parliamentary elections, but the war in ukraine has changed. the political landscape. prime minister victor orbit, has long been an ally of vladimir putin. his opponent says that poses a security risk for hungry. so will peter mark his voice policy getting up seats to with stay with al jazeera, for the latest developments. with a reports of shelling on the outskirts of keven chaney, of her day off to russia, said it will reduce its attacks near the to city. ah, 11 o'clock, this is out there. life and her also coming up. 5 people are shot dead near television. it is the 3rd attacking israel in a week. you as president joe biden, science legislation making lynching at pedro hate crime more than a century of the laws proposed law yields in rising cost,

protesting farmers in shoreline kept blame. a government bid to go will organic by binding chemical fertilizers. so we begin with reports of more russian bombardment to run new cranes capital of kiff and in the chimney of region, those are the 2 areas of moscow said it would reduce military activity. i'll to talks with the crane on tuesday. the chinese regional governor says overnight strikes, destroyed libraries, shopping miles, and many houses to the northwest of give explosions and fighting could be heard early this morning. in round con, had the latest from the capital, were still hearing those shells going off in the background towards the north of the city. so clearly the shelling still continues. what's a real concern now for, for ukrainian diplomats and people involved within the talks is what the nature of this russian withdraw looks like. a lot of people are telling us that yes,

they may, will be going back to better roost. they may, will be going back to russia, but are they going there to basically re supply and re on ah, before any a new offensive. there's a real mistrust of anything that the russians say coming out of the ukraine. and that's being echoed actually by the pentagon. as well and who basically overnight said, let's see, let's wait and see president joe biden as also reiterated, similar, i said, similar things, a wait and see approach. so here in cave and there is still fighting continued. there have been counter offensive, have taken place where the craniums of had a significant success, one of those towns, a marquee another boot appeal, have both been taken up by ukrainian forces. they pushed russian forces out in other towns on the north. a little can boucher and the hosp. well, the russians are actually surrounded within those towns in the ukrainian se, i'll only be a matter of days before they're able to retake those towns. now,

all of that is happening, but there's still a sense of confusion as to why the russians have made the statement. the ukranian army currently military are very much saying we actually forced this concession. it wasn't offered to us. this is something that the russians are doing out their own law just we actually forced, the russian forces out. that's why they're doing this. the crane says, russian forces are selling nearly all cities along the front line in the east and the internet screeching, dividing government held territory from errors held by separatists. while in the neighboring land screeching, at least one person has been killed. after residential areas were bombed in the lease, which is good. and lisa chance at the regional governors says a number of high rise buildings were damaged, rescues are trying to find people trapped in collapse buildings. well, there been a number of explosions outside the russian city of belgrade, near the border of ukraine. videos posted online by local media, appear shown ammunition deborah, up in flames,

on the regional governor says there are no civilian injuries. it's not know what triggered to blast. the un says more than 4000000 people have now fled ukraine. it is the largest refugee crisis in europe since the 2nd world war. millions of women and children are heading to border countries. i. slovakia, moldova, and more than half to poland as kimberly harker reports now from parish in poland. this is rick provided new opportunities for human traffickers. since the started russia's invasion of ukraine, women and children have fled by the millions and increasingly, many of them have been targeted by human traffickers or become victims of exploitation. luda chromos is one of them got to have it in by people who are coming to me offering. catherine is that's how it looks. anyway, i guess if they offer lifts to poland when her home insurance. gov was attacked luda along with her mother and grandmother accepted an offer of accommodation,

but they soon experienced the dangers so many like her have also faced. i was in the kitchen and he put a knife in my throat, and he started shouting can haley? he started be think me on the face. ukraine requires men under the age of 60 to stay and fight. that's left their wives and children vulnerable to organize criminal gangs who are seizing the opportunity to hunt for women and girls. they can force into slavery and prostitution. did of a share number of refugees fleeing ukraine. there are few formal procedures to register. the women and children that are arriving here in poland. add to that is the problem of a language barrier. those that don't know english or polish aren't even greater risk of exploitation. the aid that awaits refugees is abundant. but at reception centers like this, one traffickers often wait in the shadows,

