aah! al jazeera with i'd call the genocide. joe biden says rush of actions in ukraine looked like genocide as the u. s. propose to send more weapons to keep the bottled for the ukranian city of matthew. paul is entering a decisive stage with russia deploying more troops and estimates of $21000.00 civilians. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera alive from to also coming up new york police release images. the man they say is

a person of interest in connection with tuesday's new york subway attack. plus, i'm john, 100 in chicago were working class families are struggling as they are across the nation with inflation. and dozens of people are killed and devastating flooding in south africa. kristen and natal products yes, president joe biden has for the 1st time said that russia is carrying out genocide in ukraine biden has previously called russian president vladimir putin, a war criminal prompting, a strong response from moscow. i call the genocide the evidence is marnie. did different, there was last week, the more evidence is coming out of the literally, the horrible thing that the russians have done in ukraine. and we're going to only learn more and more about the devastation. and we'll let the lawyers decide internationally whether or not a qualifies,

but it sure seems that way to me. but to go, hey, nice morning from washington dc. the most important part is his staff had been avoiding that for the weeks of this war, you saw the president de, they'd come out before and they'd say, well there war crimes in their atrocities. now the president just flat out said it's genocide just a little bit of the background of the event. he was an iowa because he was talking to people about inflation. his poll numbers are very visible because inflation is skyrocketing higher, highest, and it's been in more than 40 years. so basically he went and you said, look, you shouldn't have to pay more for gas and fuel. because this dictator decides to launch a war and committed genocide. so he's just trying to use that language to make people realize that there's a reason they're paying this price. now conservative has said that disingenuous and inflation was rising before the invasion began, but it is a very big deal for the president to use this word. now, what will the practical impacts of it be? the united states is not a member of the international criminal court, but the us,

instead of going to do is provide millions of p of money to the investigators who are documenting these war crimes their way to try and help the process and that way . but it also sends a message to have the united states president use this term genocide. and it was clear that the ukranian president realizes the importance of this. he tweeted out soon after those words, true, true words of a true leader at present poultice calling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. we are grateful to us assistance provided so far and urgently the more heavy weapons to prevent further russian atrocities. so we'll have to look in the coming days to see if more world leaders adopt this language. russia as president, has defended the war, calling it a noble mission, which he says will achieve its goals. vladimir putin also said his country can't be isolated, and we'll work with partners who want to cooperate. one of those allies, bella ruth, his leader alexander lucas shanker, is on a visit to russia,

dosage mario from moscow a day to celebrate to past russian 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 jenko, to mark 61 years he, since one of the biggest achievements in russia's history. april 12th 1961 russian cosmonaut jury gar, in became the 1st man in space. 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, it was unavoidable. we 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 the 2nd phase, which of official save will focus on the dumbass region of ukraine. vladimir putin 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 role we discussed in detail important issues including political, diplomatic, economic and of course, military under fence. our modern history hasn't seen yet such dangerous and complicated moments and our relationship with the worst twitch and also praise lucas shank as role in starting the negotiations between moscow and keith, which are still ongoing. the good. 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 him improvement has confirmed what many fear at his pulse rate will only end once russia achieves it's objectives. regardless of how long it takes and i walk hall's doorstep jibari al jazeera moscow, the mayor of the besieged ukrainian city of mother. you,

paul says around 21000 civilians are estimated, 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 city. is sought so far as cause widespread destruction rushing back separate his forces, deny allegations by a cranium unit, defending variable that they use. chemical weapons will not be wrong. um, so super super shooters law, according to our estimation issue, the number of civilian casualties 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. the new york police department has identified a personal interest in tuesday, shooting on a subway train during the morning rush hour. now looking for 62 year old frank r james in connection with the attack,

a total of 16 people were injured. dublin is under report 8 30 am in the moment. panic struck on a new york city subway train a confusion turning to sheer nightmare as it became clear shots were being fired in the middle of a morning commute. 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 drink and not to told everyone to get on the train. i didn't know what happened to the scary moments. i live at 25th street. we're all told to get all those people scream from medical assistance. it was just the scary moment. amid the stampeded appears as suspect managed to escape. late tuesday police released this picture of 62 year old frank james. police say he's a person of interest and are asking for the public's help trying to find him. a rented van in his name was found abandoned near the crime scene. we are endeavoring

