobs to send troops outside russia. ah, other given l. this is algebra live from dough. ha. also coming up when they're the front lines of the conflict and eastern ukraine, where the threat of invasion is stoking more fare and resentment plus, ah, celebrations in columbia. a non non ruling makes abortion legal. ah. the u. s. at its allies have warned, they're leaving room to punish russia further after announcing a range of new sanctions. u. s. president jo bought in queues to play that portion of beginning an invasion of ukraine, of the russian leader recognize the independence of separatist regions in the countries east of a incumbent stone boss where the police have been fighting against ukrainian forces since 2014 alan fisher reports from the white house for weeks he's warned the

sanctions no faced with what he sees as russian aggression in ukraine. joe biden has acted. we're implementing full blocking sanctions on 2 large russian financial institutions, v b and our military back recommending comprehensive sanctions on russia's sovereign debt. that means we've cut off russian government from western finance. it will also impose sanctions on russia's, leech and their family members. they share in the club gaze of the criminal policy and to sharing the pain as well. the president has spent a lot of time with his national security team over the last 48 hours. they insist they've covered all possible moves for moscow. and the next step by vladimir putin will dictate for the us reaction bite and still hopes for a diplomatic solution. but there was a warning to the american public. an extended crisis might hit them in the pocket. defending freedom will have cost for us as well. and here at home,

we need to be honest about that. one expert says it makes sense. the biden hasn't thrown everything at russia. they sadly leaving a diplomatic offramp thing. they need to keep, you know, part of their powder dry. to see what his next move his look, this gross violation the go further violation of ukrainian territorial integrity. there has to be a cost for that. whether the euclidean foreign minister has been in washington part of the international medical round of top level talks. he's been meeting defense, secretary lloyd austin at the pentagon. he says the russians have tried to split the west with their actions. something that has failed and i've never seen, they know more united. the more resolute standing firm is one alliance and supportive ukraine's right to defend that sovereign territory. it's 2 years since then. candidate biden tweeted out that vladimir putin would be reluctant to take any aggressive action if he was president, because he's gone,

taught to tour with them. in the past, he toted his foreign policy experience. he's going to need all that experience. if he's to reach a diplomatic solution to what is a growing military crisis, alan fisher al jazeera, at the white house, russian president vladimir putin says he's ready to look for a diplomatic solution to resolve the sand of other ukraine. that's just a day after he was given parliamentary approval, to use troops outside of russia to support ukraine separatists who didn't ask for the measure to back fighters who've been at war with the ukranian army in the discounted regions. cycle of those regions. they are the self proclaimed people's republics of no hans and donates. they encompass don bass, where separatists have been fighting against ukrainian forces since 2014 ben. it's matt jones is not alive from moscow. bernard, tell us more. what else has president putin being saying this morning?

came today is defender of the fatherland day in russia. it's a public holiday and tomorrow the holiday vladimir putin issued a video statement and in that video statement, he praise the battle readiness of russian troops. while adding that, he's ready for diplomatic solutions. but saying that the interests of russia, a non negotiable, and at the same time, the man who is saying this, the russia, the kremlin, says they've established diplomatic relations at the level of the embassies with these 2. we've done bass a, we've done that. and we gans these now regions recognizes separate states by the kremlin. and also russia is saying that he's going to evacuate diplomatic personnel from ukraine to as he says, protect the lives of all. busy of this coming after rushes up, the house gave vladimir putin official permission to send troops, what they like to call peacekeepers into eastern ukraine. the ben at the permission

has been given, has there been any true maneuvers, have any of them actually cross the border? so vladimir putin has not yet officially sent troops into ukraine and given the official notification last going to happen. there's certainly plenty of activity along ukraine's board as we've been seeing that for months. and in the last couple of days, a real build up of troup activity along ukraine's eastern border, but unofficially certainly our colleagues from al jazeera in the eastern part of ukraine internet have seen what they have identify as russian troops arriving at night. these are armored personnel carriers, not necessarily carrying russian markings, but what our colleagues are confident having spoken to the people. soldiers, there are confident our russian troops on our our other indications of there is

