oh, organize is getting ready to host the middle east's biggest ever school thing. event next year and for the castle national same as they get used to playing in fronts of expected home crowds that we hoping to convince both the fans and themselves that they really all ready to take on the world. ah, the you pushes to phase out russian oil altogether. it's facing resistance. and let's be clear. it will not be easy because some member states a strongly dependent on russian oil. but we simply have to do it. ah, other given out this is angie is our line from doha. also coming up. us president joe bond in defense is handling of the economy ahead of wants expected to be the

biggest interest rate hike in 22 years. a jane closes metro stations and suspends bus routes and china's latest attempt to stop the spread of cove at 19 o. one of africa suffers it's was drought in decades leaving millions at risk of dying of hunger. the are being union wants its 27 members to ban russian oil imports as part of its latest sanctions for the war and ukraine. the bog wants to do it in stages to give government's time to look for alternative supplies. in several countries, pushing for exemptions from any embargo don't came aboard from berlin. this is the gas prom nifty installation. in hunting months, he asked from installations like these in siberia and across russia, crude oil, diesel, and petro, a pumped to customers, take him together every day. nearly 8000000 barrels of crude and refined products

are exported. 2 thirds of them end up in europe. but now russia's war against ukraine has changed everything to day. we are addressing our dependency on russian oil. and let's be clear. it will not be easy because some member states are strongly dependent on rational oil. but we simply have to do it. so today we will propose to ban all russian oil from europe. this will be this will be a complete import ban on all russian oil seaborne and pipeline crude and refined. but in order for this to happen, it will need the support of all e u. member states. some are highly dependent on russian oil and a strongly resistant to all out embargoes. the hungarian say what matters most to them is protecting their economy and people hobbled. one war is going on in as

a consequence process of rising in the whole of europe. the signs of a serious crisis of energy and the european economies are facing miseries. and we are not yet out of the age of epidemics on a preferred people medically decision the best but leaders of the country to defend them and hungry from these dangers. the new sanctions proposed in strasburg will also target several large russian banks and other financial institutions. we finally de swift. spec. spank is one of the is the largest russian bank. it was round about 37 percent of the whole banking sector. and we will also de swift to other major banks in russia by that we hit banks that are systemically critical to the russian financial system. and proteins ability to wage destruction . the notable absentee from all this is russian natural gas. in a sense,

it's the elephant in the european living room, too big to be ignored, but also too big, unilaterally to be done away with, without seriously damaging economies across this continent. and that's the problem facing e e u leaders. they want to act fast against russia, but they're stuck with the reality of decisions that governments across europe made over decades when they thought that it was in their best interests to make deals with president putin. donna kane, al jazeera, berlin. alexander law is the president of energy intelligence. he says, countries like hungry will find it particularly hard to win themselves off russian energy. i think it's important to point out that this span on russian oil has been in the works for a while. so i think your opinion this started get his head around it. i think the important thing to note here is the ban on russian crude oil. which of these are the barrels are taken out of the grounds and sent over to refineries. that's

a lot easier to deal with than ban on russian crew products, which is much more difficult. and just illustrate that if you look at the figures for april, the amount of rushing crude oil imported into the european union is down some 40 percent from 2021. and if you look at russian crude products, so we're talking about easel, gasoline, etc. that's actually up from 2021. so that kind of illustrates the issue here. and i think shows why european is saying it's going to be phase out the products in the phase up by the end of this year. and the crude is gonna be much quicker. and so with the vacuum hungry you've already starting to see questions saying they won the exemption to this if it actually goes through. but let's not forget germany is also, you know, the european union's biggest economy account for about a started it's imports from, from russia. so it has a pretty monumental job replacing russian oil in its economy as well. so i think

we're going to see very closely whether this big announcement today actually creates, you know, entity throughout the group and it, it very well may not. and let's see if the solutions are us present. joe biden, fast as administration has made huge progress and reducing the nation's deficit. he's defending his record off the republicans accused of not doing enough to cub soaring inflation. we're on track to cut the federal deficit by another. another $1.00 trillion dollars by the end of this to school year. the biggest decline in the single year ever in american history. the biggest decline on top of our sammy, in a $350000000000.00 drop in a deficit last year. my 1st year's president, we also learned that for the 1st time since 2016, the treasury department is planning to pay down the national debt issued to the public this quarter. and white house corresponding kimberly hancock joins us now

