ah, with a diverse range of stories from across the gland. from the perspective upon networks genesis on al jazeera, ah hong kong, as late as says, she will not seek his 2nd 5 year term as chief executive in next month selection. ah, i'm sam is a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up, international condemnation of rush are off to hundreds of bodies of found in towns near keith. moscow says it's troops and not responsible, shall anchors, entire cabinet. quit says the curfew comes to an end. the nation faces its worst

economic crisis in decades. hungary prime minister victor alba and wins a 4th term in office with a big victory and predicted in sundays election. ah, i'm at hong kong lead a carry lamb has announced she will not seek a 2nd term as chief executive. lamb says her decision is entirely based on family considerations. a 5 year tenure, sore wave of anti government protests which culminated with the adoption of bay, james national security law. opponent say the legislation has stifled much of hong kong autonomy and freedoms. go to adrian brown. now he joins us live from hong kong . so how people reacting well, sammy, this news was only confirmed during the last 3 hours,

but i think the overall impression you get here is one of indifference and apathy to what has happened. because remember, the people of hong kong have essentially been disempowered when he comes to the election of the chief executive. that's because the chief executive is selected by 1500 member committee, which is carefully vetted to ensure they are loyal to china. that way say, unless china can ensure that it gets the candidate at once on the winning ticket. so yes, overall indifference had this been expected? well, i think many people felt the carrot em was probably ever going to be a one term leader. she has that during what has been a tumultuous period in hong kong history, and she will ever, of course, be synonymous with all the bad things that have happened here in hong kong. during the past 5 years, the protests of 2019 which went home for months, and in many cases turned violent the national security law that was imposed on hong

kong by beijing. indirect response to those protests, the over the whole of the political system here. and the fact that, you know freedom's freedom of speech has all become to diminish during the past couple of years. carol lambs administration of goals will deny that is the case. but, you know, people are voting with their feet in the past 3 months alone. more than a $100000.00 people have left hong kong, many of them ex patriots business executives, and they're going to places like singapore, which of course is going to be the net beneficiary of all that's gone wrong in hong kong. right, thanks so much. adrian brown. there now ukraine and its allies of accused russia of committing war crimes after the discovery of mass graves and the bodies of civilians in virginia give the russian ministry of defense denies it. soldiers are responsible. we should warn viewers.

you might find some of the scenes to be distressing in iran con story. now 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 witness as to what happened here. and what is alleged to have happened is russian soldiers attacking civilians fleeing the city. issue over brought a drawer. he went to get some one. when all of a sudden they started shooting that hit him a bit above the heel, crashing the bone. and he fell down the chute. i shouted. don't scream or i will shoot us. then the shut off his left leg completely. then they shot him in the chest and another shot when slightly below the temple. it was a control shot to the head daughter. 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, in the russian government have 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 also be suitable to the shows and movies news because i was here today, be fine anyhow, a port unity to reduce that of what happened with hero. all this view become evidence in our case give is cory, in the outskirts of butcher russian forces shelled houses the residency. there were effectively held hostage resumed them. the russians broke into our house isn't took them over. they told us not to go out at night on the main road leading into boucher. this rushing 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 search the town, that figure could rise much higher. i've counted at least 10 dead bodies down this road there waiting to be picked up. the we taken to the morgue. 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. m. wrong con, our desert butcher. and more disturbing footage is emerging from ukraine should give you another warning that some of the following images may also prove to be disturbing. a mexican broadcast there captured these scenes in his pin,

which is near the town of which i mentioned it in rounds for thought. it shows bodies in civilian clothes, lying in houses, alleyways, and fields. ra mcbride joins us from love. if so quite disturbing scenes there ukrainian president is calling another world leaders to come check out the aftermath of themselves. any sign of that happening faster either has been, as you would expect, a very strong risk or a response from vladimir zalinski. yes, we are seeing it almost by the hour. more scenes of horror being revealed from these town satellite towns around a cave that do seemed to indicate atrocities carried out alleged atrocities carried out by a departing russian troops as the ukrainian sir take back. some of these towns where we know that in boucher they are still finding more bodies. there is the main stretch of road where the initial by bodies were discovered, allegedly some of them with their hands tied and shot through the head. they are

