i'm going to make it feel exceptional. katara was going places to go. a diverse range of stories from across the globe. from the perspective about networks, journalists on al jazeera. ah, ukraine says it's recaptured the whole of the kia region but retreating russian forces leave body strewn in the streets of one town. ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm to marcy in london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. we report from the east in city of harkey, where residents are terrorized nightly by shelling from russian forces. yamini is welcome, a 2 month truce has just come into effect offering open country ravaged by 7 years

of war and starvation. and for the 1st time in 12 years, the united opposition presents a real challenge to hungary, ruling party in an election, overshadowed by ukraine. ah, well, ukraine's deputy defense minister says that its forces, every taken the whole of the care of region from russian troops. but with the russian retreat comes, evidence of a trail of destruction that's been left behind. is video is said to show a bodies of at least 20 people dressed in civilian clothing strewn along a street in butcher north west of kiev. many of the towns apartment blocks have been destroyed, and cars have been crushed. equating present laudermill zalinski says russian soldiers are deliberately placing mines in houses and even on bodies as they with

shaw and the leg cross as again tried to escort a convoy of civilians trapped for weeks in a besieged southern port city of mary. apple. it says, rushing for his appeared to be regrouping for a new assault in the south east. saint estrada begins our coverage now from the western city of levine and a wanting you might find the images in his report. disturbing. ukrainian forces have retaken the entire cave region, but russia's retreat comes at a high price north west of the capital, the city of boucher bears witness to the brutality of war. at least 20 people in civilian clothes left dead in the street. each scene a grim snapshot of the chaos and violence of their final moments, ukrainian se at the hands of russian forces. days earlier,

the mayor of boucher announced the liberation of his town. larry here, ruth, you soon have a chance? go to margo. it is the 1st of march 31st. okay. down in the history of that community as the day of liberation, deliberation of our armed forces. civic ukraine from russian occupies said to day. i state that this days joyful, go joyful. and this is a great victory in the key region, and we will definitely wait until there is a great victory all live in ukraine and more not the joys of victory soon dampened by death. ukraine's general staff is warning boots or residence russian forces. mind the city before they left, combat engineers worked to clear suspected mind areas. bodies remain where they fell, until it's safe to retrieve them. boots as mayor says, entire families were killed and nearly 300 people have been buried in a mass grave. not far from butrend, the village of dimitra, fca,

west of cave. the remains of russian soldiers killed in fierce fighting their left in the street. not even a janasia crane in the north of the country. the occupies continue to retreat slowly but noticeably in the east. the situation remains extremely difficult. russian troops are moving to dom bus and towards khaki. they are preparing new strikes. we are preparing an ever more active defense as ukrainians begin to occupy and clear recaptured areas. what happened in boucher ukrainians? fear could be the 1st of many instances of community shattered by this war zane basra, viola 0 levine, alexandra mother chic, his head of the crowning human rights organization, the center for civil liberties. and, and she told me earlier, she believes as evidence that russian soldiers have committed war crimes. in the chat we have not only who did she would have her and gather it,

took testimony. so for week teams. so who are crimes to which was committed to butcher? and may i tell not as a human rights lawyer but to the human being that when i so they speed you and her, your, this story say things that now now i know called the horror. it looked like we can see that this war crimes has a systematic and large scale character. and russian troops not provide distinction between military and civilian population. so it's a policy of russia, russia use war crimes as the methods will fear. and we collect no evidence which we will present for international criminal fort worth international committee or council, on human rights. so un, which was created recently. now we prepare in submission to more school mechanism or pre c. we are also open to work with states who, who decided to use universal, yours diction provisions in their legislation,

