blue, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make you feel exceptional. katara always going places to get. ah, russian forces continue to phase strong resistance in the port city of mario paul as moscow's campaign to retake the dumbass region intensifies. ah, hello, i mary, i'm no mozy in london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. multiple blast targets schools and a has are she our neighborhood of the afghan capital? 15 people have been killed? protests over sure. like as economic crisis turned deadly,

one person is killed as police fi, live ammunition of demonstrators, poverty and political paralysis at the for, as voters in east timor decide between 2 former revolutionaries. the next president, ah, hello, and welcome to the program. all russian forces are assaulting cities and towns on a 480 kilometer long front line, which stretches from north to south in ukraine's east in battle ground. this is shaping up to be a devastating battle for control of ukraine's industrial heartland. and if successful would essentially slice the country into the cities of har. keven cromer tours are among those that are now being attacked. rushers also delivered an ultimatum to one of the last pockets of ukrainian fighters,

the besieged city of mary paul telling them to lay down their arms and proposing a 2 hour truce from $1100.00 g m t on wednesday. i said, beg brings us this report now listed on what russia refuses to call, the war has now entered its 2nd phase, and its being dubbed the battle for don bus. us of the ocean on the east of ukraine, assume it was, was a loss from the very beginning to fully the den. yes, gun la guns republics. and this a duration. so we will continue with this beginning. i mean, another stage of this or duration is beginning and then sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special of the rich ukrainians caught up in the fighting are forced to flee as russian forces pummeled cities and towns ukraine's president says russia will not be successful in the incentives for when you are a, he's good. he's the intensity of fire by russian troops in the heart keep direction

even in the dumbass. and in the neat pro petrosky region has increased significantly more yesterday the same as before. the consider ordinary residential housing j to be normal military targets. in this war, the russian army will forever inscribe itself in world history, as perhaps the most barbaric and inhumane army in the world are of great. ukraine says it's repelled a number of russian attacks in the east. a 2nd ultimatum issued by russia for ukrainian soldiers in mario paul to surrender has passed. moscow had said the lives of the soldiers inside to steal works would be sped if they ceased what it called senseless resistance. cigna survey with cumberland up on those 3 united states and western country and doing everything to drag out the special admitted operation as much as possible. you must the grim supplies of foreign weapons, clearly signal the intention to provoke the key regime to keep fighting until the last ukraine you are. you are. the european union is considering more sanctions on

russia. we call on russia, we continue to call in russia to stop all the illegal and the legitimate or actions connected through aggression against ukraine and when it comes to next round of the sanctions. i think the, you highest representatives, the leaders of that you and also the representative of the member states that are very clear that we continue to work on further sanctions. and when the time will be right, they will be announced so far calls for a cease fire or the threat of sanctions have not stopped this war. and although russia may have failed to take, keep the battle for the east is one. russia cannot be seen to lose a sad beg. i'll jazeera charles stratford has visited some of the harder to areas in eastern queens. danielle, great. james brought us in the area that we visited at close to here for cross girl quite a long area along the front lines. some of the heavier shelling,

if not the heavier shelling so far since the invasion started out according to some of the military and people that we've spoken to in this area. and our understanding certainly what we were listening to today was evidence of dr. missiles, rocket launchers, heavy artillery being used over sustained a period of time and as a. ready say a very large area. what's also so incredible in town like this is that there are so few people here. similarly, any more local authorities, barcroft saying this made around 70 percent of this. the population of the city have already left businesses. homes boarded up, people told to close their curtains at night and avoid putting their lights on. so we'll see if you can imagine people in this area taking this push by russian forces very seriously. indeed,

we also visited the train station in here in pa cross. they have a daily train now taking those that wants to leave the area out into safe areas. and as i say, very few people on it. i spoke to one young mother with her 10 year old son. she said that she basically couldn't, could, could, could, couldn't contain her fears any, any longer living in the area that she was that she'd escape from. and she said that she didn't want her son to become a victim. like the many people we saw killed in boucher or in other developments, the ukranian ambassador to the united nations is saying that people trapped in mario paula hostages of what he described as a war fantasies and flashing present like in a prison. he spoke at a un security council missing session that focused on humanitarian conditions that every time it seems that we have already got accustomed to the ignoble methods of rational warfare. an avenue piece of news from our u bo,

