debbie, ultimate, well comp experience with the world's best air like cats are at ways don't see you see now the book you complete faith, a world cup package today with the battle for the ukrainian city of maria paul is entering the decisive stage with russia deploying war troops estimates of 21000 civilians killed. i called a genocide. joe biden says russian actions in ukraine look like a genocide. u. s. proposed to send weapons to key. ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera, alive from day, also coming up,

new york police release images of who they're calling a person of interest. connection to tuesday morning's attack on a new york subway. and united nations urges government action on the growing number of people missing or disappeared in mexico the mer, or the besieged ukrainian city of my report says around 21000 civilians are estimated to have been killed there since the start of the war. ukraine's military is warning that russian troops will soon launch another push to capture the strategic port city. if salt has so far destroyed much of the infrastructure, russian, that, that separatist forces are denying allegations by ukrainian unit defending mario paul, that they used chemical weapons will not be a lot according to our estimation is the number of civilian of t's has reached

approximately 21000 in peaceful maria. paul was also evidence that some bodies have disappeared from the streets. we know that there are so called concentration places where they hide bodies and they plan to destroy the evidence of tortures. they've committed. we call it genocide. we call it a war crime, rushes that president has defended the war as 8 noble mission, which he says will achieve its goals that emma hootin also said it won't be possible to isolate his country. and at moscow will work with partners who want to cooperate. one of those allies below recently the alexander lucas shanker, is on a visit to russia. door said jabari reports not from moscow. a day to celebrate past rush and successes with old allies. president vladimir putin arrived at the ghost, touching the cosmo jerome in russia's for ease with bella, russian president, alexander lucas jenco, to mark 61 years he, since one of the biggest achievements in russia's history. april 12th 1961 russian

cosmonaut. eureka gar, in became the 1st man his face a clearly happy memory for the president who says he still remembers that day as a 9 year old boy. but the ongoing conflict with ukraine is still at the top of the agenda for president putin room. unfortunately, ukraine was created as some kind of launch pod for aggression against russia and the offshoots of nationalism. what totally cherished this new generation of ukrainian nationalists are especially caution with russia. you see how nazi ideology became a fact of life and ukraine was unavoidable. if you are taking steps to provide security for russia, we didn't have any other choice. we did the right thing, i'm. i have no doubt that our aims will be achieved. russia so called special military operation is now in a 2nd phase, which officials say will focus on the dumbass region of ukraine. let me put in also praised russian troops for what he calls, efficiently,

courageously and competently carrying out their operation. that operation was the topic of discussions between the russian president and his bella, russian counterpart of, bela ruth has host that russian troops since earlier this year. and the key of government accused minsk of allowing their borders to be used by russian troops to enter ukraine. despite the criticism from the west, president lucas jenko support for vladimir putin continues to be unwavering. prior to their meeting, lucas jenko vowed bella luce will always be by russia side. the 2 presidents emerged from their discussions with renewed determination further to consolidate their unity, which will include closer military ties with no, we discussed detail important issues including political, diplomatic, economic and of course, military on defense. our modern history hasn't seen yet such dangerous and complicated moments and i pollution shipped with the worst twitch and also crazed

lucas shank has role in starting the negotiations between moscow and keith, which are still ongoing. but the russian president admitted that they have now reached a deadlock. those talks between russia and ukraine and officials began just a few days after russia's military operation. but there were never any high hopes that he would bring an end to the fighting anytime soon. now, let me prove has confirmed what many theory at this property it will only end once russia achieves its objectives, regardless of how long it takes and i walk halls. doors of jabari algae 0 moscow. ukraine's secret services says it has arrested. a prominent ally of vladimir putin, president of got a mass landscaped released these images of victory met. that shook in handcuffs. he was the leader of an opposition party in ukraine and had been facing a treason case. a dead chuck was placed under house arrest last year, but escaped in february. he denies any wrong doing and claims that wooten his

