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manager is on materials like to abuse his bronze to that point. if he doesn't, did we need to push news with my nigeria on al jazeera, with talks between russia and ukraine, and on the border with bella bruce with the prospect of further negotiations to come. ah, they're working on july for my headquarters in ohio and abigail. also a heads fighting in
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ukraine, intensifies with reports if more casualties, a glazing violence, which is resulting in civilian deaths, including children. he stole to me and accept enough is enough. a call for russia to stop the war in ukraine. the un general assembly holds a special session to discuss moscow's assaults, half a 1000000 people flee ukraine to escape the fighting. and that number could reach 7000000, but some foreign students say they're being prevented from leaving. ah, hello talk so been held between russian and ukrainian delegations for the 1st time since the invasion began. ukraine has demanded an immediate cease fire, and the withdrawal of all russian troops, including from crimea. moscow says that seeking an agreement, but benefits both sides. delegations will not return to their capitals for further
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consultations. before a 2nd round of talks are held. jona, how is joining us from libby so. so jonah no break through. it seems what are we learning about what happened in these talks and what happened next? and indeed, none was expected. 5 hours of talks on the 5th day of this invasion. finally, broken up, we hear from the presidency lensky, who spoke to the russian news agencies, or rather quoted by the rough news agencies. afterwards, saying that russia and ukraine have identified some priority topics on which they have outlined certain decisions, they will not leave for capitals to consult. and the possibilities open for a 2nd round of talks. a s a p and the russian adviser to president putin said more or less the same thing. we don't know anything about the substance of what was discussed. we know you said that you went to demand an immediate cease
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fire. and the immediate withdrawal of russian troops that clearly hasn't happened. and we know because concurrently to those talks, there was a phone call between president putin and president macro that president putin. red line demands have not changed. he told president micron a deal is possible only if russia's legitimate security interests are unconditionally taken into account. those include the recognition of crimea as part of russia operates annexation from ukraine in 2014. the demon tries agents and so called the not to cation of ukraine, this concept that arose before the invasion here, despite the fact that president lensky is himself jewish, and of course, guarantees about the neutral status of ukraine. no indication that either side has given any ground here whatsoever. they claim that they were things they agreed upon . we wait to see what they are, but certainly no breaks or so jonah, if no c fire was agreed on. as you're saying, then we expect the military maneuvers to continue on the ground as we saw earlier
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on monday, particularly in areas like car thieves, we're hearing of does the people that were killed in russian strikes. what can you tell us about fighting on the ground? the russian advance didn't stall for a moment during these talks, there was no let up whatsoever, efforts increased to to create and reinforce the land bridge between crimea and the east. they made advances there, as we speak with hearing from trusted colleagues on the ground in care of who say there is fighting on going as we speak surface to air missiles, lighting up the sky. the sound of rushing warplanes overheads of the supplement of kia continues, but yes, as you say, the most disturbing events of the day took place in that eastern city hockey explosions, attacks on civilian neighborhoods to the northeast of the city. pictures show large explosions, apparently grad rockets, launched for multiple rocket launchers. also the apparent use of cluster munitions
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. you can see it also little secretary explosion. these are munitions banned by a 100 countries. they are specifically designed to inflict maximum human casualties . they're not designed for use against infrastructure. and this clearly a very, very ominous turn in the conflict. 2 things to note here. how key was the soviet capital of ukraine? it is probably the most friendly city in this country towards russia, russian speaking city. and this in the context of a war justified by president putin as being about lifting the persecution against russian speakers in the east against whom he said, genocide was being perpetrated. and the 2nd thing to note here is that this is an attack on civilian targets. the russians had said they were only going for infrastructure and military targets. the worry will be that given their evidence, frustration at the slow pace of the advance, their frustration of the strength of ukraine's resistance. but they may be changing
