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abuses they suffered in catholic residential schools who rallying support 2 days before the election. hungary is prime minister victor alba and faces is toughest test in years. and the football woke up drawer is just an hour away. thank tune for special coverage from the event hearing cut off. now russia is accusing ukraine. our cross border helicopter a tank which set a fuel depot on fire, the oil tanks in belgrade are still in flames as another round of online negotiations to stop the war. begin by the video appears to show, to attack helicopters flying over the russian city early on friday. then a fire began among storage tanks,

cranes foreign minister neither confirmed nor denied responsibility. it's the 1st accusation of a ukrainian ass strike on russian territory since the invasion began. 5 weeks ago, run near the reedy is at the depot in belgrade. climate middle, he at 10 o'clock and he at the 2 helicopters, reportedly flew at low altitude and targeted huge oil depots with rockets in the city of belgrade. there is a massive blaze. it's might be the biggest of its kind in this region. belgrade is about 40 kilometers away from the ukranian border. fire fighting operations are ongoing to deal with the fires. according to the available information, 8 oil containers are on fire and may spread 2 other oil storage facilities in the oil depot. local authorities have said that a decision was made to evacuate all civilians in the surrounding area. the russian emergency ministry said that 2 individuals have been injured and that the security

level has been raised to maximum alert. i hush matter, barbara is live for us in moscow. let's go to him now. so hash and what a russian official saying about the impact to whatever happened in belgrade. on those piece talks sammy, the kremlin, said the president putin was informed on the attack. and that there were decisions made to ensure that his no disruption of a fuel supplies to the region. the kremlin also said that this attack is not going to create favorable conditions for the peace talks which resumed online. at a day. on those talks, we had 2 statements, one from the top, russia negotiator, vladimir den sky, saying that the russian position on crimea and the eastern provinces of a ganske antoniette remains the same. how to remind our viewers. for since the start of the conflict, the russia has been saying that you,

once ukraine to recognize crimea as part of russia and also le ganske and to the ask as independent states earlier today. foreign minister, sir gay lover of say that there is progress in the talks and that russia's position on both republics plus crimea, are not changing. or the same time, he hinted that this could be something that will take time because of the very nature of the sticking a point. now the equations have been talking about security guarantees. something similar to the nature of collective defense mechanism. we don't, we have to wait and see what the, how many countries will be on board. and the government was whether they will be really willing to step in and present themselves as guarantors in those security arrangements. so i think it will boil down to pinning down those details before there is this comprehensive political settlement that will also be conducive to assist fire. and we've got another issue that's on the horizon today. the issue of

russian gas applies to europe and what currency to pay in what a russian officials are saying about that. sammy, they say that they are moving forward now the, the gas bronze said that he sent the russian energy company said he'd sent messages to the contractors worldwide about the need to start paying in the local currency in the rouble. but at the same time, the kremlin spokespersons mitre pascoe said, it does not necessarily mean that the russians will start to halt the supplies in gas, starting from the 1st of april. and this is that this is a process that usually takes some times from the moment. this is the, the contracts are signed the agreement of the supplies and then on the modalities of that payment in the rule. but as far as russia is concerned, they are adamant about the need to protect their economy. they say that there is a new economic war waged by the west and are on them in terms of sanctions,

assets frozen and, and the ban on gas exports. and therefore, they would like 1st of all, to protect their economy and they say that the americans are moving forward towards a world order dominated by them and dominated by their own currency, the use of the dollar, the roster. last thing we would like also to safeguard the basic tennis of our economy and we were also to build trust around the local currency. and i think this explains why that he meant to be adamant about the need to move forward with their plan to the unfriendly countries. the term they've been used to refer to places like 2 of the u. s. e u and other countries who have been taken, providing significant support for the ukrainians and russia is saying if you continue with that, you have to expect that as far as our energy supplies to you are concerned. you with how to play by our own rules from now all worse. all right,

thanks so much. ha, ha, ha, ha, man, about other 5 weeks into the invasion. ukraine says russian troops are withdrawing from the north and areas around the capitol. and appleton has damo northwest of kid that was seized by moscow's forces is now empty. but damaged russian troops are pulling back from the northern city of children have, after shelling it for days, the latest talk. so on the way virtually russian and ukrainian negotiators have held several rounds with no concrete results. and the red cross is leading an evacuation of civilians from mario pl. but it's unsure if a can be delivered around $100.00. 60000, remain trapped with little food, water, or shelter. that's spring insane basra, but he's live for us from live. so zane, 1st of all, how much of a pull back is really going on from around cave? well that's the question that ukrainian officials have been trying to answer and

