to do is rewrite the security architecture. it's your personal united states. you seriously get a warrant to gum at the same time, your weekly pay on us politics and his id. that's the bottom line. ah, ukraine's president again calls for a meeting with his russian counterpart, but warren's talks are off if soldiers and maria pull or killed. ah, we want to know, is there a lie for my headquarters and del heim daddy navigator also a heads. ukraine says washington's top diplomat. on defense chief are due in keith as the war enters its 3rd month, but there is no confirmation from the bite in administration. the french are voting for their next president, their choosing between incumbent to money. well,

my crone and far right candidates, marina pen and an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in nigeria kills more than a 100 people. hello ukraine's president has again post for a meeting with vladimir putin to end the war, despite saying he doesn't trust the russia leader. addressing journalists in achieve metro station, followed him as a lensky covered a wide range of his shoes. he also announced that the u. s. sector, state and defense secretary are set to visit on sunday, but i've been hamid reports from the capital. need to reach out some movie thought to president viola dealers, the lensky face to wells pres, come a makeshift platform, constructed in one of keys, metro stations. he said, one of his priorities was the evacuation of people caught up in the siege of new paul. but that it was difficult to trust to russia money yet is the hoard itself.

so will we offered any format for the exchange of our people who are currently in this predicament in this terrible situation you call it in the same bloody encircling was to by and this should of serial number of he warned that he would break off talks with russia, if the remaining ukrainian troops in my you pulls, as of stealth, leaders planted north, killed me. he said sesna, carmen are killed in mary. a pole in the pseudo referendums are organized in the south. the blue then ukraine will withdraw from any negotiation process. she was little hammer twice the president paused to make way for passing train. we hear from president zelinski on a daily basis. but this is the 1st large press conference in the beginning of the war, and it's happening 70 meters underground. and one of the metro stations of cave, and actually when the capital was under threat, hundreds of people here seeking shelter. the president appeared,

relaxed. he says he was grateful for the kind of weapons his country was receiving of late from the united states and western allies. but reminded people that without the additional weapons, there would be no fight. should the v score of local wine and the, shall i do not consider the option that our partners will not give us the weapons. they promise. i do not consider this option at all. they have no alternative to it . we will not provide them with this opportunities. we have no other chance. twin back, our landline will nothing. but zelinski also wondered about the upcoming visit of un secretary general antonia gutierrez, who is visiting moscow before coming to keep your drive home. uncle was which ugly of you, i think it's a mistake to visit russia furry than ukraine robin. this is simply wrong, him for what to hand over a message from russia. he but i mean, i know he asked by al jazeera, if he wanted to pursue people for war crimes. he's sickness. good on my yano green . i don't care whether it's in the hag or somewhere in ukraine,

sir. what matters is how many will be imprisoned, and for how long would it say smeeley women, another strong performance from the ukranian president in a remarkable setting. g, a president dealing smoothly and efficiently with international media, but also presidency lensky, the realist as ukraine faced more military action saturday, including a missile strike on an apartment block in odessa, cuz that killed a 3 month old baby. put up the hamid al jazeera kubrick was out with at least 8 people have been killed in those miss all strikes on the southern port city of odessa, 18 others were injured in the attack, which targeted a military facility and to residential buildings. a senior ukrainian official says the death toll will likely rise al jazeera sadie. my sword isn't odessa near a residential tower that was hit. usually it's less gun element any we've just arrived in this neighbourhood in odessa. that's been hit with

a cruise missile. this residential building was struck by at least one miss me, what residence to being evacuated to smoke. please continue to fill the skies above us as a heavy presence of fire ambulance and rescue. cruise on the scene. we're trying to examine the aftermath of the security measures here are very tied. earlier we saw for cruise missiles in the skies over a desa. the district military spokesman said the ukrainian defense is shot 2 of them down. we tried to get closer to the source of the smoke where the missile hit, but security personnel denied access might not if we had to have the law. what we do know so far is that this residential area was hit. there was an overwhelming sense of panic. this fi crew came out of the building and you can see their faces smeared. they're heading back to the 5 team assembly point one you can. so like we mentioned, president lansky says the u. s. top diplomat is expected to travel to ukraine. anthony blanket and is set to be joined by defense. secretary lloyd austin. but the visit has not been confirmed. how did your caster has more from washington d. c?

