oh lou. oh wow. oh, now jesse, are ever you with all this is al jazeera ah hello, this is a news hour on al jazeera. i'm fully battle in doha, with extensive coverage of the war. a new craig coming up a ukrainian city under siege after several failed attempts. the 1st civilians escape maria pull through a humanitarian coy door. russia targets ukraine's capital keep hitting a residential building as of 2 sides meet again for talks. china and the u. s.

disgust. ukraine in rome, washington warns of economic penalties if beijing house russia avoid the impact of western sanctions. and also on this news, our, the south only come on variance that's caused china's biggest covey 19 outbreak. since the start of the panda that he to stand with your sport says new york city's mayor comes in for criticism. and one of the n b a's biggest stores and a sensational, you turn for legendary nfl quarterback tom brady is coming out of retirement off of just 40 days. thank you for joining us. we begin this news hour in the besieged ukrainian city of mary. a poll after repeated failed efforts to move tropp civilians in. in maria poll, it appears people are finally getting out. ukrainian officials say a $160.00 private cause left the southern port city in the past few hours for

russian held territory. meanwhile, elsewhere in ukraine, in the capital key, at least one person has been killed after russian artillery hits. and 9 story apartment block. now sir spike moscow insisting it's only targeting military sites . this is one of several strikes on the city. on monday, virtual talks between russia and russia have paused and will restore on tuesday. it's the 4th round of negotiations aimed at ending the 19 day war. and russia has accused ukraine of a missile strike that killed 20 civilians in the separatist controlled eastern city of don't yet. ukraine denies launching the attack while we have correspondence across ukrainian. a moment we'll hear from jonah hole in live about the talks between the 2 sides. right. first we go to us, i beg, who's in denay pro in eastern ukraine. let's start with evacuations. from mario poll aside, no one had been able to leave or enter the city in the last few days,

but i understand that evacuations have begun. what's the latest you're hearing? yes, that's what we're hearing that a 160 private cars have been alive to leave to her russian held territory. but we also understand that they will go further than that to south of his africa, which is ukrainian health. neither from the russian defense mincie. what we're hearing is that the city, from their perspective, the city has been unblocked. the aid has been delivered some 450 tons of medical aid and other items. and they've also said that there are $200.00 buses, a convert to 100 buses, 50 of which have already arrived for them. execution mass evacuation, sorry, of civilians from that city. that's the russian. that's what the russians are saying. they've also said that the tension manor terran corridors that were proposed that keep only agreed to 3 of them are now. the ukranian deputy prime

minister has said that the still trying to get humanity in a to, to marry a poll and that russian shelling is preventing that from getting there. but never canada said that she monitor and code goes to a lot of people to leave russian hill territory. and then she retraining hell territory that sci fi is being observed. and this is a bit of a breakthrough because after a week and a half of trying to get a day to trying to get people evacuated from that city. this seems to be a breakdown. people are now being allowed to leave. so breakthrough in mary paul, what can you tell us about the fighting in the separatist health regions out of east in ukraine? there been reports of a major incident him don't. yes, absolutely not. the authorities and danielle have said that the ukrainian forces fighter miss all of that killed 20 people and seriously injured 28. now we have al jazeera team on the ground that they've confirmed this, dest told. and what this shows is that fighting is still ongoing,

not only in eastern ukraine here, but also in separatist held areas and ukrainian forces. it seems, are able to strike a separatist areas north of here. her gave the 2nd largest city of the brain. russians have hit that with air sprites, missiles, and artillery shells, and even tried entering the city, but ukrainian forces have managed to repel them and in other parts of eastern ukraine, there is still ongoing fighting some territories i held by separatist, but there are pockets of ukrainian resistance, so this, the situation is still moving slowly. the russians are not making major gains, but the major news so far is that there is this humanitarian corridor in multiple, allowing people to leave after the situation. there was explained by agencies as dia, thank you for that. i st. bank with that update from denise pro in easton, ukraine. well, let's head west now and speak to al jazeera john hall, who is in the city of li. they've an increase in fighting jonah and increased

intentions, but the 2 sides have met again for talks to day. any progress inmate well, i think we should be careful. so 1st of all, about assuming that these talks have anything to do with ending the war. this is the 4th round of talks in this sort of format format. that's the sort of level we're talking about ministers, deputy ministers, members of parliament and so on. and in the previous rounds, they've been focusing on humanitarian development corridors, safe avenue of escape, humanitarian aid and so on. and agreements reached in the past have very rapidly fallen apart. now, 2 things here. first of all, you know, perhaps we can look at developments in mario paul is a sign of progress. simultaneous to these talks going on. some people 160 cars able to leave that city, perhaps a gesture, perhaps not perhaps a party of what is being discussed here. remember, there are hundreds of thousands who need to leave that city. so this is

