of any does we asked the questions to people who should be accountable and also we get people to give that either what's going on with this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm adrian finnegan. this is that he was, i live from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. president joe biden announces more military support for keith, and makes it easier for ukrainians to seek refuge in the us. the siege of as of style, russia's president says, all but the industrial area in mario paul is under his control. ukrainian force is trapped inside remained defiant. maria pulls mer issues. another desperate call for a humanitarian corridor to an hour, thousands of civilians to leave the city and a wild fire burning out of control in the u. s. state of arizona forces thousands

of people from the hopes and i'm he to same it with the sport matches the united name, the new manager i x coach addict ha ha, who will take charge at old trafford? next season, we begin this news with the announced would have more military support for ukraine . u. s. president joe biden is promising an additional $800000000.00 package to help keep in its fight against russian forces. it's about the same amount in military aid that the white house pledged for ukraine last week, but congress will need to approve the due deal since funding for weapons is nearly exhausted. this package includes heavy artillery weapons, dozens of howitzers, and $144000.00 rounds of ammunition to go with those howitzers. it also includes more tactical drones. in the past 2 months, we've move weapons and equipment to ukraine of record speed. however,

but this latest disbursement, i'm almost exhausted the drop down authority. i have the congress authorized for ukraine in a bipartisan spending bill last month in order to sustain ukraine for the duration of this fight. next week i'm going to have to be sending to congress a supplemental budget request to keep weapons and ammunition flowing without interruption. the brave ukrainian fighters will continue to deliver economic assistance to the ukrainian people. hope i'm, i hope is, my expectation is congress would move and i quickly that's bringing on white house correspondent, kimberly hallett. i live in washington. kimberly tell us more about what the president had to say that what he's actually offering to ukraine. the u. s. president, making these announcements from the white house roosevelt room following a meeting with the ukranian prime minister. essentially, this is another 800000000 insecurity assistance. and the reason the u. s. president

says that this is necessary is because the don bath region where a lot of this fighting now is occurring is different geographically and requires a different type of weaponry. so the u. s. president is saying that this will be heavy artillery weapons, dozens of howitzers, and $144000.00 rounds of ammunition along with tactical drones. so this is what the united states is sending. i in terms of the overall package, though, as you pointed out, and as we heard the president saying there of the price tag for all of this in terms of the financing is finite. and but the u. s. president is going to have to have the was congress for more money because there is an exhausted capability from the u. s. government. and so there is a need for congress to approve more funding in the future. you as president, talking about to what the calculation is of the russian president vladimir putin,

that he believes that, that eventually there will be sort of a fracture in the alliance of western powers to continue to bankroll this conflict . something that the u. s. president does says that he does not foresee and that he believes that the unity will remain strong. and that is why he's continuing to not only supply these weapons, but he believes that the united states can continue to be an example in this regard . and we got new details today on the plans for ukrainians, who are seeking temporary refuge in the us will can useless of over. yeah, the united states is really characterizing this is a new, easier way for ukrainians who have a family member in the united states to get to the united states. but when you really look at this program that they say streamlined and expedited, it doesn't appear to be as easy as it looks. and also the numbers are a little bit perplexing. and this is

a program that the u. s. president announced last month when he was in europe. it's a 100000, so it's a very small number of refugees that are being welcomed into the united states when you consider that. the latest numbers from the united nations have the number of people fleeing ukraine somewhere above 5000000. so that's hardly going to be sort of any sort of measurable help. and then you add to that this is for refugees that already have a family member here in the united states. in other words, that program has not changed. there is really no new pathway for those that are maybe not lucky enough to have a connection in the united states. so well the u. s. government is saying this is going to be streamlined. we're going to expedite this, if not crated, any new pathway for ukrainian refuse to come to the united states. they're characterizing us as being easier and expedited. but when you really drill down in deep and look at the,

