and i don't want to go back to tourism, i want to continue to be a farmer as the island prepares to welcome visitors again, many say the pandemic has told them valuable lessons. never forget, ah, alarm around the world after russian forces attack and seize europe's largest nuclear plant in ukraine. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous. and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. ah, hello, i'm marianne. no mozy in london with continuing coverage of the war and ukraine. russia military continues to lay siege to several cities with kiev under renewed

attack, and the city of murray or pal running out of food. nato. foreign ministers promised stronger action, but dismiss desperate appeals for a no fly zone over ukraine. and our, our top story and pakistan is suicide bombing inside, as she almost kills at least $56.00 worshippers during friday. pres. ah! russia has been branded reckless after its forces attacked and seized a nuclear plant in ukraine. the move caused a global outcry off to sparking fears of a nuclear catastrophe on a scale that would dwarf that you noble disaster, ukrainian president rodney zalinski warned of a possible explosion that would in his words, be the end for every one of the attack sparked a fire at the upward asia plant, but to a russian project, i'll hit a training center, not

a reactor. no radiation spikes have been reported since the attack elsewhere fighting rages on in the keep ports of mario full at that city is believed to be completely surrounded. now it suffered intense shelling and it's running out of food after occupying their 1st major city of care, san rushing forces, and now trying to take nearby mc alive. but the regional governor says they've been driven out after attacking the city earlier on it crane. second city of car cave continues to come under heavy attack, but remains and ukrainian control. while further north russian forces are expanding their offensive and jenny have and on the outskirts of kia, but the capital is still in ukrainian hands. natasha butler begins our coverage now from the city of live eve. done fire lit up the sky over europe's largest nuclear power plant in hetero dog in southern ukraine, the ukrainian se heavy shelling by russian forces. se, so for huge fire in a building on the site visit that you order for you as a result of strikes,

there is a fire at the nuclear power plant. a repeat, as a result of strikes by the russian federation forces on the supper easier nuclear power plant. a fire has a ruptured. it took fire fighters for hours to put out the blaze. emergency crews reportedly coming under fire from russian troops who sees the area of the fierce fighting world leaders content the attack as reckless the cranes president accused russia of what he called nuclear terrorism, more brazil in each gum of law. we survived the night that could have stopped the story to the history of ukraine. the history of europe, russian troops, ex, upper region, nuclear power plant, the largest in europe. it alone could be 6. her nobles, calming international fears of a catastrophe. nuclear monitors in vienna said the plots reactors was secure. we of course are fortunate that there was no a release of radiation and that the an integrity of the

reactors in themselves was not compromised. the kremlin denied attacking the plant and blamed it on ukrainian saboteurs. 9 days into moscow's invasion of ukraine, russian troops continued to push into the country. moscow says these pictures show its tags, nick, eve, for days, a 60 kilometer long, military convoy stopped outside the capital for reasons that still aren't clear, but his fueling anxiety and fear in the city. some wonder how their lives could have changed so fast, but prosper him of this is a genocide against ukraine is a ukrainian people and ukraine and land he to simply awful. since legacies are fired at homes all over the country. cities including her keys in the east and the strategic port of mario, poland, the see of as off continue to be pounded by russian shells. schools,

holmes hospitals, all hit contradicting moscow's claims that it's not targeting civilian areas and we will not surrender. we will stand here on our land in our city, for as long as it takes among the destruction many ordinary ukrainians continue to resist. others are desperate to leave you and says that at least a 1000000 people have fled ukraine for neighboring countries. since the russian invasion began. more than a week ago, thousands of people, upholstery, the city of levine is not far from the polish border and they just keep coming from them. we are very scared because our parents are staying here. i hope it's not our oh, last days of her life, i mean for all the ukrainian or russian negotiators agreed on thursday to set up humanitarian corridors. no word yet though,