hoping desperation will for some refugees to accept dangerous offers of assistance . police have put up posters warning of the risks. volunteers also try to be on the lookout. we're just really looking out to make sure that there is not a creepy fax heard to word ride because you can see thing old man walking around hovering, but shouldn't be there. we notified the police, the military, there's a lot of enforcement around to make sure that it's been taken care of. in response to the refugee crisis. poland government has recently passed legislation increasing the penalties for human trafficking of children from 10 to 25 years. this united nations migration coordinator says such risks should not deter refugees from escaping doing well, definitely the futures arriving to be more aware about that is because i was kidding them from coming here because also we don't really need to create this kind

of by nick that this is dangerous, this is more dangerous than whatever your fleeing gonzalez. aside since rushes evasion and at the peak, $98000.00 refugees crossed daily into poland. currently only about $19000.00 cross each day. but another influx is expected and authorities are all ready preparing. kimberly, how can al jazeera pushing, michel, poland, russian, all tank is, is still docking at american ports and more making their way to hobbs around the world that is, despite the u. s. banning russian oil imports early this month in an effort to economically punish must report its invasion of ukraine. cable and asunder reports now from new jersey. earlier this month, president joe biden announced executive order to ban all russian oil and gas imports to the united states. in response to the invasion of ukraine states, i said we're banning all imports of russian oil and gas in energy and means russian

oil no longer be acceptable. u. s. ports tough talk. but nearly 3 weeks after biden's announcement, we found this hulking 50000 ton russian oil tanker named minerva. virgo docked it a port in new jersey about an hour's drive outside new york city. when the ship left the russian port near saint petersburg, 2 days after the invasion of ukraine began, he was carrying $34000000.00 worth of russian oil. so why is this ship allowed to offload oil even after the ban announced by biden? the reason is in the fine print of the executive order, a 45 day grace period, meaning the ban doesn't take effect until april 22nd. people may have expected that you would immediately see the end of these cargoes coming in. but what we've been seeing because they were on the waters of land in russia and on the way they are

still coming in. right now, they're about 12, russian oil tankers, either on their way to the us or more right off the coastline. given all the recent sanctions against russia, particularly on the banking sector, there's uncertainty on how those sanctions could affect oil and gas imports to the u. s. before the band goes into effect, you know that there's an estimate about 70 percent of russian oil is currently struggling to find buyers because of concerns around actions. right. so there clearly has already been an impact that people are cognizant of environmental activists point to the minerva. virgo, still offloading oil as a sign of a larger problem for us. what we really want to see is not oil tankers contain to come into the us. what we need to see is the buyers administration making commitments and policies that accelerate us towards renewable energy. and so that's the direction that we should be going towards. not doubling down on oil and gas

products. for now, russian oil keeps flowing into the u. s. at least until the band goes into effect. gabriel's hondo al jazeera, new jersey. israel security cabinet is due to meet later on wednesday after 5 people were shot dead near television. please say a gunman, open foreign pedestrians. it is a 3rd such attack in a weak high faucet report from west jerusalem on the current again after march of a major attack deep inside israel, the 3rd and just a week. this was benet barrack, a densely populated ultra orthodox town east of television, mobile phone footage should what had happened minutes earlier, an attacker on the street to the victims already slept nearby, brandishing a long barrel. a cyclist narrowly escaped with his life before the gunman confronts a driver, yelling at him to stop up and shooting him at close range. that's what i saw very

difficult situation. a police motorbike that hit a wall and a policeman next to it who was shot. he looked dec. i took over the situation, a check for gunshot wounds, he been injured. is ready please say on the curry, the injured officer who later died was the one who shot the attack. a dead he's be named is dea. am i show him the janine in the occupied west bank reported to have been working illegally at a construction site in the area of the attack. israel's prime minister natalie bennett, convened an emergency security meeting and worn a new wave of terror. they've got the order that this is a great and complex challenge for the army, the security agency, and the police that requires the security establishment to be creative. and for us to adapt ourselves to the new threat and read the tell tale signs of loan individual. sometimes without organizational affiliation, and to be in control on the ground. last tuesday in the southern city of shaver, a resident of a nearby bedouin town killed 4 people in a car ramming and stabbing attack before himself. being shot dead in israeli quoted

