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release millions of barrels of oral from reserves to try and lower soaring prices. ah, watching al jazeera life from headquarters and sell high doesn't obligate also a heads. the un urges world donors to hold the afghan economies decline as it launches its largest humanitarian appeal for a single country. storms on tornadoes ripped through the us state of alabama, causing widespread damage on destruction over night. hello, we begin with the economic fall out from the war in ukraine. russian president vladimir putin has issued an ultimatum to the so called unfriendly states. he wants payment for russian gas and rubles as a friday, or have their contracts canceled. putin says foreign buyers will be required to open accounts with russian banks. the decree could pose a serious issue for europe,

which gets around 40 percent of its gas from their germany says they're being blackmailed by the kremlin. she's done with you. i find an order that establishes the rule of trade with natural gas, with the so called hostile states. we are offering to clear system that they have to open accounts and roubles, and payments have to be made through these accounts from the 1st of april. if they don't, we will consider it a non fulfillment of contract because nobody sells us anything for free and we will not do charity. so there, existing contracts will be suspended when they use them as often. so hi, summer had better has more from moscow for president put in this is a moment to warn unfriendly countries a list which includes the u. s. the u and many other states that they might have to face difficult times ahead of the continue to provide weapons to the ukraine and continue imposing economic sanctions on moscow. now, president putin asks the center back to work out the details of

a new mechanism under which russia will only accept a rouble, the local currency for the supplies of natural gas to those countries. they do understand that this is going to be a difficult her step forward for those countries. we have been saying that we've been doing contracts with the russians. and under the terms of those contracts, we were all either paying in dollars or in euro's, and these contract on this move is a breach of the existing contract. but for the russians, these are concerns of the brushed aside, saying that we are acting with the legitimacy because he had been imposing sanctions on us. and by doing this, her putting is trying to tell the hear you in particular, that is about time for a to change its policies towards moscow. meanwhile, the u. s. is releasing millions of barrels of oil from reserves to try and lower

soaring crude prices. and that would be its largest ever released since its creation in 1974. oil prices have serves to record highs since rushes invasion of ukraine. my can is joining us from washington dc. and ahead of that expected announcement by byte and mike, we see that crude oil prices have already dropped yes, indeed, it's going to be a significant injection into both the oil reserves of the united states, as well as globally president biden is going to announce and with this has been confirmed by the white house that he will be releasing 1000000 barrels a day from the us petroleum strategic fund for a period of up to 6 months. so this is a significant amount globally that some one percent of global oil reserves. but he's also due to non some other measures, including for example, the using the depends production act to try and cut down or improve the supply

chain issues that have bedeviled oil companies in particular. but another move he's going to make we understand, is he's going to charge fees to companies that lease federal land and are not producing oil from that land. this is a potentially controversial move in terms of attempting to drive up the domestic oil production within the united states. president biden, the saying that the aim is to increase oil production in the u. s. by some 1000000 barrels a day. this once again, an exceedingly significant figure. all right, mike, thank you so much my counter reporting from the white house. now to the situation on the ground in ukraine, there is hope that a temporary cease fire will give thousands of civilians the chance to leave ukraine's besieged city of mario pub. so a convoy, buses is on route to the southern port city to move residence out some a 160000, have been trapped there with little food, water, or shelter for weeks. his days earlier,

my uncle's mayor had war and that all residents had to be evacuated to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. international red cross says it's also ready with aid supplies, but fighting continues in other regions over in the east. the governor dinay pro says russian rocket strikes have had a military unit, and the fuel depot, killing 2 people further east ukrainian forces say they've captured the town of trust tenets. they've also made some more gains around the capital, but russian forces have bombarded the besieged city of china have and suburbs of cave. despite promises to scale down operations, here, m on con will give us an update. he's joining us from the capital. keep you've been reporting explosions, emron in the past few hours. tell us or tell us more about that. when the last 20 minutes, we did hear another loud explosion,

