ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it feel exceptional. katara always going places together. ah, with most votes counted in france's presidential election 1st round, the manual micros expected a face far right rival marine the pen in a run of later this month. aah! alarm down jordan mrs. al jazeera live from dell are also coming up, taking to the streets, tens of thousands protest and pakistan against the removal of former prime minister in one con. more mass graves are found near key. bessie cranes, president seeks germany support for tougher sanctions on russia. plus

o ango, in shanghai of food shortages is a strict. cobit 19 locked down, continues. ah, president him on your macro has come out on top of the 1st round of voting in france is presidential election with most of the votes. now counted is expected of face. all right. candidate marine la, penn. in a run off on the 24th of april, macro hoped to become the 1st french president to be reelected in 20 years while a pen is on her 3rd attempt for the top job. 12 candidates ran him some days 1st round. ben smith reports now mc capital paris. emanuel micron only did warm campaign rally, but the man who bronze himself a centrist did enough to have a chance of being the 1st incumbent french president in 20 years to win a 2nd term. again, though, you'll have to beat the far right at 2 o'clock berkeley

a he says so tony, the left assumed to our fellow citizens that abstained or voted for the extreme of either because they are angry against inequalities or to the ecological chaos or insecurity holders for the difficulty of living in dignity, even working hard to say, i will convince you in the days to kind you his opponent in the 2nd round of voting will again be maureen le, pen, leader of the national rally. it's manifesto includes a promise to make it illegal for muslim women to wear had scarves, in public places. they were covered. the pony official, your vote depends all over the french territory on the legitimate preponderance of the french culture and language. the customs of our regions and the french way of life on republican laws and values. if you can, le pen might pick up votes from supporters of air exam or another extreme right candidates, the former tv pond, it has asked his supporters to packer. in the 2nd round,

the far less john luke melon shone, had hoped that this time he might make it to the run off. but again, he didn't quite get enough votes. francis traditional right and left wing parties continue to hemorrhage support. the conservative, the republicans party and the valerie pay, chris saw their share of the vote collapsed a single digits. the socialist and an hidalgo had been all but wiped out their share of the boat, barely registered. the beneficiary of those former conservative in social votes seems again to be micron. we ought to be asked the french brutus to support the to the as her own european france for the next turn of the election in 2 weeks repugnant. i believe we have a good record and we have a white cap plan with the vision to the future for the young, our country. and for the whack as often to the left, micron has promised higher pensions and more staff in health care for the right thousands more police officers and judges. and a rise in the retirement age from 62 to 65. going into the 2nd round and manual my

phone could again benefit from the same republican front that help you easily beat marina pan. back in 2017. that is most of the losing candidates tonight, but urged their supporters not to let in extreme right. it'll be difficult marina pen to overcome. oh, to bother bernard smith, al jazeera, paris, or political ammunition, preparing says, politics and france have become sharply polarized. will have a big moment. it will be the debate between the a mrs le banner and the present, mackerel. so everybody is waiting for this debate because you as you know, until now mr. mackerel as refuse any kind of debate with any candidate. so it will be its 1st debate for the selection. and so everybody is waiting for that. we will see at that moment. whoa, mr. ah, look, ben will succeed to to by mr. mackerel. we know that the before the election from

from a 2000, no. a 19, and 17, sorry. she was not very, very good in this debate. so she has to make a lot of progress to be at the same level that the president and we would see if she would succeed or not. that's a great moment. we will that everybody's expecting it's totally polarized we have now 3 blocks we offer of a left is block with mr. middle shore, or got a very good score. much more than the little mall under the ball predicted that we have the, the block with mr. mackerel, and we as the far right blow, so we have 3 blogs, the traditional parties like that. so shall his party or the right bodies are nearly disappeared. so we don't know what will be the future for them. is a big worry. father media dance is a big worry for the political leaders of this to traditional parties or socialism and the right. and so we will see when after the presidential election we,

