and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello i, marianna mossey, welcome to the news our life from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. ukrainian forces surrounded and mario pulled defy a russian ultimate come to surrender or die. ah, now while 5 people are killed in central har keith,

where the late is shelling hit apartment blocks and a community kitchen more than 20 palestinians injured in the latest unrest around the alexa mosque of a visit by jews to the disputed holy site. and an unwilling s w h o report says 15000000 people have died worldwide due to the covet pandemic. that's more than double the official death toll. and i'm lia harding and doha, coming up in sports, a fun of sits, a pass claims the monte carlo title once again. and speaking of repeat performance as it's chelsea who reached the f, a cup final for the 3rd consecutive year. ah, lo welcome to the program will ukrainian soldiers have ignored a russian deadline to hey, down arms in

a besieged city of mario pal. earlier on sunday. moscow says its forces of almost completely sees a port city and what would be its biggest prize of the nearly 2 month war. russian officials said they would spare the lives of ukrainian soldiers if they surrendered by one p. m. local time moscow's planning to restrict access to mario full where more than 100000 people is still trapped. ukraine's prime minister says troops is still fighting that despite russia's demand. the situation around murray has been described as a red line in the path of peace negotiations. well, the russian military is saying that 2 and a half 1000 ukrainian soldiers a hold up in a warren of underground passageways, under a huge steel plant in the as of style industrial district should the russian seas is off style. they would have full control of mario pool, which was a vital port in the country, se it lies between the done yet adler hun screens in the east, where russian forces are expected to launch a new offensive and crimea,

and the south, which russia annexed in 2014 cities still is not fallen very still, our military forces our soldiers, so they will fight till then. and as for now, they still are in marble. but there is huge money about in a stroke because there is more than 100 civilians which are suffering for more than 40 date of this. she monitor in crisis and this in this message city and they have no water, no food, no heat, no electricity. and they ask all of our partners to support and how to stop the menu button cover, snowflake mario, well, auditors or hill center is very important to us on the latest developers from the capital cave. the officers here, they're seeing that the fight is still continuing in the city. however,

they also said that the forces ukrainian troops are blocked from all directions and they are running out of the out of the ammunition. so here with the police that russia asked the soldiers to surrender, is they a giant steel work actually did the largest steel company steam factory in, in europe. it's covered in almost an area of 11 square kilometers. which money you pool is quite important for both parties. for both ukraine and russia, ukraine, it is a symbol of the resistance almost since the early days of the war. ukrainian troops, including other regiments, ukrainian marines and national guard brigades. a motorized re gaze, were fighting against the russian forces there. and it has been a symbol of the resistance before russia. it is quite important because the expertise said that here say that russia wants to connect don't both region with

the crimea. and if they can take full control over the city of multiple, then they will be achieving to build a land bridge to connect these 2 areas of their dosage of bars in the russian capital. moscow and says rushers made no comment about its deadline for surrender. being ignored by ukrainian troops and mario full. we've been hearing from the defense ministry spokesperson, eager con shank of oh, who briefed about the latest military developments that the russians have been a gauging the number of strikes they carried out over the past few hours. but at clearly no mention of this a ceasefire that came in once. and what is the fate of the nearly $2500.00 ukrainian as soldiers that are around this plant in mary opal, the russians, knots indicating whether not any of them have surrendered and whether or not they

are still engaged in any kind of a as fighting that it might be going on a, we do know that the russian defense ministry said that this is the best chance that they have in order to save their lives, to surrender, to lay down their arms. they provided a 7 hour window of a cease fire, and the russian defense minister also said that they submitted the documents about the cease fire to various international organizations, including the united nations, as well as the international, a red cross. and the idea is that they want to be very clear that it opportunity was provided for those military personnel to surrender. this is going to be a very crucial moment in this conflict for the russians. indeed. and they've said they've already cleared at the areas in the city. and that at this area around this plan to miracle is the last part before they can declare that they are now in full control of mario full. they said that they have control of the ports of miracle

earlier this week, as well as a number of ukrainian soldiers, as surrendering of the defense, mr. saying over 1400 ukrainian soldiers surrendered to the russians earlier this week. so it will be very important to see what is the fate of the remaining 2500 ukranian soldiers in that city. elsewhere in ukraine, local officials say to civilians have been killed during shelling in the east and town of zealot. and then also have been more attacks and ukraine's 2nd largest city of har. keith, where 5 people have been killed. ah, well then a dozen others were injured off to multiple rockets hit the center of the city on sunday. fire fighters in residence, scramble to down the flames in several apartments on medics try to help injured people in the street. ukraine says russia has stepped up. it's a tax in the region. is it forces prepare for a new offensive in the east?

