hey, hold on, just a showcase of the best documentary films from across the network on al jazeera. ah, the full scale of the tragedy in boucher ukraine's president visits the city where hundreds of civilians were found dead off, the russian forces retreated. that was the stage and we will present what evidence to mortal one was speak. it was laptops, denials from russia ambassador to the un who's claiming empirical evidence exists to refute claims of mass graves and war crimes. in boucher ah,

i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera live from demo, also coming up ledges unfulfilled, the you ends climates panel issues another stock warning, demanding nations around the world. do more to tackle climate change before it's too late. a political crisis with no end in sight, public anger groves in sri lanka, as it's west economic crisis, decades ukraine's president has visited the town of boucher near the capital, keith, where russian forces have been accused of slaughtering civilians. let him answer lensky called on the international community to hold russia's president. that in that putin responsible for war crimes, images from recent days appear to show bound bodies shot at close range, and hastily dug mass grave. a warning now you may find some images in iran cons report from butcher,

distressing. 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. you're here and you see what has happened. we know about thousands killed in tortured people with cut lim. some women who have been raped in children have been murdered. that we know they're so much more. this is genocide from 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 burials. 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 wrapped 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. maddie had come to be wed or attend sunday service before the war. for her to the day, the men as will take the priest liens on his faith to deal with what his witnessed . richard, there is a lot of hatred and injustice that people feel, but christians should forgive me, but to forgive it doesn't mean to forget the conduct. judge only gut can judge. somebody's had been moved from the mass grove to morgues in and around the town. since boucher was retaken by ukrainian forces, wars warranty. i'm here looking for my brother. we were close. we talked every day and you miles but in town. now i don't know where his body shop. i'm going to tie 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, a cross of 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 the ukraine's attorney general and keep gathering evidence of potential war crimes is now the priority. we started now investigations, egg, charlie, from march 24th of february this year. and now we have more than 4000 jost cases about war crimes. and near til 1000 cases which are connected to walk graham's. now these days all short speak about boucher it appears. hast dorman, and in boucher justice for war crimes is a concern for the future. the dead of seeming and 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, emerald con our desert boucher or kiera. roodick is a member of the ukrainian parliament and leader of the holiday party. she visited butcher earlier with other parliamentary leaders and shared with us some of what she witnessed. 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 had seen people coming there and trying to find their relatives. most of the bodies were having their hands tight behind their backs. there 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 were raped with their children having to watch and their husband being killed, right? the right there. we have seen the house is being destroyed to the ground with it and there was one that was burned where the way the people were burned alive. and it was written on the fence. we are his full people. they were indeed peaceful people, but they were still killed for no particular reason. it is a true genocide of my, of my nation of ukrainians. and today i, 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,

the worst thing that i have heard today was about the car was 2 boys who were watching them, movies about pirates. and they knew that if you don't want to fight to have to throw a white flat. so then 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 at and they all died because it didn't work. what they learned didn't work. because russia didn't have any account if it was children, it were, we ran, it killed, everybody. u. s. president joe biden says there's ample evidence of atrocities by russia. he wants that emma, who tend to be tried for war crimes. he is a war, but we have to gather the information. we have the can, you provide you with weapons. they need to continue the fight. here we have to get

all the detail. so this to be, i actually have a war on trial. this guy is brutal. what's happening, outrageous, and everyone feeling. meanwhile, the russian ambassador, united nations, has denied claims of war crimes in butcher saying it was all staged. from the very beginning, it has been clear that this sir, is nothing else but yet another stage pro occasion aimed at discrediting and deacon realizing of the russian military is not the case. it will never be the case and it will never the case. we have factual evidence that to prove this point, we intend to presented to security council as soon as possible. earlier russia's foreign minister also said that the videos of the bodies in butcher had been staged . so they lever off at once. a un security council meeting to discuss the accusations, saying they threaten international piece. a. i never fake act was arranged

