ah, ah ah me, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm not madison, and this is the news our life from don't. coming up in the next 60 minutes, day 14 of the ukraine was desperate efforts to rescue civilians trapped in bombarded cities as russia. and this is a new cease fire grain blames russian forces for cutting, alec tricity to the close to noble nuclear power plant. you are nuclear watchdog says it's safe for no money of all remains surrounded by russian military corpses

are said to be lying on the streets. residents haven't had power water for over a week and i'm pull recent health. think he why the finish for these are preparing, taken asylum seekers, but it's russian not ukrainians. they've been arriving here since the start the war . the close colon says create a presidential election. the opposition, conservative candidate is leading, but only just and as for by him, unit 7 on the way to the champ is the quarter finals. holy strike are all but live in dock is calling a hat trick and a big win over red bull cells. the de 14 of russia's war on ukraine and both sides have again agreed on a sci fi to civilians caught in fighting to evacuate. so far, russian forces have met ukrainian resistance, but they still managed to make games. and all these areas that are marked on this

map and read both sides have agreed on several humanitarian colorado's civilians living and dom evacuating, who's a police yet those in the besieged city of mario paul, also expected to go there. but so far, evacuation attempts have failed. now this is another evacuation root will not have a super crosscut in the cocky region that has suffered heavy russian bombardment and shelling people from each of them are expected to go to look so, but evacuation efforts are continuing for a 2nd day from so me to pull taba colorado's from towns on here. i have also been agreed people i've seen towards the capital as russian forces close in natasha name begins our coverage, the as some ukrainians. and sue lee took a one way bus ride to safety in the dark. others cried from beneath rubble as rescuers dug them out. by morning,

people woke up with mobile phones in hand to take video of smoldering apartment buildings outside their windows. the ukranian deputy prime minister says the hope is that beginning at 9 am local time. on wednesday a seas fire in places such as the keys, car keys, and sumi regions would hold for 12 hours. so people could escape the fighting along humanitarian corridors. both ukraine and russia have agreed to conceive on the walker. he news approach residents are asking me to make sure the russian federation fulfills its promises and people can leave the place if they've been hiding from the fire. in the shelling that is killing them, the spokeswoman of the russian ministry of foreign affairs accused the ukrainian government of feeling to give citizens clear guidance on humanitarian corridors. she says 2000000 people have turned to russia for assistance, and 140000 have already entered the country since the invasion began. she also says

the ukrainian military is using phosphorus which is illegal if used against civilian doesn't. but why am store the ukraine and military supported by extremists, nationalists, and military battalions? the russian side has noted the use of phosphorus weapons and it's forbidden by the un. new allegations of war crimes have emerged. amnesty international says, as people lined up to get bread in a public square, ensure in a heath last week, it was hit by multiple bombs. 3 people were killed. amnesty says its investigation shows at least 8, so called dumb bombs, rain down on the square, and it's likely a russian air strike. this is one of a growing number of alleged attacks on civilians. a violation of the geneva convention. the international criminal court is now investigating war crimes in

ukraine. natasha going to l, just the iraq grading official say that if function, noble, nuclear plants be knocked off the power grid, and that's res, concern about the facilities long term ability to cool nuclear material. there. increase foreign ministers called for a sci fi to repair damage to the power grid. un nuclear watchdog says the loss of power has had no critical impact on safety. natasha butler's in the western city of levine. she's joining us now. natasha took us through the evacuation efforts 1st. well, you know, every day here in ukraine in so many cities, there are people who are absolutely desperate to leave their cities. now it's not because they want to of course that because they are being forced to buy constant washing, shelling bombardment, fighting and also because they're running out to fight to supplies often, you know, water, food medicines, the thing is,

is across the country. there has been several attempts to put in place. he monitor inquiry doors, but they are not always working out not today. ukrainian forties said that they were going to implement at least 5 humanitarian cory doors in agreement with russian authorities. but what we know is at least one of those attempts to put in place mandatory corridor has failed in the sound, in an eastern time to me that the man says that people simply being unable to evacuate because the russian shilling has continued. it is too dangerous for people can ease. better news though, for people in the town of sumi which is in the north. it's a town of about a quarter 1000000 people. if i q ations began that on tuesday, about 5000 people left on tuesday, many more are leaving. stay on buses, relieved as you can imagine, to be able to get away. but in other cities, it's not clear whether or not evacuations are taking place. we know the russian rational authority that offered in the day to evacuate people,

but to russia it's. so of course ukraine, it's unlikely to accept an offer that ukrainian officials, of course, absolutely cynical and immoral. natasha, we've been hearing about these discuss to the electricity supply tuesday, tional power station. what more do we know about that? yes. well, the good news is the international nuclear watchdog, the i. e. a has said that in terms of safety, the situation now is not critical bonds. they are extremely concerned. you know, this is a novel power plant. it is in the north of ukraine, knew that better russian border, a huge nuclear disaster. there, of course, in 1986, it is defunct to box. however, there's lots of nuclear radioactive waste. then what we know is the power has been costs, and that means 2 things. firstly that the cooling systems are now relying on backup

