oh, i ukraine's military says more than 20000 russian soldiers have been killed in the conflict. ah, for watering elder 0 life from headquarters in delphi and also ahead. we go inside a ukrainian military field hospital. well, russia intensifies, it's a sold and the ease is really forces fire rubber, bullets, palestinians inside the occupied the ox. almost compound injuring 31 people 1st the u. k. in india agreed to step up defense and economic cooperation of western efforts to move new delhi away from its dependence on russia.

hello, we begin with ukraine and russell renewed military offensive in the east. ukraine's military says 21000 russian soldiers have been killed in the war. russia says it hit 58 military targets overnight and planned to take full control of the don boss region. dorothy jabbar is joining us from moscow. so one more can you tell us about this latest russian operation in boston, and what the russians are claiming its objectives to be well, during, we've had the most detailed description yet of russia's main goals in their 2nd phase of the so called special military operation. according to the acting commander of russia, central military units. the objective now is to take full control of the dumbass region, as well as the eastern part of ukraine. this is all to establish

a land corridor between the eastern parts of ukraine and crimea, which russia and in 2014. this commander also said something that we have not heard before. he said that establishing control over the eastern part of ukraine and into all the way through to crimea will also give russia and other way out to trans mystery out. that is an area in eastern part of mill dover. and the commander said that that is where as they believe the russians, there are a lot of russian speaking people that are being oppressed. now of course, this is something we've heard before. just a few weeks before they launched this special move, her operation into crane. they said that the russian speaking population in don't bass were being oppressed now. the area of trans mr. in moldova is a break away region. but it is internationally recognized as part of it is home to about 350000 people. and of that population,

about 200000 of them are russian passport folders. this is certainly something that would be a significant development in their russian objective. because in order to be able to establish any kind of a port or to that eastern part of those over, they would have to also be in control of a desa. that is another large port city in ukraine. so far we have not heard anything about those plans, but this is the 1st time we've heard from this commander about what could possibly be rushes long term objectives in ukraine. all right, thank you. there are some jabari reporting for moscow. while the u. s. has confirmed or have been unlawful killings of civilians in the ukrainian town of boucher. it says that many amount to war crimes with the means is in boucher. we've been speaking all day with the prosecutors who are investigating these alleged war crimes. we've also been speaking to the police has been digging out and

exhibiting bodies ever since the russians pulled out more than 2 weeks ago. and what the un is saying goes very much along the lines of what we have been hearing. we've been hearing that they found several bodies, for example, in the basement of a summer camp that men who were exit cute at point black with their hand side behind their back. we've also been told that they and they showed us pictures quite gruesome pictures of men who had been executed and then burned to their bodies completely charged that were found in another basement. and then there's also we saw some pictures of another 8 men who were also tied up and executed on the street. so certainly the team we were talking to said that they alone had found 18 bodies. now we are at the morgue. and since this morning, really just had to see the families coming to to try to figure out where their

loved ones. we were speaking earlier to a young lady and she said that her husband had to stay behind because men of fighting age weren't, are not allowed to leave ukraine at the moment. and then as her neighbors told her, well, when he was going out of his house, going to the basement of his has to get some stuff. he was shot point blank in the back health workers in eastern ukraine, say russia is deliberately targeting hospitals. the ukranian health ministry says at least 36 hospitals have been hit by shells close to the front line. soldiers are being treated and field hospitals. locations are being kept secret to protect them . charles stratford visited one such field hospital and eastern ukraine, and he told us what he saw incredible scenes overnight at as you say, this military field hospital, the sheer dedication and professionalism of the medics. many of them volunteers

working there, taking in ukrainian soldiers with a shrapnel wounds, bullet wounds, many suffering shell, shatka. we saw one man who were potentially was gonna have to have both, his legs amputated, the maddox. they're saying that her hospitals are being targeted in these areas where russia has been shelling russians are they say targeting hospitals. this is consistent with what the ministry of health said. yes, the last week saying that at least 36 ukrainian hospitals had been hit by russian shells. suddenly we saw video evidence given to us by a soldier in this field hospital of the hospital in the town that he had been evacuated from having been wounded. that hospital having been completely destroyed, am speaking to other medics. it was incredible. one man said that since he had been trained as a medic,

