and the pressure venezuela's defense minister politely made it by the vienna said the on forces where o blige, to defend that country from irregular groups that added that human rights needed to be respected. and that the events at the border with be investigated. ah, the russian army sees, is control of europe's largest nuclear power plant, a fire spot by shilling triggers, alarm worldwide. ah, hello again, i'm a variance and again this is al 0 life. doha, also coming up the capital keys and surrounding areas come under intense russian attacks from dea. they took, foreign ministers, dismissed the proposed of the prospect rather of a, a no fly zone of ukraine. that she is that it could expand the war and

a painful farewell. ukrainian fathers separated from families of the border as they return to fight russian troops are now in control of europe's largest nuclear power plot. ukraine says that washing forces shell, the zapata gea facility, but the russian defense minister is making its own accusations that ukrainian forces staged the entire incident. i'll to say was charles stratford as more from the banks of the nepa river, which is just across from the zapora g, a power plant. so the nuclear power plant is around 5 kilometers across the geneva river. what we know is that it came on a heavy shilling last night. we also know that russian forces are in control of the plot now, and that ukrainian workers have been allowed to continue operating it,

but on the russian supervision. the military here are saying that in the last 24 hours or so, there have been a couple of shells fired from the southern side of the geneva river in this direction. we also know that there is ongoing fighting along that southern side of the river, up to the town, at least of basilica. these are becoming new front lines. the situation here on this side of the river, suddenly amongst the communities here is being, is very calm. people are going about the day to day business as normal, but it was a military operations around what is europe's largest nuclear power plant, have potentially terrifying implications. russia has been heavily criticized by the international community for its military operations around there. russia itself says that these explosions around the plant were caused by what it described as ukrainian saboteurs,

ukrainian provocateurs. the ukrainian president is describing russia actions around that plant. as being nothing short of nuclear, tara, the un security council will meet an emergency session this hour. we'll take that live here on al jazeera as when that meeting begins. right now, there are zeros. leah harding reports on what was an anxious night. a fire fight at europe's biggest nuclear power plant in a fire sparking fears of a nuclear explosion. but the world's nuclear body says the immediate danger is over all the safety systems. of the 6 reactors at the plant were not affect it at all. the russians are now in control of the facility after giving fire fighters access to put out the fire. earlier ukraine's president issued a dire warning, accusing russia of the attack. you would have,

we will say you missed seem if there is an explosion, that's the end for every one. in the end for europe, the evacuation of europe only urgent action by europe can stop. the russian troops did not allow the death of europe from a catastrophe at a nuclear power station. the russians in turn have accused ukraine of staging the attack number to the grocery glucose. but there's no doubt that the goal of the provocation stage by the key of regime at the nuclear facility, is an attempt to accuse russia creating an area of radioactive contamination. the nuclear facility is 6 reactors, are located near the town of enter go dar, an area contested by the russian military and its separatist allies. the nuclear plant has been the sight of defiant resistance by ordinary ukrainians using themselves as human shields to keep russian troops away. the reality of a nuclear disaster is all too real to these people. in 1986, the sure noble nuclear plant exploded thousands of people dying of the consequences

of radiation and leaving a huge area of the country uninhabitable to this day. and while the fire at the nuclear plant is extinguished, the war around it reaches on leah harding al jazeera and sienna, from ounces heroes omaha's shoes in appeared, which is just north of the capital cave. he's just 2 kilometers from the frontline and reports that residential areas are being targeted, jani, my thought on, as you can see, this building was the shell, or 15 minutes ago. and no, i think when i asked that, i didn't say that this is a totally residential area. that is no prisoner of any military people can yonah, which is my when i 1st snell. look on the island, madame. because jesse did, your club needs to get your quote on the letter. the 1st health coverage is them

casualties. i mexican chocolate and we'll get with look on your bill for you. they will suit you. ah, 9 nicholson hub. your longly i've spoken. there are no casualties, i'll admit, as the majority. oh old. the residents of this building were down and the cell and i'm not a le horace in magnolia golden. and this is a security guard, he and he's telling us that old the residents were down in the shelter. luckily, none was hurt. at the end of the apartment i, letty suck up. i laughed. i had to hear a lot of with danny, and i took it. i live literally a salt isn't there you go? yeah. well it go. i children, not by sure. dollar a yet. he slow great non mr. flower. well that in that i'm here on not only

on lena, for the finance you would, your problem not there will be, i should have here, though. now you don't know the another mccannen. uh huh. he's asking us to go and see the aftermath. mo destruction behind the building, my position with ya, i slowly, i been a coolant, may falcon muscular who now i can say that the problem had, he is exacerbated as this city is only 20 kilometers from the capital yama. aside from the slides is also difficult for ambulance to get deployed . he or the fire brigades, not this may not swap lead up. now you can see the shelling you can hear the shelling. not alex, who can is if if ha, ha, ha, ha ha, than

a for settle. hank layla. oh yeah, this is the owner of the house. his house is on fire. here for 2. i did yellow flag for you there after just one. just let them on a month, does it quite a bit? well, well, 4th will save my credit. and then when i go by the 1st set up at iowa, and she said that a cell fell on the roof of her house in the shelter canopy. kind of she, luckily she was a goose is because it gives you what you know, what that he they had given me. so i thought this was about 40 minutes ago. i need, i need, i need to, jackie, can i believe by dust with stormy?

