sang lie, subbing for us 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. western ally, save else and more artillery amount to tank weapons to ukrainian forces are facing a russian assault in the east. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera la you from dough are also coming up explosions at 2 schools, nath ganawe's downs capitol hill, at least 15 people, including students. ah, please fire and protested in short anchors the caster government pushes for an

international monetary fund bailout. i acknowledge the hurt and the anger and britons prime minister says, sorry to m p. 's of breaking coban 19 laws, unimpressed opposition labels. the statement a joke. the u. s. british and canadian leaders have promised to send more artillery to ukraine della prepare for what's been called the battle for don bass. russian forces had begun their assault in the eastern region, which if successful, could essentially slice ukraine in to us at bay report, who instead only what russia refuses to call a war, has now entered its 2nd faith and its being dubbed the battle for don bus. as sir authoration in the east of ukraine is in as was announced from the very beginning to fully liberate the de near scott la, grounds republics in this operation. oh will,

we will continue with this beginning. i mean, another stage of this operation is beginning and then sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special parish. 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 in seen is when you are is he's good. he's the intensity of fire by russian troops in the hockey direction. in the dumbass and in the neat pro petrosky region has increased significantly yesterday the same as before. they consider ordinary residential housing 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. you crane says it's repulsive 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 see what it called, senseless resistance said no, no sir. okay, what can the rulers up on those 3 united states and western country and doing everything to drag out a special meeting operation as much as possible. the growing supplies of foreign weapons, clearly signal the intention to provoke the key regime to keep fighting until the last ukrainian or the european union is considering more sanctions on russia. we call on russia, we continue to call in russia to stop all the illegal analogy, the mentor actions connected to his 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 represent that these are the member states, they're 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. 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 and russia is again merging ukrainian troops hold up in. maria pulls as of stell steel plot to surrender and come out is now offering them a 3rd cease fire to give up safely. moscow says the truce will begin at $1100.00 g m t on wednesday. well to the east, charles stratford reports now from inside. don, yes, one of the 2 provinces where russia is focusing it's offensive in the areas that we visit. is it close to here for cross go quite a long area along the front line. some of the heavier shelling, if not the heavier shelly. so fall, 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 grad missiles, rocket launchers,

heavy artillery, being used over sustained a period of time. and as of say, a very large area. what's also so incredible in town like this is that there are so few people here seemingly any more local authorities, barcroft saying that they're made around 70 percent of this. the population of the city have already left businesses. homes boarded up, people told to close the curtains at night and avoid putting their lights on. so i will see, as you can imagine, people in this area taking this push by the russian forces very seriously indeed. and 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, can contain her fears any, any longer living in the area that she was a 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 more now on the extra weaponry that western allies have promised to send to ukraine to help its eastern defenses. the pentagon has given further details about what being said, we have helped deliver, not just from our stocks for from stocks of other nations, more than 50000000 rounds of small army emission of various calibers 50000000. and that's the kind of stuff that the koreans are literally using every single day instances invasion began. so all of that will also be factored into this package going forward. alan fischer has moaner from washington dc to weeks, as joe biden announced that the u. s. was going to send any $100000000.00 package

or military aid to the ukrainians that's already started arriving in country. in fact, the pentagon, seeing it is somewhere between 40 and 72 hours to get those weapons that material across to ukraine. this has been drawn down from existing u. s. military stalks. now joe biden was asked in the last few hours of there was more military aid going to ukraine and he said, yes, there would be an in fact the talk in washington over the last few hours is that in the next day or so, we could expect another $800000000.00 package to be announced by joe biden, though he's been speaking to a funeral to allies over the course of the last few hours. he spoke to the canadians to germany and also to the united kingdom. the of all pledge to send more weapons to ukraine, among the things top of the list will be artillery pieces and artillery guns. that's what presidents zalinski says he needs most. but they're also going to send anti tank and anti aircraft missiles as well. now, you remember at the end of last week, the russians were said to send

a diplomatic note to the u. s. concerned that it was sending weapons to ukraine along with its near to allies. and that could lead to unexpected consequences. it looks as if the u. s. is not backing down or might even be sending more weapons to you. chris, ukraine's nuclear agency has released video showing positions abandoned by russian forces in the novel exclusion zone. they took control of the defunct facility and nearby areas at the start of the war. the side of the world's worst atomic disaster still highly radioactive, including the soil. but russian soldiers dug trenches in grains. government says this would have exposed the troops to significant doses of radiation and ukrainians who fled up being worn to wait longer before returning, even if it seems things a safer and keep in the western parts of the country and to 0 step, that's an in berlin spoke to some of those who decided to go home. this ukrainian refugees have made a very difficult decision to go back home. they're taking

