we put on the big events to going on, but we also tell the stories of people generally don't have a voice. and then whenever the child might have to never be afraid to put your hand up and ask a question. and i think that's what actually really does. we ask the question for people who should be accountable, and also we get people to give their view of what's going on. ah, take that out. us president joe biden arrives in poland and is expected to meet some of the more than 2000000 refugees who fled there from the war in ukraine. ah, i'm have them. think of this is edge. is it a lie from the also coming up with brushes? defense ministry says it's completed the 1st phase of what he calls the special operation ukraine. and then it's lost more than $1300.00 soldiers. the u strikes

a deal with the u. s. to supply liquefied natural gas, reducing its imports from russia by a 3rd. and north korea test launch is its largest ever weapon and intercontinental ballistic missile the could hit any part of the united states. or russia says it's achieved the main targets or what, what caused phase one of its special operation in ukraine. the defense ministry saying russia forces will focus on completely liberating ukraine's don bass region and does not rule out the possibility of storming other ukrainian cities. putting up resistance. i sure my body is life force in moscow, sasha, what more have we be hearing from the defense ministry?

what has of the russian army is saying that a 1351 russian soldiers were killed and that 3825 were injured. this is the 2nd update by the russian military since the start of the military campaign, what russia describes as a special operation in ukraine. now, when it comes to the operation itself, the russians are saying that they have achieved major gains and that stage the major goals of the stage one has been completed. and they say that they have cut off the cities of kia, her called so me. and nikolai and churney. gov and that have so now is under hassle is under their control and that most of that picture is under their control. they also say that they have managed to control 93 percent of la ganske and 54 percent of don. yes. and this could be an indication that in stage 2 were likely to see

them moving forward to further consolidate those gains in the dorm bus region. now over the last few hours earlier statement by the russian army was talking about neutralizing the major military kept capabilities of the ukrainian army like such as the navy, the anti aircraft batteries, fuel depos, to the countering the narrative by the ne, to and by the western government of russia, a military operation, has been stall, slowed down by the counter offensive of the cray is the rush, as i say, on the other hand, no, we have been so far making major gains. they also say that they have evacuated more than 4000 or 400000 civilians. as since the thought of the conflict. and now president vladimir putin. hashim has also been speaking on friday, saying that the west is trying to cancel russian culture. let's hear somebody had say william book was did you say no leave, but he was,

our culture has given us protection. the culture of cancellation has turned into cancellation culture. they are taken away. russian artists is forbidden, russian books, nazis and germany did this 90 years ago. they burned books, so has him clearly, this is something that us and struck a nerve with the russian president. what else has he been saying about russian culture in relation to the war? so so, so basically has him. this is what or senior russian officials who have been talking to the media over the last few days have been saying that the west nato have been providing weapons to the ukrainians to stall. and to see this conflicts go on forever. this is number one, number 2, they're saying that the economic sanctions there were further expanded yesterday were a means of further punishing the russian and crippling of the russian economy. they're saying that on top of that, there is an attempt which is targeting the button identity and they say,

why are the international institutions galleries, music, con tasks, or bali, or theaters sanctioning rushes. and this explains why vladimir put in president of russia was talking about a canceling attempt by the west to cancel the russian culture compare with that the, to the a nazi or campaign against our artwork. now you have many people who are saying that, coming out and saying that the artists, and the acc lease should not be punished for what's happening for us happening in ukraine. i have to remind our viewers. at the same time, we've seen russian artist since the start of the complex facing concern and opposition to the military campaign. some of them left the country. but from an official perspective, what you see is a coordinated effort by the international community to further silence the russian

culture and the russian identity. and this explains why they're more and more now, voicing concerned about this effort by the international community to see that beast talks with the ukrainian stall. because no one here believe that the international committee is really genuine. about an immediate and to the conflict in the ukraine. hash and thank you, has some had barra in moscow. a u. s. president joe biden is getting his closest yet to the conflict in ukraine. bowden touched down in the polished town of jazz show a short time ago. he's taking a 1st hand look at the impact of the war with most ukranian, refugees seeking shelter in neighboring poland. the u. s. leader also expected to meet nato soldiers. earlier biden was in brussels, where he announced he struck a deal with the e. u. aiming to reduce europe's reliance on russian guests under the agreement, the u. s. and other nations will increase natural gas exports to europe by an extra

