story on al jazeera, wet temperatures reach, minus 35 degrees celsius and mountain roads become barely possible. one small, many bus serves as a lifeline for a community facing environmental and cultural change. ah, out, is there a well joined the regulars on board techies? shin chi abbas analogies era ah, when it comes to russia's warnings, russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. the u. s. pledges more military a to ukraine during the highest level american visit to keep since the war with russia began. ah. but on the club, this is al or alive from there are also coming up,

rushes president accuses the west of aggression and says it's failing to divide that russian society found guilty of trying to overthrow the government psyched. resultant kabbalah is sentenced to life in prison. in turkey, manuel macro becomes the 1st french president in 20 years to be re elected, but he has major challenges ahead so russia is failing in ukraine. that is, according to the secretary of state who's wrapped up a visit to keep onto the blanket and defense secretary lloyd austin pledge to step up u. s. military aid, including more advanced weapons. lexia brian begins, are coverage a show of support in a time of war, the u. a secretary at state and defense in the ukrainian capital to meet president for law to me as a landscape. this was the 1st high level visit by us officials,

since russian forces invaded what you've done. um, in re pauling rush engine the battle keys, it was it for her. and her amb insurance bar, and quite frankly, to russell well, we got used to see you on video around the world, but it's great. it's good to see you in person. during a 3 hour meeting. the pair promised to step up u. s. military aid, including sending more advanced weapons and we will continue to do everything possible or to ensure that you are successful. ukraine's president has accused allies of being too slow to help saying they shared responsibility for the was casualties. but on sunday he said he was grateful for us support and what he called an important moment for his country opportunity. they said that the priority of this meeting is weaponry support from the united states and our partners in europe . it's all about the strength of our army. and the 2nd issue is the sanctions against the russian federation. because of the full scale terror,

the russians were waging in our country. while russia has failed to capture any major city since the invasion started on february 24th, it has caused widespread devastation. cities in the east and south, the facent daily bombardment. and what president vladimir zalinski is called the battle for don bests. the u. s. says it wants to see russia weakened so that it can never do anything like this. again, the bottom line is this. we don't know how the rest of this were wanted. but we do know that a sovereign independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than bodamer. grooms on the see are in terms of rushes, worried russia has already failed, and ukraine has already succeeded. speaking in poland after their meeting secretaries outlined what will be included in the latest $700000000.00 package to ukraine and neighboring countries. so they need a long ride farce. you've heard of it was

a need for claims. we believe that we can work, they can win if they have the right equipment. the rights for the visit comes just days before that un secretary general antonio terrace is due to travel to moscow. then cave for meetings with leaders from both sides, say, creep, lincoln says good terrorists will be carrying a strong and clear message to the russian president, but he needs to end this war. now. alex here, brian al jazeera m a u. s. is announced, edits resume is to promote presence in ukraine. mike hammer is in washington dc. it has more this is a strong signal from the united states, and one must know to that it has now announced a new ambassador to ukraine. bridget bring is the current ambassador to the back. here. she is a professional diplomat. this is very important. and also she is extremely experienced within the region. and she would be well known by the u. s. s. european allies, which would be of great comfort to them having

a diplomat in place who they are well aware of and who they know and who is not a political appointment, who is a career state department officer. so all of these factors together, very important in terms of the us presence in ukraine saying as well that it's sending diplomats back in the coming week. those diplomats having being brought out to the beginning of the war. and also significantly the u. s. is going to resume training of ukrainian military on what it says and disclosed weapon systems. so all of these factors together show an uptick in the buys and administration's involvement in that war and ukraine, ukraine's defense ministry says russian force as a continuing their attacks in the east. charles dropped for his in sloppy and near one of the front lines. and he says things are quiet now, but it's not expected to last long. situation has come down in the last couple of hours in this area. but as i say, the ukrainian military claiming that russian falls,

