sending national park an annual ceremony has been launched the hall parish's, an individual's pay $5000.00 us dollars to name an elephant. the aim this year is to raise $1000000.00, much of it for conservation initiatives. ah, russia says it will reduce its military activities near ukraine's capital keith, while another round of talks are held any stumble and ukraine office neutrality in exchange for international security guarantees. ah, player watching al jazeera live from to how with me for the back table, also coming up a russian rocket, his government headquarters in the ukraine, foresee of mich alive, which has been under heavy attack for weeks. now then use gunmen attack

a passenger train in northwest nigeria, killing a number of people will have a live update from bucetti. russia has announced it will radically reduce its attacks near ukraine's capital, keith and jeremy here to the north. the pledge came during the latest round of negotiations with ukraine. any sample go to progress, we agree to move the negotiations to the practical level. in order to build trust, the ministry of defense has decided to decrease military activities in keys and churning. his school was and ukrainian negotiators have laid out their demands. boy, joseph was got the sci fi and we want an international mechanism of security guarantees where guarantor countries will act in a similar way to niche was article number 5 and even more firmly. res, so said dar has more on the talks from east stumble. there has been

a remarkable progress during the peace talks to day. in his stumble, the at the ukrainian side has a provided a proposal to the russian sides. and there are 2 main issues that are quite surprising for many's. first one is that ukraine, i propose to adopt a neutral states status, which means that ukraine is not going to pursue a goal of being and nato member or not hosting any nato, a business, or not draining any of the nato military exercises. and also at regarding to its territorial integrity for the 1st time. ukraine may some concessions on crimea in the proposal. they also include a 15 year, a year consultation period on status of a crime. yet we're to russia. and by with one condition that only the school coming to force only if there is an immediate cease fire. so in return ad,

russia also had a, some of our remarkable statements today, the russian m. a did deputy defense minister alexander foreman said that moscow has decided to fundamentally cut back its military operations around the capital, kia and janet is another norton city in ukraine to increase the trust in the ongoing, a face to face piece falls in, in a stumble. so from now on, this proposal is going to be review of the warehouse by the russians. and if they agree on that, then the guarantor countries are going to join the told to hopefully finalize a deal that will lead a piece hescol live. now to argue 0, hash him a high bar in moscow forest hush him. what are we to make of this gesture now by the russians? what does it signal funny, this is quite

a significant development where the russian deputy defense minister alexander farming talking about the start of a significant decrease of operations are in the areas of kia region and also certainly gov and this is a definitely a sign we're trying to build bridges with the ukrainians building trust between the 2 countries and telling them you know, what, you shouldn't, where either us sending troops into ukraine anytime in the future. because of the progress that was made in the tours and the russians have been paving the way to this announcement a while ago, the minutes of the fans are gay. sugar was talking about an operation which is going as planned, talking about significant military gains and severely undermining the military capabilities of the ukrainian military and reducing to a greater extent the impact of its air force. and that of the russians now will be

focusing more on the dorm bus region where you have the to break away, where paths are falling from a rush and perspective. this was the biggest concern from day one. and they said this was the reason why we lost the military operation, and we will only stop it once this issues are addressed. they say that the americans, along with they to have him pouring advanced weapons into a crate. and that's ukraine. if it, if it goes on pursuing an at bur an attempt to build its nuclear arsenal, those 2 things combined will pose a serious threat to russia's national security. this is why they were insisting on 2 things, dinner, clara, zation, and neutrality status. it seems that bade major had way when it comes to those 2 main issues. and this expires now, while we're seeing all those states in this coming from the rush since the russian delegations and officials here that there are quite confidence there the,

the c major progress happening. and this explains the deer escalation that we are, we are, we have talked about no rings to be seen. what happens particularly the future in the da bus vision where the russia saved the bay quite significant over toria game in the la guns self declared logan's republic. but as far as dani ask is concerned, they said they control half of that territory and that they are, they will continue to further expand territorial gains there. yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few hours the next few days. hush him. thank you very much for that. i. meanwhile, in southern ukraine, there's been more heavy bombardment, a russian this abstract, a port city of mich alive ripping a hole in the main government building. at least 9 people were killed. safely decor hasn't severe damage to the civil administration building in the heart of nikolai, or via the rescue operation. the recovery operation continues to strike, happened just a couple of hours ago. now the city is incredibly tense,

