oh, with next door, whitney to live with. ah, rasa agrees in principle to let the un in red cross help evacuate civilians, falcon, mother, you poll, falling a meeting between the u. n. chief and president putin. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up in germany's to send 50 antea cross systems to ukraine, and a major policy shift as more than 40 countries agree to meet monthly, to discuss arming keith with uncertainty surrounding an agreement with iran, the u. s. warms terran might be just weeks away from building

a nuclear bomb. an colombian military command is acknowledged their role in thousands of extra judicial killings to falsified progress in the conflict with foreign russia has agreed in principle to allow the un and red cross to help with the evacuation of civilians on the as of style steel plant and the besieged ukrainian city of maria bowl. the agreement was reached during talks between un secretary general antonio garage and russian president vladimir putin in moscow. some ukrainian troops are also trapped inside the plant, where they are rejected. russian demands for surrender dosage. barley reports the world's most senior diplomat is in moscow, an emission un secretary general antonio terrace, says he has come to the russian capital as a messenger of peace. his audience, the most controversial world leader at the moment. russian president vladimir putin

who received the secretary general with high praise for his organisation, russia, as one of the founding countries of the united nations and a permanent member of the security council has always supported this universe localization. and we believe that it is not just universal, but unique in its kind. there is no such organization in the international community, and we strongly support the principles on which it is based on intend to do so in the future. gutierrez, seemingly not mincing any words about how the united nations seize russia, so called the special military operation in ukraine with i understand these grievances. but from our perspective, the grievances must be solved according to the different instruments that the un charter has at its disposal. and the one thing that we firmly believe is that the violation of the territorial integrity of the country is completely out of order in relation to the charter. earlier in the day. but harris kicked off his trip with

a meeting at the russian foreign ministry and a working lunch with survey love robin version the 2 officials discussed for nearly 2 hours. their situation in ukraine. they emerged from what was described as a frank conversation. that is clear that there are do 2 different positions on what is happening in ukraine, according to the russian federation. what is taking place is a special me 30 open ocean with the objectives. that's what an os, according to the un in line with the resolutions fast by the general assembly rushes invasion of ukraine is a violation of his very thought of the integrity and against the chart that of united nations in the russian foreign minister once again defended his country's decision league was shoshone will show sham. conceal this was happening as a result of the actions of the us and its allies and unipolar world. because as for our geopolitical sphere,

it was done in the interest of containing russia. and to that end, for many years green has been used as a springboard to restrain our country. one of the main initiatives put forward by the secretary general involved ending the humanitarian crisis in the besieged port city of mary jo paul. the city is now under russian control, according to the defense ministry. but thousands of civilians are unable to leave it. something vladimir putin dismissed as mis information. cuz harris has proposed setting up a contact working group made up of russian, ukrainian, an un members to ensure that all residents wishing to leave can do so. and to allow aid into the area after its well meeting with the russian president, the un says vladimir clinton has agreed in principle to the involvement of the agency. along with the international committee of the red cross to oversee the evacuation of civilians. from the as of solstio plants and near your pole,

the un secretary general seemingly managed to achieve what many world leaders have failed to do so far. as he travels ukraine, he will be looking for officials. they're to approve this plan as well. all the while to nearly 1000 civilians continued to wait to get out of the underground tunnels, in one of europe's largest steel class. door such a bari al jazeera moscow. at least 3 people had been killed them 7 injured in the latest russian air strikes and shilling and car peeve that's according to the original governor ukraine. second largest city has seen some of the worst fighting since russian forces withdrew from around the capitol. he russia says it will turn off a gas to poland and bulgaria on wednesday because they refuse to pay for it in roubles . the 1st time since the start of the ukraine war, that russia has made such a move. last month, putin had warned unfriendly foreign buyers to pay the russians state owned gas company roubles instead of dollars and euro's bulgaria says it's made alternative arrangements. poland says it's gas storage facilities are 76 percent full. now more

