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army says it's captured cast song, a strategic pour support city along the black sea. if true, it will be ukraine's biggest city, yet to be captured by the russians. keep still vulnerable but well defended for now as washing forces move closer to the capital at escaping a nation of war more than 800000 ukrainians. i know refugees sheltering and neighboring countries and is full assay from russia and better rules that have been given. be all clear to take part at b paralympic winter games organizes say acids from the 2 countries that will have to compete as neutral under the paralympic flag. on day 7 brushes, invasion of ukraine, its military is intensified its attack on major cities across the country. in the south, russia says that it's taking and full of care song,

a strategically important port city on the black sea in the northeast, ukraine's 2nd largest city. how keith has come under intense bombardment. russian paratroopers have landed the overnight. in that off the capital cave has been hit by a series of missile. and artillery strikes, a 65 kilometer long convoy of russian tanks and troops is heading towards the city . right now. maria poles, mass of the port city, is seeing mass casualties. and this little water for a city of half a 1000000 people escorts live now to out there was joan a hole. who's in the viv? he'll take us through what, what's happening. so, jonah, it's clear that russia has massively intensified it's bombardment. it's attack on ukraine's major cities on a number of them. certainly, yes. hash on is significant. russia says they are in control of the city. the city of florida is continuing to dispute that,

suggesting that some sort of negotiation is underway for the continuing operation of basic utilities and so on. but i think the reality is that after a period of encirclement optim bombardment, from the outside of the city, there are pictures clearly showing russian soldiers on foot patrolling through the city heavy armor and artillery. quite a lot of it parading up and down what looks to be a main thoroughfare in the central city. it looks like it is under russian control significant because after 7 days, this is the 1st city in ukraine to fall into russian hands. it sits very close to crimea just to the west western tip of premier on the black sea to the east. a married paul, a much bigger city, half a 1000000 people. this is on the way to the east and break away regions what the russians are trying to do. it was one of their perhaps more obvious aims at the beginning is create a land bridge that connect crimea to those breakaway regions in the east. so mario

paul also now encircled and under constant bombardment. you've mentioned the mayor, they're talking about it. he is saying they're suffering mass casualties. water supplies are out at the moment. he describes a non stop onslaught over the last 12 to 18 hours. he said the russians are blocking exits to the city for civilians trying to flee, and we cannot, he says even remove the dead and injured from the streets and a similar picture. again, a bigger city in car keys to the east one and a half 1000000 people. the majority of the ethnic russians close to the russian border. being bombarded by russians, it's an extraordinary scene. appalling. of course, the civilians trapped inside. it's not entirely encircled yet, but it's thought to be unsafe for them to leave. has the indiscriminate rocket fall continuing for 2 days now, hitting residential areas, the death toll climbing,

also, administrative targets and others across the east in the south. big developments today and certainly ongoing misery for civilian. what's the latest you're hearing from the capital jonah? with a capital by some contrast, relatively quiet during the day today. there were some strikes in the morning. they certainly were massage tax during the night that hit the tv tower. one missile passing, the tv tower, and landing in the holocaust memorial side have been your very famous holocaust memorial site that the sites of massacres by the nazis during world war 2. the irony of that impossible to miss given that one of the justifications let me put in uses for this entire invasion is to quote the nazi fi ukraine. the capital essentially now faces an extremely nervous way that huge convoy approaching 40

miles long. the aim again appears to be to encircle that city as well. and if you look at this, in the round, all of these cities now being encircled, it calls up echoes of russian action. in chechnya russian action in syria where it appears that things have not gone as well as the russians may have hoped to be approved and may have hoped for an easy capitulation for cities to fall easily to his forces that hasn't happened. if we're talking now about sieges of the cities, their tactics, russia has tried before. you block off supply routes, you block off exit roots, you terrify the population. when you issue ultimatums to the local authorities to stand or flee and surrender and surrender. and if they don't, you bombard them into submission. that's the sort of thing that looks now to be the new tactic on the go, as you said, around those major cities and just mentioned to you. on that point, the mayor of key is as key of big the now for what could be a protracted siege metalli plates go. he says we are preparing,

we will defend key key of stands and it will stand out there as joan a whole reporting lives that from the viv jonah. many thanks indeed that sent out from out of here was char stratford. it has more on the fighting in marry a poll and other cities, he has an update from southeastern ukraine. the very worrying news from this region certainly further south from here is coming out of the strategically important port city of mary opal. very worrying reports there, according to the local man saying that there are heavy casualties in the city. he is alleging that russian forces are blocking the exit from the city of, of civilians. we know that there have been, there was a large tank called him, a lot of russian weapons that moved into positions to the west of the city over the last couple of days. it seems as if that move may now be happening. we also know that there's been a lot of shelling on the east of the city as well since this conflict of since this