really trying to keep an eye on for the last several days after talks missed on bull. russia said that because things were headed in the right direction is inactive. good faith. they will be pulling back from areas like keys and trying to get pulling out of areas around the capital. but everything we've heard from ukrainian officials, as well as their intelligence counterparts in western allied countries, is that russia was not pulling back, it was regrouping. it was refocusing its efforts, and in some cases it was even escalating its attacks in the places that said it was planning to leave. but in the last 24 hours, just in the last day we've been hearing from you, printer officials, observable facts on the ground. they say that they are seen russian forces pull back from areas around keith as well as trying to give, but the original governor of trying to give has said that this is no time to let regard down. there still remains the threat of russian air strikes of russian

showing of russian missile attacks. and to that effect, we have been hearing reports of ukrainian forces are maintaining an aggressive footing. they are continually. ready carry military operations on russian forces as they leave these areas and they are having some success in terms of getting back territory. we've heard reports of towns and villages around it, even the suburbs if keep being re taken by you can enforce this and most importantly, as you mentioned, the international airport and north of ki, possible international. ready airport, a major point for a large cargo planes to land, an important strategic asset that russia one in the early days of the war, the 1st day of the war. if you'll remember, it was one of the 1st instances that we heard and saw the russian boots on the ground around the capital. so very important strategic victory for rush at the time . but now we have reports that it has been re taken by ukraine, and it's back in ukrainian control. i, we're going to talk about mario fall as well. have a way, how are the evacuation shaping up their

that's really the city that has been the main focus for several weeks now in terms of conflict zones that need immediate humanitarian relief, 90 percent of that city destroyed. according to the mayor of my uncle, he said that that whole city needed a humanitarian evacuation urgently. and he called for that days ago, we're hearing now that the i c r. c, as an intermediary between russia and ukraine, does have 54 buses on route. that's what we've been watching throughout the day. 54 buses, going into that area, trying to pull people out. now and last count was a 160000 people that were stuck there that needed help that needed to be evacuated . we do know that the mario for city council is hoping in the next 24 hours to evacuate at least 2000 people. so this is really the beginning of a very long drawn out evacuation campaign. but the i, c r c has. ready positive, it's been posting on its social media about how their progress is going, but the moment we're still waiting to see how far along they are on that journey, we're still waiting for any update on how far people are in terms of getting for

out of mario pl. 2 safer locations in ukraine, or i'm thanks so much. same by solving well, bernard smith has more now on the efforts of people to escape multiple. most people who've left mario full, had to make their own way out. pavel says he's used to the walking. he's a shepherd, but you love that it says kinswoman, we've got 35 kilometers to go. he says he and his wife yanna, heading to their village, away from the fighting. they hope around a 140000 people have escaped mario pole in the 5 weeks since the start of what russia calls its special military operation. but not every one made it to safety. those that do find themselves in reception centers in russia or something like this in don yet that, that would usually so little nibble. why did we come, you know,

fuel because it became too hard. we were exhausted. i took julia, she hasn't been outside at all for a month because she was scared, very scared. and we went on foot, a group in a column until we reached the edge of the city and shooting and bombing. but we made a thank god the people, al jazeera spoke to said they're here either because the only route they could find out of mary apple brought them this way. or because they relatives in russia. then you know which send them when of course i want to go home because i have a flat there. so i want to return to my beloved city where i was born, where my daughter remains, and all my friends and relatives, all my life was spent in mary apple. oh, you both went on holiday to mary awful. when she was 18 years old, there she tells us. she fell in love. i got married and has lived for 50 years. it was a perfect city. she says, luna nisa that he is that we must make pace with each other. we learn these words

grads, machine, guns, women, children, why do they need to know those words? it is better to learn other words, those of you pace love, respect towards each other, but not machine guns. when your flight is on fire or the car, that's not real pain. the real pain is that we have been torn apart from the reception centers, people will go either to relatives in russia or temporary accommodation that can be hundreds of kilometers away. no one knows when they'll be able to go back home to mario and the red cross as asked the russian government for permission to open an office here in rust off on dawn to service. easton, ukraine. we're about a 90 minute drive from the border. an indication perhaps that this won't be a short term conflict. bernard smith, al jazeera roster. honda ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is wanting. russia

is consolidating and preparing powerful strikes in the countries east and south. russian forces have faced tough resistance in their battle for hurricane. the 2nd largest city in the country should warn you this report by acid bay contains some distressing images right from the start. there's only death here. bodies of young russian soldiers lying unclaimed, apparent victims of port tactics or so the ukrainians. tell us what you consume real for lou. it was very intensify and our guys at high morale, a special operation was plan together with a 92nd brigade. they flanked this position and then cleared her. the russians had poor defensive positions, see the enemies exposing them to ukrainian artillery. this was a russian defensive line. all along. here you have what's left over

