this is about programs award winning documentaries and to death news reports. subscribe to you cheese dot com, forward slash al jazeera english ah . warnings of a brutal new phase in the ukraine war as russia prepares for a renewed offensive in the east. ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up august on the gets a new prime minister. chavez sharif is sworn in replacing him. ron khan, who was ousted and no confidence vote. every vote counts of french presidential candidates hit the campaign trail to shore up support before the final runoff. plus

i'm alan fisher in washington, dc, the unmarked and almost untraceable. i know the bike white house is doing something about the problem of so called ghost gardens. we begin with a war in ukraine and warnings of an escalation in the east. russia is moving military vehicles towards the front lines of the hans, according to its regional governor ukraine's defense minister says moscow is almost ready to launch a major assault in south eastern mary. paul soldiers say they're preparing for last battle. after weeks of siege. rob mcbride reports from the vive in western ukraine . ah, a drive through the ruins of what was once a bustling suburb of mary u. pulse. near the cities as of style factory, the scene of fierce fighting russian backed soldiers from the break away region of

don yet around patrol. some of them conscripts like 18 year old gladys love who salvage wiley, fellow nicholas, what can i say? they called me up to go to work. i wasn't hiding from it. i came on my own volunteer all around evidence of what weeks of intense fighting has reduced much of this city to, with unexpectedly strong resistance. the well, with those with well, with 3 i thought it would go better. i thought it would be faster, harrison is going slowly. the koreans are trained fighters in other parts of the city under russian control. some clearing up is underway, while people try to live as best they can. russia has blamed what it calls ukrainian nationalists for what it describes as a humanitarian catastrophe here. but ukrainian president vladimir zelinski blames russia's invading army, claiming an, an address to parliamentarians in south korea,

the 10s of thousands of people are likely to have been killed in the city. my tuple, roonan marie, opal is destroyed. there are tens of thousands of dead. but even so, the russians do not stop the offensive. they want to make an example of mario pl. several 100 people are now thought to have died in a theatre where many families had taken refuge. drone footage shows the extent of the devastation to that one building that was attacked in spite of the word deity or children. being marked clearly on the ground, president zalinski says the coming days will be crucial for ukraine with the expected renew defensive in the east. he says the russians have amassed an army of tens of thousands and have every intention of repeating what they've already done it. mario pole. rob mcbride, al jazeera, the vive. well, there's a prospect of more firepower for ukraine. it's war against russia. e foreign

ministers have been meeting in luxembourg. they've been discussing a proposal to earmark another $544000000.00 for the delivery of additional weapons to ukraine. blocks of foreign policy. chief james at brown says there's also been talk of more sanctions against russia. and sanctions will continue discussing about how to implement the sanctions to avoid any kind of loopholes. we measure the impact of this sensors as having on your russian economy. and we will continue discussing in order to see what else can be done. nothing is of the table including sanctions, denial, and guess rushes. foreign minister says statements by the ease, foreign policy chief on supplying ukraine with more weapons will change the rules of the game. so gay lover of a says at joseph barrels remarks confirmed that he was building what he called a kind of a collective military structure. and the coaching studios,

littles were also visual. this is a very serious turning point, even in the policy that the e u and the west on the whole, undeniably under the united states leadership has been pursuing since the start of our special military operation. this policy reflect and betterment and even fury in some respects. and of course, it's been determined certainly not only by ukraine, but also by the fact that ukraine has been transformed into a foothold for completely suppressing russia and submitting russia to the global system. being built by the west of which is always kept moving closer to our borders. contrary to all promises it gave, despite the end of the cold war. and despite the warsaw pact and the soviet union's disappearance, or the war in ukraine, it was one of the items on the agenda. as u. s. present joe biden held virtual talks with india's prime minister there and remedy the white house, says new dell, his energy purchases from russia were discussed separately. india's foreign and

defense ministers were in washington, d. c. to hold talks with their american counterparts. they later held a press conference al jazeera, is it rosalind jordan asked the u. s. secretary of state and indian foreign minister about their differences on russia. i would note in the has made for a strong statement. so in new york, at the un, ah, the minister ah, before the indian parliament condemning the killing of civilians in ukraine. india's relationship with russia was developed over decades at a time when the united states was not able to be a partner to india times of changed. ah, today we are able and willing to be a partner of choice. oh, with india across virtually every room. if you're looking at energy purchases from russia, i would suggest that you ought attention shouldn't be focused on europe,

