there are some of the media stories of critical look at the global news media spread on al jazeera government shuttle access to social media. mm mm. russia and ukraine reach an understanding on evacuating civilians through humanitarian corridors. as inviting russian forces surrounds and bombard cities in a conflict that's now entered at the 2nd week. ah, hello, i money inside the watching out is there as extensive coverage of the russia ukraine war. fighting is going on in a ukrainian city that is home to europe's biggest nuclear power plant. russian

president vladimir pierson prizes has so just brushing aside reports that parts of the military campaign half stalled. are interested in maintaining the strongest unified economic impact campaign on food and all history on the u. s. hits more of patients in a circle and wealthy allies with acid phrases. another section, russia and ukraine have made the fuss hints of progress and talks agreeing on the need for humanitarian corridors. but there is no indication of when that be established to help civilians escape the wall. on even as negotiate as met, russian forces continued to surround unborn bald cities and towns like this one. just outside the capital cave. thousands of thought have been killed or wounded since russia invaded just over week ago. or than

a 1000000 people have become refugees. take a look at the map, we can see the areas in red, which are now controlled by russia, and it's allied, separate as fighters brushes, made particular advances in the south of the country trying to capture strategically significant port cities elsewhere. there's fighting in the town of enter godsa, where europe's largest nuclear power plant is located. these pictures taken from the nuclear facility appear to show how close the fighting now is. a local mayor says a column of russian troops and tanks have moved in. russia has already captured the default chernobyl plant from louisville in a western ukraine, jane hall, texas through the rest of the days top developments major ukrainians. cities are surrounded and under constant attack. ah,

this is sharon eve, a city of textile factories, churches and monasteries. its greatest misfortune to lie on the root of rushes advance from the north. eastern city of han keith to people wake daily to scenes of terrible destruction and a fast rising civilian death toll. look what put in is doing. this is a war crime committed against the civilians. it is the 3 deer or quality of this city of one and a half 1000000 people. most ethnic russians is being torn apart by russian forces for no reason. other than that, it exists just across the border from russia. in ukraine was a kid i saw here, and in the far south ukraine's biggest port odessa. he's under threat to hear frantic efforts have been underway for days to build defenses against

a possible beach landing multiple vessels belonging to his black sea fleet hava on the horizon, including lending ships and support craft were ukraine's military is very much still in this fight, reinforced by supplies of weapons from abroad, they've been able to apply real pressure to the russian advance, slowing the progress of a vast column of armor, artillery and soldiers heading for the capital cave. along its route, once sleepy commuter towns lie in ruins, a foretaste of what may be in store for cave. the apparent aim to encircle the city and besieged it. from his bunker under heavy guard, president followed him at zelinski wages, a relentless communications campaign, rallying resistance, and calling in foreign support. robberies process never use, but we have been seen this for

a long time that ukraine is seeking for protections for our home soil and our own people by such protections have not been provided for european countries assist us with the wage of migration. however, we should discuss the guarantees that are required to protect our country, our home soil, and our people. a 2nd round of talks on thursday between russia and ukraine at a location on the border with bell roofs came with low expectations of a breakthrough, but a slim glimmer of hope that their taking place at all. the ukrainian government, meanwhile, has called for humanitarian corridors to be set up. and here in the western city of the leave, volunteers are hard at work processing a donations medicines, clothes, food, and other essentials for distribution across the country. there is a humanitarian crisis erupting on multiple fronts,

not just the internally displaced who left everything behind in a scramble for safety across the country's borders as more than a 1000000 have done since the invasion began, but also huge populations in urban centers trap. terrified and desperate for health . civilian morale will vary now in a population increasingly terrorized. there'll be desperation in some places, determination, in others, o, a spontaneous rendition of the national anthem at that age station in leave. it is becoming ever clearer that the struggle is not just for personal survival, but for the survival of the nation as a whole. joe, the whole al jazeera movies more now and the ukraine. russia talks which edge the 2 sides closer to establishing safe corridors for civilians to escape his want

negotiator said. when you force you to get the stuff, i'm not going to shoot. unfortunately, we haven't reached the results we had expected. the only thing i can say is we have thoroughly discussed humanitarian aspects because many cities now encircled the situation with food medicine and with the possibility for evacuation. we have also a great to continue talks in a 3rd round at the earliest possible time. i can assist you with a listening to the main issue. we have a dresser is saving people, civilians who have been in the zone of military clashes. therefore, the parties and representatives of the ministry of defense of the russian federation and the ministry of defense of ukraine agreed on the format of the regime for maintaining humanitarian corridors. for the address of the civilian population was a possible temporary, sufficient hostility, in the sector of the humanitarian corridor for the period of the address of the civilian population. i think this a significant progress in moscow president vladimir putin hailed russian soldiers as heroes in