will a community kitchen set up by a celebrity chef was among the buildings destroyed by the latest bombings and har keith, ceo of wall central kitchen tweeted video outside the building night looks. as for staff members were injured in the miss on attack. right here is the kitchen area goes back. a lot of damage to the kitchen as well. a number of staff were wounded throughout the hospital right now. nobody was killed in the restroom, but we are told that one person was filled in this strike. this was a big hit as you can see, over a dozen cars burned out all around me. pieces of cars in a tree here. just commend this amount of carnage left behind for no reason. let's discuss all this with samuel romani who is associate fellow at the royal united services institute and is currently writing a book on the warn you crying. he joins his life from oxford. my skype festival,

can i ask you how imminent is the fall of mariel? pal? well, so hard to tell exactly when variable will fall, because it all depends on how long the resistance harold's out the as a slow still area. i mean, there's some people who believe that the entered force could actually last a fair amount of time. because the, as of saw still complex is designed with lot of fortifications is lot of us gay badges that the russians might fight hard to bombard by then is the issue shortages of ammunition and food which could lead. you'll much more rapid surrender probably over this coming week, right, so in that case, how vulnerable of ukrainian supply lines. so the radius applies to marable, are basically nonexistent because of the fact that russia is not allowed to measure in age from other parts of ukraine to arrive quickly in terms of food and medicine to the city. and that's been going on for quite a long time. even when you measure in. ready convoys and supply chains have been working intermittently in other parts of the country. and when the,

the capturing of mario pull is complete, it looks like that's the likely scenario that will what will enable russia to do it will complete the lamb bridge between crimea and the cities it occupies in southern ukraine. does it also allow that for resources to be deployed in and what is expected to be a new offensive in the east? well, definitely allows russia to free up troops and move it much more closely towards the open friends in the east. in particular, dark, even as outskirts is humans, one air. ready where they're already have for each you battalion tactical groups deployed another area where they could be pushing as a desa and other cities in between like severity and gaskin, denise bra, to what extent might the capture of mary? i'll perhaps expedite the possibility for peace negotiations, particularly if moscow feels as though it makes out for the embarrassing laughs of the moscow warship. well, i think that the, yeah. p civilizations are rolling,

go in the opposite direction out, rush captures, marable. because lensky is it very clear that of russia carries at another massacre in my apple. that's comparable to what we saw in boucher on the remaining forces. then they'll be basically a dead stop for negotiations. ukrainian foreign minister said that there's really been. ready dialogue between ukraine, russia over the past of 48 hours and believe also said that that massacre and mary paul again would be red line and dead. the terms of the russians are pushing a wholly unrealistic, from ukrainian perspective. recognizing crimea ascii green to withdraw from diaz lou, hans as he grated demilitarize itself. while russia thinks about seizing, i saw this is hardly a foundation for reliable these docs. but so then what does that mean for people of ukraine? we know that the sieges already inflicted a great deal of pain on thousands of people who are living without proper medical care watch or all he ting in the city of mariel. pal. but what does that mean for

civilians? if we see a continuation of a military conflict in order to increase potential leverage at peace talks, well, unfortunately it is very bad for civilians and that that's why this diplomatic stand out is incredibly bad for your grandparents with his back to marry a paul. i mean, the cities been basically raised to the grand, if you believe what dead, the foreign minister of ukraine just said to day. and it, it means you reconstructed almost from the ground up. and the russians have come up with some plans the but making it bigger and better than ever before, as it is people's above what you've said. but they don't really seem to have any action plans. i mean, one of the ideas that was being broached on russian stevie was bri, ukrainian, p, o, w, 's, and to rebuild the country almost as slaves. so they haven't really thought about at all about the situation to the civilians in marable and the delay in the peace dogs will affect the civilian lives elsewhere in your rent. thank you very much. some your money for joining us. thank you. now pope francis,

his appeal to peace in ukraine during his traditional easter sunday address. speaking to pack saint peter's square and pat consists he the head of the roman catholic church, called for an end to the fighting. see a patchy little mother toyota over a nun let there be peace for war torn ukraine. so sorely tried by the violence, so sorely tried by the violence and the destruction of the cruel and senseless walk into which it was dragged. in this terrible might of suffering. death made a new dawn at him. of hope soon appear over let there be a decision for peace. let there be an end to the flexing of muscle with people suffering. we please please. let's not get used to war. i hold in my heart all the many ukrainian victims, the millions of refugees, and internally displaced persons, the divided families, the elderly left to fend for themselves the lives broken. and the cities raised me