which probably, ah, we do buy some ah energy which is necessary for our energy security. but i suspect, looking at the figures, probably our total purchases for the month would be less than what europe does in an optimal. chavez sharif has been sworn in as pakistan's, new prime minister, the former opposition, the, the succeeds, eminent con, who was removed in no confidence vote over the weekend sharif. it will foreman you government until a general election is held next year, or some of the job reports from is on the back. was it as i'm care about, your boss sharif has taken oath as the 23rd prime minister of pakistan. mia mama's ship shabba, should he sub is declared to have been elected as the prime minister of the islamic above nichol? ah, harry was elected with $174.00 wolves in month one was removed in a vote of mean confidence. and the opposition boycotted the lecture, but i bet on there is monkey. if we are to save the singing birds,

what we all need is hard work and unity, unity and unity. we are beginning a new era of development to day. scott got known and focused on as an administrator who gets things done at the age of 70, shall, should he was the joint leader of the opposition that toppled him. non hon in the no confidence vote should have entered politics and then led pakistan's most pop in this province and the major infrastructure projects. in his home town, the hor, he successfully brought an investment from china and turkey. he's also had good relations with the u. s. analysts say he will need to mend fences after the outgoing prime minister accused his opponents of being politically manipulated by washington. shabazz is the younger brother, a former prime minister, am i sharif, who was dismissed following allegations of corruption. he's facing a money laundering case and corruption charges brought by the federal investigation agency and the national accountability bureau boats. by the say,

the allegations leveled under him run hands premier ship were politically motivated and in 2007, should he criticize the accountability bureau investigating him in nap, which is an intrusion country. i'm sure if it went to a hitler's estoppel national accountable to biddle, which does selective accounting, accountability, and other opposition. politicians also use it of being a tool used for political, which hunts in subsequent years in power and wisdom, the government left the bureau and changed out of all politicians, shall, should, he is widely considered to be the most acceptable to them in the stablished mind. and those who came together to topple in mountains government hoping that the army will maintain what it called it's neutral status. even if shabba surely remains the prime minister until elections next year will still not become a prime minister who completes a 5 year term and a son, as none have done in the country 75 year history,

some and java down to 0. i'm about well is saying how county is a former ambassador of pakistan to united states and director for south and central asia at the hudson institute. he joins us live from washington, d. c via z. thanks for being with us here. what do you think will be the incoming prime minister's immediate agenda for pakistan? his immediate dinner has to be restoration of the economy, economy and shambles. boxed on who was in free fall. boxed on stock market was not performing well. boxed on the exports were not increasing under iran con and no attention was being paid to a substantive economic issues. the market so obviously reacted positively to shop ashley selection. the stock market has gained 1700 points and one b. the rupees fall has stopped. but he still has a lot of work to do in getting the economy to function again. yes,

you mentioned the economy that what will iran cons legacy be then in terms of that and, and do some of the issues actually pre date him many issues do predicted run con, but in run cons, greatest problem was that he was not an administrator. he was not interested in governance in, in government. he behaved like the opposition only criticizing his predecessors and did not make keep policy decisions, changed officials to him and did not keep promises with the international monetary fund. at least those problems will no longer be there. in ron con, basically was a polarizing figure here to means that even today he divided the nation on the basis of people who like came up, patriots, and people who disagree with him are traitors or looters that will arise. asian did not sit well with investors or with anybody else within the country other than his followers. and do you think it's too soon to predict the outcome of any fresh

elections looking ahead? absolutely, it is premature. last time around time one, it flew reality in parliament, not a majority with only 20 to 31 percent of the popular vote. this time, we don't know how much of that will stay with him and how many wars others they get and how many wards that transform into how many seats in parliament. so it is pretty much all right now to talk about the outcome of the election. but we can all say there will be an election within a year, a year and a half. and i'm on con, still has a good deal of support. doesn't he? especially amongst young voters, is he still going to be relevant? going ahead, william ron con will not be relevant, but he will be a destructor. that is what he was in the beginning. the army put it speed behind him which enabled him to get into government. but as a ruler, he proved to be

