in a role, this cost thing, so a list of all i was was still rolling to release and making it very difficult for people to try and protest the russian army has positioned itself in the next child . stay with us, just the room for the latest developments. lou, lou arrayed sirens blair across multiple ukrainian cities as russian ministry units move closer to the capital. keep ah, i money in my business, out there, alive from dive. also coming up, ukraine's boat service warns poland. 2 largest cities can no longer cope with the wave of refugees must pay the price,

the u. s. and g 7 allies and normal trade relations with russia in an escalating drive to squeeze its economy. also had a former student lead is sworn in ass, chili's youngest president, promising to oversee a political and economic transformation. air raid sirens have rung out across ukrainian cities on saturday morning, forcing people across the country to take shelter on the ground. moscow has widened the scope of its attacks with the war now in its 3rd week, parts of western and central ukraine, which until now have been largely sped facebook. bob mintz on friday. the number of refugees has the past 2 and a half 1000000. putting pressure on eastern european countries, the mayor of warsaw says refugees now make up 10 percent of the polish capital populations. accommodation is running out. meanwhile, the u. s. and his g 7 allies

a working to downgrade russia's trading status to further isolated economy. washington is also banning russian sea food, alcohol and diamonds. jen haul innovative begins. our coverage is really cold here today minus 8 degrees in the east and city of caves. the losses are so great that reports are rendered in numbers. 400 buildings destroyed since the war began. including $48.00 schools, $190.00 civilians, dead residential areas struck $89.00 times in a single day. as if counting them somehow complete the picture. as one bombed out buildings starts to look much like another. they don't wait for air raid sirens anymore in hunt. keith, many haven't left the cities metro stations for more than a week for, you know, go to the issues,

areas where i sleep. this young woman says and over there on my things. and there is where we will sit ever more civilians are getting caught up in this war. ukraine's defense minister says russia has killed more innocent people than it has ukrainian soldiers. one day war historians may argue about which city had it worst to day, though it is surely marry a pole that is most like ukraine's stalingrad besieged for more than 10 days. hundreds of thousands, unable to escape, deprived of water and heat and temperatures well below 0. a red cross official in the city described children going hungry. a black market in vegetables fights breaking out over food conditions. the mayor calls medieval by the critical infrastructure continues to get hit with a special focus on military air fields like here in luke northeast of cave. and the van of frank keeps in the west. as evacuation roots continue out of some embattled

places, a tide of humanity is shifting across this country. and not all of it heading for the border. the united nations estimates a 1000000 people have become displaced internally, seeking shelter where they can find it. like jenna, the 24 year old mother of 3 stoking the wood fire in an abandoned farm house, 600 kilometers from her home outside cave. they even brought the dog a labrador pup called gerda, but they didn't bring dad. he stayed behind to join the territorial defense. long as raj from the children know that their dad is defending the city. they understand that i believe in one year it will be over and will be able to go back. jenny and her children are being relocated now to a better home in the village this tiny, rural outpost in western ukraine. like so many others throwing their arms wide open

to fellow ukrainians through the war by law grace the you and also estimates the 12000000 people inside ukraine will need humanitarian help. and few, besides, ginia are guessing how long it might be before they're able to go home journal al jazeera movie. let's go to step last in his life for us in the ukrainian capital cave. what happened over night in keene where you are while sanctions are running high here in the capital of fierce battle for keeps. if on going we could hear artillery fire throughout denied, specially coming from the north west and the north east of the city. we know that this large column of things that was sold there for a week or so or for a couple of days, 60 kilometers long pass dispersed in the neighborhoods in the surroundings of kias