godfather to his daughter u. s. at present, joe biden has, for the 1st time said that russia is carrying out a genocide ukraine. he said this as a clarification for comments made a few hours earlier. i hadn't had earlier called russian president vladimir putin, a war criminal, working a strong response from oscar. i call the genocide, the evidence is mounting. different was last week, the more evidence is coming out of the literally, the horrible thing at the russians have done in ukraine. and we're going to only learn more and more about the devastation. and what about the lawyers decided or nationally whether or not a qualifies. but it sure seems that way to me and practical have joins us live, not from washington d. c. patty, that word genocide has emerged again the president biden appearing not to hold his punches. now in that clip he just played is important because

he knew it was coming from an earlier event. he's in iowa to talk about inflation. and he said that american family shouldn't be paying more for food and fuel because of this declaration of war and follow genocide. and so the question was, did he mean to say that because for weeks his administration has gone to great links to not label it a genocide. they've called the war atrocities a war crimes, but not genocide, that is a very loaded term obviously. so when you just heard the president say, no, i do think it's genocide, that is definitely a sign that the rhetoric is changing. now a lot of this could be for political messaging. president biden's poll numbers are absolutely horrifically bad. and a lot of people say it's because of inflation. so he is trying to say, look, if you're pay more at the pub, if you're paying more for food, that's because we're trying to fight a genocide. that might give him a little bit more political cover. as far as what sort of practical implication has

it doesn't seem likely that it will have many v. as you know, the united states is not party to the international criminal court. what they've done instead is they said they're going to give millions of dollars to the groups that help investigate these war crimes to come up with the evidence. but it is very notable. had the u. s. president labeled this a genocide that definitely changes the tone in washington for his entire administration. and we're now hearing reports that the us will be shifting more and also different kinds of weapons to ukraine. what more can you tell us about that? again, this is a very important shift and we're hearing it from writers as the washington post. i haven't been looking for myself, but very interesting shift happened after the last couple weeks after we started to hear about the atrocities for in the places where the russians had left or what they did the ukrainians there. we suddenly heard the administration gulf say, go from saying we want to make sure russia can be pushed back. never really same. was that to the borders before the invasion. now then it shifted and they said you

create has to win this war because ukraine will win this war war and russia must be defeated. so it seems they are changing the goals. and when you change the goals, you might need to change the weapons. you send in, so the bottom ministers are very carefully said we're only sitting in defense of weapons because we don't want to provoke war with a nuclear armed russia. but now these reports say that they are going to be sending m $117.00 helicopters, fitted with the ability to attack tanks, armored humvees howard or canons, coastal defense strows. so that could be seen very provocatively, obviously, especially if those drones are used on any of the russian fleet assembled in the black sea or the sea off. so this, again, not confirmed, but it does seem to go along with what we've seen from the biding ministration, shifting the goals, they say you credit has to, when they could be getting ready to send these weapons and help to handle that, that a but again, it hasn't been confirmed just yet. ok,

practical home life from washington dc for us. thank you for that. now the new york police department has identified a person of interest over tuesdays shooting in a subway during the morning rush hour. they're looking for 62 year old frank or james in connection with the attack. earlier on tuesday, police found and abandoned van matching the description of the vehicle the suspect said the scene in more on this now from a capital at his under o 8 30 am in the moment. panic struck on a new york city subway train over london confusion turning to sheer nightmare as it became clear shots were being fired in the middle of a morning. could you? ah, at the next station terrified passengers poured out of the carriages. some obviously struggling with wounds. i was on 36th street, i'm going to school and the train conducted told everyone to get on the train. and i didn't know what happened. it was

a scary moments. and i'm at 25th street. we're all told to get all those people scream from medical assistance. it was just the scary moment. amid the stampede, it appears to suspect managed to escape. these pictures posted a twitter show the carnage she left behind. the attack happened at the 36th street station in brooklyn, sunset park, leaving neighbors in shock. and it was like 9 or so. and you know how? we saw commotion wa. com cars pulling on. so we were consent, read, find advantage of the with white line. the new york police department later gave an update on details, and the man, they're still hunting. an individual on that train dawned at what appeared to be a gas mask given to the canister out of his bag and opened it. the train at that time began to fill with smoke. he then opened fire tracking multiple people on the subway. and in the platform, again, we will describe him as an individual. he is being reported as a male black,

approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall. with a heavy build. he was wearing a green construction type vest and a hooded sweatshirt. the color is grey. the attack comes as many new yorkers are increasingly concerned about rising crime in the subway system. eric adams, cities, new mayor, has only been on the job for little over 3 months. he's a former and why p d police officer himself and he's made of fighting by crime and the subway system. one of his key initiatives, new york governor cathy hoko, said crime h to stop that. we say no more. no more mass shootings, no more disrupting lives. don't worry crating heartbreak for people just trying to live their lives as normal new yorkers. it has to and it ends now. some of the injured were taken to a local hospital. none of their injuries appear to be life threatening. a small silver lining on

a day likely to shatter faith and the safety of the subway or sometime to come, gave rose onto al jazeera, brooklyn new york, was still ahead on al jazeera, britain's prime minister, boris johnson. makes history for the wrong reasons. and dozens are killed and devastating flooding in south africa is how soon the town ah journey has begun. the, the full world camp is on its way to cattle. your travel package to day. hello, great to see you. some of those heat wave alerts are being downgraded toward the northwest of india. those temperatures come down just a bit new delhi at $39.00. but i mean, like this nag poor still 43 degrees. let's talk about the act of whether we can find that further toward that south thunder. he downpours for tom on the do into

karnataka and careless. same goes for sri lanka, right into the mall. dees ali has a high of 29 degrees. ok, so winds off the bay of been goal are going to fuel some storms, western bangladesh and to the far northeast of india to be expected on wednesday. se asia, let's focus on indo china. we've got some dry spells here. so bangkok at 36 degrees and that intense rain is now starting to move away from the philippines, which did trigger a deadly landside in the central portion of the country. douse with rain pretty much from girl in hong kong, right through to shanghai, to the darker colors here. the yellow that's giving us the indication that we could see some flooding possible here just because of how intense the rain is in time, a week band of showers to be expected, clipping hawkeye. there was something down further south into han shoes. so what, whether or not too far away from tokyo, with a high of 25 degrees on wednesday. thanks for joining in soon. official airline,

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mario, paula says, an estimated at $21000.00 civilians have been killed. that since the start of the war, ukraine's military is warning the russian troops are likely to capture the devastated city. c. u. s. present, joe biden has, for the 1st time said that russia is carrying out a genocide in crime. he said this as a clarification for comments made a few hours earlier. police in new york have identified a person of interest over tuesdays shooting in at some point. looking for 62 year old frank are james in connection with the attack. total of 16 people were injured cities in western that ukraine are coping with an influx of people escaping the fighting from other parts of the country. and that now preparing for a surge of new comers, should russia launch a renewed offensive in the east. robert mcbride reports from the western city of tanaka around this provincial city lines of people waiting

patiently or a common site. they wait for clothes and bedding donated by people in ukraine and from overseas, or for basic essentials medicine and food. people like ludmilla petrovna, who escaped the fighting outside cave with barely any possessions. only ultimately, equally became there's nothing at all. absolutely nothing with a scant. we just got on disrespect train and ended up harum. you turn off all and all cities in weston ukraine, and now dealing with an influx of new comers. people seeking refuge from battle, france as far away as kirk eve and matter you pole in the east. the easing of emergency measures means this city has reopened its weekly farmers market selling local produce for irina and other stole holders. it's a welcome return that you never, that the numbers is important for us to earn money. and it's also good for people in here till they can buy stuff cheaply, while they're

a growing fears of what this war will do to agriculture in ukraine for now, food here is plentiful and cheap. here in the pacific crisis are the same as before, and there's no difference. so it's good that markets are open again, was out of your shoes, or the people moving here need markets like these figures. but this city knows that a renewed offensive in the east will result in another wave of displaced people. amazon shouldn't promote group, according to some of the worst predictions we can expect. no less than a 100000 people moving into our region groups. but in this city and in neighboring towns, so we are ready to like other cities in the west to novel, picturesque, unassuming, and now a refuge from this escalating war. rob mcbride, al jazeera to not pl ukraine. the you and the committee on enforced disappearances is urging immediate action from mexico's government to address soaring rates of citizens of doctor to the knowledge and sometimes to help or state officials more than 96000 people have been registered as disappeared or missing since november on