he'd had decades of experience operating in other conflicts. so when we kosovo, syria, iraq, he said he been trained to save lives, but he said that he was so angry, i want to russia has done here. russia, he said, was turning him potentially into a murderer. because he now was that determined to defend his country. other soldiers that we spoke to describe the scenes in this town that they had been evacuated from. they described real close contact fighting. i'm in this particular town. they said that literally grenade it was it. grenades were being thrown by both sides, it was almost hand to hand combat. and there was one man there who has being treated by a for a bullet wound. the bullet having it miraculous, he said a sniper, he popped his head up from a trench. a sniper had targeted him, it ricocheted off the back of his rifle and gone through the top of his arm.

narrowly missing his archery there, the medic said that he was very, very lucky to be alive. this guy's volunteer. he had only been fighting for under a week in this particular location. and just to give you an example of the background of some of these men, this man was a construction work, a working at the channel tional nuclear plant. before the war started, he was honest, we asked him, are you prepared to go back and fight? he said he will defend his country as much as he can. but he did say that he was traumatized and you'd been incredibly scared by what he see. he said there were, there are lots of russian soldiers in this particular town. and although the ukrainians were keeping them back, the fighting was incredibly intense. tens of thousands of people have flocked to the occupy the oxen last compound for friday. prayers. throughout the morning,

worshippers attended the mosque, but earlier is really forces had fired rubber bullets at palestinians inside the compounds the that was seen earlier on please 31 people were injured including 3 journalists, and one pandemic paramedic. excuse me. 2 people are in serious condition. israeli police say stones, and fireworks were thrown towards them on the western wall. there has been more than a week of height intentions in the area, incursions by jewish ultra nationalists group sparse, the recent unrest. stephanie decker is that the master's gate an occupied east, jerusalem, and says it's peaceful right now. it's not tense. i have to say from what, what we've been observing here over the last couple of hours. i think probably pretty much tens of thousands of worshippers making their way streaming in their we're backlogged numbers that we haven't seen in a very long time. there are no restrictions in place, said israeli police have court and off the roads around this area which they

usually do. interestingly, they did tell the ultra orthodox jews who often use this gate as well to enter the old city. not to use it today, but certainly the numbers, the biggest, very much business as usual. ok. so you know, over the last week or so when we received this escalation of tension at the moment, certainly a things a very common you know, the, the, the turing, the access given to these far right wing jewish groups is really what has been in flaming provoking palestinians who say that this is an attempt, many will tell you that it already has changed the status quo, which is that muslims can worship on the site. a non muslims can visit and you have these a far right wing groups that are calling for the right to worship that are trying to pray on the site and they're protected by forces when they access the site for a couple of hours for a few days. a week, so this is really what is contentious, but at the moment until the end of ramadan for the next 10 days, those visits will no longer be allowed to happen. this is procedural. but at the

same time, it is hoped that there's been a lot of diplomatic efforts behind the scenes as well to try and de escalate the tension. because certainly when it comes to the alex the most compound, it is very much a red line. and then the occupied west bank a funeral is taking place for an 18 year old palestinian man. let's re, let's do a shot by is really forces when they rated move town in janine on monday he said come to his injuries at dawn on friday. the orthodox christians from around the world are gathering and occupied east jerusalem for eastern celebrations, many carrying crosses through the streets of the city to mar good friday. harry false, that has more. this is the 3rd friday of ramadan you have was the worshippers coming through v o city alleyways towards the alex, the mosque for friday prayers. this is a rare of at the confluence of 3 festivals for the 3 abrahamic fates. the jewish

