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streets littered with dead bodies, the grim aftermath of a russian retreat from the city of boucher. ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera alive from dell, all set coming up. another strategic withdrawal for russian forces. what's left of the city of a pin. now back on the ukrainian control popes, a 2 month truce will hold in yemen potential turning point for the 7 year war with poverty and unemployment on the rise. voter apathy, costa rica infections shows no clear from the se

as an increasing number of russian soldiers retreats from parts of ukraine. evidence has emerged revealing the trail of destruction. they've left behind. video has been released to sharing the bodies of at least 20 civilians. truen along the street in boucher northwest of keep saying because robbie begins are coverage from the western city of these you may find the images in this report. disturbing ukrainian forces have retaken the entire keith region, but russia's retreat comes at a high price. northwest 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. do you know which one is going to march 30? first, we'll go down in the history of that community. as the day of liberation, the liberation of our armed forces, you claim from russian occupiers said today, i state that the state joyful, joyful. and this is a great victory in the region, and we will definitely wait until there is a great victory all over ukraine. the joys of victory soon dampened by death. ukraine's general stop is warning, boucher residence, russian forces, minds, the city before they left. combat engineers work 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. thought not far from butrend, the village of dimitra, fca, west of cave. the remains of russian soldiers killed in fierce fighting there left in the street. not even a janasia grain in the north of the country he occupies, continue to retreat slowly but noticeably in the east. the situation remains extremely difficult. russian troops are moving to don bass and towards cock eve. they are preparing new strikes. we are preparing an ever more active defense loss 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 bus ravi al jazeera levine, or david. the rush is a professor at the national defense university. he says the images out of boucher point to a prima facia case of war crimes. the one man with his hands bound behind his back

that looks pretty obvious to be an execution. so that would be a flat out war crime with the others. it's not so unambiguous, but it looks as though this is not consistent with incidental casualties and military operations, but rather just in deliberative punitive targeting of civilian city. sort of like we're going to leave, leave this place, but we're going to make it so you can't live here either. so the in place in a booby traps, in placement of mines and to the infrastructure is a clear violation of a lot of warfare. and the deliberate targeting civilians, not every death of civilian warfare is a wordpress, but deliberate targeting. certainly as it looks like we have at least prima facia evidence of that, there's always forensic evidence of course. so if you find, you know, examining the body and somebody who say, shot at close range, rather than you know, hit with shrapnel. ideally there would be recovery of records. we know that the

russian communication security is not very good. so there would be evidence of if there was fighting in the region if there's fighting of the region between russian conventional forces and ukrainian courses. that it's much harder to make the case for a violation of the law of warfare. whereas if the russians were simply withdrawing and fighting, artillery and withdraw, that could conceivably be a violation of law warfare. the northern city of pen, which is next to boucher, has also been a key battleground for weeks and is mostly back on the ukrainian control president for them. as lensky said, the pullback of russian forces had been slow but noticeable and accused them of leaving mines. as they withdrew him on, con is their pen, where volunteers and emergency workers have been removing the 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're looking for minds 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 endure it in this area . there rashana animals look why they did heal, barely a few meters of this town remain untouched by battle. the russians used heavy artillery and rockets and missiles all throughout a pain. you see sites like this scenes of heavy artillery shelling. those almost near complete destruction in places where then utter pain. this place was incredibly important to the russians. if they had taken this town, it would have been

a staging post for any potential attack into the capital. keith ah, buses 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 homes and lives insider pain. however, residents are not allowed to come back as security forces weak the town before the war. this was a bustling commute, a town around 70000 people. today's become a symbol of ukrainian resistance. the town, the full back president vladimir putin says, russian forces not targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure. but once again, these pictures contradict those words. we won't know for a while how many people have been killed, but early estimates from the mayor's office suggest 200 to 300, with many more injured. we won't know for sure, because the bodies of some of the dead remain under rubble and may well be there

for some time. m wrong con our dessert. but pin brushes. defense ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross of destructive actions near the ukrainian port city of mary upon the agency is trying to reach the besieged area to get the residence out. a 3rd attempt to bring a fleet of buses failed on friday. russia says red cross employees made unplanned stops, and some vehicles broke away from the main convoy. another attempt is on the way with the convoy expected to arrive on sunday or that 4000000 ukrainians have fled to other countries. millions of others remain internally displaced. stephanie decker is at a facility on this vacuum border in western ukraine. around a quarter of a 1000000 people have come here to the trans carpathian mountain range, everyone telling us it's because they feel safe as tear. it is remote, it is close to nato countries and the board and i, we're in

