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seats from $28.00 nato countries demonstrate their ability in a region already adds a would winning documentary from around the world on out jazeera mm mm. russia says that its attacks, ukraine with cruise missiles, from ships in the black sea and caspian sea. ah, hello, i'm adrian again. this is al jazeera, alive from dough. also coming up as fighting reaches the streets of maria polio. crane's leader calls the russian siege. the fort city, a war crime. look, i mean, we do, we do this to a peaceful city. what the occupiers did to it is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. we report from ukraine's
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eastern frontlines, where russian forces have been making steady advances. i'm i said bake and i'm kind of given ukraine. second largest city has been pounded by russian forces for the last 3 weeks. and we visits a refugee camp in somalia, where many displaced by drought and now facing starvation. russia says that it's once again used hypersonic missile was to attack ukraine. the defense ministry said that it hit military facilities. one of the targets was reportedly un alma vehicle repair site. in the town of michigan, russia said that it 5 cruise missiles from the black sea in michel, i have a fuel depot was destroyed by high position missiles fired from the caspian sea and crimea. russia says that it also destroyed a military training center in old roche wet foreign mercenaries. what based are
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dogs? it is one of those nonprofit. the hypersonic dagger missiles destroyed a large fuel depot used by ukraine's armed forces. when near the village of constantinople, kinds of muslin with the main supplies of fuel for ukraine's army vehicles in the south were carried out there. the high precision miss. i live, instruct the training center good for you. green special forces, or foreign mercenaries, were based on officials and maria, paul said that russia has bombed an art school where people were taking shelter. they say the 400 people were hiding in the building. russia has increased its attacks on the port city, which it sees as vital to its to the success of its invasion. ukrainian president for laudermill zalinski says that washing troops are committing war crimes. look, god, me might be open to do this to a peaceful city. what the occupiers did to it is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come in and the more ukrainians tell the world about it. the more support we find, the more russia uses terror against ukraine. the worst,
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the consequences will be. chechen fighters are battling with ukrainian forces in the city of maria paul, the kremlin bank leader of chechnya, announced that his fighters are leading the offensive. thousands of people remain trapped their hiding in bunkers will ukraine and russia have agreed to set up new humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. ukraine's deputy prime minister says that aid will be provided to besieged cities number to her uncle. so long ukraine, we are opening next humanitarian corridors for to day. 7 new roots agreed with russia. corridors will be out of dun yes, creegan, mary, paul, and kiev region. we will also send a to har, keith, and several surrounding towns. people have entire neighborhoods now trying to leave the city with fears of more strikes by the russian army of zeros cartier, lopez, holly on reports a city under siege as russian forces intensify their attacks. what's left of neighbourhood san mateo bull,
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our shattered homes and buildings 0 medicaid for answer across the port city. scattered bodies lay out on the street. scenes of the worst war can do. horrors, now line the streets as people try to flee checkpoints, make sure only civilians leave them. but i love you and i was trying to be, i got out of the city central district with bonds and destruction. we lost her house. so now we're leaving with our children. we're still in shock and fearful russian forces charged into the port city. a place where weeks of shilling had camped about 400000 people hostage, local authority, se moscow's attacks have cut the tricity, supplies, heating, and water. russia denies its targeting civilians. yeah, he freed us from education, but airstrikes have hid civilian infrastructure like the city school. and recently
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a theater where people were taking refuge from bombings amid those ravaged neighborhoods. survivors say life will never be the same. a makeshift kitchen is all that's left of this woman's home and some no longer have the energy or will to leave. she just east jefferson whistle wizard, wiley, the city now after what we've been through, we've had difficult days with bombing hunger and cold weather. as you can see, our neighbourhood is destroyed. mutual on there. as old lives are left behind, some have found shelter and local schools with another humanitarian crisis unfolding. katya lucas of the young al jazeera, lived out to ukraine's capital cave al jazeera him wrong. com is there for us in ron. what's the latest you're hearing from variable?
