ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it for you. exceptional katara always going places to go. ah. ready icon leader kerry lamb says she will not seek a 2nd term in next month's election. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from de, also coming up the un calls for an independent investigation after rush was accused of committing to war crimes in ukraine. feel dissatisfied with your music until it to day to tell our story. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski appeals to the music industry for support during the grammy awards on shoreline,

cuz anti cabinet resides, as the country grappled with its worst economic crisis in decades. ah, hong kong leader carry lab amount. she will not seek a 2nd ton. her successor will be picked in may when the election for a new chief executive is due to take place. lamb presided over hong kong during massive anti government protests in 2019 a. we'll be talking to our porter in hong kong a little bit later in the program. more disturbing footage is emerging out of ukraine of the valence reportedly committed by russian troops. they withdrew from positions near the capital. a warning some of the following images are distressing. a mexican broadcaster has captured these scenes in error pin,

which is on the outskirts of keith. it shows the dead bodies of what appeared to be civilians lying in houses, alleyways and fields. extensive damage has also been cause to building in the area . we'll have a similar scenes in the nearby town of boucher also close to keith ukraine as a cruised russia of carrying out a deliberate masika that harrowing footage of bodies in civilian clothing lying in the streets. a sparked outrage around the world. ukraine's government says it has evidence of war crimes and im calling for tougher sanctions on moscow. will the killings or alleged have taken place as russia pulled its troops back from ki towns near the capital. officials in boucher se around 300 civilians were killed, many buried in mass graves, with some showing signs of torture. russia denies the accusations. moscow is now repositioning its forces for increased attacks in the south and east of ukraine. m and con reports. now after visiting boucher we wouldn't scenes of absolute destruction in the outskirts of beach of as we went in the scene go worse and worse,

particularly for the residents that were returning there. the 1st time that they'd seen what happened to their homes. but the ukrainian politicians are using to very key terms of the moment to describe what's happening in boucher and in ukraine. the 1st one is genocide. they say that this is a genocide. now genocide is very specific legal term, but the ukrainians are using this as a very a motive term. the 2nd one is war crimes. are they saying that they will try and prosecute russia for the atrocities that are being committed in ukraine? let's take a closer look, but before we do, i just want to say that this report contains graphic images right from the very beginning. most bodies have been removed and the ones that are left have yet to be picked up. each has to be photographed and documented the dead. a silent witnesses to what happened here. and what is alleged to have happened is russian soldiers

attacking civilians are fleeing the city. he shall oh, brother, he went to get some work. when all of a sudden they started shooting, they hit him a bit above the hill, crushing the bone, and he fell down. the chute shouted, don't scream or i will shoot them the shaft, his left leg completely. then they shot him in the chest and another shot went slightly below the temple. it was a control shot to the head door. no, no. he. the mayor of ki, visited boucher to show solidarity and express anger. is genocide jill side of ukraine, m population. more than shaw is it, people in russia and the russian government has to pay for their painful price officials, a gathering evidence and will submit their findings that may well form the basis of a war crimes investigation. you'll also be able to watch on the shelf, but i am of witness because i was here today. we finally have opportunity to reduce to the what hopping of hearing all this view become evidence in our case,

give is cory. in the outskirts of beecher, russian forces shelled houses the residency. there were effectively held hostage whistle with them. the russians broke into our house is in, took them over. they told us not to go out at night on the main road leading into butcher this russian convoy of heavily armored vehicles lies completely destroyed. it stands testament to the ferocity of the fight. the town was retaken by ukrainian forces on the 31st of march. it's only now the what happened here can be documented . so far the municipality has found $300.00 bodies. but as they searched the town, that figure could rise much higher. i've counted at least 10 dead bodies down this road. they're waiting to be picked up the we taken to the more well they'll be recorded and eventually even picked up perhaps by their loved ones. although the bodies will be removed from this road,

the scars that this town is feeling will take a lot longer to heal as well. the clean up grigory tries to sweep away some of their debris, but it's almost futile. he tries anyway, but the scale of destruction is simply too much. now, president vladimir zalinski is also been speaking. he had a message to france, his our cozy and germany's merkel. he basically said, ah, ukraine wants to invite merkel and sa cosy to come to boucher and to see what 14 years of concessions to russia looks like he's referencing there. the fact that a europe reply relies on gas supplies from russia also went on to say that he wants to us, once russia's leaders to see what their orders have done in ukraine. so lots of very strong language. lots of very emotive terms coming out there from present vladimir, select zalinski, and as we see more and more untrusted his more and more of the effects of war

