in the case of an aggressive war, the listening page delves into the news now i saved and dissect them. there's not our great deal of subtlety. we're talking about the barbarism that is unfolding as though re somehow unique. it's not unique covering the way the news is covered on al jazeera. ah, ukraine's military claims it has retaken at a pin near the capital key of from the russians. the day after recapturing. another strategic city in the north ukrainian in russian officials arrived in turkey for new round of talks to trying to end the fighting, which is set to enter a 5th week. ah, on carry johnston. this is al jazeera alive from also coming up. i just,

it was refreshing my outrage. she shouldn't remain in power. the u. s. president clarifies his remarks, suggesting regime change in russia, but says he has no apologies. lucky my polluted glass. i'm john hadron in bessemer, alabama. we're workers at this amazon facility are boating to decide whether they should be the 1st in the country to unionize their workplace. we begin in ukraine where the country's military says it's pushed back. some russian advances, as talks between the 2 countries are set to resume. ukraine says it's retaken areas now i'm a kid in the east and the major he ever saw the above it pin that where there's been heavy fighting. oh, good point. if you store who you're bringing up, the occupiers of pushed away from air, pen and key, but it's still too early to talk about safety in this part of our region fight,

continues russian troops hold the north of the key region and they have resources and manpower they are trying to rebuild destroyed units. the level of 90 percent of losses is none argument for them to stop it even while a man of the deceased port city of merrier poet says, $5000.00 civilians have been killed since the war began. now the 200000 people remained trapped there about both sides prepared to meet in turkey for a new round of talks. on tuesday, the gay schafer from cuba arrived in esther bull a short time ago, while the russian counterparts landed earlier in the day. each a lot of dish is fully russian and ukrainian delicate. so leading talks on say sly and peace talks. we'll meet again tomorrow and stand boldly. we will get together with delegates and make them briefly ahead of the meeting. i can say that the telephone traffic we are carrying out with mr. poot and mr. zelinski as advancing on a positive direction. we'll have more on those talks later, but 1st more on the situation on the ground in ukraine. rob mcbride begins our

coverage from the leave. russia is continuing its attacks on defense facilities across ukraine, including fuel depose, with this site in the western city of luke getting hit over night. with torps expected to start between the 2 warring sides ukraine's president flooded. miss lensky has struck a conciliatory tone. he seems to accept russia's military presence in some parts of ukraine in some form as part of any deal. yup. when you must, would you bullshit it? do i understand it's impossible to make russia give off territory completely yet that will lead to world war 3. i understand completely unaware. he's also confirmed, he is willing to consider ukrainian neutrality in the future. provided president putin pulls back his forces on ukraine's western border with poland. there's relative order after the chaotic exit this of refugees in recent weeks,

in the early days of the conflict with tens of thousands of people leaving ukraine every day. this was one of the busiest crossings with people lining up for a whole day just to get across into poland. the numbers of people leaving has declined significantly. and there's also now been an increase in people coming the other way. the rear is coming back from the czech republic after leaving her home town in easton, ukraine. that's now occupied by the russians, which have both both me. i decided to come back because my husband is here and it's very hard to be away. i was said much emotionally on this project, lou both left the eastern city of denise pro daily 2 weeks ago, but he's now returning also in the morning. but it's such monday with some so busy . if i'm coming back to check on my mother and see what the situation is like, my daughter is 14 and i've left it with my older daughter in poland. any peace

talks are likely to include the future of the bitterly contested coastal strip from russian controlled crimea, to the break away eastern regions in the dumbass presidency. lensky has revealed. he is in regular contact with troops in the besieged city of mary paul and seems to accept they face overwhelming odds. used to be sure to just run those that we. i tell them if you feel you need to leave, but i feel the right thing to do and do it. but he also says so far, his soldiers have refused to given rob mcbride, al jazeera levine, delegations from both keys and moscow have arrived. and it's done both for tomorrow's negotiations. wrestle said r is in the turkish capital with more. russia has quite tough demands regarding the neutrality of ukraine, demilitarization of the country, and the new denotes vacation and also ukraine to recognize crimea as officially as

