i take on the lies, dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions. do we have a real democracy here in the united states? it's not a political 40, that's a radical insurgency are mark lamond hill, and it's time to get up front right here on out 0. ah, thank you very much. taking a stand against russia's invasion of ukraine. western leaders condemned moscow's actions as barbaric adam vale, new sanctions. nato has never, never been more united than it is today. ah, hello, i'm adrian again. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up the city bunt and besieged those left, trapped in body of poll q for desperately needed 8 plus these people have never

held a weapon before they are civilians. they're not going to be joining the fight, but they want to know how to, if it come to the, i'm stephanie decker in the vital port city of a desktop. we'll have that story coming up. and north korea launches what could be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile moved, announced as a threat to regional peace and security the leaders of nato, the european union, and the g. 7 nations met in brussels, condemning russia's actions and announcing for the sanctions. the 30 nato allies said the brushes aggression against ukraine was the greatest threat to security. in decades, al jazeera natasha butler begins our coverage from brussels. us president j biden's trip to brussels to meet leaders of nato. the g 7 and european union was aimed to

rallying western allies to find ways to stop russia's warn ukraine and sent a message to moscow that the west is united. nato has never, never been more united than it is to day prudent is getting exactly the opposite. what he intended to have as a consequence of going to ukraine, fight and said the u. s. would commit $1000000000.00 in humanitarian aid to ukraine . and the western allies would impose a raft of new sanctions on moscow. ross, renouncing new sanctions of more than 400 individuals and entities aligned with in alignment with the european union. more than 300 members of derma oligarchy and russian defense companies that fuel the russian war machine. earlier in the day, ukraine's president address nighttime leaders and asked the military alliance for more help to fight russian forces to greenland in my bodily ukrainian army has been resisting for a month in unequal conditions. and i have been repeating the same thing for months

now to save people and our cities, ukraine needs military assistance without any restrictions. plato continues to reject zalinski request for a no fly zone over ukraine of affairs that he could escalate the conflict. bobby alliance has agreed to send more weapons to keith as well as equipment to deal with a possible chemical or biological attack. as concerns, grove, rushes, invasion could take an even more sinister turn. in the use of chemical weapons, wool totally changed the nature of the conflict. it will be at blatant violation of international law. ah, ah, it will have a wide spread consequences and of course, be extremely dangerous. biden joined e lee does at the end of the day for summit focused on ways to win the block off its reliance on russian energy supplies. on friday,

the u. s. present will travel to warsaw to show support for poland, which is welcomed. the majority of ukraine's refugees biden once the west to keep up sanctions pressure on the kremlin. but the question is whether it will be enough to stop vladimir putin's war as it enters a 2nd month. natasha butler, al jazeera brussels. in the coming hours, president biden's heading to a town near the polish ukrainian border and a show of solidarity. he'll visit joseph about ac kilometers from the frontier by them sent to meet us troops who formed part of nature's eastern flank deployment. hill to be briefed on the refugee crisis, caused by the war more than 3 and a half 1000000 people have fled ukraine. most of them to poland on the ground in ukraine of focus of the fighting has been the battle for the 2nd largest city and has been more shilling in car keys. russian artillery landing in front of a postal center where people were thought to be queuing for food. at least 6 were

killed. 15 wounded, the city's mer says that nowhere is safe and as advised people to take cover under ground or in basements, out zeros. acid bag is in car heave and went along with one of the teams working on a recovery operation in the city. in the rubble of this building, the 3rd continues, not will life. but for the dead sponsorship through the hockey administration building on march 1st, leaving only debrief, twisted metal and dust. one bomb came through the roof, others fell outside, leaving a crater and destruction for all to seek with a bunch of us, i'm sure of astonished little. we catch to workers on a break. they tell us of the last few days, they found 4 bodies. comfortable. ned, in day after day, they returned indiana la maya,

