u. s. a. set a new global record with more than a 1000000 new coven 19 cases registered in a day. the huge jump is to you in part to delays and reporting over the new year weekend. but the u. s. has seen an average of 480000 daily infections over the past week. so 35000000 people not vaccinated. and let me be absolutely clear we have in hand all.

u. s. a. set a new global record with boulder. billy a new cobit 19 cases registered in a day, champ is partly due to delays and reporting over the new year weekend. but infections have averaged 480000 a day. over the past week. you joe has become the 2nd city in china to be put into lockdown off to reports of new corona virus cases. the restrictions are similar, so there was imposed for the past 2 weeks in the industrial hub. if she am the main suspects of the killing of haiti's president truman, all boys has appeared in u. s. federal court for the 1st time. a former officer in columbus military was extradited from from amal at the united nations in new york, diplomats of facing what could be a challenging year for somalia to be ambo. 2022. looks likely to present many challenges to peace and security. all serious diplomatic edits of james face looks of what lies ahead on the 1st official day of business at the united nations this year. the new members of the security council present their flags,

u. s. a set of new global record with over a 1000000 new curve at 19 cases registered in one day. the huge jump su in part 2, delays and reporting over the new year weekend. but the u. s. in an average of 480000 daily infections over the past week. you joe has become the 2nd china soup chinese city to be put into total lockdown to reports of you karone of ours cases. the restrictions are similar to those opposed for past 2 weeks in the industrial hub of she, an main suspect to the killing of haiti's presidents. juvenile wizard has appeared in u. s. federal court for the 1st time, $4030.00, former columbia military officer mario palacios, was extradited from panama at the united nations in new york, diplomats of facing what could be another challenging year from somalia to me and law. 2022 looks likely to present many challenges to peace and security. i was here as diplomatic as a james base looks at what lies ahead. on the 1st official day of business at the united nations this year, the new members of the security council present their flags, albania, brazil, gabon, ghana, and th

a 2 day appeal. as the u. s. offered a set of packages, assurances to the fact that he would not be held under maximum security conditions . in the last few minutes, we did hear that announcement, and indeed some morris is the partner of doing the sanchez held this as a victory. we also heard from the wiki leave, the editor in chief. he says again, this is a small victory, but of course, you know, i'm still remains behind the downwash prison, which is one of the most notorious prisons here in the united kingdom. and that all of this should be thrown out of court. in fact, they're calling the united states the case. and they all do that press freedom worldwide is at stake. so since the ruling in favor of the united states some months ago, so just team on the high port directly behind me to allow this case to be sent to the supreme court. now not all cases go to the supreme court. there must be an all people point of law and the case needs to have a public importance that now has been deemed a public importance in the sanchez te

in their shadow, the cost of kobolds people empower on a jetta for that on the clock and to hold up stories here on al jazeera and the u. s. is set a new global record with more than a 1000000. you covered 19 cases registered in one day. a huge jump is june part 2, delays and reporting over the new year weekend. but the u. s. has seen an average of 480000 daily infections over the past week. so 35000000 people, not vaccinate it. and let me be absolutely clear. we haven't had all the vaccines we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shot. so there's no excuse, no excuse for anyone being on vaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so we gotta make more progress. u. k has recorded more than 200000 daily current of our cases for the 1st time. prime minister, both johnson says they'll will be no new restrictions for now. but warned of challenging weeks ahead. you joe has become the 2nd chinese city to be put into a total lockdown. i'll to reports of new current of ours cases. the restrictions are similar to those impose for the past 2 weeks in the industrial hub. she hung for the 1s

u. s. and the u. k. are sending military a to ukraine with baltic nations set to follow. germany's hands off approach is attracting criticism. but the u. s. secretary of state denied the divisions. i've been on the phone and saw might my own a german counterpart. ah, for mr. burbock and i can tell you that the germans very much. oh, sure, concerns and are resolute in being determined to respond and to respond swiftly, effectively. and in the united way. up to a $100000.00 russian troops have amassed at ukraine's boulders over recent months with moscow demanding that ukraine will never be allowed to join nato. putin is also denied, he is planning to talk, but those living on ukraine's frontier with russia are far from reassured with life on the edge of something very terrible. it's caring. so yes, i can say that i'm of skate for now. daily life continues, which is a political temperatures plummet. people here are all too aware how quickly that could all change as great as michael committee with us now. he's a history professor at the catholic university of america, and a former state department expert in

a u. s. and russian officials a set to meet in geneva to discuss ross's troop build up on the board of ukraine. washington the threatened sanctions if moscow vases labor ahead of the official head of the official.

