in remote areas, when i, when these briefs, the bright medics and pilots saving the lives of mothers and then you get on out of here. ah, this is al jazeera. ah hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news, our live from london. thank you for joining us. coming up in the next 60 minutes. 8 people are killed in a russian rocket strike on a shopping center in ukraine's capital. moscow claims the building was a military target. ukrainian forces refused to give in to russian demands to lay down arms in the besieged that city of variable the search for survivors. after

a china eastern airlines plane crashes in remote mountains with a 132 people on board. and the unprecedented temperatures are recorded as heat waves hit both the north and south poles and i have, he is 17 dough with all your sports, 8 months off from the world cup and covered the pushes underway to find 20000 volunteers for the tour. ah, it's been $26.00 days since russia invaded ukraine in the country is devastated, but remains defiant. president vladimir zalinski says ukraine will never surrender the cities of keep her keith and marry you paul. that's the port city which has seen some of the worst horrors of the war. will you,

in official say that at least 2300 people have died and whether you pull some of them buried and mass graves? russian forces are trying to bomb the city into submission, cutting off food, electricity, and water. meanwhile, in the capital key, at least 8 people have died after a shopping center was flattened in a missile strike. the british defense ministry says seizing the capital is russia's main military objective. will nearly a quarter of ukraine's entire population has been displaced. the un says 10000000 people have been forced from their homes, a 3rd of whom have fled the country altogether. broke mcbride begins our coverage from live eve in western ukraine. this was the moment the war came to a shopping center in a cave suburb and turned it into a smouldering ruin. instantly, with a multiplex theater, fitness club stores and fast food restaurants. it was

a big drawer for surrounding apartment blocks, also damaged by the late night missiles strike early people in those blocks, left traumatized and wondering how their local mouth could in any way be a military target. for for some help result, i saw huge blast and lit up my room. i live just here in front of it. the blast threw me off to bed. some were too close to the blast. an explosion which sent debris raining down for several 100 meters all around. for many, there's disbelief at how a neighbor with such close, cultural and religious links could act like this limit, legible, one of it, the russians have exhausted my limits for love. we call as king david did with me for righteous punishment from ukraine's president another appeal for the world to come to his country's aid with economic retaliation against russia. laska vehicle

will not sin. please don't sponsor weapons of war for the country of russia. no euros for the occupies close all your ports to them. don't send them your goods empty, with much of russia's invading army being held on different fronts after a parent's setbacks, it seems to be relying more on rocket and missile attacks. able to reach all parts of ukraine. are you available to the unit? i? hyper sonic missiles are super precise, very precise, and we destroyed underground ammunition. saxophonist. hypersonic missiles were fired from 1000 kilometers and only talk 10 minutes. a russian dead line for ukrainian forces in the besieged ruins of mary you. paul, to surrender was ignored. there have been continued problems for some of the thousands of people still inside the city to get out. but humanitarian corridors agreed between the 2 sides have been operating elsewhere in ukraine. still in the

south, nikolai of remains a hotly contested front line and the link to the far more strategically important city of a desert, for house there destroyed by shell fire. with more shells falling in the seas office, sure line that could become the next battle ground. in this seemingly relentless conflict, rob mcbride, al jazeera live eve. well, the only ukrainian city the russian forces have managed to seize completely as have sun on the south. people there have been protesting every day against the occupation. it's currently impossible to enter the city to report on the situation . but al jazeera has commission footage from harrison, stephanie decker reports now from western ukraine. oh, her son is ukraine. they chanted the russian soldiers, the southern city is the only one. russia has managed to fully occupy 4 weeks into this war. we came here to demonstrate the curse on his ukraine.

we will never give a line to some occupiers. now, a problem is the russians. we will be here regardless of the weather, rain, or snow. we will stay here to demonstrate the way here we are fighting. we will never give them orlando protest against the russian presence here are taking place on a daily basis. on monday, for the 1st time, russian soldiers use tear gas and fired into the air. we spoke to one activist who is closely monitoring the situation in her son for much, for the just to know a little dinner isn't. there is no information there were shooting at people, but there was shooting in the air. one of the stung grenades exploded next to one person. i'm not in that person lost a lot of blood problem. there is information that some of the protesters with attain and taken away in the madonna o ha, russia took the city earlier this month. it has been spare destruction and there is no fighting here. but the people refused to accept this new reality. footage no one

li, the soldier tried to show outwardly that they accomplished for their nervous and they're trying to find some support young's. but no one has welcomed them, only no one is collaborating with them. the population is treating them as if the island wanting. ah, her son is, are the major strategic importance to russia, controls the water supply to crimea, and also crucial for crossing one of the main rivers, giving potential access to the south western and northern france. it may be russia's 1st ukrainian city to occupy, but finding support among the population is proving a difficult task. i came here to freedom square to express my concern because the occupiers are shelling our cities, killing our people. this is the 21st century. we are coming together to defend our city. good heroes do not die. this man, yells, enemies die. the truth is with us. the people are with us. they chant oh and an