on how when these would be implemented. in the meantime, people across the country live in fear, face uncertainty, and a new generation is growing up with another war. natasha butler, al jazeera levine, ukraine, and charles strafford has more now from the bank of the de naperville, which is just nearly apple risha power plant. so the nuclear power plant is around 5 kilometers across the geneva river. or we know is it that it came under heavy shelling last night. we also know that russian forces are in control of the plot now and that ukrainian workers i've 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 basil leave. 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 their russia itself says that these explosions around the plant were caused by what it described as ukrainian saboteurs, ukrainian provocateurs, ukrainian president is describing russia's action around that plant as being nothing short of nuclear, tara russia, seizure, that nuclear facility has led to an emergency meeting of the united nations security council. and is there

a christian salumi was following that and has more now from the united nations ambassador, or what? so you'll hear thing in the polls or rushes un delegation under scrutiny. as it arrived at a security council meeting hastily convened at the united kingdom's request. this is the 1st time a state has attacked a fueled and functioning nuclear power plant, and it is clearly outlawed by international law and the geneva conventions nuclear facilities in ukraine, the director general of the international atomic energy agency briefing via video link from on board a plane confirmed a building adjacent to this operation, a nuclear plant was hit, but said it's 6 nuclear reactors remain intact. russia blamed ukrainian saboteurs for provoking its forces in the area. so you understand the seductive, today's meeting as another attempt by key of authorities to kindle artificial

hysteria around what is happening in ukraine. and they're being assisted in this by their western backers. ukraine accused russia of nuclear terrorism and warned that no one is safe. we have survived the night that could have stopped the history of ukraine in europe. indeed, every day provides us was a new, a new evidence that it is not only ukraine, honda russian attack. it is europe. it is the entire world. it is humanity. fresh in many countries demanded rushes. withdrawl express concern for the ukrainian crews left manning not only does apparition facility, but also the chernobyl site, and also under russian control. so this imminent danger continues. we narrowly avoided a disaster last night. the international community must be unanimous in demanding russia's forces stop their dangerous assault. the director general of the i. e. a

is offering to meet with russian and ukrainian officials, add the chernobyl nuclear site, and the hopes of reaching an agreement to secure all of the country's nuclear facilities. a mid dire warnings that the worst of this conflict is yet to come. christian salumi al jazeera, the united nations officials and ukraine are saying at least 47 bodies recovered from the rubble in the city of germany. his of the russian forces struck a residential district. the northern city experienced heavy shelling on thursday. bombings took place close to a school, and a children's hospital rescue efforts had to be suspended because of ongoing attacks . wow, deserves bernard smith has just arrived in daniel good, which is the set protest separate is held eastern part of ukraine. now he sent us this update on what is happening there and how the separatist offensive is going. russia's defense ministries as fighters from the donates and the ganske people's

republic armies are continuing now to move through territory in the eastern new cray. more is considered traditional area of don bass. now before vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, the forces in de next and against the separatist groups, as they were called, only controlled about a 3rd of the territory of don bassett. they lay claim to this is the territory that has been recognized by moscow as now. these new republics of de next and le ganske . but as 2 thirds of this territory arrests still in the hands of ukrainian forces, russia defense ministry says it's through there that with the help of the russian army. the de next lou ganske fighters are making progress. the last 7 or 8 years, the front lines really haven't moved much in that territory, but in the last week or so, since this invasion started, then maybe advances of up 22030405060 kilometers have been made into the

territory that remains in the hands or i was remaining in the hands of ukrainian forces in watching al jazeera ly from london, stella had on the program. a short answer to telecom, now al jazeera, plains roches righteous manner. moving assets to safe havens before being hit with sanctions and walls pocket grieves one of its greatest players, australia. allah shane warne. ah hallo and please to say that the rain is now easing for eastern parts of australia . i'm afraid there are still some showers in the forecast so that really will exacerbate the flooding that we have anywhere from the southeast of queensland down across that east side of new south wales and little weather system to just making

