ah, the al jazeera selects ah, russia's battle for don't, boss expands further, it's foreign minister accuses may so of starting a proxy war by sending weapons to ukraine. un secretary general antonia cottage, heads to moscow with a mission of trying to end the war and securing humanitarian access for you and agencies. ah, hello, i'm adrian. and again, this is al jazeera live from dough ha, also coming up. the walls richest man ellen mosque is buying one of the most

influential social media platforms. twitter for $44000000000.00. china begins mass testing, a village 21000000 people to contain a cove at 19 outbreak of beijing rushes. foreign minister says there's a real threat of a 3rd world war saga lever off his accusing nato of waging a proxy war with moscow by supplying weapons to ukraine on the ukrainian side. it's foreign minister says the rhetoric from moscow means the sensing defeat. both sides, though, admit about our obstacles to a cease fire, nocka glue born glue bomb o. as in any situation where armed forces used everything will end with the treaty, but its parameters will be determined by the stage of hostilities at which this treaty becomes a reality. your water both up to do that. i don't think he's ready for a serious conversation. i don't think russia is ready for finding solutions at the

negotiating table. but if i see that they change this attitude and they are ready to seriously look for mutual acceptable solutions, i will overcome martin my disgust and sit down with him and talk. it'll be a difficult trip for the un secretary general antonio terrace shoes in moscow to meet president vladimir putin. antonio garage will also traveled a key of the 3 day visit to the warren countries is aimed at bringing much needed aid to civilians and to open the door for peace. on diplomatic editor, james bass reports from the un. the un secretary general meeting with turkeys president owed on an anchor before flying on to moscow. mister terrace is trying to build on previous turkish diplomatic efforts with a new piece initiative involving direct shuttle diplomacy. first in moscow, and then on to keith. he thinks that there is an opportunity now and will make the

most of what we can. a lot of diplomacy is about, about timing, about finding out when is the right time. ah, to add to speak with a person to travel to a place to do certain things and, and he is going in the anticipation that there's a real opportunity that is now building itself. and we'll see what we can make of it. even though the secretary general last week called for truce over orthodox easter, a call that fell on deaf ears. i call on russians and ukrainians to silence the guns and fords are best to safety. for so many at the media thrace, the secretary general continues to call for a cease fire. but that's very unlikely to happen. the ukrainian side don't want the conflict to become frozen with russian troops stationed inside their country. and after 2 months of war, moscow's made very limited gains. if, as a truce now,

would be very hard for president putin to declare a victory. my lord, i asked rushes, deputy ambassador to the un, whether a cease fire was a possibility. we don't think that the ceasefire is a good option right now, because the only the only advantage it will give it will give her a possibility for agreeing and forces to regroup. and to stage more pro, occasions like which are like i say, cruelty. so frankly, it's not up to me to decide, but i don't see any reasons in this right now. the conflict has cost many lives. parts of ukraine had been completely destroyed, living ruined buildings and mangled metal. but despite all this, the guns still seem unlikely to be silenced, yet james bays al jazeera at the united nations. on monday, russian forces targeted railways and critical infrastructure in ukraine. moscow trying to block supply of foreign weapons had ukrainian reinforcements to the frontlines in the east. the crassly train station near lives was one of 5 targets

struck by russian. miss house will ukrainian forces are facing the full might of the russian military in the east, russian forces pushing south and are advancing north from russian controlled on yet, on to cirrus charles stratford reports now from slavery. ask near one of the front lines. a ukrainian military ambulance speeds south towards soviet sc. evacuated civilians arrived in a van to ukrainian army checkpoint north east of the city. of the military won't allows to fill inside the vehicle, our spit ladder delia, and nearly as 86 year old mother and tanita. my husband is still in there at home. i'm very afraid for him. sit on breaking down to the person in ukraine. what's this water end says melia, and we can say that some polluted stop. this dreadful war and we're hearing a lot of shelling as you can hear that possibly that shelling coming from