15000000000 cubic meters this year. man, prison. i know i know good lemay russian gas will have cost for europe. but it's not only the right thing to do from a moral standpoint, is kind of put us on a much stronger strategic footing. and i am proud to announce that we've also reached another major breakthrough and transfer data flows. privacy and security are key elements of my digital agenda. and today we agreed to unprecedented protections for data privacy, security for our citizens. the sanctions are now working their way deep into the russian system, draining put ins, resources to finance this atrocious war. i'll work on sanctions also shows that when we act together with stronger and we really can make a difference. and we are continuing to reinforce our corporation in many strategic

ways. o r diplomatic editor james bass is in brussels for james. first off, russia has set his last 1300 soldiers. what's natal been saying about that? well, nato is not saying anything publicly, but i've spent the last couple of days at nato headquarters and i've spoken to a senior nato military official. they reckon they have a much clearer picture of what's going on in ukraine after a months of fighting. their estimates are so much higher than the estimate coming of the kremlin. they reckon that could be anything between 7015000 russians who've been killed. then add onto the russians that have been killed. the ones that are missing the ones that have deserted the ones that have been captured. and they reckon the total figure of russian soldiers who are no longer in the fight or able to fight is $30.00 to $40000.00 russian troops. so figures that tell

a completely different story of the war. if you believe the nato view rather than the cremeans and james the u. s. president in poland now, but he's left brussels and he's wrapped up this tree of summits there with his western partners showing up a united front against russia. yes, absolutely. and i think they've shown unity and they've done some of the things the president lensky wants for his country. they haven't come up with some of the weaponry. he won't see, have a very clear checklist of the things he wants. and those are not at the moment being supplied because again, you have nato allies thinking that they're going to be, if they do that, become a participant in the war itself. the other thing that the craniums want is tough. sanctions, particular, particularly on energy stopping the sale of russian oil and gas because that is

still a huge source of income for the, for the kremlin. well, that's been a step forward in recent house at the summit with the u. s saying that it will sell 15000000000 cubit me meters, a big quite natural gas to the e u this year. now that means that you now will try and cottage dependence on russia by 2 thirds this year and cut completely the oil and gas by 2027. but presence that sky once that now and 2027 is 5 years away means 5 years. despite all the talk of sanctions and cutting off russia 5 years in which he was going to be paying millions every year to the government in moscow. james base life for us in brussels. nice, james. rob mcbride is that the modica crossing on the border between ukraine and poland were refugees of being given a warm welcome. president biden comes to this part of poland as it still deals with

an influx of refugees across the border after a long track across ukraine and ours in lines on the other side of the border. they cross here to be greeted by a small army of international volunteers, offering all sorts of help and support from foods to water to close even sim cards . this part of poland is also home now to 5000 extra us troops, mostly drawn from the 82nd airborne division. now, these were the troops who were sent here before the conflicts started to send a message to the russians, and also as an active solidarity with poland, a nato member. and clearly, the white house believed is important for biden, to be seen here in person. at this critical point. the numbers of people coming across the board may have declined from the peak a few weeks ago, probably around 30 to 40000 a day right now. but in some cases, that needs

a great many of the people who 1st came across already had friends and family in poland and beyond. but many of the people coming across now have no connections outside of ukraine. just a simple desire to escape the fighting. people like lena, her mother and daughter, and that dog who escaped the fighting ki, yahoo dot com. so we are so grateful. we were just so shocked by do, i can hear people helping things for my daughter, for our dog, as well as refugees coming in this direction. and the polish border is also one of the roots being used for lethal aid being sent into ukraine by nato countries. including anti tank and anti aircraft missiles, small arms, and ammunition. nato countries will also now be sending protective gear and equipment against gas and chemical attacks. in case lighting may putin resorts to even deadlier happens which the nato countries no,