a 25 hour long journey, not knowing what they're going to find. although they were warmly welcomed here after the russian invasion, they now can't wait to go back and we were in use our parents watch it. well, where are they? they are home by the day. okay. and why re and i'm very glad the day, okay. that i assume alive is really it's really earth scary that some some parents are dying and some children see alone, and it's like it's terrible the security situation. and he seems to have improved in the past few weeks. but these last few days there were airstrikes. again, that's why the mirror and you actually asked people not to return yet, but that doesn't deter these people. there isn't ansley over you on griffin. think we are afraid him, but the fighting is mostly in the east of the country. but there are still airplanes flying over keys. not rockets being fired people running for their lives

and children are disturbed when they sleep. alarm children then can do a bunch lathan of him after living as refugees for nearly 2 month here in germany, they're now going on a long and uncertain journey back home, hoping that it's safe enough to stay and they're not going to be forced to flee again. any time soon, students are among at least 15 people killed by bombs that was set off at 2 schools, not canister arms capital could happen in a neighbourhood where many of the sheer has our, our community live before the 19th century has ours were thought to be afghanistan's largest ethnic group making up around 2 thirds of the population. but the numbers have dwindled during decades of massacre, slavery, oppression, and force migration. today they're thought to make up between 10 and 20 percent, but the canister arms. 38000000 people. more than 1200 have been killed in just the last 7 years. during assaults on mosque schools and maternity wards. before it took power to taliban, accused of attacking as iras. we're now targeted by isolate linked to fighters and

monahan, ripple. blood on the streets of cobble explosives designated near this school, as children were leaving their morning classes, several people are dead and children are among the injured for georgia and we are close to the school. i quickly came to the site when 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 and i was standing on the roof of my house and cold my children to enter the harm. suddenly the 2nd blast 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 al sworn that violence may be on the rise. the most important thing that we have to talk about we have to consider is the franchise nature of the security. it 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 taliban to, to, to provide if you please could do to the entire population. one is done, but it is going to be impossible for them. because if you see the economic hardship did this in for jasmine in the public discontent that is going with, with every passing day, all those things combined together. i think it is 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 arm groups since it came to power in august. but this latest attack is a reminder that security remains one of its biggest challenges that mon in al jazeera tougher. so break here now to 0. when we come back, we'll be live in hong kong. we're a pro democracy activist and former radio host is due to be sent and shortly for sedition and trying to make a mark once again. the revolutionary heroes via the east team was presidents. mom

ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world camp is on its way to catherine hope your travel packaged today. hello, we got some pleasant sunshine across a good part of japan for the time being across sir crim peninsula and also into northern parts of china, southern areas of china, central parts. we have still got a few showers to come over the next day or so. southern areas, down towards hong kong, little little disturbed here. still want to shout into eastern parts of japan for a time. those will clear through, make sway ready for the next system to just punch is way out that east the side of china. q. she said some very heavy rain southern parts of honshu seeing some big and heavy downpour. sundry downpours as we go on through thursday, could cause some localized funding. some travel disruption, certainly

a possibility have received some heavy showers recently straddling the equator. why the showers? they're just into southern parts of the philippines. is some really wet weather. just around indonesia, unceasingly wet here actually, java sinks a big down. pause though. shouts, running the way up across the marcher towards he and him and see, see the cloud here. plenty of showers still in the forecast easing up to was at western side of myanmar heavy and foundry down paws says, cowboy shack, he's still causing some problems there. and to bangladesh, the northeast of india, much of india looks dry and sizes. some cooler weather to the northwest, cats are air weight, issue and line of the journey. when covered 19 1st hit, the need to minimize contact drove many of the world judicial systems on line. now, in the name of cost and efficiency, some of them want to stay there. but what if holding trials in cyberspace denies defendants the right to a fair hearing,

and remove safeguards against abuse. people in power investigates on line justice on a jessina with ah, welcome back, a record of our top stories here at this hour west on the allies of promised to send more artillery to ukraine to help in what's been called the battle for don bass. russian forces have begun their assault and the eastern region, which if successful could essentially slice ukraine in tune. and ukraine has released video showing positions abandoned by russian forces and each a novel exclusion zone. they took control of the defunct facility at the start of the war. the site of the world's worst atomic disaster is still radioactive. and

