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supporters. the war in ukraine has been a success. as 3 russian cosmonaut leave earth. we take a closer look at how the war in ukraine could impact emissions to the international space station and in sport rushes battle to play in the cat are 2022 world cup. his ro, blog, sports highest court rejects a request from the country to freeze vivas ban on its national football team. ah, a very warm welcome to this hour of news. hundreds of thousands of people are stranded in a major ukrainian port city as being bombarded by russian forces as they try to seize control. this footage, romero portion of the scale of the devastation shopping mall is heavily damaged and several residential buildings are reduced to rubble. the battle to take mario pool

has now reportedly reached the city center. frances president, manuel mccomb, one of the few western leaders to regularly speak with russian president vladimir putin has demanded. the russian forces immediately lift their siege, allow humanitarian access and order a c spar. on wednesday, a theatre where more than 1000 people were sheltering was bombed over a few 100 have since been rescued. rob mcbride has more now from levine. various reports coming from murray. a pol, do seem to indicate a rapidly changing situation on the ground there. this is a city, of course that has been under pretty much a constant bombardment. since the start of this conflict, a, it was correct quickly at besieged, cut off from the rest of ukraine and, but we do know that in the past week, especially conditions have deteriorated to really desperate levels inside the city, the thousands of people who have been coming out allowed to leave in these convoys of vehicles have been describing the conditions they've left behind. but the

question remains about the fate of the thousands of people who are, are still stuck within that. they're that city that quoted on media as saying russian troops are in the cities are in the streets of the city that they're fighting are continues. and we do know that from the pictures that are being released by agencies, especially this drone footage or which indicates just the extent of the devastation throughout large parts of this city. places really just simply reduced to rubble for the president's office. here in ukraine, a spokesperson seems to accept that of where the city is in pretty dire situation and that her, the spokes person has said that the ukrainian forces that are closest to the city simply do not have the strength to try to lift this siege. but at adding that to the city will never be surrendered. russian forces are expanding their offense of

any crane and hudson areas further west for the 1st time their missiles landed in the city of live striking and aircraft for pier site near an airport. zima rather wraps up that developments from there and across ukraine. within minutes of early morning air raid sirens throughout the city, russian missiles had targets near levine international airport, shattering once again, the sense of relative safety. here in the west of ukraine. before the big position was split, the air read boarding system worked ungrateful to the armed forces as they reacted some missiles, which were launched from the black sea area, were intercepted for miss else had an aircraft repair plant. as you already know, there have been some attacks in this part of the country. a training company operative last week, and a military posted in airfield, near loots. but the friday morning, airport strike is the closest, the war has come to the city of levine. so far as you see behind the smoke is still

rising from the area that was hit. we've been stopped from going any further any closer to the areas that were hit by the strikes. the police have pushed us back twice. we've tried to go over the bridge, but we've been sent back to this area here. so we can't get a clear view of what's happening, but the smoke that continues to below, over the skies over the city certainly tells you that something definitely was hit and it's still on fire. in the eastern city of car keys, a college building was shelled, killing one person entering 11 and trapping another in the rubble. the city is home to one of the largest markets in eastern europe, and it remains on fire, sparked by shelling on thursday. another shelling and crumbs tours killed to an interim since russian rockets continued a pound the capital key as well. a nursery and school targeted on friday, killing one child injuring 23 little good general jim larissa. the aggressor always pays a high price for war and morton, but whatever happens to them, it cannot revive our cities or he'll our wounds. weakness will become members of

the a you live, the life will be different now. so is my, all of those rest in pace who have given their lives for our pay. so say the enemy continues. shilling a piece won't sitting someone's attacks heading mostly civilian targets is proof. ukrainian officials say that russia is choosing not to fight ukrainian troops instead hitting the country's most vulnerable. yet, how can people in russia be so stupid and let this happen? how come russians don't understand they put in? it's not defending russian speaking people in ukraine. he simply went mad. that's it. this is what i think, right? because the same person would never do anything like this. in the central square of the v of the countries, cultural capital and installation highlights the most innocent victims of ward among the thousands of ukrainian dead. 109 empty prams symbolizing 109 infants killed in a conflict where the death toll increases every day. zane basra v l 0 live if

listen state of play in ukraine on day 23 of the war. the areas you can see in red are those that are held by russia, and there's been more tax in the capital keys. and city officials say more than 200 people have died there during the war so far. they've has been a humanitarian hub and hold them to about 200000 displace people. missiles hit an aircraft repair factory there, although it had avoided the worst of boardman up until now. and then mary pool that a 130 people have been rescued from the basement of a theater, struck by russian shelling. but 30000 people have now escaped the besieged city. what alex and the watch and i'll see is an adviser to president floating the landscape joins us now. alexander, a very warm welcome to the program. of course, we see that most school has yet to take any of ukraine's biggest cities despite these ferocious attacks. but of course cities like mary paul, being shell to pieces. is there anything that can be done?

