and your ceremony has been launched the hall parishes and individuals pay $5000.00 to name elephant. the aim this year is to raise $1000000.00, much of it for conservation initiatives. lou reports of survivors after a theater was bombed in the ukrainian city of mary, a pole, more than a 1000 civilians was sheltering in the building. ah, hello, i'm emily. i gwen this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up here in b, give a standing ovation, ukraine's president, a lot of me zalinski uses rusher of building

a new wall in europe against freedom. the russian army is trying to advance from the south while russian warships are said to be approaching the coast . we report from the southern front line and speak to young ukrainians who were preparing to defend the historic port city of desa. and after almost 6 years of detention in iran, british charity work as a main gary radcliff returns hon. 5 rescue work is in the besieged, poor city of mary, a whole a. digging through the wreckage of a bombing, a bombed theatre, hoping to find survivors. ukraine's government says more than a 1000 people, including children, were sheltering their when it was hit by a russian air strike. russia denies that though, that stands accused of heating more cities. rub mcbride wraps up the latest

developments for this key of neighborhood another early morning awakening from the war. an incoming missile was intercepted with falling debris, killing a resident below. people in cities on the front line like hearing cock give continued to bear the brunt. parents of children of this shattered school have come together to try and restore classrooms on the home for superficially came to help. we heard such a catastrophe happened and i don't know how to describe it. it's an human resource . there's more fierce fighting on the streets of the southern port of mary u. pole, with the destruction of a theatre where ukrainian, se, more than a 1000 civilians were sheltering the russians deny targeting the building was as a rental credit. um. so the only way to describe what has happened to day is genocide, corner, genocide of our nation yogurt and storm. hundreds more people have finally managed

to escape the siege of murder you, paul. such as lydia, who spent 2 weeks in her basement without he till running water. the whole place is destroyed. she says. and little bruno, we still had corpses there. didn't take the bodies away for 7 days and started this think already. it was scary, very scary for the throttle, which was ha, ha. and at the main church for the military and the western city of levine, a funeral for another soldier, killed in conflict. while this war continues to arouse condemnation of the russian invasion on the world stage here in ukraine, each death locally seems only to strengthen the resolve to join the fight. outside le viv more training for volunteers. this soldier calls himself cream meaning crimea. dog. he says he left his home on the peninsula when it was seized

by russian forces in 2014 and is vowing not to be moved on again. um, now the vive is my home. i'm more interested in a democracy than in a totalitarian state of thousands of these volunteers will soon join. others like former international tennis player said geese, they're kosky who says he had no choice but to put on a uniform and pick up a gun. even if i will, ah, behavioral shooting, killing someone is marking you on your life. so i don't leave it any of the ukrainians are willingly doing it. but we don't have an issue with both sides, seemingly unable to find a way out as the war goes into its 4th week casualties on mounting. hold around. rob mcbride, al jazeera live. ok, let's bring in zane bez rabby. he joins us live now from levine,

west in the ukraine, as we heard from rob in his story, a theatre in mary paul was struck saying, what update do you have and how that search for survivors is going well earlier this morning, we heard that a local officials had announced 130 survivors had been rescued. they said that the shelter had survived the russian attack and was intact and they were able to rescue 130 people. no other word though, on any sort of casualties or injuries from a shelter that can house as many as 800-8500 people. though in the last hour we have been getting reports from mario pal city council saying that they are still trying to establish the possible number of casualties. so that is a bit ominous. there had been hope that there, that, that people that escaped, that survivors had been able to escape unharmed from this attack. but the city council announcing that they are still ongoing with the,

