a global community, the comment section is right here. the part of today's program, this team oh, now to sierra, from the preventers of caracas. so the battlefields around wilson, i work job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah, bruce has presidents as the operation to take maria poll is a success and cancels the storming of the as of style steel plant. ah, you're watching al jazeera like from a headquarters in sal heinz. any navigator also a heads the battle in eastern ukraine. we talk to patients who say they can't leave because they have nowhere else to go. home is where the forces storm into the ok saw mos compound in during 21 worshippers.

after a week of heightened tensions from the war in ukraine to the use future, the 2 contenders for the french presidency go head to head in a heated c v debate. hello, rosa says it will spare the lives of ukrainian soldier as making a last stands in mario pool. if they lay down their arms, president vladimir putin has called operations to control mar, you pull a success. russian forces are now laying seeds to the as of stall steel planned after canceling plans to storm that facility. doors such a bar is joining us right out right away from moscow. so the russian president has been meeting with his defense minister. what more did he have to say? well the russian, a president seemingly quite pleased with the briefing he got from his defense minister survey, chicago,

who said that the russian forces are now in control of the port city of mary opal. and the only outstanding last pocket of resistance is that as of salt, plant a, which is now a cordoned off and surrounded by russian forces. according to the country's defense minister, there are about 2000 ukrainian fighters still held up in this plant. and that they have been given a number of opportunities over the past few days to come out and lay down their arms in surrender. and they have refused to do so, the russian president and was given a day a briefing about what the russian forces were planning on doing which was to storm this facility in order to make sure the ukrainian soldiers come out and are taken. but the russian president had very different ideas, less this and into what he had to say. but i'm with wooster, usa. i consider the proposed storming of the industrial area,

pointless. i ordered to aborted. this is the case when we must think that is we must always think, but even more so in this case, about preserving the life and health of our soldiers and offices. there's no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities block off this industrial area so that not even a fly comes from the room. this is now day $57.00 of the so called special military operation that russia began on february 24th. and this is the 1st victory that they are claiming. of course, at many will now be wondering what happens here. this was a mariel, paul was a town of a more than 400000 people. it is believed to be now a home to less than $50000.00. it is. and from the footage that has come out of this city, a former shall of itself, the russians are saying they are ready to now allow people to come back home. but really very few homes remain. the issue now is what will happen to this city want

now that it's in control of the russian forces? will the residents be allowed to come back and live under a russian occupation who will rebuilt? and there is a lot of unanswered questions at this stage about what comes next, but for the time being the russians certainly pleased with themselves who claim their 1st official victory. thank you so much. dorothy jabari reporting from moscow or british intelligence as russia is now advancing in its wider offensive in the east. our correspondent, troll stratford got close to its being called the line of contact where ukrainian and russian forces are exchanging fire. he also spoke to people living near the fighting in the eastern dumbass region. not alone the watch zoe shows. this was exploding shell did to her home. her house is a few kilometers from where russian forces are trying to advance. but being held back by the ukrainian army fellows verify, alamo,

the day it happened so quickly. yeah, i was in the house. i heard a whistling sound. she says a ship casual thing. and so we don't worry, this is out going. she continued at the suddenly i came out of the house and i saw my son was calling towards me. he shouted mam. um, are you alive for you? my ears were ringing and there was debris everywhere. yes. when they, when they shoot, it's not that scary. it's the incoming, we are afraid of it. she says another shell blasts out across the fields, the ukrainians, saying that they pushing russian forces back from positions close to here. we have no way of confirming that, but we've been in the last few minutes or so heard shells leaving this area. the lady in this house says she's lived here 10 years and we asked her why she doesn't move because pretty much everybody from this area has already gone. and she says

she basically has nowhere else to go at a hospital, a few kilometers away. we met these elderly women. they were injured when russian forces shell, the towns and villages they lived in valentino from the town of several dan etzky. she is terrified about her son, who she says was too afraid to try and escape since we're still thought. well, the only other thing my son managed to get to the basement, but i was too late. there are people who cannot leave. they are old and many disabled. they are desperate to get out. why can they go? stop told us not to name the hospital because they're afraid of it getting hit. his doctor insisted we hide his identity, but told me many of the staff had fled the hospital, needed surgeons and trauma specialists. he said, medics load the injured and infirm to the once daily evacuation train. after a russian shell hit a platform crammed with evacuees in the city of cremmit,