this direction. we've also hearing from that direction about 7 kilometers up that road is the town of newman. now we, we know that russian forces control a village very close to it. we also understand that most of the civilians have left and the military are telling us that what the russians are trying to do, fly attacking the man is move closer to the city of savanski, which is down this road. bloody told a case lie on the ground close to the checkpoint, cut from the limbs of soldiers or civilians. injured them like before. a military ambulance arrives, had injured ukrainian. soldier is helped to waiting all medics who refused to let us vill oh, stop filming. now he says, this greater is from what the crating army say was a russian rocket. the landed near another check point on a different road into slough. janski's. it leads to the russian controls,

city of isab. ukrainian army says it's holding back at least a 2 if not 3 pronged russian army advance. sloppy. ask along with neighboring cremmit all sc. only a 10 minute drive further south of the 2 big cities in the dog bass region. still under full ukraine, an army control we drive into tailed, the streets of virtually empty. the people still here shop at the occasional supermarket, still open. many of the shelves are bare, close by we fide. but either them said, a gay lame shipping is. thank you. thank you, my adela. no. of course we're afraid it's going to happen. the russians are pushing that. we hope the army can protect us and defend the city. we have a basement and that's our only plan. the main thing is that we've sent out children away with a school was damage when

a russian bulb landed close by but slip yards cause escaped. the heavy rush and shelling suffered by some tales in the dawn. it's gretchen in the evening light, a siren wails, warning those who remain to get in the side or underground and almost deserted city . the russian armies sites cha, stratford al jazeera, sloppy asked. the era secretary of defense says that ukraine can win the war if it has the right equipment. lloyd austin said that he wants to see russia weakens to the degree that it can't launch another invasion, like the one into ukraine. he made the comments after visiting ukraine's capital with the secretary of state antony blinking on sunday. it was the highest level visit by u. s. officials since the war began, and they pledged the father free $713000000.00 in military aid. the 1st step in winning is believing that you can win and so they believe that we can win.

we believe that we can work, they can win if they have the right equipment, the rights of war, wordly, everything. we can continue to be everything we can ensure a good use of following the invasion. many ukrainians are choosing to shun all things. russian. one thing that's changing fast is the use of the russian language . razzles said our reports from live the service at the orthodox church of san jose in libby has continued for centuries and has not been interrupted by the ongoing war. though it has seen some change in the rights are now being performed mostly in ukrainian or russian. some other, it was decided by the community itself that the service should be exclusively ukrainians. the reject the or sub own language which is commonly used by the

russian orthodox church. and they want to hear the ukrainian language because they say it is closer to them. what you to, to the ukraine went around 30 percent off the population speaks. russian. things have changed since the russian invasion in february verification, as many koreans are calling it is spreading fast across the country. even the 3 named after the russian historical figures are now getting ukrainian names. it's about the colonization to have independent country. we have independent feet that we have own history. and so we'll do according to our history and nods at what the fullest, on, on, on our, on us, by a huge money all the is called 3 to what russia has presented as a key reason for taking you crazy. if you know the city of much of the said he needs to be raised from start to finish, it's been poisoning the lives of slavic people for 100 years. in reality,

russian people, even the name itself, is insulting to be one of the russian peoples. and to suddenly become ukrainians. this idea needs to be totally eradicated, but before we start eradicated them, for us, they have to be convincingly defeated. ukraine society has been a deeply polarized one. but the word with russia has let his people to set aside their differences. and come together to help their country, which stand the invasion at the start of its war in ukraine. russia fed its aim, was to liberate the russian speaking regions of the country and restore the historical ties with russia. but now the goal seems too far away. and for most ukrainians, the war has only pushed them further away from russia. marina shalayna is a software they will offer from ukraine's will ask region, most of which is now on the russian occupation. she has spoken russian her entire

life. but now, besides helping to plan an army with fundraising campaigns, she's working to improve her ukrainian. it's not about me you after what rush and you to my job and all eastern, by the way, options, pekin, eastern thought and nor spot. i believe it's time to erase. oh, from our minds. oh, ever since it connects us to them, ah, ukrainians may have suffered heavy losses in this war. but they see it has united them in their fight against invaders and has also led them to discover. the national identity is from santa ojo 0. did you will get a weather update next? here on al jazeera than a turkish businessman, sentenced to life in prison, will tell you why western powers,

