ah, al jazeera, with every oh a new face, russia's military sense that it will now focus on taking control of the east and don bass region. ah, hello, i'm adrian seneca. this is al jazeera alive from dough. also coming up russia is accused of using cluster munitions and attacks and hockey's, including at a school. one of the impacts was hair right in the middle of the children's playground. and you can see the damage that's been done across these children's

play area on the saudi led coalition retaliates off to gibbons, who the rebels. it's an oil facility, and jetta close to the venue of sundays formula, one race russia signaling its next move in the month long ukraine war. it says that phase one has ended. it's now looking to take complete control of the east and don bass region that contains the territories held by russian backed separatists. don't yet, unless hans. moscow admits losing golden 1300 soldiers so far. that's significantly less than western estimates are 0 same, but swaby begins are coverage from living if 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 $1300.00 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. boise justin natural sin. oh, a strong bombardment of our village began yesterday at 9 o'clock, hailstones and drunkards, the house burned down along 40 with a particular day. we barely escaped. well. well, well, got back up. there were a lot of tanks. we passed a lot of tanks and a lot of soldiers, especially the enemy and for some reason they were few of our soldiers. we also saw

armored personnel carriers, and dead found a rubber bullet some way salvaging what they can moving on, staying strong at noon with oil fight till the end. as best we can sound 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. zane bus ravi, alta 0, live if a 3rd of the population of ha cave has left the city according to the map. these pictures show the moment the international airport was hit, the fierce bombardment of ukraine 2nd city has continued since the start of the war

. now to serious asset beg reports, now from ha cave where russia has again been accused of using cluster munitions. ah, this is the moment a russian strike it a line of people killing for humanitarian aid. 6 people died one day on, there's 4 more deaths and 3 injured in a similar strike. outside this clinic, the crate to the strike left, a small shrapnel unfold, bearing shattered the windows, leaving, put it like holes. pick it's alleged to russia is using cluster munitions. a few 100 meters away, we find evidence. they are right outside of school. this rocket still in the ground for the machine you roof on the machine, your muscle verbs thrill. i was inside. i was in school, but the shilling has started. i could see through the window, it was already and you said it was going on for about 10 minutes. when i came out

to see that cluster exploded down there on the pavement. on the world of shrapnel hit the building wall smashed the windows of the school. i don't know where it came from. you when i was inside school, that's where the bomb exploded and we did the what's the new school? nothing does no military in this area. it's residential, one of the impacts was here right in the middle of the children's playground, and you can see the damage that's been done across this children's payer conceits in the woods on the stairs. but also look what it's done to the metal on this slide is cut straight through the no children were hurt. but this could have been fatal. we found these small pieces of metal scattered and launched into the play space. neetha, shrapnel, that has no place in the residential area. let alone in

a children's playground. i said big, i'll just ada how to keep. well, here's a look at the overall situation right now in ukraine. areas in red are helped by russian forces and a separatist allies or places where they've made significant advances. on thursday, russian troops reached the center of murray up hold. the city port city has been under siege since the early days of the war. tens of thousands of fear tramped without food, power, or heating, but ukrainian forces say they have resisted russian attacks in areas such as those around cave and surely have harry f. coop is the russian is the policy director at rasmussen, global, and international policy, political consultancy firm, he thinks russia is being forced to refocus. there'll be a focus on mario ball. it will be a focus on getting the territory of the so called republics and getting to the border of, of those regions which the russians do not get control. and so, you know, again, it'll be an attempt by put into aim for 4 targets that he thinks he can guess.

because so far he hasn't gotten what he wanted. and that was a takeover of u. the u. s. presidents as praised poland for taking in more than 2000000 refugees . since the start of the war, joe biden made the comments during a visit to american soldiers that a military base just an hour from the border with ukraine. our white house correspondent kimberly held could reports now for walsall. the southeastern cbs does show, poland is as close as the u. s. president. joe biden has come so far to russia's war, are you crazy? off in russia is his 1st chance to speak with us troops now stationed there. granting people have them on a backboard or a gut. i'm sure you're observing. his city is less than 100 kilometers from ukraine's border. and it's where roughly 10000 us troops are positioned ready to take on russia. should it expand its invasion into the nato

country? it's a conflict bite and told soldiers he believes could have long term ramifications. are democracies going to prevail on and the values we share are autocracies for, for very much for he was, has take more than 3000000 people have been displaced from ukraine since russia's invasion, because of ukraine's more than 500 kilometers. shared land border with poland. more than 2000000 people have fled to the neighboring country, watching book gardena. but, but i see dear america, we'd like to ask america and their leaders to please support ukraine. so ukraine is not attacked by the russians, which on the ship $1000000.00, americans should stop rockets flying in our air space. this is the most important thing, because all of those rockets are terrible, like a nightmare body has vowed to help manage the migrant crisis. emerging a long pole is border with ukraine, but he won't commit to implementing

