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false, is again, right the palestinian city of janine and all the areas of the occupied west buying coff. today's of rising violence, heavy rain and flooding kill at least 59 people in south africa. many of us still missing on police in new york such for a 62 year old man. they say was involved in a subway train, shooting the engine move, and it doesn't. b u . s. president joe biden has further hardened his language about the war in ukraine, referring to russia's invasion as genocide. his previously called the russian leda vladimir putin a woo criminal. i call the janitor, saw the evidence of murray. the difference was last week, the more evidence is coming out of literally a horrible thing that the russians have done in ukraine. and we can only learn more

more about the devastation and what the lawyers decide is a nationally, whether or not a qualifies that assurances that way even ukraine's president backed biden's comments tweeting that they're the true words of a true leader in an address to the lithuanian parliament laudermill zalinski also says more mass graves are being discovered nearly every day. z lose little boy, if i can areas liberated from occupiers. we continue to record and investigate the war. crimes committed by the russian federation. almost every day. mass graves are found. evidence has been gathered, thousands and thousands of victims. human bodies are still being found in man, holes and basements tied up and mutilated. there are villages once quite large, which were left with almost no inhabitants. hundreds of children have become orphans, at least hundreds of children, because we do not know the exact numbers of victims yet. meanwhile, a long russian military column appears to be having to words east in ukraine. the

satellite images were released by u. s. company, max, our technologies in towns and finishes as go to cave anna, correspond emron con. let's start with president biden's comment saying russia is committing genocide in ukraine. this is a definite escalation of the presidents rhetoric on the wall. the question is, is it significant? it's completely significant in terms of escalation. it's something the ukrainians of welcome to you, read out to have lot of as lens, his tweet that absolutely thanking the u. s. president, a for his words saying if you call something what it is, then you can deal with something what it is. but his comments are also causing some consternation, some concern within the legal community. cuz if you recall, and you played his a, somebody there where he says, we'll let the lawyers deal with it. well, people are picking that apart. now see saying, well, is he talking about lawyers or is you talking about much more general broad

thinkers. if he's talking about lawyers, this is me in the u. s. is preparing a case of genocide against russia. 2 this genocide when you define it legally means the international community have her as a united nations genocide. convention. it was a 1st woman in like 1946. there's 3 different articles to act. one defines a water. genocide is where it can occur. article to define the act itself. and then article 3 defines how you can actually prosecute it. it's a very legal term. ah, we have heard criticism all of us in the past for not calling things a genocide and acting in a time, timely fashion. we've also heard criticism people using the word genocide for to freely when it comes to international international relations. and that is also a problem because you devalue the term. so yes, his words have been welcomed and they all seem as crucial. but people are worried.

they don't have any teeth. i'm what does he mean when he says, we'll let the dog lawyers decide is the united states preparing a case that is very unclear right now. and run, you've also been to more areas re taken from russian forces, talk us through what you've seen. well, in all of the areas we've been to in the north west of keith, we've seen utter devastation. any term i can really use to describe what we've seen, houses completely destroyed, towns completely destroyed ghost towns. but as we go. busy further and further into the villages outside of those main towns. we've all now heard of a pain of boucher of hostile but it's now about all of those small, tiny villages that you go and you see that barely are on any kind of map, but they don't have hair on google maps often. and it's when you go to those places that you see what, how the russians actually completely run their times over the village and almost

completely flattened it. however, people are coming back, they want to take back some controls of what they live as it used to be. we visited with 2 of those people and this is what we found. imagine coming back to this. when you left, it was a bustling, vibrant town. now it's the complete opposite. what would you be thinking? well, why victor shows is his pride and joy. a home he built, i've a 20 years or was this a nozzle? kilowatts. they all at them killy visa. dish. gov. here we had our bed tv and the wardrobe were there. what that is. i replaced the windows and doors. everything was brand new under full, a heating where i live in a good life,

but the russian did not need to save us up. so absolutely not. they destroyed everything. i knew sort of the ocean in her pin juris law. the clears away bullets from his apartment block from he doesn't want his kids to find them when they eventually return yog. bully will. and when you bring her, when you're ready, you can see how they pulled out the door of my apartment. they pulled up the locks and broke it, apparently wanting to steal something will, is them key to the yoke and did soon there, here was my kitchen. mister with the water heaters on the floor. he was our air conditioner, microwave fridge stove full, a deal nick corner with us. so he set fire to them all the a keyboard that he was at. that's the beauty of the russian piece. you've server paddle this isn't reconstruction, it's barely even clearing,

but it is something called the a keith playoff for the people we have spoken to. it's something that helps them get back. some control gives them some hope. the once again, this will be a bustling, vibrant town. the government, however, is overwhelmed by the sheer scale of what's required. official estimates suggest it'll take 7 years to rebuild when they eventually begin. that's not to say the government isn't doing any thing. it is, it is actually building bridges and that's the priority for the government is getting all the infrastructure in place so people can return. but what they're returning to, well, that's going to take a lot longer to fix. and mon calling out is there a pin. while insisting he has no other choice, vladimir putin has again defended the military action, which he says is on track. the russian president has been hosting the valuation lead. alexander lucas shanker, one of his main allies,

