a diverse range of stories from across the globe, from the perspective of unmet let janice announce is era. ah . as new satellite imagery shows troops inching closer to the northeastern border. you cranes, leader warns of an imminent war with russia. the un security council will meet within the hour. ah, hello, i'm adrian for again. this is al 0 alive from dough. ha. also coming up separately, doesn't dawn yet. could lou hands plead for russian assistance to repel what they call ukrainian aggression? ukraine's government imposes

a state of emergency and calls up army reservists to bolster troops. numbers along the border with russia and hutton is now saying it's independent large section of ukraine. i said how smart is net former us president donald trump praising vladimir putin as the u. s rolls out at sanctions on russia. ah, in an address on ukrainian television president followed him as a lensky has warned his people that russia could start a major war with europe any day. now. within the hour, the un security council will hold an emergency late by meeting to discuss the further escalation. the kremlin says that rebel leaders in easton, ukraine of formerly sent a request to russia for military help to fend off what they're cooling. ukrainian aggression military reservists have also been called up in ukraine. a state of

emergency. it's now in effect out there as hot abdul hamid begins are coverage from crime. a toss in eastern ukraine's don't yet screeching. it's only in terms of deep crisis that the country imposes a 30 day state of emergency. and that's what president vladimir zelinski asked parliament for wednesday. after sharing a meeting of his security council. zelinski also hosted his polish envy through any encounter, puts the 3 signing a joint declaration of support and solidarity porn. as president andrew do that described russia's actions as a threat, not just to ukraine, but did the whole you. zalinski said, it is rush said it should be providing security guarantees, not the other way around. in fact, conceptual nasa would need to be set to the fact is that today there are $150000.00 russian soldiers at our border. those territories are temporarily occupied. i

believe that russia should be among those countries. the provide clear security guarantees is not a secret that i have many times suggested that the president of russia sit down at the negotiating table and speak henri. in the west intense shuttle diplomacy continues. frances foreign minister has been in berlin for talks and tougher sanctions are looking inevitable. who i know for you, varina. we accept economic consequences for free sovereign and democratic ukraine in peace and freedom in europe, have no price tag. ukraine welcomed the long awaited sanctions even though it's foreign minister. the me throw caliber asked for more, posting on social media action. so if you hit more and hit harder and hip now in the dumbass, the situation along did demarkation line is becoming more tense by day. shelling is reported by both sides. in easton ukraine,

the leader of one of the rebel regions now recognized by russia, said he wants to peacefully settle its borders. however, den is put. chillin added that he may, needs rushes hel, office for prospect. at the moment, there is no presence of any russian troops on our soil, as for the future presents that is likely when it's needed. if we are not able to do with our own resources, then we may seek support from the russians. ah, his words were received as a warning to people living in the nets and new hands, regions taken by the separate as at the beginning of the war. but now under ukrainian control. i know that, oh, that is the worry among people living even far away from the context, lied that fighting will return to their hometown or that the i me as is, you know,

my doors and the un general assembly has been told that the conflict in ukraine is the most serious threat to world security in years. the ukranian foreign minister urged members to stop what he called his aggressive plans. but moscow's ambassador accused kev of causing the crisis. i'm serious. rosalind jordan reports now from the united nations. the un general assembly convening a meeting on russian actions in ukraine. nearly 90 countries signed up to me. most of them overwhelmingly on cave saw with them a lower level russian diplomat watch led him as the ukrainian foreign minister by begged delegates to protect both his country and the you and core principles punished your governments and your people will face painful consequences. together with our government and our people. this is why we need to use this last

chance for action and stop russia. where it is. it is clear that president putin will not stop by himself for the 2nd time in 2 days. secretary general antonio good dash spoke out against moscow's behavior in eastern ukraine negotiations to say when seeing is clear, the decision of the russian federation to recognize the so called independence of with on that scandal, one screeches and the follow up our violations of the territory integrity in soviet entity of ukraine, and inconsistent with the principles of the charter of united nations before russian ambassador of a ceiling, a benzo dismissed the calls on his country to change course, which was no, been, thea, accused kid of posing a grave threat to international peace and security and given up to him in these unusual, i knew you, which it is precisely because of caves, unwillingness to consider the interests of a broad swathe of its population. what is that since 2014 why crane has been at war