its way across. victoria, i will just might not just way little further east with getting back into a new south wales as we go on through saturday. joining up with these showers that be seen across the east coast, say the will be flat further flooding concerns then across we're right across the sidney base and pushing up towards the gold coast, pushing up towards brisbin and beyond. cuz he some showers there just around the sunshine coast as well. me while we're to whether will not its way towards new zealand as we go on through the weekend. but ahead of that is not too bad at all. allows you try and find warm sunshine oakland around 27 degrees celsius is settled here has been settled recently in japan, but we have got some more snow in the forecast over the next day or so. it is gathering now to go through saturday last night becoming a little more widespread, warm enough in tokyo, those shelter by the mountains at 90 degrees celsius. it does cool off as we go one through sunday. we are going to see it increased the avalanche risk as result of that. brighter, clearer skies coming in behind. ah,

i'm counting the cost to can energy reserves and china help russia blunt. the impact of massive western sanctions with grain exports from ukraine disrupted, worries, mouths about global food security. and will you energy sanctions put pressure on me in mass military? counting the cost of al jazeera ah, holding the powerful to account. as we examined the u. s. his role in the world on al jazeera lou. oh,

i'll come back made stories now. rush as military as these control of europe's largest nuclear power plant in southeast and ukraine. a fire broke out at the complex overnight after is hit by shelling. but the reactors, when not affected in all the developments today, western allies that un security council demanded the crime to never allow an attack on a nuclear plant like that to happen again with the u. s. saying they put the people of ukraine, russia and europe risk. russia denied attacking the plant. elsewhere russian forces of encircle the forces, not murray, or pull. according to the mayor, electricity and water have also been cut off. the vintage of chicky north west of the grinding capital has been heavily bombarded with shelling as russian forces pushed closer to give will ukraine's present rodham is the landscape. thank people of europe for their support while urging countries to take further action against russia. he addressed by video link thousands of protesting against the war in

several european cities. he asked the crowds not to be silent, saying if you cry in fools, then the entire europe will full demonstrations. were held in several cities, including frankfort, leon and prague. despite desperate appeals from ukraine, native sector general against ulta, bike says the lights cannot impose in our flies on without getting directly involved in the conflict. it kinds president has condemned to move, sang the alliance, new russian aggression was likely at diplomatic added to james bay's reports from brussels, where nathan, fort, nato, foreign ministers were holding a special meeting for a ministers, met at nato. and then at the e, you to discuss what more they can do to help ukraine as their fears grow, that the russian campaign will intensify. the anal when the seeing a fully fledged rule. we know of orders a war holy space rather than put in a gauge of grain and completely unjustified. well, that's great that

a lot of civilian casualties with the use of arms is strictly prohibited by the geneva convention, nato d. u. countries already agree to supply weapons to ukraine and to put in place some of the toughest sanctions in history. but the ukrainian foreign minister, who dressed them by video wants much more direct support, including the imposition of a no fly zone. we are ready to fight, we will continue fighting but help us if you dont, i'm afraid you will have to share responsibility for their lives and sufferings of civilian ukrainians. this was the response from nato secretary general. our assessment is that though we understand her desperation, but also believe that if we did that would end up with something that could end in

a full fledge war in europe involving many more countries on the earth, causing much more human suffering. a to a news conference with the president of the european commission, the u. s. secretary of state warned that the conflict in ukraine may well be a protracted one, unfortunately, tragically, horrifically, ah, this may not be overseen. and so these efforts that we're making together, we have to sustain them. we have to build upon here at nato headquarters. there is a section from the berlin wall. the history of the alliance can be divided into the period of the cold war. and then the period after this wall fell, the secretary general believes the alliance has now passed a new milestone. what he's calling a new normal. and for the 1st time, foreign ministers have been discussing a permanent long term presence of many more troops in the nato countries. closest to russia, james bows out jazeera at nato headquarters in brussels. me lie as president joe