we are the parliament election so we would see what they will succeed to, to keeper, tens of thousands of people, of arthur called by pakistan's, former prime minister imran con, to protest against his removal from office con tweeted this video and thanked his supporters reposing what he called us back regime change. parliament will pick his replacement on monday. the top contender is opposition leader. should i sharif leader of pakistan's muslim? come out hydra has been falling a protest in islamabad. i ms. dame ron hahn had made an effort to a nation to come out and read a cross log on and died. families have turned out. as you can see, people are still boring in to f. 9 fog when you're situated in central islam abroad . it is important to know that dad been a get on the board for the outer prime minister within 24 hour bug,

or don re enacting a new prime minister day buckets on. teddy can solve for saying that if that opposition candidate becomes the prime minister, that they were a nation and mom and dad of god. when did another crisis, they got the budget on. daddy can solve it by far, the largest party and father. tens of thousands of people have come out to grow, to plug it on and all the major cities from the southern boards. 30 of got j to center fun job. the city of la hor abad. after a while proven, and for shaw and enron, a public is concerned, the kind of logan that we've been hearing, that friends of the united states, our trade dr. this country did. indeed

a merging around con, maybe down, but did not out politically. and that i just thought that particular jack from the outer prime minister david, go back to his math days. now also we have been door that the budget sunday diaspora which is located outside the country. i'd also come out to protest in london and madrid, spain in australia. i admitted ukraine's president blood as the landscape says he spoke to the german chancellor about imposing more sanctions on russia. local officials say they found graves of the bodies of dozens of civilians in the village of the sofa near keith. russian forces have withdrawn from the area of an airport in the central ukrainian city of denise pro has been completely destroyed by shilling. but at the sight of another mass grave in boucher ukrainian war crimes, prosecutors and forensic experts of exist 9 more bodies. in total cities,

man says $320.00 civilians have been confirmed dead. the initial discovery of bodies in civilian clothes, in boucher prompted more sanctions against russia and expulsion from the un human rights council. well the last few days i've seen a series of high profile visits by world leaders to keep wrestle set up. as more recently, we have just seen that there has been the high level diplomatic wizards, the highest levels actually since the war began on 24th of february 1st wonderland . the president of the european commission joined by the blogs or foreign policy of joseph world. they have visited kia just 2 days ago, and also so a can from prime minister or so was here. and wonder leon, who has promised a $1000000000.00 euro's worth of weapons to be supply to ukraine. and also promised a 600000000 euro at worth or for a location about

a new budget for the the construction of ukraine. however, prisoners he asked for more weapons. but yesterday, when and prayer, the you k prime minister to buddhist johnson. busy also was here, and he has promised to provide more anti tanks, anti aircraft, and anti ship missiles to ukraine, which could cause a significant damage, particularly, or in the black sea. considering that the russia has a very heavy, a presence of naval forces in, in black sea. but despite all of these diplomatic wizards that now gee, is seen again, that there has been a very little emphasize on the, on, on, on the diplomatic effort to find a piece and to the present. zalinski says that we shouldn't mr opportunity to find a piece or to, to design a deal that could and the, the war that is ongoing in the country. well, in mockery to the west of ki volunteers are helping with the clean up after the

retreat of russian forces was our correspondence, emron. com discovered the task brings its own dangers, says 10 days ago, the ukrainian army in russian forces full pitched battles in the streets of mockery . now, an army of volunteers is fighting a different one to clean up the streets. their weapons, old fashioned rooms and physical strength these people are members of a bodybuilding club and keep them come to help alongside their friends. they sweep into the suit market. every time we are trying to clean up the mass that the russians left behind, we are trying to bring normality to our country as you green. but it's dangerous work. minds and booby traps everywhere. they work with the military to stay as safe as they can. we asking for the military guys and from national,

what is i found good to bombs, but it was florida on the garden. elizabeth did become view the task ahead is daunting. even with volunteers in the civil administration. it'll take years to get this town back to anything resembling what it was. facilities like the local library and community center will be the last to be rebuilt. after all, without homes for people to live in, there can be no community that v was painted on that gauged by the russians they've taken over this entire area. you can just see over there, the empty ammunition cases, they used as defensive positions, but the ukrainians have now been through this area. they've searched house the house, see that yellow dot over there. that yellow dot symbolizes the fact that this house has been cleared of mines and any kind of booby traps and the residents that are back here. and what they're doing is they're rebuilding slowly. but surely,