in the city of beach or in care of region after the russian military left from there in accordance with the plant and agreements reach. there was a staging day, a few days later, which is widely promoted now from all channels and social networks by ukrainian representatives and their western patrons. however, an analysis of satellite images by the new york times refutes cranes by russia that bodies were placed on the streets of boucher after their withdrawal. images are provided to the times by max. our technologies show that 11 bodies were already lying on one particular street. on march, the 11th and russian forces were occupying the town. footage from april the 2nd off to ukraine had recaptured the town, shows the bodies still lying there in the same position. the cause of death is unclear, but some of the dead had their hands tied behind their backs. on christine

rosina is a senior fellow and head of the geo politics team of the german marshall fund of the u. s. she joins us live from washington. d. c. thanks for being with us here today. now we've seen these distressing images of deceased civilians in the streets and accusations of war crimes, but russia flatly denies any involvement. will that narrative continue to think? this is a narrative we've seen russia have throughout the war. our 1st of all, as far as russia concerned, it's not a war, but a special operation. and if you look at the response that russia had 2 images, it's bombings of the theater and my uncle, whether it was full of children as a shelter or the trinity hospital, money, or call. there were also accusations, those who were filmed, being crisis actors and being saying this kind of turning, 1st of all, a to denial and accusation fictitious accounts. and then

to perhaps later saying that these were the ukrainians. who did it rather than the russians. this is pretty much the play, but we have seen russia take throughout this war to deny or to deflect blame of images once they are circulated too much to the gradient themselves in order to foment anger among them or population against the ukrainians. but using their own atrocities in a war misrepresentation to get the anger ukraine, which really shows the l, the scale, and the of the, of the propaganda machine with domestically and also how it is turned to the global stage, which is why we have seen the un and baffled or call for a discussion of this at the highest stage, but on their terms. not on what is seen on the ground by the algae here, correspondence or other international pressed by the creating official who are there and based on the account of the cranium,

people living in butcher. they've been many accusations of war crimes. how difficult and realistic is it to conduct a war crimes investigation that when the conflict is still ongoing? right now, your computer is currently not a militarized loan. this is the russian temper treated from here since the beginning of a conflict. we have seen call for the collection of evidence about war crimes across ukraine, that process as a longer term process and will continue. date is very important to collect the dividends and then for those who wish to prosecute to come together and choose the appropriate forum for doing so. there are standing courts are there can also be more ad hoc mechanisms to prove in that direction. ok. christine xena. thank you very much indeed for your insights today for french suppressed and manual macros says that there are very clear signs that war crimes have been committed in boucher and as responded by expanding several russian diplomats.

european unions, foreign policy chief said the block is working on drawing up additional functions as a matter of urgency or shines has more. how is europe to respond to breaches horror across the continents that seen so many atrocities in the past? the shock that such killing is happening again, the in western capitals has always complete agreements of what to call them, where all the polls by the sayings in picture, the butchery, the clear evidence of sexual crime. all the talk to your business and civilian says it's very clear the war crimes have taken place. the views of britons, foreign secretary echoed in most european capitals. we need to announce a tough new wave of sanctions. the reality is that money is still flowing from the west into patrons, war machine that has to stop. and this is where europe's response gets tonia and

recriminations get bitter. listen to poland. prime minister. find your president, your micro, mister president, macro. how many times have you negotiated with putin? what have you achieved? have you stopped any of these actions that took place? and mr. more of it, ski attacks germany's long standing business and energy ties with putins, russia, shavers average was g showing. we have to speak out here and now condemn it. admit that it was the wrong policy because we are dealing with terrible crimes with the crime of genocide and the 21st century. germany is still not doing well. poland and the baltic states wanted to immediately stop buying russian gas. we have to put more pressure on food, and we have to, to isolate washing through to cuts all it could not make relationship to russia. but at the moment,