east and south of ukraine, marine polis to surround, surrounded by russian troops. we covered the break through that, that's very costly for us to do anything from the north. but so for the city standing, we need for the military support. this is the way around what we've seen in those attacks that were closer to levine. and of course, in a desk, what are your fear is going forward about what the next phase of russian tactics might be? will he also live in bonding military facilities, or obviously things related to our potential resistance primarily. thus. ringback in a predictable, we are hearing that this might ask me to wear so far. it hasn't because the russian troops happened facing a lot of resistance and a lot of trouble. just where they already entered the countries for the north and south and east. and so far we've even managed to so recently become today we've managed to push them back around the north, kia, for example. so,

so far this is not really going anywhere for them. and what's the morale of ukrainian trips like right now? as far as we can tell, it's still very high as opposed to what's happening on the russian side. the russian side is really suffering a severe morale issue. and the further, the more, the more aggravated the problem becomes to them. clearly they're not having any success and they've lost serious amount of troops by our estimates already. 14 more than $14000.00 russian soldiers that are dead. that's close to how many troops died in the 10 years of the soviet african war. alexander how our nig apiece. certain points are easier to agree on than certain others. so for example, as far as our, you know, international protection is concerned, ukraine could consider serious security guarantees, even if that means nato is delayed for now. but as long as we have serious security guarantees that are actually tangible this time, and that's ok,

so we can potentially talk about that. we're not going to talk about thanks that relate to our territory. we heard the president by natalie at this point. and obviously wilson military support, so air defense system specially we can protect us because that's still the most serious threat to us when it comes to military tactics. as far as china is concerned, china has been presented to russia, but china is still much more dependent. and much more interested in having a viable relationship with the west. so the call the prison biden. man, that's a good move. obviously, we hope that china, at some point, will realize that perhaps it should also put some pressure on russia that will bring this conflict to an end. and also help china in the long term, establish a more viable relationship with the rest of the world. and that's clearly more important for them than supporting russia, which is isolated. telson is clearly in decline at this point. i just want to talk for a 2nd, alexander, but all the people with the new creed who are on the move i've concerning is the

displacement of so many ukrainians from their homes, but still within the country what, what help and support is for them? well, there always be facing very tough circumstances. most of the help and support that they're getting is just from the local community, the central government as of see trying to provide help as much as possible. but this is really happening at the regional level, as you rightly said, you know, there's still many people, millions of people that are hiding and, and, you know, trying to save themselves in the west of ukraine or in the areas of routine that haven't been had. so badly, but the war, but more than 3000000 of already fled. so i mean, this is a real humanitarian crisis. and it's hard to say, you know, hard to see some structure to it, but we're doing what we can. and how would you describe mr. lansky at mode right now you mentioned that you're not necessarily optimistic about any quote unquote diplomatic efforts on the part of russia, but what was his mood?

so what he said is that at this point, i'm not very optimistic, but i think peace talks will have more potential once we actually stop russia war machine. once we impose crippling sanctions to such an extent that they can finance the war. and once the russian regime realizes that it can't, it's not going to get any military success by no way possible. so at that point, having talks will be fruitful at this point. i think it's not fruitful, but i may be wrong. we'll see. i think president dimansky isn't good spirits, he's obviously keeping up the morale of the troops of the whole country. it's a tough situation. it's a big challenge, the challenge of all of our lifetime of his lifetime. but so far so good. alexander, what can i see there and the vice president sill landscape. thanks very much. thank you. ocean warships have been shelling odessa, which is bracing for an invasion. there, sir, is ukraine's 3rd largest city and it's home to more than 1000000000 people. it's

located on the black sea coast in a host. grady navies headquarters which moved there after russia annex crimea, back in 2014. it also handles around 65 percent mccraney in c, cargo. and that makes it a lifeline to the outside world. if russia sees is odessa, it will effectively cut off you creed from overseas trade. and military, he would abdel helene has more now from odessa. ah, when the sirens go off, people head to the shelter in odessa is deep underground. in the so called catacombs, all stone mines excavated through times a leak, and her children have been coming and going from here since the beginning of the war. they have supplies ready for the long hold. another water with her look, we have water here with the blankets. we have to sleep here with maps and to

inflatable mattresses. and here we keep food. a lot of different things. biscuits live patty and different kinds of food. i have the passport and all the documents in my bag. as soon as i hear the sirens, i pick up the children and come down here. this is the largest urban labyrinth in the world, and portions of it have been prepared for civilians to hide about a 1000 can fit in this part of them. but down here it's a different world. you can't hear anything of what's happening above the about 2500 kilometers of tunnels and passageways. now this place has already been used as the shelter during previous wars. and during the cold war, it was designated as an nuclear bunker sections of it could also be used by the military to move under cover. the city is under threat of a 3 pronged at that from the north east, the black sea and a northwest. my whole own use of which only killed as a casey wouldn't. you know,