to locate him to determine his connection to the subway shooting. if an the 2 crime scenes, the subway and the van are very active and are still being processed, we are asking for any one's help with information cellphone, video, witness information. these pictures posted a twitter show the carnage he left behind. the attack happened at the 36th street station in brooklyn, sunset park, leaving neighbors in shock. it was like 9 or so and you know, he saw commotion wa com cars pulling up. so we were consent rickman and godaddy with wine at an evening press conference. police said the shooter fired $33.00 times a 9 millimeters, semi automatic hen gun was found at the scene. the search for the shooter has expanded to include the f

b i. at this time we still do not know the suspect motivation. clearly this individual boarded the train and was intent on violence. we are conducting a highly coordinated investigation that includes n y p d, detectives, the f b i, n y, p d joint terrorism task force, and the 80 f, who have been instrumental in tracing the firearm and ballistics. the suspect is a dark skin male and was wearing a neon orange vest and a gray colored sweatshirt. we do have a person of interest in this investigation, but we need the public assistance with additional information. 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 n y p d police officer himself and he's made a fighting violent crime and the subway system. one of his key initiatives,

new york governor kathy hoko said crime each to stop that. we say no more. no more mass shootings, no more disrupting lives. don't worry, creating 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 in the safety of the subway. for some time become gabriel was hondo al jazeera, brooklyn, new york, the british prime minister as facing renewed coals for his resignation over the so called party gates, scandal. police official, him with a fine for breaching cobra regulations in downing street or was john smith apologize. but as refusing to quit fullborne and reports from london, you must to day, the rules on social distancing in the messages were clear. stay at home, willing 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 gators, it was called, was splashed across the front pages. to 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, 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, except in all sincerity that people had the right to expect better and not just the prime minister richey 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 in downing street where having bring your own boost parties and organizing, leaving dues for departing staff, some of which were attended by the prime minister and the chancellor. ballast 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. many lives repeatedly to the public about britain deserves better to go. but to depose the prime minister at least 54 m p. 's from his own conservative party have to trigger the vote of no confidence and with the ukraine was still raging. even

johnson's fiercest critics are uneasy with the timing, the prime minister. serious situation, which the commons 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 says she's leading the international coalition against bruton. those conservative m p 's who have the power to oust him will return to parliament next week. and they have between now and then to way up their appetite for calling the removal trucks pull brennan al jazeera downing street. dont for shall break here now to 0 when we come back. how farmers across the globe are responding to the sawing price of fertilizer caused by the woman ukraine. plus millions of people in somalia are struggling to survive. one of the countries worse drops and decades more states. ah.

hello, here's her headlines for the americas. thank you for joining in. so we've got moisture that's come off the mountains here, meeting up with some warm surge of air from the gulf of mexico. we were going to have a serious swath of snow. let's go for those details right now. this is for central canada into the northern plains. same system is going to produce some soaking rains for the mid west into the great lakes and a southerly flow here. so look at the temperature in places like d. c, for example, 30 degrees, but we're talking about that snow. i think we'll see blizzard conditions 40 to 50 centimeters within 48 hours to the west. we go in this colder air, really sinking south vancouver into washington. state and oregon, portland saw snow for the 1st time in april on record, and that cold air continues to sink south into california, san francisco. 15 degrees just a few days ago. you're about 31,

so that messy weather round, central canada, the northern plains. it's also going to sparked some storms, eastern texas louisiana rate into kentucky on wednesday. and as we look towards central america somewhat, whether to be expected for his van jolla and for south america looks like this. a band of rain stretching from the paid ruffian. andy's rate toward the south atlantic. so very what day in flor annapolis with the hi of 24 degrees. that's it says in. ah! the witness fe, witnessed bravery. witness breeder, witness, slavery, witness people, witness? power, witness, lifetime. witness in our witness. man, witness b. witness prejudice. witness. peace, witness. love, witness. ball. witness. the world. witness. next door. witness.

