sarah, the u. s. is always of interest to people around the world. people pay attention to walk with on here and i'll just, he was very good at bringing the news to the world from here. oh, this is al jazeera ah, you're watching the news hour and al jazeera coverage of the war in ukraine. i'm debbie and applegate of russia declares phase one if it's military operation over despite western assessments, that it's bogged down and sold you as president joe biden comes closer to the conflict meeting, american soldiers and eastern poland while on the battlefield. russian shelling hits the international airport in ukraine, 2nd biggest city car, heave also

a heads north korea releases of hollywood style video of leader can don't own supervising the launch of a new ballistic missile. and in schools, a shock exit the italy in wilco, qualifying the european champions beats and by north macedonia in that vial semi find so welcome to the news our russia has announced the end of what it calls the phase one if it's a military operation in ukraine the defense ministry added that it would now focus on quote, liberating 2 eastern regions claimed by russia back separatists offer more than a month of war. the areas you see in red are held by russian forces under a separate us allies, or are places where they've made significant advances. on thursday, russian troops reached the center of mario pole. the port city has been under siege

since the war's early days. tens of thousands are feared trapped without food power or heat, but ukrainian forces say they've been resisting russia attacks elsewhere, such as around chief unsure to heave. let's get an update from him, but he's joining us from moscow. so how shall phase one over? what does this mean and any indication of the next phases during the russian army saying that it has managed to meet most of the objectives highlighted when it comes to stage one of its military campaign way. course, the special operation in ukraine, and that the russian military has managed to cut off the cities of kings hockey, saw me nikolai, and certainly go and that her son is under the control, has been and the total control. and that most of the year is under control. now

when it comes to the are the areas over guns and only ask the army saying that almost 90 percent of the guns is now under the control by the forces loyal to the russian army. and that 50 percent of look ask is often the ask is under control, this could be an indication that perhaps that area is going to be the main focus of the stage 2 of the military operation. today, the russian military made more statements talking about major military again, sticking out, major military installations in ukraine, destroying tanks and to aircraft systems, drones and rocket launchers, neutralizing the navy, and destroying the fuel. depos in the central part of ukraine, widely seen as a lifeline for the ukranian army units operating of the central part and also in

the region of kia the russian army has also said that a 1351 russian soldiers were killed. this is a part of the material price of the $485025.00 soldiers were injured. this is just to remind our view as a 2nd update given by the russian army since the start of the military operation last month in ukraine on march. the 2nd it was the 1st update when the russian army said that 498 soldiers were killed ash. and we also did hear from president putin earlier on. and he's been saying that the west is trying to cancel russian culture . what more did he have to say on that? where there is growing concerned, there's also frustration among russian officials about what they describe as a coordinated western effort to silence a russian identity russian culture. they say that we don't understand why a russian works of art are banned from our prayers from bali theaters from song

contests. and this explains why russian president, vladimir put in talking to a culture worker, said that this is a cancer karcher targeting us. this isn't what president lemme put in. had to say. bloomberg receipt is dinah leave for the way our culture has given us protection. the culture of cancellation has turned into cancellation culture. they are taken away. russian artist is forbidden. russian books not sees in germany. did this 90 years ago, they burned books now for, for, for, for the russian officials, there is a venue to solve the problems that are under way and the conflict in ukraine. they say that there are talks which are, which are under way. and they don't see why the economy is targeted with the sanctions that were further expanded yesterday at an under sections which are targeting or culture targeting works of art. artists are not only in

are also artist who are britting a bruise. most of them had to see there were a last because of most of the our prize valley theaters had to cancel those works of art in a reaction to the conflict in ukraine. but as i said earlier today, so you'll hover over the myself when i 1st was talking about a hybrid war. he was referring to the fact that this was a war that has a military aspect of providing of weapons to the ukrainian. he has an economic aspect, was his, the sanctions of the rushes, and they see the, the cultural aspects of just an attempt to further isolate and silence the russian identity. and i think it so much am i better as reporting from moscow? let's take a look at what's happening inside ukrainian. russian shelling has struck the international airport in ukraine, 2nd biggest city. hark eve. take a look at these pictures. they're from airport surveillance cameras, and they show the moment that it was bond surrounding areas were also had overnight on thursday. that intense shelling has continued throughout the day. cruise have