than 40 countries of agreed to meet monthly to discuss arming ukraine. the 1st meeting of this broad coalition was held at a usa base in germany. and after coming under pressure for refusing to provide key with heavy weapons, the german government performed a major policy you turn, steadfast and report from ramstein elbows after his surprised visit to keep last weekend. u. s. defense equity, lloyd austin, talk more than 40 defense ministers. an official of countries worldwide that they needed to do more for ukraine to win the war. we don't have any time to waste the briefings let today laid out clearly why the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we got to move at the speed of war, and i know that all the leaders leave today more resolved than ever to support ukraine in his fight against russian aggression and atrocities.

he used ramstein air base in germany, the largest u. s. air base outside of the u. s. to bring ne to ministers, but also those from the middle east, africa and asia. together, the location was significant because especially germany had been reluctant to sent happy weapons to ukraine. not any more the hom guest on, and she does via the okay, we decided on monday to support ukraine with capehart anti aircraft systems, which is exactly what you cry needs right now to security. a space from the ground from this has become clear again today which google the gay part, or cheater anti aircraft systems are not the combat. thanks. ukraine had asked 4 weeks ago, but it is c as a breakthrough after the german government was worried about being drawn into a war with russia. and chancellor olive shoals warned a few days ago for the possibility of a nuclear war. while many in europe looking at germany to lead efforts to support

ukraine, the united states has now stepped in. with this meeting on german soil, united states has managed to convince countries like germany who are still reluctant to st. happy weapons to make a turn around. but the main question now is how nervous this will make people hear that the war will expand beyond ukraine step, fasten from the ramstein air base in germany. but you, case intelligence agencies say about 15000 russian troops have been killed since the war began. moscow has only acknowledged 1300 deaths and says fewer than 4000 others were injured. but britons defense secretary told parliament the actual figure is far higher. roches also, i believe of last 2000 darma vehicles along with 60 helicopters and fighter jets. let's bring in lawrence corby senior fellow at the center for american progress and our former u. s. assistant secretary of defense. it was was via skype from washington dc loans . could you be back with us? so the u. k. estimates that russia's last of 815000 soldiers, 2000 the armored vehicles. how robust are these estimates?

and if true, can russia sustained these losses as the war drags on? i think they are much more correct. and then the, what the russians are saying actually happened on because they had very poor logistics. ah, the soldiers had terrible morale. they thought it would just be a cakewalk. they'd walk in and take over kiev, they be greeted as liberators. because the people in ukraine really want it to be, you know, part of russia. we know for a fact even the russians have admitted 7 generals have been killed. so if you had 7 generals killed, the chances are you are close to 20000 troops killed or are killed or wounded. at lawrence, we saw this initial russian moved to take the capital key, but that failed. now russia says it's focusing its operations in dumbass, but this is a much slower and more deliberate military advance are we like them to see many more russian losses here?

well, i think it will because yes they are, you know, going to the south and the gauge. they to want to have a land bridge from the don boss over to og crimea, which they annexed in 2014. but the fact of the matter is you can't take the cities just by shell, and you're gonna have to go in. and even if you can get in the ukrainians have developed counter insurgency or insurgency. our practices already day, right before they started the war, they were developing the capability for insurgency. so you might conquer it, but then you're going to have to deal with all the insurgence. like we found out. busy for example, ah, in vietnam and how the russians found out in afghanistan when they went in there in the seventy's and eighty's. and we know that nato allies have been meeting in germany as berlin agrees to send heavy weapons to ukraine. how much of

