canada, oh, with sponsored by katara weighs ah, revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera ah. how are you? i money inside. this is the news i live coming up in the next 60 minutes. rationale strikes in the ukrainian city of denise pro, hit me, a kindergarten killing, at least one person, airports and to weston ukrainian, says he's a targeted as watches, military offensive widens. ne satellite images appear to show the large russian medicine conroy near. keith has split up to be re deployed into towns and forest

nearby. and president vladimir pierson approves bringing fighters from the middle east to support pro russian separatist. and in sport and chelsea pick up a win and their 1st match since the u. k. government's decision to sanction their russian owner, the blues, putting their worries aside to beat, nor h $31.00 and the english primarily as just after $1500.00 g m t as we continue our coverage of the war in ukraine. welcome to the program. major, major ukraine in cities have faced more bombardment, adding to a humanitarian crisis in areas caught off by russian forces. ukraine's emergency services say 3 as strikes hit near residential building and a kindergarten in denise pro killing at least one person. the city in central

ukraine was once considered relatively safe for people fleeing from besieged areas . well, now russia's offensive has widened to parts of west and ukraine. there as strikes targeted to ministry. f feels killing at least 2 ukrainian offices. meanwhile, people and motto, paul, are still struggling for food and fuel off to days of russian bombardment. the government says more than 1300 people have been killed in the port city. natasha game begins are coverage ukrainians. living in the central city of denise, bro, woke up to the booms and fire balls of 3 airstrikes on friday. then this c, chard buildings cars. even the trees blackened fragments. emergency officials say one person was killed and the air strikes hit, you're a kindergarten. and an apartment building, targeting civilian areas is

a violation of the geneva convention. russia has warned it will surround denise bro, home to about 1000000 people before the invasion to go through the villa. marg. in car, keith, ukraine, 2nd largest city. there were reports of shelling from the skies and the streets. yar, which will be done with the potential, i would like to inform you that we will open humanitarian corridors. they will look on the falling roots from our pole in the den esque region towards the city of zapper, easier. a column of buses carrying humanitarian 8 will to posh on the diplomatic front, the united states with the g 7 nations and the european union are preparing to revoke russia's most favored nation status for trade. russia plan to ask the un security council to discuss its allegations that ukraine is developing biological weapons. earlier in the week,

russia accused the ukrainian military of using phosphorus. it's illegal if used against civilians for you with in the suburbs of the capital. keep the toll of several days of fighting was coming into focus. lu day is liberal. the people who just went home and advocate them so you can see what happened here. when they had them on his own, the russians had demoralized on motivated and splitting into small groups except humming civilians, raping and looting. nothing is happening even though their homes have been reduced to rubble. some are choosing to remain a man in the town of boca says, despite the loss and the shock. they're no longer afraid. natasha name l t 0. while we've got fourteen's covering developments in the war, jamal sheil is an entirely a turkey where president, one has been speaking at

a diplomatic forum. we've got, but it's smith who was standing by for us in moscow. natasha butler's in the very 1st. let's go to ukraine's capital keith and speak to him. ron kon, where president lansky has just been speaking. what does he said? that's right, he's been speaking somewhere in this city. we don't actually know where he's been speaking, but let me just tell you what he had to say. he said, it's impossible to say how many days we have to free ukrainian land, but we can say we will do it. we've already reached a strategic turning point, and he also went on to say that he wanted the international community to put more sanctions on a russia itself. now what does he mean by strategic turning point? well, actually what he's talking about is the defines that he's been seeing a by re ukrainian forces and by ordinary people coming into join ukrainian forces. just speaking to people,

head out the streets. and we were out on the streets just having up a bit of a walk around. there is this sense of defiance from people. we were a supermarket and it wasn't the fact that would not. there wasn't like food on the shelves are, were shortages of some types of food, but it was really the, the level of stuffing that meant they couldn't actually a let people in to buy food. ah, there was one suit market had 30 employees at its peak. it's only got about 6 employees now they simply cannot let in everybody at once for the living in a few people at a time, this city is about 50 percent evacuated. just take a look at that. that is supposed to be one of the busiest thoroughfares in the center of keep it's completely empty. can see the restaurants there, they're all shut down however, ah, were loaded the restaurant is doing is that keeping the kitchens open on this, supplying people coming in to keep up with food and water?