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tactics. here he think civilians as a way of trying to overcome and subdue this country jona hall reporting from the even western grant. thank you. so as you've been hearing, dozens of people are reported have been killed or wounded in that 2nd city of car cave and and other residential bill was reportedly had in china haines. iran con, wraps up their days, developments grace gilroy. b other the one of them was the words of a man who refuses to back down. stay more, meet the 5th day of the full scale war of russia against the people of ukraine. we stand strong, we live through that much over these days, what other people wouldn't experienced in decades. some diplomacy is taking place between russia and ukraine. a delegation met on the beller is border. it's unknown what was talked about, but it came as the e u. parliament held a special session about the russian invasion of ukraine. these have a 1000000000 of you. those will be devoted to provide defensive arms. but i
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calibre farms. anti thanks all kind of agreements in order to repel digression. but the destruction and the assault continues. soon. tanks rolled into khaki ah, missiles is seen on the roads, is fight at flight. the head residence film, the damage east of car came near the russian border in easton, ukraine fuel tanks, burn on the scene is repeated and nobody crane and will be over the coming days as both sides fight home iran con, observe. the un secretary general has called for an end to the conflict, which he says could lead to disastrous implications. antonio tara, so speaking at a special session of the un general assembly members are meeting to discuss a resolution to condemn russia's invasion. these escalating violence which is
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resulting in civilian deaths, including children, is totally an acceptable enough. is enough soldiers need to move back to their barracks and leaders need to move to piece. civilians must be protected. international humanitarian and human rights law must be upheld the sovereignty independence, and that it follow integrity of ukraine within its international recognized borders must be respected in line. we general assembly resolutions use the presidents. we are facing a tragedy for ukraine, but also a major regional, crazy, potentially disastrous implications. what are sold or ukraine's ambassador to the you and compare the situation and keep to world war 2. we have been prompted to call for an emergency special session. as the level of the strat to the global security has been equated to the back of the 2nd world war or even higher
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following puddings. older to put an alert russian nuclear forces. what? what a madness if he wants to kill himself, he doesn't need to use nuclear arsenal. he has to do what these say. what would be guy in, in berlin did in a bunker in may 1945. let's cross over to russell's and sphincter. i diplomatic editor james may so james has that session is going on in new york at the un general assembly. we also know that there is a session on the human rights council to be taking place in geneva and which the russian foreign minister was scheduled to go to. but now we understand, he is unable to tell us why yes, so good lab, ralph, the russian for mr. until a few hours ago was still listed as in person to speak. first thing on tuesday morning at this session of the human rights council. i've been speaking to the
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russian mission in geneva, the russian mission to the united nations that i've been speaking to the un colleagues in moscow been speaking the russian foreign ministry. it was a couple of hours ago that the russians finally said no, he's not traveling. and that's because the visit permission has not come through in order to allow him to travel. because you are a member, the u. s. space is now close to russian aircraft. my understanding is the russians approach the you and that was the problem. these orders to close the space done country by country, and some of those countries refuse to allow mr. lab ross plain to travel. so he will now address the meeting by video statement where i'm sure you'll hear the views that you heard from the russian ambassador, the united nations facility, a new bens who spoke a short time in a short time ago about an hour ago in the un general assembly very similar lines that russia had to act because of the situation in the don't boss. they had to act
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to protect people that what is disappointing about him not going to geneva is in geneva. he would have got some scrutiny. we understand that there will be a press conference by mr. lab roth, which journalist lat myself were planning to attend. we won't be able to ask those questions. and then we also hear from the european union as a foreign policy chief who was saying that the block you that as of course, is determined to increase military source support for ukraine standby for just a moment. let's hear from just a burl and cross back to you. jane in the situation or support for the canyon are forces is crucial. crucial. they need and munitions do new healthcare material. they need to defensive purpose arms of any kind. and we're going to provide them together by with the member to state adding up to the efforts of some member to state the resources that we
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decided to mobilize yesterday from due to be. and it funding mccray has been asking also a for board for ju special intelligence. and we are mobilize iowa satellite center, which is blazing madrid to work on that. so just tell us a little bit more about what burrell have to say, and also what's been happening at the, at the you yeah, $500000000.00 or more than that is what the use patch for weapons defense ministers meeting, working out where to get the weapons from what exactly in terms of weaponry they're going to buy and how to deliver them to the craniums. i don't think we're going to get any details on any of that at this stage. because i think that they believe that information that might help the russians and so they're not going to make public. but it's only part of