but they started noise as much activity as the one we heard at around 4 o'clock local time. where multiple air raid sirens went off and we saw smoke coming from a building. now it's likely that that building was a target that represented a, the military all the intelligence services the ukrainians on confirming exactly what the target was. but it is in a very sensitive area. there's the presidential palace in the area. there is also the main police station. it's only about 2 or 3 kilometers away from here. and it comes as a, the russians say that they releasing the pressure on keep that they withdrawing their troops or to stop any invasion into the city center itself. that has to be said that this is probably the closest certainly the i've seen since i've been reposing a, an inclusion in the city center. now the russians also said on tuesday night that they wanted to relieve the pressure on the key because they realized that they were decision makers in the center of the capital. well,

that bomb it where those decision makers actually also that's causing consternation and concern amongst the ukrainians here. but also we're hearing from the secretary general of nato yen stoughton bug. who has said there is some evidence of the russians withdrawing from the outskirts of key. but it looks like they're simply regrouping repositioning and re supplying their forces. and we don't know what that read the reasons for that might be, might be. but we're also hearing from you and so on book that he said that the russians are keeping of the immense prussia on the capital. now they may not have ground troops coming in like they did. they tried to do before, but certainly the artillery strikes the shelling and the rockets and the missiles are still continued full. thank you so much more con, reporting from keys. so as we mentioned earlier, there is some hope that civilians could be evacuated from are you paul?

bernard smith reports from the russian controlled area in the north of the city. there's not much left to fight for in marielle paul. but the sound of shelling is constant. no one flinches. after 4 weeks of this, they used to it. this part of this port city is now russian control, and some people are relieved about that. florida might be confused with the russians. they would say starting with why would you be unhappy that the red light dunbar market that will scare the they didn't. dumbass is russian speaking, ukraine was pressing us with their language. we launched at 1st no problem, but then there was too much pressure. and then in 2013, the as of brigade came and it was chaos. the russians say this city has been destroyed because they, as of a group with neo nazi sympathies, won't surrender. the battalion is integrated into ukraine's national guard with has

some autonomy. their presence here was one of vladimir putin is justifications for launching what he calls a special military operation. ukraine says russia, which is looking for an excuse to invade. marapoo city council says there are around a 170000 people still in the city. most have been without power or running water or much food for a month. he got an indication of a scale of the need. there is here for humanitarian aid. this place has been on the russian control now for about a week, this part of horrible. and since then, this has been turned into an, a distribution center with food and freshly cooked meals and some medical assistance. but all of these people from here, they go back to what's left of their homes. these people are caught in the middle of one of the most strategically important battles in ukraine. milepost capture would help russia create

a corridor to join crimea with don yet can le ganske and narrow ukraine's access to the black sea. that's why neither side is giving up. fulfill burgess them so much cruelty and bumbling shall flying. why was there a need to destroy homes? it's a military crime. no one should do it either. both sides are guilty to bump at night to shoot, kill message boards or used to spread news about who is safe, who's missing? who was died? mobile phone coverage is erratic, even if there is power. with russian control comes russian administration, the zed is everywhere. the hash tag reads, we don't abandon our own. what began as an identification on military vehicles in don bass has evolved into russia's logo for this war. when did you live with my neighbors old? she can come and share the food with her. i shared with every one who lives on my

street. there's so many people who are old, which is current company. her son is here to help with. oh, if russia takes full control, mary. apple, it will be the 1st major ukrainian city to fall. a morale boost to one side, a psychological blow to the other. too much is at stake. for there to be any let up in the shelling. bernard smith, al jazeera mary paul, still ahead on al jazeera turner's years president dissolves parliament 8 months after he suspended it twice as high as accuses politicians of mounting. a qu, world football chiefs me to tell how with brushes invasion of ukraine, one of the main, talking points at the fee for congress. ah,

