a gun actually it was opened by itself. so young palestinian is really designers, and entrepreneurs have been moving it, inspired by earlier artists to let them all at once. there were 450 businesses operating in the old city. now there are just 50 build cities always be in the heart of nazareth. now a growing group of presidents wants to get it beating again. griffith come back because the suit is still love, very much for ah, a few will that po inflames as russian missiles target, levine, a city in western ukraine, which had so far been spared much of the fighting. ah . hello barbara, sarah, are you watching? al, just in your life london also coming up a bit on rebuilding and am far will never erase the people's love for

liberty. in warsaw. the u. s. president delivers a forceful speech aimed at russia's president. joe biden says that warren, ukraine is a bashful for democracy across the world, comparing where you pull in ukraine and the bombardment of the syrian city of electro ukraine's president tells that film a forum. it's time to turn off, rush and gas. and the saudi coalition responds to who the attacks on oil facilities with retaliatory strikes in the, to yemenis. ah, hello, thank you for joining us. russia has struck the western ukrainian city of the v with miss ailes. it's mayor says the strikes have significant clue damaged at city infrastructure, and this comes as us president joe biden describes the invasion as

a battle between liberty and repression. up to now, levine has largely escaped serious fighting, but the city was, which is just 70 kilometers from poland, is a major hub for ukrainian fleeing across the border zane. both ravi reports the evening quiet in the west of ukraine, broken by the sound of russian missiles hitting their target hours after the attack of fuel storage facility still burning. smoke still covering the skies over levine, the capital ukrainians. say may be the heart of the country, but levine with nearly 800 years of history and cultural heritage. is it so versed and i thought that they will not touch with you again because they were targeted mostly to the east. you grand ki, event genevieve and vic cities in the the for either now they i

am taking it cartucker this. ha talk you great. you're going wasn't supposed i think it's terrible. we didn't come here from keith to he had bombings. swore it's real war. terrible. really because people are dying, all our seat is perfect. it is beautiful. it is no destroyed. it's time to stop with the course 21st century. what can we say about more? there is outrage here. ukrainian say they feel betrayed by russia and despised vladimir putin. not so good even more than more than that, but they all the anti christ ukraine has never attacked anyone while they doing this. they don't need the people or land, they don't need anything. all they have is their meaningless ambitions. it's just horror blood deck and this is bad. the role of a wild hoard. the tiny gray man has done a lot of black, horrible evil. he's

a beast. the west of the country has seen some high profile attack since the russian invasion began. but levine was spared the worst of the violence, warning sirens likely to be taken more seriously. now loud suds and explosions have shattered the relative calm that levine had been experiencing throughout this war. so far. we've just heard reports that the target of the attack from which the smoke is emanating was a fuel depot. on the other side of the city, louise has been at the center of the country's humanitarian response to the war. the wider region has also been key as a military hub, moments before the 1st attack reign, we met with the cities mayor. he says he speaks to his counterparts coping with the destruction of their own cities every day. to day all city in ukraine. how very now seem would our situation i dont know ways ah target

or next russian i missile. but my air, my, my duty to serve security, my citizens and a the safe for refugees. a job made more difficult with attacks within levine, city limits. ah, as night came more missile strikes hitting more targets. this is the closest, the war has come to the center of the city. an escalation that brings the war right to the heart of levine. and we can speak the same bus raphi live. he joins us from livi. there is any new report we could really see how the city had enjoyed relative calm since the war began. the people were going about relatively normal lives as that changed. what is the situation there now?