live thought kimberly. so why is president bond and talking about all this today? he's talking about it because he's trying to get ahead of what potentially could be some negative headlines and also some perhaps dips in the market on wall street as a result of the expected rate hike in interest rates. that we are anticipating this week as early as potentially tomorrow, wednesday here in the united states. and so the u. s. president is trying to really tell what he sees as successes by his administration. but it comes at a time when americans are not feeling particularly confident about how the president has been handling the economy, or for that matter, the federal reserve that might be in charge of, or that is in charge of raising these interest rates. if you look at this time last year, 57 percent of americans felt confident about both of those of bodies,

executive branch and the federal reserve. and the handle of economy that is dropped by double digits down to 43 percent. so the u. s. president, trying to say, look at, we've had successes pointing to those, including a drop in unemployment, but still this may not be enough to counter what is yet to come. kimberly the us treasury secretary, janet yellen has said there are dangers in the economic outlook, but that a quote, soft landing is possible. what impact will this expected interest rate hike have? well, it's going to make things a lot more difficult for people that already don't have a lot of money. for example, someone who can't afford to buy a car and needs to borrow the money to do so in order to get to work and make money is now going to likely have to pay more for that vehicle because the interest in

that loan over time is going to make the cost of that car much more expensive. in other words, if you had the cash up front, it would be a lot cheaper. but because you have to borrow in the interest on that amount is going to compound. it's going to mean that things are going to get a lot more expensive for the people that don't have a lot of money. and it's not just cars, it's houses. it's the cost of student loans. and this you have to remember comes when americans are already paying top price is due to inflation at a 40 year high for things like rent for food. so americans are feeling squeezed and now they're about to fill that squeeze even more. and they're feeling frustrated too, because you have to remember they voted for joe biden, thinking that he was going to look out for the little guy. that's what he promised . and yet they're not feeling it in some of these policies. so that's why we saw the president trying to get out ahead of this trying to deliver message, trust me,

but that trust is waiting from the american people. can we hug there for awesome washington, d. c. thank you. the u. s. has condemned the launch of a ballistic missile by north korea urging pyongyang to refrain from what it called further destabilizing actions. japan and south korea. so the missile was fond of north korea's east coast with the sea. it would be north korea's 14th known weapons test. this year from it brought has more from salt, the south korean military confirming that this was a ballistic missile, but with a relatively short flight path. certainly compared with the more recent missile launches, they say that it reached a total altitude of 780 kilometers and flu, a total distance of nearly 500 kilometers east landing in the sea that separates japan and the korean peninsula. now, south korea has a strongly condemned this launched japanese. prime minister has said that it's totally unacceptable. well,

we don't know exactly at this stage. what type of miss l. this was interestingly, it was launched from this district called su 9, which is just outside the capital gang from where north korea launched at the end of march, an icbm, that's an intercontinental ballistic missile, a sort of weapon capable of reaching the continental united states and the kind of weapon that north korea has not tested since 2017, so that was seen as a major development to major escalation. now there's some debate over whether that miss out was fired was a, was own 15 or a more powerful, more recent class song, 17 icbm. but both of those types of missiles were on display at this very large parade that was held last week in pyongyang. this was the anniversary of the founding of north korea as military when also on display where other weaponry that the north koreans have been developing very actively in recent years, such as submarine loads, ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles, attended by kim jungle and the north korean leader. vowing to speed up the

development of his nuclear austell. hey, jing has closed thousands of subway stations and suspended bus routes to stop covered 19 spreading through. the city fencing has been put off around buildings and compounds. neighborhoods for infections on highest restaurants and balls are only allowed to serve takeaways while gyms and schools closed. millions of people are being tested pretty. you reports from beijing? well, things are streamlined tests. i think every day paging residence wake up. and if there is notice to be locked down, announced people, i'm very thankful to try to make the most of their ability to go outdoors. but with the kinds of numbers we're seeing at the moment, i think most people agree that a city wide lockdown is not going to be very likely, unless we see a huge spike in numbers. but what authorities are doing is stealing off neighborhoods in a very targeted way. so if you are fortunately in