he has at his disposal. or ukrainian officials say at least 300 people were killed in russia's bombing of a theatre in mary. you poll last week. more than a 1000 people were sheltering in the building when it was hit in an air strike. a few 100 civilians were rescued. alright, still ahead on al jazeera futures at state university. the thousands of lebanese students rely on is close to financial collapse. ah hello there. as we look to south asia, it's all about the heat once again, particularly for those north western areas of india, you can see from the thermostat chart, there were seen temperatures pick up into the early forty's, around places like good europe, where we've got heat wave warnings lasting for at least the next 4 days. but

a lot of that heat is pushing into new delhi. we are seeing the temperature here continue to rise over the weekend. and it's largely hot and dry picture as we had further east and down into the south for our met about you can see that we can be touching 42 by the time we get into sunday with lots of sunshine. now we are seeing some clouds develop along the western coast. with another shower was creeping into corolla, shall anchor, see some of the shop, a thunderstorms in colombo. and in that northeast corner of india, we have got some thunderstorm watches out for a sam with a bit of a winter mix blowing into the himalayas. and it was we had across to central asia. it's clearing up nicely for eastern and northern areas of china. the temperature, beijing, picking up again, similar story for shanghai, but it is still wetter in the south. but look at that, it's going to be japan that sees the big change in whether that weather system sweeping through to tokyo. by the time we get to sunday, that weather update. ah,

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again, you're watching. i just did a reminder of our top story. this u. s. president joe biden has arrived in poland, where he's meeting some of the more than 2000000 refugees who fled from the war. and you cried earlier in brussels. he struck a deal with the e. u to reduce the blocks reliance on russia. guess russia's defense ministry says the 1st phase of what it calls it. special operation in ukraine is complete and that's in the separatist control areas of the don bass region. defense ministry says russia will now focus completely on liberating that area and is not ruling out . the possibility of storming besieged ukrainian cities. ukrainian officials say at least 300 people were killed in russia's bombing of a theater a matter you fall last week. more than a 1000 people were sheltering in the building. when it was hit in an asteroid, a few 100 civilians were rescue playing forces say they've recaptured a village from russian troops just outside the capital. keith,

in my car reports from bro. very. this is the front lines of grove re, ah, this place has been under near constant attack by russian forces since the war began . villages around this area of almost been completely destroyed. now the ukraine forces tell us that they are now in charge of this area, but the very nature of war means that things are constantly changing. the chief of the ukrainian command has said that the russian forces and are preparing for re renewed offensive to try and take this area. if it, if they get this area. once again, it could well be a staging post for any further attack into cave, which is actually near here somewhere. however, for the soldiers on the ground and for one general who spoke to us, it's just the nature of wool, but bush and asked to be there is not that stood at the hulu. it'll, the fight has been ongoing since february 24th, but that is no special operation. you just war

a war that was started by the russian federation. the russian position adjust if you climate, the throttle at the russian maneuver. but we are very happy to meet them here. view grania are very generous. we are happy to give their rush and some of our lump. each russians him of the size of a grave killer. and the scenes are being repeated in the north of a cave as well as now. let me just take you through some of the front lines there. so we have osterman and we have butcher, which the ukrainian say they've managed to encircle. russian forces in the area and will force them out in mockery of and in, at a pin which are also very close to each other. ah, the ukranian say they managed to push those, the russian forces out. however, shelling is still continuing and as we've seen of last few days, that shelling is now coming in to the north of keith. a rush and shelling has struck the international airport in ukraine's 2nd biggest city of hard kids. these pictures from apple surveillance camera show the moment it was bombed,