now why are people coming to keep keep? will they explain escaping places like appealing, for example, under intense, showing a coming hair. they're picking up some supplies and then they're either moving on or going to, oh, trying to get out of ukraine completely. and a man we've been focusing on this convoy. i wish has been heading to ads and keith some days now it's, it's split up, i believe, an invoice. now as what can you tell us about that? well, what we're seeing from satellite imagery is that the convoy has definitely split up . now i conway actually started to form on or in own, around march. the 5th they eventually go to about 40 kilometers long full of russian armor. but that satellite imagery in the last as 12 hours site has shown that the convoy sling up. we don't know what the reason for that might be. it could be a few reasons. the russians have had problems supplying that convoy with food and fuels,

or they may, will be securing a supply line. it could be that the a, the russian army has been re deployed elsewhere to other front lines to help in the fight that or it could be that they regrouping at her and getting ready for an assault into the capital city key. now we have heard air raid sirens throughout the day, particularly in the morning. we had several air raid sirens going off out in and so, and we have seen asteroids or not seen asia or the bria heard asterix or what could be strikes in the far distance tools at the west. so there are number of reasons for that convoy. i had the, sorry, let me suck hint, sorry, sorry, cold it. there are number reasons for that combo, but we don't know what the real reasons for that will be. there's lot of information coming here into us, but we simply don't know what is propaganda on what is the truth. okay,

thank you for that. a man connor as gay t natasha butler. here is my friend in live in western ukraine at so in western ukraine to apple. its have been attacked. what more can you tell us about that? yes, the western crane is a part of the country that until now it's been relatively sped from the fighting which has been really concentrated in the north, east and south. but overnight there have been a 2 as strikes and 2 areas in the region in um the south western a city of yvonne oh, from kiss that's not far from the romanian and hungarian a border. there was actually an air strike on that town right at the beginning of the invasion on an airfield there. this is a 2nd air strike on an air field. the mer talked about 3 large explosions. and then

another attack on an air field, north of the town of liske in the north, west northwest and part of the country there. the mayor had called on people over night to take cover because of that as strike people in the city here in the vive. also getting nervous because levine is only a 150 kilometer south of lotes where one of those attacks took place. and there have been over the past few hours, a number of air raid sirens, people have had to come off the streets, go down into basements and shelters. we also had sirens in the night at 4 o'clock in the morning that we now understand were actually linked to those 2 strikes in the west of the country. so there is a sense here that perhaps are the walk a be turning in this direction, that perhaps it could be closing in. and that causes fueling anxiety for people care in living in this city that has become really the hub for so many people from across ukraine who've been fleeing. the fighting has been coming here for refuge on their way to poland. and natasha more attacks on car cave,

which has already been hard hit in this war so far. yet hockey's up a city more than a 1000000 people. it more than 2000000 people in the east of the country. it is ukraine, 2nd largest city. it has been a city that's in parts been destroyed by russian shelling since the beginning of this invasion. we understand has been another attack to day on a hospital, a psychiatric hospital, some 300 people normally in there, but they were underground at the time. thankfully. so it seems that there are no casualties, but the merv of the a city has said the 48 schools have been completely destroyed by russian shelling in that city. so once again, you hear from the russians that they are not targeting civilian areas. and then you see that reality on the ground schools, hospital, residential areas all being destroyed. and in this city also the mayor saying that

in one day alone, there were 89 attacks cry, russian forces, or as strikes by russian forces, very difficult scenes. they are indeed very difficult for the people there who are hoping to be able to fight through the city the same in the city of mario paul in the south, on the sea, over as of many people there hoping they will be able to fax you a that a human humanitarian cory door could be set up. it has been promised by the countries deputy, a prime minister. but we have seen those promises really come to nothing over the last few days. because the fighting continues. it hasn't been safe enough for people to marry or pull, or to leave a city, a city where the mare there says that 400000 people are effectively being taken hostage by russian forces. they are running out of food and water, terrible scenes in that city on a friday. in fact, we know that more than 40 people were buried in a mass grave cuz i simply wasn't enough time for individual burials to say public advice. thank you for that. natasha butler there for us in live.

my russian president vladimir putin has backed plans to allow foreign slices into east in ukraine. in defense minister says more than 16000 applications have been received for middle eastern countries landscape and smith his life in moscow. they volunteers and fighters from the middle east were being discussed today. what else at present patient have to say about this? yes, we've heard a lot in the news in the last few days about fight is going to join the ukrainian army and about ukraine. the granting government welcoming foreigners to come and fight if they are fit and unable to do so. and the russians are now saying, well, actually lots of people have been asking us as well if they can come and fight with us. they say they received applications from all over the world, not just the middle east. they've received 16000 applications from people they say in the middle east,

but are encouraging happy they say to have other people join this fight in a ticket specifically in the don, etc. and lou ganske regions of ukraine, these, these 2 are self declared independent republics. recognize as independent by moscow, and also russia's defense ministers. okay? sure you said that weapons we sees from ukrainians, including american javelin, and stinger missiles. we should be giving those 2 are the fighters in don't ask and lugens as well if they want to use them. and vladimir putin agree without suggestion, as well. us regarding the gathering of soldiers from around the world for ukraine. we see them in western sponsors of the ukrainian regime. do not keep it a secret. they do it openly disregarding international law. so if you see people who want to voluntarily without payments, come and help people living and done very well, we need to meet their efforts and help them reach the combat zone by their reports