that's exactly right. even the air raid siren when it happened, we were in the town center. just having interviewed the mayor. and we were on our way back to where we were staying. and as the sirens began, everyone seemed totally calm. nobody really took it seriously as has become the norman levine. people really consider the warning as a suggestion, more than a mandatory, a rule to head straight for a shelter head for cover. because for the most part, any time the signs have gone off, the attacks have happened not really close to that happened further afield in the west of the country. sometimes the sirens have been set off when missiles have been headed for odessa. but then just a few minutes later, 5 or 10 minutes later after the siren went off, we heard 2 or 3 very loud, very clear studs and explosions. and at that moment in the town center in the square that we were in, there was a large crowd, hundreds of people. and suddenly everyone went quiet. it was very noticeable. a hush fell over the entire crowd and everybody started to look to the skies to try

to see where the target may have been to try to look for smoke on the horizon. and then everyone very quickly, no one panic, but everyone very quickly, much more purposefully began to leave that area and try to get to stay for places, try to get to one of the many shelters that has been organized in many of the buildings throughout this city. now, just before we were about to come up for this broadcast, we got the all clear about 30 or 40 minutes ago. the siren went off to announce that it was safe to go back out to leave the shelters. certainly a relief to the people of the city, but then just about 20 minutes ago, 10 to 20 minutes ago, another air raid siren alarm warning for people to duck for cover to get the safety . now, the 2nd strike that happened this evening happened about 3 or 4 hours after the 1st attack on the oil depot. that was just to the other end of the city. and we know that one of the buildings that was damaged in that attack was a school. we don't know exactly what the target was, but what we can say is look back at the other targets that have been hit in the

west of the country so far in the east of the country. civilians have almost certainly been a direct target of russian attack, but in the west of the country they've been hitting mostly infrastructure. they've hit infrastructure at airports near ludes can near levine. they've hit military training facilities on this side of the country. and today they've had a fuel depot, so what they seem to be targeting in the west is certainly some sort of infrastructure, almost certainly to try to take a bite out of ukraine's capacity to continue to support troops that are fighting russian soldiers on the eastern side of the country same, but rather with the latest from the western city of zane, as always, thank you. where you as president joe biden says, russia's war on ukraine has been a strategic failure. and that president putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors. he has been in poland, where he earlier met refugees and volunteers in a speech before the parting bite and also spoke to the russian people telling them

that they are not the enemy. but he said europe must prepare for a long fight against the kremlin aggression. today, russia has strangled democracy as sought to do so elsewhere, not only in his hold when under false claims of ethics, solidarity is invalidated. neighboring nations prudent has the gall to say he did not fire in ukraine. it's a lie. it's just cynical, he knows that and it's also op. see, well, the white house correspondent, kimberly how could joins me now. so kimberly, arousing speech is we could hear a little bit there by the president. what do you think were the key takeaways? well, what is the biggest headlines coming out of the speech is something that occurred in the final moments as the president was closing out his speech,

the president said, for god's sake, this man cannot remain. it appeared. the u. s. president was calling for regime change in something that surprised many given the fact that up till now, the u. s. president and his staff had been denied that there was any desire to remove or forcibly removed letter or putin from as president in russia. but this is of what the u. s. president said in the closing moments of his speech only to have the white house shortly after do a bit of a clean up operation on the president's comments which appear that they may have been unplanned in the speech. even off the cuff because the white house saying that that is not what the president intended to say, that he was communicating only that it was the belief of the united states and his partners and allies, that one of her parents should not exercise power over the his,

the neighbors of russia, meaning, eastern and central europe, or that he should not at really exercise power over the region as a whole. so, the white house doing a little bit of cleanup on what was otherwise a very forceful speech. that not only spoke to the russian people as you played there just a moment ago, but also really characterized this is a pivotal moment in history. a fight for democracy in the face of authoritarian rising up and fighting dead to achieve power. and so the u. s. president and also making the case that because of the gravity of the moment, the west has already responded collectively and will continue to do so with the u. s. president, arguing that this may be a long fight that will take some time to work out with the things that are worth fighting for often do take time. exactly, and i mean, the strength of the speech or, or, you know, was remarkable while speaking to refugees. joe biden then described futon as a book chairman,

