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a 20th centers plus the largest exodus of cubans this century is taking place. i'm lucy newman in havana. cuba. i'm coming up. i'll explain why and how you oh, and a quarter of a 1000000 worshippers observed the holiest knight of ramadan at the alex, a mosque and occupied east jerusalem. ah, russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to more european countries after turning off the taps to poland and bulgaria over their refusal to pay and roubles. a european union has accused the kremlin of using energy to blackmail countries supporting ukraine and it's fight against russian forces. let him bother reports. it had been predicted by some feared by many more. but european leaders, c rushes, moved to halt gas, surprised to poland and bulgaria,

because they won't pay roubles as aggressive. it comes as no surprise that the kremlin uses fossil fuels to try to blackmail us. this is something the european commission has been preparing for in close coordination and solidarity with member states and international partners. our response will be immediate. united and coordinated. moscow says countries can still pay for gas imports in euro's or dollars, but only if they open russian bank accounts, which then convert the currency and make the final payments. it's thought some countries have already done so, but bo guerria, which gets the vast majority of its gas supplies from gas problem is not one of them. yeah, i want to put them in dublin and we will not succumb to such a racket. but a great gary. i was reviewing all agreements with gas problem, including the agreement on gas transit, 3 bulk area because one sided blackmail is not acceptable. the polish president

just promised to take legal action, but the prime minister is insisting there's no immediate threat saying storage facilities are 3 quarters full higher than most of europe. in the patricia, as i've emphasized many times, poland had previously prepared to 1st find supplies and obtained gas from various sources. even before the bolted gas pipeline is launched, will be able to protect our economy. to protect public households from such a dramatic step by russia. some warsaw residents, if not all seem reassured. the 2nd thing to go to this man says, shutting down gas supplies might end up humming russia. he says his country has reserves 11. she was at the party. while this woman one does how much pose like her will have to pay for developments linked to the ukraine war, saying things are already incredibly expensive. the use biggest economy germany has been the most reluctant to end gas imports from russia, but a wednesday. it said it was speeding up efforts to find alternatives, including liquefied natural gas,

or the condition of song dusty. i can say this are russian gas dependency, which was 55 percent before the war and dropped to 40 percent a few weeks ago. now it's 35 percent and retreat. so for now the common message is there's no need to panic, but it's hard to say how rushes move will play into the existing energy price crisis across europe. nadine barbara al jazeera. well, the white house says has been in touch with europe and partners over their energy needs. this is the type of step, the type of almost weaponized energy supplies that we had predicted that russia could take in this conflict. that is why we of course, have been in touch with europe, including over the with these countries, including over the last 24 hours with leaders in poland and guerria. and we have been working for some time now for months with partners around the world to diversify natural gas supply to europe, to in anticipation of and to also address near term needs and replace volumes that

would otherwise come from russia. what tom thing is on the universe, d of tulsa, he says, moscow's decision seems to be more of a warning to other countries that rely on russia gas. it's interesting. it's trying to figure out exactly what this moves all about. it is kind of quite frankly pulled and really doesn't use a lot of natural gas. it's less than 20 percent of the energy that they use. and there are substitutes. mostly they use natural gas to generate power. you can use gas or oil. and of course they're saying they've got substantial, reserved question is how long can they essentially hold out by just, you know, draining reserves or gary uses even less natural gas. both those countries are pretty dependent on coal all and has some nuclear power plants. it's almost as if, you know, you wonder if the russians are sort of this is, this is a hand slap and they're trying to basically put a warning out to other western european countries. you know, this is an indication that russia is willing to do this. the question becomes, are they going to cut off west germany or they get cut off larger consumers of

natural gas? in which case yes, that, that, you know, we've been watching the crude markets because the threat had always been there, right? if countries decide they're going to boycott russian oil the ural spin, you're going to have a, you know, you could lose supply in the global market situation, which is already tight. so the same thing pertains here, if either countries, boycott russian in ports of natural gas, or russia, basically turns the tax off on other countries that's losing natural gas supply. in a global situation, it's already very, very tight. and i'm just afraid we're looking at high prices for an extended period for vladimir putin has claimed that ukraine was pushed to plan with russia and moscow's reaction was just unfair. speaking to politicians in saint petersburg, he will and that any country that interferes with russia, as military operation in ukraine, will face consequences. vietnam, if anyone would want to interfere with what's happening in ukraine now from the outside, they have to know rushes response will be sweet and soft. is that we have all sorts