a very small, proportionate number, and civil tanny's, more or less to that happening, the talks have actually concluded. they have paused in the language of the negotiators until tuesday, presumably an opportunity to take back to the respective capitals. whatever it is they may be discussing their brains, very careful and closed at the moment about details. so we simply don't know what is on the table. we don't know what they will come back to the table with on tuesday, but yes, ongoing contacts. i said to be in daily touch these 2 sides, likely, as i said, to be on the level of humanitarian aid at arrangements there. in terms of the big picture, the big picture about ending the war. when the contacts on that level start, particularly between the president, this is it says he wants to meet. let me put in no sign of letting me put in reciprocating what quite simply neither side is moving at the moment on their red lines. ukrainians want a full cease fire and the withdrawal of what russian forces. russia continues to want full demilitarization, essentially the surrender of the state,

its future neutrality and the independence of large swathes. which territory in the east, more sort of demonstrably than that, if you like, look at the battlefield scenario at the moment. russia has not managed to play conqueror or occupy any major city in this country yet. can still stand hockey in the east still stands, murray, paul, in probably holding out still in the south, preventing russia even from claiming that it has a concrete, solid land bridge between crimea and the east. in reality, until any or all of those obstacles fall is highly unlikely that not in the food and will feel himself in a position to be able to talk about any sort of compromise ended ending this war tool. thank you, joe. now for that journal, whole life for us there in live. when across ukraine, there's been no let up in the fighting. take a look at him. ron cons report from keith. just after 11 am local time people and keep her too loud. bangs,

as ukrainian defense systems shut down russian missiles. fragments of the missile landing captured on security camera narrowly missing some one on the mid morning walk. it followed an attack any early hours of monday. when what is thought to be an artillery shell hit this residential apartment in the north? the capital maxim carries what little he has left from the building on promotional well models. i woke up, actually my mom woke me up in there was smoking just everywhere. we had in the closet when we thought that we were being captured, that the russians were getting in through the door. i wish the police take pictures of the rubble. others look on rescue f, as, as you can say, are still going on. busy civil brigade say the police or the fire service are still looking through the building, trying to see if there's anybody else trapped inside. sorry to see there any more bodies inside. but the overwhelming senses that this is

a civilian building. there is, there is nothing more that you can say about that. look at it, it's a residential book. the problem one resident had very strong words for the russian president and owner who wanted who all b. it is a city. he is just a jerk, a total jerk. i've got nothing else to say. oh, you say i've got my no words to describe it for player though i from. well, you know, there's more fighting on the front lines of boucher and a pain between russia and ukraine. in voices, but the war coming in to keep, although expected is unnerving for many here ukrainians. wonder whether this is a one off or a sign of what's to come in the battle for the capitol m ron con out is there not keith or russia? and since it has enough resources for its military action in ukraine, the kremlin says its campaign was carefully planned to avoid civilian casualties. moscow accuses the u. s. and e. u of trying to provoke it into attacking major

population centers. live 2 doors had jabari in moscow, forrest store, so those lines coming from the russian foreign ministry spokesperson tell us more, by what he had to say today. yes, is this a information has been coming to us from the as spokesperson for the kremlin dmitri pest cove? who said that a, the russian president, vladimir putin had ordered his military not to go into any large, major cities at the start of the so called special military operation, which began on february 24th. and he said that said, this is something that is being used by the leaders of the u. s. and the you to provoke russia into, oh, it basically having a conflict in major cities which would have civilian casualties. and that is something that russia is not interested in. and he also said that a, for the 1st time we heard about

a possible plan in terms of what could happen on the ground in territories that russia takes control of in ukraine. and he said that the russian defense ministry has been instructed that they should not rule out the possibility of taking over full control of large populated areas, ensuring a maximum safety of the severe civilian population. hinting at the possibility that a russian forces could occupy certain territories within ukraine after they captured them under the guise of providing protection for the civilians in those areas. something, of course, we haven't heard before from the kremlin, but it could possibly provide insight as to what could come in the days ahead. the criminal spokesperson also said that the rumors about russia asking for military assistance from china are not true. and that the russian military is very capable of finishing this operation within the time or framework that they have. he didn't

specify how long that will take him when this operation with. and he said that it is going according to plan and that the russian president is pleased with the advances that they've made and they will finish the operation in time and more diplomacy endorser this time, the foreign ministers of cotton and russia have been talking yes. as e katara foreign minister mom had been at the romanella. sony arrived in moscow on sunday, where he met with sir gay love rob. and they had about a 90 minute meeting here and they spoke to the media shortly afterwards. it was very brief statements from both the foreign ministers as the country. foreign minister said that they will do everything within their power to ensure that the civilian population is not harm than that a peace can be restored. and he urged russia to really engage in a diplomatic process to bring an end to this conflict. the at russian as foreign minister for his part, seemingly very happy to receive the country foreign minister here in the russian