students are amenities 15 people killed by bombings at 2 schools, mouth canister, and capital. on a tuesday it happened in a neighborhood where many of the shia has our our community live there frequently targeted by iso linked fighters natural and can police have fired live rounds to scatter protested kitting one person and injuring up to 20 others. it's the 1st death in weeks of demonstrations. they want the resignation of the president got a by a roger boxer was government is trying to negotiate a financial rescue. linelle fernandez has more from columbus sure. and terry is police opened fire against a man protested in rumble. the initial anchor. the protest is had blocked a rail track. as after the government raised fuel prices by more than 130 percent on tuesday. $24.00 people were injured including 8 policemen. many of them

bleeding heavily were taken to the hospital in an audio statement. police spokesman the hotel, do a blame, protested for the violence. my own done. you answering all the can. i mean we say we're want repeatedly to disperse, but protestors did not listen. they tried to set fire to a tanker burnt a 3 wheeler taxi and damaged property. the police use tear gas to break up the crowd. at which point the crowd responded by throwing stones in order to control the situation. the police opened fire police and they use minimum force to stop the group from trying to set fire to an oil tanker full of fuel. would rights activists have expressed skepticism at dis, explanation. they said there is no justification for using live ammunition against protesters. similar protests were organized across the country as protest as barricaded access roads against the worsening economic conditions. present got arbitrage. pumps is facing increasing demands to step down in

a campaign called go to the home, which has seen thousands of protesters around his office for more than a week. he's refused to quit, but appointed a new cabinet on monday. but that doesn't seem to have worked. senior doctor's joined colleagues outside the largest children's hospital to protest again, shortages of medicine and other medical supplies. depleted for in reserves means the government has no money to buy basic medical requirements. we have a huge order to commit you to right now. so we had to go deal some surgery or we had here the whatever the available who am i did or only for my just just her example list is very long. thousands of people joined a protest march organized by the national people as power coalition that reached colombo from barrow lane, the south reno, nevada idea that these things are getting worse day by day, and it's affecting the kitchen and be on face at any longer. and a position party said they are working on a no confidence motion against the government and considering introducing

a constitutional amendment. seeking to reduce the powers of the executive presidency, protested. say they won't be fooled by quick fixers. bonaire fernandez, ojo 0 colombo. now a pro democracy activist and the former radia host is about to be sentenced. and the hong kong court, dumb, tucked, shy, was convicted of sedition. last month, he was a prominent face in the mass protests that swept hong kong in recent years. tom has been in custody for more than a year and a half since the rest in september 2020 reporter for tenant is live for us in hong kong rich. so what did we know about the court proceedings that well, sedition normally carries 2 years in jail, but he's facing 11 count. so it's likely going to be more than that in hong kong. sedition is broadly defined as hatred, content or disaffection towards the government or encourage disaffection towards

residents. so you can see really how broadly worded that is. tom tract, she is the 1st person to be charged to be sentenced under this little known anti colonial colonial era law. sedition law, since hong kong was headed back to chinese rule in 1997. now it's separate to the controversial national security law, but it will be dealt with by national security law judges. tom track let go touchy most of the stand was a very popular radio host and his that was, his broadcasts were extremely controversial. the focus on this is it on his political phrases which included down with the communist policy, which as you can imagine is very, very sensitive here. but what implications might a heavy sentence have on freedom of speech in hong kong? well, it has huge implications. this is say, as a watershed moment in hong kong,

legal history, it will determine what political phrases are deemed illegal, i. e, what are the red lines here? edition is about what ideas you are expressing. so the worry is that will determine what you can and cannot say even more in a sense, as we know there is one. so going to is bad, but that this will add to it even further. critics say, or have huge implications on the cities of freedom of speech that it could erode the freedom that hong kong has remaining freedoms that are meant to be guaranteed in the cities many concentration, the basic level which were guaranteed when hong kong was headed back to china from britain in 1997. this is part critic say of a wider crackdown in hong kong since the national security law was introduced in 2020. following the 2019 protest was said, a crackdown on and on a number of sectors, including the media, including the legal sector as well. and there is a renewed sense of unease bits when the new to new leadership takes office from

july, which is tip to be secure. format security chief john lake, who led the response to the 20. 19 pro says that there will be a more hotline approach. and that we're going to see more of these places and to have a case which div watts is illegal in terms of these political ideas in terms of these political slogans. in some cases, the critics, i could set a dangerous precedent going forward, especially if we're dealing with a more hot lajna leadership under lee or brit tenant life in hong kong. thank you. now the international monetary fund says the warn ukraine is driving a world economic downturn slashed its global growth, full cost from 6 point one percent to 3.6 percent. this year it says nearly every country is larger to feel the pinch. beyond its immediate and tragic humanitarian impact, the war will slow economy growth and increase inflation. overall economic risks of

