many thanks for that, natasha butler. there for us in here while you quite and says it's also almost us president joe biden to come to kiev bought as heidi jake has to report from washington d. c. it's unclear where the white house downs on the invitation. what's telling is that this detail out of that call came not from the white house, but from the office of the ukrainian president lensky. now, in his read out of the call and his offices read out, it says that the loan ski invited biden to go to keys in the coming days, quote unquote, because the u. s. presidents present there in the ukraine and capital would be crucial for de escalation again, there is no mention of this and the official read out that came from the white house and we are waiting for a response to that invitation. well, we do know from the white house is that this call lasted about an hour, and that biden said to zalinski that he affirmed that the you, as an allies ready to respond. he said swiftly indecisively. if russia further aggression against ukra

sal and 11 will get the basis from nadine bob and his life for us in london 1st to have with natasha butler. tell us more about what came out of this press conference with the ukranian foreign minister natasha. yes, dmitri clover a giving a press conference in kiev. and he went over a couple of points really. he said, 1st of all, in terms of the situation along kev's along ukraine's border, he said that it was calm. it was quiet despite the buildup of russian troops there . and that i caused some of the comments he made earlier today in which he said, look, the situation is still very tense, but it is under control. he said he also welcomed a recent diplomatic efforts by various a western leaders. he said that those efforts had really helped to or reduce tensions that helped to ease tensions. and that the presidents, as lensky had also welcomed them, he talked about the french president emanuel macro, who met with the russian leader vladimir putin in moscow on monday. and also with the ukranian present in kiev on tuesday, or he said the micro had put no pressure on a ukraine, had not come w

$300.00 designs will be on show an enticing tribute to one of the world's most revere designers. natasha butler, jazeera paris. ah . got you all to 0 with miss l. romney reminder of all top stories. giddy vessels president has survived a cure attempt and says the situation is under control. president or morrow. soccer on. barlow says the attack on the government pallets was aimed at killing him. the prime minister and cabinet member.

okay, thank you for that. natasha butler. there for us in we have meanwhile, president joe biden has again spoken on the phone with you. k prime minister boris johnson agreeing the window for diplomacy is still open or washington is taking no chances with its diplomatic staff that are based in ukraine. hottie, joe castro reports the u. s. says it decided to close its embassy and key of due to russia's military escalation on a friday and border. an invasion, as we have said, could begin at any time. should brewton decide to order it. there would be widespread human suffering. americans and ukraine had been told to leave the country, but a core group of us diplomats will remain. they'll work from the city of lou eve, further west from the border with russia. despite the embassies closure, the white house says it remains actively engaged in finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis. the path for diplomacy remains available. if russia chooses to engage constructively. however, we are clear eyed about the prospects of that given

ok shortly we'll be live to dorothy jabari who's in moscow and to natasha butler who's in ki, if at 1st it's going to need fokker, who is in brussels need. so a nato defense ministers meeting there will be a lot to talk about. yes, absolutely. and of course, ordinarily this is a kind of mating whether be talking about nato expansion, about deepening ties with existing nato countries, but overshadowing everything of course, the deteriorating security situation at nice in europe and what the defense secretaries of those native countries are here to do is to consolidate that position and to decipher the intelligence that they have when it comes to these latest pieces of shreds of information from russia, that some troops have been indeed withdrawn from around ukraine speaking a head off this summit, the insulting burg on tuesday said that he was encouraged by that, but in no way should this be seen as a de escalation, given the significant size of russian forces around the country. at the moment, we're talking about heavy weaponry. we're talking about a field hospitals that have been set u

ok, let's head to natasha butler now. who's standing by for us in a kia and covering developments from their natasha americans are being told to leave ukraine. russia says this is whipping up hysteria. what's been the reaction among ukrainians? you know, what's interesting is just a few days ago, we were talking about a sense of hope, a sense of optimism because of the stepped up diplomatic efforts that have been happening in k as in moscow. but now we're in a situation where things seem to suddenly taken a downhill turn. you have you as president joe biden urging americans to leave ukraine right now. you have the russian foreign minister survey laughter off saying that perhaps russia would pull out. it's non essential diplomatic style from the country. i knew craning government furious once again with moscow accusing the kremlin over hybrid war because the kremlin has started 5 days off at naval exercise. in the black, grey, rounded effect by russian forces, east of the country along that border to the north in the russia