also killing more than 50 people on a police 8. this is now the most east and train service taking people who can all want to leave to safe areas. anna is fleeing the fighting around. don't ask with her 10 year old son. clearly we are saving ourselves so that russians can't do to us what they did in boucher. we left everything behind even our dog and cat. we have no choice. we find alexander and his wife, gania, in another compartment. new years to the question. we have come from cremmit, oscar, because of russia entered the city, but could never live under their fascist rule. alexander says, the elderly woman sharing their compartment seems to be suffering from dementia. she's unable to speak, and he's travelling to safety alone. back near the front line. zoe will sleep in her cellar tonight. as an invading army continues to wreck,

hers. millions of other people's lives shall stafford al jazeera, eastern ukraine. meanwhile, in western ukraine, the prime ministers of spain and denmark of the latest european literate leaders to visit kiva, spanish prime minister, petra sanchez, and the danish prime minister method frederickson are expected to whole talk with ukraine. president followed him as a landscape and outside the capital. many ukrainians are still surveying the damage left by russian shelling her thought. but how it has more from air pin on the outskirts of keys, where he actually at this bridge that leads out of a pin. and this place really has become iconic for all the wrong reason. it had been detonated as the russians were trying to advance to as the capital a keep. ah, you know, if, if you recall there was these dramatic pictures of civilians trying to flee as quick as they can under the shelling. i'm this car just looking at it. you can

just imagine probably a family or someone in the trying to run for the allies just to find themselves at the bottom of the river here. and we have no information. what happened to them now down there under that under the bridge, that's where people were running out, trying as quick as they can to flee the russian shelling and also the crossfire. because on the other side you had some ukranian forces, so the civilians basically were trapped in the middle level that now this image of devastation is something that you will see over and over again. the more you drive down that road after that is boucher also. now becoming iconic for all the wrong reasons, are russia says that successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile called the star math. president vladimir

putin says it will provide food for thought for those who threaten russia. so what do we know about this new intercontinental ballistic missiles? it's been in development since the early 2, thousands and it's meant to replace russia's aging soviet era arsenal. it weighs more than $200.00 metric tons and can carry multiple large nuclear warheads capable of heading different targets in several locations at the same time. it has the longest striking range of about 18000 kilometers. russia says it can even fly over the north and south poles and attack anywhere in the world. of response is the chief executive officer russ loosen global. he says, unveiling the sir. might miss out isn't quite the qu, that moscow is making out to be. this is part of a long series of, with recall nuclear signaling from the reporting since the beginning of the war in ukraine. where he's been engaging in both rhetoric,

me and also in some kind of measures to show that he might be willing to use nuclear weapons if russia were to be threatened. however, what you should also mention is that the psalm at inter continental side is actually 2 years late on delivery. so even though we can use presenting things as if it's a great moment for the strength of russia, it's actually tell you also about the delays of the corruption in the russian army and procurement system. still ahead and i'll just 0 will tell you why boris johnson is facing call to apologize on a trip to india. ah . the journey has begun. the b for world copies on its way to catholic book. your travel package today. hello, i think we're changeable, sun's up,

the weather for japan over the next couple of days. plenty a sunshine, but we have got some rain sweeping through this massive cloud. now it's got to continue driving its way further eastward sweeps very, very quickly though. so brighter skies, warmer weather, coming back into we're tokyo for friday at around 26 celsius and we getting up to around 2647 as we go on through the latter part of the week. but more wet weather that'll slide its way out to southern parts of china towards southern areas of japan as we go one through the next day or so. little quieter. but northern parts of japan quiet across the korean peninsula, quiet to across a good part of northern china who stays dry and warm. certainly been on the warm side across north western parts of india. recently this area cloud here just knocking the edge off those temperatures that severe heat weigh the pre monsoon heat, but as a system makes its way further eastwards that i some disturbance think further showers over to ward cerner paul to was bangladesh towards the northeast of india.