that matter which owns facebook. and instagram is breaking its rules to allow cause for violence against russian soldiers in some locations. as moscow responded to this is this comes off a report, and royces that matter has listed as ease rules for political speech, political expression that would normally violet violate their rules or is going to be allowed to. the kremlin spokesman has reacted to this. and he said, if it's true, then most decisive methods would need to be taken to end the activities of this company. and not long after that, we quickly got a re, a press release from the prosecutor's office. the prosecutor general has demanded that the telecom regulator restrict access to instagram, as well as whatsapp on facebook, and he's asked the court to designate matter as an extremist organization. this

would put them in the same category as alexis, nevada, and his organization. vanessa is in jail a, he's a well known opposition. politician matter would be joining him in being declared and extreme into organization. of course facebook, what's up instagram? very popular, widely used in russia. there are other a messaging applications, particularly like signal and telegram the roof of also picking up uses, but it would just increase the isolation, rushes of russians are beginning to feel here was their access to the social media sites is cut off. they're already cut off from traveling to a lot of the world. and of course, a financial system is under in immense pressure, with many foreign brands and businesses pulling out or freezing their operations here. thank you've an app n at smith air force in moscow. abandoned, as mentioned, alix c, no valet the jail russian opposition leader. he's been calling for anti war protests

across russia on sunday. his tweeted, you need to go to anti war rallies every weekend, even if it seems that everyone has either left or got scared. even if you are alone, you are the one to be joined by others. you are the backbone of movement against war and death. you are the most important person on the planet and speaking out a diplomacy for him in turkey, president recham tape. edwin has criticized the un security council for being ineffective in times of conflicts. you'd also need jenn included in it. a $193.00 nations can be under the grace of 5 nations. it is essential to establish a new global security architecture that will protect peace instead of the status quo and serve humanity instead of the interests of 5 countries. when one of the conflicting parties has the right to veto, the coercive role of the un security council becomes useless. no. casey jamal al

child who is live and antonio, where the, where tech he has been hosting the ad to plastic foreign tomorrow. what else did president edwards have to say today? while he commented on the immediate need to find a diplomatic political solution to this war in ukraine, he stressed that his country was willing to facilitate such a political solution. obviously, it was just that some 24 hours ago that the foreign ministers of ukraine and russia gathered here in antalya, unfortunately to no real success or the one also use this opportunity. as you mentioned them, we heard from him to stress the failure of the current international community system, so to speak. he pointed to the fact that this conference wars roots go back several years before in fact, that the inability or the unwillingness of nato and western countries to act

against the initial annexation of crimea by russia back in 2014, which essentially gave a red green light to who to and to continue and ultimately have an assault or make an assault on the entirety of the country. that being said, he was picking. that is, are the one his language very carefully while he criticized the war and the invasion. he wasn't specifically prince or cove puts in himself and he did point to the fact that turkey and russia enjoy strong relationships. all of this is part of that balancing act that turkey has been doing over the past 2 weeks or so to position itself as a mediator in this conflict. so again, a stress for, for the need, for a political solution to this. saving his most severe criticism to the international community, even taking a mess, fonts against nato and the you for failing crane. i'm not coming to it's 8 strongly

enough, but underlying torque, his willingness to provide any assistance in finding a solution to this ongoing war. ok. tim allow sale there for us in antalya when joined onset by mater, one beside out, is there a senior political analyst? good to speak to again, man, one. how serious a role can take he play in terms of mediating between ukraine and russia. you know, it certainly did the 1st step. and the 1st step is usually, you know, you're not challenging thing. and that is the 1st time that the total foreign ministers met since the crisis began. now we've heard love law, the former sort of russia say something about, you know, the preferred venue still a bill reuss. simply because russia would be able to pressure ukraine more in an environment like bill roost because it's actually an ally of moscow. i certain the

cranes would want something bit more neutral as it were. and turkey did present itself as a neutral place. now, just to remind our viewers around the world, is that while turkeys president of the one man things very good relations with president putin, they've had some difficulties between turkey and russia. the last few years. they've had disagreements in syria. they had disagreements in libya and they had disagreements and as are by john. so a slight exactly honeymoon between the russians than the turks. and i think you can understand that. so having that possibility that window or to negotiate or to have their committee, it was a good thing where the take will be able to maintain that, of course, that remains to be seen. and depending on the will of the crews and the russians to move forward. and what about the relationship between at taki and ukraine?