of this intense battle burnt out. tanks, weapons left behind grenades. they didn't even have time to take some of their data. everywhere we look, they are signs of battle and fear of chemical attack, ukrainian soldiers salvage what's left. the village of mother or hon is back under ukrainian control, but the cost has been high. a fierce battle pushed the russians away from the gates of her keith, cause it just did last was 21 year old guinea has been awarded. ukraine's highest honor for destroying 5 tanks and other heroics during battle. he tells us it's the 1st time he'd come across the use of phosphorus, the highly flammable chemical thought, but also blah, blah. but it was my 1st experience with phosphorus. air strikes are no scary as the

phosphorus. first they use the air strikes, then the phosphorus below eyes were burning. i couldn't breathe through my nose. it was like really difficult to bridge and those are the same equipment was burning. jessica was bad the thing and below now we can't independently verify. it's use this is one of the main streets in this village. i just completely destroyed every building, every window. everything that you see has some sort of damage. the bullet holes in the doors, the windows have been blown at the bricks all over the place. and we've been told that we can only stick to this main road because everywhere around hasn't been completely de mine because the fear is that the russians have left mines and booby traps behind for the ukrainian soldiers taking this place. but as you seek, there's not much left. i said, bake algebra outside hockey if the nuclear wash, sylvia sending

a team of technical aspect experts to the novel nuclear power plant in ukraine, which has been seized by russian forces bail, assess the safety and security of the facility. we see this, of course, as a step in the right direction. we are going to be there very, very soon because there is intern when there is a lot of work to be done. and so we hope to be able to start this technical work in this area that i was addressing in the previous questions while he challenged has more from london. now the announcements that he made at this press conference, whether he would personally be heading an i a assistance and support mission to the to novel nuclear power plants to what basically as soon as possible. and this will be the 1st such mission to ukrainian power plants and nuclear power plants in

general, of course, to novel had fallen to the russians in the 1st day of their invasion. and they have been concerns about the safety of the crew who are working there around the clock not being allowed to rotate personnel for many, many days. also concerns for the safety of the facility itself. now ref grossey says that there has been an agreement reached separately with both the ukrainians and the russians. now the russians have the accordion say left, that novel power plant retreated back across the border. so to novel is now back in the hands of the ukrainians. and grossey is saying that there will be an assistance program agreed with the russians that will go into novel. they will be offering advice and supports, they'll be offering equipment. they have agreed about i,

a experts on sites and a rapid assessment mechanism for if an emergency situation happens. of course he says he hopes that it doesn't already. he says they have delivered some equipment. the rest of that plan begins next week. as the west puts pressure on raw shades, foreign minister sergey live, rob is headed to new delhi for talks with his indian allies. india is one of the few countries that's increased to business with moscow since the invasion of ukraine. lab rav says, he hopes trade with india can bypass the use of the us dollar, sang russian money was being stolen overnight. this d. o. wisdom, gorgeous, would love to reduce any meaningful international issue to the crisis in your great, you know, position. we do not say anything good. we appreciate that it is

taking this situation in the industrial fits not just you know, want so that way elizabeth, foreign them has more from new delhi now. so gay laval said that for many years now that russia has been working with india, with china, and with other countries to establish these alternate payment systems using national currencies for those reasons. because he said that it is not that western nations have not been reliable. and that this is now the time to intensify all of these efforts. and in fact, officials from the russian and indian central banks have been meeting this week or to work on those alternate payment systems and how to use banks which are immune to us sanctions. so gala rav also spoke about what he described as a very close relationship and friendship with india. and he said that he

appreciated, and here's what he called. and he is an independent foreign policy that they respect each other's mutual interests. and that sentiment really on the line there discussions on friday, on regional and on international issues. and again said that with the west imposing sanctions on russia that they are not bound. he said by the markets that they are open to looking at other markets to creating these other markets. and again that they are ready to sell are what ever indian needs. the war in ukraine is front and center of talks between china and the european union. brussels is pressing beijing for assurances. it will neither supply russia with arms nor help moscow circumvent western sanctions. the virtual summit is also aimed at diffuse in growing tensions between the 2 sides. so we also made very clear that

china should, if not support, at least not interfere with our sanctions. we discuss that, and also the fact that no european citizen would understand any support to russia ability to wage war. moreover, it would lead to a major reputation or reputational damage for china. here in europe, dominic cane has mall from berlin. you officials have says on the sidelines of this summit that they are aware of the fact that the level of trade between china and russia and between china and the e. u. well, the trade with the u. dwarves, the trade with russia 10 times greater amounts of hundreds of millions of dollars. the interesting thing is that now the summit is over. we've been hearing from us from the lion, the president of the european commission that also sean. he said the president, being canceled president on the lion has been saying that people need to realize

that the world has moved on as a consequence of the war and ukraine. nothing will ever be the same as it was before. and the one that appoints that she is a colleague president show we're trying to impress upon the chinese government, is that there needs to be an adherence to the rules based system on the line saying direct me to the media after this summit. that's the reality is the place for countries to resolve their differences is around the negotiation table. not on the battle front, on the battlefields, all eastern and northern ukraine. but the interesting thing is how much that will have been listened to. the solomon islands says it won't allow china to build a military base following a bank flash over its new security alliance with bay ging. officials from the 2 countries drafted an agreement on security. on 1st day. the pact raised concerns after the initial draft was leaked. it suggested china's navy ships would be