is put in place the capacity to act on very short notice when it's going to our correspondent natasha butler. she is joining us live from kiev, and those very strong warnings being followed by americans pulling out staff from ukraine. natasha the reports of any other countries following suit. yes sir, the u. s. embassy, pulling out its diplomatic star from here for the ukrainian or capital, or as the u. s. c. the situation here as ever more critical were also, i hearing reports that the russian embassy may be pulling out some of its diplomatic stories. now, earlier in the week roches foreign minister said, a gay lover of sony, indicated that moscow could consider a pulling out some of its embassy style. fair as while we still though, have no a confirmation of that yet. and in the past 24 hours, a number of countries have announced that they are advising their citizens in ukraine to leave as soon as they can. countries including israel or japan, latvia, australia, canada, many countries concerned about their citizens. now russia, though, continues to deny that it has no plans to attack ukrain

markets zalinski office clarified the president was only referring to media reports from key f natasha butler begins are coverage would be have to be re after days of calling for carmen, ukraine, and downplaying west warnings of imminent invasion. a change of telling from president fellow to make the lensky in an address to very nice young were you in the law of thought? 7, the busha were being threatened by a big war, and a date of military invasion has been scheduled once again. it is not for the 1st time of war is being conducted systematically against us on all fronts. on the military front, the military contingent, housing, a police around the board of alice. i'm on the diplomatic front there trying to deprive us of the right to decide foreign policy on our own. it came after a visit by the german child, lead ukraine, the latest western, either on the diplomatic mission to diffuse tensions with russia and diverted. new boy, europe, often more than 2 hours of talks with lensky shops promised, keep more german financial aid and issued a warning to moscow. it's my hand, kiff the i'm up ukra

savanski is off as clarified that the president was only referring to media reports from kev is natasha butler. we have to be right after days of calling for call me ukraine and downplayed west warnings of an imminent invasion. a change of telling some precedent fellow to make the lensky in an address to very nice young william the wolf. dora 7 bless us. we're being threatened by a big law and a date of military invasion has been scheduled once again. it is not for the 1st time, a war is being conducted systematically against us on all fronts. on the military front, the military contingency has increased around our borders. allison on the diplomatic front, they are trying to deprive us of the right to decide foreign policy on our own. it came after a visit by the german chancellor to ukraine, the latest western leader on a diplomatic mission to decrease tensions with russia and to 30 war europe. after more than 2 hours of talks with zalinski, schultz promised keith more german financial aid and issued a warning to moscow. is my hand tiff, the i'mma ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity

ask alive to kevin out as there is natasha butler. so the german chance now in here what are we likely to hear from him? yes, the german chancellor, arriving in ukrainian capital at a time the berlin calls highly critical r o left schoultz has made it very clear that he will do all that he can are to try and avert a war on european soil. this is why he is here. this is the latest diplomatic, pushed by a european leader. he will be meeting ukrainian present, volota mayor as lensky to discuss the situation to discuss the crisis. we're also expecting scholes to a talk about offering more german financial support to ukraine. the economy, of course, has been severely damaged by the crisis as it continues financial support to brought still a refusal to offer a weapons. that is something that ukrainian officials have been very unhappy about . they have spoken about it before. they would like germany to offer more military assistance as well as after the crane ambassador to london made some comments earlier. that's attracted a lot of attentio

let's find out more and speak to natasha butler who's, who's joining us from paris. so what more do we know about mac crohn's visit to russia? yes, french president emanuel macro will be in moscow on monday. the lease a palace have confirmed that he will me to the russian president vladimir putin for talk. this comes off to the 2 leaders had a phone call, which last nearly an hour on thursday evening. and mike crawl, we understand when he meets president putin will be looking for ways to try and de escalate the situation, defuse the crisis with russia, ukraine. now, the french president suddenly been stepping up diplomatic efforts over the past few weeks. it was, in fact, a 3rd, a telephone conversation he had with the russian president nearly say all very keen to point out that this is not a macro on a go it alone. mission, if you like, this is michael, very much with the backing of his european partners. frauds has rotating presidency of the european union. and macro is getting very much representing the european union. that said, this kinds of action is certainly

the latest crisis natasha butler, al jazeera, kiev, and talks between ukraine and russia, aimed at resolving conflict in east and ukraine, have ended without progress. officials made him berlin to the so called normandy format talks mediated by france. and germany says, really, unfortunately, almost 9 hours of talks have ended without any significant results formed in documents. but this could be to go through. we hooked at the ukrainian authority will have enough prudence not to launch combat actions against their own citizens. on the other side of the contact line. i'm not sure who yours business to. yesterday we have disagreements. yes, there are issues which have to be coordinated, but there is a will to continue and there is a will to negotiate. this is the key thing. what was the more the best days color, obviously, without the escalation, without withdrawal of russian troops from our borders. one cannot speak of calm that the situation can be combed. but we, the president and our team are working 247 to make it happen. to other world news now in foreign ministers from the us, lead quo

his talks with western leaders are helping to low attention with muscular natasha. butler has more from care dmitri labor or giving a press conference.

