of off programs award winning documentaries and debts. news reports subscribed to you choose dot com, forward slash al jazeera english. ah . i scrambled to evacuate civilians from bung his inside and marry a post steal plant. as a russian sci fi inches, it's final day. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera alive from dough house are coming up. it's the final day of campaigning in the philippines before mondays. presidential election will be lined in manila, a powerful explosion ripped apart of 5 star hotel in the heart of the cuban capital,

killing $22.00 people. and the us says north korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test as early as this month. a 3 day ration cease fire in mary. a poll is entering its final day and the u. n. is scrambling to rescue civilians. hundreds of people including ukrainian fight as a trap to the besieged as of styles. steel plant. it's the last remaining holdout of ukrainian forces in that marry a poem, 50 people including women, children and the elderly, were evacuated from that facility. on friday. they arrived in the russian controlled village of bessie minay and were met by un and red cross workers. ukrainian officials are accusing russia, violating the si, fi during previous evacuation attempts. we incur gupta reports.

this is russia's destruct the siege of the last remaining ukrainian resistance. in maria poll, under the smouldering ruins of the hours of south steve plant, are $200.00 civilians believe to be trapped on the ground with ukrainian soldiers, officials and keep say, they are making a new attempt to get them out with the help from the un. as a risky off to the least, full nozzle style, it hardly russian shilling. and the assault on as of style has not stopped, but civilians still need to be taken out. women children, many children who were still there. just imagine this hell more than 2 months of constant shelling or bombing constant del nearby. we expect an effective regime of silence, but we're doing everything to find a solution. and to save our military molestation, maybe russian tanks are not far away. they're allied separate as fighters patrol the streets. this fight a things victory. another style is near you got home from soccer roy and everything

is fine. we are working. we are fighting. sometimes we're not fall just to the left . go step by step in moscow. soldiers are preparing for mondays parade to mark victory against nazi germany during the 2nd world war. but in the war and ukraine, preston vladimir putin doesn't have much to celebrate. the war has isolated his nation and united it's close newkirk. you look as vernon, you could consulting you, small, no punishment or sanctions can break the will of our people of the russian leadership . i aimed at defending the historical truth because the legitimate interests of the russian federation sources 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 motion because of course,

with russian troops now preparing to take a full control of mario paul. it's not clear when or how this war will come to an end. brianca cooper. art is here more broadly. let's take a look at how the war currently looks on a map in red or the areas held by russia in its separatist allies. there on the offensive in the east and south crimea was annexed by russia in 2014. and these are the places where fighting has been the heaviest in the past 24 hours. russian forces, meanwhile, have also laid siege on the eastern ukrainian city of sir vero done yet, sc russian soldiers and fighters. the trying to store match according to local officials. local authorities have been urging residents to leave. 15000 people are trapped. the city has a population of 100000 before the wall. charles stratford has the latest on that east in offensive from pok roscoe. in that the john,

yet gratian were more heavy fighting. overnights and into this morning in various locations in the east of ukraine, and both the donut screeching and the lucas screeching. yet again, we're hearing from the ukranian all sorties about heavy fighting in and around the town of papa's. now now this has been contested for weeks. now we know that all evacuation efforts, those evacuation, if it's being led by volunteers stopped a couple of days ago. we're also hearing from the regional military authorities of lou guns. they're saying that around $50000.00 civilians still trapped in towns like papa's anna and the surrounding villages. and as i say, evacuation efforts pretty much stopped. we know that russian forces had been trying to push down south towards those cities of sla vianza and cremmit tool square. of course, yesterday we saw the city recovering from one of the largest bombardments of rockets to hit the city since the war began. now we were in the forests in that area