u. s. m. c a u. s. mexico canada trade area. ready is, was the largest are set, there's a little bit bigger, but here's the really important point. u. s. m. c, a covers less than 10 percent of the world's population are so covers about one 3rd . and many of these are still looking to achieve a more modern lifestyle that we might see in places like new york, like the g, like london, etc. so this is gonna create tremendous new opportunities for consumers to have greater choice, less expensive goods. it's also going to be an enormous economic driver for businesses in the area as well. because this agreement is not just big. but it also covers the key aspects of a self contained economic region. and that there are countries by korea and japan or industrial power houses as well as countries that are producing more agricultural ra inputs as well. so they think this will be transformational and it won't be exclusionary as well. well, it seems very rosy and very positive. when we look at an example like european union, it has taken a long time for those, but 2627 block

u. s. to set a new global record with more than a 1000000 new coven 19 cases registered in a day. the huge jump su in part to delays and reporting over the new year weekend. but the u. s. has seen an average of 480000 daily infections over the past week. so 35000000 people not vaccinate it. and let me be absolutely clear. we have in hand all the vaccines, we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shot. so there's no excuse, no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so we gotta make more progress. the u. k has recorded more than 200000 daily karone of ours cases for the 1st time. foreign minister boris johnston says they'll be no new restrictions for now. but warned of a challenging few weeks ahead. you joe has become the 2nd chinese city to be put into the total lockdown after reports of new corona, virus cases. the restrictions are similar to those imposed for the past 2 weeks in the industrial hub of she and the main suspect of the assassination of haiti's. president juvenile moisture as appeared in

u. s. and the u. k. are sending military aid to ukraine with baltic nations set to follow the u. s. secretary of state and you foreign ministers, are meeting the a video link monday to discuss a unified response to russia or more on that meeting of joy now by our brussels beer chief alexander phenomena. alexander, what can we expect from this meeting of u foreign ministers and their u. s. counterpart today will, of course ukraine is front and center on the agenda and the foreign ministers are very eager to hear what you are. you as secretary blinking has to say, and what is his assessment of his meeting with the russian foreign minister lever off last week. and then they will talk about the situation about potential next step sir. they are expected to issue a statement at the aunt of to day a statement that is certainly aiming to stressor the use unity and also to send once again, a strong signal to moscow that to you is ready to impose massey 3rd sanctions. if a russia is going to use force against the ukraine, and there will be 2 things and i will be watching out for and this statement whether the foreign ministers will define under which circ

u. s. president is set to have a telephone call with the ukranian leaders, the landscape.

u. s. to set a new global record more than 1000000 cubic 19 cases in one day. that number has not translated into the big death rate, but testing and other services are getting overwhelmed. india's imposed a weekend curfew and daily after seeing the highest could with 19 infection numbers in months. experts suspect the more transmissible omicron barrier has now begun to overtake delta. one of the story security forces in sudan have 5 t a gas crowds demonstrating against the military and cartoon saddam's army chief is calling for an urgent caretaker government. days after abdullah ham dog resigned, as prime minister torrential rain has forced more than 20000 people to leave their homes in indonesia, several districts in north ha province had been inundated with water. the authorities say one child has died. his jessica washington. he thought in indonesia, archie province, days of unrelenting rain has forced thousands of people from their homes. at least 15 sub districts are affected. many parts of indonesia experience flooding during the monsoon season from nove

u. s. a. russian officials are set to meet in geneva to discuss russ his troop build up on the board of ukraine. washington a certain sanctions if moscow and vases labor ahead of the official head of the official sort of the talks diplomats met informally. she harbor tansy as more after that dinner. the russian deputy foreign minister said that the pillars preliminary talks is very wide range and talks where they had over dinner were complex. but business like the out of the this is a report from the russian russian media. so my translation, i mean, you know, i'm not entirely sure, but it's as a, he does the russian performance said he doesn't think there will be a waste of time in vain. but barbara talks will be a waste of time in vain, or something very about it. translation, the unrest in kazakhstan is also expected to top the agenda in geneva. the u. s. is question. the presence of russian peacekeeping troops helping the government to quell mass in protest more than 5000 people have been detained since anti government. protests began at least 19 people, including children, have died after a