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a great deal of diplomacy that's been going on with regard to the european union. we have a meeting this just getting under the way now by the president european council, the president of the european commission, along with the german chancellor and the french preston, that meeting taking place in paris. that could be an important meeting because france currently holds the presidency of the european union in germany. clearly, the most important country in this 27 member block. so what they decide, i think will be important. and one of the things on the table has come from ukraine . you've heard presence lensky, i think, talking about in recent now as the last hour or so. he signed a formal decree asking for fast track membership of the european union. that's something i'm sure they'll talk about, but remember the european union's procedures, they could make the mechanics of the country. but even then it's very, very long procedure to being any member. but the fact that talking about it i think
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is ins. symbolic and important, i think it's something that will be talked about incoming days. ok, james. thank you so much. our diplomatic editor, reporting from brussels still ahead on algebra will fears the war and ukraine could overshadow. a sobering climate change report that's being called an atlas of suffering. the international olympic committee calls her a ban on russian and bell russian athletes at all international sports events. that's coming up after the break. ah hello, welcome to your world's weather report for the middle east and africa. good to see you. we've got some disturbed weather moving across northern areas of the levant. we'll touch on that more in a 2nd, but want to get you to the gulf here. we are on tuesday, still that wind out of the north northwest, so that's going to kick up some sentence. does especially for southern sections of
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saudi, but let's put this a few days forward. here we are on thursday. got the colors on dark of the read the hard, the temperature we get into a southerly push of air. so widespread, thirty's, we had at $33.00 and q $831.00 degrees, some early season heat off the pakistan. grouchy temperature is above average for you as well. with the high of 30, we've got somewhat weather for places like varden also for western portions of pakistan. now to turkey, and all of that this is really were a disturbed weather is as it moves west to east, across the country, winds are shifting around the boss for so that's going to drag down the temperature and it's damn bowl to 6 degrees off the central africa right now and some heat to be found here a buddha. we've got you in for 40 and then bursts of rain gap on a congo and western portions of the democratic republic of congo. seasonal rain, still ringing out their moisture over areas of madagascar. and also a lot of what, whether to be expected for eastern portions of south africa on tuesday. that trip they ceasing ah,
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hello again. the top store is on al jazeera, this, our talks have been held between russian and ukrainian delegations the 1st time since russia invaded ukraine last thursday. there is the possibility of more talks to come. un is holding a rare emergency meeting to discuss a resolution condemning rushes invasion after moscow used its veto power to block the resolution at the security council. last week. other meetings being held us fighting continues around ukraine. there are reports of intensified shelling in the eastern city antonietta. another residential building was hit this time in turn to him. he went estimates that more than half a 1000000 people have fled from their homes in ukraine. any are going to neighboring countries stuff. fosten is an eastern poland. that's where some ukrainians are going for a safe refuge. she has more on the situation. there. people who are here now, you see here a family with children. they just arrived with their little backpacks. many have
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travelled for days and cars leaving their cars behind. they're basically stuck in a 30 kilometer q at the border right now. they are stuck because it going very slowly at the customs here and at the polish border. so one by one, they're allowed in, but it takes forever and you can imagine it's cold. it was snowing today and yesterday they have no supply. so they're stuck in a car. but it's also very encouraging to see, to solidarity pouring in from the whole of europe from the whole of the people here coming from germany, from all kinds of countries carrying signs where at people offering people lifts to other countries to places in poland. they came literally from everywhere offering house. so there's a lot of volunteers, people from ukraine can and to the you for 90 days, said that you as yesterday decided to ask all its member members to extend it to 3 years. so people can actually stay in the you for 3 years,