. right now, there's heavy fighting, going on, the ukrainian army is at its full defense. and also at the same time, we see that the russian forces are coming closer to the south through the west route around the city. basically it is a sense that they are trying to circle the capital lay a sort of see here in the early morning there was an error rate on the fossil cough . there was an oil, the pole that was bombed there. that's very near to an air base, so there's a full, the friends here at the moment off the capital. and we took a look at so who is defending this city? that normally has $4000000.00 people and of which 50 percent now has left have a look duck in behind a barricade, they're preparing for the worst case has turned into a fortress and every one has joined the fight. men were just 2 weeks ago said an officers a work as builders,

and now defending their country's capital for you re mullins king. this war has become very personal. his youngest brother was killed by russian rockets just 3 days ago. they are just now or don't. i recognize my brother only from his clothes . there was no other way of recognizing him. a former air force officer, he left his job as a truck driver in the netherlands to fight against the russians. dark bob of the new wound here guys, you never went to war, who never fired his shot, who never even heard the sound of a rifle, but we are all ready. trust me. my morale has never been his high. and i've never been this ready for here. and this is what is moving towards them less than 15 kilometers away. these images show the russian column that was around 60 kilometers long, has dispersed around the capitol, possibly preparing for a full out attack soon. we can hear the sound of shelling coming closer to the city . putting the capitals defense on its highest alert with russian force is coming

closer. tensions are going up by the hour, by the civil defender of a confident they'll stop them. a battle for the future ask if the main target input in for those who remain in the city are bracing themselves for his bombs and missiles. the threat of more death and destruction has brought people to gather. alina kimbler helps the elderly and sick, who can't leave the apartments to get food, or simply too afraid to go out. 95 year old alice of each nor where seen more than enough war in her life shut gym. would you could you check? what is the point for me to leave my age? especially if you see how i walk. i had 2 surgeries, i broke my hip, i have not been to the street for 10 years. my knees wanted to take me for a walk, but i told them i want to die in my bed. just to clear,

we have shelter down. she can go and like if it will be some warm. so i guess she can't even lecture apartments or maybe people who can walk, at least with all them. you can, you call don't steer. you can go to the shelter. but about who are, i don't know alina can decide if you should leave keith with our 8 month old daughter, and go on along an unpredictable journey. but the constant challenge and silence, i'm making her very nervous. she can only hope to ukrainian defence will hold sharp boil for when the battle begins will be afraid. but i know that fear will crumble very quickly. they are fighting for their land, their country, and most of all for their lives and those of their children. and grandchildren while the government has so worn for a so called false flac operation, meaning that they might be a bombardment by rushing on that bush and soil, basically drawing the ocean army into this conflict. they had even

a specific time on it last night, 9 o'clock local, they said the bell ocean army would invade here in ukraine. there was a lot of anticipation about this at the moment. we don't see any evidence of this, that the fact that the baller oceans could be drawn into this into this war. and also the fact that they're looking for volunteers basically around the world to fight this war. looks like they're there man, might not be enough to actually at home for your friends who have been really holding some really tough defense here. money, thanks for that. and giving us that live update from the ukrainian capital keefe. meanwhile, russian soldiers have detained the mayor of melli topple, which is a city in the southeast of the country. the ukrainian government released this security camera footage, which it says shows the abduction of the even federal have a look at the top of the screen. it says 10 russian soldiers entered many topples

crisis center. put a bag of the may his head and let him away. i'll luna's boot grain. here we are in ukraine. we are in euro left. we have a democracy here. so therefore, the kidnapping of the mayor of mela. topple is a crime. you probably not only against a specific person, not only against a specific community, and not only against ukraine wars. this is a crime against democracy. still ahead on al jazeera will tell you why hans, the middle east in north africa seeing higher speed prices has a move in ukraine rages on former bar hostages, running in columbia selection and consumer base bank captain. hello, the weather seems stuck in a rats across much of europe. got a big area river, high pressure blocking things off for central parts. here is fine and dry. bright