passover and the orthodox christian easter as well. and so we have these good friday processions coming through the old city as well. there were concerns about possible restrictions to access both to the old city and to the church of the holy sepulchre where these people are heading for. but after a court's verdict, those restrictions have been lifted. and so good friday is happening as these people wanted to see happen. this is very unusual. if it is something what the i say you can dream all life and then camping for this day. and you cannot really, because this is, i say for our, i thought you know, something very special and let's see, this is the corona fall of life. and this is the destination for all of these pilgrimages. the church at the holy settled in the heart of the old city where christians believe christ was laid to rest. the concerns about access were chiefly about what happens on saturday. the holy fire ritual,

where usually thousands of people access the church in the surroundings. israeli authorities, we're talking about restricting access to quite a low number after the court challenge that has been lifted back to the usual 4000 or so the context rule of this has been pretty bad relations between the church leaders and he's really government in recent months the church accusing the government and the police are not doing enough to preserve and protect christian life in the holy city. the israeli government saying that they were distorting the truth. so a low had been relations concerns about access. but so far things are proceeding as i have during previous easters. still had on al jazeera will be following the campaign trail, and frank says both presidential candidate has prepared for this sunday's crucial run off vote from ally to extradition. find out why former founder and president has been sent to the united states. ah,

he has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book. your travel package to day and here comes another heat wave for ease stager, hello everyone. we'll touch on that in at sac 1st. let's talk about the act of whether a slug of rain stretching from hong kong to shanghai. but the worst of it will stay south and east of shanghai as it steers into southern portions of japan. this includes for acute shoes, so cargo shima, wet weather for you on saturday with a hive 27 degrees. but look at some these temperatures, beijing at 29 degrees. let's put the colors on dark of the orange. the higher the temperature in beijing, i think in the days to come with a southerly breeze or pop up your temperature to 30. it's not going to be record breaking. but this is while above average or powering up some thunderstorms. once again, explosive thunderstorms for bangladesh is capital darker. some of that energy will slip further toward the south and some daytime heating storms to be expected, west bengal, a dish into entre pradesh,

over the course of the weekend cluster of cells. as we looked toward the southern slice of india and stretching from colombo right in to molly in the mall, deeds, and will, and this weather reports in one second in middle east. but 1st let's talk about that heat for northern sections of india. you deli still at 40 and i promised you we would get to the middle east. looks like we've got some showers popping up for the northwest portion of saudi on saturday. official airline of the joe again with oh,

lou ah, hello again to top stories on al jazeera, this, our russia defense industry says ukrainian troop on the equipment basis or long 58 targets here over night. it says it's military offensive, and eastern ukraine has now entered at the 2nd phase, the russian army says at ponds to take full control of the don boss region is really forces or fired rubber, bullets at palestinians. and they saw mass compound in the latest unrest and occupied east jerusalem. 3 journalist, sunday paramedic or mong 31 people who've been injured. bahama is holding a rally and gaza in support of muslims at the exxon last compound. let's find out

what's taking place right now. and speak to you, i'll tell you who's joining us from gaza humans. oh day. the throne kennedy. nate res, do want to have a right him now? we'll leave it there. thank you so much him that so yeah, this reporting from joseph india's prime minister says he's discussed the urgent

need for a cease fire in ukraine with britain's bore is johnson. so he's on a 2 day visit to india to announce new defense deals and free trade plans. burton is encouraging the indians to loosen economic and defense links to moscow. i'm not shocked at that. i missed you, but i know what to be. so we have agreed to increase our cooperation in the defense sector. we welcome the u. k. support for a self reliant india in all sectors. manufacturing, technology, design and development. how may you get in may we emphasize the need for an immediate cease fire, rain and the use of dialogue and diplomacy for resolving issues? dialogue we reiterated the importance of respect for the regional integrity and sovereignty of all nations. what we're doing is taking forward an ambitious penny, a roadmap for british indian relations that we agreed last year, was great to see you at the g 7 a. but since then, the threats of of autocratic coercion have grown even further,

