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running short of food fuel and medicine, doctors and sri lanka, protest against the worsening economic crisis just now ukraine says more victims of torture and execution of being found every day in the cities of boucher in pain and borrowed the anchor. and video continues to emerge, appearing to show more killings. ukraine blames russian troops. moscow insists it's all fake. meanwhile, not open on the southern coast. well, it's still under heavy bombardment. 160000 people fill track there, but they have no water, electricity, medicine, all communications. and the u. k is joining the united states and freezing the assets of russia's largest banks by the bank. the british foreign secretary says the latest wave of sanctions will starve what she called hooton's war machine. a

crane in president vall of them is the landscape describing russia's alleged actions in the town of boucher as a massacre. iran calm begins. our coverage should warn viewers. you may find some of the pictures in his report to be distressing. bodies weren't just left in the streets along to chicago, as ukrainian troops and police investigators go house to house. they find more victims in boucher charred remains. palled on top of each other. so you see it's just 6 bodies here and that house, or you can see maybe 3 and house, it's maybe one body. it's shut the early, who was shot and learn of a whole town. a suburb of keith is now a crime. scene. witnesses,

a russian troops became stopped you to cranium resistance and went on a killing spree. please. natalia alexandrovna says russian soldiers checked her nephews fine before taking him away. his remains were recently discovered now really wanna make slowest more, but most of he was probably killed on the 8th of march. he was lying all this time in the basement of his body was found 4 days ago and we buried him. he was shot in the ear. pete was chillen for pitchers released by the ukrainian military show, appears to be a torture chamber in another basement where people were handcuffed and shot while on moneys as residence. returned home confirmation that multiple family members are gone. era. gov real look found a 3 bodies in a yard. when is her brother another? her husband the scenes from boucher up here on russian state television. okay, and what i plan to do as a told ukrainian nazis carried out the killings

a provocation by nato. what's going on with the child? quaker was the of these are fake atrocities which the russian army was immediately accused of. and western media began to repeat the accusations symbol tenuously and without a break for sleep. it's one of our sales, psychological, self defense, where ordinary russians do prep the exam sales from what goes absolutely games they should force them to think about their own leadership. what criminals? yeah. when you minute, every gruesome discovery, a newspaper headline now used to feed the war machine. it could be the blame game aside. there's no real fear that the scenes that we witnessed in boucher will be repeated in other cities across ukraine. cities like car keep churn year. a mario pl. emron con al jazeera cave. or a mcbride is in live where he's been following development. some mario full. there

is a, a humanitarian corridor in place. it's one of the corridors that has been set up and is an offer operating on this day. and it comes from mary, you, papa. it is only open to private vehicles. we are hearing from patricia. this is the ukrainian controlled city to the north of matter. you paul hazards internally displaced people are arriving there, but it's difficult to judge exactly how many of them will be coming from mary you, paul, itself. the city is under renewed pressure from russian forces with air attacks and dare, bombardments. it does seem as though the russians are stepping up their efforts to completely take over the city. there is only just the that a small resistance in the center of the city and the russians have such a tight control. now around most of the outskirts of the city, that it's very difficult to get a lot of news out for with the isn't controlled by the russians at the of there is a blame game going on between the 2 sides. the russians, both the,

the 2 sides are blaming each other for the lack of humanitarian access, getting into the town and humanitarian aid. president says the lensky of ukraine has gone one further in an interview with turkish media, accusing the russians of hiding evidence of war crimes in mary you, paul, that's why he says, they are not allowing any external organizations, such as the international committee of the red cross et cetera, to get access inside the city because he says that that they want to keep control of the city to clean up effectively once they take control of the whole city to clean up any evidence of war crimes before they allow people in these are allegations of course, that the russians categorically deny the european union's foreign policy chief is urging leaders to keep harming ukraine. you said boreal says the money given in military aid to ukraine. since the start of the russian invasion has been dwarfed by what it's paid moscow for energy supplies,