deborah b, listen, i need to die. what need you anymore? did you like him write that down that way you asked okay, we but let her log one if is that, oh boy might in good shape you rush and they were very angry that, that not your feel this, that this, that i didn't get. my goal is to attending and then the russian army are not advancing. that's why they are angry and they started to pour the most of that and go on and see us. yeah. which specially that in it. but now, where are some courses here that they are being defeated in some areas. i'm here. what will leave you to see these pictures? yeah, nina. let's go live now to ukraine. don't

0, jonah hall is in la. viv at jonah talked to what you're hearing at the moment from maria poll, which is a city under seas where, where cj, where people are in a desperate situation. right now. my pole is down in the south on the black sea. it's a city of half a 1000000 people. it's a big port. and it is an extremely important strategic objective for the russians now because it will complete if they take it, a land bridge between crimea and the eastern breakaway regions. the city is completely surrounded. it has been for a few days now. it is cut off from supplies from means of entry of exit, heat, electricity, also internet and mobile phone communication. so it's very difficult to get a comprehensive picture of what is going on inside. except that the reports we hear

indicate pretty sustained bombardment of the city. it's a fairly soda class exceeds situation. the russians have taken a lot of territory along that southern coast, so far as the se, maria pole, the big hold up. there is also the suggestion, the suspicion that russia plans a land invasion from the sea of odessa, which is on the other side of premier crimea. there are battleships of the black sea fleet hovering in the distance. and that would indicate that their, their strategic objectives are wider than just the land, colorado, but potentially also to cut the whole of ukraine off from access to international shipping from access to its entire black sea coast. further up in east her keys, the largest city, majority, ethnic russian city, one and a half 1000000 people. it's been under attack also for days now. more or less surrounded, more or less on deceive people, living in basements and shelters almost all the time. an indiscriminate rocket fire

frequently into residential districts, residential areas and buildings. along this afternoon has opened up a corridor for people to try and exit. they've taken the very best advantage of it that they can descriptions of a long, long, long queues and convoys of cause. heading out of the city, many of them bearing handwritten signs in their wind screens indicating that they have children in the car. and i hope that that will give them some sort of safe passage of protection. and then of course, there is this situation to the north of the country. sherony have a big city north of ki, of which has been shelved for days, a big attack there on thursday. again, these are all on residential. there is the death toll being reported on friday from those attacks on thursday reaching 47 civilians killed. and what omar was describing there in these sorts of dormitory towns, suburbs, really on the outskirts of care to the northwest places like air pin,

where he was born, the answer, hostile mel butcher. these places have been under absolutely frequent attack, very large to be civilian casualties. there, as he said, the majority of people huddled in basements on the ground, but this is an indication of the sustain pressure now being brought on the capitol . this is how close russian forces are. they will be waiting for their convoy that enormous convoy to get going again. it's been stalled for 3 days now in the hope that it will be able for the russians that is to complete their in supplement of the capital. and that would be an ominous development. indeed, i'm 0, jonah, how reporting live from live in western ukraine. still to come here, al jazeera fleeing from borne, desperate for support, will speak to some of you cranes, most vulnerable, as they seek refuge in the probe. ah

look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored by cuts on it weighs i once again got more snow in the forecast for japan yet more snow while he cries not been too bad recently because we have had area of high pressure, just quieting things down. his, our next will assist in this area of low pressure will slide across the se of japan, more that moisture pushing into a cooler grout. high ground, more snow coming in. then as we go through, sat day on the other side of the mountains, take care getting up to a agreeable 90 degrees celsius. it goes off a little for toko, on sunday, but the snow stays in place across a good part of honshu, back into cairo dryer and brighter toward the south. the japan dryer and brighter to across the korean peninsula is in cross northern parts of china. seldom part of china. on the other hand, we'll see some wet weather making his way through hong kong ship. a large you drive it was a chance of one or 2 showers, pay a shower. meanwhile, across se, asia,

the showers, of course, notting, the way a little further north with those seasonal raised is popping up rather malay peninsula. easing up towards thailand now, and i've seen some rain just gathering just around southwestern parts of the bourbon. goal recently, this tropical depression brings in very heavy rain into the northeastern part soft lanka. as we go through sas day on into sunday, it pushes into tom will not do and punches his way for the west. lou, whether sponsored by katara, always the latest news as it breaks. authorities tell us the brutal violence like this one in the honduran capital, or just the tip of the iceberg in a far more complex security situation. we detailed coverage, this coastal village in why is one of the worst areas here in the province of all from around the world. things seem very normal in the city. people are still going to work with