and it's vast, full, vital that we deepen our cooperation. so today we've agreed a new and expanded defense and security partnership, a decades long commitment that will not only forge tighter bonds between us, but support your goal and the render of make in india and france the to presidential contenders are meeting voters on the last day of campaigning ahead of sundays run our votes. arena pen is in a topic in northern france, and she faces the incumbents in me anywhere in my home, in the final round and what's expected to be a tight race and touch butler is in a topic with more on marina pens campaign. this is a 2nd day in the north of france. it is a part of the country where it is high, where she is popular, and that is why she has come here for the last day of campaigning in this election . if you want the images that are going to be seen around,

probably supposed to be positive, she wants to be seen to be surrounded by people who are very likely to vote for their big concern. his really, the cost of living people have really struggled financially. they say the last few years are why it is only going to get worse because business owners had to complain in this market about some of the problems. so this is, this is really the picture here is a place where there is high unemployment where, because there is not much industry, there are fewer jobs. that is why there is such a strong support. former in the pen, when a man who might call taken a very different approach to marine the pen where he has decided to go to a policy where she has a lot of support where she is. he has chosen to go to places where he has less support. he was in the northern paris suburbs on thursday to say he is in the south with the, from the areas where there are a lot of left when voted people who voted for the far left candidate in the race. charlie many from the 1st round, those voters now if you like,

up for grabs and in my new my call is very much trying to target them as well as many of the people who are undecided. he is slightly ahead in the polls for the polls, a suggest dot could give him some confidence, but everybody in his campaign, he knows his place is tight, and it is far from over. the former president of honduras when extradited to the u . s. to phases, drug related charges, one, orlando hernandez, is accused of helping to move cocaine across the us border for nearly 20 years. the one time us ally denies the allegations theresa boat has more he was once at close united states ally, but has now been expedited to face drug trafficking charges in new york city. when orlando amanda was being held at a special forces military base in on the west capital t a. we see guy, but he was transferred in the middle of a massive security operation to an air force airport where he was taken in a u. s. drug enforcement agency plane,

back to the u. s. he's accused of conspiring to smuggle hundreds of tons of drugs to the united states. hernandez and his co conspirators help push 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 at amanda says he's innocent and that just his will prevail. williamson is i'm innocent of been submitted unfairly to trial. i want to share some potent woods injustices or a threat to justice in every place. you know, i worked tirelessly with the purpose of recovering peace in honduras. i gave all my

to my country. it is regrettable that those who turn on juris into one of the most violent countries in the world, those villains may i want to be heroes. when our landlord a man, this was elected president in 2014 wiley north face. he was considered partner of the us and was loaded for his alleged efforts to fight drug trafficking, any legal migration. his mandate ended earlier this year and was detained 19 days after leaving office. his brother tony at man. this was sentenced to life in prison in the u. s. on drug trafficking charges. during his brothers trial, prosecutors cleaned mexican drug, lord hawking chapels, mun handed the amended brothers, $1000000.00 for the presidential campaign. losing undo the essay, corruption has infiltrated the highest levels on the left 8 and they need international help to clean it up. closer with the concentration of power we saw

while hernandez was in office, weakened, all institutions and the country now needs to repair. we need to do lots of structural reforms to improve our discovery. we have requested help from the u. n. to help us do this. at a man, this expedition is the 1st time a former president is to be tried on drug trafficking charges in the us. many fear that the possibility of us trial will deter politicians in the region from polluting with criminal organizations ever again. that is, i will. i left ita, politicians in china discussing revisions to a law protecting women's rights. this follows anger a spark by a viral videos showing the plight of a mentally disabled woman who's been the victim of trafficking. just a warning, some of you may find images in katrina hughes report disturbing. oh, it started, but this video, images of a woman in a dirty shed wearing a chain around her neck. the woman named young, known as little plum,

