right, this to be we say we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people who left behind me. ah, this is al jazeera. ah, i'm nicholas to visit the news or live from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. russia's president says, all the operations to take marion poll is a success and cancels a storming of the as of style steel plot. inside mary paul al jazeera is on the ground and has surveyed the damage done in the port city. as a russian, you say they're in control. ah,

is ready forces tallman to acts and mos compound injuring 21. worshippers off to week of heightened tension effort. presidential contenders clash with the ukraine war, the cost of living and use future with opinion polls putting incumbent president, micron in the lead and on he to same it with the sport majesty united name. they knew manager, i x coach eric tin ha gould take charge at old trafford next season. so then president vladimir putin has cancel plans to storm the as of styles steel plan to marry a pole. russia says it's in control of the rest of the city and will spare the lives of ukraine in soldiers. make your la stand at the plant. if they lay down their arms region has called operations to control maribelle a success. alice cross now to dos jabbar whose life was in moscow and door said the russian president, be meeting his defense minister. what did you have to say?

well, the russian defense minister survey chicago was a updating on the latest developments on the situation on the ground in mariel with the russian president telling let me pull that the russian forces are now in control of the city, all of the areas except the surrounding neighborhoods. surrounding the plants, the as of small plants in mary, a pool have now been captured by the russian forces. the defense minister saying that the russian forces have surrounded this plant and they were going to storm it after giving the 2000 are so believe to be ukrainian soldiers that are hold up in that plant number of opportunities to come out and surrender over the past. few days and the russian president was adamant that he does not want the

russian troops to carry out that plan. he had his own ideas. let's listen into what he had to say. thomas loose thing is, is 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, but 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 of what rushes calling the special military operation in ukraine. this is the 1st official victory that the russians have claimed and. and now the question is, what happens next? the town, the city of mary, opal was home to to surround 400000 people. and since the russian forces entered at

the city on march 11th, there is now estimated to be less than $50000.00. the city is devastated. it's ruined, according to a number of international aid or organizations. and the issue now is what will happen next. the defense minister has said that at his troops are now and making the city appropriately secure for those residents to return. but as the issue is, would the residents return to this city that is now under russian occupation and what is left for them to return to? there are a lot of unanswered questions at this stage. but for the russians, this seems to be an important i day to mark their 1st victory in this operation. goes, thanks very much about the adult jabari, a reporting from moscow. well, following russia's claim of control, the mayor of mary paul says there is a desperate need for a humanitarian corridor out of the us of style. still plant. i'm not sure our brave

defenders are trying to protect our city as much as possible at the moment, but despite all that were begging for the international community that we should be united with one goal that all the civilians who hiding in the as of style still works get an opportunity to get out and be taken to safety, at least for 24 hours. this humanitarian caudle should be established with begging for it. our men are also ready to leave the as of style still works, but only with our weapons in the hands. but to day we're still negotiating this as here now from our deserves armina, the gar me who is it? mary paul, his at the village. steel factory where russian back surplus have taken control. no, the most likely charlie are sold were inside each steel factory in mary apple, which is now seized by the separatist. as we speak, you can hear the shelling as fighting is still raging around the as of still industrial complex, last stronghold for the ukranian forces inside marianne village factory has been

totally destroyed during the fierce fighting the russia back separatists say, the ukrainian forces were stationed here as the 1st line of defense to as of salt, you can see destroyed ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles. we have the most hateful cut we are now in the basement where the ukranian forces were station. you can see dead bodies are still everywhere. i don't know who knows the boat. these are some of the ukrainian forces, your personal belongings, medicine and uniforms. they were stationed here for days before the separatists backed by the russian forces storm the facility. this plant as close to as though some of the belongings of the ukrainian forces inside the basement. also, we found british anti tank missiles. they were used by the ukrainian forces, an attempt to prevent at the separatist. and the russians from advance on and few must not a little thought, the mozilla, the situation, and as of stole is relatively similar to what has happened here in image. this

