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ah, hello i money site, this is out there. lie from dough. so coming up, gemini, still when commit to sending leopard tanks to ukraine, despite pressure from its nato allies. ah confrontations in period between police and protesters who are keeping up the pressure on the president to resign. and an al jazeera joint investigation finds asylum seekers were forced to return from easily to greece in inhumane conditions. ah, hello and welcome. the us says it will designate russia's wagner group as an international criminal organization. the white house says there are now some 50000

wagner message res, operating in ukraine. the move will allow the us to apply why to sanctions against the paramilitary group. my kind of reports from washington d. c. i a 3rd force in the ukraine conflict. soldiers from russia's wagner group, essentially hired mercenaries, many of them hired from russian prisons. the group is controlled by you have guinea put it goes in a close ally of that in me a putin. and this week featured in a video made by his own media service, visiting injured fighters in saint petersburg clinic. you must not pity a soldier at war. you must take care of him. therefore, each soldier should be unique. with more than 50000, deployed in ukraine, the wagner group has been on the us rate, offer a number of months. and now it's been declared a significant transnational criminal organisation in coordination with this designation. we will also impose additional sanctions next week against wagner and

its support network across multiple continents. these actions recognize the trans continental threat that wagner poses including through its ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity. at the same time though, the u. s. maintains that a mounting rivalry between the boston group and the formal russian military could impact on russian performance and the ongoing war. we are seeing indications, including intelligence, the tensions between wagner and the russian ministry of defense are increasing. wagner is becoming a rival power centered to the russian military and other russian ministries, the russian army has a very little moral. so the only way to spike morale and to bring victory is to bring this people who get a lot of money. well, basically professional mercenaries, and also professional criminals released from jail. that's what styling actually did as well. the us has also accused north korea of arming the wagner group,

displaying images of what it says are russian rail cars being loaded with north korean weapons systems. potentially putting the group in a position where it could change battlefield dynamics and ukraine. something the u . s. clearly hopes it sanctions will help prevent my cannot al jazeera washington. samantha corey is a visiting lecturer in war studies and kings college london. he says north korea, stock policy, soviet era, weapons, and ammunition would make them easily compatible with what the russian forces eating pizza has got some trading partners around the world like china and india. but very few countries are actually supplying munition to support the russian war. but iraq and it's drones and north korea as we're finding out now as well. very briefly, north korea's a tree relies on soviet era equipment. i was looking at a list of their equipment just for coming on and they have bt all the personnel

carriers. i have t 34 t 54 times really old fashioned soviet times, legacies of that cold war relationships. they may actually have a lot of weapons and ammunition that their version of courses can use really quickly. and then those kids can incentivize to part with, maybe they want to multiply and they're in stocks as well. so i think that's part of the north korea and i go is a compatibility of north korean military equipment. but there's not a lot that one can do because in north korea's case, as is also the case of the wrong, both of these sites are to some extent for most careers, a total parasites. so what more can you do in terms of sanctioning a pressure on north korea over this and they're already on the 10th sanctions for the nuclear weapons program. so that missile testing, i think that's just one final observational. miss. japan plays quite an interesting role in the list. japan feels very threatened. why all of what's happening? because the chinese and the russian military to put together much more close going

to school see board. i actually think that you were thinking about the western apartment states for i'm sorry that the world that may have to be involved in keeping a watchful eye for what career is actually doing and in the climate weapons. well, germany has still not yet decided whether to send leopold tanks to ukraine despite pressure to act from its nato partners. defense ministers from more than 50 countries happen meeting to coordinate military aid. staffing reports from ramstein abbeys. us defense secretary lloyd austin was hoping to deliver pattern used to his ukrainian counterpart at the ramstein air base. but it was to be no commitment from germany that it would send its lap tanks to ukraine. we don't feel anything. we are just do a responsibility for our population in germany and in europe. and we have to balance all the pros and cons of pre 40 reserves. decide things like that. just like there is nothing else. and i'm very sure that there will be a decision in the short term,

but i don't know why, and i don't know. wow, how the decision will look. this lack of a concrete timeline is this by germany's nato allies, a ukraine itself, pressuring heart for the thanks to be sent. i encourage you to make such decisions that can deprive rational evil of any power. you can start this policy today. it is in your power to mega ramstein of tags not to bargain about different numbers of tasks that open at principal supply that will stop russian evil. some fear attending napa tank could mean an escalation of the war, contract nato, into a direct confrontation with russia. the tanks have been sold to dozens of countries around the world. those who want to export him to ukraine need permission from germany 1st, after weeks of international pressure, germany has made it clear that it will take