because i know that ukraine has been quite critical of turkey because so far it's opted out of sanctioning russia. well, there's also some differences on various issues, including middle eastern issues and, but what we know, and what is important for ukraine, was the fact that the turkey did provide it with drones that were critical for, for ukraine. so on and all, i think the more important relationship has been between uncle, moscow ukraine accepted that venue for a while, because it's certainly better than the roost. but i think it, when it comes to the question of mediation, usually the mediator needs to be able to give one or the other party, some guarantees or something, and the return for their immediate action or for the successful mediation. whether thank you, will be able to do that questions to be see why, why don't want to ask you about what we've been hearing from president putin today,

giving to go ahead for volunteers from the middle east to fights for russia and easton ukraine. who are these volunteers? these volunteers from syria of the russia came out to help syrian forces during the war there. what role will they play in this crisis? you know, at one point there were some reports about also syrians serving a libya a few years ago. now we're talking about probably those close to i said, serving under, you know, so the put in guidance and ukraine, which i think is peculiar, cynical, peculiarly cynical, peculiar, because i can see why a superpower like russia fighting a smaller power, like you couldn't, would need anything like for fighters, except, couple of exceptions. one, they'd like to do that tit for tat with the west because the west has been supporting sending foreign fighters to ukraine. and let me just stop there for one

second, for all us to, for all of us to remember 911. and for all of us to remember, i've gotten this done. and for all of us to remember the meaning of the west supporting foreign fighters to afghanistan in the 1980s. it's never a good idea. never a good idea to send so called volunteers to a different plan to fight a war, especially when they are not. and suddenly, soldiers trained and so on, so forth. this just opens the way for possibility of war crimes. it opens the possibility of then those volunteers moving on to some other doing other things like what, like what we've seen in various conflicts in the, in the arab world. so the idea simply volunteers on the part of the west and on the part to put in. i think it's a damn bad idea. oh, okay, thank you for that. my one beserra, a senior political analyst for al jazeera while european union

leaders have been meeting for a 2nd day in france, discussing what more they can do to help you crane and punish russia. ukraine has pushed for a fast tracks membership of a block, but it's again, been rolled out. it's a day some. it also is looking at how the you can, when it's south of russian gas and oil. as go to our diplomatic, get us james space, who is life for us, invest tie? what more is being discussed at the summit on ukraine? well as somebody actually is going to come to an end in the next few minutes, the leaders are leaving off to a pretty intense schedule. they were meeting until 2 30 in the morning local time here and then very little sleep. and back for the morning meetings and i think that shows that behind the scenes, there's been some quite serious discussions and some disagreement. now the e u has shown unity throughout this crisis unit. see that surprised people in how

far they've gone on sanctions and other things. i think they've now reached a point where that unity is come to as far as they can go on things they can agree on. when they look at other things that you could do, there are some countries that disagree. now they have announced one new important thing and that's doubling the amount of money that the you is giving to ukraine to buy weapons. another $550000000.00 is going to be given to you crane to buy weapons for ukraine. but i think the areas where they've not been able to go number one on sanctions. they are not despite some members of the want to get. they're not going to be able to cut energy supplies from russia completely yet they don't even, it seems setting a timeframe for that. although some, including the commission is suggesting 5 years to fade plays out reliance on russian fossil fuels. and the other area is foss tracking ukraine's membership of

the european union. some people wanted a push it special case, push it very, very fast. others are saying no, that's a procedure here. it has to be followed. we have to follow the standard procedure of the european union times less the change of the subjects briefly away from ukraine for a minute. because the high representatives have also announced a pause in the iran nuclear talks. how significant that i think it's pretty significant and pretty worrying that for those that want a revived iran nuclear deal. a pause is not good news. and we've seen that. i think since the start of this process when president biden was 1st elected, there was a pause after he became a president for a few months while he decided exactly what he was going to do and how he was going to do it. we knew he wanted to get back into the iran deal, but the, the way he was going to do it took some time that pause, i think,

caused some problems. there was then another pause when the new iranian government was enacted last summer. that again, i think, put the negotiations in some difficulty. and so another pause at this stage i think is, is going to be very difficult. indeed, particularly, as they'd seem to be almost that the finishing lines we're hearing from the you that there's a draft tax there. yes. some on the iranian side say there are some things they're still unhappy about. but the main stumbling block at the last minute was not about the iran talks in the last minute. i was in vienna, the weekend at the last minute, the russian foreign minister put a spanner in the works. he bought ukraine into the iran talks and said that russia wanted guarantees on the sanctions against russia, and whether that would affect the rom deal, and whether russia would be continues to trade with iran and exemption from those sanctions. that for now has meant that a deal can't be reached. and i think every day of delay for,

