[000:00:00;00] ah, knowledge is here. with every oh, a fire and smoke rise above odessa pumps the ukrainian poor city is hit by russian missiles. ah, hi there, i'm kim vanelle. this is al jazeera ly from dall ha. also coming up. pakistan's prime minister on con, is accused of defying the constitution of the side, stepping into a confidence motion in parliament, hungary prime minister victor or bon faces, a tough challenge from

a united opposition in an election, overshadowed by the war, new crane. and they've been dependent on animals for thousands of years. how a changing climate is dramatically impacting livelihoods in somalia. russian missiles have struck now ukraine, southern port of odessa where the countries main navy bases. russia says it destroyed an oil refinery and fuel storage facilities used by ukraine's military. odessa is a focus for moscow as its force is trying to cut ukraine off from the black sea. elsewhere. ukraine is calling on the international criminal court to visit the town of butcher near cave. they say people have been massacred there and what could amount to war crimes. russia continues to deny targeting civilians and insist that its military operation in ukraine remains on track when i speak to

a correspondence, stephanie decker, whose line for us in the viv, stephanie, let's start with what has happened in butcher. what reaction has there been i've just spoken to my colleagues, iran core and his produce aside aberdeen and key of who just come back from boucher . they will to send me pictures of what they witness there they are describing utter devastation, the outskirts of future. pretty much completely destroyed counting at least 10 bodies of what like civilians on one street, also a russian time column that seems to have been hit by ukrainian fire. seeing, you know, burned bodies of russian soldiers inside the time, utter annihilation. and we've heard, at least the mayor saying at least 300 civilians, tense, she killed yesterday. pictures coming out to look like what was summary execution of civilians just lying where they fell. i am on telling me that the body is at the moment, not being able to be removed before, you know,

some kind of identification if possible, can be done. so these areas of seen, such heavy fighting has been very difficult for journalists to access them as this conflict has gone on. so what you're seeing now is a clearer picture, emerging of the utter terror that civilians have experience. i mean, i just came back from, from in the mountains about a 2 hour drive from here were a lot of the internally displaced have headed. and really everyone's having a very similar story from whatever place they've come from, of utter terror of having to shelter for weeks in basements. one lady telling me that, you know, it took for 5 days of a humanitarian corridor organized by the international red cross to work because the shelling and the bombardment was so intense. so i think as movements like this, when russian shoulders are retreating and we are able to access it as journalists and witness situations on the ground to see the utter devastation and terror that

has been inflicted on the population here. soulful, ah, sif. let's talk about odessa because that as a as strategic port city in the south, which had not seen attacks until this morning. what can you tell us yet, we've spent almost 2 weeks in odessa just now. it has experienced a targeting from the black sea with its anti missile defenses at night to we've witnessed that happening to some rockets landed, but never actually managing a hit on critical infrastructure to let us happen. now, early this morning, a various missiles fired from it's believe the black sea hit, a fuel depot in oil depot in odessa black smoke billowing people in the center of the city describing a building shaking as to the impact of it. the russian defense ministry saying that it targeted those demos because ukrainians were using them to refuel their troops. in michel, i of michel, i of is

a city around 2 hours drive from odessa. it's where the ukrainians have managed to hold back russian forces for weeks. we were there are just a couple of days ago when the russians hit the civil administration building and had been relatively quiet. residents were telling us in the days preceding to that because it's been heavily shelled before. and i think today we heard also from the mayor, they're saying that several rockets targeting to again, so this is the southern fund which has been somewhat as a pause, relatively speaking. i think we'll have to wait and see whether this is going to affect whether the russians will, you know, try pushing again at mc alive. because as you mentioned, the strategy there is once they push to macula, they would want to take a data, which is of course, you cream biggest, what i believe are there for now. thank you for that update. stephanie decker there live for us in our vivian, west in ukraine. let's go now to moscow international border. ah, and hashem, or the criminal is insisting that all is,