capital. and he said that he was grateful for the efforts that gotcha had provided in and around this issue in ukraine. they also discussed wide range of other topics including the situation in syria, afghanistan and libya. and of course, finally that very important fate of the j. c. p, away the nuclear deal with iran, which russia has said that they will not. they want written guarantees from the united states that they are sanctions that they're under now will not impact their relationship after that nuclear deal is signed and it's restarted something the u. s. government says will not happen because of the severe sanctions now in this country that's been imposed. but we understand that the iranian foreign minister will be coming to moscow on tuesday. well, they will certainly be discussing those issues that are at hand and certainly trying to figure out a way forward in terms of how to move on that nuclear deal that has certain very important not only for iran rush up at all. so for the security of the middle east,

thank you for that dosage a battery life or say in moscow. napoleon big cities are struggling to accommodate the ways of refugees feeding russia invasion of ukraine. the u. n. refugee agency says at least 2600000 people have now left ukraine. the mares of warsaw and crackle say the city services are overwhelmed and they need more international support. famous drama reports from cackle. a perilous path to poland is only the beginning. refugees from the war and ukraine. keep going exhausted. they begin another difficult journey. ah, many more trains leaving eastern poland, not knowing where their last stop will be. one woman, overwhelmed, tired, barely able to speak,

said she left her whole family back in ukraine. her husband is fighting and the war children are caring for her elderly mother who's too old to leave carrying what little she can. she's heading west, hoping to find work, perhaps a new home for her family. when we met her on the train, she said she had not slept in 4 days on the guys going back to her job and worse. after volunteering at the border board, she was mostly greeting refugee yesterday at one with ground, some show grinding. so i've said to her and we were talking a little bit, i don't know ukrainian young language. it's similar to polish language. so she was booking both are found me or have her home that she has left

now. so the sub book, emotional support is something that they need the most is the war continues. she says more volunteers will need to go to the border. something as simple as a warm welcome at poland, stored or can make those forced out of their country feel more at home. 2 years old tim moore is too young to understand that he's been up rooted by war. his father is fighting russian forces and on boss fleeing the violence. his mother says was their only choice should've deluding. didn't eat them with ever said that what, what can people do now? they can only run with a children. we were hesitating for a long time about what we should do, but i think it was the right decision. every train going west is still with stories of lives torn apart by millions of vulnerable

civilians, forced to find a fresh start. once the train goes into track of station people step off the platform into a kind of controlled chaos. now it is hectic here, but there is held to be hackers, volunteers heading out food available to answer any questions. people might have and helping people registered to find a place to live on the train. some do bundle with overhearing her story, obviously far from the border but still helping offers a ride and a place to stay to a new friend safe passage and safe haven new beginnings and pro who a city that has no right now a place of refuge. resistance. hi, my name is guy mccord with god. xin, basra, b o z u it crawford hold are we one and i'll speak to alexandra huge silva, who's a member of ukraine's parliament, and he's joining us from washington dc. thank you very much, miss austin, of our,

for being with us on al jazeera. you were visiting the u. s. i understand when, when the russian invasion of ukraine began. first of all, can you tell us what you're hearing about the situation back home har. how are people those who haven't been able to leave? how are they coping? or to be honest, this can get cold, just want to ward hell. and this is not a war any more. this is a genocide because when we have thousands of civilians kill, we have children. we have women rate and then being killed. this is can hardly be called an invasion or a war or a conflict that some people like to call it. and unfortunately, every day someone that you know dies because people are protecting our motherland and they are fighting for not only only for all freedom but for democracy in, for the freedom of the whole europe and probably the world. like you talk about a genocide, i mean those that, that is your view, of course and,

and of the reports that you talk about, you know, we haven't been independently been able to verify them on the ground. but russia says that it's the west that is trying to provoke it into attacking major population centers. what do you respond to that? so when i get here about the escalation or some kind of publication, ah, it just seems various trench funny because ukraine did not provoke or did not escalate fulton to, to, to invade alcantur in 2014. when the 1st invasion happened. we were in the neutral country, was no nato or you ambitious, ambitious. even. i can tell you one thing if he wants to go to war, if pudding wants to go to war with nato, he will, or if he wants to go to war with the united states, he will. we had one of the missiles being shot down 15 kilometers, which is probably around 8 miles ah, in the polish border. so if he wants to start shooting the nato countries,

he will. and my only question right now for the ah, nato community in probably to the united states of and more what is there a red lot that has to be crossed by putin for them to stop being scared, drew a step in earn at least provide the ammunition to provide the arms that ukraine keeps bagging about, right. we don't have the air jackets, we don't have the air defense system that we need desperately to protect our civilian population. and even this is been drawn as a red line for natal, not children being killed on the streets, not women being raped and them killed in the right environment alive and present. biden, miss austin over has a talked about of chemical weapons as being one of the red lines. if russia was to use chemical weapons in ukraine, but he's also ruled out establishing a no fly zone. ah, which he said would be seen as