the diplomacy natasha butler al jazeera keith jones have general antonio terror shall talks with the ukranian and russian foreign ministers. he says the time is now to deescalate tensions you left. no stone unturned in the search for a peaceful solution. abandoning diplomacy for confrontation is not the step over the line. it is a vive, over a cliff. in short, my appeal is these. do not fail the cause of peace. thank you. entrepreneurs to get at a james space has more. the u. n. has been pretty much on the sidelines and was the reason for that. and it's the fact that russia is a permanent member of the un security council on it's one of the key parties to this dispute. and under the, the, the un charter which determines everything that you and daws rusher as a poet, a member of the security council has a veto on any security council action. and i think that's why the secretary general has been very reluctant to get involved in this dispute until now. but he has come out now off to his meeting with the 2 foreign ministers invoking the un charter, making it clear that it says that all

while we have 3 correspondence on this story, this, our natasha butler is in ukraine's capital kia with the latest dose jibari will have the latest on the diplomatic efforts and initiatives in russia capital moscow . but 1st we go to boston, who's in min scare, a better uses capital. those military drills underway between russia and bela ruth in southern better rules. tell us more about what they involve and how much more do they add to the current tensions? well, definitely a russia is flexing its military muscle right here in ballard. so gramlin has already confirmed that this is not the usual exercise. this exercise sold allied resolve for basically defending the union state, which involves rush and barrels against what they say is a nato, a imminent attack, from inside. it's an unprecedented threat to the territory and that's why the scale of this exercise is much larger than the usual exercise as these countries will hold. normally, nato chief has estimated their 30000 russian troops. forces are here now in ballard roast. that would be the largest deployment of russian troop since

the heart of the matter. natasha butler is there for us. firstly, what is the, the president zalinski reaction been to these claims by russia that it's withdrawing troops? well, president zalinski saying shows the evidence shows the proof he has said to day that he has seen no evidence that russian troops of pulling back from ukraine's borders. you know, the cranium, foreign minister on tuesday, said that if that would be the case, that would certainly be welcomed as a sign of de escalation by the government here. they would certainly see that as a sign that perhaps the diplomacy is working, but so far has been very little evidence. the foreign minister also said that we're talking about the russian federation. he said that says one thing and does another . so as with many other, a western, the leaders, the allies of ukraine, uminski is saying until we have proof the rusher is actually pulling these trib sparks. and we are very unlikely to believe it. and to day has been a day of national unity something that the president cold for himself. what is that exactly, and, and how has it go

we're going to go to natasha butler, whose life was in kiev. so ukraine has russian troops in crimea to the south. it's good russian troops in russia to the east. it's now got russian troops in ballard to the north. how was ukraine reacting to all of this? will the president of ukraine of lanier zalinski was meeting a european business leaders a bit earlier today in kevin, he said that ukraine has the force and the weapons that it needs to defend itself. he urged people to continue with their lives to keep working. but ukraine is however, carrying out its own military exercises around the country for a period about 10 days of the same as those ex, military exercises that are happening in belarus. and mean, in the meantime, of course, the diplomatic of flurry continues. we've got a military aid coming in from the united states on plains, almost a daily the u. s. that's also been talking to denmark about a new security deal, which could possibly c u. s. troops on a danish of soil. we've also been speaking to people here in the city in kiev becaus

so natasha butler in kiev. mike hanner in washington. first this report from step boston, though she's at the appropriate field in beller. it's a russian troops have been conducting drills near the ukrainian border at the starbucks field rush and helicopter gunship stake through the air near by dozens of russian trucks. these the training grounds armored personnel carriers are transported towards the border with ukraine. the south of barrows looks like a rush and military zone is abandoned in the field and above guy, near the city of homo, is one of the 12 areas of russia and bella was conducting, joint drills known as allowed to resolve. this is not allowed in the local people tell us it rip is in bad shape and has recently been used for sports competition. footage, released by the russian ministry of france, show state of the art military equipment in action near the border between bellows and ukraine. and nato, several divisions of $400.00 missile defense systems and dozens of so called fighter jets taking part in the exercises. in re

