the manual, my call, i'm marina pan, my head to head for the french presidency, but with the far right leader le pen, having softened her image and growing discontent with micro on the cost of living crisis at play. how will france vote follow the french election? are now to 0. ah, rushes president claims victory in the battle for mario pole, and ordered his troops to see lost the as of style still works. and every one in it, the northern china, this is out there, alive from london, also coming up at least 18 people are killed and explosions across afghans on including 10 as a sheer mosque in missouri. sharif months after leaving office for my home during president on orlando and others is extradited to the u. s. on drug trafficking

charges. and 1st johnson's own colleagues vote for an investigation into whether he lied to the u. k. parliament over pandemic party. ah, russian president vladimir putin has declared victory in the battle for mary po. and what would be moscow's biggest gain of the war so far? created precedent or misled, he confirmed that russia controls much of the city, but denies its fallen hootin made the claim. despite canceling plans to storm the as of style still works. the cities last pocket of resistance. instead, he ordered his troops to seal off a thousands of defenders and hundreds of civilians said to behold up there. so not even a fly can get through elsewhere and the don bus region. russia has captured 42 villages across to nist and aid to lead. he's chief of staff confirmed the losses,

but said they could be one back and years. president joe biden says the u. s. will send another $800000000.00 in weapons and ammunition to ukraine in the coming days . dosage of our reports from moscow on russia's claims of victory and mario poll. 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. peoples republic heavily berated 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, mario pole who have refused to surrender. officials believe there are nearly 2000 ukrainian fighters hold up in and around the steel plant. 4 days russian officials

have 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, bigler group. 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 officers. there's no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl under ground through these industrial facilities block off this industrial area so that not even a fly comes through neevadolla. she'll probably dormer. i know they've captured most of mario, 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 and they will stay there for now. so hopefully as vladimir putin was being told of victory in mary opal russian back separatist fighters of danielle. and our school was back in session for the 1st

time since the invasion on february 24th. according to the done yet, sc people's republic, $721.00 children are going to school and marry a book under its supervision. the separatist say moscow has sent school books for these children, including text books on the russian language and russian history. here around the children are glad to be alive, to communicate with each other. they respect to elders. some of them met the teachers, their school directors from previous schools, posters, reading for homeland, for russians, for don bass, all in russian cover 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 prussian forces entered mary opal on march 11th. now, $42.00 days later they have claim victory. but at what cause,

it's not clear if any one 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. doors such a worry al jazeera moscow satellite images from near maria pole, show a mass burial site has been expanded. in recent weeks, the u. s. company max, our technology says analysis of images indicates at least 200 new graves were constructed between march and mid april. a local councilor says russian forces were seen transporting the bodies of residence to that site. mario paul mare is calling for an urgent cease fire around the as of style plant. he says there's a desperate need for humanitarian corridor to get people out safely. oh, not sure who are 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 us

of style still works, get an opportunity to get out and be taken to safety. at least for 24 hours. this humanitarian cordele 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 year's president joe biden has badge and other $800000000.00 of military assistance for ukraine, for weapons ammunition and drones. and he said, you have to ask congress for extra money because funding for arms has almost been exhausted or white house correspondent. kimberly how can reports as the russian siege on the ukrainian city of mary paul continues, in tant, on crushing any remaining resistance. the white house says it's sending new shipments of military aid to help ukrainians white back. we're in a critical window now. and united states and our allies and partners are moving as

fast as possible to continue to pride ukraine. the forces that they need, the weapons they need, excuse me, the equipment they need, their forces need to defend their nation. ah, the latest aid package announced the same day, the ukrainian prime minister was in washington meeting with you as president joe biden. and military leaders totals 800000000 in heavy artillery, including 72 howitzers, 144000 rounds of ammunition, and follows more than a 1000000000 in security assistance already sent to ukraine. however, with this latest dispersement, i'm almost exhausted to draw down authority. i have the congress authorized for ukraine. that's why next week fight. it will ask congress for even more money to continue the flow of weapons. but as for where these weapons go, once handed out the white house admit there is little accountability. the failure

