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to see we're english streaming light on like youtube channel, plus thousands of all programs. award winning documentaries, and in depth news reports. subscribe to you to dot com forward slash al jazeera english. ah . ukraine's president says around a 100 civilians have been evacuated from a besieged steel plant in the city of mary palm. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera life and joe house are coming up a show of support for ukraine. us how speak in nancy pelosi becomes the highest ranking american official to visit key america stands with you.
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stand with ukraine until victory is one. thousands in sri lanka protest against the government's handling of the worst economic crisis in decades. and the family of the man whose life inspired a hollywood film is doing the reward and government for $400000000.00 for we began in ukraine where president vladimir zalinski says around a 100 people have been evacuated from the besieged steel plant in mary, a poem he is treated that they are on their way to ukrainian controlled territory and should reach the city of separation by monday, tames are working on evacuating. those who remain in the facility previous attempts had failed. russian forces have surrounded the as of style. it still works for wakes trapping hundreds of civilians and ukrainian fighters inside alexia. bryan
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begins our coverage flanked by you in officials and russian troops, buses carrying evacuation from your mother, your pulse as of style steel plant, arrived in the village outside the city. more than 70 buses were made available, but not many people were brought out. after weeks under siege, there was smiles of relief. i'd sooner unusual the report we handed over 20 civilians who are able to be reclaimed from the rubble. they are women and children, and we hope that these people will go in the agreed directions, namely to suffer asia and territory under ukrainian control. mon, trapped beneath the steel works are said to be up to a 1000 civilians and 2000 ukrainian fighters. the industrial complex is the last bastion of ukrainian territory in the port city, surrounded by russian forces. satellite images show how much of it now lies in
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ruins. in the capital cave, relatives of ukrainian fighters hold up and the plant of rallied demanding the un and the west negotiate their freedom is now i don't know if my son is alive, but i will keep coming here and standing year until my you pull is liberated i on saturday, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski hosted us how speak and nancy pelosi in cave, in a major show of support. she is the highest ranking american leader to visit ukraine since the start of the war. commitment is $11.00 to $5.00. when that will be, remains far from certain. russia has been intensifying its operation in the east and south with relentless rocket artillery and mortar attacks. people are escaping the conflict zone and a new front line near the town of lemon. they should have been enjoying
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a gentle retirement and stayed there contemplating a very different future with the liberators. the russians have coleman, have freedom from was our lives. and now i am an elderly person and i have to run away from home. this war has uprooted, more than 12000000 people in the past 2 months are below ground, and mighty. you pull hundreds more, a waiting for their chance to escape. alexia brian, al jazeera honda abdel ha, made is even as arizona where many of those evacuation from mary a poll will arrive on monday. well, according to the end, we are not expecting any civilians arrive here by end of day to day may be to morrow. ah, it did well from what we know is that the evacuation and the safe passage has been put in place since yesterday. that's when the un buses and the teams of both the u
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. n. and international red cross have arrived in the vicinity of the steelworks. we do know that a number of civilians did come out a yesterday saturday, up to 20 of them. we don't have any figures about how many did come out today if any at all or do you. and at this point is not giving any details, but it is saying that the operation is continuing. it takes a lot of work. it takes a lot of coordination between the ukrainian side and the russian side, a lot of mediation and a lot of vetting of those who are coming out. so this is going to be a lengthy operation that can take a few days. we probably, at some point going to start seeing a buses arriving here in the upper regis about a 3 hour drive under normal circumstances that may be much longer because of the current situation on the ground. but certainly it is a very delicate air evacuation that do you and, and the red cross