coming to light over the next coming days. expect that language to get stronger. will the killings and butcher had provoked global outrage? the 2nd general of the united nations as call for an independent investigation into the deaths? my county has more from washington d. c. the images emerging from the town of boucher have central ripples of shock and revulsion around the globe. indeed this is genocide appearing on a u. s. network ukraine's president cited them as yet more proof that russia is conducting a campaign of genocide. we are the citizens of ukraine, and we don't want to be subdued to the policy of the russian federation. this is the reason we are being destroyed and exterminated, and this is happening in the europe of the 21st century. so this is the torture of the whole nation. and president lensky later delivered this message in a televised address. hundreds of people tortured to death, shot with peaceful people and bodies on streets, minds around houses,

and even dead bodies everywhere looting, concentrated evil came to our country, murderers, rapists, robbers, looters that call themselves an army. and they all deserve the death penalty after what they've done. rushes aggression, us secretary of state, described the images as a punch to the gut, since the aggression we've come out and said that we believe that russian forces have committed war crimes. and we've been working to, to document that to provide the information that we have to the relevant institutions and organizations that will put all of this together. and there needs to be accountability for the reaction of the u. s. western allies was summed up by the german chancellor, the modern, fancy, the listeners, antique sub russia. the murder of civilians is a war crime. we must relentlessly investigate these crimes committed by the russian armed forces. i demand that international organizations, such as the international committee of the red cross,

be given access to these areas, to document the atrocities and the perpetrators. and those in charge of the must be held accountable by listen. so i soft consoling that the issue of accountability is echoed in a statement by the un secretary general. i am deeply shocked by the images of civilians killed in boucher ukraine. he says it's essential. ready that an independent investigation leads to affective accountability. in his interview, president lensky also called for increased sanctions, but added that what was even more important was formal security guarantees from the u. s. in particular, the us secretary of state. so sanctions are continually being reviewed and if necessary, tightened. but the by that administration has been silent on the issue of written security guarantees. and that will be a matter for discussion at the white house in coming days. as well as in congress.

mike hannah jazeera washington will ask about our top story now. hong kong leader carry lamb not seeking a 2nd term out there as agent brown joins us live now from hong kong. adrian. so do we know if this was her decision to go to jump or what she pushed? well caroline has been speaking to the media during the past hour and she insists the decision that she took was hers and she cited family reasons for her decision to go. now, she said that she inform china's leaders of her decision to stand down last march. during the national people's congress in beijing, when china's parliament approved a radical overhaul of hong kong electro system. now as you rightly pointed out in your introduction down the past, you know, 5 years have been tumultuous ones for hong kong. and we had the protests in 2019 we

had the input imposition of a of a new national security law. and then of course we had cove at 19, you know, we're still wearing face mars here in hong kong. and hong kong has some of the most harshest restrictions around the world. and i think that has also worked against her. she is a leader who has been under enormous pressure. you know, when she came into office in 2017, she promised to heal the divisions in hong kong society. that hasn't happened in many ways. those divisions have deepened when she came into office, you know, her popularity stood about 63 percent. it's now down to 27 percent. so i think carol lamb has been, you know, really in a very untenable position, her life has been turned upside down. i think at the end of the day, she just felt it wasn't worth carrying on. i mean, as a feeling that you know, if hong kong is to move forward, if it is to have a new look, it needs a new face at the top and a face is not connected with all the bad stuff that happened during the past 5

years. yeah, age and in terms of serving forward the election for the next chief executive will be held next month. so who are the main contenders now that well, there's a lot of speculation in the media here that the man who is the strongest contender is a guy called john lee. now he is, the former securities are in hong kong. he's now a number 2 in the hong kong government, the chief secretary, he a seems to have a lot of support and it's thought and this is what really matters. darren is that he is the candidate the probably beijing would prefer most. the fact that he has been in charge of security takes a very important box, but china at this time, what other candidate we also know about who's going to throw his hat into the ring as a is a kung fu master, and, and actor and her. i think the others will follow in the days to come, but really they, the candidate that matters probably will be will be john lee or its agent about