diesel powered generators that the foreign minister ukraine says, i only have like 48 hours left to run. so after that, who knows what will happen? he says he's concerned about radioactive material, possibly being leagues. now, the other impact of that power card is that the monitoring systems that are in place to track the nuclear waste and radioactive levels. they normally communicate directly with the i a a, but they are down, they are not working. so the i. e, a has not had any information out from that plant, and that is a great concern you have to understand as well. the plant is on the russian control, working troops, all over the side. there are more than 200 workers on the side. they all ukrainian solve the was been there all along and the problem is we understand that they have had no sleep. they are working in terrible conditions, effectively, gunpoint, these are not the conditions that you will nuclear power plant workers to be working in attached to the thank you very much indeed. natasha boss on talking to

us from nevada. let's go to step boston who's going to be live for us in the ukrainian capital key step, talk us through what's happening with the russian forces outside the city. they're well an extremely 10 situation here in the capital. there was shooting explosions, artillery fires in different parts of the city, including in the south, which is supposed to be a safe passage, a safe way out. for many people here were still trapped in the capital of who still want to leave. so it is increasingly a sentence that the russian forces are approaching the capital. everyone here is aware that this is the main prize for put in for his war here in ukraine. the capital, a city of nearly 4000000 people, many of them have left. but if you go around and go down into the subway, you find a lot of people. i actually camping out there. some of them have been there for 2

weeks already. so there's also this defiance that even though russian forces might be in the city pretty soon. i mean there's a real serious threat, but people are holding out there and they say they're still really convinced that ukraine will win this. it is surprising, isn't it? because there is a marked difference from what i understand, you've been telling us before between what we see on the streets of the city of cave compared to what is essentially going on inside people's houses and underground as well. exactly. when you just arrived here, it's completely empty. there's this really eerie silence. like the city is holding its breath for what is coming. nobody on the street, barely any one, but then you go down and you see that life basically in kiev has gone deep underground. that's where people are holding up. that's where they feel safe from the bombardments from the shelling they're really holding out there. they're going to camping. they brought their mat to assess their blankets. that's where they're

staying and they really feel that they should stay there. they don't want to leave . many of them have told me also they can't leave. and a typical story that i've been hearing throughout the day is that women's, 50 or 60 years old. they can't leave because they can't leave their elderly parents behind. they have grand modest models in the 90s in the eighty's and they simply can't be evacuated because they were, they would die on the way. so there are a lot of people who simply can't leave, and they only safe way, at least that's what they believe is deep under the ground stuff. thank you very much. in the instead boss and talking to us from keith. all the different to noble nuclear plant hasn't had any active nuclear reactors for more than 20 years, but large amounts of spent fuel and radioactive waste remain on the site of the was worst. nuclear disaster, national exclusion zone houses decommissioned reactors and storage for radioactive

waste. and you might recognize the huge sykowski says it's called over the react number 4, which exploded in 1986. you can see it just towards the center of your picture there. energy provider, you can now go says the cons security systems on the pumps which cool was spent nuclear storage facility have been disconnected from the electrical grid, but the systems supporting the plant are able to remove heat effectively without adding tricity for now, according to the i a, well, the telegraph is the former head of the verification and security policy coordination office at the international atomic energy agency. and he's joining us from vienna. very good to have you with us on august 0. if b e a isn't able at the moment to get any information from the plant, how confident can it be that there isn't an immediate risk while the information that the i it gets from the noble nuclear power plant, as well as from other nuclear power plants and ukraine is related more to

safeguards. that is, diversion of nuclear material from peaceful uses to nuclear weapons. doesn't necessarily get nuclear safety information through its monitoring systems, install that channel, or is that for easier or other power plants in ukraine? in the event that the electricity supply is not restored, and in the event that the diesel backup generators fail, what could happen? well, the seems to be some difference and information. i was just looking at the website of the state nuclear regulatory inspectorate of ukraine, which is the licensing authority. and they say that the $1750.00 kilowatt power line was cut, and that the nuclear power plant is be energized and the diesel fuel for generators. there is only sufficient for 48 hours. but if we look at the stress

stresses stress test report put out by the regulator a few years ago, there are actually 8 power lines coming in future normal to 750 kilowatt lines. for 330 kilowatt lines. to 110 kilowatt lines. they also say that they have backup diesel fuel to run the generators for 7 days. so we don't know which information is correct and, and why if the previously the regulator reported to the i e a that they had a power lines diesel sufficient for 7 days? why are they are now saying that power is got them? there is only diesel or 48 hours, so i think this is something that's the ukrainian parties need to resolve very quickly. however, according to the again to the regulator, if even if the interim spent fuel pool a spent fuel cooling, fund lose electric power supply, they still have diesel generators. and also,