life. witness. era. lou. ah, welcome back to might about top stories here. this r u. s. president joe biden has for the 1st time said that russia's carrying out genocide in grain. he said this is a clarification for comments made a few hours early. the mayor of the besieged ukrainian city of mario po, sans and estimated 21000 civilians have been killed. the essence, the start of the war, grains military is warning that russian troops on life to capture the devastated city. soon on police in new york have identified a person of interest in tuesday, shooting in the subway. then looking for 16 year old frank james in connection with

the attorney of 16 now, cities in western ukraine coping with an influx of people escaping the fighting from other parts of the country. and the now preparing for a surge of newcomers should rochelle launch every new defensive in the east. our zeros rob mcbride report staff in the western city of tut nato. 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 lou mila petrovna, who escaped the fighting outside cave with barely any possessions. you may have made 3 equally became there's nothing at all. absolutely nothing. leave us, can't we just gluttons, sr speck train and ended up here. i'm you turn off all and all cities in weston, ukraine, and our daily with an influx of new comers. people seeking refuge from battle

fronts as far away as how to keep and matter you pole in the east. the ease 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. second number that the numbers is important for us to earn money and is 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 since prices 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. and what was an issue that happened that grew according to some of the worse predictions we can expect, no less than a 100000 people moving in to our region, but in this city and in neighboring towns. so we are reading like other cities in

the west to novel, picturesque, unassuming, and now a refuge from this escalating war. rob mcbride, al jazeera to novel ukraine, the lauren ukraine is a factor in soaring prices in the u. s. where the consumer price index has hit a new record. the inflation rate jumped to 8.5 percent in the past year. is the fastest annual rate increase in 1981 compared to last month that rose by north point 6 percent reflecting higher fuel food and housing costs. economists say inflation will cost the average us household an extra $5200.00 a year. or john henry has been taking a closer look at how rising inflation is affecting the lives of ordinary americans . he sent us this report from chicago. inflation affects the ways or leanest. smith, members eats, shops, drives nearly every aspect of her life. we went from lipton's to store brand tea because i love it. my daughter love it,

and that's what we could afford. the inflation have in the store. we used to can spin fe, 20 bucks on lunch, me bread and cheese. the basic things have done local bread is $5.00, who can afford that? food and fuel have been especially hard hit pandemic related kinks in the global supply chain and an energy shortage partly due to the war. and ukraine has driven up prices on a broad range of goods. if you do seem products on sale, which is become less pervasive than ever before. you know, buying stock up, put things in the freezer because prices are not going to go down. that's left grocery store shelves, more bare and more pricey. the dollar tree is the kind of store a lot of working class families come to to save money for 35 years, nearly everything in the store cost a dollar. now, it's about a quarter question. some of the founder of chicago's non profit violence

interceptors program says inflation appears to be contributing also to spike in crime. the reason why some of the crime levels are rising is because inflation is pretty tough out here. yet. people trying to rob peter to pay paul, you have the car jack is on the rise with the u. s. government hoping to lower gas prices by releasing oil from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve, and the federal reserve raising interest rates to discourage borrowing. president biden says his administration is working on it more and more americans get jobs as they do, it's going to help ease the supply pressures. we see. and that's good news for fighting. inflation is good news for our economy, means that our economy has gone from being on the men to being on the move for sir . lena's smith, members, inflation has also dashed her hopes of starting of the year with the new kitchen. labor prices went up from $12000.00 to $25000.00 and a matter of a year. so this is the old kitchen with new appliances. and we have cabinets in my

ride. we have countertops in my garage, florrie, and we can't afford to do for her, and many americans each day brings less and less for them to cut. john henderson al jazeera chicago on the fighting ukraine has cause widespread shortages of fertilizer within weeks. prices of skyrocketed across the globe pharmacy, they're struggling to meet their costs on bits left consumers unable to pay cut to lepers on a young asthma. it's harvest season in the soybean field and southern brazil. the city of prudent topless is more than 10000 kilometers from ukraine, but the war seems closer than ever. russia and ukraine account for nearly 30 percent of global fertilizer exports. but the war and sanctions are hurting supply chains across the world. though only the brazilian was go, my question is from where will brazil buy more fertilizers? we have to find the markets. but it's not that simple, but samantha,

