fight against coven 19. 0! we ignored the global songs to put prophets before people. and it won't cost. time of pundents. coming soon. on all just constant. russian bombardment, emergency services stretched to capacity. we have an exclusive report from the ukranian city of harkins. we shall have just hit the police of arrived, the leg people know that behalf and making sure everybody is okay. shelling on the outskirts of cave and showed me gave a day off to russia, said it would reduce its attacks near the 2 cities. ah,

i'm kid vanelle. this is al jazeera live from dough ha. also coming up. 5 people, a shot dead, no television. it's a 3rd attack in israel in a week. and seeking to expand algeria gas applies to europe. the visiting us secretary of state attempts to mend ties strained on the status of western sahara. we begin our coverage in concave, where russian forces are continuing their relentless attack. a 3rd of the population is managed to escape ukraine's 2nd largest city. the mayor says, no part of it is safe, as a beg has this exclusive report from khaki. with ben's night done. there's no pros company. this is the reality for many ukrainians still left in the country. second largest city of shelves by russian forces, whilst they slept,

emergency services stretched to capacity. as shells, rain down in the middle of the night. i was here for you with our night starts with police as they patrolled the streets on the lookout for what they say, our russian saboteurs. we've been given access to the special unit of the police force that patrol the city past curfew. making sure there's no threats behind those front lines. reassuring people that the police are still operating and taking care of her gift. but nothing has prepare them for what they are doing now. oh, good music is always. yeah, they're the one the way that this is my 1st time at war. haven't experienced anything like this before. i've been to, jeanette can lo, hunter. but what i've experienced here shocked me. we worked with the people,

we detained, looters. we caught saboteurs. we never did anything like this. if we were not guarding the rear, it would be difficult for the ukrainian military on the front line. we can thank you for when we come across a burning house. the constant 3rd from russian artillery is ever present as coff. scott. then we see a flash of light in the sky. look incoming, he shouted. the police arrive on the scene. so the shell is just hit. the, the police of arrived, the laying people know that they're here with us and making sure everybody is okay . i just want to just sit on the look for a little ha, has it just hit? he asks, i knew that 45 different this year. it is, yes,

i'm not crying. i'm not crying. she says quite quiet. he says it's going to be okay . we're here now. what you were leaving across the street windows were blown out via nice lovely. you are. yeah. are you alive? she shouts. yes, come to reply. i'm elijah, know that the unhurt either it could have been far worse. please hear reports of another building being hit. where the 1st there, it's unclear if there are any casualties. his shock survivors leave the block of flats. my mom was probably don't my mom and that need to get out of there. can somebody call them the police try to distract the children and make them feel better, a moment of laughter amongst the madness that and sees around them. one woman refuses to go to the underground station used as

a bomb shelter. this is her home would be she would burn the explosion here. my wife was thrown out of the bed. we came out on the entrance was on fire. more buildings burn. suddenly this more incoming shelling. ah, we make a run for it. oh, but for the people who live here, yes, there is no escape. oh. they face being hit by russian bombardment at any time. and any place i said bake a da 0. hockey has been more russian shelling in northern ukraine despite promises to pull back overnight, strikes destroyed markets,

libraries and homes in chattanooga. and the north west of keys had seen explosions and flashing around con, has the latest from the capital. remember that the russian said the key would fall in the 1st 2 or 3 days of the conflict. hey, we all, they 35 and that hasn't happened and a lot of people are coming back. i'm just going to show you. um, i know that this looks completely empty, but honestly this is busier than i've ever seen at 50 percent of the city had been evacuated, slow you, people are coming back here. a lot of people had moved to central ukraine as, as ukraine is where a lot of people have a village homes, ancestral homes. and they went there, but they found that they were living on top of each other. they were stuck and it was just very uncomfortable. they would rather be back at home. and now, particularly from this news, and we all seeing over the last couple of days, much will read russians being open. churches are open, religious places of worship are being open, people are coming back. so looks like,

uh, people are cautious. ah, but they all coming back. but that's not because of the recent russian knows when that's because keep his mind to withstand any kind of intense push ukraine. there's russian forces, a shelling nearly all cities along the front line in the eastern desk region. dividing government held territory from areas held by separatists while in neighboring the hands case, one person was killed off the residential areas were bombed in this chance. the original governess as a number of high rise buildings damaged rescue, was trying to find people trance and collapsed buildings. with all this conflict, russian forces have been attacking ukraine. southern ports including co, san odessa, with ally of and mario poll as an attempt to cut off a crane from the black sea. stephanie deca has the latest from the streets of odessa. it is a beautiful spring day here in odessa and usually this street would be lined with the tables and chairs outside people, enjoying a drink, a cup of coffee. but now of course it is. have any barricaded. you've got anti