in order also to prosecute. there were there or for the traitors, or the northern city, the opin which is next of the chairs, also been a key battle ground for weeks and is now family back under ukrainian control present, ramirez lensky said the pullback of russian forces had been slow but noticeable and accused them of leaving minds as they went in ran con is near a peon, where volunteers and emergency workers have been removing dead soldiers and civilians. slowly, methodically, they search for booby traps left by retreating russian forces. this ukrainian de mining team tells us the russians have hidden explosives in consumer electronic devices, such as mobile phones and laptops, and spread them all around. this car was abandoned by the russians. the ukrainian say it was full of looted electronics, like we are looking for mines and other devices,

including unexploded devices. ammonia shall lived behind by the russian troops. we are trying to prevent any one who comes back here from being enjoyed in this area. the russian that animals look weather due to you. barely a few meters of this town remain untouched by battle. the russians used heavy artillery and rockets and missiles all throughout appearing. you see sites like this seems of heavy artillery shelling in a staging post for any potential attack into the capital. keith ah, boss is still taking last remaining civilians out of town. these people had no choice but to remain they had nowhere else to go. others are returning to a village on the outskirts. they have no idea what awaits them other than the destruction of what was once their holy will be there for some time. m ron con. how desert, but pin. or in a late night address, president lance he has had russian forces aim to seize the ease of my uncle is

ongoing, but the situation on the ground is volatile. a 3rd attempt to take a fleet of buses there failed on friday. russia has blamed the red cross for the saying it's here around the quarter of a 1000000 people have come or can see your world's weather updated. it's been a washout for endo china. hey everyone. here's an example. so da nang, over 24 hours scooping up a $185.00 millimeters of rain. all of that to say that's 5 times above the average april rain fall. now here's where that wet weather is on sunday, slightly more toward the south. so this is plaguing the malay peninsula, but another batch, the bulk of it out towards c. this is being picked up by the ne monsoon as well and also brought in some colder air da nang. at 22, that's below average. the rain has shopped out of hong kong, so an improvement in both conditions and temperature is 20. we can see a sign of things to come coiling, getting up to a height 25 degrees. a band of rain will stretch from tokyo to osaka temperatures

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and i did as it will just finish the limits on the can not the got my nigeria. we made a storm with my my gear on out there. ah, ah ah ah, i looked at the main developments this hour now and ukraine says its forces have now taken the whole territory of the key of region. that towering footages emerge from the town of boots and mickey of shy bodies and civilian clothing strewed in the street after russia withdrew from the area. kind to president is saying that russian soldiers at liberty mining houses even on these as they withdraw the general staff of the crating. our forces says intensity of russian. aaron,

miss l strikes has diminished rushes, defense ministry is accused. the international committee of the red cross of destructive actions, hey mariano agency is trying to reach the besiege port city to evacuate residence or in other stories are following a tomb on the truth is come into effect between yeoman's warring side the you and envoy for yemen. is saying the saudi led coalition and who the rebels are stopping all attacks inside the country and across its borders. it's being held as a decisive moment in the devastating 70 a conflict. how morale i tab reports now from santa to mon. c. spy on human between host these on the solid wall sion is the more significant breakthrough in years. some flights will somehow oh, port are allowed under the deal. and field imports can reach host the hill areas halt to the fighting. coupled with the answer, your full sheeps and the using of restrictions on the movement of people and goods

in open within the country, will contribute to building trusts, and creating a conducive environment to resume negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the conflicts. the true scoring sides with the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan. and it's the most important step in years to words and a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and pushed millions into hunger. the war has hurt civilians, the masts about 80 percent of emma's population now relies on age for food medicine and shelter. many woke up the truce, but remained skeptical. the truce is a victory for the many people because it turns to focus away from military politics . so, over to the planetarium issue has been, it's been an added, and it has a lot this truce will benefit the year. many people we hope the truce will stay for a long time. as i mean, live on that i'm a handy lot of, but i mean, we appreciate