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a handling and they're trying to give as little detail as possible. but they are saying it is continuing and at the moment seem it's things seem to be going as smooth as it's possible in a battle ground and from washington. how did your castro has more on nancy pelosi visit to keep she was there in person shaking hands with president zelinski. the timing of this as it to happening just a week after the us sent to cabinet secretary also to meet with the ukrainian president and his visit happening in spite of the dangers. of course, the russian shelling that fell on keep during the un secretary general's visit. and the, the reason that this visit was so meaningful is that it marks a significant shift from the earlier us assessments. back when we were hearing that it was almost inevitable that ukraine could not win this battle. well, now we're hearing the opposite message and see nancy pelosi presence there on the
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ground in key. if only makes that point the more strongly. and she said, standing next to the lensky, that the u. s. would be there for ukraine until victory was one. those were her words. it's words that were also echoed by the 3 democratic congress. people who also accompanied pelosi on this visit. she also sank the lensky for defending democracy. she said, for his nation and for the world, which again emphasizes the u. the u. s. commitment to seeing a victory for ukraine as its military assessments show that momentum may be on ukraine side. here russia, meanwhile, is intensifying attacks aimed at seizing more territory in easton ukraine. the town of debris around 50 kilometers from the front line was targeted on saturday. 7 people were injured when a residential building was struck out 0 child straps. it is,
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then we're in the town of repair. now i'll ask, it just depends. well, it show you this residential blog. this said this residential block at a, at a miss all land basically next to it. yesterday morning, around 20 families living in there. the majority of them had been evacuated in the, in the weeks previous weeks, miraculously, only 7 people injured, apparently receiving early, suffering, minor injury. this is one of 2 missiles strikes that hit this town yesterday. and what's interesting is, is that it is at least 50 kilometers away to where the active front line is. and it strikes like this, that a consistent with what the ukranian military is saying is evidence that they have of the beginnings of a serious push by russian forces to take as much territory as they can in the coming days. potentially, as i say, up to that date, that silent important date of may the night in the eyes of vladimir putin. because
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we're getting increasing hits attacks on towns that all has to say a long way back from the front line. mean wall over night. there were lives on going shelling, heavy shelling in some of the areas that we've been repulsing from in recent days. areas like papa's now, which is east of here lucy chance, which is also east of here that push that empty push to try and surround the big urban centers of slim dance and cremmit tools still goes on. the u. k is accusing a russian online troll factory of targeting senior politicians and journalists on social media. it's, it's an organization called cyber front. that is recruiting people just spread false information on the war in ukraine and paying them $600.00 a month. a russian news organization called on tanka says it's identified an old factory in petersburg as the headquarters for the troll farm workers reportedly
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required to post $200.00 comments daily on social media using bank accounts, cyber friends, ed calls itself a peoples movement and says its role is to counter the west and narrative of what's happening in ukraine. tim squirrel from me institute for strategic dialogue says, this isn't surprising behavior from the kremlin. russia has been engaging in this kind of inflammation operation for over 10 years. now. the only thing that's really changed in this current conflict is that they are increasingly open about it, that they using this concept implausible deniability of denial. so paper saying that it's almost a trolling act in itself to say no, we're not doing it, but giving a wink and not to say that actually they are. and this is part of the broader kremlin strategy of trying to undermine the integrity of the information environment to effectively make it very difficult for people to know with anything is true. and that men will fact that will to support all to fight against any kind