the main risk today is an amphibious landing rush of trying to put psychological pressure on ukrainians by shelling from the sea and from the sky. we are just as of what a vision of miles they are trying to demonstrate their strength. they certainly habit, but our defense system is ready to repel any attack unless they are probing over defenses to find wilder gl points and mark them as targets around the city volunteers. every bang for the worst. this food, of all, usually bustling with tourists, is now the headquarters of the humanitarian effort sponsored by some of the most influential business people of death. the public libraries, one of the few places still open, but here no more books in russian since the conflict started in 2014. russia's great authors can be found translated in ukrainian tucked under upper floor a layer. mm. good morning. the guarantees game, but ukrainian odessa is not as small as it might seem,

and there is no need to support the russian narratives. the odessa was a rush in the city and speaks only russian. no, like, i think the people are now switching to ukrainian. so i really hope that a decimal not returned to pro russian narrative any more exclusions and air sirens . i heard more often every day and night assigned for a distance of the light at the end of the tunnel may still be far away. without that. how many others you are desa inside a new creed. coming up on this new south from london, accusations fly across the u. n. russia says ukraine is conducting dangerous research. the u. s. s. is just a conspiracy for will 3rd crisis. why the war in ukraine is leaving people hungry, half a world away sport will find out who's facing you in the quarter finals of the european champions. ah,

u. s. president joe biden has warned his chinese came to pi she and pinged that. there will be consequences of china provides material support to russian forces ex hacking ukraine. the leaders spoke on video conference for nearly 2 hours. a china has so far, refused to condemn russia's invasion or chinese state media says she till biden, that the war must end as soon as possible. a white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has the details. we know that it lasted for about 2 hours or nearly 2 hours was actually a video conference type call that took place of the white house situation room. and according to a white house official, it was substantial if it was detailed and it focused mostly on ukraine and why this call took place. had a lot to do with the concerns by the weston that essentially up until now that china had been playing both sides in this conflict. and there was a feeling that there was a need of china to socially condemn russia's actions or at least denounced them.

and that had not occurred thus far, and there was a hope that that would be achieved in this phone call. but according to this read out, that has not happened and as well, what we also see in this is that there has been really no effort on the part of china to, in any way use its leverage to bring about as cease fire. and that was something that there was at least a goal going into this, the, the part of the, by to ministration. they were hoping that they might at least be able to encourage china to try and uses economic leverage with russia to at least begin that discussion. that was also absent from this read out. instead, what we have seen from this read out is that the u. s. president underscored this cost to china if it continues to support russia. we have had reports that there has been some support militarily, by the chinese applying military equipment for russia, for example. so, not

a lot of what the white house was hoping would be achieved from this call appears to be in the read out. instead, what we know, it's a lot of reiterating of what we have seen in recent weeks, and that is that the white house is outlined consequences. but it has not been able to achieve sort of a moving of the needles even further in the direction that it was hoping for. the united nations security council meant to discuss russian allegations the united states is funding biological weapons research in ukraine. a claim that they've denied it was the 2nd time in 2 weeks of the cancel met on the subject. kristen salumi has more now from the un russia called the meeting to present what it described as new evidence, a u. s. supported biological research laboratory in the ukraine post a threat to the region brochure. though grace, he was to go to the by women golf board, put simply the ukrainian authorities gave the pentagon carte blanche on the territory of ukraine to carry out dangerous biological experiments. there,

this is not the noble assistance to ukraine, that the american representatives talk about. this is a cynical use of its territory and population for dangerous research, which washington does not carry out on its own territory. so it doesn't run the risk of hurting its own people in the u. s. denies any chemical weapons programs exist. it is russia that has long maintained a biological weapons program in violation of international law. it is russia that has a well documented history of using chemical weapons. it is russia who is the aggressor here. the united states also warned that russia may very well be planning its own chemical weapons attacked using a false flag allegation to justify it. it was the 2nd time in 2 weeks that the security council met on the subject at russia's request. the u. s. high

representative for disarmament said they had no evidence of chemical or biological weapons. but she also conceded that the united nations currently has night, or the mandate, nor the technical or operational capacity to investigate this invest in information . i asked the united kingdom's ambassador if that undermines their argument. if there is a genuine concern, the right thing to do would be to seal off the site a ceasefire cielo for site, and then allow experts in to investigate. it is not the right thing to do to bring spurious claims to the un security council which are debunked by every one. their blue countries like china in brazil called for just such an independent investigation under the biological weapons convention which prohibits their use. meantime, daily attacks continued to batter ukraine, many of them indiscriminate according to the united nations cause of damage to