a televised address. he also moved to dismiss some western military assessments that part of the offensive have slowed or stalled was such a good comrade. i want to say that the special military operation is proceeding strictly in line with the time table according to plan. he all the tasks that have been set are being successfully resolved. then yet, because we see a way all this junior, i will never give up. my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people. even though some people in ukraine have been intimidated for many of been duped by nasty and national gander. some have deliberately gone the way of the nationalist and other nazi angela. for moscow. dawson jabari tells us what else payton announced. this was another emergency session with a his security council which is made up of high levels of ministers and officials that he trusts. and he said that basically that the military operation in ukraine was going according to plan and that so they were achieving alter objectives. he

also announced for the 1st time that there would be financial compensation to the families of the soldiers that have died in the line of duty and also those that have been injured. we understand that the from the defense ministry for the 1st sunday, announce some numbers about the number of fatalities and a injured of russian troops in ukraine. according to the russian defense mystery, about 500 soldiers have died and about 1600 are injured. those are their numbers of corsi. craning officials have very different figures saying that a nearly 5000 russian soldiers have been killed. the president said that he was really grateful for the service of the military personnel and they were fighting for a cause and 2 to protect their country. now he also spoke with the french president, among whom across just a short while ago, the call was apparently at the request of the russian president. and at last said

90 minutes during which the 2 men discussed the ongoing situation in ukraine and the alleys. a palace released the statement saying that the french president was very concerned and he believed that things are going to get much worse. when germany says it remains opposed to bonnie energy imports from russia. but as pushing for swift action against on a galks linked to the kremlin, the u. k is also working to expand its blacklist. we are obscene to sanity sanction . rationale gotten ready sanctioned over a 100 individuals and organizations. out with a list, we are walking tray, we have pets in place, the toughest package of sections in british history on russia, green k, j back freezes, including freezes on the central bank, including export controls. and we will, the more a lot more names have been added to the us sanctions, less than mainly from vladimir patients in a circle and wealthy allies. people. u. s. president joe biden referred to as

cronies. alan fisher reports from washington dc, severe economic sanctions, and it's another ton of the screw from the american site. again targeting vladimir putin and those closest to him. goal was to maximizing impact on prudent and russia and minimize the harm on us and our allies and friends around the world are interested in maintaining the strongest unified economic impact campaign on food and all history. and i think we're wrong. we're doing that. among those on the list, alicia is one of one of russia's richest men and dmitri periscope, the kremlin spokesman, and one of putin's closest advisers, 19 oligarchs in total sanctioned $47.00 of their family members, all will be cut out of the u. s. financial system that assets your frozen and property blocked from use. the also fees are travel, but joe biden hopes putting the squeeze on the kremlin will make it harder to wage

war. but he's aware the conflict is already driving up prices in the us. for the moment, there are no plans to put sanctions on russian oil imports, but the leader of the democrats in the house of representatives says that could change and offer that ban fan the oil vanilla come from russia. yep. joe biden used the state of the union to announce the new task force to target russian oligarchs. in the us. he's asked congress for $59000000.00 to fund it and appointed a top new york prosecutor to head it. it indicates this could be a long campaign, both mila, totally. on financially. alan fisher, al jazeera, at the white house. i'll smell covers at the conflict coming up we hear from people caught up and fighting in and around ukraine's 2nd biggest city, cocaine. and the international criminal court investigates whether russia is committing crimes ah

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of justice. a witness documentary on al jazeera. ah, ah. you're watching out as a reminder of our top stories this, our russian ukraine have made their 1st hints of progress and talks agreeing on the need for humanitarian corridors. as no indication of when they would be established . russian bombardment of ukrainian cities continued as the talks went on, has been fighting nay, one of europe's largest nuclear plants. these pictures were taken from ukraine. salaries is yet facility, like a mass as a column of russian troops and tanks have moved in us president vladimir putin has brushed aside reports to parts of the ministry campaign half stalled. he says

