unfolding as though we're somehow unique, it's not unique covering the way the news is covered on al jazeera, there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media spread on al jazeera government shut off, access to social media. ah, ukraine's president says, russia's new east and offensive has begun after a day that so targets hit across the country. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera, ny from dell are also coming up, is rainy s t, right? sick camps used by come out soft are rocket, a spine causes us judge over terms the cupboard 19 mass mandate, the planes and the other transport, even as infections continue to rise. i'm swearing in

a new cabinet trunk as president acknowledges mistakes of medicine, economic crisis, but ignores colds to quit ukrainian, president vladimir lensky says russia has begun a full scale offensive to take control of eastern regions. he says invading forces are attacking along a 480 kilometer front in don bass, where russian back separatists of declared their own republics, rushes refocused its operations in don bass. after failing to capture the capital, keith zamora good. now we can already state that russian troops have begun the battle, the dumbass to which they had been preparing for a long time, that a significant part of the entire russian army is now concentrated on this offensive . no matter how many russian troops are driven there, we will fight. we will defend ourselves, and we will do it every day. we won't give up anything ukrainian and we don't need

anything. foreign. or char stratford is in denay pro that south of car keys and has more on the fighting in that part of the country. specifically, an escalation in car cave, despite that city having been under such heavy bombardment over the last 7 weeks or so, we saw increasing fighting in the loo guns region as well. and visuals in logan's warning, remaining civilians in that area to get out and, and fighting in villages. that one of which, at least we understand according to the ukrainian military was taking control of by russian forces. will r drive from here to the knee pro today, of course, as you can imagine, we passed a military vehicles heading in both directions to be fair. but what we do know is that certainly in the eastern region, certainly around on netscape and i suppose ganske as well. so we're told and these

are some of the most elite and well trained ukrainian units in the country. they, of course, many of them have been there defending that those front lines for 8 years since this conflict started, or certainly the eternal conflicts started well before this invasion, 8 years before this invasion. so we understand the preparations for some sort of defense there. i have for i've been underway for a long time. the highly trained they're very well motivated, as we've seen in the last 7 weeks in their defense of give, for example. but the fact is, is that they are hugely outgunned by russian forces. military analysts are expecting that the russians to use a lot more air power to hit positions and both on enemy lines and behind a ukrainian enemy lines. a lot of artillery. and then some people are talking about the use of heavy use of, of russian tanks and infantry. so we're the beginnings of an escalation today.

and this announcement, by by presidency lensky, very worrying indeed for, as i said, potentially hundreds of thousands of ukrainian civilians in the east of this country. also monday, russia bombarded several targets across ukraine and what appears to be an intensive vine bid to grind down its defensive. the le ganske regional military administrator, as russia has taken control of the town of criminal, which he says has been flattened by artillery. elsewhere missile attacks caused the 1st civilian deaths in the western city of live, while car keeps been hit by more shelling and missiles, a fight at cave and ukrainian forces are still hold up in a still works and matter you poll, it's believed to be the last pocket of resistance in the shattered city or the abil, hamid rounds up the latest developments. it was just after 80 and when the air sirens went off,

moments later black smoke over libby skylight for missiles truck one after the other. a few seconds interval. one of them this drawing this car repair workshop in the north west of this city. it took several hours for the fire to be his english. the force of the blast rock natalia and her daughter catch ya out of bed. they fled their hometown of seville done yet in the east of the country a week ago, because there was here with her getting back to normal. but this attack took him back home when the shells for land in around us. and we saw the neighbors on the ground. it's horrible to leave it once again. we feel hopeless, fatally doomed. i am an adult woman, but can't comprehend how to come to terms with that. how to li, further to find strengths, to keep going. this is scary. some employees at the workshop, among the dead and wounded free military installations were also hit in the morning

