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bombing civilians trying to escape the besieged city of mary, a pole. and also a head nozzles means a gary radcliffe detained any bond since 2016 is on a flight back to the you. k. use we need you right now. that was the plea from ukraine's president as he addressed the united states congress wrote to me as to lensky received a standing ovation before he delivered his speech virtually to us. lawmakers, he again called on the us and it's nato allies to impose a no fly zone over ukraine. a demand washington has repeatedly reject it. friends, americans, in your great history, you have pages that allow you to understand ukrainians. now we need you right now. remember, pearl harbor that terrible morning of december 7th. 1941. when your skies turn block from plains attacking you, just remember it. remember september,

the 11th that terrible day in 2001, when evil tried to turn your cities into battlefields, innocent people were attacked from the air. no one expected it and you could not stop it. our country is experiencing the same every day, every night for 3 weeks. now. let's go live to our white house correspondent, kimberly hall kit for reaction and emotional appeal from president lensky. kimberly, for more meshes and he wasn't just talking to lawmakers but to the people of america as a whole. first of all, how was his speech received? what was very well received. there's a lot of bipartisan support for the ukranian leader and for the ukrainian people in the u. s. congress. in fact, there is even support for what he is calling for in that emotional plea. namely, the ukrainian president, calling for a no fly zone over ukraine, as well as additional military support. and in terms of the american public, it shows that according to most polls lived, there is

a willingness to support the people of ukraine and increasingly in the fashion that he is requesting. but where there is conflict lies with the white house that has so far been resisting those calls for a no fly zone. and so present biden is expected to respond in the next 20 minutes or so a half an hour. i think how do we expect him to respond? what will he say? well, that has been delayed by about 30 minutes. so i whether or not the message has changed is unclear. what we did know up to this point is that there was expected to be a resistance by this white house to the calls for a no fly zone. because there was concerns of direct confrontation even as the potential for this of blowing into an nuclear war. 2 and so that is why this white house has been so resistant, but as well, ah, what we expect is that there will also be pushed back on the calls for some of the

military equipments, specifically fighter jets that says, we know that the ukranian leader is asking for i'm going to watch very carefully to see if that still is the case. again, this is something that has been delayed in the interim. we should point out very quickly that the national security advisor, jake sullivan, has been speaking with counterparts in russia. and once again, the united states sending the message to russia, that not only is there opposition to the invasion, but also that if there is any sort of desire to use chemical or biological weapons, that this is something that russia would be held accountable, not just by the united states, but by western allies and the world. kimberly thank you very much for the moment. of course we'll be checking in with you after present. biden's speaks. kimberly hall, kate is our white house correspondent now in ukraine. the bombardment continues from russian forces. sanchez here. his name has robbie. rob set the days development strongly faith in the west. ah, 3 weeks of war,

of show of cities besieged ukrainian defences, have slowed the pace of the russian advance. but battle ones continue to move to new areas. the head of the regional administration says civilian targets in south africa were reportedly hid overnight. the war following the path of more than 3000 evacuees who fled there from the besieged city of mariel, russian seas far violation, ukraine's deputy prime minister says, are stopping civilians from using humanitarian corridors and getting the safety. when the total pump is hopefully yesterday they captured the emergency hospital and took 400 people hostage, medics and mary poll. they're shooting from inside the hospital. it is a threat for movement of people. don t monetary and corridors. we've sent a request to the red cross. under these conditions, we cannot bring people out safely. ukrainian drawn strikes continue to exact a heavy price on russian forces. more russian hardware lies abandoned,

following fierce fighting and neighborhoods around keep the capital observing a 34 hour curfew to prepare for an expected russian assault. your love, me in the space today is a special and dangerous moment. movement through the city is prohibited without special passes. you can only go out to reach shelter. the curfew will apply until 7 am on march 17. therefore, i ask all keep residents to prepare for the fact that they will have to be at home for 2 days, or in case of an alarm. and a shelter. diplomacy remains. the only way to end this war says ukraine's liter. so harshly, squad, and it is important, it is difficult but important because any war ends in an agreement, meetings continue as i am told that positions in the negotiations and more realistic. however, there's still needs to be more time for decisions to be in ukraine's entrapment. the west of the country has avoided the worst of the violence, but the largest single missile attack so far happened at a military training camp in yahoo, or if only about an hour's drive away from here,