temperatures to recover his disguise clear though showers will continue across southern parts of india. more lobby downpours coming back in here shall anchor also sinks and very heavy rain over the next couple of days. but gradually easing off. hatter, airway official airline of the journey a guest with awe .

the hello again. this off the roof on algebra versus precedent, where pigeon has cancel plans to storm a steel plant in ukraine for the city of variable. instead ordered a blockade of the 2000 ukrainian fighters still hold off their spanish prime minister petro sanchez. and the danish prime minister metric frederickson, the latest european leaders to visit keys, they're expected to hold talks of ukraine's president of them are zalinski and russia saying it's successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic massage. president vladimir putin says each with all can carry up to 12. they are warheads and can hit any targets on earth. is really forces fired rubber, bullets and pepper spray injuring $21.00 palestinians at the mos compound. the. it's been

a week of heightened tension with the site and occupied east jerusalem incursions by jewish ultra nationalists group spark the recent unrest. stephanie decker has more from occupied east jerusalem that visit that there's 3 hours allocated to the entry of those groups are, is now over. it is over until the end of each for the next 10 days. you will not be seeing any more of these far right. wing group, sy, in the compound, but from early morning just before they were given at access, he is ready forces. i cleared the compound area, also pushing some of the younger men into the mosque, closing the kibbler mosque, and then you had rubber bullets. we'll so pepper spray used inside the mosque of palestinians using fireworks firing out of them are. so this is the kind of tension that we've seen over the last week a little bit more today. certainly possibly because it was the last day, but the bigger picture here is that palestinians say that there has been an

absolute change when it comes to the status quo. this is what jordan israel agreed upon many years ago. jordan is the custodian of the holy site that muslims were allowed to pray. non muslims were allowed to visit. but the, the increase of these groups in numbers and in ideology, in terms of the call of these far right wing jewish groups to pray. they actually try to pray some of them go as far as to call publicly for the read the building of a 3rd temple. this is hugely provocative to palestinians. the 2 contenders for the french presidency have sparred in a televised debate ahead of sunday's election. the incumbent to minute micro and is far i challenge a marina pen discuss the cost of living, the ukraine war and the future of the european union opinion polls favor micron, but suggest a tight race. so the candidates are campaigning before voters cast their final ballot on sunday my doing my cries and send denise just north of paris and bernard . that's where you're joining us from. you're following the campaign. so micro

seems to have had the edge in yesterday's debate, but will it be enough to secure enough votes on sunday? yes, the polls have been gradually giving in money will micro in a slightly larger share of the overall vote come. the 2nd round run off on sunday here and send send to me in northern parish though macaroni is coming today to a mental show. strong cold melons, showing all new melon shown the fall left candidate. who in nationwide did you get quite enough shadow of the vote to make it into a 2nd round? run off with macro, but here you got 49 percent share of the boat versus microns 20 percent and the marine pens, 11 percent. so metal shown, strong cold, not, not true, macro and support is here. but john milan showed himself when he gave his speech. when he didn't make you out of the 1st round. he said without personally endorsing macro. he said not a single boat fell

a pad. so macaroni is targeting what our nation, what millions of potential metal, sean king makers to help propel him to that 2nd, 2nd to a french president that votes are not guaranteed. many people here will say they are very disappointed with manual micron and his failure to address what they perceive is that challenges, particularly in terms of cost of living particularly. and while we have this very picturesque town hall behind me, what is the deprived everyone the most deprived areas of france? but there's a lot of resentment and dislike of the fall, right? so many people manage on support man, upholding that nose is a voting for macro. and because they don't like the alternative from the pan macro wants to do is to turn those into positive boats for him rather than votes that it just not. ready for the alternative. ok, thank you. bernice math reporting from 70 the u. k. prime minister is