he's trying to push towards the ants have so far failed in that endeavor. but this is one could only really describe it, potentially as being the quiet before the storm, the streets of slavery and scar pretty much empty. we could still hear a siren being an alarm in the distance. most of the civilians of slavery on sc have have left. and the reason why this area is so important essays because it is one of the largest urban areas still under grading control, russian force is pushing in from, from the north east. the north and the north west as well as certain areas of the east ukrainian military saying that there is ongoing fighting in various villages to the east of here. also, with respect to what's going on in maria pull of course, that city that has seen such heavy fighting as, according to some reports. and we've seen the pictures as, as the world has a city that is pretty much being flattened. ukrainian,

deputy prime minister saying that there is as yet, still no agreement. the russians still, she saying the russians still refusing to agree on setting up some sort of humanitarian cordele to get out what we understand around a 1000 civilians trapped under that still works that giant great soviet built industrial plant where still there are ukranian fighters, ukrainian military in there, we understand that obviously the civilians haven't left and they're still fighting to try as the russians trying to clear that area of those ukrainian fighters, ukrainian military. so of course, great concern there still for those civilians trapped in mary opal. but as i say, there were still a lot of civilians tracked in towns around this area as it seems, the russians, russian military forces try and push toward slab janski's. well, russian president vladimir putin says moscow's enemies are trying to cause unrest

in the country to limit its territorial gains in ukraine. it says is not working full. jibari has more from oscar, letting me put in, seemingly very directly at targeting the foreign media saying that they are extremists that are being their views being presented in the foreign media. and he advised his and general prosecutor's office to remain vigilant. he also shared some information about a operation that the fs b i managed to prevent from taking place according to the president's the federal and security services authority and attempt of on the life of a very prominent state tv presenter vladimir sullivan, who is one of the most well known figures in this country, he has a daily at program here in the evenings on st. tv. this was another example by a vladimir putin of how his country has been under attack from the west and specifically the united states. he says he believes that this see, i had

a hand in this as well. he also talked about the other at various forms of, at the, and sabotage attempts by western countries on russian society. let's listen to some of what he had to say at rosco would crises, great options of a task is coming forward to break russia from within. but he can't do it because our society showing his unity and support our armed forces and our efforts to maintain the security of russia and the citizens of don bass or russian media outlets reporting a series of blossom. moldova, breakaway region of trans, mr. explosions reportedly happened at the ministry of state security in the city of terrible. so far there have been no reports of casualties trans. mr. is supported by russia and his own ukraine's western border. a tech is called his sentence. businessman osmond kabbalah to life in prison cabala had been on trial on charges related to anti government protest in 2013. he was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. 6 others were also sentence to 18 years each in prison

for helping him. i'm his international says the life sentence imposed on cabala is a devastating blow to human rights. send him conseula has more on the verdict from stumble. oh swan cal, i is now charged for aggravated life sentence, as he has acquitted from the charges or own espionage accusations, but has not been acquitted for the charges that says he was in charge of orchestrating or or if he was enrolled in, orchestrating the nationwide anti government protest in 2013 are now for the court process. it, there is one important thing i, because 7 co workers of a small corolla is now charged for 18 years, but a, he's a being charged for aggravated life. sentence. as the court argues that he tried to

overthrow the elected government and he aim that the a constitutional ordered, but was mon cover law, his lawyers or others, other defendants, lawyers, and international human rights watch. folks have been saying that the evidence court has presented so far as like a proper evidence, the but that evidence only refers to the allegations about the accusations, but not the incidence. ah, french president, manuel micron has called for unity following his reelection of the beating far right challenge a marine le pen, 58 percent to 42. will append got her highest ever level of support and her 3 presidential attempts as micron. he is acknowledged, the dissatisfaction with his 1st term taking into account sundays, turn out as well as blank and invalid ballots. just over 38 percent of all registered voters opted from micron. it is a good one on the local,

but yet i know for many of our compatriots who chose extreme rights, their anger and disagreement which led them to vote for that project. well, we must find a response was that will be my responsibility and the responsibility of those who surround me, mothers, because the voted the selection means we have to consider all the difficulties people have lived through and to respond to their anger and disappointment. my dear friends, today you made a choice for humanism, for ambitious independence, for our country, and for our europe to visit our debt in lavoy. they mean what we've been declared dead a 1000 times and a 1000 times history has proven wrong. those who predict or wish for our demise in this defeat, i can't help feeling hopeful. this result is proof of a great to fire on the part of the french people on that are leaders in france and europe cannot ignore its proof of a widely shared wish for a great change. the french people have expressed to nice a wish for a strong opposition against a manion. i call one that will continue to defend and protect them,