amplified message. her son is ukraine. oh, the national anthem is sung again and again. the message to the russian soldiers that they are an occupying force and even if they do manage to take control and hold more land, it looks like it will be nearly impossible to control the people. stephanie decker, al jazeera in western ukraine. alex tito is a lecturer in modern european history a queen's university belfast with a focus on russian foreign policy and russian history and politics. he joins us live now by skype. sir. thank you so much for joining us here and al jazeera, we were just seeing at there in the city of have saw on the resistance bed. the locals still have towards a, a russian occupation in other places like homer you, paul, devastated by russian attacks. but perhaps hasn't fallen as quickly as the russians

at we're hoping. do you think that any of that will have any impact on russian decision making on the war going forward? well, i'm afraid they have dug in them so so deeply into this universe, your whole new grain. that's a silly hard for them to retreat. now that the, the sanks has been paused their lives being lost. the invasion happens. i think that we'll have to kind of persevere with where they try to janet's will or will stick to, particularly in the mo, eastern don't boss in east ukraine round. don't boss, i think thus they, prior to now by, by the look. so it, so i don't think there will be any letting up or fighting until they have actually full control of those original territories which were disputed in 6014. and obviously in that part of the country,

the eastern and south is seen that the worst attacks and ann maria pull of course, is there as well. but we have also seen attacks in other parts of the country. do you think that now perhaps the russians will prioritize the east? you think that that perhaps they will then that may be the full invasion of ukraine is no longer on the cards or do you think that's just impossible to tell right now? well, it's difficult to tell, i think the original plan was to have a lightning strike against key city's key. if harker a solomon, but also a desa was him and phoebus lending that which was cancelled. but you know, key will always been a bomb on don't boss because that's where the original fighting started to. busy 1014 and never really were completely extinguished. so and vast, sensible reason to go into ukraine is to protect those east them areas in don boss . so i think the, the will never stop until the have at least these ostensible reason. but i think the why the longer it goes on the hub, the course for rush, i think there will won't be much more than just dosier can territory. i'm afraid so,

so, so the calculus is changing all the time. and there has, of course, i been overwhelming condemnation of, of russian president to, to new with that president biden, calling him a war criminal. do you think that plays into the thinking at all of the kremlin? and as far as you know, how is that reverberating in russia itself? those comments? well, i think so for kremlin is, i think, the sum of the american ambassador to protest against those remarks. ah, they even threatened that this was they relationship with a united states on the brink. i guess they talking about breaking off all the diplomatic relationships of old american said that they want to keep the diplomatic channel open. i so far as raj is concerned, more generally. i think they it kind of fits into a broader perspective. it's is not just about ukraine, it's really a stand off with the west that it's a stand off with mater, which was one of the again, another big reason given by our president,

which and why he wanted to invite you great in the 1st place to stop it from a integration with nato, so in that sense, those tomorrow kind of play into this larger narrative, full throttle, stand off with the west and the western sanctions being essentially economic warfare against russia to i. of course, you mentioned that this is a stand a for the west, but it obviously is about to ukraine. and if have son is anything to go by that the one pound that the russians have occupied the ukrainian resistance, assuming that there's going to be a rush, an invasion and occupation does look like it's going to be huge, especially as we continue seeing these attacks that amount to war crimes in the eyes of men. yeah. how do you envision as to the future where russia does occupy certain parts of ukraine? well, that's a very good question i. it's difficult to read now whether they have any long term plans for holding those last or they, they just holding them as a bargaining chip. this literally done haven't been very quick in terms of studying

the local administration to have them been providing much support in terms of financial distribution of vengeance and so forth. ah, but i guess i'm as long as there is no arm resistance. i think my detective so far been going up against the activity of the people more. i'm kind of leader leaders of this. this brought us rather than the protest themselves. i don't know how it will work, and i think as long as there is actual fighting going on, this will be a secondary concern for them. if they're wanting stops and they still have to hold this there's, there's be a huge, you know, primary concern for them. how to control those territories from our think it's not as, as, as pretty much as actual fighting in the place like maria, borne in these don't boss where you have, you know, active armed resistance rather than just peaceful protests alex tito lecture in modern european history at queens university and belfast ester, thank you for sharing of use and expertise with us. while former ukrainian