civilian infrastructure and mounting casualties. kristin, silly me al jazeera, the united nations. the united nation says ukraine is on course to match the numbers of people displaced during serious war. nearly 6 and a half 1000000 people have thoughts who have been displaced during the 3 weeks of the war in the ukraine. and that's once off of the $3200000.00 who already left the country. those numbers are from the un office for the coordination of human, which humanitarian fairs and other 12000000 people are thought to be stranded in affected areas are unable to leave. because of the dangers involved, the un refugee agency says these numbers suggest about half of the country's population of 44000000 will, is either internally display stranded, or unable to leave or already escaped to neighboring countries will about 30000000 people have either been internally displaced or escaped abroad during the 11 years of the war in syria. more than 2000000 ukrainian refugees have now entered poland since the start of russia's invasion. but agencies say the number of people

crossing borders to escape the war has slowed in recent days, but it could rise again if the fighting spreads further west or the welfare program says the warden, ukraine is triggering a wave of collateral hunger around the world. un agency by nearly half of this week from new crane and says food supply chains and collapsing for warned of dire shortages inside ukraine. well, food program says food and water are on their last reserves for residents stuck in the besieged city. mario pool, a beer. it is a senior spokeswoman for the united nations world to program and she says the impact of the war in ukraine is already being felt between russia and you clean. we have 30 percent of the global reproduction for w. p alone. you clean is the 2nd largest country in terms of the procurement, the food. so half of what we get put out of worldwide come from you played

that include green, sunflower, oil and the number of agricultural products and food supplies. so of course, the impact of the conflict you clean is being felt or read at our budget. we are expecting $71000000.00 per month. the increase in the same amount of food that we used to get last month. so that means that we, 4000000 people will not receive food assistance, it means that, you know, our budget stretched. so if that is the impact that to get on the world food program, let alone, what's the situation going to be? for countries that are heavily dependent on inputs and from the, from you clean and russia for the wheat, there will be a huge impact on the global supplies. be it on the, we're on the grains. ukraine is the bread basket of europe. that is, availability in the international market from the u. s. from canada of korea,

but it's far away from many of the places and the countries that are dependent on the input of wheat and with the increasing fuel prices. this means that you have a longer lead time, but also increasing costs with the war in ukraine and sits forth wheat casualties on both sides. a mine tang and some the fiercest financing has been an eastern new cream where many soldiers have died. he knows have been held for more than 20 fall and military personnel and the city of sneak pool, as i said, beg reports a final farewell. but many of these 23 soldiers don't have relatives here to warn them. they are on the other side of the front line. their comrades stand guard. paying a final tribute. this a yeah. yep. robert pasco chest. i don't know. i joined this unit recently. it's an honor for me. as part of my family and stay,

the mom was snatched away from our military family. we are very deeply, i can feel emotional losses. he gave his life for our country. may he rest in places with whom we will always be remembered. me put as a god, take him to a better place because it's a holy deed when one sacrifices himself for his country. whichever with his motto, is my own with oklahoma. we shall plan with. oh, it's the last family they had. oh, priests say the final pres and coffins are taken on their final journey, far from the soldier's homes, with no certainty, their parents, siblings, or partners, will ever get to visit their final resting place. although researchers do not, sir, will or just be we've got the most wealthy soldiers fell at the battle of vol, nova, most of them were brought here from their unfortunately some of them were very young . i'm sorry, this is very difficult to me, but very young men have died while protecting ukraine. protecting all of us the war

in the east is fierce and the russians appeared to be slowly, but surely grinding the ukrainians. gang with ukrainian forces continued to resist . russian artillery has pounded the 2nd largest city club cave and the port city of mary upon the freezing graveyard of denise pro. far from killing the will to resist losses on the battlefield. further feels the anger was neither to do or not. whoops, to bolster ticket monster. all we can think of his revenge, revenge avenging our men. this gives us motivation to protect our country. it's the only way the conflict in the east has been going on since invasion of crimean 2014. an estimated 14000 people have been killed. these

latest casualties since the recent russian basia. this graveyard is full of young men that have died from this conflict, but the reality is, as long as this war goes on, more will follow. as i beg, i'll jazeera, then april. is plenty more still to come this, our voices are fail. british regulators, banner russians, state news channels from broadcasting within the u. k. and as for read, we'll get out to a strong sty before the season opening formula one wrong pre and hello, we got some lovely weather shaping up across northern parts of europe over the next couple of days. lost a clear skies. we have got a high pressure in charge that x is the lid on the atmosphere. so even though they have these,