resident say that unless there is a cease fire, it's not a matter of if, but when the fighting makes its way here. then basra b o. d 0 live. meanwhile, ukraine is accusing russia, firing rockets at a convoy trying to flee the besieged city of mariel, ukraine's interior minister says 20000 people have managed to get out of the city using a humanitarian hoarder that stretches 260 kilometers to zap parisha in government. l. territory as bringing our sod bagels in eastern ukraine forces in denise pro. what more do we know aside about this alleged bombing of a humanitarian convoy? yes, so the ukrainian military are saying that the russians are hacked. a evacuee convoy her leaving mary a pole and their work to confirm the number of casualties, but the governor of the parisha, or does aperture region or which is the south of here and is the 1st port of call

for many people fling the conflict in mario pole has said that 5 people who are wounded after the russians fight heavy artillery at that convoy including one child . now he's also posted pictures of that we're still working to independently verify that. but what i can tell you is that to over the over last night over 3000 people reached apparition. and we wound up rita yesterday and speaking to people that were coming out of mary pulled her. but also he spoke to a bus driver who routinely goes and gets people out of conflict areas. and now what he told us was that routinely, they have to slow down and sometimes even stock, or when there is shelling and this firing on those routes. and that these humanitarian corridors have been established since monday or from that besieged strategic port. city of mary pulled, the city has over 400000 people. there's been a lack of food, water, and heating. now the ukrainians are we're trying to get aid into that city,

the work humanitarian corridors created and even today we heard that the conditions weren't really right to have people leave. now we're getting this news that this, this convoy has been hit her and routinely, they are allegations against the russians that they target these convers. and of course, the russians say that they don't target civilians. thank you for that update as and bake live there in any pro and ukraine's deputy prime minister has also accused russian forces of occupying a hospital in marion po, holding 400 people, including staff and patients hostage. but when the tora bump physical berlin, yesterday they captured the emergency hospital and took 400 people hostage, medics and mary poll. they're shooting from inside the hospital. it is a threat for movement of people dante, monetary and corridors. we've sent a request to the red cross. under these conditions, we cannot bring people out safely. we are continuing working on routes for delivery

on humanitarian aid. the world health organization is wanting ukraine. health system is on the verge of collapse. it says the world's leaders must do everything they can to ensure ukrainians, keep access to basic health care. how. how can we put emergency medical teams on the ground if the very facilities that they may want to go and support are going to be attacked and going to be bombed and going to, going to suffer catastrophic damage. we're in it, we did, this crisis is reaching a point where the the health system in ukraine is teetering on the brink and is doing exceptionally well. it needs to be supported. it needs to be short up. it needs to be given the basic tools to save lives. the international court of justice has ordered russia to immediately cease its military action in ukraine and its ruling. the court warned both sides not to aggravate the dispute. the russian federation must pending the final decision in the case suspend the military

operations commenced on 24 february 2022 in the territory of ukraine. in addition to the specific measures, it has decided to order the court games is necessary to indicate an additional measure directed at both parties and aimed at ensuring the non aggravation of the dispute live. not to iran con, who's in ukraine's capital keys in ron. first of all, all this i, c, j decision mean anything on the ground? well, if the reaction from the ukranian president is anything to go by then? yes, it was very swift. it was very absolute. he said ukraine gained victory in the case against russia at b i. c. j. he also said the russia must comply with the i c j order to stop the invasion. and now there is a problem with that. the i c j in order to actually enforce any this rulings has to go to the united nations security council. and guess who's on the united nations

security council is russia. so clearly what can be done practically is going to be difficult. neither side is going to actually enforce this themselves. yes, it's a ruling. yes. it helps and building the case for, for any kind of further prosecution down the road. but practically in terms real terms or both sides are going to ignore this. although like i said, the reaction from the current president was very swift. ah, well, this is coming. of course, on the 3rd day of talks iran between the 2 sides, how much progress has been made and what have they been talking about well, it seems that quite a lot of progress has been made in those talks are what we're hearing is that this is the 3rd day of talks as actually slightly longer than any of the other previous rounds of talks have gone. this is the full round of talks. the last 3 rounds of

talks focused on humanitarian corridors, getting aid into besieged areas. this one it seems, is taking a look at much more serious issues when it comes to negotiating a piece. they're not talking about end of hostilities. they're not talking about the end of war. however, there is a seemingly, a disconnect between what the ukrainians want and to what the russians are actually saying publicly. the russians are talking about the end of sanctions on them. they're talking about a model for the ukranian army and for the ukranian navy, they're talking about demilitarization. these are all very big issues. ukrainians are basically saying they need to get out and stop occupying territory. the russians needs to stop occupying territory in ukraine itself. that needs to be a ceasefire, and there needs to be serious negotiations between the 2 presidents that's not happening for people on the ground here throughout the day. we've been hearing shelling and gunfire. some of it in the distance about 15 kilometers from where i