and dozens of other hot hotspots proofs as russians are still able to heat new laws . i call on the security council to urgently exercise these authority, in accordance with the un charter to save the innocent civilians of mario val and other eastern cities and towns who remain hostages of the bloody war fantasies of fortune and the algebra. his dosage of bar has more on the russian offensive. now from a russian capital moscow, the russian foreign minister served lobrado was asked whether or not the russian military would ever consider using their tactical nuclear weapons that they have in their military arsenal. and the foreign minister was adamant that russian military will continue to use what he called conventional weapons during this conflict in

ukraine. the russian defense minister survey chicago has also been speaking to a number of military personnel at a meeting here in moscow. and according to the russian defense minister, the reason that this conflict is continuing to drag on for so long. this is now day $55.00 of the so called special military operation, which began on february 24th. the reason for the fact that it's taking this long is that according to the defense minister, the united states continuing to supply weapons and 8 to the government in kiev, is really the issue at the heart of this conflict. dragging on for this long survey sugars saying that the united states has really continued to pour weapons into ukraine to try and drag this conflict as long as possible in an attempt to continue to the stabilize and we can russia and its influence in the region. u. s military

flights, delivering more arms to ukraine to help the country's arsenal is forces tried to repel russia's offensive. this is part of a new $800000000.00 package of military assistance. the pentagon spokesman says this will not be the last package, and that the u. s is prepared to continue providing military aid to ukrainian forces we have helped deliver not just from our stocks for from stocks of other nations, more than 50000000 rounds of small arms ammunition of various calibers 50000000. and that's the kind of stuff that the ukrainians are literally using every single day instances invasion began. so all of that will also be factored into this package going forward with you as actually general says the lives of hundreds of thousands of people hang in the balance is cool for a truce during the orthodox easter weekend. to day i am calling for the 4 day holy week, humanitarian balls, beginning on holy service and driving through the sunday,

april 20 force to allow for the opening of a series of humanitarian quarter doors. the mediterranean pause would provide the necessary conditions to meet 2 crucial imperatives. first, safe passage of all civilians willing to leave the areas of current and expected confrontation in coordination with the international community of dr. cross seconds . beyond humanitarian operations already taking place at balls, we will offer the safe delivery of life saving humanitarian aid to people in the heart of us, it area such as valuable care, so don outs and lawns, ah, now at least 15 people have died in afghanistan's capital cobble off to bombs exploded in neighbourhood that dominated by the ethnic has ara and sheer community . one of the targets was a boy's school. it's not clear who was behind the bloss,

but the group affiliated with i sell has attacked the same area in the past. now right scripts, amnesty international is accused the taliban of failing to protect civilians. fenton monahan has more on this. the blood on the streets of cobble explosives designated near the school as children were leaving their morning classes. several people are dead and children are among the injured for georgia. we are close to the school. i quickly came to the side from the 1st bloss happened to see if everything was okay. i went to the top of my house to see what was going on. there was a crowd of people over there. i was standing on the roof of my house and called my children to enter the harm. suddenly the 2nd bloss happened and i got injured. the victims are members of the has ara a, she a minority group, their community and this neighborhood have previously been targets of eiffel attacks. the governing taliban says the security situation is under control,

but also ward, but violence may be on the rise. the most important thing that we have to talk about and we have to consider is the franchise nature of the security can easily be disrupted. it could easily be endangered as we have seen today. so therefore, i think a lot has to be done on the part of the dollar bond to, to, to provide. if you please, could get it to the entire population of one is done. but it is going to be impossible for them. because if you see the economic hardship deducing for ties meant in the public discontent, that is going with, with every passing day, all those things combined together. i think it was going to be really difficult for them. back at the school security forces arrive to seal off the area. the taliban has been cracking down armed groups since it came to power in august. but this latest attack is a reminder that security remains one of its biggest challenges than to mon in al jazeera warehouse. and our boss is