with its own citizens? lawson who do not agree with the my van valleys and the current policy of the authorities to predictably amber, usm bassett, or linda thomas greenfield, called moscow's argument indefensible. and this is president putin's war of choice . if he chooses to escalate further, russia and russia alone will bear full responsibility for what is to come. the challenge for the diplomat, how to resolve this crisis. this suggestion from the ukrainian foreign minister. my message is simple that do not wait too long. you have to act now. literally, every day, decisions have to be adopted. more sanctions have to be imposed. more weapons have to be supplied. more diplomatic efforts have to be undertaken calling on countries to use their powers to try to prevent a full blown war. and rosalind johnstone live from the un headquarters in new york

. so rose, vio insecure to counsel, to hold a 2nd emergency meeting this week. why? well essentially because of the many reports that todd, the 2 leaders of the so called independent republics of lou hans and don. yes, apparently have asked for russian military assistance to deal with thought the situation in their republics. and i use that word in quotes because of the u. s. doesn't recognize it. the united nations doesn't recognize it. as certainly there's a lot of concern that the russian government may be ginning up an excuse for a deployment of russian forces into eastern ukraine. the meeting that is taking place before the un security council at the bottom of this hour is the 2nd such emergency meeting this week. and it was

a granted at the request of ukraine's foreign minister, jim altura collabo, who says that this is just another escalation in the crisis in his country will be taking that meeting live as and when it begins for remembered was many thanks. deed on his ear is rosalind george. that life of the un in new york will in this crisis . ukrainians are facing waves of cyber attacks. research has announced on wednesday that hundreds of machines have been infected with destructive software. wipes data from them. government websites, including the foreign ministry of state security service, along with some banks have been hit by distributed denial of service attacks. these attacks happen when hackers over, well a particular network with traffic so that others can't access it. other efforts, target morale. in one recent case, many ukrainians received false text messages saying that 80 m's will offline, in other instances, soldiers received messages,

telling them to flee or be killed. patrick, hello, neal is a senior editor covering cyber security for mit technology review. he georgia live for washington. d v d c could have you with a patrick, the u. s. the u. k. quick to point the finger at russia over this latest d d o. s. attack on ukraine. how could they be so sure? well, when it comes down to attribution of a cyber attack, there's 2 questions. it's a matter of the data that you have, which the u. s. and u. k. through their signals, intelligence agencies, the national security agency, and the g. c, h q of quite a bit, but the bigger question here is political will. historically, the u. s. u k, have been much slower to point the finger countries like russia for cyber attacks, most notably in 2016 when it took quite a while for the government to speak up as the cyber attacks around the election took place. it seems that this administration has taken those lessons the heart and

they are deliberately moving much, much faster than the u. s. was ever done before. just how dangerous are these cyber attacks, or are they just a nuisance? well right now the, the question the answer is mixed. so as you said, denial of service attacks effectively bring down services. and they're, they're technically simple, but they're really about perception. they're about undermining confidence in the government and at a moment like this that's, that's pretty important. the wiper malware today that you mentioned, which destroys the data on the machine that it infects, were yet to see the full consequences of that that's a much more serious and potentially impactful attack. right now we haven't seen anything that would be dangerous to anyone's lives or any anyone's physical well being a cyber warfare, we can call it that one of the dangers of it's spilling beyond ukraine, affecting people elsewhere in the world. so it's a good question,

