[000:00:00;00] ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it feel exceptional. katara always going places to get. ah, us, president joe biden announces more military support for keith and makes it easier for you craniums to seek refuge in the u. s. ah, i made room for them. this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up, maria polls met issues of a desperate coal for a humanitarian corridor to allow thousands of civilians to leave. the city. britons prime minister boris johnson faces

a parliamentary investigation of whether he lied to any piece of a corona virus lockdown parties of downing street, a wild fire burning out of control in the u. s. state of arizona forces thousands of people from that ho. we begin with the announcements of more military support for ukraine view as president joe biden is promising an additional $800000000.00 package to help keep and it's fight against washing forces. this is about the same amount of military aid that the white house pledge for ukraine last week. 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 move weapons and equipment to ukraine of record speed. however, with 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 grain fighters continue to deliver economic assistance to the ukrainian people. hope and i, my hope is my expectation is congress would move and i quickly on white house correspondent, kimberly how could reports the u. s. president believes that the fight has change for the people of ukraine, particularly the terrain that this requires a different type of weaponry. so the united states now offering some 800000000 to supply heavy artillery. that includes $72.00, how it serves as well as one 144000 rounds of ammunition and $121.00

goes drones. we also know that in addition to this 800000000 in security assistance, there will also be 500000000 in humanitarian and economic assistance. this is so that the government of ukraine can continue to keep some bits, programs running. now another announcement that has been made the is that the u. s . government is also banning russian affiliated ships from docking in any sort of u. s. port so that the united states can continue to penalize the russian government and sort of disable its ability to finance its war machine. all told the package that now has been in now's brings. the amount of security is this is the u. s. is pledged or dispersed to ukraine to 3400000000 since the start of the russian invasion of ukraine. russian president vladimir putin as a band of his plan to storm the steel planted. mary apple, where the cities lost ukrainian,

defenders hold up. instead. moscow will continue to blockade the sides. russia still expects to capture the complex from the next 3 to 4 days. i want to restore safari reports from moscow. this is what victory looks like for the russian military. nearly 2 months into moscow's so called special military operation, and its defense minister is now declaring his 1st major successor of the armed forces of the russian federation and the peoples michelle daniels. people's republic have liberated maribelle. the remnants of the formation of nationalists took refuge in industrials on of those off style plant. the as of salt plant remains the last stronghold for ukrainian troops and mary paul, who have refused to surrender. officials believe there are nearly 2000 ukrainian fighters hold up in and around the steel plant. for days russian officials had been saying they are willing to allow sporadic ceasefire periods to let them surrender, or they would have to storm the plant. now,

the commander in chief of russia's armed forces has other ideas but a gloom. i consider the proposed storming of the industrial area, pointless. i order to have bought it. 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 officers. 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 through. but i needed norma chavez donna. i know they captured most of mary paul a long time ago. we are very well aware of that, but there's a part of the city where our service men remain. might have they will stay there for now. the hope this once thriving port city was home to more than 400000 people . now, fewer than $50000.00 are left unable to escape the fighting. as vladimir putin was being told of victory in mariel, pal,

rushing back separatist fighters of done yet. and now school was back in session for the 1st time since the invasion on february 24th. according to the done yet so people's republic, $721.00 children are going to school in mary opal under its supervision. the separatist say moscow has sent school books for these children, including text books on the russian language and russian history. you arrived, the children are glad to be alive, to communicate with each other. they respect to elders, some of them and the teachers. this school directors from previous schools, posters, reading for homeland, for russians, for dumbass, all in russian, covered the walls in the schools. an indication of what's likely to come as russian officials say it is now safe for residence to return home russian forces entered mary opal on march 11th. now,

42 days later they have claimed victory. but at what cost, it's not clear if any $1.00 will return to this ruined area to live under russian occupation, or who will be expected to rebuild a city which now lays in ruins. door safari al jazeera, moscow new satellite imagery is showing what appears to be another mass graves. this one near ukraine's besieged city of maria, pulled the private us from max are released. these images and ass grave is around 20 kilometers from maria paul and grew in size between march and mid april. a local councilor says that russian forces were seen transporting bodies to that site. well, as the russian offensive in the east of ukraine continues, hunters here as charles stratford reports now from bark lot and the don 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 eyes 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 its 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 if i just to be able to push back until that pilot

is played of ukrainian forces. he, any military analysts 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. the prime ministers of spain, denmark of pledge their support to ukraine on a visit to keep the latest european leaders to meet the ukrainian president in recent weeks. they also made the trip to yankee outside the capital, where the bodies of 9 civilians were found over night, famous prime minister petro sanchez, condemned what he called the atrocities of putin. war on the streets of town will outside the capital keep. many ukrainians are still surveying the damage left by russian shelling. i'll just hear a hold of bell hamid reports now from a pin. well, we're yeah, actually at this bridge that leads out of