activity already going on. is just, there's no official notification from moscow that this is going to happen perhaps as a way of somehow keeping open diplomatic options. but vladimir putin's debt desires, as we know, are very strict in terms of what he wants out of ukraine. he wants a non negotiable indication from ukraine, that it's not going to join nato, and it's going to remain neutral. all indications are, as we've known for a long time, that even if you crane ever desires to join nato, it says it wants to. it's a long way down the line, but that isn't enough of that improves in it, wants it written down that ukraine will not join nate. i think there are there see, changing very quickly will be checking in with you again. no doubt for now that it's been moscow. thank you. the u. s. secretary of state and lincoln and the french foreign minister cancelled separate meetings with russia's top diplomat circ

. i love of lincoln says it's clear. russia is inter interested in talking president putin's deeply disturbing speech yesterday. and his statements today made clear the world how he views ukraine. not as a sovereign nation with the right to territorial integrity in independence, but rather as a creation of russia and therefore subordinate to russia. it's a completely false assertion that ignores history international law and the 10s of millions of patriotic ukrainians who are proud citizens of a free and independent ukraine. or the regions in east and ukraine recognized by the kremlin as independent, extend it far beyond the areas actually on the rebel control. and that is creating uncertainty for people living near the front line of the long running separatists conflicts. what on thought made returned to a town she reported from last month, where the threat of invasion is exposing social divides. uncertainty is hanging over at the fca, one of the frontline towns in eastern ukraine when we met chaplain molina,

3 weeks ago, she brushed away the prospect of war. now she's worried and feels uncomfortable being on the streets. some of her neighbors are openly hostile to her fork, them from the martinez. mike, me? yeah. i of the mon you. oh, yes. bushwinger though i knew what they think ukraine is guilty party when it comes to the shelling they don't believe russia could act like this. my life is at risk in this kind of society. anything can happen, especially now or less than the kilometer away at the front line. soldiers on alert . recently the shelling has intensified evidence still fresh of the latest rocket attack. the front line here has been moved. ever since the mince agreement was signed with leader sides making tutorial gains or losses. but now the recognition by russia after to since proclaimed republics of genius and logans put into

question, when do new lines are going to be drawn. the agreement set a full 120 kilometers demarcation line, giving the russian back separatist only a 3rd of what they see as their historical land. now, with official support from moscow, they could try again to expand their control. i seen that. i think it will be border old for the mask in the constitution as they are, was at the past not on with this era that already have but further, and i think that is the reason of most dangerous station here. basically, we understand that there we are, are on the way of them do ukrainian army is in a difficult situation. many civilians in this area don't support it. they welcome to separate his back in 2014 and continued to support russia. now. others like

victor, blamed a current situation under government in case of a one. what are they fighting for who they fighting for here i don't see any sense on that. if it's for me or my family, there's no need. what are they doing here? if you're shelling the separatist all the time, rush, coddling them on mariah with if our president had negotiated with them, then things could have been different. with the minsk agreement now in touches. ukraine has declared at vive can other towns and villages along the frontline, restricted areas. but for the soldiers, the most difficult battle could be winning over the support of the people. without that hamid of jesse were at viva, in eastern ukraine, still head on al jazeera, desperate jer foods help people in sedans, da for region are resorting to illegal ways of come hunger and we report an

argentina where 15 separate wildfires have destroyed vast tracts of land ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored my cattle airways. hello, we've got some choir to weather coming into our northern parts of europe over the next couple of days. okay, that is relative. it's still looking wet in when the ad at times wintery across those northern parts, but so not as bad as it has been recently. no name storms in the forecast for now the last name stole now, making its way across the baltics easing to was at eastern side of here. got some wet weather down towards the ye, southeast corner as well with this area of low pressure. bring some very disturb conditions into greece and into were turkey or where to where the world continues make its way further eastward, some snow. they're coming into western parts of ukraine, sliding out with poland. choir to weather for central past, so not too bad here. and that dry weather comes down across