of tools that the west cannot obtain. and we will not post of our weapons, but we will use them if need be, and i want everyone to know that we've talked about re, has more now from moscow the russian president is not really passing up this opportunity to reiterate, at the reasons that he felt it was necessary for him to make the decision to send the russian troops into crane in what he calls a special moves here. operation that is now in its 63rd day vladimir putin, as we just heard, a had a very strong and stern warning for those countries that are assisting ukraine in the fight against their russian troops. he said that they are basically a fair game for the russians, and that they are, this is a fight between russia and ukraine and that's the 3rd countries that are getting involved. really, i have no right to do so. and that at he feels that he will be forced to make a decision as to whether or not to use all the tools that are at his disposal to

ensure a victory for the russian military. now, vladimir putin was also a speaking quite a bit about the objectives that he set out for his legislative officials about ensuring that russia's economy stays intact. and he said that to the attempts that had been made by the western powers to try to cripple russia's economy through severe sanctions, have failed. and that to russia is standing still at and they are not going to allow its economy to crumble. he also urge the officials that he was speaking to. he said to it, they have to work on anti crisis measures and also they have to strengthen the country sovereignty. there's a lot of emphasis on trying to basically ensure that russia's economy stays strong and that the rubel doesn't plummet like it did a few weeks ago. the you and 2nd general as arrived in you. craig, as he pushes for a cease fire in the 2 month war, and tonia gutierrez was in moscow on tuesday, where he met rushes,

president vladimir putin, on his arrival in ukraine garage treated that he will continue to work to expand humanitarian support. unsecure. the evacuation of civilians is expected to meet ukrainian, president flooding his landscape later in the week. russian forces have continued to pound the last known stronghold of ukrainian soldiers in the besieged city of mario pole. more than 3000 troops in a 1000, civilians are still hold up. in the as of style still works. on tuesday, president wooten declared that there are no military operations underway in the city. ukrainian officials have called the situation there, a humanitarian catastrophe. earlier, a ukrainian commander stuck inside the steam plant and this to say whether she fades only brittany or over 600 wounded men in our group with different levels of wounds. they really need medical attention and health care. there is no medical personnel or medication. there are also wounded civilians. hundreds of people, dozens of children with many people have limited mobility. the situation is very

difficult. there are huge problems with water and food completely extraction procedure. today is not 19 forties 2022. people will simply die here. the international criminal court chief prosecutor says he's received no response from russia about his investigation into alleged war crimes committed during the war and ukraine. speaking at the united nations korean khan said the world is holding its breath waiting for a resolution of the conflict. this is a time when we need to mobilize the law and send it into battle, not to not on the side of ukraine, against the russian federation, on the side of the russian federation against ukraine. but on the side of humanity to protect, to preserve, to shield people who are children, who are women, and who are men who have certain basic rights. and at that age at those people, whether they are russian or whether they're ukrainian is absolutely relevant. their families and their lives have been torn apart. so if this moment is not

a moment for us to define and strain our sinews and come together, what moment will we wait for? and will we be alive to see it? and this was russia's response. international perception of isis, his role and stance was well demonstrated by ukraine. his declaration on acceptance of his jurisdiction, dated 8, september 2015 represents on you famous attempt not only to limit the court's jurisdiction, but also to assign the blame in advance before a formal investigation even started. like we said, i c. c is a merely political instrument and has nothing in common with justice. not more so to come here now does air including world leaders, past and present bid farewell to madeline albright america's 1st female secretary of state. she is laid to rest and wanting for the 5th reptile species are sudden extinction. mana state?