of correspondence covering development this our dosage, a barry standing by forest in moscow, natasha butler is in the ukrainian capital, kia our white house correspondent. kimberly hawkins is standing by in washington dc . a trace we go to nato headquarters in brussels, need baka, is there for, is that meeting of defense ministers taking place there? i need a nato, highly skeptical and very cautious about this sir. rush and draw down go . that's absolutely right. and in no way is the nato alliance prepared to gave russia the benefit of the doubt. yet, sultan berg, very, very quick. in, at the course of the, the day to answer questions from the media about this video from the russian defense minister apparent at defense ministry rather apparently showing a heavy weaponry and troops returning to mainland russia by train over the straits of coach a bridge. and he was very quick to, to, to say that in no way does the alliance believe this to be in the escalation in russian treat numbers that in fact, the opposite may be true. and as such, nato as reaffirming what it has been saying for some tim

thank you for that . natasha butler live for us in kiev. my japan is sending gas shipment to europe as fears grow of an energy crisis because of the threat of war in ukraine. the supply due to arrive later this monday follows a request from both the u. s. and e. u. europe depends largely on russian gas imports. in other world news calls in india, southern come nautica state have been ordered to close for 3 days as tensions escalate against a ban on religious head scarves in class. a judge of the state high court has now decided the case is a constitutional matter and sent it to a bigger panel. police fire tear gas to disperse crowds at tuesdays demonstrations . many schools have been preventing girls wearing his costs from attending classes . the opposition is accusing the state government, which is controlled by the b j. p. the ruling party of discriminating against some time you do have a meeting, then they said all of it, and i think that you're not listed any don't get it. i'm not going to call it in our leaving. you do very diving this

let me introduce you to the team this our natasha butler in kiev and ukraine. our diplomatic added to james bass at the you and in new york . i'll be with you to shortly. i'm going to start in washington though with kimberly, how can, what sort of reaction are we getting out of there? and i believe the president is going to be speaking roar and a couple of else right laid, add to the precedence schedule, the updated guidance. now for the u. s. president, he will be speaking about the situation in ukraine from the east room of the white house that is scheduled for around 2030 gmc. so this is significant because it follows a whirlwind of diplomacy in terms of reach out the president himself making a telephone call or holding a telephone call with the french president, emmanuel mack crawl and as well we know that the u. s. secretary of state antony blank and speaking with his counterpart, the russian foreign minister survey lab raw the read out from that has not been put out by the state department. but we are hearing from the russian side that it was very unhappy

next to natasha butler in ukraine's capital kiev. and natasha americans being told to leave ukraine. russia saying is, is whipping up hysteria. what's a reaction in care what, what's the sentiment among ukrainians? well, you know, just a few days ago we were talking about the sense of optimism that there was the sense of hope because of all the diplomatic efforts that have been going on, returned kia with but also in moscow. but i think things seem to have taken a downward turn, and for many people here, things are certainly looking a lot more bleak. you have you as president joe biden asking americans to leave ukraine talking about that russian, a military buildup. then you have on the other side, you have the russian foreign minister. so again, north level of saying that he might also consider pulling out non essential diplomatic staff from ukraine. and the ukranian government lashing out out to moscow saying that moscow is carrying out a hybrid war because moscow's begun 5 days of naval exercises in the black and as off. see calli

with that, i mean al jazeera give as not bringing another of correspondence in care of natasha butler. natasha. it has to be said a difficult diplomatic mission for the french president, but european leaders saying there, they'll continue to work to deescalate the crisis. how much room is there for optimism? well, i think from the point of view of european powers, as long as dialogue with russia continues, there is a room for optimism. and that's why we've seen such a diplomatic push over the last few days. most recently, the spanish foreign minister in kia, he's been talking to his ukranian, a counterpart on tuesday. the french, german and polish leaders met to in berlin, where they said the, it's a european powers out were united to in the position that they goal was to work as hard as they could to deescalate, to diffuse a tensions over ukraine and devote a war in europe and now the french present, a manual micro of course, a briefed his german, i'm polish counterparts about the meeting that he had had on monday at the kremlin, with the russian president vladimir putin. i might cra