life as they're in hong kong. adrian, thank you. i time for a short break here now to 0. when we come back, political symbol in pakistan, prime minister imran. com dissolves parliament and comes from new elections plus africa's largest. all producers fast running out of options that heat the industry's functioning. and there's no solution in sight more or less ah, the journey has begun. the 3 full world cup is on its way to catherine group. your travel package to the sun, the name of the game, and high heat. hey everyone, we're focusing on the middle east where there are temperatures in the 40. as we look at mca 40 degrees bach that also coming in at 40 and i think in the days to come will add more to the 40 degree heat focusing on monday, across the gulf states kuwait. at 38. i'm going to put this several days for now.

we'll find ourselves on saturday, seeing this sand and does pick up. but look at some these temperatures. q weights at 43. looks like doha will have its 1st 40 degree day of the season. now if we look toward pakistan, they're sweating it out in the heat wave here. so karachi at 39 degrees, if we get you up to 40, that will be 5 days in a row that you hit 40 degrees and i think you may do it after turkey. what weather has swept through is stumble, mostly cloudy on monday. but i think we will see the sun poke out. also got heat across the levant is while ramallah 28 degrees. central africa wanted to focus on the storms go in through here, but also the temperature and heart tomb at $44.00. you can a lock in there for the next several days. it's not going to be record breaking stuff, but it is above average of to southern africa right now. what, whether continues for eastern portions of south africa and some showers dance back into cape town on monday, with a high of 22 degrees casa airway official airline of the j.

mainstream coverage of big stories can sometimes deliver more heat, then light any water scenario. there's always 8 to force to simplify. narratives. nuance is always called for even in the case of an aggressive war, the listening pace delve into the news, narrative and dissect them. there is not our great deal of subtlety. we're talking about the barbarism that is unfolding as though we somehow unique. it's not unique covering the way the news is covered. on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back to pick them out about top stories here. this al hong kong, the carolina has announced she will not seek

a 2nd turn her successor will be picked and made with the election is due to take place. lamb presided over hong kong during massive anti government protests in 2019 . but more disturbing footage is emerging out of ukraine of violence potentially committed by russian troops. they withdrew from positions near the capitol, dead bodies of what appeared to be civilians were found lying in houses, alleyways and fields in a pin. and there were similar scenes in the nearby town of boucher, also close to key ukraine as accused russia carrying out a deliberate masika that it says that as evidence of war crimes moscow denies the allegations but more now our top story carry lamb decided not to seek a 2nd term as chief executive of hong kong. let's bring in keith richberg. he's director li, diversity of hong kong journalism and media studies center. he joins us via skype from hong kong. so don't know if this was carrie lamb's decision to go. did she jump or was she pushed? do you think keep well that's a good question because like,

like everyone who resigned from any office the world, she of course cited family reasons for stepping down. but look, if they didn't get, wanted her to serve another term. i think she would have served another term and i think she would have liked to have served another term. but she said in her announcement that she actually made that decision in march of 2021. so one year ago and only announced today, we don't know, we don't know if that's accurate, but we, we think that she was not going to get another term. the speculation on our part. but we noticed that, you know, officials in china have been dismissed because of their mishandling of the pandemic situation. in some cases, not as badly as it was mishandled here in hong kong. so i don't think there was any chance you was going to get another term. yeah, and it's worth pointing out, keeping karen, i'm has been a leader. i'm the enormous pressure agency. i mean the 2019 pro democracy protest, the cobit pandemic. this new security law wasn't, it was just too much for her. do you think? well, i mean, don't forget, some of these crises were of her own making the 2019 protest. so she triggered them

. she triggered them by putting in this very ill thought out and widely despised extradition bill that would have allowed criminal suspects in hong kong to be extradited to china. and you, when you've got a 1000000 people marching in the streets, you know, some say to 1000000 some say only a few 100000, but whatever it is, massive numbers of people marching against this bill. and her reaction was to double down and say, we're still going to do it anyway. she compared the hong kong people, the children. she said with my children want something i don't get given to them. and so it was kind of this kind of combination of kind of stubbornness and an unwillingness to back down that made her one of the most popular leaders in hong kong history. and then the protest and which then when, when hong kong could not handle the protests, really, that's when the mainland stepped in and imposed this kind of very draconian national security law. so. so the challenges were partly of her own making, including the pandemic. you know, we've had 2 years of relatively low corona virus cases here in hong kong,