no surprise, the washington has said no comment. why is that not surprising? will it's typical that when a senior us official makes a visit to a war zone out of security reasons. typically the public doesn't find out about it until during or sometimes not even until after the visit has concluded. we know that this is going to be the 1st time that such high ranking us officials have visited ukraine since the beginning of the war. and it is going to be a very symbolic visit. we are having to secretary members who will be there in here on orthodox easter, and this is the secretary of state at the u. s. and the secretary of defense zelinski had said that he still wants to extend an invitation to us president joe biden. but despite you know, the u. k prime minister being there in person despite other presidents having visited, well the u. s. assessment is that it's still too dangerous to send by an artist and vice president common le harris. and so the visit of these 2 cabinet secretaries

may be as close to a state visit as ukraine can get under the circus. under the current circumstances . in eastern ukraine, russian forces are trying to seize territory village by village across a wide front line. charles stratford reports from this chance an eastern ukraine. the soldiers said there had been a law in shelling, so we drove into the sea chance. slike heaps from one of the many coal mines and the don bass region skull. the skyline military vehicles drive down virtually empty streets. a splintered tree shows where a russian shell exploded. businesses bought it up or destroyed. the sign on the bunker door says children inside, but even the children are no longer here. russian force easy to control or are fighting for control of numerous nearby towns and villages. but as is often the

case, there are always a few who refuse or can't flee the fighting, said a gay and his wife would. miller have lived in lucy chance with their parents for more than 20 years. they plump potatoes in the spring sunshine set of gay shows as his boarded, broken windows and the damage a shell landing near by did to his home. i have no money. i. he'll live here for years. my wife has jo strokes. where can i go without money except into slavery? our relatives have all fled, some to negro, some to leave here for years and this shows just how much danger people who remain here in like dennis goes to the vehicle, been the vehicle around on the coming. so we just drove

into lissy chance can as we were coming in through the outskirts shelling, now that incoming shows, lighting very close to building this very few civilians on the streets, the military se, that has been shutting this morning. but there had been a gap in shutting and things have been caught. it certainly seems as if there is another escalation happening right now. later we will back into town using the high walls as cather locals tell us this home and business was hit the night before. russian forces want control, alyssa chance they have failed so far. down a bank street, we find 80000000 year old theodore year college. i show you guys, why should i leave? could ok, i have no way to go. and my wife has left. if the war ends and i am still alive, she might come back. because i don't know to blame for this. he had or stands at

his gate as we leave said again and luc miller continue working in the garden. the shilling is worse, they say, at night, charles not put out his ear. lucy chance can be some new crime. voting is underway in france in the 2nd and final round of the presidential elections pulls opened an hour ago. the french alec toward is choosing between incumbent and new ed, micro and marine the pen. and along with more than 48000000 eligible voters and from the french living abroad, are also having their say, among them, french citizens in japan and hong kong who cast their ballots sunday morning. almost 3000000 french voters live outside of france. the japanese coast guard se they found 9 people thought to be among $26.00 aboard a missing 2 boats. the vessel disappeared off whole keidel island in northern japan, on saturday. cruise sent out a distress call, saying the boat was thinking, the guard say 4 of the people were unresponsive and haven't remarked on the others

helicopter on patrol boats are continuing to search for the vessel. more than 100 people have been killed in southern jury after an explosion at an illegal oil refinery. it happened overnight in reverse states. the minister for petroleum says the victims were burnt beyond recognition. illegally tapping oil pipelines has become a common source of income in the south, which has a high unemployment rate, fidelis, and buys in the capital, boucher and says the death toll is likely to rise. some persons who wear bonds during the incident have been taken to hospitals and then some family members took away some of those whose body to recognize for for burial. this incident happen friday night into saturday morning because most of the legal refining of products happen overnight. and that area is actually just on the boundary with