on tuesday. natasha butler has more from keith shown to be meeting the ukrainian president for low dominion lensky. here in a key the to will talk of course about the situation which is very a tense indeed. they will also discuss the possibility of germany offering more financial aid to ukraine. but there's been some frustration among some ukrainian officials with germany over berlin's refusal to offer any weapons to ukraine. so that is likely also to come up in discussions to day. a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli security forces during unrest near the city of janine and the occupied westbank. good 11, others were injured when troops opened fire on people protesting against the never demolition of a home. it belonged to a palestinian prisoner accused of killing an israeli sat. late december. activists have condemned such demolitions as a form of collective punishment. the russian fixed gaze. camilla valley ever has been cleared to continue competing in the winter olympics and beijing, despite failing a doping test, only ever was suspended last week on to testing positive

thanks for that. natasha butler. that 1st live in key f teachers on strike in zimbabwe as a pay and conditions have been suspended by the government. they say rising inflation is eating away at their salaries and they want to be paid in u. s. dollars. the government is offering them a raise. but union say it's not enough. parramatta reports from her, ari. it's another week of children go to school in zimbabwe and doing nothing constructive because there are no stop the government to spend a thousands of teachers with 3 months without pay for going on. strike demanding more money, korea north. lin. yeah, nobody. oh yeah, no teachers, you know, running around the government has offered teachers a 20 percent pay increase payment of part of their salaries in us dollars and other incentives, including free education for the children and loans for housing. but unions rejected the offer, saying it's still not enough. the government here employs about 140000 is nationwide is not known exactly how many of them are in strike.

on tuesday, natasha butler reports now from keith. this is shown says effort to add 3rd ring, the european diplomatic push to try and avert a war in europe as those concerns continued over russia's intentions over whether or not russia plans to invade ukraine. even though moscow continues deny it's got any such plans. well, zalinski and scholes will discuss the situation and also discuss a possible german plans to offer more financial aid and assistance to ukraine to help it's a now ailing economy. ukraine is demanding a meeting with russia and members of the european security group. the o. s. e. within 48 hours. kid once direct answers from moscow about the russian troop build up on its borders. a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli security forces during unrest. the city of janine and the occupied westbank. no good. 11 other people were injured when troops opened fire on people who are protesting against the demolition of a home which belong to a palestinian prisoner who's accused of killing an israeli settler. in dec

that traced in natasha butler, whose monitoring enact reaction from ukraine's capital, kia and natasha. as this set, nato defense ministers was being held in brussels to day. ukraine was holding a day of national unity so called day of national unity. and the president has been speaking about a tell us more. yes, followed him. is lensky ukraine's president saying the ukrainians are strong, that they are ready to defend themselves, that they are ready to fight fight. he says whether it's for every the 1617th 18th, april or september. now zalinski was talking from the port city of murray. pole in the south. east of the country are very close to the front line where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian back separate is now for nearly 8 years. so as a highly symbolic choice of location. and this is the day, the zalinski is called a day of unity in ukraine. he called for this a couple of days ago. the idea is to try and rally some patriotism to try and say, send a message to moscow that ukrainians are united, that they would fight if they were attacked. and he chose the state of febr

that's head to paris now, where natasha butler is standing by for us. natasha. what, what do we know about emanuel mac, crohn's upcoming visits to moscow, and then ukraine. while the french president manual micro is hoping to use some of his powers of personal persuasion to try and de escalate the crisis with russia of ukraine when he arrives in the russian capital on monday to meet of vladimir putin, the russian leader. now the 2 men had a telephone call on thursday evening. we understand it last just an hour. and this is the 3rd time that the 2 spoken on the phone in the past few weeks is all part of the french president efforts to really try and push diplomacy to try and put the european union back at the center of diplomacy. because the at least say are very adamant that this isn't about a minute micro, on a similar mission to moscow representing fraud. this is a manual mike crawl, trying to talk to russia on the hall for the european union. france has the rotating presidency, all through your opinion at the moment, and he is traveling to moscow very much on

let's go lived out a key of our desires. natasha butler was listening to all of that. what did you make of what you heard that hush? well, i was a lot there. i mean, it was 70, a show unity from the german chancellor to the president of ukraine. volume is lensky boats. a spoke about the importance of a supporting ukraine's territorial, a sovereignty. the german chancellor also said that he would be bringing a warning to russia when he visits moscow on tuesday and meets that a may accused. and he would be telling vladimir putin that any invasion or attack on ukraine would her be met with very severe consequences that all western powers were agreed on that. or they also took the 2 leaders also talked about number rather issues among them. the normandy format to talk this process. it is ongoing between at this point in time senior political advisors from ukraine, russia, france, and germany to try and revive the piece process for the east of the country. both schultz and zalinski said they were committed to that shows also announced that there would be more german investm