a market slide as the u. s. that goes in into easy money. the federal reserve sets out a plan to close out its pandemic stimulus and bring rising prices under control. we'll look at what the decision means for the u. s. t, and for the rest of the world. also on the show germany hopes its economy can shake off the pandemic this year and face the bigger challenge ahead. a climate transformation. we'll look at berlin's latest forecast and we'll go to india for look at how businesses are dealing with the latest wave of the pandemic. and we'll talk to our correspondent and deli hello, welcome to the show. i'm seen beardsley in berlin. it's good to have you with us stock markets in europe and asia tumbled thursday after the u. s. federal reserve laid out plans for pairing back the pandemic measures of the past 2 years exchanges in tokyo, hong kong and shanghai, all sinking as the fed signal. it would raise borrowing rates in march and wind down asset purchases. european markets also opened with losses. fed chairman drone, powell said, rising prices and strong job growth.

u. s. has families gathered for the christmas holiday season, cancelling understaffed flights in setting off a wave of vaccine and re masking mandates across the us where positive coven tests have surged from 5 percent to 20 percent since november. many schools returned from the winter break online only, but here in washington ending new york where positive tests have grown from 3 percent to 33 percent. schools are open for business. new york's mayor insists that school is the safest place for children. if you look last year 2020, you witness that the transmission rate was less than one percent inside of school. and how so it was over 15 percent back in washington, president biden ended with a plea for the 35000000 eligible americans who remain unvaccinated. please take advantage of what's available cleese in an asian where one's view of vaccination can depend on one's political affiliation. it seems certain that that's a plea, that at least for some will fall on deaf ears. john henderson al jazeera washington . of course, there's a lot more data to consider than just the record number of new

u. s. president is set to have a telephone call with the ukrainian leaders, the landscape that is set to take place. we understand roughly around 20 g m t. and it's clear that there are discussions about next steps. the united states has been very clear that it will support in conjunction with nato, any attempts by vladimir putin to invade ukraine, to that end, it would encompass a number of components that defense would be both military, as well as punishing financial sanctions. the 1st female president of honduras is due to be sworn in your model. castro takes over from to turn president on orlando hernandez, but a split apart in congress is overshadowing the inauguration ceremony. poland has started building a 180 kilometer wall and his border with bella luce was expected to be completed by next summer. the you accuses men scrub, encouraging thousands of refugees to cross into poland illegally as a way to get into the e. u. denmark is withdrawing soldiers from mali after military leaders demanded that the leave, the danes were part of a french life counter terrorism task force to comb

neighbor. yet, up to a $100000.00 russian troops have amassed that ukraine's borders over recent months . the u. s. and the u. k. are sending military aid to ukraine with baltic nations set to follow the u. s. secretary of state and e u foreign ministers are meeting via video link monday to discuss a unified response to russia. from were on the store, i am joined now by d. w. brussels bureau chief, alexandra phenomena, alexandro and the foreign minister is meet to day. they'll be joined virtually by secretary of state from the united states. anthony blanket. ukraine is expected, of course, to be front and center. what are you expecting to hear today throughout this meeting? well i think that you foreign ministers are very eager to hear from you as secretary of state blink. and what is his assessment of for he's meeting with his the russian counterpart in geneva last friday. whether he thinks that there is still a chance for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. and as you know, some within the block of feel quite site lions aligned in the current crisis with russia focusing on talks with the you as and to need to to discuss their security concerns. so member states wants

u. s. signals and into easy money. the federal reserve sets out a plan to close out its pandemic stimulus and bring rising prices under control. we'll look at what the decision means for the u. s. t, and for the rest of the world. also on the show germany hopes its economy can shake off the pandemic this year and face the bigger challenge ahead. a climate transformation. we'll look at berlin's latest forecast and we'll go to india for look at how businesses are dealing with the latest wave of the pandemic. and we'll talk to our correspondent and deli flooring. welcome to the show. i'm seen beardsley in berlin. it's good to have you with us stock markets in europe and asia tumbled thursday after the u. s. federal reserve laid out plans for pairing back the pandemic measures of the past 2 years exchanges in tokyo, hong kong and shanghai, all sinking as the fed signal. it would raise borrowing rates in march and wind down asset purchases. european markets also opened with losses. fed chairman drone, powell said, rising prices and strong job growth, mak