a professor at washington national defense university author of the taliban revival . he says, the situation in the country is getting why you can imagine this month of ramadan or amazon for a month of peace, blessings and spirituality, and those who act in such fashion. this explains the nature of their motivation, the nature of their worldview, and that they only lives human lives, mean nothing to them. and this has been an ongoing battle all so between i still are, i says, as we see some exceeding what a fun and valuable. so it's a logical back lol, so it's a better for space as well. and the softest target tragically, is the sheer muslims and has because they are because with their future, easy to pick on the schools. there's hardly any security in that area. and then there's your muslim, so from an from there perverted, illogical concept. they are an easy target so that these are the factors at play. i

think now police ensure langkow use live ammunition against protest is blocking a highway, killing one person an injury. 19. the 1st death of a protest in weeks of demonstrations demanding the resignation of president got to buy raja baxa position and he's a cooling for no confidence vote. just a day after the president appointed a new cabinet should anchor is struggling with its worst economic crisis, which has led to power cuts and shortages of food fuel in medicine. the economies don't going down and the security of the health system is in great danger. so what we need is the basic facilities level of the bed, and they were very poor in the country, but so for boston, ideas operating depend this. so this is not a mean a sudden brightness. perfect. so it would be better with al jazeera life from london, still head on the program. we look at why china is deal with a 20 pacific island nation is raising fears from australia. it's the united states

and anger in the occupied west bank of palestinians protest against thousands of marching is res. centralized. ah hello was said some very heavy rain recently just around the southeast corner of australia, pulling out the victoria southern parts of new south wales. and tasmania, about where to weather will drive its way across the ditch into new zealand. bright disguise. come back here behind, fine, and dry for much triple strike and we'll see some pleasant sunshine over towards the southwest as well, perf. hanging around $29.00 degrees over the next day or so. few showers around the top pants around the cape. you'll peninsula. we got some very heavy right now gathering just around northern parts of queensland pushing up the coast. he could see some localized flooding as we go on through the next couple of days in that

range is grassy, making his way up towards kaz. meanwhile, wet weather will sweep across to see it. and when the weather too, could see a little bit of localized starting to get across the western side of new zealand. could see some localized fighting pushing towards to pam over the next couple of days. because some heavy rain in the forecast wednesday was fine and dry some lovely weather here which stretches across the korean peninsula cross a good part of china. beijing of around $29.00 celsius showers into central parts will clear through southern areas brightening up nicely. but here comes that cloud and right, affecting many parts of southern to pam, ah, the african stories from african perspective if conditions select wireless, cuz you with short documentaries, from african filmmakers for booking of fossil and head. for me,

it's really important to teach the present comes in do something that i can be proud of, that paint and she himes bench africa direct on algebra. ah ah, welcome back. the main story is now russian forces resulting cities and towns on a 480 kilometer long front line, stretching from north to south in ukraine's east in battle. ground cities of harkey and comma tours are among those that have been attacked. at least 15 people killed on bombs, exploding afghanistan's capital cobble. 30 people were injured the 3 bloss good

schools and as our shan neighborhood of west capo. but he's in july of use live ammunition against protest is blocking a highway, killing one person an injury 19. it's the 1st death of a protest. during weeks of demonstration, demanding the resignation of president got fire. roger. now the international monetary fund is saying, the warn ukraine is driving an economic downtown around the world. it flashed its global growth full cost by almost 3 percentage points. for this year. she had retired c reports. the ins, projections for the world economy have worse and significantly since its last report in january when it predicted a post pandemic recovery. the reason is claire global economy prospects of been severely set back, largely because of russia's invasion of ukraine. this crisis unfolds as the global economy has not yet fully recovered from the pandemic. from an estimated 6 point,