the details doesn't appear to be quite what they're selling it as. so, there are already some eyebrows be raised about this program and whether it's as good as the u. s. government is selling it to be so there is some skepticism about the program already. whitehouse correspond, kimberly, how could i live in washington? kimberly many thanks. indeed rushes, president flooding. mayor putin has abandoned his plan to storm the steel plant and muddy opal where the city's last ukrainian defenders hold up. instead, moscow will continue to blockade. besides, russia still expects to capture the factory over the next 3 to 4 days from which mooney through. so i consider the proposed storming of the industrial area, pointless. i order 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. following russia's claim of control, the mayor of mary paul says there's a desperate need for a humanitarian corridor out of the as of sol steel plot. 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. are the serious, i mean, doug army, as in mary or paul, he's of the village still factory where russian bank separatists have taken control . nobela must not lea charlie are sold to hug. we're 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 ill. each 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 stuff you can see destroyed ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles. we have got a hazel car. we are now in the basement where the ukranian forces were station. you can see dead bodies are still everywhere. a lot of these are some of the ukrainian forces, your personal belongings, medicine and uniforms. they were station here for days before the separatists backed by the russian forces storm, the facility. this plant as close to as though you had your 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 when an

attempt to prevent the separatist and the russians from advance on and few must not fall the mozilla, the situation and as still is relatively similar to what has happened here. an image. this plant is now transformed into a military barrack, as we were told by the separatists who moved large amounts of the 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 russian offensive in the east of ukraine, continues on serious charles stratford has made it to the city of back. but in the dawn bass 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 suddenly 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 a 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 conceivable for those ukrainian just to be able to push back until that pilot is played. of ukrainian forces he and military analysts would tell you he doesn't have complete control over that city. so putting needs this victory in mary awful. and

just how he's going to get that victory without potentially a 1000 civilians, at least being killed, remains to be seen. the prime ministers of spain and denmark of pledge their support to ukraine on a visit to the capital. keith, the latest european lead us to meet ukraine's president in recent weeks. they also made a trip to the 2 body anchor outside the capital, where the bodies of 9 civilians were found over nice spain's primitive petro sanchez condemned what he called the atrocities of futons war on the streets of the town. for the west outside the capital of keys, many ukrainians are still surveying the damage left by rushing shelling. i'll just hear a hold of the maid is there. well we're, he actually, at this a 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 um this car just looking at it. you can just imagine probably a family or someone in there trying to run for their lives 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 rush and shelling out and also the crossfire. because on the other side you had some ukrainian forces. so the civilians basically were trapped in the middle of all that. now this image of devastation is something that you will see over and over again. the more you drive

down that road after a p there is boucher also now becoming iconic for all the wrong reasons. here were these are from out 0 still to come on the program, french presidential contenders clash over the ukraine war, the cost of living and the use future. but who came out on top? why u. k prime minister bars johnson is facing call. so apologize on a trip to india. i did scores a traumatic finish for the 70 sixes, the n b a playoffs. peter, here with that a little later, ah, at least 18 people have been killed and explosions across multiple cities in afghanistan, that albany city of mazar, e sharif. the nearby province of condos and the eastern province of 9 to ha, i've all been targeted. i saw has claimed responsibility for the blast and mazar e sharif, in which 10 people were killed. the explosion near the airport in condos killed 4

people, but in none gerhardt province for taliban members die it. frances presidential hopefuls are holding their final rallies ahead of sundays votes. president mariama, corn husband, campaigning and son beneath suburb of north parish. he's hoping to court voters who went overwhelmingly to the left. in the 1st round. his far right challenger marine le pen is said to hold a rally in northern france. opinion polls favor mccomb, but suggest that it could still be a tight race if jose and also movie dizzy. the french were mobilized to and michael's 1st term, which has been devastating for them. they understood well last night during the presidential debate and in recent days that it's 2nd term would be even worse as a possible 2nd term for emmanuel macklin will be a social disaster. he will no longer have any limits and he will go to the end of his logic. wiped out to us out here as natasha butler is sir in the district that

le pen is holding her rally later. so natasha marina penn. out campaigning right now. and northern france, what she telling voters? yes, marina pena out and about said in northern france is this election enters its final leg. voters will go to the polls on sunday to elect their next present. she of course, is hoping that it will be her. she'll be holding a rally in the city of our house a little bit later. we're in the north of france. this is a region where how far, right? a party has a lot of support. she feels very comfortable in this part of france. this is why she's coming. this is the last rally off her campaign for the last a few months. she's been traveling around the country, trying to garner support a pushed her through the 1st round. and what she's been doing the last a couple of weeks is really trying to call to voters many left when voters, he don't have a natural candidate in his final run off because you have the far right leader.

