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a potential deal to end the war in ukraine. more anti aircraft systems and drawings for ukraine. that's after president zalinski emotional speech to the u. s . congress. also ahead, free at last as a needs that are re radcliffe on her way home to the u. k. after she was detained in iran since 2016 human costs are mounting in ukraine as rushes. the invasion enters its 4th week. a russian strike on my you poll has destroyed a theater, where hundreds of civilians were sheltering. the number of casualties is not yet known. while the war rages on, there are signs of progress on the diplomatic front report, se ukrainian or russian negotiators have come up with a 15 point draft piece plan. it involves ukraine renouncing nato membership. in

return, it would get a cease fire on the withdrawal of russian truce. ukraine's president was demi zaleski addressed the u. s. congress, and repeated his call for a no fly zone. you also compare the invasion to previous attacks, suffered by americans, 911 and po. harbor, 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 turned black 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 . as a bas robbie has more on the days developments from las vegas in western ukraine. the 3 weeks of war, of shelling of cities besieged,

and more shocking reports of attacks which have confirmed could amount to war crimes. 10 people queuing for bread internees, north of the capital, give killed in an alleged russian attack. in the southern city of nikolai, of the cost of conflict, counted in corpses. the brutality of this war is moving faster than peace talks. a father waged to collect the body of his 37 year old son, who leaves behind 2 children of his own sin, relieved when he was so friendly, he had a lot of friends and got on well everyone. if someone needed help, he never refuse. and you always wanted full capacity. foreign minister survey lab ross says russia is open to peace, but it seems will keep waging war to achieve it. your asset, michelle, in our mission, aims to defend the people in don't bass region from the regime in key. if you aims to demilitarize and did not find the region, so all ethnic groups,

any grain can live in peace or ukrainian defenses have slowed the pace of the russian advance. but battle lines continue to move to new areas. the head of the regional administration says civilian targets ins operator were hit overnight. the war following the path of more than 3000 evacuees who fled there from the besieged city of murray. awful. russian troops reportedly using heavy artillery, honestly, 1000000000 conway on that route, wounding 5, including a child in serious condition. russia sees far violations, ukraine's deputy prime minister says are stopping civilians from using humanitarian corridors and getting to safety. when the total pump is a hope ill, 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. if people dont monetary corridors, we've sent a request to the red cross under these conditions, we cannot bring people out safely. ukrainian drone strikes continue to exact

a heavy price on russian forces. more russian hardware lies abandoned, following fierce fighting in neighborhoods around keith. the capital observing a 35 hour a curfew to prepare for an expected russian assault. you are, you love me in the bas based today is a special and dangerous moment. movement through the city is prohibited without special classes. you can only go out to reach a 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 much legal squad, and it is important, it is difficult but important because any war ends in an agreement, meetings continue as i am told the positions in the negotiations and more realistic . however, there 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 yavari, 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 g 0 live of thousands have managed to get out of a mattie. you poll using a ham humanitarian corridor, but hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped there. without food or water. i said, beg, has more from guinea, probably. was local authority. there has said that the russians have targeted this theater were around 10021200 people were sheltering now. mario pole has been under siege. this is the city of 400000 is the strategic port city that lies between the russian back separatist region of don bass to the east and crimea in peninsula to the south. that was annexed by russia in 2014. that they have been several attempts

to try and get aged to that city. now these humanitarian code, those are opened up on monday and continue through to choose day. but this latest news that we're hearing now is that this theater was bombed. these are the kinds but the ukranian authorities and around 10021200 people who are in it at the time. and as for these humanity and corridors, we're hearing that around 20000 people have been evacuated from mario poll. and we've also heard that a convoy was a hit by heavy artillery, according to the governor of this up to reach a region. and there were 5 people injured. and i including a child that was injured seriously. now they have been allegations against russian forces that they have been talking convoys. yesterday we were in suffer richer. we spoke to many people that were coming. they were, are coming there at escape the fighting. they were exhausted and tired. and we also spoke to a bus driver who go goes into these areas to help people evacuate. and now he said