a center for the internally displaced. these are people who cannot afford to stay anywhere else. why? because the main city was good is packed, the hotels are packed. apartments are packed and there is no where to stay. so now this center really does tell the story of the entirety of this conflict. people we've been speaking to coming from. are you paul, coming from car, keep coming from the don bass region. lou hands done yet. it's coming from the areas around the capitol, like butcher and her pin, which have been heavily attacked by russian forces. now, people here don't want to leave. they're waiting to be able to go back home. one lady. we spoke to saying that her tone actually though, had been completely destroyed after 3 weeks of sheltering in a basement shelling. also we talk a lot about these efforts to evacuate our humanitarian corridors again here we get a sense of what that is like. another couple telling us that they left under heavy shelling and that they were terrified and other one trying 4 times to leave. and that they only managed to leave at the very last point. it is

a tragic what's happening here and you can see people trying to live their daily lives, getting dressed. they need to shower here. they get a meals 2 times a day, but certainly at the moment as this war is now into it's 6th week. um and negotiations continue, but it certainly doesn't look like any one here is going to be able to go home any time soon. now send these just to hand. we're getting reports of an explosion as about john's capital box. well, these pictures appear to show the aftermath of the blast and a busy street initial report say it happens at a nightclub will of course, bring it more in this as we get the death toll by a strike on a local government building in the southern ukrainian city of mich alive has risen . the attack happened on tuesday. the cities governor says at least 35 people are now confirmed dead. a rocket blasted

a hole through the side of the building in mccullough rescue. workers are continuing. the search for victims authorities now occupied ukrainian town of n. a. who does say russian forces violently broke up a protest rally and detained some demonstrators. a series of blasts were heard in the town, which is close to those upper vision nuclear power plant. residents had gathered in the town center to protest against the war and sung ukrainian national anthem, russian soldiers, you smoke bombs and flash grenades to disperse the crowd. and that to the same, more than 170 anti war protests as have been detained by police across russia. the arrests took place. those rallies were held in 30 cities on saturday. the protest organizes according for peace in ukraine and for the kremlin critic in the valley to be released from jail. polk francis says he's considering traveling to keep

on the trip to malta. the head of the roman catholic church told reporters he's been invited by political and religious authorities in ukraine. he also criticized russian president vladimir putin over the invasion, but without actually naming him this other mocking lashona database. he was eli from that we had thought that invasions of other countries, savage, street fighting and atomic threats were grim memories of a distant past. the city, however, the icy winds of war, which bring only death, destruction and hatred, has swept down powerfully upon the lives of many people. and on the days of us all, once again, some potentate, sedley caught up an anachronistic claims of nationalist interest school. it is provoking and fomenting conflicts, it whereas ordinary people, since the need to build a future that will be shared, will not be at all grow. now, in the night of the war that has fallen upon humanity, let us not allow the dream of a peace to fade. he still ahead on al jazeera,

under pressure, pakistan's prime minister hits back as he faces to vital verse. and we'll tell you why should anchors government has imposed a weekend curfew. ah, the journey has begun the fee for world copies on its way to catherine group. your travel package to day. oh hello there. they've been sweating it out in india and here's the proof. it was the hardest march across the country in a 122 years. the average temperature of $33.00, the heat wave continuing to bake in it, not only for northern areas, but also central areas as well. with this, that poor up to 42 degrees, we do have to talk about some what, whether siding across from indo china through southern areas of the bay have been gall. this is all going to run into sherlock, i mean, it's already settled unsettled to begin with. so, colombo,

some thunder downpours for you at really, for the next several days. okay. focusing on indo china right now. it's been a washout for vietnam, denying a $185.00 millimeters brain over 24 hours, all of that to say that that's fine of times above the average april rainfall. so most of that weather again now siding toward the south. we've got a batch of it just off to the coast. i think the most of it will stay there. it's been picked up by the ne monsoon and dragon in some cooler air, so denying below average temperatures are on the way up for hong kong. we can see songs of that, i mean grey lin coming in at 25 degrees on sunday. and it's looking like a gloomy and white pitcher stretching from tokyo to osaka. and hate to tell you those temperatures are below average. i saw official airline of the journey, or china in the u. s. sleep walking their way to war in the struggle over ukraine. here is the test for president joe biden,

which is really trying to do is rewrite the security architecture. it's your personal united states. you serious to go to walk and chew gum at the same time, your weekly pay on us politics and society. that's the bottom line. what we do and i'll just theera, is try to balance this story and leave the people who along with into their lives, dignity and humanity. ah ah, be watching al jazeera, a reminder now of our top stories. this disturbing footage has emerged from the ukrainian town of butcher near keith shows bodies dressed in civilian clothing, strewed in the street, the russian forces withdrew. ukraine says its forces have now been taken entire

keep region ukrainian president for them as the landscape says, russian soldiers are deliberately mining houses and even bodies. a safe jaw from some areas for to say more than $1500.00 explosives were found to join the search village. western russia is defense. ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross of destructive actions, numerical agencies trying to reach the besieged city to evacuate residence a 2 month truce has come into effect between humans, warring sides, un envoy for yemen, says the saudi led coalition, and who the rebels are stopping all attacks inside the country and across its borders is being held as a decisive moment in the devastating 7 year conflict mohammed atta reports now from santa to monk c. y and yemen between host these and the sally lit wall. sion is the more significant breakthrough in years. some flights from sun