war started. and it seems as if the russians all desperately trying to create this land corridor. if they take mary opal, it would effectively give them a land cordele from the area or in the east controlled by the separatists. all the way to north and crimea. marianna, we expect a heavy fighting in there. anyway. it's a city that has a lot of paramilitaries in it's and a lot of military, a city that was very successful in 2014 in pushing separately spices out. of course, this is a very different scenario wherein now with so much russian heavy weaponry being used. i could also report, we're getting news from the town of volta vaca, which is north of mary awful. we understand heavy fighting. there again has been conflicting reports as to who is in control of that town. the kremlin says that it's ready to continue negotiations with ukraine later on wednesday. the 1st round

of talks on the bill risk border with the crane failed to make a breakthrough. let's go live out of moscow. i wanted to restore such vari is their door. so what are the chances of this this right of talks actually going ahead? well, we have just heard from a member of the ukrainian delegation, they say that they will be attending these talks and we understand that the russian delegation has now just laughs to attend this meeting. we don't have an exact location yet, but it's possible though it will be in the same place as it was on monday, which is a, somewhere near the bell, russian ukraine border. and we understand now the 2 sides will be meeting later on this evening. though there aren't a lot of expectations as to what will be achieved from this 2nd round of discussions between the 2 sides. because the ukrainians had said that they want a cease fire of some kind while they were having these discussions with the

russians. and the russians have said that, that is not going to happen at the ukrainian president of vladimir zalinski, had said that he will send a delegation just to prove that they are going to try now will be up to the russians. whether or not they have anything substantial for them to discuss. the russians have said that they want to demilitarized ukraine and the army in that country. and they want to make sure that they have a government that is not so susceptible to western pressure. interestingly enough, over the past 48 hours, we've heard a slightly different tone from the russian president, as well as the spokesperson from the kremlin. they are now a acknowledging vladimir zalinski as the a real president of ukraine until that point there were saying that he's not legitimate, that he doesn't represent the entire population of ukraine. but recently they tone has changed slightly to that. they recognize his legitimacy. they don't recognize his government as being one that is legitimate. so it could be possibly

a sign that they, these talks could actually advance further this round as a result to this. but we'll have to wait and see what takes place in the coming hours. observe, thoughts of reporting life for moscow. toss up many thanks. dude. the international atomic energy urgency has been holding it about since he meeting to discuss the security of nuclear sites and ukraine. russia seized control of snowball exclusion zone, as well as supposes year one of the nuclear power stations in ukraine. the chief of the u. n. is nuclear watchdog says he's in contact with both ukrainian and russian officials and big number of, of, of issues where we detect that there could be a need for some assistance. i must say that i am encouraged by the fact that in the discussions in the ongoing discusses, there has been a widespread support for the agencies readiness to engage with a,

with the ukraine and also with russia naturally to facilitate this much needed assistance. rushes advance on ukraine's capital cave appears to have stalled for the moment. according to u. s. officials, it's believed that 80 percent of russia's combat power that was assembled along the border is now in the country. president putin mobilized 190000 troops. according to estimates you crate has 209000 active duty soldiers. and last week president lensky activated thousands more reservists to support them. when howard is the president of the jamestown foundation of co editor of russia's military strategy and doctrine, he joins us now live from washington. d. c. good to have you with us. so it's clear that russia has stepped up. it's offensive on ukraine, on its major cities in the past few hours. what do you think russia strategy is now has? has it changed? but i think the strategy so far has been they've been miscalculating how they plan

the sworn execution by the russians has been a faulty at best. the ukrainians military strategy has not been to confront them at the borders, but to draw them deeper into the country. and, and to allow them to get closer to the, to the capital city that appears to be a deliberate strategy. they're having great success with the british made anti tank weapons the in laws that there were supply. they have over 1000 javelins in what the ukraine artillery has been doing, has been taking out some very devastating attacks on russian tank columns. and right now we're seeing the russian military has kind of, it's this gigantic column that is entered. the country is, is now stall because they're lacking name in ish or they're lacking fuel and they're also lacking food in there's also the issue, the weather conditions of it in deep, deep mud on the side of roads which is forcing the rushes to stay and limited to

these roads, and that's providing a perfect kill zone for ukrainian artillery. the city is not encircled yet. there are still open areas for key if i'm on the south western south east side. so the russians are only on the north, west, and north, east side of the city. but with, with overwhelming force at rushes, disposal, surely attorney a matter of time, the 4 key of is encircled before it's, it's taken. would you disagree? oh no i, i would strongly disagree. what we're seeing is a replication of grows me in 1995. the ukrainians have handed out enough weapons. they are well supplied by the pretty short range anti tank weapons. so they, they deliberately want to lower them into the cities and they have their well prepared in the russians. every time in every instance we've seen so far in this war, any time they got involved and intense combat and suburbs they, they retreat they, they just don't seem to have the stomach for the war. and they seem to be on. the

