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lake and rights and political analyst, angelina black, people will say things like, we're not going to give axes because the africans will not know what to do with them. there is no continence where people have more experience with getting medicine into people's hands. studio be unscripted on al jazeera. ah, your crimes president says he has no choice but to pursue talks with russia despite what he calls it unforgivable crimes. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up. russia's un ambassador denies the allegations of atrocity saying, images of mass graves and killings and butcher was set up by ukraine. shanghai remains in lockdown to combat the latest wave of cov 19. but child has been
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criticized for separating children, a test positive from their parents. and through imposes occur few after violent protests against high fuel prices. rising cost of living ukraine's prize then says he expects many more civilian deaths to be uncovered in areas abandoned by russian forces. searing images have come out of areas and towns on the outskirts of ki, of including air, pin and butcher. further to the northwest. present volume is the lensky says, the number of casualties in another town, but the anchor may even be higher. russia insists it. troops have done nothing wrong. surely will speak to rob mcbride, who's in love in western ukraine. hash mahala barbara is in moscow. a 1st seminar cons reports from butcher and
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a warning. some of the images may be 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. scholars last name is war crimes. i 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 limbs. 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. andrew's 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,
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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. many had come to be wed or attend sunday service before the war for her to the day. the minnesota is 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 christians should forgive me, but to forgive, it doesn't mean to forget the can't 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. worse, more de. i'm here looking for my brother. we were close. we talked every day in your mouth, but in town now. i don't know where his body shop. i'm going to chide the mug.
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someone sent me a picture and tell me i need to come to identify him 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 the ukraine's attorney general and keep gathering evidence of potential war crimes is now the priority always started now, investigations echo charlie from march 24th of february this year. and now we have more than 4000 jost dirk cases about war crimes and near til 1000 cases which are connected to walk rams. now these days all roared speak about board, shall it appearing. hast doormen and in boucher justice for war crimes is
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a concern for the future. the dead of simeon war, but those left behind a desperate medicines and food are in limited supply. and what is available is quickly grabbed by those who have little of their old lives left him wrong on how to 0, boucher or a rob mcbride now joins us from live in western ukraine. so 1st of all, rob take us through these claims of civilian deaths about to be uncovered elsewhere . that's why there is this a grim anticipation here in ukraine as the president. zalinski has said that as russians pulled back from territory and towns as the ukrainian forces move in, they are likely to find, he says, far more allegations, far more alleged atrocities. the foreign minister of ukraine has said that what we've seen so far in his words, is just that the tip of the iceberg. we have seen other execution style deaths, apparently in places like a pain which is bordering with butcher. and they do mention other places such as
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a town of bato jenko. this has been mentioned by the prosecutor general's office, who is launching investigations into these allegations of war crimes. that we are likely to see more deaths that now these the territories that are back in ukraine your possession. but of course youth there are still as many cities where fighting is going on. for example, matter, you paul, where the residents who are still there will residents, who've been evacuated, will, will tell you that they are civilians have been intentionally targeted by russians . that the a man has been quoted as saying that 5000 civilians and mary, you, paul, have indeed died. so there is a lot more allegations that can be investigated by the ukrainians. and they would also point to, they've got to that, the satellite images that are now being widely carried on many different media, international media that apparently show in towns like butcher bodies that were on the streets a couple of weeks ago while the russians were there. so seemingly debunking these
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claims that sub somehow the ukrainians have put in place for put in place these alleged atrocities. and then to blame the russians full those things where it's all of this leading piece talks, then ra, it does make it very difficult as president zelinski says i have, he has now. so to pull a cold water on the idea already kind of face to face meeting with vladimir putin in his view, how could he be sitting there across the table from somebody he regards as a war criminal. having said that, he also added pragmatically that at some point the ukrainians have to talk with the russians. if a peace deal is going to be reached, if this fighting, this war is to be brought to an end. but later on, the lead sky will be addressing the un security council, again, further putting pressure on rushes position further from the ukrainians point of
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view isolating russia. and you've got to remember, cosa, russia as a permanent member of the security council, is responsible for. busy global security is responsible for a rules based international order, so they put them in a very uncomfortable position, being accused of being a war criminal and certainly zelinski ukrainians will want to pylon back this complex. all right, good stuff fast, rob mcbride, let's move it over to moscow now and join hash mahala barra, a very different narrative from russia and what's been happening, right. how sion sammy, indeed, the russians remain, are categorically air defiant when it comes to the allegations about that involvement in butcher. they say that this is fake news that is an attempt of disinformation war to discredit russia. the russian government has been