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of kremlin operations administration, the cyber from that channel which has about $95000.00 subscribers right now will placed pictures all or links to opposition social media post and then direct them to go and common underneath that, we've basically narrative, undermining the ukrainian or sort of western position. we have reason to believe it is linked to the kremlin, but of course what they tend to do is keep it relatively hands off. approach will keep them on length. so there is, as i say, this kind of inflows deniability, we are fairly sure the someone pulling the strings. but it's difficult to say exactly who it might be and precisely what kind of relationship they have with their employees or people further down the chain. still ahead on al jazeera israeli forces, there were hundreds of palestinian miners every year. we made a 14 year old who was detained, much to wait,
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and to find balancing in the middle of the 2nd performance from ukraine. ballad worth and russia keep it together on the big ah, the journey has begun. the before world copy is on its way to catholic book your travel package today. hello, thank you for joining in good to be with you. so temperatures and pakistan have approach getting pretty close to 50 degrees. so jacob bods 49 degrees was your high over the past 24 hours. the heat will let go just a bit on mondays, so we've got you in for 45. meantime, heat wave alerts have been downgraded for northern portions of india. this includes new delhi, so 43, the high for you on monday, but in the days to come, we'll dial down those temperatures a bit 2 or average values. terms of that act of whether we see
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a wave of showers in storms moving through the mall div, clipping the southwest of india, and also western portions of sherlock up. i think we're going to see some big storms bubbled up for what's been gall into bangladesh. this includes calcutta, i think doc, mostly showers likely thunderstorms, though for you on tuesday. likely the risk of seen some flooding across indo china with these solid bands of rain for southern sections of vietnam cambodia. just edging into thailand and the heaviest of the rain has now started to pivot away from hong kong, but your temperatures leave a bit to be desired with the high of 22. meantime, temperatures are on their way up for beijing 26 degrees on monday, but in the days to come, we'll get you to the low to mid thirty's. that's it. official outline of the journey? ah, why did one of toilet's most decorating cubs flee the country in fear of his la fraud investigation? one 0, 18th revealed exploded obligation,
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a police corruption on out to 0. frank assessment. what are the political risks of panic rushmore? the gas for western leaders will sanctions on russian energy exports. that's from recipe for recession in depth analysis of the days headlines inside story on al jazeera. ah ah, hello, you're watching out his ear. i'm emily angry. he is a reminder about hope stories this hour. the ukrainian president says around a 100 people, i've been evacuated from the besieged steel plant and mary, a pole. and the operation remains ongoing. russian forces have been surrounding the site, trapping. hundreds of civilians and ukrainian fighters inside russia,
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meanwhile, is intensifying attacks aimed at seizing more territory in east in ukraine. 7 people were injured when it residential building was struck down in the town of de appro clear on saturday. and the speaker of the house of representatives has thank 2 claims president for what she described as his fight for freedom during a visit to keep nancy pelosi range short of love miss lensky. there continued a 6 day protest. march in sri lanka has ended in the capital with more demands for the resignation of the president and his brother, whose prime minister opposition parties organize what they called a unity force. they marched a 115 kilometers from candy to colombo to lancaster are facing their worst economic crisis is 7 to use with fuel shortages, power cuts, and soaring food prices. michelle fernandez is in the capital one,
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says the government has been feeling the pressure. what you see behind me is the latest brought as module 6 day march by the main opposition. s j b party. ah, it's called the unit in march to basically push the government ago. and i have with me a parliament area and from the debbie it on become or abner. ah, hello am i, can you tell us you've been marching for 6 days from candy over 100115 kilometers. i mean, what i had all these people asking for started with a few 1000 people. it's turned out to be more than a $100000.00 people are marching today. they're asking for the basics of life. they're asking for gas without kitchens, federal and visa there where he goes. this country has never been in this position before this and therefore they are really boost government booth. residents go home . that is the message that these people actually bring it. how do you change things in it's not going to happen overnight. does this debbie have any solution?