plant is now transformed into a military barrick, as we were told by the separatists who moved large amounts of their gear and heavy weaponry to the facility. those ukrainian armored vehicles are now spoils of war seized by the separatists. and the russian forces, as well as the rest, offensively, east of ukraine, take shape. charles stratford is in the city of buck. what's in the don bath region? the great focus is on what is being reported as around a 1000 civilians. in those bunkers underneath that still works, that is still certainly a section of it we understand controlled by ukrainian forces. those pictures released yesterday by the as off battalion, one of the fighting forces that are inside that steel plant, showing families, children sitting on beds. obviously, having been there for a long while and increasing concerns on how those civilians are going to be get out

. now the as off themselves have released the statement saying they want a humanitarian court all to get those civilians out of that steel plant. as well as what they say is around $500.00 injured soldiers. but we also know that those fighters are refusing to surrender. and in that context, despite vladimir putin saying that basically it's victory in my real pull, i think it's fair to say that it would be almost inconceivable. the fact would be in conceivable for those ukrainian just to be able to push back until that pilot is played of ukrainian forces. he, any military analyst would tell you, he doesn't have complete control over that city. so hooting needs this victory in mariel. and just how he's going to get that victory without potentially a 1000 civilians, at least being killed, remains to be seen further west outside the capital of cave. many ukrainians is

still surveying the damage left by russians. shelling horrible habit has more enough from urban while we're here actually at this bridge that leads out of a pin and this place really has become iconic for all the wrong reasons. it's had been detonated as the russians were trying to advance. so as the capital cave, you know, if, if you recall there was these dramatic pictures of civilians trying to flee as quick as they can under the shelling 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 ukrainian 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 the boot. also now becoming iconic for all the wrong reasons. the prime minister of spain in denmark, a pledge to their support, to ukraine on a visit to the capital, a cave there, the latest european leaders to meet the crating presidents in recent weeks. they also made the trip to order the anchor outside the capital, where the bodies of 9 civilians were found over night. spain. petra sanchez condemned what he called the atrocities of putin's war on the streets of the town where the united states president joe biden is expected to speak about the ukraine crisis in the next hour. let's cross to washington dc. the white house. in fact,

that can be how it could correspond, standing by force that kimberly. so what are we expecting from president by are expecting that the president will speak about the crisis in ukraine and that it will have 2 components. likely one will be military, the other humanitarian, what we expect, and it has been rumored for about the last 24 hours that the u. s. president is sent to announce a we anticipate another security package somewhere in the tune of about $800000000.00. why did we get that number will? that's how much the assistance package was. the last announcement a in total though there has been much more that has been provided according to the white house press secretary. it has been somewhere in the neighborhood of 3500000000, not all of that has been spent, but certainly this is significant in terms of the amount that has been allocated.

now what we can tell you is that in terms of the numbers, what this can look like in terms of the arms that are provided is very detailed. last time the president outlined it, it was not only in terms of defense systems that were able to combat from the air as well as the land. but also the president outlined the number of bullets that would be provided to ukraine. this is in response to pleading from the ukranian president zalinski. and this is something that has been done in coordination with partners and allies. you as president, holding a call some 48 hours ago, and also meeting with his chair of his joint chiefs as well as his defense secretary lloyd austin. so the u. s. president will be we expect making an announcement of another security package. but we also expect that he'll be announcing, or rather he will be reminding the world of the pledge the united states made 1st

and brussels, and how that will be rolled out in terms of refugees will be allowed into the united states who have fled ukraine and are waiting to enter the united states. some $100000.00 will be allowed to enter the united states. so we expect the u. s. president will be giving more details about that program as well. or it can be with you a little bit later. we're going to hear in theory from the president about half an hour if he's on time, so we'll be back with you after that. thanks a lot. now plenty, most. the lead on the news are including y birth johnson is facing calls to apologize on a trip to india. we've got 4 coming up too dramatic for this, and 76 is the m b a player. peter will have his story. ah. so the 2 contenders for the french presidency of taken part in