a destructor. again and towards the end, he really tried to blew up the house. he destroyed the leisure, tried to destroy the relationship with the united states by making allegations that he could not substantiate that the americans had any role in them or not on for just opposition. talked about, he again went to polarizing the people on the basis of those who support me are good and those who are against me are evil, and then lashed out against the military, which had stopped supporting him working in politics. it's a good thing that the military backs away from politics, but that does not want to support us feel right now. so his disruption will continue. will he really be a force that will actually be able to exercise much influence in parliamentary politics or will transform pakistan in a better direction? i think that that opportunity has already escaped his hands. ok saying how can it form and best of pakistan to the united states? thanks for being with us here today. talking to was still

a heads on the al jazeera intentions are high and occupied westbank, as israel reveals a multi $1000000.00 plan to reinforce its separation. and the victim of sher lancaster worsening economic crisis. hospitals face critical shortages. ah ah hello, we got a lovely we can store for good part of that is the side of the u. s. a high pressure keeping it largely settled and sunny. but you can say a fair amounts of cloud weather systems into central parts. and over to was the western side of the us up towards the pacific northwest. he was on the call side. we have got some very cold air in place, and that will grassy sink its way further southwards. denver goes from around 17 celsius on tuesday and 7 degrees on wednesday,

so that kind of sets the seat ahead of that though, there's that warmth of getting up into the mid twenties. maybe even the high twenty's there. 40 see, at this stage got some lobby showers still in the process of pulling out of the way we have seen some valid storms. recently, rural ceased stormy weather gathering. once again around the deep south, up towards the great lakes. there's that snow he makes that when she makes up towards the north west road across north implies road across the mountain states still in place there as we go on through a wet stand by wednesday, that wet weather for the plains looking a little more extensive, even the northeast could see a little bit of wet weather at this stage charter some way whether to into our cuba into hispaniola. but for much of the caribbean, it is fine and try a suspect. the best of the sunshine will be i, which was the east madden's awe. from the al jazeera london, bro, cost center t people,

unprompted uninterrupted. the social media space is as dangerous as the street came to beat police as much as the speed part 2 of journalist, nestle, malik, and rights and political analyst, nangle ne abolla. i want people to be attentive to the commercial interests that shake these platforms. studio be unscripted on al jazeera lou. ah, you're watching, i'll just hear a reminder now. all the top stories this ukraine. it says it expects russia to launch a new offensive on its eastern region. imminently. u. s. officials say they believe

russia is reinforcing, had re supplying its troops the dumbass reach. you foreign ministers have been discussing a proposal to m. r. $544000000.00 for the delivery of additional weapons to ukraine . blocks foreign policy chief that are out says there's also been talk of more sanctions against russia. japan sharif has been sworn in his pakistan's new prime minister to being elected by the national assembly, who succeeds iran. connie was moved in confidence based on saturday. ah, the 2 remaining candidates in france, it's a presidential race. the campaign trail just a day after the 1st round of voting incumbent annual micron will face at the far right canada to marine the pen on the 24th of april. a crown spent the day campaigning, one of the country's poorest areas attached butler reports now from the northern

town to ne emanuel. my cross, critics often call him the president of the rich. so it's not by chance of the centrist incumbent chose dinner. one of france's poorest towns to begin his campaign for the 2nd round of the presidential election in this part of northern france. many people say they've been left behind. legless booker, they're the middle classes also want to be heard. people listen to the working classes, but what about us on that we work, but we also struggle each month just like every one else model to problem. again, i'm not from a con his only for the rich to gives millions to some people while we tighten our boats. wow, for supper. we asked a macro for his response. in english, please. one we've been speaking to some people here who really feel that the last 5 years has been all about favoring the rich. how are you gonna convince people otherwise versus wrong? look at the look at the fact look at the days and so on. and i think i'm here

