yeah, and the u. s. has been debasing impose infections, not just of russia, invades ukraine, russia attacks ukraine, but actually over the actions that she already mentioned, the cyber attacks, the sort of, you know, information. the information was the u. s. and the allies have imposed sanctions against russia in the past. and yet we find ourselves here again after the annexation of crime in 2014. how effective have previous sanctions been in deterring russia? well, i wouldn't say they have been very effective. i think that the russian leadership is probably has a long term political goals and it's a building explaining strategy and in order to achieve those goals. so i think it's actually kind of has been general case, the manufacturer and not just against russia, but also other countries such as been you swale and iran, glen actually, you know, the sanctions often do not probably bring it as a defect and sometimes they actually inflict a lot of suffering under populations. so the sanction found a too

s. rose to a record high, very politically sensitive issue in the u. s. is there risk to the economy? there is chelsea and it is pretty mind blowing. number again, if you look at the full year of 2021, we actually saw the trade budget blow up or, or expand by about to 27 percent. i mean, that is a huge increase from one year to another. and if you import more and more and you don't export much more, usually that is all can be a direct on economic growth in the united states. i mean, clearly the good message is obviously the american or the u. s. economy is doing better than other call me around the globe. so that's why imports are increasing and exports not so much, but in the longer run, if you run a huge decade said, usually that is a direct on economic growth of a country like the united states. and i just want to ask you briefly, there is a big story breaking out of the u. s. a record seizure of crypto currencies that were sold in and a hack. what more can you tell us about this? yeah, well it's a new york couple and obviously they sort of, if i got t

the u. s. is evacuating its diplomats, a difficult situation for ukraine's president who called for com the truth that we have different information. and now, the best friend for an image that hispanic in our country, and all this information details only for bernie doesn't help us with so much conflicting information. most people here don't know what to believe. some say they've heard it all before. others anxious, but no one wants another generation growing up with another war. latasha butler al jazeera keith lewis of ora is the erasure program fellow, the foreign policy research institute. he previously served as a chief of staff for president by during his presidential campaign join me now from washington dc. good. have you ever missed an of our on the program. the kremlin has called the discussion between the 2 presidents, businesslike and balanced, but criticize the war hysteria. the word that we've been reporting for most of the evening without seeing the intelligence. no one really know

the u. s. is evacuating its diplomats, a difficult situation for ukraine's president who called for com. the truth. did we have different information? and now the best friend for enemies that hispanic in our country, and all this information details only for fanny doesn't help us with so much conflicting information. most people here don't know what to believe. some say they've heard it all before. others anxious, but no one wants another generation growing up with another wool. latasha buckler, al jazeera key of anti vaccine protest, hers are slowly moving. they're trucks of a key, u. s. canadian border bridge. they've been blocking since monday. many of dismantled attempts were packed up their vehicles, but others remained at the protest on foot. they say they're still angry, they must be vaccinated to drive across the buddha. and he protest as our congregating an ottawa where demonstrations of power lies the canadian capital for 3rd weekend. how does your castro has more from washington? the

the u. s. is urging canada to use federal powers to end a 4 day blockade along their shed, border thousands of truck drivers protesting against pandemic restrictions and disrupting the flow of goods. john henry reports from port huron in michigan. along the us canadian border, the truckers blockade is slowly taking its toll. this paddle border is moving faster than traffic and is rebels in 18 wheelers demanding an end to covert 19 restrictions continue using their freedom convoy to block the border on the canadian side, the pain is being felt on both sides. ford has stopped its auto assembly line in windsor, toyota, his clothes, 3 plants across ontario and general motors is cutting shifts in michigan, and those closures threatened to reverberate throughout the auto supply chain. despite the added time and traffic, this trucker says the demonstrators have appoint everybody. ah, right, whatever you want. the i want, i, i what i out of band, i support him. you know? but i think it kind of sucks in