a televised debate ahead of sundays election. be incumbent seminal macaroni and as far right challenge emory le pen spot over the cost of living the ukraine war and the future of the e. u. opinion polls favor mac chrome, but suggest a tight race to touch butler reports now from pers. a syllabus like to do, it didn't take long for things to become tense. soon after the start of the french presidential candidate debate, the centrist incumbent emanuel macro put the far right candidate, marine the pen on the spot. by questioning her links to the kremlin and a russian bank loan, the funded her 2017 campaign, was every dish of thought. you were one of the 1st european leaders in 2014, to recognize the annexation of crimea, because you depend on the russian regime. and you depend on mister putin, madame le pen, you took out a loan in 2015 from a russian bank. the 1st check russian bank, which is close to the government amendment. ramona bottle boy excel. the presenters

repeatedly called for com is the candidates, disagreed over issues including climate change, education, immigration, and the european union. mackerel believes the block should be stronger, and the pen wants to diminish its power. the far right leader also said she would make it illegal for muslim women to wear the headscarf in public. if elected macros said such a move would provoke a civil war. is a shrewd ball under these only. well, knowledge was really, i believe the headscarf is a uniform imposed by islamists that most young women who wear it have no choice. is it just shunt and france? country of the enlightenment of universal values would be the 1st country in the world to bound religious symbols in public space. the 1st country in the world, that is what you are proposing. wow. look at times, mcgraw seemed over confident or on the attack, but for most of the debate, he clearly had the upper hand, leaving the pen, looking frustrated or confused. her performance wasn't a total re run of the 2017 election debate with macro

a disaster by her own admission, but it wasn't far off, although she gained ground on some social issues, including health care forward going can a maneuver. the reality is during your presidency, mr. mack long, it's only crazy is that make you act there. had to be a pandemic to make you realize that help workers have been in a terrible way for years doing for nearly half a century. presidential candidates in france are faced off live on tv and a debate that's usually watched by millions of people, and is often a pivotal moment in the election on monte de la allison fiery exchanges to natural flourishes. the debates are often highly anticipated by fuels and rarely dull. over the years the protagonists and politics have changed, but one thing has remained constant and the person most widely perceived have won the debate often wins the election. voters on sundays will now decide whether history will repeat itself. natasha butler al jazeera paris replied. let's take

this on. joining us live via skype for manya in france. is arianne ballgame who's a senior lecture in french and politics. northumbria, university, oliver. so a marked improvement from la penn. but was it enough? it wasn't enough. you are correct. it was in mont improvements as it $72017.00 was a total disaster. this time she was far more composed. she was far more accomplished. she was calmer. she didn't eat or lose a temper, but she did not have a story, but not home, still managed to prevail. and the reason for it is he went on the attack and he knocked her off balance. so she spent most of the debate trying to defend herself try and trying to defend herself against michael, and he struggled to defend a program she struggled in our answer. so michael kind of behave like a challenger,

he think hundreds, it should have been a minute then attacking him on his presidency on what he's done and what he hasn't done. but she was wrong. fix it. and michael was able to be able to really attack her and a lot of pressure. so he won this. but does that mean the election is now his to lose? oh, it's definitely hate to lose. you know, decor recently has widened. now has it 12 to 13 point ahead, it doesn't mean it's over though, because we have to remember that many people in france don't want to either my cool and then. and the key will be extension any particular extension from the left. now many left voters might have voted for my call to block mind, and then there is this thing that the, the to the race is over. them actually choose not to bother on sunday. so did the,

the result as i think my, when, when, but the result is likely to be narrower than what the pool are currently suggesting . so many macro would be seen as an alternative to the far right. but he's also attempted to play both sides of me. yes. and what grade is truck me yesterday was the fact that a actually never used to work for. right. so we had a whole debate where he focused on trying to make 9 of them look incompetent for a nasa used at white star. right. and i think it's a victory into it in that respectful 9 event because it made her it normalized even further. at some point he said that her opinions as usual, respectable and dot is something that we seen over the years how she's try to. she normalize a cell teacher, appear like a no more moderate candidate. and yesterday it was quite striking that that