everything is going to plan while the eastern ukrainian city of concave was one of russia's fast targets. but despite heavy shelling and its proximity to the russian border, still remains under ukrainian control. many of the cities, 1500000 people have fled. charles stratford is in the village of yucca live god, not too far from call cave. a warning. his report contains graphic images. maxine was at home with his girlfriend when the shells started crashing into his village, shrapnel ripped through his arm and face yolk. it happened so quickly, the explosions, i heard something flying over us. i was covered up to my waist in rubble and something started burning. i tried to free myself. then i tried to get my girlfriend. i was so weak. i couldn't pull her out. emergency services rescued, maxim's girlfriend, she's suffering heavy concussion and is too weak to talk. the bodies of 3 civilians

lie in the morgue. a woman died in the operating theatre as doctors tried to save her life. this woman who was afraid to talk on camera, says russian soldiers let her family escape. but as they drove away a bullet ripped through her husband's hand, why did they tell us everything would be okay. why wasn't there an evacuation? she says we drive to the village is the sound of shelling and machine gun fire in the distance. the shells it slammed into houses on the side of this hill. piles of rubble lined the street. at least 30 homes were destroyed. heavy rushing, shelling of this village last night, at least 3 people were killed. a number of others injured. we understand that there are people still in the village. or we've just heard shilling in the distance and machine gun far in the forest on the way. thousands of cars,

many of them filled with terrified families, fleece south from clark, if many of the cause of a sign reading children on the windscreen. desperate attempts to protect those inside emerald. we are leaving everything behind us. we have been trying for 5 days to get out, but couldn't because of the shell him when it's simply hell, we are going to nipple and after that, we don't know. lexi shows us his car that was damaged when a russian rocket landing close to his home. michael had just spoken to friends in khaki. if they tell me it's worse than yesterday, they are shelling civilian areas. so many buildings are on fire. for the, for people who painted over road signs with angry insults directed towards russian president vladimir putin in expectation of a russian army advance. this one reads welcome to hell. charles drive an al jazeera yackel live co ukraine. earlier we spoke to t form adept massey, ukrainian,

anna russian about the war. hello, kim cline was ukraine's foreign minister and says, suffering is increasing exponentially. the russian son i would try injuring circle our big cities dearly medieval way to examine our real blockade and to guide them all from everything from any sort of logistics and many people suffering because for lack of heat because of lack of food. so it's a fundamental challenge for millions of ukrainians and so called by the russian. so it least humanitarian corridor and sci fi for lead to people out is critically important. but if you talk to your gradients and they means you're

all your gradients more than 9 from 10 ukrainians fully committed to friday for, for our lent you said fund a mentally made in the fight in the spirit. so the spirit reaches, reaches the national one, understanding that it's about our existence. so we need to let people out, you know that your programs humanitarian contest are a few buttons the same time ukrainians fully committed to our fight. and we also, on a federal of a former russian deputy foreign minister of his country can maintain the war for 2nd period. yes, it can stand mot off. it will be a more, much more difficult with every day because 1st of all, now there is a heavy strike against national financial system. and of course, this crisis in financial system will influence on other of bots of economy,

both an industry, etc, etc. so for example, today, one of our key out all about factors stop producing cars because the absence of spare parts and chiefs i see from russian side at the stage, no, no chances to stop mystery operation as a thief. because the demands from rational side on the thoughts are unacceptable for your brain. and it's very hard to agree and really hard to find common language on this political mornings made. i think that it was possible to prevent the war. it was possible to agree on certain points, not on all, but the problem is that the whole situation of relations between the russian and the west,

it's damaged this diplomacy. and also the crisis among between russia and united states also was a very negative effect. when the hag, the international criminal court, has launched investigation into whether russia is committing war crimes. the sasha can name reports ukrainians huddled inside a kindergarten last week, thinking they'd be safe. instead, a child and 2 civilians were killed. this is drone footage of the kindergarten showing a man lying on the ground, blood pooling around him, and damage to the school in multiple locations. this weapon, from cartoon lying, a top ashy snow. this week, the international criminal court, or i, c. c announced it would investigate if war crimes have been committed in ukraine. this is a reminder to all affections to all parties to the conflict,

but they must conduct themselves in compliance with the laws of war. the drilling down, of course, implication is to conduct credit, but investigations which means has no, ma'am, no destination, that is pre determined. we have to get to the truth. amnesty international says this is just a sampling of the evidence. it is collected of russia, suspected use of cluster munitions since it invaded ukraine. last week, we had investigated 7 cases are in death where cluster munitions and other ballistic missiles that have prohibited under international law have struck schools . hospitals. medical center is places that are not supposed to be hit by weapons because they're protected a civilian objects under international law. in 2014 human rights watch accused,