a report said u. s. supreme court justice steven brought will retire, setting up a political showdown over hoot boot replacing ah say the united states a native delivered to a written response to moscow security demands of ukraine in its they rejected russia's coal to permanently ban kia from joining the security lines the u. s. secretary of state says the letter lays out a clear that matic pa, from oscar. it's concerning. the west grows over a possible russian invasion of ukraine. rosen jordan reports from washington dc. on wednesday night, the u. s. ambassador to russia, john solomon hand delivered the american response to russia's demands for increased security guarantees. amid it's scanned off with the west over ukraine, the letter several pages long repeats. the biden administration's position u. s. troops go where they're wanted. individual countries decide whether they want to join, nato and russia must abandon any plants in ukraine. moscow says it has no such plans. the documents with them and walls in their court. we'll see what we do, as i said repeatedly, whether they choose the path of diplomacy a

brussels and in particular, the foreign ministers know that this is a critical week with regards to the crisis with the u. s. and need to set to present a written responses to russia. security concerns and the fact that nato allies among, than many europeans are sending additional troops of ships and fighter jets to eastern europe is also very telling shows that allies are concerned and that they want to strengthen their defenses there. and that they want to send a signal to russia to deter russia from attacking ukraine, making clear that there should be no miscalculation, that there will be consequences. let's talk a little bit about germany. alexandra repeatedly said that it stands by ukraine, but there has been some criticism of berlin that it's not necessarily a reliable, a partner as ukraine would hope, for, particularly with regard to helping with military or other weapons. but more can you tell us about berlin's position there? the german foreign minister and alina bad luck was asked about the german position on ukraine here. because this position, as a you mentioned, has been criticized as ambiguous. and she, once a

u. s. justice department to set up a new domestic terrorism unit to combat threats. they claim have doubled in the past 2 years, i decided to establish that domestic terrorism unit to augment our existing approach. this group of dedicated attorneys will focus on the domestic terrorism threat, helping to ensure that these cases are handled properly and effectively coordinated across the department of justice and across the country. that was testimony we heard from mark olson, who is a deputy attorney general with the national security division of the us department of justice announcing the formation of this new entity that will deal with the issue of domestic terrorism. now this comes as part of the senate judiciary committees hearings about january 6th. that was the capital riots. and in the aftermath of that we see an investigation. now, in the testimony we heard today, we heard department of justice officials talking about how white supremacist anti government activists and others are the primary domestic terrorism threat. and in some of their language, they even c

u. s. has set a new global record with more than a 1000000 new cove at 19 cases registered in one day. huge jump is due in part to delays and reporting evany a weekend. the u. s. has seen an average of 480000 daily infections over the past week. so 35000000 people not vaccinated. and let me be absolutely clear. we have in hand all the vaccines we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shot. so there's no excuse, no excuse for anyone been on vaccinated. this continues to be a panoramic of the unvaccinated. so we got to make more progress. the u. k, as recorded more than 200000 daily current of our cases for the 1st time. prime minister boris johnson says they'll be no new restrictions for now. but warned of challenging weeks ahead. you joe has become the 2nd chinese city to be put into total lockdown or to report from the current of our cases. the restrictions are similar to those imposed for the past 2 weeks in the industrial hub of shan canada will pay just over $13000000000.00 in compensation to members of the indigenous communities were taken away from their f

a jesse 0, lou. ah exactly how fast the are, these are your top story so far here on the news of the u. s. has set a new global record will in 1000000 curve at 19 cases in one day. that huge number has not translated into a big death rate, but testing and other services are getting overwhelmed. india's, impose to we can curfew in delhi, after seeing the highest could with 19 infection numbers. in months. experts suspect the more transmittal army kron variance has now begun to overtake the delta various in the new security forces in sudan. if i tear gas at crowds demonstrating against the military in khartoum, sedans, army chief is calling for an urgent care taken government days after adela hum doc resigned as prime minister. ok, let's return to cove it. and just as vaccines were a game changer last year, now, many countries are rushing to purchase cobit 19 antiviral pills. that design to further reduce the chances of hospitalization and death phases. packs loaded pill was 89 percent effective in clinical trials, and other developed by merc called mol. no. piro via has faced setbacks and it was 30