a good part of spain and portugal, but look up towards the north where sierra yet more wet and windy weather. gale force winds for a time rolling in across northern parts of ireland for northern ireland. and she's gotten some wintry flowers coming through here as well, wet or whether it gets pushed over to ward, said denmark towards germany. it's a cloud and rain coming down into france, even to spain and portugal, and still very disturbed across at east side of the mediterranean mccloud and ray will bring some wet weather cool. where to into the northeast of libya and also northern pass of kyra for the weather. sponsored by katara, always chilling the debate, they erased out of black people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online your voice. the comment section is right join our conversation. we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not a nationalistic board. does you just look at it in

a very different way that perspective med and med meeting? you and they don't have any solution. let me put it clear for you this dream on al jazeera lou lou, your geology era, reminder of our top stories this all the u. s. is imposing new sanctions on russia, cutting off 2 major institutions from western financing. the move comes off to president vladimir putin recognized the independence of 2 separatist held areas of east in ukraine. russian president vladimir putin says he's ready to look for a diplomatic solution to resolve the stand off of ukraine. the day off that he was given, parliamentary approval, to use troops outside of russia to support the creighton separatist. and the you

are think 3 of stages cancel the meeting this week with russians, foreign minister, so guy levels and he blank and says it makes no sense to hold. since russia has started innovations of ukraine, the syrian military says, israel has launched a number of missiles on positions. it's board, a province of quinet tra, the attack results from the israeli occupied golan heights. and only call it won't be described as material damage. 200000 children in the da for region of sudan don't have enough to eat. now. nutrition is on the rise and camps for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by years of fighting is a been morgan reports from alpha share in northstar for the looting of world food program warehouses has disrupted the delivery of much needed aid. i, isabella has never had to come to a nutrition center before she has been living in the abil show camp for displaced

to denise in north dar for, for nearly 16 years now. she comes regularly as she struggled to nurse her 8 month old son. a likely oklahoma been had come in and i have little milk. it's almost not there. i don't have a complete diet. i only eat one meal a day and it doesn't have all the nutrients i need my child nurses 10 times a day or more. so i can't provide enough milk for him and i see the right man down . malnutrition has recently increased both in the camp and elsewhere in the dar 4 region. many have relied on seasonal farming to feed and support themselves, but reduced rainfall last year. it meant for harvests, which caused food prices to become unaffordable. for many families, especially mothers and young children are especially hard hit. 8 organizations be around 40 percent of all children in north. dar 4 are facing malnutrition. busier. that's more than 200000 kids that are not her. i've come here to get biscuits for

my child. he's been sick and has lost a bit of weight. he was weed and found malnourished and given biscuits. though i've come to get him checked and pick food for him every 2 weeks. the dar for conflicts laws. the ended in 2020, when a peace agreement was signed between the government and rebel groups, the fighting killed at least 300000 displaced 2000000. while some moved to neighboring chad, many sought refuge in displacement camps in dar for hundreds of thousands of displaced people remain in camps in the states and the dar for region. many have relied on 84 years, but that has been cut back due to lack of money. now aid workers are focusing on the most vulnerable, but many more need help. but attacks are hampering a delivery on groups recently. so 5000 tons of aid from warehouses for thing, the world food program to temporarily halt operations. we deplore the sad looting incidence of p and the humanitarian community have requested

a swift action by the authorities and to take more appropriate measures to protect humanitarian operations. and their personnel as well as guaranteeing the saved deliveries of life savings assistance to the people in the here in the state and everywhere in the, in india for assistance that is helping mothers such as i should keep the children healthy and alive as the endure. the hush conditions of displacement camps. he but morgan alters era and fashion north dar for there been long queues for fuel in sri lanka, the government is running low on foreign currency, which is needed for imports. there are shortages at many pumps. the state owned oil company can't get loans to buy more fuel because it's already 3 and a half $1000000000.00 in debt. the fuel shortage is also crippling the power grids and this is leading to rolling blackouts. india and pakistan are putting aside political and trade disputes to transport much needed aid to afghanistan. 50000