one percent and 2021. the m f now says economic growth will shrink to 3.6 percent in 20222023. the phone says that inflation already surging due to the pandemic will be amplified due to war related supply shortages and it's world economic outlook says increases and food and fuel prices could lead to social unrest. however, the i'm, i've also sent inflation for advanced economies may 4 to 2.5 percent next year. some economists say that should mean a change in cost prevented devastating global recession. threatening to do what it's done many times before, which is to increase interest rates unnecessarily. and that affects a whole world because interest rates of other central banks tend to follow the fed in the world. and that makes it more difficult for developing countries to avoid crises, economic crises that push millions of people into poverty. but such as the uncertainty

about the war and ukraine, further energy sanctions on russia, future deadly covert variance, and more supply bottlenecks and china. the i m f says it's latest predictions may be too optimistic to coincide with the m f spring meetings. oxfam has already used to study, predicting a pandemic, and the warn ukraine could push more than 263000000 people into extreme poverty. in 2022. the charities calling on the i m. f to stop increasing a hardship due to its insistence on conditioning loans to the developing world on implementing austerity policies. while it was rich nations to avoid cutting spending, to preserve what economic recovery there is. one. i forget the 1st of us. but we don't see the countries or oxfam says there's a disconnect between the i m. s. research which discusses increased social unrest

and more hunger because of the pandemic in the war. i'm the, i'm as actual policy prescriptions for the most needy nations, which demand the slashing of the social safety that ending subsidies on cooking gas, increasing taxes on food and freezing public sector pe. she every time see al jazeera washington, one of the countries, sir, actually one of the world's youngest countries is about to choose. its next president voters in east timor deciding between a nobel peace prize winner and a former gorilla fighter. who blame each other for years of political paralysis? whoever wins will take office for 5 years from the 20th of may. that's also the 20th anniversary of east him was independents from indonesia, which brutally occupied the former portuguese colony for 24 years. the transition to democracy has not been smooth. the world bank estimate 42 percent of the 1300000 strong population lives in poverty. corruption is also rife,

and the pandemic badly damaged the economy which relies on dwindling offshore oil revenues. promising a change or that the front lena. josie ramos horta who says he might dissolve parliament to break the political deadlock. he won the nobel peace prize in 1996 for his efforts towards ending the conflict in east timor manny hopes to unseat current. present francisco to alo, good terrors, a former rebel leader has vowed to ensure stability in the country, but has been criticized for refusing to swear in ministers from another party. jessica washington now has the story. as h, as youngest country goes to the poles, all travels face off once again in the final round of presidential elections, incumbent francisco. look with that if says he is focused on the economy and improving people's quality of life. what do you think? i want a prosperous economy will try not to incur unnecessary debt except to improve people's lives. in march, 16 candidates contested round one of the elections. curtis one only 22 percent of

the votes. while his opponent, nobel laureate joseph ramos horta got nearly high politics in east timor, also known as timor, listy is dominated by older men who are respected for their roles in the countries fight for independence from indonesia, occupation. both candidates are from a generation of what a widely viewed as revolutionary heroes, who now make up the political elite. they competed in elections in 2007 to which ramos horta one is law respectful, the all the politicians. there's a lot of respect. ready their resistance generation and the veterans, but people are asking the question, oh, how long can this generation dominate? all 63 molars. as he cast his own ballad ramos horta said he would prioritize building regional ties. ag, falling policy from absolute priority is our water. ayesha membership

around 40 percent of people in east timor live in poverty as people queued in the sun waiting to have their say many a hoping for solutions to high unemployment and improvements to health care and education. political stability is on the minds of many voters to a long standing rivalry between the 2 major parties has created a political deadlock that prevented the government passing a budget. i think. and i hope that no one will forget their promises majoring. the campaign will have to keep reminding them, said those promise is a well implemented in the community. some analysts say the growing number of young voters are getting tired of the political drama, the past being continually trench job. and that's putting them off supporting the 2 biggest parties, sienna, t and fretting, i don't think they see themselves representing, representing in their agenda. and i think of something that boats in r t. m fringing, are struggling with, with their representation of young people. so now the voters have