soldiers is still clearinghouses her. they look in the cellar methodically, making sure there's nothing that might explode. but the woman who lives here watches nervously satisfied his claire the soldiers, li referral in the room. yes, it's this type of operation that will allow those who still have some hope to return this ukrainian tank has become a makeshift memorial to those who died, defending this place. the residence of la flowers, flowers that have wilted and died. but as a long process to clean up begins when they return, perhaps fresh flowers will as well run call out to sara mikado for short break here

. now to 0. when we come back, rising tensions between israelis and palestinians after more violence will be occupied. westbank class, he's refusing to stay silent or just put more pressure on for one cause president more that spin ah richard, he has begun the, the full world copies on its way to the castle. wookey will travel package to the hello there was got in the middle east and it's all about the heat. we've seen temperatures above average across much of the region will things are going to cool down slightly across the levant, thanks to a weather system that is pushing its way east. out of turkey, we'll see some of the winds pick up for places like lebanon and syria. but down and further south of this, we're going to see temperatures pick up and places like baghdad, a lot of heat coming through for q weights, guitar and saudi arabia. and of course,

a lot of sunshine with peppering of cloud here. and there it was. we had to north africa, there's going to be a cool down for cairo as that wet or whether shifts his way further east coming down to 25 degrees on tuesday. and it's going to get wetter and windier in the north west for morocco. and algeria, thanks to a weather system, plague in the iberian peninsula with these some storms rumble across a gulf of guinea, more intense thunderstorms for nigeria, those feed into that central band of africa. we got above average temperatures for the horn of africa, drought conditions continuing here for large areas, but down in the south, this is where we're seeing the really intense thunderstorms, rolling east south of botswana affecting the eastern coast of africa. we have got some flash flood warnings out for how tang, but there's plenty of sunshine in cape town, cancer airway, issue, airlines of the journey. mainstream coverage of big stories can sometimes deliver

more heat than lights in any water scenario. busy there's always a push to simplify narratives, the listening pace covering the way the news is cafe announces era. china is locked in a sy battle with the us. when i, when ace makes the online warriors bottom line with one out of the europe. ah ah, welcome back to promote about stories here this our president emmanuel, macro has come out on top of the 1st round of voting and francis presidential election. but most of the votes counted,

he's expected to face fall right candidate marine, the pen and a runner. on the 24th of april, most opinion polls suggest he'll win, but with a very tight march. thousands of immune. com, supporters of robin pakistan's capital islamabad. a day off to parliament removed him as prime minister and a vote of no confidence and peace will choose his successor. later on monday, our local officials say they found graves with the bodies of dozens of civilians, no ukrainian village near keith. russian forces have withdrawn from the area the cranium has run, does was speaking to the german chancellor about imposing more sanctions on the moscow with now video, showing angry residence in china's largest city, protesting and shouting at officials has been posted on line. shanghai is 26000000 people are under a strict lockdown after a record number of new cove. at 19 infections. people can only go out once a day to collect food delivered by korea. but many say they don't have enough to

eat. fed up residents have also been filmed, looting food at supply points. katrina, you has more from beijing, millions of people living under locked down in shanghai or losing their patients especially because monday the 11th of april was the day that this locked on was initially supposed to be lifted. and now it seems for those living in effected areas affected by this outbreak, this knocked on. we'll continue for some weeks more, at least on monday. the latest figures were $25000.00 new cases reported of the on the chrome very and bringing that total since the beginning of march to $200000.00 cases. shanghai, china's commercial center remains the epi center of this outbreak here in china. the worst that the country has seen since the beginning of the pandemic. most of these cases are recorded are a symptomatic, and yet the government is continuing to insist that everyone who test positive be sent to a quarantine center. and more than 62 had been set up throughout the city,