as i said on its website, even without loss of power, as long as the water contain, when is not breached, the spend fuel will remain safe from a radioactive release perspective. as we were hearing from our correspondent natasha just a moment ago, there are of course ukrainian staff who have been managing the system. the system can't run on its own without those stuff and they appear to be have been working under tremendous stress. how concerned are you that the circumstances in which the staff are working could lead to an accident or loss of concentration? yes, the director general rafael mariano grossi has, on a number of occasions, pointed out that the staff, that, that 210 staff, the mobile power plant have not managed to go home. and that hasn't been a shift change since the 23rd of 24th of february. one of the reasons is that the crane that take them to the village where they live,

goes through barrows and then re enter the ukraine. and the ukranian authorities, according to reports of a story of the russian authorities, according to reports to said that they cannot guarantee the safety of the staff traveling back and forth. so there are no proper sleeping facilities. so these 4 people have to sleep on the floor or on the bed. they haven't had proper rest. so it is a major concern. it is an essential component of nuclear safety that the staff less you properly rested properly alert, properly fed, and the best a physical and psychological condition to manage their responsibility for the safe operation of the nuclear facility that evolve is form ahead of the verification and security policy coordination office at the i 8, so we appreciate your time. thank you very much. indeed. moscow says that nearly 2 weeks into the war, it's military operations. it calls it is going to plan recent satellite pictures show movements of

a russian military convoy trying to in circled keith. it's being slowly advancing from bellows towards the ukrainian capital since the invasion began. 2 weeks ago us intelligence says it's been held up by logistical failures and ukrainian attacks against president of letting me as a landscape has appealed to russian soldiers to return home. genie g industrial peculiar because val yvonne russian soldiers, you have a chance to survive. almost 2 weeks of resistance has shown you that we will not give up because this is our home, families and children. we will fight until we get our land back until we respond in full for all i murdered people for i murdered children. you can still be saved if you'd just go away. meanwhile, rushes the keys, the us of supporting what is calling ukraine's military biological lab. both keys and the pentagon have denied the allegations. but this is diane griffin. we are confirming the facts that were on veiled during the special military operation in

ukraine, which indicates an emergency cleanup of military biological programs by the key regime. they were carried out by keith and financed by the united states of america . on a total given as a senior research fellow, the quincy institute of responsible estate cross. he's joining us from woodman and the united kingdom. so thank you very much. indeed for giving us your time on al jazeera. let's start with a broad picture. what's your assessment of how the military responds in ukraine and the russian military action in your train is the states that they're out now compared to where they were say a week ago. well, the russian asset is obviously faltering very badly. they have to few troops for their purposes. they spread them too wide. they've tried to, to many things at once. and they are facing something that they clearly did not expect or planned for which is really heavy, ukrainian resistance in the cities. and so, of course,

lacking the proofs, they are beginning to resort to bombardment. the cities, which is disastrous for the political agenda because it alienates not just to koreans in general, the russian and russian speaking inhabitants of cities in the east, whose support within ukraine is crucial to russia's goals. so of course, the russians have made very significant advances, particularly in the size, but i think it's very obvious that their attack is not going as i want to ask you about this russian military con, by over the last week, particularly there's been a lot of speculation about what the purpose of this is. there is a suggestion from us intelligence is being held up by logistical failures and ukrainian attacks, but it is 65 kilometers longer is the least. it was the last time we. so we talked about it. why do you think the advance is happening so slowly? well, it seems to me that the russians are trying to put themselves in

a position to surround kiev as far as possible. but had not made the yet decided to attack it because the kid counting it suburbs is a city of around 3500000 people. that is a very, very large target to attack. so it may be that this is linked to the russian diplomatic agenda. and that it is really intended at the moment, not to attack here in the immediate future, but to put pressure on the credit in government to agree to russian conditions the peace. because the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers meeting tomorrow in turkey. russia has set out its conditions. president zalinski has suggested that some of those might be negotiable or acceptable. but clearly the russians want to, you know, basically, yeah, i mean, pressure the ukrainians into agreement. we heard just a moment ago,

a statement from the russian foreign ministry, again reiterating that there was some sort of military biological program that it said that russia was suggesting, i've been instituted by the within ukraine, from your experience. how likely is that? and why would russia be bringing that up? oh, well, both sides are engaging in war propaganda. it always happens in war about 2 atrocities by the other side. and it's very, very difficult to tell in the circumstances what is true and what is. and i, i was a war correspondent myself for the, for a number of years for the london times. and i know just how, you know, how the store is generated, and i've always treated the with great skepticism. i mean that, that said the fact that the americans have announced that they are helping the ukrainians to dismantle biological labs suggests that there is something

