i take on the lars, dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions upfront with me, mark with mine who, what al jazeera, i care about help you with, with the rest of the world. we're really, it didn't take you into a play. you might not visit otherwise. it feels that you were there, ah, a powerful explosion, badly damages a 5 star hotel in cuba is capital havana, state television reports before people have died and 13 embassy. ah. hi there. i'm kim vanelle versus villages our life from doha. also coming up, ukraine says around 500 civilians have been freed from the barrier poll still works, but 200 remain along with 2000 flashes surrounded by russian forces. the vote

count is underway in northern ireland elections, wish and fain which wants a united art and could become the biggest party in the u. k. region. and a tough night says the u. k. prime minister, after his conservative party loses seats and local elections. the main opposition has also failed to make big games. ah, and we begin with breaking news coming in to us from cuba, where there has been an explosion at a hotel in the capital. havana for people are reported to have been killed. now it appears to have torn through several of the buildings floors, i believe we have on the line are rory nicole, who was joining us on the phone from havana. he is an independent journalist who's arrived on this scene. rory, if you can hear me,

just tell us what you're seeing there. i. yes, i am on the scene. i'm justified. the comforter layer, which is beautiful building at the center of the which is almost exact replica of the capital in the us. on the side, there's just upsets and it's sort of still justice still rising, the whole the front pretty much the whole of the firm has collapsed. there is a police cuz a lot of medics still arising and i believe the hospitals have cleared the decks. i'm not preparing the people, i don't know if that means they expect more casualties. have so far been reported. and what are you hearing if anything, from authorities there about the cause of the blast injuries fatalities. we've heard so far that that for people have been reported dead, do you have any more information for people dead and injured?

i believe is the number that has come from the presidency. so far, i actually spoke to someone i know well called the job victim. boy, he was walking past the time and i just took a phone call, stop for a few minutes and then started across the street again. if you haven't, nicole been right underneath it. he said that there was a huge explosion. 3 then the building started to pull out inward from the, from the 2nd. and 3rd looks like an explosion within the hotel. we'd like to close for the moment because of the day magnetar industry is still in payoff. so it's very unlikely that it's a repeat of anything that we saw in the 1992 where people apply how i tells a it looks like it was some explosion product they got. i've also spoken to

me as the next moment to who were in the primary school offset. one was said that she teaches math when the explosion happened, like both came off the wall and they managed to get to all the children. i'd say play the parents or guys pick them up at the top. it's very and laurie, we've been hearing that the president mcgrew visited the site. have you seen him there was saying i haven't seen him personally, but i had several minutes of the know read ok. yeah, this must be a severe blow to the country, which i've just been reading from. your reporting relies heavily on tourism and has recently gone on an aggressive hotel building drive. and obviously, as you said, been being hit very badly by cove. it. 5 been this is particularly,

i mean or not project because i was in charge of that because people died and demanded but the hotel itself is quite a comic. it was the proper luxury new luxury hotel built for the state room. it was a review on the newspaper website. i'll leave you in the room that says 6 by law so well it's good to go. just read all the celebrities you back in the 2000. 3 better. 4 and oddly, i financing several discount financing. several people then to jail several foreign. i mean it is, it is a big, it's right up to the, the cup. so it's in the main go out. it's,

it's very eye on. all right. hey, thank you very much for the tourism industry. i don't industry is already and i don't think i don't think it really days, but i can't imagine unless there is more to the reasons behind this. i can't imagine it would affect that too much. all right, thank you very much. rory nicole, there ukrainian officials have again accused russia violating a cease fire, which is supposed to help get civilians also have besieged, still works in the southern city of mario paul. a russian report though, says 12 people, including children, were among the latest to emerge safely. brown, ga. gov de reports. this is russia's destruct, a siege of the last remaining ukrainian resistance in maria pole. under the