the military, very time holding a spot for ages. now allowing us to access it. nikolai has been holding back a russian assault for weeks. now even managing to push back russian troops in the last couple of days. but of course the air strikes the miss isles. the shelling air is something that the people who will tell you is something that they cannot control. yes, there are air defense systems in place. but this is now the result of a strike at the very heart of governance here. a city that has been applauded for holding back, that russian. portia, this is the last front line to when it comes to our data. this is ukraine's largest port seems the jewel of the black sea, and really seen as a key try is really that the russians want. if the russians managed to take this entire line, they will cut a few crane from its access to the black sea and the as of sea. but certainly at the moment. incredible shot here and people were talking to terrified saying they simply want this war to concave in the northeast is also being bombarded by russia

as big as their authorities here have said 47 buildings have been destroyed in the last 24 hours now where we are now has been shalt in the last 2 hours or so, and this is a close as you can get without putting ourselves in the line of fire. the russians are not far from here. we're well in the range of their guns, but when we talk about destroyed buildings, what does that mean? that the owner here as carney allowed just to show you know, this is hipaa show, the world was for loan act. and inside, if i take you inside here, just take a look at the house. this is what was left now. he told us that he managed to get his family into the basement, him, him his wife and his daughter, and they felt the shockwave. no, this was someone's not just the house. if someone's home lives, its memories, people have spent the entire lives growing up here and building their, their homes. they had solar panels. you can see the trains. you can see the books

that they've managed to salvage from this rubble. and if i take it further in here, you can see the car damage. it's actually done. there's nothing but rubble left. i can, i can see over a school photo, you know, like i said, people people's people's memories. and he now lives this in one part of the house. and i said, why haven't you left? cuz it's still selling going on. and he said, i'm 72 years old. i don't want to wonder the world at the poor man. and this is where i'm going to die. and as many people like this, the light moving, there are many people left the city, but many people don't want to move again. take a look at this. looks like it was a living room next, the radio talk and see a book shelf. i can see plates, i can see, cutlery, i can see so many things her what obviously the,

the pets will still have. but many people don't want to leave because this is their lives. but they are under constant bombardment. and in the line of fire and according to authorities here since the start of the wolf, 1222 residential buildings have been destroyed. 69 schools, 53 kinda gardens and 15 hospitals. and he now is bernard smith's reporting from the separatist control city of don't yet skin eastern ukraine. the narrative here in the separate is controlled part of ukraine, is that this is a fight against ukrainian nationalists. they call them hair, neo nazis is what they described the miles and battle in mary awful is described as a battle to get rid of neo nazis, a nationalist. now dennis schilling is saying that in morale for the reason it's essentially been destroyed. that city center is because people are fighting street to street house to house. he says in the last 8 years,

and the groups call the as all brigade, he calls and i sort of nationally group that is very influential mario, he says they spent the last 8 years fortifying the city. he accuses them of using human field human shields to prevent the city being taken by don't net force is backed by the russians. he also says that in response to the russian defense ministry saying that it is now going to concentrate its efforts on what they call liberating, don't bass, this eastern part of ukraine. now, the russia is going to concentrate on that. moving away from the greater part of your grade, and he says that's going to make an enormous difference here, particularly in terms of russian fire power. and he means this in terms of russian air power still ahead on al jazeera apologizing for food shortages officials in

china. admit districts probably 19 restrictions, a causing a problem and could they be a chinese military base in the south pacific? raging is finding a security deal with a problem on the while they've been bacon in the heat sin, northern india for the past few weeks and extend its heat wave here. so pre monsoon heat, that's a theme, but in some spots we're reaching record breaking temperatures. so for example, a new delhi wednesday, we got you in for a high of 40 degrees. we look at the extended forecast here. the record for march is $40.00. so you could certainly get there. winds will shift around to the northwest that will drop your temperature just a bit, but still, while above average. now for se, asia, we've got bursts of re more center toward eastern areas. so bali loan book as we