tanks traps. you've got the tires sandbags. it is the center of the city. you need special permission to get here. this is the city that has been preparing for war for weeks. now. there is a low level conflict if you will. there's a constant sound of air raid sirens. we've seen the heavy use of air anti missile systems in place. rockets have landed, but nothing to the extent that you've seen in some of the other cities. now, the active frontline, nikolai of is just around a 150 kilometers away. they have managed to push back russian troops for weeks now, but there is also the expectation. a lot of the incoming is from the c. this is ukraine's biggest port. what is significant is that the russian fleet, off the coast of the black sea, has already managed to stop all the imports and exports. but all this aside, when it comes to the military here, when you comes, when it comes to everyone, you speak to the civilians that have remained in the city. they will tell you that the russians will never be able to take it. the un says more than 4000000 people

have now fed ukraine. it's the largest refugee crisis in europe since the 2nd world war. millions of women and children are heading to border countries like savant camp all over and more than half to poland. is kimberly how can reports from she mission, poland. this is provided new opportunities for human traffic is since the start of rushes 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 chrome is, is one of them got to have people who are coming to me a for in childhood. that's how it looks anyway. they offer to poland. when her home insurance 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. do have 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 art, 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's not a creepy fax heard to word, right. 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 being 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 ding. well, definitely researchers arriving to be more aware about that is because i was kidding them from coming to you because so we don't really need to create this kind of panic that this is dangerous. this is more dangerous than whatever you're flinging gonzalez aside. since russia's invasion 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 already preparing. kimberly, how can al jazeera, patricia, poland, still add on al jazeera, a truce for ramadan. saudi, that coalition announces a month long pause in the war. in yemen. and laughter can be the best medicine, south africans, the arches, comedy to help deal with the frustrations and every day line ah, with your today and say your weather update for asia. hey everyone, great to see you will begin in india where to what the south. we've got outbreaks

of thunderstorms karnataka into carola, but same goes for sherlock as well. but let's talk about this unrelenting heat. they're sweating it out at toward the northwest. more states added to the heat wave, so we put the colors on dark. the fred, the higher the temperature thursday, it's a last day of march. so in terms of the average for new delhi 30, you're a good 10 above it. and if we look at the extended forecast, you may even had a record to end out march, it's 40.6, we've got you in for 40. and then by april, the average comes up to $36.00. now we gotta talk about a lot of what, whether piling in to vietnam pretty much the danger zone will be denying to hook him in city. and i think there's a very real risk of seen some flooding, right? the dark of the colors, the more intense the rain is another wave sweeping west to east across the southern china, another wave of rain i should say that shooting out toward the east, china's c. and it's coming in to southern japan. so those cherry blossoms, i think, are going to be knocked off the tree in places like tokyo texture isn't too bad

with the hive. 21. and there's more of that. what, whether for cag oshima? we've got yen for 14 degrees on thursday that sharp day ah, the healing the debate? there is no he job bad medical unit. i am and if anyone, docs, mode women that i talked to dusty this seem to have been says, no topic is off the table. we were taught to see abortion had a one way ticket street to help all of the companies. they deny any responsibility, even though they have the resources in the power to fix it, where a global audience becomes a global community. the comment section is right here. be part of today's program, this dream on al jazeera. ah

ah. geology is there a reminder of our top stories this, our russian forces are relentless, the attacking col, keith, a 3rd of the population has managed escape ukraine. second largest city, the mer says no part of it is safe, has been more russian shelling in northern ukraine despite promises to pull back. overnight strikes destroyed markets like breathe and homes and told them to use the northwest of ki, if has seen explosions and fighting at least one person has died off to residential areas where bomb did this child regional governance as a number of high rise buildings were damaged rescue as to trying to find people trapped and collapsed buildings. israel security cabinet is due to me after 3 attacks within a week killed 11 people. 5 people died on tuesday when a gun then opened fire from

a motor bike in bonnie barrack near tel aviv israel describe the attacks as a wave of terrorism. inspired by isolate, israel police identified the shooter as a 27 year old from the occupied west bank. either abraham as more from the village of your bod. oh, why did i say go with these people here and say oh. 6 did they say that living under occupation? the situation has only been getting worse for them and all these people want now is an end to the israeli occupation. issue. havoc may be difficult. i don't want is real to govern me. that if i the older man don't want to be controlled like that imagined to use when a soldier humiliates them and oppresses so with a settler with a gun can go on a shooting spree against the young and old guns. they want to block a road, even the most senior p a official can pass it. is that okay?