want to start in care of itself with natasha butler, the air space remaining open, but gosh, things must be tense. well, there, a lot of things are happening at the office of the ukrainian president followed him . is lensky says lensky will be speaking to the u. s. president joe biden on the phone, you'd expect the biden. i would a brief zalinski on the conversation that he had a, with the russian president vladimir putin on a saturday. and of course, i'll be talking about the security concerns. it will also be, you'd imagine, an opportunity for the lensky to perhaps once again a, some of the frustrations that we seen here with the government in the capital up. but the frustrations because there's a sense that with, with the a rhetoric, the narrative coming from the u. s. saying that an attack is imminent on ukraine. there is a feeling here that, that is just whipping up a lot of anxiety. a lot of fear we heard from ukrainian present on saturday saying it is causing panic. and he called for com. meanwhile, of course, some on a top ukrainian official is saying that the ukranian as space i

thank you so much. natasha butler in queue. let's move on to india, where voters in 3 states have cast ballots and local elections. people in one region of the country's most populous state are to pradesh, were among them happening metalli's there. and reports on how the selection is being seen as a popularity test for the prime minister or render moody. it's the biggest state election in india, auto predation. the not is home to more than 200000000 people and is voting in 7 phases. how can i, what i can, how can i get me about to be that? and what if you can see how prizes are rising more? the said he'd bring good days and prosperity. yes. best days, a heal with prices of vegetables touching the sky. i have voted, thinking about inflation with a petrol yet. i'm come with the probation and the highest number of members to parliament, and is seen as reflecting the national political mood. prime minister in the rain to movie is half way through his character. these balls are regarded as a test of his party gender parties, policie

museums are marking the anniversary by presenting his clothes as works of art in there and right. natasha butler. as this eve, salo hall was inspired by art. the french fashion designers, creations often mirrored his favorite art. works or echoed their essence through color or pattern painters including brock and picasso. infused sal raul's, creative vision. he never copied but reinvented in his unique style. the pompidou center is one of 6 told museums in paris, showcasing the influence of art on the designer. he was picking up different kinds of reasons, gracious from the contemporary artist like, wa hall or vis, and man norlisha shine, but little more than artist mathias or even phonology, who could say he had like a museum without was in his mind this. pompey do, curator says the exhibition in a strange how fashion can be an artful urn or single. it's an honor for us to have a st lawrence creations alongside our permanent collection in the positive. and i think it's the 1st time the show has made a link between the designers work and contemporary art. esau's love affair with art is nowhere m

in a few moments we'll hear from natasha butler, who's in the ukrainian capital key at dorsey jabari standing by in moscow world to have the latest on the russian military exercises with bella was from saint boffin, who's near the ukrainian barouche, a border. but 1st we go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawk it in washington dc. so kimberly a phone conversation between present biden and russia's leader that lasted a little over an hour. any details about what they talked about? yeah, i just got the read out moments ago. i'm looking at it at the same time as you and what it says here is that according to a senior administration official, the phone call between the 2 presidents was professional. it was also substantial and was communicated by the u. s. president was the message that u. s. allies and partners will respond decisively. it isn't pose swift and severe costs on russia. if it chooses the alternate path to diplomacy president by to reiterated that a further russian invasion of ukraine would produce widespread human suffering and diminished russia's standing presid

that is natasha butler with the laces, live for us and clear. thank you. now, japan, sending gas shipments to europe affairs grow of an energy crisis because of the threat of war and ukraine. the supply due to arrive later this month follows a request from both the us and e. u. year of depend largely on russian gas import. removing onto the news from our schools in india, southern kanaka state have been ordered to close for 3 days of tensions escalate against the banning of religious head scarves in class. a georgia. the state high court has now decided the case is a constitutional matter and sent it to a bigger panel. please 5 together to disperse crowds, tuesdays demonstrations. many schools have been preventing girls wearing head scarves from attending classes. the opposition is accusing the state government, which is controlled by the ruling b, j. p of discrimination against muslim. so i'm sorry. do you have anything other than that? i think that you on north of what's the video. oh, i started leaving. you do very job in this. got it. they knew it has