is going to plan. indeed, kim admit to passcode the spokesperson of the kremlin, saying that the, that the main goals of the military operation will be or will be achieved. and now, if we go back to the statements that were made in the past by the top military commanders of russia, they were basically saying that the phase one is almost is, is over. and that the focus is going to be shifting to words. dog bus region where you have the 2 is some provinces of long la, la ganske and antonia. but at the same time, the operation will continue with the russian military saying that it insist and further undermine undermining the military potential of the ukrainian army. that the targeting fuel, depos, ammunition depots and the targeting, they say that they will continue to target the anti aircraft batteries and also the different sorts of, or

a defensive systems inside ukraine. this is very crucial for the russians because this is linked to the political process wishes under way the talks with the ukrainians, and they're hoping to see some some, some progress. now vladimir madden skill is the top russian negotiate a saying that he can see that the ukrainians are now adopting, moreover, realistic tone when he comes to the to the talks. and he says that they are now seem to be more willing to acknowledge the fact that they have to go. they have to embrace a neutral status. they don't, they won't be joining nature the with they won't have to have funding military bases. and that they want to acquire nuclear arsenal or weapons of mass destruction. and that if they are to contemplate a military exercise in the future, without it with any foreign troops,

they would have to have the approval from the government tools, including a russia. now when it comes to the very issues of dom bus and crimea medeski saying that the russians position remains the same, which is they want the ukrainians to acknowledge that rush that crimea is russian. and that le ganske underneath our independence states. now the russians say, while there is progress they don't share, the optimism of the ukraine is about a comprehensive a deal that is going to be signed any time. so they say that they agree to the idea of a meeting between president of the demo putting of russia and for the deposit in ski of ukraine. but they don't feel that the draft agreement is yet there, because there are many, many details, yet to be name done by both parties when it comes to the security arrangements with it comes to the security architecture to prevail after the signing of the document . when it comes to the neutrality status,

when it comes to the nature of the countries which are willing to be part of the government as of the agreement, when it comes to the demilitarization. there are many issues yet to be decided by that by all the parties. and i think this explains why the rushes are saying we are yet to get to the point where we will see putting along with her or zelinski signing the final agreement. because for them that's crucial, that's very important threshold which is going to be conducive to the permanent settlement. plus the ceasefire, which will be announced once you have a deal hashanah. how about of a law for us in moscow? thank you. ukrainian refugees have told pope frances that his condemnation of the war is important. the head of the roman catholic church is called for more compassion to wood refugees. while on a visit to the mediterranean island, nation of malta, some from ukraine tended mass and villette. he really can't speak about this issue

. he can pray for us. we can feel it. unity with other people with local people with worlds because we need support like a moral support of the support as a god pluck stones opposition is challenging a decision to dissolve parliament and held a new election in the next 90 days. the supreme court has hearing the petition. i thought that thought a 3 got a formula. some that only i prime minister him on con side step to know confidence motion in parliament. it was dismissed by the deputy speaker. you described it as part of a foreign plot. the opposition believes that had the numbers to asked com. they accuse him of mismanagement osama than j. as in islamabad, and i spoken with a prominent political leader is about to some goes into this political crisis. the opposition says the only route that it has available is via the supreme court are focused on and with the chairman of the bogus on people's body from the coalition. which is,

it says that it has the numbers in the parliament and they are going to defeat him . wrong. hon. according to the constitution of bikes on thank you very much for speaking to below. but to tell us, isn't it correct course of action to go for an election. so why is the opposition against it? no one's against lectures. in fact will reason that we proven okay. confidence cancel. mr. com is that the opposition believes that 2018 elections were heavily compromise. and in order to go towards new elections, free and fair in age, we 1st had to remove mr. ha and then conduct electoral reforms. and all of our demand was this that we have on the election. who mr. hahn is done today is not only unconstitutional. it's a coup attempt. the constitutional part responders has one legitimate democratic means to remove the prime minister as to our constitution does not allow for a, for them to not hold vote today on the,