had in towards to the whizzy and also west papua as while a slug of rain that play the southern islands of the philippines is moving across the south china sea. this did bring some severe flood advisories for the philippines. it's now going to slam into vietnam, and this will be with us for the next few days. and i think we face a similar threat here of seen the risk of flooding. se, china, it's still raining, has been raining for days and more of a comm manager falling in between the gang, see, and the pearl river valley, but it dry day for hong kong on wednesday. the high of 24 degrees off to japan. those cherry blossoms in peak bloom, and you're going to enjoy it. if you're in tokyo, you've got a hive. 18 degrees in the sunshine. that's it for me. see around. ah. the healing the debate there is no, he job bad is am. and if anyone here talks about women that i was a does, this bill seemed on then said notes help take it off the table. we were taught with

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adopting a new shore status in exchange for international security guarantees. if this progress, if there is progress, count, or countries will joint talks to finalize the agreement. and a russian rocket has hit the regional government building in nikolai, at least 9 people were killed in 22 wounded. the southern portion he has been under heavy assaults for weeks. now poland, deputy, a foreign minister says europe can be free of russian oil and gas by the end of this year. by valia lansky was talking to al jazeera as sammy's aidan, how soon do you think when you speak with your european counterparts? what is the time table in your mind when do you think that you can be off of russian gas? i think this can be done by the end of this year, because end of this august and that the serial. so mrs. young possible. because we are an economy that is very flexible, very our joy. we are able to adjust the can be costly to economies. but if we are able to do it,

if we are able to cut russia off one. and actually gus is not even that important, much more important thing is oil. well, how soon do you think you are in be off of rational when it comes to oil, it is actually paradoxically much easier for you to do it because there is much easier way to diversify it. and you can wants to full interview on talk to al jazeera that's on thursday, the 31st of march, 1630 gmc right here on al jazeera. now the war is threatening food supplies in sudan, which imports more than 80 percent of its wheat from ukraine. bread prices have gone up and nearly 10000000 people are facing shortages. if years a number could double in the coming months here morgan report some grotto. the usual ingredients including flour, go into making bread here and this bakery in sedans, capital hot of. but in the past month, the cost of a single loaf has increased by more than 40 per cent from $35.00 to denise pounds, to 15. the equivalent of nearly a dollar from the call of an invaluable love of the reason for the increase is

because everything needed to make the bread has increased the yeast, the electricity to operate the ovens and the wheat. but the biggest increase is in the wheat, wheat is imported, and the cost of importing has increased hikes in prices of bread. was one of the factors that sparked to revolution in 2018, leading to the overthrow of the countries. them president armored hillbash here, but the cost has increased and falls from what it was just 2 years ago. it's the result of the lifting of wheat subsidies as to dan grappled with a shortage of hard currency, global events, half of the contributed to the recent increase in the cost of wheat. 83 percent of sudan suite imports come from russia and ukraine, and the war has affected global wheat supplies. even if sudan decides to look for other sources, forthwith import it will likely be at a higher cost. the work in ukraine has increased, the price of wheat and sudan will still need to secure hosp currency to buy it. and right now that's something that's in short supply. international donors suspended

a to the government following lost his military takeover. sudan is already grappling with an economic crisis and devalued its currency last year and again in early march that increase the cost of those living in poverty to more than 70 percent. according to the world bank, many are unable to afford treating their families are good to fill out the idea of additional meals or something we have dropped out because the coast of bread now stick to breakfast and lunch, no dinner. and even when you think of buying your own wheat and bacon at home, the cushion flower is high. well, out of i, any muff annual about i used to be able to buy for 400 or 570 pounds. now the least i spend is 1500 pounds to feed my family. there is a big difference in the cost before and now let me 9800000 put in these were food insecure, last year, according to the u. n. but with the we're in ukraine and deteriorating the economy, the organization says that number is expected to double to 800000000. by the end of