tons of wheat grown, and india is being taken through pakistan. as our india correspondent elizabeth brought him revolts from the border. it's a rare sign of co operation of the trade length ended almost 3 years ago. indian trucks carrying wheat arrive at the border with pakistan. the cargo is then transferred to afghan trucks. the compromise reached between india and pakistan because both wanted to use their vehicles. the wheat will now be transported 650 kilometers to the afghans city of gelata, bought in malta. and what i thought it took us a long time to reach india. and now we're going back to afghanistan via bucker's dunwar border. we are very grateful to india for the support of the downtrodden of gods. and do you propose sending the wheat to have gone as town last october? but it took 4 months of negotiations to make it happen. job humanitarian assistance monitor several you and resolutions,

which emphasized that. and even libertarian says to not being sent to him from his tongue by the international community should be facilitated or trade between india and pakistan has been suspended since august 2019. this food aid is one or just a handful of areas of cooperation between the 2 countries and 2 and a half years boxed on suspended bilateral trade off to india, revoke the autonomy of indian administered kush meat in 2019. both countries have no direct travel relations either and the emissions and deli and islam above have been sick, can lead downsized. the world food program will distribute the aid to some of the 9000000 afghans. it says, i just one step away from famine. you can imagine when you have people with nothing and cold winter families having to send their little kids to su pawleys or to decide who to feed or not children. mama

risk pregnant and like taking mothers, nothing to eat and the government expects the $50000.00 tons of wheat to be delivered. within 3 months, elizabeth brought him al jazeera at the tardy walk of border crossing in punjab. come all honda is on the pockets outside of the border i'm just a few 100 meter from the international boundary between india and budget on the wall. g dot a border day of our drivers are going to be drunk boarding weight from india, which were donated by the indian government through the world food program and drug good to have already been cleared on the indian side by did read take more time for the truck to be cleared by buckets on the customs of the ridge, the convoy driver under guard to the border door. come that way. there's death

trying to reach a bod from where it will be handed over to the white food program. this is 50000 tons of donated by india. the people of, of one is done not long ago. it was a bit the border crossing trade between the 2 country. however, after india, j. o gosh, made in all good bread d 9. did that trade came to a grinding heart, the drug that some of the 1st drug to be crossing from india into fog? it's done late and resolve on read. the united nation is ready worn there. 25000000 people and one is on may 5th extreme hunger. while 9000000 people have delivered a prospect of famine. barger don had done days because of the exceptional situation existing and i've run it done on your manner daddy and ground to allow the indians to be able to donate the people of honest on. she advised,

a prime minister on economic affairs already hinted that they did beneficiary for board india and budget on altered to be able to reduce their tray, have 14 drugs the 1st of the lot. they are going to be many more of our drug who carried $50000.00. in a matter of 30 days, it didn't did an important developments that may provide an opportunity for board the nuclear armed countries to start trading again. some countries in southeast asia reporting a record rise in covered 19 cases. you infections nearly doubled in south korea. the number of new cases rose to 170000. the country has been seeing an upward trend since on the corner emerged in mid january. but the number of seriously ill patients and deaths, although since, according to south korea's health ministry, country has had just over 7000 deaths since the start of the pandemic. singapore has that a new daily record,

high of 26000 infections. but most i having mild or no symptoms, despite 90 percent of the population being vaccinated, almost $300000.00 singapore and tested positive in the past month. madagascar is bracing for its 4th tropical storm and a month must 300000 people have already been affected by cyclone but said i and 2 other storms at least 138 people have died and tens of thousands is still homeless or living. and damaged buildings. to military helicopters of crash, there are ski resort in new tub in the western united states. during a training exercise. there was heavy snowfall the night before. there were no major injuries to passengers. aboard or ski is nearby. an investigation is underway. fires fueled by an unprecedented drought have destroyed hundreds of thousands of

