debbie, old to look well, copy experience with the world's best allied cats are at ways by county. you see now the book, you complete faith, a world cup package today. ah, warnings that russia as the paring for every new defensive in the east of ukraine, with tens of thousands of troops being mobilized. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from to also coming up the un security council. he has allegations that rate is being used as a weapon of war in ukraine, but russia says there's no convincing evidence pakistan gets a new prime minister, shout sharif is sworn in replacing him and con, was ousted in a new confidence,

but and every vote counts french presidential candidates hit the campaign trail to shore up support before the final arrival. we begin with the war in ukraine and warnings of an escalation in the east. russia is moving military vehicles towards the front lines in the hands. that's according to its original governor, ukraine's defense minister says moscow is almost ready to launch a major assault in the southeastern city of mighty up. all soldiers say they're preparing for last battle. after weeks of siege, al jazeera, rob mcbride reports now from live in west view. craig 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 back soldiers from the break away region of don yet around patrol. some of them conscripts like 18 year old vlad us love who

salvage wiley for nicholas. what can i say? they called me up to go to war. well, i wasn't hiding from it. i came on my own, a volunteer all around evidence of what weeks of intense fighting has reduced much of this city to, with unexpectedly strong resistance. the one with was well, with 3, i thought it would go better. i thought it would be foster ellison is going slowly they, 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 zalinski 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 political benevolence. 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 renewed offensive in the east. he says the russians of a mast, an army of tens, thousands, and have every intention of repeating what they've already done it. maria pope robert bride al jazeera live if a spokesman for the self proclaimed, amidst people's republic, has hinted at using chemical weapons against ukrainian soldiers. in matter you pull, this was the ukrainian presidents response, shortness as vulgar aqua blind you. today we had a new fret about

a new phage of terror against our defenders. one spokesman of the enemy made a statement today that they could use chemical weapons against the mario poo defenders. we took it extremely seriously on from on all the leaders of the world that the possible use of chemical weapons is already discussed. and at the time, monday was necessary to end the russian aggression in a tougher and fast away. now to seek sanctions package has been discussed and we need to make it so powerful the, even the phrase chemical weapons is not used by russian. susanna, in all the un security council has heard that rate is being used as a weapon of war in ukraine in a session, focusing on how the conflict has affected women and children. the head of the world bodies, gender equality, wing, you and women as cool for independent investigations into allegations of sexual violence in the war. christian salumi has more now from the united nations, women, children, and the elderly make up the majority of the 11000000 ukrainians fleeing conflict according to the united nations. and they also filled the cremmit tourist train

station. internet's russian missiles struck on friday, and i must say my 31 years as a humanitarian of rarely seen so much damage caused in so little time. the impact of the fighting on the most vulnerable civilians was presented to the united nations security council on monday. in just 6 weeks, nearly to nearly 2 thirds of all yo cronyn children have been displaced. they have been forced to leave behind everything their homes, their school, and often the family members. families forced to split up to escape the fighting are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking and sexual abuse. according to you and experts who said accusations of sexual assault in areas held by russian forces are on the rise. we know and see and want you to hear voices that violence and rape is use. now the weapon fall by russian. they their senior print report from keith. gotcha. and she gets goldlick reported by the survivor themselves and the by the

witnesses raped by a group of occupants. multiple times was life threat to survivors, their children, their family members, in front of the family members, and other people, real cases, real people, real facts. russians, deputy ambassador, deny b, accusations. when you bought them, we knew no convincing evidence has been presented for any of these crimes. but it's understandable that you have trampled on the presumption of innocence a long time ago. but other council members called for accountability. let me be very clear. there must be no impunity for crimes against children. in order to ensure accountability, we need to collect, analyze, and store evidence on all crimes against children. more than 140 children have been killed in ukraine with hundreds more wounded. or having lost

a family member. the united nation says it can't confirm reports of women being raped, or of children being sent to russia against their families wishes. but it's calling for a full investigation and respect for international law. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. the eu has been discussing supplying more weapons for ukraine and it's war against russia. do you foreign ministers in luxembourg? are considering a plan to spend more than $540000000.00 for extra munitions and arms for ukraine. the blocks foreign policy chief, your set barrels says more sanctions against russia also under consideration and sanctions. we continue discussing about how to implement the sanctions to avoid any kind of loopholes. we measure the impact the sanctions as having on your russian economy. and we'll continue discussing, you know that to see what else can be done. nothing of the table,

