of bishop battle lease taking place of a wither the country's wall horses are a national icon. all pharaoh piss one on one. he's on el to 0. ah. ready ready a sign of progress and talks to end the war in ukraine. president zalinski says negotiations are becoming realistic, but more efforts is needed. ah, you're watching al jazeera alive from our headquarters in del hi. i'm debbie and abigail. it's the 21st day of the war in ukraine. also a head's, we were never you, girl, we reached you was standing with ukraine, the leaders of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic visit keyed to show their support as the war enters. a 3rd

week were at the us mexico border, where russians who are opposed to the war have fled, hoping to find refuge in america. hello, a sign that talks to end the 21st day a 21 day war, and ukraine may be making progress. president vollmer zalinski says russia's demands are becoming more realistic. zalinski appears to be making a major concession. he says it's possible. ukraine may not join nato. as negotiators prepared to meet again in the coming hours, key residents have woken to the familiar sound of russian bombs. the city is under a curfew after strikes killed at least 5 people on wednesday. so it was a little squad and all of us, it is difficult but important because any war ends in an agreement, meetings continue as i am told,

the position in the negotiation sign more realistic. however, it still needs to be more time for decisions to be in ukraine's interest, guys than you are a he live with us citizens of russia. any of you who have access to truthful information should understand this war will enter your country in shame and poverty . there is also been so solidarity with ukraine's president from 3 of his closest european neighbors. the prime minister is a poland, slovenia, and the czech republic travel to keep on tuesday. they are the 1st foreign leaders to visit ukraine since the war began. taking a train journey from poland to meet with president zelinski. european union has to give very quickly accountability. and more than this has to invite you to the european union and all the defensive weapons to defend your homes. we will try to organize or cared artist. all over the world. we will never

leave you alone. we will be with you. because we know that you are fighting not only for your homes, for your freedom, for your security, but also for us. cameron con is across all the developments for us. he's running us from keep in mind, what are we to read into the statement by president landscape when he says that negotiations are becoming more realistic? well, the 3rd, the negotiations have gone into a 3rd date. that's a good sign. they are continuing to talk. this is the 4th round of talks, the 3rd day of that full thread. no. what we're hearing from public statements is that they're down to the nitty gritty, a fine, a detail of whatever joint statement that they will issue. now this may not be an end to the war. the statement may not call for a cease fire, but i certainly the fight they're talking is a hopeful net present. zalinski has also said that he doesn't want to become a part of a nato, so that may well be a key concession for the russians. now,

the talks are taking place in 2 different ways. there's one which is the big talks between the key russian players and the key ukranian plays. and then there's these subcommittees that they're forming. those subcommittees are really knocking out the nitty gritty. and that seems to be what's happening today. but like i said, everybody is confident and there is this kind of optimism in the air about these talks simply because they've got into a 3rd day. and simply because both the parties are talking now was that all goes on . you've had the 3 prime ministers from the czech republic, from poland and from savannah. come in, show a huge amount of support, deliver an aide program to the people of ukraine. but president vladimir lance. he sent a very powerful, very silent message in that meeting as well. behind him, as he was sat with the prime ministers, there was a video wolf on that video wall. it simply said, ukraine is defending europe. it was a pretty powerful message to give

a message that was reiterated by the foreign ministers in the sound by the u. s or the prime minister, sorry, in that signed by the you just heard saying that the not any fighting for their homes. they fighting for our homes as well. so clearly it was in just about age that the prime ministers i were talking about the president was talking about. but about politics as well as maybe that has been some vincent ukraine has been asking for a nissan no fly zone. ah, which was never going to be delivered by nato, cuz it was seen as an escalation that would lead to a direct conflict with russia. but perhaps there is something around that they can do, perhaps, arming the ukrainians. all of that detail will come out in the next few days, but right now it seems that the russians and the ukrainians are talking and certainly the key allies, too broad, a vladimir zalinski, his keen neighbors are sending a message of support. and while all that is happening, it is day 21 off the ukraine war. what is the mood like in the capitol where you are what is but 20 minutes ago we had