still discovering bodies in boucher in back alleys and in back gardens. the coroner of that town has been quoted as saying that a, by the end of the 1st week in march jer, after the initial assault at the town, was dealing with a 100 bodies killed in the, in the battles that were taking place in and around the town that the mortuary complex became completely overwhelmed and that's why they had to add, dig a, make shift, a mass grave as a lensky has called this war crimes is called a genocide, a they have announced that the ukrainians themselves will launch their own prob, investigation into this he is called for investigators to be sent from the international criminal court. and as you mentioned, there has called for. busy world leaders themselves to come and see, come and see. he says, what the russians have done. he has said that the world has seen enough war crimes and says that what has happened in ukraine should be in his words,

the last evil on earth that nothing like this should happen again. but all of these towns around the, especially the north west part of a cave which saw a lot of heaviest fighting. the towns of her stomach err, canucks ever, for example, they too have been uncovering bodies. there, there is now a video circulating on one of the news agencies of a walk around the, the town of early pin, with the camera person being shown bodies in back gardens, their bodies lying in streets. there are eye witness accounts of people who as apparently were surrendering who had their hands up and were shot. so there is a lot of evidence emerging, a lot of allegations emerging about what russian soldiers appear to have done as they departed. and we heard that the mare of keith is calling for a ban on russian gas. and in the past 24 hours or so, the fighting has continued across ukraine. there's been more shelling in the

northern city of harkins again, 7 people kill their 34 injured civilians, including children and down in nikolai, of down on the southern her front in this war. again, more shelling and of course, the people in odessa had been dealing with those missile attacks that happened sunday, which set a fuel dumps ablaze over the city. all right, thanks so much. rob mcbride that rushes defense ministry says ukraine's accusations are unfounded, and all its murder truths, units rather left boucher. 4 days before the footage was released. hash matt about a has more from moscow. there's been a statement from the russian ministry of defense dismissing the report about mass murder in butcher. they say that the foot is coming up from there is a provocation. and they also said in a statement that when they took over butcher,

people were given access to leave the area include including to words north towards bella ruse. they also say that their forces left boucher on the 30th of march and that before that the ukrainians were to blame for massive shelling of the southern outskirts of butcher. and i have to say that since the start of this military operation, the russians have being saying that the, facing an unprecedented or misinformation disinformation war and they have been accusing the west, the americans for deflecting the attention on the core issues that russia has been dealing with and they say that we've been telling them that we have a huge concern about the military situation and in ukraine, but those parties were incomplete denial about realities. on the ground, germany's defense minister says the you must consider banning the import of all

russian gas after reports of atrocities committed by russian forces near keith. as get reaction from germany, dominate cane is live for us in berlin, dominic before we start with the statements from germany. we've also got some statements from the french president. is france about to end import or wants to end in ports of russian at energy. one of the interesting things here is that president makin speaking on french radio did not specifically talk about russian gas, talked about russian, coal and oil. but basically he was saying that the scenes in butcher, which have been played out on television screens, computer monitors, over the course of the last day, 2 days, 3 days, have been so bad that he thinks something needs to be done. he says, it appears as though that his words, that russian soldiers carried out these attacks and that therefore they need to be held responsible and brought to book for it. quite how that would happen. he did

not make clear, but he did say that they had to consider the possibility of russian coal and oil being further sanctioned as it were. the interesting thing in so far as then moving it to germany is that what you have here is a growing recognition from the political elite here, certainly the governing parties. that what's in place right now is not enough in so far as sanctions is concerned. so different voices, again from the same party. as mrs. lambert, the defense minister, over the course, the last 24 hours have been saying that further measures are needed. so the, the general secretary, as it were of the party yesterday evening was saying that the tap to russian gas was being tightened further. and we know that the chancellor, mr. shots over the course of the last few days in response to the scenes from butcher said that further sanctions would be necessary. we know that his colleague, the foreign minister and william bell bought from the green party and said

substantially the same thing. so it's pretty clear that the scenes in butcher have been greeted with revulsion, not just in berlin, but also in paris. it seems, and there is a growing willingness to talk about it's much further sanctions. the key for germany at least, is if they were, as it were to push this idea of absolute ban on all russian energy, there would be a very serious short fall in the amount of gas available to all sorts of different uses. be that domestic people in their households, but also industry and we don't know as yet how the german government would seek to address this drastic shortfall if such a band were introduced. and that was dominant, came from berlin. al serra had on al jazeera dishes where body armor instead of succeed at this scene to that wanted in order to