amount didn't, you know, didn't use that website right. and actually normalized further it at, you know, it looked like a debate between traditional, you know, mainstream rights and mainstream less. so he is contributing in a way to, to normalize them interesting for the pen and a thing she can do the last hours to turn things round. and she just have to continue. i mean, you know, it, it wasn't a disaster for her that i think that does to thing. you know, last time it, it was a cockroach. it wasn't a case yesterday. so she just has to, you know, to continue it. we have what, 3 days left of campaigning, you know, and hope and, and so we and hope that extension rates amongst lest, and voters is going to behind. so you know, you just have to continue. she can't just give up now. exactly been but if she was

to lose, if she is, is everything it seems be heading in the direction that she will lose the selection is at the end for her them yeah, there's an interesting question i, i think we are really we are looking at 272027 the next election. and i think it is probably going to be an attempt to, to reorganize the far right around, a kind of allegation of seeing what the national rally for her personally up to 3 times. i think it's probably i, you know, it's probably going to be beyond yes. on how to cedar by how much lose. yeah, yeah. we got an election to watch and follow 1st of all and we will do that here. now does it, and we're going appreciate your time. thanks a lot. thank you. thank you. now is ready forces fired rubber, bullets and pepper spray in during 21 palestinians at

b r. like so most compa. ah, yes, it's been almost a week of fight intentions at the sight of the and all these crucial incursions by jewish ultra nationalist groups bought the recent unrest. stephanie tucker has more now from occupied instrument that visit her. there's 3 hour is 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 out to access these really forces, i cleared the compound area also pushing some of the younger men into the mosque, closing the key to the mosque. and then you had rubber bullets. we'll so pepper spray used inside the mosque of palestinians using fireworks firing out of the more . so this is the kind of tension that we've seen over the last week a little bit more to day. 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 and of the holy sites 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. u. k prime minister is facing calls to apologize for colonial era massacre on his visit to india. a birth johnson arrived in good ruts as the city marked to centuries since more than 1000 people were killed during protest against imperial rule. johnson visited the home of indian independence. nita mahatma gandhi, he's on a 2 day visit and it's expected to announce new investment deals worth more than a $1000000000.00. if you to meet the indian prime minister there and remotely in

you deli, on friday, back in the u. k. m. p. 's are expected to vote on whether johnson misled parliament on the 2nd party gave control. c. johnson has come under intense pressure of being fined by police for holding parties at downing street at the height of the pandemic. if enough m. p 's vote in favor. the matter will be referred to parliament privileges committee. china's president has his government backs and talks to resolve international disputes, but opposes uses sanctions in the video message to the annual bow form for asia shooting, pay war against what he called, a cold war mentality and unilateral sanctions. it comes a day after leap video from the chinese navy showing an advanced anti ship mis. i'll designed to destroy aircraft carriers, katrina, you as 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 10021500 kilometers, which means they're able to target entire air strikes 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 mobilize 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 baiting sees as its own backyard. hong kong is eating some of its coded 19 restrictions for the 1st time in 4 months. many schools that resume me in person classes, jim cinemas and the public facility is a reopening on thursday. but it's adrian brown reports. many say it's too late for some business. so many of the bars and restaurants in this once busy entertainment district of lang quite fung. the partial relax ation of koby 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 a 100 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 cobit 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 a bit 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 dinars. the table. the government has been providing financial support to businesses, including hymns. but the owner of this one was, it won't survive another lockdown load on your cache or die. well, i think it will be difficult for us to survive with the existing cash flow. if there is a new wave of code 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, hong kong, zip, who was once asia 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 cobit 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 sticking 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 in east timor dependents leader and no well loretta jersey, but i must halter is set to return as president for a 2nd time. he secured, overwhelming support defeats the incumbent. francisco could status. ramos holter is promising to bring stability to a country the same year to political upheaval. all right, let's take a glimpse webinar has evanson, how i, we've had some nasty weather affecting iraq recently. a nasty old dust storm are rolling through here. baghdad, singer, the air po, closed for a time as this

