busy complete destruct said fighting back a russian assault, holding background forces. the scale of destruction is just now being revealed. as we arrived mc elias there is panic. a russian war played is suspected of being close by. stay with al jazeera, for the latest developments. ah . a village in eastern ukraine in the line of fire, where residents live in constant fear of russian. shelley. ah, but mohammed resume this al jazeera ly from door. also coming up at least 10 people are killed and many more wounded in a bomb attack on a mosque during friday. prayers in the afghan capital, coupled from tennis icon to prison convict. former champion boris becker,

is jailed in london for secretly stashing cash to cheap bankruptcy lawyers. temperatures break records in parts of pakistan and india with new deli recording. the 2nd hottest april in more than 70 years. brushes military campaign and ukraine is primarily concentrating on the industrial heartland of the countries east. key of says moscow's offensive has become more intense. the don bass region has seen fierce fighting with these 2 towns taken by the russians. there also heading towards layman and partner with ukrainian troops defending the 2 cities. the village of monte inca is now on the worse front line in the east. from where charl stratford sent this report. lloyd you 2 year old roy isa is blind in foam and terrified. she sits crying on her bed in

this makeshift shelter, shrapnel for michelle ripped through her leg while she sat at home in the eastern ukrainian city of muddy anchor. when he thought thank god were alive, they shall, every half an hour, shrapnel hits everything. we climbed out of the rebel, grabbed what belongings we could then lifted mom out. we found a wheelbarrow and put her in it and pushed her to the road where a volunteer rescued us. in a nearby village, people waited a food distribution point too many have either fled or been rescued from the shelling and muddy income of volunteer from a church group. hands out plastic bags filled with a few essentially wood miller shows us what's inside of board. we live off can't food and what we can grow. we have no money because we can't walk. we can't

work anymore. this is how we survive. further towards mary anchor. the sound of shelling echoes across the fields. signs of the fighting begin to appear. houses badly damaged, abandoned, a school destroyed. we drove further and into my income. was the sound of artillery for an occasional small arms fire. russian forces a close we can hearing what sounds like mortar fire in the center of the city. what we do know is that russian forces control positions just a few 100 meters in that direction on the other side of another show live. now, we also know the russians made gains here. marian,

the early stages of the war, ukrainian army have since said that they have now pushed them back. we move back out of town and see black smoke rising. or lena helps her wounded mother into a taxi to take her to hospital. it's doubtful louisa will ever see her home again. jo stafford al jazeera, muddy anchor, eastern ukraine, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says the situation in the don vast region and the city of harkey is challenging. but that his forces are fighting back. discuss the direction of the situation in the cave region is difficult, but our troops and our intelligence have important technical success. the occupiers are doing everything to destroy any life at the dawn. best territory seen him, constant cruel bombardment, because the russians, trucks and infrastructure and residential areas are a state that russia wants to make this territory uninhabited. that's why the defense of our land and our people is literally the fought of our last another

russian attack on ukraine's capital could happen at any time. that's according to the city's mayor. officials with you in chief antonio baterri. sh say he came dangerously close to a missile strike, while on his 1st war time visit to the country who w, how may i went to the site a thursday's attack? you can see behind me the rescue. oh workers and, and the repair, the emergency service actually sifting through the rubble. now, earlier this morning they did find a body of a young woman. she was a journalist with radio liberty, and she, she was buried under this trouble somewhere here in this apartment block. and we are really in the city center of a key. and now this attack happened just after president zalinski had wrapped up his meeting with the un secretary general antonia a good terrorist. the 1st reaction really came because of that missile attack here

in downtown keep with many members of his government and president zalesky himself again, underlying the fact that russia did not have any respect in their view even towards do un secretary general and making a point that there was, this attack was done purposely and very well timed to coincide with his knitted, not that witnesses ahead of his visit, not only because of the timing and the way he decided to go to moscow 1st and come back here. but also because of the role of do you and so far it has been a lot of frustrations in the weeks leading to the war. and there's been a lot of frustration throughout the war were 2 months in many other leaders have showed up here in cave and then he comes at the back of it. so certainly a difficult position for the secretary general who is trying now to just push forward. do you mind italian track? an eyesore fighter, responsible for the beheadings of several hostages has been sentenced to life in