was sent by reports 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 since one of the biggest achievements in russia's history. april 12th 1961 russian cosmonaut. eureka 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. unfortunately, ukraine was created as some kind of launch pod for aggression against russia. and the offshoots of nationalism were totally cherished. this new generation of ukrainian nationalists are especially crushing with russia. you see how nazi ideology became a fact of life in ukraine. 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 have no doubt that our aims will be achieved. russia so called special military operation is now in its 2nd phase, which officials say 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 a topic of discussions between the russian president and his bell russian counterpart. bell ruse has hosts at 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 to consolidate their

unity, which will include closer military ties. a little we discussed detail important issues including political, diplomatic, economic and of course, military on defense. our modern history hasn't seen yet such a dangerous, uncomplicated moment relationship with the worst coach and also craze. 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 vladimir putin has confirmed what many fear at this, hopefully 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. now we have reports. israeli forces have killed

a palestinian during operations in the occupied westbank city of nablus. early morning grades have taken place in at least 6 cities and villages, including janine until com. the red crescent as 31 people were injured, honest, not yet known. how many palestinians have been detained? there been many days of unrest and military operations after palestine gunman shot and killed 3 israelis in tel aviv last week. as go to natasha, a name, who's in jeanine. natasha. so these ongoing grades have been going on by the israelis. what is the latest from this morning? well, the just toll in terms of palestinians is now up to 15. since the israeli military began this spree of raids in response to attacks that began on march 22nd, there has been a real concern that if the death toll among the palestinians continues to rise,

that it will only inflame the situation and the escalation will grow. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has been saying and warning that he's concerned that the violence is going to mag be magnified. the, as you mentioned it, one person was shot and killed in nablus. that's in the northern west bank this morning. we now have now have reports of 36 other people being injured, also in nablus and about a dozen people have been detained across the west bank. though those figures have not been confirmed by the israeli military. israeli military has been on high alert, has had these intense raids. it is a fact of life in the west bank for there to be raids. but these intense raids have had a specific focus on the cities of jeanine and nablus. 2 of the suspected a gunman in the sprit, a violence in israel, which killed 13 people, hailed from jeanine. jeanine is

a very powerful symbol of policy and resistance against the israeli occupation. and since again, these raids a total of about a 100 people according to the palestinian prisoners club, have been detained. now we know that ham us is expected to meet today to discuss the rising balance. what can we expect from them? the big question and concern has been, what will hamas do fuss far? and predictably, hamas has remained on the sidelines criticizing very loudly, the israeli government and applauding the attacks. and the concern is, as i mentioned, that as the death toll grows among palestinians, that perhaps hamas will begin retaliating and retaliation means firing rockets into israel. and it bears mentioning that the palestinians in gaza are still rebuilding

and recuperating after the 11 day war in gaza. last year that killed 232 people. it'll be interesting to see what hamas says after that meeting that meeting this afternoon has been announced and one of the topics for discussion is jeanine. okay, we'll have to wait and see. natasha can name that for us in jeanine in the oak upon westbank. still ahead on al jazeera 1000 stranded and homeless. we live in the trail of destruction left by the philippines. big storm, the yen, and cause it getting loud, ever urgent action on next. the case growing less, missing a journey has begun. the faithful world cup is on its way to cat cook, your travel package to day. hello,

the weather is set fair across much if you have lots of warm spring sunshine. that is not the case though, across the western side of the meds. right, is really thick clouds still in place here. and some heavy downpours coming through as well. we're gonna see it staying very unsettled across sir, that eastern side of spain, through the remainder of where to stay the valley. eric, seeing more sundry downpours, we could well see some localized party. by there you go. you can see the large, the clear skies in 2 central parts for the time being. we got some wet weather now in the process of pulling away from the east side of europe, easing out of ukraine, temperatures picking up in caves around 14 celsius more in the way of sunshine as we go on through thursday. more than where sunshine to across turkey, down across greece, fine and dry and warming up nicely 19 celsius for athens is a 19 there as well. for london, it does improved for the east side of spain as we go through thursday, largely 5 and driving now to some wet weather just making its way into ireland. we got some way whether to just pushing across the far north west of africa,

northern parson, morocco seen some cloud and rain for a time that wet weather around that western side of the mediterranean also brings in heavy downpours into northern parts of algeria. meanwhile, the showers continued right across the gulf of guinea. i saw official airline of the journey. join the debate. there is no, he job bad. i mean, if anyone here talks about women that i had to force with seem to have been says, no topic is off the table. we were taught to see abortion as a one way ticket streets and health. all of the companies. they deny any responsibility, even though they have the resources and the power to fix it, where a global audience becomes a global community. the comment section is right here. be part of today's program. this stream on al jazeera, ah ah,

you're watching out as a reminder, if our top story is this, our u. s. president joe biden has further hardened his language about the war and ukraine, referring to russia's invasion as genocide has previously called russian leda vladimir putin. a woo, kronos. a long russian ministry column appears to be heading towards easton, ukraine. the satellite images were released on a private u. s. company hoskis as it plans to take more territory with separatists backs in the don't bass region. israeli forces have killed a palestinian during operations in the occupied westbank city of nobliss. early morning rates happened in least 6 areas, including janine and toll come. a tropical storm that's killed at least