we have given ukraine 1000000000 euros, which might seem like a lot, but a 1000000000 euros is what we are paying putin every day for the energy he provides us since the beginning of the war, we have given him 35000000000 euros. compare that to the 1000000000 we have given to ukraine in arms and weapons. this gigantic difference has to highlight the importance and need of implementing what the counselor's asked us to do. we have to reduce energy dependence. ahead of nato is warning the war in ukraine could last months or even years. yen stultz bergs as the delivery of more weapons ukraine will be discussed. as nato foreign ministers meet in brussels. we have seen no indication that the president putin has so changed his ambition to control or the whole of ukraine. ah, and also to rewrite 3rd in national order. so we need to be prepared for a long or hole. we need to support ukraine, sustain our sanctions,

and strengthen our her defenses under our deterrence. because these can last for long time and we need to be prepared for that. as go live to step my son. she joins us now from brussel. so what can we expect out of this meeting? what was the, what is going to take to sustain? well, the secretary channel, as the gold is a critical new phase in the, in the war with the russian forces moving to the east, who don bass is as ne to also needs a new, a different approach. and that's why the foreign ministers of nato and their partner countries are meeting here in brussels. should they have an opening dinner tonight? so they're arriving right now, but the big meeting will be to morrow. and salton burke has called it a very important meeting because ne, to wants to step up its support, its military support, your ukraine, and also the ukranian foreign minister. the me talk label will be attending in person, and he will leave the ministers on the situation in ukraine and of course gotcha.

and all the dat civilians that have been found there. and also in other towns will be definitely dominating the meeting, which has been calling for like urgent reaction or basically for some countries are really pushing for more offensive weapons. for example, the czech republic, although it's not official, has quietly been sending tanks to ukraine, but others are really worried that, of course, it, this will call for response from russia, alleging that nato would have more of an operation inside ukraine. and that's, of course, something that nato and artist oldenburg has really stressed they want to try to avoid. so there's a lot of different opinions now appearing within nato. they were very unified in the beginning, after the invasion started. but now you can see that there's some cracks appearing within the, within denay to our organization. all right, thanks so much. surely we've asked that madison the earth has unveiled more

sanctions against russia this time against financial institutions and to president vladimir putin daughters. the biden administration is also accusing a russian billionaire of trying to evade sanctions against him. the 1st action we are announcing today is the unsealing of an indictment. charging russian oligarchy, konstantin mouth. f with sanctions violations, as indictment charges. the treasury department previously identified malik f, as one of the main sources of financing for russians promoting separatism in crimea, and for providing material support for the so called don't ask people's republic. the 2nd action we are now seeing today is a disruption of a global bot. net controlled by the russian military intelligence agency, commonly known as the g r. you. yesterday, together with our german law enforcement partners,

we seized the russia affiliated hydra, dark net mot market. the world's largest legal market place on the dark web. i'd go to our white house correspondent, kimberly how can now, kimberly, it's thought with this latest round of sanctions. how serious an escalation is it it is a serious, an escalation. and we should point out that in addition to the sanctions, well, the attorney general would not confirm that the united states is conducting nuremberg style investigation into potential war crimes. what he did confirm and subsequent questioning by reporters following that press conference is that the images coming out of boucher are so disturbing in ukraine that there are now u. s. officials on the ground in paris who are working with french officials as well as others to document alleged war crimes. in other words, it does appear and the us attorney general going out of his way to call what is

happening in ukraine an atrocity. and this would come on the heels of claims by you as president, that this is an obsessive lea, a war crimes by vladimir putin conducting his russian invasion of ukraine. so the u . s. president did all this saying that he made clear that he, the russian pay a price for this invasion. he says that there are atrocities in boucher and these other sanctions are certainly evidence of the escalation and actions by the united states in conjunction with g 7 nations as well as the european union. also gorman's talk of collecting evidence, the involvement of the f b. i and kimberly wears all of this heavy well, it does appear that the united states has been assembling what appears to be a centrally potential trial. this is something that vladimir zaleski has been