he's just really not mincing his words when it comes to russia's leader and obviously who he's blaming for the war. absolutely, barbara, you're absolutely right. what we've heard from the us president in the final days of this final day of these 3 days of meetings here in europe was very deliberate, forceful language. and it builds on what the us president said, even before arriving in europe. and that is that he believe latimer putin is deliberately targeting civilians in violation of international law. and as a result has called latimer putin. a war criminal not once, but multiple times it's been reiterated by the secretary of state as well. it's very clear that the u. s. is intent on holding, put, and accountable, that they believe that he should be prosecuted. in fact, so much. so we saw when the president was in brussels announcing some of the humanitarian aid for ukraine, that there was an allocation of roughly $350000000.00 to document human rights

abuses and specifically also to document war crimes. so once again, the u. s. president, very clear, very forceful in his language that he believes that vladimir putin should be held accountable and not missing words with his language or what has responded. kimberly how could joining us for more so in poland. kimberly thank you. while the kremlin spokesperson has responded to biden's remarks that letting me put in cannot stay in power saying only the russian people can decide their president well, early. but earlier the country's defense ministry said russia has weakened ukraine's armed forces nationwide, allowing its forces to focus on their core goals. hashem, who, by the has the latest from moscow since day one of them is your operation in ukraine. russia has been saying that it is acting to provide protection for the population of adult bus region. and he seems that is military operation now is for

his immortal in those areas to pave the way for the forces loyal to them. to further expand air territorial gains in la ganske underneath areas. now, as the conflict continues, relations be a bit with the us and russia continue to be strained. their recent remarks made by us present, joe biden very critical of president ladyman voting or created a black backlash here her russian nurse spokesperson of the kremlin. dmitri pasco, of said that those remarks won't be conducive to narrow differences between the 2 countries and the it won't help to mend the fences. her russia has over the last few days and summoned the u. s. ambassador to moscow and expressed the same concern about similar remarks made by her president joe biden, from a russian perspective. those remarks, along with the herd,

was military support provided for the ukrainians. the sanctions imposed on the financial institutions works of art in russia. r y d interpreted here as an attempt to silence and further isolate a russia. this explains why most of the officials are talking to the media are saying that this is something which would only ultimately help consolidate our identity and bring the russians united. and they say that there is a western narrative which is misleading, according to russia, which does not a characterize the conflict, the way it is supposed to be. on friday, russia's defense ministry announced phase one of their military operation was complete and their forces would now focus on taking full control of 2 eastern regions claimed by russian back separatists. but on saturday, as we mentioned, 3 explosions were heard in the western city of levine. officials say 2 rockets

struck within the city, limits, wounding 5 people were russian forces of entered the city of slavery pitch, which is north of keys. ukrainian officials say that they have seized the city's hospital and earlier abducted the me or he has since been released. fierce street fighting continues. meanwhile in murray. officials say more than a 100000 people still need to be evacuated from the besieged city. where you can and russia have agreed on opening can that humanitarian corridors, but people in the besieged city. a very paul are having to use their own means of transport to get out and run. con has the details. the russians and their ukrainians have negotiated 10 humanitarian corridors to be opened on saturday. one of those is in the besieged city of murray. awful. but what we're hearing is it's very difficult for residents to get to the edge of the city and to that humanitarian corridor and get out because there is still intense selling going on.

we're also hearing that the russians have not allowed bus drivers to take people in large number out of the city using coaches. instead, people are having to you to use their own private cars to get out was limits. the numbers of people that can actually leave. now humans hiring car, those do work both ways and the ukrainian side. there is a problem still trying to get aid into memory, awful and aid into that city, but also in other humanitarian corridors, particularly in the keep old us a key region. we're hearing that at least one town or where a humanitarian corridor has been opened. there is constant shelling, one resident of that sound said he was trying to leave. he wanted to leave, but there was an intense sheylan going on and he couldn't get out the city. this has been a constant complaint by the ukranian authorities say that every time they negotiate these humanitarian corridors, russia doesn't abide by the ceasefire. they've said this publicly,