but not from natasha butler who's in paris with more and what's next for both men. one micron, emory lupin for the white be much rest for a minute. my cross on the international frontal want to forge ahead with his a diplomatic efforts to try and help and rushes at war in ukraine. france also continues to hold, or the rotating presidency of the european union. emanuel michaels worked very hard for deeper you integration and then closer to home. on the domestic front. micro will want to look at some measures, some policies to try and help people deal better with the cost of living crisis. that was the number one issue i in this election. he also faces the challenge of trying to convince people that he really can be the french president for everyone. because he knows that 41 percent of people in the selection voted for his fall. right rival, marine the pentode, a very different agenda of a different vision of france than he did. he also knows that

a quarter of the population simply didn't cost their ballot, so he's going to have to try and widen his appeal. he'll also be working very hard towards those parliamentary elections that will take place in mid june as well. the other presidential candidates in this race, most notably marine the pen. she says that her campaign has already begun back in 2017 mac crawls, a policy had a landslide in the national assembly. it allowed him with a majority to push through many controversial reforms. whether or not he'll be in a similar position. this time round seems unlikely to lead here now to sierra, cobit 19 has challenge everybody and we look at the unique problems that the pandemic has caused for the disabled in the us. and we look at how governments around the world increased the military spending to a record level during the funding. ah

there, in addition to is the haze, it's normally in the skies. over rabbit is a fair amount of time and a good shape to suggest some pretty good action, which means showers all thunderstorms. they will be around the they are going to be focused in northern iraq and iran, as by john. we are going to fight a few big thunderstorms with pre blo, scattered in pos, to saudi arabia, even further south of that and building down in yemen. now this is probably the last month we'll see any significant rain so we can take about it maybe by the end of wednesday, except in iraq and eastern turkey, temperature wise, temperature, the high side, but not hugely. so 35 in doha, that a 25 in dresden, levant has cooled down significantly and sunshine, to be honest, is the major where the type. but let's jump southware sunshine isn't the major weather type, at least if you're in madagascar it almost i'm big. jasmine is a tropical storm whose winds are at their peak now,

but by tuesday when it might might make landfill, they're not very big, nor indeed are the waves 6, which is not that big north, the minor storm surge that might affect the land. so hopefully we can say, don't worry about it, they will be a lot of rain though, eventually in some madagascar, but not so much now, in south africa. ah, cutter, one of the fastest growing nations in the money needed to open and development international shipping company to become a p middle east and trade money. skillful in 3 key areas of development. filling up front, connecting the connecting future juanita cutter's gateway to world trade.

lou ah, watching out 0 remind about top stories is up at the u. s. secretary of state says roger is failing in its war in ukraine and to the blinkin and defense secretary lloyd austin met the ukrainian president on sunday during the visit. they pledged more military support to the country. vladimir putin says the west is trying to divide russian society speaking earlier in moscow. russia, president accused of foreign media outlets of provoking rushes military. frank, president, manuel macro has been reelected comfortably. beefy for right change emory le pen back corner, acknowledged the dissatisfaction with his 1st time. while a pen says she's in

a good position for the parliamentary elections coming up in june. for at least 15 soldiers have been killed and attacked. marlene burkina faso happened on sunday when vehicles packed with explosives were driven into military basis. also a molly france as accuse russian mercenaries of creating a mass grave and falsely blame yet on the french army. nicholas high as more from deca in neighbouring senegal. we spoken to a french military officials and they say that there's a campaign of disinformation happening in molly, especially targeting the french army that are pulling out most recently, just last week. the french forces were pulling out of a base in go see, shortly after we saw on social media accusation of, of the presence of a mass grave there on this site. now, the french forces deny this. they've showed evidence drone footage, that they were not involved. the russian are pressing on,