with the search and rescue effort. and trying to establish exactly how many people may have been injured or killed. so that still remains an open question. and mario paul, of course, has seen some of the worst of the violence that has been going on for city after city becomes the newest and latest a city that is experienced, the worsening violence in this brutal conflict. more than 2000 people estimated to have been killed in mario, poll alone, a 30000 the the city council says have fled so far in 350000, remain sheltering in that besieged city. all right, well we appreciate that update. thank you very much. the same as rabbit live for us in the living and said to moscow, now we're rushing president vladimir putin has again be talking about the impact severe sanctions of having he was referring to crimea, which russia annexed from ukraine, back in 2014. and usually there's this little yes, of course, without a doubt the peninsulas economic development has been effected by the western

sanctions imposed among others on banking, good supplies, etc. but after the military operation in ukraine started, a new set of sanctions were imposed yesterday at the meeting on social economic measures to support russian regions. i said that the restrictions against russia have created a lot of issues, but not only issues. they are also creating new opportunities for us with the lady from moscow, he's been, it's me, are ready type erred one as continue talking with vladimir putin. and he has said that it's time for vladimir zalinski and vladimir putin to meet face to face. there are certain issues that they need to talk about face to face is the 2nd time is offered to host talks in turkey between the 2 leaders. but it seems the prospect of that could be a very long way away. we're also having western nurse source is quoted by reuters earlier today saying that while the talks are continuing on, both sides are serious in their talks. very large gaps remain

between the 2 size. and you've just heard the foreign ministry spokeswoman saying, are that the, the long standing demands of russia or what they call de, get rid of nationalist groups in ukraine. this is what russia's long been using as his excuse for it's, or what he calls his special operation in ukraine. he says, ukraine must get rid of these groups, denart suffice, and another word, russia, or has used in terms of describing the government of vladimir lensky. so in that sort of talk is an indication of while the 2 sides are talking, there's a huge gap between but what both sides want particulars, we know that russia wants crimea, and donnette is going to lose ganske, recognised i, crimea recognized as part of russia and on that schism, guns recognized as independent states, ukraine's president folemi zalinski has been given

a standing ovation from germany's parliament, his urge to chancellor all of shelves, to do more, to bring an end to rational invasion. and he is warned that european countries came more about their economies and the lives of regular ukrainians. his address to the bond and stag came a day after speech, c, u. s. congress. lynette says it does not so good. we are fighting for our lives and for our freedom. it is not the berlin wall. it is the wall between having freedom and not having freedom in europe with every bomb and every decision not made that could have helped us. this wall is getting bigger. we asked about what ukraine can do to join nato and getting security guarantees. and the answer we received is that it isn't on the table for now. you question whether ukraine should join the, you know, yes for some, this is politics, but for us it is souls for the new was unwinnable. but nato secretary general again, stoughton burg visiting berlin again warned against a fully fledged war between the alliance and russia. nato has

a responsibility to prevent this conflict from escalating further. dock would be even more dangerous and would cause more suffering. death on destruction. this is person putin's war. he must stop the war. withdraw his forces and engage in the book in diplomacy in good faith. was now a long list of countries sending military aid to ukraine. let's take a look at the u. s. is by far the largest weapon supplier, the latest deliveries worth, more than $3000000000.00. the pentagons also helped train ukraine's armed forces for years. britain, meanwhile, had sent billions of dollars worth of weaponry including sass drake, anti aircraft missiles. germany is one of several countries which has reversed its policy of refusing to supply lethal aid before the war, sweden and finland, which aren't in the nato alliance have departed from their cautious stance on

russia by sending assault rifles and anti tank weapons. frank ledge, which is a senior lecturer in military capabilities and strategy at the university of portsmouth. he explains how the conflict might play out in the near future. one capability that hasn't yet been supplied, and i suspect is being asked for now on will be supplied a medium range missiles now will have far more effect if it's delivered, then the 15 or 20 make 29. so the subject that debate last week, and i would suspect that the country supplying those will be both gary romania, finland. these will be soviet missiles, so that you can, you won't need to spend a long term training on a more, more modern path, slightly more effective devices. those medium rates will increase the printing capability significantly, allowing them to threaten russia. i think that what's happening here is that the