there to be worried about. but whether it is what the russians are alleging, i really could not say once this conflict finally comes to an end. what's your assessment of what the geopolitical situation is going to look like? well, that will be a deep and enduring rift between russia and the west. nature will be consolidated, but then again, of course, russia has not attacked nato. and i think has no intention of doing so. it just doesn't have the truth to do so. so we will be back to the conditions of the cold war with a because russia being much, much weaker than the soviet union, was during the cold war. and perhaps with ukraine in the something like the position of australia and finland. because russia is demanding

a treaty of neutrality. ukraine has suggested that that may be possible. because of course, pot for the else as president lensky has said. nature has made clear that it won't fight to defend ukraine when at that point being in nato becomes somewhat absurd. to be honest, so at least on that the might be the possibility of, of compromise. but of course there are other huge issues to get around as well, including the issue of russian sovereignty of the crimea. but my, my sense is that, yes, i mean ukraine will not be militarily allied to the west. but on the other hand, of course, what the russians have done has tremendously strengthened ukrainian national feeling and hostility to russia. so, you know, they will be with, you know, joining nato. ukraine will move much more towards the west. i really appreciate your giving us the benefit of your experience are honest, all nevin,

thank you very much for indeed for joining us on 0. thank you. germany sounds it all off shorts. it says there is no military solution to conflict speaking a press conference with canadas prime minister to discuss mutual energy cooperation and additional military aid to ukraine into some vitamin by didn't look some fun. but 1st off, what's important here is close cooperation and we are doing utmost best. we would like to use hydrogen from canada and this could play a huge role. we need to find diversity where to find raw materials, country, and with regards to gas imports to germany we need alternatives. and it's also good that this could be at the same time, the structure for a long term hydrogen economy, which we can setup in germany. but we will continue to send equipment and weapons as needed as we have in canada. we will continue to be aligned with our

partners. we all have to be careful about not further expanding or escalating. we want to deescalate the conflict. we want to see an end to this conflict. we will be there to support ukrainians in every way that we can. but we need to be mindful of the best way to support them. meanwhile, the european union's further tightening sanctions banks and bellows, so be targeted. another $160.00 russian individuals of also had measures imposed against the diplomatic editor james bases joining us now from paris. so more sanctions coming from the european union. yeah, more sanctions these just filling in the gaps of the previous sanctions. as you say, another 160 individuals named russian individuals. these are all they got their political figures on top of the list that was already there. busy they're also looking at other areas where there may be cracks in the sanction program. they're looking at radio equipment now looking at maritime navigation technology. those are

being added to the list. they're also adding crypto assets. in case crypto occurrences of the way round the sanctions. that's being added as well. but of course, what you don't have here is the sanctions on energy. and you just heard the german chancellor love sholtes saying that they're going to work long term. he talks about a hydrogen economy long term on this, but they really can't do it now. they can't do it now because we're still in the winter in parts of europe. it's still pretty cold. so that's the effect on ordinary people. but also the effect on businesses and the effect on the economy given the european union has about a 3rd of its energy coming from russia would be devastating. said that is the main gap in the sanctions and is a gap that's pretty clear. that's not going to be filled for now. no, i understand french president emanuel mac. hong has been meeting the leader of the . the netherlands is dutch counterpart. what's been coming out of that? well, you've seen lots and lots of diplomatic activity that's been going on for

a long time now, and that certainly some of it, as you've seen with prime minister udo here, is trying to keep all of the western allies on the same side. those on either side of the atlantic, among the european leaders. there is a plan to get everything ready for a big european summit. thursday and friday. the 27 countries of the you will be meeting, i think they'll be scratching their heads about what more they can do, given that they weren't doing a thing about the energy part of this, the prime minister router was pressed by dutch jan. this on the way into the meeting about shipping and whether they can do more shipping. this is relevant, particularly to the dutch because raw saddam is the biggest port in europe. also run of also important to belgium and to the 2nd biggest in germany. with hamburg, the 3rd biggest, the u. k is gone ahead of the u on this and banned all russian shipping russian flag vessels, russian controlled vessels. the e. u hasn't done that yet. they say it's

a complicated issue because the things go flags of convenience. you can fly a flag of another country and it's quite hard as quite hard to actually work out who owns a vessel, but the use as it's working on that may be more discussion on that when there is going to be just widespread discussion on ukraine starting in about 24 hours about some it'll the european leaders, diplomatic editor james days talking to us from paris. and the us has rejected pollings offer to transfer fighter jets to an american airbase in germany, also wanted the crock to be used by ukraine. but event on spokesman says the prospect of flying nato jets into a war zone raises serious concerns for the entire lines. the crane and officials are pleaded with western governments to provide warplanes to fight against the russian invasion when its cost to kimberly hauled it in washington dc. why is the u . s. unhappy about this? yeah, well, there are a number of reasons united states isn't happy. number one,