attack. now, a local official says that the guided missiles were initially aimed at the van of van gifts, a region south of live eve. and then at the last minute we're rerouted towards here . ah, ukrainian officials believe the missiles were fired from the east, perhaps as far as the caspian, c o y, at the same time or from similar scenes, were unfolding in other cities and towns around the country. had give continues to come under constant shelly russia, now striking deeper into the city center. and in my you, pl gwinnett forces have ignored an ultimatum issued by moscow to surrender. hold up in a steel factory south of this poor city. despite being surrounded and outnumbered by russian forces, ukraine's president followed the marriage. zalinski has described the situation

there as in humane so far, louise has been spared the destruction witness in those other cities. it has played a vital role in this war, becoming the supply and logistical hub for humanitarian and military 8 coming into the country. now de mayo warns no one is safe here either. jordan and michael green, but they are now in ukraine. they are no safe or unsafe places. every one is on the threat. i repeat my call to old resident. whenever you hear the sirens go to the shelters, because he might save your life. we mourn those who died, but we have to be vigilant. they are now smashing civilian infrastructure. more and more will be coming. as russia seems to be shifting its focus on the ground to eastern ukraine, the rest of the country remains very much the target of its air power. what of that?

how many edges you are living? or cara roodick is a member of the cranes parliament. she told us that people, a lot of people, are resorting to unimaginable things to survive. what the reports and information to be getting it humanitarian catastrophe. there might, people are dying of hunger, they eating dogs and a pigeons. they are dying or they some basic illnesses. and there are children by day of dehydration. could you imagine that the 21st century in the center of europe, children, i die of dehydration. how is it even possible? how did the world allow these things, these atrocities to happen? and this is why it's so painful because for 54 days it's been happening. we are saying that we need help and support. and we need like some possible agreements to let people out of the city, but so far has been no progress, not even the negotiation, not even in bring the supplies to the city. so it just,

everybody is watching. on my people dying there. russian president vladimir putin, that's told a televised meeting of economic officials at western sanctions. backfiring. he says moscow is withstanding what he described as an economic blitzkrieg by the us and europe volatile leasing. and we will discuss which extra decision is to take in order to maintain russian business in the circumstances of the sanction pressure from our unfriendly partners. they trotted the fable life financial and economic situation in russia and course banking crisis. we can certainly say that this policy is failing. a strategy of the economic blitz creek has failed sanctions, or hitting the initiators very hard. they have inflation loss of drug living standard going down in the us and you brush we stand the unprecedented pressure. but also jabari in moscow says president putin is putting out a business as usual message. the mean i seem of his message to his

a financial and economic her officials during this meeting was that at the country's economic status has now normalized and stabilized. he said that the retail demands have now as and normalized as well as the inflation in the country has stabilize. this is in reference to a number of things that took place following at the launch of early this countries . so called special military operation in ukraine, which began on february 24th a slew of unprecedented sanctions against russia began. and now at this country is the world's most sanctioned country. as a result of it, the president to i was in talking about the panic purchasing that took place following the sanctions that came into force in there. the last few days of february in the beginning of march. many russians and believed that their country was going to be completely cut off from the rest of the world. and there was a lot of panic in terms of at the general public. and they purchased many things,

the thinking that they wouldn't be able to get their hands on it later at that has since calm down a lot. as the president said, there was also an inflation ad that was happening. i did a rate of about 2 percent weekly as a result of the sanctions now or that has seemingly also subsided to levels that go back to before add. the operation began not jordan's king. abdullah has spoken with egyptian president abdel data as cc about the violence and the alex and mos compound since friday. i've been confrontations between malice. damian's and israeli police jerusalem's, old city is considered wholly to muslims, jews and christians, whose holidays of ramadan pass over an easter old conversion. the same time this year. both leaders called for an end to what they say are provocative israeli actions. these really armies as asked strikes of hit camps used by hamis in garza, of a rocket was fired from a strip toward southern israel. no casualties have been reported in either of. the