a decision on whether or not to send lap a thanks to you. crane. in its own time, president landscape plead the time is not a luxury his country has had little effect. because germany says it's a decision that needs to be carefully wait. despite the saturday, happy promises of new military heart way for ukraine. you as the plan secretary austin urgent countries not to waste too much time. this is a decisive decade for the world. and this is a decisive moment for ukraine struggle to defend itself. so that contact group, walmart slow down. we're going to continue to dig deep and based upon the progress that we've made today, i'm confident that ukraine's partners from around the globe are determined to meet this moment. in berlin, a grove of protest, us also tried to put pressure on the government to take a decision on sending leper thank. sooner rather than later step,

fasten al jazeera at ramstein air base. the frontline city of bach mayors and east and ukraine has been the focus of intense fighting for months. ukrainian forces appeared to be holding out against the russian military. a mile. hodge reports now from back night. chiefly of de la, shut off him. this is the city of buck moot in eastern ukraine. got warplanes are part of ukraine's air defenses against russia's relentless attacks. armored vehicles line the streets waiting to be deployed. makeshift markets are set up in the safest areas for those who have money venture out to get what they need. those who don't wait for aid to arrive. ukrainian soldiers realize that they're at a turning point in the war. fierce fighting is happening across the city, suggesting no end is in sight. the most important items we received are the torches . we also get bottled water. the city has no water or electricity. we are grateful

to everyone who is helping this is the 1st time at the station, but food in blankets are handed out every day. you stick with the soldiers in the engineering units have started to dig trenches and set up fortifications in the heart of buck mosh allison. while others are planting land mines insisting they will make rushes advance as difficult as possible. served up with global repairs. for guerrilla phil over, won't get to that, but hope is not enough. we must be prepared. i think the wagner forces are overrated. they're a group of thugs and criminals. colonel whitman's place it in, but the city is not besieged, say the ukrainians, however, is not in good shape and more reinforcements are needed for the inevitable battle with this. i don't know what to look on here to the ice white ukrainian forces are preparing for the worst case scenario in black mountain enabled. the fiance then filmy done. fighters are on high alert,

watching the enemies every movement. mister hutton, in the recon command center, drones of various shapes and sizes are deployed and followed vigilantly from these screens. with time, the operators have become more experienced. their job is no less important than those fighting in the trenches. at poor 0, our work saved the lives of our fellow soldiers. we detect any enemy movement using those drones. we enable our forces to move and penetrate their lines safely. we succeeded in destroying heavy vehicles in artillery on the buckman phone line. the russians operate similar units. the soldiers say, both sides are equipped with artillery and tank. setting them to you. however, quick decision making is what tips the scales in ukraine's favor, they say, cemented by the determination to defend their homeland mass. anti government purchase a continuing for a 3rd day in peru, demonstrators, and demanding the resignation of the president dina wa say on thursday she key is

processed as of wanting to overturn the government out demonstrations in the cap to lima. 10 violence parties are being held in 47 provinces across the country. marianna sanchez is in lima. no sign of a protest abating. in fact, we have been is seen people clash with police. a few blocks away from here are people were running, police were, were shooting tear gas. as some people we saw had rocks in their hands, other hot stakes in their hands. for the most part we had been talking to protesters. most of them were people from the provinces who had come on in the last couple of days to protest. they were carrying water vinegar to help themselves when they are close to the tear gas. now these people were very angry at it at the government. they say that the government is treating them like temper is that they

are old protesters and that they are here to stay like it with the same voice as many others in around the country. they want the resignation of the novel and a lot of the and there, and they say that they will state, it doesn't matter how long until she steps down. she went after protest or saying who finances you, you're causing cables, you want to seize power and the sort of things. after 6 weeks covering this story, we haven't heard anyone saying that they want to seize power. people really what they're saying is that they want a new constitution. they want that the shut down of congress, police and brazil have carried out raids on people suspected of being involved in the storming of government buildings earlier this month. supporters of the former president, jail boston are attacked. the presidential palace,

the national congress and the supreme federal court. they claim president louis in last year, lulu de silver last october's elections. chris hipkins is set to replace to cinda. arden is new zealand prime minister. he is currently a police minister, but it's also held high profile roles in education and in health and served as medicine if a cove at 19 response, he will take over on february the 2nd and will lead the labor party to the next election shed yield for october, i acknowledge that at the moment we're going through some economic turbulence and we're gonna have to navigate our way through that i believe passionately that we can come at the other side of it in better shape than we we intend to it. i'm really optimistic about our future. i'm really committed to leading new zealand through this in a way that is strong, stable and uniform. i still had on al jazeera, tesla tweets he long must down,