to track who is receiving us weapons, alarms, members of the president's own democratic party. congresswoman ill han omar last month tweeted the consequences could be disastrous if weapons are given to paramilitary groups, such as the far right linked as off battalion without accountability for these weapons also and out in conflicts outside of the country. and this is the, one of the primary concerns. it's really out of the control of the united states. you know, when we provide weapons, we try to ask the countries to agree to use them and control them in certain ways. but ultimately, that's not something we can have control over for decades, the u. s. government has armed non state groups in iraq, afghanistan, libya, syria, and elsewhere. often with unintended consequences. most recently enough, ghana stan weapon supplied by the united states to fight the taliban are now being

used by some militias against civilians to commit human rights violations. the defense department is calculating just how much money the white house will need from congress for weapons for ukraine, whatever the amount of president biden says, the goal is to keep the weapons flowing without interruption. kimberly, how can al jazeera, the white house for god is a president of the ukrainian world congress. he joins us live from toronto. thanks very much for being with us. now aside from the, the lethal aid that so being talked about just that your organization is been raising money for it. normally it'll, equipment for volunteers in the ukrainian territorial defense forces. tell us how difficult it's been get it is been to to get that equipment to the front lines. so we've been raising funds and procuring protective equipment for the defenders of ukraine as we know there's a very. ready large start toward defense nation. it was created shortly before the war broke. and there are over 200000 volunteer defenders. those people that

actually behind to fight for their families for their holes, for their villages. and these people are in desperate need of protective equipment . so we've been raising money around the world and, and procuring and getting those be getting us for life. it has been working very well today. we have deployed about $20000000.00 worth of equipment. these are protected best helmets, night vision goggles, medical kits to those people on the front lines. and so that isn't moving forward quickly. what we're hearing from them is they're, they're watching weapons or lacking b, b, the heavy artillery. they need to be able to send themselves russia today, spending a $1000000.00 a day on this war. and a package that was announced. states is very welcome, but compare 800000000 dollars versus a 1000000000 dollars a day that rushes spinning on this war. i mean, the momentum at the moment also seems to be on the face of it. in russia's favor, they seem to be closing on, on mary paul and they all have. i've also taken 42 villages on thursday alone in

the east. how difficult will it be to for ukraine to resist this increase in pressure now that russia has concentrated effort in these the ukrainians will, are brave people and they will continue to fight for the homeless. this is not a question of if the will continue to fight, they will fight to the end. question is, how many people must die before the russians are stop? and that is the reason why present lensky is constantly calling on the international community to provide you with them. so they are prepared to defend themselves. demonstrated with understanding this is simply just not a territorial graph. this is an invasion, it's an occupation. it's a subjugation. it's genocide, we're seeing the unforgivable slaughter of the current. and we know that when the russians occupied because we saw that in northern ukraine, just north of came what that what the after mass are of russian occupation is

genocide. and we need to stop this genocide, and that's why the world has to stop doing and provide the credit weapons and the sanctions because they need to stop the funds that russia is receiving a daily basis from trade with gas or other trade is doing with the international community, they need to stop that. russia not be able to continue to fund this war. mckinney, russia would dispute the, the genocide times. i've denied there's times in the meantime the what, what for the actions do you want to see, aside from the military that's coming in from the international community that, that might help to, to bring this water close. the next, the next after, after military. and it has to be has to be pronounced military. there's still been a throttling, tethering though. a lot of the types of equipment ukraine has been asking for, a fighter jets tanks, weapons that they need to really stop this rushing on slot. but in addition to that, we need sanctions. we stop in russia's war and occupation, credit boycotts,

embargo, oil and gas need to close all courts and border crossings to russian goods. we need to pose a total economic reasons. russia means total from swift in prevent them from, again, fueling this war. and what's happening is we're seeing some countries, like many european countries, north american countries that are slowly implementing these types of embargoes and sanctions, will not seeing in other countries with asia or africa that have been reluctant to do so. countries such as india, thailand, and others, and we're calling on those countries to quite frankly, if they do not stop the flow of funds, the russia, they themselves should be sanction enablers of these crimes program. thank you very much. need to for your perspective, i think you so to come the shelf ha, ah, theme parks,