smouldering ruins of the hours of sal steve plant are $200.00 civilians believe to be trapped on the ground with ukrainian soldiers. officials and keys say they are making a new attempt to get them out with the help from the un. but as a rescue of the lease form as of style, it currently russian shilling and the assault on as of style has not stopped, but the civilians still me to be taken out. women children, many children who are still there. just imagine this hell more than 2 months of constant shelling or bombing constant del nearby. we expect an affective regime of silence, but we are doing everything to find a solution and to save our military. more stations may be. russian tans are not far away. they are allied separate as fighters patrol the streets. this fight of things victory. another style is mere romco soccer. oh, if everything is fine we are working. we are fighting. sometimes we're not far just to the left go step by step in in moscow. soldiers are preparing for mondays

parade to mark victory against nazi germany during the 2nd world war. but in the war in ukraine, preston vladimir putin doesn't have much to celebrate. the war has isolated his nation and united it's close newkirk here. look us any newkirk is something new. small, no punishment or sanctions can break the will of our people of the russian leadership . i aimed at defending the historical truth with the storage of the legitimate interests of the russian federation resources and preventing direct threats to our securities, being created on our borders and threats to our culture. our history, good us, all this is currently at stake. no, she does, of course with russian troops now preparing to take a full control of maria poll, it's not clear when or how this war will come to an end. brianca up there. i'll be here. in the south,

ukraine says russia wants to take over the region of her thong and borders crimea, which russia annexed in 2014 all the adult hamid traveled to the villages along the southern front lines desperate to leave the russian occupation they cycle then walked for hours under cover of darkness is the last we had gotten put the influence, a going to kill me says this women suspicious as the ukrainian police register new arrivals. this was their 4th attempt to plead if her son region, where life had become unbearable, says vladimir. yet his and i wanted to make know the air is different here. he says that there was a thumb below. sure. but me might bring a little furnace. another is going to stay there was more dangerous. we decided to take the risk when there were attempts for humanitarian corridors, and people went to the meeting point with white flags, but the soldiers dispersed us instead of you on a corridor,

then go to crimea for what the would love. that's when people started finding other ways to reach the ukrainian side. what's the level of the padlock? when will the school with the bill all get it sooner shows as the warehouse where bikes, wheelchairs, primes, and even wheelbarrows are held. people used, whatever they had. she says, so the russians about 3 kilometers away from here, don't come with region, crossed the lines and no, no man's land between the 2 armies and hope to get in the crossfire. it's a treacherous passage, but it's the only escape route to see about love to vermont. thank you guys, we're waiting for you. he says, the armies holding as defensive position, but ukraine claims the russians are preparing for a major push here. and this fear that the soldiers could be out gun, while most of the western weapons had to de dum best region in the east of the country. what congress glare to feminine. we need heavy weapons artillery javelins,

drones because they have a lot of weapons. the russians don't care about saving their soldiers lives and the advance like works with when hundreds of them lying the fields work, nobody collects the bodies, but they have a lot of weapons. the villages along the contact line come under shelling the rumble of artillery sounds at regular intervals, but is the fear of an imminent annexation. just like what happened in crimea and in dumbass, 8 years ago that i pushing people to cross front lines on their own adapted meat algebra in southern ukraine. members of the un security council have held an informal meeting at russia's request that bassett provided won't be described as 1st hand information about russia's operations and ukraine from frontline witnesses included allegations of attacks against civilians by ukrainian forces. moscow has been accused of committing atrocities since the invasion, which it denies earlier i'm the stance national said they're all clear signs that

rush has been using cluster munitions and committing extra extra traditional killings. we know they are part of a pattern that as characterized rush. yes, conduct of the still it is from the outset or repeated pattern logged in scale and they busting in impact down the government is preparing to help you cranes war effort by sending more weapons that false and has the details from berlin. this is a major shift after being accused of dragging its feed for reacting to flow. germany has now again, today announced that it will sense have you weapons. these are how it's her. it's artillery system that's a germany has the most powerful artillery system is basically one of the heaviest weapons that germany now is sending to you. craig, last week. the defense minister has amount is 1st shipment off having weapons which