morale seems to be plummeting. among some of the russian soldiers, reports of them puncturing their gas tanks. not allowing things to progress in a way and in russian troops would need a may and men to occupy ukraine and they don't have those type of numbers now. and ukrainians are now have the supply lines that are now flowing into the country from poland. there's for nato member states border ukraine, unlike chechnya and say, the 99 he's, there's natal has supply lines and there's areas where they can get weapons. even sweden is providing over $5000.00 anti tank weapons to ukraine. so how do you think this, this will play out? i mean, given that russia still has superior air power, they have it, but they haven't really used it in. it's a great mystery as to why they've been reluctant to use their power. and so there's different theories on that. one is that the ukrainian air defense has been pretty good and they have suffered

a lot of losses in the year. and so they seemed to be reluctant to engage in or some element of dysfunction within the russian military. that western military experts are puzzled by. and all we can say is that this, this hat, this campaign has not been executed. it has it been a blitzkrieg for the russians? things are slowed down and every time they try to the inter big, large cities they, they encounter lots of problems. now you're right about the south. they've lost me and seemed of lost their dance. and now they've may have occupied harrison, but mario boy is a half a man of population and they have stiff resistance. there are some of the best ukranian military units are there. and yesterday there's report that the cranium seized. a hor leave in don boss. and if that report is true, the net shows that russian forces, if so, over, extended themselves under leaving areas of the country that are unopposed. and if russia's campaign is, is not going according to plan for, for whatever reason. at the moment they are sustaining as many casualties as,

as you reckon they are. how will that play out? you think politically, back home in russia? i think that there is growing opposition to the war. i don't see that is changing prudent mind. ah, there seems to be an element of descent within the russian general staff. that is, it's, it's, there's, it's obscure, but it seems to be there that they don't, mike the way this wars going, the idea of killing spell swabs and ukrainians is not popular among a lot of russians. and so, as the body counts continue and they suffer losses, i can see the pressure mounting. and you and i are both old enough to remember sir . ave oh and what happened? and there will be mounting pressure on the west and united states and nato to do something if they suffer a lot of casualties. but we're not at that stage yet. and again, if there's determined resistance by the ukrainians in the cities, and so far, the morales really high and many of these british made anti tank weapons are now

and hard give all over the country. and they're basically prepared and ready to keep fighting. and so this is going to be a war days, i'm maybe not weeks, certainly not a month, but, but the casualties keep, continue for the russians. there's going to be reached a point where they're gonna have to call it quits. good, 20 glen effects and 8 grand how it that it washington. thank you. in ukraine family, a super stuck in the east of the country of found temporary homes and bomb shelters . it's been quiet there, but some are taking matters into their own hands as the russian army continues to advance. now to serious heart abdel, how made fall this report from the city of than april in a quiet corner outside the barracks, the joy family of united, even though is just for a few minutes. a chill timothy carrying prosthetic spare parts for his father, who likes to be called sailor low by the martin russian. one sailor lost his left leg 2 years ago when he was in the ukrainian marines. he rejoined the army

a few days ago. timothy is not fully aware of the scale of the russian onslaught because his mother doesn't let him watch the news. let him feel comfortable at her, especially sleeping in the corridor, but i'm getting used to it. school stock. so now i spend my days in the quarter door, nothing watching videos on the phone and read and books sometimes. but today we will go to help the volunteers, civilians from all walks of life are pitching in supporting soldiers like timothy, east father, and providing assistance. the ukrainians fleeing carter heaved or sudden ukraine. the volunteers are frantic as they grasped the enormity of the russian assault on their country. among them natania, she usually manages a shoe company, but is now putting together kits containing basic necessities or the brothel heroes at the idea that people need everything. closed hygiene goods, shaving kids,

toothpaste and tooth brushes. they're coming here without anything, their homes are destroyed. so all they have is the clothes they're wearing. dinny pro has so far remain safe, but this city is bracing itself public shelters are being prepared all over the city. this is the underground of a movie theater that was built in the 1950s when ukraine was part of the soviet union and already then, it was designated as a bomb shelter. during that cold war era, the stated threat was from western powers. it's stuffy with po ventilation, but it will have to do this. it is under night curfew. silly tells me is to prevent the possibility of russian agents carrying out acts of subversion. and despite his handicap, he says he will fight to the bitter end. he believes russia's ambitions all far greater than ukraine. well nobody with withdraw. yeah. if you look at history starting from trans mystery in moldova, georgia,

and then don bass. he is protecting his borders with the help of the so called self proclaimed republics. i have to protect my home and my family because people like me have little chance to survive in the case of a russian invasion here. many did he pro, wondering what president vladimir putin's plans offered to city with the russian army advancing from the south and north mainly believed the quite they have now could soon be broken. i doubt that hamid al jazeera dinny pro in eastern ukraine. ah, francis finance ministers declared an all out economic and financial war against russia. but the thing that's not under international sanctions for now anyway, is russian oil, the world's 3rd largest producer and the other members of opec plus have decided to stick with a plan to raise output by 400000 barrels a day in april. gradually returning to pre pandemic levels,