and according to this military official, he says make no mistake. there is a war being play, being played out, not on the battlefield on the ground, but on social media between the russians and western forces. and the french specifically, in cotton, middle of this, is oversee the 1000000 people, more than a 1000000 displaced as these attacks continue to step up. china is raising the trunk of covered 90, not break that may have been spreading, and the capital for weak beijing residents have been buying essential items. mid concern to lot. com could be imposed. katrina reports from the chinese capital long queues for corrosion of iris testing of forming across the east. if they change. the capitals tell young district has ordered all those living and working here to be tested. it fuller's the discovery of at least $41.00 cases in recent days. today, from often nothing, i do worry, but what can you do? you just have to chose and do what the common tells you. that's why i'm here to so can go as it is. so i'm,

i'm not too concerned. i have prepared one week's worth of food at home. it should be enough. the warning prompted panic buying on sunday. the shelves of many supermarkets and grocery stores have been emptied. officials are trying to reassure the public same supply chains for essential goods are secure. toy utah banker, retail supermarket stores, community vegetable shops, and a direct sales doors have a steady supply of daily necessities. at least 28 neighborhoods have been put under lockdown and 1200 close contacts sent to quarantine centers. more than 3 and a half 1000000 people must undergo testing 3 times this week. as bating races to contain this latest outbreak. leaders here are anxious not to repeat the mistakes made in shanghai, where experts say infections were identified. 2 lights, most of shanghai is 25000000 residents remain confined to their homes. the commercial center reported more than 17500 new cases on monday. 138 deaths from the

virus had been officially confirmed there. in recent weeks, most were elderly ad unvaccinated there. some say the real death toll is higher. resident say access to food and necessities has improved though the indefinite locked out 1st imposed at the beginning of the month has sparked wide spread anger and desperation. a viral social media video criticizing the government's heavy headed 0 tolerance approach has been censored online. katrina, you al jazeera, they ging activists in the united states. a warning that americans with disabilities are facing unique and ongoing challenges during the pandemic. as unofficial reports, they haven't had equal access to services like cobra testing and that fall short of a quality lot this. imagine after a long wait, you finally get your hands on a covert tasting kit down with. imagine you've been feeling ill and want to know if

you're okay here. what? now imagine you're blind. it has no markings on it. and again, this is a cardboard box. so um, you know, boxes of band aids have braille on them now. yeah, no worries. i did say for many disabled people, the surgeon testing has left them behind. if you're blind, 1000000 people in the u. s. r. then simply what can you know, what to do is a challenge there. we're testing centers that were drive through our own way. and of course, blind people don't drive. we do have as a matter of national public policy, the idea that people with disabilities are supposed to be integrated and included. so why is there nobody thinking about on the front end before things become a problem? endemic restrictions were hard on almost every one, but even more complicated for those who are disabled. that is the americans with disabilities act, the laws intention that every american has the same rights and opportunities as

every one else. it gives people a sense of independence and dignity during the pandemic. we have seen all there be states ah, operation wise, what's called a crisis standards of care. and these are standards that are hospital uses to determine who gets access to treatment in times of shortage of, of medical resources. and so states have used disability as a means of saying, you know what, your life is not worth living. it's not worth said in, in fact one in for adult americans has a disability disability defined as a physical or mental impairment that impacts a major life activity and lawn cove. it could see those numbers rise dramatically. you may be seeing people with long corvette who are experiencing things like the t reduced lung capacity, brain fog, as well as an individual. you have had significant stress in china throughout the panoramic. we're now having to adjust to light wet i

psychiatric disability. the white house is responded to criticism and made some changes including recommending to drug companies that they make testing easily accessible for everyone. but things aren't going to change overnight. there will be a lag, and that means for people with disabilities. it's going to take longer to get back to normal. alan fisher al jazeera at the white house, an environmental lawyer who led a legal battle against oil giant chevron has been freed from house arrest in the united states after serving his sentence. stephen danziger was at jail for 6 months last october on charges brought against him by the company. danziger was 1st attained at home when he was charged in 2019 and i spent almost $1000.00 days under house arrest. in 2011, he won a $9500000000.00 judgment against chevron in a court in ecuador over pollution in the amazon rain forest. the u. s. judged later ruled against the judgment. former kenyan president mike a back,