a major provocation. and could lead to world war 3 in his words, what do you say to that? well, i will be give up our a nukes as a country in the 90s. we were promised that if anything happens to our sovereignty around dependence, we will have the support from the united states and united kingdom. unfortunately, this ward wasn't kept. there is no support besides so harshly weapons and som humanitarian aid. so when i hear now about the chemical weapons, well to be honest, he already used there are forbidden by the geneva commission bombs. he has already killed hundreds of children, thousands of civilians. and when i keep saying that nato comes up, was another red line that put in has to cross. and pretty much sure that even if he uses the chemical weapons, the response would be, may be given us some extra of athens, but definitely not what we need and what our army keeps bagging about of all the jets and the air defense systems. so unfortunately,

the west is weak in the west is scared of wood in who is bull in them and telling them that this is my red line. well, i want to know where is the red line because of the west, but is the red line for the democracies to come in. and this is definitely not the chemical weapons, the ukrainian and russian delegations have been miti even though we don't know what, what the scope of those talks are. do you think that a diplomatic solution to this conflict is still possible and if yes, what should be? should it be based on i don't think there is any diplomatic solution that is possible because you can negotiate someone who keeps the work. would've had never done that. and one of the key demands for him from put in is an total demilitarization of ukraine, which means give up the weapons and then i'll come and shoot you. and the 2nd one is that dennis, if occasion, which probably means that we are a nazi over 40 me that well if way 1000000 am nation of nazis that i don't know has to come eat air, collective us, you a side or something to do his total been

a sick ation, so i don't think there is anything that can come out on those negotiation as the green corridors. thank you so much for talking to us on exam very you'd seen of a, a member of ukraine, spanish speaking us, speaking to us from washington dc. thank you for your time. when i take you now to the united nations in new york and the un secretary general, antonio terrorist is speaking about a situation in ukraine, and i 1st got the crucial importance of respecting international humanitarian law. at least 1900000 people are displaced inside the country. and growing numbers are escaping across borderless. i'm deeply grateful for the solidarity of ukraine's neighbors and other countries where they can in more than 2800000 refugees in the past 2 weeks. the vast majority of those making the threshold was a journey at women and children who are increasingly vulnerable for providers

and human traffickers. war is not the fresh of thee, it is an opportunity and women and children are the targets. they need safety and supports every step of the way. i will continue to i like the desperate flights of the people of ukraine as i am doing again to day. yet, there is another thy mention of these conflicts that gets obscures. these war goes far beyond ukraine. it is also an assault on the world's most vulnerable people and countries. why war reigns over ukraine. a swirl of damocles ags over the global economy, especially in the developing worlds. even before the conflicts developing countries was struggling to recover from the pandemic with the record of inflation rising interest rates and looming dept burdens that ability to respond as being the raised

by exponentially increases in the cost the financing. now that bad baskets is being bumps. russians, ukraine represents more than off of the oil supply of sunflower oil and the mold city. but since of the world sweets you couldn't, it alone provides more than half of the world's foods programs. whits supply, food full and fertilize it brought fertilizer prices are skyrocketing, supply chains are being disrupted. and the costs and delays of transportation of important goods when available out at the record levels. and all of these easy thing, the buddhist, the harvest, and planting the seeds for political instability, the end and rest at on the globe. grand prices if already exceed the those at the start of the end of spring. and the full riots of 2007, 2008. the air fios global food prices index is at the its highest level ever.

45 african and least developed countries. important at least one side of that weeds from ukraine and russia. 18 of those countries import at least 50 per cents. this includes scans is like what in a fossil egypt, democrats, republic of the congo, lebanon, libya, somalia, sudan, and the eman. we must do everything possible to avert of hurricane a hurricane of hunger. and that meltdown of the global food system. in addition, we are seeing clear evidence of these water that i need the sources of the tension from other throttle spots in desperate needs. id new my appeal for confused to find creative ways to financing kiddies. the many daddy then develop and recovery needs worldwide, and to give jealously and to immediately release pledged funds. my please to lee. this is to resist the temptation of increasing military budget that the expense of

official development assistance and climate section in the world. in a words, developing countries are getting bubbles. they face a cascade of crises beyond the ukraine. wat we cannot forget the coffee and the impacts of climate change in particular vaults against the backdrop of busy men, scenes of connected challenges. i'm announcing to their, the establishing of a global crisis response group on full energy and finance, indiana secretariat. i've also asked them 6th, in general to lee, that means that asians stating to meet the with button of stew over to see these efforts. and in the coming days, we will be consulting with members. they'd ceiling to champion the actions needed to carry forward the global emergency response that will be required for these looming crisis. make no mistake. every they peep, bowling specially women and children will better the brands of these unfolding