dos even to those who come here them. but them use ukraine takes center stage of the grammy awards, frozen, and savanski, or jazz musicians to support his nation. ah, back now to our top story in the decision of carry lamb not to seek another term as chief executive of hong kong. lamb took power in 2017 as hong kong 1st female leader. as we mentioned, her tenure saw a security crack down on both protesters and the media with worse social unrest in half a century triggered by a controversial extradition bill. lamb successor will be picked in may by a committee of mostly pro bay ging loyalists. joseph chang is a political analyst and former professor of political science at city university,

hong kong. he joins us from oakland in new zealand. good, have you with us? so why has caroline made this announcement? now if she informed bay jing a year ago? well, we don't know. probably beijing, as thought may, is decision until very, very recently. are you gave the new show, excuse off, according party to a family are, but the general reading has been decor administration has not done well in the combat of the co it epidemic. and the economy in hong kong is not in good shape. he also doesn't get along well to pull the jean cam ah, in hong kong in china to day the leadership demands very strong accountability from local officials in a combat of cobit ah, andy. this difficult,

therefore for begin to retain a given the rocket difficult situation, or rather difficult epidemic situation in the territory. and related to that then how much of this is beijing's decision, right? assume it lee, if they wanted her to stay on one supposes they probably would have convinced her papa re. so the, again, the general speculation is, is you have chinese leaders would like her to stay or they would be in a position to pursue a her or to continue to serve i, who is impulse position to take over in the recent day. actually, all pointers seem to be indicating that a jane has made this decision and the are candidate almost so

candidate is the is on the, are the chief secretary for administration. and it is generally expected that there may not be an under strong contender because the gym would like are the candidate to win, you know, very convincing way. and what does that bode? i mean, the carry lambs, period in power has been one of transition to what many saw as tighter control from beijing does that trajectory? continue by, by all indications certainly. so i think how come people have no high expectations with the got 2 of you both. so to democracy, to us, strengthening of human rights world law and so on it, it's generally believes that the heart mind, authoritarian 9 will continue. and this will very much be concern by

sunday, a party congress to be held this autumn when season pain will probably receive a 3rd term for the fact that john need is a police officer and a fact as to suit that he certainly was seen to be reliable in closings, a crackdown during the umbrella and during the riots in the 2nd half of 2019 are best not for well for the prospects of law and democracy and respectful human rights in the territory in the coming years . all right, thanks so much. good to get your thoughts on that. joseph chang. thank you. my hunger is 5 minutes to victor. alba has declared victory in an election, overshadowed by the war and neighboring ukraine. or van is

a close ally of russian president vladimir putin. his early results give his party a comfortable majority in parliament under simmons reports from budapest tomb for victor oberon, who likes to think of himself as the strong man of yield. his supporters are elated . whatever the overall thinking hunger, his voters have given their leader an overwhelming vote of confidence. i guess your lives in case we look pretty good. we'd never looked as good as to night. i'm. if we won a huge victory from it can even be seen from the moon, but in brussels for sure. that last quit was aimed at the you all. bam is its biggest critic from within me model for the leader of the opposition. peter, mark his i, who had brought together 6 parties in the united alliance. it was a humiliating loss in his home town and the overall defeat for his alliance. there

is no democrats in hungary, there is no free and for action. regardless of the result. only weeks ago, opinion polls showed mark his eyes opposition gaining support. the war in ukraine and all vans close relationship with russia's president vladimir putin appeared to be negative factors that all van toll voters, they were safe with him. he wouldn't get involved in the war. nato and the e u may be giving military support, but they will be non from hungary. and so the ornate national assembly building in budapest remains dominated by all them. it stands as a symbol of defiance to the liberal policies of the e. u. and of all bones cooperation with russia and china for the european union. i think this will be a very heavy dilemma, because if that would be a left side victoria, and apparently it would be a leg tonight. i'm sorry, the question maybe posed better. the existence of semi also retiree and members