a weakening weather systems at high will just tend to squeeze the cloud a little further southwards and is gonna see it break thin and more sunshine coming through. bit more. the white cloud across central and southern parts, you know, to say there are some showers just around the mediterranean. we have got some heavy burst of rain coming through here. when flour is still there, just around southern parts of the black sea, northern areas of turkey. but blue skies across northern areas of europe is going to be fine and dry, little on the cool side there for lunch with a measly wind temperature at around 12 celsius tack. cool as we go through sunday, but in light winds it won't feel too bad. well, quite as many showers around 30 minutes rating this we go on into sunday, but they will still be there nevertheless. and some of those just brushing across the far north of africa. quite a brisk wind and some live the showers down to northern areas of libya and plenty a shower sand now started to push him across c. a gulf. who can he say? we will see some wet weather coming into ivory coast,

pushing across guinea and also liberia. ah. on counting the costs, could the war and ukraine plunge the global economy into a new weiss, this russia turn to china as you on to survive? sanctions pays the us dollar in danger. and crypto currencies help russia evade financial punishment. counting the cost on al jazeera from the al jazeera london broadcast center to people in thoughtful conversation, christine all about trying to get a superior reputation, unprompted uninterrupted, where we find the most profound similarities is not actually in our closest living relative. but it's in much more distant connection hot wanda wright, who will dual and psychologist nick la, honey, you're going to be a corporate species. you can't be beaten each other up and threaten each other. all beside judy unscripted on al jazeera

ah, investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe. on al jazeera lou. ah, it reminded her of our top stories here analysis. russian forces batting, disease, control mario poor, have reached the ukrainian city center. frances president, manuel mccaul has asked russian leader vladimir putin to stop besieging the city and to declare a cease fire. or 2 missiles have struck an aircraft repair facility near live if a western city hosting hundreds of thousands of displaced people. the capital key has also been hit by missiles and shells. u. s. prison joe biden has warned his

chinese can to part she, jim ping that there will be consequences of china that provides material supports russian forces attacking ukraine. china has so far, refused to condemn russia. or while russian forces reign far on ukrainian cities, fatima putin has praised his troops. seizing quotes from the bible and russian history in a rare public appearance, the president dressed tens of thousands of people at a rally celebrating 8 years since russia annexed crimea from ukraine. while the event was pat with wash and flags and pro kremlin pot size burn, smith reports now from the capital moscow. this was a powerful show of patriotism. in moscow, russia's biggest stadium was filled to its 81000 capacity to celebrate 8 years since the annexation of crimea, or as it's called here, the re unification at everywhere. the said, the sign,

the 1st appeared on russian military vehicles in ukraine, and has now become a symbol of support for russia's war there. i mean, it was a stage set of vladimir putin who told the crowd that the united states is using ukraine to threaten russia. disease at the soldiers fighting their illustrated russian unity delete you, reach your shoulder to shoulder, they help each other who support each other. i use and when needed, they shield each other from borders with their bodies like brothers. but he grew such unity. we have not heard for a long time. no, boy, a survey after the 1st week of the war showed that what the crumbling cause, it's special operation in ukraine. we supported by 58 percent of russians. there have been attempts to protest against the war, but they are quickly, often brutally suppressed. but others are finding ways to voice their opposition, such as this art group called party of the dead, protesting somewhere in russia. we were just as again,

in writing we are practically living on a war footing. there is no way for it not to affect us any more. we have to fight this war, and those were stoking at keeping it going and are prepared to take it to some catastrophic finale that show of descent won't get covered by russian television. but friday's flag waving in moscow and other cities will, though you won't hear that ukraine says it's fighting for survival of the west, dismiss his accusations that it wants to rip russia apart. bernard smith, al jazeera, moscow war in ukraine, echoes another brutal conflict. russia's military intervention in syria vladimir putin decision to send russian war planes to help serious government back in 2015 turned the civil war in president bashar la suds favor. and our looks like russia is calling in its dead ukrainian defense ministry in the syrian act of his group say up to 40000 syrian mercenaries will join the war in ukraine. around a 150 have reportedly already arrived. syrians are being offered between $600.00 to