facility. the war also shows all the global addiction to flossing. fools is placing energy security, climate section and the entire global economy at the mercy of geopolitics. finally, further escalation of the ward, whether by accident thought of the zine citizens, all of humanity. raising the alert of russian nuclear forces is a bone chilling developments. the prospect of nuclear costly once unsinkable, is not back within the realm of possibility. the security and safety of nuclear facilities must also be preserves. it's time to stop the order than leashed on the people of ukraine and get on the best of diplomacy and peace. i've been in close contact with the number of countries, including china, france, germany, india, israel and turkey. on mediation efforts during canal to these war. the appeals for

peace must be herds. these threats are the must stop. it's never too late for the plumbers. he and dialogue, we knew that immediate cessation of hostilities and cities negotiations based on the principles of un charter and international law. when it bees, bees for the people of ukraine. this, for the world, we need peace law. thank you. okay, we should be at that for a cuz we need to piece now it's time for the horror to stop in ukraine. the words of un secretary general until he a good terrorist who says millions of people in ukraine are facing hunger and dwindling supplies of water and medicine. he says at the united nations will allocate a further $40000000.00 from a central emergency response fund to ramp up humanitarian assistance for ukraine. lead spring in christian salome was at the united nations to for us at the

secretary general, taking a few questions. i believe at his warning that the war goes far beyond ukraine. kristin? yes, and that was a major theme of his remarks here at the united nations. he talked about how the most vulnerable people in the most vulnerable countries are beginning to feel an impact and an impact that could only get worse. as, as conflict continues. he's talking about the ukraine's role in producing food at 30 percent of the world. sunflower oil comes from ukraine. i'm sorry, half of the world, sunflower oil, and 30 percent of the world's wheat supply. the world food program gets half of its wheat supply from ukraine. so, poor countries like lebanon in the democratic republic of congo, or are going to suffer as a result of ongoing conflict here. and as

a result of that, he announced that he is starting a global crisis response group that will look at issues of food, energy, and finance related to crisis. here he of course, is also concerned about the people in ukraine, ukraine, and a mentioned that another $40000000.00 from the u. n. central emergency relief fund would be released to help them as well. now 1900000 people displaced within ukraine and nearly 4000000 approaching 4000000 refugees that have left the country. so strong words from the secretary general, indeed, strong words and the united nations kristin has hold of the situation in ukraine. the most severe tests, the organization for security and cooperation in europe has faced i know we've been hearing from them at the un security council today. where does the os c o. c eith and on this conflict. yes, the o. s. c,

e is a partner organization of the united nations. it's briefing the security council right now on it's efforts, i in general, but in ukraine specifically. and we heard from the chairman of that organizations. also the acting foreign minister of poland is big new route. he had very strong words about the conflict, very strong words for russia and its attack on ukraine. this is a man and an organization that back in january offered to hold a security dialogue with russia because of growing tensions in the region. and because of russia's concern over nato expansion on its borders, the stated reason for its attack on ukraine. foreign minister ra, a said that this was an effort of russia to buy time a he condemned them for with very strong words, for their attack on ukraine. listen to what he said. the invading foot started to

target the civilian population and infrastructure in an attempt to break the spirit of the ukrainian people. versus deplorable and famous ant mounts the states 30000 schools. hospitals and kinda gardens are deliberately being targeted with international bung to weapons very ports of women and children killed and wounded. a devastating it. this is geneva conventions and human italian law never exists. and ro also had a message of warning for the officials and men speller ruse who have been assisting russia in their endeavours,

saying that this path would lead to further isolation for that country within europe. and within the o. s. c e. no talk a of restoring those dialogues between ukraine and russia under the o. s. e. are between russia and the o. s. e, in terms of the security agreement, obviously that has fallen aside as this attack has continued. but lots of condemnation coming from yet another form of, of the un, and we're waiting to hear from russia's ambassador at any moment. thank you for that, christine salome life for us there at the united nations. meanwhile, the us and china have held high level talks in rome. the white house sees the meeting as critically important for the war in ukraine. this is after the u. s. accused russia of seeking military age from china, something which both moscow and beijing have denied. let's go to adam reiney, who's in rome for us at him. tell us about what's come out of the talks between the us national security adviser and he's chinese counterpart in rome. and what such