between crime, a tools and easy him yesterday speaking to soldiers, off camera, they wouldn't allow us to film. but they said that they had repelled at least 3 ways or 3 attempts by russian pools used to push through their positions in that area. there was a lot of heavy shelling that we could hear as well from around is im and post to the west of ism and to the east. so were, as i say at the moment it seems to be a bit of a stalemate, right? the way across this region, the ukrainians so far saying that they are managing to defend their positions. and ukraine says it's, he's another russian war ship which has sunk off to bursting into flames. the mecca ro for gauge is believed to have been standing close to saint collins in the black same if confirmed it will be rushes 2nd to major naval law since the invasion, ukrainian forces sank. the flagship last vessel in april,

after the u. s. reportedly shared information about its location. moscow was preparing for a military parade on the 77 anniversary of the victory day to market nazi germany surrendered to the soviet union in world war veterans of the war have been meeting the public. it's been reported and russian president vladimir persian once a major victory in ukraine in time. so that parade on monday to other world news now. and it's the final day of campaign rallies in the philippines just days ahead of an election that's being described is the most important. and the country's history, me. the top 3 presidential candidates, front runner, ferdinand macos junior inside president. lenny were bred or marcos is the son of former presidency and then my cause it was acted in and people uprising in 1986.

let's try and cross to florence louis now to see if she's there for us in manila. hello there, florence, can you hear us with such a kind of family legacy? how has junior managed to gain so much support that he's now the front runner in upcoming elections? i think we just have some audio issues. i will try and cross back to her in just a moment. all right, moving on. at least 22 people have been killed in an explosion and a 5 star hotel, and is being renovated in the center of the cuban capital. havana president miguel diaz canal as says the blast at hotel serrato was not caused by a bomb. and a gas lake is most likely to blame. as john harmon reports

the sound of the explosion ripped through have m as old town. it blew up a big part, the front of the southern toga hotel, one of the most luxurious and expensive in the cuban capital. preliminary investigations indicate it was caused by a gas leak says the cuban president's office. movie stars and celebrities like madonna had stayed in the southern toga, now rescue workers and locals, a searching for people missing under the rubble. it was a blast that threw me out there. apparently it could have been worse. no tourist was staying at the hotel because it was undergoing renovations, said the have on a governor. president miguel dears canal arrived at the scene shortly after the blast. probably shortly. i. there's a group of people receiving help in rescue teamed the specialized emergency forces . we have debts unfortunately, the hospitals are dealing with the injured the explosion damaged other buildings

around the hotel to there were worries, especially about a nearby primary school authority. say that thankfully the children and teachers there are okay buildings in heaven as beautiful, but disintegrating old town often suffer fooling masonry, but explosions are rare. this one is shocked. the island john homan, al jazeera the you and says nose korea could be preparing to conduct a nuclear test as early as this month. the state department estimates pyongyang, we'll use that young we play side. north korea has recently stepped out, weapons test, san resumes, intercontinental ballistic missile launches. for the 1st time since 2017 last week later came john own promised to speed up the development of his country's nuclear arsenal. rosalind jordan has more from washington d. c. earlier this week to news organizations here in the u. s. reported that

according to military and intelligence officials, they were detecting the a parent or ramp up of activity at the site where underground nuclear testing happens inside north korea. if this does happen during the month of may be the 1st time in more than 4 years, that of the young young government would have carried out what is considered under international law and a legal nuclear arms test. this is of course, a situation that very much has the u. s. and south korea concerned, especially because they're just out some 28000 us forces inside of south korea. but there have not been any nuclear weapons stationed on south korean soil since the early ninety's. and that was at the order of the president at the time george w bush, of the u. s. is also trying, but so far,

unsuccessfully to get north korea to return to the bargaining table without pre conditions about efforts to end it's nuclear weapons program. the current leader has yet to respond to those overtures. one thing that is clear, the white house has already said in light of, of these reports that the u. s. president's plans to visit south korea and japan later in the month of may will not be put off just because of this all possible threat. hello. don't al jazeera, a new state of emergency ensure long giving security forces powers to crack down on the anti government protest. and to form a brazilian president makes it come back a timing, he's older and wiser. will he see the incumbent? ah, the journey has begun. the b 4 world copies on its way to the castle, book,