president had to push ankle has been working with the armed forces to defend his country against russia, he told al jazeera ukrainians desperately need more help from international allies . throughout the country, ukrainian demonstrate a medical stopping the big russian army and them surprise the world. we here to fight for their whole europe to fight for the whole world. and we stop here. they put, you know, we definitely demonstrate the unique unity of the ukrainians. and we were definitely count of the unit of the whole world on the 24th. oh, for march there. pres them by don't, will have a g 7 meeting will participate in the european union council meeting and will participate on their mate assignment. and with this situation,

all 3 world institutions would make a decision about ukraine, how to stop him. and if we do not increase the pressure on poor jim to bring a piece at the board will never end it. well, the use fine policy chief justice to bore l says the block is ready to take more restrictive measures against russia. he also says the indiscriminate bombing in maria paul is a war crime. speaking after a meeting with the fence ministers for l again called for a cease fire. a want to insist on the absolute need over stop these walk. all the war reaches an end and they reach an, an through an agreement. and the 1st step for an agreement is a ceasefire. keep in mind, the sovereign service of the people in mario bull. keep in mind the people who have been bomb killed people who are study starving,

escaping the houses of the 2 piano full of images on the t. v. screens of what's happening in ukraine. this has to stop. russia has told us envoy to moscow that ties between the 2 countries are on the verge of being severed. it follows present enjo biden's comments last week where he called russia's president vladimir putin, a war criminal as we've been hearing our white house corresponding kimberly how it says the strain in relations could put other us objectives at risk is certainly strong rhetoric on the part of the united states, what russia alleges that there has been kind of a tit for tat in that rhetoric. and also saying that on the part of the united states, when joe biden called vladimir putin a war criminal, the initial reaction was that if this was unacceptable unforgivable rhetoric on the part of a head of a state whose bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world, so their argument is,

is that the united states really is in no position has no moral high ground. the united states, on the other hand, is accusing war crimes, given the fact that it alleges that it is civilians that are being targeted. so of course, this has legal implications and the u. s. is doubled down on this, this u. s. secretary of state entity blinking, also citing examples of why they believe russia submitting your crimes naming vladimir putin specifically. and the reason this could complicate matters is not only the negotiations that are ongoing with respect to this conflict between russia and ukraine. but also the united states has been working with russia in order to try and revive that 2015 agreement to limit ron's nuclear program. also known as the j c p, away. and so this is another reason why this has great concern. the fact that the u . s. ambassador has been summoned in russia and the fact that ties are not only strained but have, as the potential to be severed, completely could put a number of us policy objectives at risk. coming up on al jazeera this hour,

the u. s. declares that me and mars military crackdown on ringer muslims announced to a genocide. judge kit tangy. brown. jackson takes the stand facing republican senators at hearings that could make her. the 1st black woman on the u. s. supreme court. ah. up to 6000000 children trapped inside ukraine are in imminent danger as hospitals and schools come under attack. that warning comes from save the children, the charities, country director in ukraine. pete walsh joins us live now by skype from levine there in western ukraine. sir, thank you so much for joining us here in al jazeera. i mean, we can obviously guess and we have seen how awful the situation is, but please tell us in your own words, what you are seeing and hearing of the situation faced by millions of children in

ukraine shore and, and thank you very much for the invitation. and firstly, i think we need to be very open that this conflict actually started in 2014. so the situation we're seeing now since the 24th of march of february, exasperating the previous or the longer term protracted crisis in the east of ukraine. but what we really seen on the ground right now with these significant or explosions and missile attacks in cities such as in give, in the center, mario pole in the south east. and kids in the north east is that families and children having to go to ground, they're having to find underground car parks that i'm to make shift bankers if they are lucky enough in order to hide and, and protect themselves from these constant bombardments and again, to ask

a question that unfortunately has an obvious answer, but what kind of impact is this having on children? the fact that really mean you mentioned that they try to hide. but as we've seen in the case of the theater in mario paul, where there was a big sign outside saying children, you know, trying to high doesn't necessarily get you out of danger. exactly. and that, that report on wednesday, i'm, the local authorities reported about 400 people were sheltering in the ledger center and swimming pool. a merrier poll is just one of many reports that we've had, you know, we've heard from the ministry of education. that's over 440 schools have been attacked in indeed at least 70 had been completely destroyed. you know, a school should not be a place of fear of injury and death should be a haven for children where they can learn. we've also heard very recently from w a jo, are that at least or at least 50 to attacks of occurred against hospitals

and health facilities, which right now are absolutely needed to provide life saving care for children of the families. we know that men of a fighting age aren't allowed to leave the ukraine, but women and children are and mothers and children are so these millions of children that are still in ukraine is it that they can't find safe passage out, isn't that their parents don't want to leave it, do you know, i mean, why do we, why are we seeing so many children are still there? i mean, 1st name it's been reported by the united nations that are approximately 3000000 ah ukrainians. people have evacuated into neighboring countries and 90 percent of women and children, and actually 50 percent of them. so 1500000 are all our children, which remains within the country of ukraine, which means what remains and in,

