one, a one east discovers how they're 14 happy turned around a year old from brussels, evasion of ukraine. ojo 0 looks at the impact, asks where events might lead from here? rigorous debate, unflinching question. up front, mclamore hill cuts through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom. nigerians folks and what's likely to be the most closely contested election in the country's history, from those that wielded to those who confronted people impala, investigate the youth and abusive power around the world. february on a, jesse, ah, ah, nato allies, germany and the u. s. ditch the hesitation,

fledging to deliver battle times to crane and its fight against russia. president joe biden, in 5th, it's not meant to escalate the that's what this is about. helping ukraine defend to protect you crazy land. it is not an offensive threat to russia. ah, hello, why money inside this is out there, alive from day, also coming up. facebook's parent company mehta says it will restore former us president donald trump's accounts off to about 2 years. i've got a stones coldest winter in 15 years, kills more than a 150 people and pushes millions, father to the brink of salvation. and al jazeera, travels with columbia's peace caravans through villages, abandoned by decades of armed conflicts. during the last couple of years, renewed clashes between the land, the army,

and other on groups fighting to control this very 3rd of force, hundreds to flee, and others to remain confined in their villages. ah, ukraine's military campaign against russian forces has received a major boost from its western allies. the u. s. has confirmed at sending 31 abrams tanks earlier. germany announced it would provide 14 of its most advanced leopard 2 tanks. berlin will also allow all the european countries to deliver the german made combat vehicles from their own arsenals, spain, finland, and the netherlands have suggested they are open to doing so. the u. k is also sending 14, if as challenge to tanks or the kremlin has dismissed, the deliveries is disastrous and costly and will go up in flames. ukraine's commanders and analysts have said they will need $300.00 western tanks to make

a difference on the battlefield. white house correspondent kennedy hall could begins coverage new after days of deliberation. u. s. president joe biden made the announcement ukraine has long hoped for today. i am announcing that the united states will be sending $31.00 abrams tanks to ukraine, the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion, hoarding to the pentagon. it'll take months, not weeks to get the tanks to the battlefield, widen says he made the decision after securing similar commitments from the leaders of france, the u. k. ad following germany's decision wednesday to send the leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. russian officials have already denounced this latest move as an escalation . something biden was quick to counter today's announcement. bills on the hard work and commitment from countries round the world, but by the united states of america to help ukraine defended sovereign is

territorial integrity. that's what this is about. helping ukraine to fan to protect ukrainian land. it is not an offensive threat to russia. the move marks a major policy reversal for bided overriding the advice of u. s. generals who resisted sending the maintenance heavy machines. the abrams have been in use for a half century at russia's aware of the tanks vulnerabilities. since february, the u. s. has provided ukraine with more than 27000000000 and security assistance. the white house insists issues of training and logistics, including getting the jet fuel needed to operate the abrams tags to the battlefield could be overcome through training. it remains to be seen how well the ukrainians will be able to absorb this hardware and use it. it may take at least a quite a while before they, they can do it in before it has an impact on the battlefield. still,

president biden insist the addition of the abrams tanks will make a strategic difference as ukrainian forces ramp up to defend territory in expected spring counter offensive. kimberly how kit al jazeera, the white house, will germany's decision to send tanks to ukraine follies, weeks of intense pressure from its allies. dominic cane explains from belin the leopard to is one of the most widely used tanks in europe, manufactured in germany, but exported around the continent. it is the weapon system. the ukrainian government believes it needs to fight russia and for weeks ministers and key if have called on ministers in berlin to allow them to use the leopards in their country. now that call has been answered. 14 german tax will be sent to ukraine and other european countries will also be allowed to send this over to you. our goal is

to quickly make 2 tank battalion available together with our allies. there are a lot of countries which would also like to contribute in the deliveries and we will coordinate and ensure that it becomes possible step by step. i'm. the chancellor says he understands many germans are deeply concerned by his decision, but at least 4 other european countries already said they are prepared to use their latitudes to help you crane you ready to participate in one or another way. those. there are many ways to do it because we know that this little body issue also need training for the drivers for the maintenance and so forth. it and spare parts. it needs the whole ecosystem of the year, but tanks and be we will consider what is the best part for us here at the russian embassy in berlin. the reaction has been quick and condemning. the ambassadors says that germany has abandoned its historical responsibility to russia, fortified by not see crimes during world war 2,