your travel package today. let's go with your weather report for the middle east and africa. have one great to see right off the bat, i wanted to show the scene and fox said more dust storms here. hundreds of people have gone to the hospital having difficulty breathing. the winds. really a big factor here and i think we'll still see them kick up on saturday. there we go . back to has got a high 34 degrees and we got a lot of activity around the caspian sea. we'll talk more about that in a 2nd. also speaking about the winds were seen them shift out of the north. so we've got some lower temperatures. our la jetta, for example. 32 degrees for you. and the winds will be a factor for the gulf states in particular for doha, on saturday. could see them what up to about 60 kilometers per hour. it's a rising dust and sand will be an issue there. as while some high heat herat, that 38 degrees that's not far off your me temperature records. and speaking of some of these high temperatures is lama bought 36, but give it

a bit. we'll look at your extended forecast as we had in toward wednesday and thursday. we're going to lock your temperature into 42, which is while above average for turkey, western side, pretty good eastern. so we've got some showers of cool pool of air here. so on kara, just step 14 degrees and particularly heavy rains for coastal areas of gap on li breville, coming in at $28.00 degrees on saturday. i saw a official outline of the journey and talked to al jazeera we oh, so what is the time table in your mind? when do you think that you are, can be off of russian gas? we listen or, and 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 store restock matter on out you see of unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from a london broadcast santa, on al jazeera. ah

oh. hello. you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of our top stories. his sound, the un says it's scrambling to rescue more people trapped in the besiege as of style. steel plants in marion home civilians who were evacuated on friday have arrived at the camp in the russian controlled village of busy manet. ukraine says it's, he's a russian warship in the black sea, which has burst into flames. if this strike on the map, the little frigate is confirmed, it would be a 2nd major naval loss for russia. it's flagship moskva, so it was sung back in april. and at least 22 people have been killed in an

explosion and a 5 star hotel in the cuban capital. havana, the president says the blast was most likely caused by a ghastly. okay, let's return to one of our top stories now in the presidential election in the philippines. it's the last day of campaigning. we're going across live now to florence louis again in a manila. hello, there florence, with such a tainted family legacy. how has marcus junior managed to gain so much support that he's now the front runner in these upcoming elections? well, marco's juniors campaign has really been able to take advantage of the fact that half of registered voters in the philippines are too young to remember what his father's rule. what's like going to ever even lived through it. so it's been easy for his campaign to use a video is full of misinformation, dis, information even to paint that period, which was full of corruption and human rights abuses. instead, as a period, it's a golden era for the filipinos and, you know,

one reason why has it been able to do that as well? is because he's been able to avoid the hard questions. he's not been very accessible as a presidential candidate. he pre select reports as we get to attend his press conferences. he avoids presidential debates, done justice anecdotal evidence of how inaccessible he is. we are 2 kilometers from his rally because we were chased away from several small we wouldn't send them on camera, but more than 5 minutes we applied for accreditation, but we were rejected. now. and a fact checking group has said that marco's juniors campaign has really benefits at the most, from a wave of dis information. whereas, by contrast, his closest rival, lenny robledo, has been the biggest victim of a campaign of dis information. now another reason why he's also ahead impose is because he has paired up with sarah to charity, the president, the daughter of the incumbent president rodrigo today, who remains usually popular. so they're able to combine their strong holes marco's

junior in the north and deter day in the south to get a lead in opinion polls. emily. okay, thank you very much. florence louis live for us in manila with the latest on the election campaigning from a brazilian president louis in a c o lula. dis silva will launch his 6th bid for presidency on saturday. he's been leading opinion polls ahead of the october election, but the incumbent jaya, both in our who's seeking another tune, claims the electronic voting system is vulnerable to fraud. monica jenna kiev reports from south palo. ah, who lies man? it's 76 former president, lizzy masula, the silva says he's older, wiser and ready to lead a coalition of center let parties to victory in october's presidential election.