according to the case troubling of how much would you pay for an out of this world? holiday 3 space tourists of returns for story coming up. ah hello, that is the lack of spring like whether across europe at the moment, particularly for central and southern areas, but up in the north. well, we've seen mild conditions, a lot of wounds coming through for places like sweden and clear skies. so people could enjoy the cherry blossoms in bloom. now we are going to see things cool down up in the north. thanks when northerly, when it's going to knock some temperatures down for paces like no way as well as sweden. if we have a look at the 3 day for stuck them will, you can see it there. we are going to see the temperature nearly half as those clouds creep in for britain and island for the north west. we are still seeing some

sunny spells through the cloud, but it is going to cool down in places like london, it'll dry up. however, for much of france, those scattered showers, edging across the further east into places like germany, as well as austria and northern areas of italy, but plenty of sunshine to be found for the south of this. and lots of sunshine in the southeast grease seeing clear skies. athens sitting at $26.00 degrees celsius, the similar story for romania. but on the other side, if we had further west within the rain, come back into spain. by the time we get to wednesday, it will be eastern aries of spain that see a real drenching, but for malaga will see sunshine at $22.00 degrees. ah, the latest news as it breaks, turn estimated 20000 p. lee gold miners, just in the yellow bar, the reservation with detailed coverage. the government says it's taking action,

but dr. lives are being put in danger from around the world. president zalinski says the coming days will be crucial for ukraine with the expected renew defensive in the lou. ah, hello again. this is al jazeera. let's remind you. the main news, the south russia's foreign minister says there's a real threat of a 3rd world war. so gay lever off his accusing nature of waging a proxy world. moscow. on the cranium side, it's foreign minister says the rhetoric from russia means that they're sensing to feet. the un secretary general as in moscow oping to push russia into allowing

humanitarian aid for civilians tramped in conflict until the of the terrace will be beating rushes, foreign minister and president vladimir putin. before traveling to keefe or monday, russian forces attacked railway facilities and central and western ukraine keeps as the moscow is trying to stop it, re supplying its troops on the frontlines in the east north korea's leader kim jong and says that his country will strengthen and develop its nuclear arsenal, a maximum speed. speaking at a parade in pyongyang, kim added that north korea could not limit its nuclear forces to just to terence among the missiles on display at the parade was the choir song. 17. it's said to be pyongyang biggest intercontinental ballistic missile. north korea says that it successfully launched the weapon in march, 1 of 13 tests so far this year. the turkish government has denied that the conviction of businessmen and activist osmond kabbalah is politically motivated.

he's been sentenced to life in prison for attempting to overthrow the government. the u. s. is calling the decision unjust. al jazeera selim cross yellow reports now from a stumble. ha, i got back to me and really calling for justice protesting against a stumble court's decision to jail. turkish business men and activists, osmond cover law for life, colorless france cried and hug as he was convicted of trying to overthrow the government by financing. nationwide, antique government protest in 2013 other charges of espionage were thrown out. give you a call. if this is a lawful decision, we would be able to comment on it. but it's not. this is a summary of a k b government's revenge against jesse park protests. the pact courtroom watched on several of carlos friends were convicted of helping him and each jailed for 18

years. so not the manufactured charges and accusations against the defendant should be dropped. cover law has been behind bars for 4 and a half years has always denied the charges against him, saying they are politically motivated. took his government, denies this, but the european court of human rights as well as activists and turkeys, western nato allies say the trial and verdict, or part of it correct down on peson under president jeff, taper drums, the courts aggravated life sentence, for vala must have to find the court of appeal, and then the supreme court. this can take months or longer, but this may not be the end of the process for cabala. if the appeals court overturned the verdict, come follow may be released, spending triumph for now. friends and supporters live in hope, however narrow view to st because solar ounces are assembled. 8 it appears to grow