in ukraine is 6000000 children who are trapped right now. many them cut off by the conflicts. now the humanitarian community has been trying significantly hot. that's united nations national partners and international partners to gain access these areas of great neat harm. but we've been hindered. ah, by the ongoing fightin. although i must say last week that was one of the 1st most successful convoys which reached that reached a place place in the north east of the country could semi which provided over a 100 tons of foods and many, many items of life saving nature. and unfortunately, there's always someone who will turn a tragedy into an opportunity, and human traffickers are among those people. we are hearing reports, of course, it all the chaos we've heard of children trying to make their own way to the border . but the worry about that element that a lot of children will just effectively go missing and end up in the hands of human traffickers. absolutely say the children is committed and we are really concerned

about a potential of human trafficking and child trafficking. one of our main focuses both in ukraine and in neighboring countries, is to identify unaccompanied and separated children. ah, and, and the premise being that we must have a, some international agreements between the neighboring countries and ukraine to ensure safe guardian measures are put in place to protect children and prevent them from being traffic's pete washer from saved the children country director in the ukraine speaking to us from the viv as sir, thank you so much for speaking to us as always. it's the weakest in any society that suffer the most from these tragedies. thank you. thank you very much indeed. ok, let's take a look now at some of the days other news and it's china's worse the air disaster in nearly a decade, a passenger plane with a 132 people on board,

has crashed in the mountains of a southern province. and there are no signs of survivors. the china eastern airlines flight was headed from could mean to one joe when it came down near the city of wood. joe, the boeing $737800.00 crashed at a rate of 31000 feet a minute, sparking a fire that was so huge. it could be spotted in nasa satellite images between are you reports now from aging? la la la la, new jersey heretic footage, verified by chinese state media, shows the aircraft, nose diving to the ground in the remote southern province of gong. she's the passenger plane operated by china. eastern airlines departed from the city of coney just after 1 pm local time. it was headed to the city of gwan, joe, a route which should have taken less than 2 hours when it suddenly lost altitude dropping more than 6000 meters in just 2 minutes. videos circulating on social

media show a wildfire reportedly sparked by the crash, the 132 people on board, including 123 passengers. and 9 crew members are feared dead. hundreds of emergency workers have been dispatched to the site. president sheet in ping has called for an immediate investigation. analysts say the boeing model, 737800 aircraft, has a good safety record. the 737800 has been work course. and i believe that to china eastern have over $600.00 jet aircraft, and i think they've got turn somewhere along the lines of the a $13737.00. so it's a very reliable aircraft and it, so it's quite a amazing story that of an aircraft and crash on it. well, for the boeing 737800 is a predecessor of the 737, max. a model that has been banned from commercial use in china after 2 crashes

within months that killed 346 people in indonesia and ethiopia. the crash is china's worst aviation disaster in years. it safety record has been among the best in the world for a decade. though experts have questioned the reporting of safety lapses. china, eastern airlines says it's mourning the loss of doors on board and has grounded all of its boeing 737800 aircraft until further notice. katrina, you are the 0 dating the u. s. as declared that violence committed against me in missouri. hingham muslims, amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity. more than 730000 ringa fled the western kinds state in 2017. when the military staged the brutal crackdown rights groups have documented the burning of villages and killings of civilians. political hate reports. the images were heartbreaking. 5 years ago, thousands killed,

hundreds of thousands, forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh, the stories they told of indiscriminate killing rape and arson. now the united states has given a name to what the world witnessed, genocide and crimes against humanity, promising a $1000000.00 to help investigators gather the evidence efforts moving forward not only of the international court of justice, but also through the international criminal court. and through the domestic ports of argentina and case brought under universal jurisdiction the day will come when those responsible for these appalling acts will have to answer for them. and the u . s. secretary states seem to link the attack against their hinges to the coo and the violence. the military continues to inflict on its citizens, which expert say, could have an impact. that means that there's going to be accountability for what they're doing now. now this may matter to some of the generals that may not matter

in a line because i think his days are numbered, but i, it may matter to plenty of the others and it may encourage more distractions at the united nations monday mornings. that it is getting worse. i regret to inform you that since my last report to this coach, human rights situation and me and more has not only failed to improve, it has deteriorated significant. in fact, the me a more what is war against the people with me and more has intensified more than 1600 civilians have now been killed by the hunter, nearly 10 south arbitrarily detain more than half a mule have been displaced. the u. s. designation is likely a signal that they will look to place more sanctions on the leaders of me and mar in the coming months. it also sends the message to western companies that they should rethink doing business in myanmar. just one step and what will likely be a long and uncertain path to justice petty calling al jazeera washington,