i want to tell you that i am willing to govern brazil 12 years after leaving the presidency and 12 years we learned a lot who are able to see what we did for the country. what we did not do and what we could have done, a former car factory worker lula govern brazil from 2003 to 2010 as president. he was one of the world's most popular leaders. but after leaving office, he was jailed on corruption charges and barred from running again. his political fate change last year when brazil supreme court and mulled his trial. since then, he has emerged as the most formidable challenger to the incumbent. j annabelle sonata. i think that corruption is wont within the actual because a both on are you make sure that he will use ah, the are i'm the, the corruption scandal i guess roller. but i think that her, after the almost 4 years of most,

i'm out and in several cases of corruption, his government does has not this has changed. it's not. it's not in the a weapon that will fire only on one site. maggie finish voted for balsam, addle, but for years on she's disappointed you won't solemn out of celia's, you will not let balsam. nora was elected promising to fight corruption to reduce public spending and to adopt business friendly economic measures. she did the opposite. she is wheeling and dealing to when support in congress, something he said he would never do. there is corruption and the economy is and shreds william wallace trying to appeal to disappointed bill. so now to voters by choosing a former adversary and send to right politician jet ald, welcoming as his vice president. he's also counting on anger at bull. so now was denial of the coven. 19 pandemic,

which killed 660000 brazilians. and his anti environmental policies, political rough dog, recent polls show no defeating bull sonata political analysts. sasha bananas, sheesh says rejection, more than approval will play a major role in the selection. 60 percent of resilience say they do not approve of bull sonata and would never vote to reelect him. lula fair, slightly better with 45 percent of voters rejecting his candidacy. it's still too soon to tell who will win this race. but most analysts agree that brazilians will have to choose the candidate they dislike less. instead of the one they believe represents them or will make their future better. monica, not give all just 0. so bol. one person has been killed in protests in democratic republic of congo, at least 13 others were injured after police fight t gas to disperse demonstrators in the capital. kinshasa protest is our angry over

proposed changes to the electoral law within 50 people were arrested including opposition and pains. the president is being accused of using the proposed law to stifle opponents at the next election. the nationalist party, shin fain, it looks likely to come out on top in northern islands elections for the 1st time in the regions history. the corner stone of the parties manifesto is to leave the u . k. and unite with the island of ireland. but as jonah, how reports from belfast at still a distant prospect, i am early wind who should fame. the count promised many more for the nationalist party committed to a united ireland and predicted by opinion polls to beat their pro british unionist rivals. for the 1st time in a 100 years old lifelong providence,

a republican party, i do have, you know, law and we also have to show that we deal with people's issues as the goals of these sites are not submitted are inseparable, shouldn't change, campaign focused on bread and butter issues like the cost of living, crisis, health and housing as precursors to irish re unification. the unionist vote on the other hand was split with the largest party, the democratic unionists threatening to boycott the store mont, assembly because of post briggs. it border arrangements that they say undermine the very union they exist to defend the go. now recall is the casey process for what time. and we need to get resolution or thought issue because she had biospine here it was the coffee between brooklyn, adams, and we need to move trade via good, really. and ensure that the know who to call ac is delta for all. which raises the

possibility of a full blown political crisis after the election paralysis deadlock. arising out of the 2 parties, power sharing system under the good friday agreement. and not for the 1st time. that's why growing numbers of voters have chosen a 3rd way. among the biggest winners in this election, the cross community center ground alliance party. northern ireland isn't just a place where the national union of northern i'm the place that is diverse. on this boat for alliance is showing that there are more people who are satisfied with being a better both and also being northern irish. it's further evidence of potentially seismic shift to the political landscape. i think would you put it down to is 1st of all post bracket, tiredness actually with what has happened since it's become very green and orange. had you put into a new younger actress who no longer interested in these things. i think you put it