a support our oh, my t who helped me to reach such a truce that put us on the right path. the burnings and sufferings of the many people will decrease the yahoo. these for a long time had felt that it was just inevitable. their success was inevitable, but they had a huge setback in mara, which had been besieged for over a year. so i think that both sides kind of realized, you know, this more is not going. we want to maybe we're going to. so for half of those attacks between hoses and the call sions. gleaton recently, when a saudi oil facility was hit by hope is last week, we had struck back some believe the war has become a winnable. the last coordinated seas file was in 2016 of a peace agreements have led to finish. it's a step forward, but we don't know if this is firewood holds time will tell,

but in any case it step in the right direction and i must say it took 7 long years for this chose to be agreed on. it's extraordinary. a conflict widely seen as a proxy war between saudi arabian iran has the the stated in the you and special envoy hands grant berg says the 2 month foods could be extended at both parties agree, a sign of hoop. after years of fighting hamlet up al jazeera, i man mm hm. danny is a yemen research consultant and he believes the truce has been driven by economy rather than humanitarian concerns. i think we have to look at basically the economic situation of the country and obviously follow similar trends that we see globally in the sense that the economy. i think, you know, the pandemic and of coven 19 d, that the global,

the surge of oil prices. and yemen has been obviously a and a blockade for about 7 years now. so. so it's really, really hitting the actors themselves. i mean, i don't think the warring actors have actually ever cared about what the human body civilians are suffering or how much they're suffering for. but i think now they realize that there's just so many a chances to change the trajectory of the conflict, and at the same time, to basically stop the economic decline before the situation really gets out of control. the un speak peacekeeping mission in molly is saying it's consigned by reports of violence against civilians when the military killed will than 200 fight is in the village of mura, in the multi region. last week, molly's intensified operations against armed groups in recent weeks mean that it tree has also been assisted by russian power military organization, the wagner group. nicholas hark has more on this now from neighboring senegal. these are military operations that started on the 23rd of march and ended just days

ago on march. 31st led, of course, by the maryan military, but with a support of russian fighters have stepped into the country since december. as a result, the french forces that are on the ground have decided to remove their soldiers from the country. we've seen a change of tactics in the village of more of this village was led under siege for a number of days. people that were going hungry when starving, when the attack was launched. as a result, the mon, the military said that they have neutralize over 200, what they call the terrorists groups. linked to al qaeda in iso are active in the region. but this change of tactic has come since the arrival of russian fighters, similar to what we've seen in syria in the left, where russian fighters have put that city under siege or more recently in ukraine, in mario paul. now the molly in authority say that they will continue with these

operations throughout the country. human rights organizations accused both amalia soldiers and what they describe as white soldiers that do not speak french alluding to the russians, committing torture and extra judicial killings of civilians. though the un secretary general antonio terrorist says he is alarmed by the situation saying that there are disastrous consequences for the civilian population. but the 1000000 army say they are guided by human rights and international law and call for restraint against death amatory speculations. a number of journalists have been thrown out of the country. the situation in molly is going from bad to worse and no one really knows what is happening on the ground because there is so little information coming out these operations ongoing and continued throughout the country. up august, ounce prime minister. my god is under intense pressure. his blame me,

the united states for his problems is facing a vote of confidence as well as a vital regional election with his support slipping. he says, the us as plotting to undermine him, get very excited yet. this is a big conspiracy, not against iran, calm but against pakistan itself. and slowly people have started realizing what a big conspiracy has taken place. and it has been hatching since october by all these traitors who have been robbing the country for the past 35 years. that were doing it in league with external forces. no, let me openly take the name of the united states on how hungarians are going to be voting on sunday, in an election of a shattered by the war in ukraine. a wind supply minister victor, or ban would extend his 12 year roll. the race is the closest in years after all the opposition parties united behind a single candidate out there is andrew simmons went to meet him. peter, mark,