on the new consciousness motions as our constitution does not allow the speaker to parole the session as they have done, our constitution does not allow the president of pakistan to try and dissolve the assemblies well and over this. so all that is done today is not to force a free and fair election is to force an unfair election to create a constitutional crisis. and as i said, it's a good times people and hungry of voting in an election, overshadowed by the war and neighboring ukraine. payment a civic to or bond is a close ally of russian president vladimir putin and is hoping to extend his 12 year term. the races, the closest in years opposition parties have come together to put forward a single candidate and use them as has more from budapest. let's look about a months back. it was almost too close to call up at victor. alba has made a lot of ground up, and that's because he's been using the ukraine war possibly to his own

advantage when it was the opposite reverse case a month ago. he's actually been suggesting that he is for peace because he is actually making sure that he doesn't get involved in the conflict. doesn't allow nato or to send any aid to the country from his territory. so therefore, he's taking that, that actual angle and he's trying to reduce the heavy criticism he's received for having such a close relationship with vladimir putin. so that's the way he's been approaching it. the opposition for the 1st time is united and has been trying to gain ground and it's become well quite popular. certainly the biggest challenge yet to all bands position still had on al jazeera guns on the streets. we have more from israel's prime minister. after a series of faithless hacks and

a political outside of vows to shake up the system in costa rica. ah hello there, let start in south asia and it's all about the relentless heat that's not giving up across india and pakistan within temperatures. in northern and central areas edge up into the early forty's and new delhi, we'll touch 40 by tuesday. that's not expected to end until at least next weekend. now for pakistan, karachi thing, those temperatures pick up lots of hot and dry conditions here, and they extend farther south just a few showers, edging up into carolyn aust. intensify slightly by tuesday. we will see some of the severe storms pushing into sri lanka. but for the really wet and wintry weather, we have to look to that north east corner. we will fund the storm warnings out for

a some and some of the surrounding states. some of that rain expected to trickle into bangladesh in the days to come. now was we had to each east asia, it is an improving picture for much of southern eastern china. the temperature in the north places like beijing, touching up above the average by monday. and we are going to see things improve for much of japan as that wet and windy weather sweeps out, allowing for some sunshine to come back into the south. above average, temperatures in places like the poorer and soccer and tokyo will see 18 degrees with sunshine on tuesday. the mainstream coverage of big stories can sometimes deliver more heat than light. baby was charged scenario. there's always a push to simplify and narrative. nuance is always called for even indicate an aggressive war, the listening pace down into the news, narrative and dissect. there's not our great deal of subtlety. we're talking about

the barbaric and that is unfolding as coming how unique it's not unique covering the way the news is covered on al jazeera. ah, ah, heritage is era reminder about all stories this allah washes defense ministry says it's missile strikes, have destroyed an oil refinery and 3 fuel storage facilities in odessa. ukraine's naval headquarters is in the port city. ukraine is calling on the international criminal court to visit the town of butcher nick. heave people are alleged to have been massacre there and what ukraine says could amount to war crimes. pakistan's

opposition is challenging a decision to hold a new election in the next 90 days. the supreme court is hearing a petition on to pakistan's president dissolves violent let's get more now and neo desa miss al, strike soldiers there's, i'm a law fee is now the scene of the attack. one mulatto gun at the meal album, albany. i got the aliyah medina judge me, they are trying to hit the infrastructure of the city. now the police and the mayor are preventing us from getting close to the scene to get pictures and video. because that would allow those responsible to see the results of the ifta luck and i have on here my be, and i'm where am i yours? me or what got anybody about manada or this is a very important and strategic city. in this attack will definitely has its own consequences because people will start talking about the possibility of a land operation. and if this happens,

it will scare some people who don't go about it. so this attack is significant and it will change things well. see about that. but when i was in court, no, not good coverage there for what i thought my mother can walk there and we've seen the houses that have been damaged. this is a big huck about at least 6 people have been killed in the shooting in the u. s. 8 of california that happened in the early hours of sunday in a busy area of the state capital sacramento for these closed surrounding roads. no information has yet been released about the victims or any suspects. israel's prime minister has told civilians with gun licenses to carry arms in the streets. it follows 3 fatal attacks in the past 2 weeks. john holman, is in western islam. there's a fair amount of talk and tension on the streets of wish to ru, soon right now, and that's after a couple of weeks in which 11 people have been killed in israel, in separate attacks. you can actually see the security forces that they're behind