a no fly zone. and friday, as biden met with poland president, he once again accused russian president vladimir putin of war crimes for targeting civilians in ukraine. quite frankly because. ready walker, but buying isn't just promising humanitarian assistance before departing, brussels and friday, the united states, a european union, announced a new agreement to provide the you with extra gas equivalent to about 10 percent of what it currently gets from russia, by the end of the year, widen hopes to choke out russia's energy revenue and in turn, military funding. but on saturday, president biden sit down with president duda in the royal castle behind me. for a more lengthy discussion on the conflict, it's biden's final opportunity to reassure a nervous ally in person of the u. s. and nato commitment to defend poland. should

russia make poland? it's next target. kimberly, how can al jazeera warsaw. the saudi led coalition is launched, a new operation against humans who the rebels are to they struck several targets inside saudi arabia with he's hit on a run co oil facility. and jetta, about 11 kilometers from where the formula one grown priest. you to take place on sunday. they also targeted areas close to king of dallas. he's international airport. coalitions retaliated by carrying out air raids on the port city of her data. i'll 0 mike hammer reports. smoke rises over the agenda skyline, the apparent target, the massive oil complex on the outskirts of the city. saudi authorities confirmed what they called a hostile operation. over a period of several hours, there were also reported strikes and a number of other saudi cities. booty rebels based in yemen, claiming responsibility is there that one shot i'm coffee, gender,

aramco facilities, and jetta, as well as vital facilities in the saudi enemies. capital reared were targeted with a barrage of winged missiles. russ tentura and rubbish. oil refineries were targeted by a huge number of drones us sent what it said was a significant number of patriot missile interceptors to saudi arabia earlier this month. nearly a year, often urgent requests from the kingdom, which said that supply was running dangerously low. the bite and administration denied holding up the delivery of its sharp tension and the relationship between the 2 countries. the saudis are particularly angered by the administration's decision to remove hootie rebels from its list of designated tara groups. bureau estate department was quick to describe the attacks as unacceptable as did the national security advisor jake sullivan, who issued

a statement condemning the who teased for what he called their terrorist acts and pledging to fully support saudi arabia and its coalition partners. in the defense of their territory, saudi authorities insist its life as usual, despite the flurry of attacks and the formula one grand prix due to take place in jetta on sunday. we'll go ahead. the organizers saying they look forward to welcoming fans to a weekend of premium racing and entertainment. mike hannah al jazeera washington. the bill corey is a for a u. s. diplomat. he says the attacks timing is significant. well, to some extent they are when, whenever they hit that targets the, you are installed in your d, i. e, it said the gas tourism and these countries that you can run a car races and international games as if nothing is happening while we are under

siege. and while we are being struck on a daily basis from there. oh, so it certainly alarms people who are visiting this area because they never know when these rockets are going to still to come here on out a 0. ah. so the why north korea's leader is putting on hollywood style show a death at a french prison, outraged corsica. they pay tribute to a nationalist hero ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies with sponsored play cutoff airways. hello. they will have a look at the weather across africa in a moment. the 1st in the middle east and

a lot of that unsettled weather that's been lingering around the levant, has pushed off further east was seen temperatures pick up in syria and lebanon, which is a few showers creeping across the north and into northern areas of iraq. now the wind is the story. when it comes to the middle east, we're seeing some fierce gusts blown down the red sea. and we've got a shamal that's going to pick up down the gulf knocking temperatures down in places like re add and doe in the days it's come. now the wind is also the story when it comes to the north of africa. we've had wet and windy weather around morocco that is starting to clear on saturday was the temperatures pick up and paces like rabbit and temperatures are going to pick up the egypt places like we will see them edge up to near the average for the wet and windy weather, we have to look off that west coast. we are going to see some of that rain edge in the canary islands on sunday. and was we had to southern africa. it's all about the heavy rain edging into northern areas of what swan sweeping inches in, bob, wy,

and edging into northern areas of south africa bought for johannesburg. and kate, tom, we are going to have clear skies this weekend with plenty of sunshine and a lot of warm blue weather sponsored by katara always talk to alger. seeing we are. do you believe that the threat of invasion of ukraine is currently the biggest threat international peace and security? we listen, we are focusing so much on that even a tearing crisis that we forget the long term development we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the story stuck on al jazeera, a showcase of the best documentary films from across the network on al jazeera. ah