us benchmark crude oil is one of 70, a high, a billy $110.00 a barrel. that's despite additional supply being released by the us and other i. e . a country as the us wanted actually a bigger hike in order to limit inflation. consumer prices across the eurozone increased by a record 5.8 percent. let's go lived out of new york stock exchange. i'll just here as cable as on though, is there a stalks up what blue? 2 thirds of a percent are on the day off the early a high escape. what's happening there right now? yeah, the market seemed to be rebounding after dropping about 2 percent here in united states on tuesday. so the market seems to be stabilizing somewhat, at least for her the morning here in, in new york. the big question is oil, and that's what everyone is watching very closely. she mentioned oil prices jumping to about $113.00 a barrel at one point. but let's put this

a little bit in context here. this is a very critical moment for the oil markets and, and other geo political uncertainty we've seen in the past past years in decades we've seen oil prices spike. that's not particularly unusual. what is unusual about this time, according to analysts, is 2 things. very unique are happening. number one is these sanctions that have been levied against russia by dozens of countries in europe in the united states and elsewhere are devastating. and while these sanctions do not directly keyword directly target the energy sector and russia, they indirectly are affecting it. so how do you get oil out of russia? are big key questions now? so these sections are having an effect on oil prices, even though the sanctions don't directly affect the, the oil market in russia. number 2 is these sanctions are against,

not just any country, but against the world's 2nd or 3rd largest producer, an ex border of oil. and that's russia, so take those 2 things combined, and that's why you're seeing prices of oil search and according to analysts here in the united states to follow this closely. they are saying they foresee potentially a day where oil very soon could reach a $125.00 to even a $135.00 or $45.00 a barrel. now the last thing i'll say to keep in context here is that the united states and 30 other allies announced they're going to release 16000000 barrels of oil from the strategic reserves. that sounds like a lot that is a lot, but it was not nearly enough to bring down the prices. that's because the world consumes about a 100100000000 barrels of oil a day. so you can see that the predicament that many countries can oil, pretty oil consuming countries are in right now. trying to bring these prices down

. all right, good. many. thanks, doug. 0 is gabriel. i was under. they live at the new york stock exchange, but a shop. second is an international oil and energy consulting teams, research officer at opec, indiana, and john just now live from london. good to have with us before we talk about the politics of all, i just want to clear something up. we all know that the price of gas is rising, the petrol pump we got to fill up the car. what do we actually mean when we talk about the price of oil? oil is the price of crude oil, which is an artist now under them. you know that the under the $17.00 in battle and could go to higher by wendy, in the united states. consumers talk about gas is a petrol is the gasoline. and that'll cause the product. and that is subject to local market conditions. but oil is an integrated international market, and although there are radiations within each country on the product market,

on their own, even if there is an oil in the united states where the price goes up in the international market. because the price was in the, in pumps in the united states as well. so that is answer your question on what we mean by the price of, of oil and the oil market. and as you said, there was, there was sort of while your colleague a commentator is very. ready elegantly that there is a fear that there could be shortage of oil being faded around the world because of embargoes sanctions on us ships and those trade in us and us banking and financials and so on. at present, there is no cut off of oil from export from russia, but there's your fear for it. and always, you know, market the fear and perception of shortage or exit, or excess or over the affects the market, the price, the media. all right, so they may be panicking about nothing at all. it may, it may not actually come to fruition, but if it did,

if sanctions were placed against russian oil exports, russian, oil companies, could the world survive without russian oil given that it's the world's what 3rd largest producer? it depends on how much is to 7000000 barrels that sarah rough number of russian oil exports. and this can be re pace that into national energy agency using the strategic petroleum reserve coordinates of policy of north america, europe, japan and so on is only $60000000.00 barrels that are getting out of there. so it just kind of be the things. and so the prices were off higher and higher. it could be that was mentioned on the 2013 you know, we have experience on this for $7.00. the price of loyalty july. if i remember 2014, i dumped out there other than that was actually stopped by shortage. simply. so in

short, if the price is going away. so why hasn't opec plus stepped up production? why is it sticking its plan to gradually res output to just $400000.00 barrels a day by april to, to pre panoramic levels big. there are a number of reasons. one is that the whole thing is together with direct, with the so called opec ross, none of the countries that major one is russia. in fact, the deputy chairman of the old big loss meeting committee or coordination group is the deputy prime minister rush. and so the big members, the major one that came in being sold out, they had been working together, mr. know, back from russia, one of the last 2 or 3 years. and that led because we were good, there was a, a says or the price that will collapse in 2020 because i'm co redone so on. and the