trying to persuade its people that the u. s. along with this nato allies pose a massive threat to russia and to russians, but president biden going out of his way to say that this is not the case. he reiterated that there are no u. s. troops in ukraine, and there will be no u. s. troops in ukraine aid ukraine will continue. and also of course, there are u. s. troops on nato's eastern flank. they'd been sent there to buttress the nato forces in recent weeks, along with the number of other nato allies. but very much, a 2 tone spread statement from the u. s. president. it would appear that he decided to make the statement after reports in the course of the morning that russia had begun a withdrawal of its troops. having said that, it had continued the training programs, which they were taking part in a very clearly precedent, biden, attempting to make very clear that the u. s. does not accept this at face value insisting that intelligence sources maintain that there's still a massive russian presence on the ukrainian and belarus bo

the u. s. at south korea and japan of held high level talks to discuss what they call the threat posed by north korea. the talk follow a series of missile test fi pyongyang i've gone has down central bank has called on washington to reverse in order to return only half of the $7000000000.00 in afghan assets held in the us. joe biden says i, the other half a 911 victims, many afghans are demanding the money back as an economic and humanitarian crisis. stevens thorburn manley reports shar anew in downtown kabul, if usually crowded with shopping, but as the economy is tanking, crowds are thinning and businesses and the major commercial district a shutting down or closing early in the foreign reserves. the could rescue afghanistan is sitting in a bank 11000 kilometers away in the u. s. but president joe biden is only releasing half of the funds to afghanistan. the rest is to be shared out among victims of $911.00 in the u. s. as well as other attack victims. but as a girl come up at it up the $3500

s. u k. and us jam us is the cross much of the west and well with some notable exceptions that were very invested in that war. continuing their invested in a continuing under the guise of saving afghan women, whatever the reasons are justifications that bank fees. and there's no doubt that elements of the war and i saw myself where african women, some of them were educated, that would not have been without the occupation. that's just a statement of fact batch. and it's a very b carriers. 70 percent african population is outside the major cities. so. so many of the journalists who are recording stan didn't leave hubble. well. didn't leave kandahar so what they saw was or muscle or whatever it made some nice feel sorry, most i sharif. so what i was saying was a very narrow slice of afghanistan, so many of the afghans who lived in the rural areas 70 percent, for then the last 20 years has been hell. that's from us, forces the taliban and militants. and obviously now the countries can play econom

was his objection to the u. s. s. r's policy towards the greek catholic uni, a church, and the orthodox auto selfless churches. ah, there was no doubt that such a stuff did not go unnoticed in ukraine. august 19th, 1991. the august jew in moscow. though my youngest brother, the mozilla though at issue gorbachev was removed from power, most of the regional leaders in ukraine supported the initiators of the to the state committee on the state emergency. landed craft took, took a wait and see attitude without issuing any strong statements. 2 days later, the 2 attempt failed friendships and pushed the declaration of state independence in the supreme soviet . the idea of miss others is there certain that the beloved of anathema students who go my 2nd husband on the commercial, who in summer a give without that may put into the family trust, my mother simone, and from thus the image. oh, but i will just stick to that goes to fix them or sure. yeah, another trust. some story, you know, toronto beef is the portal and this

the u. s. allies have doubled down on the special sanctions, the ukraine stands off. it's a took resorted to of the past decade or so it bought. do such punishment really bite and what's at stake? also this week of tension between russia and the west escalades over ukraine. european energy supplies in the crosshairs says the continent must diversified away from moscow who could fill the gap. a new terrace weapon against the us, the war trade organization authorizes china to retaliate against millions worth of annual american export. washington says the ruling undermine fame market competition. the build up of russian troops along ukraine. water has kept moscow's rivals on edge wandering. what let me putin's next move is russia's president says he doesn't intend to invade ukraine. leaders in western capital say he might attack and one of the high prize if he does order troops in the u. k. the european union and the u. s . have previously imposed russian sanctions and more are expected if diploma