that many times that they have had to stop their bosses because they've come under fire. and there's been heavy. shelly, the kremlin has said comments by the us president are unacceptable and unforgivable after joe biden called let me put in a war criminal. it was ours aft as a landscape. impassioned address to the u. s. congress. white house correspondent, kimberly how can, has more from washington after weeks of violent attacks by russia on ukrainian civilians. us president joe biden for the 1st time called brushes vladimir putin, a label that until now. the white house has been hesitant to use years work on the president initially avoided the term given its legal implications and an official review of the actions by the state department is still incomplete. biden's remarks followed a morning of high drama,

beginning with an emotional video shared with the u. s. congress by ukraine's president villette, amir zalesky. ah, it featured image is designed to evoke a response of what ukraine looked like just weeks ago before it was attacked by russia. it was part of the ukrainian president virtual plead to us lawmakers, to do more, to help his country resist russia's military invasion. remember, pearl harbor that terrible morning of december, the 7941. remember september, the 11th reviving memories of when the united states was also under attack, zalinski again pressed congress for a no fly zone over his country to create a no fly zone. to save people. is this too much to ask aircraft that can help ukraine helped europe? and zalinski went further appealing to president joe biden directly,

even though biden has already rejected previous requests. as a leader of my nation, i'm addressing the president by either you or the leader of the name. oh yeah. i wish you the, the leader of the world being the leader of the world means to be the leader office. but molly's a no fly zone could lead to a direct confrontation with russia and a possible nuclear war. he again resisted zalinski please. instead announcing $800000000.00 in additional security assistance for ukraine, anti aircraft, and anti armor systems, small arms and drones. more of what the u. s. has already been providing. united states and our allies and partners are fully committed to surging weapons of

assistance to view credit and moral becoming as resource additional stocks of equipment that are all that were ready to transfer. but the new aid package stopped short of the mig fighter jets and the no fly zones. the lensky wants putting the white house and some congressional leaders in conflict. while i oppose a nato no fly zone, i support enthusiastically, the sending of mig aircraft from poland to the ukranian air force, so that can be more competitive in the skies. well, president biden has rejected the idea of a no fly zone for now. it is still under consideration and will undoubtedly be a topic of discussion when the u. s. president has to brussels next week for a special meeting of nato leaders. kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house was still on elgin still ahead on algebra on high alerts in taiwan

soldiers simulate, taking on enemy forces on an island of china's coast. and what lies beneath how an ancient underground city could reveal what happened in iran 1500 years ago. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the with sponsored point cutoff airways. hello there. it's all about the heat when it comes to south asia in particular. for india, where we've got those heat warnings and alerts, continuing over the next few days for the north and western areas where temperatures have been an excess of 40 degrees celsius. and a lot of those hot and dry conditions will continue to push west into pakistan. we seen above average temperatures in afghanistan in places like cobble as well. and

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yet, not only a russian rocket in conway, fleeing the city, injuring 5 people. the u. s. embassy and keith says, russian forces have shot at several ukrainians while they were killing for bread engineer. international court of justice has ordered russia to immediately cease its military operation. the crime president joe button has announced the us will give you $800000000.00 worth of military hardware by north so called letting the future in a war criminal that comes off the cranes president gave me as a landscape, made an impassioned fleet to american politicians. to do more, to protect his country. russian president vladimir putin says he's ready to talk about ukraine's neutrality. but he said russia can still meet its objectives in ukraine in a televised address. he said western sanctions against russia will backfire in

a very cowardly way. there are some cultures who have lived down there, part of the great financial partial against russia have been noticed, as we will do what we can to make sure that the new package of sanctions, i guess russia will be met by our majors against them dosage a body has more for moscow. let me put in said that's his m, military operation. the is going according to schedule and that the russian army is not targeting civilians. he also said that all objectives for the operation in ukraine will be attained. and he said that the tactics of and hostilities are completely justified themselves. he's seemingly trying to argue that his decision was the right one. he made a case saying that the special operation is developing successfully and that the russians have reasons to believe that components of biological weapons were being created in ukraine. this is something we've heard that the russian government