jail in the u. s. london born alexander coty was part of the so called beatles group within i sold hostages, gave them the nickname because of their british accents. coty pleaded guilty last year to murdering for americans. particle haine has more from the court house in alexandria, virginia alexander cody, wasn't the only one of the so called beatles in the courtroom. sharpie l shake had been convicted of similar crimes earlier. the judge, one of them both there. so the families wouldn't have to give their victim statement twice. he'll be sentenced later. but for now, it was cody's turn and as expected by the plea deal, he was sent to life in prison. now they've made an arrangement so that he meets certain conditions. he will serve 15 years of that sentence here in the united states then be sent back to where he was born in the united kingdom, to complete his sentence. the family got a chance to look at the men describe their anguish. one mother said you there are

no words to describe the pain you have ruined our lives. others talked about how horrible the uncertainty was of not knowing what was happening to their loved ones, and then finding out the absolute horror of the manner of death by beheading. also their treatment, they admitted the water brought forward as their their captive. they use done guns, they beat them severely, but there was another family member who sent a much different message. you no longer have power over me and my i forgive you. now one of the things prosecutors wanted to say, one of the judge to decide just exactly how his prison time in the united states would be said. they were hoping that he would be put in mostly solitary confinement . the judge said that would not be appropriate for him to rule and that to leave that up to prison officials. he did say that he thought that he showed some remorse, and he did comment on the fact that he has agreed to meet individually with family members. in the days ahead, one of the things the family say they still want to know is in many cases exactly

what happened, how they die, and more importantly, where their body, so they can bring them home to finally have a proper burial. former 6 time grand slam tennis champion, boris becker, has been sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison by british court. the 54 year old german was found guilty of hiding millions of dollars worth of assets to avoid paying his debts. john a whole was at court inlet. boris becker arrived at court for sentencing, wearing a tie in the wimbledon colors. he won the championship 3 times among 6 grand slam titles in a tennis courier that had earned him more than $50000000.00. now bankrupt and convicted on charges of concealing his assets from investigators. becca. would listeners judged deborah taylor sentenced him to 2 and a half years in prison. he must serve half of it before becoming eligible for release. i accept the humiliation you have felt. she told him, but you have shown no humility. the sporting legend turned coach and commentator

has led a colorful life with vast earnings fueling a famously lavish lifestyle and then paying for a famously expensive divorce. seldom far from the tabloid headlines. becca father, a daughter after a casual encounter with russian model and waitress angela irma cova and london restaurant in 1909909. by his own evidence, child maintenance payments, and disastrous financial mismanagement, contributed to bankruptcy. in june. 2017, the court found that becca kept spending and use deceit to hide what was left more than $3000000.00 in cash and assets. at trial, the jury had heard in his defense that becca had relied on insolvency lawyers signing papers. he hadn't read and failing to understand his responsibilities. the jury instead found his actions,

deliberate and dishonest. it's not the 1st time becker has had a brush with the law in 2002. he was handed a 2 and a half year suspended sentence for tax evasion in his native germany here in the country. he now calls home morris back up. he's going to jail joan a whole l $20.00 saw the crown court london. so i had on al jazeera ah violence thousands to leave their homes. we meet iraq, self declared living dead. they've lived in the region for centuries, but say they're still treated like outsiders. ah, richard, he has begun. the, the full world cup is on its way to cattle. whoop. your travel package to day.

hey there, good to see. you're welcome to your world weather report. let's begin in the middle east. we had another if dust storm in boxed at the energy of that weather front moving further toward the east. it's now plaguing western areas of iran. we'll touch on that in a 2nd. some sand and dust spin tossed up around the northwest of saudi allah may get to 40 degrees, otherwise hot sunshine across the gulf. and we're going to turn up those temperatures and dough have, for example, over the next few days, up to $39.00 degrees on monday. we've had high heat through pakistan, so this is in bold pon, over the past few days, about 4546 degrees, people in the hospital trying to get whatever relief they can. and i think we're still going to see days of about 4546 in molten over the next little bit. there is no shower stretching from tedder on, read into she riser, temperature, round 2526. we've also got what, whether through central parts of turkey around the capital region in ankara. central africa looks like this. our usual storms come in and going through this area. western side temperature is around 30. and if i take it towards the south,