hello there, let's look to the middle east and we're seeing hot, dry and settled conditions over the next few days. we'll see things start to hot up across the levant temperatures picking up in places like baghdad will be well above the average. here. by the time we get to sunday, nearly 10 degrees with plenty of sunshine, and it's looking a lot more settled across the gulf states as that shamal wind ease is it'll be a little bit breezy on saturday, but temperatures will pick up into the high thirty's in paces like doha and into to by now it's all about the wind. as we had to north africa, you can see that wind blowing, the sahara sand towards southern areas of europe, wet and windy conditions, plaguing coastal areas of algeria. by the time we get into saturday, that pushes further east with the temperatures in places like cairo start to pick up about 5 degrees above the average on saturday. so hot and dry up in the north

a lot wetter down in the south. some of the heaviest fools around cameroon, edging into western areas of southern africa for south africa. it's west in the east. but for johannesburg, plenty of sunshine with the temperature at $26.00 degrees celsius. though it will be cloudy in cape town this weekend. that should weather update. aah! on the bombardment in key and odessa, the missile and see it on the road. al jazeera, meet ukrainians, determined to stay. you will not surrender just like that to fight. no hold. you shoot to the train you 2 days ago, the show me how that works and to defend the barricades and you documentary shows the ukrainian witnesses to all from the front lines, despair and defiance voices from ukraine on al jazeera.

ah ah, ah. hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, this, our president vladimir putin is ordering foreign buyers to pay for gas with russian roubles or have their contracts canceled. it could pose a serious issue for europe, which gets around 40 percent, if it's gas from their us. president joe biden has decided to release $1000000.00 barrels of oil per day from strategic reserves. it's aimed at decreasing energy prices, which of spike because of sanctions imposed on russia, or russian ceasefire to allow civilians out of maria pull has come into effect. ukraine's deputy prime minister says of convoy buses is trying to reach civilians trapped in the port city. the united nations is holding

a donors conference to raise money for its largest humanitarian appeal for a single country. it says at me, it's nearly $5000000000.00 an aid for i've gone a staunch to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. victoria gate and b reports. every day is a struggle for layla. a husband left afghanistan for a round 5 months ago to look for a job, and she hasn't heard from him since she is living in a makeshift camping can the whole city with her 2 sons and her brother in law's family. rochelle lewis motion ramadan is coming and we have nothing to eat during this month. it is hard to fast eaten only bread. my kids are sick and i don't have enough money to buy them medicine. i collect garbage and bottles from the street. from morning until evening and i barely make the equivalent of $0.35, which is not enough to buy flour oil or rice for dinner. the number of people in afghanistan who can't afford food and other essentials has doubled since the

taliban t. okay. the last year, the u n's, humanitarian agency says $4400000000.00 is needed in afghanistan as it faces in economic crash and humanitarian crisis. the money is needed to boost the delivery of food and agricultural support and to fund health services, water and sanitation and education. afghans need all help, enabling their economy, sustaining their agriculture and enabling the basic functioning of social services to prevent further economic collapse. preserve those basic services. the international community has long said human rights must be upheld for the taliban, like government to receive aid. those supporting the u. n. appeal, se the taliban decision to close may, secondary schools for girls last week has made it more difficult to raise funds from western governments to taliban. the defacto authorities have to live up to their responsibility to protect the people and to help you monitor in organizations

. do the work on the ground that they need to do. the decades afghanistan was heavily reliant on financial aid that was frozen when the taliban took power. now the un is urging the world not to forget the country as it faces a crisis. victoria gate and b algebra is really forces have shot dead 3 palestinians, and they occupied westbank to an age 17 and 23 were killed during and is really army raid in the city of jeanine. separately a palestinian man was killed after carrying out a knife attack near bethlehem. the violence comes amid height intentions. 11 israelis have been killed in 3 separate attacks inside israel in the past 2 weeks. mid that abraham has more from jeanine, where a funeral was held for the one of the young palestinian men killed by israel. people are shooting into the air in respect to all man of last year. he's