previously convicted him on charges of supporting iso on sunday to palestinian israelis opened fire on a street in how dare and north of television, killing 2 security forces. members, before they 2 was shot dead. again, israeli authorities pointed to iso ideology that attack was followed by arrests in their home town, part of a heightened response, including more use of detention without charge surveillance and police and military reinforcements. the theory is that this chain of attacks could inspire get more in an already combustible period from gaza. hamas and palestinian islamic jihad have hail this latest shooting as they had the previous attacks in recent days. the palestinian president, mac with us condemned the killing of civilians and warned the risks of a further deterioration in stability. those fears a certainly shed by israeli government now dealing with the deadliest week of attacks on its citizens in many years hurry for. so i'll just euro wester, isn't i still a head here on out, sir?

a truce to ramadan. the saudi coalition announces a month long pause in the fighting in yemen. and laughter can be the best medicine, south africans choosing comedy to help deal with the frustrations of everyday life . ah, for the 2nd time this month we've seen major flooding across the northern coast of new south wales. this is some the video coming into our newsroom right now. just businesses washed out here. water logged roads very difficult to get around. now the good news is on thursday, the bulk of this energy has pushed out toward the coral sea, but still a steady feed of rain for sidney. sidney has now registered, it's what a smart on record looking toward the other coast. we've had some instability toward person showers. thunderstorm seemed puddles for the 1st time in

a long time and this could cook up into something. so a continue to keep tabs on that. now that wet weather for the southeast corner of australia hopping over the tasman, see it's going to slide into the southwest of new zealand. but by enlarge on thursday, mostly in the queer is still a few showers though for the east cape. it's been like that for the past few days, some pretty threatening weather pulling in to vietnam. the danger zone will be denying, right to haute human city. where this the dark of the colors, the more intense the rain is falling. i think we'll see some flooding here, another wave of rain moving west to east across southern portions of china. this will be heavy at times it shooting across the east, china's sea, and swooping into japan. so a what day to be expected in tokyo on thursday with a high of 21 degrees. ah. when the shows came from the holiday and the 1st cracks, we heard some noise. this was known as snipe holly was one in the most dangerous

intersections in his sod able he didn't come in through the front entrance that was, will happen to the people who were shot. they came into the wrong entrance, the nightly pyrotechnics of the furniture, to him to the camera. man. so that's good. they are louder for you, sorry, a vo holiday in all hotels on al jazeera. oh wow. oh again, you know what she all to 0, remind about top stories this and that has been more russian shutting in northern ukraine despite promises to hold back overnight. strikes destroyed libraries, shopping mouths, and many houses in cherry hill to the north west of keith. they have been

explosions and fighting the cranes, his rush roots expanding. attacks in the east, which moscow had said it would focus on in the enhanced region. at least one person has been killed off to residential residential areas with bombs and usage. israel security capital is due to meet later after 5 people was shot dead near televi tuesday. please say a government fall destiny. it is 3rd such attack in a week the gulf co operation council is holding talks in saudi arabia in the mid to end the years at long war in yemen, who the rebels have boycotted. the event calling for talks on usual grab a seas far from the side of these are the coalition has now come into effect. holton fights, he has meant to last through the fast, the month of ramadan. and l. shelley is a research fellow, the quincy institute, and she says, the sees fought, will any be taken seriously? if the saudi coalition lifts its blockade on yemen?

those have made it clear that what the saudis need to do is lift their blockade on yemen. and so while the saudis have declared their own cease fire in response to the cookies fire, which is encouraging and would probably shouldn't take it really seriously unless the saudis do live the blockade and allow food and fuel to get in to yemen, which there's been, i'm essentially, no fuel has gotten in for all of this year. so far. the hoop is made clear when the talks were announced, that they were not interested in having keys talks held by one of the aggressor states that they would be willing to engage with a neutral party. and both kuwait and online in the past have successfully served as mediators to the conflict because the saudis insisted that the talks needed to happen and re odd the who these had made clear that this was not going to work for them. another thing to keep in mind is that a lot of the many actors that are currently needing and re odd,