he's i is leading an alliance of 6 opposition parties. they don't all agree on policy, but they're united in wanting to bring down hunger as prime minister victor all by marcus, i is telling his people that all bone has split the country. he's made his close supporters, rich, and he's moving more towards the autocracy of russia and his friend president vladimir putin. well, the body body use rule of law. the war in ukraine dominates this campaign. mackey's, i was to back nature when the you and helping all crane with military aid. but all band is telling his people, the opposition wants to join the work that is happening by. but albany has been doing this forever. i could say that he has a little bit is about protecting the nation, protecting the country. he has always been backing the opposition for 12 years or that has been waging war on everybody, homosexuals. they are to be thinking human in the roma. migrant left is brazosport

man has been beating more forever. his been serving coatings interest monkeys. i is from the provincial town of hot mess of asher hay, where he organized a national movement to unify political parties. peter marcus, i is hardly a high profile politician. his mare of a town known mostly for its unusually long name. he isn't a member of parliament. he doesn't belong to a political party yet. he's posing the biggest threat yet to victor alba. the 2 men do have one thing in common, though. they're both conservative. ah, band disputes that he brands, maki zion, his alliance as less swing laws on mama's, on the left, thinks that ukraine fights are wall. this is what the leader of our opponents said word for word that ukraine fights are war. this is a mistake. this is not our walk in this war. we cannot gain anything but can losing everything as now mom he hobbled oberon tells his people, he'll keep them safe,

and throws in sweetness, tax cuts kept perpetual prices, and securing russian got supplies on ukraine. the government says it's welcomed woman, half a 1000000 saying most of the refugees are in transit. oh, on the eve of voting mach, his eyes staged his final push to try to buck the trend of opinion polls giving all been an increasing lead. oh, but whatever the opposition says they struggle to dissuade many hungarians from seeing or bam as a strong figure of stability in dangerous times. andrew simmons, alger 0, budapest, and french present value. mack on his l. his 1st election rally just 8 days before the 1st round of voting is supporters gather, did not tower in the western suburbs in a capital, paris pulse show a tight race between mac one and far right. rival marina and it asha butler has

a story. now, stadium outside paris macro held the 1st rally of his campaign. the centrist leader promised more jobs tax cuts. and to continue with his pro, you agenda. and some we're a european nation and proud to be one. we are no one's vassal, no we pursue politics and diplomacy that it independently. we talk to everyone all the time. that's what we'll do. france's role is not to give into divisions that parallel it's and i see other thought off my call said that these are challenging times the past 5 years of certainly tested his ability to handle a crisis. his diplomatic efforts over ukraine have played out well with most french voters, as has his management of the cove. it pandemic is government injected billions of dollars into the economy to protect businesses of jobs. nobody gave it ukraine. he's managed at all well, calmly. we can't complain and he will,

when are you going to book us for future we are living and catastrophic times. i call it the war. he's a fair president, is neither left or right, but in the middle. and that's exactly what we need right now. he's in the president away for now, but a reason days where is why oh, my need to move in hand as close the gap. why focusing will be the most good to say . i live in good news. yeah. energy is not a luxury or a waste, but a basic necessity. so as i proposed as far back as september, all lower tax on fuel heating, oil, gas, and electricity depends focus on rising prices as deflected the spotlight from her anti immigration. anti islam agenda and white and her appeal, but so manly say it's unlikely to be enough for a victory. says i could a blue icon, social and economic track record a scene is pretty poor by some french people. but he is benefiting from what we

call the rally round for flag effect, where different parts of society support a leader at the time of grave intellectual crisis. one week before the 1st round and frances election seems likely to be a re run of the 2017 race in which a 2nd round between macro and the pin pit centrist politics against rising populism . natasha bottler o. g 0 monta. ah, look at the main stories this hour and ukraine's defense minister says that ukrainian forces of re taken the whole of the key of region from russian troops. arch the russian retreat has left a trail of destruction. a warning that you might find the following video, disturbing it, it said to show a bodies of at least 20 people dressed in civilian clothing strewn along a street in blue chin northwest of keel. some of the bodies appear to have had their hands tied. rub, mcbride has more according to the mare of this town on natalie.