reverse states which is named us or a capital you happen in a place called or high g, a. in the most states in south is major area and the area in the area for legal refining of petroleum products. this has greatly over the years, been a problem for government officials because these illegal finding call centers have come on. does via, you know, i packed by government forces will try to route these prieto's from the locations, but they keep coming. not just in the most states, but all across the nigeria. and to some extent it has greatly affected nigeria production over the years. still ahead on ultra 0, will tell you why i didn't bring in. farmers have taken their thrusters unblocked the streets one osiris and severe floods in south africa. reignite concerned that more must be done to prevent climate change. ah,

the weather in spain's been miserable. these last few days, i didn't see the temperature as a single figure sunset. the rainy ordain madrid, and it's because it's low was going through nowadays moving through, which means you've got an improvement coming through for later in the weekend. i think the son of the at be 17 in madrid. the rain still falling though this time in france and spread through germany tours, poland, into, nor mrs. in between the 2 the outs to get some spring snow. but it is warmer to the south. 21 in calgary, 24 in athens, 25 in bucharest. this feels more like early summer, but north of it all is caught a cold wind. so yes, we are in the teens and a few places. but if you're standing in the wind on the east coast of england, that is quite a cold, but london does get 16 agreed. but this rain falling in prague and it's only about

13 in hamburg and berlin. the bigger picture on monday sees more the same, the constant of europe, outbreaks of rain, an awful lot of cloud, cloud or cold in the north, warm in the south, and 20 in trip there. most of north africa, of course, is dry. at the moment, the winds, not that strong, were waiting for these big shouts, move a long way off. it's as to how which they have done, but until they get there is to very halt, particularly in senegal and the gambia. ah frank assessments, what are the political risks of banning russian oil? a gas for western leaders, pull sanctions on russian energy exports was informed opinions. he's not abandoning to fight against yet. he still is a media going to be marketing from leisure and from chad critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days

global headlines, insight story on al jazeera lou ah, hillary and the top stories on al jazeera, the sour cranes president has again called for a meeting with latimer clinton to end the war a latimer zalinski says the u. s. secretaries of state and defense are expected and keep on sunday, but there's been no confirmation from washington. miss all strikes on the southern ukrainian port city of odessa have killed at least 8 people. a military facility on to residential buildings were targeted. 18 people were injured in that attack. voting is underway in france and the 2nd and final round of the countries

presidential election, voters are choosing between the incumbent to my new at my home on challenger hurry, nathan. now the mayor's office in mar, you poll, says an attempt to evacuate more civilians failed on saturday because of russian shelling nearly 2000 ukrainian troops. and possibly a 1000 civilians are still hold up and the still works, which is believed to be encircled by russian troops. and in baba reports moliere, deliberately making their way into a dilapidated underground bunker. these pictures are from the as off battalion of ukraine's armed forces when they appear to show soldiers bringing food for women and children. so that this is somewhere in the as off style steel plants, the last remaining part of mary jo, pull not under russian control. the soldiers say they brought gifts for the kids. but what they really want is to see the outside world that we ran. it's kind of lung, which is good, the boy, we've been playing games on the phone,

says this girl, but we want to go home. we want to see the some issues this girls father worked here. now she and her mother, a sheltering in the bunker, after leaving her grandparents behind. they've been here for almost 8 weeks. a soldier mentioned the possibility of being evacuated to safety. we hope so. we're running out of food, comes the reply. on friday, russian forces took generalists to parts of the industrial complex that's been badly. damaged video apparently shows a shell exploding other pictures also showed black smoke rising from the sight. most of mario paul has been destroyed by weeks of russian bombardment and intense street fighting as the kremlin set, the city had returned to normal. some civilians ventured out from shelters by the rear killed her little ship of state in the basement that everything's been blown up. 3 more shells blasted near by yesterday. only one person was crushed to death

