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and business leaders are st. once seen, but doing and others simply booked their life. their un blasts falls climate commitments, as it warns, again, it's now or never to avoid catastrophic global warming. hello ukraine's presidents has made the journey from his bunker and keep to boucher . that's a town near the capital where russian forces are accused of slaughtering civilians, followed him here, zalinski spoke to the media, saying the international community must hold russia's president responsible for war crimes. images from recent days appear to show bound bodies shot at close range, and they hastily hastily dug mass grave. lansky says there is no doubt about russian atrocities political another's was louis should luckily, 1st of all, it's very important that we have media here. we would like you to show the world

what happened, what was done by russian military in ukraine. it's very important for you to see that these peaceful people who live without electricity or water still opposed to their russian occupies well. there's no difference between the authorities. all the people we have representatives who were captured and killed. there's out there with iran. con has been reporting from boucher just a warning. some viewers may find the following images disturbing. it was march the 10th when they 1st started burying bodies in the grounds of this church. now the priest had tells us that they had to negotiate with the russians to be able to allow this to happen. now some of these people died of the injuries because of the war. others died of natural causes. as the weeks went on, though they had to keep burying bodies, hit one on top of the other, they put them in black flags to give them some sort of dignity in death. in total, at least $68.00 people were buried. now throughout the day we've seen people come

to this church to try and find out if their loved ones actually buried. the moves hit what completely full. so this was the only option that they had. but this isn't the only burial side in this town across the town, people were bearing the dead wherever they could in the front yards in common areas . they've actually wrapped the bodies, hey, in black bags to give them some sort of dignity and death situation and luchella's bringing rob mcbride. he's joining us from the view to talk to us about the ukranian president's visit to the town. he went to see what had happened 1st. hans that's right. he obviously clearly believes it was important to be that in person to see 1st hand the seat of this alleged atrocity bring with him international media. also as you would expect, a very heavy security detail. but this being his 1st time we understand he's actually left the city of cave since the start of the war. i think it indication of

the growing confidence of the ukrainian leadership just in the, the changing situation. 3 around the country, but really expressing the kind of outrage that i think most, i think old ukrainians are feeling at the moment in the country about what has taken place. so lensky saying it is hard to negotiate with russians when they can carry out this type of war crime as he is describing it. but saying that it has never been more important to try to finish off this war to actually stop this war and to bring about peace about. but he had words for the international community saying, you know, now is the time for more sanctions to really punish russia. also calling on european nations to stop importing russian gas. also giving an open invitation to the international community and world leaders to come and see for themselves what he describes. a case of genocide in boucher and other towns and cities

the around the. 3 region is the russians vacate, and that's they do have a vacate. the latin sky says that they are uncovering nor examples. he says, of atrocities carried out by the, by the russians. people who have been summarily executed. he says, and also evidence of, of torture. and we can expect this also from the prosecutor's office here in ukraine that is investigating these alleged will crimes that if the russians withdraw the ukrainians are expecting to find more examples of what they say has been wide scale war crimes. all right, thank you so much. robin pride reporting from the v's or russia has rejected all allegations and says the videos of the bodies and boots are staged. near to i never faked axes arranged in the city or breach in care of region after the russian military left from the in accordance with the plan and agreements reach. there was a staging a few days later, which is widely promoted now from all china,

with social networks by ukrainian representatives and their western patrons are center bari has more on the kremlin response. a russian position has been one of denial and counter accusation, according to the kremlin spokesperson dmitri pest called he said earlier that a russia rejects any allegations that they had anything to do with the news that is coming out of boucher. he said that the russian officials are urging the international leaders and community to really take a minute and listen to all the different evidence that the russians will have to present before making up their minds and not to rush to any kind of conclusion. dimitri prescott also said that the accounts that they've received from the ukranian officials about the events that unfolded in boucher don't really add up to the russian version of events. according to him, the russian at defense ministry says that they left boots on march 30th. and that

when they left that city in the troops withdrew, everything was in order according to them. and that's what they have now heard a few days later. doesn't really match their accounts and their versions of events hinting that possibly there is some kind of a tampering with the footage that has come out. we've also heard that pest called saying that they believe the footage to be fake, suggesting that it's been contrived to really build this narrative against a russian forces. and this is seen as part of a larger issue. and that it's an unprecedented misinformation campaign that has been waged against russia. ukraine's 2nd largest city has been hit by more russian shelling 7 people have been killed and another 12 injured a big is in car keys. this is a point of impact, the russian we saw it hit now is clearly a residential area. now what they fire are these small, tiny pellets is metal pallet and you can see the marks all around. they've

broken the windows. you can see all the long this will be the dam, is that these do you but mocks all around this wall? you've got glass on the floor for rational. have a radius of around 10250 meters and the playground there. the cover and call window here was smashed even a van all the way back there has been hit. and it has a radius of 10255 meters. and we believe that one person was killed at this location again in the middle of residential area. this true playgrounds, either side of me, it could have been way worse. and this location 2 people were killed. the still blood on the floor. they can see through the sun that the emergency services have for over the city. bread on the bench from those people that were sitting there.