a pin and this place really has become iconic for all the wrong reason. it had been detonated as the russians were trying to advance to as the capital a key. you know, if, if you recall there was these dramatic pictures of civilians trying to flee as quick as they can under the shelling on this card. 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 russian 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 pin. there is boucher also now becoming iconic for all the wrong reasons. still to come here on al jazeera. ah, none of these take on a whole new meaning is the key symphony orchestra takes to the stage for the 1st time since school began. at asia vibrant economic held on the threshold, comb, severe covey 19 lockdown continues to hunt businesses. ah, well, i was had some nasty weather effecting iraq recently. a 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 it on that cloud. actually, you might just catch a spot or 2 of rain into iraq, maybe into were 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 a time 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 one or 2 showers as clipping the far north of western africa. we have got some wet weather around the gulf of guinea, some lively showers,

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. oh wow. ah, hello again. this is reminder of the main news. this l u. s. president joe bypass analysis of you support package b crane fight and says he see a marked $800000000.00 in military 8th, which includes heavy artillery. i'm drones. russia says it's captured the strategic port city of maria poll. president vladimir putin has ordered his forces to abandon plans to storm a steel club. there. lay siege to it instead is tomas dramatic stronghold of ukrainian resistance in the city. the barrow of maria poll says does an urgent need for a humanitarian cordele to rescue civilians who are fighting inside that as of small steel plants. he says to verification to continuing with russia to allow you premium fighters to leave with their weapons. british m p. 's voted to investigate where the prime minister boris johnson lied to parliament over the so called party

gate controversy. johnston has come under intense pressure after being fined by police for holding parties at downing street at the heights of the pandemic. out as he was shown, a whole reports from london. this labor party sponsored opposition back motion has been waived through parliament on the nod unopposed without a vote. triggering an investigation by continent into whether or not the private devoris johnson deliberately misled in peace, lied to them. in other words, when he said in december, no rules have been broken. in respect of those alleged parties would have taken place in downing street over the period of lockdown restrictions. and remember, he has already received, defined himself as part of the ongoing metropolitan police investigation for attending one of those events. his birthday party, no less inside the cabinet office. in 2020. it's a very significant turn of events. this, that had seemed unlikely. even as recently as this morning,

off to the government table to come amendment on wednesday night aimed at wrecking this motion. using its atc majority to do so, that amendment was dramatically taken off the table late morning, apparently in fear of a larger than expected revolt. rebellion by conservative party em fees. had they been asked to vote, who simply don't want to be seen ahead of local elections next month as blocking parliamentary scrutiny? well, the name of the game now seems to be openness on the part of the government parties . johnson in india says he invites that scrutiny. he has nothing to hide. but an important moment. this is for him and for his position as prime minister. after hours of debate today, in which absolutely scathing things have been said by empties on all sides of the house about him including calls for his resignation, boris johnson will now become the 1st serving prime minister in recent times to face an investigation by parliament over whether he lied to empties, potentially putting his own job very much in jeopardy. frances presidential

hopefuls are holding their final rallies ahead of sunday's vote. president emanuel micron has been campaigning and sent beneath a sub a north of paris. he's hoping to call the voters who went overwhelmingly to the left in the strand is far white's challenge. amberin le pen has just begun her rally and more than france. opinion polls favor mccrory, but suggest that it could still be a tight race. i'll just say natasha butler. it's live for us in our us. well, a pen is holding that ruddy. what's the atmosphere there like mo tasha. oh for the sport is a marine the pen. they are pretty fired up. they do believe that the fall right candidate can become frances, next president brain and is a whole day had a last campaign rally here in the city of our hi, morgan francis, a regional pads with a high support with the far right. a lot of support for armor on the pent she is in familiar territory. now,

she has been very hard for the past 2 weeks ever since she got through the 1st round to try and garden more votes before the final run, run off against the incumbent centricity. minor micro on sunday, she's trying to talk with, i just don't have a natural candidate to back in the selection chapter. say, trying to pass on trying to target many things to say that they are still undecided . she's been on stage setting out hoping for all sorts of things. we've been hearing loss over the past few weeks. she's talking about trying to do more to help us can i help people with the cost of living the number one issue in this campaign to try and do more to shield your work is in pounds of globalization supports prioritize french nationally as a for foreigners in france for things like adults house in services, and she also wants to make it legal from muslim women to wear the headscarf in public in france. that is something that has been very controversial. be talked about some lights in the last few days. his campaign, she's been questioned to back it by members,