allowed to re fuel on the islands. beijing has been criticized by a stray. they are acting aggressively across the pacific region. walker solomon's the starting point of the security deal between china and the solomon islands is to protect safety, or people and properties have nothing related to military issue, media claims and speculation of groundless and have tyria motives. frances, as apologize to canada's indigenous peoples following decades of child abuse in church run schools, a 150000 indigenous children were taken from their families and forcibly sent to the residential schools mostly run by the catholic church. the canadian governments aim was to assimilate 1st nations into it and made the children into mainstream society from 1831 until the 1990s, at least 3200 children died in the schools. they were forbidden from speaking their

native languages, sexual abuse, violence and neglect were also common. he pro okay, they're going to be loaded. i feel sorrow and shame for the role that a number of catholics, particularly those with educational responsibilities, had in all these things that wounded you in the abuses you suffered. and in the lack of respect, shown your identity, your culture, and even your spiritual values. all this is contrary to the gospel of jesus. i ask forgiveness from god. and i'd like to tell you from the bottom of my heart that i am very pained and i joined my brother bishops from canada, in apologizing to you. adam rainy has more from the vatican city. now we saw the delegation come out right after that apology and they expressed a sense of accomplishment. i wouldn't call it necessarily joy, but they were happy with what they achieved the people we spoke to. and in fact,

i'm joined by member the delegation. now tanya stump, she's from the not live with the 1st nation in western canada. thank you for joining us, tonya. i was going to ask you when you were in the room, when pope francis made that apology, what was your reaction? how did you feel? a lot of mixed feeling. lots of lots of different emotions. it's been a long time coming. a lot of our people have been wanting this for a long time. some don't want to accept it at all. and for me it's what's more about the acknowledgement. the acknowledgement is huge. it's interesting you say some people in your community and perhaps other 1st nation groups and other indigenous communities across canada, perhaps are interested in an apology. could you take us a little further with that? there was a lot of intergenerational impacts, a lot of healing that need to be done, a lot of destruction that happened so many people feel that an apology is not good enough. what would they want?

more than an apology. i think the fact that he has said that he'll come to canada is another really good positive step and acknowledging the wrongs that were done and your community in western canada and british columbia had a school that was an operation for decades. tell me about perhaps members of your community who went to that school, only closed in 1976. ah, they had faced a lot of trauma. i'm so we still deal with intergenerational impacts to this day. we're selling the real brunt of it. or they're open case is investigations going on still in that community. oh yes, absolutely. and what else would you and your community want more from the church or didn't this apology taking place here in vatican city? what else are you asking for the church? and for pope francis to do one of the things that is very important to our

community is getting documentation back records, back artifacts, back to our, our territory that belong there. it doesn't, doesn't belong here. thank you for sharing that. that's just one of the many delegates who's here tanya. stump from the nod lieutenant 1st nation. she was in the room when posts for pope frances apologize. and that was her feeling on that. she and others are hoping pope francis travels to canada soon and makes the apology there as well. or still had on al jazeera to his is deepening, political and constitutional crisis. the speaker of parliament has been summoned on conspiracy allegations 365 days of no pe. why these miners in alabama holding the picket line and the longest strike of view estates, history ah,

how low they would stop in southern africa and things the looking a lot cooler in the very south of south africa with cape town, seen a temperature below average for this time of year to be cloudy through the weekend . a lot sonia for johannesburg, but the wet weather arrives from monday. we're seeing some of the heavy rain effect cause units, how province stretching into s, what teeny. and that band of rain runs all the way up through namibia and angola with some of the heavier falls in cameroon. and gabon as we go into sunday, now was a move to north africa. it is a lot dwyer along the coast of algeria than it has been recently as that unsettled weather moves across for the east in the mediterranean. we are seeing some pretty wet and windy weather rolled into the canary islands. by the time we get into sunday, but across much of the continent, it is a very hot and dry picture, with temperatures in egypt picking up well above the average in places like hiero.

