aside to gaze, yet he still resumed media debt going to be attaching from leisure and from chad critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera? ah, russia declares phase one if it's military operation over despite western assessments, that it's bogged down and stalled. meanwhile, u. s. president joe biden comes closer to the conflict meeting american soldiers in eastern poland. ah, you're watching al jazeera life from headquarters in ohio, denny navigator also a heads. flames and smoke seen rising from a saudi aramco earl facility and jetta, after humans,

hope the rebels announced several attacks north korea releases a hollywood style video of leader can don't own supervising the launch of a new ballistic missile. hello, russia has announced the end before it calls the phase one if it's military operation in ukraine. the defense ministry added that it would now focus on taking full control of 2 eastern regions claimed by russian back separatists. it also said that it lost more than $1300.00 soldiers. after more than a month of war, the areas in red are held by russian forces under separate just allies or places where they have 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 fewer traps without food power or heat, but ukrainian forces say they've been resisting russian attacks elsewhere,

such as around chief enter and heave hassam al better is joining us for moscow for more on what the russians have been saying and, and what they mean by phase one being over and whether there are any indications of the next phases hashem dying for the russian military stage, one of the military operation. they say that the met most of the achieved all the goals of the stage one. and they said that, for example, the cities of kia, ha k. so me, nikolai, and also turn the co now cut off by the russian army. and they got the possibility of moving forward into those to say that the also controlled her son and most of the, the region earlier today, the russian military has been saying that it has conducted many operations to

undermine undermining the military capabilities of the acquainted army in terms of low rocket launchers, anti aircraft systems, the supply system of the ukrainian army, destroy depos, drones and different military facilities operating across the country. and this could be an indication that in the 2nd, in the states too, we're likely to see them focus a little bit more in the dumbass region, the russian army saying that a control is now 93 percent of the low guns. and that is controlled, 53 percent of the done. yes. and i think we should be expecting them to further expand those gains, particularly in the, on the asked the russian military thing. that 1351 russian soldiers. what gets to the thought of the military operations that 2825 soldiers were injured? all right, awesome. and we also heard from the president earlier on president vladimir putin has been saying that the west is trying to cancel russian culture. what more did he

say on that? well he's, he's very critical of what he describes as a consumer culture western a push to the violence, the russian culture and identity. his very critical of the band that has been imposed. unbutton works of all performances, phone contests in different parts of the world as a reaction to the military campaign in ukraine. this listen to what president had to say on publicity, dana leave, but he by shall culture, has given us protection. the notorious council culture has become a cancellation of culture. they've taken away russian artists and forbidden russian books. the night is in germany, did this 90 years ago. they burned books. ah, they're interesting that can paris sing to the what is happening now was

a and not see or push or decades ago, i guess works of art when the nazis took over a germany. now, when you listen to this statement of the russian officials that basically on the same page about what they say as a, is a coordinated effort by the west to provide weapons to the cri insta, just so that the russians find themselves bog down in this conflict. to impose sanctions, which were expanded further yesterday, which the russians say is an economic war on them. and now on culture. and they say that it's not fair to, to, to punish at least m. ballet dancers, artists, mainly those who are operating, are outside of russia, just because of the conflict in russia. sir gayla rob earlier today was talking about a hybrid war imposed on russia. he's talking about all the different aspects of the sanctions that we've been talking about. dimitry, pest cove of the spokesperson of the cramming was talking about

a u. s. lead effort to continue isolate in russia, vladimir putting has been st constantly over the last few days. this is not going to work and the rushes are adamant and determined about the need to defend their own identity. they don't see this a just an operation which is taking place in ukraine. the see it as something which has been triggered by nature's expansion. east was and they say that we have been voicing our concerns for many, many years of international community there. marcus and it in particular, were not responding to our concerns and therefore we had to take action. all right, thank you so much man, by reporting from moscow. now, his name was ravi and levine, who reports on the latest fading and development around ukraine. 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 pulse city council announced on friday an air strike on a theatre on march 16th may have killed 300 people. 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 much of the of the strong from barbara for a village begin yesterday at 9 o'clock, hailstones and drunkards. the house burned down among the birdie when we barely escaped won't, you won't go back. there 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 found 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 0 levine. well, more coverage from ukraine in just a moment after developing story out of saudi arabia to bring to you and yemen fruit, the rebels are saying that they've hit several targets inside the kingdom. earlier,