the u. s. u. k, canada and australia have not sent officials to the vet in protest against china's human rights record. katrina, you al jazeera, they jing and ram photon is said to meet the german chancellor and french president in moscow next week to discuss the ongoing military tension in eastern ukraine. why more in a manner microns visit? but for so many cane has more from berlin on germany's diplomatic efforts there. all those in the media here in germany, but also in the international news media you've been saying, where is all our shots? what c p an up to? why are we not hearing more from him in so far as ukraine is concerned and, and other world crises? well, he is planning lots of different involvement. so we know that on monday of next week he will be in washington, d. c, meeting president joe biden. the german government has slight difficulty in that it wants to emphasize diplomacy and the threat of sanctions against russia. if there's an act of aggression and yet it doesn't want to arm

b, u. s. is evacuating non emergency american staff from its embassy in care of it's our borders, it's our territory. you, you know, i have to speak with our people like.

where the u. s. is warning chinese firms against helping russia against possible sanctions over ukraine. but if chinese companies did step into help, is there anything washington could do to stop them? well, the, i don't know, we nurse, in many of the us engines already be putting in place. people spend more money with choices of products and more people die independent to get their strongest nations do not work together for the common good of the world. infective us has failed miserably in trade with china, china's tre surface has rising to a historic height achieved ever by any countries in history last year. and we've recently price chinese goods that inflation in us has rich new height in decades. so there are less and less more the u. s. can make if the u. s. is now not as cheap in goods sporting ship, but no, the u. s. has fell. many of the computers are promised support overnight for whatever countries, not all the court interests of the us. so i think we need good sportsmanship back into inte

the u. s. wave, some sanctions on iran, as talks continue to try and salvage your 2015 nuclear agreement. and where in a remote region of colombia where tariff war between rival groups of rebels is damaging the election campaigns. china's president ching paying has opened the winter olympics in b. j. nearly 3000 athletes are in a strict bubble because of covered 19 and foreigners and not allowed to attend. the games have also been overshadowed by concerns of human rights abuses. david stokes reports from g olympia in long way for more after a troubled build up the 24th winter olympics have officially begun in beijing. the venue for friday's opening ceremony was the birds mess stadium originally built for the summer olympics, back in 2008. it's the 1st city ever so spoke the winter and summer games. dear fellow linton, your olympic stage is set you are for i fear after overcoming so many challenges. but vow your moment this come the moment you have been longing for like the tokyo olympics last y

s. u. s. and u. k. embassies in campbell, australia also had a much smaller role where it's much smaller country with there was a military presence in afghanistan, but i was the compared to the u. s. u k, much smaller, smaller economically. so exactly, yes. not. yes, exactly. no, basically what my so said to me and i've heard it in other examples too. is it often the embassies of u. s. and u. k. particularly strong arming the afghan government on a range of mining contracts because they wanted companies from their countries to benefit from mining extracts. and this colleague of mine, all sorts of mine, was saying that he was in a room where he saw us and british officials pressuring afghan officials, senior afghan officials to sign a contract. now ultimately, as i said, all these contracts failed, no mining in any kind of decent, reasonable way actually happened because of mass corruption and the fact that there was a was on. and what's so disappointing here is this may no real accountability at all

so the u. s. says that nato is not threatening russia, but then it constantly insists that every country on russia's border should be part of this military alliance with santa tenable position. then we have got hopes of paste talks. 30 tentatively, we have a russian delegation under declining delegation expected to meet on the better russian. ukraine bowed a shortly. what are your hopes? what are you right? well, i cases veal high for paste oscillation, obviously, but what can we expect from this? well, i certainly hope that there can be a diplomatic breakthrough that brings peace because war is bad for everyone. i mean, it's bad for the people of ukraine. it's bad for russia, which is now being targeted by all these western sanctions. no one wants war. but the reality is that the u. s. and nato have been the ones that refused to give any concessions. they have to give concession. so what, what i hope to see is that the u. s. finally admits that nato will not add ukraine and also ga, that nato wil

s. perspective, the force on the ground where the u. s. can't, for political, diplomatic reasons, can't really show such a public face of a u. s. presence there. all right, well i'm, we're going to leave it there or we're still waiting for us to president joe biden to come out and deliver those remarks and tell us more about what exactly happened . but we do know for a fact that the ice leader has been killed in a u. s. military rate. thank you, william or catch up later to the pandemic, the united kingdom and then mark are among the 1st european countries to lift most of their corona virus. restrictions, despite relatively high case numbers, there governments have decided the virus now poses less of a risk to citizens and public health care systems. but while many are hoping this could be a step towards life beyond the pandemic, some businesses are choosing to keep taking precautions and experts are warning the virus is still unpredictable. packed pub in london as people meet for a drink after work, just like they did before the pandemic.