this garage telco systemic to conclude. yesterday, i think many here faced such a large number of victims among civilians for the 1st time. as they say, one debt is a tragedy, but a 1000 deaths are a statistic. unfortunately, it's the truth tank of the city. those are statistical. they're under constant threat of further strikes with regard to put through long central. so we don't have time for feelings now. we put them aside, but we'll have to deal with them later. not. it's not an easy process. now we have work to do it. we focus on it. this is the kitchen to the cafe. next door. everything has been destroyed. pink was cafe pictures on the wall, but there's one thing that does stand out and is quite striking. you can smell the

fact that there's still dead bodies. there's remains still here. we're setting on few floor here. most most so fast. it was military guys. just we just received, we been we met ginia in the ruins of the building, like he had just finished his morning briefing when and he bought the 1st row kits came and hits near this building all windows for crest 1st injurious and 10 minutes later i was down on 3rd floor and 2nd rock at this building right there. and everybody was standing on each floor that's on the corner and everybody died so far he hadn't been face to face with his enemy. this war, which is wars world work at. first of all,

most of our victims. also you see the victims are you can see it is the symptoms in because of rockets of been of your effects a tech or, or rocket tech. you just like you play a lottery like because you know you can renew, you can lose the life my guys for my, for my team, the live because we are like all the i'll says continue a month into this was the still pulling. i bought it on a daily basis. i work with her have told us that that room task will continue until the been through the building. and slowly the body characterizes rescue workers provide whatever dignity they can to the fallen countrymen. as that

bag with al jazeera, her, keith knew footage from ukraine's besieged city of mary or paul is giving a glimpse into the level of desperation that civilians line up to receive aid handouts in a city that is under constant bombardment. russia is distributing the supplies, but russian troops have been accused of repeatedly preventing humanitarian aid convoys for reaching mario poll, violating cease fire deals. the city has been left without water, food, electricity, or medicine. ukraine says that 90 percent of the buildings in mario pole have been destroyed. while a further 3000 civilians have managed to flee mary up all most of them drove to the city of operation by a private car. it's still a daily 100000. people want to escape the city, but are unable to do so. ukraine's largest port city odessa remains on high alert for a russian assault. the city is filled with sand bank barricades and so called hedgehog defenses,

which have been installed by soldiers and volunteers. the sandbags were also being used to protect architectural treasures. washing warships lie just off the coast on the black sea until now odessa was launch. you've been spared fighting, but the anticipation has residence taking matters into their own hands. al jazeera, stephanie deka is there. ah, we will lay down our souls and bodies for our freedom. the words of the ukrainian national anthem wait much heavier now. no one expected to find themselves here in an undisclosed location on the outskirts of the city of odessa. bobo, bristow, i will always treat the gun as if it were loaded. they had taught the basics of how to use a weapon. it's a good super acquitted cars. the g this course takes place every day. there are no days over. we really don't know how much time we have before our russian attack on

odessa. so we are trying to use all time that we have to do as much as possible for our people. we don't teach military tactics just how to operate a gun and how to do that safely. these people have never held a weapon before. they're not going to be joining the territorial army or civil defense forces as they're known, but they want to know how to be able to operate a weapon to be able to protect our homes, to protect our city. if it gets to that point for many here, it's not something that comes naturally. i never before. if the bonds and no no, i am totally not in the up that i have to protect my house. o legs, wife and daughter are in romania. now i cannot explain for my daughter 06 year so that she's growing and asking why we can stay together, why we cannot stay in the old home. and it's really hard to really hurt what what to do? what to do. the city's been shelled,

anti aircraft. offences can be heard firing every day. most people here believe it's simply a matter of time before russia turns its full attention to ukraine's largest c port . all goes a lawyer and this is all new for her to have you ever used a weapon before? never, never. are you shelly? i was afraid of for weeping. you ever imagine that this will be happening? never. no, not at all. i have a very civil live a hobby. i dont tango. oh yes i i dont refused to to 5 to something else. no, no, no. it's not for me. i'm just a woman. but now every thorson in ukraine, a woman a man and doesn't matter. we are fight, we need to fight despite fear and anxiety. here. there is strength from all being united were told, ah, standing together in these,