u. s. and the u. k. are sending military aid to ukraine with baltic nations set to follow the u. s. secretary of state, and e u foreign ministers are meeting dia, video link, monday to discuss a unified response to russia. or joining me now is the w brussels bureau chief, alexander, fun, nomine. oh chandra, you for ministers are meeting today. they're in brussels, their u. s. counterpart entering, blinking, we'll join them by video link. what can we expect from that gathering regarding the crisis in ukraine while this crisis is of course, front and center on the agenda here. and i, i think that we can assume that the foreign minister is very eager to listen to secretary blinking, and to get more information about his meeting with the russian foreign minister. love, rough day. we'll talk about the crisis. what steps had to be have to be take next and they will be a statement at the end of the day, a statement that is an aiming to 50 you unity. and of course, to, to send a strong warning towards russia. and there will be, i think, 2 things that we should watch out for. one of them, whether they ministers will defined what would trigger massive and severe consequences that term

demanded a guarantee that ukraine would never join nato, and that the alliance would seize military activity in former soviet republics. u. s. secretary of state entity blank and said washington has set out a serious diplomatic path to resolve the conflict. but he added that the u. s. made no concessions to the main demand on nato membership for key f. and speaking a short time ago, nato secretary general young stoughton berg said it was time for both sides to improve dialogue and diplomacy by re establishing their respective offices and brussels and in moscow. and here is more of what stilton burke had to say. we colon rashaw once again to immediately the escalate. the situation now thought firmly, beliefs the attentions on this agreements must be sold through dialogue on diplomacy, not to force or the threat or force. so today, nato has conveyed or written proposals to russia. rodonna song were those were done, so in puddle, we do not use thirds. for more of the story, we can speak to gustavo, gristle, he's a security policy expert from the european council on foreign relations. hi, gustavo, could to have you with us. we've heard there that moscow has now received a, the written re

a u. s. media report, se supreme court justice steven briars set to retired the end of the course current term, the $83.00 o 3 time it will give president joe biden, his 1st chance to nominate a new judge to the countries highest judicial body. hydro castro has more supreme court justice. steven briar had long rejected viewing the high court through a political lens at 1st, dismissing calls from democrats to step down so that a president of their own party may name a replacement. if republics is judges as politicians and robes, its confidence in the courts and in the rule of law itself can only diminish. diminishing the court's power, including its power to act as a check or other bring. born in 1938 in san francisco, writer grew up in a middle class. jewish family. he said his upbringing helped develop the pragmatism that later shaped his legal views. i stephen drive, you solemnly swear. he was a federal appeals court judge for 14 years before president bill clinton nominated him to the supreme court in 1994. every judge's particular obligation is to deal fairly and thoroughly with the le

u. s. is successful in it's. so before we get to that stage, just to be clear as things stand right now in london, if you were about to suddenly, i dunno. and show me a tv set of reuters journalists being gun down by helicopter gunship. both of us could be tortured. we could be subject to a u. s. secretary of state claiming that we were a non state or sal actors worthy of assassination on the streets of london. that, that precedent is or already been said and could be extradited. that that's all fine. is just the suicide risk. well, you know, think about the murder of george floyd, which was recorded on video and only because of that video check that that clip. we had the evidence that george floyd was actually murdered and there was no, you know, that was not a medical crisis. it was not a case of self defense or something. it was just, no, no, just the cache. and, but in back a, a public protests against santa police police brutality which, you know, the authority is not being able to avoid prosecuting those officials. unfortunately, in the case of collateral murder, there are simply has been a completely different narrative of the u. s. going out parents

u . s. i mean, i think china setting itself up to offer a competing service and i wouldn't just isolated to say it just want to be a bank of these specific nations because the running joke with china is that it's not very good at coming up with original ideas but when to see how these, how something works, china will recreate it and make it cheaper and more efficient. and that's how china competes in the grand scheme of things. so i wouldn't be surprised at the c. i. p. s undercuts a swift system in a big way, and right now, it's not a great time for banks, interest rates are low and they're under threat from digital currency. so banks are going to take what fission sees and cost cutting measures. they can. and on top of that, the c i p. s is likely to be more efficient than the swift. because currently what transactions can take anywhere from $2.00 to $5.00 working days to be completed and reached a destination due to the evolvement of sometimes several intermediary banks. so already the sci fi network is expanding the window for payment processing in order to cover european african n midd

