witnesses life witness to sarah holding the powerful to account. as we examined the u. s. seats row in the world on al jazeera ah, ukraine's president visits the town near key for hundreds of civilians were found dead after russian forces retreated. moscow dismissed his allegations of a massacre as fake i made growing demands for a war crimes trial. ah, hello barbara, sarah, are you watching al jazeera alive from london also coming up? it uses a file of shape cataloging the empty pledges that put us firmly on trek to warrenson

and livable was un. she's on tony. good. heritage accuses governments of stocking global warming. as a new report warns it's now or never to avoid catastrophic climate change. plus, wow, protesters keep up their calls for sri lanka as president to go as he disbands the government and offers to share power with the opposition. ah. hello, thank you for joining us. ukraine's president has been to the town of butcher just outside keith, to see for himself. besides what he called a genocide for laudermill zalinski said the scale of the atrocities carried out by russian troops make it harder to negotiate an end to the fighting. the bodies of at least $410.00 civilians have been found in towns around the capitol,

which were recaptured from russian forces last week. he was president joe biden has again called his russian counterpart vladimir putin, a war criminal, and called for him to face trial. the u. s. is also pushing for russia to be removed from the un human rights council. but the kremlin has dismissed the accusations of war crimes. foreign minister said a lover of colbert seems near keith stage, managed to anti russian provocation. in mankind, begins our coverage in butcher surrounded by heavy security and the media president vladimir zalinski, visited the town of butcher nick heave. after witnessing the devastation, he made a promise that justice would be done. the scholars last name is war crimes that will be recognized as genocide by the world that you're here and you see what has happened. we know about thousands killed in torture of people with cut limbs. women who have been raped in children have been murdered, stolen. we know they're so much more. this is genocide me. a march 10th people here

began to bury the dead in a 45 foot trench dug in the grounds of a church, some 68 bodies at 1st, some victims of war. others who died of natural causes. the priest of st. andrews church says he had to negotiate with the russians who occupied boucher to allow the barrels. but as the war dragged on more barrels in total, a $130.00 were buried her and the mass grave was needed all across. boucher, the dead lay in the streets for days even weeks. even now they wait to be picked up by overworked, undertakers. at the burial site, people had dropped some of the bodies in black plastic, a little dignity and death. the families took some solace in the fact that they were buried next to the church. many had come to be wed or attend sunday service before the war her to the day. the men as well. totes the priest liens on his faith to deal with what his witnessed which there is a lot of hatred and injustice that people few but the christians should forgive

from it. but to forgive, it doesn't mean to forget the kind of judge only gut can judge. somebody's had been moved from the mass grave to morgues in and around the town. since boucher was retaken by ukrainian forces force more do. i'm here looking for my brother. we were close, we talked every day in your mouth, but until now i don't know where his body shop. i'm going to chide the mog, someone sent me a picture and told me i need to come to identify him with me and i hope he is there . this is likely to be one of the largest burial sites in the town, but it's by no means the only one. in fact, across this city, people were burying their dead wherever they could, in their back yards in common areas, anywhere where they might be able to give their dead some dignity and some respect . huh. the ukraine's attorney general and keep gathering evidence a potential war crimes is now the priority. we started now,

investigations act charlie from march 24th of february this year. and now we have more than $4000.00 jasper cases about war crimes and natural cells and cases which are connected to war crimes. now these days all heard speak about boucher it appearing. how stormy and in boucher justice for war crimes is a concern for the future. the dead of simeon the war, but those left behind a desperate medicines and food are unlimited supply. and what is available is quickly grabbed by those who have little of their old lives left american, our desert mucho and more disturbing video is coming out of ukraine. a mexican broadcaster says it filmed these pictures in e p, which is near the town of butcher. they show bodies of people dressed in civilian clothes, lying in houses, alleyways, and fields. were you,

as president joe biden says that there is ample evidence of atrocities by russia. he once president vladimir putin to be tried for war crimes. theodore, while we're at the gallery provisions, where can you provide with weapons? very good. thank you. the fight and we have the gather all the details of the video . we'll have a walk on royal. this guy is brutal. that was happening with reagan, everyone food or keyboard roodick. he is a member of the ukrainian parliament and leader of the hollows party. she visited the city of which her earlier with other parliamentary leaders to see that the struction left by russian troops. she joined us via skype from keith. madam, thank you so much for joining us here in al jazeera. so you went to put earlier today. i mean, we've seen some harrowing pictures. what did you see? hello. thank you too much for helping me. i have seen things that i cannot process