calling for as recently as on tuesday at the united nations. this is something that has been given some weight by the data secretary general as well. and so it does appear that there are these allegations that are out there. and what we know from these sanctions is that they were in the works, but the image is coming from boucher have only accelerated the actions of the world and global community. the seem. c understandably out raged by the images that they are seeing, or i will leave that thanks so much. still, i had an al jazeera why the discovery of mines in one of the world's most important shipping lanes could have global repercussions. ah,

richard, he has begun the faithful world copies on its way to cancel your travel package today. hello, good to see you. here's the thing. new delhi is about a month ahead of schedule for the past week. your temperature hovering around 3940 . that's what we would expect to see in may, and we're going to up it even more on thursday to 41, and i think we'll keep, ah, you for everything you do. they continued. i will take care of it the process. let's listen to the general night has cost your invoicing on rashandra warner scene and also the spring, our collector, the fence here in europe with more us presence in europe on the back of were i this efforts to local, sold to coordinate with naval allies and to share intelligence on information with

prices. the u. s. leadership has been outstanding on his indispensable. and that is of great importance when we face a very dangerous situation with the ongoing war in ukraine. so i look forward to sit down with you with the older foreign ministers in nato and to discuss a wide range of issues today and tomorrow we're seeing through the grade. and that is so great important when we faced a very dangerous situation with the ongoing war in ukraine. so i look forward to sit down with you with the older foreign ministers in nato and to discuss a wide range of issues today and tomorrow of course, including ukraine, but also that are able to sit down with our asia pacific partners, australia you see, learn japan and south korea and to address the global implications over the crisis

in ukraine. how we are going to work together in the different areas with our asia pacific partners. and then of course tonight, we will start to, to her thought, to our meeting with our discussion addressing the strategic concept. which is an important document for a natal outlining how nato should continue to be the stronger a line sinister facing am or the dangerous world on the new security galaxy. so once again, welcome is good. i'm here. thank you very much. and i was gonna say it's really good to be back except i feel like we never left i. in fact, i'm going to ask you if there are apartments available, you know, at voters because we're here so much that we probably need one. and that actually gets to something that, that in that, that is so important a hallmark of everything that we've been doing in the months leading up to rushes aggression against ukraine. and in the time stance has been our extraordinary

collaboration, coordination consultation on every element of the response. and that's exactly what we're continuing here today. and tomorrow we set out to do 3 things. if russia decided to pursue this horrific aggression against ukraine, one was to support. are you printing partners? we're doing that to was to put extraordinary pressure on russia. we're doing that. 3 was to make sure that we were shoring up the defenses of our own alliance. nato, and we're doing that, and today, tomorrow we'll continue to talk about not only how we can sustain these efforts, but how we can build upon 2nd, as the secretary general said, we're also at a period of tremendous importance for the future of our alliance. not just with regard to the russian aggression against ukraine, but more broadly going toward the nato summit, a new strategic concept that will be very,

very much informed by what's happening now in europe. but also by other challenges that we have to face together as an alliance. so this is an important moment for us to come together to continue to do the work leading up to the summit. the new student concept working with partners, all of which will be doing in the, the next 2 days. finally, let me say, i'm just, i'm grateful for your kind. it's about american engagement, american leadership, but our expression is right back at we would not be where we are absent your extraordinary leadership of this alliance. and i think that's evidence of the fact that our allies came together unanimously when our leaders met just a couple of weeks ago and asked the secretary general to stay on passengers as term . we are very, very grateful that you've agreed to do that. or we got a lot of work to do together and we continue right now. thank you. thank you. you as leadership has been outstanding and indispensable. the woods there of the

nato secretary general yan stultz and berg speaking alongside as he was standing next to the u. s secretary of state antony, blinking, addressing girl some of the challenges which they will now be discussing the global implications of the war in ukraine and addressing, or as they termed the strategic concept, that basic document guiding the formation of the alliance. let's go over to step wanston in brussels step some clear points there, which anthony blink and laid out for them to discuss ranging from supporting ukraine and how to pressure russia. yeah, what was striking was his unifying tone, i would say to keep the ally and strong and unified of course, that one of the most important aims of these meetings that are going to happen from tonight and going into tomorrow because what we've seen now in the last couple of days and weeks as well. also, especially after these images came out from a book,