russian military turns culminated essentially going to start with a logistics on an ordinary se weaponry they have, they brought into the country. i think that that doesn't necessarily mean it store . what we're seeing now is what's called an operational polls. i say in colloquial kinds that act together, which they have not had largely due to the very poor planning assumptions in the early part of the campaign. so that'd be working frantically to try and get weapons to try and get your planning sorted out and to, to understand where is that going next? cost ukrainians have a saying, which is why i was talking to c countertops by your training courses seem to be having some effect till head on al jazeera, searching for a safe haven. how mexico is the stepping stone for ukrainians hoping to escape the war. plus the un security council votes to establish ties with afghanistan's

taliban government. ah ah, look forward to scores. who with sponsored counsel at ways? hello there will scott in south asia and the heat continues to dominate the weather picture here, particularly for india. we've got heat wave warnings, an adviser results from the northwest and western areas. we saw the temperature rise above 40 degrees in at least 10 cities in gujarat, and those temperatures are not going to ease over the weekend. we're also seeing that he dominates central and eastern areas. i'm down in the south, the temperature touching into the early thirty's, much of corolla. there is any rain, it's going to kiss into coastal areas in the south west in sri lanka. we'll see some of the heavier falls in southern areas by friday. ruth,

are watching the swirling system over the and about a nickel islands that could turn into something. we've got warnings, not for heavy rain and strong winds. they will keep an eye on that. that was we moved to central asia, we've had a dramatic, a cool down across northern areas of china. we had snow in beijing on thursday, and there on friday it's going to edge across towards the korean peninsula, knocking the temperature down in. so we've also got some very what were the sweeping through japan that's going to arrive in toko, by friday becomes saturday. it dries up the temperature rebounds, and we'll have snow in the north of japan as to whether updates. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always got on one of the fastest growing nations in the well on the cost of needed to oakland and development, pull into national shipping companies to become a key, middle east and trade and wanting skillfully, mcdowell,

3 key areas of develop oh, filling up from it, so connecting the world, connecting the future, won the cato. cortez gateway to whoa trade, lou. ah, and are you watching al jazeera? i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of our top stories. this. our rescue crews in the besieged ukrainian city of merrier poll. say they're found survive. it's after a russian and strike heated theater way civilians for sheltering but rushes at foreign, ministering seas. it's forces i'm not eating civilian areas. that's despite wakes of bombardment in urban areas across ukraine. and ukraine's president has told

german politicians that his country is all that stands between europe and tyranny in a virtual address to germany's parliament. for letty li zalinski also said russia is trying to wipe out plenty of people. russian forces, i believe, to be trying to close in on the port city of odessa, by land and sea taken. ukraine's a 3rd largest city would effectively cut the rest of the country off from the black sea. but local people say they are prepared harder. abdel hammett has more from odessa. i, the russian invasion is yet to reach odessa. but here is a feeling that is just a matter of time and not much longer to wait. oh, president vladimir zalinski has called an all ukrainians to join the war effort.

and people like and that he have lamb of who's an opera singer, have answered his call. it's ugly. are for dan, maybe 20 here. he thinks that it's going to be a long war despite ongoing negotiation and complaints that ukraine has been left to fight alone. i knew you could have almost no success. they didn't want to help us right now. they promised weapons more active involvement of the war fighter just. now the u. s. is refusing by them hasn't delivered. they are not closing the sky. they're not taking away russia's ability to bomb our peaceful cities and annihilate women must children and be elderly enough, but they are not protecting the humanitarian corridors from murray upon. the city is frantically building its defenses. civic organizers say they have so far filled more than 400000 sandbags are best as under threat from several fronts. the

russian army is trying to advance from the south while russian warships are said to be approaching the coast. but it won't be so easy because the city is heavily fortified. long stretches of the shore line have been laid with land mines to delay any beached landing. capturing this port city would give russia control of the black sea and land lock ukraine. ah, back in town, the air simon goes off, day and night, but this city hasn't been directly hid. the sandbags made on the beach surround, cultural and municipal buildings and killy. part of tells me about the efforts to preserve this as cultural treasures. more of the when you move away from grip lamazzo, we're talking about saving the heritage, ukrainian, european russian. it doesn't matter. we're saving art a. the museum in hockey was bombed. sadly the collection that was mostly lost. it's