for the talks from now on, i think is a real worry for the future of this iran deal for those that we would like to see. a resumed around that nuclear deal. time space there for us in the thank the u. k. government has announced further sanctions against russia targeting nearly 400 members of russia's parliament, his support, and the invasion of ukraine as bringing me banker in london as they talk through knave. now, what's been announced by the u. k. government, whether you can government is continuing to tie it and the screws on those seen as facilitates as of that it may appear to in hold as of putin's money and supporters of the invasion of ukraine, which is why these 386 duma deputies have been slapped with sanctions. they are members of parliament voted in support of the independence of lou haskell. done. yes. can the east of ukraine? remember that key vote happened a few days before the full scale invasion of the country. it brings the total

number of duma deputies under british sanctions to $4325.00 of those members of yet deny her caea vladimir putin political party in total, the number of individuals entities, subsidiaries on britain's sanctions. lest as an excess of a 118 of those a high net worth individuals. so talking about some of the names that have been mentioned prominently in the last few days, likes of roman abram avila which the former owner of chelsea football club. he was put on a list of sanctions yesterday, who joined by 7 on the other key individuals. people are eager such in the head of ross natalie, or will company. alexey miller, of the embassy giant gas prom, and only therapist got the metals magnet. the list is being expanded, we believe, by the day, alexey devonte, the jailed opposition figure in russia,

had cooled full britain to slack sanctions on 35 individuals. only 18 so far. that number, those being expanded. the concern is that the longer the british authorities take the more time these individuals may have to shift that cache elsewhere. thank you for that me back in london. us president joe biden is expected to call for an end to normal trade relations with russia. later on friday, this will allow washington and allies to impose tariffs and a wide range of russian goods. and also the u. s. congress approved $14000000000.00 to help you crane as part of the one and a half trillion dollar us budget for this year. the fund allocated for ukraine will be used for humanitarian and military aid. the bill goes to president biden for approval. party call. hey, has a late from washington. the us senate has now followed us house and has approved spending $13600000000.00 on a ukraine. that is quite a bit more than just what the president was even asking for just

a couple of weeks ago. now the money is going to be evenly split between humanitarian assistance and military assistance on the humanitarian front. it will go to help refugees provide food and health care on the military front. 3000000000 of that is going to go to the us us european command. that is the command that takes the lead in nato, so that money can be used to bring an additional troops to stockpile weapons. the other 650000000 is going to be given to ukraine so that it can buy the weapons that it chooses. but then it's also given us president joe biden, $3000000000.00. he, they say he can now give ukraine up to $3000000000.00 worth of military equipment that the u. s. has, that is quite an escalation from the amount of money they've already given. the president is expected to sign the bill. russia is considering battling facebook, instagram whatsapp, its off the internal emails revealed the platforms, changing the rules on hate speech to allow calls for violence against russian

soldiers. in some locations, prosecutors have all the court to designate the platforms as extremist organizations as go to giovanni, take a, get his research out of the university center. so show legal studies. he joins us from oxford. so fast, lee, good of you to join us. what to me know about why am house and how, why, and how facebook made this decision. i mean, the brought in that we don't know much about the social media rich division. we know actually that as j division of raise a lot of eyes about the professionals of free speech and global scale and especially in the grant and complex. but we don't know much whether it's being the procedure behind the screen reached the division reactor in even the sometimes it's not quite easy to understand a lot of decisions that have been taken by facebook and other social media in this

week. some folks are a part of the journal news media outlets, so. ringback not the way easy to understand what that, what is the logic behind the vision, and probably one of the regulations that probably the logic is putting out fax to all of the cold war scenario. what actually business is even they, they stay from specially so many times that they are competing. so not the government, but it's still probably we can think about some in case of the same time because it is not clear what is happening. and these really concern on facebook has admitted in the past the platform was used to incite violence in me on more. so that's incredibly wiring, isn't it? yeah, i mean, this is not the 1st time graham, not really the 1st time. it's really concerning was not the 1st time that social media involve bringing over a speech of the information are inflaming companies. as i said, this is up and ready me, i'm are not ready. you know, they're already new saying that this up being also, and that's happening in

a job in the last moment. and this is also something as senior. so senior was like a function, you know, war. so you're not anything you want is actually what actually writing what is actually a factory underlining. you see what we said before? it's about that there's nothing about this decisions. and when did the vision come from? if they come from the corporation, governments, they come from an accountable corporation. we, whether the company been by that actually get our base, maybe the logic of content migration on one of them on integration. so there is, there is not all that we are looking at, the planning for coal to understand what is the wrong social media in terms of conflicts. and we can think about the problem on the militia combination. we can bother me as well. in this case, prosecutors devoss courts to name miss a as an extremist organization. so there's the possibility that people won't have access to facebook, instagram and what's up very soon in russia,