including sanctions to norland gas, dominic cane has more now from berlin. lots of reference from mister burrell to the situation on the ground in ukraine, specifically in his opinion, to drawing attention to the situation in don bass in that area which the russian government forces in the opinion of mister barrell, on our preparing. and he says that people are looking out to see what form of military intervention will take place there. now that says view, the important thing in one sense is not so much what mr. burrell had to say about sanctions, as what was not said. so we heard that nothing is off the table, but he didn't mention what has been mentioned by a few of the people who are also at that may sing foreign ministers from other countries who have said that they are looking into drafting new sanctions in so far is oil is concerned now the point with that is that in one sense, oil represents

a greater source of revenue for the russian governments in e u terms in terms of what fraud to the e, then it doesn't gas does. so that was an interesting development. there but let's be clear that talking about things. there is the suggestion about measures being drafted, but there isn't as yet a degree of unity of purpose about agreeing fresh sanctions. and we know that mr. barrell is saying that the issue of war crimes is something that the e u wants to help the ukrainian government with as far as possible. russ's foreign minister says, statement by the use foreign policy chief on supplying ukraine with more weapons will change the rules of the game. so the lab, rob says yes, at balls remarks confirmed that he was building what he called a kind of collective military structure in a glitch in studios mytell's world furniture old. this is a very serious turning point, even in the policy that the e u. in 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 betterments 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, 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. while the war and ukraine dominated the agenda of a virtual meeting between us president joe biden and india's prime minister nor in ramadi, the white house as new dell is ongoing energy purchases from russia were discussed . but the u. s. didn't make any demands. our state department correspondent was enjoyed report ukraine dominated monday summit and strategic dialogue between top you us and ending and officials. that's because,

despite nearly 7 weeks of war, delhi has refused to condemn moscow's decision to invade or back international efforts to hold accountable whether be a sanctions or suspension from the un human rights council. before the cameras, u. s. president joe biden and indian prime minister. now render moti were quick to agree civilians are paying the highest price including in boucher and crime, a tourist hum nay. we immediately condemned to die and be demanded an independent inquiry. we hope that the talks going on between ukraine and russia. i will lead to peace, i want a walker. my india is humanitarian support from people ukraine or suffering. a horrific assault, including a tragic shelly transportation last week. the kill dozens of innocent children and women and civilians attempting to flee the violence. white house aides called biden and modi's conversation can did,

but they also said bite and did not make any demands of modi. the situation is complicated. deli, has a robust relationship with moscow, dating back to the cold war. despite the bush administration's launch of a security partnership with india in 2005, the u. s. has never replaced russia as india's main weapons vendor. and it's only now that the u. s. is promising to help india find more sources of oil and gas for it's 1400000000 citizens. what's more, the u. s. needs india a member of the quad to help it check china's expansionist goals. so diplomatic pressure has to be carefully applied. for india being neutral is what it's foreign policy interests require. we watch what's happening in the world like any country does. sadly draw conclusions and may congress suspense. and believe me, we have a decent sense of what is in our interest and know how to protect it. and advance

it, the u. s. is view 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 have changed. so even after a day of high level meetings between the u. s. and india, a lot of questions remain, is the u. s. willing to cut off one of its partners against china? because it won't cut off russia? is andy a willing to under cut its moral standing in the world? because it refuses to make economic and military plants with a country other than russia. and ultimately, what does any of this have to do with the future of ukraine? rosalyn jordan elders era the state department, chabad sharif has been sworn in as pakistan's, new prime minister. the former opposition leader succeeds inman con. it was removed and had no confidence vote over the weekend. sharif a form, a new government until a general election is held next year. a solid than j reports from islam. what was

it? i don't 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? the ha, hearing was elected with $174.00 wounds in month one was removed in a vote of no confidence and the opposition boycotted the election. but i bet on there is monkey. if we are to save the sinking birds, what we all need is hard work and unity, unity, and unity. we are beginning a new era of development to day or how thought known and focused on as an administrator who gets things done in the morning. at the age of 70, shabbat sharif was the joint leader of the opposition that toppled imminent hahn in a no confidence vote should have entered politics and then lead pakistan's most pop in his problems and the major infrastructure projects. in his hometown 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. the younger brother, a former prime minister, m, i sharif, who was dismissed following allegations of corruption. he is 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 have criticized the accountability bureau investigating him in nap, which is an intrusion contrib. 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, wisdom, the government left the bureau and changed out of all politicians, shall should,