especially because it's happened in ukraine before ukraine has effectively been a test lab, russian cyber war for the last 10 years. and about 5 years ago, the russian g r u, which is the same intelligence agency, we've seen active in cyber activity over the last week. and the g r. you conducted an attack that effectively infected, a, a tax program that is used required by the ukrainian government. it's obviously also used internationally. anyone who does business in ukraine and it costs $10000000000.00 around the world in damages. because there was wiper malware similar to what we are seeing today, and that was the costliest cyber attack in history. so this is the same group, the same area, effectively the same conflict, i would say that attack and the possibility of something like it is on everyone's minds. and of course, cyber warfare could go both ways. is,

is anyone able to retaliate? i mean, is russia's, i t infrastructure coming under attack from anyone? it's an interesting question about retaliation. i think it's fair to say that western nations packers are active, but not in any way that anyone has seen. and also, it's important to point out that historically, especially in ukraine, the way the russian hackers, russian intelligence hackers have behaved the things that they've done are unlike anything, any other country has ever carried out. you know, they've turned out the lights in keys. they've conducted what i just described as the costliest cyber attack in history. these are highly visible event by design, the west, the u. s. u k. i've never conducted anything like that. and so it's unlikely that we will see anything like that this time. all right, patrick, really good to talk too many thanks to be patrick. hello, neil. there in washington dc. so to come here on i'll just hear out why

gone us traditional hand painted movie posters. finding homes abroad, plus i'm rob reynolds and alonzo. california were a convoy of the anti man, anti back, the book, gestures is about to head off washington, d. c. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. let's go with your weather report for asia. hello, everyone. nice to see you. tricity told fairly quietly from cross really india, but we had had some heavy pulses of rain in a pool job. providence, in pakistan that's now leaked into the northwest of india. they see some showers there, sanders thrones bubble up as well for westbank all and be har. and the potential for some showers in careless state for india as well. also think other portions of

sri lanka, you may just get grades with showers and thunderstorms. part of this is being steered in by the ne monsoon, but the better bet to see this soaking and potentially flooding rain will be the lay peninsula including k l. this frame will linger into thursday as well. also solar bands of rain striking java bali long bulk and some of those eastern islands of indonesia. ok, temperatures are on the way up in hong kong after that cold snap. some of it had been below average in about 20 months or so. so back into the sunshine and those winds have shifted around. so over the weekend, i think we'll get you up to 20 degrees, which is more in line with where you should be for the years. more records being broken for the snow in japan. this is western ho cato, 208 centimeters, have snow on the ground, and still more to come on thursday that sure weather season. the, the weather sponsored by katara always joined the debate state eraser of black

people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online your voice . the comment section is whitehead killing our conversation. we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not by being nationalistic about this. you just look at it in a very different way. so that perspective men and men meeting each other and they don't have any solution. let me get put it clear for you. this dream on al jazeera with ah, hello again, this is al 0. let's remind you of the main use this. all the un security council will hold an emergency late by meeting within the hour. it comes out to ukraine's

for the minister. the b through collabo urged members of the general assembly to stop what he called washes aggressive plans. the kremlin says that separatist leaders at east of ukraine, a formerly asked for military help, defend or for their calling. ukrainian aggression. shelling is intensified on the front line between pro russian rebels and ukrainian forces of the european union as a free to put for the sanctions on russia. they're expected to talk at the defense minister and talk, but if we come on this, the block will also impose sanctions on hundreds of members of russians of russia's parliament. us president joe biden as ward americans that sanctions on russia would have an economic impact in the u. s. but if that's going to be sustained, he'll need to try to keep the public support. but he's being challenged by a former president who seems to be citing with russia's president vladimir putin. al jazeera patty calhane reports

u. s. president joe biden has been very public during every step of his response to russia's actions in ukraine. normally, in the face of a foreign conflict, politicians from both political parties stand united. but now this time, former president donald trump, during a radio interview, recalled his relationship with a russian leader. praising his moves in ukraine. potent is now saying it's independent, a large section of ukraine. i said, how smart is that? and he's going to go in and be a piece keeper. that's the strongest piece for us. we could use that on our southern border. that's the strongest piece force i've ever seen, that were more army tanks that i've ever seen. they're going to keep peace. all right now, but think of it is a guy who's very savvy and he's not alone. his former secretary of state, also wait and early in the crisis. very sure, very capable of enormous respect for him. i been criticized for saying that. i know i have enormous respect. he was also interlocutor,