just because the u. s. has been able to or has claimed to have targeted and been able to kill this particular individual. that doesn't necessarily mean that there's going to be a knock on effect or a ripple effect across isolate self doesn't well, you are absolutely right. it's a, it's a fragmented organization that has many tentacles, so even if the head is taken out, there are many commanders underneath that will still be able to not only carry out the logistics, but also the ideology. and so the united states may feel that it is one, some sort of tactical victory, but the ideological victory in many ways may be harder to fight. as a result, in many ways, sometimes the, this only intensifies of fighters determination to press on even more. and so this is often something that the west doesn't understand, and this is certainly going to complicate matters further for the united states. we should point out for a united states military, that is a battle weary has been through a generation of war in afghanistan

not of the u. s. now, with children under the age of 5 warrant received their colona vars. vaccines for at least a few months after health authorities delayed the approval of the shot, the f. d. a says it needs more data from drug makers, pfizer and bio tech, before it can roll out the vaccine for children age to 6 months to 4 years. ah, there's a problem in door help with the top stories on al jazeera us president joe biden is set to speak to russia's letting me put in on saturday to discuss tensions over ukraine. washington of warning that moscow could attack within days, but russia denies that.

in this discussion from the u. s. s. r, which transform ukraine into a country is prosperous, is france ah, in the context of the u. s. s. ours longstanding economic crisis, such claims had a significant effect on society. the peoples movement of ukraine was rapidly moving in a more nationalistic direction. it entered parliament as a force in opposition to the communist party. in his charter, one of the goals was the withdrawal of ukraine from the u. s. s. r. they were spreading leaflets. the thing that ukraine was going to become the 2nd france mother new york, and i say i knew what the telescope give. i don't what they said, she knew it suddenly in the steptoe a good a noise which us maybe to william still it will it, she stuff went up again. ye scam like hel, sale you got to it. a boy, a love sosa. like de leon? yeah. okay. in the what serious go sales? ah, yes, good. our propaganda, the sunshine a me for my long sewing as an effect, putting a switch thought of near awesome religion also get on rebel grains come a lit

the u. s. president signs an executive order to unfreeze at $7000000000.00. busy in afghan reserves, we're going to have more on where it's going. candidates, ontario province declares a state of emergency is truck. drivers continue to block roads against covet 19 restrictions. bus up morning that australia's famous koala bear could face extinction unless more was done to protect them. ah, it's 17 g m t u s. president joe biden is holding a phone call with other nato leaders to discuss rushes ongoing troop build up around ukraine. earlier. the u. s. one that moscow has deployed more troops to the border, further raising fears it could invade russia denies it has any plans to do so. biden has urged american citizens to leave ukraine immediately. the crisis has been discussed in australia at a meeting of foreign ministers from the u. s. lead quad security block. you are a secretary of state antony blank and had this warning. simply put, we continue to see very troubling signs of russian escalatio

rob has accused the u. s. of waging a propaganda campaign during a phone call a few hours ago with the u. s. secretary of state antony blanket. we'll have more on that phone call when we speak to dorsey jabari in moscow in just a few minutes. but 1st we go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins in washington. kimberly, so an important phone call today between president biden and the russian leader. what can we expect? yeah, that's set to take place at any moment. what we know from the call that already took place between the foreign ministers, both antony blank and an survey. lab rav, is that what was communicated and will be communicated. when the 2 presidents take to the telephone is that the diplomatic path remains open. this is something that the united states has been repeatedly saying that is a taking a dual track deterrence and diplomacy. so the diplomatic path remains open, but that moscow needs to de escalate in the eyes of the united states needs to engage in good faith discussions. if th