precisely to, to go to act very to faith whizzer, was this people in to convince about not just what i did. but i want what i want to do on home, because i don't want to leave the social cushion to the far right people because i think that would be completely crazy. but many here disagree the far right party leader, one the most folks in the 1st round and dinner, her focus on the cost of living and promised to crack down on immigration, resonates in this town. were half of young adults are unemployed. prospects are bleak and one striving industries half shut. my corner pan will now spend much at the next 2 weeks targeting the same voters from those who abstained in the 1st round to the millions of left wing voters, who now face a difficult choice. muhammad nor dean campaign for the far left party candidate charlotteville of shaw, who came 3rd in sundays ballot. nicholas walford to rape the road. it's going to be very hard to make a choice between them because we have a president,

if you care about rich people who doesn't really care about the cost of living, even if he's come here to talk about that, like to live on the other side of marine le pen, who just profits from people's misery, forsooth, who don't argue the populace. your we suffer and deny because people don't have jobs. and in terms of the cost of living, they've lost hope for this one hope is something macros says he represents along with stability, continuity, and a promise of jobs. marine, the pen says what the country needs, though, is something different. it will be up to voters to decide which vision of france they want, that i should. butler al jazeera dinner, france marine. the pen also campaigned in northern france, she said, my cross policies have brought social destruction. she accused the president of failing to tackle the rising cost of living. now, major gold shoe, i'm counting on old french voters. i'm counting on their lucidity. i'm counting on

their intelligent order. i'm counting on their ability to realize of us that we cannot continue for another 5 years in this situation, the 5 years in which emanuel micron, if he were re elected, would feel totally free to go through with the policy of self destruction that he started during his 1st hand up through the loss of our country sovereignty for the benefit of a few and to the detriment of the majority. the israeli army has arrested 14 palestinians runjun in the occupied west bank. the rates follow a series of gun battles and arrests in the city. hundreds of people to part in the funeral of a palestinian teenager. he died overnight one day after being shot by israeli forces. tensions in the occupied westbank had been rising after a series of attacks in israel killed 14 people in the last 3 weeks, at least for palestinians died in recent israeli rates. israel has approved a multi $1000000.00 upgrade to its separation wall,

which cuts through and divides palestinian communities. it was deemed illegal by the u. n's top court in 2004 on homan has more. is there any government just allocated about $93000000.00 to reinforcing this the separation will that is between the occupied westbank and israel. now not all of it looks like best parts of it. a more rudimentary and there are holes in them. and that's what the government, israeli government wants to change. and all of this is coming after a series of attacks, one of which on the 29th of march, it's been confirmed that of palestine in think go through one of the holes in the wall. and then killed 5 people on a city, on the outskirts of tel aviv. now this separation will, which runs for hundreds of kilometers, is really controversial. many israelis think it's been a vital piece of protection from attack since it was put in place in the early 2,

thousands palestinians. he is in apartheid wool cage. the men built along arbitrary lines and in some cases, dividing whole communities and depriving many farmers from access to their lands. he had a loose owns a billboard workshop in baca, on the israeli side, in the shadow of the wolf. i could, i would see the num, our relatives are on the other side. you cannot enter at all. you can only enter through the checkpoint. we only go once a year because there are difficulties in going in and out to angela. but since it's been built, the walls actually become quite porous and tens of thousands of palestinians get through it illegally every day to work ms ro, they're all those in israel that say, that's a good thing. it's cheap labor and a sort of pressure of out to decrease this content in the motives for attacks. now, it seems that some of those holes could be about to be sealed off. and the question is, if that will bring more security, or if erecting more wolves will just mean more obstacles to an eventual solution,

to the conflict here, protest is in shall anchor, have returned for a 3rd day to the entrance of the president's office, demanding got to buy roger packs a resign. they've been ongoing anti government demonstrations across the country for almost 2 weeks. criticizing the government's handling of the worst economic crisis in decades. lanka is on the brink of bankruptcy, saddled with $25000000000.00 in foreign debt and dwindling reserves. talks with the international monetary fund, they're expected later this month. of food prices are going up daily for some of the most basic supplies in sri lanka, after decision by the government last october to remove controls. inflation is at 17.5 percent. the currency has slumped against the dollar. let's take a look now at how much some daily necessities have shot up. rice has doubled in price in the past year. it's an essential food, but should anchor has become a net importer and that's driven the price up on eggs are also twice the price.