more rain for flood stricken areas of kazoo, luna tall. this includes durbin, but by sunday it's out of their cape town. 18 degrees on saturday. but give it a bit of time. it's going to be 30 feeling more like summer. by the time we head toward monday. that's it. we'll see you soon. i saw air with visual airline of the journey. talked to alger, cyril, we ask, what is the time tables in your mind? when do you think that you are, can be also russian gas? we listen when i have seen and played football with these refugees. i look at them and they're happy, they smile in we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the stories that matter on out, you see it from the fidelis of correct us. so the battle fields around most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah

ah, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories this hour. ukraine says russia has intensified it's offensive in the east. there's been fierce fighting in the don bass region, ukraine's president has described the situation there as difficult. but as his forces are fighting back, former tennis champion boris becker has been sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison by a british court. the 54 year old german was found guilty of hiding millions of dollars worth of assets to avoid paying his debts back to our top story and the war in ukraine. the u has called for com. after several explosions in trans mistrial. a russian back break away region of moldova which borders ukraine. both moscow and key of are blaming each other for the blasts. the barker has more from the mold oven, capital kish, now for

a couple of hours drive away from the ukrainian border. for the situation here and the mold, dove and capital cushion now couldn't be more different. the country has taken in more ukrainian refugees per capita than any other, but given that uptake and violence in moldova, breakaway region of trans sneed. sure. of the past few days, the concern is the war could be moving a little bit closer west or monday transmission officials said that a security service building was attacked with rockets and grenades on tuesday to soviet era radio mass to provide russian radio to the breakaway region. were destroyed, and on wednesday translation media said shots were fired from ukraine into a village entranced anesha, where there was a russian army zappa. the region has around 1500 russian troops that have been permanently stationed there since the early 1990 s, and a brief war between russian back separatist entranced nature and the moldova authorities. the ukrainian sir blamed russia for provocations of staging false flag

operations to justify mobilizing troops in the region and possibly a full fledged russian invasion from the south. oh, and now also hearing that western intelligence has advised ukraine about a possible incursion by russian forces in ukraine's most southwesterly part, pushing up north into moldova proper. and given that the country only has 6000 or so active troops, many here feel increasingly vulnerable store to love women from a low, a creek. moldova, in a really critical situation because rushes provoking things to stir up a conflict. it's impossible for the mold of an army in its current state to stand up to russia. but we're ready because this is our home. this is where we live. this is where our children and grandchildren all was whether love there's like little vargo. yes, look, i've got a military to choose those. i fought in afghanistan and trends. mr. yeah,

i was in the army for 11 years, but i will never let my son serv kennimore do an arm of protect us unless you have to be joking. historically, the country has been pulled between east and west one soviet and now aspires to e u membership. but the crisis in ukraine has complicated moldova future, a bomb and a mosque in western cobble during friday. prayers has killed at least 10 people and injured many others. and afghan interior ministry spokesman said the blast was at the khalifa, saheed mosque, around 2 p. m. local time, it's the latest in a series of attacks targeting afghan places of worship and civilians. during ramadan said lot of the muslim liam, lot of them would you? but over then i was a number of taliban members were inside the most too involved. we was standing to finish as sushi worship. within a few minutes an explosion occurred and i was covered with small pieces as nic and body boats. there's been a surgeon attacks and recent weeks mosque schools and public transport have been

the targets. the country she minority which includes the hazard community, has borne the brunt of the violence. at least 9 people were killed in bombings in missouri. sharif on thursday, a mosque in the same city was attacked last week. and a boy school in a she i, area of cobble was bombed earlier this month. and so fees who are a minority, sunny sect that follow a mystical branch of islam have also been targeted. friday's attack was at a sushi mosque. last week at least 33 people were killed after a blast tore through another sophie mosque in the city of condos. many of these attacks have been claimed by i saw who are bitter rivals of the taliban, blah, sorry, is an afghan journalist based in toronto. he says, the number of people killed could be much higher. most of the residents in that area and doctors in some hospitals, in an official with ministry and quite tragically, the death toll is quite higher than what the taliban have constantly been trying to