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saying that it pulled out from the kia region on the 30th of march when the announced the major de escalation in the around the care region. and also in china. gov and the accuse units in the ukranian army of staging visual material to further discredit. a rutter now the, the, the deputy chairman of the security council are mitchum advert of to day reiterate of that same line saying this is fake news. and the deputy of foreign minister andre road inc. or when asked about whether russia will discuss the idea of international investigation into what happened in boucher. he said that he expects this issue to be raised to day at the united nations security council. and that's where the russians are going to present whether describe as strong evidence to corroborate what they have been seeing over the last 2 days. now we have to wait
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and see the very nature of that evidence that the russians will be presenting, but on the diplomatic front, sammy, they remain defiant. now, when to day italy and denmark decided to announce the expelling of russian diplomats. the foreign ministry here said that it will take a retaliatory measure yesterday. president vladimir put in a signed into a decree and her new decay which places visa restrictions on what russia has been describing for quite some time as unfriendly or countries are talking about the you and to europe and many other countries that have been accusing of providing weapons to the ukraine years and undermining russia. security all that talks with ukraine. they remain confident that they will continue. andre dunker in call, the deputy foreign minister said that the talks are continue when, although he said is very premature at this stage to talk about the countries which
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will be part of the security guarantors in the deal. all right, thanks so much. ashley man, a bottle other. now in ne, in ukraine, russian forces are continuing to bomb ukraine's 2nd largest city, harder give 7 people were killed in the latest attack. we have to warn our viewers as well that you may find some images in acid bags report distressing. another day . another attack and more deaths. a rocket hit this playground in the crane. second largest city had keep killing 2 people as they sat on a bench governor. all that remains his blood stains on the ground and bread on the bench. look at us the way it was intentional, to hit residential air, it impacts civilians. there are no military objects around her. even got some work for several of them was rushing really one residential calls the moment the rocket hit. it was from the city a little. i was sitting by the entrance,
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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 the 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 lauder for over 40 years. it survived everything except the russians were, will also show me. oh, i will. the other was little bubbles from your motion junior, when i heard the sound of the rocket, yet when we heard another one. and i said, let's get down. i hit the ground, but my friend was a little slow and got wounded 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
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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, may back at the pay ground, so much traumatized, so broad died when and warmer died. he says, why, what did they die for said bake. i'll da 0. her keith all to come on the ukraine war, including death before his baby is born. we talked to a 19 year old widow and families affected by russian air strike. the 1st trial addressing atrocities in darfur starts of the i. c. c. almost 20 years after the conflict began. ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world cup is on its way to cattle book,
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your travel package to day. good to have you for our world's weather update. we're going to begin in asia where we've got some pretty solid bands of rain for coastal sections of vietnam, also toward the south around which had been city, but dry for bangkok at $34.00 degrees in your temperature is are on the way up over the next few days, also what pitcher northern central parts of the philippines, this is all caused by the ne monsoon. now let's talk temperatures in china, hong kong at 28, above average central and southern portions. but there has been a big drop host temperatures for beijing, just 15 degrees that's below average temperatures that popped up above average though for japan failing, i stay in tokyo with a high of 20 degrees. ok, wanted to show this rather bad been cause a lot of white weather through the malay peninsula. continuing to slide west to the south bay of bengal. it's going to slam into sri lanka, so we've got several days of disturbed weather here. now for india,
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the northwest states of rochester, we had a heat wash that's now been upgraded to a heat alert. as some of those temperatures cross 40 degrees. also talkin bout temperature is in the forty's across the middle east. medina, 40 degrees on wednesday, and i think though, how you're going to see your 1st 40 degree day of the year on friday sticker soon, hatta air with visual airline of the journey under bombardment. this is the missile and see it on the wrong al jazeera meets ukrainians, determined to stay, they will not surrender just like that to fight. no hold to shoot. i had a train you 2 days ago, the show me how that works and to defend the barricades and you documentary shows the ukrainian witnesses to all from the front lines dispatch and defiance voices from ukraine on al jazeera. ah
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ah, i'll come back here watching al jazeera time to recap, the headlines ukraine's president says he expects many more civilian deaths to be uncovered in areas abandoned by russian forces. there's particular concern about both the anchor, another town breach and surrounding key. if there's growing outrage oft allegations, russian troops killed civilians in the town of boucher video shows st. scattered with bodies. some was bound hands, the cranes president says, vladimir putin should be tried for war crimes. russia continues to deny his troops have done their thing wrong and says it will provide proof of this that the un meeting later on tuesday on the war in ukraine has left many young families morning