rocket was intercepted by israel air defense system. a mass has been wanting of retaliation for israeli actions that alex of israel's prime minister says him ask is trying to ignite violence. and it would be why i view with utmost severity, the remarks accusing israel of the violence directed against us. and they are those who are encouraging a rock toying and the use of violence against the citizens of the state of israel. this is unacceptable to us moment. this is the reward for the fighters, especially hamas, which are trying to ignite violence. induce lemma, we will not allow this to happen while the state of israel will continue to provide for and safe. got the dignity of all of us to enable everyone to celebrate in jerusalem. and most of all our forces will continue to provide security for the citizens of the state of israel. now, a 17 year old palestinian girl who was shot by his rainy force is doing a raid in york by the west bank has died and unclear was injured on saturday, but mother says she was on her way to an english class in the city of janine at

least 21 people have been killed during his rainy operations across the west bank. over the past 3 weeks. israel says it sanctions are in response to palestinian attacks. thank a loss. i lost the armada eastern now there we heard from people who were there that a sniff room, one of the buildings was waiting for a car. if a wanted man, instead of hitting the car with a bullet, the car turned and the bullet made its way to my daughter. she wasn't intended person, but the bullet moved away and hit my daughter. she suddenly paid attention and said my abdomen hurts. it was one bullet, but it made 5 holes in her body. it hinted through her arm to her chest and abdomen penetrating. the liver in spleen. the bullet is still a her other arm so it didn't stay in one place. last raso to come here and our desire, including seeing the potential effects of climate change 1st hand. some african president pushes for a better fight against global warming. and in the philippines, the son of a former dictator is the front runner. and next month,

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across so much of southeast asia. lisa's sunshine, there, across the philippines for time. southern parts. however, we'll see some heavy array borneo looking rather unsettled, even into intern asia. how to seize a shower, still cropping up as we go on through the next day or so. wet weather there too lingering across sumatra into the ne peninsula joining up with a shout that we have across other parts of the bio bin. goals are still a few showers there into southern areas of india, into st lanka. still some live the showers, the seasonal down post there into bangladesh, sciences, some cloudy skies there for northern pakistan, cancer, airway official airline of the journey. healing the debate, there is no he job bad, little, you know, if anyone here talks about women that i talked to dusty, this will be assumed of then says no topic is off the table. we were taught to see abortion as a one way ticket street to help 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. the part of today's proven 3 are now to sierra, ah ah, welcome back. a quick reminder about top stories here. this our ukranian president, a lot of me as lensky says, russia has begun the full scale offensive to seize control of the eastern regions. these include areas where russian back separatists afford the ukrainians for 8 years. at least 7 people have died off the russian missiles hit the ukrainian city of living there. the 1st civilians killed in the western city which had previously been considered relatively safe. on his ready air strikes of hidden camps used by

hammer soft rock in response to woodson, his road from mcdonald street ambassador the award to protect the ancient confrontations between his reading forces and palestinians and occupied east jerusalem. now the white house says is disappointed with a judge's decision to avoid national mosque rules to planes, trains, and other forms of public transport. a federal judge in florida ruled the u. s. centers for disease control and prevention had overstepped its authority. john hendern reports from chicago's o'hare international airport with new cases rising along with cove in confusion mask mandates in the us or more muddle than ever. in florida, a federal judge appointed by then president donald trump on monday, struck down a mask requirement on planes, trains and buses across the us saying the biden administration exceeded its authority. it doesn't matter to me what they do of florida. i'm so when you,

where am i? some travelers say they're happy. john mask last are better than the white houses. it's reviewing that decision. so this is obviously a disappointing decision. the cdc continues recommending, wearing a mask and public transit. as you know, this just came out this afternoon, so right now the department of homeland security would be implementing and the cdc are reviewing the decision. and of course the department of justice would make any determinations about litigation. the federal government last week extended the transportation mask mandate until may 3rd. the biden administration has not said whether it would appeal. most people are still wearing math for the airport, but the biden administration says it will no longer enforce the transportation mask mandate. airlines are happy, they've been fighting against this rule, and now they want to return to pre panoramic business. as usual, the news comes, is coven cases, surge with a new sub varying called b,