a very loud explosion. probably our terry fire going into the north of kia. also we've been hearing that very dull thud that we've been hearing throughout the time that we've been here, which is the a terry shelling the air strikes in at a pin butcher, an estimate which is where the front lines are. if they get control of those are 3 places, then that's the staging ground for an offensive into keep. also there was air about 7 am this morning, an attack against a 12 story residential building, the slip jenko neighbourhood. no one was killed or injured in that attack. emergency services were on the scene very, very quickly, were just goes to show you that the attacks in the north of keys are coming closer in and is getting a lot of residents spooked. we've been monitoring those attacks and the only reason we're not broadcasting live from one of those scenes is, are actually a curfew that's been going on. let me to show you so familiar site. now to the

years of our desert english, i'll be showing you for a week. but the difference is today that there's a 36 hour ceasefire, sorry curfew that was announced a last night. that's going to run until thursday morning. no one's allowed out in the street during the day. now to see the cuff, you used to be put in place at night. we don't know why there's a daytime curve, you know, ukrainians on saying anything. it's likely that there's some sort of security operation within the city itself, but where we don't, we can't confirm that. ok, thank you so much. my con reporting from keith, curt volker, as a former us ambassador to nato. and he says the support from eastern european leaders health project, the image of a strong blog, vladimir zelinski. well 1st, let's not underestimate the important importance of the optics. for european leader is to go to key and he would present zalinski there. while the city is under siege

is a tremendously important signal to ukrainian people. so you have to give them credit for that. second, they have been pushing to accelerate ukraine's membership in european union. there are some other countries in europe, in the u, in the west that have locked this and i think they are trying to build their credibility and credentials to continue to make that make that case for ukraine's you membership. and then finally, we heard from presence on sky today, a public recognition that ukraine was not making progress toward membership benito and stating that is a fact. but he is looking for other alternative security guarantees. and i'm sure that was the topic of discussion with these leaders today. well, 1st off that i think the last thing that once is to drive the west into his war against ukraine is military forces are bogged down and performing badly. adding was

to that equation for him, so i don't think that he should be the ones who are deter, from providing humanitarian assistance. i think it is bruton who ought to be cautious about engaging the left while ukraine's interior minister says 20000 people have managed to get out of the besieged city of mario pole using a humanitarian court. or that safe passage stretches more than 260 kilometers to upper reach, which is ukrainian held territory. but ukraine's deputy prime minister says a convoy with supplies for my your poll is stuck in nearby bird, neon sc. emergency services say 500 people have died in ukraine, 2nd largest cities since the war began. but more people are finding their way out of car eve. as i said, big reports, survival of one, rushing their stroke. and then this, the panic on the streets,

all the uncertainty of what will be hit next. the onslaught against ukraine's 2nd largest city. her cave has been relentless. the city was home to 1500000 residence. many have now fled lucille, georgia. yes, we have information that 2 people were killed, one person was rescued and we are clearing the rebel and we have just received information that may be more people under the rubble the robot o. meanwhile, russia maintains a stranglehold on the southern port city of murray pal, another importer strategic objective, a convoy of civilian vehicles, reportedly 2000 left by a few monitoring corridors that held for a 2nd day. hundreds of thousands still remain inside. conditions are said to be apocalyptic reports of bodies lying uncollected in the st. supplies of food, water, and medicine near exhausted. for those that make it out of russian controlled

territory. zappa richer is the 1st stop. people check to see if their relatives or friends escaped. this communist era circus building has been converted to receive, internally displaced. people fleeing the fighting. once the here they are registered and they can receive vital supplies. people have donated close blankets, toys, and they can also get warm food. once they come here, they've been moved on and re house. ukrainians have mobilized to help their fellow citizens. and as they came on buses, they bought them once again to leave. it's been a tough journey thrash 9000 by year daughtry neutral, naut you. hi. it was frightening. frightening said 81 year old marina minova was new slogan. she sheltered for 10 days in the basement of a psychiatric hospital before making it out of the city. those that you will, you please leave us with the why did they come to our land? wine differently? why did they come to spill the blood of our children?