chad that civilians there that there's been some cracks are appearing. it seems that countries are calling out for more action. a more aggressive action also by nato offensive weapons. also be going to be sent to ukraine and others are much more careful. so that's a very interesting tone that he is striking there. and he's talking also about this strategic concept that nato is going to discuss during this meeting. sort of a road map that nato is looking at the future sultan burg. earlier today said there's shifting a shift in the world order. so to say also because of what's happening in ukraine and with the russian invasion. so that's also on the table. how is nato looking at this new reality and how are they gonna prepare? so it's a very interesting discussion that we're going to see. sultan burke also very important in this new crucial phase of the war in ukraine. was it also striking for you as well? stem, the difference in tone, the if you think back,

so i'm sure you remember to the trump era, that tension between the u. s. and nato european nato members. a very different scene right now. correct? absolutely. so this is all of where to gather in this kind of tone. that's why blake and also was calling talking about is the unity of course, the trump was even a threatening to step out of ne, to which is complete the opposite of what's happening now. and that's also one thing that a lot of observers have been talking about that since the war started, it seems one of the things that put and has achieved as well is this unity has come up where there's a lot more agreement on how to treat a dis, situation a lot more parties have come to got it just now recently that we've seen these cracks, but it's was a very much of a front against russia for these last couple of weeks that the invasion has started

. all right, thanks. so i start boston, they're now russia and ukraine are accusing each other of laying mines to endanger shipping in the black sea, as well as the boss for us in turkey as cinema ca. so all reports from istanbul, the threat could affect global trade. with spikes, a large metal ball floats in a stumbles boss for a straight. it's a c mine built by the former soviet union turkish commandos approach it carefully. the t, you will diffuse the device and then remove it. is the 2nd time in 3 days, target fishermen have found a mind like this in their waters. last week, russia's main intelligence agency said 420 floating minds had drifted into the black sea after breaking off from cables near ukrainian ports because of a storm. he crane denied these claims. it says russia planted the mines with us. so us true. a former turkish, we are admirals,

how judge it says the ties and the wind are diverting the minds towards the stumble . he believes the minds belong to ukraine, are cool to show it would be illogical for russia to mine ports in odessa, where it's aiming for a military landing. why would they shoot themselves? also, if these minds broke off so easily, it means the mining wasn't done properly. that makes one think the mines were left to float free in the black sea. international law allows states to lay sea minds in their waters to protect themselves from attack. but allowing mines to flow into international waters is illegal. look up deliciously lit that the un should be questioning ukraine. turkey has a strong capacity to sweep the mind, but this is an irresponsible roger, i think that is no matter who was responsible for the mines. they now pause a serious risk to local fishermen like shahan, who have been told not the fish at night. shine says when turkey diffused the mice

in the sea last week, the explosion hit like an earthquake. yeah, good. i'm a sick when might know is volatile. if you don't see the mind, then you explode. you'd done, but i'm only a slight contact is enough to do it. night fishing is banned mel and thank god as the end of the season. but if we weren't peak season than the scenario would be different, we're expecting many more minds to drop by here in a month or so. the black sea is the major shipping outreach for grain, oil, an oil products turkish race, are the on the waterways trying get to the mediterranean and the agencies 38000 vessels passed through the strait of his stumble last year. any interruption or risk in this region could disrupt the global supply chain. at the same, it is not clear who is responsible for these mines or how many of them are floating out there, posing a threat to people, and maria, and live on last. these questions are answered, it may take years to spot and disabled these explosive devices in the black c. c 9