a system made its way through. it is going to improve as it go on through the next couple of days. we have this band of cloud now making his way a little further eastwards, quite to whether coming back in behind. but on that cloud, actually, you might just catch a spot or 2 of rain into iraq, maybe into where parts of saudi arabia. little more cloud to the sunshine, hazy here in doha. notice a little more cloud and what a 2 showers i, which was in northern parts of afghanistan over there is a pakistan as well. still seeing some wet at times that windy weather and we go showers popping up as we push a little further west was back into that western side. saudi arabia, south of that, jenny, dry and hot temperatures increasing. here in doha, a scirocco wind blowing a sand and dust up towards central parts of the mediterranean. as we go one through friday, just one or 2 showers, just clipping the far north of west africa. we have got some wetter weather around the gulf of guinea, some light showers just coming through here joining up with those showers right

across the tropical belt, looking at some very nasty storms rolling across northern madagascar with a chance of flooding for mozambique. still ahead here on out 0. i'm john henderson in illinois, a state they could not operate without nuclear power. a y coming spoke of empty rail madrid, taking another big step towards the spanish title peter at the action. ah, investigative journalism, my role in this by type in information battle global experts in discussing the pandemic, didn't create all of these problems. it showed us our true colors, voices from different corners. we don't need to sensationalize how we tell these stories. what journal is the best at the top of the story? programs that open your eyes to an alternative view at the well to day. oh no

dedira. frank assessments, what are the political risks of batting russian? oil gas for western leaders will sanctions on russian energy exports harassing me for such informed opinions. france is not abandoning to fight against jetty, still resumed the area. we're going to be acting from nisha and from chad critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera? oh, a guy, what's out to your mind? what's up stories this and russia has claimed victorian merrier poll. it's the

biggest in the ukraine war yet. president vladimir putin has ordered his forces to abandon plans to storm a steel plug and play a siege on it. instead, it is the last remaining strongholds of ukrainian resistance in the city. the mayor marian poll says there is an urgent need for a humanitarian cargo to rescue civilian to hide it inside the plant. he says, negotiations are continuing with russia to allow ukrainian practice to leave their weapon is ready for its fire rubber, bullets and pepper spray in dream. 21 palestinians. the most. com. she's been running high for almost a week at the site and occupied these tourism incursions by jewish alternation the grease spot. the reason don't read well, russia has presented a draft document to ukraine, outline the demands of pete ukraine is reviewing the proposals. this comes in un secretary general and teddy good tears is pushing the presence of both countries to meet our diplomatic editor. james base is ad,

few and headquarters and has more. the un has sent separate letters to the craniums and the russians requesting that they arrange a trip by the secretary general to keep and to moscow if they say yes, this could be one of the most important developments since the start of the war. there have been talks between the 2 sides, but they have gone nowhere. this would mean the un leader effectively carrying out shuttle diplomacy. his spokesman gave more details. we're going to take things one step at a time, so the letters were sent. the idea would be for him to go to both capitals to moscow, into care, to meet with both presidents to discuss whatever urgent steps can be taken to stop the fighting. i'm not going to give him a label in terms of what he will be doing, but this is,

this remains part of the secretary general's good offices, which he has been talking about really for, for quite some time. it follows a call by the secretary general for a 4 day humanitarian pause of orthodox easter. that's something the craniums reacted to positively. but there's been no official response from moscow that has been criticism of the secretary general in recent days. more than 200 former un officials wrote a letter calling on him to step up his personal diplomacy or risk the future of the united nations. a russia says it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile called the summit. president vladimir putin says it will provide food for thought for those who threaten russia. what do we know about this new intercontinental ballistic missile? well, it's been in development since the early 2, thousands and it's meant to replace rushes, aging. soviet era asked no, it weighs more than 200 metric tons and can carry multiple large nuclear warheads capable of hitting different targets in several locations. at the same time. it is