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well 1st let's deal with the reactions to the ukranian, president's commons colon. what's happening in mary? a paul, a wall crime aah! on social media, a lot of support for what he's saying. a lot of people backing what he's saying is saying that finally he's calling this what it, what it actually is, which is a war crime now. ah, there's a lot of support for what he's saying. but the situation in murray up will ada completely. ah, devastating for those that have been left behind. we're hearing that the russian forces and out pushing further into the city. there's intense fighting around a steel plump is on going right now. my oppose. i actually been attacked by air, land, and sea. many buildings have been destroyed, there were these humanitarian corridors that were trying to get people out. a few people have managed to leave throughout the morning, but it's not just about getting people out. you need to get humanitarian aid into the city as well for the people that are left behind. but with that intense
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fighting that's going on. whether this is a renewed operation i renew, pushed into the city will only find out in the coming hours. and perhaps even into tomorrow, depending on where the russians actually finally wind up. but it looks like, certainly things are moving within that city itself. russia says around that it's attract ukraine with cruise missiles from the caspian and black seas. what did they hit well, what the russians are saying is they hit several military installations. that's what they calling them. they hit a plot that was used to repair armored vehicles when the ukrainians are also saying that they hit a military barracks. we've seen the use of hypersonic missiles before is confirmed the 1st time they were used 24 hours. good actually came from. busy the russians themselves, a russian seemingly about want to take the upper hand when it comes to the
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technology that they have, they want to sit say to the ukrainians. we had these weapons and we are willing to use them, but it's not just hypersonic missiles. they're also using cruise missiles as well being fired from russian territory. some of those cruise missiles are coming from the black sea, some of them coming from crimea, which is a rug which russia annexed in 2014. now we that she seen cruise missiles used in keith as well. one was shut down a few days ago. it actually landed in a residential neighborhood causing huge amount of damage, killing at least one people and injuring for others. those cruise missiles have been a factor with in this or conflict itself, but we're hearing that the different types of weapons are being used. there's a lot of military blogs that a dedicated to finding out what exactly what kind of weapons are using they with one of the 1st to confirm the use of hypersonic dismissals. we're also hearing that there are kamikaze joins that are being used by the russians in khaki in shani of
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now the russians haven't commented on that. but they are now publicly commenting on these hypersonic missiles, which suggests that the russians are now trying to tell her ukrainians. look, we're now willing to use some of our most sophisticated weaponry against you. i'll zoom around con, reporting live that from ukraine's capital keeps many thanks him, run the frontline city of ha, keith has been continuously targeted since the start of the war. there's a desperate search for survivors and the ruins of buildings that i was there. as i said, big is in how cave. well, this is one, the worst hit areas of hurricane. the 2nd largest city in ukraine had a population of 1500000 that's been drastically reduced cost. many people have left now this to the left of me here was a shopping mall. just take a look at that. now. this city has been pounded by the russians with air strikes, shelling and artillery,
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and were standing right now was the center of the city. and you can just see that there's complete and utter destruction, devastation. now there's a feeling that the russians thought that they could take this city without too much resistance, but they were forced out and as a feeling by some head that now the russians are punishing the city have to be careful here because the temperatures are well below 0, the still ice on the floor. this craters along here, these cars here have all been destroyed and damaged a bit further up. or you can see the burn tank cause ah, that were damaged. the shelling and the artillery and even was we've been here. we've heard loud thumps on, not sure if we can hear that. now that's heavy artillery, filing that filing that's going gone all day and all night. and if you look a lot wrong along the horizon, you can see smoke rising from the heavy fighting that's taking place. now the russians impounding the city re heavily for the last 2 weeks. but the ukrainian
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forces are still holding out and hoping that they can keep the russians out. and it's like that across the east of the country where the russians are fighting on multiple fronts. but i just want to take in some more of the devastation, destruction that has taken place here in the center of her keith. you can see cars buried in the rubble when the buildings have collapsed on it. or even the trees here are destroyed and burnt out. it's really something we're in the center of car thief. the 2nd largest city with the ukranian forces are still managing to keep the russians out. children fleeing the war in ukraine or a heightened risk of human trafficking and exploitation. that's the warning from the united nations children's fund. unicef, more than one of the half 1000000 children have fled ukraine since the russian invasion. unicef is urging governments of neighboring countries to strengthen child