right now. i have seen mass grave. now 300 people. i never had seen so many bodies . i have seen people coming there and trying to find their relatives. most of the bodies were having their hands tight behind their backs. they were families that were killed altogether. and there were people who died alone. we have talked to people who survived, who came to get the humanitarian aid and we were talking about all the atrocities and horrors that they have been through. we have been talking to women who were raped with their children having to watch and their husband being killed, right right there. we have seen the houses being destroyed to the ground with it. and there was one that was burned where the, where the people were burned alive and it was written on the fast. we are

peaceful people. the war indeed peaceful people, but they were still killed for no particular reason. it is a true genocide of my, of my nation of ukrainians entity a myself and other parliamentary leaders. we came, we came there to witness to witness all those crimes, to make sure that that who will be able to to find the people who did it. and to make sure that the justice comes after them. you know, their worst thing that i have heard to day was about the car was 2 boys who were watching their movies about pirate. and they knew that if you don't want to fight to have to throw away flat. so then the way when they were trying to move out to go out of occupied town, they were holding white flags, 2 boys and the car was short. ed,

and they all died because it didn't work. what they learned didn't work. because because russians didn't have any account, if it was children, if it were, we were gone. they killed everybody. and these people, they were not, aren't, they were not resisting. they were just living there, they just trying to survive to live their life. and the outburst of key which is like very close here. and it will, we will not forgive and we will not forget what happened. and right now, at the same time, there are more and more cities like these that are being called you byte, the receipt of mario bowl that is occupied for 40 days. and i am a coin. great. now for every were leader who was thinking that there are 2 sides of the story is there is none. there are killing 0 massacres. that is happening right now here in ukraine in peaceful cities where people are being piled, tortured,

raped. and i want everybody to remember that every single dollar paid to rush her right now is being paid for this things. so russia could afford to kill innocent people in the ukraine, and they want this to be cop. and they want all the congress in the world to stop russia from doing it to ban the russian, get an oil to give you grain, the necessary weaponry that we require. and finally meet russia, north korea. so they, they will not be able to go to either countries in wars there, i understand, and we've also heard from the u. s. president joe biden again calling vladimir putin a war criminal and now asking for him to face, try, let me just put a point to you because in a few, i think in about half an hour, the russian representative at the u. n. will be holding a news conference where he's going to put what he says is russia's point of you already heard the foreign minister said gay lover of calling the scenes in butcher stage managed anti russian provocation. i understand this must be deeply upsetting

for you to hear, but just you be listening to that speech as well. we hope to get your reaction to it. but what is your reaction to that statement? even now? they are lying, but they will, it will not help them to him is a justice. this is like germany in 1945 saying it was not down who killed all the jews. we know we have weaknesses, and one of my main goals of going there to which i was to bring there all the international journalists from, from different respectable media. so they could see their own eyes. so they can spread this information and show it to people to show them the truth, to show them to death shortly. and instructions to show them that the people who are doing it, who are committing those crimes, they weren't, they are not actually people kia via the in human beings here who didn't have

a long haul in there. all of the ukrainian party parliament and the leader of the hollow, some party you painted a horrifying picture there of the scenes that you saw and heard about in the city of which a madam, thank you for sharing your experience with us. and we do hope to speak you again as speak to you again for your reaction to the statement by the russian ambassador to the un in about half. and i was time for the moment. madam, thank you. thank you. are those are jabari is in moscow with more now on the kremlin response to the accusations against it. the russian position has been one of denial and counter accusation, according to the kremlin spokesperson, dmitri pess 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 minutes 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 had left boucher on march 30th, and that when they left that city and 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 husband wage against russia, the mayor of my role, paul meanwhile, says 90 percent of the besieged city is destroyed. tens of thousands of civilians have been trapped there with little food, water, or other supplies. russian forces have surrounded the port city, which they've been shilling for weeks. ukraine is accusing russia of blocking evacuation attempts by the red cross. there is quite a lot of people still. i remaining in that absolutely blocked absurdly siege. sit there for many open and some inhumane condition. there is no water supply nor electricity, nor keegan, nor communications nomad since 130000 people are still there in the city of my durable obama pride joins us live now from the v that rob is we were hearing there . of course, maria paula, under see jeff,

an attack for weeks we're hearing of refix scenes from my, the town of a voucher tele. so what is the picture that we are a seeing emerging from the situation marable? the i think the concern here is from the cranium that as the russians withdrawal, they are going to, as they advance north and take back territory that has been given up by the russians that are going to find many more examples of this. as you just heard from the matter of mario pl, most of that, that city is now completely in ruins. and this seems to be borne out by the latest agency footage which has come out of the city showing building after building completely destroyed. again. bodies lying in the streets, they simply haven't been able to get around to burying many bodies. you know, we hear from the prosecutor general's office here in the ukraine that they are looking into all these alleged war crimes gathering evidence from places like