part of russia. and also recognizing the 2 separate this republic don't yes and lance lance, as the independent states. so turkish official says regarding neutrality and did invalid demilitarization, ukrainian site is showing some willingness or making some compromises. however, when it comes to the other 2 demands, the notification is not clear what russian means by the las vegas because a very much uncertain a ambiguous term and when it comes to crimea and the a don't bus region, they said is the regulated to their ukrainian territorial integrity and so far, green inside didn't show any a sign of the willingness of recognizing crimea as opposed to russia or recognizing one. yes, as long as independent states. william courtney is a former us ambassador to georgia. he says the prospects of

a ceasefire. a slim russia, for example, is worried that there is not a perception of sufficient russian bargaining strength. you know, the international media portray ukrainian forces as holding off russian forces. some say that russia has actually begun to lose the war. so russia seems to be now wanting to concentrate its forces in eastern ukraine, where it has a greater relative advantage, probably in order to try to get a victory somewhere. but a victory there to stricken has had an indigo ocean. we see no sign on the battlefield that russia was beginning to pull our troops, which might signify, that it would be willing to negotiate an agreement. for example, on this issue, where russia still is trying to pursue victory. an all ukraine has given up. seeing susan, create kevin that has really been its main aim up to now president liskey of

ukraine has spoken of a willingness to accept neutrality status. but only if all russian forces are withdrawn from ukraine. so that's just how far apart the 2 sides are. russian forces are everywhere. ukraine tried to make games, zaleski a say mostly far into all russian troops. follow us president joe biden is submitted a more than 5 trillion dollar budget planned to congress courting for records piece time military spending and further ukraine is also revisited. comments made earlier this week about the russian president, he says his statement that you know, put in cannot remain in power, reflected his own moral outrage and not a policy shift. the facts of the matter, as i was expressing the more outrage i felt towards the way prudent is dealing with

the actions of this man, which is just brutality, half the children in the ukraine. i just come from being with those families. and so i, but i want to make it clear. i was it then nora, my now articulate a policy change or expression more outrage that i feel and i make no apologies work . the wall street journal is reporting that 3 people who are at talks between ukraine in russia in key. if any of this month may have been poisoned, they include that russian only got them on the upper my which and to ukrainian negotiate is reportedly suffered. symptoms consistent with chemical agents basket website. banning cat says it has confirmed the 3 delegates illness. they since recovered jona haul is following developments now from london. belling cat has developed a pretty sturdy reputation for it's open source forensic investigations and reporting online. the organization. as you said,

they're reporting alongside the wall street journal on this saying that it had been in touch with potentially even commissioning it that's implied, but not entirely clear from what they wrote, commissioning chemical weapons experts to conduct both remote and on site investigations at presumably at the location where these meetings might have taken place and that these experts have led belding cats to be able to confirm that on the night of the 3rd of march 3, individuals, 2 of them senior ukrainian negotiate is one of them roman abram, of which experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons, mr. brockovich is described by belin cat. as an entrepreneur, of course we know him better as the owner of chelsea football club, the russian billionaire, all the galks ought to have contacts on some level, at least with the may putin in the kremlin. the symptoms reportedly, according to balance banning cat included piercing pain in the eyes. one suggestion

was that mr. brockovich may have lost his sight for a period of time. that's not confirmed, but also peeling skin on the faces on the hands for the wall street journal. adding that the health condition of all 3 has since improved and that their lives were not in danger, are not in danger. and these chemical weapons experts going further saying the dosage and type of substance likely was insufficient to cause life threatening damage and was most likely intended to scare the victims with the wall street journal. adding that it believes the suspected attack was orchestrated by hard liners in russia who wanted to sabotage the talks. ukraine's as of battalion has been the main force defending the besieged city of my uncle. the group has a reputation as 1st fighters, and they also hold far right views in ron con is in key if he spoke to one of its leaders about that reputation for,