flower had been traffic and sold twice as bright. in the 1990s, she was found in rural se in china in january and had given birth to 8 children with her husband, a father who insisted she be tied up for her own good. you as she was in that a share that i was exposed to the outside, so anybody will pass by that shadow was see her and that see that means that to people never thought this was an issue that they need to report to the authorities . the case prompted an anti trafficking campaign, and chinese legislators are now revising a law to strengthen the protection of women, or the government says the changes will focus on preventing abuse, sexual harassment, and discrimination in the workplace. but activists say real change depends on how the law is enforced and the yard tensions and more people need to use the law and practice to protect women's rights and interests, including women themselves and others who are responsible for safeguarding women. agencies need to better enforce this law. female victims who su for sexual assault

are rarely successful. in september, georgia, when a leading figure in china's new to movement lost her case against broadcasted june june. due to what the court said was insufficient evidence. and though chinese women are better educated and more highly paid than ever before, females are dramatically under represented in politics or leadership roles. many here fear china's demographic crisis could heard the viper willis, right. authorities are encouraging wars, birds, and promoting messages which may make it more difficult to access abortion and other reproductive services. the amendments to the law will likely be finalized. later this year, legislators are pushing for mandatory reporting of trafficking or abduction after widespread anger about miss young's plight. she's now reportedly receiving medical care and treatment fin mental illness. several county officials have been sacked in response and her husband has been arrested. katrina,

you al jazeera beijing frequence attacks in the kurdish region of northern iraq, have destroyed livelihoods enforced hundreds of families to flee. kurdish peacock a fighters are being hunted by churches armed forces across the border. as a summer been java reports, the presence of turkish soldiers in iraq and territory is controversial. both for iraq is on the kurds. at o, a blue green loves his sheep. he knows each one individually. they replaced his human friends when he and his family had to leave their home near the dick border. because of the continuing conflict between goodish b k, k fighters and the turkish military. i said we left all our possessions. the village was burned, we lost everything. would you not have all the prospects apart from these animals? the situation is not comparable to the old village. nothing here is like our village. hundreds of families have had to move in the last few years. as you get

closer to the border, clusters of abandoned homes can be seen every few miles empty villages like this being the hook is facing, its 3rd wave of displacement for the 1st one's game during the syrian revolution. then there was the fight against eisen and now the fighting between the turkish government and the p. k. k mean, more people are forced to leave their homes and move towards the city. the northern, the whole province in iraq's goodish region. at 16 camps for displaced people and 5 more for migrants. and i'm more than $200.00 families were forced out. recently. the population into a hook was doubled over not, but we welcomed them. they our as ourselves, we tried not to make them feel like displace to immigrants. living among turkeys, military regularly, posts videos to show tunnels and weapons. it says were used by members of the p k. k kurdistan. workers party, a group designated as terrorists by turkey. the united states and the european union,

but turkish military posts deep into the territory are controversial issue for the semi autonomous, goodish region and iraq. the authorities, everyone near the border, has lost family members or their own livelihoods to the conflicts. ramsey was displaced 2 decades ago and is now having to move again. here you can, i'm talking in a video. i've lived here all my life or houses now destroyed due to the fighting. we used to live in peace, but for more than 2 years, we have not been able to reach our villages or farmer lands because of the turkish showing when our it's a difficult life for those who say they're caught in the middle. the fight is knock on their doors for food or shelter. they are compelled to help. but then seen as collaborators by soldiers who she may, would it is no secret that the p k. k are present in the area. however, we hope that our lens are not taken as a better feel between the 2 parties, p k, k, and turkish army. we have been living here for a long time. our livelihood is yet,

and we cannot pay the price for the conflict on the scenic part of northern iraq used to be popular with tourists and was good farmland. now the sounds of bombs, sheldon bullets are heard more often than filling water and tripping birds from a job down to the area near up turkey border. ah, hello, we got headline don al jazeera, russell's defense minister says ukrainian troop and equipment bases or a long 58 targets hit overnight. that does it plans to take full control of the don't boss region? ukraine's military says 21000 russian soldiers have been killed so far. in the 2 month war, tens of thousands of people have flocked to the occupy the last compound for friday . prayers. throughout the morning worshipers attended the mosque, but earlier is really forces had fired rubber, ballistic palestinian.