us. there have been more security that have been put out on the streets to try and deal with that as the israeli government braces itself for more to come. there were 3 members of islamic jihad that were killed by israeli security forces just this friday. so they are expecting more danger and more tension during this period. but it's not just security forces that occurring guns here. the countries prime minister has actually said that his rabies that have weapons permits, should be going out with their weapons as well. mommy's confirming him as a once expected of israeli citizens alertness and responsibility. keep your eyes open and you want to has it gone license? now's the time to carry it. it's actually an uptick in the amount of people that are requesting weapons licenses. right now. it went from just thousands a day before the attacks to more than a 1000 off the display of attacks is really indicative of a country that is worried right now. and the government said that they're going to be on high alert,

at least until the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan and possibly a service still along the line. somalia is in the group of its worst route and 40 years is particularly bad for 5000000 people who make a living herding animals walk away reports from gun kyle we found her dear mohammed cry dear and her daughter i am sitting under a tree waiting for rain, she was told some rain fell 400 kilometers from here. so spent weeks walking that with a goats, but didn't find any posture. so she walked back. most of a livestock died on the way. like we depended on the livestock because we would eat them and sell them, but that is no more. our priority now is finding water. some people are drinking salt water and it's giving them diarrhea. we need fresh water and food as now we

cannot eat or sell the livestock because they are very weak. her dear is one of more than 5000000 people affected by the drought in somalia. about a 3rd of the population. many of them are herders who move around with their animals, following rains and seeking posture, camels and the go county. this. what's happened to most of the bushes here after the last 3 rainy seasons have failed. and so this is what happens to many of the animals and it's the animals that enable people to live in this dry environment. the, even at the best of times is difficult to survive in the plains across which to head is move where they are animals a dry as far as the i can see. and it's the same in parts of the country where people greg crops to major rivers in the south have dried up the surrounding areas used to be known as the bread basket of somalia. people here said the 1st time this has happened in living memory. near the dry river,

we met up durham anew. abraham. the river used to water his crops. he's joined the hundreds of thousands of people moving into comes after their farms. sailed an animals died. he's 70 years old and lived through several drowns, including severe ones in 20112017. but he says none have been as bad as this. then the wind motor drought happened d. b, as in the past. people fetch to deliver for water. but now deliveries dry all the way from the border to the see. many of those displaced by the past routes are still in the camps. when able to restart, their farms will restock their herds. to un says people in rural somalia are among the least able to cope with changing climate following 30 years of conflict. climate change is directly related to the drought that we are witnessing now. the frequency of those climatic shock is and are increasing people who live in rural

areas. their capacity to recover from the shocks, easy, extremely, extremely challenging because because of the frequency of the shock back in the north, the herd is he's animals have died and moving into camps 2 people have survived here, heading animals for thousands of years as the droughts become more frequent and more severe is not clear if their way of life can continue or how they will survive . malcolm web al jazeera, galka somalia, opposition empties inter lanka, have defied a curfew to march in the capital and demand that the president's step down. oh, the government declared a state of emergency divine and demonstrations over worsening economic crisis. it's banned all public gatherings and blocks social media. when fernandez is in colombo, the opposition, some get john about of a gaze. will you see members just behind me here at this that a kid that is preventing protest from going towards independence square,

the sort of monument of independence here long. as you can see, there's basically a bank of police, the military, and so special task force personnel that are behind the line over here. these barricades have been so constructed right across the road. all entry points, preventing and blocking off the independence square. and it's gotta go home, that's a rallying cry, obviously of the opposition. but even among the ordinary sri, lankan who are trying to organize to come together despite the 36 our co fuel that the government has announced that there are attempts for them to come together. that is just on the outskirts of colombo in a place called mara. gama, ordinary people have come together to protest despite the coffee. now batting in mind that the government has really brought in all its arsenault to try and prevent these protests from happening. they have brought in a state of emergency. they have put in a curfew. they brought in an extraordinary gas at an additional one,