rule was pleading opec plus plus and so on to do something. and they did, they did use up to get the price. now of course, the other way around. so in this sponge with the increase in the amount also that prices, oil price, sure, the price collapse. they decided somebody to go this through that every month they would increase $400000.00 barrels a day, they're production. and then we thing today, they decided to continue in that annual that month. the increase again. and that move on as, as well to start from beginning of april, and then by may and so on. they may have a different policy. so, so it is pretty ordinate did between group. and so based on that, they didn't want to read the book or statement was they believe there was enough stop right at present in the market. and they explain the high promises because of

the fear actual. so they said, we don't want to run the market. there's no need to increase beyond the 400000. ok, it's been really good to talk to you. i've learned a lot many thanks. not a chip tech in that. in lot of in south africa, consumers of flocking to the petro pumps to stalk up in case of for the price hikes assumptions. here is formative miller report. the escalating crisis between russia and ukraine has led to a surge and the price of crude oil. fossil africans 2 half months, seen the price of petrol rise. these developments mean it's a mother significant increase the cost of federal. people hear a rushing to fill their tags before the price increase takes effect by the pitfall price less money that people will have in the pocket. the less money people have on the pocket, the less money they have to pay for their utilities and other expenditure. as you know that things i wanted to touch is past few years. things have been tough for everybody know that the patrol is going up and things are gonna be even worse.

there are concerns. the prices will lead to a drop in the supply of crude oil, and that sanctions on russia by the united states and the u. k. will contribute to the price. i see now the south african government says opec and non opec members are still not meeting production targets, which has led to lower supplies of crude oil and an increase in prices. and for now, the strength of the sub african rant is cushioning, even steeper, increases in the price of paid for. so to come here on al jazeera islands of plastic, waste, true king what a bangladesh is. most important rivers will hear from fishermen, his livelihoods and his force will hear from the ukrainian tennis player who says that she's on a mission for her country. ah,

with hello. we've got a north south splitting the weather across the middle east over the next couple days ago. warm sunshine across southern parts as per usual warmer than it should be . my jew temperatures here and there are getting up to 27. g 8 degrees over the next couple of days. so the north wind hasn't done with us just yet. we've got some snowy weather coming across a good part of turkey will push his way a little further east was able to go through the next couple days. quite strong winds across the eastern side of the mediterranean, feeding some showers there into events 11 and jordan was seeing a few showers over the next day or so. israel also seeing some of that to where to whether it moves through little cooler there for jerusalem. 11 celsius by friday, and there's that winter weather just pushing in across the uranium mountains. by this stage, you're going to see more in the way of snow then, but it stays warm. here in doha $28.00 celsius, we have got some rather strong winds to the north of us, but elsewhere largely fine and dry, slightly fine, and try to across northern parts of africa,

those showers around at east side of the met, just clipping the far north of egypt and the line of showers, they're just around west africa starting to per up more and more as we go through the next few days. they join up with the showers that we have across central africa into madagascar. and it turns increasingly wet for south africa, as we head towards the end of the week. ah, the frank assessments for china birds, well, banner said from the 0, call it strategy. if the rest of the world cannot get to get informed opinions at all costs luckiest on needs, i'm not sure i just thought about scaling critical debate. my grip would claims that nato constitutes an existential threat to russia, but it's precisely his actions that's rated this insecurity in the region. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera with ice caps

melting in the north pole juice, climate change. china is ramping up research and investment in the region. one at one aisd explores china's rise is the optic. on al jazeera ah al jazeera, when ever you oh, lou. ah, ah. hello, good adrian for they got a here in doha with the headline. smile 0 rushes military claims have taken control of the town of castle on the black sea coast. pictures from ukraine's port town

appear to show russian vehicles rolling through the city streets. as strikes continued upon, ca, cave hitting residential areas of rushes, push to capture the city around 1400000 people live in ukraine's 2nd biggest city. the capital cave is bracing for a russian assault, where miss charlotte auxilary strikes or intensifying a 65 kilometers a convoy of wash and tanks. the troops is heading towards the city. maria paused. mer susan fort sylvia saying mass casualties. there's not enough water for the half a 1000000 people who live that that comes with the kremlin, says that it's ready to continue the gross haitians with ukraine. later on with the state, britain's parliament has allowed a rabbit of applause in the house of commons to show solidarity with the grain petition to get a standing ovation to the gradient. ambassador, the brittany, as he wants to proceeding from the gallery, one of the boys,

johnson accused rushes blooded at hootin of war crimes in ukraine. what we've seen already are from vladimir putin, reggie in the use of the munitions that they have already been a baby dropping on as an innocent civilians. i missed the speaker in my view, already fully qualified as a, as a war crime. and i know that the, that the i c c prosecutor is already investigating. i'm sure the whole house i will support that trains are one of the only means for people to escape ukraine as bus routes are currently closed due to the fighting tens of thousands of ukrainians, mostly women, children of the elderly, of crossed into countries like poland, romania and hungary, many people in poland volunteering to help out ukrainian refugees across the border, found shelter with polish families, as well as a free ride to other european countries of 0 steadfastness life roasted the city of jam ash. in easton, poland stepped. what's happening there?