stand at the front lines, a beer at a pin and butcher where intense fighting is going on between russian and ukrainian forces. if they take those 2 areas nostromo as well, that gives them the ability for the russians to come in to the city and start to show the city. that's something that the ukrainians are trying to avoid. strong language from the ukrainian swab, particularly vladimir lensky, v. ukrainian. president, however, some conciliatory language coming from him as well. he's been talking about nato. you saying that it's not, is highly unlikely that the ukraine, the ukraine, will join at nato. so a lot of diplomacy going on alone policy is going on. and a lot of talking going on. thank you for that run. can a lie for say in cave, and we'll have more on the war in ukraine in just a few minutes. in the meantime, let's bring you some other news that's developing this. our astronomy warning has been issued after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in japan. it up and off the coast of focus. shima

meteorologist are expecting one meter c surges in the me, agie, and 14 focus emer regions. $2000000.00 homes are without power. the quake shook large part of eastern japan, including the capital tokyo. the government says it's assessing the damage and there are no reports of casualties for the moments. and still ahead on al jazeera, sending russia a message. nato holds military drills with almost $40000.00 soldiers taking part pass. what lies beneath? we'll show you how an ancient underground city could reveal what happened in yvon. 1500 years ago. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored by cattle airways. there so plenty of big shells around se, asia, they seemed to be showing them so that she is developing around the southern

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ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera life from doha reminder of the main developments in ukraine, the sour while the president of ukraine has made an appeal for help to the u. s. congress. during a virtual address. no to me is lensky asked for tougher sanctions against russia and a no fly zone. ukraine has accused russia firing rockets at a convoy trying to escape the besieged city of mary apple. it is at least 5 people were wounded in the attack, including a child authorities say around $20000.00 people have left the city through humanitarian coal door and ain't national court of justice. has ordered russia to hold his military operations in ukraine. despite that ruling people in a capital, keith have faced more russian. shelly, a curfew remains in place after 5 people died on to say i, let's turn not to some of the days. other news and to british,

iranians are on their way back to the u. k. from iran, after years in detention. now that means the gary radcliffe took this photo on the flight home. she was convicted in 2016 of prodding to overthrow iran government, but has always denied the allegations. her husband said they're both feeling enormous relief because it's been a long time ago. we were just son last night that there was off. this is mommy riddick investment there. well i don't, i don't know for sure. replacer. i'm no, no, no. pretty surely. she is coming home. so she got picked up this morning at 11 o'clock to run home, which was a boy rubbish with points. she wasn't really able to speak. she had a phone with her so she could send messages. so a view where she was disappoint some point 6 weeks and point 4. we not had a euphoric chat with us. so

let's go to sony. i go live for us in london. sonya the case of nazarenes gary radcliffe was, has been the source of a great deal of tension between the u. k and iran. what more do we know about her release was well, we know that this was amazed. also in conjunction, it would seem with a payment of a debt that the u. k owed to iran, it goes back to the 19 seventy's when the then shaw on their on who was empower, then ordered some 1500 chieftain tanks from the u. k. and the military equipment now $185.00 and those tanks were delivered. but then of course, the revolution happened that there was a change of government. and then the u. k said that it could not possibly deliver the rest of that. so this has been hanging over between the 2 countries as well. then there was a court case back in the 2009 at the court of law, patrician in,

in the netherlands, that rules that iran should have the funds directly back to them. and the u. k. has said that the reason why i have not been able to do so for all this time is because it has had to abide by the laws of the sanctions under which iran is on the sanctions from the west and from western countries. now, what they've managed to do this is why the prime minister boris johnson was it was saying that this negotiation between iran and the u. k was really going up to the line because there are a lot of details that were needing to go through this example. the issue of how the payment was being made. now, the foreign minister and his trust has said in parliament on wednesday when she presented her statement to the house of commons that the payment was made. but it is actually being written, ring fangs, rent, sorry, ring fenced, for humanitarian purposes. so that convents the issue of giving it directly

to iranian state banks, which currently is not allowed to do because of those functions. nevertheless, the families of not means ago, ratcliffe, and of course, a new sure re surely me really to know that they are coming back. there are still question mark surrounding what is the exact status of the third's or iranian british individual murat tobaz. he also holds american nationality as well. the form is still is trusted, that he was treated particularly badly, but he is now at his home into iran. no doubt waiting to know when he can return back to the u. k. meanwhile, not sitting in a cigar, iraq, if an initial jury have the ordeal behind them now and they have just recently stopped talk, but touched on in oman, ready to be taken onto another flight that will bring them directly to the u. k.