down play instead of focusing on providing security. we have to remember that this mosque was also housing, this sophie shrine. and the attack took place after the prayers during the meditation period. so people from very far away provinces and also come in because this was the last 5 years from a down very popular with sophie's and quite frankly, you know, those killed or yeah, one civilians, women and children are among those, you know, killed in wounded. and i have been monitoring the social media because you have relatives of the victims writing that they've lost family members. speaking to the spokesperson for the taliban police chief, he actually constantly told me that the figures could change that they were trying to reach out to various hospitals to find out exactly what has happened. but we

clearly see the thought about lacking a security strategy. why that could really protect lives, one that could really protect the sort of attacks from taking place on very regular basis. now a security guard at an israeli settlement in the occupied west bank has been shot dead. the really military says palestinian gunmen opened fire in the aerial settlement between the model and nablus. and then for the scene, all settlements are illegal under international law. earlier, extra israeli police were deployed at elac some mosque and occupy these treutlen worshippers gathered there in the 10s of thousands for the final friday. prayers of ramadan. emotions are running high because of weeks of confrontations between israeli forces and palestinians near the mosque. compound. meanwhile, hundreds of people in gaza took part in demonstrations to mark international al could state or jerusalem day. that's when people around the world protest against israel's 55 year occupation of palestine. human. i'd say it reports from gaza.

oh, national day was close. i took the last friday in run, the dog comes this year in the midst of patterson that i'm not just clean up so much, but across the policy. okay, do easy living because this stress, these tensions that almost ignited and you escalation between god, israel, you're planning to have that, who has called out the people for a protest today here in the gaza strip to show they support antelli de teter left them off and did it people in the land i am well, how well i, lia any israeli attempt to make any sacrifices or to impose identity or sovereignty over alexa is a battle not just for the palestinian people, but the entire la mac world. huh. and the resistance will make israelis pay a price for any escalation towards alexa. while the policy impacts is in got re stated that there in the states has been very the case of any escalation by these

really forces or. ringback cruisin, sowards, and ups and why? why are these really forces or sectors and they are continuing to support and defend it up to the most andrew to live with all the time to haiti. now, we're violence on the streets of puerto prince has claimed the lives of at least 20 people this week, fighting between rival gangs and the capital began on sunday, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. manuel, rob, hello reports. ah, the sound of gunshots on the streets of haiti's capital porter prints, at least 20 people have been killed over the past week alone. many of them caught in the crossfire of rival gangs. o my husband died and left new sri children. the situation is difficult for me. i don't know what to do violently to gangs has forced thousands of residence to flee their neighbourhood. many like mary din prebble and her 3 children say they're too afraid to return home where i have in

many things, people dying and people walking around with have you weapons, there's no one who can see anything. this otherwise bustling street was quiet on friday. many businesses across the city have closed their doors, gang violence, and puerto prince has worsened since the assassination of president of nell movies . last july. experts estimate that as many as 90 criminal gangs or actively operating in the city. all i can tell is that a visa is on livable right now. it's very, it's it's, it's can do anything, nothing happening. businesses can't run. do you can't even leave the city 1st. all of the southern part of the city is occupied by gags. now the sub, the northern part is also occupied. so basically we're locked in, we're under seach. authorities have deployed some 100 police units to patrol neighborhood streets as government officials in haiti continue to struggle to cur

violence linked to criminal gangs. the concern now is over the growing number of residents being displaced by the worsening security situation. manuel rap aloe al jazeera millions of people in south asia are struggling to deal with a heat wave which is forecast to get even hotter. power outages in india and pakistan have made it even harder to cope with record breaking temperatures. elizabeth problem reports from new delhi, which is just recorded the 2nd hottest april in 72 years. labor was a new deli work through temperatures above 40 degrees celsius to construct. and these new parliament buildings like many street vendors, an auto actual driver's here they make up some of the 75 percent of india's workforce who work outdoors. we have to go outside to work. it's very hard. when the water we become spun hot to drink, we don't even have enough water. a heat wave has gripped many parts of india for