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finance minutes of the country has just been washington talking with the i am it has come back empty handed without any solution because even as her community on the market don't, don't have any trust in government. when you look at the prototype gathered to hear that together, you ask about class, you know, that you have less in a spectrum of religion. do you expect them of any customer differences there have gathered and they have confidence in their therapy forming a government. and therefore, even a certain community has confidence during our track record and given the people behind it full review, negotiate with the i am, if you feel restructured, i would it be a really good bridge and kind of thought that the sunday dinner but economic was it and that, as you heard, was it on the criminal from the s j b. and as he says, people are requesting and asking for a systems change. now whether they look to the s j before that change in general as
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to whether they accept the plan to put forward by the su b. how the government actually comes forward in dealing with the immediate crisis will have to be seen in the coming weeks and is my day events have been held worldwide for international labor day lays in paris. fine t gas protest is unhappy at the re election of president to many loma con. similar demonstrations for us are held in other friends, cities including ma, say, and wren. in the great capital athens protest is demanded better working conditions . trade union members also condemned high inflation and soaring energy costs. while in cuba, tens of thousands marched on their traditional my day holiday. it was their 1st for 2 years following the cove attending any displayed communist slogans and pictures are few been revolutionary ladies. despite the islands acute economic crisis and shortages of almost everything from transport to food or
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wanda's government is being sued for $400000000.00 by the family of the man whose life in spite of the hollywood film, hotels lawanda the u. s. low. so it says poll recessive again at was louis from exile in texas back to wanda, where he was then tortured before we're saving a long prison sentence. the tory gate m b has moved full recess of again a scene hearing caught him or when the last year was serving 25 years in jail, for terrorism rights groups and observe his say his trial was a sham. now his family is suing the ruins and government in the united states for $400000000.00. the way that a wanton government has tried to discredit his, his work and his name and all the great things he has done with the war over the years has hurt us and all a lot. and we've done everything that we can to continue to stand up for him to continue to advocate for him and to bring more people to other voices to this campaign. recess of again i was living in exile in texas,
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when his lawyers say he was lured back home against his will. 2 years ago, ruined his government, admitted he was deceived into boarding the plane. his lawyer says he was kidnapped last february, there wandering attorney general johnson pca admitted that the one the government did this, that it didn't paid for the plane that was used in the kidnapping. i'm any in the united states sovereign countries, laquoanda aren't immune from sue's when they engage in acts like torture and kidnap, who says a beginner was made famous by the hollywood film hotel. ruined without that shelter . every one of them would have almost surely have been killed during those weeks and much of merciless tor. he told the story of how he said hundreds of lives in the hotel manager. during ones is 1994 genocide. he then fled into exile and became a vocal critic of ruined. as president polk ami, setting up
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a foreign based opposition group. the government has not commented on the lawsuit, but despite the civil case, the 67 year old is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. victoria gave them be al jazeera, hundreds of palestinian children are arrested by israeli forces every year. human rights organizations say they're subjected to abuse and lack of legal representation. 14 year old ethel as a, was detained by israeli soldiers for 12 days before he was released. need abraham follows his family's journey from protesting his detention to his release. ah, a melody of love for the homeland is how these young palestinians see their protesting against the arrest of their friend. offended as they is really soldiers detained. the 14 year old in mid apron, he was charged with throwing stones at the army near bethlehem. and the occupied west bank, but his father denies the charges. big soldier was on me. i am
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a skeletal. he is a spirit. and if i really only so a thal a couple of times from a distance in the court, he was not able to make my contact in case he will cry. and you know him, our coming to, to quite, it's a weakness point though, client is a strength point. and so this is the feeling we have been suffering, lack of sleep as he is, lack of sleep. when we, if we start thinking with one of our fellows eating, soon after the protest at al was released on bail, he's breaking their amazon fast with his family and says the soldiers beat him up a gun. the ar cut off our debt. will javier i was shaking out of fear the interrogators asked if i was cold. i said no. they asked if i was scared by sid. i was a strong person a while ago. what changed that they wanted me to confess to doing something i didn't do clinton a 1000 release follows a pleaded lawyer say it's often the only way to get young palestinians out of jail
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as fast as possible without a p d. court proceedings could be lengthy, as it's often hard to prove innocence in medical records. this is why 99 percent of cases and the conviction. there are 2 legal systems that occupied to us bank. palestinians are tried in military court while it's a really circular stand in civil court. in 2009, israel established juvenile military records. just like this one behind this. but lawyers say it's done very little to protect the rights of children. these really army has to the jersey, all the rights of under h. defendants are protected throughout the rest investigation, prosecution, and sentencing. but to human rights organizations disagree. children as young as 12 him can be convicted in his records. the credits are completely failing because of elaine. the rest takes place at night without the presence of parents or legal counsel. the interrogation has done in a volatile environment that doesn't allow children to be safe. after the confession,