that was always well informed and deeply clear about what russian interests were. experts say this could have an impact. tramps, words have a big impact, especially on his followers. and we see some people in the republican party elected officials as well as some, you know, watchers say viewers of fox news in and people on the far right. i'm who you agree with tra, right? and they, you know, see the united states as a place that in some way should be more like rush right. it should be more authoritarian. a recent paul seems to back up the idea that the republican party is shifting 62 percent of republicans and g, appealing independence, said putin is a stronger leader than president biden. while an additional 25 per cent declined to choose between the american and russian president,

the white house is dismissing trumps comments. well, as a matter of policy, ah, we try not to take advice or from any one who praises. president putin and his military strategy, which i believe is what happened there. the u. s. president has been focused on keeping his allies united well at home, his predecessor, try to make sure his country is not tactical. haine al jazeera washington on the frontlines am eastern ukraine these volatile times for the people who live. there are zeros. charles stratford reports now from the village of ranita, not in that lance grecian across the river is an area the ukrainian army called the grazer. leave the ukrainian soldiers nor the russian back separatists controlled area. the army say separatists showed the bridge a few days ago. ukrainian soldiers on guard the river bank. we'll fill

all below nakedly jolla. they shelled it using roughly $122.00 caliber weapons. we were luckily sheltering under cover at the time. in the distance i can hear what sounds like heavy artillery and machine gun fire. ukrainian government has in the last hour or so declared a state of emergency. now i remember being here in april, there was a man fishing exactly this ball. the bridge was a vital connection point for people living in the grey zone, who used to come to this village to shop, to buy medicine. and some of the children used to go to school, but that's simply not possible anymore. jenny will close by 46 year old katya, unload the delivery of wood. her brother and sister live across the front line in separatist control on ask certain numbers. thou boiler those is there my family should i should them of i should need them and i being prescriptive there and thou

being conscripted here. what nonsense. this is the 21st century and look at us running around with games while we're touching each other. despite the risk 27 year old michael still goes to the river to fish. he was injured in a car accident in 2013. the war started a year later and he hasn't been able to get the physiotherapy he needs since then. hooper barbara near her brother. we're in for london. we have shelling every day. you can hear it now. i've just come down to check that it hasn't scared the fish away. this is one of the number of destroyed homes in the village. 70 year old svetlana whose home was damaged by shelling in december describes what some nights are like. all the la shadow. decoy. not you saw new the fireballs. this big fly over our house is not they pass our windows lighting the room with the

explosions are so loud on the drive home. sudden and terrifying blasts hidden ukrainian artillery, 5 shells towards separatist held territory. what do you crane, an army say is defensive action against the russian back threat just over the hills . charged for al jazeera, grinning their easton ukraine out 2 other syrian state media says that at least 3 soldiers have been killed in his ready air strikes. they are the capital, damascus. it's the 4th reported time this month that israel has lost missiles inside syria. a some asian countries are reporting record rises in the number of cove at 19 cases. they've nearly doubled in south korea to 170000. the health ministry says the

number of seriously ill patients deaths are low, though around 7000 people have died from corona virus related illness. since the start of the pandemic in hong kong, meanwhile, infections have had a record high of more than 8600. this is the territory launches, it's toughest restrictions since the pandemic began. people will have to show their vaccine certificate to enter essential, armed non essential businesses. mosques will be mandatory for outdoor exercise, and compulsory nationwide testing will be enforced next month. iceland, meanwhile, has joined a growing list of countries ending pandemic restrictions. even though large numbers of people are still testing positive. all cov 19 measures will end on friday, including border controls. health authorities say the population has developed widespread resistance to the virus with infection rates falling. poland also plans to lift most curve at 19 restrictions. capacity limits for shopping centers.