maestro's and jim's reopened is hong kong eases it's tough case. restrictions that many businesses have already left the city plus, ah, binding hominy despite mutual keith symphony orchestra begins. it's european to ah, hello, thank you for joining in here's your world's weather report. let's begin in japan where the rain has made a clean sweep of southern areas as it pushes away there. that means an improvement in conditions. so tokyo, we're going to dial up your temperature to $26.00 degrees in the sunshine on friday, in summer weather maker toward the northeast of china, it's going to land into the waters between korea and japan as it creeps closer to home kado. so an unsettled day in support with a high of 20 degrees,

some heavy bouts of what weather falling between the gang see and the pearl river valley, especially around grey lynn with the hive. 22 degrees, some on settle conditions and hong kong as well. okay, so se, stager, the area of concern continues to be southern sumatra into west java, some bursts of heavier rain here. and this rain has been locked into place over the last few days. and certainly the risk of seen some flooding. same goes for queensland north tropical coasts. look at this batch of what weather darker the color, the more intense the rain is falling in over the next several days. i think we could pick up about half a meter of rain. so severe weather warning in play for that heavy rainfall. okay, we'll and in new zealand right now, we're a lot of what weather is falling on, the northland region into the escape. so the umbrellas needed and given the hive 23 degrees. that's at the top. susan ah ah, ah, why did one of toilets most decorated hobbs flee the country in fear of his law?

prod, investigation? one 0 18th review exploded to validation. a police corruption. what out of 0? ah al jazeera, with capital. ah ah! from on to the top story here out 0 rushes president is declared victory in the battle for murder. you pull. vladimir putin ordered his troops to seal off the

defenders and civilians trapped in a large steel works, which is the cities last pocket to resistance. elsewhere and the dog must region. russia has captured $42.00 villages across burnett's, an aide to zalinski is chief of staff, confirm the losses, but said that they could be one bag. he was president joe biden says the u. s. will send another $800000000.00 in military aid to ukraine. the support bracket will include heavy artillery and drones, least 18 people have been killed in explosions across multiple cities in afghanistan, the northern city of missouri, sharif the nearby province of canoes, and the eastern province of none. go ha, we're all targeted. i said, beg reports on the latest attacks, worshippers i to musk targeted as they prate minority. she us, once again the victim of this attack, it happened in the northern african city of missouri. sharif report say 10 people were killed and 40 were injured. i bagged with explosives that was detonated from

a distance i saw in afghanistan. say it was behind the bombing dishwater daily enemies of afghanistan bought a big massacre to missouri sheriff. unfortunately, as you can see in the p d. 2 area of said the gone of missouri. he should have an explosion occurred which was from explosive material. and approximately 25 people were killed and injured in this incident. long valley bon has been fighting groups linked to isolate, since seizing power last august in separate attacks. several people were killed when an explosion hit a bus carrying airport workers in condos province. and fortelli bon members died to an, an explosive device detonated near their coff. these attacks come days after 2 blasts outside schools in the sheer neighbourhood of gobbled that attack, killed at least 6 people. one of the major challenges for the taliban government has been to provide security. but minority communities continue to live in fear. a sad bag of desert, a former president of honduras,

and one time american ally is currently on a plane to the u. s. to face drugs and ahmed charges on orlando and unders, who only left office in january this year was arrested in february on drug trafficking. and arms charges the u. s. justice department, also in ages and on those accepted a bribe from the head of the similar costello cooking of chapel guzman facilitated by the fuller president's brother, one antonio. well, just moments ago the u. s. department of justice explained that they believe and, and as facilitated the importation of drugs into the u. s. claiming he was an active participant in the crime. not just a bribed official hernandez and his co conspirators help pushed 500000 kilograms of cocaine into the united states. that's 500 tons of cocaine. poison that landed in this country on our streets. and as we allege in the indictment, that's exactly what hernandez wanted. realized that during a meeting with

a co conspirator, hernandez declared that he wanted. and i quote, to stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos, audio, castro, live from washington dc. what else did the justice department have to say? lauren, this is truly a jaw dropping moment. it is highly unusual for the united states to expedite a former head of state to the us facing these charges they explained while unsealing hernandez is indictment, that it was drug money that he allegedly use to fuel his political rise, including allegedly taking that $1000000.00 bribe from l. chapa. so who's mine? of course, the mexican drug lord, who is now serving a lifetime sentence in the us. hernandez is also being charged with related fire arms charges, and accused of looking the other way as hundreds of thousands of kilos of cocaine