after the risky if it's filed. and an elderly woman died to the human cost of the onslaught is still emerging. satellite images just released but taken at the end of last month, a said to show lodge freshly dug trenches in a cemetery, east of maria pole. the local mare has accused russian forces of burying bodies in mass graves. these chechen fighters claim to have cleansed and destroyed maria poll along with russian forces. the video was posted on social media by rums and cut her off head of the republic of chechnya and a key ally to president putin. oh, you don't. but ukraine says tens of thousands of civilians have been killed here with a 100000 still trapped. and these children don't know when they can go home, or if they even have one nadine baba al jazeera, the result was at least 12 people have died in another 10 are missing. after 4, both carrying 120 migrants, john refugee sank near to the coast guard rescued. at least 98 people off the coast

of facts which has become a departure point for people seeking a better life in europe and off the lebanese coast. at least one young girl who died when a boat carrying 60 migrants in refugees capsized the vessel, got into trouble shortly after leaving the north. northern coastal ton of moon near tripoli. at least, 45 people have been rescued. the democratic republic of congo has confirmed a new outbreak of the ebola virus. one case has been found in the town and the northwest. the world health organization says a vaccination campaign will begin within days. the rare and severe virus that causes fever and bleeding is transmitted from wild animals and is often fatal. are people protesting in senegal, against poor conditions and hospitals, especially for pregnant women? they've been prompted by the death of a woman who was 9 months pregnant. as to so cannot and her baby died when she was rescued when she was refused a severe assyrian section at

a public hospital. health workers also went on strike earlier this week. live some that do not v o don't women lose their lives during childbirth every day in santa girls help institutions look the case of us do so now who lost your life as a result of medical negligence is illustrative of the long list of tragedies experienced by patients in senegal and pregnant women in particular, argentinian farmers have blocked roads in the capital in protest against export taxes on agricultural products. so they have to pay levies of up to 33 percent on exports of soybeans and grains. but they are worried that the government could raise them even higher terrorism reports from what i read and then come on site in the city of winner fridays, tractors from across the country came to i didn't t s capital to protest against the government of the firm and miss and the me live travel from the province of santa fe. he explained why he and others like him are

at risk. whatever. we cannot produce like this, all of us end up renting or forums because small scale farmers end up renting their land to, to national corporations who can afford to bear that enormous tax birds. and we have food prices are rising worldwide driven up by the war in ukraine. this has put argentinean producers on alert farmers, state taxes, export taxes. stroud and exchange rate controls are hurting their capacity to produce and fear the government could increase taxes even more thousands of people, a company to farmers, to the center of the city, to protest against the administration of the medical members. they said a tire. the inflation rated was still still 7 percent last month and they said every month they're saying that the government has no economic plan. and the grow chrissy and the restrictions implemented by the administration. 2 and are

productive last march, the government increased export taxes on so we been flower annoy, seeking to control local prices and stabilize the price of wheat to what it was before ukraine's conflict. you know, who faced farmers are overreacting, and there are no plans to increase export taxes again, at least for now you know what the letter then see on it. we have an increased export taxes on the producer so much. and just in case the margin against the project, it on know or imagined could happen. so we have no doubt this is a political demonstration, but the has to do with of interest. and then defendant device of the pharmacy journalists like might be and i'm going to say the situation in flames already long running tensions between the government and the agriculture sector. and what have you, in the farming sectors in a strange situation. because like most countries in the world where they produce more food than they consume is a chance to make profit. and argentina has

a price of food and it could export more grain. mill can meet bots, an argentine as case, the bitter prices don't always benefit pharma. the constant trouble between producers and the government and that's why farmers vowed to continue with their demand. they think government would help them could use more, something they say would benefit argentina's economy. and the whole world will see that when a fight is environmental groups in southern africa say there is renew concerned that many countries in the region aren't doing enough to combat climate change. extreme weather conditions from floods to drought have hit millions of people in the last 6 months alone. and the recent floods in south africa quite zulu natal province, have again highlighted the issue. from the miller reports from johannesburg, unimaginable destruction homes and lives destroyed or lost as floods ravaged parts

of natal province in recent weeks. and in the aftermath, beaches and streets lined with debris and pollution. at least 443 people were killed in the floods described as the worst in 60 years. when 2 months worth of rain fell in just 48 hours, closing mud and land lines, we need to increase our investment in climate adaptation measures. to better they've got communities against the effects of climate change. the government is calling such natural disasters the new normal, attributing it mostly to climate change, but environment experts say the devastation may not have been as bad if the government has done more. here in the township of alexandria and johanna, thousands of people live alongside river bank from lag prone areas. while they have been local and global pledges, who would use the effects of pharma change? many of those promises have not been kept. it would say companies like south africa