it's not possible to to cut the gas supplies, we need some time. and so we have to differentiate between oil, cold and gas at the moment. while europe miles more sanctions, germany is declaring 40 russian diplomats undesirable persons, essentially as kicking the mount france when expelled 35 suspected russian intelligence officers. but that won't satisfy those who say you can't justifiably shake one fist in anger at russia's war mongering while handing over billions of dollars and energy deals with the other will reach helen's how to 0 are still ahead . on al jazeera, dr. web and warmer, dying pain and anger and ukraine's 2nd largest city, the latest bombardment. it's a playground plus after tumultuous 5 years in our county dominance. she will not

seek a 2nd turn home cons, chief executive. oh hello, there will look to north america and the 3rd week in a row, we've got severe storms edging across southern areas of the us bringing the threat of heavy rain, powerful winds, hail, and of course tornadoes. now that system is going to work its way pretty quickly towards the east coast, and by the time we get to wednesday, it will be the mid atlantic. the sea is the worst of those conditions. now behind it, we have got another wintry system with strong winds and snow, moving across the width, midwest, pushing across the great lakes, and we are likely see the temperatures come down in places like chicago and toronto as that wet weather arrives by friday. now in contrast to this will that southwest

corner, we're going to see the heat continue to build in places like san francisco, as well as los angeles, hot and dry conditions. if we look at the 3 day, we can be well above the average on wednesday with plenty of fun shine on thursday . and we've been moved down to central america. it's very hot and dry for northern areas of mexico. a lot of those conditions extending down to the yucatan peninsula for the caribbean. it's a mix of showers, and some sunshine for the heavy rain. we have to head further south to costa rica and panama. thanks to those seasonal rains. that sure weather update. ah, the african stories from african perspective isn't well yet i spoke with short documentary from african feel me from mommy and synagogue you. she is

a big mamma, elizabeth, now, cuz she's, i'm not sure of the adventures of a car and led to africa direct on al jazeera lou. ah, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder now of our top stores. ukraine's president for them is zalinski, has called on the international community to hold rushes of that he met looting, responsible for war crimes, made the comments on a visit to the town of boucher, their russian forces, accused of killing civilians, the russian ambassador to the united nations has denied claims of war crimes in

butcher saying it was all staged. i said he then says moscow will provide evidence to the security council on tuesday. french president manuel. my crohn says there are very clear signs that war. crimes have been committed in boucher and is responded by expelling several of russian diplomats used. foreign policy chief says the lock is working on additional sanctions. in northeastern ukraine, russian forces are continuing to bomb the 2nd largest city hall keith. 7 people were killed in the latest attack. ukraine says russia used to cluster bombs that are illegal on the international law. what a warning some be was may find images in. i said, bags report, disturbing. another day, another attack and more deaths. a rocket hit this playground in ukraine, 2nd largest city, hot keith, calling to people as they sat on a bench. all that remains is blood stains on the ground and bread on the bench cb

proposal, but owning this is good for that. i say, look at a story, right, the size of a cluster bomb attack from multiple launches, dilemma these the past. the clusters was there, forbidden by international law, and russia uses them illegally. these are against infantry and light armored vehicles. it was intentional to hit residential air, it's impacts civilian on the there are no military objects around her even been somewhat critical of them, but also she maybe one resident recalls the moment. the rocket hit, it was the city of i was sitting by the entrance, then i went upstairs and then it hit. if i hadn't got upstairs, i wouldn't be here right now to be hit on the other street. the shell hit one after darkness. a couple of 100 meters around the corner, the cleaning up the damage of another impact. now it's the familiar process. affording up windows 73 year old gregory critical says he's had his russian made

louder for over 40 years. it survived everything except the russians were well, those are shown here while the other was little bubbles from your motion. junior, were i heard the sound of the rockets, yet when we heard another one, i said, let's get down. i hit the ground, but my friend was a little slow, 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 bust, epo, every bus seems to have some thought of shrapnel damage borrowed off 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, summer traumatized. oh ha, die, man,