a choice between 2 candidates, both played important roles in the nation's past, and hope they will to, in its future. jessica washington out to 0. now, western powers of criticize china, assigning a security packed with the solomon islands. the u. s. australia and new zealand worried about growing chinese influence in the region. they say could the stabilize the islands, bringing chinese warships within 2000 kilometers of the australian coast and ship our reports. a new security arrangement for the pacific that's caught many by surprise. china has signed a cooperation agreement with the solomon islands, one that western governments believe could bring chinese warships uncomfortably close to australia's shores. the agreement is to maintain social order, protect lives, and property response and natural disasters and provide humanitarian aid. china's foreign ministry rejects notions, the islands are in australia's so called back yard pipe. yon dogwill,

pacific island countries are not any one's backyard go let alone pawns in a geopolitical confrontation. island countries have actual needs for diversification of foreign cooperation and also have the right to independently choose their partners. deliberately exaggerating tensions and provoking confrontation between camps is not of interest to island countries. news of the agreement sent shock waves around the world when it was leaked last month. and just hours before it was announced, the u. s. warned against it, saying it could expand the reach of china's military or p. a les, despite the solomon islands governments comments the broad nature of the security agreement leaves open the door for the deployments of p r. c. military forces to the solomon islands. a. we believe that signing such an agreement could increase destabilization within the solomon islands. and we'll set a concerning precedent for the wider pacific island region. violent protests in november against unemployment, the prime minister, manase sog of ari and warming relations with beijing, left the solomon islands chinatown area,

and ruins. so have already turned to australia, new zealand, and papa new guinea to send peacekeepers and restore order about 50 australian police remain there as a friend of solomon islands. we remain their 1st full for security, but now it's likely to become an election issue for prime minister scott morrison who's facing criticism for not doing more to scuttle the deal. his counterpart sought to reassure a camera in his own parliament. the islands won't become embroiled in any geopolitical game. there is no pencil whatsoever. missus dig into aust taylor to build a military base in some wireless. it's a remarkable turnaround since 2019, when the solomon islands switch diplomatic recognition from taiwan to beijing and unlocked millions of dollars for the developing country. it's now positioned itself between competitors and is moving to china's backyard. hendershot health is here now and all the stories are following at least 5 palestinians have been detained. and now this 79 injured is demonstrates his fault with his ready troops in the

occupied west bank protest broke out in the village of barker off to the israeli army close roads to help protect thousands of jewish settlers. they were marching towards demolished illegal sacrament calling for it to be reopened. it. abraham has more on this now from ramallah in the occupied westbank. these ready army has already declared the area. i doubt the illegal supplement outpost of omission at close military zone since december. yet, we're still seeing hundreds and hundreds of settlers come into that area, raid this side, with the protection of these really army. we're talking about more than 600 or 650000. is the early settlers living in more than $200.00 illegal is really settlement an outpost outposts scattered across that was the bank, which is why many palestinians will tell you that they feel like they're now living

in. i lins our settlements, these settlements enjoy this a port or from the israeli government. they have the resources, they take up palestinian resources, they have infrastructure and they are expanding and expanding at the expense of the palestinians. when we talk about homes, which is the illegal is really is settlement that was evacuated in 2005 as part of the gauze of disengagement flat according to what israel has called it. this a settlement has been proven. why is really courts that it was built on private palestinian lands? now, a new study has found similarities between earth's largest island and a celestial body. more than 600000000 kilometers away raising hopes that life outside our planet could be possible. europe or one of jupiter's moons has long

been considered a prime candidate for supporting life and our solar system because of a massive salt water ocean that lies beneath its frozen surface. new research is found similarities between europa and ice sheets here on earth and greenland. that suggests there could be pockets of liquid water just a kilometer beneath the moon's ice shell, which scientists say makes the possibility of life more promising. ah, just let's just look at the main stories now. russian forces are assaulting cities and towns on a 480 kilometer long front line, stretching from north to south in ukraine's east in battle ground. the city of harkey and commodore scott also among those being attacked. russia has delivered an ultimatum to one of the last pockets of ukrainian fighters in the bazaar.