and the massage landed right in the middle of this playground, the mayor of mario poll says 90 percent of the southern besieged port city is destroyed. tens of thousands of civilians have entrust there for weeks with little food, water and other supplies. russian forces have surrounded the city and i've been bombing it for weeks. ukraine is accusing russia, blocking evacuation efforts by the red cross. there is quite a lot of people still any meaning in that absolutely. blogged episode live cj c dare from radio, but in some inhumane condition, there was no water supply, nor electricity, nor keegan, nor communications. norma had since 130000 people are still there in the city for my daughter. in law, poland prime minister has accused countries such as germany in france of not doing

enough to stop russia. sonia presidential mac room. mister president, macro. jovan, how many times have you negotiate with putin? what have you achieved? have you stopped in these actions that took place ella criminals and not to be discussed and negotiated with criminals? must be 40, is no body negotiated with hitler. would you negotiate with hitler and would you negotiate with stalin? would you negotiate with pope what fire counselors, officials all are mr. chancellors sholtes. all of it is not the voices of german businesses. german berlin is who are now holding you back from further actions that should be heard loudly. and berlin to day also hear us president joe biden has been weighing in, and he says that there is ample evidence of atrocities by russia. he was vladimir putin to be tried for war crimes. he is a war, but we have to gather the information. we advise you to provide you great with the weapons they did send you the fight and we have to get all the detail v. i actually

have a war farm broil. this guy is brutal and what's happening with our radio and everyone feeling that's very michaela. he's joining us from washington dc to discuss the remarks that were made by biden earlier on, michael, what more did he have to say? well, very strong words, sir, from president biden describing vladimir putin sections and himself as brutal as saying that he should be tried for war crimes. once all the evidence is in mrs. significant because 4 weeks the white house refused to categorize what was happening in ukraine as war crimes. however, last week president biden went ahead of his staff. it would appear describing it as exactly that. and now upping the ante in a way by describing vladimir putin as a war criminal. not president biden was asked directly whether he agrees that

a genocide is taking place in ukraine. he would not be drawn on an answer to that. remembering that genocide is a very specific term based on very specific illegal principles. obviously, president biden waiting for information on that particular aspect, but still very strong words for the 1st time describing putin himself rather than the actions in ukraine as a war criminal. thank you. so much my cana from washington, d. c. stella had on al jazeera, don't say in a somber note at the grammys. the message to musicians from craig ah ah, let's go with here a weather report. we're going to begin in the middle east. this one feature is

a whole lot of sun and high temperatures. hello, ron. good to see you. so we've got some 40 is there, including for mecca at q $837.00, but look at this. i think you're gonna hit your 1st 40 degree day of the year on thursday, while above average not record breaking stuff. it's still hot temperatures, high temperatures, to be sure. still bacon in the heat across pakistan we've got 40 is here is while temperature is above average in afghanistan. so herat at 34, that's a good 10 above where you should be, and islam abad. speaking of these 40 degree temperatures, i think your 1st day of this season will come on friday and that's getting pretty close to a record of to turkey. a band of rain is stretching from is stan ball right through the northern coast a. so that's knocked down temperatures in places like tribes on to just a high of 11 degrees and look at this heat to for the levant ramallah. 30 the number for you. on tuesday, our usual storms rolling across the central belts of africa and toward the northeast temperatures. and heart sume at $43.00 degrees, gonna lock in there for the next few days. and, you know,

for south africa durban saw it's biggest down port in more than a month. some showers nearby and same goes for cape town on tuesday with a high of 20 degrees. ah frank assessments, what are the political risks of batek russian oil gas for western leaders will sanctions on russian energy exports was informed opinions. france is not abandoning to fight to gaze jedi still resumed the area. yeah, going to be marketing from nisha and from chad. critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera? oh,

a fellow again, the top stores on al jazeera, new courage residences, travel to boot, where russian forces have been accused of killing civilians, letters. lensky says russia must be held to account. who was president joe biden was one of our boots interface straw for war crimes. moscow has denied the allegations for a minister circuit library dismissed the videos of bodies in boucher as russia is blocking evacuation at 1st by the red cross and mario full tens of thousands of people have been trying for weeks and little food, water, others suffice. zimm bas ravi reports from the v just a warning that the viewers may find some images in veins report disturbing ukrainians continue to be confronted with scenes of bodies littering streets