restaurants and hotels will end on march 1st. police in washington, d. c. a neighboring states are preparing for demonstrations aimed at disrupting the capital in coming weeks. convoys of truck drivers of forming around the u. s. and a protest against coven 19 mandates out. as here as rob reynolds proposal from adelanto california, where many began that cross country journey ah, pulling out of the desert town north of los angeles members of the self proclaimed freedom convoy and their supporters are beginning a cross country road trip. we think it's very important message to add the american people that we need to step up and show our faces. now, the group was inspired by the recent truckers protest in canada. they are fiercely opposed to coven 19 mask and vaccine mandates. what's the ultimate goal of the convoy to get our freedoms back,

all of our freedoms and hold everybody accountable for the any wrongdoing that they've done, you've got to resist tyranny. you know, nobody ever worked themselves out of a, of a totalitarian government by complying. people have complied for 2 years now, and enough is enough. this man is bringing his grandchildren along for the ride. it's a long way from this wind swept parking lot in the california desert to washington d. c. but that's where the convoy is headed and the participants say they will engage in a peaceful protest once they get there. this group says they will stay outside the city when they arrive on march 5th, but other convoys forming in different parts of the usa, their goal will be to disrupt the state of the union speech to congress by president joe biden. on march 1st convoy, supporters expressed contempt for biden,

president biden as his sad, a figurehead to me, he's just taking his orders, obviously from somebody else. now, as the vehicles headed east police in washington said they were closely monitoring the convoys with several 100 unarmed national guard troops expected to be mobilized to help control any disruption. ah, rob reynolds al jazeera adelanto, california, the number of dead off to last week's flash floods and land slides and southeastern brazil has passed. 200 homes were destroyed, cars were swept away when a month's worth of rain fell in just a few hours in the city of patropolis north of rio. such teams are still coming through mud and debris more than a week home from the disaster. more than 50 people are still missing in gonna hand painted film posters once attracted large crowds to movie theaters, but as more people turn to streaming from home cinemas have shut down and the

advertising has gone with it was trivia wolf reports. now, one veteran artist is trying to keep the tradition alive and its gaming international appeal. crandon scientists, art studio on the outskirts of gunners capital across daniel jasper is finishing up the final touches on a work commission by a foreign collector. the veteran movie, poster designer, is well known and gonna for putting paint brush to candice over the past 30 odd years inspired by some the world's most popular films. but the market for his work, which wanted guinea ins clamoring for cinema c has changed. mean, bit interest market a me yeah. people are no longer interested in going out to watch a movie when it can be watched from the comfort of their own fun live. but there is a growing interest in owning these hand painted posters internationally. when someone watches a movie and they like it, them, i place an order for a poster, and now they hang them in private rooms or show them in exhibitions. from the 19

seventy's gone and developed a tradition of advertising, fills with these vibrant hand painted posters. at the time, local cinemas were flourishing. an artist competed over who could entice the largest audience with their imaginative eye popping designs. but with the rise of the internet, the curtain came down and gone as independent cinemas. joseph frame bong is a university professor in pop culture, anthropology. we need to have a way of more to beating, you know, our upcoming artist to be rooted in this tradition. right? of course, they can, you know, you know, they can, you know, move on to other art forms, but to preserve this way of painting, we need to have a way of, you know, what to be in these artists, you know, to grow. while jasper's work has gained international appeal, young artists struggle to gain the same recognition. many turn to painting,

sharp signs or commission portraits to make a living. jasper says to keep the son of a poster tradition alive, upcoming artists must be taught how to earn from their work. no a bit. let me shake it all fits. international demand has given us the money to sustain our careers. so we teach the younger generation. so that they to have something with which they can take care of themselves with passing on the paintbrush for future generations. chile wolf, al jazeera. ah, it is good savvy with us. hello, adrian, sort of get here and go all the headlines and i was 0. the un security council is about to hold an emergency late night meeting on the deepening ukraine crisis. it comes off to ukraine's foreign minister urged members of the general assembly to stop what he called russia's aggressive plans. i warn every nation.