to the ground. in the town of brute show where russian forces have been accused of killing dozens of civilians, ukrainians marked palm sunday by praying for the dead worshippers mourned lost family members at a church close to where a mass grave was found. since russian troops withdrew from areas around the capital give more than $900.00 civilians have been found dead. most of them was shot some with their hands bound behind their backs equates as russia is guilty of genocide, moscow denies targeting civilians and says the pitches of those killed in boucher a fabricated. i just prayed to day to stop crying aloud. it did not stop crying for a whole day. it's very difficult. it's very difficult to talk about war. we need to come to our senses 1st and then talk briefly because we have survived these horrors and we are constantly crying. around 10 percent of ukraine's many orthodox christian population or catholics must have fled the country since russia's invasion, more than 7 weeks ago. some of those still in the capital did manage to attend

church services on easter sunday, dominated by prayers for their loved ones affected by the fighting. charles stratford reports from keith. there is a cold silence before easter sunday service at this catholic church and cave worshippers. neil and crossed themselves as they come in. some take confession while the congregation gathers many of the people here have family members and friends fighting in the east. most never expected. they would have to live through war. british of i see star class in the other one is living for their own personal pain and they know some of the people they know may not come home and they're coming here to look for belief and hope because maybe there will be nothing left

ah, there more than a 1000000 roman catholics in this predominately orthodox christian country. boxes have donated food and clothing, stuff along the aisles. ready for volunteers among the worshippers to distribute to those in need? father. pavlov. the scope sky prepares to give communion. the congregation wait in line. oh i see where i need several o legacy. when the war started, i started coming to the church more often because of the anxiety. when i hear the father's preaching, it gets easier. i find more faith in myself in our society, and our victory of the better man. in a corner of the church stands a moral of an army post with the ukrainian flag. recently, services of had to be held on the ground in the church, correct? until a few days ago, church services in recent weeks have been held here underground because of fear of

potential russian shilling. now, despite the fact that russian forces have withdrawn from areas around kia, there is still great fear that that shilling could start. again, the head priest here says that he estimates up to 80 percent of the worshippers in this parish of fled. since the war began. the priests resisted government pressure to close the church on february the 24th. when the russian army invaded glass for the day, the war started official stoled us. we had to close the church, but to refused because we had to support the people we have since help evacuate children and the elderly from areas of the parish outside ski. the atmosphere in the charge has changed since the war started. people are more united and we help each other more. ah, a priest collects money to go towards renovations of the church damaged by fire last year. because without this place of worship,

many of the people who would find living through war even harder than it already is . char stratford al jazeera cave, ukrainian refugees continued across into neighboring countries to escape the fighting united nations as around 5000000 people who fled so far within 2700000 of them have gone to poland. volunteers at the medical board in crossing prepared a traditional eastern meal on sunday in an effort to lift their spirits. estimated more than $12000000.00 people stranded in areas of ukraine, which are under attack. if you are in a life threatening situation day, mister holmes, they are seeking refuge in a country. so we wanted to bring him a little big a bit of a celebration to forget about all the terrible things that happen and seek some happiness and hope you're

the news, our live from london much more still ahead on the program. we look at the death toll after devastating floods in the east and south africa has risen sharply, but dozens of people are all so still missing. hopes dashed as me and was ginger announces its ring hundreds of prisoners in a new year amnesty, but detained protest as a north among them, and in the and be a superstar. steph curry returns is golden sate make a winning start to the playoffs. ah now 20 palestinians have been injured off to force being forcibly dispersed from the alexa mos compound israeli police say they entered the site in response to palestinian setting up barricades to prevent ultra right wing jewish groups from entering the visits a routine. but palestinians accuse him of praying in the mosque, which is illegal,

the east 18 people have been arrested. well, the disputed holy site is located in the old city of east jerusalem, which israel captured in 1967 muslims caught at the her. i'm a sheriff or noble site tree because it contains 2 of islam. holiest places, the alex, a mosque, and the dumb of the rock juice called the temple mount and revere the area at its base, which is known as the west and wool. the latest on rice comes is the jewish festival of passover, coincides with the islamic holy month of ramadan, and the christian festival of easter. i'll cherish john holman, is at damascus gay in occupied east jerusalem, where people have gathered after present. alexa. things have been calm and i like the most and the compound around it. since that happened in the morning. there's also been statements from these railey side and also the palestinian side in the jordanian side, who so have custodian of,

of the most under compounds of the palestinian government. condemning what happens saying that it is an escalation on the part of the israeli and israelis saying that they want things to be calm, but the prime minister, enough tale bennett said that they will protect a citizen, so differing views on the i'm now at damascus gate which as you said, is an area where people like to gather of depressed, we just going to show you a little bit about what's happening here. these are people that have gathered on the steps off to going to prayer in the alex and most there's a very calm atmosphere and there was also on friday actually after the the, the incident in alex mos on friday morning by the evening. everyone was covered peacefully and it's sort of been a contrast to what happened at the same sort of time in ramadan, last year in which there were barricades put by israeli authorities across the steps. the people like to sit on and they stop businesses. so that hasn't happened