as they return to towns and villages abandoned by russian forces. ukraine's leaders want russia to be held accountable for what they call crimes against humanity, the mayor of the ukrainian town of martinez and 50 kilometers west of keep the local residents se was killed in an execution style, slaying her husband and son by her side. so we'll have put through my desire. mere olga patrice natural. her husband eager was to leverage and san sasha. these are our local residents who are kidnapped from the village on march 23rd. reports are also emerging of russian soldiers using tactics associated with criminal gangs. to hunt down ukrainian volunteers. in the village of several rancor, the body of a 44 year old member of the ukrainian territorial defense found in a sewage maintenance shaft. his wife said he'd been kidnapped by russian soldiers.

you villa villa. in our village there were traitors who showed them where they were, but most of them escaped as if my son. but he took another man as well in boucher one woman found her husband's body in a basement nearly 2 weeks after reported him missing. i did that because yo yos now lay your bucket. awesome. when i came down, i recognized them by shoes his trousers, his face was mutilated, his body was cold, they turned in over a little. my neighbor still has a picture of his face. he had been shot in the head, mutilated, tortured ukrainian officials are calling for forensic investigations by the united nations and the international court of justice. a global reckoning for what has happened in this country. with president villamor, zalinski has described as a genocide presented as a j, as a bush to go swimming. yet hundreds of people killed, tortured,

executed civilians that the bodies on the streets booby trapped areas. even the bodies of the dead, a booby trapped widespread aftermath of looting concentrated evils, visited our land, the killers, executioners, rapists, marauders, who call themselves an army and who deserve only death after what they've done low . even in the safety of shelters in levine, ukrainians carry their anger with them. if i could go to war, i would go, i swear i would go, i would strangle and kill these fits with my hands. hatred of pure hatred. the nazis did not do things as this gum does. peaceful people are being shot us from morning till night. houses are collapsing, families fall apart, children die every day. you hear a child died, a child died, come money, you can't counted anymore. how many civilians died? we saw it all with our own eyes, whether or not russians accused of war crimes ever face consequences. ukrainians

who have left homes and loved ones behind say, young and old will struggle to cope with the trauma of what they've seen for the rest of their lives. then basra b o g 0 live if we're going to reactions from germany on the killings in boucher, let's bring a dominant cane who's joining via skype from berlin. so what's germany been saying? pretty clear that coming from the german foreign minister, the bell book from the green party saying, but having seen those seen, the thing was describing that the german government has decided that it must expel, foresee diplomats accredited russian. diplomats from the russian embassy in berlin . now it's worth making the point that there are some estimates that represents almost 40 percent of the entire diplomatic contingent that russia has in germany. and so certainly government has said they are going to be declared persona non grata. they are no longer going to be welcome in this country. they must leave as soon as possible. the foreign minister went on to say that by dint of what had been

seen in butcher, the german government is decided it will strengthen the sanctions against russia. it will also provide more realistic assistance to the cranium government and will also nato's eastern flank, which clearly is the countries which border ukraine to the west. the interesting thing here is the view very much. it has been growing in berlin and official circles. certainly of course the last 48 hours is that something needed to be done . we heard the chancellor shots in the course of the last day or so the sanctions were going to happen. and then this morning, we heard from the defense minister again, the social democrats, which is saying that the time is now to consider whether there should be a total ban on russian gas. very strong statements coming from this government from

several different very seni administers. and the licenses relevant as i say, is this decision to expel almost 40 percent of the russian diplomats credited in the city will have to leave very shortly. thank you so much. someone came reporting from burden. hong kong is chief executive, kerry lamb says she will step down in june. her to moultrie was 5 year term, was marred by the worst social unrest in 50 years and concerns about china's growing grief on the territory. she's also been under fire for her handling of the pandemic. adrian brown reports from hong kong july 2017. and kerry lamb is sworn in hong kong for the chief executive. she'd been the territories deputy leader, so this had been expected. what was unfair seen though, with it's a multi, was events that followed months of protests in 2019 led to the imposition of a wide ranging national security law. it stifle dissent,

but provoked an exodus by those who no longer saw a future here. an exodus that has grown since the lamb administration further tightened already strict measures to combat cobit 19. more than 800000 people have left this year alone. in my view, the way the 2019 protests were handled. were evidence of incompetence and incompetent liter and political in confidence in other parts of the world. politics matters, but here we choose leaders with no political skills. and this is the communist party's deliberate decision to do. lamb says she informed mainland china's leaders about her wish not to seek her 2nd term more than a year ago. yet waited until now to make it official or gumble, i will not be taking part in the election for the sex hung on chief executive. i looked at our company, my 5 year term as she effective on the 30th of june this year. and i will offer