unprecedented and extraordinary times. oh, stephanie decker, al jazeera in odessa, southwestern ukraine. so come here on, i was here a while and place on the french article corsica had a funeral service for nationalists leader. i'm coloma here and i don't what it would you to sit in that seat or hoping to make history the conservation here in for the 1st black woman holidays. it's the u. s. supreme court. ah hello. there will start in the middle east and levant. we've had unsettled weather that's pulled out of mediterranean, brought unsettled conditions to lebanon,

and syria, and knocked the temperatures down well below the average. now that system is going to skirt its way further east, bringing a wintry mix to the caucuses and western areas of iran, and we will see the temperatures pick up across, relevant in the days to come. now that's a different story for what's going on in the south of the gulf states. we're going to see the temperatures come down. thanks to a shamar wind. it's going to blow down, bringing a bit of a wind chill with it. that's going to knock some of the temperatures down and create some dusty skies and possible sandstorms now was moved to north africa. the wind is dominating the story. here. you can see that's the horrid dust being kicked up. we could see it blown over into europe over the next few days. and it remains while the wet and windy for morocco, temperatures here below the average. and it's been a similar story for the northeast, for egypt and sudan. but we're going to see temperatures pickup, particularly as we get into the new we will be touching closer to the average with plenty of sunshine in carts whom now down into the southern africa,

within the heavy rain fall across more than areas of botswana and zimbabwe. with thunderstorms in harry ah, this to feel like they're prison portion of who i am and what i want people to remember me by boxing is my get out. it is not even just my thing is the people around like got to when i'm telling the story about my life and it's going to take 50 future to do a don't so bad them need to do the unit you deep. oh ward william documentary, witness on out there. ah

ah, hello again. this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news. the saw nato allies say the war ukraine is the greatest threat to which security and decades. the leaders of the military alliance, the european union, and g 7 nations meeting in brussels. they warned moscow against using chemical and nuclear weapons. it's been more shall, again, ukraine's 2nd largest city ha peeve. the regional gulf us says that 6 people were killed and 15 wounded. what russian artillery hit people who are queuing for humanitarian aid of civilians in the besieged city of mario pope, have been given desperately needed aid. russia is distributing the supplies, the bosco's, but accused of violating ceasefire deals, preventing aid convoys from reaching the city. the un general assembly has passed, issued by the cherry and resolution on ukraine de monte, but wash us stop the fighting 5 countries including washer opposed it. but as

christine salumi reports from the un, dawsons, of others, abstained. citing the war is growing toll on civilians. in ukraine, the un general assembly demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities from russia and called on its troops to withdraw. 140 nations voted for the resolution backed by ukraine and nato allies. though it just shows, again, that when the international community is asked to take the stand, russia is isolated and the appeal to day of the general assembly is directed primarily towards russia. and we just hope that this time they will heed that cold russia was joined by only 4 allies, north korea, bella ruse, syria in eritrea in opposing the resolution which also demands an end to the seas. mary, a pole, but 38 countries abstained from the vote. among them china, the asia,

neil, it's clear that some of the contents of the draft resolution go beyond the scope of humanity. some issues are very complex and can only be resolved for political negotiations between the parties concerned. china favored a resolution submitted by south africa with more moderate language when calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities that didn't single out russia. once war has begun, it is imperative that all of us wic to what's peace it is for this reason that saw that it as the of the view that right now, we should be more concerned with ending the wall and addressing the humanity and plight of the people that i picked it by it, that resolution was submitted, but never put to a vote after ukraine raised procedural objections. these tax has never been a product of consultations with ukraine, neither it is a product of cross regional consultation. as was the case with the resolution just