blue. ah, again, this is also 0. the bad news. the south russia has taken control of europe's largest nuclear plant, a fire at the facility, and se am ukraine has not been put out at it's national nuclear authority, say they react us one not damaged. russian forces have intensified the bombardment of areas around the capital cave. ukrainian officials say that 47 people were killed on thursday in a residential area. chinese social scenario bowl, a warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. the siege city induced heavy bombardment. the governor says that power has been cut and the water and food supplies are running out.

nato foreign ministers have been holding a special meeting on ukraine. it comes as allies type and sanctions on president. putin's in a circle. they to his secretary general says the alliance has ruled out imposing a no fly zone over ukraine. we have responsibility as made laws to prevent this war from escalating beyond ukraine. because that will be even more dangerous, more devastating. ah, will course even more human suffering. so we are made the clear that we're not going to move into ukraine, neither on the ground or in the ukraine, the air space. and of course, the only way to implement a no fly zone is to send nate to planes fight to plants into can the air space and then impulse that no fly zone by shooting down russian things speak to charles,

come on. who's in? chevy? chase in maryland. he's a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and a professor of international affairs at georgetown university could to have you with us. a professor. within this last hour we spoke to ukraine in m p who is on the board of a children's hospital where desperately sick kids of the mother are in the basement, sheltering away from the equipment that is being used on a daily basis like dialysis machines to, to to save their lives, she was pleading with us on air for the international community for nato countries to implement a no fly zone. so these kids could go back to having their life saving treatment without fear of being bombed. was nato right to day, not to implement a no fly zone. what's happening in ukraine is tragic. and the stories you're telling or heartbreaking, but couldn't, does really. busy own this war, he did not need to attack you. crane. he has been motivated by delusions of pulling

ukraine back in to a russian coercive here of influence. it is painful, but i do believe that nato is right to say, we're not going to go to war with russia over ukraine because that's world war 3. it is a war between 2 sides, both of which have nuclear weapons. and so i think the conversation taking place today will be about how to prevent spill over either because of a no fly zone or because of a russian effort to attacks supplies arms coming in from nato countries and focus on both during nato's eastern flank. just in case hooton's reckless behavior and ukraine is an indicator that he might be more reckless and attacking nato country. so we've had may to foreign ministers meeting today. secretary identity blinked in his meeting with his e u counterparts. right now we're waiting on the un security council to meet an

emergency session. again, the diplomatic hand wringing continues to play the st didn't or couldn't prevent this war cut. it ended i am pretty pessimistic and that's because it looks like over the last few months, diplomacy has been a smokescreen that the russians never really took it seriously. and yeah, there are discussions on the border between beller ukraine. it seems that there's an agreement on humanitarian corridors. zelinski the president of ukraine, federal, hey, mr bar, don't you? when i sit down, but i'm very skeptical, but now that the war has begun, there will be a diplomatic resolution. i think it is going to stand by his initial claim that he wants to go in top of the regime and store, install

a puppet government. and so i fear that's what we're looking at. now. the diplomacy is war about sanctions, about efforts to make sure that russia pay the price about efforts to protect nato itself, from potential russian aggression. as i said, i'm pretty pessimistic that we're going to see a cease fire and diplomatic resolution at this point. putin is doubling down, not going to the diplomatic negotiating tail on the subject of doubling down germany. as chancellors schultz spoke with president putin earlier today. he told russia that he's concerned by reports to the civilian casualties. apparently, according to the, the, the read out of a meeting of the conversation president putin told chancellor shows that russia is open for dialogue with ukraine. he hopes that it will be more reasonable in talks and that it will only agree to such talks. if you crane abides by all of russia's to months, you can't call those negotiations that can you oh,

we seem to have lost charles the let sir. that's a shame that was charles cook, john. the in chevy says in maryland mind, let's move on. as you were hearing in that interview, patients at the largest children's hospital in ukraine, a being forced to hide underground in makeshift form shelters. many of the children taking cover in the basements at the basement of the art mapped it. children's hospital a being treated for cancer. most patients have already been evacuated, but those with life threatening conditions just can't be moved. doctors, a warning that medical supplies are dwindling, and the vital treatments are being interrupted. but some of those displaced by fighting have now found their way to the ne pro in central ukraine. they're being housed in public buildings for 3 nights before they have to move on. al jazeera is