hector's of farmland and north eastern. argentina. tit is above reports from santa torment. near the border with brazil the wildfires are rapidly moving from one place to another and consuming almost everything in this area. in the argentine province of korean, this and fire fighters are also moving fast, trying to burn a control line that will slow down the advance of the flames. and i said it got a lot of on, well, what they are doing is burning a line that will force the bar to slow down, but, and then they will attack it with water. there's already group working inside that much. we have to stop it before it reaches the road because if it passes there. yeah, there are thousands of heck to the pine trees and it will get even worse snow. so while we're 800000 hector is have already been destroyed. and with it, life, stock grains and wild life. this is an area that generally sees abundant rainfall, but strong winds, lack of humanity and drought. i'm making it easy for fire like this one to spread

all across the province on an average of our own. 30000 hector's of land are burning every day. also at risk are $12000.00 hector's of marshlands in e, with out the area is a natural reserve where it came man's amphibians. another 300 species of birds are being affected. fire fighters from brazil and other parts of the country like when a site is, have come here in an effort to prevent the fires from causing even more damage. lome, it only does damage, but it is in charge of the fire fighters that have come from when a site is loading romaneli that cause a lot of address. and the only thing we can control is nature. so you need to control everything else. korean t. s. is lacking resources, they don't have the equipment, they need. they have great people, but they're not prepared. they need got trucks, fire fighting kits, uniforms, among other things, it all was thrown young. have yet a store of these desperate. he says he has lost almost everything he owns. most of

his land was burned by the fire, and like many others is currently in debt. oh, sometimes i don't want to continue, but i have to because what am i going to tell my family? i have a family of 60 people, 19 work with me. where's my family going to work? there's no work here. aside from this rain is crucial at this point to prevent the fires from spreading to other provinces. but heavy rainfall is not expected until march. a long wait for those involved in the daily fight against the flames. that he said, well, i'll just cedar korean. this argentina hundreds of undocumented migrants of clashed with the national guard in the southern mexican city of tampa. trula mostly from haiti in africa, of been demonstrating in front of the national migration institute for almost a month, the demanding their documents, the process, so they can safely enter the us state. police joined the national guard to help

control the protests. pro abortion rights act, advocates rather in columbia are celebrating a landmark court ruling procedure has been decriminalized up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. it's another shift in latin america where traditionally, strict abortion laws have been chipped away. one a year knock ever ports. women's rights activists shed tears of joy. for years. they've been fighting for the right to legal abortion. now, columbus constitutional court has made it possible. this is a big achievement. for all women, we will a greater recognition of our forces and ship more security over our bodies. and over our sexual and reproductive rights. or i visited her every year. columbian prosecutors open 400 cases against women, accused of having illegal abortions, or those would lie gently helped them. more than 340 women have been convicted since 2006. until now, colombian women were only allowed to terminate pregnancies,

in cases of rape fetal deformity, or if the mother's life was in danger. but even those exceptions weren't always respected. in atlanta, both middle bank just and 202-4000 girls between 10 and 14 years gave birth pregnancies and children that young can only be the result of rape. the only explanation for such high numbers is that women needed more protection. that's what we fought for. so 4 out of 5 judges voted in favor of extending abortion rights. despite opposition from the catholic church and pro life activists who prayed in front of the court. melanie, the feminist believed this is a step forward for women. when we're yeah, ality, it's a step backwards because the fight for women's rights doesn't include murdering others. it's amazon to nancy's young president even donkey was opposed as well. he's saying the decision is too big to be made by 5 judges. and as you and then i'm

also not quite allowing abortions until 24 weeks. columbia's court has raised the bar even compared to countries which have taken giant steps to defend women's reproductive rights on what most countries the time limit for having an abortion is for shorter. in the meantime, women activists say it's not enough to have the rights on paper. they say they'll keep fighting to make sure the law is implemented. monica, you not give al jazeera ah, i'm kimbell with headlines on al jazeera, the u. s. is imposing new sanctions on russia, cutting off 2 major institutions from western financing. the move comes off to president vladimir putin recognized the independence of 2 separatist held areas of eastern ukraine. russian president vladimir putin says he's ready to look for a diplomatic solution to resolve the stand off of ukraine just