plays the power of his social media presence during his trial. and i of the woman climate is forcing a change of lifestyle for nevada. curtis in the himalayas. ah ah, that has just been record breaking the deep stove in nebraska then at the upper midwest across the great lakes, as that storm system runs through. but it's almost done, it's damaged. nan is going out to sea. coming into the pacific. lot much in the way of carriage. you'll notice precious high rather than low. so the story is one of improving weather for the northeast corner. nor is it very cold, developing showers in the southern states, more snow in the central plains, but not particularly heavy. i don't think they're just coming in because the on shore breeze probably to washington and certainly across the board in

b. c. cloud with rain and snow readily in land. so it's wet in the southern states went probably in florida. that's coming to the northern parts of the bahamas. it will feel cold, i think in that but nestled back up to 27, the cold. it has been around nicaragua was warming out slowly in south america. it's the story really big. thunderstorms and rain for the most part, topping up all the tributaries for the amazon. these are potentially flooding. thunderstorms, rolling down towards the rear on this some developing argentina. but the story in argentina has one been one of hot weather, particularly in the north, but it's still very hot in the north of options either. even though you got slow encroachment of daily thunderstorms. ah singapore talk drug will lead to a string execution. devastating family. all the way of protest

want to wanna investigate on the al jazeera ah al jazeera with. oh, no way. oh, oh, oh, come back, he watching out, is there a mind at all top stories. the sour united states says it will designate roches wagner group as it transnational criminal organization. whitehouse national security spokesman, john cabby says the private miniature group has about 50000 vices in ukraine. most

of them drawn from presence anti government pro just continue for a 30 day breeze capital coating for the resignation of the president, dean up. and the water, jeez accused, protest is wanting to overturn the government off to demonstrations, turned violence on past day. chris hipkins is set to replace jacinta ogden as new zealand prime next prime minister. the current police minister and former minister for code 19 response will take over from all. den people have been demonstrating against what they say is the growing militarization of mexico. the purchase began after president on the emmanuel lopez, but i thought ordered the country's national guard to monitor mexico cities metro system following a series of accidents. john holman reports now from the mexican capital roots of this for about a couple of weeks ago when there was a crash in mexico cities metro system between 2 trains that one person dead and

dozens of them injured wasn't the 1st time that it had happened in recent years, 20211026 people were left. that when an overpass in the metro system plus. now this much is happening because after the president, under his manual of his a reduced said that he was going to send more than $5000.00 members of the national guard, that's militarized police force to protect the metro installations. what if this was sabotaged? was basically what he said, the people here recovered to say that it wasn't sabotage. one that they feel that it was negligence. whose these accidents on to that they're against. what they see is the growing militarization in this country. a lot of activities are managed by what, what national, what, and a meet that being said, they're not answered with that ela money. for example, boards, airport, in other customs milestones

a migration saw with being we are in these, all of our to my right, eat legal department. you can see the police now chasing after a smooth portion of the protest as maybe 2 dozen or so that we're breaking shop windows along the central avenue. this is a small march. we talking hundreds of people here rather than 1000. but it is a worry in this country, the, some of the army getting involved, not just with national defense, but an infrastructure project in mexico. and she's a growing influence on the president under is manuel lopez over the do a thought i'm think his trying to reach europe have describe being forcibly moved from se to greece on make sure the prison fairies out there as part of investigation with lighthouse reports and other media partners has heard testimony about refugees being locked in small roofs without food or water. some of the victims were minus john hall reports from bari and sell initially.

across the adrian attic, see from greece, the port of berry in southern italy. it's one of the number of ferry roots used by migrants and refugees from countries like iraq, syria, and af canister, who risked their lives stowed away in hidden compartments on trucks. the crossing between different greek and italian ports can take between 9 and 30 hours. some di trying others are discovered on board and handed to the italian police liber san john laura, come down to your land. people have told us about violence and acts of force about being locked up about being dragged from the ferry. one person had an epileptic attack and was, let's say, dragged and kicked by the crew. one woman told us of invasive searches over intimate pat. it's alleged, they're often not provided with translators as required by law,

and that some are prevented from claiming asylum before being returned to greece locked in the vessel. they arrived in occasionally leaving, assigning, they were there, edged on the wall. this man pictured himself in may last year, handcuff to the railings on a fairy bound for greece, using his description of the vessel and its route. this storage space was located in the vehicle bay below deck and in the great port of pat trust we meet belushi from us. gunners stamped his story is all the more significant because his documents show that he's a minor aged 17, the homeowner, given him, i'd been here for 6 months and it said many games. once i have under a refrigerated truck and it went inside the big ship. and when it arrived on the truck left the ship, i was found and arrested. they did not question me about a seeking asylum. they did not take my fingerprints because they just put me inside a small room and sent me back to greece. it's not unusual for commercial fairies to