been trying to bring a large fire under control in another part of our key as a vague is there. and he has the latest from keith. 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 the content smoke on the sky, and as far as why continues 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 outside a school. then another one in the middle of a children's playground. that'll small custom munition rip through the woods and climbing frame and whole across the metal slide. and let me just show you some of these small cluster initiative that we 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 of warner bread half, and they refused to give it up to the russian will take you now to eastern poland. that is where the u. s. president is right now and he's speaking let's listen and thank you mr. secretary, don't joke. you guys used to jump, don't jump. anyway, thanks. let me come and say hello to you. you know, i've been saying this a long time in the telephone travel with me. know that because i was a senator for 36 years before and races committee travel around the world and 8 years as vice president now president and you know, a couple of things. first of all, thank you. you represent one percent of the american people. none of you have to be

here, you know, decided to be here for your country. everyone in volunteer. every single one of you stepped up in the rest and 99 percent of the rest of the country, including me, osha and i was your big number one. number 2, you know, we're unique country in many ways. were the only country, the only country in the world, not based, organized, based on geography or at necessity or religion or race or anything else were based on an idea. the only country, the world, based on idea. we hold these truths to be self evident that all women men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable right. sounds. corny is the truth of who we are. we've never lived up to it. we never walked away from it. and the rest of the world looks to us because, you know, we not only lead by the example or power of by the power of our example. your

generation combines both the rest of the world looks at you and see who you are. i see you are a multi ethnic group of americans that are fact together and united one resolve and defend your country and to help those who need help. that's why you're here. i spent a lot of time in the ukraine when i was a senator, vice president. i've spoken to the robin days when they in fact didn't have what you call democracy. and was there in the madonna when the former leader had to take off and head into russia. and so, you know, with the ukrainian people, great people have a lot of backbone about a gut and i'm sure you're observing it. and i don't mean just a military, which is we've been trained incense back when a russia moved into you and the se, se ukraine, but also the average citizen looking other steppin up. gonna have

a stepping up and you're going to see when you're there. so, so you've been there, you're going to see you're going to see women. young people stand on standing, middle from dam tank. say i'm not leave and i'm home. my ground are incredible. but they take a lot of inspiration from us. and you know, the woman who just died, the secretary state used to have an expression. she said, we are the central nation. sounds like a bit of hyperbole. but the truth, the matter is you are the organizing person around which the rest of the world as a free world is moving. or in the midst of and i don't want to sound philosophic here, but you're in the midst of a fight between democracy and, and oligarchy. she's paying, i've spent more time with they tell me they're the world leader points out to me. he believes in china that democracies can't succeed the 21st century. the reason as

things are moving so fast changes happening so quickly, a democracy require consensus. and we can't put together consensus as quickly as autocrats kid. so which at the stake, not just what we're doing here, ukraine to try to help you create people and keep the massacre from continue it or beyond that. want to stake is what's, what's, what are your kids and grandkids going to look like in terms of their, their, their freedom. what's happening last 10 years and then fewer democracy has been formed, then we've lost in the world. so this is a mature, engage in as much more than just whether or not you can alleviate the pain and suffering of the people in a crate. or in a new phase. your generation were infection point about every 5 or 5 generations and come along and changes fundamental change takes place. the world i going to be the same, not because ukraine, but i'm not going to be the same 1015 years now in terms of organizational structures. and the question is going to prevail or democracy is going to prevail

on it. and the values we share are autocracies, prevail, and that's really what the stake. so what you're doing is consequential. really consequential. and as i said, group in the dining room, you on the child muscle. fact matter is that your, the finest is not i personally, you are the finest fighting force, the history of the world. we say it again, the finest fighting force in the history of the world. part of the reason is you've had to fight so much from the last 20 years for rio, or not many generations. another greatest generation was my father's generation, your grand 1st generation war to generation. but nobody, no other generations had been a battle of your body blown up, wiped the blood off the humvee and get back in and saddle up and go for another 6

months. the 2nd time i flew in and out of iraq and afghanistan about 40 times 30, some time 38 times. and every time i go in, i see like last time i flew in and i've still in the cockpit land and bar group and either or 6 people came up with the cargo basically, i was fine. and i said, how many is your 1st or duty? one person raise their hand, 2nd to are not one person. 3rd tour, dirty 3. 4th one, 5th, 161. there's never had before. one thing to go in and be the middle of a battle. go home and get sent back. and so one of the things i've said i've got in trouble for sam, but not anymore santa, for,