fake for beaching now? well, they've been very tight lipped here in rome. probably we haven't heard any statements, any word coming out of these talks here. there still might be some members of both delegations meeting, but we saw a large part of the delegation leave earlier. but what's really at stake for china is access to 2 largest markets. that's united states in the european union, as because as the threats made over the weekend by u. s. national security advisor james sullivan made clear u. s. really wants the camp down on any attempt by russia to somehow gain support, whether it be military or financial support from china at this time where the war appears to be going so badly for moscow. now the chinese have said that any of these reports are what they're calling, fake news that they haven't rejected them or said that or denied them out, right? that is they say that that they're not offering the support at this time. they say

that they try to paint it as fake news, as they said that these aren't even being asked of them. but what jake sullivan, the national security advisors made clear, is that the u. s. is not going to accept any work around for the sanction to get finance of support from china and it's our need for russia. and the fact that these talks are taking place in europe gives a sense that the european union is perhaps backing this stance from the u. s. as well. china, when just a few short weeks ago before this war really got underway, the president, the leader of china champagne. there were no limits to the partnership between russia and china. what these meetings are trying to do is to somehow put limits on that relationship because it seen that china might be a lifeline to rush at this time. and, and this is especially important to take into consideration as china is dealing with its largest outbreak of cove. it since the early days, the panoramic right. and they have some slow down to the factories in their

industrial heartland. so that's already making a dent on some of their business, so they want to make sure that this doesn't go any further than that. so we'll be seeing what statements come out of here, whether later on monday or in the next 24 hours or so to see what's taking place. and we will be checking in with you for all the latest developments from there. i'm rainy in rome, thank you very much. and you can stay across all the latest developments in ukraine on the war there on our website at 0 dot com. click on the ukraine tab for the latest updates on the config. we've also got some opinion pieces on there as well as analysis that's on al jazeera dot com. let's turn our attention on to other worlds. hughes and australia and the netherlands are taking joint legal action against russia for the bounding of immolation, passenger plane in ukraine. 8 years ago. flight m a 17, was shot down in 2014, killing all 200. 19 people on board, including $38.00 australians international investigators say a russian made miss,

i was responsible, which the criminal denies. australia. foreign minister says moscow's invasion of ukraine is a painful reminder for the families of victims. we can't take to why they crush the surgeon. government is committed to pursuing every avenue to ensure that this horrific tragedy is not repaired. and we will continue tirelessly in our efforts with course partners to hold russia to account for its violations of international law, including its threats to ukraine's sovereignty and a spice. china is battling its worse groan of iris outbreak since the pandemic began the extremely contagious variance known as a stealth omicron is challenging. the government is 0 over 19 strategy. millions of people are under locked on. katrina, you reports from beijing. gillian province in china's northeast is the latest at the center of the country's corona. virus outbreak, with hundreds of cases, confirmed that in the past few days, mass testing is underway and

a mixture possible designed to accommodate. 1500 is now open for the south. similar scenes in a city of ching dow, people that have been ordered to take corbet 19 tests by community medical workers, almost an archer. we have set up 6 testing sites in our community due to the tight schedule. we have to conduct testing overnight, so they're not, there were some of them. cases of the on the con darian are surging nationwide with thousands of infections reported in recent days. it's the biggest outbreak here since the pandemic began. more than 17000000 people in the city of tion. gen haven't put under lockdown for at least a week. people can only leave harm to buy necessities or public transport has been suspended. the fullest closure of businesses and factories in the tech hub. so china's stock markets drop on monday in shanghai parks. schools and universities have also been closed. authorities are doing all they can to prevent large

outbreaks in major cities. our team, in date, jane is among the millions affected by china strict curve at 19 controls. because one on the con case was found in our office building last week. we've all been told to quarantine and work from home until further notice rapid ended in tests or harm testing kids have been made available to the chinese public for the 1st time. trouble as frontage and tests cannot replace nucleic acid tests, but they can help identify the possible source of infection in a timely manner before nucleic acid test are conducted. experts abroad have criticized china's 0 tolerance strategy is unsustainable, but they ging has doubled down on its approach, saying it's kept deaths from the virus to a minimum. katrina, you al jazeera, they ging. so what is this a very and known as town or micron? that ceiling, the surgeon china, while its proper name is be a to lineage of the only con variant and was 1st is covered in november. it's the

fastest spreading variance known and by february had become dominant world wide. let's speak to dr. broadband county about this is in et cetera in the u. k. and his especially in infectious disease control and a senior lecture at the university of exit medical school. thank you very much for being with us, dr. antonia, ah, so ever and of course keeping a close eye on this sub variant of only con, what's causing what, what do you think you can tell us more about of this a, you know, is it, is it a, does it have a capacity to drive a large, you wave of infections. well, what we do know is that it is more transmissible. in other words, it's easier to get infected by compared to the b one on the chron variant. having said that, the good news is that it isn't more severe disease causing, and it isn't extensively antibody bypassing. in other words,