rebels who are fighting a war with the government. and also the countries say that they've made a technical retreat to grow people's liberation front or t p l f says that it's completely withdrawn all of its forces from the neighboring a far region. they say they hope to withdraw will allow aid to reach from it. hit to guy where more than 90 percent of the population is in need of food days. last month's prime minister ahmed declared a surprise. truce it a bit to improve humanitarian access pages will introduce mass testing for the majority of its 21000000 residents. as authorities in the chinese capital struggle to contain a serge incorrect, a virus cases simpler than panic. buying at supermarkets, stocking up on food essential items. the cities rolled out strict measures and the china 0 cove approach to try to prevent a further spread of the virus. let's go live now to beijing out as he was katrina you is one of the many people who's having to be at home right now. katrina,

what new measures that are people in beijing facing today? well, baiting authorities say they found cases in a new district across staging, bringing herself of a current of ours cases identified here in the capital since friday. so what that means is mandatory testing or that has be extended to the district and basically will cover most of the people living in beijing. and that includes more than 20000000 people who will have to go from that testing. so far they've tested about 4000000 in this initial round, including myself and our team as well. and we're still waiting on our results from that initial test. now here's the thing. we won't have to do just once this week, not twice. we'll have to do the test 3 times before the weekend. i think that's in recognition that this is the highly infectious on the chrome strain and it's very difficult to catch at time. now, after all those test results,

the after those 3 around the country discovered and committed on the weekend, it we're expecting on sunday that authority will make a judgment call as to whether there will be any lockdown or any further restrictions in court in beijing, but already people are extremely nervous, it's been very anxious here in the capital sunday, there's been panic, buying people desperately trying to stop up on supplies in supplies that they might need food and other medical things and other necessities like that. although the government is trying to show them that just exchange remain secure. i think leaders of britain not to repeat the situation in shanghai where we've had tens of thousands of cases reported this past month authorities and shanghai waited until they would 1000 confirmed cases before starting mandatory testing. so i think that's the reason they didn't lead the tray to the trying to get ahead of this. but of course many people and i have been in lockdown,

confined to their home since the is march beginning of april. that's the majority of its 25000000 residents and there is an enormous sense of frustration over how long is knocked on the last and right now it seems to be a definite al 0 is katrina. you lie there in beijing? katrina, many thanks. vintage reaction to ellen mosques purchase, twitter is divided. social media, u. s. republican politicians are hailing the move. but some democrats say it's dangerous for democracy to it. as board, unanimously approved of $44000000000.00 deal to sell the company al jazeera gabriel elizondo reports. now from new york, the deal is done the month long saga of who will own twitter appears over. in one of the largest and most unusual tech acquisitions ever. the board of directors and twitter unanimously agreed to sell the social media company to even musk for

$44000000000.00. up until the deal was announced, there was doubt on wall street. that musk could cobble together the financing needed, but he did. must help pay for the deal with $25500000000.00 in debt financing by a group of banks lead by morgan stanley. in a press release announcing the deal must talked about improving the platform by getting rid of automated spam accounts and making its algorithms open to the public and authenticating all users. but for musk buying twitter is about free speech, or at least his version of it potentially ending twitters current content, moderation, or stopping the platforming of users to break the rules. you are mosque is not buying twitter or financial reasons, although he thinks he can make some money on it. he's buying it for ideological reasons. and i think that's the really important part and all this. and that's ultimately what's scary with musk in control. they fear

a return to the unruly spread of disinformation on the platform. so as today, a good day or bad day for twitter users, that is probably the most important question here. and i think it's also the question that's going to be hardest to answer. i think that if he does a lot of the work that has been done trying to protect against sort of normative li, bad speech, such as information and especially he speech that's going to be a bad day for but you know, there's a chance that he takes over and doesn't sort of have quite a sweeping of a reform agenda as he's that he's put forth in over the last couple. it's been a tumultuous month for twitter. they saw must take a 9 percent stake in the company, making him its largest shareholder. he was then offered a seat on the board of directors, only to have it abruptly revoked, followed by his cash offer to buy the entire company,