nobody asked them to come. you all want to leave you with only their russia. why do they inflict this one asked robert like so many other ukrainians. the homes now destroyed heading to an uncertain future. i said, beg, al jazeera zable, risha, ukraine's president is expected to appeal for more help from the us when he addresses congress later on wednesday. president joe biden has already signed a bill that sets aside more than $13000000000.00 of assistance or white house correspondent, kimberly how can with calls for no fly zone over ukraine. intensifying the white house announced us president joe biden. we'll head to brussels next week to attend to special nato meeting over rushes, invasion of ukraine. his goal is to meet in person face to face with his european counterparts and talk about in assess where we are. at this point in the conflict,

the white house would not say whether that triple include any visits to the cranium border, or meeting with ukrainian president vladimir zaleski, who has been pushing for no fly zone over his country. nato allies including the u . s. opposed. the no fly zone as it would put nato and russian plains, indirect conflict, and potentially lead to nuclear war. still secretary of defense lloyd austin, is meeting with nato defense ministers for a 2 day gathering app. the alliance headquarters in brussels. earlier in the day lensky address the canadian parliament and made his case closed, the aerospace police store the bowman and how many more missiles have to fall on our cities until you make this happen. the u. s. continues to send more help on tuesday, the u. s. president side to spending bill that included $13600000000.00 for

ukrainian security and humanitarian assistance were moving urgently to further augment the support to the brave people of ukraine as a defend their country. are also going to be better position to provide for the rapidly growing humanitarian needs of the ukrainian people. the money provides aid for ukrainian refugees in ukraine and in neighboring nations. it also gives you crane military equipment and training the ukranian press it it will make his case for no fly zone. when on wednesday he addresses a joint session of the u. s. congress. kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house still ahead on al jazeera, searching for survivors. a landslide bruised dozens of homes and a peruvian mining town. and what lies beneath we go inside an underground city in iran that providing clues to what happened hundreds of years ago.

ah, hello there, let's have a look at the weather across europe and from the satellite image. you can see much of the unsettled weather is concentrated around that southwest corner. we've got more rain on the way to southern areas of spain. in particular, thanks to storm celia that's wet and windy weather, t iberian peninsula, as well as southern areas of france as can be concentrated around that south east coast in the days to come. we've also got the strong winds that will continue to blow. 6 does the horace sand o the southern areas, we could see some orange skies and more hazy sunshine. now the temperature in madrid is expected to dip down, but in northern areas of portugal, it'll pick up and that's in line with what's happening across western areas and north western areas of europe. we've had some warm air bring temperatures up in

places like powers. it isn't gonna last very long. you see that spell of wet weather working its way across east is also going to bring a wintry blast to norway. and as we head farther south, we still got a wintry mix moving across the balkans to some of the heaviest snow expected in romania. we're also expecting from that snow to edge into eastern areas of turkey. but for places like greece and italy, we still got lots of fine and dry weather to come with sunshine. 17 degrees in naples. ah frank assessments for china will benefit from the 0 call that strategy is the rest of the world cannot get together and seemed to use that on cost focused on needs from that student critical debate with claims that need to constitute an interest in chill threats to russia,

but it's precisely his actions that created the security in the region. in depth analysis of things, global headlines inside story on al jazeera. ah, ah, ah. hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, the sour people in ukraine's capital hoboken. 2 more russians. shelly, a large explosion was seen near residential areas of kiva. a curfew remains in place after 5 people died on tuesday. talks between russia and ukraine are set to resume on wednesday. president valencia zalinski says russia demands are becoming more realistic, and he's conceded that ukraine may not join nato. ukraine's interior minister says

at least $20000.00 people have managed to get out of marya poll, using a humanitarian quote or ukraine's deputy prime minister says a convoy with supplies for the besieged city. has him yet made it one increasing number of ukrainians. and russians are trying to cross into the u. s. from the mexican border city of tijuana, some ukrainian refugees have been allowed in. and that's triggered accusations of discrimination from immigration advocates. john holman reports from the border. we're hearing to wander in the busiest lamp border crossing in the western hemisphere in some receive the united states behind us. and then you can see why this is a russia and these people both lead the country because they oppose the war with ukraine. they've been telling us a few stories is a family who had to play off with the father, joined an anti war protest. i got arrested and was told that he could go to prison