biden has been meeting with the finish president sallie, nene still at the white house as finland considered forming a close alliance with nato. leaders have focused on supporting ukraine in light of russia's invasion. this is not only a task on ukraine's attack on the security europe, lou global patients to those fellow critical partners. very strong defense partner, partner, tomato fish room, construct security holdings here. and we're committed to helping your grand friend itself and supportively monitor news or russia has blocked access to facebook and twitter up this as president putin sign in to laura bill that could put john listen prison for 15 years. if they are convicted of spreading false information about the military, set the bbc and on the farm broadcasters to announce they are stopping any

reporting from russia. most independent media organizations have already been shot down. those had your by your reports now from moscow. insomnia and such thing. no to war was the final statement broadcast on russia's last independent tv channel, tv, rain, all its employees walked out and protests against what the c, a severe government censorship and in its final seconds on air. it showed this with a nod to russian history. this one like ballet performance was broadcast on state tv in the soviet era, either at times of political crises or after the death of a leader. it was famously shown in 1991 during the attempted coup that contributed to the end of the soviet union. for many here it's now become a symbol of broken dreams and political instability.

tv rain was founded in 2010, with the motto, talk about important things with those who are important to us. now, after the start of russia's so called special military operation in ukraine, this channel is no longer able to continue because of government interference. on friday, both houses of parliament pass, the new law aimed a targeting media outlets that are accused of spreading fake information. it is now a criminal offense to spread what the government considers misinformation about its military, a crime which could land journalists in prison for up to 15 years. members of the russian government believe this is crucial and protecting the armed forces mission, which you should thoughts are taking into account a situation that is happening in the media space. although the company is starting for instruct them to say, and others are located in the united states of america,

it is understandable that they use as ribbons. they're bringing hatred and lice, must counter it, and protect our armed forces. the hammer of state censors have also targeted one of the most well known radio stations in the country echo of moscow took to the airwaves in august of 1990. shortly before the fall of the soviet union, the following year, its motto, all significant points of view about events should be presented no longer appears supplied to journalists in russia. tatyana felton gower was a journalist working at both tv, rain and echo of moscow. ethel russel epl roughly. it's terrible. it's a catastrophe, a true catastrophe. an absolutely terrific mistake by vladimir putin who decided to plunge russia into this. i will say it again. catastrophe. and i'm terribly scared both for my country and for ukraine. i'm terribly ashamed in front of ukrainians.

it's incredible for me to realize that the president of my country started this and i'm afraid that there's nothing go ahead for my country. and for me, as a citizen, russia's independent media are slowly disappearing, accused of falsely depicting the war in ukraine. no, why her casa is one of the last independent newspapers here, and it's editor. there me to more a tough who shared the nobel peace prize last year says his paper could be on the verge of shutting down. that's because, according to him, anything that's not propaganda is being eliminated. door such a blurry al jazeera moscow. a british government announced it will amend legislation to speed up sanctions against oligarchs and billionaires where the alleged ties of latino putin. it says there are more than 200 people of interest, many of them with large business interests in the u. k. but only a handful have so far been passed on britain sanctions list. critics, a warning that delays allow time for sources of putin's wealth to be moved elsewhere and have bark as this report. ah, the cranium born oligarch,

micah friedman bought athlone house in 2016. he paid more than $80000000.00 for it in cash. he's no subject to international sanctions in the european union, assa freezes and travel bonds, but he's not for now. at least pricing sanctions here in the u. k. meeting this here is property is still very much in progress. hums, a man described in the you as a close member of vladimir putin in a circle, a short assa telecon. i'll al jazeera i, it's a done surprisingly. we weren't invited in admission, but many of russia's big business tycoon with large investments in the u. k. friedman, the owner of russia's alphabet, has robbed shoulders who had british high society. but he's accused of having one foot in the business world and the other the criminal world because of his