now as we move across to the middle east, it is a warming picture here, some heat coming through for iraq. if we have a look at the 3 day in baghdad, while will be well above average. by the time we get into sunday, nearly 10 degrees with lots of hot and dry conditions, continuing that to weather update ah, on counting the cost with europe facing the threat of a gas, please can africa fill. the gap in ukraine will bottles available, economy power, countries, coping and e. you move to kind of big tech dominance will there you regulation. we're counting. the cost on al jazeera al jazeera world meet some extraordinary women who are making things happen that way. following their daily struggle to survive

for their families to thrive egypt, women, st. sellers on al jazeera ah, bold and untold stories from asia and the pacific on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome back. let's recap our headlines here and al jazeera. now russia is accusing ukraine of a cross border attack targeting a fuel decker, which remains on fire. video appears to show to attack helicopters flying over

belgrade. ukraine has not confirmed nor denied responsibility. ukraine says russian forces are withdrawing from areas north of key is. it includes hostile mo, where troops sees the airport in the 1st few days of the invasion. cope, francis, the head of the roman catholic church, is apologized for decades of abuse, suffered by indigenous children in church, from schools and canada. under 50000 children were forcibly separated from families . now poisonous gases killed 8 coal miners and injured others in southern serbia. the methane gas was released when a mine shaft collapsed trapping workers on the ground. it's the latest in several accidents since the state owned pit opened in the 1900s delicate dog dog and really awesome. there's huge grief, 8 minus of the so co mind died there in the early morning. this suffocated balcony

. so there was no explosion of any kind. now, anything else that happened or simply the concentration of methane was so high that they suffocated. i present my condolences as me all going to hear the bodies on the way to miss bear top sees will be performed. the investigative teams will do their job. ah, let's go back to our top story and across the border from ukraine in hungary. a crucial election is taking place this weekend. prime minister vic, to orb and face is not position, which is very keen to highlight, is close ties to vladimir putin. anderson's has more the biggest political battle for more than a decade is playing out on hungary streets. victor alba has been closed. vladimir putin for many years, and that gives opposition parties their best chance yet of defeating him. among the messaging putin's been your friend for 12 years,

tell him to stop killing. ukraine's war has made o'beirne a marked man. just 3 weeks ahead of the russian invasion. he was in the kremlin for talks with putin signing a deal on gas supplies, while also representing the european union, the most out of the hallways. my, so my visit is partly a peacekeeping mission. he said to me in europe and threatening to men, develop close bonds. over the years, putin needs the ear of any you, leader, or band walks. it both ways influence in europe and business with russia. ah, controlling the media is something else they have in common. what sort of n as are here? otherwise, emily, this is a rarity in hungary, journalists in that historian conference that's not influenced by the government. telexes an indication, an online newspaper set up by journalists who would resign from a news outlets in protest of government pressure. the majority of the hungarian

media outlets are owned by businessman, who have strong connections to the politician. business, particularly in the energy sector, is the biggest tie between all bam and putin. russian oil and gas or burn is walking a political tight rope. on one side of the me, you member, he's supporting sanctions against roger. on the other side, as putin's friend, he's refusing to stop buying oil from russia. quite the contrary, his plan is to buy even more. and on top of all that, he's refusing point blank to give any military aid whatsoever to ukraine. but not everyone agrees that all bounds friendship with putin is as damaging as some might think. and in times of crisis in war times, you know, people think stability. the hungarian prime minister always likes to position himself as, as, as a very strong leader who can defend hungary and who can defend hungarians or bands

. ukrainian neighbors says hungary should be helping their fight a full liter listen victim. you know what's happening in maria. pol mothers and children dying gone look at the shoes on the key side of the danube. zalinski is referring to this memorial in budapest, thousands of jewish families were lined up and shot by fascist during the 2nd world war. their bodies falling into the river danube. their shoes left behind. right, let's bring in now andrew simmons is live for us fun. but the past, so andrew building on everything you said in your report that do we know what sort of impacts the war and ukraine is having on or benz electoral popularity? it isn't entirely clear because there have been some shifts in the opinion polls now a 10 point lead for the ruling party. and all of them is been trying to use

a means to make an advantage out of the whole situation. for example, in a raleigh held only a few hours ago, he's been telling his his followers that the issue about gas from russia and not according to the european union and the whole of the west. calling for them to stop taking the gas in stop taking the oil in from russia. he says that's just simply not possible. the west is suggesting that we should turn on eating down and pull overs on what a nonsense is that the economy is dependent upon. russian gas, so he is moving the voters on domestic issues. he's also trying to use the issue of the war in ukraine as, as a reflection of his stand on peace. he says that he tried to get peace with a person and tried to use that, that relationship to a better effect, but that was portrayed by so many people said the trying to get peace. he couldn't

get peace. and right now he doesn't want gary and involvement in this war at all because he wants to be a peacemaker and he's accusingly opposition. a 6 part is united for the 1st time, really threatening his power with pizza monkeys. i. the leader marcus has told out, as it were already, that was a blatant lie that's, that's the prime minister is putting out there to say that the opposition wants to send in hungarian troops. no, he's, he said to us that it is a simple situation whereby he supports nato, like he said, the prime minister. and he also supports your p and union in wanting to get support to the ukrainians in this horrendous wall. so what we have here is as pressure on all bad hole, though, he might turn it to his advantage in some areas and an opposition. this determined