accused of the ukrainian officials of before as well. but i think the most important thing he said was that although there may be russian forces outside of large cities like he of, they are not intending to go into them or to occupied him. that is not their intention. he said that they have no such purpose. they our own related their to their security concerns. and he said, prior to making this decision to go into ukraine, all the diplomatic possibilities were completely exhausted and that ukraine was given the option to talk to us. and the ukranian military was asked to leave at the dumbass region, and they didn't do so. so they really are, were responsible ultimately for letting me put this decision to go into crane according to his irrational. he also said that the sanctions against the ordinary russians are a sign of regression. and that the youth you ukrainian authorities have failed to

really listen to russia's concerns until now. and that this military operation will continue. a military exercises involving almost 40000 nato's soldiers, zondaway in norway. they taking part in 2 different operations until the end of the month. the cold response drills test the alliance is ability to deploy in arctic conditions. the bucket has more from the norwegian capital awesome. these are long plans military exercises, but they taken a whole new residence because of the invasion of ukraine. there are 2 operations running back to back consecutively. the 1st operation, brilliant jump, involving several 1000 troops from france, italy, spain, in poland, including specialists from france, experts in how to deal with the aftermath of chemical biological and nuclear attacks operation. brilliant jump runs into one of the biggest nato exercises in 30 years. operation cold response,

bringing 35000 troops from 28 countries together. here in norway. this is all about different armies from across nato's 30 member states. being able to work very quickly together to face off any potential threat is about working in extreme cold weather conditions. no way of course being a perfect place to practice these skills. also, clearly is about sending a firm message to the kremlin, that the alliances appeared to stand strong, prepared to continue bolstering it's eastern flank. russia had been asked to attend these exercises as an observer, under the auspices of the o, i. c, the organization for security and cooperation in europe. they declined in january and have been less forthcoming as you can imagine, since the invasion saying if there's anything that they want to know about nato and its capabilities. the happy to work that out themselves. as a side note, there have been some reports and i don't know which in media about some military

personnel in the far north of the country being approached by people asking to buy that military passes. we've had confirmed to us by the norwegian army that an investigation is now under way about concerns of possible espionage or even sabotage. the relationship between russia and nato is wont, dog by mutual distrust and suspicion, nato views any russian aggression as a reason to bolster its defences in eastern europe. russia views any advance eastwards into its former 3 of influence as a sign of western aggression underpinning vladimir putin's reasons for invading ukraine. it is a relationship that only appears to be going from bad to worse or the news now to british iranians detained in iran are on their way back to the u. k. as a means of arly radcliffe, an osha should have been freed. after spending years in detention accused of spying a 3rd prisoner, murat buzz was released on furlough to his house into

a rom. sonya guy, egg reports boarding a plane to take her home. nazarenes agari ratcliffe is now a free woman. for the past 6 years, she is enjoy detention at toronto ever in prison. a hunger strike house arrest and a brief release followed by a re arrest 3 days later. now she can look forward to a future with her husband campaign tirelessly for her release. and daughter, gabriella. i mean, definitely having a lot, my thought, i'm not quite believing. phil, phil floyd, i'm kind of in campaign mode, but you're gonna play somewhere home with him. and the whole family in iran with no family here, but it's been a long day. it's been a long term event. we've been in the doorway for quite on their ordeal. began in april 2016 when nazareth was attained at toronto. airport was traveling back to

london and was arrested on charges of spying, which is always denied up to 4 years in prison during which she went on hunger strike. she was put under house arrest at her parents home and was later sentenced to a further year in detention with a travel ban. also on the plane, leaving iran inertia shuree, a retired civil engineer. his family also called for his urgent release after he was arrested on charges of spying in 2017 charge. he denied against this. there was the question of a $530000000.00 debt. the u. k. owed for not completing on a deal involving the sale of tanks and military equipment to the van ruler. the chart is the foreign secretary lives across acknowledge the government had paid the debt without contributing the current sanctions imposed by western countries. what i can't do is go into the details because that is confidential between the parties,