for is the day i'm needing to be picked up, 2 suitcases and fled here other people and said, i've got relatively trained. i talk 5 again. my coffee against him sleep felt a hug to leave the country as well. and they headed here that these are these issues to wait to provide, obviously these russian or people that tactfully off the priority. what we have to say is you premium mother and her son sort of also come here versus the hospital, and they were mediately left through in the united states. that wasn't foods must be up in pre k news before through. there's obviously been some, some older big, big lead premium group. now, why are the russians around us being here, robin? someone else they see the place that europe is close to them at the moment. there's no flights. this is one of the only places, mexico they can go to renew visa and then they just want to go from it across the united states, mexico. so what we're seeing numbers of russians here and some ukrainians,

trying to go this way. there is growing concern about the power supply to the decommissioned chernobyl nuclear plant. in cranes, nuclear agencies, as russian forces damaged a cable in an attack last week, knocking the plant off the grid. russian troops have also taken control of upper richer. it's one of the countries for operational nuclear facilities. one plant still under ukrainian control, is in barrage. near bella, ruth's natasha, butler reports, a dense forest of pine and silver birch trees lines. the road to the remote town are fresh in north west ukraine. close to the border with belarus, visible in the distance is there even a power plant, ukraine's oldest nuclear facility. some people worry, the russian forces could try to seize this plant because moscow's troops have all ready taken control of separation. one of your cranes for operational nuclear facilities, as well as chernobyl for yet another is nuclear,

terrorism to noble is decommission long, but its stores nuclear waste that needs to be cool numbers could find there are power cotton, brazil, as reserve parisha rule. it is yours. biggest nuclear plant, it has 6 reactors, so on russian forces take it in this sort of attachment. there are many restroom, reactors can be damaged and things can go wrong. generically, things nearly went wrong here on monday, after ukrainian troops tried to thwart a nearby attack by russian forces. judas, there was a missile that a little above her to shoot on an enemy drawn warden. so this is happening here or there are risks supports from the collect. russian shelling also damaged a nuclear facility in hockey last week. moscow's targeting of nuclear sites is a sinister and dangerous twist in the war. the could further threaten europe and is fueling anxiety here. more than 7000 people work at the power plant. so most people

in this town are connected to it in some way. and nearly every one is acutely aware of what a nuclear disaster could mean. the mayor of her, as she is an engineer who worked to the written a plan for 25 years, he says everything's been done to protect it, were harm your corner was broken. we now had dangerous neatly energies for the world. we st fukushima and to enable in fresh there's all sorts of work at the plant, many skilled paper like may an engineer understand the gravity of a nucleus, saw it not being secure and controlled. it could be a catastrophe. whirlpool, a memorial in the town center commemorates the victims of channel bill, the world's worst nuclear accident took place nearly 40 years ago. people here want the international community to do more, to help safeguard ukraine's nuclear sites. so that a grim part of history will not be repeated. natasha butler, i'll jazeera fresh northwest ukraine. he was tv network fox news as

a camera man and producer had been killed near achieve. the crew was filming when artillery fire had their vehicle. pierre's acres, so sky and alexandro cushion yavari were traveling with her porter. benjamin ho. busy who's been treated and hospitable for his injuries? 5 journalists have been killed since the war started. let's bring you some days. other news now and a landslide has burried more than 60 houses in the andes, in northern peru. heavy rain cause part of a hill to collapse in baton parkway. people try to help those trap by breaking down the walls of their homes. more than a dozen people are missing. for president has appeared before congress to fight against his impeachment proceedings. pedro castillo rejected allegations of corruption saying, all branches of the government were in crisis. the opposition led congress voted on monday to begin the impeachment trial. it's the 2nd attempt to our castillo, who has been in office for just 7 months now, and he said, no,

i'm not here to invent anything during these months. the country is seen escalating events, tensions, confrontations. i must admit, mistakes and misgivings. i expressed of the parliament my will to amend and correct south korea says a miss are fired by north korea has failed shortly after launch. the object was far from the soon on area and the pyongyang region. the us is calling on north korea to refrain from further destabilizing acts. a you and report has excuse me, and mars army of human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity after last years crew. but human rights commission has security forces have shown a blatant disregard for life. the report showed the army used air strikes and heavy weapons on populated areas which killed civilians since the crew. the army has faced allegations of abuse including torture and massacres. all of which denies ronan lee is from last borrow university in the u. k. she says an arms embargo