since i've got elected, we have a sacred obligation. only one obligation has government. we have a lot of obligations to, to the elderly, the poor children, et cetera. only one sacred obligations to quip those that we send a war you care for them in their families when i come home. and so you all are amazing group women and men. i just want to thank you for your service. as your commander in chief, i mean from bottom my heart. i said this new to my my son spent a year in iraq. he spent 6 months in kosovo when the bronze star link is speaking, service middle, another wars protest neighbor didn't put that uniform on. like many of you, he didn't to go either he was the attorney general, the state of delaware, the delara national guard. and what happened was when his unit was going to be sent, or says he had to go to washington to get a quote and equivalent of

a dispensation. because you either had to be fed property or state property. he was the attorney general estate and to give up the office in order to be able to go with his troops. the point is, there were hundreds and thousands of people like my son, like all of you. so thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. it's not only what you're doing to help your grand people. it's not what you're doing to help europe begin to regain its confidence. reason why one of the general, one of the secretary said, asked me, invite another 12000 troops to, to nice to said yeah, from the united states. got 100000 american forest here in europe. we haven't had that long time because we are the organizing principle for the rest of the world. said we sent the best the best available of america, and that's all of you women and i'm here. i came for one simple basic reason, joke,

say thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you for your service. thank you for who you are and thank you for your what you're doing as, as my grandfather, i say every time i walked out of his house, you know, joe, it's going to keep the faith, my grand, my grandmother and y'all can aside. this is serious. she joe, no spread it. you're spreading the faith. thank you. thank you. thank you. god bless you all and keep you safe. my god, protect our troops. thank you. thank you joe. right, and speaking right now in eastern poland in just shoot specifically. and he's, as you can see, he's been meeting and he's been thinking us soldiers who are working alongside polish allies on nato's eastern flank. so let's bring in rob mcbride, who is joining us from the medical crossing on the border between ukraine and poland to discuss jo biden's visit, rob, and how long he spending and this part of poland and what, what more on his agenda,

we just saw him meeting with us soldiers that's a very somber sounding joe biden, that talking about the whole well being, get some kind of inflection point about a struggle between autocracy and democracy. india, rives here in this part of poland, which is very much at the center of this growing humanitarian crisis as a result of the conflict just over the border in ukraine. this crossing point is one of the busiest on the border with ukraine. this saw a massive influx of people getting out of ukraine at the start of the conflict. those numbers have declined somewhat. you're seeing around $30000.00 plus people coming across every day, but there is still, this is still a very busy crossing. people come through here, they are process, they meet this army of international volunteers, are offering them all sorts of assistance. so joe biden will be saying for himself, the humanitarian effort. but i think also very important here is the us military

presence in this part of poland. we now have an extra $5000.00 us troops, mainly drawn from the 82nd abilene division. now these are troops that were put in place here before the conflict, ready to send a message to the russians. now that this conflict is under way, it is sending assign the, showing the solidarity with a fellow day to day to member in the form of poll. and then of course, nato has announced that it's going to send for more battle groups to eastern europe . and of course it is along this. busy border but it and disclose locations where we are seeing lethal aid from nato being sent into ukraine. these missile systems that take down the craft and target tanks as well as small arms and ammunition. and of course, the nato has announced that they will now be also supplying protective gear and equipment against gas and chemical attacks. the fear being that may be out of frustration. putin may resort to more lethal weapons that we know he,

he has at his disposal. and rob, so tell us what refugees at that particular crossing where you are right now. have been telling you yeah they, they come across all day long. here it is a long track across ukraine from all parts of ukraine they spend spend several hours on the other side of the border, patiently waiting in line before finally getting across. now these, the, they that we asked them about what they want to see and all of them are obviously talk about peace and they, when it comes to the us in the international community. all of them are a talk about the international community. and the us trying to put pressure on putin and russia to stop the war to get out of ukraine again. and again, you hear the same refrain that are calling for the air space to be close. they know that nato would have it in its power at a good sir, declare a no fly zone that because that does seem to be the biggest concern for many people, are the air strikes the missiles that are flying through the air skies of ukraine