needs of old houses, road and drainage system to accept the climate change and keep people safe. x would say africa's west indian ocean region is vulnerable to extreme weather shocks. parts of madagascar recently been hit by intense tropical psych loans. while south east of the island drought has decimated crops, killed animals, and displaced thousands of people. closing widespread food shortages, drought has to ravaged parts of zambia, zimbabwe and south africa. in fountain, madagascar, for example, you have 1.5 to 2000000 people who suffered acute hunger because of drought issues. you have a 1000000 carcasses from life livestock, heard us, etc. and now, with the storms that we have seen about 3 very significant storms happening,

a quizlet natal in the space of about 7 years. and who has suffered the most. it is really the poor and vulnerable who have only dangerous places to put up their houses in. we are going to continue to see this trend happening all across the african continent. it's estimated it will cost billions of dollars to fix the damage caused by the latest flooding in south africa and environmental groups. se severe weather has killed half a 1000000 people in southern africa. in the last 6 months alone. for me, de la ultra 0 johannesburg, south africa of thousands of dancers, drummers and revelers, are making the return of brazil's world famous carnival. for many, it's a turning point for the country after the cove. 19 pandemic. put a stop to celebrations. for 2 years, monica, anna kev reports from rio de janeiro. ah,

thousands of revelers and shimmering costumes are back in the sam bedroom, where we are diginero host. it's annual carnival parade, dumped at the world's largest st festivity. but this year's grand u spectacle is anything but typical. oh, it's being held in april, 2 months after carnival season. and it's the 1st since the coven 19 pandemic struck brazil 2 years ago. for a boy's arms, a dodge, amir, that we come from 2 years of hardship and loss. many of our dances and singers died in the pandemic which killed 660000 people in brazil. the world's 2nd largest death, tow locked downs severely impacted imports were china. we will use to buy material for costumes. the main thing this year is the fight against racial discrimination in a country that has the largest black population outside of africa. well,

samba schools are participating in this parade. 8 of them are singing about afro brazilian religions against racism, against intolerance, and in favor of brazilian black rhodes and writes with sandra composers started writing their songs in 2020, just as black lives matter. protesters took to the streets in united states. many say it inspired them to make a political statement about brazil, english dogs and you, brazil, like the united states, has a date with the descendants of african slaves. it's time we correct this historical injustice. brazil is preparing itself for device of presidential elections. black's account for more than half of the country's population. but they still face exclusion discrimination and religious intolerance. somber schools paid tribute to

their ancestry into dieties of afro brazilian religions who have come under attack by evan jellico gangs in recent years. oh gosh, god was gilbert of many of our temples were destroyed. religious intolerance is a crime and should be stopped. but the government has turned a blind dye because a political reasons. so the president, joy boston aro, has the support, leave our generals and bar right groups who are threatened democracy and diversity . we have to pay for our freedom of faith compared to previous years when millions of people flighted the streets of real to participate in carnival. the city was quite empty. but the parade still brought a much needed financial revenue to the somber schools. are viewed, you know, you don't make the pandemic pointed a finger at the social gap between rich and poor black and white. but it also showed us that we're mortal because no matter our color, our blood is the same and that we should be grateful for those who survive towards the thank you. guy was there,

body meet international audience for this years. carnival was smaller at the themes of social and racial discrimination. have struck a chord with brazilians as they prepared to elect. when you, president, in october, monica inactive, al jazeera, rio de janeiro, and just an update on sports because tyson fury has retained his w. b. c. world heavyweight boxing title he knocked out fellow brit dylan white in the 6th round of their fight that the place in london fury is unbeaten. in his 33 pro fights after the wind the boxer, known as gypsy kings, suggested that ah, hello again. to headlines on al jazeera, ukraine's president was again called for a meeting with the russian leader vladimir putin to end the war for latimer zalinski says the u. s. secretaries of state.