it was blindsided by this, in fact, we know from the under secretary of state, victoria new and that she found out about this in the car. she was headed over to testify before congress. but to add to this, it makes things really uncomfortable for the vice president, comma harris as she heads over to warsaw, poland to speak with polish officials, given the fact that they really were not notified about this proposal in advance. but the real big problem for the united states and all of this is that essentially this could draw the us and it's nato allies and partners into a much broader war that it does not want to be involved in. in other words, it could put us soldiers and nato soldiers in direct conflict with russian war planes. that is something that is not desirable in the eyes of the united states and its allies. and here is why there's this bill over fact that it's of

grave concern to the u. s. president and other world leaders are western leaders. and that is because of article 5, that if there was to be any sort of spill over beyond ukraine, perhaps into poland, that in fact, there would be an attack in the way on one nato country would be an attack on all. and then there would be the united states or other nato nations would be compelled to respond. and so this is the concern that if there was an attack on one of these warplanes, something that we should point out, ukraine has been asking for this air support. this would really sort of expand the conflict into something much greater than it is right now. and so for this reason, this is something that the united states and the, the words of the pentagon's 1st person john kirby says, is simply not cannibal. so that is the message that the right vice president,

commonly harris will be delivering the polish officials. but again, this was really a surprise to the united states and so i was calling this morning kimberly hawkins in washington dc company. thank you. so the head on 0, you know, one of the world's most recognizable, brian takes itself out of russia. i didn't sports, we're going to hear from the russian formula. one driver who says he's being unfairly treated ah hello, we've got a bay contrast in the weather across the middle east at the moment. we've got some like weather in the south. boy, we got some winter weather further north, lots of cloud, hair, snow and rain piling through the heavy snow wave of the turkish mountain, sliding over towards caucuses. temperature struggling to get 2 well,

3 celsius and anchor into the mid stays. one way of rain coming in across the levant, pass every 11 jordan pushing down into israel. but look at doe half 31 celsius to still into by a 35 and thursday. going on into friday, save and horses still that warm southerly wind continue to fade in. am meeting up with that when she weather spread, rod across northern parts of the region across the caspian tours, afghanistan is killed enough to cross northern parts of egypt. northern areas of libya and dusty conditions rolling through here. charles with one or 2 showers into morocco. plenty of showers now started to show the way up across the guinea coast over the next few days, or joining up the shower school central parts of africa. and of course we do still have a tropical side flow making its way across the mozambique channel. now. so that's going to run towards mozambique as we go on into friday. lots of wind, lots of rain and we are looking at localized flooding right into the weekend. ah,

living in a war zone is a risk not worth taking for most. but for a 10 year old boy, there is nowhere else to go. in the absence of his parents, his grandmother dedicates herself to his upbringing. never knowing whether the next explosion will echo one step closer to the place they call home. the distant barking of ducks, a witness documentary on al jazeera. from the front lines al jazeera correspondence continue to report every angle of the war and ukraine, if that code 3 love people donating whatever they get big steely determination to resist and fight back. we're the center of the capital in a war coff things. 3rd watch. list. your let me all hours was still rolling. the police are making it very difficult for people to try and protest. the russian army

has positioned itself in the next tale. stay with us, just 0 for the latest developments. lou ah, he wants to go to 0 reminder about top stories this. our children's hospital has been bombed in the city of mario paul, according to local officials. president zelinski says children are trapped under rubble following an attack by russian forces. explosions have been held in ukraine's capital, despite the declaration of another humanitarian pause in fighting streams of bosses and cars. who being carrying families out of keith to safety. and the european union is further tightening sanctions banks in bella. luce have been another

$160.00 russian individuals have also had measures imposed against them for ministers of russia. and ukraine will meet in turkey on thursday. the highest level talk since the war began. nearly 2 weeks ago, ukraine's forum is said to meet, so clyburn says he's not expecting any major breakthroughs. money to be honest, i'm reserved with my optimism. i do not have high expectations, but of course we will be pressing for the maximum. i will demand a ceasefire to liberate our territories and of course, to resolve the humanitarian issues or other catastrophes created by the russian military. owing to the actions of the ukrainian armed forces, as well as the coordinated actions with partners regarding sanctions. i am going to these negotiations in a strong position market zine as a senior fellow at the german marshall fund of the united states. he's joining us from berlin. very good to have you with us and so on. i'll just do it before the minister of ukraine isn't expecting any major breakthroughs,

but how significant is it that this meeting is going to be taking place between 2 such senior figures at this point in the crisis? well, it's definitely significant, and i think it's going to pay away for a meeting eventually between let me put in. and the question remains to what extent are both sides able to move north each other and whether they can reconcile a couple of those things. they have been the coupling lately. we are seeing the talks going on the different diplomacy going on in europe that we've been covering just just earlier in the program. no. so the u. s. involvement in that, how do you analyze the way that the countries are moving, the geopolitical situation if you like, as a result of the conflict? well, i mean, you have to be in what situation each country currently is. i mean, the rough advances are not going well,