risen sharply and policy trade offs of become even more challenging. compare toward january forecast. we have revised our projection for global growth downwards to 3.6 percent in both 20222023. the u. s. justice department says it'll challenge a court ruling which scrap mask mandates if the health protection agency thinks it's necessary. in the meantime, the white house, as people should keep wearing mask, some planes, trains, and other forms of public transport. the centers for disease control and prevention had earlier extended the mandate, citing rising cobit 19 cases. but a federal judge and florida rule, the cdc overstep it's authority. a war crimes trial and the central african republic has been postponed off the defense lawyers failed to show up on day one complained the court was mistreating their clients. the trial is related to the 2900 massacre 46 people in to northern villages prosecute to say, members of

a rebel group called 3 are brazen, they kill civilians. the court will reconvene next week, but it's by minister, by johnson has apologized to parliament for breaking his own government. cobit 900 locked down rules and being fined by the police. but it wasn't enough for his political opponents who label johnson statement a joke. general as more from london, it was the 1st time that forest johnson had spoken to n p's about the fine that he received during the easter recess. one of a number of fines handed out to senior figures in downing street by the metropolitan police as part of their ongoing investigation into allegations of rules. breaches specifically parties. in downing street during periods of cobit lockdown, he repeated the public apology. he made at the time, acknowledging people's hurt and disappointment, saying they had a right to expect more from their leaders from the very people who made those rules in the 1st place. but did he think he'd actually done anything wrong?

let me also say not by way of mitigation or excuse, but purely purely because it explains my previous words in the times that he did not occur to me. then both subsequently the day gathering in the cabinet room just before a vital meeting on cobra strategy could amount to a breach of the room. i repeat that was my mistake. and i apologize for it on reserve at lee. that will infuriate many of his critics, including m. p. 's within his own party. you course, who will likely continue to feel that boris johnson is failing to give this issue the gravity it deserves, and that he continues to seek to a lesson to minimize to trivialize his own misconduct. here was the leader of the

opposition labor party kissed armor. what's a joke? even now, as the latest mealy mouthed apology stumbled out of one side of his mouth, a new set of deflections, a distortions pour from the other peril still lies ahead for boris johnson, of course, there remains the likelihood that more finds will be handed out by the metropolitan police as its investigation continues, indeed, boris johnson himself may yet receive more fines. and the local elections in may loom at which the conservative party is expected to fare badly. if it does, that could be held up as the public's judgment of boorish johnson. and at that point, his position could be tenuous. indeed, an independent autopsy has determined that a black man was shot in the back of the head by a police officer jing a traffic stop in the us state of michigan. 26 year old patrick lawyer was killed

on april. the 4th in the city of grand rapids officer said there was a lengthy struggle on his family said he was shot execution style video release last week shows lawyer running from the policeman who stockton is death lead to protests, independence leader and nobel laureate jose ramos horta, has taken a decisive lead in the final round of his t moore's presidential election. the early results put him on track to beat the current president was a long time political rival. jessica washington report. as he says, youngest country goes to the polls, all trifles 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. when 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. gutierrez, one only 22 percent of the votes. while his opponent nobel laureate josie 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 low, respectful, the old, a politician. there's a lot of respect for. ready their resistance, generation, and veterans, but people are asking the question, oh, how long can this generation dominate all 6th team or was that as he cast his own ballot ramos horta said he would prioritize building regional ties. ag, falling policy from absolute priority is our water oscio 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 made during the campaign. we'll 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 dramas, if the past being continually dredged up. and that's putting them off supporting the 2 biggest parties, sienna, te and franklin. i don't think they see themselves represent in jeff presenting in their agendas. and i think that's something that boats the inner t m. frightening, are struggling with, with their representation of young people. for now, 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 sierra shares in netflix of plans. 25 percent of the streaming giant announces 1st drop in subscribers in 10 years. the company's customer base fell by 200000 during the january to march period. it blamed at least some of this on pulling out of russia. what people are cutting back on subscriptions to cover higher food and energy bills . ah. type a quick check on the headlines here now to 0 western allies, a promise to send more artillery to ukraine to help in what's been called a battle for don bus. russian forces have begun their assault in the eastern region which if successful could essentially slice ukrainian to we have helped deliver not just from our stocks but from stocks of other nations. more than 50000000.