and you've got to remember, of course, that these are people who are coming across now that would have spent 2, possibly 3 weeks under constant air raid alarms, over in more, a front line, cities like heart cave and so on. and they would have been, in some cases, spending much of that time in basement. so you do sense that the people coming across the expressions on their faces, the tears, the, the, the sense that these are traumatized people that they really have been through it. and i think universally as well as a, as anger, i think, is a sense of relief that they have left for the moment at least the war in ukraine behind them. okay, thank you so much. ra mcbride is reporting for medicare holland. well before poland job aiden was in brussels. so there the u. s. president announced he'd struck a deal with the you aiming to reduce europe's reliance on russian gas. under the agreement, the u. s. and other nations will increase natural gas exports to europe by an extra 15000000 cubic meters this year. not impressive. i know. i know good

lemay russian gas will have cause 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 foot in the sanctions are now working their way deep into the russian system. draining proteins, 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. let's discuss this with our diplomatic editor james base. he is joining us from brazil. so the gas deal was the biggest announcement there, james. yes, it was. if you look at the things that ukraine wants in terms of sanctions, they won't tuff of sanctions. and the thing that they think is missing is the

energy that the e u. bies from russia. the. busy oil and gas is 40 percent of europe supplies that comes from russia. now the you have said, well, we can't countries, many countries are opposed to that because they say it was home very much of themselves and their citizens. so what now the u. s. is doing is it's going to supply l n g to europe, when they've said that are going to supply 15000000000 cubic meters this year. the u then says that this means that this the, they can cut the dependence on russia by 2 thirds, and by 2027, they can have no russian gas a tall. they can completely cut it out. but of course, 2027 is 5 years from now, so that means they're going to be 5 years in which the e. u is still going to be paying russia for its oil and gas money that is going to help the russian economy at the time when the use stay today is to try and isolate

the government apply to mit, put in the final communique, not yet out here. at the summit talk going on a little bit longer than usual, one of the other issues, but i believe they are close to agreeing is a plan to jointly by the gas in future that will give them a better price or a chance we'll check in with you later thank you so much. that's our diplomatic editor, jim phase reporting from brussel. ah, so we'll have more from ukraine later in this news hour. but for now let's get a check of some other news on the u. s. has imposing sanctions on north korea. after pyongyang launched its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile. kendra goon says he's preparing for a long standing confrontation with the u. s. and expanding his countries nuclear deterrence, florence louis reports on the launch of what some analysts are calling a monster missile. this is north korea's biggest intercontinental ballistic

missile state media has now released this video of the test, calling it a new type, icbm. he to kim john wooten personally oversaw the launch, saying the test will deter any potential military moves by the u. s. south korea reacted immediately, conducting a live fire test of multiple ballistic and tactical missiles would have been 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 lacking cherry for more than one, or i could shrink multiple targets with a single foot. the timing of the launch is also significant. and because of the

wall is that on the grain prices, that i, the north british trying to get, frankly, we focus attention on his cell. or it thinks that because that we are so preoccupied that they made her less ashy. because of all the bandwidth that me crane i'm yeah, 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 florence louis algebra. let's think about this with jim walsh was an expert in international security and a research associate at the massachusetts institute of technology security studies program. he's joining us on skype from cambridge. welcome to al jazeera sir. so why

do you think that north korea has decided to do this at this time where they were testing last month, most aimless thought in the run up to the south korean election. but this is a different animal. it represents a break with the freeze for freeze agreement in formerly arrived at with president trump. that is no icbm test. now nuclear tests in return for know exercises and as to why typically it's a mix of motivations you're trying to improve. you know, north korea is trying to improve its missile a capability, sometimes the cigars, the cigar, they're just trying to get better at it. but also sometimes they're signaling a intention to signal to a foreign audience or to signal to a domestic audience. and in this case, and you referenced it, the fact that they have produced this video, stylized video about the launch in which chairman kim plays, you know, the leading role that suggest the definitely there is

a consciousness about the domestic audience. they are saying that like all of us, now it's right. let's break all this down for a moment. so if you look at the message he's trying to send to a domestic audience. what do you think that would be? it's that were strong because right now, internally in north korea, they're struggling, they're struggling economically. they imposed on themselves sanctions worse than any that were imposed by the international community. because they shut their border. and they've essentially been in hibernation for 2 years. and it has had a big economic impact, so he as acknowledge that they are struggling. and this is a way to say, yes, i know we're struggling, but we're strong. and we have these enemies that we have to defeat. we just have to stay the course, right. and for the international audience, what message is he sending there? i think there, there might be less messaging. this might be just a practical decision. you know, the given the war, new crane. i think it's highly unlikely that the united nations would impose new