it is widely considered to be the most acceptable to them in a stablished man and those who came together to topple iran funds. 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 by his son. as none have done in the country 75 year history, some image of it under the lama seinfeld break here now to sierra when we come back . i'm allan fisher in washington, dc, the unmarked and almost untraceable and know the bike white house is doing something about the problem of so called goose gun. ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book. your

travel package to day. hello, we've got some cool weather coming in across more than parts of the middle east over the next couple of days. even here around the gothic batter cloud here that marks the boundary between the cooler air to the north and the warm air to the south. so here in doha temperature is around 40 degrees celsius. on tuesday, we're struggling to get up around 20 degrees for the la man. and it is still cool enough, is some snow across the turkish mountains, up to was the caucasus. that system makes his way through was he temperature was i struggling? 36 hours is a little more comfortable, shall we say as we go one through wednesday it is largely drive a temperature starting to recover up towards that east. the side of the mediterranean. i'm pleased to say not too bad across the northern parts of africa. well i, we do have some wet weather, just sliding across the straits of gibraltar, in northern areas of morocco. we'll see some showers long spells of rain all the parts of algeria see little bit of wet weather as well. some heavy showers there in to sierra leone to liberia, ivory coast guard, seeing some showers,

particularly around the coastal stretch over towards southern parts of nigeria. and on into were cameras, shall continue across the heart of africa. still a little wet across at east side or south africa. but clearing up nicely as we go through the week, i saw airways official airline of the journey. healing the debate, there is no, he job bad political, you know, if anyone here talks about women that idaho suggested, this bill seemed have been felt notes. how big is off the table we were taught to see abortion as a one way ticket strength to health all of the companies. they deny any responsibility, even though they have the resources in the power to fix that, where a global audience becomes a global community. a comment section is right here. be part of today's program 3 are now to sierra. ah

ah, welcome back at her comment about top stories here on al jazeera ukraine says it expects russia to launch a new offensive in the east of the country. imminently u. s. officials say they believe russia is reinforcing of re supplying its troops in the don bass region. your foreign ministers have been discussing a plan to spend more than $540000000.00 for additional weapons for ukraine blocks. foreign policy chief borrow says there's also been talk of more sanctions against russia. shout sharif has been sworn in us pakistan's new prime minister of being elected by the national assembly. he succeeds him and com. it was removed and of no confidence vote on saturday. back to our top story now and ukraine, where marshal law has been enforced since february 24th. the day russia invaded al

jazeera was rachel soda sat down with the cranes minister of internal affairs to talk about how the government and key reacted as russian forces move toward the capital. the recent war, this a re, sirens in kia had become almost routine. nuclear government had since is powerful neighbor, russia as an existential threat, since the annexation of crimea in 2014 and it prepared for war and to maintain order during the conflict. your move has cut us and we got a lot of special training. the goal of the training, what will the coordination of all a law enforcement unions with the army at force to go through different scenarios. despite keys preparation, the size and scale of the invasion was beyond what it expected. russia forces came from the north east and south of the country, creating a front line stretching more than 2000 kilometers and groups of saboteurs. ally to

russia were alice, the operating in ukrainian cities. bouquet or alicia berkeley or just him keith during the 1st 2 weeks or full scale aggression, be discovered more important 600 sabotage groups. their task was to reach down down into glock, law enforcement agencies and the mr. what on the state was mostly able to maintain communication with in key cities. in a more american business magnate, ellen mosque supplied ukraine with about 4000 starling terminals. similar to tv dishes, but a model. they provide the secure satellite internet access and enable the state to keep up is surveillance with a new claim by civilians played the most crucial role in counter intelligence. i mailed them all of daily. would you see with 100 on phone calls from ordinary citizens. we were informed of the behavior of certain groups who were moving toward that. what is department taken?