from here over all before. yes, some call them neo nazis. others say they one of ukraine's toughest fighting forces . b as off battalion was hauled in 2014, during the russian annexation of crimea. it began life as a volunteer force, which then became part of ukraine's armed forces with public links to far right groups. in 2016, the united nations accused it of violating international humanitarian law. in 201940 u. s. congress members, unsuccessfully tried to designate the as of as a foreign terrorist organisation. during this war, they become the main fighting force and the besieged, sudden city of very awful usa. we began by asking them if there were a neo nazi organization, an approval occurs oller abra, sir. no one thought it to say this, but the image of us is now nazareth was created by russians in 2016 after

as over liberated mario paul from russia. o woolen till fighters and became part of the ukranian army. jose is a video on the ah, you national god of ukraine, twitter crown was clearly so some of your voices are greasing bullets with peg fat with a message. there must be brothers in our country. you will not go to heaven, go home, please. you will not be allowed into heaven here. you encounter trouble going please. that kind of thing makes you look like neo nazis. the way to within prostate fogged, we call muslims from as there was ran, fighting for off. let me give you one example. in my unit, for how many muslim from azerbaijan he is fighting like us. but when people think of the as of battalion, basically internationally, they do think of near not as you guys have an image problem, how you dealing with that role occurs. i look, we have a rush and propaganda, a 5th column on that spread all over the world. it's not a surprise that they created these now nuzzy image for us. so now we are speaking

publicly come talk to us and you see we are not the as of battalion understands, it has a neo nazi image problem, but to change it will require support from the rank and file, many of whom are suspected of having fall right links russian forces are just a few kilometers from hair, but the as off battalion have another fight on their hands if they want to change their image from being a neo nazi organization to being a nationalist fighting force. perhaps the bigger fight though, is within their members internally and how that will go down. and ron con al jazeera keith was still ahead on al jazeera, amid a dar economic crisis, the taliban at his to shift. it stops on opium phones and seeking reconciliation in rome, survivors of canada's residential schools. request an apology from francis ah,

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a month's worth of rain some more to come. now for the philippines is batch of what, whether that was plaguing the southern islands and we ought to princess that now pushing away so our severe flooded advisories have now been downgraded or rain is starting to develop for southern areas of china that flinging north along the yangtze, river valley and also a weather maker for northern areas of china. so that's cut down the temperature in beijing and we've got a rain snow combo for harping on tuesday. that's the snapshot of your weather season. ah, the weather sponsored by katara always joined the debate. there is no his job bad. you know, if anyone here talked about women that i should be ashamed of them says no topic, it's of the table. we were taught to see abortion one way. tickets try to help all the companies. they deny any responsibility, even though they have the resources in the power to fix that, where a global audience become a global community comment section is right here. the part of today's program this

to him on now to sierra, ah, ah, ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder now of our top stories this, our ukrainian military officials say they've reclaimed a pin from russian forces. city north west of kia has seen heavy fighting since russia began its push towards the capital last month. at least 5000 civilians had been killed in mary, a po since rushes invasion began. according to the cities nap, it also says up to 200000 people, remain trapped in the besieged city. a fresh round of talks between russia and

ukraine are due to begin in turkey. both sides will meet face to face in east andrew on tuesday. israel says a strong message has been sent to iran by landmark summit. it hosted involving the u. s. and for arab countries. there's also discussion of reviving piece, talk to thomaston, eons, but they've described event as an illusion. harry force reports now from southern israel. israel says it put this summit together in a few days. nonetheless, it clearly wanted to convey maximum symbolism and significance in the desert. kibbutz once home to israel's 1st prime minister dub had been korean, the foreign ministers of egypt, bahrain morocco, and the u. e. along with the u. s. secretary of state espoused friendship and shed goals 43 years ago when egypt and israel made peace. unfortunately, we lost those 43 years of knowing each other better of walking together and

of changing the narrative that many generations of his rabies and arabs had been living very israel's foreign minister said, this 1st meeting would become a permanent for him. but he also advanced goals for the here and now this new architecture, the shared capabilities we are building, intimidates, and deters. i'll common enemies 1st and foremost, iran and its proxies. oh, there was shed condemnation of an attack on sunday by suspected i soon linked gunman that killed 2 israeli security forces personnel on the widest security picture. the u. s. secretary of state stuck to his script. not bending to israel's opposition to a revived iran nuclear deal, or he did though, raised the palestinian aspiration for statehood. really, these regional disagreements are not a substitute for progress between palestinians and israelis. one of the issues we