calling the decision extremely dangerous. he says he takes the conflict to a new level of confrontation. and yet, some analysts believe that with russia reportedly building up its forces for a spring offensive, germany felt there was no alternative to allowing leper to be sent in ukraine. everyone, all the military experts are expecting that russia is preparing for spring and the europeans now want to back ukraine in the ukraine government and ukraine in army to be ready to defend the country in sending his country's tanks to ukraine. all our shots has done something, no other democratic chancellor here has done allow another country to use german tanks to fight russians in a war in europe. and so while shalt stated goal is to prevent an escalation between russia and nato. it may not be too long before the heavy weapons of both sides are in use against each other. in ukraine. donna cain, al jazeera,

berlin o ukraine's president velasmio polanski has hail the decision by the us in germany to send tanks as a historic achievement upon was unity much. and i think mister chancellor, old german politicians and public figures for their willingness to strengthen the defense of europe. but this is also a very powerful step by the united states. ukraine will receive abrams. thank you for those decisions. i thank mister president biden. personally, i thank congress, i thank every american family for the tangible strength of american global leadership glitches the best. the key now is speed and volume. the speed of training our military, the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine, the amount of tank support we have to form a fist of tank, a fist of freedom, which will not allow tyranny to rise again. well, in moscow, the kremlin has dismissed the plan as observed spokesmen. dmitri pasco says,

keys allies are overestimating the benefits of sending tanks to ukraine's armed forces. he should know the blue change in a little books statist duncan, get me to you. which and daughter be sure to be if you can give her a peacekeeping. plenty committee concepcion, best at me on what you may or may you as president donald trump will soon have his facebook and instagram accounts reactivated social media. john matter says the accounts will be reinstated in the coming weeks. trump was suspended on facebook and other social media platforms. on the january 6, the tack, and the u. s. capital in 2021. he posted this message on his truth, social platform and response. he said, such a thing should never again happen to

a sitting president or anybody else who is not deserving of retribution. jessica gonzalez is co ceo of the free press and organization that monitors decision shaping the media. she thinks was a wrong decision. i met her. i think we're going in the wrong direction here or meta, listen, i agree that no company should ever have to make such a dramatic decision. because i hope in the united states, we never have a president who is egging on violence and insurrection. but that's what we had there, a remarkable set of circumstances that he continues to maintain on his truth social account. that the election was a fraud more and it stirred up people to violence that he act on using his account on med, up platform deal is the dangerous decision. yeah. because what it says is that donald trump and rich and powerful people like him here don't have to play by the same rules as the rest of us. this is, by the way, on the heels of

a report that came out out of the u. s. congress is january 6th select committee, and that report found that donald trump's post on facebook and other platforms instigated the insurrection. mark zuckerberg, ceo of facebook himself, said that donald trump had used facebook to incite an insurrection into incite political violence and undermine our democracy. and here we are just 2 years later . and despite that untruth social, his actions have not shifted and have gotten even more dramatic. having a decision to bring trump back to the main stream on facebook. now news just coming in from through where politicians have moved to impeach the president. dina, what a she has, of course, been under pressure following weeks of violent demonstrations calling for resignation and new elections. a root has been in crisis since december when the

former president heather garcia was arrested officer trying to dissolve congress more than 50 people have died in the violence that has followed. let's go straight to marianna sanchez, she georgia on the line for lima. how significant is this? well, molina, 3 left wing parties have presented this impeachment motion for arguing permanent, moral incapacity. another that's one of the arguments to see, to proceed in the other one would be treason. now these legislators that have presented this motion are allies of former allies, a former student kasteel who is in jail. and they have argued the reason for this of the spiraling unrest of the handling of the unrest were more than 50 people have been killed. many of them by fire arms in exchanges with the protesters