the u. s. close its embassy and honey, our in 1993. over the last 2 decades, china has been building up its influence in the south pacific, emerging as a diplomatic and economic partner to an increasing number of countries. china is also committed to send police advisors to the solomon islands after the riots which devastated the capital last november. the u. a state department says the embassy would start as a small set up in honey our with 2 employees and about 5 local staff. but it's not just the embassy. there are also plans to reopen an office for the u. s. peace court in the capitol. saturday's announcement is part of president biden strategy in the inner pacific, which aims to build partnerships in the region with its allies to counter china's growing ambitions and influence. natural anchors president has declared that health and electricity workers provide a central services, which means it's a legal for them to strike public health. co workers walked out early this week to demand higher power and better working conditions. und

the 3rd phase annihilating the u. s. i saw wiping it off the world map to that end, all new weapon types that to be deployed. nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological, as well as small films. the final phase, breaking the ussr into 4 zones and posting nato troops on its territory. ah, holden, 18000000 people. the majority of the huge countries population would have died in the intense bombing and subsequent fighting. we have a series of these cries of war plans like kennedy briefed on them in the early 1960 he was our of by no any sat a we call ourselves the human race for these clans continued for preemptive attacks against the soviet union. but this was, in essence, an updated version of the nazi general plan. aust, that envisaged eliminating millions of slavic people and as in world war 2, when much of europe stood united against the u. s. s r o d u. s. plans to muster all nato nations under the aegis of operation dropshot. in 1949 though, the soviets acquired their own nuclear weapons. so any plan to annihilat

the u. s. is sending 2000 soldiers to poland and germany, while another 1000 move from germany to romania. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato's eastern flank. president biden has been clear that the united states will respond to the growing threat to europe's security and stability. our commitment to nato article 5 and collective defense remains iron clad. the pentagon made it clear that no us soldiers will fight in ukraine. he did ukrainian president volota, mayor zalinski said diplomacy comes 1st but no options are off the table. me. we only think about tea somewhere. we only think about the return of our occupied territories and only through diplomacy, lamentation of shall issue, bish, we will not give up with a single piece of our land to day yolanda. we will not give up our territories. we needed them no matter what the pricey. yeah. cops, enough. ah, jeez, bravo. nimble on. despite zalinski reassurances, others are preparing to do b

some good news now before we go a cape op sensation, p t s. are returning to the u. s. for in person concerts. the record breaking by bad will be playing dates in las vegas in april with the last show on the 16th. even live streamed on line. here the days from of your shows in the torah which was interrupted by the pandemic. wincy rebecca tomorrow. good bye. ah with sh her understand that i want that tag in the endy to meet. you are not allowed to see you anymore. we will send you back . are you familiar with this? with lyons beach. what's your story? with women, especially and victims of violence. take part in your story. we are trying always to understand this new culture. so you are not a visitor, not the guests. you want to become a citizen in full migrants, your platform for reliable information. ah, the u. s. and europe ramp up the economic pressure on russia. but, well, president putin feel any effect from the latest sanctions imposed by western governments. could china come to russia's rescue? will ask if moscow can rely on its giant neighbour as trade relations

and the u. s. has the discretion to approve them so that if they are refugees, for example, um they don't really have a viable pathway because of how back logged and slow and eroded the refugee process is that they could ask for parole and get to the united states. and then ask for asylum once they're here, like an emergency, it's like an emergency measures. like i might, i don't have a visa, i really need to get out of afghanistan or the 3rd country that i've gone to in order to get to the u. s. this is an emergency measure that is incredibly slow right now. plus, you need money. i had city, can you mentioning the money when this is a family that money adds up? hello may help us understand how much money do you need to even just put in application? well, it's 500 $75.00 per person per application. and so let's say you have a family of 10 that immediately adds up, you know, the $575.00 per person for those 10 people. and so i had actually sponsored my family and again it's, and it's actually my unc