where you are well as a stream of refugees arriving here at the train station throughout the day. we have now really numbers of more than 100000 ukrainians, leaving the country inches 24 hours or more. most of them are arriving here in poland. but this is just a beginning to you and hcr and also polish authorities, expect millions of people to flee ukraine in the next coming days in the next coming weeks. and polish people have been really welcoming. you see people with signs offering a rights offering homes, a lot of for polish families have taken refugees inside and also going to other countries. you've seen people from all over the world arrive in here because a lot of internationals who are living in ukraine have also left the country. you see embassies, her people from embassies here are trying to arrange transport a lot of emotions as well. people are really confused,

of course they're relieved that they're here, but also very worried about what they left behind. and there's been a heightened security in the city over the last 24 hour staff. can you tell us why? yes, exactly. there's a lot of police around the police are really guarding the city and also the train station after an incident yesterday, dozens of for far right for both support us were roaming the streets here shouting races. sir. remark said they were looking for non european refugees. people from africa, from all other countries who arrived here and basically were hunting them down. there were 3 people beaten up what we've heard. we've tried to speak to the victims, but it served very difficult to the people who are guarding them right now. they're not letting them live near us. so it's a very, of course, horrible situation. people trying to flee ukraine and facing violence again here.

and there half an hour at a will be another fall, right? a group going to the streets tonight? we've all so seen of course, a few months ago when refugees were trying to enter poland through that i was from syria, from iraq, that poland closed the border firmly. and also the, this was supported by the foolish population. the majority sorta is a very anti immigrant stance here, but it's a big contrast now with ukranian. people being really warmly welcomed at the moment . i was very steadfast reporting live from the city of ch mesh in eastern poland. stephanie, thanks indeed. let's take a closer look at what's becoming the fastest growing refugee crisis in a generation. in just 7 days, nearly 836000 refugees have left ukraine. as we reported nearly half a 1000000 of them have crossed into poland. around 1000000 people are internally displaced, walking in the cold, winding on buses or trains to get away from fighting according to the un refugee

agency. up to 4000000 refugees are expected to leave their homes in the coming days and weeks. you and watson is a spokesman for the international red cross and red crescent. he georgia, now live from geneva. what is it the, the red christmas red cross is, is trying to do at the moment you and as far as helping people in ukraine and, and is it difficult to get the kind of a they need to them right now. the situation in ukraine is absolutely heartbreaking, and the people in ukraine, you're affected by this conflict, are living through a terrible nightmare right now. they are in need of critical and essential basics, food, shelter, medical supplies, and treatment. and that is extremely difficult to obtain in ukraine right now. supermarket shelves are empty. normally the international committee of the red

cross would buy supplies to hand out to a. ready in ukraine, that's not really possible right now. so we are trying to bring aid in, but that is extremely difficult. it will take time. in the meantime, today we were able to distribute hygiene, kids', food, water to 4000 people in mario full refugee, displaced people in mario polio. and in desperate need, we are so glad to do that, but at the same time, we have to recognize that as a drop in the ocean that the needs are just massive. the situation is catastrophic . and our main coal to parties to this conflict is to facilitate humanitarian aid and to respect civilian life and infrastructure hospitals, schools, homes. these are things that must be protected from the fact that there were

reports of a you and that ukraine has sought. the health of the red cross to remove russian bodies, people killed in the conflict. are you able to tell us anything about that? we are aware of this. this is a core part of the international committee of the red cross is work to act as a neutral intermediary in situations of the war. now it is the party to the conflicts, both parties responsibility to ensure the proper handling and treatment of dead bodies and return them to the other parties. their request. now, the international committee of the red cross stands ready to facilitate that work. that is what we were created to do and we stand by to design. i'm interested to know how the red cross is, is able to work in a country. what is wallets of war?