also you have the company centrist emanuel micra, marina pen, also trying to court many voters who abstained in the 1st route to try and pass way then to back her. in the final round run ortiz is she says that if elected, she would do more in terms of creating more jobs, that she would protect workers, former globalization that she would help reduce prices and costs the cost of living . such an important key issue. i in this campaign for so many, she is hoping that many of those voters will, as i said, support her in that final round one off the far for the fun thought past few days. i should say of this campaign have been somewhat overshadowed though a by marine, the pens, a proposal that if she was to be elected president, that she would make it a legal for muslim women to wear the headscarf in public. i in france, that is something that has been quite controversial. she's been questioned about it by many people, including many members of the public as she's been out and about campaigning as the last few days. and in the presidential candidates debate on wednesday night. i

rival emanuel macro said it would be something that would go against france's constitution and his values. yeah, we're seeing pictures from that debate. her the took place as you say last night. her or between the 2 candidates. what's been the reaction to the pens performance in that debate? well depends. been talking about that to day a. she seems quite pleased with her performance. she says that she felt it was a good opportunity for her to put across a policies that she explained them. clearly and well, she said that her rival mackerel assumed ara good, that at times he attacked her illegitimately or she suddenly a has lashed out to him this morning and she certainly putting a positive spin on her performance. but across france, i have to say, today's been widely perceived to the manual. michael certainly had the upper hand in that debate. he had many of the facts and figures that he needed to hand. he

constructed his arguments a lot better, lot clearer than marine the pen did. she looked at times very a confused at times are frustrated or even a little bit last minute micro suddenly did indeed appear. you could say quite arrogant at times or a bit of a know it all. it is something he's often accused of by his critics. nevertheless, most people say he suddenly seemed to come across as the most competent al jazeera and trash. both of them live in a rush in more than france, but he thinks indeed the treasure, as we said, president kron campaigning in somebody just outside of paris al jazeera bernard smith is her micron is coming today to a mellow show strong cold mellows showing you all new melons on the far left candidate who in nationwide did you get quite enough share of the vote to make it into a 2nd round run off with macro, but here you got 49 percent share of the vote. this is my com, 20 percent, and m marine lapel and 11 percent. so mel sean, strong, cold,

not natural macros support is here, but john malone shown 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 vote fella pad. so macaroni is targeting what are nationwide millions of potential melon, sean king makers to help propel him to that 2nd, 2nd to a french president vote are not guaranteed. many people here will say they are very disappointed within manual micron and his failure to address what they perceive as challenges, particularly in terms of cost of living. but there's a lot of resentment and dislike on the far 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 are

just not for the alternative is really forces fight rubber bullets and use temper spray injuring 21. palestinians of the alex most compound it's been almost a week of hypertension at the site and okay, bodies, teresa and incursions by jewish ultra nationalist group spark, the recent on rest. i'll just eras stephanie deca has that visit, that there's 3 hours allocated to the entry of those groups 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 the israeli 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 u. k. prime minister is facing close to apologize for a colonial era masika on his visit to india. or, as johnson arrived in good ass, as the city marked a century since, more than 1000 people were killed during protest against imperial rule,

johnson visited the home of india's independently, the mahatma gandhi. he's on a 2 day visit. that is expected to announce new investment deals worth more than a $1000000000.00 is due to be to india's private us at the end ramadi or in new delhi on friday. back in the u. k. m. p. 's are expected to vote on whether johnson misled parliament on the so called party gate controversy. johnson's come under intense pressure after being fined by police for holding parties at downing street at the height of a panoramic. if enough nps vote in favor, the matter will be referred to parliament's privileges committee. let's go live that a london i was there was john hall is outside parliament. judah, johnson has a big majority in parliament. i mean, how likely is that he's going to be end up investigated by parliament 5, likely as it's looking at the revenue in about 40 minutes so. so that labor party motion will come before the house calling for upon them, entry investigation to where the bar is. johnson lied to be deliberately misled.

that when he said in december that no rules had been broken in respect to these alleged parties that had gone on in downing street during periods of covert lockdown. remember, he has received a fine for attending one of those parties. his own birthday party. in fact, in 2020, in the cabinet office, it's possible he could receive up to 3 more as part of the ongoing investigation. now it looks extremely likely that that motion will pass, potentially. we wait to see but potentially without even a vote unopposed on a node as is the parliamentary terminology. and that's because dramatically earlier on in the day, the government lifted its own amendment that it had only put down on wednesday evening and intended to scuttle this motion for fear. apparently of a wider than expected rebellion among conservative party empties who didn't want to be seen. don't want to be seen as blocking parliamentary scrutiny with local elections. do you just a few weeks time?