ah, hello again, this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news, the south. ah, air raid sirens are being heard again and keep this morning. earlier, russia announced a new phase and its attack on ukraine. moscow will now focus on taking control of the east and don bass region, but is ruling out storming, besieged ukrainian cities. russian. shelley has struck the international airport in ukraine, 2nd largest city con, keep these pictures from airport surveillance cameras show the moment that it was bombed. a city clinic where humanitarian aid center was located was also struck. and the saudi led coalition has launched a new operation against yemen, this with the rebels. so they struck several targets inside saudi arabia. the luthey sit at a ramco oil facility and jetta, but also hit areas close to king. abdullah sees international that was vladimir

putin as criticized organizations, boycotting, washing artists, rushes president, even drew comparisons to nazi era book burnings aren't as here as bernard smith reports now from moscow. oh, yeah, for russian soldiers heading for the front lines in ukraine as a chance for confession and communion bush's toys took to it's often the 1st it was, the military chaplain says, this is an ad offense, crew and ukraine taking part in what russia called it special military operation, operations architect, now it uses the west of trying to cancel russian culture in retaliation. use that usually a sir kosky shostakovich. rachmaninoff a being removed from concert programs, russian writers and a books of being banned as well. last time we saw such massive destruction of unsuitable literature was almost 90 years ago, new in nazi germany. we remember very well the foliage of books being burned says the war in ukraine is about what he calls denot defying the countries. it was

a theme, his foreign minister pursued in reference to europe tactics towards russia. she wouldn't live, they declared a real hybrid was total. this term used by nazi germany is now used by many european politicians when they say what they want to do with the russian federation . russia, thank you. further isolation at the us and its allies succeeds in expelling moscow from the g. 20 group of major economies. the kremlin says, nothing terrible will happen if it's kicked out. bernard smith, al jazeera, moscow. people from all walks of life are on the frontline in ukraine. the tell us the polio is the front man of the pop, band and killer. like every adult male age between 18 and 60, he's been asked to stay and defend his country. is our soldier serving on the front line? you never know what happened next time. you know,

just now we're talking with you, but next 2nd. the missile can hear this building and i will, does he never know what happens? it is war. so, but i want to say that we see it here from the inside of of the bottle. feel that the russian have no power to take their capital crane. so they can do just only one thing. they are preparing for a chemical attack and we also preparing for their chemical attack. so last 2 days we were we were searching for chemical, defend cease and for medical treatment. so all that they can do in this sedation, it just to escalate this war by using a chemical weep on a chemical attack. so, but we already and you know,

it's unbelievable that we are talking about this now. just imagine may 1 months ago, i was on the stage, we get that it stadiums in our country. it. but now we're talking about this. it's, it's terrible. the u. s. is calling for stronger sanctions against north korea. after a test fight, it's biggest intercontinental ballistic missile. washington will introduce a resolution to the un security council aiming to stop further provocation from pyongyang that south to north korea's leaders said that he's preparing for a confrontation with the u. s. l 0. kristen salumi as the latest now from the un headquarters in new york. 4 years ago, the un security council unanimously decided to bring sanctions against north korea for a missile launch. the most recent launch of an even more powerful missile happened on the very day. the council was due to meet, to extend the mandate of the experts who oversee compliance with that sanctions

regime. needless to say, the escalation was not well received by council members, but this is a much more polarized counsel than the one we saw in 2017. the united states announced it would be introducing an even tougher sanctions resolution in response . china blame the u. s. for failing to engage. ken john. she lonely, tall gigi kegan, we were hoping that the u. s. would actively pursue dialogue and engagement in search of an effective solution to manage and settle the differences that alas, we did not see. regrettably days and months elapsed while irrelevant parties failed to take tangible, practical actions in response to the dpr kays justified concerns other than speaking about, quote, unquote talks without preconditions offering sanctions relief. without substantive diplomatic progress would only final more reb revenue to the regime and accelerate the realization of his w, m. d,

in ballistic weapons goals. it also sends the wrong message to other w d proliferation. ers. that the security council will roll. we ward them for repeatedly undermining the non proliferation regime. meanwhile, the sanctions regime has undeniably restricted the dpr, kays unlawful weapons advancements. so now is not the time to end our sanctions adding to concerns in addition to the mis a launch, the 13th and the last year the united nations warned that north korea is again pursuing a nuclear program, evidence of activity at a previously closed site. leaders of a block of west african states of announced a plan to restore democracy and countries overtaken by the military. after a day, long echo was summit. the agree to let molly's transitional government continue to rule for up to 16 months. the block said an april 25th deadline for guineas leaders to provide