ah! the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book. your travel package to day. hello, the weather looks a little changeable for japan. over the next couple of days, we have got cloud and rain in the process of pulling out the way, allowing some bright skies this weather system that will continue to drift its way further eastwards. there you go. lots of lovely spring, sunshine, tokyo at around 20 degrees celsius, but make the most of it because we got this mass of cloud and rain heavy and sundry downpours localized putting that into central parts of china on thursday. that wet weather pushes further east was we going to see a punch its way across q shoe into han shoes. really dull dab re miserable weather as we go on through friday. country downpours could lead to some localized flooding behind that. not too bad for the korean peninsula. a little bit of sherry rain

there up towards beijing. further south. well, it's sunshine and showers, as per usual across southeast asia. spect the heaviest of the shower still where across the philippines, central southern parts of the philippines. still seeing some lively downpours and a rash, asp. malaysia and on gay showers. therefore, indonesia on gay showers to into southern parts of in the over the next day or so. pushing across sir corolla up to was gonna talk a further north. it is dry. it is hot the pre monsoon, he continuing to build, i saw air with issue airlines of the journey. when the war on ukraine commenced. people in power reached out to inhabitants of the nation, 2nd city, less than 40 miles from the russian border. as the carnage unfolds, a handful of civilians document their experiences as they tried to survive and maintain some normality in a reality. turn upside down. a rare glimpse of life under the ball. you

crave a city under siege on it just either. ah ah, we'll come back and pick them out about top stories here this hour. russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to more european countries. oper, turning up the taps to poland. done bulgaria. their refusal to pain roubles. be used as the president is using energy to blackmail countries supporting the ukraine and russian president vladimir putin as warned at any country that attempts to interfere with moscow military campaign and ukraine will face immediate consequences. and russian forces have continued to pound the last stronghold of ukrainian forces, and not even more than 3000 soldiers and civilians are still hold up in the south

t works. the conditions are set to the growing more di what, despite being deep divided over the ukraine war, russia and the u. s. has completed a surprise, prisoner swap, rushes, foreign ministry says former us marine trevor read, has been traded for our russian pilot. that was serving a 20 year sentence. my kind of has more from washington dc. trevor. each family is preparing for his return at the home in texas. his father joey hanging, an american flag, his mother paula struggling to contain her joy. finally, after waiting all this time, we're going to be able to hug my kid, you know, from our arms around them. i had a little bit of a panic attack when he told me he was gonna spend the whole summary russia. so 9 months and then now it's been almost a 1000 day, so i'm just excited to see him. the former marine was sentenced to a 9 year sentence. in july 2020. it was accused and convicted of tracking the assaulting russian police officers, though he insisted during his trial,

he had no memory of the event. his family described the charges as deeply suspicious and last month held a protest at the white house before meeting with president biden. to ask him to help secure their son's release in a statement, president biden has praise the safe return of read as a testament to the priority. his administration places on bringing home americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad, adding it required the difficult decisions that i do not take lightly when he referenced the tough decision in his statement this morning. he was referencing the decision to commute the sentence of constantine. you're ashamed, go. i would emphasize that this individual had already served the majority of his prison sentence for non violent drug crime. the press secretary would not be drawn on the fate of other americans being held in russia. had been in touch with her

that he plan to reach out to paul wheel and family for any brian or family and family to have worked west attained in russia. we have, of course, been in touch with their families over the course of time. i'm not going to detail those conversations. further. after being released from prison, read was transferred from a russian plane to a u. s. one at a turkish airport. the primary concern of his waiting family is his health. as his parents, we know he does not look well. he's very thin. he was walking straight with my dad to help him get up in the airplane. yeah, he didn't look good. so i understand there's some medical personnel home to play with him and they're checking him out. so that's our main concern right here. and that debriefing and all that stuff that can come later. we just want to make sure that his health, this guy, but the parents have returned into their home content that their son is free. the prisoner swap would have been remarkable, even in times of peace. but it's all the more surprising, given that russia's invasion of ukraine has driven that relationship with us to the

lowest level. the century. my cana audius' era, washington. yes, president joe biden's under fire from both sides of the political spectrum of his immigration policies in question is a trump era measure that still in place? it effectively allows the u. s. government to ignore local and international laws governing the process of granting asylum. chaper chancey has more from washington dc. the bible ministration has been criticized from all sides, left center and right for the handling of title 42 was the health code invoked by the trumpet administration. once the pandemic began, which the trump administration claimed meant it no longer have to observe international domestic law. when it came to processing asylum requests at the board, up at the time, joe biden said, one of this 1st order of business would be to reverse that, return to a humane asylum policy. but almost a year and a half later, we still have title $42.00 in effect,