the public which has been out to out and about and in a, in a presidential candidate to be to think on wednesday night. michael. so decided to pencil such a policy the trash and buffalo reporting live from the marine, the pen rally. let's get more now on the mccall campaign. as we said that he's holding a rally and somebody north of paris. i'll just zeroes. bernard smith is that the micron is coming today to a mel sean strong, cold mellow shows you all the melon shown the fall left candidate who in nationwide did you get quite enough of the vote to make it into a 2nd round run off with macro, but here you got 49 percent share as a boat versus micron 20 percent and m marine lapel and 11 percent. so metal sean, strong, cold, not natural micron 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. mel sean king makers. to help propel him to that 2nd, 2nd to a french president, the votes are not guaranteed. many people here will say they are very disappointed within manual micron and it's failure to address what they perceive as challenges, particularly in terms of cost of living. but there's a lot of resentment and dislike of the fall, right? so many people manage on support man, upholding that nose is a voting for macro. and because they don't like the alternative from the pan macro wants to do is to turn those into positive votes for him rather than votes that it

just not for the alternative. at least 18 people have been killed and explosions across multiple cities in afghanistan, the northern city of missouri sharif, the nearby province of condos and the eastern province of manga harp and targeted eye souls claim, responsibility for the blast, and reservations that kill 10 people. explosion near the airport in condo was killed for people, and in manga province for taliban members. died is when the forces fired robert bullets, news pepper spray in during $21.00 palestinians of the alex mos compound. ah, has been almost a week of hypertension besides unoccupied east jerusalem incursions by jewish ultra nationalist groups, spoke the recent unrest of 0. stephanie decker reports now from occupied east jerusalem. that visit that there's 3 areas 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 he is ready. forces are cleared via 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 all. 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 big 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. i'm 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 court publicly for the building of a 3rd temple. this is hugely provocative to palestine in hong kong is starting to relax some of its strict corona virus restrictions. earlier this year, the city imposed some of the was toughest measures to deal with sewing inflection rates, infection rough rates. the critics say it's done irreversible damage to businesses . to zeros, adrian brown reports in one of the world's most congested cities, the partial realization of koby 19 restrictions couldn't come soon enough. families have been rushing into theme parks, savoring 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 a game like 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 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 in concert hall was once asia's busiest. it's now eerily quiet. on monday, no flights arrived from outside asia. airlines were banned for a week. if 3 or more passengers test positive recovered from the same flight and every one entering the territory must quarantine 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 quarantine. that in turn, is helping their economies to grow again. but hong kong like mainland china is sticking doggedly to what he 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. a wildfire has displaced thousands of people in the u. s. state of arizona. officials say that nearly 7000 hector hasn't been scorched in the

northern county. of coconino and dry conditions are making things worse. cutty lopez, hurry on, 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 its force. 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. no horses. i think with flames as high as 30 meters push to fire over a major highway at one point. the place 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 firefighters worn dry grass and low humidity could make the fire grow both in size and intensity. katya lopez of a young al jazeera, the kid's symphony orchestras putting on his fuss performance since the war began. and its musicians are on a special mission from the ukrainian government. thursdays consists of the war, so film on it will be the 1st stop on a european tour at each artist has a role to play under chappelle reports. ah, at any orchestra performance, the full range of human emotion can be on display. but the keep symphony orchestra is practicing playing a different sort of tune as it begins a european tour with a special assignment from ukrainian authorities. no nashik on saturday of sir,

i'll concerts are truly a cultural mission. yeah. in ukraine, we said 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 through 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 she had your love order, they don't just feel nostalgic 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. i am a people of car keith emerged to take stock of what else they've lost. oh, for those sheltering and metro stations, the music brings far more. ah, the most the movies, mostly music is art, it is life. it is a re, a flight that helps her soul survive. it brightens 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 ah, andrew chappelle out is here. there's plenty more video for you along with the latest news analysis and comment, or co sport at the website or 0 dot com. ah, it is good to be with us. hello adrian, sitting in here and know how the headlines on al jazeera u. s. president joe biden, as announced a new support package for ukraine bite and says he's earmarked $800000000.00 in military aid, which includes heavy artillery and drones. russia says that it's captured the strategic port city of maria poll. president vladimir putin has ordered his forces to abandon plans to storm a steel plant there and lay siege to it. instead. it's the last remaining strong hold of ukrainian resistance in the city. the mayor of maria paul says there's an urgent need for

a humanitarian corridor to rescue civilians who hiding inside the as of style still