a difference, lawrence, when all this west and weaponry have on the battle space, particularly in the fight for don bass in the east? well, i'd say you'll have a significant difference because up to now the equipment had been more defensive. this is also offensive equipment and what it means is, not only will they be able to repel the russians or exact a high cost, but they'll be able to advance because they're now going to have, in fact the united states sent them drones that we haven't even given to our own troops, yet they're so advancing. the germans finally started sending heavy equipment to today. so no, i think they have the capability to make some advances. not only repel them, but after repelling. they'll make some advances. when aries, they control like mary. opal loans just a final thought to you. all right, so with the west increasing military aid and sanctions, what is the russian end game here? what will put in settle full to end this conflict and do you think the west will

give him enough ramp? well, i think he could allow, for example, of people and don boss to make their own decision about whether they want to be part of ukraine or russia. because they have an awful lot of people who lean towards russia. the west might recognize is illegal annexation of crimea. that would be another fe saving way for out for him. but you know, when laugh rob saw talking about nuclear weapons, they're worried about what's going on. moments go up, always good to get your insight loans. thank you. thank you for having me. and we'll have more on ukraine later, including digging up bodies in the hunt for war criminals. detective's face a grim task in their search for justice plus ah kim's on moon vans to ramp up north korea's nuclear arsenal at the military parade. showing up, it's latest ballistic missiles more on that status. ah.

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lou. ah, welcome back. a quick reminder about top stories here at this hour the you and says moscow has agreed in principle to allow it to help with evacuation of civilians and the as of style steel plant and the besieged, ukrainian city of modern poll. you and secondly, general antonio cottage met russia's president vladimir putin in boston. more than 40 countries of agreed to meet monthly to discuss arming ukraine. their 1st meeting was held at a usaa basin, germany on tuesday, and a change of policy. berlin says it will not provide kids with heavy weapons. at least 3 people have been killed and russian asked, frightened, shelling in the city of car keys. another person was killed in a rocket,

a shock in the city of separation. last se, and city under cranium control. now ukraine's government is investigating more than $500.00 suspects for committing thousands of potential war crimes. evidence has been gathered across the country or the abdul hamid traveled to villages north of keys and sent us this report. franklin, ever since the russians pulled out a few weeks ago. detective victoria namir rover and her team have been zooming bodies at least 10 day leave a task. she never thought she would be doing when she 1st joined the police to few on this time. her team is and i think the body of a person buried in the backyard of her house. big, carefully, big, carving around the body, trying to figure out how it's positioned of good morning to the who. these are the feet said the head is over there. she says at 1st assessment reveals it's a man who appears to be in his sixties. it's only when they flip the body over that

she finds a clue into the cause of death. more. what awning of your thumb? not for foolish nature, senior. his go to wanted the back of the hat. most likely it's from a bullet because he had blood coming out of the mouse. the bodies, the composing, and the skin is stuck to the clothes. so in order not to damage it more, we will take him away and then the forensic expert will investigate further. the found his fawn, we will charge it and hopefully find out more about him. both the full scope of what happened when the russian soldiers left the towns north of keith is still not clear, but the trail of destruction left behind is evident. civilians have been telling about how they were diagonally targeted as they were trying to flee. they had bullet holes all over this windshield, but this car was hit by some large caliber ammunition from the

side here. and you can see still the remains of what appears to be a white flag marking the fact that they were civilians in this vehicle. and then here on this side of the car, you see the point of exit, of where they ever read through the car. and inside it may harm you still actually have blood stains everywhere. and in the middle of all that, a passport it belongs to a young man who was born in september 1990 children who, who killed all our business number and char children. but again, we don't. it's another example of a ledge war crimes. among the thousands of cases that investigators have been documenting says, ukraine's prosecutor general. she has dispatched teams around the country to gather evidence here and bro, danko, they set up in a classroom and is full of people telling their stories. again, killen civilians, samo them over,