preventing people from gathering in public places recreational ground. but despite all of that, the anger and the frustration that to has being heard throughout the country seems to be drowning out all those efforts. and people are keen for their voices to be heard. there is no okay, favorites in costa rica, we're voting a started for runoff election. former president is up against a political outsider tree. the bar reports 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 rice. the pandemic had a devastating impact on the vital tourism sector. something that most people are hoping and you precedent will be able to reverse. oh, come your call up. i'm recorded the next president. she change everything because we are very poor. there's nothing here. so i hope that from here on,

in whoever wins fight for this country, because we're costa. ricans, we have to, oh, voters will elect a new president. the sunday, in what many say is the most polarized campaigning years. they'll be choosing between former center left president jose maria figures who is promising to revive the economy, protect minority rights, and the environment. we're going to focus on the issues that are most important and for us, of course, the main one is the revival of the economy and the creation of job opportunities in this country. he face his conservative rodeo chavez, a former, well, bank employee who promises to fight corruption and has based his campaign on attacking traditional politics in the country. he's promising to clean the house. ah, that's where we have a 75. your party that only now talks about 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 faced accusations of corruption while he was in office. and chavez was accused of sexual harassment while working at the world bank because of the groups on there. the accusations of corruption against his party are real. and all these years we've seen mares and other politicians involved and scandals. with chavez, there was an investigation by the will bank and he had to resign, remained sanctions from the will bank. both candidates deny the allegations. many voters here think the candidates an offer are the worst choice they could have. and the hope is that whoever wins will be able to bring back economic growth. that is, i will, i'll to cedar a tax on crypto currencies has come into effect an india. it has a huge number of crypto investors, although initial enthusiasm may be in decline. has elizabeth bonham in new delhi.

nico cliffy has made tens of thousands of dollars investing and trading and crypto currency over the past 4 years. but the 24 year old is selling, at least half of all has digital assets before new taxes on them come into effect. from april, investors will have to pay 30 percent tax on sales of crypto currencies and won't be able to offset any losses from one against profits from another. so that's how i will be managing reducing exposure and getting more inputs, dolphin for that. but i do think the volume of trades that i am doing daily, and probably we will be seeing that increased to extend that india we will be seeing or decrease the volume because the part part is, is pretty soon. same introduction of the central governance has a major increase in crypto currency. transactions has made it essential to impulse taxes. there are around $25000000.00 india to own crypto currency, with up to $10000000000.00 worth of assets being traded every month. the average investor is just 24 years old and must have

a portfolio size of $250.00 to $1300.00. the founder of india largest trading exchange says it doesn't make sense to impose the highest tax bracket, regardless of earnings. that are a certain amount that you own in the year is not activated at all. you don't have to be back. but if you are needing to make a profit back, that you still have to be and, and which is the highest lab in the bank. and that's something open for a lot of the land. and i got a good i began investing and crypto currency when he was at university in 2016, the 23 year olds day job is running his family's carpet business. but all of his earnings are invested and crypto currencies. he's not happy about the high taxes, but believe the government isn't too bad in crypto currency after it indicated last year that it would. am i seeing that an in bargain 1st step? ah, am i happy about them?

no, i'm obviously not like happy with some of the particular things, but i think we should like regard back in december, every one was dead shorter. this is going right. they're gonna force liquidation from all exchanges and they're just gonna banish and bad didn't happen. many others agree with rog, of and say the taxes are too high and could push investors and businesses and to moving their assets to countries with more favourable tax laws. but they also agree they're better than an outright ban. elizabeth per annum al jazeera new delhi. aah! zara these, the top stories. russia's defense ministry says it's miss. all strikes have destroyed an oil refinery and 3 fuel storage facilities in odessa. ukraine's naval headquarters is in the port city. stephanie deca has more from the viv in western