and about 38000 medical staff had been flown in from other parts of the country to help manage them. because many of these makeshift hospitals have been torn together . so hastily, there have been any complaints about poor living conditions and also criticisms from families who say they've been separation from family members and relatives. now stories who are quarantining at home, there have been widespread, continuing complaints about lack of access to food and other essential supplies and services. the government says that it is working to improve this, but the implementation of those improvements has been very patchy and people are saying that this overall lockdown has been imposed in a very chaotic way across shanghai. yet the government is continuing to censor any complaints, any posts of protest or criticism online and on social media defending the 0 tolerance approach as the only way to keep the death rate low here in china. bows

that closed in mexico, a referendum to decide whether president, candidate, money, lopez, open door should stay in power. early estimate suggest of a 90 percent to voted back to him, remaining in office for the turnout of around 18 percent is well below the 40 percent needed for a binding result by the rapid ripples mexican citizens took to the polls on sunday for a 1st ever national referendum to decide the political fate of president. and that is manuel. nope. is over at other outside this polling station in mexico city, many seemed eager to cast their votes. you'll mass importantly. i think the most important thing is that this exercise will keep happening in the future independent of the president in the future. this will be an opportunity that citizens didn't have in the past, but ok is i think it's good and positive. it makes our society politically active and that's a valuable thing. oh, the referendum on the presidency is

a divisive topic in mexico. one that has sparked demonstrations both for and against some critics or calling the referendum unnecessary, given that president lopez over about already has a nearly 60 percent approval rating. others have argued the referendum is being manipulated by president lopez over the oldest party to rally supporters ahead of the next presidential election in 2024 initiative will say so loud regular in this process rule set by congress imply. there cannot be a campaign by the president, nor can public resources be used for his ramifications. nevertheless, what we have seen are public servants from the present party at every level is basically campaigning for it. we can some have even argued the vote could open the door to removing term limits in a country where presidents are only allowed to serve a single 6 year mandate outside of the political debate. however, many social scholars have argued the new referendum process is ultimately a good thing for mexican democracy. the 8th that yielded as he would as it but keep

us using this and other forms of citizen participation are important and necessary as we confront the crisis of democracies. these mechanisms of direct democracy should serve to empower citizens in the public space. and then the decision making processes. a recent national survey suggest that only as much as 27 percent of eligible voters will participate in the recall referendum for below the 40 percent needed for the results to be binding. president lopez, obadiah lord, however, has bound to respect the outcome of the referendum and resign if he received less than 50 percent of votes, regardless of voter turnout. though polls have now closed election, official say it could still take several days for the official count to be announced. monroe ended up a low al jazeera mexico city. a funeral has been held for a palestinian woman shot dead by his writing forces in the occupied westbank town of her son. hundreds of people attended the burial of the mother with 6 cheesy 3rd

palestinian woman to be killed by his ready forces in the occupied westbank on sunday. and in janine is writing forces, find a vehicle in drink one man, residents block roads expecting possible raised by israeli forces john hallman and oct bodies. jerusalem has more and what's happening in geneva there's been a situation developing around jeanine refugee camp in the occupied west bank. and that immediate situation really began on thursday evening when a gum, and that was from that camp. i went to central television and shot various people, killing 3 of them. now, after that, israeli security forces have asked his father the father of that gun man at rod her same is the name of the government. to turn himself into them. they said they want

to question him. now he's refused to do that. he told out his era that his morning his son is not going to go with them. and if they want him, they can come and get him. now on sunday evening that his family members said that in the last of the cause that he'd receive to, to ask him to hand himself in israeli security official said that they would come in to janine at refugee camp or on of raid if he didn't do that now why is that important? because jeanine refugee camp has a lot of gun then, and it has a lot of weapons. so this really is a primer for a confrontation and the mos in the refugee camp have been and a announcing the people need to be vigilant. right now the secretary general of is lemetre. g had, has been saying, has been putting his fighters on high alert. so this is

a very tense situation and both is re lease and palestinians. remember 20 years ago, a raid that lasted for days on jeanine refugee camp that left more than 20 israeli soldiers dead and more than 50 palestinians dead. so the situation was always already really tense here, and there are fears that arrayed a large scale raid on jeanine refugee camp could just open pandora's box here, protested intro lanka, i've been calling on that precedent to resign. 7 0 yes they blame go to buy a raja puck stuff of the worst economic crisis since independence from britain in 1948. john comes about to struggle with months of food and fuel shortages and power cuts lasting more than 12 hours. we are in the dark at the moment of the ease over you 3 guys today. we need to change the system. we want that i get back just to go