a disturbing and unprecedented set back for international spice cooperation is the u. s. refuses a visa to a russian cosmonaut for ios as training reaction from the russian space agency chief and a fellow close one all along with other stories offshore. ah, ah. as inflation increases the stories their rhetoric, the explanations, the justifications will get more and more bizarre. back because there's nothing in the, in the playbook for mainstream media to explain inflation because they've been told for 20 years now that there's no inflation that there's only deflation and they need to keep printing money to stop the product. the possibility of, of, of a deflationary spiral. um, so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic, development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk with ah, welcome back. well, international committees, new rules for transgender athletes of spot control the say,

him to be sent to a psychiatric facility until he's tried and the case is closed. 20 years ago today, the 1st prisoners arrived in guantanamo bay, that attention cam set up by the u. s. falling the $911.00 attacks and the suing invasion of afghanistan in a clear breach of human rights, most prisoners were held indefinitely without trial. t w's. oliver saw that went to the u. s. naval base on guantanamo. and the cam some say has come to symbolize one of the biggest us moral failings in the so called war on terror. mm guantanamo, located in a tropical paradise. but the u. s. naval base in cuba stands for human rights abuses and torture mohammed to old slaw. he was held cheerful, 14 years, suspected of involvement in the $911.00 attacks, but never charged for a crime. he was brutally tortured and suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. until today, 34 nights ago i woke up and i was shaking. so skin because i saw my, my jacket on the door and i thought it was someone coming to get in. and it took me a very long time. some time i wake up, i cannot breathe. defense counsel anthony natalie represents an alleged. okay, the terrorist who arrived here in 2006 and since t

u. s. is threatening a whole new set of sanctions that have never been used against russia before. these are sanctions that authoritatively different then compared to anything else russia has had to contemplate in terms of the consequences for their actions. a lot more that i had tonight. as well as the political throughout the arizona democrat senator kristen sinema first joined by conservative joe manchin and all republican senators last week to voting rights protection at the federal level. it seems like will be consequences for senator sinema even if there won't be for senator manchin. we saw over the weekend the democratic party in -- for her moved to block voting rights but politically the consequences of her actions are about to get much worse for senator kristen sinema tonight we're gonna break that news here tonight in just a couple minutes. but where we start tonight is that the state of georgia, former president donald trump is facing a criminal inquiry in new york for leading to feminine criminal charges against his real estate business and financial office he's facing

fact that a weapons are being handed over to ukraine, that hundreds of military instructors are flocking to ukraine. right now. the u. e . o doesn't want to lag behind the u. s. and wants to set up a training camp in ukraine. so it's going to be quite an interesting turn and the ears, ambitions. maybe this is an attempt by the you to remind everyone of its existence because so far it has and figure and the serious conversations. yes, we understand that this issue requires service greater attention, but we shouldn't reduce the issue of european security architecture to this single issue regarding ukraine said, trib lincoln as being formed what the present biden. as said, he said that they are willing to help promote the implementation of the means agreements. and i have called him to once again exercise their influence on the cave regime or to to you know, get back to the centers and to stop sabotaging this best important document that is supposed to put an end to the queen in conflict arena. there is russia today, spanish, i have you touched upon the possible deployment of russian infrastructure in on cuba in venezuela. how serious is this event reality from the point of view

is russian card to part, sag a, live rob and asked anyone here that will tell you that actually that is the most important of old meetings. the u. s. sector state. also setting here that unity with vin ukraine was important for maintaining its strength. this comes to the former president petro poor shanker, faces treason chargers. on wednesday, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors to arrest. horse anchor has been accused of dozens of crimes including helping pro russia separatists sell millions of dollars worth of coal. the billionaire was president from 2014 to 2019. he says the charges were concocted by allies of the current president volunteers, lensky. but you, when says it stepping up its response to the volcanic eruption and soon i mean, tongue or the government has described it as an unprecedented disaster. australia, new zealand are sending aid by boat because tongue has main runway has been covered in ash when he reports from auckland. help is on its way to tongue up to new zealand navy ships carrying supplies have begun a 3 day journey which should see them arrive on friday. perhaps the most essential cargo will be fresh water and a disseminat