have a small lock up room on board, sometimes used to secure unruly passengers. for instance, on this one, we found a holding cell. the crew were heard to refer to as the prison on approaching the up of the deck, the base very the shutters between me and tell me both of barry and the bree quotes upon us, and he believed insert. and yet, and the bow of the vessel is a metal box and good, unprepossessing, until that is, look inside. there's nothing more than a sheet and cardboard on the floor. words identified as kurdish, or scrawled on the wall, but there illegible. responding to our investigation, the fairy company concerns said it fully complies with national and international law. actions, behaviors and practices such as these it wrote have never taken place on any of its vessels. and confronted with the evidence,

the barry police commissioner denied italian complicity as well. the gun on our death, elaborate and shawn at the da chart. i wouldn't dare to say that doesn't happen. i've seen the pictures of that person handcuffed, but i don't know the context or where it took place econ, as though a log the which was in the swollen habit of. yeah. and now my colleagues telling me that the place don't even get on the ship. this is an important point. we hand the migrant to the ferry crew and he's then handed over to the ferry captain. a tacit admission that forced returns do take place, but a defense that activists find unconvincing full of char stuck to talk with. i am certain that the italian police are aware the border police. a lot of this is done by or in front of the italian police. we denounce, not only that these forced returns are illegitimate,

but also that they take place without formal procedures with no record of what actually happened. in fact, the numbers are impossible to find out what to do this. in 2014, the european court of human rights found that italy had illegally detained and returned 35 asylum seekers by ferry to greece. the italian government has since insisted the practice no longer occurs. yet our investigation has her testimony from 8 people who have been forcibly return from italy to greece in just the past 12 months. joan, a whole al jazeera in bari, italy, tesla c. l. a mosque has downplayed the power of his tweets during his testimony in a full trial in california. the business bosses the keys, if misleading invested in 2018 when he tweeted that he secured funding to take his electric car company. private shareholders say that costs the millions and trading

losses when it emerged that the funding wasn't available. rob reynolds has more from santa monica, california. it's business as usual here at this. tesla's show room in santa monica, california, but several 100 kilometers to the north teslas boss. ellen musk was in a san francisco courtroom, testifying in a trial brought by investors who say his tweets cost them money. now on the stand for about half an hour, musk admitted that his tweets were a form of corporate communication that carried just as much weight as filings with government agencies for the corporation. tesla. he also admitted that some people at tesla executives and big investors had asked him to cool it with the tweets stop tweeting because it was costing the company's reputation. but the lawyers did not get to the main point of this trial. that is whether in 2018 when

musk tweeted that he had secured billions of dollars in financing to take tesla private whether musk knew that that was false and that it was an attempt to manipulate the stock price. the investor say it was the securities and exchange commission, which is a government agency here in the united states and regulates public companies. also said that that statement was false and they find mosque a 20000000 dollars several years ago. but that did not come up at the trial to day . the court has been adjourned and must will take the witness stand again next week and say abortion rights protests since been gathering in the us for the annual st. cold march life rally in washington. it's a fast time march has been held since the supreme court. i the town, the case known as road masses, wade and jean, ending women's constitutional rights him portion that's resulted in restrictive

anti abortion laws being passed in several states. climate change is forcing nomadic headers in the himalayas to leave the mountains and move to towns and cities. what was once a perfect place to 10 goats and yaks is now changing. for the worse as glazier is melt, floods increase, and diseases spread. this is the story of one herder in india. lin, military, which will done this. my name is steering charles dental. i'm 64 usual notes. oh barbara. oh my god, no, no, no, no, that's fine. i live in horner lug nut was it? oh oh yeah, no, no, you know no money. i'm in the mitochondria and have been tending pushed me in a goat and yaks since i was a child. no. oh lou

lou yet i believe with you. i play damien. it hard to pass the time while the life stock are grazing. i believe the melody puts to healed animals when they're sick. with law unite and putting soil on the frozen river makes it easier for him to go to crush. otherwise, he could slip and fall off our deeds had rheumatoid la de la g. as the weather gets warmer, we see less rain and snow, and grazing lands are shrinking. it's causing diseases to spread among the livestock. there isn't enough grazing that show, the goats aren't healthy and strong. we depend on supplementary food, which is an additional cost that we are able to make up. but you and a junior, okay, here been, you know, you know when my linna one back in the day because of the cold weather, the passionate gulch used to have fine will low again. but now with the warm

temperatures, the quality is not as good yet. leno has colored, but similarly i would the blub george j, about 7 to families used to live here, but most of them have migrated on, the 11 families are left. he says that nathan went by you and planning to give up my nomadic life. i sold half my life stock and will shall dress in the coming days . remember, i will new to lay for an easy life, but i will miss his land to physically. i've been up in carnac, my soul always remain here. ah.