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but as i say many are still struggling to get out. and this is just over 300000 people have left your grade according to you and hcr, but they expect a lot more up to 4, maybe 5000000 people. and that would mean the most, the largest humanitarian catastrophe since the cold war. and the you will have to deal with a lot of people who are coming their way. i think a number of african countries including nigeria and south africa say they're trying to get their citizens out of ukraine. ah, the move comes after several of their nationals accused ukrainian guards of discrimination and unfair treatment towards them and trying to cross the border videos posted on social media. so black people being thrown off or prevented from boarding trains on the buses, headed to the border with poland. that's despite ukrainians being allowed on an earlier our team and of eve city spoke to some of those trying to get
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a trained from the railway station to the western border of ukraine. i was trying to get on the 1st train i was heading to, we shared that like in the forward, but i couldn't get in because i was being pushed through so many people. obviously people are struggling to get in. and those this rule ladies and children and also like pregnant ladies 1st before them. and so i was like, ok, fine, i'm a lady that might let me in. so all right there by the steps and the guy by the train. i don't know where to go. yeah, this guy literally, he's a big man. he pushed me off. and then i tried to get him again to push me, but he kept saying, ladies, 1st name for it. so i looked at him and said, i'm a lady and he just didn't me and looked, made way. and he, the ukranian women puts on nice women. those another black lady behind me, i don't know. i did not know her, but the 2 of us are standing and watching all this happen. so we could do nothing and we just looked at the guy close the door. we tried to rush to the next thing.
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thing was happening. so the, the changes, the changes. yeah. i was just, i was shocked because i did not know the extent of the racism. i did not know. i think maybe okay, fine. i mean lady august it was that the so i just, i was in shock. i was shocked. i was shocked. i was in an upgrade on chicago, actually just to dance derrick. i've seen some videos circulating of the same kind of thing happening. and with the guys, and i've seen another one where they were literally being drugs out of the train like the had a chance to get into the cabin. but then the drug out the hallway, no just way the door dragged out. and indian suit, and se ukrainian guards at the border with poland beat them up and didn't allow them to cross engines make up a quarter of around $75000.00 foreign students studying in ukraine. monica motus is
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an activist working for the n g, a group. i granite call, she says the discrimination that's happening at the borders is nothing new. do grinding border guards are preventing people from passing through. and then the polish border guards are not better. you know, in this, in this case they are also actually stopping people and not letting them in. we don't know why exactly. i mean, i think it's just the question for not having ukrainian passport we hear about and students from african countries from india, from many other asian countries. we also hear about people from countries that are, you know, the people who actually were trying to flee to war in other countries. so you men and syria. there is also people right now we are solving the case of for you many boy who respect at the border in america who is trying to pass through. and there
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have been huge issues and problems to let him actually end to poland. and so i don't know what's exactly the reason i think it's really just an issue of not having ukrainian passport. and i just want to add that, you know, to racism from law. at least polish government and polish authorities has been widely known already. we criticized the fact that, you know, the border patrol is actually still operating on the northern a polish bill, a recent border. and they are still not letting people in and apply for asylum. whereas we are all righty. so allowing the ukrainians fleeing war, you know, enter you without any issues without any problems. this is, this is blanche unfair. i think i cannot speak for ukrainian or border border guards, but the polish border patrol on yesterday they issued
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a very short statement on twitter. i think in reaction to all of those videos and news and social media saying that need to stay stuck, fake news because it's actually fake and they are allowing everybody in well, i mean, maybe it is true. maybe they are allowing everybody in, but it actually takes a quite much, much, much longer time for people without ukraine, passports to cross the border. and quite often they are moved back to the end of the queue. the u. s. has announced additional sanctions against russia central bank . they prohibit americans from doing any business with the bank and fries, any of its assets held in the u. s. or white house correspondent, kimberly hawk. it has more on that from washington d. c. this happening in just the last hour, the us treasury announcing the latest in a series of incremental steps against the russian federation, the latest,