facing calls to apologize for a colonial era massacre on his visit to india. or johnson arrived in good r s. as the city marked for centuries since more than a 1000 people were killed during protest against imperial rule, johnson visited the home of indian independence leader, mahatma gandhi. he's on a 2 day visit and is expected to announce new investment deals worth more than a $1000000000.00. he's due to meet the indian prime minister and a render moody in new delhi on friday. back home in the u. k. m. p. 's are expected to vote on whether johnson misled parliament on the so called a party gave controversy. johnson's come under intense pressure after being fined by police for holding parties at downing street at the height of the pandemic. and if enough m p. 's vote in favor than the matter will be referred to parliament's privileges committee. thousands of people have been killed in explosions across multiple cities in august on the northern city of missouri. sharif conduce and the

eastern provinces, province of new gar har had been targeted. the bloss and missouri sharif happened during afternoon prayers, killing 22 people, videos show bodies lying inside one of the biggest, she almost in the country. another explosion and conduce has killed 4 people near the airports and a blast, and none gerhardt province has killed at least 4 members of the taliban. china's presidents, as his government back talks to resolve international disputes, but opposes the use of sanctions in the video message to the annual bow for him. for asia, she, jim ping warned against what he called a cold war mentality. and unilateral sanctions, it comes a day after leaked video from the chinese navy showing and advanced anti ship miss all designed to destroy aircraft carriers. katrina, you has more from beijing and one had we had chinese president, she didn't thing talk about the need for world peace and countries to work together

. but on wednesday we had a video which appears to be link leaked by the chinese navy and shows a hypersonic missile being launched from one of china's most advanced navy missile destroyers ships. now we've had no consummation from beijing that they have successfully achieved this technology. but we do know that they've been working on it for some time, and if they are successful, they would be only the 2nd country to have hypersonic missiles after russia. now from the looks of these videos, experts say it seems that these missiles have a, a range of about. 7 10021500 kilometers, which means they're able to target entire air strike fleets at sea. and we don't know exactly why china is really putting a lot of investment into this hypersonic missile technology. except to say that paging has been building up its military and also nuclear capabilities over the last few years. and chinese analysts say that this is all about deterrence that

china is a long way when it comes to power c with the likes of the u. s. or with russia, but because of increasing tensions around the south china sea, around taiwan, and also looking at ukraine and seeing how the u. s. and other western countries are really galvanized and sort of mobilized to support ukraine. this is making aging nother, so it's working on building up, its 2nd strike capability to deter any future attacks or counter attacks in what, what beijing sees as its own backyard. hong kong is easing some of it's covered 19 restrictions for the 1st time in 4 months. many schools are it's resuming in person classes. gym cinemas and other public facilities are reopening on thursday. but as adrian brown reports, many say it's too late for some businesses. so many of the bars and restaurants in this once busy entertainment district of land, quite phung. the partial relax sation of cobra restrictions has come to late. one

trade group estimates the by the end of april 2 and a half 1000 restaurants across the territory would have shot permanently for more than $100.00 days, dine as couldn't be served up to 6 pm. and no more than 2 people were allowed to table. this steak house though remains open. the owner frustrated with a government's cobra strategy. it's not the policy itself. it's the lack of clarity . if the confusion and chaos, the flip flopping, that's been quite sort of frustrating foss, even if there's a spike in the number of cases. i hope the attitude is that we have to live with this now. from thursday, his restaurant can stay open until 10 pm with up to 4 diners per table. the government has been providing financial support to businesses, including jim's. but the owner of this one won't. it won't survive another lockdown, or another cash or die. well, i think it will be difficult for us to survive with the existing cash flow. if

there is a new way of coping 19, our cash flow has a limit. most of the small and medium enterprises like i have not recovered from the 5th wave. hong kong standing as asia's premier financial center, was already under pressure before the 5th wave. the european chamber of commerce says that up to half its members considering leaving hong kong in part because of its tough corona virus restrictions. one expert though doubt, settle, go through with it. if you think that the market could come back and they are considering the thing, i probably offer some due diligence. they realize that, you know, hong kong remains to be vibrant, financial center pumpkins, airport was ones asia's busiest. it's now it required a monday. no flights arrived from outside asia, airlines, a band for a week if 3 or more passengers test positive for cobra from the same flight. and everyone entering the territory miss quarantined for a week in