2022. we wonder only before the, the green crisis. we already seen the increase of my management across country. and mainly because of the food insecurity, the impact of this wouldn't ticket will be that there will be increase case load in the nutrition sites or the nutrition services. and jewels like us are going against, he's a government is providing across country, but also they'll be include caseload in the health facilities because of the impact of water. kids haven't lack of access to food, said the bakery has reduced its operations due to the increased costs of making bread. he's concerned that they may come a day when he would have to shut it down because even if he could afford to buy flour to make bread, there may be very few who can afford to buy it. he will morgan al, jazeera her to him in avenues nigeria is army chief, has ordered soldiers to find the gun. men who attacked a passenger train around

a 1000 people on board traveling from the capital of buddha, took a do not in the north witnesses say some were killed, injured or kidnapped by the attack is known locally as bandits can do. an airport was also attacked a few days ago. it's got the latest from a decrease in abu jeffers. i'm and i understand you've been speaking to officials in a boudreau. what more have you learned about the circumstances of what folly we've spoken to some context in kaduna rather where we understand that a call for blood donation is now our seeing a lot of people talking to the 44 military hospital and couldn't you know why people with specific blood group are donating, are coming up to do need blood for victims of yesterday's attack. we understand that hospital there are more than 20 people and of course, 6 buddies. according to our source in the hospital, 6 buddies were brought to the hospital yesterday and one other died this morning

because of the injury severity of injury sustained during the attack. the governor of the state visited that hospital, but the military is trying to prevent people from accessing those except of course, people who came looking for members of their families also understand that the 44 military hospital is not the only hospital that admitted victims of yesterday's incident, yesterday's attack, we know that st. jarrett hospital is one of the hospital and also be better when you call a government hospital. it's also one hospital where the victims were taken to. it's not clear how many debt bodies was deposited at the maturity of these 2 hospitals. we also understand that many of the victims who survived the attack with injuries have taken onto themselves to go to private hospitals to treat themselves right now . now judas are waiting. kimberly, to hear from the president what he's going to say about this. the army chief, like we know, visited the scene of the attack yesterday and ordered for an immediate rescue of

the victim of the attack. what kidnapped yesterday. we spoke, our soul spoke to one of our string. i spoke to one person who is keep the kidnappers yesterday, and he said he run 4 hours before he could reach safety. it said there was taken into batches into groups actually, but he got away simply because there was not enough light for the kid numbers to class, all of them in one place. so it's not clear up to now how many people will take and we understand that 970 people on the we don't know exactly how many people were taken yesterday, the government, the government officials, like given the manifest passenger manifest of the crane. and yet to and now how many people have been taken, or how many people have been killed. they secrecy surrounding even the people who are injured, taken to hospital for treatment falling. thank you. i made for that update. i'm ready to reply for i fear in a butcher border officials in uganda say thousands of refugees of cross from

northeastern democratic republic of congo. it follows an attack there by the m $23.00 rebel group. the uganda army says there'll be no restrictions for people fleeing the violence. meanwhile, the un peacekeeping mission in the region says it's lost contact with a helicopter flying over an area where fighting broke out between rebels and the congress on invest in the monthly the empty tray. rebellion is a con gleese movement that it doesn't benefit support from any neighboring country . accusations of the b r. c is just to cover their incapacity on the ground. as for the ongoing flight, we had been defending ourselves against different attacks. we thought we had the facing from the government forces for many days. your secretary said antony, blinking is in morocco where he is been meeting the foreign minister and february to security issues are on the agenda as well as the export of voluntary and gas to europe. last year l g has stopped supplying gas to the e u through morocco,

after tensions about the long running west into higher separatist dispute. police in the u. k will issue fines to at least 25 from the prime minister's office for attending parties at breach covered 900 lockdown roles. the names of the individuals have not yet been disclose the investigation related to 12 events last year and the year before where restrictions may have been violated. prime minister boys johnson has come under heavy criticism for taking part in at least 2 of the gatherings for brandon has more from london. but what happens next is the police continue with their investigations. they will. busy if they want, they finished looking at other individuals, they will bring those. busy forward and either decide to issue fixed penalty notices, which defines of $200.00 pounds or more, or simply let them go. the crucial thing will be what the reaction of back bench, conservative m. p 's and parliament are. many of them have withdrawn the letters of no confidence against the prime minister as a sentiments,