still ahead in the news hour. what happened now should have happened 6 years ago. freed from j a left to more than 6 years. neza means that gary ratcliffe appeals for all those still stuck in iranian prisons to be released. and this one ref i led out drops is 1st match of the year losing the final at indian wells. ah. the very real risk of seen flooding for eastern portions of spain. hello everyone. all has to do with this moisture ringing out over the valencia areas. over the next 48 hours, we could see more than a $150.00 millimeters of brain. you know, northern parts of spain had been parched, but it's looking like very little relief with this disturbance. other side of the mediterranean right now. first there was snow and is stumble now. we've got low

temperatures and when to boot, look for those gusts of about 45 kilometers per hour. here's where it starts to good, good central parts of europe. plenty of sun, high temperature is above average here. and same goes toward the northwest as well . you know, london, paris, i think it may hit 20 degrees this week. let me show you the 3 dave forecast for paris, i think probably by thursday we'll get up to 20 degrees. now. northern parts of africa, really that top end of africa, we've got unsettled conditions. what, whether breezy conditions and seeing that sand and dust kicked up in some spots as well. southern africa. here's your forecast for tuesday. plenty of rain for the western side of madagascar, and also rain starting to fill in across areas of south africa. cape town, looking good though with a high of 30 degrees and sons out in bill a whale. your high 25 on tuesday. that's it. say soon ah,

the latest news as it breaks. this is one of a growing number of checkpoints around the city suffer risha. most of the men that you see here are members of the civil defense schools. if they all volunteers with detailed coverage aid workers are focusing on the more vulnerable but many more need help from around the world. because an area that generally fees abundant rainfall, but strong winds, lack of humanity are making it easy for fire like this one to spread all across water scarcity has become a major global issue. the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down. turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit, just because it's life doesn't mean it cannot be priced. what about the guy that can't afford it? that guy still needs water. al jazeera examines the social, financial and environmental impact of the war to privatization notes. if water on

al jazeera lou ah, i remind her now of the top stories on al jazeera, at least they people have been killed in a rush on strike on a shopping mall in the ukrainian capital. keith, excuse me. russia says it was being used, the store and launch rockets. ukrainian forces have refused to lay down their arms. the letter you pulled. the port said he has been under almost constant bombardment with no food medicine, power or water. and the passenger playing, carrying a 132 people has crashed in southern china. the china eastern, boeing jet,

was on its way from human meaning to one show. the coldest places on earth have been hit by extreme heat. both of the planets polls are reporting freakishly high temperatures. with scientists cooling at historic and unprecedented temperatures. in antarctica, we're 40, that's 40 degrees higher than normal in some places over the weekend. at a time when the continent is usually meant to be cooling on the other end of the earth, temperature is at the arctic. we're 30 again, 30 degrees above normal. the region is only meant to be slowly emerging from it's winter now. well, joining me now is dr. jonathan williams, post doctoral researcher at the university where noble alps in france, studying polar meteorology. sir, thank you so much for joining us here and i'll 0. i'll be honest. i'm not an expert on this, but it just sounds absolutely horrifying. tell us what is behind these extreme

rises in temperature. yes, thank you for having me on tonight. so the extreme temperature bears and the arctic and the ants arctic. they both can be sort of attributed to what we call a. i'm a strict river. that is a cord or an air is very warm and moist. does transported from the lower latitudes for we live to the am harlow. it's in the case of the antarctic events, was much more intense than what was observed in the arctic. the events occurred on the march 15th when the i'm a scrubber late may landfill in east antartica from there, the moisture was transported on further into the continent. that's when we start observing that freakishly larger, 40 degree temperature anomaly you just described. but so is it something that is a freak occurrence, but probably a one off, or is this linked to climate change?

and it's something that we might see more often with all the implications that that would have. so these events do fit into a broader power and i've seen extreme events that we didn't think were possible until they well just happens, especially in the case of the antarctic. this is something that kind of changes the way we think of the sort of climate. now, our human history of observing the whether an arctic is limited. so it's difficult to say whether this is a sign of things to come, or just a rather freakish events that just will be very interesting for us. science is to study going into the future. of course, one of the worries about the 2 polls is the melting of the ice. so do we have any idea how much melted, or if you know the sort of a sizable amount during the times of the, of these a temperature peaks. so the 2 poles are currently experiencing very different