aren't actually based in yemen. many of them are based in saudi arabia. and so it's unclear that, i mean, from my perspective, i think the saudis are trying to recapture the narrative of themselves as the seeking piece and the who, who says the aggressors. but when the who he's brought forward, their own unilateral cease fire, that sort of threw off the, the narrative. they're both the saudis and the americans have been pushing for a while now. in pakistan, at least 6 people, including security personnel, have been killed in the attack on a prior military forces. it happened the northwestern province of a cobra, talked to paul. at least 2 dogs were injured. the pakistani telephone claim responsibility to anchor is facing its worst economic crisis in decades. the agricultural sector was among the hardest hit after the government band, chemical fertilizers in a failed bit to become the world's 1st 100 percent organic farming nation. a

thousands of farms have been protesting. as michelle fernandez report from columbia county lay that metallica is worried, the farmer from fuller norway north central sher lanka, says the yield from his padding field has dropped by nearly half. we did to pay in cost rising every day. he says from us of struggling that had a factory up yoga phillip in there, we have already pulled our tractors. our spring machines are wives, jewelry and even their wedding rings have been formed. home rush cooper's and so and machines have all been borrowed against that metallica and thousands like him across the country. blame president brought up a raja boxes decision last year to ban chemical fertilizer. this decides and we decides for the low a yields. officers from the statistics department are assessing how much of the harvest has been affected. one agriculture, so, so dodge 0 years have fallen by 40 to 50 percent because of the fertilizer been.

the president said the measure was aimed at making she lumpkins healthier and switching to 100 percent organic agriculture. but it was removed 6 months later, after white spread protests that america says, the idea was a good one, but the weight was quickly implemented was wrong. oh wow, and see they were not consulted about the moon and an angry at a short sighted experiment. dacy has caused them dearly. me just one push that we never thought this would happen and pull on a rule which was so self sufficient. but we want is to chase this government out that aside because of this injustice that i came here to day, they are politicians were rude from 1977 must take responsibility for this crisis. they are the ones were drugged or country into the situation. i wonder if the anger brought thousands of protesters, including that metallica to pull an error in the not central province. the

government, especially the president, clearly emphasized that this plan was made in order to establish her organic her farming system and re lanka. but that is not the reason. so the gordon, what did not have enough dollars to bring down now for delays as ramos is so because of that this problem was created under farmers are better now better to the cool. most, thomas told id rather rely on their harvest to clear deaths and build a stock of rice for their own use and money to last them through till the next harvest. but let alone settling debts. they now fear not having enough food for their families. minister of agriculture, money than on the oligarchy has announced the government will spend $200000000.00 to help the farmers at the farmers who are yet to receive the pay out. say the rates do not cover their losses. protests against the government inability to controlled rising prices and address shortages of essential goods have been

increasing in recent months. the farming community has been growing rice in these areas for hundreds of years and see if the government cannot address the current crisis. it must resign minute fernandez, al jazeera colombo use president joe biden has signed into law, a new bill making lynching a federal hate crime. it's not punishable with up to 30 years in prison. the journey to the law took more than a century during that time that been thousands of lynchings, mainly targeting black americans. just to warn you, this report by rosalind jordan contains distressing images. after 145 years lynching is now a federal hank crime in the united states law civil rights leader gather her day and most of all the family of emma til and i to be wells. thank you for never given up. never, ever given up. 19th century journalist and activist ida

b wells lobbied every one she could to ban lynching the practice of killing men, women and children, most of them african american, but some latino and asian american. and then displaying their corpses as a warning to racial minorities. they could be next. and for that, her life was threatened, her printing press was destroyed and she was exiled from the south. despite losing every thing, she continued to speak out in 1955 to white men beat shot and drowned 14 year old emmett till because he allegedly made a pass at one of their wives. carolyn bryant, tills, mother maney, demanded the public, see his mutilated corpse, igniting a new anti lunching campaign in state court. and all white jury let tills killers go free, and with no anti lynching law on the federal books,

the federal court system could offer no justice. 67 years later, congress finally acts imposing a 30 year prison sentence on those convicted of lynching. racial acts of terror still occur in our nation. and when they do, we must all have the courage to name them and whole the perpetrators to account. indeed, emmett till family is still looking for justice. they want the justice department to prosecute carolyn bryant before she dies, and they're worried times running out. rosalind jordan else's era, washington political instability in a rising crime rate of drawn protests, is on the streets across haiti. rising costs of everything from food to fuel is a major concern of the caribbean nation with millions, struggling to roosevelt as a for the last 3 months,