are parked anti aircraft systems. basically cheap guys, they also called in english, it took a while for germany to make this decision. as i said, there was a lot of pressure not only from within nato, also from the united states, but also from within the own government. especially chancellor, all of shows was accused for not doing enough to help ukraine. and you have to understand, of course the history germany has been reluctant, basically not sending any military equipment to any other country, any war because of what happened during world war 2. it's basically something that they have maintained for so many years, but now because of the war and ukraine and all the images that also have reached a german public here, that seems to be quite a turn around. we have to say also that there will be 20 ukranian soldiers coming to germany next week to get training to operate the howitzer. hillary system.

l roofs has sentenced the girlfriend an activist, 6 years jail after both arrested with government authorities diverted a flight. 24 year old russian citizens, a fierce pagan and baton rouge and boyfriend, roman pro, to savage were on a riot plane forth to land and better bruce and made last year and been flying from athens to vilios. to pig has been found guilty of inciting, social hatred, of abusing fatal was found guilty, deliberate actions into incite and social hatred and discord against another social group committed by a group of people as well as causing grave consequences. she was also found guilty of legally collecting and distributing information about private life constituting of person and family secret of another person without their consent, which caused harm to the right freedom, a legitimate interest of the victim. still ahead on al jazeera riding away the

supports, the son of an aston leader of the philippines is needing the race for the presidency . ah hello. it seems a rather nasty dust and sand storms making the way across iraq recently associated with a band of cloud. now, pulling across iran, but it does cause usual problems with visibility, breathing difficulties as well. those showers log spells afraid they are knocking the way into iran. now always the possibility of some localized flooding with a system which runs up between the caspian and the black sea further south. it is generally dry, clear and sunny, hazy, sunshine, grassy making his way back here in doha could touch. 37 on the sunday, the whims, picking up lifted dust and sand could be something of an issue. lifted. dustin st,

certainly an issue into a good part of libya, pushing over towards her egypt. but for the other side of her northern africa, we are looking at some wet or whether they are just leaking out of that western side of the med, northern parts of algeria, northern parts offered to nita also sings and very heavy showers. the possibility, the likelihood of some localized flooding, we see some localized fighting recently into where nigeria, heavy showers run right across west africa, the seasonal res, really quite life. now, most sundry down, pause, extending from commer rude. all the way across the riff valley, which was at east side of africa. we've also got some wet weather for south africa . ah frank assessments, what are the political risks, robotic wash nor the gas for western leaders? pull sanctions on russian average not sports telephone was informed opinions. france is not abandoning to fight against jedi, still. reserved india going to be teaching from nisha and from child clinical

debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera? ah ah, you watching out there, i reminded i told stories this hour has been an explosion at a hotel in the cuban capital. have amory. it appears to have torn through several of the buildings. floors. countries president is at the scene that says it's likely that a gas leak caused the blast. you humanitarian corridors have been opened to get more be lounging, cranes beseech city of murray of ukrainian officials say russia is still attacking

the steel works for civilians remain tramp among ukrainian soldiers. counting so far, often on arden's action shows the nationalist chin fein party is ahead. projections showed it would be the biggest party in parliament. leaving behind the democratic unionist party, sion feigned was once the political wing of the i'll rape which fought against british rule. but i started haul reports from belfast it stream of united ard and it's still a long way off. a win for the nationalist shin. feign as opinion polls predict, would make history in northern ireland. it up ends a century of dominance by parties dedicated to the union with great britain putting on top a republican party that exists to forge a united ireland. that isn't going to happen imminently. and many voters with suede, instead by more immediate concerns. oh, united islands on the cardinal data on up to important to me. what do you think the