the longest striking range of about 80000 kilometers. russia says it can even fly over the north and south poles and attack anywhere in the world. res policy is and a chief executive officer rasmussen global. he says, unveiling the saw that missile isn't quite the crew that moscow is making it out to be. this is part of her long series of with recall nuclear signaling from club gimme protein since the beginning of the war in ukraine. where he's been engaging in both rhetorically 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 salma inter continental miss site 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 says your saw about the delays of the corruption in the russian

armament proclaiming system. well russians michelle test fall, as most goes warning of a nuclear build up in the baltic if neighboring in finland, and nearby sweden went to join nato. let's take this all we can bring in glen dyson in oslo. he's a professor of international relations at the university of se, norway, and the editor of russia in global affairs claim welcome to the program. so finland and sweden looking for more security. but it could be argued that it makes the nato brought more vulnerable. because russia is bristling in reaction to it. yes, that's correct. and it's also strange and worrying development. the cost finland is for a long been considered a success story since the beginning of the cold war and people in the and declared a neutral country and return the russians or them the soviet union and made sure not not to threaten similar anyway so. so this is

a very strange development because by it, by joining nato will no longer abandon, it will not only abandon this neutral position, but it will also double the border between the direct border between nato and russia. so this is something again, that the russians will, will respond to. again, you can see why life in, under, and sweden have indeed done this way. i mean, they watched with some trepidation what's going on in ukraine with russia just piling in without any reason. no, definitely, i'm the old understanding of the world. i mean they, they're seeking security because i guess, so all of europe has been shocked by the war in ukraine. so the desire to join nato, obviously, i understand that they will have protection by the united states. my question is whether or not it will enhance their security because because this is the security of dilemma when, when once i know that they will respond in

a way which again escalates and threats. and i'm responding to the beat up. the irony that rushes mentioning the reason for invading ukrainians to stop expansion and now to learn this thing, they will join nato for protection. and all i'm saying is russia will respond in a manner which will not them have to secure a defendant. definitely, i will say, very understanding of the world that they would see for protection now that the world has changed in this dramatic way. so what is russia's reasoning behind? this is a message seeking this, this isolation, you know, kind of returned to the cold war kind of find security in that. and conversely, the reason for response, the way to, to be, is just so bristling and belligerent and saying, well, we're going to line up a whole lot of nuclear weapons on your board. if you do this while it's, i guess it's a bit of a warning as well. and of course this is the problem to secure the dilemma. if they

don't threaten no consequences, then there wouldn't be any reason why it shouldn't join nato. there are no consequences on the other hand, it to directly inland will having more reason to seek to think security. so it's it's, there's one been trying to signal that the, joining their world will and dramatically escalate the tension between east and west. no. so i guess this the main signal they want to get out once again this no, this is a dilemma. there's no good response to show because they and they also have to signal very clearly in an almost way that this inland joyce. this is changed in part security framework for the russians and they will have to respond in a manner which probably will include some change in their nuclear foster. this is, while this would just be like if it, mexico joint chinese military might affect their visual is $1.00 to $1.00 final thought. you could argue that way, pose the question, at least,

why the rapid acceptance in nato of finland and sweden, when a lot of nato members are not prepared to have ukraine in it. yeah. well, that's a great question. i think well, it's a very good question. i, i don't think that the ukraine, whatever become a real, made a member because again, it was the german french block, this in 2008 because they recognized that making ukraine, a member of nato, will be more or less for the collaboration of war against russia, so this never actually happened. i think finland, sweetness is less contentious because of the domestic component as well. because in ukraine, millions, some ethnic russians is not the case in sweden and, and, but obviously, and then yeah, this is a very different signal than what made it was sending to you, which will never become a real natal member. rather,