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protection. jo, english from unicef, says the children also need help to cope with the trauma of war. i spend the last couple of days in a hospital in here in the phase. and you know, the, the stories of the kids, i've met one young boy, 15 years old. andre, 2 weeks ago he was in a car with his mom and his cousin. when they hit the la mine and he saw his mother passed away before his eyes in planes. and you cannot begin to imagine the pain that children are going through. and as you say, you know, this is not chosen obviously. and this is not something which they're going to be able to deal with by themselves and say they need dedicated can support training psychologists and psycho social workers to provide this cat. you know, because 1.6 plus 1000000 refugees, 3300000 displaced. these are almost 5000000 children force in the home. that's 5000000 children who have had their lives turned upside down. the scalar,
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this is huge, huge amount, 3 done. you know, the infection support corporation solidarity is desperately needed. so come on, i was 0, the leaders of japan of india urge peace, despite the differences of russia's invasion and setting support from the valet. how world renown dances have raised thousands of people in ukraine. ah hello. we start to see more showers pushing their way up towards indo china now, some heavy rain to coming into our parts of thailand, over a 100 millimeters of rain. here in the past 24 hours circuits splash of showers there, across malaysia, and on into indonesia, you see some showers becoming
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a little more widespread there across the philippines. that is the situation for thailand, for southern parts of their cambodia, pushing across into a vietnam. joining up with some very, very wet weather easing up towards me and mars we go on into the next couple of days out is likely to develop into a tropical storm and could well cause a summer flooding. here. then as you move into the early part of next week, certainly want to keep an eye on ly, the shower steering to the far north west of australia. some have you showers to across the far north of the country, up towards the cape york peninsula. going to stay a little unsettled here as we go on through the next day or so dominant around 34 degrees with some showers. notice some shower stayed out towards the southwest, pulling away from perth, moving a little further east, which as we go on through the next couple of days, that'll slide its way across. see another ball pushing towards the southeast of the country where to where the grassy come in to victoria's. we go through tuesday, january wet and wendy for the zealand. ah,
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with jealousy? she just me 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 be, do it here, is going to be longevity. they don't have to come in and tell things and my, my dear on our do there, ah ah, again, this is l 0. let's remind you of the main news this out. russia is increasing its
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attacks on multiple officials. so say the forces of bombed an op school where people were taking shelter. they say that 400 people were hiding in the building, which was destroyed in the attack. in the khaki for rescue workers have been searching for survivors of the ruins of buildings. washing forces of relentlessly target to the city. since the start of the invasion, russia says it's once again used hypersonic missiles to attack ukraine. a spokesman for the ministry of defense says to penetrate targets were hit. cruise missiles also targeted facilities, repairing ukrainian, almond vehicles that were damaged in combat operations. so what exactly is a hypersonic missile of, why would moscow start to use it? now we'll noted russia as kins, all or dagger missiles the several times faster than the speed of sound, which makes them much harder to detect a 1000000000 possible to intercept the missiles, a part of an array of advanced weaponry that russia unveiled in 2018 for brief
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forte is the chief strategy officer of the political consultancy fall rasmussen, global. he explains what's behind russia's recent show of force as he could use, trying to send a message to obviously ukraine people that western ukraine is not a century better. so message to the west that the conversation about providing the ukrainians with system. he's not afraid of that and you have what it takes to pierce through the ukraine. any other offense? it's embarrassing escalation because this is not a conventional type me sign. it's not a cruise me science, so it's not that we see nuclear weapons or it's not strategy just below. so it is an escalation, etc. so, so potentially a sign of desperation, because i think by that he's trying to send a message to the russian people showing that, you know, he's willing to, for all the great technology, russian technology and the problem. but really,
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it's obvious that he's not going to be able to prevail in college corporations by using the size that he probably only has few of there. given how expensive sophisticated russian people are starting to see the impact of the war on their economy of sanctions begin to bias from inflation to supply chain logistics. every corner of the economy will likely be affected on respond. smith reports from moscow . every copay, counts as russians begin to feel the effect of sanctions on their economy. $1.00 bought $75.00 roubles before the war. now it buys a 100. that means high prices for imported goods, such as the fruit and veggies in this market. what guns yet? they is learned, the sweets used to cost $70.00 roubles, and now they cost $100.00 and she can also, we don't leave a luxury lie, but the prices went had notably hotels. and actually the price of sugar went up significantly more than $10.00 doorbells. and i ran out of salt and sugar and i