so it's a very important moment this at the end of ours. now of debate in parliament, in which absolutely scathing things have been said about maurice johnson and his conduct by m p's, from all sides of the house, including some who corporate his resignation. and it does look very likely the boys johnson could find himself being the 1st prime minister in recent times, subject to an investigation by parliament over whether he lied to empties inside the house of commons. if it goes ahead. what will the investigation entail? and when will it begin? well, it would be run by the privileges committee. as you mentioned there, that's a committee of 7 am. please cross party and fees. you know, they look at complaints that amount to contend to parliament. disrespecting in peace. clearly lying to them falls within that category. it would have access to most of the evidence that the police are relying upon to reach their conclusions in their ongoing investigation, including hundreds of photographs pertaining to more than

a dozen events. and all of those could prove deeply compromising for the prime minister if he does find that he knowingly misled them back in december that he lied to m p. 's. there's no automatic censure, but at that point, i think his position would be in jeopardy. he'd be under intense pressure to resign . how severest, how side parliament in central london many thanks. did jonah? we'll get a weather forecast next here on the usa and the and henderson in illinois state, they could not operate without nuclear power of a y coming melody's take on a whole new meaning as the cave symphony orchestra takes to the sage for the 1st time since the war began and later in sport, why louis hamilton and serena williams could end up owning a slice of chelsea football club. peter will be here to explain. ah

hello. we've had some nasty weather affecting iraq recently and nasty old da storm are rolling through here. baghdad, singer, the airport closed for a time is 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. rece woods, quiet to weather, coming back in behind 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 wanted to showers. i, which was northern parts of afghanistan over there is a pakistan as well. still seeing some went 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,

asako wind blowing a sand and dust up toward central parts of the mediterranean. as we go on through friday, just wanted to showers as clipping the far north of western africa. we have got some wet weather around the gulf of guinea, some lively showers, just coming through here joining up with those showers right across the tropical bell, looking at some very nasty storms rolling across northern madagascar, with a chance of flooding for mozambique. ah, with a guest with

the climate is changing every year for millions of years, decades of talk. but little action is all about distract create confusion to crate, smoke and mirrors. the shocking truth about how the climate debate has been systematically some photos, the oil industry was a main bank roller for opposition to contact the campaign against the climate. do you think that's a bad thing more to to have did whiskers? absolutely. on august eve lou ah, hello. yeah, this is lisa from al jazeera. every, i'm sort of going to hear it though, how the headlines you as president joe biden has announced

a new support package for ukraine bite and says he's earmarked $800000000.00 in military aid, which includes heavy artillery and brooms about of barrier poll says there's an urgent need for humanitarian corridors to rescue civilians for hiding inside the as of stall steel plot. he says that the gross fusions are continuing with washer to allow ukrainian faces to leave with the weapons. russia says it's captured the statistical to the apollo paul, president premier, put in his forces to abandon plans to storm, but still planned there. and instead lay siege to it. it's the last remaining strong hold of ukrainian resistance in the city ukrainian forces that have been hold up up that sprawling steel plants in the strategic port city a repeatedly defying moscow's demands to surrender. so what would actually happen if maria poll fell our diplomatic editor james base reports.

mario pull has been in battled besieged and bombarded the strategic port city subjected to indiscriminate attack by artillery and from the air since the war started in february. the russian assault here, likely to be one of the focuses of the international criminal courts, investigations into war crimes. from the very start, this campaign has been one of extreme brutality and it's got worse over time. this is unfortunately entirely consistent with the russian where war that we've seen in previous campaigns in syria and before that in check in the to check and was nigel gould davis is an academic, specializing in the former soviet union. he was previously the case on bassett, the in bella route. so the fall of multiple. is that going to be a game changer? it is important. it does. i think further,

the russian aspiration to establish some kind of longer term control over that southern coastline of ukraine. ah, and is clearly consistent with the re forming the drawing back and redeployment of russian forces we're seeing across ukraine, which is a consequence of their failures. further west of course, are regrouping, but now you poll will be an important part of that. the basis of you campaign in western capital's putins war so far is seen as a major strategic failure. but people are also aware of the lessons from chechnya and from syria. if you're prepared to use the most brutal brute force, whatever the cost civilians or even your own troops, you might prevail in the end. there is an important date on the horizon may, the 9th, his victory de,