let's say you probably thought they would. and ukraine is defending in a much more serious way than anybody else expected in particular in europe. so, to, to certain degree, the positions of both countries have changed. i think the ukraine situation is a little, has improved to some extent while the russians, seeing the extent to what the, the west is able to do in terms of sanctions and in terms of really damaging the russian economy. i think that has changed to a certain degree the the way the negotiating. on the other hand, i mean this is a war attrition. and i think we haven't really seen the full go called gail, of what russian military is capable of doing. so i wouldn't be too over optimistic in terms of how long the ukraine can can, can hold on one of our guests earlier in the program, suggesting that there was the possibility of

a treaty of neutrality for ukraine. if the nitro membership wasn't an option as it clearly now seems to not to be for ukraine, do you think that there is some diplomatic way of getting towards a treaty of neutrality that might lead to an end in this crisis? yes, there is a movement on this end. i think he's made clear that he is willing to talk about that new. i mean, he wasn't really, he wasn't made clear that he wants to become a member of nato, that even put down the constitution of ukraine. that this is kind of the final final goal become a member of nato. on the other hand, i think he realized that this is not something that's feasible in the, in the near future. not even that the situation there in currently. so there's a disappointment of the product, the ukrainians, and he's more willing to give in to this demand. but i think we should be cautious you have not missed take that for, for kind of confession by the ukraine. and that's, that's really coming

a long way to, to what the, what the russians are demanding because when it comes to acknowledging the, the separatists areas and done done yes, can look around. i think that's not something ukrainians will, will accept. so there's a little bit of movement, i'm not sure whether this is really enough for the, for the russians to, to accept. i want to ask about the role of germany and all this, as we might remember about 2 or 3 weeks ago when the crisis began, germany's chance of the all the shows was being criticized but not doing enough not moving quickly enough or decisively enough. that situation seems to have changed. what's your assessment of germany's position with regard to all of this? what happened 10 days ago when we have to some extra session of the parliament in the book, the going to start and this will be changed. i mean, there is no way actually in overestimating what happened. i mean,

germany always being cautious on the end of well taking part and was trying to stay out of it. they changed course. they realized that they have to do something in terms of improving their defense and, and sending weapons to ukraine. that was a no go for so many years. junk always wanted to stay out and rather give money instead of being involved in any way, militarily, love, this is changed. now when it comes, for instance, to what was early on your program about those of try to just through ramstein to the base of the americans and then found through ukraine. germany is, is, doesn't really want to be involved in the, on that. so there's a fine line they, they are ready to go through to, to certain to a certain degree and change cars, but they are very well, we're not talked to all the stuff that and to escalate that whole conflict. really good to get your thoughts on this marcus and we appreciate it. so thank you very

much indeed. thank you. all prices have dipped slightly after surging on tuesday on wednesday. the price of brent crude, which is a key benchmark for global oil prices, was happening around $122.00 a barrel. that down from tuesdays high of $130.00 bottle. not rise was triggered by the u. s. decision to ban imports of russian oil. mcdonald's is temporarily closing his restaurant across russia in a stand against what it describes as the human suffering in ukraine. it comes as pressure grows on western funds to sever ties because of russia's invasion, fast food chain says it's going to continue to pay $62000.00 employees while the restrooms are closed. and also the body's been speaking to locals in moscow. rushing to grab a last bite before the company shuts his doors. this is the 1st mcdonalds that opened in russia in the heart of moscow and pushkin's square on january 31st, $990.00. on that day,

people came from all over the country and waited in line for up to 8 hours to get their 1st taste of this american brand. now, on that date, this mcdonald served 30000 people. now the company has decided that as a result of the ongoing russian operation, as the coverage calls it in ukraine, they can no longer continue. they have decided to close all 850 branches of their restaurant across russia until further notice, and they will continue to pay the 62000 employees that have been working for them over the past 32 years. now we've been asking the employees here when they will stop serving customers. they say they don't know. so we managed to get the last few hours or days of this restaurant serving customers here in moscow. and this is where they will come out because they didn't pick, which is how can i not be? sorry, i'm very sorry. i came here on purpose just to have a look. i remember when i opened,

i was here with my sister. everyone was standing and waiting in line with our flags on that 1st day. it was great. i have such a great memory. i don't wanted to close down honestly. we paid money for and it belongs to a class. often again, today i wanted a taste of my childhood for the last time, but generally this is better for our kids. so we will have healthy children. a health generation was just, we've loved mcdonalds since we were kids. we will remember it, but we understand the reasons we understand that there are various controversies. i hope some changes will be made, but maybe not. then it will just remain in our memory. it was tasty. thank you. the opening of this restaurant in moscow. it wasn't just about another restaurant opening. it was symbolic, it was about the end of an era in the relationship between then. so and the united states and its temporary closure is not just about another restaurant closing down in the city. it's about the relationship between this country and western