surrounding areas were also hit overnight on thursday. that intense shelling has continued throughout the day firefighters are trying to bring a major blaze under control. in another part is harkins. i said bag is in cognitive with the latest there for us. there has been constant bombardment going on all night all morning all day. there's so many buildings and places being picked. it's hard to keep track of smoke on the sky, and this is why i can tell you this morning. we heard of an incident of a cluster munition, we believe just outside a clinic where full people were killed in 3 theaters, the injured. now when we arrived there, we looked around 200 meters down the road. there was one right hand side a school. then another one in the middle of a children's playground that all small custom munition ripped through the woods and climbing frame and whole across the metal slide. now let me just show you some of

these small clusters that we've picked up found in the, in the, in the children's day grad, these tiny metal ball bearings, some of them the really tiny, just the size of my finger in, in a school playground. now this is what's going on, this is a resent residential area and this is what's going on in the 2nd largest city. many people have already left. those that do remain just really fearful because they don't know where the russians will strike. and when they will strike, and as you said, they've constant bombardment this morning. we woke up to the smell of burning. as soon as we stepped out, and as we went through the city, every few minutes, those violent thuds and bangs to and fro from the russians under ukrainians. and sometimes as you get closer, you feel that those vibrations and the so many buildings that have been damaged here. and it doesn't seem to be a method to the madness. sometimes it's

a shopping center or buildings like this residential building. sometimes it's a hospital. the situation here that people are telling us is that then very, very fearful. so many people have left and those that do remain some of them vulnerable and the elderly of some are resilient and saying that they don't want to leave. this is basically the born and bred half, and they refused to give it up to the russian. the other news now in the u. s. has imposed new sanctions on north korea to pyongyang loans its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile. kim jones says he's preparing for a long standing confrontation with the u. s. and expanding his countries, nuclear turn largely reports on the launch of what some analysts are calling amongst the missile. this is north korea, the biggest intercontinental ballistic missiles state media has now released this video of the test, calling it a new type icbm he to kim jong,

when personally oversaw the launch saying the test will detect any potential military moves by the u. s. south korea reacted immediately, conducting a live fi, a test of multiple ballistic and tactical missiles. we went on a military's closely monitoring in north korea's military movement and confirmed that we have the ability in readiness to accurately strike the origin of a missile launch. thursday's launch chose north korea's nuclear capability, has advanced the missile flu higher and for a longer time than any previous tests, the size of this means a lot more inside of it. so we're looking at a missile that can carry more than one, or i could strike multiple targets with a single missile. the timing of the launch is also significant because of the world is on the rent prices that either north british trying to get a friend to refocus attention on his cell. or it thinks that because that we

are so preoccupied that they make her less river ashi because of all the bandwidth that we train the test is being seen as a major escalation. the un security council will meet on friday to discuss the launch for years, attempts to dismantle north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs have failed, and kim junglin has made no secret of the fact. he wants his country to be recognized as a nuclear state. lawrence louis al jazeera, a. taiwan is considering extending mandatory military service for young people after rushes. invasion of ukraine military drills have taken place on the dungeon archipelago. it's a string of islands that are closer to mainland china than they are to taipei. andrew ship l reports. people living on these islands off the coast of the mainland are watching events unfold and ukraine is chinese warplanes carry out incursions

into ty, wands, air defense zone. 64 year old linda show has always lived with a threat. the china might seize dungan island by force shows on her couch anyway, if they provoke us, we still can't touch them. if they want to fly over the island, just let them fly. if you shoot them down, everything will be over. i'm not kidding you. it would be the start of the 3rd world war. it's really too scary. it wouldn't even just be us and the mainland fighting other countries would surely also join in the fight that just look at the war between russia and ukraine. if they use atomic bombs, it will all be over. no country would be able to escape where the powder dungeon is only 50 kilometers off the mainland. the island is home to a missile base, and military drills are held regularly to prepare for potential assault by chinese forces. shorten, shorten foot. i'm bush will color. first of all, it needs to be pointed out at taiwan is not ukraine. the taiwan question and the