a hotel. many other countries in asia, including singapore and south korea, have opened their borders to fully vaccinated travelers who no longer need to current teen. that in turn is helping their economies to grow again. but hong kong like mainland china, is speaking doggedly to what it calls a dynamic 0 infection strategy. that means eliminating the virus rather than learning to live with it. it's a strategy that many economists warn, could damage hong kong, economic future. adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong b biden. administration has begun a multi $1000000000.00 revamp of it's aging nuclear power plants program as part of a plan to use more carbon free energy. and when the u. s. or fossil fuels, sean 100 reports in the state of illinois, which relies on nuclear power rising from remote landscape across the u. s. is an old and new answer to the energy crisis. as part of his clean energy plan,

president biden is spending $6000000000.00 to bailout nuclear energy plants at risk of closing us secretary of energy. jennifer granholm says she wants the country powered by clean energy by 20. 35 nuclear plants are very cost effective to operate once you, once you get them built. that compares with things like coal and gas where a lot of the expenses in the fuel itself. this is nuclear country. the state of illinois is more depended on nuclear power than any other state in the us. the states 6 nuclear reactor sites provide more than half of the energy state uses. so when an energy company wanted to shut down 2 of them, the state of illinois paid up to $700000000.00 in subsidies to keep them open. because without this energy, chicago 90 miles away could go dark to replace loss nuclear energy. cities like chicago would likely turn to carbon, generating oil and natural gas

a future. the climate scientists in the biden administration hoped to avoid as countries like france and china lean heavily on nuclear power. germany and other nations are moving away from it. in the us protests against nuclear power in the 1970 s, helped launch the modern environmental movement. the issue nuclear waste in the form of spent fuel rods that remain radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years . then there are the repeated disasters. the 1979 meltdown at pennsylvania's 3 mile island reactor with the deadly 1986, meltdown fire and radioactive contamination it ukraine's chernobyl plant. in the fatal 2011 su nami, that shut down japan's fukushima reactor. but the climate crisis has changed. the view of many environmentalists who now see nuclear energy is the lesser of 2 evils . priority number one is move away from fossil fuels. we think the best way to do

that is by deploying real clean energy, which i would not characterize nuclear energy that way. but we have it today. it may be around for a little bit as we work on that transition. the $93.00 reactors across the us already provide 20 percent of the nation's electricity in half its carbon free energy. the u. s. administration hopes the new funding will avert new closures. john henderson, al jazeera, byron, illinois. a wildfire has displaced thousands of people in the u. s. state of arizona. official say nearly 7000 and hector is have been scorched in the northern counties, coconino, and dry conditions are making things worse. catch all of us, hurry on, reports hovering in the shadows of an arizona state wild flyer. these homes are dangerously close to a fast moving blaze. it's called the tunnel fire, and already it's for thousands of people near the city of flagstaff to flee. dozens

of buildings had been destroyed. the firefighters say hundreds of homes could face a similar fate. city leaders are urging people to leave the area and to take their animals with them all this so i think i just read the flames as high as 30 meters push to fire over a major highway. at one point, the blaze nearly tripled in size, fueled by dry conditions and wind gusts of nearly 50 kilometers an hour. like other southwestern us states hit by extreme weather. arizona is facing an early star to its wildfire season firefighters worn dry grass and low humidity could make the fire grow both in size and intensity. katya low priscilla young al jazeera in east timor independence leader and nobel laureates. jose ramos 4th such

a return as president for a 2nd time. he secured, overwhelming support defeating the incumbent. francisco with terrorists ramos horta was promising to bring the ability to a country the scene. years of political upheaval, much more on east to more on our website. al jazeera dot com there, you will find today's other top stories and only this headlines all that al jazeera dot com. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, russia president, whatever fusion has cancel, plans, the storm, a still fans and ukraine's port city. are you full, he's instead ordered a blockade of the 2000 ukrainian fighters still hold up their permission.