. we don't want him to rule ammunition like the yang b. yeah. hooked. and he just want him to leave us, and you'd want a new cabinet to do what is right for the generations to michelle fernandez has more now from columbus. now that a 100 thousands of protest says that have come out here to day. many of them coming out voluntarily and all of them say they have had enough that. c to go to her, must go home, reference a, go to alberta, butter are busy here behind the scenes, a lot of food. all of this donated voluntarily if we could just go, there's buns that biscuits, there's flask of hot tea and coffee loads of water bottles. and all of those things donated obviously by people who are pretty much backing the. 2 process here we see a little medical table, which is full of things like strep. so for those who are shouting,

or you've got basic medical supplies, are things not privacy to more of a cough syrup for the rain. and even something we saw was that among the people, distributing food and our drinks, hot drinks are things like cup of tea is to ensure that people stay well in this weather. and like you said, i can assure you, this gentleman over here are distributing hot tea. it's happening. so lots of people coming voluntarily know to people who can't join in the protest. also helping out with whatever supplies they can muster together, where they do packets of biscuits or create loads. doctors in somalia opened the 1st public blood bank barren, 30 years. it was inspired by one doctor's personal experience. malcolm whit went to liter cooler. i made ibrahim says he'll never forget the day a cobble, nearly killed him. he says it's shattered. legs were gushing blood. he's

a mechanic in somali as capital mogadishu. so as it was in the morning when a client caught me his car for repairing as soon as i started working on it and the car blew up because it had a bomb attached. and i didn't know about it. it's here in the street right outside of his home that him and other mechanics work on took, took cars and bikes. it's right here that the bomb went off. he would have joined the other hundreds of somalis who die in armed conflict. every, if it wasn't for one man, doctor i made abdicated. mohammed says he was tired of seeing people bleed to death . so he set up somali as only public blood bank funded by private donors. this is what inspired him 5 years ago. about 600 people were killed when 2 truck bombs exploded in mogadishu was the worst attack in somalia. as history investigators blamed the armed group out of barb,

many of those killed fled to death. from that injuries dr. amad decided to do something about it, but it feels like the country is in an emergency all the time with many explosions and accidents, there is always a need for blood. this center supplies blood to many hospitals in the city to save the lives of wounded people, mothers and childbirth and others. it's all, she's one of the many people who have been saved with the blood. the doctor had collect. he and his team deliver, it's a hospital where it's needed. he says more people die of blood loss than from the bullets hit them. and the u. n says about $5000.00 women die in childbirth in somalia, every year, many of whom could be saved by blood transfusions, marleen rag marleen is another one of the blood recipients. he says a dr. misdiagnosed, him with tuberculosis and gave him strong drugs that destroyed his kidneys. he now depends on kidney dialysis with the native blood. well, it was a good thing for the community without him so many people would be dying because of

lack of blood. like me, if i did not get blood from him, it would be hard for me to stay alive. talked to amen. says finding donors is hard . he says he's met many people who believe they'll die if they donate. he speaks on tv and radio every week to educate and encourage people. the bank stores enough blood to treat just a few 100 patients. it's a start, but he says he has a long way to go to meet molly as needs malcolm web. al jazeera mogadishu, somalia, ah tough. a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera president, emmanuel macro has come out on top after the 1st round of france is presidential election. but most of the votes counted, he's expected to face far right. candidate, marina, penn. in a run of later this month was looking at your trust mo, mo, believe is an honor is an obligation,

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