sunshine from love the spring sunshine i will towards the west. we have got wet weather, windy weather, try to push in from the atlantic unsettled here, further east, around her area of high pressure, withdrawing in coal. where in, across ukraine, down towards the black sea. still some wintry showers over the next couple of days is at sunshine. for central park is at wet or whether that windy weather streaming and across the west. by wet windy weather, maybe even a little bit of snow. they're coming to ali this we go through saturday. cloud of rain down across western france, down into spain and portugal. western parts of the mediterranean, also seeing that some of that sherry right. as we go on through the weekend for central parts, it stays dry and bright with some love the sunshine, further a still on the cold. so i but temperatures at last, getting about freezing. there any cried still, a few wintry showers just around that sir. eastern side of turkey for the latter part of the we can now cause know the parts of africa. we have got some showers into northern algeria, northern parts of morocco for

a time for the south started to see more showers coming in across the gulf of guinea, and no showers extending a southern part of the giddy coast. ah. with some of the world's largest resent najia provides much of the uranium that fills your it's nuclear power plant. it won't cost people empower, follows uranium from mediterranean and investigate the devastating effects on the planet. and although the healing habit of you am on al jazeera, oh, the

a. welcome back. you're watching out. as a reminder of our top stories, our russian forces is slowly advancing on ukraine's capsule cave gum. fine explosions were heard in the early hours of saturday. mention convoy has taken our positions around city. a number of refugees from ukraine has now the past 2 and a half 1000000, putting pressure on eastern european countries for says may us as refugees now make up 10 percent of the polish capital population. an accommodation is running out russian soldiers have detain the mayor of manitoba city in the southeast. the cranium government really vis security camera footage, which it says shows the abduction. the federal at the top of the hamid reports now from denise pro where russian as strikes had close to

a kindergarten and an apartment building on friday. it was 5 55 in the morning. and much of the need pro was asleep only to be woken to this. one of 3 explosions that rock the city caught on surveillance camera. oak santa didn't hear the air raid sirens more, but the force of the blast shattered the windows and her ceiling collapsed. she lives on the 4th floor of an apartment block, facing a shoe factory, an apparent target of russian missiles. we didn't expect anything in neat pro. there are no military facilities around the rations were saying that they would only target military infrastructure. here, there are only residential blocks. the school and the kindergarten windows were hit . the acrylic, he says the rockets will launch from the burnett, sweden interrogation, controlled by the russian back separatist. this is the 1st time this city has been

targeted since the beginning of the war. now that will have a huge impact because so far, ni pro has been a transit point for people fleeing other areas in easton, ukraine that were under heavy boom. barbara and the immediate impact long queues outside the train station. people standing for hours in sub 0 temperature patiently waiting to escape, despite the fear of another attack. got it of the decision to pack up and leave as soon as she heard early morning explosions. obama phone has been good. it's a nightmare. nato is not doing enough, they should close the sky, right? they should do more. many of those standing here had fled the horrors of war once before. their home sounds already destroyed. now seeking safe refuge again. and her 2 children drove out of how to keep after a russian jet fighters flew over the neighborhood for days and the shelling became

closer and louder. this conflict has torn her family apart. listen again. this is lensky won't do what russia expects from him. so we don't know what awaits us. of course ukraine will not come from ice. my son also says, no, we've been living in hell in hockey for a week. and now we hate russia. well, there we have many relatives. the many of those leaving was joined the 2500000 refugees that have already crossed into neighboring countries. while those things wonder what's next. what does that mean? i'll give you a new pro. all russia has been accused of using the un security council meeting to spread lies and this information about biological weapons in ukraine, western and bass to say russia is fabricating the threat to justify its war. a russian says anyone who doubts its evidence is deluding himself from the un. my counter reports. it was a full security council session held on ukraine since russia launched its invasion