to make history by actually stopping or in advancing food on a 4th term. all right, thanks so much. andrew simmons there now the soon as any government has summoned the speaker of the dissolve parliament over what it calls allegations of conspiracy against state security. russia, if a new she said on 1st day he rejected the dissolution of parliament. his commons come after to new jersey and president high cited said elections won't be held within the next 3 months. many see that as contravenes the constitution. eliza baldwin has more from tunis, the m. p. 's being questions, they're currently at the camps, terrorism police station. and mr. she can a, she is, can vote to your parents at 4 o'clock to finish in time this afternoon. i to the politicians have already been released from questioning,

but they've been given 2nd dates for further questioning. that's scifi side and topic for t t. so they've been asked to come back on the april the 5th. so the way it's looking is that this is going to be quite a long drawn out investigation. i. there was a lot of tension nervousness on tuesday and people were expecting arrest back then . and jerry, what sort of the jack boots kicking down the door cylinders, the scenario was rushing through people's minds at that time. but it looks as this is going to be quite a long drawn out process. parliament was probably was supposed to be convening. another plenary session on saturday, but they're holding back from organizing another plenary session until they're there sure though, again to be enough m p 's available to take part because they need to be a minimum quorum of people in order to pass a votes. if they're, you know, they're going to be voting. so at the moment we are seeing from the more m p, 's b. you summons for questioning. so this sir,

this could go on for some time. it's 12 months and counting for the longest ever strike in the state of alabama $1100.00 coal mine has walked out last april amid the pay dispute, which shows little sign of being resolved. john henderson has the story. this is a portrait of patience. these miners have spent a year picketing to get their jobs back, but warrior met coal has yet to offer them even what they earned before they went on strike. if we could just get back was 5 years ago, i think i think a lot of gas would be happy with that $365.00 days without regular pay. the longest strike in alabama history with 1100 miners living off a union strike fund. and i had plans to build a house here to move on with my life all that morning's gone. every day they watch nonunion replacement workers drive to their old jobs. that's led to

some confrontations by replacement workers. and by striking minors, prompting a judge to temporarily ban picketing when the strikers returned, chris broo. baker says there'll be some harsh words for those who cross the line. i'm sure you're gonna be a lot of things said in the bath house. it probably shouldn't be settled out in public descending more than 600 meters beneath the earth for scraps of cold is a dangerous job. in 2001, my number 5 exploded, killing 13 miners. a year after the strike began, these my workers are still out here drawing attention to their cause. occasionally getting a hunk of support from passers by. we asked warrior met cold for comment, but they didn't respond. and reason where they become a cause celeb drawing support from nationally known activists like rage against the machine guitar as tom morello, and by taking their cars on the road to new york. ah, out through the miners picketed in front of black rock,

a major investor and warrior met cole. the alabama miners are hoping to take part in a comeback of sorts for unions in the us, even here in the anti union south than a so called right to work state that bands unions from collecting dues, from any worker who doesn't volunteer them. the desire for workers who heretofore have had to give concessions at every bargaining table. discovering that they are a commodity and they are forced to be reckoned with after $365.00 days these minor said they're not going anywhere. and we're not gonna bite down way. we're not back down we're, we're not gonna turn around. and it was one day longer, one stronger. even if it takes another year. john henderson, al jazeera brookwood, alabama. now that it from me, sam, it's a van but, and the richardson will be here after the break with our special coverage of the world comp. draw andy over to you. thank you so much, sammy. yes,

thank you very much. we're less than an hour away from the start of the drill taking place across town. right here in the hall will have all the build up and live reaction as teams come out of the pulse. ah. with

with mm pool. ah. it's been 12 years in the making, but it's now just say a 134 days. and so the biggest show in the world comes to the middle east for the 1st time tonight. we'll find out who is going to play, who, when the fif wold cup group stage kicks off in november within the hour. $32.00 places across 8 groups will be laid out as a spectacular events in catalyst capital city dough hall. welcome to al jazeera is

fever welled, cup drawer shop. ah, hello amanda richardson and over the next couple of hours will take you through the whole world cup draws the games best seas learn there by joint in the studio. but will journalist come to ensure who's flowing in from senegal, where he works and prepare place by beating interest on penalties. law for london, we have early mangan people broadcast to with copper 19 spends is like immersed in football and the fan culture that goes with it. and another regular on out is there a school want to run, go live from miami to help make sense of all what's going on. as far as countries come out of the the world's best players who might be watching to most of the big names will be kept part of the group site that late in the tournament. might we see a little messy and christiane, around by going head to head most likely to be their final world?