2 years to get ready for this. i'm across outbreak and hong kong was completely unprepared. i'm just a, just a final thought to you. k. let's talk about a possible successor for caroline. what do we know about john lee? we understand he's the, he's a preferred candidate from beijing. what, what, what do you know about him? oh, we know that he spent most of his life as a policeman. he look up, he came up through the ranks of the police for many, for decades, and then he went over to become head of security in 2017 and then moved over to become the number 2 official which they called chief secretary here. but his entire life and career has been in kind of security and law enforcement. so, i mean, if china wants to emphasize kind of the security aspect, the national security aspect, you know, making sure that i know hong kong or is don't, you know, rise up again and then kind of demonstration, they'll put, they'll put a cop in charge. so that's what we know about him. the other leading candidate we

thought might be the financial secretary all chance, but we haven't heard lately whether or not he plans on, on entering the ring a 1st, but really good to get your thoughts. thank you very much and the thing. thank you . national anchors cabinet ministers of resigned or mass falling an outbreak of protests against the government's handling of an unprecedented economic crisis. the prime minister still remains in the jaw bass. does his brother, the president, the government's running extremely low on foreign cash reserves and is struggling to import basic goods under chappelle reports across the island, a sudden brown swell of opposition to the roger pox of family and what's widely seen as a man made crisis. protestors defied a government curfew on sunday, prompting sri lanka, entire cabinet to resign. all 26 members, except for the president goods by roger boxer and his brother, the former president. now prime minister melinda rodge, epoxy. after declaring

a 36 hour curfew, the government cut off social media to try and prevent these demonstrations in a suburb of candy protestors. grievances were met with tear gas and water cannon, university students, professionals, mothers and children. all came out despite government orders. i knew it again. oh yeah, i don't, i will not. we would like to tell the government that whatever happened today, they can't stop tens of thousands of people joining the struggle. it is a joke if the government pieces can stop this people's protest by using barriers under tear gas or shooting and saw the economy is in tatters. it's the worst economic crisis and decades. people are angry at the sky, rocketing cost of living, increasing shortage of essential goods and rolling blackouts. the government is saddled with huge debts and dwindling reserves. the now limit its ability to bring in basic supplies. critics say mismanagement bad planning and corruption has aggravated the situation. we have tipped off upon basic, right. all right,

to p o r i to, oh, energy. if you don't have paul the foam almost 16 hours a day. now there's no gas, there's no pet trill, there is nothing to eat. there is no medicine. what can we do if this continues? we will to jump into the sea. with frustrations boiling over and protesters attempting to storm his home. president roger pucker assumed emergency powers and briefly blocked access to whatsapp and other messaging services to stem to protests . it backfired o, a position figures called the measures illegal. sri lanka is not a dictatorship. this is a democracy and we will fight for the rights of the people and we will fight to protect democracy in alabama. what's more, the protest appear to be drawing people from across ethnic and religious lines uniting to challenge the status quo. namely, the ruling family in charge. andrew chappelle al jazeera pakistan's opposition is

challenging a decision by prime minister inborn can to dissolve parliament and hold new elections in 3 months, cannot been facing the prospect of defeat and a confidence vote table by m. p. 's. the supreme court will hear the opposition's petition on monday. sullivan j report from islamabad. o, members of parliament derived expecting a vote of no confidence, but in what some say appeared to be a planned exercise. the newly appointed law minister said the resolution was linked to a foreign conspiracy to contact them with. the deputy speaker immediately dismissed the loan for spoke against my minister amount of hon. minutes after he appeared on stevie presidents, i go, advised, pays dear. i advised the president to dissolve the national assembly under article 58 in austin nation to prepare for fresh elections with buyer's visitors. and on cue the president announced the dissolution of the assembly. opposition and bes