u. s. president, set to make a decision at the end by the end of the week were told whether or not to further add to nato's defenses in the form of additional weaponry from the united states. but also punishing financial sanctions that we now know would take the form of crippling rushes, not only aerospace de sector, but also its capabilities when it comes to artificial intelligence. so the united states is continuing to consult with the national security council as it plots next steps. but there's one thing that is clear from a youth standpoint. and that is, is it continues to reject unity with its partners as it continues to remind rush of the consequences if it chooses to invade ukraine. kimberly, thanks very much indeed. that's kimberly hawk at our white house correspondent. okay, we're going to turn to dominate trainers law for us in berlin, germany in a somewhat unique position here because it does rely heavily on that go those ga supplies of, from russia. how is germany finding its way through all of us? the problem for the german government, as it has been full successive german gover

the accident happened in a region south of the russian capital. moscow. u. s. president joe biden is set to discuss the escalating tensions on the russia ukraine border with ukrainian president volota ne zalinski. ukraine says one of its soldiers was killed in fighting with russian backed forces on saturday. on thursday, president biden spoke with russia's lead of vladimir putin about the growing number of russian troops along the border. now south korea's military says an unidentified person has crossed the border into north korea. the army detected the person in the demilitarized zone and surveillance equipment data showed that the person had crossed into north korea. the border region between the 2 countries contains millions of land mines and it's one of the most heavily armed places in the world. it's more on this. we can frustrate to frank smith, a journalist in sol, the capital of south korea. thanks for joining us. frank. how is it that someone can cross the border, that is considered one of the best defended in the world? how did this happen? well, it's definitely not that easy

russia to children or among those injured accident happened in a region south of the russian capital. moscow u. s. president joe biden is set to discuss the escalating tensions on the russia. ukraine border with ukrainian president of the modem is the landscape. ukraine says one of its soldiers was kennedy spoke with russia's leader vladimir putin, about the growing number of russian troops along the border. thousands of people in amsterdam have turned out to protest the dutch governments current virus missions. the netherlands is currently in strict locked down until mid january. due to the rapid spread, the omar from varian there. the bird to outbreak of northern israel has killed more than 5000 cranes environmental protection minutes to says it has caused the most serious damage to wildlife in israel's history. the 3rd he tried to contain the spread of the disease. farmers in israel have been forced to slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens. now south her is military. he says, an unidentified person has crossed the border into north korea. the army detected the person in the demilitarized zone and surveillance equip

half a 1000000 people are set to have their health passed, deactivated the u. s. health agency, the cdc is urging americans to wear the most protective mass that are available to them. and brazil has begun vaccinating 5 to 11 year olds after weeks of delay due to the ball. so narrow governments reluctance to endorse child immunization. some of the other stories making headlines. now, the united nation says at least a $108.00 civilians have been killed. this month in a series of government air strikes in ethiopia as war torn to guy region. the un is calling on ethiopian authorities to better protect civilians saying failure to do so. could amount to war crimes around 30 migrants have been rescued from the english channel after their boat capsized in icy waters. but one man died from hypothermia. a growing number of migrants are attempting the dangerous journey. last year, more than 28000 people crossed from france to britain in small boats. the use of pesticides in agriculture is on the rise worldwide with dramatic consequences. nearly 400000000 people fall ill eve

u. s. really is on another level, but it does affect the rest of the world because the u. s. is like it or not better or worse, a superpower, and look to for setting an example, no matter how many times it's contradicted its own example and undermined its own example all around the world. it is still look to as an example for democracy, for rule of law, and we've seen dictators and other strong men around the world. since donald trump took power in 2016 when he was elected president. following this example of kind of using him as cover for being able to do things in their countries to their people that the united states might speak out against a kind of gives those kinds of people the ability to get away with even more. and that is, i think probably the, the biggest effect for people around the world. ok. william blue cross to thank you so much for that in his poll in washington. thank you. outer cassock star where police in the country's largest city, how matter told state and beady, the dozens of protesters have been killed. what they call an attempt to store administrative buildings and police stations. they say several police officers were als