maxine bypassing the issue with china benmark, united kingdom india, where they are seeing a search in the b 2 in the h is that where you want arise and where ins will find people to in fact and in china where they pursue a 0 co policy, it's also more draconian in that there are preventative measures locked downs, shutdowns at so on. but these are all precautionary measures that china has very successfully undertaken. oh me. crohn doctor was already a highly transmissible variant. you know, why is this one even easier to catch? well as it changes its shape, but the spike protein and so the b to any age has got more change is and those more changes in quote, a change in the shape of the spike protein. and that change in the spike protein

allows it to attach to human receptors even easier than army grown. and that's how it becomes more. i infectious one more thing about it is that it also causes infect good cells to clump together. and when they clump together, that is into cell signaling. and with that into cell signaling, they can make more of those virus particles. come back to the previous variance where there wasn't that much more sal clumping right now. if either i sat down to fan county that a 4th dose of its vaccine will be needed for older populations, especially to, to how fend off and not a dose will, will the existing vaccines work again? fis, b aid to vary it at that moment it appears to be working and holding. so what we want is more of those antibodies, because many of those antibodies are 5 passed by it being blunt and the b to bury

it. so what we want is more of it to overcome the partial bypassing of the, like the antibodies that we produce. that is all the solution we have, but a better solution, a much better solution is to suppress infections globally, if free, suppress infections globally. that is less of these bear him stay much and much better for global health. thank you so much for talking to this about this. thank you for your expertise dr. barry at barracks montane, joining us there from the u. k. thank you. france, meanwhile, is lifting most of its scolded 19 restrictions, including mandatory vaccine passes and of a need to wear masks in schools, shops and offices mosque, and will still be needed on public transport. and in hospitals, the move comes despite arise and infection numbers. frances, also rolling out a 4th, dot's on the vaccine for those aged, 80 and above. in columbia, the left, his candidate, gustavo petro, her celebrated

a decisive victory in sundays presidential primary care choice, considered to be the front runner for the election in may, which could see him become the country's 1st left. his leader, alexander, on kitty reports from columbia's capital bogota, colombians came out in mass to choose the countries congressional lawmakers and presidential candidates on sunday. in a vote that indicated a significant political shift in this historically conservative country. his content and anger against traditional parties in their neal liberal economic policies, boosted, progressive and independent candidates in the senate and the house of representatives. many more going on. i thought, yeah, we've had some rough times in the last few years. so hope that the selection will bring some positive results and our country will change anything on when ready to go look at. okay, i him. i think people are absolutely done tired and worn out that the expectations as citizens, never materialized, unfortunately,

are old. political class has always played us as leftist centrist and right wing coalitions tallied votes in their respective primaries. the nights clear winner was gustavo paid through a lefty senator and former galleria who received more than doubled the votes of his closest rival. right when candidate federico gutierrez, we saw contraction of the right wing and our growth, both from the centrist parties, i'm most significantly from the left. but what this means is that there will be no single t or no single, a political block with a majority in congress for the next 4 years. but it also opens the possibility that a leftist could win the presidency for the 1st time in history. something that has right wing voters on edge air, their capacity and i'm worried, we need to defend democracy on top of everything. we can't allow a leftist in power,

that's not convenient for the country. doesn't know how to govern and is not transparent. i hear entrepreneurs will lose the ability to hire people will not be able to afford a whole, fearing the possibility of fraud and political violence. more than 2500 nash and international observers were deployed across the country. while voting was mostly peaceful to soldiers died in bomb attacks in rural areas where voters were called to choose special representatives among victims of the country's long civil conflict. what's clear is that this is a night to remember for the supporters of gustavo veteran, his last diesel correlation and historic result that confirms that he will be the candidate to be in the upcoming presidential elections. in may, i said that i'm good. i just need a ball with that. i sports is coming up after the break, including the sensational back flight from nfl legend tom brady. you don't have the details. thanks to stay with us.

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ah ah ah ah. his ali, thank you very much. we started a sensational you tune from one of the greatest players in nfl history. quarterback tom brady has decided to return to the tampa bay buccaneers off just 40 days in retirement. the 44 year old announce his decision on social media saying he realized his place was still on the field and not in the stands. and that he had unfinished business ready will return for 23rd season in the nfl. brady led the buccaneers to the super bowl title in 2020 and the nf c south division. last season,

they say they're through, he's decided to come back before that. he'd won 6 super bowls in 20 seasons with the new england patriots. brady's change of heart isn't a complete surprise just a week after announcing his retirement in february, he said, never say never. and when watching majesty united on saturday, he seemed to indicate christiana rinaldo, that a return could be on the cards. his reminder of what makes brady so special. he 7 suitable titles are unmatched by any other player. brady is also a 3 time nfl most valuable player. he's 243. korea wins as a quarterback is also more than anyone else. and he holds the record for most korea, passing yards at more than $84000.00. which one are by michael shot he is in florida. he's an nfl writer at pick. watch, michael. good talking to you. feel a little bit like we're in the twilight zone. just 40 days ago, we were having the same conversation just the other way round. why do you think