a part of the city which is affected by cases, for example, in china and district, the eastern part of the city where i am located, then you will be locked down while the rest of the city is still has still relative freedom, now aging is the only city to announce the measures that another city job job central china, home to 12000000 people that enough similar measures today wednesday. and also if you look at shanghai, china's commercial sense of the most populous a city in china. further down south that remains mostly under locked down. the official said that they have eased restrictions beginning on sunday, but because that city is continuing to see thousands of new cases every day. there's still a long way to go until that locked down and lifted. so the majority of the 25000000 people living in shanghai, they couldn't find to that compound, or even their apartment still al 0 marshall laura's captain place in eastern

democratic republic of congo. the army is finding at least $100.00 armed groups. and the count down to what could be an historic election in northern ireland will explain why. oh, he has begun the full world copies on its way to the castle. rutil travel package to the hair low. they will start in south asia and as a welcome break to the intense heat that's been dominating the story in india and pakistan, you can see the clouds shown as unsettled conditions working their way east, bringing some showers to northern areas of pakistan as well as india we are going to see the intense range pick up in the northeast. we've got some thunderstorm watches out for odessa, as well as for corolla as those shop a thunderstorms work their way further in land. now what is going to be all about the heat? however, as we move towards the end of the week,

lots of dry conditions coming back into places like new delhi, we will see those hot dry conditions extend to central areas as well. if we look at the 3 day for new delhi, we are going to see some cloud. but as we get into sunday, we will see the sunshine dominating once again, lots of heat here and lots of heat as well across northern areas of china. but with a change in the wind, we are going to see a dramatic drop in temperature for beijing. have a look at that. some of that rain rolling down towards the korean peninsula, wintery conditions for rushes, far east. but further east of this for japan, it's a largely fine and dry picture. just a few showers creeping into the south, but the temperature in tokyo, sitting in the mid twenties with plenty of sunshine. and that extends further west to shanghai that to weather update. official airline pitcher lou lou. ready

ah, wherever you grow in the world, warmer line goes to make it for you. exception cut. all right, we're going places to go. ah, ah ah, a reminder about top stories this all european union wants its members states to ban russian oil imports as part of its latest sanctions related to warn you crank the bought wants. it dawned in stages, but several countries of pushing back years. president joe biden says his

administration has made huge progress in reducing the nation's deficit. is defending his record of unexpected interest rate, like republicans say he's not doing enough to curb soaring, inflation. aging is closed dozens of subway station, then expanded bus routes to stop covered 19 spreading through the city. i stroll to balls are only allowed to serve takeaways while jims and schools are closed. more now on our top story, the war and ukraine than the mayor of mario paul says. russian forces are again attacking a besieged steel works. and the last contact with the soldiers hold up inside. the reported fighting threatens to disrupt efforts involving the un to evacuate civilians trapped in the pot. charl stratford is in macau live care. in the donnette region, he says, ukrainian forces have repelled russia. assaults along the eastern front line. we went, sir, with the ukrainian army. they took us to a front line, prince trench position close to the town of de netscape. and at the ymca there was

a lot of shelling that we heard a logic shells being exchange or fire being exchanged by both sides. shells actually going over these positions, hitting targets and basically to the south and to the north of where we were. it was very loud when we arrived. we were speaking to the soldiers in these trenches, highly motivated men and women, and a lot of weapons as well. including weapons that have been supplied by nato countries, such as those are so the ukrainians will say highly important, an anti tank weapons. and the situation there they have managed to hold. so far, russian forces back and what's interesting is that they're off areas for the left and right of that position if you like, that saw basically a lot louder where russian forces and the pro russia separatists are making a big effort to push forward. and that's us,