and the u. s. is special relationship to resolve. turns out they've got a lot more in common than they thought, because biden would much rather talk about ukraine in the context of russian aggression. that in the context of laptops, cocaine, nepotism, and abuse of power. and boris, while boasting comes a lot easier to bow than apologizing for a legal booze ups at number 10. i think if you look at what we've been doing for the last 2 or 3 months, the u. k has been way out in front, in making sure that people respond. yes, the ukraine crisis has been kind to them both keeping us spiraling ratings in the shadows. what did they say? never let a good crisis go to waste false flag or knobs. 16 minutes into the program, still a head job or no job. canadian truckers continue to make a stump against covert vaccine mandates but have partially lifted up blockade of some us border crossings. the latest on the me ah ah, is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed will make you feel safe. ah,

the u. s. is waving some sanctions on iran. civilian nuclear program allows foreign firms to work on energy projects. talks to revive the 2015 nuclear dealer entering a critical stage for my prison. donald trump ended the waiver in 2020 thousands of people have rallied in molly against the former colonial power france. it was celebrating the expulsion of the french ambassador. the demonstration happened on the same day that the european union unveiled a series of sanctions against the countries military leaders and hundreds of protest as have driven their cars through minneapolis and united states to protest the killing of 22 year old black man, amir log. he was shot dead after police entered his apartment without warning. mayor of minneapolis has now imposed a moratorium on no knock warrants as they are known. and with that you up to date with headlines on al jazeera, the latest edition of inside story is next. on counting the cost of sanctions again in the crane standoff fought well, they rea

the u. s. is desperate to get out of the middle east and quote unquote, pivot to asia, but keeps getting track back in. and again, without a kind of broader grand strategy or even a regional strategy, we're going to end up in the same situation. matawan, we only have a couple of minutes left. let me just ask you, you know, i saw the previous leader butler by the daddy. he was much more well known than quite a she, he was considered more charismatic. he was a, you know, analyst say he was able to recruit more people and inspire more people. the fact that it was a she was less visible that he had a lower profile that, that make it more difficult for isolate, to spread its propaganda and inspire recruits. i'm not sure about that or a actually make mention as long as we have the conditions that isn't being high sifted people, we're going to have actually more more people joining. i said, unless you, with the conditions that are using the sort of a condition that we are, we are dealing with right no

we know that the u. s. military, the u. s. officials actually coordinated with the turkeys side, informing them about the counter terrorism operation that there will be conducting . so turks were also aware of where of the operation, but we don't know any information whether the turks or any turkish drones in terms of a reconnaissance were in world or during this operation. what is interesting for the turkey side as that, or the, or the location over bo elk ratio? how's, was this between 2 and 3 to 5 kilometers a deep from date air triggers syria border from or on. tak yes, city air of turkey and air about our dear. the former leader of iso, again, was killed through such as a similar operation by the united states. special forces in 2019 and that location was also close to the turkish border. so, so far we don't have any statements by the turkish side. any official statements are suggesting that they were away from aware of this operation. but many experts on the turkish national televisions have already started to discuss

the u. s. has been working with all the countries on ways to supply fuel to western europe, nations. if that happens, dominic cane support from berlin. this is the ammo natural gas installation in central russia. one of many such plants is product is pipe to destinations in asia and europe, all of which generates an export revenue of more than $200000000.00 a day for the provide a gas problem. the greatest single market is germany, closely followed by other european countries. cumulatively 128000000000 cubic meters of gas flows to the e u. each year, representing around a 3rd of its annual impulse. but what would happen if the ukraine crisis became more war and all of this was suddenly switched off. it's got it, so i don't have, it could be an interruption of guess. whoever was government should weigh carefully whether they really want that was possible to put europe under pressure would eventually tend to liquid guess some of us talk if liquid gas or l n g is a solution. there are a few of the