sure. one of the poster will read his sugar television to the heart of not only television, but the family says that they had no idea of, of the your husband plotting anything. they say he spent nearly 3 years in his radio deals. there hasn't been an increase of attacks in his room lately and with it diplomacy efforts to try and diffuse tension. i had of the holy month of ramadan . but these really armies expected to be back here in yeah, bad to demolish the os family home. this is a standard practice by israel against perpetrators of attacks that human rights organization called collective punishment. and that could only lead to more attention talks to in the war in yemen are underway. and so as a cease fire by the saudi led coalition. the who these are boycotting the beating and saudi arabia organized by the gulf cooperation council. the rebel group is calling for a neutral venue instead. the saudi see as far as due to last the fasting month of

ramadan, which starts this weekend. the warren im and is it with 8 year who the rebels captured the capital. sa, mom in 2014 and demanded a new government. now fighting the center on the oil ridge province of murray. it's the last stronghold of the internationally recognized government in northern yemen . the hoodies, backed by rom control lodge pants of yelman's western region, including the national capital samo kinda operates in some pockets of the country, most notably in the hydro mall province. the un says nearly 400000 people have been killed since the start of the war. that means to 4000000 forced from their homes, fight it will cover has more now from the talks in saudi arabia, capital re out. we cannot expect a big or a breakthrough for the folks because this is not the 1st time got the the, the year many parties sit together face to face. there are like

6 main topics here in this talk at the thought that with the, the military issues which, which they say it should work on as the fire and all the parties who address these meet in the emphasize the importance of a truth and a ceasefire. so that the parties can listen to each other and see the prospects of the stuff in the war and build in a political, a sustainable stability. in the end, we know that the human situation is that you're, you're right in. and the other topic which was raised here this morning, it's the, the, the economic and the humanitarian, the human tuition in yemen. no numbers have been mentioned here as to as to how much or how these aids and the human italian aid will be sent to him. and but all the, the, the, the, the figures who talk of a here in this, in the,

in the importance of the urgency of, in yemen, us active site. and the blinking is in algeria on to the scene, him the israel, the occupied west bank and morocco. he's been holding hogs for the president and is expected to urge algeria to reopen a gas pipeline. that runs through morocco would help european countries reduce their energy dependence on russia. lincoln flew in from roberts, where he thought to end the diplomatic dispute between the neighbors on the status of western sahara. pin hit on hardy is an associate fellow for middle east and north africa program at chatham health. she says, algeria isn't a good position to negotiate its terms on the disputed western sahara territory. jeez, now, is trying to lever disposition as an important supply of gas to like, try and bring the western western alive closer to its position in support of western to hire a right to self determination and the united nations political process in western

sahara. like some important steps would be bursting the decision taken by the previous us administration, the trump administration to recognize morocco sovereignty over western sahara. this decision came again the united nation led political process and then very much noise and years of the time. so i think since it's a new administration in power now in washington, i think thought, you know, going back to the u. n. process that blinking has supported in the past regarding western sahara could help us move closer to to the needs of western lives. in pakistan, at least 6 soldiers have been killed in an attack on a paramilitary forces camp and happened in the northwest. and province of cobb park from cla, at least 2000 were injured the bunks. tony taliban has claimed responsibility.