adopted by overwhelming majority. it is a tax promoted unilaterally by one country prompted by another country. unlike the security council resolutions and the general assembly are legally non binding, but still symbolically important. even countries who stain from the vote expressed grave concern at the humanitarian situation for ukrainians, but argued a resolution supported by all countries would be more effective, even if the vast majority of countries believe russia is ultimately responsible. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. and let's take a look at what's happening in the world away from ukraine. the u. s. has imposed new sanctions on north korean chinese and russian individuals and companies. after north korea tested its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile north korea's leader kim jong and told state media that he personally had supervised the launch. he says that you muscle is key to deterring nuclear war. the pentagon and

south korea so that they'll deliver a firm response. the u. s. state department says that he has sanctions target bows, transferring sensitive technology to north korea's missile program. al jazeera victoria gate be reports an emergency meeting of south korea is national security council. held hours after pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile or icbm. it's the 1st such missile test a more than 4 years to learn. for coney, the government urges north korea to immediately stop actions that raise tensions on the korean peninsula and cause regional instability and return to diplomatic solutions as soon as possible or people who previous icbm launched by north korea have been tipped with super large heavy warheads capable of striking the united states. japan says this latest here shows north korea's technology has advanced. it didn't knock that off in nor alcorder based on the fact that the

missile this time flew higher than an altitude of 6000 kilometers and much higher than the launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile weiss. on 15 november of 2017, we think the launch this time involves a new model of an icbm class messiah capacity. for years, attempts to dismantle north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs have failed. in 2018, the leaders of south or north korea signed an agreement outlining steps to de newcrest the peninsula. but tensions persist. a year later, donald trump became the 1st city u. s. president, to set foot inside north korea and met its leader kim jong, earn their meetings were historic, but fail to produce a result. north korea has continued to launch short range ballistic missiles, struggling, facing an economic crisis because of international sanctions in the pandemic. unless say, the show of military muscle may be intended as a morale boost at home and to show the world it's

a force to be reckoned with. it's clear that the joe biden administration is not willing to enter any negotiations with north korea. unlike president trump, and that's kind of antagonizing pyongyang, so pyongyang is responding in the, in the way that it knows how, which is to cause instability across the indo pacific and are launched the series of missile tests. ah, south korea responded by all say, firing missiles. it said it wanted to demonstrate its strength and ability to punish victoria gate and be al jazeera. ethiopia, as government says that it will observe a truce with rebels and to gripe to allow aid into the water region. the un says that more than 90 percent of people there need food events and for the early a small amount has made it to them. to guys, leaders blame regional authorities for stopping it. but a few of his government says to graham fighters of blocking the main routes. the

french on it, of course a cup is on alert. i had a funeral of the jailed nationalist of am colona. he died after being attacked by a fellow prisoner nearly 3 weeks ago. now j 0 nicholas hark reports, now from the capital a jack sio. on the bright and clear sunny day, the shores of italy are visible from this french island in the middle of the mediterranean. it feels far removed from what here people call the mainland or france or the continent, especially now after the murder of the corsican nationalist. even cooler, not because people here blamed the french state for his death that took place inside a french prison. in ma say his body was brought back late into the night. thousands of people were there in what appeared to be a spontaneous funeral procession. this is an island in morning. but according to the french state, even colona has

a shady past. let me show you why it was almost 25 years ago that on this road, the top official sent from paris to oversee the island. b. play fair as it's known in france was on his way to a theatre when he was shot several times in the back. even colon i was arrested in judges. say that he was responsible for his murder. the island is known as needed, the booty which means the beautiful island, but it has an ugly side. it has the highest murder rate per capita in europe for the french authorities. there is a link between corsican nationalism and the corsican mafia. one, funding the other through racketeering of businesses, the control of casinos, drugs and prostitution. this is something the french state wants to bring to an end . after more than 30 hours of questioning the u. s. senators on track to confirm katara g brown jackson as the 1st black woman to the supreme court. while many