the commemoration of the defeat of the nazis in russia and the 2nd world war. some fear president putin will plan a new offensive, so he can turn the tide of the ukraine war before this symbolic date. in his country. james bay's al jazeera london, some refugees from ukraine and looking for shelter beyond europe. more than 3000 of them tries across the border from mexico into the u. s. last month. rob reynolds reports on that from caliber. yeah. 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. ready, ready,

nice to read. what's the where the diet? 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 they're in. so over the past, roughly a month we had a ramp up period initially i, 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 people cross the

border in about 24 hours. so it's increasing. it's increasing and the wait times at the border. i have a decree significantly, so we're providing their essential anything that would in to fill the immediate need be if people have a need that need will be met immediately. mark, thank you very much for speaking with us. ok. now, one of the reason mark mentioned that there are, is a very short of waiting time for ukrainian in migrants on the mexican side is that the u. s. has waived the requirements that were imposed under president donald trump. a 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, 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. russia says that it's successfully tested and you intercontinental ballistic missile cold. psalm at president, letting me of who's in said that it will provide food for thought, for those who threaten russia. so what do we know about this new intercontinental ballistic missile? well, it's been in development since the early 2, thousands and is meant to replace russia's aging soviet era arsenal. it weighs more than $200.00 metric tons. and can carry multiple launched nuclear warheads capable of hitting different targets in several locations of the same time. it has a long, striking range of around 18000 kilometers. russia says it could even fly over the north and south poles and attack anywhere in the world. the race party a is a chief executive officer at rasmussen,

global he says that unveiling the sama missile isn't quite the qu, that the kremlin might make it out to be. this is part of a long series of with recall nuclear signaling from gimme protein since the beginning of the war in ukraine. where he's been engaging in both rhetoric, lee, and also in some kind of matters to show that he might be willing to use nuclear weapons if russia were to be threatened. however, the psalm at inter continental miss site is actually 2 years late on delivery. so even though he's 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 procurement system. and i think the key question here is whether western allies, nato allies are going to respond to what is, again,

as i mentioned yet again, nuclear that he read me put in by saying that nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction have nothing to do in the war and ukraine at the moment there will be brought in that war. it will not change the nature of the conflict. and it was already say a few weeks ago at the nato summit, but i think it does not hurt, repeating it. that's the principle of need to come to tell me is to be able to keep a target tens of thousands of kilometers away. that's what depends. i can also say this, they are very confident in their own get abc. so i think days and then implicitly to restore some kind of stability in the strategic nuclear between the 2 countries . china, the president says what his government backs talks to resolve international disputes that opposes the use of sanctions in the video message to the annual while forum for asia, she's in ping warned against what he called, a cold war mentality. and unilateral sanctions, it comes with

a out relief video from a chinese navy ship in advance. and he ship missile designed to destroy aircraft. carriers by the administration has be got a multi $1000000000.00 revamp of its aging nuclear power plants. the program as part of a plan to use more carbon free energy. and when the u. s. off fossil fuels out as he was john henry 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 bail out 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 dependent 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 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 in pennsylvania's 3 mile island reactor with the deadly 1986, meltdown fire and radioactive contamination it ukraine's chernobyl plant. in the fatal 2011 sou nami, that shut down japan's fukushima reactor. but the climate crisis has changed. the view of many environmentalists who now see nuclear energy as 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. um, but we have it today. it may be around for a little bit as we work on that transition. the 93 reactors across the u. s. already provide 20 percent of the nation's electricity and half it's carbon free energy. the u. s. administration hope the new funding will avert new closures. john henderson, al jazeera, byron, illinois,

a while fi has displaced thousands of people in the us state of arizona. nearly 7000 hacked hasn't been scorched in that orland county of coconino and dry conditions are making things worse. al jazeera castillo has hot ion reports hovering in the shadows of an arizona state wildfire. these homes are dangerously close to a fast moving blaze. it's called the tunnel fire, and already it's forced thousands of people near the city of flagstaff to flee. dozens of buildings had been destroyed and fire fighters 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. with flames as high as 30 meters pushed 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's facing an early star to its well fire season. fire fighters, worn dry grass, and low humidity, could make the fire grow both in size and intensity. katya lucas, of the young al jazeera hong kong, imposed some of the walls, toughest restrictions earlier this year. after being hit by a 5th wave of corona, virus infections. but from thursday, the being relax, restaurants will be allowed to serve until 10 p. m, and half salanza gyms can reopen the critic say it's too late for some businesses. and the territories cove at 19 policy needs to change dramatically out zeros. adrian brown reports in one of the world's most congested cities, the partial relaxation of cobit 19 restrictions couldn't come soon enough. families

