ah, in the 19th sixty's, afghans cinema was born. filmmakers went on a whack of the dangers to come. oh evacuations in them ukrainian city of maria pole are put on hold with claims a temporary cease fire deal is being violated. ah. we want to be able to 0 my from a headquarters in del high and getting abigail, also a heads. rushes for minister raises doubts about the outcome of talks with ukraine, saying he's not optimistic. they'll help and the war. a warning, the conflict and ukraine is pushing millions of people to warrant hunger while aid

workers appeal for help. in other news, the head of the you and if there watchdog us, several issues are still unresolved with iran. hello ukraine's presidents as a temporary cease fire announced by moscow is now on hold because of violations by russian forces fighting was meant to stop and maria pull unvil novak ought to allow safe passage of civilians out of harm's way. maria pole has been under siege for days and has come under a constant shelling woman without any humanitarian car doors must work to day and maria pole and val nava. cut to save people. women, children, the elderly, to give food and medicine to those who remain mirabelle more so we're doing everything on our part to make the agreement work. this is one of the main tasks for today. let's see, we can go further in the negotiation process. let's take a closer look at the humanitarian corridor that had been set up. a route had been

established from maria pole, which is home to more than 400000 to the city of the upper reaches. it would have allowed civilians to drive along the corridor in their own cars or by taking a municipal bus. charles stratford has more. we are south of the town of the city of zach parisha. the road behind me, we were expecting to see buses and college of people coming out from the area of mariel to the cause you can see behind me now many of them having the white signs on the window that we know a received so often saying that there are children on board. we understand that majority of these vehicles are not fleeing mary awful, but we've spoken to people further down this road who have come out of villages in between mariel. and here, one man said that the russians were shelling areas of this road already 10 kilometers or so. they were sharing the sides of the road in the nearby fields

and shrapnel had ripped off his attire. his wheel is pretty much destroyed. and he had had to drive as fast as he can to relative safety to a village before abandoning his car. many of the villages, as you can imagine, are absolutely terrified. they say that the situation is deteriorated dramatically since we understand that, that sci fi failed. we can't confirm whether the shelling that we've heard this morning was either incoming or outgoing. but obviously, if there is this road or areas mom, this road that is being shell, that was suggested date, it is russian shelling. earlier at ukraine's president accused nato of giving russia the green light to further bombard and kill ukrainians, because it was refusing to establish a no fly zone. russia's foreign minister, his head back of the landscape, his speech accusing him of wanting to provoke further conflicts to slung vocalist

royal system over it. zalinski. so unhappy with nato not interfering than that means he's hoping to resolve this conflict by involving nato. it means he's not hearing statements from european capitals, saying they won't get involved. it means he wants to provoke a conflict between nato and russia. that's the mood he's in. this mood indicates that he doesn't need negotiations with us, but that may change because of course, he's a moody person. natasha butler is falling development in the western ukrainian city of lives. russian foreign minister didn't have much good to say, of course about ukrainian president. are you creating authorities? are you creating authority? he said, we're preventing dot evacuation of citizens for mary paul this town on the sea of as off in the south of ukraine, a sci fi is supposed to be taking place there between russian troops and ukrainian

forces. but that doesn't seem to be happening, but it's saying that that is the fault of ukrainian side of ukrainian troops who are not allowing that humanitarian corey don't defy to take place. he also talks about the landscape followed him is let's get the cranium, presidents accusing him of trying to provoke nato, possibly try to provoke, they turn into into becoming part of this conflict. as lensky earlier, he did call on nato to try and impose a no fly zone over the country. he says that would help stop a rushing jet planes from bombarding cities and towns across the country. nato has made it very clear that they do not intend to do that. you install some bug ahead of may tech, saying that they won't be any way in which the alliance is going to send jet the shoot down or use any form of artillery to shoot down russian planes. they the

ukranian s place because that would basically draw the military alliance into this was something that western allies said they do not want to be. paul told when cranes president lansky is set to speak virtually to the entire us, scientists shortly. let's find out more and bringing hydrogen cas are joining us from washington d. c. so tell us more about this, heidi, will doreen before congress right now is a pending aid package to ukraine that total some $10000000000.00? it's for military assistance, humanitarian as well as economic, and it does have bipartisan support and it could move as quickly as being signed into law next week. so today the zoom appearance by president zalinski before the full senate is the ukrainian leaders chance to make a direct appeal about how that money can be best use to help his country. but was zalinski is expected to ask for, of course is what he says he most needs right now the u. s. involvement in