good to 22, far vault cop is cut. ha! it is more than a decade since it posts and the country has been working hard. ever since to dilemma with 7 brand new stadium, to take a look at how ready the gulf nation is the host and what it means for the region. how i'm done with ash and i'll be taking a closer look at how today's go. well, why have it by why, even why it's so late that we still won't need a full picture until i'm far as not keeping you across all the global reaction. wait up or respond. i found all continents of when is aries the parents to saw in south korea? ah. that as you're on the draw for the 2022 will cup starts within the hour. here in kat cells, capital. doha is by far the biggest event so far and the build up to the tournament,

which kicks off on november. the 21st with 30 t place is up for grabs. 29 of secure qualifications so far from europe, africa, south america, north central america and asia. their facts have been raised along doe hot water fronts with 3 more countries set to join them after the playoffs in june. the biggest names or some of them anyway, and we'll football are in town for the drawer. so let's hear from some of them now starting with fee for president johnny and fancied it will be a great celebration, a great celebration of humanity bringing the wall together. an opportunity for the art world to present itself to the entire world before world cup final draws a big event. it's the biggest event right before the world cup. there's a lot of excitement. there's a lot of excitement in the country here. we see that the country is getting ready. if you look around the city verb, you feel that there is a big event happening as a player. you know, as the next player,

i know that this moment is really exciting because you get to find out, you know, who you're going to be coming up against, who you're going to be playing, who you have to pay yourself for it so, so, so exciting for the fans as well because they old southern gang excited and know, you know, we're almost there. or before we get stuck into all the talking points, let's take a closer look at how the drawer is actually going to work. his gen, thanks on day while, as you've heard there are $32.00 teams that taking part they divided into 4 parts of 8 teams each based on their fif well rankings. with the exception of qatar, they go into pot one as host, along with brazil, belgium framing camp in france, argentina, england, spain, and portugal. this is how the other 3 pots made up. you may notice in pot, for there is still a 3 undecided places, will explain what that without a little later, during the main rule. so we're now going to do an example drawn to give you an idea of how the real one is going to work casa is host,

will automatically go into group a in position one. the other teams from pot one will then be gone randomly into position one of each remaining group. policy will be the next to be empty. the 1st team drawn goes into group a and a number is going to determine which position they will be in that freight. the next team drawn goes into group b and taiwan. so to reiterate, the team gets drawn 1st of them, their position. the same applies for the parts 3 and then hold. for one complication though, teams from the same qualifications own can't be drawn into the same group with the exception of europe. and after all that is that we will be left with something like this. a fine or 8 groups for the tournaments. do hope you're all following along at home. now let's cross live to the draw. then you johnny goes or oscar? is it the doe hawk convention? sensor for is joe, just tell us of some of the people that are going to be involved in this drawer. and what's going on that tonight, sir?

with so much excitement after 12 years billups this sir to this woke up when it's getting busier and busier around hey, you know, i was conscious that it's just a few minutes left before the stroll begins inside the hall behind me at the doha exhibition and convention center 2000 and special get invited for this event among them. of course, the coaches of the teams that have already qualified, but also the federation presidents and some special guests to like, well come on buses for example, for my captain david beckham, we're also going to be hearing from the mirror of castle. he can be making a speech as well as of course p for president, jamie and tina, who be speaking and then we will finally get to the business of the draw. but it's one of the thought all eyes will, of course, be on council for the droll, but hundreds of international journalists have flown in for this event. and i spoke to one of them earlier rope harris from the associated press to find out what the impression that they've got of cattle in the last few days. well,

the journey might be coming here for the 1st time. the bill went up to the camp. obviously dominated the pride upon demick, which meant so you might have been here. the stage is clearly ready that's be missed. so the site and the impressions of many, many they're experiencing perhaps the emptiness of some parts. trying to assess what the fun experience might be like, obviously no final lines for something like this. true. all the trying to work. i want to be like for the friends when they try to come here in november, where will they manage to stay with a bright be in terms of the experience, hey, on the ground in cattle and we now we have to see a role that is 12 years in the making really has never been a build up this long for a walk up from the decision to the actual staging me. picking up a rob saying that, joe, is there a tangible sense of excitement now as we get closer and closer to november? i think the reason do yes, i mean we've just been here for a few hours and it's really been building up or around this area. i mean, this is

a really popular area and it is the weekend, but people have been stopping and waiting to see if they can catch a glimpse of one of the famous people that are going to be in attendance. and actually the queueing 2 or 3 days behind me to try and do that just in the next few minutes before the draw takes place. but you get the sense that, you know, there's been this waiting period. and now this is the 1st real test that people can see that the world couple of band is there around the world cup is coming to town for earlier this week. really some numbers of the tickets that have been sold 800000, they say. and actually the 5 most popular country that those tickets have gone to cas, all the u. k. u. s. a. mexico and the united states as well as that this week we've had some new music released for the world cup, but also this pool. i want to show you this because this is been you much pool that they're going to have at the world cup. it's the latest pull from add to that. it's called our regular, which means the journey, which i think is quite to really when you consider that this well cup has been 12