r o ports are allowed under the deal. and field imports can reach home the hill areas hauled to the fighting, coupled with the entry of full ships and the using of restrictions on the movement of people and goods in out and within the country will contribute to building trusts and creating a conductive environment to resume negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the conflicts the through scoring sides with the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan. and it's the most important step in is 2 words ending 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 wold come, the truce that remain is skeptical the night let the truce is

a victory for the many people cause it turns the focus away from the military politics over to the humanitarian issues when the seller has an adult and it has all of this truce will benefit the year many people we hope the truce will stay for a long time as we live on that i'm a handler, but i mean, we appreciate the support of ally o 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 all over a year. so i think that both sides kind of realized, you know, this more is knock on the way we want to, maybe we're going out. so for half of attacks between hoses and ec, walsh in escalated recently when a saudi oil facility was hit by hope is last week, react struck back. some believe the war has become. and winnable,

the last coordinated cease file was in 2016. other piece agreements have led to finish it as the forward, but with the know, you know, if this is firewood holds on time, will tell. but in any case, it's a step in the right direction. and i must say into 7 long years for this truce to be agreed on. it's extraordinary. a conflict widely seen as a proxy war between saudi arabian iran has did the stadium, n d u and special and voice hands grant berg says the 2 month cruise could be extended at both parties. agree, a sign of who after years of fighting with that up al jazeera. well, let's take a look at where things stand, who see rebels back by iran control, much of the northern highlands in yemen, including the capital santa,

or so in the north. there's been recent fighting in the oil rich province of merab . that's where the internationally recognized government supported by the saudi. that coalition has its last stronghold me long in the south separatists known as the southern transitional council, our influential presence in the government's temporary capital aiden. the group gets financial and military assistance from the united arab emirates. the armed group al qaeda, is active in several areas. it's biggest influence is in the hydro mount province. elizabeth kendall is a senior research fellow at oxford university. she says, well, politics means both these and the saudi black government on the pressure to negotiate. i think at this time, it is very significant because it suits both parties right now on the coalition side. that has been a massive optic and who see miss aisles and drone attacks. well beyond yelman's own

borders, and that has focused attention in saudi arabia and in the united arab emirates on the need for a c slot and only who speak side. well, there's definitely sold around martin, but also there in a reasonably strong position still. if iran comes into the fold again, internationally with a new nuclear deal that may impact these ability to replenish arms and lock them in the future, put them in a week position. so now's a good time to seize the opportunity to start trying to have better talks. voters in serbia will head to the polls on sunday to elect to then ex president, but also voted parliamentary polls and some local councils. president of eggs on the church is running for reelection. he found himself stuck between maintaining close ties to russia and trying to get into the european union. french president, emanuel micron has held his 1st election rally barely a week before the 1st round of voting. his supporters at garden non outside harris

holes, show a tight race between mac on and all right. rival, marine, the pen, costa ricans are also heading to the polls on sunday. but the run up to the presidential election has been mired in widespread apathy. with no clear front runner to lead the country for the next 4 years to raise a boat report it's considered to be the most stable country in central america, famous for its beautiful beaches and environmental protection. but in the past years, poverty and unemployment had been on the rise. the pandemic had a devastating impact on the vital tourism sector. something that most people are hoping and new precedent will be able to reverse. oh, come yeah. oh. so from florida, the next president, corruption, it took them so long to realize that corruption is the worst because it's stealing from the people. both candidates are surrounded in controversy, former president figures,

and he had to resign marine sanctions from the will bank. both candidates deny the allegations. many voters here think the candidates an offer of switched sides in the run up to the vote. good board, very excited to you. this is a big conspiracy, not against iran, calm but against pakistan on and there is going to be a vote to elect the next chief minister of punjab province, which is one of the key provinces here in pakistan to discuss that further we had to waddle, you're very hopeful that members of dear, you're going to straight to the last almost 40 years, every tactic report she was leaving jail for 15 more fake. the announcement took people by surprise. now on our way here we saw loads of people scrambling to get home. most of them clutching a bag of vegetable roadside kiosks like this do come up and the guy running it tells us with such little notice to be able to pack all of this up and start again,

a little media campaign. it's being said that it's not politically affiliated, and many, many people, ordinary sure lumpkins had already talked about joining in to express their anger, their frustration at the ongoing situation in the country. rising cost of living or the expensive goods that are becoming more and more unreachable for people as well as the shortage of things like motorists fuel, of cooking, gas and things like that. obviously not just the she lanchen phenomenon, but people here are struggling for heard of russia. space agency has thrown more down to a future corporation on the international space station. i assess isn't jointly run by the russian u. s. european canadian and japanese space agencies or sion technology is essential for it. so.