me and rose now need to find another way to get out of the city. but for now they, like many others, would have to return home hoping to morrow is a better day. ah . russian forces continue their bobbing campaign in ukraine. we meet the ukrainian volunteers who taken a barbs to defend their country. ah, ha ha ha robin. you're watching over life. more headquarters here in the day are also coming up. if we don't act now, strategically and quickly is could be hell on earth. a warning of a losing catastrophe. as the warning ukraine threatens global food supply chains.

also the prison son dissolve the russian opposition leader. lexi. the valley is extended in a trial described as a sham and a call for action as somalia faces it's worst drought in 40 years. almost half the population is at risk of starvation. welcome to the program. ukraine's government is appealing to russia to allow emergency supplies into barrier poll, and let people leave the city's mer says it's under a full blockade and constant bombardment, that relentless assault is being mirrored in other cities across the country. same bas ravi begins our coverage from the western city of lavish mario bull is being bombed into the past, ukrainian se economic infrastructure factories warehouses are non military targets . survivors now suffering war will inevitably suffer in the future. their

livelihoods destroyed, ah, on the ground rushes chechen soldiers hardened fighters continue to push on residential areas and suburbs, waiting to meet them may be ukrainian volunteers like these math actors, singers, artists, all defending their home suited to the board so far old people of volunteers, ottam who basically never had a gun in the hands, never served in the army. they never thought that they would have a gun in their hands used to, but all of them are with all of their intentions, determined to resist. and this desire just brought all of them, lisa will know. michelle, more than fear is natural. he says, to control it. you must embrace, oh, a small unit with little training days away from going into the fray. ladder to block rushes advance on the capital. mario pl. keith turner give satellite pictures

show the russian armies use of artillery where it's ground forces have been stalled by lethal ukrainian hit and run attacks heavy navigation vigil in khaki region. another enemy jet was shot down the screen. our forces have already shot down so many russian jets and helicopters that we can only state instead of containing brains, their pilots heads i and the like i said as well, and this is not by accident. their hearts and souls are also empty. the bombardment of michel ly, of seemingly reaching new lows of brutality. a strike on a hospital for people suffering mental illness of give you this look. how can i put it? i feel so much resentment and i want to cry because we had a connection between ukraine and russia and russian. cruelty is so brutal listener . there's nothing i can say that bad people. it's not a human way to treat people. it's unkind. i'm just speechless because i'm not even

a month into the war. the u. n. world health organization says half a 1000000 of the refugees from ukraine who fled into poland. have problems with their mental health. the pace and the scale of this crisis is unprecedented. as is the strain on the people living it with a number of references. now about half of them, about half a 1000000 requires you born for mental health disorders due to the conflict and about $1030000.00 and we say severe mental diseases ah fierce fighting continues in residential areas of murray, awful. setting homes on fire off the coast of the southern port city. ukrainian soldiers reportedly used a guided anti tank missile to sink a russian boat. ralone george read you few unharmed, but not untouched by the fighting. performers in raw beach have new roles. cooking

meals for soldiers on the front lines. the moisture yet the key receive. there is a saying that when the gun sound amuses are silently but we are not silent. we are in the rear. we are engaged in volunteer work because ukraine is in a difficult situation now. shanisha nash oak. since the invasion began, they've sent thousands of meat balls and dumplings as well as meat stew soup, fish, and pancakes. from here to cave. as long as their people remain in harm's way for this theatre troop, the show must go on zane basra, the ultra 0 live if the fighting has intensified northwest of keys with ukrainian forces saying that they re taken the suburb of bucket. i have the capitol itself is relatively quiet to impart to a curfew that's in place until wednesday. not some of the heavy bombardment has been on ukraine, 2nd largest city of concave and surrounding areas. these picture shows the result