weeks, that's after the nation. so it's hardest. march some records again, a 122 years ago. the higher than usual temperatures have led to demand for electricity reaching and all time high this week and power costs and several states . deli regional government has told people to expect power outages at metro and hospitals because of a shortage of coal power plants. the indian government has cancelled hundreds of passenger trains to rush coal to thermal power plants around the country. the intense heat has also affected wheat crop with some agriculture experts predicting this year's yield will be 25 percent less that could have international implications. india was planning to help sold a gap and global wheat supplies left by russia and ukraine. we also knew that 55 countries were dependent on the coming from the reason and 55 is not a small number. so if you can be standing along with another 50 fiber looking for

you know, displays next to us. so i think we have to be very watch will have all the just say the severe weather as part of the reoccurring trend, you not the temperature. so when you get these see web events, they're becoming more frequency than more intense. and when they happen, they last longer, so we're definitely seeing a shift in the trends to more intense heat waves happening in this part of the world. the indian meteorological departments says he 12 conditions will continue and several regions for the next 5 days. but there is little of a spite expected afterward with may and june. usually the hottest month of the year, elizabeth parent of al jazeera new daddy pakistan's climate change minister says the country has gone straight from winter to summer without a spring season. our correspondence come on, hider is in pakistan's capital some a bond with more that fed to human life, from what is happening because of the effect of global warming. last year,

jacob abad saw a record temperature of $52.00, says that over a $126.00 fahrenheit. and a doctor and medical expert warned, i did this for long, for a few hours, molded would need to organ failure. so indeed they did, their diag guys says the government has to come up with elaborate plans. some of them are already in progress. dieter project edwin, take at least a few more years that hydro, paula bosh are damage under construction. and when sharif shall i should have to go with the new prime minister, one of the foot places he read the date, was dag basha dime bug it's on in building down, but degrand take dine. the other thing that bugged on has to wean off totally, all from cold because of the conflict in ukraine at the prices of fuel have skyrocketed. and i did for thing many mo country. in south days,

you had to start thinking about burning goal again, for data, definitely not an option. now the large government had started a very ambitious project. and one would hope that the new government, with gary on the date and edward massive 3 plantation across the country. a poor start to the rainy season and the horn of africa has added to fears the worst drought in decades could have catastrophic results across the region. a 1000000 people have left their homes, and more than 3000000 livestock have died. haro matessa reports from the some were region in northern virginia, missouri. daniel has been walking for hours, his animals need water, and he's finally found some, he says, giving up wasn't an option. herd is in northern king, i have lost thousands of animals because of recurring droughts. because his regarded with her or young, i'm now always out here with the camels help, doesn't reach us. but i know in the villages, at least the government is giving people some water pots of king are ethiopia and

somalia are suffering. they drive conditions in more than 40 years. harvest or ruined animals are dying. more and more families are going hungry, garlicky yeah, i used to have 250 camels. the drought has killed most of them. i only have 3 left . it's heartbreaking. a force failed rainy season in the region is now a growing probability. so if latricia doesn't improve, you're going to see mos beth of lifestyle. and when we talk about mass death of lives door, what we, what that means is, people's livelihoods are completely destroyed, assistance from agencies and king us government is coming. but it's not enough bespoke all these august interventions like suitable protection programs. but believe what by the government is, has to do with the given cache, the vulnerable households. we still have

a huge population in that needle for deed who wish if nothing is going to be done about it. we'll end up with other stuff is the only way to survive for many is to keep moving. people here have been walking for days, looking for food and water for the animals. first, they were told their supplies in that direction about a 100 kilometers away. but when they got they, they found nothing, neither heading towards the mountains, another 100 kilometers away with them, the farmers are gathering. it's a long journey. and when they eventually get the, it was no guarantee they will find what they are looking for. harder matessa al jazeera northern king. ah, this is on the 0, and these are the top stories. ukraine says russia has intensified it's offensive in the east. there's been fierce fighting and the don boss region, ukraine's president volota mer zalinski says the situation there is challenging but that his forces are fighting back.