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couldn't find ample now to day they appeared. no, my pension would be an asi, it is not so little, but i spend almost half of it on medicines. so very little remains of everything is more expensive, sorry, fish used to be a 120 we bills now is 480. last time we bought buckwheat almost 200, very expensive. it's hard for us. we want to eat. russian president vladimir putin has acknowledged that sanctions mean the economy will need what he calls deep structural changes. they won't be easy. he said before the war and ukraine inflation here was already over 9 percent the highest. it's been in 7 years that could now double and interest rates are 20 percent. all of this putting a real squeeze on russian incomes ah, or the russian association of patriotic entrepreneurs. some believe there are opportunities to be hard. as western firms pull out, though, 1st,
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there are practical challenges to work around from virginia. the whole supply chain has been damaged. yet many producers are not sending raw materials of finished products to russia, even if they are, containers aren't leaving because of concerns about sanctions. so a big question for processing industries is, what is their logistic chain? durable dollar exchange rate is also big stress. many russians credit their president with stabilizing the economy after the collapse of the soviet union. it grew, every year vladimir putin was in office until a global financial crisis. a group of international banks now expects economic output to fall by up to a 3rd. this year. bernard smith, al jazeera moscow, japan's prime minister for me. okay. she there has been holding talks with india's prime minister, not and remedy the meeting happened under the shadow of ukraine war, but the 2 countries voiced different reactions to russia's invasion officers. elizabeth brought him reports now from new delhi for me. okay. she that arrived in
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new delhi for his 1st visit to india as japanese prime minister. he hal talks with many inter morty, the leaders finalized agreement on cyber security and sustainable development for japan, announcing $42000000000.00 worth of investments in india. and while they spoke of their shared democratic values, only the japanese lead and mentioned the russian invasion of ukraine, g congregated. the russian invasion of ukraine is a grave incident shaking the very essence of the international order. we must respond in a farm and resolute mano icon read such thoughts again to prime minister modica so that prime minister modi focused instead on the asia pacific, alluding to india and japan's shared concerns about china's growing influence in the region. india has abstained from voting on resolutions condemning russia at the united nations moscow as india's largest armed supplier and increasingly oil. and
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he has all imports from russia so far this month, a full times the amount compared to march last year. and the media over pushing the biggest oil company here has finalized a deal to buy $3000000.00 barrels of oil from russia at a discounted rate. as the u. s. and other countries imposed sanctions on moscow. russia has been offering oil and other commodities to india and other impulses at low prices. the u. s. said india would not be violating us sanctions by purchasing russian or, and bought added that such a move would put india on what it called the wrong side of history. what we would projector convey to any leader around the world is that the world, the rest of the world is watching, where you're going to stand as it relates to this conflict. i whether it's support for russia in any form i as they are illegally invading ukraine, looking at the top political analysts say japan is less likely to be critical of india sounds in state coffee, it's about what, what,
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how to most. i think china does what india ariella sort of indiana. she actually stands. why in the as well. i think at the end of debate boils down to natural interest. i think these companies do understand job. i'm most importantly for not by you maybe left the left the other companies, but definitely, i think tokyo is in full appreciation all for invest life. in this particular case, you son, unlike statements from the u. s. and u. k. focusing on india stand on russia. the japanese prime minister said the 2 countries will keep trying to end the war and keep providing support to ukraine and its neighboring countries. elizabeth per autumn al jazeera new delhi in albany or somalia is suffering its worst drought in 40 years. more than half a 1000000 people have left their homes to seek food and water because their livestock had died and they're unable to grow crops. i'll just here is no can web has been to meet some who the right that account for this place. people in mogadishu? yeah, we're kia hussein. amen says when she planted her last handful of seeds on
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a farm. rain never came. with no food left. she started to make her way here. somali as capital mogadishu with her 4 children, their journey began on the back of a truck. then things got worse. not that the truck driver said, this is my last stop. you can continue on your own to mortgage issue. we sat down under a tree, my 2 babies were in bad condition because of hunger and thirst. then all of the sudden i found they had white eyes. they had died. there was a lady living there who helped me to bury them by the roadside raquira and her 2 surviving children are among a rapidly growing number of people who are now staying in camps like this on the outskirts of the city. most of the people here walked for more than a week to get here, the caird, whatever they could, top orleans and sheets, that's what they've made, that shelters out of the more than a 1000 people living in this settlement. and all of these shelters have sprung up