a 5th plume of black smoke was seen raising in the city of jed on the red sea coasts where oil giant romco has several facilities. saudi authorities say jetta and other areas have been heads on that several explosives laid and drones on the ballistic missile were fired on friday from yemen. jetta is will be hosting the formula one grand prix because of the unfair seizure that we are living in for 8 years. the year, many armed forces with the help of a law whole. my day had launched its operation with a group of wings and the ballistic missiles. and also drones are, we have targeted our romco positions and situations engender and saudi arabia and other locations in re yard with

a group of miss sales. also will finery of russell to nora and other refinery. i've been targeted through our drones a while the u. s. has imposed new sanctions on north korea after pyongyang launched its largest ever on intercontinental ballistic missile. kendra goon says he's preparing for a long standing confrontation with the u. s. and is expanding his country's nuclear deterrent florence though he 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 there came. john 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 a north korean military movement. and confirmed that we have the ability in readiness to accurately strike the origin of a missile. lot says, dazed 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 word, right? but it could shrink multiple targets with a single use. the timing of the launch is also significant because of the wall is on the ring prices that either northridge trying to get a friend to refocus attention on his cell or things that because that we are so preoccupied that they make her less rubber kashi. 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. florence louis al jazeera coming up right after the weather. when i on ukraine, taiwan prepares for a potential assault by china and heat stress triggers another mass bleaching event for australia's great barrier reef. as youth climate protests resume ah hello there. let's look to the middle east and it's a windy picture in the days to come. got those gusty winds,

blowing down the red sea and a shamal that's picking up down the gulf. we are going to see some hazy sunshine and the possibility of some sand storms, but for the levant, we've got that unsettled whether that's going to push further east, we will see some temperatures recovering places like lebanon and syria. the temperature dipped down. however, in places like a tar, as well as southern areas of saudi arabia as those more unsettled conditions, sweep in with a bit of a wind chill lasting through to next week. that was the move across to northern africa. it's a windy picture here too for that north west. we've got showers up in the north of morocco. it is going to get windier as well across the northern crossed. if we have a look at the 3 day, however, for about it's going to clear up slightly, some of that rain dying out by saturday. we'll see the temperature picture pick up above the average by the time we get into sunday, there was a move down to southern africa. we've got those seasonal showers, continuing for much of the central band. we're seeing some heavy rain across northern areas of botswana,

bleeding into zimbabwe and southern areas of mozambique. but for south africa it's a much clearer picture with sunshine for cape town through to sunday. ah, i'm one of the fastest growing nations in the, on the console needed to oakland and develop it international shipping company to become a key, middle east and trade and money skillfully mapped out $3.00 key areas of develop, filling up roman, connecting the world, connecting the future wanted cato catalyst gateway to whoa trade. ah

ah, again, the top stories on al jazeera, the sour russia defense ministry, says the 1st phase of what it calls its special operation in ukraine is complete in the separatist controlled areas of dom boss region. russia says it will now focus completely on taking control there and is not really out storming, besieged ukrainian cities. russian shelling has struck the international airport in ukraine, 2nd biggest city park eve. these pictures from airport surveillance camera show the moment that it was bombed, surrounding areas were also had overnight on thursday. and other news, humans who the rebels say they've hit several targets inside saudi arabia. a victim of black smoke was seen rising in the city of jetta. we're oil giant. aramco has several facilities returning to ukraine and i said bag is in car keys and tells us

more about the russian strikes there. there has been constant bombardment going on all night all morning all day. there's so many buildings and places being hit. it's hard to keep track of the smoke on the sky. and as far as 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 and 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. and let me just show you some of these small clusters that we picked up found in the, in the, in the children's day grow 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. and 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 are vulnerable and the elderly of some are resilient and things that

they don't want to leave. this is basically the a born and bred half, and they refused to give it up to the russian us president joe biden is the closest he's ever been to the conflict. he's visiting eastern poland, where he's been meeting us troops station there and later, and also set to meet some ukrainian refugees. almost 4000000 people have fled ukraine since the war began. more than half of them have gone to poland. rob mcbride is in the polish border town medical. he's been speaking to refugees. 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 are the they that we ask them about what they want to see and all of them are to obviously talk about peace. and when it comes to the u. s. and the international community, all of them 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 calling for the space to be close. they know that nato would have it in its power to declare a no fly zone. because that does seem to be the biggest concern. for many people are the asked strikes the missiles that are flying through the 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. 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 tia's, the, the, the sense that these are traumatized people that they really have been through it. and i think universally as well as, as anger i think, is a sense of relief that they have left for the moment, at least the war in ukraine behind them or before poland. joe biden was in brussels