s. government. the u. k is defense minister is there, as we mentioned before, diplomacy still going on the you case. foreign minister was that about 24 hours ago, but that didn't go so well. how do we think that ben wallace is going to do well, the british defense says secretary just finished his meeting with his russian counterpart at survey chicago. and so ben wallace held a briefing for the media following that meeting and die. he highlighted some of the key points that they had, the 2 men discussed. he said that he believes russia strongly, it does not have any intentions of invading ukraine. but he said it's also a matter of showing that rather than just saying you had said the truth build up along the border was who are still very much concerned. and he said, if russia decides to invade ukraine, that would be kind of struck tragic and catastrophic. consequences such, but at the same time, the defense secretary of the british defense secretary says that there's still a room for dialogue between the 2

and by releasing hundreds of prisoners and the u. s. also industries wrapped up by the corner virus means it's facing major bumps in the rush . ah, we begin with increasingly urgent warnings from the us about what it says, the plans for a potential russian invasion of ukraine. u. s. president joe biden will be speaking to russia's vladimir persian on saturday. that says, washington warns of russia could launch an attack within days, but moscow's denying the charge and accusing the west of spreading false information. paddy calhane reports. good afternoon. the u. s. national security advisor took to the white house podium friday with an urgent sounding warning. any american in ukraine should leave as soon as possible, and in any event in the next 24 to 48 hours, we obviously cannot predict the future. we don't know exactly what is going to happen, but the risk is now high enough. and the threat is now immediate enough that this is what prudence demands. he warned that these russian military exercises could quickly turn into an attack on

the u. s. says it has eliminated one of the biggest terrorist threats to the world . the leader of ice will blew himself up as us special forces surrounded his comp out and it lip province in syria. not much is known about abbot our human a hash in me look what a she but he's believe to have directed a 10 day prison siege. in ne syria last month. that was one of the biggest isolate tax since the group was declared defeated in 2019 our white house correspondent kimberly hawk. it has more this horrible terrorist leader is no more in an address to the nation from the roosevelt room of the white house, u. s. president joe biden spoke about the operation he ordered that killed the ice . a leader abu ibrahim al, has she, me, al, karachi, and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing that this terraces chose us rom, sofas, families, including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk than our

the u. s. is evacuating its diplomats, a difficult situation for ukraine's president who called for com the truth that we have different information. and now, the best friend for enemies that hispanic in our country. and all this information details only for benny doesn't help us with so much conflicting information. most people here don't know what to believe. some say they've heard it all before. others anxious, but no one wants another generation growing up with another wall. patasha butler, al jazeera kiff. what i'll do there is that vice in is near the belarus ukraine boy to where russia has been holding military trails. with banner russian forces shows the exercises at raising concerns about moscow's intentions. there's a lot of anxiety about these exercises that officially started the, the main face a couple of days ago, officially about a roof. and russia are training for an attack by and they told they these are war games. but as a lot of speculation, if this troop build up was basical

we know the u. s. has made demands of russia and vice versa. apart from the concrete threat of sanctions, we're not seeing a lot in the way of red lines here. does that leave the western russia with wiggle room with the flexibility to negotiate away from this confrontation? absolutely. at 1st, a lot depends on what we can intentions are if you decided to go to war already than the diplomacy as merely theater. of course, we don't know that. and if putin is signaling that he wants to have a new and different conversation about european security, you know, the vitamin ministration is not gonna make dramatic concessions and they're not gonna, you know, sort of do anything substantive probably in the short to medium term. but i think that they're willing to be interlocutors, and of course you have european countries, france and others that are engaging a diplomacy with russia as well. so, you know, nobody is closing the door, which i think is a very good thing. we've been hearing, especially in the past cou

the u. s. is sending 2000 soldiers to poland and germany, while another 1000 move from germany to romania. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato's eastern flank. president biden has been clear that the united states will respond to the growing threat to europe's security and stability. our commitment to nato article 5 and collective defense remains ironclad. the pentagon made it clear that no u. s. soldiers will fight in ukraine. he did ukrainian president volota mere zalinski said diplomacy comes 1st, but no options are off the table. me. we only think about thess somewhere. we only think about the return of our occupied territories and only through diplomacy, lamentation of shall issue, bish, we will not give up with a single piece of our land to day yolanda. we will not give up our territories. we needed them no matter what the pricey. yeah. cops, enough. ah, jeez. but i would nimble on despite zelinski reassurances. others are preparing