membership of pollutants close in a circle of rich man who made their fortune buying and selling state assets after the collapse of the soviet union. they're allowed to hold on to their wealth, if, if they help protect hooton's, that's until russia's invasion of ukraine and a tidal wave of international sanctions, the west weapon of choice. but in decision over the speed of sanctions in the u. k . could allow some of putin's associates to get their money out of the country before it's frozen. everybody is scrambling to move assets, sell things that you know, get their loot out of harm's way. i fear that by the time we get to sanctions here in the u. k, a lot of the assets will be gone the past few days, the you case most famous oligarch, roman abram of it. shes been in a hurry to sell off. chelsea football club after 19 years of ownership like friedman abramoff which is avoided british sanctions. so fall denying, he has a seat at putin's table,

a few more obvious signs of how entrenched russian money is. here in the british capital, the roman abramoff, which is 15 by dri mansion on one of the most expensive, heavily guarded streets in europe. now apparently on the market for $200000000.00 elsewhere, france and germany have ceased to super yachts own by oligarchs alley show smart. often he gets 2nd with at least 5 other super yachts, owned by russian, billionaires anchored or cruising in the mama leaves the country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the us. putins money is on the move. the british government says there were legal reasons for lagging sanctions being imposed to make sure that water tight against legal challenges. but top lawyers warned those challenges may be few and far between now we have a situation where no lawyer and london will happily take on a case like that because we will be criticized by government ministers. we will be identified by name in parliament's, named and ashamed,

and we will be criticized than the press. there's a reason the british capitals being nicknamed london grad, allegedly you salon, devoss summers of elicit russian buddy an era that could be coming to an end. when it comes to sanctions. the government's been urged to keep up the pace or risk softening the blow. leave barca al jazeera london wants bringing another story. we're following closely to day at least 56 people have died in a suicide bombing during friday. prayers at as she r mosque and pasha what northern pakistan, nearly $200.00 worshippers were wounded. with many in a critical condition. officials declared a state of emergency and say they expect the death toll to rise, august ounce prime minister, condemned the attack. come on, hyde has more now from his arm about widespread condemnation from the pockets on the prime minister, mister moran con. and the country president,

after our deadly attack dog shall worship their name. maud and the old part of the city that conjectured area where narrow alley ways alone suicide bomber getting i hadn't gone was able to surprise the police man regarding the complex killing one on the part, critically wounding the other. he then went inside tomorrow at the time, because it's friday, the march watch back, red worship, and i did re detonated their wife, killing a large number of people. most of the wounded i said to be in critical condition, an emergency had been declared in the hot water in the city of a shower. that security forces also on high alert. i did get into a hallmark of the nomic state order on which i targeted the minority community nor judge cared and budget on, but also cross the border and wanted don, oh, it is important to know that it's not the 1st time that the law makes quotes on at

get it out there deadlier dagger against the minority. just a few weeks ago they also targeted christian priest in that video for jawa. and then of course showed that the dead remnants are now trying to carry out attack inside buckets on. although the girls for saying that they have also void a number of other plans by this particular organization to target the minority. another security for this person across the country. one of crickets greatest players, shane warne has died at the age of 50 to the australians offered a suspected heart attack one on holiday and thailand. one played a $145.00 test matches and took $708.00 wickets. the 2nd, most of all time across his 15 year international career. when he was an old song, write a once in a century, talk curricula, and he's record to live on forever. wail grew up,

watching warning idolizing him. we all had posted on his war had he's earrings way. we love so much about warney showmanship, his career. huh. his tactics, the way he just world himself in the team around to win games 1st rather. ah. look at the main developments today. russia's military has seized control of europe's largest nuclear power plant, and se in ukraine. a fire broke out at the complex overnight after is hit by shelling, but the reactors were not affected. meanwhile, west and allies at un security council of demanded the crime. the never allowed attack on a nuclear plant like that to happen again. ukraine's un ambassador says russia's attacks would threaten the world.