after tortured torture civilians. we are now started to prosecute sexual crimes raping. we see eat, unfortunately with the then they talk, what property officer the lance. oh we see again there they bombed again and again they bumped civilian infrastructure. hospitals came to harder and schools more than 1000 into kish or institutions destroyed in ukraine water. this, of course, it's military, it is walk right near by butcher do mortgage overwhelmed refrigerator trucks are also overflowing with bodies. olga finally found her husband after coming here for several days. he was killed while she was away in poland. a put to move her sister there for the lowest of the neighbors called and said me, he was shot on march 22nd. he was going to the garage to get some food. 2 russian soldiers saw him, ran after him,

and shot him twice. the russians didn't allow the body to be picked up for 3 days. brush denies committing any atrocities suggesting they've been staged. but do you and human rights offers says, there is growing evidence of war crimes committed by russian soldiers and fears. many more could emerge as the fighting continues in the east and south of the country, where the little hamid elder, z route, north of keep. the head of the un nuclear watchdog has described the seizure of each noble nuclear plant by russian troops as very dangerous and says another accident could have occurred that raphael grossey made the comments during a visit to the decommission site on the $36.00 anniversary of its meltdown russian troops moved into the radiation contaminated general exclusion zone in february, but withdrew late last month. communications and international monitoring were disrupted at the time, but gross, he says his team is working to get the plant back of life. but you are sector of

state has warned iran could be in a position to develop a nuclear weapon in a matter of weeks that's down from previous assessments of about a year, anthony blinkin says, a return to the 2015 nuclear deal as a best way to reduce any threat. he also said terran has accelerated its nuclear program in recent years. we've now tested 2 propositions. one was the nuclear agreement that was originally reached and that significantly set back armenian capabilities to pursue a nuclear weapon, particularly the facade material for such weapons. ah, and that agreement was working by all objective accounts. we've tested the other proposition which was pulling out of the agreement trying to exert more pressure. and we've also seen the result. and the result has been that that nuclear program, which had pushed back the breakout time to a year in terms of being able to produce her, saw mature for a weapon that's now down to a matter of weeks. and my dad, i joined us live now from washington dc. mikes the u. s. is expressing concern about the speed with which iran is developing nuclear weapons. what's

a context of all this? them very much the well, the secretary of state, they're saying that the time for iran to develop a weapon is not a matter of weeks rather than what it previous estimates were around a year, according to us intelligence officials. but he was speaking to a senate hearing once again appearing to defend the u. s. decision to try and get the iran nuclear plan back in place. remembering that this was stopped back in 2018 by then president trump, the joint commission of plan of action being completely scrapped because of the secretary of state is arguing iran. it's nuclear development capacity. this was a point echoed a little bit later by the white house press secretary jen saki who confirmed that the administration is deeply worried about this development. yeah, my can actually say despite those concerns the sector stay, towns, me,

blink and continuing to defend attempts to resurrect the nuclear deal. well indeed. yes, and that was his appearance at the senate committee there. and it would appear that he is using this threat iran increasing nuclear potential to try and draw domestic support for president biden's plans to resuscitate the pan of action with iran. this is not very popular in the united states and certainly not popular among many members of congress, but the secretary of state introducing a new argument. the thing that the dangers of not having a deal with iran a far greater than the problems of having a deal with iran. and he's pointing to the speed at which iran has up its nuclear capacity as evidence of that particular effect. in an effort to gone to domestic support for the bye didn't administrations intent to get that plan back on track.

mike, thank north korea has phased the nighttime military parade through the streets of the capital, a young young. it's the later show of force by kim johnson who's valid to quickly run pop his country's nuclear arsenal. to 0, rob mcbride reports in the south korean capital sol. the parade. march. the 90th anniversary of the founding of north korea's military. and it was meant to show off the power of its modern de weaponry on display with some of the newest weapons. it has recently been testing such as hypersonic missiles and a more advanced longer rain submarine launched ballistic missiles. after several years of attempted negotiations aimed at the nuclear rise asian leader, kim jong and seems to have abandoned all such efforts that conciliation. she was she me in the world today were powers our fears, the clashing with other powers, national dignity,