butcher. well, there are many people who have come out to about paul. many people still married both who will say that they will be a crimes a plenty to be investigated in the fullness of time. and that seems to be affirmed by the country's foreign minister demitra who has been giving a news conference with his british counterparts in neighboring poland. saying that in many ways in terms of scale, the situation in matter you, paul, is, is, is worse than in butcher. also, a warning that although the battle of keith, as he put it, has actually been won by a victorious the ukrainian forces. the russian focus is now very much on the east of the country. that's where they are re directing that forces their resources, that munitions and really warning ukraine to brace themselves. what he's, he is warning will be a massive offensive by russian forces in the eastern area of the dunbar. from

mcbride, with the latest there from the vive. for the moment now a robot. thank you. and his robe was saying that the russians now focusing to the east and russian forces have continued to target, had keyed in northeastern ukraine with more casualties, reported on monday, at least 7 people have been killed and another 34 wounded overnight. a warning, some people may find images, and i said, begs report, disturbing another day. another attack and more deaths. a rocket hit this playground in ukraine, 2nd largest city, hud. keep killing 2 people. as they sat on a bench. all that remains, his blood stains on the ground and bread on the bench sebra possible dawning. this is for the letter, look, are still we were on the side of a cluster bomb attack from multiple launches, illema. and these, the past, the clusters was there forbidden by international law. and russia uses them a legally. these are against infantry and light armored vehicles. it was

intentional to hit residential air. it impacts civilian anomaly. there are no military objects around her. even midsummer christian golden. i'm washing, maybe one residential calls. the moment the rocket hit the wasn't listed. it was the police were putting off. i was sitting by the entrance, then i went upstairs and then it hit on. if i hadn't gone upstairs, i wouldn't be here right now. a couple of 100 meters around the corner. the cleaning got the damage of another impact. now it's the familiar process. affording of windows 73 year old gregory critical says he's had his russian made lauder for over 40 years. it survived everything except the russians were, will social media. i won't feel that will. hipaa love of the from your motion junior, when i heard the sound of the rockets and when we heard another one. and i said let's get down. i hit the ground, but my friend was a little slow. i got wounded. this area has clearly been hit by cluster munitions

and the seems to be no method to the madness of what's been targeted. it's a residential area for also this damage to civilian infrastructure. and in this vast epo, every bus seems to have some thought of shrapnel damage. burge of strikes, hit a large area, a child's playground, multiple blocks of apartments and buses at their depot. it's a surprise, more weren't killed or injured, you know. back at the playground, her summer traumatized oh boy died. when pandora died. he says why, what did they die for? i said, bake. i'll da 0. had keith well, amid the pain and trauma of the constant bombardment of how to keep one couple have gone ahead and celebrated their wedding in the rubble anesthesia ritual over an

untold sokolov. married in an underground metro station surrounded by colleagues from the humanitarian center where they both work. since war broke out, they've been distributing medicine to people in need around the city. louisiana is risk to replace. we'd go to the predicate, despite all the horror happening in the city of hockey, and a new crane, there's a place for love as kindness. get the breath, the, the ready law, the. there's a place for kindness warmth, only such feelings will help all of us to when you get through it. but it's pride it same with toshiba that we should be together and we stand for love. coming up in this hour half to her to mulch was 5 years in power, carry lam announces she will not seek a 2nd term. as hong kong chief executive ah,

a landmark un report on climate change says there must be rapid, deep and immediate cuts in carbon dioxide emissions to prevent a climate catastrophe. the reports 1st part and released a few weeks ago, found that the world has only a narrow chance of limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees celsius. the 2nd part warned that the consequences of not keeping temperatures below that level would be catastrophic, had said half the world's population are highly vulnerable to the climate crisis and the 1000000000 people in coastal areas face inundation. now the final part of the report says global emissions will need to peak within 3 years to prevent the worst effects of global warming. and the world will need to develop technology to suck carbon dioxide from the skies. by 2050, the judy is reached, the verdict, and it is them link. these report 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 firmly on trek towards an end livable waltz. we are on a fast trek to climate these hosted our environment editor, nick clark has more now on that report. the reports all about policies and technologies in finance is needed to cut emissions. it will start with the obvious one that the need to, as a report says to, to have a substantial reduction in fossil fuels as soon as possible that sells to me as if a member states have debated about that. a more to down the wording because we all know we need to eliminate fossil fuels. i imagine the big petro states that formed, that would change the report also talks about phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. this is critical. the i m f. a calculated $5.00 trillion dollars were spent on subsidies in 2020. imagine if that was just put into r and