processes as a result of these that mr. rivers and the arctic is quite worrisome. they do cause a lot of intense melting on the green, and she does contribute to arise and sea levels. but in the case of the antarctic, this current event, while it did cause them limited melting on the coastal regions, it actually cause far more snowfall further in the continent. and so for now is events do actually create the florida fuel is a little bit just mitigate and still rise or putting more snow on the continent. but if the temperature is due rise as expected over ins, article, these events might go from more of a increasing the, the snowfall in the, in the ice in the article, you more possibly decreasing it. ok, i mean, you know, usually when we talk about temperature rises, we're talking about a few degrees or, you know, 34 macs here. of course we're talking about, well, 40 degrees and in some case then the headlines look terrific. how worried are experts on just about climate change in general,

which i know experts are worried about, but this particular event i definitely the for the greed temperature anomaly is quite i touching, i won't say the rent has the us antarctic researchers quite worried per say. i mean, there is concern that, well, this event happens in a relatively cold part of ants. are to go watch a very cool part events or at a time of the year when it should be cooling down. we do worry though, what happened if just to say happens at the peak of the antarctic summer. and the region such as western arctica, where there are a glaciers of the more sensitive the melting that are currently experiencing increases in velocity as they flow into the ocean. dr. jamison will a post doctoral research or university get noble alps in france. sir, thank you so much for explaining to us and i guess reassuring us a little bit in so far as possible, considering the subject. thank you. thank you. now in it's

233 year history, a black woman is never settled the u. s. supreme court, but now it looks like that's about to change senator as have begun confirmation hearings from judge catan g brown, jackson, who was nominated by president joe biden. last month, she has 2 degrees from harvard university and once served as editor of the harvard law review. jackson worked as a law clerk for justice, steven brier, the man that she has meant to replace the 51 year old as being a federal judge for the last 9 years and has been serving on the influential u. s. court of appeals in washington, d. c. since june, if confirmed, she would also only be the 6 that a woman to ever serve on the supreme bench. shebra can see has been following the 1st day of proceedings. when joe biden 1st nominated john jackson, there was a suggestion from some republicans that they would go off to the nomination

precisely because it was so historic suggesting that she was a beneficiary of affirmative action. but that line of attack was not on display during the opening statements at the senate district committee. on monday instead, we saw 2 lines of attack, one that she was soft on crime because she was once a public defender and once advocated for lower sentences. for drug offenses, for example, and to she was part of a general progressive left attack on lauren's order itself. a theme that we're expecting to see much more of as we get into the mid term elections later this year . for hope. john jackson kept writing statements very general ahead of what's expected to be 2 days of intense questioning. if i am confirmed, i commit to you that i will work productively to support and defend the constitution. the democrats don't need any republican votes to see john jackson confirmed, nor will she alter the ideological balance of the supreme court. in fact,

such as her expertise, she may well even get a couple, maybe even 3 republican votes. one vote is expected to be held in early april, nazarenes, the gary ratcliffe says it should not have taken the u. k. government 6 years to bring her home. the british iranian national was speaking for the 1st time since her release from jail in iran. she was detained on security charges along with a new, she assured, and is now appealed for all around the hostages to be reunited with their families . charlie angela reports ah, during her 6 years in prison or under house arrest, many inside and outside parliament, voice their anger and concern over nazarenes agari ratcliffe's case. finally, her own voice could be heard. giving her 1st news conference, she began by thanking her husband, daughter lawyer and medics, and described her return. the coming back was also very tough. oh,

so you either realize that, you know, coming back to a daughter who is near the 8th, i left her and she was not even too. there was a whole lot to catch up. the gory radcliff landed on british soil last thursday, along with fellow jewel nashville. and knew, she assured, i'll both governments deny it. a $530000000.00 debt owed by britain to iran, that was finally paid, is understood to be the reason behind her release. her in her list of thank yous, there was none for the government. in fact, palpable anger the handling of my case. i was told many, many times that oh, we're going to get you home. that never happened. so there was a time that i felt like, you know what i'm right now. i'm not gonna trust you because i've been told many, many times and i'm gonna be taken home. but that never happened. i mean, how many, far as i could there is a take for someone to go buy. it should have been one of them eventually. so now here we are. what happened now should have happened 6 years ago. now,

keenan for privacy and time to get to know her family again. she wants the spotlight to turn to those still being held, namely conservationist moorehead to buzz who was briefly released to house arrest. but is now back in eben prison. his daughter roxanne says they feel betrayed by the u. k. government. from the outset, we were always assured by the seedier that my father would be included in any deal that was made to release all of the hostages. so were truly devastated. knowing now that this was not the case. further to our dismay, we lacked that he'd been left behind through the media last week to prime minister johnson and foreign secretary trust, we beg you to peace done by your word. nothing's the guy right click. describe herself is being a poor and in the hands of 2 governments for the last 6 years. she said she now wants to return to normal life as possible. but she also urged people not to forget the jewel national, still held in prison in iran and edge the government. not to link the fates any