but i have had this thoroughly checked out across government to ensure that we help those guarantees that it will be used for humanitarian purposes. soon to be re united, looking forward to the future. as a normal family sonic i. yeah, go al jazeera. a tie wants army has carried out military drills while tensions with china remain high. the exercises simulated the interception of enemy forces on an island of china's coast. between k can be reports, taiwanese soldiers, fire, or tillery shells at a target representing advancing enemy forces. the democratically self ruled island is conducting military exercises to prepare for a potential assault by chinese forces. they follow repeated incursions by chinese warplanes into the islands air defense zone, taiwanese leaders, sy,

in when seen here watching army reservists train last week says the war in ukraine proves taiwan. needs to be prepared to resist threats from china. in a sign of increasing tensions between the 2 countries, reservists have been mobilized for 14 days this year, rather than the usual 7. that is, lies automatically near goes away that i think the training is very solid. we are now familiar with the nearby defensive terrain and also places we can use to fund off an attack was i think this 14 day reserves call up was very useful. trying to consider is tiwana breakaway province. and his previously threatened to seize the island by force, the leadership in bay. jing has been angered by recent reports of taiwan finalizing its latest dale to buy military equipment from the united states or men. ginia fan date may what all we family, a place the sale of arms by u. s. to taiwan. we oppose any official exchanges between the u. s. and taiwan. the democratic progressive party authorities have repeatedly used the hot and money of

taiwan. st. taxpayers to buy u. s. arms in an attempt to seek independence by force, but they will not succeed in, ty, ones, capital taipei, they've been demonstrating in support of ukraine's resistance to the russian invasion. and 4000 boxes of medicine, food and blankets have been collected for ukrainian refugees. oh no, it's unbelievable. this is happening. we should do what we can to help. the children are innocent. their lives have been turned upside down. so suddenly, as parent, i feel so heartbroken, i want to help. oh, taiwan regularly holds drills to prepare for a potential chinese invasion as the war in ukraine. rage is on $23000000.00 taiwanese are hoping the status quo where they are, will be maintained. victoria gate and be al jazeera or magnitude, it's $7.00. earthquake has struck off japan's eastern fukushima coast. the tremor

knocked out power to 2000000 people. a soon army advisory was issued, but since been lifted, the company working to demean decommissioned the fukushima nuclear plants as it's checked the site and found no abnormalities. earlier we spoke to michael pen, the president of the shin, get sue news agency in tokyo. he says the nuclear plants have been spared any significant damage. well, as for the snobby warning, it doesn't seem to have been a very large nami. the warning was for a one meter tanami, and it would have already have hit the coast by now. since the earthquake was quite some time ago, but so the we are starting to get the 1st sort of a reports of damage. so for example, we have learned that sion constant bullet train as derailed however, apparently there may not have been anybody injured in the derailment. we're also

learning that there are actually about some people who are visiting the hospital and fukushima prefecture. so there do seem to be at least some, some kinds of, of casualties, and about a well over $2000000.00 homes and building some lost power. so blackouts have been quite frequent to throughout, throughout the east coast of japan. here since the earthquake already the government and the operators of the nuclear plants are, they're all said that there's nothing unusual about the plants. they said that basically everything is operating normally. and so they've, or their report has come in that, that there's been no significant damage or, or unusual situation at the nuclear power plants. it is considered a masterpiece of ancient engineering, a sprawling underground city built 1500 years ago. it lies beneath the small iranian town of new chabad. as rachel said, thou reports now,

many of the city secrets remain hidden. and ashley wrote beneath the desert the underground city of new shabbat in iran might not be as famous as that in drinking in turkey or the edinburgh walls in the u. k. but it is as much of an architectural wander through sort of settlement 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 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 often shabbat in central run 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 for air circulation and drain water. at the end of each space, there is a narrow tunnel billings, 2 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 wipe, some archeologist 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 leaving an area often targeted by readers. they conduct this chance of passes for covered during the attacks. miss robert had several gateways. some of these were inside homes. and what often looked like just that i was from bo, were in fact entrances to the underground city. you and even withers found a 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, poses of tourists every year. come here to understand and experience it. lesson selda algebra. no shabbat. ah, this is angela. it's going to round up now about top stories,

a russian strike on the southern ukrainian city of mary you, paul, as destroyed a theatre were hundreds of people were sheltering.