and only now is the bite of ministration doing anything to revoke it, apparently by the end of may. so my august the d h s. secretary collins got tough questioning and perhaps a rehearsal of the sort of minds we're going to get from the republicans as the mid terms approach in a few months time. as the republicans make the case, the bible flinging open the borders to immigrants. what information do you have in your possession that your frontline agents so risk lives every day and some of them give their lives every day. have no, don't have that will tell you that you won't lose operational control or some of the border at least when tied to 42 is lifted. we have a plan, we have a plan that we've developed and that we have been preparing to execute 6 power and implementing, implementing since september of this past year. the reason the left is angry with bike never handling of title 42 as the base. this could all of avoided if the bite and ministration would follow through on its promises to end title 42 last year.

well before the mid term elections, when it could be seen simply as reversing trumps policies. now it seems like this is a bio policy. he must own it. in addition, the left say that the news that the u. s. plans and the by the ministration pounds except 100000 ukranian refugee as well. welcome shows the double standard biden hesitating last year about title $42.00, which affected black, brown and indigenous asylum seekers. but immediately accepting white refugees, white asylum seekers when it came to ukraine. cuba is experiencing the largest exodus of people, the century, driven mainly by a worsting economy. the government blames the united states accusing washington of encouraging illegal immigration. our latin america editor, this year newman has a special report from cuba, capital, havana, bud, all. mary maurice, 76 year old cool young gonzales has been making shoes by hand since he was 12 nor go from babylon. but i made despair as

a gift to my son's friend what friend will be giving him temporary woman board in argentina to where he is about to migrate. he tells me it will be hard to leave behind his home, even though it is literally falling apart. his children and his wife migrated long ago, but he never wanted to leave cuba until now and we will under the same diagnose for the last 60 years, our leadership has told us that things will improve that will overcome all obstacles. but we see the contrary. everyday things get worse, we have less food, more social problems, going sierra, again, by senior gonzales's. lucky. he has a visa to enter his country of destination. vast majority of cubans don't. so they try to fly 1st to nicaragua, the only country where cubans can enter freely but to get there, they need to transit through panama, which is now demanding a transit visa. cubans from all over the country. wait near the panamanian embassy

to apply the majority in vain on on our level chemical has been out here for 23 days. we'll give you more than what we said are you. i'm a human being and i look all around and can't understand that any human being can be treated like this. i feel humiliated, messy, and only oh wow, at the airport. another equally desperate group has become the latest victim of a scan. an alleged travel agency that sold in tickets for a non existent charter flight to nicaragua. oh margaret, every one you see here, the whole family was leaving today. and what were you going to do when you arrived in the garage? why i asked? i love you. many of us have know where to go because we've sold house everything. cuban chicken on the crisis has unleashed the largest exit it since 1980. when former president, fidel castro, allowed 820000 cubans to sail to florida. se cooper's government blamed the trump

and bind administrations for the latest crisis hulu. her both the recipe is to taught me economic embargo and cuba to provide more hardships on cuban families. reduce salaries, provide hunger and desperation, and the overthrow of our government off me to heal. since cuba government repressed and unprecedented social uprising by disgruntled cubans, last july. exodus has increased this, despite the new obstacles placed by panama, which appears to be cooperating with us efforts to reduce the influx of undocumented cubans. whatever the reason humans are telling us that they feel trapped. and as a result, many are resorting to a far more dangerous method that hadn't been seen since the 19 ninety's. and that is to attempt to cross the shark infested, florida straits that you see behind me in a raft or in a boat in an attempt to make it to the united states. in 1994,

during the so called rafters crisis, nearly 40000 cubans attempted to sail to florida. many drowning in the process to day history is beginning to be repeated back at the airport. the lucky few who had managed to get a transit visa prepared to leave cuba, final destination still unknown, but the pain of leaving their loved ones behind is agonizing. a scene that is being repeated all over the caribbean island. she and human al jazeera havana. now one of the holiest nights of the year in islam was being observed and occupied east jerusalem. earlier, there were an estimated quarter of a 1000000 worshippers at the alex, a moss for layla alcorda, which marks the 27th night of the month of ramadan. it follows his ready rage of the holy site on the killing of at least 17 palestinians in a crackdown across the occupied westbank. 2 of them in the last 2 days. stephanie deca as more of a multi bodies, jerusalem. it is the holiest night in the estimate calendar from muslims and