and the security forces. now they are saying that push it in like they have had a terrible management with a crisis. pass more than 6 weeks already of political unrest in the country. but to cope with will 1st will have to debate this motion to accepted. that is likely to happen on thursday, but they will read 66 votes to accept the motion to accept it for a debate. now, it's possibly unlikely that it would pass because the majority of both are now held by right wing parties in parliament and they're in control of parliament and they are supporters. now the president is this would go through, we would be the doorsteps of another turn in this political

crisis since 2016 who has had 6 precedence in 6 years. so this shows how just how deep who is most in political instability molding. okay, thank you for explaining that to us money on a sanchez for us on the phone from lena alleys are underway in several cities across australia, calling for change. and the way the national deva is observed was really they commemorates the arrival of the 1st british settlers in the 18th century. but indigenous group see it as a day of morning saying that it glorifies the invasion demands for change have been gaining momentum in recent years. get more from on correspond sarah clark who's live for us in breast been sarah. so how is australia they usually recognize? what is a large group of people,

thousands of people every year. could even say millions of people who celebrate estrella day being they go to the barbecue and have a barbecue. uh they have lunches at home. they guys the big shop and they celebrating the beginning of modern strata, which as you mentioned, was back on january 26, 1788. when the british 1st fleet sailed in to city co. but there's also a huge group which is growing, i should say over last decade, also that don't want to celebrate australia. instead they calling us a day of morning and we're one of those occasions. we started at a rally in the central business district district of brisbin. that was a rally where people were very angry. they want the displacement of 1st nations, people acknowledged on that day. and i say that 1st nations, people needs to acknowledge all a great a national scale, as opposed to celebrating australia. i know we have seen under the albany, the government entity of uneasy who's a prime minister. he has seems to be to think this year he will hold a referendum where he will allow strains to vote on whether or not to change the constitution to acknowledge 1st nations people as well as giving them a role on

a national policy making basis. so this is certainly a diag mixed emotion. we have rallies around the country with thousands of people are actually daring to demand that people listen. these try and government and these trained people acknowledge the arrival and that the 1st step has been the 1st nations people. not the colonialism, australia which began on january 26 back in 1788. thank you for that. sarah clark, their 1st live investment, or the judge investigating the buried port explosion in 2020 has been charged with miss handling the inquiry, but is refusing to step down. eminem's top prosecutor also ordered the release of all those detained in the case. moved to rails, an attempt by judge tarik beats ought to resume the investigation was suspended a year ago following high level political interference. more than 200 people died in the bloss when improperly stored chemicals ignited clear,

serene resort at luna. with this release, they killed us again. they had killed our brothers and now they killed those of us who are still alive. this is a decision to run away from law because they are the ones accused. the lebanese state is the one accused of the beirut port. last pay the are the fair seal i the are, this is a field casa cuter. he's politicized. he has no conscience. he supposed to bring the accused that are free. i'm not released those in prison. i have a shame on him. this is not what we expected from him. a murder. hey there, heard it. i, this is an unprecedented legal here. say we as families of the victims, don't know what to say. how could anyone, with the conscience act the sway towards the people who dies? what right does he have to release all the detainees? he does not have the right to do that. at least one person has killed and several others injured offs. an attack on 2 churches in southern spain, a man armed with

a machete, stop the priest in the port city of al garcia's suspect has been arrested. an investigation is underway. spanish authority say the attack has been treated as a possible act of terrorism. yes, vice president cabella harris has visited a memorial service for those killed in a shooting out of california dance studio. she laid flowers at the sites in monterey park, where 11 people lost their lives on saturday. now the 7 people were killed and a shooting in the north of the state on tuesday. where we all must speak up and speak to our elected representatives about what we have a right to expect that they will do for the in the interest of the safety of the security and the well being of people like those whose lives were ended here. and people around our country. these 20 people have been injured and