because solar al jazeera assemble. ok now if i says former president, blaze computer has been sentenced to life in prison, computer has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of his predecessor thomas and kara sancho, i was killed with 12 others in a qu, in 1987 comply raised in exile in neighboring ivory coast protests are being held in sedans, capital, and several of the cities against the military takeover lost here. wednesday, march the 3rd anniversary of demonstrations that brought down former leader of the ship demonstrates his wanton end to military rule. his morgan reports from hard to be nearly 6 months since the military here incident dissolved the transitional government of 2 years and took over power, arresting senior government officials, people have been protesting. ever since. and wednesday was no different people took to the street by the thousands, not just in the capital heart of tomb,

but also in other cities around the country to show the army that they don't want them in power. and they want the military to return to the barracks. they also commemorating the 3rd anniversary opposites and in 2019 that led the military that is current in power to overthrow the president. back then our president, thomas basheba, has been ruling the country for 30 years. many protesters who we spoke to here say that they feel the revolution is incomplete, that they're still making the same demand. they're still demanding a civilian government. they still demanding just as an accountability for the processes who have been killed since the since the revolution started during this years era i'm up to now when the military took over power last october, at least 9 people have been killed in the ministry took over power last october, hunger, it has been injured by the violent that have been used as the security forces, which the un says has been brutal and excessive, has not deterred protesters. they continue to take to the streets and they say they will continue demanding a civilian government until one is in place. now,

human rights watch says molly's army killed or than 300 civilians last month with help from foreign fighters. a report says it happened in the town of mora in the central part of the country. molly, an army says it killed more than $200.00 fighters, but the rights group says civilians were also killed. violence with armed groups has escalated this french peacekeepers prepared to leave. it's been a terrible few months in molly, in which armed groups from all different sites, including at the i'm, it's a mess as well as the security forces have engaged and atrocities. but we say that this was the single worst atrocity that we have documented by any i'm group in the last 10 years. but also keep in mind that also during the month of march, there were several 100 people allegedly killed by the islamic state affiliate in and around min, aka. so again, it's been a deadly, a few months in what is a conflict which has been characterized by massive atrocities against civilians and

suspects. members of parliament in sri lanka have met for the 1st time since the governing coalition lost its majority. at least 40 politicians walked out of the alliance on tuesday, blaming the government for food and fuel shortages. and president got a biology pox or a vote, the state of emergency which gave widespread house to curb protests. protesters are demanding his resignation. as the economic crisis worsens. l fernandez reports from columbo. the road to parliament, as you could see behind me still locked off by barricades as the the security and the law enforcement authorities ensure the protest as dawn, storm parliament or get close. now obviously in parliament today, we had the speaker who told the gathering that the crisis that yolanda is facing that this is still the beginning that it will get march. march was we had the government insisting the president go to abby. roger proctor is not going to be

resigning the he's going know when he's staying put, obviously for the opposition like the t n. a parliamentarian image from under and he said the cabinet had resigned on mass that that itself was an acceptance that the government had failed, that they could not continue with governance. and he said that was a reason why they should step down. but obviously for protests is that stepping down of the cabinet as you can see behind me just across. ah, they're not, they're not satisfied. they still carrying banners and signs and black eyed. most of them who made the say, you know, go to go home. enough is enough, and just on this side, as you can see, given the tensions, obviously, police rides got. they've got their buttons in hand. they've got their shield. it is, oh, i must say pretty peaceful. the police has managed to maintain calm, but there are pockets of tension. and they have been warnings from organizers of these protests, as well as the law enforcement authorities to keep things peaceful,

not to let the violence get out of hand. israel's government has lost its majority in parliament following the resignation of chairwoman. it's silman. her departure means the friend john coalition. government is relying on support from opposition. parties that coalition was from last year after 4 elections in just 2 years. ah, let's take you through some of the headlights now. the full scale of the killings in the ukranian towns of butcher is been and bought. the anchor are beginning to emerge. key of says more victims are being discovered every day, allegedly tortured, executed, and burned. the port city of mario paul is still facing heavy fighting an aerial bombardment under $60000.00 people are trapped. i have no water, electricity, or madison. the u. s. has unveiled more sanctions against russia this time against

financial institutions. and 2 of president vladimir putin's daughters, washington is also accusing billionaire konstantin murphy of.