later in the day, usually for their families, i imagine thank you very much for that. when you go go live for a sarah in london. taiwan has held military drills on islands close to their chinese mainland as tensions remain high with bridging the exercises, where assimilation of soldiers stopping an enemy invasion of the islands, taiwan cedar says the war in ukraine as to the territory needs to be prepared for any thing including a potential assault by chinese forces beijing considers high want a break away province. 6 corona virus measures are leading to massive cues at chinese ports. more workers are having to stay at home to follow government walls leading to a backlog of container ships. one of the world's biggest sports in the city of chance and could even be forced to shut altogether. if infections continue to rise . if that does happen, it could have a big knock on effect on the global supply chain. japan is lifting all covered 19

and restrictions in the capital, tokyo and more than a dozen prefecture is prime minister for me. ok sheet. i says the country will slowly start returning to normal as a measures. and in a weeks time, this as a number of cases drop, the curb centered around limiting hours for restaurants and other businesses. now t ron and what is considered a masterpiece of ancient engineering as falling underground city built 1500 years ago lies beneath the small town of new shabbat as race. all said our report, many of the city secrets remain hidden and ash, and mirage beneath the desert. the underground city of new shabbat in iran might not be as famous as that in drinking and turkey or deborah waltz in the u. k. but it is as much of an architectural wander through store to supplement is 23 meters deep and has a labyrinth of corridors, panels,

canals and chambers filled with the heathen passageways and booby traps. but perhaps the most surprising of all is, is complex resolution system. do you shave panels, elo air from also to circulate, making it possible for people to stay inside for long periods. the construction often shabazz encircled rom this back around 1500 years to the sounded empire. but because it was discovered only recently, many of the city's secrets are yet to be on built. yet more the, 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 air circulation and drain water. at the end of each space, there is a narrow tunnel billings 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 f insulation and purifying system. it was also used as a way to escape if the enemy could come inside the underground city. we can hobby wife, some archeologist like sarah sarah, 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. the 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 this chance of passage for covered during the attacks. miss gilbert had several gateways. some of these were inside homes. and what often looked like just there i was from a bo were in fact entrances to the underground city. you and even withers found the way inside they had to survive surprise attacks in this curve in corridors or traps,

sat in pits. all this will do wise to stop into this from reaching these chambers where civilians 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 it. this will serve her. oh, to 0, no shabbat. i an update. now on that story we were reporting from japan earlier. where's to nami? warning has been issued after a magnitude 7.3. earthquake lead. speak to michael pen, who's president of the sion gets a news agency. he's joining us from talk here. what more can you tell us about at this sir? earthquake and the salami warning that's been issued? well, as for the tsunami warning, it doesn't seem to have been a very large tanami of warning was for a one meter tsunami. and it would have already have hit the coast by now since the earthquake was for quite some time ago. but said the we are starting to get the 1st

sort of a reports of damage. so for example, we have learned that shing constant bullet train as derailed however, apparently there may not have been anybody injured in that derailment. we're also learning that there are actually about some people who are visiting the hospital and food machine prefecture. so there do seem to be at least some, some kinds of, of casualties. and about over 2000000 homes and buildings have lost power. so blackouts have been quite frequent to throughout, throughout the east coast of japan. here, right since the earthquake, the, the earthquake happen off the coast to focus. she my way that there's that defunct nuclear plant. of course, how secure is the plant? well, already the government and the operators of the nuclear plants they're, they're all said that there's nothing unusual about the plants. they said that

basically everything is operating normally. and so they've, our, their report has come in that, that term there's been no significant damage or, or unusual situation at the nuclear power plants had a case. can you tell us about what type of did they say? there's no unusual situation, but i wonder, seems, you know, the disaster fukushima a few years ago how, how secure is it today? well, they're, they're not operating power plants. no, the reactors are not turned on. so they're not to. so while there could be damage leakage of water or something like that, if they were active power plants that were producing energy, then there were probably more be more potential for a major concern there. okay, thank you very much for talking to us about this. a michael sion from the shin get to use agency with the latest stay on that earthquake and salami which has been issued for japan after an earthquake. measuring 7.3. now, south korea says

a miss, i fired by north korea has failed shortly after long. she was fired from su 9 in pyongyang region. the u. s. is calling on north korea to refrain from further destabilizing acts. ah, welcome back. our top stories on al jazeera ukraine's president has made an appeal for help to the u. s. congress. during a virtual address. for the mi zalinski sighted pearl harbor and the september 11th attacks. as he asks us politicians for more support in the fight against what he called russian terror. lensky also renewed his call for a no fly zone and war sanctions against moscow. friends, americans, in your great history, you have pages that allow you to understand ukrainians. now we need you right now. remember, pearl harbor that terrible morning of december.