a similar story that you're hearing now. we're hearing now right the way across the region as we've been reporting in recent days. we know suddenly according to the ukranian military, a lot of shelling a lot of fighting around the is uwm area. now this is an attempt by russian forces to push down towards the larger urban centers of yancey and cremmit horse. british military intelligence in the last 48 hours have said that they think that the russians have put in what they say, a $22.00 battalion, tactical groups, which would amount to thousands of reinforcements in izzy. him for that potential push. the un says the conflict in ukraine is adding to what he calls a perfect storm. the fact is that a making hunger was around the world. a joint report from the un european union and world food program says, 193000000 people in more than 50 different countries didn't have enough to eat last year. that's $14000000.00 more than the year before. complex extreme weather and

a pandemic. the main reasons for the increase in monahan reports now on the situation, if you, if you somali region which is suffering its worst route in decades, the, this used to be for tell grazing land. now it's just drive the bone. life is growing increasingly difficult for these nomadic herders in eastern ethiopia and others like them across the horn of africa region. many feel powerless as they wash their livelihoods disappear beneath the sand. will come hide it. there is not a single animal left for the party. welcome conditions are really hard and this drought is much different from previous ones. we've never suffered like this. the regions, worse drought in decades is killed nearly 1500000 animals from the herds. people here say it's part of a new pattern of weather that's threatening their way of life. the puzzle is, you know, as soon as they know they're trying to recover from the other drug and the progress of the hits but, but, but it's a controlled. so it's missing, you know, it,

make them possible for them to put a couple of quickly from the previous previous in shocks. out of 20000000 people are on the brink of starvation. many have been displaced and forced to settling caps. a workers do what they can to feed the hungry, but sometimes that's not enough. we come up with some of the mothers who because of they are not fed getting and food. they had no provision. and if in food for children or in a feed, feeding for children, scientists are linking the crisis to climate change. droughts like this, used to happen once every 6 years. now there every 3 rights groups are calling for urgent action. but for the nomadic herders of east africa, it may come too late to preserve their way of life. since modern al jazeera, the head of the world health organization has said access to safe abortions is crucial to saving lives. his comments came after a lease document emerge,

suggesting that the u. s. supreme court is poised to reverse and landmark abortion rolling share brutality reports from washington dc. the thousands gathered outside the supreme court on tuesday afternoon to protest the leak draft opinion that was reported to have the support of 5 conservative justices and opinion that concluded that since those who wrote the constitution did not explicitly protect women's reproductive rights than previous judgments in training and women's right to choose had no basis in the law . i thought we were long past the point that we was protested about how many decades ago. but it's terrifying homes with anti abortion rights protest roadside. the court to i say, abortion police seeking to end abortion access. this has been the goal since 973.

when justice is ruled in favor of women's reproductive rights. in the case of roe v wade, justice robert said that that was not until the draft. we're very happy to hear that and we're hopeful of hyper will stay with that draft and that will be the decision to overturn roe vs wade. the white house, as it is prepared for whatever the actual verdict is. the president was the reasoning underpinning. the draft opinion has far reaching implications, basically says, all the decisions related to your private life or your marriage. whether or not you decide to conceive a child or not, whether not you have an abortion range of other decisions, whether or not how you raise your child. what does this do? does this mean that in florida they can decide they're going to pass a law saying that same sex marriage is not visible? the u. s. has the worst maternal mortality rate in the industrialized world, those here word that terrible metric could now deteriorate even further. find was inspired by conversations with many women today. i don't think that anybody has an

idea of what the real world consequences are. and especially those who are in a position of privilege, like everybody to bring court myself and it or not. and there's a lot of really potential for harm. but there was hope to oppose have consistently shown 70 percent of americans are against outlawing abortion. the double crops seem to be hoping for a bumping voter turnout in november's midterm elections from those who support female reproductive rights. but there is an awareness here that in the past, when the democrats about the opportunity to codify a woman's right to choose, they failed to do so. she, abraham, so al jazeera, washington politicians, and the democratic republic of congo have voted to extend martial law and to eastern provinces. the military, along with forces from neighboring uganda fighting against armed groups, reports of mass killings, abductions and sexual violence are widespread. how much house repulse is not the