of russian attacks in less over authority, say 20 apartments were destroyed and may report of casualties correspond as a bag has bought from cookies. this is the regional administration building behind me. it was hit on the 1st of march. now we just spoke to the rescued service you were in there and they said that they found 2 bodies today. that's 20 days after he was around 20 days after he was hit, defined to body. and they said that they feel that they are more cylinder. now this was a 50 cent, it was decimated by russian attack that was bombed with missiles strikes and the historic center. now this square that i'm standing in now would be really busy. at this time of year there's $1500000.00 residents in the city. there were $1500000.00 and we believe a 3rd of those have now left. now we were on the outskirts of her give are not too long ago, and that from there we had constant heavy artillery going. and in going we came

across a has to read them recently, been hit. it was still on fire. that many crate to the run that area, but many of left or left behind or the elderly and the vulnerable people that are unable to leave people that have family to take care of that they can't get out of the city. they just have nowhere else to go, but of course, that those that are unwilling to leave that want to stay here, that they say that they were born head that grew up here. and they refuse to give it to what they say is rush and tara to make them skate and make them leave their home city. now there's been area sirens going on all day. and the still constant heavy i to re fi that we can hear even from the center of the city. and that's the situation that people have to live here under constant activity fire. they don't know what will be hit next when it will be hit next. and currently, we are hearing the air raid sirens going off, and that happens throughout the day. and even the night, ukraine's president says, 100000 people in mario paul are living in humane conditions with no food,

water or medicine. some residents have managed to evacuate to humanitarian corridors, but the deputy prime minister says the evacuation process isn't always safe naturally. but see, unfortunately, the occupations army didn't let the buses near. mario paul leave. 11 buses and 2 emergency cars were seized at a rushing check point, and they were taken into an unknown direction. as of 915, we had no knowledge of the 11 drivers and for emergency services represented. we demand immediate help from the red cross from the un who are supposed to insure and guarantee that there are no such arrest and detention of emergency workers in the humanitarian corridors. has a lot of miss lensky says, ukraine is on the brink of surviving the war during a speech to italy's parliament. he repeated his call for the west to impose more sanctions on moscow, niceties, the wolf? yes, the number is right now is the time to do everything possible to secure the war that

have been prepared for a long time by russia, by one person for decades, and enormous money back sporting oil and gas, and use that money to prepare a war. not only against ukraine, they go to europe, they want to have an enormous influence on your life, control your politics and junior values. why not only ours democracy, human rights equality, freedom, the same values that we have. it's. jason stanley is a professor of philosophy of yellow university and author of the book, how fashion works. he explains why he thinks putin invaded ukraine's potent target is and has always been democracy. he seeks to show that democracy anywhere is really just just a facade for, for some kind of ultra nationalism white supremacy, something like this. so he seeks to show that, i mean democracy is an existential threat to rod to pollutants regime, right? because if the people of,

of russia see this fairly arriving state can nation next to them that replace as its leaders are, that it replaces its leaders and all actions. then they're going to see that, that sort of thing as possible when they see the standard of living of the country next to them. and when the, when they see that the country can replace its leaders by elections, that's a threat to, to, to russia and pollutants regime regime. so his enemy is rural democracy. theory secretary general says ukrainians are enduring and living hell. antonio garish has urged russia to end what he calls the absurd war in ukraine. christian sleepy reports, not from un headquarters in new york. the secretary general. antonio gutierrez stopped and made remarks on the situation and ukraine. signaling how serious the situation is getting there. he described it as morally unacceptable, politically indefensible, and militarily nonsensical. he, i gave these off the cuff remarks, britain, remarks,

i should say they were formal remarks to the press, clearly wanting to make a statement on the situation on the ground and putting the war in the context of international law. he called out russia very directly saying that they were violating not only ukrainian sovereignty, but the un charter with their quote, a massive invasion of ukraine. and he described the suffering on the ground there as hell on earth, particularly in the city of mary, a poor which is under siege at the moment. have a listen to what he said then 1000000 ukrainians have been forced from that ohms. and that on the move, but the war is going nowhere fast. for more than 2 weeks, mario ball has been encircled by the russian army and the relentlessly bombed shelves and the thick for walked. even if my are you bull fulls, you could and cannot be conquered. city by city street,