discussed today was how countries involved in the abraham accords and normalization, as well as those that have a long standing diplomatic relationships with israel can support the palestinian authority in the palestinian people in concrete ways. that was echoed by the arab foreign ministers most explicitly by egypt, united or during these discussions. we did highlight the importance of the israeli palestinian peace process, the importance of maintaining the credibility and the viability of the 2 state solution that for israel out of the city and state to the side by side in peace with the recognized borders for the city and state in accordance with the 67 lions with east jerusalem as its capital for the palestinian leadership. however, such words are just that words. they see this entire summit in this place as an undermining of their cause for sovereignty and independence. the palestinian prime minister focused on what was happening inside israel. why he will be there like

that. there's your helicopter shop are normalization meetings without ending the israeli occupation of palestine or just an illusion of mirage. and a free reward for israel. ah palestinian president, meanwhile, had his own diplomacy to conduct welcoming jordan's king abdullah to ramallah on a mission to con tensions a head of ramadan. ari faucet, i'll just hear a southern israel. neither abraham in the occupied west bank tells us more about what palestinians thought about the summit. very few people we spoke to here and on will not even know that there is a summit ongoing in the negative. some of them heard that software is off king abdullah, the 2nd arriving here in rama la. but there is a sense of despair. they don't believe that this diplomacy is working unless they see tangible results on the ground. palestinian authority wants a peace process that and the israeli occupation is also disappointment in this 3 to

many palestinians say that they feel that the world is sympathizing with your brain . but they're not showing within sympathy with the palestinian people who have been under occupation for decades. they say that they want to see the world world israel accountable when it comes to its crimes against the palestinians. afghanistan is the world's top opium producer, and until recently the taliban said it would punish farmers to curb production. for now, it facing a di, economic crisis group appears to have changed its stance. cut your lopez under your reports. it's nearly time to collect the harvest in afghanistan hillman province, where poppy fields are considered both beautiful and dangerous. the crop is widely used to make hair. when farmers, my girl say selling it is the only way to make ends meet back forming wheat doesn't

earn us enough money. it's not as profitable as poppy. economically, we've been badly hit and that's why we've no other option, but to plant poppies. afghanistan is the world's top opium producer. it accounts for about 10 percent of its economy. a kilo of wheat is sold for about $0.50. whereas a kilo of opium poppies can go for more than a $100.00. but cuts were, i'll do if there was no tentative way to feed our families, wouldn't have to cultivate his crop. but if we don't find another way we would defend us with funds and our lives. otherwise you have to flee to pakistan, iran or even touch xt on for work. and even that's not possible because they will send us back. the taliban has long been accused of taxing drug traffickers. some estimates predict the group made $20000000.00 in 2020, from the eliza trade. after taking control of the country left your pledge so cramped down on poppy farmers. but now it says they will be left alone,

at least for now. we won't take any action against the farmers until we find them proper alternatives, but they already have so many problems, and we don't want to create more. so we working to find an appropriate solution with the help of the international community. afghanistan's economy is on the verge of collapse, sanctions and the taliban lack of international recognition or making an already die of humanitarian crisis. worse laws thought out the husband we plants and cultivate poppy book. if you don't have any other option, do you have farms plant? poppy indefinite and the ones you don't work for landowners. the illicit trade is intertwined with af canister economy. now it continues to grow despite a terms of resistance at home and abroad. because he, a little bit of the young al jazeera gunmen in mexico, of killed at least 20 people in the western states of mitchell han. lisa say the attackers storm,