we're going to talk to natasha butler, who's in the ukrainian capital key f. natasha. let's talk about that march. that's been going on. what have you been seen? well, hundreds of people were walking through kiev. are they stopped here? the madden crowds, aren't he sent out? quite a bit now that's probably why he can't see so many people behind me. but in this rally we had a veterans from the conflict in the east where ukrainians have been fighting, brushing back separatists vanity 8 years now and lots of other people. people from the city who came together to say, look, we know that if there would be a russian invasion, we would not be scared. we would be strong ukrainians a strong and we would be prepared to fight. they are very proud of their country. they hate to say that nobody can just invade ukraine. that's what one woman told me . we also spoke to one man who came from britain. he's lifted the last 2 years. and he said that amongst the farmers, the expert community, even though they've been notes of messages and advice from various embassies about a foreigner a

he's expected moscow on tuesday. natasha butler has the latest from keith. so will be meeting ukrainian president followed him. is lensky hearing a key? the to talk of course, about the situation which is very a tense indeed. they will also discuss the possibility of germany offering more financial aid to ukraine. but there's been some frustration among some ukranian officials with germany over berlin's refusal to offer any weapons to ukraine. so that is likely also to come up in discussions today. a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by his writing security forces during unrest near the city of gin and the occupied westbank. no good 11 others were injured when troops opened fire on people protesting against the demolition of a home. it belong to a palestinian prisoner accused of killing and israeli settlers. back in december. activists have condemned, staunch demolitions as a form of collective punishment. the russian figures gazer came in a valley ever has been claimed to continue competing at the winter olympics and beijing, despite filing a doping t

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i help him to lo attention with moscow. natasha butler has more from keith dmitri labor, a, giving a press conference in kiev, and he went over a couple of points really. he had, 1st of all, in terms of the situation along along ukraine's board. he said that it was calm, it was quiet despite the build up of russian troops there. and that echoes some of the comments he made earlier today in which he said, look, the situation is still very 10th, but it is under control. he said he also welcomed a recent diplomatic efforts by various western leaders. he said that those efforts would really help to reduce tensions. now, japan ascending gas shipments to europe as fee as goal of an energy crisis because of the threat of war and ukraine. the supply due to arrive later this month, fall as request from both the u. s. and e. u. europe depends largely on russian gas imports. schools in cub nautica state and southern india has been ordered to close for 3 days because of and about a band on muslim students wearing head scarves. the opposition of the choosing india ruling b j. p, which controls st

but 1st let's go to natasha butler. she's live for us and kevin, are any more countries following the u. s. and saying they'll pull staff out of ukraine? natasha. yes, yes sir. diplomat sir, leaving ukraine. washington has ordered them to go reverse. i heard off to say conflicting reports about whether or not russian diplomats are being evacuated. there's been some report saying they all they've been others saying that's not true . i mean, while though other countries are advising their citizens to leave ukraine, if they can, among them, australia, canada, some european nations, israel, a japan. now russia says that he has no intention of invading ukraine as says will. that is just propaganda coming up from washington. but western powers, though the white house, i suddenly note how they are seeing the situation. they are calling it a critical situation. a pivotal situation they are, are saying that perhaps russia could attack ukraine in the coming days. meanwhile, the diplomacy does continue, even though i have to say th

museums are marking the anniversary by presenting his clothes as works of art in their own right. natasha butler reports. eve, salo hall, was inspired by art. the french fashion designers, creations often mirrored his favorite art works or echoed their essence through color or pattern. painters including brock and picasso, infused sorrows, creative vision, he never copied but reinvented in his unique style. the pompidou center is one of 6 told museums in paris, showcasing the influence of art on the designer. he was picking up different kinds of reasons, gracious from the contemporary artist like, while holl or this and man norlisha style. but also more than artist matches or even phonology. who could say he had like a resume without was in his mind. this pompidou curator says the exhibition in a strange how fashion can be an artful urn. single. it's an honor for us to have a st lawrence creations alongside our permanent collection in the positive. and i think it's the 1st time a show has made a link between the designers work and contemporary art. esau's love affair with art is nowhere more evi

stopping off with natasha butler, she is in ukraine's capital kit. talks between the german chancellor and ukrainian president lasting more than 2 hours. the leaders afterwards said that they were both a committed to ukraine territorial sovereignty, that there could be no question about the german shelter saying that when you go to moscow on tuesday, he will be bringing a message to the right person that any invasion or tack on ukraine would be met with very strong and severe sanctions, nor western powers were united or not. the 2 leaders also said that they were committed to continuing to work on trying to revive a piece process for the east of the country. that has been ongoing so far with no major breakthroughs. it was interesting also to hello to ms. lewinsky was asked about whether or not ukraine still wanted to be remembered. had been some questions about office comments by ukraine's buster to london a little earlier in the day. lensky said to ukraine was still very much on the path to nature membership. it is something that is enshrined in the ukrainian constitution fundamental