the well apollo reports from mexico city. i and i go report from the united nations is shining new light on the scale of mexico's crisis with enforce disappearances. citizens who were kidnapped and disappear without a trace. usually with the knowledge or collusion of authorities. organized crime has become a central traitor of disappearance in mexico with varying degrees of participation, a care sense, or a mission by public servants. states. parties are directly responsible for enforced appearances. committee by public officials, but may also be accountable for differences committed by crimean organization. over the past 2 decades, disappearances and mexico have grown exponentially. perhaps no case is more emblematic than that of $43.00 students. from the i, you'll see napa teachers college in get little state in 2014 the incident sport.

one of the largest protest campaigns in mexico, in recent memory. and now the current government says video evidence presented this year leaves little doubt that mexican security forces were the ones responsible for the disappearance of the students. it also alleges that public officials as high up as former mexican president and weak opinion yet, though i knew about the cover up to the crime. manuel vasquez at a daniel who escaped the night, his classmates were kidnapped, is now congressman and mexico and says the problem of enforce disappearances across the country has only worsened as getting preliminary janik and no one it is the very big problem which is not going to be sold in a few years, not even by few people just lacking columbia, just like in other countries, would have happened force disappearances on mass or in large numbers. several presidential administrations in mexico have attempted to curb violence and reduce the number of disappeared. people in the country throw militarized approach un

observers, however, say this strategy has failed. maybe even though not to say ill info k, the focus on militarization of public security must be abandoned. the committee is concerned with the militarization of public security adopted by the state to come back crime as it has been insufficient and inadequate in terms of protecting human rights. the report published by the u. n. committee on enforce disappearances has also highlighted concerns over disappearances of human rights workers, migrants and journalists. the un has called for immediate actions by the mexican government to end what they refer to as absolute impunity in cases of enforced disappearance. it and to establish a national policy of prevention as the only way to end the human tragedy. manuel rap a low al jazeera mexico city. chinese officials are warning the covered 19 outbreak in shanghai is not under control. despite the easing of some restrictions,

the commercial hubs, 2 week lockdown has left many residents with no access to food or medicine. restrictions are being lifted in a tiered approach. 15000000 of the cities 26000000 people are still banned from leaving their homes, which are you has more. shanghai authorities say, 43 percent of all neighborhoods in shanghai have had their restrictions either. but what this means really varies from neighbourhood to neighborhood. in many cases, what it means is that if your particular residential compound has not have had any positive coven case for about 2 weeks, you may be finally allowed to walk out your front door. and that means you can get some air, walk around the courtyard of your compound, but in many cases you're not allowed to actually leave your compound and then to the public areas. and for the relative few that are allowed to walk into the streets, there really is not much to do because the majority of businesses remain closed. i

think the bottom line is that in shanghai, most of the 25000000 people living in that city are still under some form of strict locked down. and the reason is because of the numbers on tuesday, we had 23000 cases or just over reported of curve at 19. this is slightly down from the figures on monday, but it's still nowhere near. well, authorities want those numbers to be on tuesday. a shanghai official said that the outbreak is still not effectively under control. and so what we're seeing here is the government really under increasing pressure to do something. it says it is eating a restrictions, but just really mildly because they are facing a lot of complaints about the way this lockdown has been handled so far. the british prime minister is facing renewed calls for his resignation over the so called party gates, scandal of issued him a fine for breaching at covey regulations at his government office in downing street 1st, johnson has apologized with his refusing to quit poor credit reports now from

london, you must to day, the rules on social distancing, and the messages were clear. stay at home, bling, don't mix with others. and yet while the u. k was forced indoors into lockdown. forrest johnson and his staff were breaking those laws and attending parties and other gatherings. party gate, as it was called, was splashed across the front pages. 2 downing street parties were held on the eve of the funeral of prince philip the duke of edinburgh, with the country in national mourning and queen elizabeth forced to sit apart from her family. now, after months of denials of prime minister has been forced to admit, he broke the law. i understand the anger that many will feel that i myself fell short. when it came to observing the very rules which the government i lead had introduced to protect the public. and i accept in all sincerity that people had the right to expect better and not just the prime minister. richie soon act the u. k.