this year. people are sitting quite calmly at the moment. it's a lot calmer than it was, even in the 1st days of ramadan, this time round. but as we've all been saying, this could change quite quickly, and events like the ones to day could change the situation in a moment, really, or want to move to afghanistan. now local officials is saying at least 47 people are now known to have died after airstrikes hit the eastern part, the country on saturday. the strikes targeted residential areas in the course and coon, our province is near the border with pakistan. renaissance taliban government is accused pakistan's military of carrying out the strikes. as i'm about as urge the taliban to take action against fight is attacking it. soldiers from inside afghanistan. now the number of people confirmed to have died in flooding in eastern south africa has risen sharply. the premier quizlet tell province as 443 people are

dead. dozens are still missing after floods hit earlier this week. crews are continuing search efforts in and around durban, where roads, houses, and bridges were destroyed, leaving many without power or water. it's estimated the flooding and mudslides of caused more than $680000000.00 worth of damage to infrastructure, inquisitive natal operations at one of africa's busiest ports in durban has also been disrupted. and almost 100 schools are going to need mobile classrooms before they can reopen after the easter holidays. well elsewhere, rescue is also still searching for dozens of people still missing off to tropical storm meggy hit the philippines. at least a 160 people were killed, there should be not a dog and has the latest from by bay city and later province. the government clarifies, there is no plan to stop retrieval operations despite this possibility being discussed on the ground. in fact, they're hoping they see that the weather participates and that if it continues to

be sunny, they'll finally be able to bring in heavy equipment and implement a full scale retrieval operations. many believe that hundreds remain buried in many areas of later province. and even for a country often battered by natural disasters, type, when meggy is an unusual occurrence, it is supposed to be the hottest period of the year. and it comes as the province in particular is still reeling from the impacts of dipole and rise super typhoon that battered the eastern besides this region. last december, it also comes as millions of families, particularly the thousands who live in late. the province is memory to one of the holiest week of catholicism, is supposed to be a period where families are getting together to celebrate. instead, many people say there is quite a gloom, a level of grief that has envelopes many communities here. shang eyes reportedly aiming to cut community transmission of coven 19 by wednesday, allowing it to eat some of the restrictions there. according to reuters news agency

sources, the economic hub recorded more than 23000 infections on saturday, but hasn't posted and death so far. most of the city has been locked down for more than 2 weeks with mass testing being carried out. those testing positive r quarantined in makeshift hospitals, even if they don't display any symptoms or 50000000 people have died wild. why? because of the cove it pandemic. that's 9000000 more than previously thought, according to a world health organization report that has not been released, but has been cited by the new york times. newspaper saying has been delayed because of objections from india, for 1000000 of the additional death with their taking the total to 8 times number, the government had officially recorded arial karlinski is an economist who advises well health. when a zation on coven mortality rates explains why the true global death toll is difficult to calculate. the issue in the many countries are differ in how they

certify a covey deaf and even a covert case. and they of course differ in their capacity to even just administer the test. so the number of reported code with deaf that you might see on the john hopkins basketball go on the w h o that is simply an comparable between countries, especially countries from different continents or development level. this is the exact reason why w commission, this expert with the i'm a member of which is to look at sort of a simpler measure, but are much more robust measure for comparison across countries across time. would you have access mortality? unfortunately, when i put them in strike, deaths are above and beyond what you would expect under normal time. you know, usual day in tar, 100 people die during play time. it might be $150.00 people. and the 50 plus people are what we call access mortality. i really hope that a silver lining,

if you could call it, that disconnect, would be for governments to vitally improve their vital patient system. many countries in latin america have been undergoing this reform in the past few years, which give us really an unparalleled insight into what's been going on there. but many countries in se, asia pacific and africa still register only a fraction of total f. still, i had the salad was placed in africa to be a journalist. medial work is in somalia are facing threats from om groups and the government. so teenager investigates the sinking of a tank off. it's caused triggering fears of an environmental disaster. and then lay transport is greek almost as monte carlo for the 2nd straight. yeah. ah

hello there. we've had some lovely weather across europe this weekend and there's more of that to come as we start the new week, particularly across those central and western areas. but we're seeing unsettled conditions, continue to plague the southeast corner and things are going to turn slightly unsettled for the northwest. we got rain rolling in to pots of island as well as britain, a lot of cloud around, but still some sunny spells coming through and warmth in places like london. now, scandinavia, we've got high pressure in charge, bringing a lot of warmth to places like norway and sweden. if we have a look at the 3 day for stock, them have a look at this will be well above average on monday, with sunshine, lasting through to the mid week. for the south of this however, it is going to get wet for places like poland, a little bit wintry as well for the check republic. and that ties up with wet and windy weather moving its way east across the black sea. we've got some wind warnings out for some of the greek islands as well as croatia. we are going to see