that's germany for it's part france says nuclear energy is crucial to meeting climate targets. natasha butler has more from paris on the fact that the european union has added nuclear power to its green list for investment to me. energy sector is a big win for from because the french government have been lobbying hard and long before nuclear to be included. now from from been a proponent of nuclear power, it derives 70 percent of its energy needs from nuclear. there are nearly 20 plans in the country and the french present to my new micro wants to build many more. now, micro argues that nuclear is much cleaner than fossil fuels and can help the european union become more self reliant when it comes to energy. for one analyst that i spoke to said in terms of energy sovereignty and the you region is climate goals. nuclear power is not a long term solution. it takes from 10 to 15 years to nuclear plants. so in the long run, you can argue that nuclear can be useful to strengthen your independence. but in the short term, what you need to do is rather invest in new in renewables and in energy effici

most hope that the going diplomatic efforts who put a di escalation in sight, the latest crisis. natasha butler, al jazeera kiev. ah now her fears of a new power struggle in libya, a replacement has been named for the interim prime minister, just hours after he survived an assassination attempt of former interior minister fatty basheba was chosen by the parliament based in the east of the country. bart, there is no sign that the currently, the abdul, hamid de baber will step aside. his car was shot and tripoli early on thursday. course it's feared having to name bleeders could deepen existing divisions between rival factions as they struggle to reconcile. malik train it has worn out from tripoli and today's session and eastern levine, the city of to brook of the parliament said at union adam isley approved that he was other as the new p m. now fed to bizarre, seen by many here in western libya as, as little as western libya strong men are he, when he was 4, when he was the minister of interior, he took a strong stance against malicious. that brought him into the sort of the limelight . he got y

but 1st, this report from natasha, butler and keith. the german chancellor in ukraine, the latest western leader on a diplomatic mission to diffuse tensions with russia and avert a new war in europe. after more than 2 hours of talks with the ukrainian president for no de ms. lensky schultz promised keith more german financial aid and issued a warning to moscow. is my hand kiss? the i'mma ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity on the non negotiable for germany? we therefore expect russia to take their steps to de escalate the current friendship . this one was planned for germany. it is clear that further military aggression against ukraine would have serious political, economic, and geostrategic consequences. russia shackles, yawning, so lensky said, ukraine must join nato because the country security was inseparable from europe's. my would know. ali arsel said, as for our future alliances, our ambitions, you know very well that this is our wish. but apart from that, there is a war in the east and we believe that nato membership w

now is the case her with the foreign secretary lead trust, arriving in bhaskar for talk. natasha butler is following developments from key f. but the ukranian foreign minister said his country won't accept any ultimatums to defuse the pension with russia. dmitri labor, or giving a press conference here in kiev, and he went over a couple of points. really, he said, 1st of all, in terms of the situation along caves along ukraine's border, he said that it was calm. it was quiet despite the built out of russian troops there. and that i caused some of the comments he made earlier today in which he said, look, the situation is still very tense, but it is under control. he said he also welcomed a recent diplomatic efforts by various a western leaders. he said that those efforts that really helped to reduce tensions that helped ease tensions and that the a president zalinski had also welcomed them. he talked about the french president emmanuel mcgraw, who met with the russian leader vladimir putin in moscow on monday. and also with the ukranian present in kiev on tuesday, or he said the macro h

sort of offensive, despite that huge military build up on the border with ukraine, his mo, from natasha butler. she's in kiff, a senior ukrainian official. dave has clarified the situation. he says that there's absolutely no intention on the behalf of the ukrainian government here to close ukraine's and a space he says that would be absolutely pointless, is completely nonsense. he said, he said, of course, as i space will stay open. anything else would amount to a blockade, but it just goes to show you ah, how difficult the situation is becoming in terms of messaging for, for the ukrainian a government we saw on saturday, the president, lord mayor zalinski saying look, we need to stop making people panic. panic is actually fueling our enemies. he said, you know, we need a car. many people to continue life as usual. yes, the german chancellor expected here in the capitol on monday. he'll be meeting wits, zalinski. they will of course be talking about the crisis. all actual, sir, this is his diplomatic push his part and trying to avert a war in europe. he has said that this is really the goal of