have been rushing into theme parks, savouring a semblance of normality. it's more than a 100 days since basketball was bad, but for these players, it feels longer than that. it's heavy to be here again, like in half a year. so it's, it's happy to be here again to be able to get that report. but while bars and beaches remain closed, restaurants can now stay open longer. but one owner says his industry has paid a heavy price for the government pandemic strategy, which is seen around $2.00 and a half 1000 eateries close since early january. 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. 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 it is more difficult to 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's busiest. it's now it required a monday no flights arrived from outside. asia. airlines have been for a week if 3 or more passengers test positive recovered from the same flight. and everyone entering the territory was 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, still to come on. the reason why this ukrainian tennis stopped doesn't think the wimbledon should ban old russian class sports in just a few minutes with peter. ah .

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hello again. the key symphony orchestra is putting on its 1st performance since the war began, and its musicians are on a special mission from the ukrainian government. thursday's concert of the warsaw. philip monica will be the 1st stop on a european tor, at each artist has a role to play as andrew chappelle reports, ah, at any orchestra performance, the full range of human emotion can beyond display. but to keep symphony orchestra is practicing playing a different sort of tune as it begins a european tour with a special assignment from ukrainian authorities. nashik on saturday of sir, our concerts are truly a cultural mission. in ukraine. we say it is a cultural front dialects. it's not escaping the wall, it's another aspect of the wall of thought each strom the distraction from the reality back home and away for musicians to express the feelings that can't be

summed up with words profess him being a professional artist on the world stage is very very important right now, because we have access to people, souls through music and art, we speak to souls, we transmit a pain and desire our aspirations to hearts getting music. he's only been with the orchestra for a week and a half, but italian conductor, luigi gadget o. says he's never seen rehearsals like this before. and he hopes the tour will last until the end of the war. whenever that might be. and i noticed that he had your logo, they don't just feel nostalgia for a job. they feel nostalgic for the very reason of their existence, which is music. it's like the air they breathe and finally they can breathe again. back in ukraine of familiar melody is played during dark nights below ground. and

when people of car keith emerged to take stock of what else they've lost for those sheltering and metro stations, the music brings far more. ah, the most the movies music is art. it is life, it is a real flight that helps us sold, survive. it, bright is our lives and keeps us away from panicking. the darkness and gloom of the swamp, the bitterness, music, art we give us hope for the future hope for peace in this world that life will continue, and that the light will win over the darkness. that hope in the darkest days, his getting these people through awe. under chappelle, al jazeera time for sport, his pizza. i do. thank you very much. as expected majesty united have confirmed erickson harks as their new manager. the dash one is currently head coach at i x in

the netherlands, but we'll leave at the end of the season to take over at old trafford. favorite stokes reports. ah, for the 5th time since sir alex ferguson retired 9 years ago, manchester united of appointed any manager they hope will finally return the club to its former glories. ah, eric 10 hog assigned a 3 year deal. 3 to june 2025. he says he's excited by the challenge and determined to deliver the success he believes united deserve. the 52 year old won't take over until next season, though. he's currently trying to win his 3rd dutch league title with our acts a team he also led to the champions league semi finals back in 201910 hug is known for attacking style and commitment to youth players. like almost every direct manager, he will is completely unafraid to use. ah, you players where he is break with of deploying youngsters. he is quite

a st with players with this boy in him. but for young players and good news that the last coming to mrs. united's 10 hug take server united team in disarray, despite 21 goals from christiana, rinaldo, the season. she stays full no defeat to liverpool, left them sick from the premier league table, struggling to qualify for the champions league. a far cry from the teams that dominated under ferguson who went to european titles and 13 premier leagues. the biggest problem is that manchester united, the very top and you guys owners very, very bad football club owners neglect or family who have used manchester united as a commercial cash cow for the last 17 years. and they've underlined managers and they haven't necessarily made it easy for managers work in that environment. and i think in order for 10 had to be the right none of the united. you need the right