businesses, which has suffered tremendously over the past 2 weeks. whether or not they'll reopen in the near future, remains to be seen. but what is clear is that this country's economic future is very much at stake. well, in the middle of all the financial uncertainty, many russians try to escape their country, but a vh and sanctions have left them with very few options. slides to europe suspended, one of the only routes available is a train to finland. and as paul reese reports from helsinki, some don't know if they ever return home. this is journey's end. one of the few remaining roots out of russia to trains a day run from st. petersburg to the finish capital helsinki. it's a service that has seen a 5 fold spike in bookings since the start of the war and ukraine. i'm not sure we are coming back in like one or 2 months. we're afraid of thing. right now,

i didn't even have afraid that the board us, my so we're afraid that the economy might not sure cover. many friends left russia . they went to georgia, they went to bye, s, space closures have created bottlenecks for russians with the means to leave hundreds of cute at the border with lot via a seat on the helsinki train. it can mean an onward flight to anywhere in the world . but tickets are hard to come by. these trains were running at 20 percent of capacity before the start of the war. now they're fully booked with around 500 russians arriving in finland every day. some are returning to russia to but the numbers coming into finland, a set to rise. so now where i just want to add one more thread sunday, starting from the next week, so were just negotiates and about that i want to keep the traffic open that people can travel from russia. and of course, also to russia, if they have some reason to travel on the platform,

few of those we spoke to were actively emigrating some work in finland, others seeing family wall i can are getting back to homes abroad. that's the only way for people to go around with a cerebral situations. it's like somebody's death in your house time. 50 percent, ukrainian, 50 percent russian. so for us it's a, it's a huge threat. while that's tragedy continues. it's ukrainians who need a safe haven here and elsewhere in europe. as a number of refugees passes to 1000000 poll, reese argues era, helsinki yoke, ukrainian orthodox cathedral was holding its largest prayer service since the war began. hundreds of people are attending this. i'm going to send a large meal cathedral, the mayor of new york city and the state governor among them. gabriel, as alexander is also, they tell us what it's like. yeah, it's

a very solemn service. it's happening here in the ukranian orthodox cathedral here in new york. city it's the biggest such cathedral for the ukranian orthodox church . anywhere in new york. there are several 100 people inside the cathedral right now . they're hugging each other. they are listening to the words of religious leaders . it's important to point out the assistance and interdenominational service or piece. we have representatives from the jewish faith that are here speaking the archbishop of new york city from the catholic church, the greek orthodox church, as well as well as the governor. so this is really a, a service that is calling for peace and calling for unity within the religious leaders of so many different days here in new york. now there are more ukrainian immigrants in new york city than any other city in the united states. there's about

60000 ukrainian immigrants just here in the city, and this church is obviously a very important part of their traditions and their life. and that is why we're seeing this service here on this snowy wednesday in new york city. the bottom line though is this is all part of continued efforts that we've seen here in new york city and elsewhere to bring together leaders calling for peace. alexander, a new york, gabriel, thank you. pose of closed and south korea is presidential election with exit post showing the 2 leading candidates less than a percentage point apart. the electrode is going to give the, whenever a single 5 year term, but it's deeply divided over economic policies. and the trouble relations with north korean robert bride reports from south korea is capital. so this has been a neck and neck race since the start of the campaign. and with typical game show panache the main broadcast as exit polls confirmed, it's still

a race to close to cold. but to the relief of the liberal democratic party, their candidate lead jane young was predicted in one pole to have a way for thin lead. in contrast to the glum response of the campaign, headquarters of conservative challenger un scipio, after weeks of campaigning often nod by personal scandals and mud slinging, the conservatives had been hoping to attract normally progressive young voters after the failure of the ruling liberals to tackle wealth and equality and the high cost of home ownership. you pay for your heart and by with rather than saying those in the 20s have become conservative. i think they've moved away from progressive tendencies. job seeker, him song hand is being kicked it out for an upcoming interview. and a suit rental scheme that's paid for by soul metropolitan government. it's one of

a number of measures to help young people cope in the city. so single. i think it would be difficult to live in sol without this kind of support. finding a job and making a living is very difficult. i thought it was 90 my liberal candidate. lee is hoping to win over the disillusioned young with his own rags to riches story rising from an impoverished rural background to become governor of south korea most populous province. one issue that doesn't feature prominently with young voters is the state of relations with north korea, which in spite of several years of diplomatic engagement by the outgoing liberal president moon j in once again, back in a deep freeze. but north korea is more important with older voters who it seems to have been waiting for this chance to punish the liberals at the pilot bumps can do money. north korea has been quite provocative. south korea's reaction has been

incompetent to congo. if you can't gain anything from reconciliate, tory gestures and i don't think it's working to come out, they say the best way to keep the pace is to be ready for war. i think that's true . given the turbulent nature of in to korean relations, the final outcome of this election is being closely followed, not only in the north, but by many international players way beyond the korean peninsula. robert bride al jazeera, so it still had an al jazeera in sport, a big moment for one of ice. all his biggest stars details coming out ah.