a 70 and you're according to witnesses. we spoke here at that they said that the israeli forces has rated the cab at 7 am in the morning full time. they've been firing shots. now, according to the israeli army, they say that they arrest the palestinians for being wanted. or they believe that some of them are involved in the attack. that's happened to me, but all that is ready to leave 2 days ago where a gun man has shot 5 is rain so and killed them. so they're the palestinians. believe that this is come in retaliation of this attack. let's not forget that. as we said before, g has arm. so people usually if you're fight these really forces raised with arm to young man alive as 3 others. i would it, in person just a turkish prosecutor has asked for the german cache of the murder trial to be

transferred to saudi arabia. 26 audi is are being tried in their absence and it's tumble. the well known saudi journalist was killed and dismembered and the saudi consulate there in 2018 casualties. fiance says the trial has store because of saudi arabia's lack of cooperation. police and who don her far, it's your gas to disperse protesters marching in the capital harpoon, demonstrators were making their way towards the presidential palace. there have been regular protests since the military's takeover in october. last week the u. s . accused to the nice police of killing harassing and intimidating peaceful professors at rallies earlier this year. can years top court has ruled a president of her county has been to change. the constitution was illegal. the movers seen as a blow to kenyatta and his allies ahead of ki elections in august. i'll come web has more from nairobi. this ruling will widely read widely, seen as

a move showing relative independent of the history from those in power president re kenyata on these and his allies was seeking to expand the executive branch of government. now his 2nd term ended august when the next election, the due, he can't run again for president. the changes might have enabled him to take a newly created more powerful role such as prime minister and to give powerful roles to several of his allies. but to do this, every rule against it. now this is all seen as widely seed as part of a kind of ongoing effort among the historical political establishment. and kenya, the kind trying to keep control of the government in the face of new electoral threats. in particular, the deputy president william router who is a relative newcomer to the political scene and he will himself be vying for the opposition in those poles do in 5 months time. it makes it harder for president who

kenyatta to make deals with his allies and give out those powerful positions to the key players that might play into the hands of deputy president william brew to be who be flying for that top post. on the other hand, can you elections ways mod by allegations of widespread irregularities and rigging, and those things might have a great bearing on the actual outcome of the poll, rather than the confrontational court ruling, tennessee, as president, has dissolved the parliament he suspended last year, accusing politicians if attempting a qu, they the 5 crisis fired by voting to repeal measure, as they say, would give him near total power. sarah. hi, rach reports. radio. the as the law looked another decision likely to divide a nation based on chapter 72 of the constitution. i announced to day at this historical moment the dissolution of the rep counsel to protect the state clay. sire duck, said arthur, a 124 of parliaments,

217 members held an online meeting on wednesday their 1st since he suspended the legislator 8 months ago. a few hours later, the president voted nice with a lesson. unfortunately, we are witnessing a 2 attempt, but it is a failed one. the national duty requires today the protection of all the people and the homeland, based on the articles of the constitution. sponsor who is exactly what opponents spend months accusing sight of staging since last july, when he sat to prime minister for his parliament and ground threw himself new sweeping powers. you felt threatened and then try to get them arrested. the prosecutor general, so i want to rest them. i have no evidence. and now he's saying ok parliament's finished. but this is, these are the acts of someone who is lashing out anyone. he considers a political opposition. he doesn't want to dialogue with those that don't agree with them. the 64 year old was

a constitutional law professor before taking up politics. in december, he notes, he points a committee to rewrite the constitution and put it to a referendum in june. 6 meanwhile, the country is experiencing its west recession since the 1950s. unemployment is high when ukraine has driven up food prices. amongst the political tension have done little to lessen the internal political wrangling and corruption that site claims force him to suspend parliament in the 1st place. but what does seem clear, this is the latest stand off is another blow to son is, is shaky. democracy sar? height us out of there are. 3 journalists, elite of oakland has more on the political fallout from tunis. what politicians say calling for a fresh elections, but this is the thing that ty site has yet to speak about. the constitution says