a to reportedly 30 percent more contagious than previous variations following a 2 month long decline in cases. just feel like not mandates or something like people at my school are getting it like every day that has philadelphia reinstating its indoor mask mandate at the university of connecticut. once again, masks or mandatory. oh, we all want to be healthy. we all know, go back home. wow. and not get disturbed during the exams in new york, most broadway theaters are still requiring theatre goers to mask up even as much of the rest of the country goes mask list john henry and al jazeera chicago. now at digital rights, what stop group says it warn british officials that electronic devices connected to the highest levels of government appeared to be infected with spies. software citizen lab says the spyware is known as pegasus. a product of these railey a cyber arms dealer and a so group citizen lab has linked the hacking of devices in the prime minister's

office. and u. k. foreign office to states including the united arab emirates, jordan and india. none of those countries has commented and the u. k. government says it doesn't comment on such security matters. a pakistani court has sentence 6 men to death and jail dozens of other than a mass trial. the lynching of a shall ankin factory manager preamp that viola donna was killed in the pakistani city of cl called last year, work as a sports equipment factory that he ran a tuesday ma, blasphemy perpetrators were identified through video shot and mobile phones, and later uploaded on social media sherland as president is admitted, he made mistakes which led to an economic crisis but got to buy a raja packs, are still refusing to resign. he sworn in the new cabinet opening to turn things around. as michelle fernandez reports now from the capital columbus. after days of protest again, tr lunk has government. 17 ministers take their oath before the president most are

young with little political experience. probably not me out of buddha, the crisis that exist today is a good opportunity to bring changes to the system. the people are asking for that you have got that opportunity along with that, i am asking young people to assist that process. so says delta 0, that prime minister my in the roger potter wanted more experience people in the cabinet. he did not attend the swearing in the president's decision to bring young people into the cabinet is seen by critics as a way of acknowledging and responding to demands made by youths in countrywide protests against him and his government. the country is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence from britain in 1948. a shortage of foreign currency has left the government, unable to import basic essentials, leading to price increases and shortages of food, medicine, cooking, gas, and fuel. tens of thousands of people have demonstrated for more than

a week at this protest ground outside the president's office in colombo. oh, and the reaction to the new cabinet here was no surprise get, you know, i like it's of no use of who is the same kind of crooks. just different faces coming in. this is not alicia probably came from cooney gala to somehow chased them out. we honestly have no way to live because of what they are doing. we are managing with great difficulty. after months of denying an economic crisis. the government has downplayed the protests and he seeking help from the international monetary fund. but some economists say it may be too late. most of the young people we spoke to here they're, they're not happy with the appointment of a new cabinet. and that as long as resident got alberta buffer and prime minister, my and the roger buck, the remaining tod things will be the same. fernandez, hodges era, colombo, a national state of disaster has been declared by some african president for storms

of left, more than 440 people dead. sir, i'm a pause. i says it's also clear that more needs to be spent shoring up. defenses against the effects of climate change up to $400.00 millimeters of rain fell in the province of causal in natal over just 24 hours. last week. katelyn has held a young reproach. the heavy rains have stopped, but the crisis is still unfolding south africa, the national defense for says, 10000 troops will head to the quote, zillow natal province to help you out. the devastation left by days of flooding. more than 400 people were killed. dozens are missing. this rescue team is looking for one of them. la before no more. good. we're out here helping looking for our neighbor. we're sure she was swift by the river because we found her son's body nearby. but she is still missing. families are left to wait and manage. one painful

struggle after another is the most not pulling it out. the situation is bad. her son is already at the morgue. but since we haven't found his mother yet, we don't know where to lay his remains. mark the floods lift thousands of people homeless. the young so knocked out power and water services. the president says climate change fuel the disaster and new measures are needed to prepare for extreme weather. we need to increase our investment in climate adaptation measures. to better save god communities against the effects of climate change. the government has declared a state of disaster with nearly $70000000.00 allocated for relief efforts. with communities hit hard rescue team say it will take more than time and money to fully recover. hundreds of thousands of children are due back in school on tuesday after the easter holiday weekend. but authorities warn for many that wall yet be possible