that in itself is quite isolating for the people of russia, isn't it? yeah, it was challenged because i mean that this becomes a part of century because then, you know, while much office was an increasing role in the stadium, providing voice, not all the speech against the radiant sort of fashion is not important in mind. giving voice those of what people you know for tattling actually what is happening to that also was giving voice for people for organizing innovation over emergencies . and so whatever depression of santos, you're breaking a lot of points about also how one of the factors that visual now to shape public opinion as a really important part of that that social media outside incentivized countries rather than the facts. because otherwise, the social problem for getting access to china's where you can actually tell your story and fight back again. ok, thank you for your analysis. giovanni canario research at oxford university center

for social legal studies. now russia says it's allowed a ukrainian repair team to restore lost power to the cha noble nuclear sites. russian troops now control the fox, defunct plant, that was where the world west atomic dissolves to happened back in 1986. they're also taken over the apparition, nuclear plants, your largest. the developments have alarm the nuclear watchdog. his chief had talks with russia and ukraine on thursday. one important thing is that the ukraine and the russian federation, one to work with us with us. they agreed to work with us and they are prepared to work with us. perhaps the gravity of my tongue has to do with the revenue of the situation. because it's a very dire situation and we need to move fast and i am. i am

aware of the responsibility we have and the expectations that that are and it's rhonda is also a nuclear left relation. he says atomic sites need to be secured quickly. one of the ideas presented by the international atomic energy agency is to create a 30 kilometer exclusionary zone within those on there, you know, military action. and this will be here for very, very wise. there are 4 plants in ukraine, and one of the plants is occupied now, 2 levels of the area, the 3 plants remain. and this uncertain what the russians are going to do with regard to these or, or reports in days past. no russian forces were approaching one of the other plants . it's a very, very serious situation where these plans on boarded or electricity cut off. and there's other vulnerabilities associated with each and subtleties of the plant. there of course, is the fog because of the accident that occurred like maybe 6 or wherever they're spent fuel situated at the plant about $20000.00 rods and situations that they've

been there for. we're now decades and they're not generating that much heat. the electricity was suspended from the plant because of the russian military action. evidently, some efforts are being entertained as we talked to reconnect the plants of but there's no immediate hazard posed by this particular matter of their still residue itself as well from the accident. we've never had a situation in the past. we've had multiple reactors in the worst city that have been subject to military attack. and the russians should know better. a sense of the soviet union was involved in the worst on interaction with the international communities ever seen that it's a golf course. hundreds of refugees have arrived in portugal. some of the more than 2000000 people fleeing the worn ukraine. julian wolf has the support. it's been a terrifying and exhausting journey. bought more than 260 ukranian refugees are now

safe in portugal present. marcello sabelle de sosa and his delegation were there to welcome them to their new home, interested to search the best response to see their eyes shining with joy. when they arrive in portugal, it's this help that we give that motivates us the most. portugal recently approved a new resolution, simplifying its entry and protection requirements for ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. under the new measure, ukrainian citizens can obtain legal status with immediate access to taxpayer, social security and national health service numbers like the thought we as an association will give them psychological educational, human food and medical support so that they can start to integrate into society and build their lives here in portugal. the european nation is home to a large ukrainian community of around 30000 people. programs are being put in place to help integrate new refugees, including language courses and job skills training. the government has set up

a task force to mass ukrainians with work opportunities with more than 17000 jobs already listed. and with portugal, low number of working population, this might just prove beneficial for the nation and its new guests chilly move out a 0. he can only impact the sanctions against russia is being felt at petrol pumps in the u. s. fuel prices, they're storing. president j biden says moscow is to blame, but republicans blame him for letting the conflict in ukraine affects americans rob reynolds from ports from los angeles. this group of pennsylvania college students flew to los angeles for their spring holiday. but the soaring price of fuel is put a crimp in their plans for fun in the california sun. why to be landed from the airport and i saw the gas prices. i was like a fuel has been expensive for months due to

a pandemic induced shortfall in supply. but russia's attack on ukraine spooked markets and turbocharged prices. the oil market reacts much like the stock market and unfortunately, drivers are paying for that at the gas pump. high priced fuel makes the price of everything transported by road c and air more expensive driving up inflation even further. the average price of gasoline in the us is hovering at about $4.00 a gallon. that's 3.7 leaders. california is the state with the highest gasoline price, $5.31 on average. but in some places, like here in beverly hills, it costs a lot more than that. the u. s. and other governments are trying to cushion the blow by releasing fuel from strategic reserves. we don't know how long this is going to last, but we are very focused on right now,