coin and to my 42 years of topic service. candidates who want her job have another 12 days to submit nominations. it pays more than $670000.00 a year and comes with a palatial colonial era residence. her deputy john lee is reportedly about to enter the race. carrie lamb declined to comment on her performance during the past 5 years. but a recent weeks, she's been widely criticized over her handling of the 5th outbreak of cobit 19. and the fact the city now has one of the world's highest death rates from the virus. lam once complained about the strain of serving to masters, the hong kong people and china's leaders. it's a balancing act, her successor will likely have to continue. adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, sir, like his main opposition party, has refused the president's offer to join the government. the public anger grows

against the worst economic crisis. in decades of higher roger pucks, i made the offer. after his cabinet resigned on sunday, the central bank governor also stepped down. thousands have defied a curfew to protest against government policies in recent days there calling for the roger pox of family holding the president of prime minister post to resign. the one has released a landmark report on what's being called a claim that emergency the intergovernmental panel on climate change says our planet is on track to exceed the target of $1.00 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels, beyond which the catastrophic effects of climate change that we're already seeing like, floods, droughts and super storms will only get worse. greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 43 percent and methane by about a 3rd by 2030. that can only happen if countries reduce their independence on fossil fuels and replace it with renewable energy. the judy is reached,

the verdict, entities them link. these reports of the intergovernmental panel on climate change is a litany of broken climate promises. it is a file of shame cataloguing the empty pledges that put us suddenly on track towards and, and livable worlds. we are on a fast track to climate disaster. the wealthiest person in the world has taken a major stake in twitter ascending the social media network. stock soaring, multi billionaire ill on mosque has bought shares worth nearly $3000000000.00. the chief executive of electric vehicle company tesla has been critical of social media companies. and a recent post question, twitter is adherence to free speech and hinted at launching his own plot form. well, it won't just be football that on display when the world cup comes to cut har later this year. local artist,

social plan to showcase their work during the tournament. patrick rosario latest collection is called the beautiful game. the malaysian born craftsman is painting a 100 pictures that reflect the grass roots appeal of football. i pondered. why did they call this the beautiful game? you know, what is the reason who going to a word, so phone words and call it a beautiful game. and i wanted to have something different. i was looking for something which is unique from the ordinary. and in december, i got this moment when i said, let's go back to the football, began in the streets in the, in the alleyways in the paddy fields. let me go and see what, what is on the so i did my research to find out the photographs available that people have taken from the box of the world. so when i look at a photograph, i like to think what happened before that in the streets, for example,

the dependence, all of them begun play. don't go outside in the monsoons and play. so i like the story that was, that was happened that had happened at the moment a photograph was taken. v. appreciate a lot of things because of the experiences in life as well. i grew up in east militia where we didn't have toys. we played with nature so i look at elements that is as good culture in it. it has got fun in it. it has gotten us tal janet. it has got the story behind it. i mean, don't know, and i should be fortunate a lot of artist, when i say artist, everyone singers, and dancers, and just as musicians, they all should be happy that the people don't drink to has come to a guitar. and they should take this opportunity to make use of this

the subject of football and married them with the media skills and italians, videos, dancer do things out of for, for football. so i think it's a great opportunity for artist and art. the conflict ukraine's been in the spotlight of the grammys present. a voluntary zalinski appeared in a recorded message to the world's music artists who had gathered at the awards ceremony in the u. s. city of las vegas. reynolds has more. oh, 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 went to john batista for we all. i love music. i'm classes out the little boy. i am is more than an attainment for me. it's a spiritual practice. leave the door open, it was

a big night for bruno mars. and brandon anderson of silt sonic one the best song and best record of the year. awards for leave 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 amidst all the singing and dancing. there was a somber note, struck by a video appearance with eye ukrainian president followed amir zalinski, our musicians where body armor instead of 16 or they seem to that wounded in austin, thus even to those who can't hear them, but them usually breakthrough birth, no more. 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, and best rock performance awards. just over a week after the groups drummer taylor hawkins, died unexpectedly at age 50. 0, dan did not attend the ceremony. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. ah. hello again. the headlines on algae 0 ukraine's presidents has traveled turbocharged. russian forces have been accused of killing civilians while letter muranski says russia must be held to account us president joe biden, once vladimir putin to face trial for war crimes.