establishing a no fly zone. and it is a one thing that the bite administration has been consistent and clear and say that ukraine cannot have the reasoning for that. again, just as we heard in the case with european allies, is that the u. s. does not want to escalate this into a direct arm conflict between us forces that may potentially have to shoot down russian planes to enforce a no fly zone. and that is a red line from the white house. as far as congress is concerned, there have been one or 2 voices. the vast minority saying that the u. s. should think about doing a no fly zone and ukraine, but the vast majority of congress has been opposed to that idea as well. and i'm sure presidents zalinski this morning, we'll be trying to change those minds. yeah. and really interesting to see the impact. but seeing zelinski face to face might have on senators. yeah, it will not be lost on anyone here in washington that these will be people in their

suits and ties. waking up on a peaceful, beautiful spring day in washington, speaking with the embattled ukrainian president, the 1st time that the full senate will be seen zalinski face to face. i'll be at virtually since the beginning of the war. he'll be in his bunker in key of while russian troops threatened to encircle his city. so that contrast surely will not be lost on any one. zelinski a week ago made a similar appearance before european leaders. and he was very effective when he told those leaders that that may be the last time they see him alive. and of course, that was a huge part in getting that severe sanctions package passed. so we'll have to see how effective he may be here in washington. there is near universal praise for his courage with some some, some members of the of the u. s. congress. even comparing him to winston churchill . so cementing that moral support, i'm sure that is something that soleski seeks to do, he could accomplish. but as far as moving the needle to further action beyond that

aid package, that is a challenge that we'll have to see whether he can deliver on. all right, thank you, heidi. thank you for that reporting from washington to see or codes of ukrainians have gathered in the city of her son in the south to protest against russia's takeover of their city. it's the largest city moscow has taken since its invasion of ukraine began 10 days ago, ukraine's president of back the protest. let's take a closer look at which side is set to control what russia and it's allied separate just forces. now hold all the areas shaded in reds, they received the coastal city of mary a pole. there are reports, a temporary cease fire to allow people to leave is being violated. russian troops have also entered the black seaport of michel leave for the 1st time, but they are facing major resistance. ukraine, 2nd city of car thief was one of russia's 1st targets. but despite heavy shelling, it's still under ukrainian control. further north thrust and forces are expanding

their offensive on the outskirts of keys, but the capital itself is still in ukrainian hands out zeros. armored lassie isn't odessa and southern ukraine with more on the situation there. the bottle, the latest we have here is that to me, sales it a village, located about 25 kilometers from odessa. the farming facility was the main target in that village. no one was killed or injured as a result of the strike. however, the 2 missiles cause massive damage. this has become the daily routine shift. the city was seized by the russians. residents are caught with prevention and caution for fear of what to come next as fighting rages in and around the 3 southern cities . kershawn nikolai of in odessa, her son was the 1st to fall into the russian hands since the beginning of their campaign. the green president and officials accused the russians of attempting to

turn the city into separatist republic. like those of the east. the russians started to remove the national telephone networks and braced them. the address in once russian t. v stations also started to take premises. here. these moves are met with grass roots rejection by the local resident. today, russian sent to comb with trucks loaded with a to kershawn, but the residents refused to take any of the assistance. instead, they took to the streets, protesting against the russian presence. in odessa, the porch didn't come under attack, but they are not operational in. the city is home to green, streaky, porch, economy and tourist capital of the country. shops and restaurants are also close due to the current circumstances, as residents brace for what to come to. it should be noted that pressure worships, are anchored off shore. they try to come closer today, but the bad weather caused them to retreat. the ukrainian army warned of any

landing from the sea and retreated. they are ready to send off. the still ahead on al jazeera, why the shadow of a disgraced former south korean president looms large country folks and a president, a government says it's lowest economic growth target in more than 30 years. we'll have a report from beijing. ah . with that a sounds going north, which usually means the ratings going there with not certainly true in the philippines and central southern philippines. the forecast is for pretty big showers. was a fan of deeper cloud for the west hasn't been quite that far north. it's been in southern thailand where it's being repeated peninsula, malaysian norton, sumatra, and java. all these places have had flooding the last week. assert,

i think we'll see the same again. but maybe the heavy stuff is coming in to the central philippines. now it hasn't finished being wintry in japan, not quite conditions for blizzard, but they're pretty close. you know, lots of snow down the high ground. the mountains of homes shoot, no warnings out for it, but of course it's been a lot of snow the season. the avalanche warning will be up really and high winds across the water. most to china is enjoying fine weather, fairly sunny weather does the 1st sign of season rain showing in the south, south the yangtze. you'll notice back towards the pearl river and it's going south . was breeze producing significant rain in taiwan as much of japan drives up during monday in southern india, tamela to get some rain from this tropical depression. i think and is useful shells moving through the north air. cold is not good at the moment, but it could improve ah,