$3000.00 to fight, and that eclipse is what most of them can earn. in serious basses economy and syrians and rebel held areas, say, russian forces are attacking ukraine with the same tactics they used in syria. i targeting civilians and medical facilities joining us now, why skype from washington? d. c is i'm a wash of sky, a senior fellow, the washington institute for near east policy and a very warm welcome to program. and i'm looking at those pictures of putin and stadium. read, ready, and rallying and giving his speech, what, what did you make of that? what was that appearance of his, designed to do? his appearance was designed to rally emotional support for the war to really press emotional buttons on the public. and really, there were no surprises in a sense that the entire hooton's done narrative on ukraine really from the very

beginning going back to 2014 and earlier was always very emotional. it was always appearing to the roast, a visceral sort of pressure points on the population and, and that sort of what you saw today. talk about noble sacrifice, sort of giving your all a it's, it's very much along the lines of, of his, his traditional narrative amana, in terms of thinking about russian diplomacy. if i could call it that, we had a guest earlier who said frank hasn't read diplomacy, it's just another set of tactics. would you agree with that? i would agree with that. absolutely. ah. in a sense that it's not diplomacy. how we understand diplomacy from a western perspective. it's not a diplomacy from the russian state perspective. diplomacy simply another tool in the right in russian state took it and it's used together with military economic, an informational pressure. and it's, it's so all it,

all of these tools work together to get to a common goal at russia yet to take one ukrainian city despite these ferocious attacks and shelling tactics that we also saw deployed in syria. we'll, we'll put and be deterred. well, at the stage it's, it's, it's hard to tell that there's still, there still a lot going on. the russian military still has a lot to bring to bear into ukraine. and that's why president lisky lensky is asking for more help was chiefly for more weapons to fight, to fight off the, the russian military. despite the fact that clearly the russian side is suffered very heavy losses. the symmetry of power is still in the russian military favor. when we think about syrian mercenaries and joining the fight and the effect that it had when it was the office way round, when the support was for acid in syria,

could, could this change the, the landscape? i think it depends on a lot of factors that we still don't know about at this stage that these numbers that we're hearing reported of tens of thousands sound pretty high in reality. only some $150.00, a $150.00 have appeared to have come to, to ukraine. if, if the numbers really are going to be truly that high up, sometimes, you know, you just need the numbers. we don't know how effective these fighters you're going to be. but again, sometimes it can simply about numbers and buying a little bit more time. we have yet to see that and, and just bouncing back to, to the subject of russia itself. what, what would it take? now, do you think for the russian public to turn it back on president putin, just looking at those pictures today and, and thinking about that contrasted narratives that there often is between the west and russia itself. i'm not exactly sure what it would take to if, if the issue,

if, if so the ultimate goal is to get the russian public over throw potent. certainly there's been no shortage of protest or of this war. but what's also happening is that many people are simply fleeing russia, and those are the people who oppose the war. but if we're looking at the scenario, will the russian public overthrow prudent? i think that's very unlikely at this stage again, because so many people are fleeing the country. many people are afraid of their oppressive apparatus is in place. criminal propaganda is very strong and the fact of the matter is, is other factors as well. a russian public does have a degree of access to information that is much more open than the soviet union. but there's also the issue of cognitive dissonance of now believing alternative information on the latest polls that i saw that were credible did still show that a slim majority of the public supported the war and a bushes guy there, senior fellow for the washington institute for near east policy, i'm

a thanks very much for joining me. thanks for having you. the u. k. has switched off the russian state news channel r t, formerly known as russia to day. the kremlin says the decision to revolt parties u. k. broadcast license is quote, madness of british regulator or farm says it can't be considered a fit and proper broadcast. they're excited. it's relationship with the russian government. the channels coverage of the ukraine war has been subjects a 29 separate investigations into what's being described as a state sponsored propaganda on the dem baba in london has more will in the past thoughts. he has actually been fined for reaching impartiality rules here in the u . k. and for the last couple of weeks it's disappeared from t v. screens here because of e u sanctions against russia over ukraine, but it's still accessible online despite this move boy off come. now the watchdog cited in its decision new laws in russia, which it says effectively criminalize any independent journalism that departs from

the russian state. news narrative saying that appears to make it impossible for our tea to comply with impartiality rules, but off come also. sites 29 different investigations into ortiz coverage of the war in ukraine. prime minister boys johnson did oscar the regulator to look into the broad costa of the start of the invasion that will fit then that could be retaliation by russia, for example, against the b b. c. the british broadcasting corporation that hasn't happened so far for its party has responded angrily. edge deputy editor in chief on a balcony says that off. com is in her view. nothing more than a tool of government bending to its media, suppressing will. so a lot of pushback from which i know on from the criminal, in fact, which is called to move here, madness re russian cosmonaut on their way to the international space station engine