vice 30 halls by halls. the only outcome to all these is more suffering mortgage struction and more are of as far as the i can see you could in people are including a living hell and the reverberations i being self weld, wired with skyrocketing fools, energy and fertilizer prices said happening to speedo into a global hunger crisis. the secretary general went on to say that even if mario both falls after 2 weeks to what, and he said that some point the parties are gonna have to come to the table and negotiate a settlement. he predicted that russia could not capture all of ukraine street by street, and he called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. both still had hail on al jazeera, why some of you leaders are divided over imposing tough sanctions. own russia. will you memories that will follow you for your entire life on the coal to

suit? schieffer is looking for a loss of volunteers as the count on begins to the world cup 2022 here in canso. ah hello, great to see you. here's your headlines for the americas were beginning in south america line of storms stretching from associates rate into the river plate region . and we're seeing the bubble up around by jablonka as wall on wednesday. top bend up south america looks like this. a wave of rain for at the atlantic coast here, that includes places like i and in french, diana central america, things are settled. i think we'll see a few daytime heating storms that includes for havana. but really, the risk of severe storms will be across southern portions of the united states as an energy continues to move toward the east,

pretty much from virginia right through to florida. severe thunderstorms, the risk of it and still could see some more. tornadoes touched the ground. temperatures have fallen in new york by wednesday, just a hive. 7 degrees. we may see some freezing in toronto, and for northwestern ontario, places like thunder bay could see 40 centimeters of cell remembered spring in this part of the world's off to the west. still some rain to be had in vancouver toward the pacific northwest as wall. if we go south of this, it is all about the heat across areas of california, san francisco, $24.00 degrees. but wow, look at this. los angeles 33 and the sunshine state. cool. that's it for me. by for now. ah, ah, tens of thousands of children were born into or lived under the ice regime in iraq and syria. now many are in camps either orphans, all with that. we don't mothers,

rejected by the own communities. she could do length on people are going to welcome the mouth to that, of course, mom and you documentary his, that chilling and traumatic stories for the children throw stones at me, iraq's last generation on al jazeera. ah, the me look back, you're watching over there with me. so here, rob the reminder of all top stories, ukraine government deserts, russia to let emergency aid into marable that allows safe passage out for more than 100000 people trying to leave. the besieged city has been under continuous bombardment, leaving people without food, water, or electricity,

and ukraine. second largest city park, even surrounding areas, have seen some of the heaviest bombardment. these pictures show the result of russian attacks in the lives over authority say 20 apartments were destroyed and the un secretary general says ukrainians are enduring a living. hell and tenure parish war. the conflict is going nowhere fast. russia to end what he calls the absurd assault on ukraine's. now you crazy agriculture minister says the country is expected to more than half its crop. so area, because of the war, russia and ukraine have long been referred to as the bread basket of europe. they supply a 3rd of the world with wheat and barley feeding millions of people in the middle east, asia, and africa, egypt, as the wolf biggest wheat importer, 85 percent of it comes from the 2 warring sides. on monday it fixed it spread prices. according to the united nations 821000000 people around the world hungry.

about half of the grade that the world food program buys to feed 125000000 people worldwide comes from ukraine. global wheat prices jumped 555 percent this month to hit an all time record pi. now the head of the world food program told our diplomatic editor james bay's that the war is likely to have dire consequences for countries already facing famine. this is a nation, it produces enough food for 400000000 people around the world. if we don't in this war and get their economy going again. so they're planting and harvesting. we're going to have a global supply problem later this year. this could be catastrophe on top of catastrophe if we don't act. now. strategically and quickly it's could be hell on earth. so not just the people who we're seeing right now die

in ukraine. do you believe the consequences of this in terms of food insecurity? potential famine could kill many more. i don't have enough money now before you crane. i was already because of supply any supply chain issues like fuel costs, shipping cost and food costs before ukraine. i was already cutting 8000000 people to 50 percent rashes in yemen, 50 percent rashes in the year, 50 percent rashes, and chad and i could keep going around the world. now. we'll have a supply chain issue because ukraine produces between them and russia. 20 to 30 percent of all the grain in the world for corn, major, wheat, et cetera, et cetera. and so if you neglect the racial world just for ukraine, you, you've got to deal with ukraine, help the people that need help there. but you can't neglect what's happening, middle east, or northern africa. otherwise you go have millions upon millions migrating here, europe it, this is no free lunch here. you go pay for one way. the other,