all within the last few weeks. ultimately, ellen musk got what he wanted to not only be a twitter user, but to also be its owner. gabriel's ando, how does it in new york mosques acquisition of twitter brought a cautious response from the white house. i'm not going to comment on a specific transaction. i what i can tell you as a general matter, no matter who owns or runs at twitter, the president has long been concerned about the power of large social media platforms. what they had that power they have over our everyday lives. as long argued, the tech platforms must be held accountable for the harms. because i, he has been a strong supporter, a fundamental reformed to achieve that goal. i still don't have a specific comment on this specific transaction on, and at this point we don't have any sense of what the policies will look like. whenever, before so much media influence been concentrated in the hands of so few people billionaires with the parts regulate free speech. the wells richest person,

considers himself a free speech absolutist that could be and loosening the content, moderation policies of the world's most influential social media platform. mark zak, a book has always denied that facebook facebook rather as a media company, but it has enormous power of what information and abs presented to its 2000000000 daily uses. facebook over the census. more speech than any government in history. traditional media, i coons still have sway after allison found jeff bezos snapped up the washington post. in 2013, the paper became profitable and surpassed the new york times in terms of web traffic rush. sort of our son is a professor of information studies at the university of california. he's also the author of beyond the valley. he joins us now live from los angeles goods. have you with us professor, what's the big deal here? rich man by his social media platform with 200000000 users compared that to facebook's what over 2000000000 uses. what's the big deal here?

well, twitter has a very, very influential role in hijacking the new cycle. because even though there are as many users of twitter, it's extremely influential and shaping, as you alluded to earlier, just other types of media journalism. so you must deciding to purchase twitter coming up with this deal is really problematic in my mind because he, as you referred to, it describes themselves free speech absolute us. we're all for free speech and not the platforming. but what we need to recognize is twitter has been rife with controversial heat full and actually fig content going viral. so you on must needs to provide assurances to a democratic accountability that he would actually deal with that issue. and i don't see any evidence of how do you think that twitter could change with ellen musket the helm? yeah, i think he, i think the content moderation aspects are critical. but i think the bigger question is, why is the content that is most viral and therefore most visible on line,

almost always trending to where it will inflammatory or conspiratorial content. and the reason why is because our anxieties in our emotions are being targeted by social media algorithms, not based on them knowing how we think or feel, but all based on correlation. so they are feeding us content with the prediction of grabbing our attention and thing. the graphs, most of our attention is hateful or fig content. and so he needs to actually deal with the underlying engine, which is the instrument of free speech. to make sure free speech is balanced not to word a speech which are these algorithmic systems doesn't really matter whether he loosens the algorithm. algorithmic systems as, as you call them, allows more unrestricted, let's call it free speech for unrestricted speech on twitter. when you go governments around the world who are looking to regulate social media and what can and can be set on these platforms. that's a great question. i mean, of course,

we see in the european union some regulations emerging that you all are reporting on. but here in the united states, despite some of the discussion around reforming these situations, we haven't seen a lot of action as of yet. what we do know are big tech companies are the most powerful in the world. they are and the media in many different countries around the world. and here in the united states and in that kind of northern hemisphere, the influence, the coverage that journalistic networks, like algebra and others, actually engage her. so in the content that is grabbing people's eyeballs, cuz we're all on her funds all the time. and on our laptops, tends to be trend toward hateful content, which we saw, you know, connected to the former president of this country, which is why he ended up being the platform that wasn't necessarily the right thing to do. but the goal would be to control content, right in any society, there is going to be hateful speech. it just it and, and dominating our entire lives. otherwise, we're just going to be anxious, emotionally, distraught, and more polarized than ever. just very, very briefly,

is this going to be the making of the twitter or the, the beginning of the end to twitter? i think twitter is going to continue onward. i don't think necessarily we see any examples around mosques wanting to do any type of regulatory action. we need to balance technology, so serves our democracy and our economies, as well as the private interests of these companies. and we need to see the proof in the pudding here. really good talk to you professor many thanks, dan ramesh, sort of us on that. in los angeles. it's been one of the most expensive holidays in history, but all good things must come to an end of the 3 businessman of splashed down after nasa's 1st commercial trip to the international space station. they each paid $55000000.00 for the trip, which was organized by a company called axiom space. they got more than they bargained for though the 9 day mission was extended to 17 days. due to bad weather here on earth at the lending side. ah.