his body is now lie in state for the public to pay their respects to back. he served as candace 3rd president from 2002 to 2013. he was credited with reviving kenya's economy while in office, but his re election in 2007 sparked months of ethnic violence that killed hundreds of people back. he was 90 years old. the 1st time governments around the world to spend more than 2 trillion dollars on military expenses. the stock home international peace research institute says spending increased during the pandemic united states top to list with more than $800000000000.00 spent last year. china is next followed by india, the united kingdom and russia, the kremlin boosted its defense budget to $66000000000.00 before invading ukraine. the 3 percent increase was mostly funded by oil and gas export revenues. the 1st time in 4 years, iran increase its military spending to nearly $25000000000.00. nigeria, japan,

germany, and cutter also recorded substantial increases to that defense budgets. dig lopez to silver is from the store, comb, international piece research institute. then he says, it's not surprising to see russia among the top spenders for every $100.00 we have in the world. $2.20 were spend in the military in 2021. and the overall growth that we had in military spending was really a combination of multiple increases among the top vendors. for instance, i'm on the top 15 spenders will only had 3 decreases, that is due united states, germany, and israel. and together those 15 account for 81 percent of the world is russia, increases media spending by 2.9 percent. so the interesting thing about russia, which are spending 2021, was that the national defense budget, which is one of the components that we see for use to, to, to come up with an estimate for russia. and it's the biggest component because it's 3 quarters of the over our, our estimate had

a really big revision over the course of the year. so the difference between the initial budget that we had in december 2020 to the final numbers of actual expenditure that we had was a 14 percent increase. so that's quite substantial. however, we're not exactly sure how this money was spent because the budget lines where the biggest thing is to place our classified, of course, because of the timing because of because of the context. it's very reasonable to assume that this is related to operational costs because that to place it right up to the war, germany is planning to strengthen a system of bunkers off to russia's invasion of ukraine. the interior minister, once old basement shelters upgraded the country has about 600 such bunkers. sabbath reports now from both in a city with a long until magic war history like berlin, you don't have to look far to find old bunkers. in 1977, this subway station was constructed as an atomic bunker to protect 3 and

a half 1000 people from a possible euclid attacked by the soviet union. behind his door, the cold war seemed still very real. every people come in here should get a few things, which is what she needs. she needs to roll of toilet paper for 2 weeks. peter, so a towel and a boat and a cup. the bunker was designed so people would have enough oxygen, water, and food for 2 weeks, hoping the worst radiation would be gone by then for decade, the government maintained hundreds of these bunkers. and since 2007, nobody spending a cent anymore because they believed in germany. the threat is over. not many in germany had expected just a few months ago that something like this would possibly be needed again, an underground emergency kitchen, well hidden behind thick concrete walls,

but with a threat from russia becoming more real in people's minds. some here realize the country is not ready. not only have old bankers be neglected, many have been sold and found new destinations like this one, which now is a museum for asian art. others have turned into galleries, nightclubs or private houses. the nearly 600 bankers, the government still owns and not ready for use, according to military experts. it would be reusable within a particular financial constraints, they're going to have to spend money. this whole thing is a very pasta expensive on the target. the thought of needing to seek shelter in a bunker feels unreal to some of those who just finished a tour. overbearing to see how are darker, how, how the feeling must be in the war. when you are here outside the plains,

the bombs that we have had so many decades of peace in europe. this is a very difficult situation. i hope there will be a peaceful solution to all of this. even in the heat of the cold war, berlin could only protect 27500 people in its bunkers and a population of 2100000. so the government plan to upgrade them is seen as a way to reassure its citizens. rather than aiming to offer protection for every one step, fasten al jazeera in berlin. ah, so this is our desert. these are the top stories, a new secretary of state, and me blinkin has promised that ukraine's forces continued support from the white house. we met the cranium president and cave on sunday, along with us defense secretary lloyd austin, brief man, crazy cranes efforts to defend itself and said it would ultimately prevail over russia. that the u. s. has also announced that it's resuming its diplomatic

presence in ukraine. my cana in washington as more on our back the original back all of these factors together.