ukraine issue are different in nature, bunder mentally. taiwan is an inalienable part of chinese territory. the taiwan question, as purely shine, has internal affairs and there can be no foreign interference. the 2 sides across the top straight must be and will be unified. it is the trend of history that can never be stopped by any one or any 4, surely. for younger people that's now easier to imagine. so i, so it is, it's a challenge, and that is it, i don't think the threat of the war has a big influence in our daily lives, but of course it will come up and everyone's conversations, but we will discuss it in a rather light hearted manner. for example, when we explore strongholds, we would discuss it will really start which nearby stronghold we would run to. because recently there's been discussion about bomb shelters in taiwan about where to go to take shelter and so on. but life goes on as usual here, and people hope that isn't about to change. and or chappelle algebra a, china's foreign minister has made a surprise visit to india. it is the 1st trip by the top chinese officials since

the board of fighting in 2020 elizabeth foreign reports from new delhi. the chinese foreign minister visit to new delhi was shrouded in secrecy, but neither the chinese nor indian governments confirming that it was taken place until it actually happened. we had wonky missing and the national security adviser will before meeting his end, the encounter pot, external affairs minister s j shanker. for nearly 3 hours they discuss a range of issues. but they focused on the ongoing tensions along the himalayan border, which as shaka said, more than one result of chinese actions. since april 2020, the frictions and tensions start arise from china's deployment. since april 2020 can not be reconciled with the normal relationship between 2 neighbors. for mr. longing spoke about china desire for return to normalcy,

but also referring to the larger significant spot dice. i was equally forthcoming that india i want a stable and predictable relationship. but restoration of normal people, obviously the wide restoration of peace and tranquility. this visit is significant, given the armies of both countries have a mass. the soldiers along that disputed border since the worst violence between the 2 countries in nearly 50 years took place in june 2020. that 2020 indian soldiers and the unknown number of chinese soldiers were killed and fighting multiple grounds of tool between the military have fail to result and complete disengagement off the armies along that border. but esther shanker said that that can be achieved if both sides a genuine. he also said that they spoke about some major international issues, including ukraine, where they agreed that dialogue and diplomacy must be the priority. india has so

far, failed to criticize russia or condemned russia at the united nations. it's abstained from voting on all the resolutions in regards to russia, while china has supported russia at the un 11 on his facing, and education and crisis when it's only public university close to financial ruin. that's threatening the future of more than $80000.00 students. then hold the reports from beirut, follow ok. that's me. and i know this is the reality of lebanon's economic crisis management occur and see crush me in salaries are not enough to meet. basically. it's why these teachers have been on strike, threatening the education of more than $80000.00 students enrolled at the only public university in the country. why isn't it a model budget for that? if a new university has changed, i've seen the financial collapse in 2019. this means it's hard to give the teachers

their rights, like full time employment uninsured. the lebanese university has become the only option for those who can no longer afford private education. many students are concerned about their future already. more than 200 of the teaching staff has left dilemma and samantha, or if you don't give them their rights more, this will affect us already. there is a huge shortage of lab equipment and other learning resources at the university of the university has long been underfunded. but now the nearly bankrupt state is unable to cover operating expenses. it's facing what has been described as its biggest financial crisis in its history edit as close to collapse. the university says it needs $34000000.00 for this year's academic year, but it only has $16000000.00 in its budget. for families who are struggling, education is no longer a priority,

especially because of the drastic increase in tuition fees. going to music on the gym. i'd be are you certain if university but the fusion fee was increased and it became too expensive? it was a very difficult decision than merely my financial situation didn't allow me to continue my education. i couldn't work and study at the same time with no end in sight to the economic collapse. many fear they too may be forced to draw out. i'm not sure that if the tuition fees are something that i'm not able to pay them, there's also little hope of change from a political class blamed for decades of corruption. they left us no chance for opportunities, and there is no practically no future for students. and there may still be those able to complete their studies. but the united nation says the financial collapse has until now forced 30 percent of those age between $15.24 to drop out of school. then a footer, l z.