a quarter of a 1000000 worshippers are now inside the compound, carrying out prayers. i'll let you had take your little closer. you can see the courtyard filmed, filled with worshippers. they are now going to be carrying out prayers throughout the night until sunrise, the lady at the others. you mentioned. there is the night that it is believed that the court on was revealed to the prophet mohammed by god. it's believed that the prayers that people's prayers are heard that the heavens open and angels come to earth. this is why you see so many people gathering here. they've come from the occupied westbank from north israel from all over really there's been a lot of traffic during the day around this area. roads have been closed and it's the largest number of people that we've seen over the last couple of years. because of course, the corona pandemic, and also last year you had the escalation, you had the tensions on the compound which led to the gaza award, i think will. so

a reminder that this is as many palestinians will tell you as many muslims will tell you, a red line locks a mosque is a red line and it has the ability to trigger a much wider conflict. what happens at this site, but certainly to night on the holiest night for muslims going very peacefully with a huge amount of people on the compound praying. and we are expecting them to stay there and more to come throughout the night. united nation says it's a pulled by the killing of at least $213.00 people in sedan since monday. michelle bachelor, the humans human rights chief, is calling for an investigation into the deaths. doctor's incident say they were killed in gun battles between nomadic arab tribes and non arms in west dar for state. unrest later, spread to the state capital alga naina disagreements of a scarce resources. of course, confrontations many 20 years. the world's reptiles are in crisis with more than

a 5th of them threatened with extinction. thank you'd. species like the komodo dragon galapagos taught us and the king cobra. according to a new study, scientists of scientists deforestation. urbanized ation on hunting. as the main reasons, climate change is also a factor. species are declining at a rapid rate. um, some estimates 10 times a 100 times a 1000 times more than the background rate of extinction that normally happens on the planet. so we're at a really critical time in our, you know, an earth history. reptiles represent a unique evolutionary heritage on the tree of life. and if all of those are 20 percent of reptiles that are threatened today go extinct, we will lose accumulation of 15000000000 years of evolution. that's. that's led to these fascinating creatures that we see around us today. the

1st woman to service us secretary of state has been laid to rest. hundreds of politicians and diplomats some around the world pay their respects to madeline albright at the washington national cathedral. she died last month of cancer at the age of $84.00, but to call her report the status of those in attendance said much about whom madeline albert was and what she accomplished in life. current and former president and vice president, secretary of state cabinet members, congress and diplomats and politicians from around the world celebrated the life of the former us ambassador to the united nations. and in the 1st female secretary of state, a fierce advocate for women in national security. she didn't just help other women . she spent her entire life counseling and cajoling, inspiring and lifting up so many of us who are here today. her work remembered

as a hawkish proponent of us military power, pushing her then boss bill clinton to take action in kosovo. she tried to stick up for people who were left out and left behind. and in spite of all of the professions and we all know them very grateful that a piece is held in bosnia for now more than 26 years. madame was a big part of the reason nato was still strong and galvanized as it is today. madeline never missed words or wasted time when she saw something new 16 or someone who needed helping. but she was also controversial, among other things, pushing for tough sanctions on iraq, the critic se led to children dying of hunger and medicine shortages. we have heard that a half a 1000000 children have died. is the price worth it?

i think this is a very hard choice, but the price we think the price is worth it. still here, she was remembered by those who knew her best as a diplomat, mentor, author, and mother, and all that she accomplished. much of the focus was on what a truly remarkable life madeline albright led firstly in europe twice coming to the united states. eventually rising to the top position. the 1st woman, secretary of state, a leader and national security and foreign policy that lasted for decades. she died at the age of $84.00 patty calhane al jazeera washington. ah, i for trick of the headlines here on al jazeera, russia threatened to cut off gas supplies to more european countries. oper turning up attached to poland on bulgaria over their refusal to pay in roubles. e says the

kremlin is using energy to blackmail countries supporting ukraine or vladimir putin as.