international sanctions because i presume that russia would veto them. so it's an opportunity for them to advance their missile testing with a lower probability of being hit with international sanctions. what has the, the altitude of this particular miss? i'll tell you about what type it is for example. and what sort of advancements have been made in the nuclear program? well, i would say the missile program is advanced more quickly than the nuclear program. the miss for the nuclear program has been largely dormant. i mean, i'm sure they're producing material, but they haven't had tess, i'm, we don't know of any additional weapon session. but the missile program is expanded on every front. you know, land c a r, solid fuel liquid fuel, short range missiles, and now icbm, that's an intercontinental ballistic missile. that in theory would be capable of reaching the u. s. or something else on the other side of the world. they have not fully completed the testing for this. basically they shot the missiles straight up and it came straight down, which is not the normal flight trajectory of an icbm. so they are definitely making

progress. it's a bigger missile. that means it can carry a greater payload, but they say it remains to be demonstrated that they can meet all the technical specifications to have this rather advanced and sophisticated missile work, right to say we entered when far it cannot re enter without breaking up that we don't know the answer that question, look just one more for you. and you mentioned this just a moment ago. i mean if we take a look at the video, i'm sure you've seen it. i've certainly seen it and it was sent from all angles. it was heavily edited as well to music and ed, you know, some people would say that it went beyond the usual videos that the north koreans actually put out. let, let's listen to it for just a moment. i'm also gonna come back to you. all right, so there it is heavily edited. as you can see some,

some people this also describing it as kind of hollywood style. what did you make of it? it does have a top good and feel do and i have to say i, i think this is gonna get a lot of play in the u. s. late night comedy shows and that sort of thing. but after thinking about this morning, this is really no different in some ways, it's a little surprising. it took them as long as they did. they've always been big on rhetoric and image and propaganda. you see that in their written commentary, certainly. and, and speeches and news, cass, this is simply moving to a new platform which is the same video. and frankly, if you think about potent bareback on a horse or a u. s. presidential campaign commercial. i think what we're seeing is a general movement of state leaders employing video to sort of do these propaganda pieces. ok, thank you so much. i was get to have you with us. thank you. thank you. all. taiwan is considering extending mandatory military service for young people following

russia invasion of ukraine. the defense minister says 4 months of service wouldn't be long enough and the events of a conflict military dro, so taking place on the don gain archipelago. it's a string of islands that are closer to mainland china than they are to taipei. andrew chappelle reports. people living on these islands off the coast of the mainland are watching events unfold, and ukraine is chinese war plains carry out incursions into ty wands, air defense zone. 64 year old lindsey show has always lived with a threat that china might see don in island by force on college. how she knew me if they provoke us, we still can't touch them. if they want to fly over the island, just let them fly. 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. just look at the war between russia and ukraine. if they use atomic bombs all be over,

no country would be able to escape where the public dung in is only 50 kilometers off the mainland. the island is home to a missile bay, and military drills are held regularly to prepare for potential assault by chinese forces. shows you and shelter full time and bush will color festival needs to be pointed out upon one is not ukraine to taiwan question and the ukraine issue a different in nature bonded mentally taiwan. inalienable part of trying to parent tree. the taiwan question as purely shine, is intended to face and that can be no for an interference. the 2 sides across the taiwan strait 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, and i don't think the threat of the war has a big influence on our daily lives. but of course it will come up and everyone's conversations. but we will discuss it in a rather light hearted matter. for example, when we explore strongholds,

we would discuss if will really thoughts which need by 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 let's i returned to ukraine and then bus. robbie isn't levine and he has an update on the fighting just over a month after it begun. their country is at war. but for the many ukrainian soldiers, the fight is personal. i told my wife to grab the children to hide in the basement, and i went to the drafting station and joined my unit straight away. and the next day from the army base, we moved to the front line. my wife and children were and occupation for 2 weeks, but then the managed to escape through humanitarian corridor. on 3 is from the city of boucher. it's 25 kilometers northwest of keith in the pack of russian invaders.