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the child is taken to a military court to extend the arrest without a lawyer he f l says his eager to get back to his violent classes and palestinian folk dancing. he wants to escape reality, even if it's for a short while. but he knows he'll never escape that experience with him eligible eda occupied westbank. afghans are mocking the 1st day of the age l. 50 hall holiday. at the end of the muslim, fast, the month of ramadan, but many kind of forward to celebrate because of extreme poverty famine, high unemployment. and the threat of more bomb attacks are higher us reports. it's not a holiday for us guns waiting by the roadside hoping to be given a job for 2 years of war. economic declines to be poverty and the worst drought in decades. a 4th man, yes. guns on to the streets, not knowing where their next meal will be. oh, wrong there has been without work for months. the bricklayers resorted to begging
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out of desperation, while his children tried to sell plastic bags. what i can a garden by good guy regarding i used to in good money, but now there's no work. the change of governments made the situation a lot worse when we go door to door asking to help with kicked out. but sometimes i'm just looking for a piece of bread while our gum trouble. clinically. the taliban takeover of afghanistan last august forced nearly 3 quarters of the 1000000 people from their homes. you ins. refugee agency says the country is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. enemy go mac, but i you his line to the pockets of the occupiers, the u. s. and politicians for more than 20 years. and now the age they're giving like a sack of flour or 5 kilo's of oil can't cure the pain of our country. we want them to assist by providing job opportunities and economic relations. afghans are
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drowning in the oceans to get to europe and dying in the snowy mountains of turkey, just to find work. the united nations estimates that more than half the population of $24000000.00 afghans are facing acute food shortages. that's a 30 percent increase from last year. and one step away from famine. you know, when you meet people like i have one, i'm out across the country that have tell that tell me that they have never had to come to the viet p before for food assistance their lives have just been devastated with the loss of jobs. ah, you know, unable to feed their children, i have never seen a situation deteriorate as quickly. and as up the scale that i witnessed over the last it to 9 months last month, you and launch the largest 8 appeal ever for a country of more than $5000000000.00. m u n appealed last week to the 900 states and its freeze on us can for an asset. agency said they don't receive international
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support soon. enough, galveston, hunger crisis, will go from bad to worse. and then they'll have to choose between who gets one layer of bread or to so to hide it, al jazeera, a tornado has swept through the us state of kansas. here it is, it hits the suburbs of wichita on friday night, several people were injured and hundreds of homes and buildings were damaged. we'll then 15000 people have been left without power. the governor has declared a state of emergency circus performers have joined some of the millions of ukrainians who fled the war. some have ended up at an international circus in the netherlands. alongside acts from bella, ruth and russia. correspondence step besson has been to see how the show is going on in the door direct. 15 year old alia malott called studying acrobatics at the
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circus school in kiff until the war broke out. he's now living as a refugee in germany, trying to continue his studies. he sent the videos of his exercises to his coach, was still in ki, if that was there for the ah, that i really enjoyed going to the circus school and to rehearse the response from the audience made me happy. but everything has changed since the start of the war. yes. my bringing ukrainian evolution and other international artist together does that circus direct to hopes that a long tradition can be continued despite the war. the messages. let us help at one time, the whole world is going to be a circus world because we are to prove that it's possible to work live together weights, so much different nationalities to gather all gamma good. so back
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from bella rules performing on the so called russian bar with 2 ukranian colleagues, is one example for those connect instance with artists who remain professional. we still have a good relationship. russians, bill russians, it doesn't matter that seemed like it. so that is a thing to be up if i lost a lot of friends. i worked in russia for a long time. we don't communicate with each other. so this has long been an odd form that has brought ukrainian and russian performers who gather because of the war. and that's now only possible in countries as far away as the netherlands. but for some sharing a states for gather, it's difficult with all that's been going on. and asked bassier safari and managed to fleet a ukrainian city of if been, which was heavily attacked by russian forces. she sat for now she can't perform to
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gather with her russian colleagues the assembly. i am with it and i can't do this now. i would feel i would betray my people because they are fighting for my country . and people are dying at a moment that would not be possible for me a few days before to show several russian artist cancelled despite their trauma anastasia and the other performers. hope that one day sir, cuz can.

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