beans and locally growing potatoes are both over 60 percent more expensive. and they were a year ago and filling up a car or motorbike tank has become increasingly unaffordable to petrol is up 85 percent and diesel. 69 percent in the same time period. doctor's interlock are a warning of a critical shortage of life saving drugs and medical supplies. as the economic crisis worsens, the health ministry has now ordered state hospitals to reduce non essential medical procedures and minimize the use of syringes and gauze. now fernandez has more now from columbia. she'll anchors national health services, the only option for those who can't afford private healthcare. they seek treatment here at the national hospital in colombo or in a network of state hospitals. but the country's economic crisis has hit them hard, mangled up when most people are helpless. we are told to buy everything from

outside. even the needle used to check sugar levels has to be bought from outside. there is no point coming to our government hospital for treatment. doctors have been warning of an impending medical disaster as this is shortages affecting their ability to treat patients. one doctor sent this recording to his friends and colleagues. it went viral. we don't have to inflate newborn babies and we are very soon we are running out of all the stocks and i we have come to a stage of kind of reusing the endotracheal to us for ventilating a new baby, which is how you me and that sceptre well then i get to do it, but there's more the option. many doctors are reluctant to speak on the record at some union members are speaking out. there may be a situation if this continues. when a paper or person come with the road traffic accident wont be able to get the surgical services. i can't exactly say when it is going to happen,

but if nothing rescuer will thing happens, we may have to see one dark day like that. the private sector is also facing shortages of hot medication, pediatric and other drugs and consumables. patients already their panic. panic now they are getting from multi they rite aid going well, southside going i'll just talk to dia, jewelry and the last you crowd because on the salt, salt inch and dave. oh, brother. oh no, no. we are going to continue this in future. the government is facing an acute shortage of foreign currency that's affecting its ability to pay for import. the ministry of health care as it is now allocated $14000000.00 to secure medical supplies. but critics say the government is risking lives ah, rocketing prices, shortages of food, cooking gas and fuel,

and 30 in our pocket has brought to lancaster the st. anger and frustration has led to continuous protest here outside the president's office for the past 3 days. the government says it's taking action, but doctors are desperate thing, lives are being put in danger, and a warning that the rises will only worsen if supplies are provided in a fernandez. others era, palumbo. u. s. president joe biden is tightening gun control. he's announced new measures including action against so called ghost guns, which are almost impossible to trace. the weapons are made with kits or 3 d printers and a growing number of them have been used in the past 6 years. and in fisher reports from the white house, joe biden is under pressure, gun violence is ticking up, so is violent crime. the white house knows it has to be seen to be trying to get a grip of the problem. that's why put together cooperative strategy to supercharge

what works. all one of the main areas of focus, so called ghost guns, that can be built from a kit. you don't need a background check. and they've no serial numbers yet. at heart, gather that makes them unregulated, and virtually untraceable that can't stand, says the president. let me ask you, is it extreme to protect police officers extreme protect our children, extreme to keep guns out of the hands of people who couldn't even pass a background jack log. the idea that a, someone on a terrace list could purchase one of these guns is extreme in extreme just basic common sense. the white house also announced the new head of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. steve dental back will be charged with enforcing the crack don't. if he's confirmed to the position by the senate, what we need is

a confirmed director at each. he asked, we've only had one of those. i'm and it's really a detriment said he agencies enforcement abilities. i mean, this is just one example with, with this goes general going through that we really need each, you have to be strong, any enforcements i because they don't really just one paper the crack. don't ghost guns has been brewing for months and it's an acceptance that the rise and violence is a political liability for the democrats. but it's almost certainly going to be opposed by those who see it as an attack on the 2nd amendment of the constitution, the right to bear arms. and therefore, it's almost certainly going to end up in the courts. i'll fisher, i'll visit him at the white house ah, and carry johnston with the headlines on al jazeera ukraine said it expects russia to launch a huge new offensive on its eastern region. imminently u. s. officials say they believe russia is reinforcing. and.