how it, how it is able to get aid to people, to civilians who just happened to be caught in the middle of this, this, this conflict while the places in which they live are under bombardment under attack. i mean, it's incredible worked at the red cross does it's absolutely essential in life saving works. it's extremely complex, as you can imagine, the, the basic need for us to be able to work safely is to have security guarantees from the parties to the conflict. we are a neutral and impartial organization. we're mandated by the geneva conventions to do the work that we do in favor of victims of conflicts. the basic requirement is that the parties facilitate that work that they allow us to work in safety. but of course we're talking about a was own, there is no safety right now. my ukrainian colleagues are in the same situation as

everybody else in that country. wondering wondering what to do, where to go, how to protect their families. what are they going to explain to their children about what is happening right now? so of course, we don't live in a vacuum when we're in the context. but that is the essential works that we do. but we, we do it when it can be facilitated, safely by the party to conflict and not really as our request today and every day. and we're trying to get to talk to you and many thanks for coming on, you and watson from the national red cross. and on the us as agreed to move forward on a deal to limit the use of plastics. worldwide, the environment assembly has been beating in the ruby and as pasta resolution. to begin negotiations on the global preaching correspond now come web reports. the

resolution commit the dignitaries and there were no objects and all of the governments represented there agreed to this resolution. and they committed to within the next 2 years. negotiated implement a legally binding treaty on plastics, which is expected to restrict plastic production. and to also address this issue of plastic waste is well known globally that plastic pollution levels, a soaring neck, increasing exponentially projected to in the coming decades, plastics, contaminated the food chain, is destroying the read environment. and campaign is very excited. they say this resolution is a major step forward and empowering governments to tackle the companies that have profiting from the status quo a legislative way that will actually give a chance of reducing this escalating kind of pollution. when in bangladesh, researchers say that islands of plastic waste choking the con pooley river in the

country. se if considered to be nico lifeline for the port city of chatter gone, but as term via child re reports. now officials say that illegal rubbish dumping as hampered efforts to dredge the river. most fishermen on the banks of this once clean and flowing river and now struggling to keep their livelihood going. nor am it's family, has fish in the corner for the river for generations. and it wasn't what even mozilla would then they used to be in abundance of fishy. but over the years, due to various types of factory waste, garbage poly theme or fish, stocks gradually disappearing yet well. nowadays, we barely get any fish aside from some small shrimps. it's hard for us to manage a living any more, according to a study bung with as generous more than $800000.00 tons of plastic waste a year. it's also reported to make up more than 60 percent of the leader found on the countries bitches. and keeping the rivers clean is becoming harder. an airport

in bother blasting bother we find various types of waste, like poly teens, plastics, et cetera. making it very difficult for us to dredge and delays our work. the charter graham port authority essays. it recently found a layer of politan up to 3 meters thick, while dredging the river bed. you can see a thick layer of silt like this at different points all across the corner fully river here and shut the grandpa city. this is due to years of dumping a plastic policy in industrial and household waste in the river. although bangladesh was the was fust ban plastic shopping bags due to lack of enforcement and public awareness policy in the still, widely used for leasing new deanna. the homes are good unless we manage to stop the production usage and planning a poly teen than at some stage we cannot fully river the lifeline of chatter. grammar will be totally logged. and the operation of the poll will be

a state. according to industry insiders, there are more than a 1000 small plastic recycling factors across the country that produce plastic flakes, from scrap, and some export that we received from waste collectors. then we bring them into micro ship, which is later used once again to make plastic products. but creating more plastic products isn't helping tackle the problem. and the un says every day about 73000 tons of plastic waste, where entering the bail, bengal through bangladesh. some of which comes from neighboring countries in the court to keep the system plastics. big rated into smaller sized micro plastics that even really entered into the whole thing. which is a big concern for food safety and human health. environmental experts, one, the gradual accumulation of pollution in the bay are being all men are only for the

threatened fishing communities, but also hamper shipping and maritime trade. on which audrey, i'll just chuck program bangladesh. let's take a look at some of the world news. now news zealand police moved into disperse and anti vaccine protests that is disrupted the country's capital for the past 3 weeks . taking inspiration from truckers demonstrations in canada, hundreds of people have been blocking streets around parliament and processed a corona virus measures. at least 3 offices were injured, of more than 60 people were arrested during the operation. israel supreme court has suspended palestinian evictions and occupy these jerusalem's shake java neighbourhood. judges rule that residents can stay in their homes until a final decision on their property rights is reached. anger over the planned evictions snowballed into 11 and 11 day war between israel forces israeli forces and hamas in garza. last year. thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate

towns ravished by floods in eastern parts of australia. officials say that over a 1000 people have been rescued sofa and that emergency crews a working around the clock. the australian bureau of meteorology described the amount of rainfall as astronomical. more than 300000 people have been advised to leave. we will be doing everything you t to do everything that we can to get everybody to safety and get these communities wrought across acetate, a back on a fate as quickly as possible. millions of catholics in manila are observing ashe, witness day after a 2 year band. all blank tradition juice. the corona virus pandemic services this year called for peace in ukraine. shopping malls, movie theaters, restaurants in our pro, operating at full capacity as curb at 19 cases continue to drop. just ahead here on out of here up in sport will have reaction to the decision to allow russian

athletes to compete with the upcoming paralympic went to games. ah with with

mm pool. ah ah. oh hello again. so i have a sport his son. thank you very much, adrian. well, i see it's from russia better roads that have been given the all clear to take part to at the upcoming paralympic at winter games. they will have to compete as neutrals under the paralympics flag, or the president of the international paralympic committee. andrew parsons at said it was the harshest possible punishment they could give under its constitution.