moccasins, prime minister, a mon. com is under renewed pressure to resign on for coalition partners. switch sides ahead of a parliamentary, no confidence vote this weekend. come on hot it with this report. when they opened their shouldn't definitely sounds defined today. they also are got the support of a key political ally the what i had to call me movement, which had been an ally, a acoya lucian partner of him. ron cons, government de switch dest died during de wade behind the opposition. at the same time d, a prime minister, calling and senior journalists and die. while jing, some of the details of it said ming lead day. he said, a message which was passed on to pa gast, on that day would be re geem change. if the ward of confir dennis did not know that the ward of no confidence has to succeed. otherwise they would beat dia, ramifications for august on and

a different did succeed. dead things would become easier for august on, so the prime minister of god. shading the details of that letter, which he waved at the rally. and now of god said the local media going ballistic with that also the fact that the odds are stacked against the prime minister by d showing defines he saying is going to dig this to the conclusion his party members will tell you that he's going to wind ward or for confidence rod at n a and said that the opposition that not that standard john's shalon kens are now having to endure daily 10 hour electricity counts. a nation wide measure has been imposed because is a fuel shortage. the country has run out of hydro electric power. many hospitals have had to stop routine surgeries and supermarkets of being forced to ration supplies shall anchors. agricultural sector has also been hit hard after the government band, chemical fertilizers, and

a fail been to become the world's 1st 100 percent organic farming nation. thousands of farmers have been protesting, has been al fernandez reports from colombo. go to live there with the liquor is worried. the far mo, from fuller norway, north central sher lanka, says the yield from his planning field has dropped by nearly half with debt to pay and costs rising every day. he says, farmers are struggling that about our factory up yoga feel up in there. we have already pulled our tractors our spring machines, our wives, jewelry, and even their wedding rings have been formed. home, rice cookers and so and machines have all been borrowed against their mythic earn thousands like him across the country. blame president brought up a roger boxes decision last year to ban chemical fertilizer, less decides and we decides for the lower yields. officers from the statistics department are assessing how much of the harvest has been affected. one agriculture,

so sold out 0 years have fallen by 40 to 50 percent because of the fertilizer ban. the president said that measure was aimed at making sri lankan healthier and switching to 100 percent organic agriculture. but it was removed 6 months later, after widespread protests that america says, the idea was a good one, but the way it was quickly implemented was wrong. oh nancy, they were not consulted about the moon and are angry at a short sighted experiment. dacy has cost them dearly miss jennifer bush, that we never thought this would happen ample on a route which was so self sufficient. what we want is to chase this government out, that i thought because of this injustice that i came here to day, we are politicians were ruled from mansion, 77 must take responsibility for this crisis. they are the ones who dragged our country, took a 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. it clearly emphasized that this plan was made in order to establish a organic oh bombing system is re lanka. but that is not the reason. so the gordon, what did not have enough dollars to bring down offered eliza 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 debts and build a stock of rice for their own use and money to lost 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 throwing rice in these ears for hundreds of years and see if the government cannot address the current crisis. it must resign minute fernandez. alger 0, colombo, 2 british judges have resigned from the highest court in hong kong because of the national security law introduced by mainland china. robert reed and patrick hodge say they're non permanent roles at the hong kong court. a final appeal have become untenable. britton's wrong secretary says the security legislation has cracked down on free speech and the media. south africa, the entertainment industry is opening up again. after the pandemic festival organizers hope laughter will help bring some relief to medi frustrated by rising fuel prices and other daily challenges. herman tarza attended an event in johannesburg after the tea. a break because of the curve at 19

pandemic, live stand up comedy shows are back people frustrated by rising fuel prices and improvement, or how the war in ukraine could further hurt. so there it is. 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 will find all the stereotypes, you'll find how people see things, how they, you know, how they see things that you have in your everyday life with the 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. r. test a lot of audiences. i haven't been able to go to live events, you know, and sit, never mind with your 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 a 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 don't have the art world was he taught by lockdown, travel band and social distal st. comedy, lineups like the annual johannesburg international committee festival suffered. so the pandemic festival, 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 been there was so many other people than entertain as what the bottle were. the last people to be actual opened up into the economy and it was very, very tough. africa's popular comedy celebration is an opportunity for comedy lovers to finally meet face to face again. what countries been taken off red listening maybe at the office starting to travel again when i need they'll see be able to be

more active from at the end around the world like they used to be before the end. 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 come at least is just what they need. it had a mythology there, janice, but ah, val desert these that old stories? russian forces are relentlessly attacking harkins. a 3rd of the population has managed to escape ukraine. second largest city, the mer says no part of it is safe. there's been more rush and shelling in northern ukraine despite promises to pull back overnight, strikes destroyed market sli bruce, at homes in chattanooga, the northwest of q for same explosions and fighting. at least one person has died after residential areas were bombed. in this a chance the original governor.