they say this privately, they've been saying saying this for a very long time now. and it seems to me that at least in today's humanitarian corridor, in one of those towns, we're hearing that the shelling is still continuing. still to come on al jazeera, the landing, they are right to go to school, a group of afghan women and girls, march to the capitol. ah. hello, there europe been treated to some lovely spring weather over the past week. the things the going to start to change from sunday was the temperature coming down in that northwest corner. but we'll see an improvement in the southwest for the iberian peninsula. well, for spain, at least on sunday, we still got that where, where the creeping in east or dry up slightly by monday,

if you spotty showers around it'll be portugal turn to see some fresh rain roland from the west. and that's going to knock a lot of the warmth out of lisbon. by the time we get some monday. now elsewhere across the mediterranean, we've still got wind warnings out for some of those southern italian islands like sicily, as well as far for sardinia. and we'll see some of that where to where the creep up further north and that cloud, edging into athens by the time we get in some monday, we will have some sunny spells, however, but north of this lots of fine and dry weather to be found. still, a lot of sunshine coming through for scandinavia now that that weather system has shifted off, taking a lot of the wintery weather through russia. we'll see the temperature in oslo pick up to 14, but it will dip down by the time we get in some monday. we have a look at the 3 day. quite a dramatic dip by tuesday, but the sunshine will be coming back in that. sure weather. ah,

some journeys are tougher than others, but this router is even tougher for a stranger how to do a woof funds. the moroccan truck driver endangering their lives just to meet with one of the 0. 0, a reminder now of the top stories and l just the us, russia has struck the western ukrainian city of the leave with miss significantly

damaging infrastructure. a fuel death was among the target. these 5 people are believed to us. president joe biden says, russia's war on ukraine has been a strategic failure and that president putin cannot remain in power. the white house later, clarified the russian leader, cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors. while you as president biden, is on his way back to washington, now, after consulting with allies in europe, and the stepping up support for ukraine and putting more pressure on russia, i'll just use diplomatic as her james base takes stock of how much was actually accomplished these are the images the white house would have wanted from this trip? projecting unity among allies, solidarity with ukrainians. play, and military strength. but what has the trip actually achieved? let's examine the 3 objectives that had brussels president biden said they've now

been met. first was to support ukraine with military and humanitarian assistance. that aid has been substantial, but president zalinski made it clear. it was still not enough. i have in the mentioned with his dog you have at least 20000 tanks. ukraine asks for just one percent of all your tax give to us or sell to us, but we do not have a clear answer yet when the minute bogus. yesterday the movie 2nd was to impose the most significant the most significant sanctions, economic sanctions regime ever in order to cripple putin's economy and punish him for his actions, it breaks my heart again though the sanctions don't go as far as the ukrainians would like prison zalinski once europe to stop all imports of russian oil and gas or 3rd, was to $4.00 to $5.00 eastern fly of our nato allies who were obviously very, very concerned,

and somewhat at worried and what would happen. a former senior nato official says many extra forces have been deployed very quickly, but that now needs to be turned into a permanent presence. of course, no worries, i'm going and you need to have more long term oral suddenly medium to other patients. and that's what i meant extra somebody, it was about the results we will know. and they like conclusions we'll find out during the summer and madrid's that nato summit in madrid in june lightly the next time that president biden is in europe. by then, it should be clear whether the aid the allies have given, which falls short or what president lensky wants, was enough for his country to withstand the russian onslaught. james bay's al jazeera, brussels, or ukraine's president has won comparisons between the war in his country and the syrian conflict. russia is, of course, a key ally of serious government speaking via video link to the dough. her forum

volota muse, lensky said the besieged for the city of breo. paul had been destroyed in much the same way as serious aleppo. he also pushed the form host cutter to increase its natural gas production. the counter what he called the threat of russia using energy as a weapon. my little brazil is like a future of your precious with your effort. it depends on your f and then ask you to increase the output of energy to ensure that everyone in russia understands that no country can use energy as a weapon. mohammed val has more now from the foreign. this is linda, see how sad chosen his words very carefully knowing the audio of what he's going to say today. what he said is it that i think the on a boat, he's addressing the people in the middle east. he chose his words, as i said, very well, talked about the month of ramadan, the fact that the sins of ukraine,