. but the 1st one called by russia itself. moscow claiming that ukraine supported by the u. s. is developing biological weapons and the russian ambassador attempting to preempt the denials, he said he was expecting we breathed union with irksome muscles of the clinic of doris. i can foresee what the reaction will be from our western colleagues who i'm sure are going to be saying now that all of this information is fake and russian propaganda. but this is self delusion. un was direct in its assessment of the allegation. i am aware of media reports regarding allegations of biological weapons programs. the united nations is not aware of any biological weapons programs. the reaction of several members was incredulous. i will say this once. ukraine does not have a biological weapons program. there are no ukrainian biological weapons laboratories

supported by the united states. absolutely, everything we have been hearing from russia regarding the creed has been false fabricated or distorted. the british ambassador describe the russian claims as baseless conspiracy theories. let me put it diplomatically. they are utter nonsense. china was the only security council member to offer a modicum of support to russia's claims. and the ukrainian ambassador argued that russia had made a mistake in calling for the meeting. by calling this meeting, the aggressor state has suit itself in foot. once again, at the meeting was opened with a briefing by the you ends, political and peace building, chief of russia. and she referenced credible reports of russia's use of cluster bombs and civilian areas. strikes at hospitals and the deaths of hundreds of men, women, and children. the meeting, russia called to highlight its allegations,

became instead a scathing indictment of its actions during the invasion. my kana al jazeera united nations b. u. s. has announced further sanctions against moscow, including a ban on russian sea food vodka and diamonds, is also revoking. russia's favorite trading status in coordination with g 7 allies . each of our nation is going to take steps to deny most favored nation status to russia. a most favored nation status designation means 2 countries have agreed to trade with each other under the best possible terms. low terrace, few barriers, trade, and the highest possible import allowed. the kremlin is blocking instagram, a move that will affect some 80000000 uses. the decision comes off the instagram and facebook's own meta relaxed its rules on cost for violence against russian

soldiers. last week, facebook was banned in response to restrictions on russian media. the warn ukraine is threatening to send fee prizes soaring across parts of the middle east and north africa. many of these countries rely heavily on wheaton ports. st. hot reports, 11000 tons of wheat arrived in lebanon this week, but this will be the last shipment from ukraine, the world's quay, wheat producers, russia and ukraine are at war, lebanon, like other countries in the middle east and north africa can no longer rely on them for most of their imports they're now trying to make up for an expected shortage beyond the. busy beyond the other, we've reached out to a number of countries including the us, india, canada, and some european countries which produce the soft we need for our bread. but the problem is not just finding alternative sources. diversifying supplies could mean transportation delays or an increase in shipping costs. we prices have already hit

a 14 year high. the lead she's doing differently, we will resort to more expensive countries that export weight, which would sell to us at prices that are not as cheap as in russia and ukraine. so if the conflict is prolonged and supply is list, this lead pressure on the balance of payments or the budget vehicle. egypt, for example, is one of the largest importers of weight in the world, and 80 percent of its supply is from ukraine and russia. it is considering raising the price of bread for the 1st time in $3.00 decades. it's no difference in lebanon, where authorities warn the central bank may not be able to subsidize bread. if prices continue to rise, the tunisian government, which is believed to be running out of money, has been rationing flower and reduced bread production. increase in prices will affect millions of people in the middle east and north africa who live in poverty.

have a lot of money, have a great new russian war will effect import, export, and trade. because we are all importers of wheat, and most of the food stamps are from abroad. and soda the across this region, economies have been hit by inflation and large public debt. others have been destroyed by war, syria no longer produces enough. we to feed its population. so it relies on imports and it's now rationing wheat. the world food program says 12000000 syrians are food insecure, while yemen is on the brink of 7 gammon, for example, were 16000000 people require food assistance and the world food program is assisting 13000000 of them. this country is almost entirely dependent on food importance and dependent on import of wheat from russia, from ukraine, sorry, by about 30 percent. so any shock, any slight shock would actually send these countries into a very,

very serious food crisis. food prices are after highest level, so as poverty in a region already in turmoil, and where higher bread prices have led to popular anger. in the past. santa hood, their elders, either in the news voting underway in turkmenistan presidential election with 9 candidates in the running. the president who's been in power since 2007 call for the vice last month after announcing his resignation. local media say his son is expected to win money international observance of voice concerns about the legitimacy of devote some foreign news websites unblocked by the government. chili has a new president. gabrielle borage is a former student leader whose promised a more inclusive society. one of the regions most socially unequal countries, his star and his cabinet, which has more women than men, has made him a leader. what many a calling the new left missio, newman reports from santiago,