the best thing to do is get ahead of it and stop the storm from getting worse. he was, president obama is sent to announce the sanctions against russia when he travels to brussels. a suite to meet nature and you leaders, biden's national security advisor signs the visit, is part of preparations for a long wool. there will be hard days ahead in ukraine. hardest for the ukranian troops on the front lines and the civilians under russian bombardment. this war will not end easily or rapidly. for the past few months, the west has been united. the president is traveling to europe to ensure we stay unite to cement our collective resolved to send a powerful message that we are prepared and committed to this for as long as it takes and to advance our response on all 3 critical fronts that i've described. helping the ukrainian people defend themselves, imposing an increasing costs on russia and reinforcing the western alliance. so

let's just bring you some of the days. other news now and a court in russia has extended the prison sentence of opposition. nita alexi valley that he was found guilty of fraud and contempt of court and sentence to 9 more years behind bars. but it's smith has moved from moscow. the last outspoken political opponent of russia's president appeared in a prison court room in a black prison uniform looking gone. the judge found alexa in the valley guilty of fraud and contempt of court, the sentence, 9 years jail in a maximum security prison. when the valley spoke, the video feed from the court room to journalists was cut, so his supporters posted his comments online. you can't put every one in prison. even if you ask for a 113 years, you won't scare me your others like me. every person must act in their own way as they can, considering the circumstances,

but act as the valleys lawyers spoke outside the prison police with loud hale as tried to drown them out. you see a synopsis. of course, we will appeal the verdict that we were not able to use a recording device. i have digital copies of the case papers. so this was incorrect procedure on top of the fact that it was taking place in the prison, which is very rare. it's just over a year since alexi, nevada only returned to russia from germany. he'd been given medical treatment after a poison attack with a nerve agent during a visit to siberia. within minutes of his plane landing the valley was arrested was he's not been out of jail since nevada only was russia's main opposition lead. he tried to run for president in the election in 2018, but was barred from stand. he's anti corruption foundation was declared an extremist organisation and shut down than in february. last year. the valley was jailed for 2 and a half years for parole. violations charges,

he says were trumped up to silence him. not as of right now. put in would like to keep alexi in prison for as long as he is in our we accomplish or since this is hinderance, order to imprison alexi. ah, there were demonstrations in several russian cities against navarro, his treatment, particularly after he went on hunger strike. there's little chance of anything like this this year. and he recent attempts to protest against the war and ukraine had been snuffed out before they start. alexa of only try to keep up his campaigning from prison with his lawyers, posting messages on instagram. but now band here with me being moved to a maximum security prison, it's unlikely we're going to hear from him many years. bernard smith, i'll just era moscow. so the us says more than $300000.00 children in somalia are

severely malnourished. the country is going through its worst drought in 40 years already that some views may find the images and malcolm webs reporting disturbing. this is what somali as drought has done to this 3 year old boy. his father de la de mohammed was a farmer who all his crops died last month. they joined hundreds of thousands of people who were leaving their homes for make shift camps. but there wasn't enough food or water in the camp either. i left my wife in the camp. she was also sick. i had been here for 14 days with my son in the hospital and is slowly making recovery day after day. the u. n says more than a 1000000 children malnourished, a 3rd of them severely after the last 3 rainy seasons failed. crops and animals have been wiped out. children who are among the most vulnerable,

the lucky ones get medical help across southern somalia. sarah p take feeding centers a full like this one in the town of look somali as had famines before. the doctor shook the hussein at the says she never seen anything like this. she works here for the irish charity tro care. more than 2 months admitted according to who this is more more most people here heard it. animals include crops on the banks of the rivers, it till they dried up. this was somebody's name to survival. livestock can eat what little grows on the thorny bushes and turn it into milk. me an income, now caucuses, a scattering this whole area. people say 1st,