with traffic from, from honduras ultimately destined for distribution in the us. and we saw the d o j trying to link his role directly in the deaths link to the opioid pandemic here in the us. now this is a fall from grace that was rapid hernandez was president of honduras until just in january. he was seen as an ally during the trump administration, and he has professed his innocence now after he lost his presidential election in honduras in november. that very quickly led to this moment when we saw hunter and celebrating on the streets of critic saying, and hoping that the us will ultimately hold their former president to account. and what was next will it will be hernandez landing here in the us. he will go on trial and his critics are hoping that he will go the same way as his brother and of trouble whose mind in being convicted for these crimes. how does your custer thank you very much. on comb,

impose some of the world's toughest restrictions early this year, to being hit by a 5th wave of current of ours infections. but from thursday they'd be relax. adrian brown reports from the one of the world's most congested cities, the partial relaxation of koby 19 restrictions couldn't come sooner. 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 here again, like in half a year. so it's, it's happy to be here again to be able to get that report claim but well, 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 sort of frustrating foss, even if the 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 if 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 said, 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,

the coded 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 british m. p. 's voted to investigate where the promised subarus johnson lied to parliament over the so called party gate controversy. johnson has come under intense pressure after being fined by police for holding parties at down the street. at the height of the cobra. pandemic hall reports from london. the

motion went through on the nord in parliamentary, speak unopposed. not requiring a vote, triggering an inquiry into the possibility of boris johnson lied to empties about locked down parties in downing street and amendment aimed at covering the motion was removed on thursday morning. apparently it made government fears of a large scale rebellion by its own. m. p's who didn't wish to be seen as blocking parliamentary scrutiny headed local elections next month. instead, someone found it hard to contain their distaste. i have to say, i'm sorry for not paying the letter and spirit, and i think we have heard that the prime minister didn't know what the letter was. the prime minister now should belong to speak of certain vote for this motion. but really, the prime minister should just know to keep on profoundly disappointed in what happened at number 10, dining street people were bad, the let down, my constituents feel bad the let down. i feel personally badly left out by what

happened. there must be consequences that follow from the prime minister on a visit to india said he had nothing to hide. i'm very there. let me just say i'm very keen for every possible form of scrutiny. and if the house come can do, i think whatever it wants to do. but all i would say is, i think think that that should happen until the investigation is completed. and that's my only point. i said, i said this time and time again. let's get the that the, the investigators do that stuff. maurice johnson has already been fined by the metropolitan police were attending a downing street event, his own birthday party. in fact, in breach of cobit 19 lockdown rules parliament's privileges committee made up of 7 cross party and peas will begin its inquiry only after the police investigation is

over. it will look at whether boris johnson deliberately misled in peace, lie to them. in other words, when he said back in december that no covert 900 rules had been broken. remember, he maintains that he believed. then he had not broken any rules that defense could with sin. if, as expected, johnson receives up to 3 more fines for other events, among more than a 1000 under investigation, the privileges committee would have access to much of the evidence. the police have relied upon including hundreds of photographs. he is already the 1st serving prime minister to have been sanctioned by the police for breaking the law while in office . now for his johnson is set to become the 1st in recent times to be investigated for lying to parliament. finding if it comes that could force his resignation. jonah, hold al jazeera with the key symphony orchestra is putting on its 1st performance is the will be dan and its musicians are on

a special mission from the ukrainian government, those days, concerts at the well, we'll so philharmonic is the 1st stop on a european tour and h r artist, as of old play, and japan 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. 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 a 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. oh 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 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 grounds. mm. and people of car key 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. mostly music is art, it is life. it is a real flight that helps us sold, survive. it brightens our lives and keeps us away from panicking. the darkness and gloom of the swamp, the bitterness, music, art, they 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 is getting these people through. ah, andrew chappelle al jazeera ah, are my the top stories around his era. russian president vladimir putin, his declared victory in the battle from are you pull in what would be moscow's biggest.