alleviating pain at the pump. to the extent we can't, prices will likely remain high for the foreseeable future. the u. s. energy information agency says oil will stay above $100.00 a barrel for the rest of the year at $4.00 a gallon. is that a point where people can't take it anymore? it still remains to be seen, but inevitably, we think we might see some behavioral change belt tightening is already one of brittany anderson's plans. that is definitely going to factor in how i am budgeting for my rent and my groceries paying off my debts. i was not anticipating this big of a head, a hit to americans, pocket books from a war half a world away. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. let's get some other knees now. the u. s. is threatening more sanctions against north korea to accusing it of developing a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile system. the pentagon says recent launches were temps to evaluate the new system. north korea suspended long range

test in 2017 oh to launching its fast missile capable of reaching the united states . china's lee kit chang has closed the annual national people's congress with his final media briefing as prime minister says beijing faces difficulties internationally and not home. and announced measures to help economic growth. katrina, you reports from beijing, china's yearly national people's congress has closed in beijing. $3000.00 officials voted to pass several administrative rules as well as policy to boost spending. and me, china's g d. p target of 5.5 percent. all eyes were on leak chung who will step down in 2023. after 10 years as premier. who does injure sure, this is the last year of my premier show me. we are faced with a complicated international environment and the difficulties at home. he said the pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the economy,

announcing tax cuts to help struggling small businesses and the creation of $13000000.00 new jobs. the also flagged a possible loosening of china's 0 curve. 19 strategy. borders had been closed since march 2020 commenting on the worn ukraine. he said, western sanctions only heard the global economies recovery from the current of virus, like other chinese officials in recent weeks to premier, failed to condemn russian attacks, but called for more dialogue and restraint. this year, the national peoples horace voted on laws discussed behind quarters doors. with very few details released ahead of time. analysts say the lack of transparency shows the parliamentary body is diminishing in importance. with more power concentrated around president, she didn't ping who was expected to begin his unprecedented 3rd term in power. in october general j. it's supervision independence and that legislative power our own

in question about the client will evolve the focus of power is shifting. so shall the marginalization of national people's congress seems to be inevitable just where the theme of this year's gathering was. economic and social stability. leaders say, addressing china's growing income gap and modernizing the countryside, our top priorities. modernizing the military is also on the agenda with defense spending jumping to 7 point one percent. the communist party wants to minimize surprises over the next few months. paving the way for what it hopes will be a smooth leadership transition during its party congress later this year. katrina you are to 0 dating chillies president like gabriel. burridge will be sworn in on friday to become the countries the youngest leader. and he's setting more precedence as he comes to power. and as our latin american that is elissia even reports from santiago. oh come deal body chiz,

no ordinary president. i just barely 36 the world 2nd youngest head of state represents the start of an era and julian politics led by you young generation with dreams of social the color. yeah. um, i think you the money, we advanced towards a more inclusive, generous july with no one left behind. all will continue with the logic of privilege against which chile has risen up. what it came to the forefront a decade ago as a student leader who helped forge a massive revolt for better public education. then he gave up university to become a congressman for a new left wing coalition, ignoring critics of his informal attire. from a very young age, he showed leadership qualities. at age 9, he wrote, i was a bad class president in 1st grade because then i didn't know what it meant to be president, but now i'm prepared and i promise you, i'll be a good president. and please don't vote for me just because i'm your friend,

which comes from point that in us overlooking the magellan street on the tip of south america. where people say the gale force winds and the bitter cold hope forged their strong character. the body's family comes from a long line of correlation migrants that settled here. gabriel bodied his parents allowed us into their middle class home to talk about their son. they say he was always interested in politics, but that not even he imagined he'd be elected president to state months ago. philippa if he was chosen at such a young age. it's because it was in his cards. he was born with a mission, a very good one, but a mission that i would not have wished for him. obviously, you know, you plead at leanna, but his father is less daunted by the weight of his son's responsibility. so look at me, look in and look back, we'll get you. the road is full of obstacles. and we hope that the education and the environment that we gave him will help overcome those obstacles in recent years

. but each has matured from what many saw as a left when radical to what in scandinavia or france would be considered a progressive. more concerned about forging consensus and confrontation, what it rings to the presidential palace behind me, the energy and idealism of youth. yet if nothing else, he has become very aware that making dreams come true will not be nearly as easy as it was to make promises. when he was in the opposition. roger patricia fernandez, no sportage, well, in governor unable god, he incarnates an air of transformations of a new world order that is emerging even though he leads the generation, but takes office without experience and government 23, but on what it is already marking his style by moving into an edgy neighbourhood where he can still buy his favorite sandwich and bread while talking to the neighbors, a ritual that will be useful to keep him in touch with the temperature on the street. to see

a newman al jazeera santiago still has old al jazeera in sports find out which tennis player is upsets his colleague didn't receive a top up punishment for that. ah