what's the process of becoming of the fact a member by having american weapon system in increasingly possession of the territory prior to the war, the up, the whole question has no end of nuances does net. we appreciate your time, your perspective. thanks very much. indeed for isaac, lend us, thanks a lot. these are some of the refund is warning the war in ukraine is having global ramifications. it says low income countries are in, in or near debt distress. and some nations are calling for russia to be expelled from the i. m f. my kind of reports now from washington. it may be largely a virtual meeting, but they stole hustle and bustle outside the. i'm at headquarters in downtown washington and their shop focus on one dominant theme to title that russia's invasion of ukraine has an economic impact. far beyond those 2 countries alone compared to or january forecast,

we have revised our projection for global growth downwards to 3.6 percent in both 20222023. this reflects the direct impact of the war and ukraine and sanctions on russia with both countries projected to experience steep contractions . the growth outlook for the european union has been revised downward by 1 point, one percentage points. due to the indirect effects of the war. sanctions have a 2 way impact the world bank has suspended operations in russia. but the financial damage to the putin government is offset by the fact that it continues to retain a $120000000000.00 that were owed to international banks. money that's unlikely to now be returned. and while some western leaders are seeking to expel russia from the i, m f, there is simply no mechanism to do so. the i m, f's, articles of agreement do not mention expelling

a country for waging war. a country can be expelled for falsifying data. who as was the case with then czechoslovakia, in 1954, for not informing the i. m. f of a change in the exchange rate, but invading a neighboring country is not grounds for expulsion. financial leaders from the u. s . canada and the u. k. boycotted the virtual meeting with russia's finance minister on wednesday. but at risk in the process of isolating russia is the entire global economic order. in particular, the future of the group of 20 nations, the g 20, which has play the dominant, rolled and rebuilding the world's economy since the recession in 2000. the date. that organisation is unfortunately defunct now with russia being isolated from the global financial system and trying to trying to play both ways. so there is no global economic coordinating mechanism. and that means countries will try to retreat and protect their own finance as much as possible. and that is precisely

the type of dangerous unilateral action, the i a meth and the g 20 within it was formed to prevent my kind of out jazeera washington. some refugees from ukraine are looking for shelter beyond europe, more than 3000 of them try to cross the border from mexico into the u. s. last month rentals is more than that from california. i'm on the us side of the us mexico border right over there is tijuana, and we have been seeing a steady stream of ukrainian migrants coming through here and making their way to the united states. you can see here they're, they're talking to relatives there. they're taking a rest. we spoke just a few moments ago to several ukrainians who had just arrived here in the united states where they have been reading nice to read. what's the

where the diary because the long way. now all of this is being organized by volunteers. they're coming from ukrainian churches and social groups as well as people who have no particular connection to ukraine. but just thought that it would be a good thing to volunteer and to help people out. and we'd like to talk now to mark rubicon mark, you're the coordinator of this volunteer effort. tell me what you've been seeing in terms of ukrainians coming across, how many and what, what condition their end. so over the past, roughly a month, we had a ramp up period. initially it was a slow beginning, and then we had about $200.00 people crossover in a 24 hour period. but the latest trends were having about $1100.00 people across the border and about 24 hours. so it's increasing. it's increasing and the wait

times at the border. i have decree significantly, so we're providing their essential anything that would in to fill the immediate need. if people are, have a need that need will be met immediately. mark, thank you very much for speaking with ok. now, one of the reasons mark mentioned that there are a very short waiting time for your cranium, migrants on the mexican side, is that the u. s. has waived the requirements that were imposed under president donald trump call title 42. that was a policy that allowed for immediate expulsion of migrants. so all the ukraine's for the most part are being brought through process very quickly. that has raised some questions about a double standard in some migrants rights. advocates are wondering about that as far as the people of other nationalities who are coming across. but right now,

right here, ukrainians are touching american soil and they're safe. at last, the biden administration has begun a multi $1000000000.00 revamp of it's aging nuclear power plants. very graham is part of a plan to use more carbon free energy. and when the u. s. or fossil fuels don't 100 reports now from 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 when you, when 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 u. s. protest against nuclear power in the 1970 is 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. 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 is 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 and half it's carbon free energy. the u. s. administration hopes the new funding will avert new closures. john henderson, al jazeera, byron, illinois,