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that includes those in the west of the country, which is largely been spared the fighting, but about 3 weeks ago, an attack on a military training facility killed 35 people, al jazeera zane, basra, avi went to a door which to meet the family of one of the victims. it was too far from the front. nowhere near the parts of ukraine, where there was active fighting in the west of the country, ukrainians say they felt safe. an illusion shattered on the morning of march, 13th by 30 russian missiles. less than 3 weeks into the invasion of ukraine. russia attacked the yarber of military base, a training ground for new recruits and volunteers, the deepest attack into the country, and only 20 kilometers from the polish border. ah, dozens of people were injured and killed. every coughing, carrying the weight of
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a grieving family. as the weeks passed, families across the country try to make sense of what happened. konstantin was a weapon, strainer, at the average sold me a widowed at 19 says, all she can do now is be strong for her son. i said, i'm calling of warner. he called me that morning and said, not to worry. he said they were being fired on, but he was safe. it was on another base. he said that everything was fine. 5 minutes later when i called him again after new explosions, there was no connection which she knew her husband was gone. after seeing his name on an instagram post about casualties, greece stricken, she was rushed to the hospital know that after the attack, so let me move to the herbage, to be closer to family, to share the load of loss, a soldier's wife and mother to be still visibly numb, a soldier's mother,
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unable to contain her rage. there's ever, do you russia really think we'll forgive you that easily. we won't forgive you. i'll stand for my son. i'll take the weapons and we'll be shooting into your children. if you don't stop your sons, your children, vargas and husbands, we will all take up weapons and there'll be no place for you in this world. you will reach you and we will push your way to siberia so that you being the cold soil without bread, water, food, like our children, hungry, frozen, hiding in the shelters without medication, without anything. konstantin was raised by his step father, who says he will also be joining the ukrainian military and deploying to the same base where his stepson was killed. as the tally of the dead across the country continues to go. absent o c, phil's many houses in ukraine. where men continue to be called up to lay down their
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lives and women are left to carry their memories. zane basra, v. o 0 drawbridge of the 1st trial addressing atrocities in sedans. dar for conflict has begun that the international criminal court. allie mohammed, ali abdulla man is a suspected leader of the government backed ginger. we'd fighters, he faces $31.00 charges of war crimes, which he denies. da force conflict broke out in 2003 when rebels took up arms against sedans, previous government, the u. n. estimates around 300000 people were killed, more than 2000000 with this place. and we will do our best efforts. i am given where we are in proceedings to highlight cases of sexual gender based crimes, to the best of our ability to uranus and determine relevance and the responsibility of mr. abdur rahman and also understand the depth of suffering that has been caught
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. not even infants was bad brutality in the attacks in could do me and been dizzy when i, when i had them and i reject all these charges. i am innocent of all these charges . i am not guilty of any charge you have. a morgan has more from sedans, capitol, while the trial was the 1st of its kind for those who have been accused of were crimes and crimes against humanity, incidents, western region of the 4 come just the year after the pre trial hearings with $31.00 cases of crimes against humanity were confirmed against an equal shape. now this is significant because people in dar 4 have been demanding accountability since the war started. they've been recounting the horrors of the war. that is something that we heard. and the opening statements of the prosecutor general, who, who brought back the counsel, witnesses who saw that,
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who said that they saw people being killed, women being raped, children being burned all those testimonies. and he says that witnesses will be as well talking and recounting them themselves. so lots of horror, so people in dar for having thing and demanding accountability, not just against shape who has been, who was arrested in 2020, when he had himself over to the international criminal court in central african republic after he fled from sudan. but people end off or have been demanding accountability for war crimes committed by other leaders as well. other leaders of the government, back militias, the jango, we as well as the sudan armed forces, especially the head of the armed forces back then who was also the president bashir . shanghai will remain in lockdown as chinese authorities review cove 19 test results for the cities entire population of 26000000. there's anger as officials for separating cove with positive children from their parents,
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sending them to quarantine facilities. adrian brown is covering developments from hong kong. china's financial center has been like this for 9 days. the scenes in shanghai reminiscent of those 2 years ago in wu hang, where coven 19 was 1st detected during a mass testing of its 26000000 citizens, which was now concluded officials reported a surge and local asymptomatic cases. medical workers from across the country have been pouring into the metropolis to help the success of this mass mobilization will partly determine when shanghai can reopen or for how much longer it'll remain shut . what is clear is that the government is still not prepared to follow other countries by living with cobit 19, says one prominent chinese commentator overall with china is the only country in the world to day, which still pursues this 0 policy. and i think eventually china will be the