that wet weather push its way across to turkey. but behind that for much of mediterranean, it's a fine and dry picture, lots of wounds coming through for italy. it's a similar story for spain and portugal on monday. but we'll see the rain roll into spain. by the time we get to choose day, ah, the stage are set and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you thing was wor, inevitable. i just want to start at the please don't if they're not doing the right thing. let's leave simplicity into the headlines. join me as i take on the lars. dismantle the misconceptions and give me the contradiction. we have a real democracy here in the united states. it's a really cool insurgency, mark lamazzo, and it's time to get up front right here on out 0 in 2018, a journalist lead 40 days of civic action against the armenian government. i'm

president sockets yann's grip on power. ah, i'm going to labor cuz we're a new documentary follows he's known boiling campaign to bring down a corrupt regime. astonishing outcome with i am not alone on munious velvet revolution on al jazeera move. ah, welcome back. look at the main stories. crying in soldiers surrounded in a huge steelworks area, mario pool have ignored a russian deadline to surrender or be killed. moscow,

sayings forces of almost complete e sees the besieged city. you video from mario pushes a number of dead bodies covered in sheets, lying and residential streets. latest attacks and ukraine sacrilege, a city of har keith have killed at least 5 people off to multiple rockets hit the center of the city. also following developments around the alack, some mos compound 20 policies have been injured off to being fuss forcibly disbursed from the mosque where they were trying to stop a visit by jews at least 18 people were arrested. won't take you to me and my now the military ginger is releasing 1600 prisoners for the buddhist new year. but this is a fraction of the $23000.00 fried in a similar amnesty last year on political detainees were not among those freed from the prison in the commercial capital young gone by many families who gathered hoping to be reunited with their loved ones. thousands of protests have been

arrested and detained since the gentle sees power. 14 months ago, the la my daughter was arrested on the 25th of april 2021 and send for interrogation. she was sentenced to 3 years in prison on a political charge. now she's been in prison for more than a year ago, even though my daughter is only 19 years old, she's very active in politics. i'm proud of her. i'm waiting outside the prison with the hope she'll be released. as discuss this and with me and while specialist ronan lee who's a doctoral prize fellow aloft, rena lusty joins me by skype from london. what does the lack of amnesty for political protest as an detainees suggest about the millet trees, strategy, or approach now? well, the military is arrested, an astonishing number of people since the qu, in february of last year. so there's a, there's about 13000 people who are political prisoners and being there in jail for

any perceived opposition to the cos a peaceful protesters. if you carried a banner that, that suggested you weren't happy with the code, you could be sentenced to a considerable period of time in jail. what the military's done by seats that time is at various times such as the buddhist new year. as we say now, it has a political print. it has an at politic a prisoner amnesty. they've used this as a form of social control. so they would, they would release a certain number of political prisoners. it's an enticement to the families and friends and associates of those who are in jail not to continue with their opposition to military control. and for the military, it also served a purpose internationally. it garnered them some positive press and it was an attempt to forestall stronger international action against the coo. but the military, i think, has formed the view that this tactic hasn't worked. the international community, particularly united states, very strong in its opposition to,

to military role within me and my, and domestically, people across the country remain strongly opposed to military rule. so the worry now is that it's social control that the military tried to use, hasn't worked. the military is likely to turn to really the only other tool than its arsenal, which is terror and violence and oppression is armed opposition to the military and the could becoming stronger and more wide spread in the country . i think it is, and i think that that's why we're seeing the this reaction from me and mas military . i think also we, it's important to note that the change in the tone, in terms of the language that the military uses in reference to the opposition. they don't describe them as an opposition. they don't describe them in any terms other than as terrorists. the military perceives any one who opposes their rule as

a terrorist who needs to be who needs to be stopped. and that, i think, is informing the sorts of scorched earth tactics that the military is using. i mean, there's the tactics they sort of used. they used against the ring in 2017 burning entire villages, shooting at any size of a human being there. now turning those tactics towards the buddhist heart land towards the civilian population of man, man that they would regard or have suggested are there people, buddhist members of buddhist civilians within me and my a this is deeply disturbing and is a sign that me and my i think is heading towards state collapse. the united nations is telling us that 14 more than 14000000 people in myanmar are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. that's a 3rd of the country in need of humanitarian assistance. this is a country that is in dire straits. but they're not going to request that assistance because a cleaning in the lit,

she wants to keep the country shut off from the outside world and isolated at all. this is a great deal of focus on events elsewhere, particularly in ukraine. does the international receipt grants, the gravity of what is happening inside me and my, the consequences of continued civil war? not just for me and mom, but also for the region? well, it doesn't appear to be cross to get it all in the united nations security council . needs to do with the job. it's job is to look after the security of every person in the world, not just, not just those that are front and center in terms of g or politics. a 3rd of me and mine is in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. the military of that country does not want them to get that assistance because it wants to oppress and starve and use violence against civilians as a means of sapping their opposition to the curb. the me and my military will not, will not stop these tactics. we know that they've used them before i,