but the war in ukraine is probably more important at the moment than party cake. but that's not to say that there couldn't be a real backlash against this statement has been issued by one of the societies. one of the groups that represent bereaved families from curvy today. thank it's crystal clear now that while the british public rose to the challenge of making enormous sacrifices, those are down the street failed. frankly, bereaved families have seen enough this p. m should have resigned months ago over this. so there's still clearly very visceral public anger in some quarters about what happened in those crucial months of 202020. 21. officials in the chinese city of chang should have apologized for food shortages, caused by locked down measures. operations of 2 major wholesale food markets have been closed. the local government says it has organized the delivery of food and basic needs to its residents. meanwhile, china is financial capital. shanghai is being split into on the 2nd day of a cove in 1900 knocked down. mass testing has begun in the eastern half of the city

while the western half will follow in a few days. shoppers has been panic. buying, as holly transporting is shut down and millions have been forced to stay home. katrina, you have more from beach in the streets of the eastern part of shanghai are eerily quiet. china's more populous city has begun. it's true stage. corona virus look down. the 1st since the pandemic began for monday morning, about half of the cities 25000000 strong population has been told to stay. home. authorities are conducting mass testing desperately trying to curb the number of infections which have spiraled out of control in recent weeks. so far more than a 1000000 people have been tested now on the western part of the city, people are killing up the course restores and supermarket collecting supplies to their turn at the severe lockdown which will begin on friday. earlier this month, shanghai authority said that the city, which is china's main financial hub,

they said that it would not be shut down. but china is 0. tolerance approach to the pandemic is being severely tested by the highly infectious on the cross variance. each day. there have been about 5000 cases, reported, mostly asymptomatic, but still china continues to respond with its playbook of mass testing, heavy quarantine and heavy restrictions. despite an increasing sense of frustration among china's population, as well as continual drag on china's economic growth, australia and new zealand among countries alarmed by negotiations for a security patch between china and the solomon islands leaked document said chinas, military and armed police will be allowed to protect chinese projects there. the islands, prime minister says the backlash is very insulting. both man, i say, so the very end aging deny allegations that china's pressuring the solomon islands

for a military base. the me, as we have clearly stated multiple times already, the law enforcement and security cooperation of 2 sovereign countries such as china and the solomon islands is in line with international law and international practice. and it's conductive to lasting peace and social stability and is beyond reproach. michael show bridge is the director of the australian strategic police policy institute defense strategy and national security program. he says the agreement could bring military attention to the pacific region. china not only has an agenda, but they have a track record where the people's liberation army turns up whether it's in the south china sea, the taiwan straits are close to japan. they bring aggression and military tension. and the prospects of chinese armed police and military working inside the small, solomon islands and using the solomon islands to operate its navy from brings

military tension right into the heart of a peaceful south pacific. its in nobody's interim. i think the playbook we're saying is a bit like the movie bugs which started as just a place that the pay online navy was, would turn up to and get the gist of support. that's in this link. draft agreement privacy to soak. avari in the solomons is negotiating with budging. it talks about logistics support to the p l. i navy, operating out of the solomon islands. so you'll hear the prime minister of our i say it's not a base what nonsense. but a place where the navy can be supported to operate from looks quite like a duck. unlike the booty base, it will become a base. if it's a say, what i want to make for the region is military tension and aggressive military power. cold china operating more frequently in the south pacific and pumping into other power. they're just like we say in the south. china say factor,

well smith has issued an apology to chris rock for slapping him during sunday's oscar ceremony. the comedian made a joke about smith's wife shave, had shaved head, yet a finger. smith has alopecia, which is a medical hair loss condition. the actor said the joke was to my chin. he reacted emotionally. the academy has condemned his behavior and says, is launching a formal review of these ah, this is al jazeera and these are top stories. russia says it will reduce its military activities in northern ukraine, including near the capital. keep. the announcement came after the latest round of negotiations with ukraine. any sample go to book a book that we agree to move the negotiations to the practical level in order to build trust. the ministry of defense has decided to decrease military activities.