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thought thank you very much. robert. liverpool are into the temp is equal to finals up, but only after surviving as scare gets into milan needing to nil from the middle school cuz he did the our mark martinez with that goal. a few minutes later this highlands size that come back, a hope was severely damaged when alex is conscious, was sent off middle school going on to him to try to one on aggregate. if there was any, any kind of game we could have lost them, couldn't from florida to lose us tonight because the main target obviously is competition is to to get through. but you are right. it's not that i'm here like over the moon. i'm really happy to do it through because obviously when we saw the draw in the 1st place, it was like, ok,

that's about on to went through and i think older to lex, we deserted of her half had 6 home rather live industrial health buying unit that took their part in the last 8. they went on to beat. this is our b 71 on the night, and ceiling 8 to aggregate when the final looking to become european champion for 7th time was in formula one. dr. nikita among the pin has hits. how to add the team who dismissed him on the eve of the new season, the sports governing body had given that the all clear for me as appeal to compete as a neutral driver or the american own hosted team, i opted to fire him and, and the sponsorship and deal with his father's russian company, my the p and says many drivers have sent him messages of support. they supported me in, in, in feeling for me, for losing that opportunity to,

to compete in the sport. it was nothing political. it was just a personal level keep your head up because we've seen many cases where athletes have been broken and destroyed their lives. are the decisions like that in regards to the support from the team? i do feel like i should have had more because there has been no legal reason that could enable the teams disseminate my contract. only i have explained that i have been very relieved to see but f i a has allowed athletes to compete on a neutral status and i was hoping and to get on it, the hope was feeling close that i will be able to compete. but obviously,

5th of march at 1145, most time things really changed and i lost my dream, which i was working towards for 18 years. in my life, the russian gymnast being investigated for his behavior during a woke up event in doha, says he has no regrets. yvonne kodiak is facing disciplinary action from the international gymnastic federation for having the letters said on his chest during the competition and medal ceremony. letters that has become a symbolic with russian invasion of your rotten ice hockey player alex, which can, has reached the korea milestone. he's now tied fed on the end of old time, a goal list. you, washington capitals, captain message 500 claims to bring his create highly to 700. 66 of it's still saying, despite heating, online death threats of invasion, crane you capture this statement all the way we urge and hope for a peaceful resolution as quickly as possible. the capitals also stand in for

support of our russian plays and their families overseas. we realize they are being put in a difficult situation and stand by to offer our assistance to them and their families about the joke of which bus station, as at this year's indian wells term and to is in doubt. the 20 time grand slam champion has been included, the end the draw, when he's 1st much set back to be the 3rd, has refused to be vaccinated against cold, with 19, which means he is borrowed from entering the country without special approval. and that from your old santa thank you very much indeed. and that's just me rob matheson for this news, we're going to leave you with these images of musicians from chemo classic symphony orchestra, to be playing and maiden square. they play the cranium national anthem, and russian forces advanced from the capital. the concert has been shown live on ukrainian television. it's aimed at raising western support for

a no fly zone. ah, with the hot wrenching, good byes, loved ones, not knowing when they were united again, women and children heading west to relative safety, often leaving men behind among them. foreigners also trying to give out train rise of a free, but it's on a 1st come. first serve basis here at the bus station that only a few rides available and that's only to the surrounding villages. so people like for me in rose, now need to find another way to get out of the city. but for now, they like many others, would have to reach and hope, hoping tomorrow is a better day. the important thing if you are walking around in beirut was noticed to be in the line of fire from the holiday fall off. we heard gunshots. i was the

1st one to flee. the hot battle lasted 3 days and 3 nights and there were no prisoners at the it control the holiday inn and you control the region around. and that's why it is such a bloody battle. an icon of conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil war, beirut holiday in war ho, towels on al jazeera dictatorships to democracies. activists to corporations, control of the message is crucial. oil companies have become very good at recognizing ways to phrase what they want him to hear. we care about the environment you do to you should buy our oil cleared for public opinion or profit. once you make people afraid, you can use that to justify stripping away basic civil liberties. the listening post examines the vested interest behind the content you consume on al jazeera, we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no

matter what lucy does, laura will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. i'll dizzy europe. ah, a hospital is hit by a russian air strikes ukraine's president says that our children, under the rubble excursions around ukraine's capital limited fears, advisor forces are set on an attack the.