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a temporary cease fire, and i'll by moscow is now on hold because a by elation by russian forces fighting was meant to stop in maria, poland vall, enough to allow the safe passage of civilians out of harm's way. ukraine's president's vote marizza lansky has criticized nato's refusal to create a no fly zone over this country. he says the alliance will be to blame for any further death. russia, for a minister, sir, good law grove, is it backwards? landscape, comment? accusing him of one thing to drag more parties into the conflict lateral says the comments don't inspire optimism about the faith. about talks to end the fighting in ukraine. or more than a 1000000 people have now fled the fighting. the un is warning, could lead to the worst refugee crisis, the century. thousands have been leaving from towns on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital. a keep. many cards of signs in their window saying children and evacuation to avoid being targeted by russian troops,

residential areas and center such as boucher and urban have been subject to intense shelling. many of those leaving ukraine are fleeing to poland. the u. s. secretary state anthony blinking is there. he's met the foreign minister to discuss the conflict. poland is doing vital work to respond to this crisis. it's hosted increased nato presence and supported the robust you sanctions against russia. and it is done a great deal to facilitate security assistance to ukraine, although never as a volunteer at the health ukraine center. she says there has been support for refugees from across europe. people i drive a call from you guys for 27 hours driving batch, but they are unloading the whole a truck with their hands. they are so supportive in everything they do. so working here is really black for me because you know, i'm not in ukraine under bond things. i can do something for you. clay been here in

the house and feeling all this uniting for people in support. all for ukraine, from those people for coming to the same time, it's physically and psychologically very difficult because physically you are helping you're working on stop. no sleep and psychological, you're reading the you told the time and all your loved ones, your family and your team is and care if you keep writing to them and they keep writing to asking for help. and you have all the loads of products that you have to send their people in ukraine, most linear foods, in some places they ran out of foods, whatever they have in the shopping centers is very, very expensive. they can afford that. they need men, medical medical station like pills, everything they can't tell pharmacies or days and some places they need water, they need a hygiene and that's what we are collecting. there are also a lot of fall warm closes, but that's not the number one priority. number one priority is food to keep people

alive, apply water and medical mentation actually show to them. whatever sedation is the head of the new un nuclear watchdog has met iranian officials into ron. this is talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, and vienna appear to be reaching an end or fail. grossi says there are still issues that need to be addressed by iran. there were particular number of matters that are still pending for resolution and bloody vacation. that ard before the board of governors of the 8th and have been there for quite some time. both sides run e had been try and have been trying to work towards a verification of these. but so far,

our efforts had not been crowned with success for thought for the r has more from wrong. today's method is quite critical because there are apparently meetings, other happening in taking place in the n regarding runs a nuclear program. so today on the for field will sees meeting with the head of international atomic sorting iranian atomic agency here. and then now there is another meeting on the way with the run your foreign minister as well . so the said that they will continue working together. but the iranian side insisting we see that the international atomic agency is close to us by politics, particularly the mean israel. but believe that israel has tremendous influence over the international atomic agency. and definitely grossi says there is no that, that atomic agency doesn't, based on the particular it was on itself. they,

they said that there will be staying in constant contact. and there are still outstanding issues that when they start sending issues, it's not clear what they mean. but based on the source of that, i have talked to say that atomic agency has a trust issue with the retina officials because they're in the, in the past. it has been some cases that iran did not declare some of this at nuclear facilities, and it is quite important for the atomic agency. so they now be they said a deadline till june until june. these 2 parties are trying to get over the differences or the disagreements. south korea military says north korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile towards water is east of the peninsula. if confirmed it will be north korea as 9th weapons tests this year. south korea is national security council has condemned what it's called, gangs. unprecedented repeated firing of ballistic missiles. that launch comes a south korean head to the poles, early voting for a new president has already begun. one of the last actions of the outgoing leader

moon giant was to grant a pardon to his predecessor as rob mcbride reports from diego. she was jailed 5 years ago for corruption, but remains influential and south korean politics. in this well to do suburb of the southeast in city of dago, there is a buzz of excitement at the prospect of a new neighbor, former conservative president park in hay taken by the daughter of strong men president. how young he is. she is considered to be political royalty by supporters who are already being drawn to her home, even though she is yet to move in for the neglect on saturday. and i hope she lives healthy and well for the rest of her life. any fault. and i hope she prays for the development and stability of the country, and she inspires the people with extra security measures being added to the new house park will soon be exchanging one set of bars for another. she was forced out

of power by mass street demonstrations during a corruption scandal that led to her impeachment and then imprisonment. given a presidential pardon? she is now being treated in hospital for chronic back pain, 5 years on from her dramatic fall from grace opinions about past young hey have shifted the time she spent behind bars combined with health problems, have one her degree of sympathy, even among some liberal voters. supporters of the liberal party arrive at home with a banner wishing her a quick recovery in an apparent bid to win support in this conservative neighbourhood. a bit of electioneering that angers, right wingers park remains a polarizing figure here with this minor presidential candidate hoping to win the support of right wingers because of his association with her. you can see the influence of personal pop from the crowd who visit her home. our party is more