political or global agreements. charlie angela out there still to come on al jazeera ah, celebrating the rebirth of nature. we joined the iraqi kurds commemorating the holiday of no rooms and in sport penis action from indian wells, including the polish play on a hot streak and a new world. number 2, ah, with

a whole lou. ah, more than a 1000 delegates are meeting in the senegalese capital dark out for the world water

forum they were discussing how to ensure universal access to water sanitation and the challenges of climate change or the world health organization says that at least $2000000000.00 people worldwide do not have safe drinking water and then estimated $4000000000.00 people live in areas that suffer from severe physical waters scarcity for at least one month every year. and the world is getting thirst, fear water use is predicted to grow by roughly one percent per year over the next 30 years. will nicholas hark has more now from deca. it's an a basketball stadium on the outskirts of the capital of the car that people are gathering not to watch a game, but to discuss water in a country where it hasn't rained for months in a neighborhood where there is plenty of new construction. but little infrastructure for people to have access to water. and that's going to be the main topic of

discussion here. how this precious resource is being used. come with me here on the very solemn affair on stage. he was the president of it to you. yeah. the issue that is being discussed here, water as a human, right, this is all been challenged to say, oh, this century, billions of people do not have access to clean water. people in the more advanced economically countries or so on, the ones that may be waste. so they have the water, but they use much more than they need and the waste that put the rest of humanity that if it were distributed in a more equitable bond. so who's to blame for this crisis in water? well, will leaders in this forum sake, climate change holds responsibility for the grocery store city of this resource. but environmentalists say we collectively have

a responsibility because we consume too much water. for example, this cup of coffee took a 130 leaders of water to make it or their shirt that i'm wearing 2500 liters of water. this form at heart raises the issue of how we consume water and how this has to change. in order to preserve this very precious resource, ok, it's time to get all the sports news. here's peter father, thank you. there are exactly 8 months to go until the fif world cup kicks off in cutter. and it's getting to crunch time and qualifying with 14 teams able to book they spots at the finals in the next week and a half. meanwhile, counselor has started the search for 20000 volunteers to help organize the tournament. and joanna, because of school reports cats as well. cub organizes launched that campaign for volunteers. for this he is well cut at an open i a theater with

a glitzy ceremony featuring fee for president johnny and crime tina, in which he emphasized the importance of volunteers in putting on a successful world cup. you are the 1st face, the 1st smile that any visitor to godaddy will find when he comes here. it will of course, be an incredible journey, a journey that will give you memories that will follow you for your entire life. now cats are looking for $20000.00 volunteers for this year's tournament. that's more than the 17000 that were at russia 4 years ago. and more than the 14000 that were working in brazil in 2014 lisa. i parted like in the magic happens if we get on the well, they're gone. i called the group the group employed because i held to bring all the dynamics together for such a closer to it. now of those 20000 volunteers,

many of them will work the stadiums, but they'll be others who will work in training pitches and also the airports as well as fans zones and transport hubs. if you want to be a voluntary, you have to be at least 18 on the 1st of october. you then have to register at volunteers dot fee for dot com. and if you're successful, you'll then also have to pay for your transport to get here to catherine, as well as your accommodation. and it doesn't entitle you to a ticket to watch the matches. but the organizes a came to emphasize that he will be part of history in his 1st tournament is 1st middle east. welcome. i'll invite you to become an integral part of our story. i want to reach out to each of you directly. and i want to thank you personally for what will be an incredible contribution to our tournament, which is in effect your tournament ref ellen at els perfect store to the tennessee and his over. he was beaten in straight sets,

my tailor fritz in the final at indian wells in california. it brings to an end, a 20 match, winning st. find a spaniard for it's actually rolled his ankle there in semi final the day before. and there were doubts that the american would be able to take part by take part he did, and in some style to 24 year old beating the dal 6376, become the 1st american to win the indian wells title. since andre agassi in 2001 so after an incredible still into the season, the del now faces time off because of injury. but it's tennis channel combeferre to john with i'm explains, refers team on not overly concerned. if you go home, see a specialist in rapid that they don't think necessarily that the small law a bed is season because you say it really was extraordinary start to the year. and now the get ready for clay where he usually does is damn it. so that there's guarded optimism from the chaos there waiting to see how serious this is just injury to not really sure what it is. but unlike