36 year old, gabriel bought each end to the senate hall without a ty. just one way of showing he's not changed since he was a shaggy haired student leader fighting for social justice. now a decade later, he's heading country with other former student leaders. there a new generation promising to overhaul an economic model that has contributed to deep social inequalities. oh, thousands of support who swarmed the plaza in front of the presidential palace, hoping to see and touch their new president. and i really thought feeling good. this is like a dream come true to the him after so many years of waiting for i like birds, a slogan that hope can overcome fear. chili's youngest president cautions that the social transformations needed in health. education and pensions will take time. bama live, what give i'm a little will goes low because we're going far these government will not be the end

of the march. it will be a long, difficult road. but today the dreams of millions of people are pushing us forward. you know what it says? his government will champion the environment and indigenous and women's rights. some are concerned that president body to may be too radical to far left, especially since the communist party makes up part of his governing coalition. but in actual fact, if you look at his program, he seems much more like a social democrat in countries like, for example, scandinavia, where social equality is taken for granted money. absent from the an observation with the leaders of venezuela and nicaragua was not invited. instead, what each invited opponents of those he deems autocrat bed. okay. en route for. and i hope that julian's help him to carry out a program for a different type of site that will raise hopes on our continents. so punished by so many dictates are shipping washington's envoy

a bruises. your statements are human rights, the world law have been incredibly positive. what is news that much of the world and especially latin america are focused on how well he can make good on his promise to create a more inclusive chilly without population or sacrificing democracy? to see in human al jazeera santiago, 3 former hostages, detained by the former colombian fog rebels running in sundays, congressional elections. they believe the victims of the countries conflict should have a biggest, say in its politics. but as alexander, i'm here to reports from ball, with a winning a seat would mean working alongside their former captors. just how much are you running? people feel recognized, former police officer jumping charlane the street where they remember his escape from far rebels in 2007 after more than 8 years as

a captive. one of the images have been child famous, a nail after walking 17 days through the jungle, move the nation to repair the eyes to people. now he's campaigning for a senate seat in sundays congressional elections with another form or hostage presidential candidate to ingrid bet on core. he says he's running for the victims of columbia conflict, who he believes were short changed by the 2016 piece deal. the last a way, me unit, anything less of the 9000000 victims of columbia conflict, only 1000000 have received reparation and they receive reparations from states. not the culprits in the far because revealed only to percent of their assets. again, we want to recover the missing 90 percent for the victim. i love it, but i think the big thing, you know, if someone, you know, she was not alone. other former hostages are also seeking representation in congress. they come from different parties and different political believes that share the same contempt for the former gallery. yes. who have since formed

a legal political party. but i think, i think that's in the feeling that it will be difficult if i went to meet my victimizers in congress, i would try to be fair participate in their debate, me. but i have no intention to have any personal relationship because they have not fulfilled their promises and i wanted since giving up their arms. the farkas complied with the demands of a special tribunal for peace, but are still struggling to convince many colombians that they deserve a seat that the political table. but they still guarantee the time fits in congress to the party created by the extent park for 2 consecutive legislative periods, which is one of the agreements that angers many of the victims of the former far oh, former fike leader and current. senator william guy, you're says, the only way to move forward is to overcome the countries painful past. what's your worst was? i thought that the point was to lay down the weapons and be able to participate in politics. they should welcome my presence as much as we welcome there's my wishes

that we be partners to show columbia and the world that despite our differences, we can work towards consensus to build a better country. ah many believe parks party lacks the support to survive past the selections, but after so much pain, it's a relief that these differences are playing out at the ballot box and not on a battlefield allegory, allison, the impurity undesirable. gotta what i mean lucky. ah, this is our desert, easier. top stories, russian forces is slowly advancing on ukraine's capital. keith confine explosions were heard in the early hours of the morning america.