a bombed loss in the east and democratic republic of congo. explosion took place to market in the town of benny in north kiva. province. witnesses told al jazeera that amount destination the bomb inside a plastic bag. no group has claimed responsibility. south africans have been protesting against some of the worse pol cuts and living memory . earlier this month, many households didn't have power for 6 to 10 hours a day. which is cause massive disruptions to business dairy pharmacy. they have to regularly dump and days production of milk as result. fast food chain, k of c says around 70 of of stores close this chicken supplies struggle with outages and from laundry mats to gross grocery stores and even funeral services. many small businesses say that how to close shop because they can't afford generators. committee miller has this report from charlotte bag. the power cuts began 16 years ago, aging and poorly maintained power. plants,

state owned power utilities, short of funding and corruption have made them worse. outages can last anywhere between 6 and 12 hours a day. some areas are often without electricity for days. economists say the blackouts are cost in the country, thousands of jobs and damaging its economy. the government and state utility companies call that load shitting, and it's angering much of the country. yes, i'm very angry. i'm really had good heads and rates. i'm very angry because i don't know how to act with up will to cook. i have to eat bread. and that means that the people of this country, again, correct government that we had in fine for what we had right in this country. it's time for us to send together some businesses, assuming the government for their losses. the poultry industries had to called tillman and chicks, as shortages of electricity have delayed production, and agricultural producers have asked for exemptions from the blackouts. with many

concerns, food supplies will be reduced. the national energy regulator says the cost of electricity will go up by almost 20 percent later this year gets it could argue protests like this one most in the rolling blackouts. the probably just going to see if they will continue for at least another 2 years. despite that people, you are hoping that frustration is because it's too late, and the economy and country l, l 202 people in burglar dasha facing their own energy crisis with fuel costs and power costs increasing. the main opposition party cool for nationwide rallies to demand action. how much, how to reports from decor. i did about it, like many others, unice town is angry at the government. demonstrators have rallied across bung with them for months. lemming it for failing to stop soaring energy and food prices at home to bizarre prices are very high in the market now, and it's becoming hard for us to get by with what we earn. we want the government

to bring down the prices. so ordinary people can manage it and many of what he calls ordinary people, are not members of the political parties to guess hold it out. i came to see for myself how large these opposition rallies are. i'm you and i'm surprised to see how large they are, the opposition elaine says it will continue to press it's 10 point demand, which includes the government's resignation. it also wants power transferred to a non partisan caretaker administration before the next general election. tens of thousands of later as an active, as of several opposition parties on taking part and rallies across the country and gone in the capital nocka. public anger is also going over what many says as excessive spending on ambitious development project. and there are acquisitions of corruption and cronyism. oh, don't know what i go, you look it up. the government is always talking about development. people can very well understand. these are lies were suffering prices of food are so high. we can't

even talk freely and openly against this without being silenced. the government remains defiant. rights group accused of stifling free speech and increasing attacks arrest, an intimidation of opposition members, and the prime minister had this warning for the protesters. oh army, jonah, jonah godfrey, a whammy league works for the people and for the welfare of the people. so it is not that easily to push the whammy league out of power. that the one, the league is very capable of overthrowing any one from power. who has rigged or stolen votes? we've proven national analyst fear, rising inflation, high fuel costs and protected ukraine war will continue to affect the economy and bangladesh and the country. we likely see more protest and unrest in the coming weeks and months. turn. recovery al jazeera, darker extreme, cold snap is sweeping parts of asia. japan has been badly hits recording some of

its coldest temperatures. in a decade, heavy snowfall and strong winds have disrupt a traffic and grounded hundreds of flights. it's also been bitterly cold and parts of south korea, temperatures, and the capital sol have plummeted to minus 60 degrees celsius. and there warning for dangerous road conditions as of shelters have been opened from mcbride has moved take care. there is a broad sway these days of its been effected by this cold, massive ab moving from the north down in south korea. they have issued the cold wave warning that's when you get 2 consecutive days of temperatures below minus 15 in sole capital live recorded at around minus 20 degrees double. so now we see the heavy snow advisory that it's in north korea. that said, there's possibly more concern for the vulnerability with temperatures down to around minus 30 degrees because of course, infrastructure there is less developed, there is less reliable energy supplies outside of the major cities. there's also