d for renewables and so forth. report also talks about ramping up renewables, including into alternative energies like hydrogen, recall for cities to be more efficient. and net 0 emissions from the industrial sector, which is going to be very hard. that accounts for about a quarter of all emissions. and they just need to change their practices completely . it sounds very hard to achieve all of this, but factoring at the exponential rise and renewables and how cheap they become. you can see how it might be possible. prices have dropped 85 percent since 2010. and the international energy agency said that 2021 was another record year for renewable energy. so your current trends will exceed that of fossil fuels and nuclear by 2026. so that's the kind of thing that needs to be maintained. trelin has main opposition party has refused the president's offer to join the government as public anger grows over the worst economic crisis in decades. gotta buy yet as you pack sam made the offer. after his cabinet resigned on sunday thousands to fight a curfew over the weekend to protest against government policies. michelle fernandez

reports from columba. oh independence. claire was a railing point for young children's on monday and rally. they did all echoing a common theme enough is enough. the president at his government must resign people the failure. but now i think it's time to be make a stand and debbie stand up at audits because this is ashi. lunk, i and our future protested had planned a major show of strength on sunday here at this monument in colombo bill to celebrate sheila, because independence from britain in 1948. but instead that currently does impose the curfew band, any public gathering and medicaid at all roads that lead to independent square ha, or monday university students added dev, voice to the protests. we are doing what we can just stand in. you're standing all grown. i'm a senior to see a north rabble renewed,

a better country now they're not going to get in that are going to be pacified by the you know, minor tanza, ron pansy, budget algebra. did you want to see? everybody said that students are better than you. university also stepped out of the earlier refusing to back down when confronted by police. they fought with police despite a curfew. impose to limit the unrest. after hours of 10 standoff, police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse them. anger and frustration has mounted against president guitar b roger boxer and his government, after the cost of living skyrocketed and essential items became scares. many shall ankin to blame what they say is, the administration's mismanagement, lack of planning and corruption, so aggravating economic difficulties shall under shares with many countries around the world. the government attempt to restrict movement to a state of emergency and the curfew have failed to stop the protests. the entire

cabinet has resigned, allowing the president and his brother, the prime minister, to appoint a new temporary cabinet. the president has now sworn in a temporary cabinet of 4 ministers. i protested. say they are not fooled by such actions. oh, facing multiple crises. there's little or no foreign currency to buy basic, essential, like food, medicine, gas, and food. and now political uncertainty. but slanting or taking a then minute fernandez how to 0 palumbo, hong kong leader, kerry lamb has announced she will not seek a 2nd term as chief executive of the city. the announcement follows at mulch was 1st 5 year term marred by hong kong, worst social and rest in 50 years. but his adrian brown reports. lamb has also been under fire for her response to the pandemic. july 2017,

and carry lamb is sworn in as hong kong forth chief executive, she'd been the territories deputy leader. so this had been expected. what was unforeseen though, with a tumultuous events that followed months of protests in 2019 led to the imposition of a wide ranging national security law. it stifle dissent, but provoked in 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 kobe 19. more than 800000 people, kill us, take it to the un. now the russian ambassador to the u. n. is briefing the media on russia's response. what's happened in the kind of chill it's listening, including on the weekends or including on, on holidays here in the united states. and we never,

we never will never objected to it. or this thing that happens that that is something that sir, that sir, that that her he is a is a and be under her arm. believable and an unprecedented in the history of the united nations. and that is the fact. ah, i heard her to day sir bruce conference with my barbara barbara woodward. and they heard questions. she was asked and i should answer that she gave. and i didn't hear some of the answers that she was not able to answer. thank you. so so i,

i would like her to tell you before, before we have a meeting tomorrow on a few things which are very important to get her to get through to you get through to you through the, through the press through the media. they bought what is happening and what has happened in recent days and i'll keep on april 4th. the key for is him with a negative support from the western sponsor start up. rewards in west must media fake news about alleged it draws it draws it is. so the russian military forces in the town of boucher in ukraine, which is a which is a sober of a suburb of cave from the very beginning. it has been clear that this is nothing else, but yet another stage pro occasion aimed at discrediting and dehumanizing of the russian military and leveling, political pression,

or pressure on russia. i assure you, i know, i'm sure that not many of you know about the russian military, but russian military is nothing and has nothing but what, what is being accused of in particular, in, in, in the having a cruel atrocities against the civil population does not the case, it will never be the case and it will never the case. we have factual evidence that the prose this point we intend to presented to security council as soon as possible. so that the international community is not misled by the post narrative promoted by key for and it's western responses to this and the russian figuration request to go to the council meeting for be convenient at 3 pm new york time.