43 people in the philippines has wakened and is on its way out of making his left significant damage in the eastern va sayas region to be like doug, getting reports from manila. it is supposed to be the hardest time of the year in the philippines, but a tropical storm has battered many areas in the eastern desires region, leaving many towns cut off because of flood waters and lands life in the province of b. e. a. rescue were struggle to help stranded residence to get them to nearby shelters . in later volunteers are helping the overwhelmed coast guards. rescue the most vulnerable missions like these are often more complicated. given these communities are in far flung areas in the town of by by more than 14 bodies have been found after a landslide and in the town of boma rescue efforts continue to be hampered by rain

. as you all know, less than to sort of be prepared for the security measures in flux of the passengers and the maritime safety aspect of the traveling public. we have deployed around the 200 specialized waters search and rescue personnel. are trained to conduct a search and rescue operations even oh, those so flooded areas. and so we have also deployed some of our rubber boats and other small floating assets to help in their book, which on power lines and communications are badly damaged. more than 8000 people are stranded and thousands have been evacuated, many known locally as a good time is the 1st storm to hit the philippines this year. and it came at the start of easter week. one of the country is busiest travel periods at a time to when the philippines has lifted nearly all covered 19 restrictions. jamal

alan dog, n g 0. manila flooding in south africa is causing a towel, province has killed at least 59 people. it follows heavy rain on monday, swept away roads submerge homes, and displaced thousands of people. several authors, a missing and mud slides, a hampering rescue work. amid the miller has moved from dub. and wherein in lambda in dublin, which is one of the worst hit areas i in the course zulu natal province sand. we've been speaking to people. yo who have said it was quite devastating. the rain just didn't stop for about 2 or 3 days. in fact, the where the services it someplace the saw at least 320 meters of rain overnight, which is usually seen a doing things like a tropical cyclone. and so there was some prediction around the extent of the rain and flooding, but even that was under estimated. oh, we're going to speak to,

to cause on kizzy. she lives in this area but left with a family as that rain got worse, knowing that it would become difficult to stay in the air going to cause a what was it like? as the rain continued and the flooding wasn't here, it was terrible. it was skinning cause you just knew, oh, if you continue staying here, you are going to go to her. so we just decided we're just gonna take some of our valuables and go to my granny's house in to zoom. and then we came back the following morning. the whole house was in the miss. everything was on the floor, the couch, the freeze, the stuff. and the water wasn't actually inside, but it was just mud all over. you could see that the water with the line on the walls there were certain lies of the world as you can see, the water winds until this high, many people here say it's near impossible to salvage whatever they can. and the concern really is that while the sun may be out today the, with the service to say that rain will return over the weekend as, as,

and is concerned that there will be a similar flooding. we also heard there from intell causal that at least 9 bodies were found in the stream behind us, or which where the water has an anticipated to some extent. but you'll see vehicles of the pickup truck to submerged in the mouths. a lot of people are unable to salvage some of their positions and returned to their homes. we've spoken to one man who managed to save his wife and young child from his home, but he was injured during that time. but of a difficult situation for many people, especially in townships and informal settlements, where they is poorer infrastructure. and in some instances, emergency services haven't been able to respond in the way that was expected. and he all police department has identified a person of interest in cheese days, shooting on a subway train during morning rush hour. they're looking for a 60 to your man in connection with the attack least. 23 people were injured.

gambrel. alexander reports from broken 8 30 am and the moment panic struck on a new york city subway train along 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 3060, i'm going to school and the drink and i told everyone to get on the train. i didn't know what happened to the scary moments. i live at 25th street, were all told to get off duty mostly for medical assistance. it was just the scary moment. amid the stampeded appears to suspect manage 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 and the 2 crime scenes. the subway and the van are very active and are still being processed. we are asking for any ones 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. redmond at godaddy with wine at an evening press conference. police said the shooter fired $33.00 times a 9 millimeters, semi automatic hand 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 had been instrumental in tracing the firearm and ballistics. the suspect is a dark skin male and was wearing a neon orange vest and a grey 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 and why p d police officer himself and he's made fighting violent crime on the subway system . one of his key initiatives, new york governor cathy hoko,

said crime east to stop, let me say no more. no as 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, the united nations as calling for immediate action from mexico's government to stop soaring, abduction rights will. the 96000 people have been registered has disappeared, or missing since november. on your part, a reports from mexico city, i will report from the united nations is shining new light on the scale if crime has become a central traitor of these appearance in mexico. with varying degrees of participation, a kissane's or a mission by public servants states. parties are directly responsible for enforcing appearances. committee by public officials, but may also be accountable for italy. perhaps no case is more emblematic than that

of $43.00 students from the a. you'd seen up a 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 in vic 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 given berlin, mom again, nic and on it is a 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 where that 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. they may have been donati, fe elim, forking. 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 disappearances. and to establish a national policy of prevention as the only way to end.