and his unit has come under heavy bombardment since the start of the war. overnight on thursday, a missile hit, an oil depot near keith used to supply ukraine's armed forces in the center of the country, killing and injuring people, waiting for help. the city remains under curfew. mario post city council announced on friday an air strike on a theatre on march 16th may have killed 300 people. nothing. the building was being used to shelter women and children, and was clearly marked for pilots to see. 130 people were rescued, but as many as 1300 are believed to still be inside. the death toll is expected to go up. the defense ministry says ukraine's armed forces have stopped the russian advance and are taking back territory near the capital. but those forces are spread

thin across several fronts, leaving some ukrainians on their own. boy, you see just let me bring up the strong bombardment of our village. begin yesterday at 9 o'clock, hailstones and drunkards, the house burned down among the birdie with the rarely escaped. won't you won't. they were a lot of tanks. we passed a lot of tanks and a lot of soldiers, especially the enemy, for some reason they were fewer of our soldiers. we also saw am and personnel carriers and dead found a rubber bullet some way salvaging what they can moving on, staying strong at noon, we will fight till the end as best we can, some with weapons and some will help us moral support. and by transferring funds to

our army, our guys should have everything, helmets, and body armor humanitarian corridors. do seem to be working when they hold. the government of ukraine has been able to move thousands of people to safety. but it also accuses rushes. government of forcibly relocating more than 400000 ukranian citizens to russian held territory. now russia says that they went willingly. ukraine says they are hostages. then basra algebra levine on china's foreign minister has been discussing the war on a visit to india. elizabeth parent reports from new jelly. 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 that they focused on the ongoing tensions along the himalayan border, which as judge hunker said more than one, was a result of chinese actions. since april 2020, the frictions intentions start arise from china's deployment since april 2020 cannot be reconciled with a normal relationship between 2 neighbours. for mister longing spoke about china's desire for a return to normalcy, but also referring to the larger significant dice. i was equally fort coming in wants a stable and predictable relationship, but restoration of normalcy will obviously require a 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 to place in june 2020,

that 2020 indian soldiers and the unknown number of chinese soldiers were killed and fighting multiple rounds of school between the military. you have fail to result and complete disengagement off the armies along that border. but s dish on because 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 condemn russia at the united nations. abstained from voting on all the resolutions. in regards to russia, while china has supported russia at the un, hundreds of people have gathered at the funeral of a corsican nationalist yvonne colona. he was attacked earlier this month in prison while serving a life sentence for killing the french islands, leading political official in 1998. he died in hospital on monday. michael soc is

covering the story for us. nicholas is joining us from the island. of course it got to tell us more about nicholas why this death has had such an impact. it has a massive impact. we just saw the body or the coffin of evil colonna make its way out of the church. and right now you're seeing not hundreds, but thousands of people following it as it leads to the chappelle. now make no mistake. this is an island in mourning their morning grieving for evil cardona who was a shepherd from this town charges who defied the french authorities. 25 years ago, he was accused of killing the highest top government official from france. now he denied being involved in that murder, but he's been spending time ever since in a prison, in maine, in the mainland of france. and it's the circumstances of his death that has really

shocked people here and have brought some new people out on the streets to pay his respect, who was murdered by some one. his cell mates and people here hold. not the sound might responsible for his death, but the french authority and we've seen a revival of cor sick and nationalism both from young people and old. take a look at this report. at night down a quiet and dark alley. in a bar in downtown bustios that course it can nationalists gather. there is an outpouring of emotion after the death of their comrades, even colona, killed in the french prison by a fellow inmates. he was serving a life sentence for the murder of the islands top government official more than 20 years ago. could have been them. many here have been time in jail, accused of terrorism by the french authorities. been a d t says he didn't organize any bomb and carry explosives with the intent to target the french government. still, after 10 years in prison,

the french authorities continue to monitor him with his ankle device it according to come way out all the money. france for me is a colonial state violence as a means used in the face of enormous injustices. the corsican yvonne colona has become a symbol of resistance and pride without necessarily agreeing with his methods. quality. thousands gathered as his body was brought back to corsica holding the corsican flag his michelle maci and her granddaughter sierra grieving, but also angry. i feel like the french state has never been listening to us, and they just showed us who they really are by killing one of ours. people on this small island in the middle of the mediterranean, feel isolated and far removed from mainland france. and for the 1st time, the interior minister spoke about possible autonomy because corsica, unlike other islands in the mediterranean, such as cyprus sicily, or sardinia does not have