years in the making. it follows the colors of the cap on national flag as well as some of the cultural influences. i'd say it's going to be one of the fastest balls in flight that they've made for a world cup. and we're going to find out very, very soon because that will cup kicks off in november. jerry, if you could get a few autographs on the ball, bring it into the studio, dry window. sure. if there's a couple of right now, let's talk a little bit about the african things that qualify. 2018 was great. was it for african countries? none of them got out of the group stages. do you think that seems that qualified for cats or you think there's a bit more of a sense of expectation that some of the african seems can do slightly better in 2020 absolutely. 2018 was an outright, lo, it was very low for the african teams. and you could see, you know, that they had the quality to do that. but very unfortunate. and when you think about synagogue and the way that they went out of the group stages, you know, the, you look at more than japan. that was

a bit unfortunate there. but now when you see them, they've been ranked number one in africa for 3 years. now, and they have the quality, they have the oath they have top players that are playing in europe, federal mandated to men do you have can need to clearly by lee they have what it takes to compete favorably and at least make it to the quarter finals at least that's where i see them going and testing thanks a shit or go anyway. sure. with his trout the not, let's talk to him in london flores, he spent a lot of time sort of following the fun experiences. a lot of your writing, a lot of documentaries you make about that was sort of fun experience and support as you talk to what are they expecting from a well cup and cattle? well, i think they're the experience. they're expecting something different. obviously it's the 1st world cup in the middle east. it's going to be in winter despite the temperature has been more like some i think what fans most excited about from what i've spoken to them about is the fact that 7 of the 8 stadiums all been one city,

theoretically, you could make it to every single game every day that's that would be impossible to walk up before. so i think a little excited about all being based in the same city together. whereas in the traditional world cup, you know, the stadiums are spread across cities that are all across the country and not able to be reached in the day alone. a matter of hours if not 1020 minutes. so i think that's what people are excited about. the fact we're gonna talk. busy where everyone's based in what is essentially the same city. and i think it's just the fact that after everything we've gone through with a pandemic, you know, we haven't, we haven't had a proper years yet. everyone's excited to come back and watch and be part of another huge sporting torment like woke up. it's truly in comparable when you get in theory, going to have funds from $32.00 countries all in one city together could be chaotic . could be a lot of fun. want to run go let's, let's talk to one now in miami to decades since a south american country won the world cup. all we're going to say south american

winner in 2022. no way i can make a recording of this is our year. this is our world cup and you could probably played it since 2006 to be quite honest. but many feel confident about special brazil and argentina coming into the friction more argentina and brazil to be quite honest with you because of the recent run, a form that got on the side is had $31.00 matches unbeaten. it's a squad that has been able to come into this being able to equal the record that they did not have since basically the, the 1st few days back in the early ninety's. and during that time, of course, they were one of those countries that went into the middle east and being able to win titles there and show off their respective style. so they're looking to do that once again. and maybe just maybe be able to give it, you know, messy the proper sending off. that is if he does want to leave one. thank you for

now. yeah, we'll be talking plenty more about mr. lane on my say in the next hour. so people all over the world watching is true, of course, far ahead speak into some global perspective if. thanks, andy, we're live on every continent involved in the world. couple. let's start with defending champions. france paul restrains us live from paris. pole france are the defending champions. are they looking strong again? how did this world cut well, the looking pretty good at the moment far, but it's certainly been a mixed bag since supply as paraded the world cup trophy down the shore, the lease a down here to the plus de la concord on a very hot summer day in 2018, one result does stick out. they last in the last 60 of years 2020 last year to switzerland. the result really, really shocked the nation, but they haven't lost since then. they've lifted the u. i foot nations league. they think spain in the final and they have one of the most exciting young players

already a world champion, kilian in buffy. and that's a the most consistent international theme of the past 25 years woke up jumping price and they've been in another final as well, and say 1006. so they'll be confident. well, you mentioned the euro's defeat to switzerland as i dampened expectations of how they're going to do here in caps. are why suddenly we'll dump an expectations a little bit, but a lot will depend on the, on the eminent drawer as well. people forget maybe the friends, 100, a fairly easy group draw for the 2018 woke up when the i go, my donna picked the names out to the hot in russia, and the french media are hoping for a best case scenario this time as well, hoping for us h as yet, and saudi arabia and that group,

the worst case scenario saying would be germany, ecuador, and senate goal, who was very strong and vironment and who beat fronts when they were defending champions of the 2002 world cup a bit earlier we spoke to 998. well i went to franklin birth, who said, but whatever happens in the draw tonight, no one here will be getting very excited just yet. we want to see before appreciating the performance and this, what happened? one th, why we are very criticized in all an image. our k was a name, somebody didn't know how to handle a squad. and as a nation national team coach and up. and it was almost the same for 2018 teams. we want to see and he's going to be the same, but we wait for the team to get qualified. you know for the last 16 so i can be interesting. oh, okay, i'm gonna, i'm gonna follow it. as always, we have to perform before being accepted. let's.