faith in the european union. it's really just a temporary challenge, or that will be the new business as usual. on monday, a european team of observers will announce whether they view the election is free and fair. in the 2018 poll they declared it wasn't fair. amount may, will be the verdict this time opposition parties will have been telling them that problems have included limited access to the media and government induced buyers, vast majority of news outlets. and so what caused this a power turnaround in all vans position? that could be a number of factors inaccurate opinion polls hold on, claiming that the opposition wanted hungary to join the war ukraine and perhaps more than any of the others. the fact that so many people wanted a trusted strong leader at a time of crisis. andrew simmons, which is era, budapest now in neighboring serbia, the incumbent president,

is also celebrating reelection was a land slide renfrow. alexander butcher, nearly 60 percent of the vote. speaking to support, as he said, the war and ukraine had affected his campaign. but he says there are no plans to move away from entangling close ties with russia while aspiring to join the european union to sherland canal where all cabinet ministers have resigned as anti government. protesters defied curfew orders. the protesters are calling for the raja pucks, her family, holding the president and prime minister's post to step down. the country is facing its worst economic crisis in decades with shortages of food fuel, and medicine. under chappelle reports across the island, a sudden groundswell of opposition to the roger pots of family and what's widely seen as a man made crisis. protestors defied

a government curfew on sunday prompting. she longed his entire cabinet to resign. all 26 members except for the president go to buy roger parker and his brother, the former president. now prime minister may hinder roger boxer. 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 not. we would like to tell the government that whatever happened today, they can 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, tear gas, or shooting into the economy is in tatters. it's the worst economic crisis in 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 to talk about basic, right? all right, to fuel or i do. oh, energy, if you don't have power of home, almost 16 hours a day, now there's no gas, there's no pet chill. there is nothing to eat. there is no medicine. what can we do if this continues? we will have 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 what's up and other messaging services to stem to protest. it backfired. o a position figures called 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. anomaly. what's more, the protest appeared to be drawing people from across ethnic and religious lines uniting to challenge the status quo. namely, the ruling family in charge. andrew chapel al jazeera. now in pakistan, a special bench of the supreme court will decide on the validity of the dissolution of parliament. it follows a day of dramatic developments that left the country and political limbo, sad. i've been jervey reports from islamabad. o, members of parliament arrived 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. mclaughlin was put on the deputy speaker, immediately dismissed the notice boat against prime minister in mount han minutes after he appeared on state t. v. president type go advised, pays dear. i advised the president to dissolve the national assembly under article

$58.00 off the nation to prepare a fresh elections with buyers massage. and on q, the president announced the dissolution of the assembly. opposition and bes, called the actions illegal and unconstitutional. in the absence of the speaker and his deputy, an interim speaker in a 195, m. p. went ahead with the vote of no confidence, a simple goat has turned into a constitutional crisis. according to the opposition, the only way forward is abiding by democratic norms. and the rule of law in pakistan, it's who attended. the constitution of pakistan does, has one legitimate democratic means to remove the prime minister bugs on us rule office motion. our constitution does not allow for, for them to not hold you to day on the, on the no continuous 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 while ago. his 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 and issued notice 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 don't have any that 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 its democracy is looking to the judiciary, to help it survive a constitutional crisis from a job without a 0 is i'm about the 64th annual grammy awards has taken place in las vegas, the music industry's biggest night of the year. but it was ukraine that took center

stage as president vladimir zines care paid in a pre recorded message, rob reynolds reports. i do, but he got slapped on stage at the music industry. big night lady got no doubt much to the relief of the assembled celebrities and the jose comedian trevor noah. we're going to be dancing. we're going to be singing. we're going to be keeping people's names out of our mouths. you ward for album of the year when to john batista. we all, i love music up and play as, as i was a little boy. i am is more in attainment for me as a spiritual practice. leave the door open. it was a big night for bruno mars in brandon anderson of silk, san one. the best song and best record of the year awards relieved the door open. thank you guys. so much i'm still having

a very good evening. 19 year old olivia rodrigo took home 3 awards, including 4 best pop vocal and best new artist. this is my biggest dream come true . thank you so much. don't say what amidst all the singing and dancing there was a somber note struck by a video appearance with eye ukrainian president, florida. mir zalinski, our musicians where body armor instead of like center. they seem to that wounded in hosted us even to those who can't hear them, but the music will break through. oh no, no. beyond american music, a posthumous grammy was awarded to the legendary mexican mariachi artist descent de fernandez. i finally there was a bitter sweet honor for the food fighters, one best rock album, best rock song.