should be imposed on me and mars military. this report actually calls for steps towards accountability and, and a stronger reference to the international criminal court at the united nations security council. straight away should be referring me and mars generals to the international criminal court. these people need to know that they will face accountability and will, will face justice because if that's not before them, they will continue to target civilians. the other thing that the rapport coals for is limiting the ability of the generals to continue to buy weapons. the needs to be in arms embargo, it seems appalling, that after 12 months of rights violations, and the targeting of civilians by me and mass military, that they're still able to freely buy more weapons, more guns, and more bullets which they're using against the country civilians. the report calls for that. i mean this, this plenty here for the united nations security cancer to address. i think the

people of myanmar expect that though that, that this will be addressed by the un security council. and i think the very confused as to why it is that when this been report act a report from the un documenting egregious human rights violations against ordinary people, civilians, children, that the hasn't been strong direction by the security council. the number of afghans who can't afford food and other essentials has doubled since the taliban take over last year. that's according to the world bank. about 3400000 people are now displaced. the country was heavily reliant on financial aid, which was frozen when the taliban took power. new zealand is reopening its international borders earlier than planned after more than 2 years of covered 19 isolation. prime minister jacinta, our journey says vaccinated travelers from australia can enter without quarantined from mid april rather than july and tourists from visa waiver countries including

the u. s. britain and singapore can visit from may your call in february this year when we announced our border reopening plans. we also see the dates could change as we experienced our own on the chron waive and looks to come out the other side. that is now the situation we find ourselves, and that means we complain with grace's certainty, with the comfort of knowing the impact of these changes are safe and manageable and short. we're ready to welcome the world beg underneath the small town in central, iran lies a sprawling underground city built 1500 years ago. no chabad is considered a masterpiece of ancient engineering. but his resources are reports. many of its secrets still remain hidden. an ashen mirage beneath the desert, the underground city of new shabbat in iran might not be as famous as that in drinking and turkey or the edinburgh waltz india k. but it is as much of an

architectural wander. the true story settlement is 23 meters deep and has a labyrinth of corridors panels, canals and chambers field with the heathen passageways and booby traps. but perhaps the most surprising of all is, is complex ventilation system. do you shave tunnels? elo air from outside to circulate, making it possible for people to stay inside for long periods. the construction of michelle by the central iran these back around 1500 years to the santa empire. but because it was discovered only recently, many of the city's secrets are yet to be on built. yet more d the yet than one. they see it by the strong engineering behind destruction. they dug the robes of 12 meters beneath the ground corridor walls take you to the rooms that people were hiding in. there are also tunnels that for

a circulation and drain water. at the end of each space, there is a narrow tunnel power links to different spaces. the hidden entrances were built under a tandal or kitchen of houses. at the end of the tunnel, there is a well that is connected to the cannot this let people access to water and it functions as amp insulation and purifying system. it was also used as a way to escape if the enemy could come inside the underground city. we care that her hobby wife, some archaeologist like that us out of honey try to uncover how the underground city was built. others are working on why there are many tories on the cities origins, but the most widely accepted reason is that it was to ensure the survival of people in the area as people here leading an area often targeted by readers. they conduct his chance of passage for covered during the attacks. no shabbat had several gateways. some of these were inside homes. and what orphan looked like just there i was from bo were in fact entrances to the underground city. even if in withers

found a way inside they had to survive surprise attacks in his current corridors or traps, sat in pits. all these would do wise to stop intruders from reaching these chambers, where soon as will take refuge. the underground city of new shabat tells a story of resistance and a will to survive thousands of tourists every year. come here to understand and experience said, nestle selda, o 0. no shabbat. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera this hour, people in ukraine's capital have woken to more russian shelling. there has been a large explosion near residential areas of cheve. a curfew remains in place after 5 people died on tuesday. talks between russia and ukraine are set to resume on wednesday.