chancellor, who also lives in downing street, has been issued with a police fine as well when the police investigations are ongoing, more fines could follow. at the heart of the anger over this scandal is the fact that in the height of the pandemic, the british public were legally prevented from gathering together from burying loved ones even from attending weddings. while at the same time, the people responsible for those legal rules here and down the street, where having bring your own booth parties and organizing, leaving dues for departing staff. some of which were attended by the prime minister . and the chancellor. boris johnson has always said that nobody told him that these gatherings were against the rules, but it's that, excuse the calls into question. his judgment, his character and his credibility. this is the 1st time in the history of our country that a prime minister been found to be in breach of the law. and then he lied repeatedly

to the public about it. britain deserves better to go. but to depose the prime minister, at least $54.00 m. p. 's from his own conservative party have to trigger vote of no confidence. and with the ukraine war still raging. even johnson's fiercest critics . uneasy with the timing, the prime minister, serious situation, which is going to have to deal with because patiently has misled us. but we're in the middle of an international crisis. and now is absolutely not the time to destabilize the government. a government that's actually leading the international coalition against bruton, those conservative m. p 's who have a power to oust him, will return to parliament next week. and they have between now and then to way up the appetite for calling the removal trucks pull. brennan, i'll jazeera downing street french president, am i on a crawl? and that has been confronted by angry health workers in the eastern city,

lose mac around who's campaigning for a 2nd time in office to do more to improve their working conditions and salaries. if he was an epicenter the crone of virus outbreak 2 years ago, at the time health workers warned that the system had been stretched to the limit on his far rights presidential challenge at marine, the pen says she has no plans to pull france out of the e, the pen is a prominent euro skeptic. she spoken of working to reform, the block and northern, a puddle project as she to no, i have no hidden agenda every the i want. i thing why i've explained myself for the past 8 months in a very precise way. of course, i think a large majority of french people no longer won the european union as it exists today, which is the european union that functions in absolutely on democratic weight. which advances by threatened by black men and which implements policies that are against the interest of the people, and the vital interests of economies. at least at 59 people have been killed after

heavy rainfall triggered mud slides and flooding in south africa. thousands more, i'm missing across the port city of durban, which is expecting more extreme weather andrew chapel reports. days of heavy rain have caused havoc in the city of durban. one of africa's largest ports. shipping containers have been carried away or strewn across, submerged motor ways into splits. commuters forced to abandon their vehicles and walk train services across, causing a tall province have been suspended to clear the rails after land and mud slides. thousands of houses and in formal homes have been damaged and families displaced. jumbo pulled his youngest child from the soil pouring on to his home. oh good no. where do you go? no, i go no house. oh no, not the go to my family there, but i never which i did with live last night. we never

we never lived last night. the thing with it was a little bit a bit muffins. he was asleep in his truck and says he made a narrow escape. exam number 3. at 3 am, i felt the truck shaking and i thought maybe someone bumped it. when i opened the curtain, i saw the water level was very high in. with the motor ways linking the port to the commercial capital, johannesburg, submerged underwater, global shipping for merced as suspended its operations. the flooding has also damaged parts of the city that had just rebuilt from riots last july, repeating after right after the severe range lock, not wanting down the bad, and the bank with the south african weather service won't attribute the storms to climate change, but says this kind of rain may become the new normal in the years ahead. enter

chappelle out 0. dozens of emergency workers are battling a fire burning out of control, and the u. s. state of new mexico. strong winds, enjoy weather off, fueling the flames, forcing evacuations. south of albuquerque is burned, more than 2.5 square kilometers and damaged several structures. crews are battling another fire in the northern part of the state which began last week. ah, i'm carry johnston with the headlines here on al jazeera, the mayor of the besieged ukrainian city of mario, paula says, an estimated 21000 civilians have been killed there since the start of the war. ukraine's military is warning that russian troops are likely to capture the devastated city soon. brushes the president has defended the war in ukraine as a noble mission.