senators praised her experience, some republicans accused her of being soft on crime. shebra tonchee reports from washington, constitutional and import up the final day of cotton g brown jackson's confirmation hearings. even opponents of an omen nation to the supreme court were agreed on. one thing, i think you should make no mistake that i grew up. she is highly qualified judges are supposed to be over 4 days. republicans attempted to portray jackson a soft on crime as a former public defender allow her to finish, please, and soft on terrorism due to a work for detainees at guantanamo bay. even though the right to legal counsel is constitutionally protected, the constitution does not get suspended in times of emergency. there was a particular focus on cases involving child pornography, but her sentencing record is in keeping with the majority of other judges in the u . s. yet she gave him very months. my question is, do you regret it or not, senator what i regret it is

that in the hearing about my qualifications, to be a justice on the supreme court, we spent a lot of time focusing on this small sab sat of my sentences. democrats on the committee chose to focus on the history being made with judge jackson's nomination. you are here and i know what it's taken for you to sit in that seat. i see my ancestors and yours for some court watches. this was a confirmation hearing, filled with conflicting emotions from anger to pride, her having to sit there and be that mean and mean little when this woman really has more intellect, more qualifications, to really be quite honest in the crescent, 9 justices than when the edge jackson pledge to quote, stay in her lane that is only interpret law from the bench and not create new law

through her judgments. and it was clear she was well aware of the symbolism of her nomination. i do consider myself having been born in 1970 to be the 1st generation to benefit from the civil rights movement from the legacy of all of the work of so many people that went into changing the laws in this country. so that people like me could have an opportunity to be sitting here before you to day. the senate judiciary committee will vote on jackson's nomination on april. the 4th, if then confirmed by the full senate, she will make history as the 1st african american woman associate justice. but she won't alter the ideological bounce off the supreme court. she ever time see al jazeera washington. a pilot scheme by the u. s. navy is using hundreds of unmanned sufficient underwater drones to observe the entire gulf,

but above and below the surface. vast amounts of data, but then crunched by artificial intelligent software to identify attackers or smugglers. unexcused hopeless reports these amen surface. drones make up a new sense in it already being true, but the u. s. navy in the gulf and could prove a game changer. the net aims to provide total surveillance of what is going on under or in the skies over a vast area of the c or ocean. his heart works. the sense in it is made up of more than a 100 unmanned surface drones supplemented by a man under water vehicles, an aerial drones that all form a 3 d sensor grid. they're linked to each other and the headquarters. the vast amount of data st back is analyzed by artificial intelligence software that looks for unusual patterns of movement. the technology may be mostly american, but the u. s. navy is involving its maritime partners,

where we think the equation to, to increase our, to turns over all throughout the region. as 2 components is a strengthening the partnerships rug region component which we're working on quite virally. the 2nd part then is increasing the technology in the innovation. this is where the unmanned surface buses. but the sensor net is in its infancy and not all the partners on or around the gulf corporate and the way they need to, to make the scheme effective problem that we have here is that the integration of all these different and platforms across the g. c, and then with the americans is, is not something that is feasible because there is absolutely no data sharing at this point between gcc navies. dizzy navies haven't really integrated, it's only integration on paper. and them sharing information is, or is, is, doesn't seem to be a feasible thing. regardless of the challenges, the technology allows the u. s. military to have a far more detail picture of an ever increasing area of sea or ocean. right now,

the united states navy will be using ariel sensors like the sky, guardian drone seen behind me. but the bulk of the array will be made up of a man surface, an underwater vehicles who provide all the information. giving the u. s. navy, a total surveillance picture of the gulf, and they say, this is just the beginning, alex topless out as era. doha, ah, it is good to have you with us. hello, adrian. something inherent. oh, how the headlines i'll 0 nato allies say the war in ukraine is the greatest threat to its security and decades. the leaders of the military alliance, the european union and g. 7 nations have been meeting in brussels. they ward moscow against using chemical a nuclear weapons. poon was banking on, nate obeyed, split my early conversation, the december and early january was clear to me. he didn't think we could to stay.