the cock fighting venue on sunday night number of killings in misstate is at a record high as cartels flights of control of drug trafficking routes. john homely reports from mexico city. well may, can president, under his manuel lopez over a dog came out this morning about incident that you mentioned in the fight pit? and he said it's a, it was a massacre. basically, members of one criminal group went there to try and shoot up members of another criminal group. and as you said, there are at least $20.00 and $3.00 of them. women, not even the 1st time this year that this is happened in the state of mich. we're kind of curious south west about a month ago, after awake 17 people were basically lined up against the wall and then shot. and then the bodies wished away. and most of that was captured on video. and again, it shocked people. but this is a state in which really violence can even say, spiraled out of control. it's been there for quite some time. there. it's a state that we spent a lot of time there and i've gone past checkpoints openly in main roads. the manned by gum,

and i actually have the call to uniform and cultural insignia on the uniforms. quite close to mexican army checkpoints. that's where it's got through in the state of mitra can when we were there as point last year, they were policemen killed by a drone that dropped explosives. mines have been investigated, they're against the army and used by criminal groups. so this is turned into in that state, basically low level guerrilla warfare perpetrated by these different cartels with the government, british trying and scrambling to get ahold of it. the supreme court in honduras as authorized extradition of former president, one orlando hernandez. tonight to states. and under is wanted by us, prosecutors on drugs and firearms charges denies it, accusations the conservative politicians held office for 2014 and so early this year, impeachment proceedings have begun against peruse, present pedro castillo. he appeared before congress in the capital lima to face

allegations of corruption, custio's 8 months old government has been marked by crises. he's changed more cabinet members than any other administration in recent history. survivors of canada's notorious residential schools have met pope francis to tell him in person of the abuses they suffered. up until the 1990s, tens of thousands of indigenous children were forcibly sent to the schools, which were mostly run by the catholic church, violence, sexual abuse and neglect were common, and hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered at former school sites in recent years. indigenous leaders want the pope to offer a formal apology. vote counting is underway in the u. s. states of alabama where allison workers are deciding whether or not to join the union is successful. it could become the 1st amazon site in the u. s. to do so, john henry reports from vestment, alabama. the amazon workers vote now being tallied,

we'll decide whether organized labor can make a comeback in the heart of the anti union south. the vote counting that began on monday marks a 2nd battle between a corporate behemoth and pro union activists in bessemer, alabama. employees rejected joining the retail wholesale in department store union last year, but the national labor relations board rule that amazon unfairly influence the outcome and called for a do over election. that's in part because the company set up a mailbox, it looked like a voting booth, giving some workers the impression amazon itself was running the election. we've turned a lot of nose into yes. is once they got the information, ah, that was more impactful to their lives. so. yeah, they, on boards with the union's leaders, as the company's tactics have continued. they are, could duck take a ferocious anti union care, a union bus, they bring again outside union busters, hundreds of them in

a statement. amazon smoked person killing and tell said we look forward to having our employees voices heard. our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making amazon a great place to work. the move in alabama follows a recent vote still being counted at to amazon sites on new york, staten island, where workers projected their critiques of the company under its iconic logo unions . on the decline for decades, have seen a resurgence in the past year. signing up workers at starbucks doors in buffalo, new york, seattle in mesa, arizona. google fiber contractors in missouri and in new york city are sporting goods store workers, seem empowered by the great resignation, the wave of workers leaving their jobs. during the pandemic, the company has been calling workers in for mandatory meetings to explain to them why they should not unionize. the company's perspective is that it works better with employees when it does so directly and not through a 3rd party. but many pro union workers say when that happens,

it's the company that sets the rules. one alabama worker was confident enough to take aim at amazon's billionaire owner, who also owns the blue origin space company. it's not really worth it to stay with the company who doesn't care about me as much as they care about. just be those going to the moon. it could take weeks to count up to 6100 ballots before it's clear. if workers here have opted to unionize, and whether organize, labor can gain ground deep in the heart of dixie. john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. ah, this is al jazeera and these other top stories, ukrainian military officials say they've reclaimed opin from russian forces. city north west of cave has seen heavy fighting since russia began. it's pushed towards the capital last month. will find gifts, the store who is your opinion. the occupiers are pushed away from your opinion,

but it's still too early to talk about safety in this part of our region. fighting continues russian troops.