1st time in peace in the democratic republic of congo, have voted to extend the state of seach in the east of the country. it's happened before, and each time martial law has been extended by 15 days on student concern. later this usual note, we've been assured by the president of the parliament that this is the last vote on the state of siege. we now have to find other solutions off the 15 days to try and in the conflict, president village is the katie announced the state of siege in may last year. parliamentarians say the situation in the east is still volatile. armed militias and into camino violence have killed thousands of people on the congolese army, uganda forces, and the un to lodges peacekeeping mission when moscow a trying to stabilize the region. but the violence in north kieffer and he to the provinces seemed to be getting was juggler grew less alco knows it's been 12 months . and i think people in a tory have seen positive results. we have this state of siege and we as the government, we think it's working more than

a 1000000 people have been displaced by the ongoing violence. many say they see no way out woocommerce lou, we taught things would have improved so we can go back home on. fortunately, we're living in these terrible conditions for how long we don't know. local leaders and some rights groups want to return to civilian law, saying the military approach isn't working. last month, king as president or who looking at her mediator talks in nairobi between different rebel groups operating in easton, the r c. those talks are expected to resume later in may. the militia stay there will stop fighting if certain conditions are in place, including amnesty for the fighters and the release of political prisoners. millions of people affected by decades of conflict, fear it could be years before peace returns to easton, the asi had matessa out there. a me and my court has rejected an appeal by the post, either on san sushi. her legal team was having to reverse

a 5 year sentence for corruption had a down last week. so she was removed from power and a military coup last year. since then, she's faced a series of charges which could see her spend the rest of her life in prison. and historic shift could be looming in the politics of northern ireland, south elections on thursday. chin fein, once the political wing of the aisle ray is poised to become the biggest party in the regions assembly. as to how reports of v. a significant milestone ish and fans . quest for united ireland catholic or protestant unionist or nationalist. not much matters more in northern ireland than identity and the symbols of sectarian struggle to preserve it. thursday's election will test both with the likelihood of a nationalist shouldn't fame victory sweeping away a 100 years of pro british dominance and a possible unionist boy called the power sharing government. as a result, this will be very significant because of course should fain. and as its primary

intention is seen, northern ireland no longer exists, its wants to see irish unification. so to have should face the largest passing the assembly in northern ireland. and bearing in mind that over 90 was created to maintain a unionist majority would be remarkably significant. dana murray is a young nationalist blow to bone in 1998 when the good friday agreement brought an end to the troubles. he grew up on the streets that then those now bear the marks of violence and division. is hector, hotmail, hotmail, recently, last year on the road, just mcafee rule. so there is that element of distiller. i think you have to go democracy itself in this new assembly. if it is to be an i says, 1st minister, you know, lot that nice. the show desire to go back there has going to take him and trust and work on dialogue. you know, maybe not physically, but metaphor you pick into the wall together. change appears closer. now accelerated by the you case departure from the you and the see border protocol put

in place to avoid a hard land border that would have jeopardized piece of the island. the island, the protocol as it node is moved by unionists who demand its removal because for them it undermines northern islands place in the united kingdom. people like billy hutchinson who spent 15 years in prison for the murder of 2 catholic men in the 1970. now as a unionist politician, he believes bricks and the protocol was put at risk. the good friday agreement itself was to say his is a little says storms go. yeah. effectively. yeah. i'm not he used amongst name, under surgeon. i mean you to mock 62000000. but i want my economy, ron from london, not ron, from europe, from brussels or dublin. this is an election than perhaps more important than any before it in which the power sharing arrangements that have underpinned peace in

northern ireland. since 1998 could collapse with profound consequences for the prospect of a united ireland and for the future of the united kingdom. this tiny province that has seen and experienced so much could soon fight itself again in uncharted territory. jonah haul alto syrup, belfast. ah . else there and these, the top stories, the european union wants its 27 members to ban russian oil imports. 5, it's later sanctions for the war in ukraine. the block wants it done in stages to give government time to look for alternative supplies. in several countries are pushing for exemptions from any embargo in ukraine. the mayor of mario paul says, russian forces are again attacking a besieged steel works and they've lost contact with the soldiers. hold up inside their report. fighting threatens to disrupt.