we know that they will continue to use them until they get what get what they want or a simply removed from power. and that's got to be the job of the united nations security council, is removing the military of me and my from power because the people of me and map do not want them in control of their country. thank you very much for joining us. felony is out tonight. ronan lee. my pleasure. now hundreds of shall anchors have started a 3 day march to the commercial capital colombo to denounce the government's handling of the on going economic crisis that 57 kilometer walk in the southern city of walla. they're mostly supporters of the opposition national people's power party prices of fuel. food and medicine are soaring. an electricity blackouts, a common fuel hat t rationed, and the stock exchange temporarily chatted with the island nation on the brink of bankruptcy. protest have been demanding the president's resignation. for weeks on the policy government is asking work as a broad to deposit their money and domestic banks as concerns grow about dwindling

foreign exchange reserves. the government insists it's not facing an economic crisis like shall anchors from cap man, do ram yet limber as this report in this bustling market in downtown, got my new, its business of usual shopping with crowds doors at the beginning of the new year. but experts was behind, all the activity and economic crisis is looming. the, the economic recovery that we have seen is much less compared to other countries, you know, who were similar to hit by. and for example, last 2 years or growth was on the one percent compared to our normal long term ava's off, you know, 9 percent that we should have got to in 2 years time. during the pandemic, the number of tourists fails. the amount of money sent home by napoleon working abroad also dropped significantly. nepalese international vit isn't particularly

high, but as ballooning imports and high oil prices depleted foreign currency reserve exploits will in the country could be headed towards an economic crisis. if the government doesn't step up in time, and there are other pressures i'm going to say to guy, there's been a hike, an oil prices, a leader of petrol, that cost around $100.00 rupees. now cost $160.00 rupees. nepalese central bank has taken action to manage import and increased foreign exchange with some kind of the challenge in the economy, particularly because of the import of some of the items. for example, the vehicles and the petroleum products, which are a large portion of the board in nepal. so how we can manage that? that's one of the issues that is struggling in the present context. reducing idea import cars and heavy duty equipment to nepal. and she says

it's important for businesses to work with the government, the central bank and business community. we being all completely him import oriented economy. we have a huge trade in because we have nothing being exported from here or at least a little being exported from here. so every small change in the world on the globe impacts. and that is why we have these, you know, these panic situations every now and then as an absorbed economic shops, experts say it needs to act fast to avoid a full blown crisis from the liberal advocacy ra, cut and do. small air is the most dangerous country in africa to be a journalist with more than 70 killed bearing the past 30 years rights group say the situation is getting worse. mark web reports for market issue, but i think it's up some of the new way. lee with like he says, surviving shot in the stomach by policemen. the bullet also fractured his arm. he

says he was targeted last year on his way home because of his work as a new camera man said this tv station called group duke, which is known for broadcasting, critical views of somali as government journalists working here, say they often harassed or targeted somalia, somalia, is the worst place to be a journalist? we faced too many problems. it's either the government causing issues or other people. the other people include the armed group al, sure. bob, which claimed responsibility for killing the director of state owned radio, mogadishu, 5 months ago. when a suicide bomber attacked his car, this is what was left of it. after la, i'm a new mean leads, the somali journalist syndicate which documents killings, detentions threats and harassment of journalists. he says the thousands of cases every year. unless ellington again has been a legit on syria. so you might, relation is including objection is killing of civilians. and this is what you're

trying to reveal. and that's why you see a lot of urine. it just are being targeted by the national intelligence. this radio station called mustafah bow reported when president mohammed up the law. he for my job term ended last year. elections were delayed and he stayed in office. somebody powerful didn't one present to talk about it on their police way to the station. the studio is behind this door. the star say the police didn't get very technician said he locked himself inside and turned off the trans mrs. stuff they police came in through the door, they rounded up, all of the journalists, took them outside and took away all of the computers that were on the desks. so that the sheer mohammed usa says while some policemen were breaking into this cupboard and taking cameras, others beat him with rifle butts and threatened him at the national intelligence has been alleged as involved in serious human rights violations, including abductions, killings of civilians. and this is what journalists are trying to reveal. that's

why you say a lot of journalists being targeted. shamarka says after months of requests, please have finally opened the case on his shooting. the somali journalist syndicate says it's better than nothing, but that justice for journalist here is rare. malcolm web al jazeera, mogadishu, somalia, it will have been day 3 days of riots in several swedish towns and cities of the far right group announced plans to publicly burn copies of the koran in eastern norco paying 3 people needed medical attention after they were hit by police bullets during clashes of violence started on thursday after a demonstration organized by danish swedish politician rasmus allude and who needs the anti immigration and anti islamic hotline movement. all this week is that to be a crucial test in the race to be the next president of france on wednesday. manual micron takes on challenger marine the pen,