ah ah ah ah ah, let's get some sports news, his father marlene. thank you so much. chelsea and picked up a win and their 1st match since the u. k. government's decision to sanction their russian owner blue, secure to 3, want away went against origin. the premier league on thursday earlier and the date was confirmed that robin abramoff edge had been sanctioned. the move has

a number of consequences on the team, such as a ban on buying and selling players sanctions else mean abramoff, which is unable to sell the club at the moment. of course there was a lot of distraction, another level of distraction, actually with the sanctions. and we could feel it that the players talk about it that aware of it and be accepted it but. but like i said, i think the rhythm and the excitement and the love for the game in general helps us that. and we allowed ourselves and demanded it's to, to work hard to, to sweat it out to, to work together. the best thing to, to get to focus and back and to enjoy what we are doing or the loaner had a frustrating time against gallop. hester, i as chevy looks when his 1st european trophy is martha manager, the spanish giants had their chances for, but just couldn't find the back of them out at the new camp this year, a believe ground at 16 1st like match ending in a goldstraw besides wheat again, next thursday to decide who with the answer to the quarter finals competitions,

most successful. cy, via had a better night. so he's fix time. europa league champions meeting went west ham one . now, manero how daddy getting in the winner for the home side. ukraine's paralympic athletes continue to excel and waging winter games. the team is 2nd in the metals table with 9 gold so far their team. andrew says it's a miracle. they even made it to china in time to compete. athletes, promotion values have been banned from taking part. i am born in ukraine. i long ukraine. i am here in berlin. big games. i'm present. my connery difficult time. now. it's not life for, for you gray. not live for a job or not future for all the world. every everyone saw it. edna, you want do something, plays glory about god, about ukraine,

ukraine based sports journalists, li randy is in beijing with a team. he's been amazed by their performance level. what they're doing and how well they're doing is, is a testament to their skill, not to their level of preparation. i, you know, i think if they were sleeping well, if they were eating properly, if they weren't reading the news every, you know, 20 minutes. i, you can see you can do even better on the mental table than they are right now. but they don't care, you know, that's not, that's not the point. it's, it's a really terrible experience for the athletes here. i, you know, when they, when a metal they don't smile, there's no laughing, there's no tears of joy, you know, one of the visually impaired athletes, their guide. i shared a story with me when he called his family and he's in suit me. so he called his family, his wife and young child, i to inform them that he just won

a gold medal. and i, you know, he was, he was in sales because their phone conversation was cut short because of bombing, they were in a bomb shelter and he could literally hear the bomb shopping around them. and so you know that the team doesn't really care about the metals either using the platform of in very intense international media focus to talk about what's going on in ukraine doing so low that stories have broken through . and i'm sure it brings a smile to people's faces to, to read only something small that's positive in a flood of terrible news. stories are often a doll has called for tougher punishment for players and abuse. tennis officials and als comments come after, alexanders of rab escaped a band falling, his disqualification from the mexican opened last month. and you're miss shamar smashed his racket against the i'm pirates. sharon,

verbally abused match official. so rather an a dal are both playing at the ending while it's running from land side. i don't want her a been alley's asian for sasha because i, i like him. and i have a good relationship for with him. in the other hand, i like fun of these a sport i like to see or something i had that for, for, for, for, for this kind of fact that it's not only him. i mean, in general terms, because in some way this protects the sports and protects the, the referees and everybody who, who is around the sports the carrier, had a successful start to his campaign. and california. yes. really. and who was coming off a doubles when at his home grand slam in january, sebastian base of argentina and st. that neck for 26 year old is for the rico job one, a to pounds near me a soc is through to the 2nd rounded indian wells,

but she was me to work hard for her victory playing her 1st competitive match since he australian open, i'll talk i came from a, sat down to be american sloan stevens, the. when was this august 1st again, stevens in 3 attempt for time grand slam champion the former world number one has seen her ranking fall 278 after she took a break from tenants last year to prioritize her mental health. and from one driver, nicholas ltv will be hoping preseason testing isn't a sign of things to come. as williams car caught fire in bahrain and one of the tires then exploded after the canadian escaped from the vehicle with tv cross during the final race of last season. an incident that allowed max for stop and to win the world title. first grand prix of this year is next sunday. ok, and that is all you. now back to you, melinda. thanks, barbara. that's it for me, molly. insight for this news?

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a healthier world for you. for everyone. oh, brushing arthritis in the ukrainian city of denise pro hit near a kindergarten killing at least one person. ah. i'm money inside this lounge there lie from doha. was coming out apple it's in to weston. ukrainian says he's a targeted as wash as military offensive. why does me satellite images appeared to show the large russian military convoy near keep house bless out.