back in and support behind them. and in order for a club to fix some problems elsewhere, then he can get those issues addressed in the team. you know, it's, it's inter emboss. ralph run yet will stand as a consultant for 2 years. but he says that 6 years behind their rivals and that up to 10 new players could be brought in in the off season. well, they may have secured the services of 10 hug. it appears the rebuild that you know it, it is only just beginning david stokes. out his era. mentioned the city manager pape gaudy. ellis says he and his team. no, they can't afford to slip up in any of their remaining pre many games the season if they want to be champions again, they move back above liverpool for the top of the table with a 3 know when of brighton on wednesday. goals summary add more, a full photon and but not a silver store. they one advantage in the title race, both man, city and livable, have 6 matches left to play lose

one of the best sites in all e football history were facing one of the best teams ever. everything. so that why be in there with them in salad after winning winning, winning families in the past? and the players knows it. could chelsea have lewis hamilton and serena williams, among their new owners who it is new agency, has been told to pay, have joined the consortium, hoping to buy the club. it's reported the 7th time if one will champion the $23.00 time tennis grand slam winner. at each pledged millions of dollars to the bidding group laid by the former liverpool chairman. some awesome router carrying bens him up. must 2 penalties and roundheads match it also sooner on wednesday, but then proved costly. well, 131 to take a 17 point lead at the top of the spanish lead. lucas vasquez rounded off the victory in stoppage sun. 4 points from the last 5 games will secure a record 55th spanish title. if it remains comfortable to

full parasol man of the top of the french league, so 15 points care killing above a set them on their way to a 3. no. when at ology on wednesday, with these 33rd goal of the season, and the scoring was completed later on through p. s she, captain, marquee meals, you've entered, have given themselves hope of some silverware. and what's been a disappointing season of fates into milan. in the final of the copy of the scene or field and seen in the semi's, federico bernadette skis, great strides, set them on. they went to a to know the tree on wednesday. the final takes place on the 11th of may ukrainians, earnestina switzerland as his russian and bell, russian players who speak out against the invasion of the country should be allowed to compete at wimbledon. she was critical of the decision by the all england to have to put the band in place of the 2022 championships, which the sports governing bodies also described as unfair. felina said, if players speak out against the russian government than they are with the rest of

the world and its fe, they should be allowed to compete. women's defending men's champion of a joke of which is also warned about politics interfering with sport. he called the clubs decision to band play is crazy, which will so that i will always condemn war. i will never support will being a child of war myself. really, i know how much emotional trauma last month. however, i cannot support the decision of wimbledon. i think it'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 when a, a dramatic, over time, when for the philadelphia 70 sixes has put the team on the verge of the 2nd round of the n. b. a. playoffs. a buzzer beating 3 pointer from star man joline bead snatch victory over the toronto raptors on wednesday. the forward top school. the 33 points in the 100 for 101. when in game 3, the 76 of lead the best of 7 series 3, know i'm, you know,

coming to toronto's, definitely going to burger on, you know, for quite some time. so i want to come out and you know, juice you know, that the game come to me are and her body far great are but the job is not done. ah, you know, we got to go one more elsewhere on wednesday, the 22 points from jaylen brown help the boston celtics open up a to no series lead over the brooklyn nets finished 114107 to the 2nd seeds brooklyn have home advantage in game 3 on saturday. and the chicago bulls have level bases with milwaukee. them all the rosen was the storm and with 41 points. as the box went down at home, 14110 host next to matches in the series. the 1st of those takes place on friday. i want to see if you can drive home safely. chicago, no matter what you did and in a regular season, you know, as

a brand new start brand new mindset. you know, you, you can see it and all a guy. no, you don't matter. last 20 times to those guys notices. no, absolutely. let's go out there and compete, and now we gotta take advantage of it. in major league baseball, freddy freeman has handed out more pain, so he's pharmacy in the atlanta braves. he struck a 2 run homer to help the la dodgers to victory for the 2nd time in the 3 m series against the defending champions. but audience taking a $51.00, freeman played for the braves, 11 seasons. if we do anything, you t a $162000000.00 deal last month. that's all the sports news. i didn't pay that many thanks. need and little just about to for that he is our bumps, but he never stops. i'll be back in just a moment with more alteration is ah

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radicalization, part of the radicalized youth series on al jazeera o. u. s. president joe biden announced is more military support for keith and makes it easier. few craniums to seek refuge in the us. ah, hello, i'm adrian for again. this is al jazeera live from dough, also coming up. the siege of as of style rushes, president says all but the industrial area in mary a poll is under his control. ukrainian force is trapped inside our defiant maria pulls.