the crops died when the animals died too, they had no choice to walk here to the edge of the town and set up a camp. people use what they can to shelter from the dust in the sun. conditions on good. many children here need help, but humanitarian agencies say they have less than 3 percent of the money they need . any help is too late for had a data is daughter and her 4 grandchildren, who she says, all died on the way here was one following. the children died while we were walking . we did not have any kind of transport. if only we had transport, they would have survived. we could not get food or water, so they could not walk. that's why they died. nobody's even counted how many malnourished children of old he died. the next rains june, april help is needed now. malcolm web al jazeera southern somalia.

both cheshire gulf is a spokesman for the refugee agency. he says, somalia has been hit hard by the drought in the hold of africa. we have more than 4 and a half 1000000 people that are affected by the drought. hundreds of thousands of their homes because they don't have access to pasture to safe drinking water and to food . which trying to ramp up our assistance along with like military partners and been able to reach around 36000 people just recently. but we face a tremendous shortfall. we have just 5 percent of our funds for 2022, around $158000000.00 united states dollars. without that money, we can't provide critical assistance and protection for the people that needed. what you see with these kids, these are women who pregnant lactating mothers, older people, they're moving into urban settlements. they're going into places which are already hosting, displaced people somalia, already basing one of the worst internal places,

crises, 2900000 people that have moved because of the conflict in the country. and now the settlements where people are coming from drug effective areas, conditions are getting worse, crowding has become voice as well, and we are struggling to provide them with this care. what we see now is this is one of also the effects of the accelerated climate crisis. every region in the world is impacted, but in places like somalia see the devastating consequences and it's exactly the most vulnerable that are have the least possibility to adapt to these conditions that are being struck. the hardest. the south africa is set to ease its cave in 1900 restrictions on wednesday. present. sir rome oppose us at the national state of disaster will soon end. the government came into fire last week when its announce plans to extend measures until next month. restrictions being relaxed, included, mass squaring,

and limits on people at gatherings or venues. now there's less than 8 months to go until the fif welcome kicks off in qatar, and it's getting to crunch time in qualifying with 14 teams able to book their spots in the finals in the next week and a half. and the host have started to search for $20000.00 volunteers as drunk, as rosco reports. with the clock ticking down to the world cup, fever has begun looking for what it calls the hearts of the tournament. the volunteers to help put on a successful event, pupils governing body president jenny valentino, was at a glitzy event encounters, capital, doha, to encourage fans to sign up. it will of course, be an incredible journey, a journey that will give you memories that will follow you for your entire life. but more important than that, you are the 1st phase,

the 1st smile that any visitor to katara will find when he comes here. as with previous world cups, volunteers will work across stadiums, training sites, the airport and fan zones. they'll be there to help some of the 1000000 expected visitors to the country find their way. as we're really looking for volunteers who are, you know, we want to help who, who have that smile, have that openness. and we see every world club they bring really the joyful atmosphere as to the world. i called the good in the grooves. important because i helped to bring all the dynamics together for such a motor tool that i was looking for $20000.00 volunteers. this year's tournament. that's more than the 17000 that worked in russia 4 years ago and more than the 14000 that worked in brazil in 2014 applications are open on fif is web site. you must be at least 18 years old by october, the 1st and can come from anywhere in the world, but must be able to speak english. but being a volunteer doesn't entitle you to

a ticket to any of the games. and it's worth remembering that volunteers won't be paid, and they'll have to cover all of their transport and accommodation costs. to get to qatar, woke up, organize as though a keen to stress that it's an opportunity to be part of history. at the 1st world cup in the middle east. come to upper and be the open arms. be the welcoming smile and the cheerful voice of our country and the region. be the heart, be the soul, be the energy that every one feels during the world cup. cats are signed up to host the biggest show in football, but it's hoping the welt will come to help john again, raska al jazeera, doha ah, what you all to 0 with me. so robin in doha, reminder of all top news stories ukraine's got.