brazil is the world's 4th largest consumer of fertilizers, analyst, sworn higher prices means less production of essential crops. farmers are also struggling in kenya, up until recently, fertilizing this entire farm in i, roby cost about a $175.00. now it's 5 times as much like inequality, dual mach well, for one hand, with a price hike, it's gonna cost about $875.00 to cover the farm. but i can continue with this business. i'm quitting because the losses are too high. developing countries have been hit particularly hard by the shortage. the number of people facing food insecurity has increased over the last year, especially after the pandemic. now that this comes out a bad time and just ends up exacerbating our food challenges globally. in this st market in athens, the effects of the war are already hurting will suppliers and consumers we thought

hit me below. i would pay about $20.00 to $24.00 for a unit of fertilizer, but now the price is about $41.00. and i'm talking about fertilizes that are essential for us. food prices were soaring before the war. the u. n says it's world food price index to reach the highest level last month since it started keeping records in 1990. the fighting in ukraine is intensifying the problem. putting at risk future harvests, katya little bits of began al jazeera in somalia. millions of people are struggling to survive on one of the worst droughts. in decades. nearly half the population is directly affected. facing extreme levels of food shortages un says as a risk of famine in the area highlighted in red, 700000 people have been displaced as a result. and with no rain soaring food prices and major funding shortfalls, there were no signs of improvement. children under 5 or among the most vulnerable,

roughly 1500000 faced acute mound, the tricia will attend peter smith as the u. n's food representative in somalia, he says there's a lack of humanitarian funding. only a couple of months back. the number of people facing you stream levels of curity was only 2400000. we're not talking about $6000000.00 a drastic increase in terms of the number. the number of people affected. what, what we're seeing here in the, in the, in the field going our own doing assessments is obviously highlights of mortality. we know that they won't be much of a harvest this year. we coming out of several fail purposes and the prospect is, is really green. they won't be a harvest. and to the very end, the very end of this year, we know that and want to churches is that there the rivers are extremely,

extremely low level. so ryan production is also extremely low. if at all possible, what we're seeing here is i mention the that the fail, the rainy season. what we're seeing also is an increase in prices, prices in the market price fixing. and for us collectively, the un, no government partners. it means transaction cost that much higher for us to operate today. in some, anya is much more expensive than it would've been you know, earlier on the or year ago, i think the big lessons we've learned that was one that we need to communicate better. and we've been really sensitizing many people as far back as last year already above the security of the situation. what we're lacking here, and one of their lessons that we have learned but is not translating into reality now. is that a severe lack of funding that applies to i feel that applies to all that you an

agency, the human response plan that was launched last last december is severely from that . and that is really the key in the phillip means at least 42 people have been killed in heavy rains and landslides caused by tropical storm meggy rescue teams. being hampered by continuing rain and mud as a dig through affected villages is the 1st major storm there. this year and comes at what's usually a dry time of the year. the floods of forced about 30000 families from the homes. and in south africa at least 59 people have been killed off the heavy rainfall triggered mudslides and flooding. dozens more, a missing across the port city of durban was expecting more extreme weather under chappelle 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 mudslides. la, thousands of houses and in formal homes had been damaged and families displaced. jumbo pulled his youngest child from the soil pouring on to his home. oh good, no way. do you go? no, i go no house. oh no, not the good the my father is dead but never which i give you. this is the last night we never we never lived last night. the thing with it was a little bit of it. a bit. mckinsey 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 in. when i opened the curtain, i saw the water level was very high, dealing with the motor ways linking the port to the commercial capital, johannesburg submerged underwater, global shipping from 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 from last night, watching down the bad in the back with it, than i think 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 al jazeera. ah, dr. quick check. the headlines here on al jazeera us president joe biden has, for the 1st time said that russia's carrying out a genocide in ukraine. he said this as a clarification of the comments made a few hours earlier. biden had called russian president vladimir putin, a war criminal, broke in a strong response from moscow. i'd call the janitor.