. but next i tried at me job left, i blasted else in the russian space agency launch site in kazakhstan, and they were chilling russian. u. s. in europe in crew members on board one, u. s. astronaut will return to earth alongside to russians. and international cooperation in space is also being affected by the war in ukraine. jonathan mcdowell is an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics in the u. s. and he explains how to was effects could spread all the way to the international space station. it's a bit awkward. the rest of the space industry has been thrown into turmoil by the ukraine war. the space programs, once rivals are now really intertwined. and so, you know, a western satellite, so we're meant to go up on russian rockets, they're now stranded. and yet at the i s s, it's as if nothing had happened. they say no, we're, we're,

we're going to carry on as before. they kind of have to at some level because the one can operate with one of the russian side, colonel pro, without the american side or vice versa. they've got so much money invested in this . they don't want to give up on it easily. but i don't see how that can be sustained in the long run, and indeed, america's been trying to persuade russia to extend the life of the station project till 2030 currently scheduled to end in 2024. i can't see how that's going to happen now. post haste had taken place in the philippines against rising oil prices demonstrate isn't demand in the government implement price controls for few and all for basic supplies to mil allen dope. and was that a protest in the capital manila? oh, we're in downtown manila where several transport groups are staging a protest. they say arising fuel prices over the last week or so has made their situation here quite difficult. we've spoken to some leaders, the state,

they have 3 basic demand. they're asking the government to immediately suspend the exiles and value added taxes. they're also asking the government to increase the minimum daily way, trade from $10.00 to nearly $20.00. and to repeal the oil, the regulation law, which will finally put the power back to regulate oil crisis to the government. these demands may be simple, but everybody knows especially those transport good job demanding this for many years. that this is easier said than done with the government since sensitive public transport drive is mostly come from the poor set driven. i'm sorry, they're on a hand to mouth existence because of sawing prices. all of them, there's not much left for me. oh my god, i belong, pulls out that my husband works is a public transport driver used to and enough, but now most of his awnings is spent on fuel expenses. public transport drivers are

also demanding that the government finally released the money promised cash assistance of a $150.00 to thousands of drivers across the country. protestors here calling from oregon poor communities and they say they are extremely worried. it all fields, they say like the perfect storm there are growing geopolitical tensions. the president is expected to step down within the next few months. and the crunchy is facing its worse. economic recession and decade still had the sneeze. our. 2 beautiful music in the ruins of law for christian scores, cities, and she is find harmony in their diversity in sport, a bad day for fans versus the bolts in detail. so coming up, ah

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ah, the city of mosul and iraq has been rebuilt since it was destroyed by i so 5 years ago. but a group of young iraqis is hoping the sound of news it will give you life to the city. they formed an orchestra and also have a message for the people of ukraine. a saw of binge bay reports that from mosul. 2 from the ruins of mosul, music at reemerged. these are some of 40 musicians who make up the whatever orchestra in iraq 2nd largest city being banned when most of those occupied by isolate committee survived. the christian curd absent even she

has these young men and women represent the diversity of iraq. it's the 1st time they've come to practice in the destroyed or city. the was the 1st one. there was a blacksmith shop and they lived, withdrew and in the fight against eiffel, but they couldn't talk to them when i see the huge destruction of the city, everything has changed so many collapsed houses. now i see a different image from what i remembered this place as a child coming here gives me energy and grief we hoped to present most of heritage . it's old songs and melodies. i didn't know my mother alone, each perfumed pavilion marleen studying, to become a paramedic. but her passion is music. she fled from a mostly christian area near mosul during the fighting. and now she wants other erotic girls to follow their dreams. the most common muscle thought what harling did that after the defeat of i feel the society is more open. now girls have

a chance to work and to play music. my message to a raga girls is that whatever difficulty you face and even their societies against you, confront them with the think you love doing. ah, none of them is a professional musician. but then just a year, they've held 3 concepts. one of them abroad more than a 1000 people turned up to listen last month on social media, people from mostly sent messages to door, the ukraine, assuring them as they rose from the ashes of eisen ukrainians shouldn't give up hope to be able to hear music amid the ruins of muscles all the de feel strange, but it brings home the resilience of residents who say that despite the destruction and lack of help, they remain committed to bringing the city back to life. this is a sad thought, conductor, an orchestra maestro, he invited just as from all over northern europe, tested their talent,

and then wrote symphonies as someone who was born in new york city. if he has the cultural revival of motion, it has responsibility to come. i cannot describe my feeling when i returned and played in the old city. despite all this, there is a hope of happiness that the city will come back, and my favorite melody was composed while i was the refugee in turkey and i completed it in muscle. and called it ashes now played by the orchestra. much of the old city remains ruined. 5 years after icy was crushed hair. but from the ashes, people here hope of the future in tune the most ins, former glory. some of the java vera most of old city as a foreigner, who is here with all the days sports news for julie, thank you so much. sports highest cord is rejected to request from russia to freeze fif is back on its national football teams. the decision effectively and any hope