hotter, abdel hamid has worn out from 30 for some of the latest evacuation. some had a cave and among them some of the most vulnerable of the city. still shaken by their ordeal. people like allah, who had gone to the city one day before the war broke out and was stuck there for a week. the but we stayed in the shell, she was a clinic looks and the people helped and delivered food yesterday. we tried to leave my train of and in my condition it was difficult to move while you, we did the body still is the look what you have done your animals. are you happy now? that will now those were an aesthetic as last words, as she was leaving had you. she is 7 months pregnant and was stuck in a basement in the south east part of the city. her neighbourhood came under shelly in the very 1st moments of the russian assault and was completely surrounded. kids

missing from the shouting among them near again. we were afraid we had to leave because in 2 months i had to give birth and it would have been impossible. the maternity hospital has been hit. so you have to give birth to your child in a bomb shelter. the met, true, or the basement. you can only reach the doctor by phone for the rest you are on your own. i don't know where i will give birth. stories of fear and escape are common to all those who made it to this school in the village on the outskirts of the me pro. this is just a transit point. people can stay here for 3 days. have a rest, pick up, some clean clothes, whatever other necessities they need. but then they have to start movie again, going west joining those hundreds of thousands already on the road, trying to reach the closest border. the journey ahead is still very long. not easy for women travelling alone with children. it took mass jane 9 hours to get here.

she fed lou hans greed jan in easton ukraine. after her village came under shelling in the early hours of the morning. she was to return home. but her, like elena doesn't know who will be in control of her home town after russia recognized the cell proclaim republics of the nets. and once you could muster shut no, not the mustang, we have nowhere to return. my mom and sister is still there. we can get them out as soon as we do, we will leave, i don't know where to as hundreds of thousands of ukrainians please to neighboring countries. more people on the move from east to new crane. among them, many ethnic russians which moscow claimed it wanted to protect hood abdul hamid al jazeera in eastern ukraine. the your opinion is great to offer protection for refugees from ukraine. they'll be given residency rights for up to 2 years. obviously resembles robbie reports now from the ukranian border. town of shamia.

romano is from kirk. he a city, a ruin from russia. he's at the border to let go of everything he loves. turned back alone and joined the fight. struck isabel dashing his feelings in his fear, confusion, hate anger. i don't even know one feeling is i i need to send my family to safety and next next everything will be all right. we will win for sure. nothing else that we will save our country. everything will be all right, i understand. you don't have to know what he's saying to understand how he feels. a country torn into small villages and towns like this. what are the last hurdle to safety? for the hundreds of thousands of men, women,

and children amassing at poland sport. the last checkpoint, the last line. alas, chance to say good bye. the lucky ones, board buses bound for cities in europe. others wait. this line is long, but it is still moving all weekend to this conflict and the crowd, the traffic, the line at this border crossing it's much smaller and the system is getting across into poland. seems much more organized, much more efficient, but no less tragic for the people that are leaving their country behind ukrainians, trying to get the safety say they feel abandoned by the international community. they know help us come in, but not enough to stop russian invaders destroying their cities, their homes, their lives, the mim, i'm for city of not to i'm not the my ukrainians are going to nato, but not to. it's not here in the ukraine. we need real help army weapons, thomas, and i'm put our army needs to so they really need to weapons and there's no weapons

in ukraine that would really destroy the russians. each of these women have a husband or father or brother fighting to defend their cities or on the front line . they say they will never leave and help other ukrainians. however, they came at a place that divides 2 countries. ukrainian families are being forced to divide themselves. women move forward to preserve the country's future. men go back to make sure they have a home to come back to say in basra b o 0. she can you, you create. the un human rights councils voted overwhelmingly in support of investigating alleged russian rights violations in ukraine caves. ambassador the head of the a, to the un hail the moment as historic. the message to put in has been clear. you are isolated on

a global level. and the whole world is against to you, those from russia direction and committing violations against my people should be paying attention. the evidence is going to be collected. you're going to be identified and you're going to be held to account your cranes foreign minister has commended the you and hcr is ruling. but since that are still questions about how the international community will respond to russia, when bombs fall on your cities, when soldiers, 3 women in the occupied cities and we have numerous cases, unfortunately, one russian soldiers, rape women in the ukrainian cities. it's difficult, of course, to speak about the efficiency of international law, but this is the only tool of civilization of civilization that is available to us

to make sure that in the and eventually all those who made this war possible will be brought to justice. we should point out that the foreign minister didn't provide any evidence for the claims he made. russia is continuing to crack down to what it considers to be the spread of false information about its armed forces. and the operation in ukraine. parliament has passed legislation to reduce prison terms of up to 15 years. people found guilty also faced huge fines. the b b. c says that it's suspending reporting from inside russia. as a result, the law is likely to target social media posts, as well as news on russia's military losses and movements not verified by the defense ministry. so may i put it is a senior fellow in urban security or hybrid warfare with the international institute for strategic studies and a full, a cease fire monitor in east and ukraine.