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the russian central bank as well as the russian direct investment fund or sovereign fund being targeted in terms of the latest round of sanctions, what does this mean? this means that the russian federation in these terms of these 2 different entities can no longer do business in the united states, and specifically can no longer do business in dollars, which of course is one of the major world currencies for financial transactions. now, as well when it comes to any russian assets in dollars in the united states, again, those assets now frozen. and this is the latest in a series of sanctions that have been rolling out in the last week or so. you'll recall over the weekend that the united states announced that there was the isolation of a number of russian banks from the swift transaction or financial system. this is the ability of banks to transact between banks in a rather swift fashion,
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very quickly in terms of moving money. and then you'll recall previously that vladimir putin, himself, as well as a number of russian oligarchy and banks, again hint with sanctions. their assets frozen in the united states. on sunday, turkey began calling russia's assault on ukraine a war. and it said it would execute an international pact restricting the use of the turkish streets. it's the 1936 montreaux convention and it gives turkey control over 2 important waterways. theodore danelle and boss for a straits. they take you from the black sea out to the mediterranean, through the mar moore, a c, and it's the base for rushes block safely to that's been used to target ukraine, southern coast. the montreaux pac allows turkey to close the straits to all foreign war ships and times of war, or when threatens. but there is an exception. if a worship is returning to its own porch than its passage cannot be prevented. while
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the turkish foreign minister has said this right shouldn't be abused. so ships that are allowed to pass to their bases should not be enjoying the war. now the international olympic committee is calling on all sports organizations to ban athletes and officials from russia and bella. ruth, from competing at any international event, it comes after ukrainian athletes wrote an open letter to ios. the chief thomas box saying the actions of the 2 countries breached the olympic charter. it's also withdrawn the olympic order from russian president vladimir putin. there's growing backlash against fif for not expelling russia from world cup, qualifying games. what they've decided is that no international matches will be played in russia, and the fly again anthem will be banned from any of the teens matches abroad. and the national side will compete as the football union of russia, or a few people says it condemns the use of force by russia in its invasion of ukraine
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. now, some scientists fear the conflict in ukraine will overshadow the release of climate reports. but you, when is calling an atlas of suffering, the intergovernmental panel on climate change, a study on global warming found some effects are now irreversible. but it has some actions if taken urgently, could limit the damage. so the key findings include this, many natural and human systems are being pushed beyond their ability to adapt, limiting global warming to $1.00 degrees celsius could substantially reduce the damage, but not stop. all effects. action needs to be taken in areas like finance, governance, social, and policy making. now the most vulnerable people are being disproportionately affected across all regions on sectors. the report also says actions taken to stop some effects on risks will inevitably create new ones or environment to editor and clark has more. the air is just 2 months old,
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already catastrophe and argentina as a scorching heat wave sparks raging wildfire. deadly landslides, devastate brazil. historic mountain town patropolis events like this together with ongoing droughts, floods and super storms. oh, the new climate normal. and it's only going to get worse unless something is done fast. so says a hurrying climate report that lays out how civilization has accelerated, the decline of nature at the expense of humanity and ecosystems. and that adaptation is urgently required, especially in the global. so this is about building ours millions being prepared for worst things to come. you know, how can we stop and limit the impacts of climate change that happening now and will happen further in the future. so investment in adaptation is solely needed because last year it will lead is valid to scale back on the use of fossil fuels. but in
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fact, the complete opposite has happened. emissions a soaring as global demand for energy has increased with economies bouncing back from the effects of the pandemic, oil and gas prices have spiraled despite promises. banks are investing heavily, particularly in coal. if we move out of polluting fossil fuel, such as call oil and gas and it's a clean renewable energy source and such as wind solar, we will cut emissions and limit the global temperature rises. and as i said, to chance for adaptation measures to work with the world rightly focused on the crisis in ukraine. this latest climate report emphasizes global warming is a fundamental long term threat. the cannot be ignored, but the sign shows it can be stopped in its tracks. if humanity cuts emissions to 0 time though is running out late clock al jazeera ah,
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