pictures of the state, mr. to sion who groaning shames and put you marks on important binki mac eve to be destroyed, including the beauty in which we are right now. ukrainian officials say russia plant to enter, keep in the 1st 72 hours of the invasion and circle the downtown area and kept her in port. the members of the cabinet, the has of national polish intelligence service, security council, and top army generals. they say then, russian forces wanted to take full control of the minister of defense, internal affairs and energy, to force the head of state to surrender. despite at wise from greens, western allies and his own senior team, president, one of them is the lensky state in the capital. that's now widely considered to have been a crucial decision that kept you being state structure intact. cabinet meetings moved into a network of tunnels on the ground was cut us of what we were forced to go down to bunker sold it. and we had many work in meetings with bunker's. that was

a regular practice, including meetings with the president of aka russia deploy term barrick weapons in ukraine as they are considered highly effective against defenses. like bankers i asked minister what measures were taken to protect the president from them a year for understandable results. so i cannot bill everything on the marshmallow, the state came on the military control with president zalinski, now commander in chief at the heart of all operations. he communicates every day with the people of ukraine through social media videos to maintain morale and stability. despite the threat to his life, been ever present. crystal said that al jazeera chief, ah, well, the 2 remaining candidates and frances presidential race hit the campaign trail just a day after the 1st round of voting, incumbent domonique, macro will face far right. canada marine le pen on the 24th of april micron spent

the day campaign in one of the countries poorest air is latasha butter reports now from the northern town of da enough 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 book. you know, the middle class is 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. massage bubble mug english, who i'm not from a con. his only for the rich of he gives millions to some people while we tighten our boats. wow, for supper. we asked to mackerel for his response and english please. we've been speaking to some people here who really feel the last 5 years has been all about favoring the rich. how are you gonna convince people otherwise versus wrong?

look at, look at the facts, look at the days and so on. and i think i'm here precisely to to go to act face to face with, with this people and 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 question 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 votes in the 1st round and dinner, her focus on the cost of living and promised to crack down on immigration, resonates in this town where half of young adults are unemployed prospects are oblique. and once thriving industries, half shut. my corner pan will now spend much of the next 2 weeks tall, getting the same voters from those who abstained in the 1st round to the millions of left wing voters who now face a difficult choice. mohammedan nor dean campaign for the far left party candidate

charlotteville of shaw, who came to 3rd in sundays ballot. mcneish walford to rate. it's going to be very hard to make a choice between them because we have a president who cares about which 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 donalds, you know, put a short, we suffer and deny because people don't have jobs. and in terms of the cost of living, they've lost hope 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 photos to decide which vision of france they want. latasha bottler al jazeera dinner, france. yes, president joe biden is tightening gun control. the new measures include action against so called ghost guns, which are almost impossible to trace the weapons and made with kit. so 3 d printers

and their use has grown in the past 6 years. alan fisher reports on the white house . joe biden is under pressure, gun violence is picking 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 comprehensive strategy to supercharge. what works. one of the main areas of focus, so called ghost guns. they can be built from a kit. you don't need a background check and they have no serial numbers. ha, ha ha. that makes them unregulated, and virtually untraceable that can't stand, says the president. but 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 check local. the idea that a, someone on the terrorist 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 crackdown 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 on 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 will need 8. you have to be strong any enforcement side because they don't really just a rule on paper. the crack don't goes 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. alan fisher, i'll visit him at the white house. now indigenous tribes them across brazil are demonstrating in the capitol against from, you know,

that would allow mining on their land. politicians who support president jebel sanara a foster the bill, monica, and i can reports from brazil. does the representative of 200 brazilian indigenous tribes have gathered here in brazil yet to protest against bit controversial legislation which would open their territories to mining companies. now here they're all painted in yellow as if they were illegal gold miners and red, which represents the blood. because many of these illegal mines in the young almighty territory specially have provoked a lot of damage. that there is a lot of all the rivers are polluted with mercury, so the people are running out of fish to eat. and this law present tradeable sonata, he used the war in ukraine as a justification to push this legislation forward and put it on fast track. and what

he says is that brazil could run out of fertilizers, which it imports from eastern europe because of the war. so it should open more of its territories to mining, now phosphate, which is the main ingredient for these fertilizers. most of it lies outside of the indigenous territories, but still this law would effect all these people that are here, protesting against it, because they think it will be approved imminently. it was scheduled to be voted this week, but it may be postponed or voted from one day to the next. ah, tougher. quit talking about headlines here on al jazeera ukraine says it expects russia to launch a new offensive and east of the country. imminently u. s. officials say they believe russia is reinforcing and re supplying its troops in the dumbass region. you foreign ministers have been discussing a proposal to

a mark $544000000.00 for extra weapons for ukraine. the blocks.