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within the last 4 weeks, where they've come from the situations been deteriorating in the humanitarian agency. say it's about to get much. most of them have come from the southern part of somalia, where they depended on farming and hurting livestock. until the last 3 rainy seasons failed. crops, withered and animals died. here they surviving on one meal a day. how are mohammed osmond with one of the 1st to arrive? she's a community leader. she's been trying to find help with little success. holla, have a townhouse that was gonna see him. the situation around here is extremely difficult . people are hungry and in poor house. people don't even have shelter every time a car passes here, people think that somebody is coming to give them food. it's a similar story. all around the outskirts of mogadishu. the u. n says more than
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60000 people have arrived here in the last 4 months. and across the country, more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced by the drought. humanitarian organizations say they only have 3 percent of the funds needed to help them. the solution is for everyone to act fast. we need more fun. we need more attention to the drought. we need support from donna agencies, from donor countries, at to the so many people, that's what we need now. meanwhile, somali as government is entangled in an ongoing and for the electoral process, much of the world's attention is focused on the war in ukraine. people here have been left destitute there, waiting and wondering if anyone will come to help. malcolm web al jazeera, mogadishu, somalia, hundreds of people emperor, have protested against the court's decision to release a former president from prison. i'll bet for maurice is serving
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a 25 year sentence for murder and corruption. his supporters say he's too sick to stay in jail. i'm a sanchez reports from lima. oh, angry scenes in business capital. protestors say the judge's decision to pardon form a precedent that we are to for he mores an insult to those she echo y. yes. as she will never forgive or forget men again. but that one minute he has to pay his fool $25.00. your sentence. he has killed many innocent people for tomorrow is a murder. he morte who governed between 19 navient 2000 remains a polarizing figure in the country. some peruvians lot him for defeating the shining path rebel movement. others want him held to account for human rights violations carried out under his leadership. diesel out he says, brother is one of the students killed in a massacre. oh, form of i mean, yeah, we are outraged the constitutional court. now, fries fuji mori,
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a right that does not correspond to him and tremples on the right to justice, that we have as family members. the court's decision on thursday restored a humanitarian pardon granted. in 2017 by then precedent, build up our local teen sky. the following year, the country's supreme court overturned that decision and sent the former strong men back to jail, to serve the remainder of his sentence. some expert say this lay disposition to pardon for he marty contravenes international human rights treaties, his family and so puerto say that for commodities health has deteriorated during his incarceration and believe he shouldn't have to die behind bars when he money hasn't complied with part of his sentence, he hasn't as crimes, he hasn't paid reparations, or as the victims for forgiveness or contributed to solve some of the crimes where people remain disappeared from you. some critics,
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a they wouldn't oppose for him on his release if he admitted to his crimes. he has oh no, but i found it but it oh really? oh, if there was a public expression of forgiveness dms that would change the situation. the last we've been waiting for for many years, but it's not going to happen because he and his defense continue to say that pretty morry is innocent. defense lawyers have asked the inter american court for human rights to review the decision for now for key marty awaits his release. with support you're celebrating the man. they consider a savior during reduced civil war and others who expect the international court to say the decision. they produce court is no. medina, francis and jesse that lee met bader in pakistan, a launch explosion has been heard in the city of sal caught fire broke out of the military. ammunition depot early on sunday. it's not clear
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yet what caused the last. it's not though, believe to be an attack well renowned ballet stars have raised at least $180000.00 for ukrainians during a gala performance in london. ah, leading ballerina is from russia and ukraine has won us from asia. the americas participated in the show at the london coliseum was organized by former british royal ballet stars, including ukrainian, yvonne petrov ah, it is good to be with us. hello, adrian finnegan, here in doha, the headlines on al jazeera, russia says that it's once again used hypersonic missiles to attack ukraine. a spokesman of the ministry of defense as the military targets were hit. cruise missiles also targeted facilities, repairing ukrainian, ahmed vehicles that were damaged in combat operations.
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