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ah ah ah, let's get on to the for his peter. thank you very much majesty. united have announced the appointment of erickson hog is the clubs, new manager. the dutchman will leave his job as our ex coach at the end of the season. 10 hog assigned a 3 year contract at old trafford with the option to expand for the year. the fans

are very excited about 10 high arrival because in the past number years that i act, he has played with a clear identity. for plate is a clear identity about 10 high school bought. and manchester united in recent years had no identity on the page. he brought li, type those back to manchester united. that is one of his pastors, the bring, the premier league back to where it belong. we can't wait to see what kind of recruitment comes in in the summer. and hopefully next season manchester can start building, but i must trust that funds will need to be patient mentions the city manager pay quality earlier says he and his team. no, they can't afford to slip up in any of the remaining premium. the games this season if they want to be champions again, they moved back about liverpool to the top of the table with a 3 know when of the pricing on wednesday, goes from re add mores full photon and bananas silver bay. one pointed passage in the side, both man city and level who have 6 match the play off and given

their hopes of qualifying for playing championship football season, a method booth gunners. chelsea for 2 at stamford bridge. casey turing slice sewell. now level point place could chelsea have lewis hamilton and 3 williams among the new owners voices. these agency has been told to pay have to wear the consortium hoping to buy the club. the report of the 7th time f, one wolf champion, and $23.00 time grand slam when i have each pledged millions of dollars to the bidding group laid by the former liverpool chairman for martha browser and kareem bens him up miss to penalties in roman goods match it also sooner on wednesday, but didn't prove coughlin throw on $31.00 to take a 17 point lead at the top of the spanish league. because basket rounded off the victory and stuff. it's time for points from the last 5 games will pick a record 50 for the spanish title,

for rail ukrainian tennessee. alina fits alina, say it's russia and bell, russian plays, who speak out against the invasion of her country, should be allowed to compete at wimbledon. she was critical of the decision by the all england club to put the band in place of 2022 championships, which the sports governing body is also described as unfair fits. alina said, if play speak out against the russian government, than they all with the rest of the world and its fe, they should be allowed to compete. wimbledon, defending men's champion, no, that talk of which has also warned about politics interfering with sport. he called the clubs decision to band players crazy. or if you got me, i will always condemn war. i will never support will being a child of war myself. i know how much emotional trauma links. however, i cannot support the decision of wimbledon. i think he's crazy me or players, tennis players, athletes,

they have nothing to do with it. so in politics interface with sport, it doesn't turn out well. we'll make what's called a dramatic overtime when for the philadelphia 70 sixes as put the team on the verge of the 2nd round of the n b a playoffs above the beating 3 points from star man jo m bead snatched victory of the toronto raptors on wednesday the forward top school with 53 points in the 100 for 101 when in game 3, the 76 is lead the best of 7 series. 3 know i knew, ah, you know, coming into toronto's, daphne gambler bagger are in or for quite some time. so i want to come out and you know, just, you know, that the game come to me are and our body far great are, but the jobs not done. ah, you know, we got to go one more elsewhere on wednesday, 22 points from jaylen brown help the boston celtics open opportunity series,

lead of the brooklyn. nips it finished 114170 met to the 2nd seeds brooklyn have home advantage in game 3 on saturday again. and the chicago bulls of level, the series with milwaukee de mer to rosen was the star man with $41.00 points. is the box went down at home, 14110. the blue host next to matches in the series. the 1st, those is on friday. in major league baseball, freddie freeman is handed out more pain to his former team, the atlanta braves. he struck a 2 run homer to help the la dodgers to victory for the 2nd time in the 3 game series, against the defending world series champions. the dodges, taking it $51.00 freeman, played for the braves for 11 seasons before joining is looting in a $162000000.00 deal last month until the sports. these all have more again a little bit later. nick pay that. thank you very much. yes, we will see you later, joe biden,

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