instead of plastic in peace and tranquility, they are forced to take up arms and defend our nation. that should, shouldn't be the case. this should be a month of peace, so that's a bit. those are very good words to be addressed to the out of people 50 and listens yet in the middle east. he also compelled ukraine, that with russia, say a, with a serious thing about what's happening and you kind of like now, looks like pretty much like what, what russia did in syria, the destruction of mario, paul. he can fail due to the dysfunction of a liberal in syria. he said, we are invaded by our neighbors. and this is not just against ukraine. this is an assault on democracy in assault on human rights. an assault on human values. and he asked people in the middle east as well as people of the world to walk on it with ukraine to be up to show if one is more on a dorothy with you for any clothing, not a feel for come talk to him,

please. it's action of natural gas at politically he and i said he, he knew what he was talking about. and that has been a part of these speeches to different countries, monuments and different countries addressing each region with the with that could be had favorably indoctrinated. good. a yemen now where who the rebels say they will suspend miss sullen drone strikes and saudi arabia for 3 days in a push for a lasting commitment to peace in the now 7 year war. the announcement comes after saudi coalition. air strikes, hit santa and hold data in retaliation against attacks on its oil facilities. and as chappelle reports, fires burned through the night following an attack on saudi ramco, oil refineries, and storage facilities. it's the 2nd attack in as many days on a major complex on the outskirts of jetta. by daybreak on saturday, with plumes of smoke still billowing above the city, the saudi led coalition had launched retaliatory strikes across the border into

yemen. the coalition says the iran backed rebels struck jetta in another facility and does on to try and impact the nerves center of the world economy. is that one shot? i'm call virginia aramco facilities in jetta as well as vidal facilities in the saudi enemies. capital rod were targeted with a barrage of winged missiles. russ, tundra and rubbish. oil refineries were targeted by a huge number of drones. the facility is 20 kilometers from jet as race circuit where drivers were practicing for saudi arabia's 2nd formula. one grand prix. yes, not a bit of a further for truth, if i got a car max we all happy at yoko organizer say the race will go ahead on sunday. saudi officials maintain the attacks have no impact on daily life. in jetta who fees have rejected

a gulf cooperation council proposal for talks in riyadh, but say that could happen in a neutral country, materially speaking, it doesn't cause enough damage to qualify as is that the go ahead a when, whenever they hit the targets the either in saudi b, r, u e, it sent a gas tourism and these countries that you can run a car races and international games as if nothing is happening while we are on their 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 hit across the border. who's the media outlets, say 8 people were killed in one strike in humans, capital santa. the war is now in its 8th year. the u. n says it has killed more

children under the age of 5 than combatants on the battlefield. the u. n believes 377000 yemenis have died as a result of direct causes, like airstrikes and indirect causes, like hunger and preventable disease. what agencies describe as true hell on earth. and on saturday, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets and soda and other who controlled areas to mark what they called national resilience day and protest against the conflict. inter chappelle to 0. a group of afghan women and girls have marched in the capital to demand the right to go to school. the government closed all girls, secondary schools earlier this week, hours after schools had opened for the 1st time in more than 7 months since returning to power in august, the taliban has undone some of the progress made by women in the past 2 decades.

they are now banned for many government jobs and cannot travel alone. of the taliban must reopen, go schools because women are half of society. the taliban cannot oppress the women of afghanistan. it was just an unpaid deb themselves. a generation will be restricted from the right to education and literacy. there is no legal, religious, or logical justification for banning the women of afghanistan from education or from political and social structures. ah, hello and barbara ser, in london. these are the top stories on al jazeera, just the day after russia announced that would focus on the claiming control of 2 eastern ukrainian regions. it struck the western city of levine with missiles, the mayor says the strokes have significantly damaged infrastructure. a fuel that

po was among the targets, at least 5 people are believed to have been injured. same was driving his more now from the city of living. as the sovereign began.