concerned with what it can do for her, rather than how she will, how he, like all of her supporters are seemingly determined to rehabilitate her legacy. soon to be living next door to park. the bigger concern for soon is the state of her vegetable garden, given the sudden wave of the visitors trampling over it won't print out. there is nothing good going to come from this, but you can't do any thing. people just walk all over my failed, living quietly, her whole life here, the neighbourhood is about to change forever. further down the road to the visitor's car park is hastily being extended to handle the droves of supporters. once park finally takes up residence. rub, mcbride, al jazeera de goose, south korea. thousands of firefighters have been battling a large blaze in south korea. the fire is threatening a nuclear power station and a liquefied natural gas plant. thousands on the east coast have been forced to

leave their homes. dozens of buildings have been destroyed. there has been no reports of injuries or death. china top leaders or might have been trying to lay out the country's direction for the coming year. economic growth and stability are the government's priority officials. so set a g d p target a 5 and a half percent. that's the lowest in 3 decades. katrina, you reports from beijing, about 3000 of china's more powerful officials have gathered in baking to begin it's week long national people's congress. the chinese premier outlined the direction for the your head, the top priority stabilizing economic was down though we must make economic stability, our top priority, pursue progress, well, insure him stability in the face of new downward pressure. the task of ensuring stable growth needs to occupied and even more prominent position with a g d. p. target. around 5.5 percent was set. the lowest figures since $991.00. but

a number in line with 4 costs. the premier says, china's economy faces risks at home and abroad, the war and ukraine, climate change, and the ongoing current of ours pandemic, our major concerns. there's obviously a tremendous amount of activity in the world that is going to affect china. we're on the verge, literally of a one of the largest economic downturns that we've ever seen. unemployment is another key focus aging aimed to create 11000000 new urban jobs and keep unemployment in cities to 5.5 percent. unemployment will be the biggest concern this year because we'll have a new crop of fresh graduates coming out more than 10000000 of them. and if we look at unemployment rate by age group, the young people under 24 years old will have the highest unemployment rate. china

struggling to revive showing consumption, and many small to medium sized businesses are fighting to survive downtown. and the housing sector is also hurting the economy. there's no sign of any big economic stimulus package that analysts say most vending will be needed to meet the 5.5 percent worth target. china's central bank has already cut interest rates and vowed to keep monetary policy flexible, but it's 0 curve. 19 strategy continues to drag on growth. beijing has also announced a 7 point one percent boost in defense spending. it's nervous about growing security threats in the south china sea and around taiwan. a self ruled island. a claims is chinese. officials, a looking head to the 20th communist party congress in october, where a leadership shuffle will take place. and president shooting ping will begin an unprecedented the turn power before then ensuring china's security and a healthy economy are the government's main tasks. katrina in al jazeera beaching.

australia has been mourning the loss of sporting legend shane warne prime minister scott morrison says the country is bewildered by warren's sudden loss and described him as one of the nation's greatest character is. and one of a kind hands have been lame tributes, including at the melbourne cricket ground, which already has a statue of worn and will now rename one of its towns. the s k warn stand and his honor. warren died of a suspected heart attack while on holiday and thailand. he was 52 or india is bidding to host the somers chests olympiad, which was to have been held in russia in jose home to more than 70 grand masters as poverty. metal reports. just clicking on select cliff edge. yeah. but oh, and with that move a teenage prodigies turn. the reigning king duncan are pregnant. i check mated was champion magnus halston in an ethan moscow's online match. he started playing when

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indian government and their stablished for just clubs in 4 major cities in india, one at bombay. the lead on jimmy. and i just wanted to just give me enough telephone level champion and that is all that's putting just play and play with other players. 7. dom swami is a, china was one post by remish, a woman grandmaster. she's the 1st engine females to win an international title. i think the competition has increased substantially from those days. but those have also had the challenge of not having a good train on not having the tv and not having access to worked on them and, and so on. venus i went up because she rolled her sons as an after school activity . her oldest on our job is already a grandma. so and she expects a younger one to follow the lenses, winning tournaments. and when they, when we saw the passion they had for the amount of time they were putting into then

the phone that they were actually very much interested in. and now and so it said he was already medically coming and they made me the same on saturdays, but they were able to score with my says technology have played a critical role in making the game more accessible while challenges like high fees for training and tournaments remain, he believes the growing number of engine grandmaster will help bring more talent to the game. but in the middle, i'll just iraq new delhi. ah, hello again. the headlines on i'll just 0. the cranes presidents as a temporary cease fire, announced by moscow is now on hold because the violations by russian forces fighting was meant to stop in mario pull unvil novak to allow safe passage of civilians out of harm's way ukraine's president of all of them are zalinski has criticize nature's refusal to.