a special status. people here want greater control over the economy of the island, the education system, and the fate and future. of course the the nationalists have spelt is out for them . corsica is not friends. they have a unique language, a distinct culture, and an identity. them on this island are willing to fight for what do you feel loyal? now, this island is known as lead today, which means the beautiful island, but it has an ugly side. it has the highest murder rate per capita in europe. bunch of it, according to the french authorities, is fueled both by course it can nationalism and the course it can mafia involving racketeering of businesses and illegal trade of drugs. and that's why the french authorities want to clamp down on what is happening in this island. but in the process, they've lost an element of trust by

a part of the population that see the french authorities with suspicion. and right now what you're seeing after the morning and the grievances grieving beneath it lies brewing anger. there's fear that people now that are grieving in morning will then take to the streets to show their anger towards the french state. and this is happening just to weeks before the french presidential election. all right, thank you so much, nicholas hak, as reporting from corsica, the international civil aviation organization, i kale has granted katara control of its own aerospace in a landmark verdict. so this is what aerospace around cats are used to look like. despite having one of the world's top airlines did not have control of the skies above or around the country. instead, the tiny island nation of rain had technical control along with saudi arabia, the u. e and iran controlling the rest. so now cuts are, has this,

it's called doha, f i r, and cuts our 1st ever airspace. it extends well into what was part of a rainy immorality and iranian airspace. it's the 1st time i care has redrawn sky boundaries in 3 decades. earlier we spoke to alex ma, cherice and ation analysts. he said it's surprising cats are didn't have control of its own aerospace until now. this is a historic verdict. i, i k o, that's the u. n. special agency, full aviation, and the verdict is that they automatically have decided to allow the establishment of a, a cutoff, doha f i r, essentially an s space for the state of cutoff that it has never hunt. because catawba actually sits historically for a very long time within the s space of bang, which has most of the gulf waters. now, as facing dependence for any country is very important, and i k o,

the u. n. bo deviation is the ultimately, the, the authority that will delegate, which country shall have operational control of any given f i all. and if i all, as i said is, is that shape of as space that makes up the world as space map. now the reason this decision was historic is because we don't see this. we don't see the s face map of the world simply redrawn to have a country included. but it is extraordinary that an aviation power hub, like cuts ha, has for so long not had its own s space. and that's why it 1st took it to the i k o, a initially in 2014, but then again in 2018. and it's been going through a very lengthy process to demonstrate why it should be as facing dependent, no forgetting, of course, that blockade by its gulf neighbors that lasted a few years of which i space was very much a part in terms of being used as a weapon in that block, kate, that since ended, but of course as best independence is vital to ensure operational control capacity

control and give the country a bit more flexibility in terms of air roots in and out of the country. the world's largest coral reef and australia is going through another belt of mass bleaching. it's mostly caused by heat stress. a problem that's worsening as our planets and oceans warm. catchy lopez hurry on, has one. australia's great barrier reef extends for more than 2300 kilometers, but the vibrant colors of the world's most extensive coral reefs system are fading . scientists with the countries marine park authority say climate change is warming, the ocean, and the excess heat is bleaching. the underwater ecosystem at an alarming rate. mammals, turtles, whales all depend on this beautiful spectacular ecosystem. to survive and live the oil they have for thousands of years and,

and we're seeing stress in this eco system at a frequency at a special scale that has never been seen before. 2021, mark the warmest year on record for the world's oceans. when see temperatures rise, the heat destroys the al gay corals feed on. in time they turn white portals can was stand bleaching, but it makes it more difficult for them to survive. it's getting grim and it's getting to the point where we can't even simulate the combination of conditions that the reverse experiencing in a controlled laboratory setting. right. ah, friday mark this years 1st protested the global youth for climate movement with rallies bean hill from sidney to rome. and berlin with the war and ukraine and the pandemic demonstrators, fear the environment will be pushed further down the priority lis, around the globe. and we know that it's fossil fuels that are exacerbating these

floods in these climate devices. and we know that, that, you know, driving the climate crisis, australia's prime minister says improvements of the need, australia has reduced its emissions by more than new zealand. by more than canada, by more than the united states, by more than japan, by more than many countries in europe, the great barrier reef was added to the world's heritage list in 1981. now, decades later, sighing to say drastic changes needed for it to survive. castillo, this of the young al, jazeera parsons is coming up, and north macedonia move a step closer to their 1st ever world cup appearance. ah.