and the only debate between the front runners televised exchange will be watched by millions of people ahead of the april 24th run off vote. russia bought the reports from avignon. while we're in the final leg of the french presidential election in one week, voters will go to the polls to pick the next president of france and choose between 2 very different visions for the country. on one side, the centricity manual micro is running for a 2nd term as president, management of the covey pandemic in from and is diplomacy over the war. and ukraine suddenly played out very well with photos, but he's still struggling to shake his reputation amongst thumb. that he is a president who favors the rich. on the other hand, the marine, the pen is the leader of the far right party. she's still from her image in recent years. she's been campaigning very hard on the cost of living. a big issue in this election. nevertheless, agenda remained firmly and t, u and immigration. in fact,

she says, if elected she would make it illegal for muslim women to wear heads golf in public in from well, one of the key moments of the week will be a debate between emmanuel micro, i'm marine the pen wheel, one analyst. what we can expect is my course, i do these on demand. well, micron will try to convince later when voters often don't like him to support him and block the far right. he needs to convince them that his policies are also for them. which many on the left don't believe marina pain, it needs to show she's changed that she has more experience than 5 years ago and more critical on the economy. and particularly on the big thing of the election. the cost of living for both micro and the pen campaigning hard for food fail, targeting the many people who are still undecided as well as left when voted by promising things like more jobs and more measures to tackle climate change. now to media as launched an investigation into this thinking of

a tanker off the coast shit went down in bad weather on saturday, triggering fears of an environmental disaster. alexia bryan has the story hitting out into the mediterranean sea from the chin is the in port city of gave us the dive team's part of efforts to prevent what activists warn, could be an environmental catastrophe. they were sent to inspect the hall of the sunken tanka, the z low. it went down on saturday along with 750 tons of diesel the vessel flying the flag of equatorial guinea was sailing from egypt to malta. it 7 man crew issued a distress call on friday evening and sought shelter from bad weather. but the vessel began taking on water. the crew were later safely brought to shore june as he is environment ministers, helping oversee the response. she says the situations under control of it and getting his own the muscle tone, this is car, go off fuel oil or diesel. it's very different from oil in the fuel. oil is much

less dangerous and tends to evaporate fairly quickly. we think the hall is still water tight and there's no leakage at the moment. no little she authority say barriers are being set up to limit the spread of fuel. and any spillage would be mopped up. but local fishermen angry, their livelihood relies on the waters where the tanker is lying. the world wildlife fund says the areas of fishing ground for $600.00 sailors with the white gulf providing jobs for around $34000.00 others. on an open book, we demand that specialists go down into the sea and unload all the materials inside . if a leakage occurs, we will not have anything, as we already only have a little part of the sea left to live on. janasia says several countries of offered to help out to prevent any pollution. alexia brian al jazeera, a container ship, the length of more than 3 football fields has been re, floated

a month after it got stuck in the us. 5 tugboats, 2 barges, and a high spring tide healthy ever forward. finally stopped moving in virginia. it belongs to the company that owns the ever given which ran a ground blocking the suez canal last year. to lead on this news out, back to babylon. we look at why tourists are now. we're timing to iraq and also in sport, the colorado avalanche secure top seed in the an 8 shells. western conference. ah. full of struggles, full of pleasure. that at the moment i with the same demon to me, you may go and make us legal. why me from india, who us on me, how me an intimate look at life in cuba wardrobe and on the lead. again,

the same person with daniel said a more my lead my cuba on al jazeera, the latest news, as it breaks there, an estimated 20000 really gold miners, just in the younger mom, the reservation with detailed coverage. and the government says it's taking action, but doctors are desperate thing lives are being put in danger from around the world . president zalinski says the coming days will be crucial for ukraine with the expected renew defensive in the east. ah ah.

out of the years of war and the destruction of ancient archaeological sites, terrorism is making a comeback in iraq on destination proving populace babylon, long known as the cradle of civilization. my would up to why had reports in the ancient city of babylon, tourists are trickling back. that follows the iraqi government ending the needful, pre arrival visa from dozens of countries. this is erica of babylon, as it's thought to have looked like in 600, be see little is left of the original structure. but tourists are fascinated by 4000 years of miss epitome as cultural heritage. a lot of people back in ireland don't even know that babylon is in iraq. they don't even know it's still a real place. you know? so it's so incredible to be able to come here. this is what remains of the hanging