that he has 30 days to hold legislative elections. but what we've, what's been in the press is that the minister justice has sent a list of m p 's to the public prosecutor yesterday because they're accusing the m . p. 's. he met yesterday of homing. so a criminal band and said that they sort of plotting some kind of count to cooper. but what we've, we've seen is that the public prosecutor is actually kind of dragons heels to se warrants because no arrests have remained yet say that parliament in a ways has been the last gate keeper for it for a white a democracy. so yeah, this meeting yesterday, which is the 1st time that parliament is that she sat since july 25th with a key event they were due to meet on saturday. and the moment parliamentarians deciding whether they're going to go a hint of what the next movies ordinarily wouldn't just it parliament's dissolved. they can still operate until a new parliament is elected. but at the moment,

effectively, the countries in a sort of political limbo again and parliament is once again in no man's land. sher lincolns are being worn to expect more electricity cuts, at least until may millions of suffering black health for up to 13 hours a day. government is struggling to afford fuel imports for power stations because of the worst economic crisis for decades. leaders say nothing else can be done at the moment to avoid the blackouts. tornadoes on 200 kilometers per hour winds have left a trail of destruction in the southern united states. one of the twisters injured people in arkansas and other in alabama overturned a mobile home uprooted trees and downed power lines. john 100 is in chelsea, alabama, where the storm has damaged homes. this was a broad swath of storms is stretched from texas over to the florida panhandle in the east. and then as far north as missouri,

thousands of square kilometers of territory and a series of storms brought in with heavy, heavy winds. and you can see some of the damage here, the roof being taken off, partially that house over there, on the hill. you can see that trees have just been down one after the other. and as i look over here, i spoke to the owner of this house and she says, now this is a job for the insurance, but she says the good lord did her, his work. he's still here. i spoke to the mayor of this town, tony pika timer, who said no one seems to have been in here despite extensive damage throughout the town of chelsea. and we were told that this happened with no warning whatsoever. it happened in the dead of night about 7 seconds is what it took for this storm to sweep through this particular town. there's a lot of damage and a huge debris field. the mayor says, thank goodness no one here was injured. the sporting fall out from the ukraine war

has continued at a meeting of footballs, world governing body far ukraine insist that russia should be thrown out. a fee for russia says that country is being unfairly treated. and richardson was at the fee for congress in cat har. russia's national teams may be banned from all competitions. with the countries football union was the annual congress of the sports world governing body fee for faith. it says it can't suspend a footballing federation for actions taken by political leaders. a view not shared by ukraine's representative at the meeting in cattle. you think it's right that the russian football federation is sitting just a few yards away from you. i think that they have to be expelled from this body since they have perpetrated the crimes they committed to general be violated all the norms of civilization instructions. can the ukrainian football team play this world cup? is it possible? well,

it's difficult for me to say you see is the situation and if the position is lower. so of course we'll be happy to do that. you had a few president done in front. you know, you had a member of the family, you have the head of the ukrainian football association, sense of video message from keith, thanking the global football community for its support in a community that 4 years ago had been gathering in russia for the world cup a great success, sporting and culturally but obviously it did not solve the problems of the world. it did not even solve the problems in the region. the man who headed up russia's welcome organizing committee in 2018 says the ban on his country's football teams is unjust. you have a case going to the court of arbitration to support. do you think you have a good case to overturn the band? the national things?

yes we, we did go to cos. we in the think that our layers and our football fans did not deserve it. and our team should have had the right to continue the qualifications. we certainly we did not welcome this decision, but at this moment it is what it is. faith will now turn its attention to the draw for the group stages of the capital world cup of competition that russia in fists. it's been unfairly expelled from ukraine to remain in contention for a place at the finals that play off against scotland has been delayed until at least june. and the richardson al jazeera joe. how are hello again. the headlines on al jazeera russian president let our pretend has issued an ultimatum to so called unfriendly states. he wants payments for russian gas and rubles as a friday,

or they'll have their contract canceled hoops and says foreign buyers will be required to open accounts with russian banks. it could pose