there the u. s. president announced he struck a deal with the you aiming to reduce europe's reliance on russian gas under the agreement. the us and other nations will increase natural gas exports to europe by an extra 15000000000 cubic meters this year. madam president, i know, i know that eliminating russian gas will have cost for europe, but it's not only the right thing to do from a moral standpoint. it's going to put us on a much stronger strategic footing. tim's basis in brussels. and he told us how the new plans to reduce its dependency on russian energy. if you look at the things that ukraine wants in terms of sanctions, they want top of sanctions. and the thing that they think is missing is the energy that the you buy from russia, the oil and gas, it's 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 a 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 they're 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 rushing gas or tall. they can completely cut it out, but it was 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 you stated aim is to try and isolate the government applied to mit picture, the final communique, not yet out here at the summit, talks going on a little bit longer than usual. one of the other issues i believe they are close to

agreeing is a plan to jointly by the gas in future that will give them a better price. taiwan is considering extending mandatory military service for young people following russia's invasion of ukraine. military drills are taking place on the don gain archipelago. that's a string of islands that are closer to mainland china than they are through. ty pay under ship all report. people living on these islands off the coast of the mainland are watching events unfold, and ukraine is chinese warplanes, carry out incursions into taiwan air defense zone. 64 year old lindsey show has always lived with the threat that china might seize don in island by force on college. how he knew my heart. 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 will 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 bait and military drills are held regularly to prepare for potential assault by chinese forces. shall here shield your full time and bush will color. first of all, we need to be pointed out. one is not ukraine to taiwan question, and the ukraine issue are different in nature bonded mentally taiwan, inalienable parts of trying to territory the taiwan question is purely shine, is intended to face and that can be no for an interference. the 2 thought 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 is it, 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 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 are chappelle al jazeera and china's foreign minister has been discussing the war on a visit to india. elizabeth for on a report from new jersey. the chinese foreign ministers visit to new delhi was shrouded in secrecy, but neither the chinese nor indian governments confirming that it was taking place until it actually happened. we had wonky missing and the national security adviser will before meeting his indian counterpart. external affairs minister s j shanker. for nearly 3 hours, they discussed a range of issues,

but 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 and tension start arise from china's deployment. since april 2020 cannot be reconciled with a normal relationship between 2 neighbors. mister longing spoke about china's desire for a return to normalcy, but also referring to the larger significant spot dice. i was equally fort coming to india. i want a stable and predictable relationship. but restoration of normal people, obviously, the clyde restoration of peace and tranquility. this visit is significant, given the armies of both countries have a mass. they soldiers along the futile 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 grounds of tool between the military have failed to result and complete this engagement off the armies along that border. but esther chung has 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. it's abstained from voting on all the resolutions in regards to russia. while china has supported russia at the un spanish truck drivers are maintaining strike action over high fuel prices. they are dissatisfied with the $1000000000.00 financial aid package settled between the governments and union. the strikes have cause empty shells and supermarket. the warrant ukraine has pushed off

fuel prices in most parts of the world. the world's largest coral reef in australia is going through another bout of mass bleaching and it's mostly caused by heat stress or problem that's worsening is our planet and oceans warm capital over, sorry, 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 reef system are feeding scientists with the country's 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 ecosystem at a frequency at a spatial 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 revised experiencing in a control laboratory setting. right. ah, friday mark, this year's 1st protested the mobile youth for climate movement with rallies being hill from sidney to rome and berlin. with the war in ukraine and the pandemic demonstrators, fear the environment will be pushed further down the priority loose around the globe. and we know that it's fossil fuels that exacerbating these floods. and these climate is also, and we know that they're driving the climate crisis. really, as prime minister says,

improvement the need. a strategy 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 heritage list in 1981. now, decades later find to say, drastic changes needed for it to survive. castillo, so the young al jazeera ah hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, russia defense ministry, says the 1st phase of what it calls a special operation in ukraine is now complete. and the separate says, controlled areas of the dawn bass region, russia that will now focus completely on taking control there and is not ruling out storming the seeds ukrainian cities. russia shelling has struck the international airport and ukraine sec.