gardens of babylon. one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. the original and renowned as tart gate was shipped off to berlin by european archaeologists. at the beginning of the last century, archaeologists say numerous historical treasures are waiting to be discovered across iraq. here in this area, for instance, there are ancient ruins beneath these surrounding pol mcgrooves and villages there threatened by oil pipelines running through them and encroachments by local residents. all was the cultural, half planned of ancient mister per tamia. it's revered as the birth the place of prophet abra harm and gained international attention following glass. he is a visit by the head of the catholic church. papa frances? yeah, i think even more from from my parents they, they were quite nervous. they were, they asked why you go into iraq and,

and is going to be safe. and but the people i've been so friendly is very welcoming . and so for my poetry, it's a great project of it. so sense of priceless artifacts have been looted or smuggled out of iraq, ancient term pills, palaces and tombs either destroyed by i sill or damage it under the watch of consecutive governments over par alyssia. feel happy political, cultural tourism was blooming before the 2003 us live invasion. but we've recently received several western excavation missions that have helped a lot on discovering and protecting mini sites. they've also highlighted the importance of or as a center for inter faith and destination for tourists from various backgrounds. a resurgence of tourism means creating new development projects and job opportunities for many here. highest and arthur for harl center, robbie. these pieces, a hand crafted by young people who have no other jobs to do so we count on the

government to help bring to respect so that we can keep the business afloat. dorothy othello shockley and o e, and continue to maintain the mortal memory of ancient and with super tamia. even though much of its magnificence has been lost to decades of case and neglect, ma'am, or w a, had al jazeera in babylon, city centrally rock pineapple, a sport with leah in dar. thank you, marian, will it start with some football and for the 3rd consecutive years, chelsea who will play in the a fake cup final. they were kept scoreless in the 1st half by fellow premier league side crystal palace. chelsea found the opening goal and the 65th minute, courtesy of reuben loftiss cheek. the match finished to nil after mason mount scored. chelsea will face liverpool in the final on may 14th. the 2 sides also met in the league cup to cider earlier this year. greek world number 5,

fontose sits the past has defended his title at the monte carlo masters. in the final, he faced a surprise packet of the tournament. alejandro the ve. the vigil keana who eliminated novak jock of it in the 2nd round. the spaniards 1st master's final ended in straight sets, sits a pass has now 18 career titles with 4 of those on clay remarkable of their bro, myself, you know, things i didn't seem to be going well at some point, but i, i managed, say, well composed and i kept believing that i can finish the self. i'm really proud of the believe that i put into my game and, ah, them on sofa. you know, there were, sometimes she dug yourself, but it's, it's a, it's always important to do is keep your head. i and the job the best you can in basketball, steph curry returned from injury to help the golden state warriors take game one in

the opening round of the playoffs against the denver nuggets. curry started the game on the bench, giving a chance for play off new comer jordan pool to shine, and he did the 22 year old scoring 30 points in san francisco. on saturday, curry had been out with a foot injury bullet good on his return here. the 34 year old scoring 16 points in just 22 minutes. golden state winning an all at 123107. with game to set to take place on monday. in my experience of nearby a game to after a, a, a comfortable win and game one isn't always, always a tough endeavor. so we know what's common. there were 3 other games on the opening night of the playoffs. donovan mitchell scored 32 points as you toby dallas . 9993. minnesota defeated memphis 13117 with help from anthony edwards and his

36 points. while philadelphia overcame toronto, 131111. with tyree's maxi scoring 38 points, the in b a are in there play offs, and so as ice hockey is an h l. as they approach their post season and the league leading colorado avalanche have secured the top seed in the western conference. colorado took care of the carolina hurricane $74.00 on saturday, 2 goals each from j t. confir and nathan mckinnon. helping to secure a night straight win for the avalanche. the saint louis blues are on their way to the playoff too. that's after a 65 win over the minnesota wild brayden, sion scoring 56 seconds into overtime to secure a spot in the post season. these 2 teams are likely to meet again in the 1st round of the playoffs. in major league baseball show high autonomy is good batting form, continues the japanese star hit his 3rd home run in 2 games for the los angeles angels o tony's 2 run. homer helped the angels to 7 to win over the texas rangers on saturday

. elsewhere cincinnati reds, rookie hunter green, made a bit of history on saturday, against the eli dodgers green through $39.00 pitches of a 100 miles per hour or more. that's a fraction more than a 160 kilometers per hour. and it's the most a single game, since it's tracking again in await. despite that the reds were still beaten, 5 to after a 3 year cobit hi, it is a big crowd, turned out for the final day of world surfing's, bells, beach competition. they watched as brazilian philippe toledo and australian tyler, right, won the prestigious trophies just off the victoria coast for 2 time w. s l champion, right. it was a maiden bells beach when, while to leo's victory, put him at the top, the world. that's it for me. back to marry him in london, only a thank you very much for that. that's it for the news. al, but i'll be back in a mom with a full bulletin for you around up the top stories coming up and just

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