pandora. he says why, what did they die for? said, bake. i'll da 0. had keith. but amid the pain and trauma, there is one story of hope. a couple have gone ahead and celebrated their wedding in the rubble of her cave. and as to see a garage over, an anton sokolov, married in an underground metro station just now being used as an air raid shelter . they were surrounded by colleagues from the humanitarian center in which they both work, since war broke out, they've been distributing medicine to people in rate of news now. and a landmark un report on climate change said that must be rapid, deep, and immediate cuts and carbon dioxide emissions. to prevent a climate catastrophe. the report was put together by the intergovernmental panel on climate change. it says the earth is on track to exceed an average global temperature of $1.00 degrees celsius,

the on to which the catastrophic effects of climate change like floods, droughts, and super storms will get worse. the panel says the greenhouse gas emissions that need to be reduced by 43 percent and methane by about a 3rd at by 2030 or to achieve those results. countries will have to rely less on fossil fuels. 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 track towards an end livable waltz. we are on a fast track to climate disaster early was spent to andy rising and he was a part of the working group which wrote the report who was asked, how the impact of climate change can be reduced. what

a report shows it looked edge wise, reducing greenhouse gas emissions across a wide range of different sectors. and in aggregate, our report finds that we could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by about half within the next 10 years and costs up to about $100.00 per ton of feel to equivalent avoided the the actions are quite different at different sectors and our report capacity telling balances of what those actions look like. so for example, in the analysis system, it's a shift toward a buy from fossil fuels and to want renewables. um we're adding carbon caption storage to avoid emission of comp doctor to the atmosphere in industry. there's new processes emerging that allow us to come in as i showed the natural processes, but also greater reuse of materials. whereas in the agriculture land sector for it, for example, it's clear that there's a large potential to reduce or avoid emissions by focusing on the conservation and restoration of ecosystems, but also more efficient agriculture production. so in, in total there's

a wide package of actions at the world can take to reduce emissions to at the scale necessary to limit woman to $1.00 degrees. hong kong is that chief executive carry land that says she'll step down in june. the tumultuous 5 year term was marred by the worst social unrest in 50 years and concerns about china's growing grip on the territory. she has also been under 5 handling of the pandemic. adrian brown reports now from hong kong, july, 2017, and carry lamb is sworn in as hong kong forth chief executive, she'd been the territories deputy leda. 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 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 a 2nd term more than a year ago, yet waited until now to make it official or gumble. however, nobly taking part in the election for the sex hunger, chief executive, i will complete 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 public 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 in recent weeks, she's been widely criticized over handling of the 5th outbreak of cobit 19. and the fact this city now has one of the world's highest death rates from the virus. lamb . 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 to lancaster main opposition party has refused the presence offer to join the government. instead urging him to step down to buy a pack, sir, made the offer off to his cabinet resigned on sunday. and out fernandez reports

from colombo, where people are protesting against the government handling the countries worsening economy. wow, independent square was a railing point for young children kids on monday and rally, they did all echoing a common team enough is enough. the president at his government must resign people the earlier. but now i think it's time to be make a stand, a stand up for rights because this is ashi lank. i asked you to protest as had planned a major show of strength. on sunday, he had at this monument in colombo bill to celebrate sheila, because independence from britain in 1948. but instead, there currently does impose the curfew band, any public gathering and medicaid at all roads that lead to independent square. one 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 and not rabble renewed or better conference. now they're not going

to get in. they're not going to be pacified by that. you know, mine attends as long as you are to see. everybody said that students are better than you. university also stepped out a day 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 stand off, police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse them. anger and frustration has mounted against present, got up a roger boxer and his government. after the cost of living skyrocketed and essential items became scarce. many shall hankens 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

a curfew have failed to stop the protest. 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 the temporary cabinet. oh for ministers, i protested. see, 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 no political uncertainty. but she'll enter or taking it, then you know, fernandez, audra 0 colombo. ah, i'm carry, jones to with the headlines here on al jazeera, ukraine's president for them as zalinski has called on the international community to hold russia. isn't that a met putin responsible for walk.