chief chief of of us for forget the whole rates will get better and better hospitals? so just to open game sheet frame was once the political face of the irish republican army that waged a decades long conflict with the british army and pro british loyalist paramilitaries. its electoral success with struck fear into the heart of many unionists who already feel marginalized by westminster, the handling of bricks it negotiations with the you and a new trade border in the i receive that they say undermines northern islands place within the united kingdom that need to get a wake up call my. nobody wants to shouldn't be a minister in the union as people don't want to ship a minister coach for 1st. first and foremost, if we have a dan, you're going to call for a border pull. i don't know if i thought that even

a question mark over whether the democratic unionist party leader will take up his position as deputy 1st minister behind. shin feigns michel o niel. jeffrey donaldson says he wants to see border protocol removed 1st. in northern island, symbolism matters hugely. so while power sharing and shrine to the good friday peace agreement ensures that the positions of 1st minister and deputy 1st minister shared between the largest unionist and nationalists parties have exactly equal powers the changing of places in the store. months assembly in this election carries enormous symbolic way. unionism isn't a very place. northern ireland had its and teen re last year, the celebrations were muted. and there was a sense of the future of the union, very much being at stake. and partly because breaks it and what that means, the northern ireland change relationship between overland and the u. k. with all agreements in the protocol and but also what's going on within unionism itself,

it's very fragmented. and with that fragmentation comes the uncertainty over political stability in the short term and longer term questions about the future of northern ireland itself. joe al jazeera belfast wine, fini, is a political commentator and historian. he explains why the outcome of this election could have huge implications. for northern ireland, the unionist party, the leading this party that you pay will not agree to form an executive which shouldn't fail. they don't want to be given the title of deputy 1st minister. because as far as they're concerned, northern ireland was given to unionists and i was a place where your majority would be gone. take. this is a huge change really to size me change the 1st time in the century. northern

ireland was created that a nationalist has likely to be the 1st minister. so it's a huge symbolic change of psychological change for unionists with union just also don't want to share power because they are concerned about what's called the irish protocol. the arrangement that britain made with the e u after breakfast after they left. so as a border and they already see on the union swamp that removed, they will not form a government. the question is whether they will actually attend storm and but the when they go on monday they the question is will they form the executive? the answer is no, they won't. and then the question arises whether or not they will refuse to go into negotiations. ultimately, that will mean a number of things ultimately, because the question, what is the point of the north of ireland?

if it was created for union is majority, there is no use. majority. one is northern ireland far and it's going to mean that the british and irish governments will have to sit down and go see it. what they're going to do with the place will they bring in direct roof, westminster? will they agree to cooperate, to run the case together? that is all up in the air after this election because this election has changed everything. i'll swear in the u. k. boss johnson's conservative party has suffered losses, but the opposition labor party hasn't made significant gains. it's the 1st national tests and the ballot box. the johnson sciences december 2019 general election landslide and also follows the so called party gate scandal, which saw johnson find for bleaching cove at 19 restrictions. and this has been a tough line for conservatives in some parts of the country and other parts of the, of the country we're actually moving forward. and, and so for mid term it's quite interesting that it's

a mixed set of results. alex dean is a political analyst who's worked for the conservative party. he says things aren't all bad for boss johnson. if you want to think about the prime minister's position, you got to accept both sides of the coin and the positive outside of the conservative party is the prime minister's perceived standing over his leadership with the conflict in ukraine has been such that i think that if he'd not been seen to have been successful in that. we'd be looking to day at a set of results quite considerably worse at the conservative party than they'd be . this is nowhere near the kind of movement in favor of the late prophecy, and we'll position the broadly that people were rejecting in advance of the selection, but more broadly in the country. very modest changes in results from the last 20, which the pose in 2018. this doesn't hook his dorm room number 10, not anything near it. so if you're using these elections as a barometer for national election results, the root, the answer is if your labor party to butcher,