this type of civil unrest has become the norm as demons tweeters, protest, ongoing kidnappings and violence, as well as mostly stagnant wages in the face of sewing inflation. protesters in puerto prince se life is becoming unattainable, and they're demanding that government officials do more to address the problems facing them on a daily basis. traitors can't take to the streets or children can't go to school because of the kidnapping and crime. rising cost and inflation are only making things worse for us. everything from food to fuel is getting more expensive. bakery that make the bread mo, stations rely on every day could soon be forced to shut down, due to supply shortages and rising costs. you said we're back to the war and ukraine has hurt us a lot because important flower play such an important role and has made it difficult to get leading to haiti. that's why it's so expensive for us, even if we can't afford haiti, imports 70 percent of his food and un estimates that nearly half of the population

is an urgent need of assistance. many of the medical workers went on strike earlier this month, over security concerns. are refusing to return to work until their wages are increased, was only public. we're aware that we're not supposed to hold the strike for this long, but it's not our fault. we've tried talking to the government, but they tell us they're not able to increase our wages. haiti's most valuable are the ones paying the highest cost. as you know, doctors all nurses to attend to their needs. there were 8 patients here with me. 5 already left the hospital with infections because they couldn't find a doctor. we are asking the government to solve the problems of the strikers because we cannot suffer too much any more than political paralysis in haiti has only gotten worse since the july assassination of former presidential in n. maurice no date has. he had been set for new elections and the acting prime

minister says the 1st step is to hold the constitution a referendum. tuesday protests like the 35th anniversary of hades, current constitution, and organized. so say he will continue to apply pressure until those in charge of move forward with a change the country so desperately need peace. i will, i'll just here to australia where thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes for the 2nd time in weeks after heavy rain along parts of the east coast called flooding. again. streets were submerged in northern new south wales including in lismore, which was already devastated by flooding. earlier this month, the popular coastal town of byron bay has also been hit by the down pool. australia's east coast summer has been dominated by intense weather because of the la nina climate, puffy, south africa's entertainment industry is opening up again off the pandemic festival organizers hope laughter will help bring some relief to many frustrated by rising

fuel prices and other daily challenges. hermit us or attendant an event in johanna's after a t a break because of the curve at 19 pandemic, live stand up comedy shows are back. people frustrated by rising fuel prices, unemployment, or how the war in ukraine could further hurt. so that because economy could just laugh, even if it's only for a few hours, if you're traveling, they say, if you want to get to know a place quickly, go to a comedy show. because you find all the stereotypes you find how people see things, how they, you know, how they see things that you have in your everyday. lafferty see differences i seos to laugh at us. government has removed more cove at 19 luptime restrictions that means stadiums, theaters, and music venues can resulting to people who are vaccinated or present a valid negative p. c, artists, a lot of audiences. i haven't been able to go to live events, you know, and sit,

never mind with their friends, but with complete strangers as well for those that initial sort of like, okay, we don't know what to expect, but i think once the show gets off the ground and people relax and people after that 1st laugh you're not, i mean you can just feel the tension is gone. i thought the art world was he taught by locked downs, travel bands and social distal st. comedy. lineups like the annual johannesburg international committee festival suffered for the bi limits possible in, in uganda we had hierarchies of essential walkers. so they were, they booked us that essential them media people cause little guys was, was printed allies. then there was so many other people than entertain as what the bottom were the last people to be actual opened up into the economy. and it was very, very tough. after his popular comedy celebration is an opportunity for comedy lovers

to finally meet face to face again. what countries been taken over rigorously, maybe at the office starting to travel again? when i hope this means they'll see, be able to look more at math at the end around the world like they used to be before the hand. it could be some time to for entertainment. venues are packed to full capacity. because my d lovers, he has said they are just so happy they can do this again. some comment leaf is just what they need. it had a mythology sir james, but ah, so this is our desert. these are the top stories and there has been more russian. shelly.