been some concern from local governments in china about the supply to keep people warm in some of the areas affected. the northern and central parts of china. just one example of how low temperatures have got there is a town of nor heard. this is about the most northerly town in china, where it's in this salient of land right inside the siberia and land mass, where they have recorded a bo numbing minus 53 degrees centigrade. and i kinda saw more than 150 people have died in freezing temperature is the coldest winter and a decade and the weather is expected to drop further. katya lopez, her young reports, it's the coldest winter to hit scan a stan in 15 years with the temperature dropping to minus 34 degrees celsius. avoiding the freezing cold isn't an option for most people, and this makes of camp and cobble shalysea is displaced and doesn't have much to

protect her family. she is not the conditions were simply too much for 2 of her children. oh yeah, the dog has the most of the way that is so called recently, 2 of my children die. mom, we don't have enough to hate the road. when we came, we tried to breathe to keep warm and distributing aid to survive. this weather is challenged. humanitarian group, say the taliban. a recent ban on female workers and nonprofit organizations is limiting their reach the in this local school. the weather is also proving challenges during the early morning and night, the weather so cold that most of our students cannot come. some older students match to make it, but young ones cannot. most foreign aid has been suspended since the taliban returned to power in 2021. the government has limited support and money the most um

lawyer of them when we asked friendly countries and the united nation well to help all the poor and needy people affected by this situation of other people are struggling to survive. now humanitarian groups fear the harsh winter will further deepen and already dire humanitarian crisis. katia, a little bit of a young al jazeera, a humanitarian caravan is traveling through the jungles as columbia is part of an unprecedented move to help people displaced by decades of conflict with arm groups such as the e l. n. out is there. as alexander amputees had exclusive access to the caravan, and the 1st part of his report, he looks at the place of people and communities feel abandoned and neglected. neary silence envelops this abounded village along the san juan river in western columbia . it's people displaced by violence of armed groups fighting for control of this

territory. gloria marie jo has returned after she was forced to flee in december. most of her family possessions are gone and she is overwhelmed by emotions in their madeline and see at the more you speak up, the more we denounce the more we're left alone until we're disappeared. i only wish i could be in my house resting with my children, even if it isn't much. really your spur of a unique piece caravan travelling with members of the government piece, negotiating team and it's sworn enemies, the national liberation army rebel group, or e l n. on that unit there drafting a plan to help bring urgent humanitarian relief to this and other communities affected by fighting. i'm appears at 101 book. we want to reach a substantial agreements with solutions for the communities. we are here to hear your concerns and proposals, including any criticisms you might have against the e l. m. were here for heaven. the united nation civil society organizations and

international observers are also part of the journey. the san juan runs deep in the columbian jungles close to the pacific ocean. it's a lawless territory. rife with drug routes and illegal gold mines. there are no roads, nor any sizable state presents no basic sanitation or health services. during the last couple of years, renewed clashes between the elaine, the army, and other armed groups fighting to control this theory. it's of forest hundreds to flee, and others to remain confined in their villages. in this indigenous community, a per military grouping post occur, few and land mines surrounding the village mean they can't move hunt or grow food any more eloquently confinement homes or food safety. we can't harvest freely any more nor go to the fields. the insecurity means we never know what can happen at any time. gustavo, pedro columbus 1st left his president as promised to change all this,

bringing to an am 6 decades of conflict with his ambitious total peace plants trying to negotiate deals with all criminal groups. the leader of the government delegation hopes the caroline can be a 1st step in this direction. and government is to pull from ellia, put on the government and its institutions on one side and the eel and on the other needs to build the conditions for people to return and remain in their territories . it's a partial measure and emergency measure, which doesn't mean we will not address more structural needs, but this is a necessary step to try and address this tragedy. but many like gloria say they heard it all before. if he had a more, yes, if later, we want to believe that this government will do things differently. not any say it wants pace, but be able to construct it because one thing is desiring peace, another is making it happen. the caravan will turn your findings into a report the will present to peace negotiators in february, mexico who will den, devise a plan to him.