paul, the actions illegal and unconstitutional. in the absence of the speaker and his deputy, an interim speaker in a 195 impedes, went ahead with the vote of no confidence. a simple vote has turned into a constitutional crisis. according to the opposition, the only the forward is abiding by democratic norms and the rule of law in boxed um, it's a coup attempt. the constitution of pakistan does, has one legitimate democratic means to remove the prime minister focused on industrial motion. our constitution does not allow for a, for them to not hold. we'll do 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 went over this motion is spending. 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. in an exceptional decision, the supreme court heard the opposition's plea in issued notices to all concerned

parties. is this a banana republic, or is it a constitutional republic? i honestly feel that this is not going to turn into a banana republic if the millions of pakistani, so feel and think and act like i do have any little say in the matter the deputy attorney general has resign thing. his government's actions were unconstitutional. while the government has indicated that elections will be held in 90 days, no prime minister has ever completed 5 years in office in pakistan, and not for the 1st time. it's democracy, he's looking to the judiciary to help it survive a constitutional crisis from a job without a 0. his arm about israeli forces of arrested 10 palestinians or what they're calling, writing and attacking officers. scuffles broke out near damascus gaging. alrighty? jerusalem late on sunday, the palestinian wed. kristen says 11 palestinians were at least 6 people had been killed and 12 injured in the shooting in the us state of california. it happened in

the early hours of sunday in the center of the state capital sacramento. and he said there were multiple shooters, but none are in custody. we have really limited information about 2 o'clock in the morning last as this morning. our officers were in the area here at 10th and k, and they heard shots being fired. they responded to our scene behind me and located a large crowd. they found that multiple people, unfortunately, had been shot. and this is a really tragic situation to south down now where an agreement has been signed to create a unified command of the armed forces. president sow the can, is rival vice president rick mcgraw, attended a ceremony in juba, where they agree to saunas that guns for the sake of the country. nigeria is experiencing nationwide power cuts caused by poor electricity generation and distribution. businesses and homes are relying on generators. but the rising cost

of diesel is only adding to the problems of interest reports and nat geo, as commercial capital lakes workers. so this cosmetics factory package, the dease production, under hot conditions, the air conditioners was switched off to say fuel consumption, by the factories for generators. those who run the company say they can't remember the last time the production line was operated with power supply from the national grid. we were given when for hours with don't. so we have corporate down that of the issue without the fear on the causal of visible recovery generating gel, everything super low or how far we've got it above it. great. we've not been able to read through the prices of factories like this, and not only worried about how expensive diesel has become finding enough to power the generators is also a challenge. despite having 40 find the rece nigeria,

africa's biggest oil producer doesn't refine. it's called instead, it imports and the recent oil price increase because of the conflict in ukraine could only mean one thing. diesel and other refined products have become more expensive. nigerian electricity grady has failed twice this. managers are blaming gas shortages and low water levels in the countries hydro, electric, dams, distribution companies, i'm able to deliver more than 60 percent of electricity normally generated. forms and factories. manufacturers aren't sure how long they will keep their machines running. it has say, and then guides are already lean working capital, which means that we are going to have to dive at all right, value, all of our working capital to provide this one. i to secondly,

it will reduce the use of the cut installed capacity that we have, because we can no longer randi, number of chiefs doctor your own it. we leads to the increase in the cost of our products. those he is are now real prices of industrial goods in the market have increased nigeria, current electricity supply is only 4000 megawatts for population of more than 200000000 people. as electricity supply worsens, thousands of industries have stopped working, throwing millions out of their jobs. how many edris? al jazeera, lagos, nigeria, the 64th annual grammy awards are taking place in las vegas. the music industry is biggest night of the year. the american singer john legend joined ukrainian artist on stage to share a message of hope. ukrainian president of blood in his lensky hills, had paid at the grammys in a pre recorded message. he appealed to art is to use their voice to help bring an end to the wall. powwow musician square body armor instead of cedar. they seem to

that wounded in hosted dos, even to those who come to hear them. but the music will break through. anyway, we defend our freedom to leave to lot to sound on our land. we are fighting russia, which brings horrible silence with its bumps the dead silence filled the satins william music villa to day to tell our story, ah, type of creature. the headlines here on al jazeera, hong kong leader carry land that's announced she will not seek a 2nd term, a success it will be picked in may when the election, the chief executive is due to take place. lamb presided over hong kong during massive anti government protest in 2019 adrian brown as more from hong kong. it, caroline has been speaking to the media during the past hour.