. katia lopez will the young al jazeera, dozens of people have been arrested and injured during a 4th day of riots in sweden and began or rough far right groups, plans to burn copies of the koran in wisdom neighborhoods. these police, some of the protest as are linked to criminal guidance, at least 20 police vehicles have been destroyed or damaged, or reason, malmo, whether a riots over the weekend. this began a couple of years ago in the late summer of 2020 and is the whole reason that polygon is described as danish sweeter. she tried to come over to my my van and threatening to burn a copy of the koran, and the swedish police stopped him. he managed to get round that by claiming sweetest citizenship through his father. and now he has essentially carte blanche to come over and, and do whatever he wants. now he's the,

he's the leader of the strong coast party, which has not had any influence in sweden so far. but he will hope to push his anti immigrant anti islamic agenda ad of the swedish elections later this year. and that's over this is the weekend has led to those riots up in nor shipping lin shipping or bro. and here in momo, the rosen go to state whether or riots the last couple of days. demonstrations turning into riots is just a few 100 meters behind me. there was a school bus, a bus set on fire and residence causburn's. a line are to start coding today. some reaction from the government, the prime minister mark the lane anderson has said that paula dunn's actions are horned, but she's defended the sweetest constitution and said that, reacting to it in this violent sense is, is indefensible, and unlawful. and really, it's the sweetest law that is also

a problem in this issue. the head of the international monetary fund says, countries can never reach that full economic potential if women and girls are held back from the classroom. crystelina georgina attended a forum marking the start of the i, m f, and world bank meeting and washington women's education actors. malala use aside was also the son of a former, philippine dictators maintaining his fund, running position, and next month's election, ferdinand bumble marco's junior says he wants to return the country to its former glory. his family links with an oppressive past and conviction for tax evasion. armed hurting his popularity as jamila allan doug reports. now from the capital manila. oh. 5 i thought, but marcus junior is the front runner in the presidential election in maine, but for some one who is running on the platform of unity, he is seen as the most divisive candidate. that's because the marcus named conjures

up images of corruption, decadence and oppressive rule. many say it was the day when democracy died. on september 21. 1972 marshal law was imposed by former president, ferdinand marquess thousands were jailed, tortured and killed. that brutal rule lasted for 14 years, and it remains to be the darkest period in recent philippine history. but 64 year old born is the only son of the dictator ferdinand marcus senior. he died in exile in hawaii after the revolution which toppled him in 1986. it may seem surprising to many now, but the marcus political resurgence didn't happen instantly. political observers said the marcus, i have spent years using social media to rewrite history. oh. 6

despite widespread outrage in 2017 president, rodrigo 230 allowed his predecessor to be buried in the revered hero cemetery in manila. many see the rehabilitation of the marcus image is in the early complete. micro simply wants to preserve his family's ill, gotten worse, and one has got a big dove. he probably left things beyond bills, but more interested and more self interested people. it will be a continuation of the old regime. despite his political pedigree, markers junior has been marked with cases and debts both here and abroad. he was convicted of facts, evasion, his family's multi $1000000.00 estate tax to remains unpaid and he is facing the largest ever contempt case, filed by a u. s. court al jazeera requested an interview with the marcus campaign team, but we didn't get no response is all the candidates has also missed other media

interviews. and most of the presidential debates, but bongo marcus junior says, all he ever wants is to return the country to its former glory for many filipinos here. all they see is the sun desperate to leave the country. that others accuses parents of ransacking jamal alan dog and al jazeera manila. ah, i thought picture of the headlines here on al jazeera, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, says russia has begun a full scale offensive to seize control of the eastern regions. these include areas where russian back separatists afford the ukrainians for 8 years. that us zamora group. now we can already state that russian troops have begun the battle of the dumbass to which they have been preparing for a long time that a significant part of the entire russian army is.