while the i a p c has also announced that no events will be held and russia bella rose until further notice the opening ceremony of winter games that takes place in bathing on friday. at the press conference in beijing, the president of the i p. c, faced at this question from ukrainian, a base journalist, dave, any who works for the keith post. i want to know what you would say to you have him malicious parent. you have him is a, was a by athlete on the, on ukraine's national junior team. he was killed yesterday. he was killed yesterday in a bombing in harkey. if you talked earlier about giving athletes the chance to compute, he will never get a chance to compete again. so on behalf of his family,

i want to know what you would say to them about allowing our fleet from the aggressors states, pete, when he will never get that chance. i cannot even start to imagine the pain that have any right now. so can only tell them that my deepest thoughts are with them. my prayers and unfortunately, they will not see their son competing hearing badging. and this is absolutely not fair is disgusting east against humanity. but again, the decision that we took was based in our constitution for been talking to rob kino director general of global axis, which is an organization representing sportsmen and women around the world. he says the ip has fallen short. let's go back to the realistic games in 2016 when the international paralympic committee ban the entire russian team from the paralympics for institutionalized doping. and now russia and bella roost are

waging war against ukraine. and they credit to use their principal decision making, suspend those 2 countries. shame on them. russia has undermined at the integrity of sport for so long. it's time for with global sport to take action, and unfortunately, it will have to suffer. but a strong message needs to be sent. the vladimir and lucas shank. those actions can no longer be sucked except for the world stage. and they will use this opportunity to, to share with, to the world that it's business as usual. because there are competing the power of sport and the importance of sport for a lot of mere food and cannot be understated. and by continued to put more sanctions on, the absolutely can have an effect by turning away and not taking the stronger sacks sanction. it does a complete injustice to every single feet out there. hundreds of olympians apparently have called for this the span and the i p. c. and by extension,

the i. c. have all refuse to take action. russian driver. nikita my subpoena hopes of retaining his spot with f one team has that has taken a hit russian and by the russian drivers has been, have been abandoned from competing in the united kingdom on the ruling by the countries motor sports authorities. it means a massive pin will not be allowed to compete at the british concrete. on tuesday, the sports will governing body has said the russians could compete in a neutral capacity. while ukraine's top tennis bay allen as bits on the not says that she's on a mission of for her country. the number one seed beat rushes and a size. yeah. what up over at the monte, i opened that it only not only agreed to play off, it was ruled competitors from russia, and better was, will not take part in torments as neutral axis. while before the matter, what i owe out, i said russian axis had become hostages of the situation. so yes,

it's a very, very special law events. this one for me all the prize money that i'm gonna earn here is going through the ukranian army. so thank you so much for support. uh huh. that's if we a june somebody. thanks, david. just going to take you one now to the un general assembly where the usaa bachelor's, the u. n. is speaking, listening for rain, with drinking water to stay alive, gas to keep people from freezing to death. and now it appears. russia is preparing to increase the brutality of its campaign against ukraine. we have seen videos of russian forces moving exceptionally lethal weapon tree into ukraine, which has no place on the battlefield. that includes cluster munitions and vacuum bombs which are banned under the geneva convention. we all have seen the 40

mile long leaf o convoy charging toward keith. president putin continues to escalate. pudding rushes, nucular forces on high alert, threatening to invade finland and sweden. at every step of the war, russia has portrayed the united nations. russia's actions go against everything. this body stands for people across the world have already united together in exactly the way this general assembly must do to day protest and vigils against russia's war and in solidarity with ukraine. mark with blue and yellow, have sprung up across the glow. these are protests for peace from bangkok to budapest, from berlin to bonus varies from sidney to sol,

from calgary to cape town. and even in moscow and minsk, people everywhere are standing up to call for president putin to stop this attack. the russian people are themselves asking how many lives putin will sacrifice for his cynical ambitions. and they are appalled at the answer to the russian protesters. i say thank you. thank you for your bravery to the russian soldiers sent to the front lines of an unjust unnecessary war. i say your leaders are lying to you. do not commit war crimes. do everything you can to put down your weapons and leave ukraine. the truth is that this war was one man's choice, and one man alone, president putin. it was his choice to force hundreds of

thousands of people to stuff their lives into backpacks and flee the country to send newborn babies in to make shift bomb shelters. to make children and with cancer, huddle and hospital base basements, interrupting their treatment, essentially sentencing them to death. those were president putin's choices. now it's time for us to make ours the united states is choosing to stand with the ukranian people. we're choosing in coordination with our allies and partners to impose severe consequences on russia. we're choosing to whole russia accountable for his actions, and we will soon turn to vote on a resolution that does just that. we believe this is

a simple vote. vote yes if you believe you and member states including your own have a right.