russia had and taking part in the world cup, qualifying playoffs later this month. the court of arbitration is still deliberating on the case, but says russia will remain banned. while that process is ongoing. we've been speaking to russian sports journalists, alexi, shasky. he says many people in russia feel that double standards are a play in relation to how the countries football team is being treated. every one is pretty much expecting that costs would be negative in russia. ready appeal to have the national football team participating, or at least trying to fight its way into the world cup and cuts out. on the one hand, we have a dire situation in ukraine. we all obviously have lots of politics involved. we have a barrage of economic sanctions against russia, unprecedented economic war as it's now being described here in this country. on the other hand, we have athletes who you know to, for the most part, never supported what's going on ukraine. most of them even spoke out about the

spoke out against what's going on there now, and yet the collective punishment is being applied just about all athletes. now it's kind of sad to see, especially given the fact that for the 1st time in many, many months, russian national football team started actually playing really decent football. but if you talk to more regular fans, of course the we do see we do believe that there's a case of a double standard applied to, you know, all the sanctions related to russian sports. indeed that have been multiple was to have been bombardments. so you could slide 99, they have been cases of was in iraq and pretty much all over the globe and the countries perpetuating those was, have never been punished on the sports level. obviously, what is going on in ukraine is absolutely terrible, and every single person with a brain in the had he and russell wishes for that and soon and for some kind of peaceful agreement to emerge. but the case of double spans standards when it comes

to sports is quite evident. tattle holdings chelsea had been drawn against around monterey, in the quarter finals and the european champions league. unhealthy still don't know if they'll be allowed to sell tickets for the home. like the tie clubs russian owner has been sanctioned as a consequence that the warring ukraine a here is the draw in fall. manchester city will play athletics, madrid, athletics knocked out man united in the last round. byron munich take on villareal and it's been fico versus liverpool. or we have the chance on saturday to take a massive step towards playing in the champions league for the 1st time since 2017 . but gunners take on aston villa away and if they win though, establish a 4 point christian and 4th place is hop for qualify for europe's elite club competition and macau are tatters. men currently have 2 games in hand. over 5th place men, united, our boss and we're very unhappy with the timing of the villa game side having only just played on wednesday. the thing is to protect the plays and we mention that

many times can we please avoid the wednesday night and saturday morning and travelling and all that things and, and i understand, you know, they have their commitments and tv, and we all understand that is can we try to do it once. ok, the only choice because we still have to put a picture of, of his 1st. what are we going to the for the 3rd time? are we going to be the only ones to do it? for mental one, world champion max for stop in class, clock the fast this time and practice ahead of the season. opening grown pre in bahrain, red bill driver edged out for our is charge. claire with another for our driver. carlo stan 3rd quick as received the driver. louis hamilton end of the day down at night on the time sheets shop and sealed his 1st title as a controversial season finale and our job last year or result that denied hamilton a record 8th title. you can see, you know, friday is pushing hard and they're very close,

but that's very fighting as well. and we have to wait and see live and also engine most tomorrow, from the mall to really see where you are. well, we've had small problems in the past, relatively, compared to this year. we've had much, much smaller problems. we're with face much, much data from this year. and everything we do to try and kind of fix it doesn't really change that. so it appears that it's probably going to be a more long term fix. and rachel blackmore has made history by becoming the 1st female jockey to win the chelton m gold cup writing a play tie the pair beat out last year's winner manella to win the race. why this seem like the irish riders historic run began last year. and blackmore became the 1st female jockey to win both the grand national and the champion

guard. okay, and that is all your sport for now. it's now back to julie in london for a thank you. that's it for me dealing with all the seas. i'll be back in just a sec with much more. ah oh, it's jealousy. she just came with a glamour. it's part of our culture to, to look our very best for a special occasion. and for that people who spend money. everything you see on the cut will they do with is going to be longevity. they don't have to come in and tell things and my, my dear on our do there for did remy this in molina families, the pain is unbearable for their relatives were killed. last week, during

a military operation ordered by the venezuelan government, security forces accused him of being part of a colombian rebel group and said they died in combat. but neighbors and family members insist they were innocent, taken from their homes and executed under pressure venezuela's defense minister by the made by the reno, said the armed forces were obliged to the friends that come through from the regular groups, but added that human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border would be investigated. a sanctuary for journalists. it was a have from the wall. i'm shelter for civilian refugees. were scattered into the garden during cambodia as bloody st. off flooring us to leave and suddenly we were turning the fax on the conveyor rouge had taken anything of value out of the hotel. cambodian, let the know

a new episode of war hotels on al jazeera teaching. it you can watch out to say we're english streaming light on light duty channels. plus thousands of our programs. award winning documentaries and debt news reports. subscribe to you to dot com forward slash al jazeera english ah. a thriving port city, reduced to rubble. after weeks of bombardment, russian troops reached the center of mario, poor. thousands of civilians are still trapped by the fighting. ah, hello there. i'm dealing with all this is jesse are alive from them. also coming up . oh. divided by front lines even in death,

the ukrainian soldiers burried away from their halls with no families to say a final goodbye us.