he's done this about turn so soon after announcing his retirement? yeah. in the nfl world, we went through this once upon a time with brett far. ah, who was, you know, not quite as common to passers, tom brady, but at his time was considered, you know, one of the best all time and with, even with aaron rogers, current rebate, packer star, we've had this will, they won't, they situation with retirement. and so i think nfl fans were ready because there's something to be said for tom brady has been defined by the game of football or his entire life naturally the entire adult life but his entire life. and so when you grow up and you're playing pop warner football at 101112 years old and you just decide one day that you wanna stop, there are a lot of emotions, complex, complicated emotions, pick go into effect there. and so i never faults a man like tom brady for saying a, i'm not having fun anymore and i want to quit. but also, you know, what may be this whole putting thing isn't for me, maybe i want to keep going just

a little bit longer. so i think the buccaneers are absolutely ecstatic. the nfl world is mostly ecstatic. tom brady is coming back for yet another sees michael. what kind of unfinished business might they be for? tom brady. that's a tough question. and it's probably one that only tom brady can answer. ah, i honestly believe. and especially the timing of this move because nfl for agency starts today. and so that the tempe buccaneers were set to lose quite a bit of their, you know, current crop of players to other teams because it's long been assumed that with tom brady gone, this team was not in contention, would have to start rebuilding. and so i believe that the unfinished business, the tom brady is talking about is some of these other older players with tammy buccaneers who weren't going to be leaving, wanted tom brady to come back so that they could have another shot of this because tom brady is flew there was tween this team being a contender, and this team, you know, go undergoing a 23 year rebuild before they're even relevant again. so i would assume that that

is what he's talking about. but when it comes to, i mean you've laid out in the intro i, he has nothing left to accomplish on the football field. ah, so there must must be some personal attachment to that locker room in that group of players that he feels like he needs to do something more for them. okay. they were people that questioned his ability last season. specifically, maybe he's arm and he's on strength to be $45.00 in the coming season. does he still have what it takes? yeah, people have been saying this. well, tom brady, since like 2009. um, just this idea that he's not quite as good as he used to be. he was still by many metrics. the nfl best quarter back last season was in contention for the most valuable player. tropi. ah, there are definitely things he can do now, but he couldn't do it. his 1st couple seasons with the patriots and there are things and certainly as he gets older that he can do that used to be able to. but the deep all are still there. i think his connection to his receivers is as good as

it's ever been. his ability to be dissected in understand the game is as good as anybody has ever been ever in medical history on his be most accomplished athletes in the nfl for certain one of the most accomplished athletes in any sport on the face, the planet. so the idea that he was going to go out on top was very exciting for a lot of people because we've seen sort of the slow decline from other super athletes like tom brady. but i think that you can expect him to be a very good competitor. heading in the next season because i do not think physically he's done quite yet or at microsoft, he will leave it there. thank you. always a pleasure talking to you. thank you. in the india brooklyn that start. kevin durant is cooling on new york mayor to sort out the city's corona virus vaccine mandate, which he is described as ridiculous and confusing. for the 1st time, the season durance, unvaccinated teammate kyrie irving was allowed into the home arena on sunday. as a spectator, because fans are no longer required to show proof of vaccination se into but irving

isn't allowed to play because there is still a mandate in place for those working at the barclay center. and even more frustrating for the nights is that unvaccinated visiting plays are allowed to take to the coat. yeah, i don't get it. it just feels like at this point now, mars trying to make a statement or point to flex their authority. but you know, by all here looking for attention as well, for like to the mayor wants right now some attention, you know? ah, but he'll figured also he better. but it just didn't make any sense. laid his own bags, people in as a building already. we got a guy who comments would have been, i guess are a fear in our safety we're. i don't get it. so. yeah, we're all confused. pretty much everybody in the world's confused at this point, early on in a season. you know, people understand what was going on with now just look stupid. so hopefully eric, you, you've got to figure yourself another game. another record for la lakers star man

le bron james. this is the moment he got his 10000 career assist, making him the only player in india history to reach that milestone in points. rebounds and assists my but james was on the losing side of the lakers were beaten by the phoenix suns. okay, that's all the sports either. i'll be here again in a few hours with another update, but it'll be to thank you very much. we'll see you at 18 g m t. i top sander schools in the brazilian city of ria dinero, holding some bedroom rehearsals for the 1st time since the covey. 19 pandemic, a dance practice sessions, or integration for them. dissipated return of the cities carnival celebrations, which were councils last year because of the pandemic. this is sandra john parade was originally set for february, but was delayed due to a rise in covered $900.00 cases is now scheduled for next month.

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