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the time for this worth news with envy. thank you so much. 3 more, 8 months after being crowned european champions, italy have suffered a shock elimination and welcome qualifying they had home advantage against north macedonia. and the last and final one knew in the 2nd minute of, at a time the exam to try kosky struck to send the world 67th team through italy, cut your boats. mancini described that is the worst face of his career in the full time will champions will miss out on playing the finals for the 2nd consecutive silence. comic resist that they said that the summer had the most beautiful and satisfying experience in my career. and right now, it is the biggest disappointment. it is difficult to speak about anything else in

this moment. it won't be easy in the next few days. i am so sorry for the players, and i like them more tonight and then last july. they are a team at, in the last 3 years have deserved when a european championship. i am disappointed for them because they did not deserve to not play in the world cup for a 2nd consecutive time. well, we've been talking to italian football broadcast at san credit pal mary, who was at that game in paloma. it was very strange because people leaving the city yesterday could not believe it. they walked the scene is very different from 5 years ago. because 5 years ago, we fear in some way that our disaster could come out there sooner or later, you know, easily been playing with fire over being kicked out. so not quantifying us sometimes . so that was like, oh my god, this is it. this time is totally full of an exciting and expecting that 8 months

ago, these were the european sentence and not only the one, if you remember about isa italy, was a phrase in please, everywhere for the way they played. so the problem is that they're not into the moment really world class players. there is this group of be some players that mancini brought to the very top to the very top made them believe they could be better than anybody else. but it is not like that a common standard and made it easy, accessible self confidence because them just after you know, piano championships, manase disappointment for its limit north macedonian, our closing and on a 1st ever world cup appearance. have a look at the reaction in a capital scope here. the country also qualified for last year's european championships. one is portugal that north macedonia will have to get passed if that's a qualified for cancer, the portuguese sort of turkey $31.00 in porter,

in their semi final plan, only after turkey. mr. penalty though it's the one that says nina's rounding off the victory for portugal in stockbridge. ton wales are one step closer to reaching the world cup for the 1st time since 1958 garrath bail scoring both goals in a c one. whenever austria wales await the winners of the year, the other semi finalist between ukraine and scotland, that is still scheduled to take place in hugh from now the other european playoff final will be between sweden and poland. the swedes being chuckled public one nail in extra time. robin quays on that the crucial gulf and found places at the tournaments will come from the african play of files. the 1st legs all take place on front of the match between the congo morocco approaching half time as a repeat of last month final. in the after combinations with senegal up against egypt. molly, who've never reach the well cut final before face tunisia, algeria taken camera and on the huge pressure at the phone to progress as defending

champions from the group stages. at the african open in the african camp is the past for us is, is her how can i say we have to take her on board? honestly, we have to love to live with him and take her the positive or negative things to, to improve her well, as for cameron may be still upset after finishing bird is the hosts of the cup of nations that hoping to reach the wilco finals for an 8th time, november for construct. though, since the start of the competition, we have set ourselves objective to be in cattle. we want to make the camera union people proud and happy to more south american things have secure back whole vacation for the final year ago. clinch that vice for the one know when you're going to hurry. hurry can still qualify, but now sco must now go through the playoffs in ecuador lay secured their place

despite losing the parent going on because it will be going on brazil. beating sheila finished for l. f and assist junior scoring his 1st international go over and some of the sport australian cricket has claimed a dramatic series victory on the final day of the the test with pakistan. it's or is bold packs and for $235.00 winning by a $115.00 runs in the whole captain pack come into wrapping up the match with spent a night in line taking 5 wickets. this was australia's 1st series when in pakistan since 1998 under the women's cricket will cover new zealand, australia have completed the group stage of beats and in a reign reduced match. spangler restricts to 135 to 6. australia reached the target with nearly 11 overs and 5 with kids to spec. okay, most both familiar lights are on us. how we're looking for that are we'll see later on. thank you so much and then thanks for watching the news,

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