a knee or backbone to which he struggled with, he's had a foot injury, which is why he did so. as of last year, this is a different type of injury and there does seem to be this optimism that with some ras, there'll be ready for his assault on play. staying at indian wells, he gets free on take picked up her 2nd straight w t a to a title. the polish player who won february's cutter open beat maria sakari in the final in straight sets. 6461. it was her 11 straight, went on to her and it moves or up to a korea high ranking of will. number 2, with only australia's ash bossy ahead of her. i want to go higher, especially now when it feels so close, but i know its own way cuz i rarely for sure, i think the most consistent parent or, and she's showing what kind of things she can play and she's also mentally strong. so i think it's going to be a great competition and a great experience for me. barcelona boss chevy isn't ruling out a remarkable late push for the legal title. that's all 3 side that thrashed rail

madrid for now, leon, l classic o. p a. america, obama, young ladies, classical debut and the governor strike a gave the away fans something to cheer about. when he headed boston in front, the easiest junior had a chance to level things up, but lost his footing while trying to go around the bus to keep. and if it's a dive bottle internal ahead, before whole time or ronald at our full, found the target of a corner to put the visitors in control at the break about my young slick set up. federal torres, you school bosses food that was early in the 2nd half. tortoise then turned provider as obama young chipped then a 2nd, and i had to make it for know and secure boss learners 1st when of around the drill in 3 years or so. now i'm beaten in 12 games and food in the table, but they are still 12 points behind real madrid. from the to new room, i'm in one. and in argentina it was the super classic

o between birth arrive of river plays in baka juniors river were at home for this one and a defensive mistake in the 2nd half opened the door for bucher. one know the final school american golfer sam burns has successfully defended his title. the bell spar championship in florida. burns finished at 17. under par, but compatriot and overnight liter davis riley joined him on that score after 30 of the 17. so that went to a playoff. and on the 2nd extra whole burns, a role in this huge part from the age of the green. the claims he stu typhoon 12 months, thus move inside the wolf top 10 for the 1st time in his career. a russian olympian has been stripped of the gold medals he, one of the london 2012 games because of doping, race walker, yelena, lashawn, mckiver, one the 20 kilometer raised 10 years ago in la la. but she's now been handed a 2 year band for these abbreviated substances. as one of the 2012 metal, she also lose the gold she won a year later at the world championships in moscow. and for the

sports needs, i'm gonna hand you back to barbara and london. pete, thank you. now, millions of people around the world. the are marking novels, the spring festival, and persian new year, the celebrations last for 13 days. that were that there were head report staff from africa, city in northern iraq. the mountains of vall, cora in northern iraq, have been decorated. the city is a destination for curds from over the region to mark no rose the spring festival. they celebrate the rebirth of nature. no rose means a new day in the persian language. it's a family gathering occasion. hannah came with her relatives from cooper city. for them no ruse presents resurrection and fertility din apartments. their minority

ever had. carpet we used to celebrate now rose every year. now i'm central to this year. we've come here. it's our cra because it's the capital city of no rose. we remain here until tomorrow and we'll do the rest of the ritual in the event marks the 1st day of a spring. it starts on the eve of march 21st. every year. it is celebrated in several regions with color full, traditional outfits, participants, light flares. no rose has been added to the list of unis cuz intangible cultural heritage of humanity. these layers implies victory of lights, over darkness, and liberation over oppression. the un has played no rose for promoting peace until the dorothy between generations. this year's festivities are

significant because musty and destruction are on the rise around this region. in the morning families re unite with nature by hitting to the nearby fields. oh, that's part of the rituals to will come to the arrival of a spring. they sit around with traditional meals, but the food varies from one country to another. people from other nations have come here to shave the event even trying on local, traditional outfit. well, i hope well that the skirt is sure new year will bring more ah, better times for the people. because people and la and here have suffered a lot on their arm in the you have the problems with isis and other political problems. and the people they want to live freely for the people in iraq's kurdish region. no ruse also refers to rising up against tyranny. heard about criminal,

missouri, her. it's a festival for all arion people, and each nation marks it according to their heritage and traditions. for us, it's very special because it's the top national holiday. she was there. it's been a difficult year for many here. last winter. devastating floods caused substantial damage. and some young curds who so to bitter the life abroad, died of the cold weather on the bill, a russian polish border. now the burdens of the cold season are being replaced by spring freshness. union between nature and culture is a message conveyed by these ancient rituals. ma'am, without the wide al jazeera, in our cry, city noted that an iraq well that is it for this news. our do stay with us though. i'm going to be back in just

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not them. they find an enemy and then they try and scare the people with people empower, investigate, exposed it, and questions. the youth and abuse of our around the globe. on al jazeera, 8 people are killed in a russian rocket strike on a shopping center in ukraine's capital. moscow plains the building was a military target. ah. hello barbara sarah, this is al jazeera, like from london, also coming up. ukrainian forces refused to give in to russian demands to lay down arms and the besieged the city of muddy in southern ukraine. one person is injured as russian forces fire tear gas at.