a part of the something that has been bothering me a lot. the ukrainian museums have to protect masterpieces of russian art from the russian aggression. it is a paradox. we want the world to know about that koreans odyssey has long been deprived of russia. was founded by catherine the great, the city has embraced its russian identity ever since. but with a war looming, those voices have gone all but silent in odessa. that was saved by the soviets during world war 2 is now getting ready to defend itself from its former protectors and at the law. meet algebra. odessa, ukraine. hannah shall s t's in. i des sandy's, the director of security programs at ukrainian prism, i think tank. she says the city is hugely significant from oscar, and it won't be easy to tack the are not able to tackle just from deceased because he is on the, on the beach in the minds of the navy prepared. so it would be not the walking for

the call was the landing ship as well. now there are several sheets and the anchorage of st. just, you know, the truth of what they need the lab work and to get the plan support. they need to control the whole territory from craig the a few odessa that ultimately 400 kilometer. and as when i was, you can see nikolai of that sound to death, sending the funding that we are telling here, defending not only make a live up there as well, but also from the north. luckily, the road from key to the control of the crane and armed forces. so as when i was rushing to being to be are conducting several try for days. not only a gun that they sell, but against the region predominantly on the south that are trying to distract the sanction. caldwell where the new real attacks were sold against the ctf for now. oh, that's a very what i'm sorry. something when motional to the russian federation because it

being the 3rd biggest, fallen in the russian empire. i mean is all the time i also have all the attraction of gifts rushing seekers or a russian history. so definitely you the 2 rounds there, and this will be the glory of the safety of the russian world that is returning to russia. but these russian inquiry he's 3, that's what you can hear very often in the president, june statement about the south of ukraine, more than 3000000 ukrainians have now left the country looking for safe havens elsewhere in the world. some have travelled as far away as the united states southern border with mexico, as john home and reports from tijuana, dasha her, mum, vera and dad are about to try and complete more than 10000 kilometer journey. this is what they fling from. they say the video show the home town nikolai in ukraine

now via moved over and remain here. they've arrived at the met can bought a town of p one, the hope to get across that line. and in the united states, i was, it's been for you. it was hard. we was sleeping in the car by 3 night, staying in the queue to leave ukraine. i mentioned to you the english speak. you haven't a lot of the logistics that she's 14. but all her effort can be for nothing. they've been reports of ukrainian refugees being turned away. they have to decide what they would be so much and then let in what we saw several of the ukrainian family. similarly usher food seems here. the blue passports become the ticket 3 by the way. and the red, one of russia is proving less effective, a smoke of dissidence from that country was stuck outside the gate asking for

asylum to after opposing the war compensation. mike is also half ukrainian, and he's frightened to being conscripted to fight against the country where he is family. 24 february might come to you. a tech. great, really. my brother, leave city and it's so could suck for me. for the russians. here you're isn't an option. flights and countries are close to them, but not mexico, where they can get in by a tourist visa, then travel up to the one. there are far more than than ukrainians here. sleeping outside the entry point to try to pressure officials to let them. and so far, the only word has been white. the united states has a public health folder in place because of the pandemic, which says that it can reject just about anyone who is asking for asylum apart from

unaccompanied children. and what that means in practice, at entry points like this one is that it can really pick and choose who it let's in . and it seems that at the moment that's ukrainians. yes. this is the russians like the ones in the camp, not so much on the mexicans and central americans that say they've been living in unofficial conflicts over the years now with next to no hope of getting into the u . s. we found this family of 17 watching as the ukrainians went in ahead of them. their green passports carry little weight on the ground that told me they fled southwest mexico after he was kidnapped to be out of the way the rest of the family friend. that was 2 months ago. you feel bad because you can see that they give priority to another country. how am i going to feel that? but what can we do? that's going to be a constant question for the desperate in countries neighboring the united states as they wait and others go 1st. i think you cream but at least exhausted ukrainians