you've come short. britton's opposition leader is being investigated for a potential breach of covered 19 lockdown roles. please have confirmed that looking into footage of the labor parties, care starman drinking alcohol with colleagues indoors in april. last year. summer has led kohls for prime minister bras, johnson and finance minister which he snack to resign after their fines. and shall anchors, president has declared a state of emergency for a 2nd time in 5 weeks. as his government faces escalating protests. millions of people stayed away from work on friday is ag amounts against the worst economic crisis in 70 years. with a months of pol counts and shortages of food, fuel and medicines, belizean israel is searching for 2 men, suspected of a stabbing attack and the san chose city of the lads, the release pictures of the pair. 3 people were killed and several others were injured. and thursday's attack and the funeral has been held for one of the victims . the attack happened as people celebrated what is referred to as independence day

. stuffy decker has more from west. russo them is really security forces issuing those pictures are telling the public to be on the lookout. the man hung continues and the ages, given of the 2 suspects. 19 and 20 years old. there believe to be from the village of an manor in the occupied west bank, close to the city of jeanine. the city of a lad is very close to the occupied a west bank. we understand that both these men were working illegally and in a lad and according to the police, now they're not sure whether the 2 men who seem to have gotten away in a vehicle according to reports, whether they're still in israel or managed to re enter the occupied west bank, now the border of entry into israel from the west bank has been closed since tuesday afternoon because of commemorations and events here with memorial day and independence day. it was supposed to be opened on friday,

but that has now been extended. those closes have been extended until sunday and because of this man hunt, but certainly the israeli security forces saying that they've closed road security has been up in allied using helicopters to try and find these 2 men. the son of a former philippine leader who was answered in a revolution is a favorite to become the next president. ferdinand marcus junior is writing a wave of popular support despite allegations of mass killings under his late father's rule phone. so it reports from manila, these are replicas of some of the jewelry belonging to imelda marcos, part of a stash. she tried to smuggle out of the philippines after her husband precedent. ferdinand marcus was ousted in a people's uprising in 1986. the artist, p. o, a bud was partly inspired by his parents who were anti marco's activists. the marcus is vast collection of valuable paintings are also on display,

reproduced on postcards, visitors. i encouraged to take some home away to reclaim what the artist says belongs to filipinos. it helps us to remember what the marcia law period was about and how the marcus's use art and culture. oh, how they acquired and ostentatious collection of objects that supported their idea of what their life should be. the manila film center is seen as another testament to marco's excess, just 2 months before its grand opening. in 1982, there was an accident at the construction site. emergency workers were barred from entering the area for 9 hours, and then michaels administration ordered a media blackout. it's estimated at least a $160.00 workers were killed,

buried in concrete in law one. what our lease is an example of how the americas family do not care for people's lives, especially the workers. one of the most sorrowful things is that even spare time to retrieve the bodies, they just ordered construction to continue. despite the tainted legacy ferdinand marco's junior, is the frontrunner to follow in his father's footsteps. the game of politics that we are, it's not much of a system to begin with. it's just, you know, a choice between different political families and personnel, obese saw while mark was, may be an elite himself. he is not seen to belong to the same group of elite that has ruled the philippines in the past 30 years. other analysts say, junior's rise can mostly be attributed to a disinformation campaign, which aims to recast the rule of marco senior as a golden age for filipinos. if marco's junior succeeds, it would give him wide powers over government agencies task to recover as much as

$10000000000.00 stolen by his father. during his 20 year rule, florence louis al jazeera manila movement has been restricted in china's capital for 3rd day. as it tries to contain the spread of covered 19 subway stations and bus routes of shot down across parts of beijing. huge numbers of people occurring protests. each day, the city of $22000000.00 is trying to avoid a shanghai style full lockdown, which has lasted more than a month. and the outbreaks of force, the postponement of this year's asian games, which were to be held near shanghai or kaiser, felt it could still go ahead. but the olympic council of asia decided to delay us. ah, i'm can veil with the headlines on al jazeera, there's been an explosion at a hotel in the cuban capital. havana. it appears to have.