the ukrainian military of wide spread use of cluster munitions, while fighting pro russian rebels in donetta political analysts. dmitri babich says russia demanded an investigation, but it went nowhere. unfortunately, i meet the national digital voice. yes, arnold, independent, not only from our all governments, but also room of public opinion. you know, right now, public opinion is they march against for our sand. it sees this tragedy that is going on in your brand, in black and white terms. i think the story is not where and when fired, cluster munitions create a kind of fireworks of small bombs scattering indiscriminately across several 100 meters. those that don't explode, leave land mines, often killing children who pick up the small balls left behind. more than $100.00 countries have agreed to be on their use. russia and ukraine have not. natasha name

al jazeera. let's take a look at some of the other world news making headlines. a former u. s. police officer has been cleared of charges connected to a botched drug raid the black woman brianna taylor was killed in the raid in early 2020. right. hankinson was found not guilty of wanton endangerment, openly firing blindly at taylor's apartment. it was one of several incidents in recent years to spawn, protest against racial injustice and to demand police reform. let's get more from rob reynolds, who's in washington, dc for us, rob this former officer wasn't actually charged over taylor's death, but actually for endangering her neighbors. can you explain this case to us? yes, this is one of the most confounding things about the entire case of brianna taylor's death. despite the fact that she was shot multiple times in a botched raid by the police officers in louisville,

kentucky. no one was ever charged with her death. bred hankinson was charged, as you mentioned, with want and endangerment, because some of the many bullets that he fired from his weapon went into the neighboring apartments. of course, brianna taylor's name was invoked nearly as often as george floyd's during the black lives matter movement. and the protests that swept across the united states following the death of floyd in minneapolis in 2020. but to recap, what happened that night in march of 2022, brianna taylor, 3 police officers who were looking for a possible drug dealing activity, used a battering ram to smash down the door to her apartment where she was sleeping with her boyfriend, kenneth walker. the recount,

very as to whether the police actually announced themselves and said that they were law enforcement officers. but in any event, kenneth walker thinking that the, the commotion that was going on at the front door, the apartment and the, the door being smashed down, was evidence that he and brianna taylor were in danger. he discharged his legally owned firearm. the police responded with $32.00 rounds of wounding a tailor killing taylor and wounding kenneth walker. one police officer was also char, also wounded in the fuselage. now, the officer who was eventually put on trial, brett hankinson was charged with 3 cards of wanton endangerment. he took the stand in his own defense, became emotional on the stand, his lawyer, after the acquittal, said that that emotional display probably helped convince the jury to acquit

him. taylor's killing resulted in a couple of changes in the law. for example, in louisville. it's no longer possible for police to execute a so called no knock warrant but federal legislation. the george floyd justice in policing act, which was passed by the house of representatives, was stalled and defeated by republican opposition in the senate. so that federal legislation has still not been passed. okay, thank you for that update. rob reynolds, that person, washington dc. now the last australian stay to left border restrictions expects covered 19 cases to rise off the reopened to the rest of the country in the world. by snow straight, which makes up about a 3rd of the on the continent. as and 4th. the toughest rules are clunk report. oh, we're united families and friends together again. not the western australia opened its borders. for the 1st time since the beginning of the pandemic, i can't even put into words. i have gone down my whole body. i can't even put into

words how it feels to be back in my home after 3 years of trying to make this moment happen. along with 5000 people touch down at perth airport on thursday, tens of thousands are expected to follow in the coming weeks. some families met each other for the 1st time. i'm going to be ivy when this little fella was born. i didn't like it cuz i open closed, open, closed it. it's really good to finally get over. western australia has been criticized for enforcing long corona virus. border closures, it was said to reopen last month, but an outbreak of the amok on variant on the east coast of up to $90000.00 cases a day. delighted to reopening to the rest of the country, all arrivals must be triple vaccinated. children from 3 years of age must wear a mask in doors and gatherings, public and private meetings,

unlimited to 10 people. the top border restrictions have devastated the states tourism industry. that comes as the number of locally transmitted cases reaches a record high. australia has had some of the strictest border controls in place throughout the pandemic closing its doors to the rest of the world bowing most foreigners from entering and putting a cap on the number of australian citizens wanting to return home. western australia was the last state to drop. it's covered 19 entry requirements as it rejoins the rest of the country. sarah clark, al jazeera brisbin, australia. ah, this is al jazeera is your top stories are a said have broken out, had a nuclear power plant in ukraine, where russian forces and fighting to take control of it. the may of the town where the plant is located says the fire began.