busy rule the world, a comments from the u. s. they're not coming completely out of the blue because russia has been long the kid long accused of having these expansion is tendencies. so how did they respond to that? well, yes, we just said that we say we heard linda thomas greenfield, they're having some actual trouble listing those countries. she says that russia has their intentions to kind of annex and rebuild the u. s. s. saw as it were, she also says that russia has the intentions on parts of poland and turkey. now they saw would be quite amusing if it weren't for the fact that russia security demands have been repeatedly ignored by the west, by u. s. and natal, the security demand, of course, would be the stopping of the expansion of nato in eastern european guarantees that ukraine would not join the alliance. and the course the read those red lines that would be the, the military bases on the, on countries share a board with russia, cost $5.00 member nations of nato, already share a border with russia, russia, once that nu

the u. s. close its embassy and honey, our in 1993. below the last 2 decades, china has been building up its influence in the south pacific emerging as a diplomatic and economic partner to an increasing number of countries. china is also committed to send police advisors to the solomon islands after the riots which devastated the capital last november. the u. s. department says the embassy would start as a small set up in honey hour with 2 employees and about 5 local staff. but it's not just the embassy. there are also plans to reopen an office for the u. s. peace court in the capitol. saturday's announcement is part of president biden strategy in the nearby civic, which aims to build partnerships in the region with its allies to counter china's growing ambitions and influence. non ancient village in spain, which disappeared 30 years ago to create a reservoir is back above dry land. years of drought have uncovered the submerge. and evie winds, which are now notorious attraction we consume, has

the u. s. has failed the people of afghanistan due to its rash decision to withdraw troops from that country, leaving it under the rule of the taliban. let the u. s. a. accept refugees to enter the united states. you say want to that comment? the deca. i am sorry. i missed it, could you repeat? what was the exact and i'm going to say it was late alaina. did you hear that? i come back to speak of another thought because it was a very long question. layla. go ahead. let let you know. let refugees come to the us, just let them come. yeah. so, you know, even in that statement from usa, i guess we hear from the government how they couldn't they, they didn't expect this number of applications, right? all of these things are direct consequences of decades of u. s. foreign policy towards atkins. they knew that there were going to be african refugees. it's been years, but immigration advocates have been putting out recommendations to the government on how to address the issues with the refugee process.

with for months, the u. s. in the u. k. of warned russia may invade ukraine, and yet there has been no invasion for their part. the russians submitted abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable. they will, saxon power for russia, talks about security. ah, the democratic republic of congo is among the richest countries in the world and natural resources. but he cannot mclee, it's still one of the poorest cobalt is an essential material in manufacturing. batteries fun, holden, devices like electric cars, mobile phones and computers. 60 percent of the world's cobalt reserves are in congo . but 20 percent of it comes from small scale mines. unicef figures confirm that in 2017 golden 40000 children, worked in cobalt mining in the republic to earn a living and paying for schooling. next time you use a fancy gadget like a smartphone camera laptop, and just remember that there's a chance it works. thanks to what child, how'd labor children like john michel henrietta. oh countless others like them. ah, for

they're few more safe if the u. s. is stationed there. and of course, with this new threat of all russia, possibly trying to invade and crane these countries in that you, at the said flank, are also more fearful off possible publications or even invasions in the future by the russian side. or i marina, thank you. date, any brussels correspondent, marina strauss. let's take a look out some of the other stories making news around the world. rescue as in morocco have been unable to save the life of a boy who fell into a narrow well. workers were forced to dig a horizontal tunnel to reach his location after being unable to pull him out of the opening from above. the full day if it was tract live by view. as around the world, 16 people and dead in mexico, victims of a territorial dispute between rival drug cartels. police discovered the bodies of 10 people on a street in the state of that could take us. they found another 6 hanging in a warehouse. it's believed the gangs of vine for control of drug smuggling routes to the united states. to ind