sovereignty and truth. peace can only be guaranteed by strong self defense to overcome enemies. north korea star of the show was what it says. it's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles. to date the 4 songs 17, it's the same type of weapon. it says it launched at the end of march, the 1st fully fledged test of an icbm since 2017 it things north korea has nothing to lose by putting on a big show of military force right now. us and south korean forces have gone ahead with that joint spring exercises, south korea has just chosen a conservative administration that's likely to take a much tougher stand with the north. and us president joe biden will soon be visiting northeast asia. president biden will be attempting to both to support from the united states allies, south career in japan. but they've mounting speculation that north korea might even

be planning a return to underground nuclear weapon testing. for the 1st time in 5 years, king would have yankee, once i'm the basic mission of our nuclear capabilities, to deter war. but our nuclear weapons are not just for the sold mission of deterring study. if any attempts are made to usurp our interests, we might have no choice, but to call on those weapons, pyongyang seems as determined as ever to be accepted by the international community as a nuclear power to be reckoned with. rob mcbride al jazeera, so now i, columbian general and other high ranking army officers are expected to acknowledge their role in the extra judicial killings of dozens of civilians. there was a special court investigating the so called false positive scandal tribunal found the colombian army murdered, more than $6400.00 civilians and declared them combat casualties to fortify progress and its conflict with fark rebels. lasandra petty has more from gotta

listening to about the victims at the family, the relative of the victims, remembering their family members that were really killed by the military's and also listening hearing from these officers, colonel sergeants that explained their responsibility in the killings of civilians as a way to a booth the result of their military operations, explaining how they were operating under increasing pressure from their superiors from the head of the military. in many ways, this has been an unprecedented hearing in columbia in which military are recognizing their responsibility in war crimes. and crimes against humanity. then there were many the tales that were surprising for many listeners among them the

fact that they actually planned out many of these killings writing down a list of the names of the people, especially poor farmers. people with disabilities, poor young people that they could kidnap, kill and dress up to the rebels in them at present as calm, but then that's a very strong and powerful day here in columbia. one that many hope will not only help reveal the truth of one of the darkest chapters of columbia civil conflict. but also sure that it will not happen again. now some victims of an all refiner explosion in southern nigeria. as emo state have been buried in mass graves, at least a 110 are known to have been killed in the blast at the legal refinery on friday. the pilfering of oil is common in this part of like europe, where unemployment is. now a global sun crisis is looming. if urgent action isn't taken in a report,

the u. n's environment program warns the world is using sand faster than it can be replaced. global demand, a surge to 50000000000 tons a year because of population growth and urbanized ation. sound is the world's most consumed raw material after water is the primary substance used in the construction of roads and bridges the you and want stricter rules for some mining? the problem ease that san is produced to very slow erosion, georgia, all process. we takes hundreds of thousands of years to bring to go from rocks to grain of song. i've sent. and we beauman are using $50000000000.00 tones of sand and gravel per year. you might think like, what is 50000000000 terms? well to given id, it's, you could build a wall of 27 me to high 27 meter wide, all around planet earth every single year. that's the amount of said we are using. and of course you can't peak soon, so much sand are such a high volume of anything actually without having a large impact on the environment. now, a stone statue dating back for

a half 1000 years, has been found by a farmer in southern garza. the $22.00 centimeter limestone statute depicts the face of the ancient canaanite deity, anat. it was the goddess of love and war. it was unearthed by a farmer while he was working on his land in hon. eunice, the palestinian authorities, say the stature was discovered on what was an important overland trade route. ah, i forget check of the headlines here on al jazeera, the u. n says moscow has agreed in principle to allow it to help with the evacuation of civilians on the as of style. steel plugged in the besieged, ukrainian city of matthew polt. you and 2nd, general antonio carriage met russia's president vladimir putin in moscow. for the russian president described the situation in matter you will as difficult and tragic. but putin also said the gutierrez had been misled about what's happening there.