a transition time table. they also demanded burkina faso as military accelerates democratic transition. but isn't globally stealing an in house arrest in the sense? and then he head off. did they consider that this is a total you know, suitable and that they are really assisting again that but they don't go to be immediately sit 3 retail condition, hundreds of people, a paid tribute to a corsican nationalist who died after an attack in a french prison yvonne colonaze death spots widespread condemnation and revived nationalist sentiments. al jazeera nicholas hark reports now from the village of conscious. oh, a tiny village on the edge of the mediterranean carries the weight of an island in mourning draped with the corsican flag or the remains of even co luna, the village shepherd who defied the french state. he was killed in

a french prison by a fellow inmate. good and i was serving a life sentence for the murder 24 years ago of the top french government official on the island. hundreds gather relatives, friends. nationalists as well as members of the corsican mafia goes to you, believe the french state is responsible for his death. no such managers, we feel a sense of injustice. and this is mobilized people on the island. we feel a sense of solidarity for this man who died fighting for us outside the packed church. the silence of prayer is broken by the course again chorused, chanting jo, via salvia the genie and anthem, to the nationalist combs. calling for victory against the enemies of corsica. here the enemy is france. the view french authority as a colonial power,

exerting its will on this small island, far removed from the french mainland where the continent as they call it. oh, he's on every street corner. even cooler now has become since his death, a symbol of corsican nationalism and resistance. this is something that both the nationalists and the french states did not anticipate this outpour of emotions. now, for the 1st time, the french interior minister is talking about discussion of possible autonomy of the island. perhaps an attempt to appease emotions here because beneath the morning anger is brewing with fearing protests, president monument michael has called for calm. but this is the people that does not like to be told how to act or feel for them. colonna is

a martyr to the corsican, cause they now seek to defend nicholas hawk al jazeera, gorgeous corsica, on even property taxes in the us mean that some homeowners, a losing their homes, activists say that the now there's now an epidemic of home foreclosures, especially in poor black communities, john henry reports downtown detroit, now 8 years out of bankruptcy, is revamped with a gleaming new light rail. multi $1000000.00 skyscrapers and raising property values. barbara butler lives just a few miles away, but she hasn't seen that transformation. that hadn't been downtown in over 20 years . i don't go down here. she can't afford to over 40 years here. she has paid off or mortgage been struggles to pay the rising homeowner taxes assessed by the city. independent assessments put the value of her home at $25000.00, but the city says it's worth $35000.00. that leaves her with

a 1200 dollar year tax bill that takes a huge bite out of her modest income. no, it doesn't leave out anything or can you go stop and get started? i won't because i don't have no money. i got to keep my money for mobiles. welcome to the other, detroit, the poor neighborhoods that surround the glistening metropolis. here advocates say the city is paying for its downtown renewal on the backs of its poorest. mostly black resident, detroit tax space has been shrinking since the heyday of the auto industry in the 1950s. it's gone from 2000000 to under 700000. so many sit for years the city has been tearing down abandoned homes on lots like this one. so the tax burden is falling on fewer and fewer people. a study by the university of california irvine found it since 2009, one in for detroit properties have been foreclosed for non payment of taxes. we haven't seen this number bernadette a to a henny is one of the authors of that study. she now runs the property tax appeals

project to help over jack's homeowners. she says half to 85 percent of detroit homes are overvalued by the city. the people who get stuck with these illegally inflated property taxes are those who are worse positioned to fight them to file an appeal. it's not just happening in detroit. a 2019 study found blacks and hispanics pay on average $10.00 to $13.00, present more in property tax nationally for homes of the same value. this is a national racial justice issue that our nation has not yet come to terms with. she tried to appeal barbara butler's tax assessment, but this city dismissed the appeal on a technicality saying butler's husband is listed as the tax payer of record, even though she has been making the payment since his death, where i'm not, i'm not gonna, i'm not gonna lose my house with a safer i'll find a way to get money. yep, definitely. if she can't, she'll join thousands of other homeowners in struggling neighborhoods who have help

pay for the cities prospering downtown, with their homes. john henderson, al jazeera detroit. 2 more south american teams have secured their qualification for this year's football will cup in cotton iroquois clinched their place with one little went against peru, who can still make the finals. ecuador of also qualified. ah, it is good to have you with us. hello, adrian. so they can hear it though. how the headlines and al jazeera, ah air raid sirens are again being heard in cage this morning earlier, russia announced a new phase in its attack on ukraine. oscar says it will focus on taking control of these some don bass region, but it's not ruling out storming, besieged ukrainian cities or rush of foreign minister says the wes.