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winner cia is on, or will it means that rather than other losing sight, but that policy mean separating children from parents if they test positive, a practice that is raised anxiety levels among local as well as expatriate families . oh, state medias responding to the wide spread criticism of the practice. this report with a soothing sound track appears to show parents and children who have tested positive being admitted to an isolation facility. but it's unclear if that means the policy's been scrapped. unlike shanghai, people in other parts of china are marking the ching festival. this is when people traditionally sweep the graves of their ancestors. there is an added poignancy to the festival here in hong kong because of course, so many people have died from cove at 19. this time a year ago,
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the death toll stood at just over 200 to day it stands at more than 8000 adrian brown al jazeera, hong kong arts isreal anchor. now where the governing coalition has lost its parliamentary majority after protest against a worsening economic crisis, parliament convened for its 1st session under a state of emergency imposed last week. the new finance minister says he's resigning a day after he was appointed, or he's among 4 ministers sworn in by president, got a by roger pike, sir. after his cabinet resigned on sunday, the opposition refused and offered to join the government. in al, fernandez as law from columbo, the road leading to parliament were 225 legislators elected by the people of sri lanka are all in parliamentary session. now all we can see is police personnel and members of the security forces with water cannons and things like that. just in case protested the protest as you here and see just behind me having gathered here
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because of that meeting that's going on the parliamentary session trying to make their voices heard. continuing this series of protest that we've been seeing right through across sri lanka, asking for a present, got our bill. roger pucks are to go home, asking some of them asking for all 225 legislators to leave and allow those that are more principled that are not going to lose the country that are not corrupt. to actually come in and step up and take power and make decisions. obviously people are angry, frustrated, and fed up as they have been in recent weeks, which has brought them out in public. there's obviously been a lot of drama in parliament in the session. we've already seen the government losing its majority in the house after 41 parliamentarians on it side and the quit or moved to sit as independence in the house. now that obviously poses problems for
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the government because their primary priority right now. the state of emergency which has brought in on the 1st of april and there are 10 days for it to be ratified by parliament. now obviously without a majority in the house, the government is going to struggle. and that's the 1st challenge it's going to face. now for the 2nd day pakistan supreme court has suspended a hearing and where the prime minister on cons decision to dissolve parliament was legal. it happened on a day of no confidence vote leading to a political crisis. the court could order parliament to sit again or call for a new election, but it may also rule it can also intervene in parliamentary affairs. president has imposed a curfew in the capital lima off to violent protest killed at least 5 people. presidents have been banned from leaving their homes in an attempt to curb a wave of demonstrations against the rising cost of living. marianna sanchez has more. the protesters clashed with royal police and
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several cities around the country, burning tires, looting locking highways. the rising cost of living is affecting many peruvians, rocketing fuel prices have directly impacted the basic food basket. people are blaming it unprecedented. augustine policy. we have supported him and how is he paying his back? he's raising the price of sugar flour. when is it been like this? our children are hungry, there is no work, and we want a solution. the farmers blocked the pen american highway to protest against the threefold increase in fertilizer prices. the government says, fertilizers, fuel and grains imports from russia and ukraine, half shut up because of the war. last week. casting your anger protesters staying there will be paid to protest. farmers and truckers responded by blocking the crucial central highway, which is the main food supply line for the capitals that in turn, cost food shortages. the president has forgotten the people. everything is
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expensive. he should put on his pants and government. if not, he should go back to his home. government officials struck a deal on saturday with one faction of protesters, the post a 5 day deadline to address their demands. and on sunday, another deal with truckers. but that didn't piece people now rallying nationwide. thousands of jobs last to the pandemic have also been, is this content, or given the most, the, the thing of the people who are already against the wall comically and casea produced a revolution of expectations. just under normal circle, says inflation would have produced these effects later on. but the pandemic worked as an accelerator in the face of nationwide protests. the government. this doesn't do by social tranquillity with mr. money if the ways the minimum wage and we do some taxes on fuel. but analysts seeing that may not be the solution
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and only seek us to use populace measures could eventually bring some piece. but they say a major crisis looms ahead for the precedent. last week, after you survived a 2nd round of impeachment proceedings after 9 months in office, spearheaded by his political foes in congress. but now it is the people who 1st supported him who are demanding him to fulfil his promises. or li medina, such as i just need only my bidder. ah, well, i thank you. through some of the headlines he and allan ukraine's president says he expects many more civilian deaths to be uncovered and there is abandoned by russian forces. the new concern is what's happened in borrowed the anchor in regions surrounding keith is growing outrage after evidence. russian troops killed civilians in the town of butcher videos show st. scattered with.

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