like gotcha. and better a finding a safe haven. they called us from her father's house in los angeles, was the way, and in this moment for a long time, we were hit the everything is like john home and al jazeera tiquana to other world news. now into british, iranians have arrived back in the u. k. after spending years in detention in iran, as a means, the guy re radcliffe and no shea assuring were convicted of plotting to overthrow a runs government, but always denied the allegations. laura and manly reports. this is nazarenes ari right class. from spending years in an iranian prison, she is now free and home with her family. she to ride at the ari of brice norton an ox, a chair in the early hours of the morning burton's foreign secretary was there to greet her. well, 1st of all, it's fantastic to see

a new shea anatomy and come off the plane safely back in britain for the 1st time in years. and that is truly fantastic for everybody, for 6 years, nothing had enjoy detention at to hands. evan prison, a hunger strike house rest, and a brief release followed by re arrest. 3 days later, her husband richard had campaigned tirelessly for her release for a long journey. it's been a long journey that we've been in the doorway forgotten. that ordeal began in april 2016, 1000. he was detained a to her an airport while traveling back to london. she was arrested on charges of spying, which she always denied. after 4 years in prison, 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 leading iran,

i knew she assured me, a retired civil engineer. his family also called for his urgent release after he was arrested the spying in 2017, a charge he denied against this. there was a question of a $530000000.00 debt. the u. k. owed for not completing a deal involving the sale of tanks and military equipment to that then ruler, the shove, burton's phone secretary acknowledged the government has paid the debt without contravene the sanctions imposed by western countries. but for now reunited nothing and her family will look forward to a future together. lore about manly al jazeera, the un security council has voted to establish ties between the united nations and the taliban in afghanistan. 14 nations voted in favor, russia abstained. christian salumi has more from the un. what this was

is a renewal of the u. n's mandate to operate in afghanistan with its mission known as nama, the united nations assistance mission in afghanistan, and all members of the security council agree that afghanistan needs the u. m. 's helped to avoid an economic collapse in a humanitarian catastrophe. the issue was how to deal with the taliban. an entity that is sanctioned under un international law for its role in the september 11th attacks. and so there was a lot of debate on this resolution and, and how to get help into the country without formally recognizing the taliban, which is a red line for the united states. and many question countries aligned with the united states as a compromise, what they say in this resolution is that they will deal with all relevant afghan political actors. while russia wasn't happy about that. they said that's basically

just ignoring the reality on the ground. and if you don't deal with the taliban, they won't have a skin in the game. they won't be a partner to this process, but they abstained from the vote. the resolution did pass. it includes protections for human rights for women and girls as well under the un mandate, which was very important to norway, the pan holder. and in the words of the norwegian ambassador, this resolution, she said, allows for engagement with the taliban, but in no way recognizes them. french president manuel mccolan has unveiled his electoral program just 3 weeks before the 1st round of the presidential election. he's promising labor reforms including gradually increasing the retirement age to $65.00, and he says hill, wayne france off of fossil fuels. until now mccomb has been largely absent from the campaign trial trail. he's opponents have accused him of dodging to faints.

16 crew members have been rescued from a cargo ship, which sank off the coast of southern iran. the l. sell me seeks, went down in stormy seas, and high winds. well, sailing to all my casa in southern iraq, the vessel was flying. the flag of the united arab emirates. and south korea has broken its corona virus, reco by reporting more than 600000 new infections in 24 hours. that's the highest there. since the pandemic began 2 years ago, but dr. think the life is to, on the con, driven search is nearing its peak, the government's to, to decide on friday whether or not to maintain social distancing guidelines. blue. hello, are you watching al jazeera? these are the headlines this our officials.