down to the fact that for a number of years we've hardly had any government. and there's a real wish for a large part of this population to get on with actually getting stuff addressed, which isn't just constitutional. all of which sets up a fertile conversation about the future in northern ireland, one far less tethered to the secretarial constraints of the past jona whole al jazeera belfast. britain's opposition leader is being investigated for a potential breach of covered 19 lockdown roles. please say they're looking into footage of the labor parties. care stammer, drinking alcohol with colleagues indoors in april last summer has led calls for prime minister bars johnson and finance minister wishing snag to resign. after they were fined for breaking down rules. sadie, arabia has released to $108.00 whose he fighters is part of what it says our efforts to bring an end to the 7 year war in yemen. the international red cross

facilitated the transfer of the former detainees to humans, port city of ad in the united nations broker, to truce between the sandy led coalition and to the fighters. earlier in april, columbia government is increasing security in cities and highways in an effort to combat attacks by the country's largest drug cartel. the claim del go fo group was retaliating after their leader was expedited to the us to face trial on drug trafficking charges. the government's boosted rewards for information leading to the capture of gang members, and also created a specific army unit to lead the search to shalanda. now where the president has declared a state of emergency for the 2nd time in 5 weeks, as his government face is escalating protests, millions of people stayed away from work on friday as anc amounts against the worst economic crisis in its 70 years. michelle fernandez reports from columbus

police were among the few state employees working in sri lanka on friday. these water cannon, auntie, a guest to disperse, hundreds of protested, gathered at barricade, sealing off the entrance to parliament. inside the building and she java dakota opposition representatives marched into the speaker's office, asking him to ordered the police to stop that operation. the also demanded, he set a date for a nor confidence motion. they're putting forward against the government. the government is under increasing pressure to resign, facing a 2nd nationwide strike in 8 days, hospitals, railways, postal services, schools, and poets were disrupted strictly with government and board. i bet i the boxes so dress wanted local, displaying the free lunch. i therefore, we don't believe they can be well up this country or hereafter. therefore, we are asking mil goldman new uh, new leadership,

a new system for sri lanka. that's why all the people are together for one umbrella, demonstrations and march. as like this have been a common site in the capital, colombo and around the country. in shallow on the northwestern coast, fishermen also took part in the protests. i mean, what they said in a be what we have more than $15000.00 fishing families in this area. we're all helpless. so we'll protest today tomorrow, and in the future it, i did hear that the government has admitted its foreign reserves, have fallen to just $50000000.00 us dollars, leaving it unable to buy essential food medicine and fuel. queues have stretched the kilometers around most petrol stations in recent days. after months of insisting it has things under control, the government is now approach the international monetary fund for a bailout. and president gotta be a roger boxer, has replaced his cabinet as cause increased for him to step down. his new media

minister told al jazeera roger boxes making an effort and should be supported to bring stability. he got rid of some good, good popular, and people who him because some of some of his own family members of 5 of them out now. so reduce her to coaching. does he attend his mission effort? so i think um, we are trying to help him. yes, given us a challenge, we're trying to face that challenge and find solution to people go to heaven says that new team should be given 6 months to a year and a half before elections are held to decide a way forward trade union save the last work stoppage of this scale was 69 years ago, but our warning they will launch an indefinite strike. if the government does not, he demands for it to resign. men of fernandez, ojo 0 colombo airlines in nigeria have suspended flights due to the high cost of jet fuel. airline operators association says its members will stop flying from

mundane shortage of fuel has disrupt domestic flight. since march global jet fuel prices have sought since russia's invention of ukraine and women in the u. s. state of texas has discovered a sculpture she purchased had a 2nd hand. good store is roughly 2000 years old, nor young bought the bast for $35.00. but experts say it's a roman era sculpture missing since the 2nd world war. experts believe you, a soldier brought it from germany where it was last thing. oh, hello, you're watching al jazeera, these are the stories we're following. this our a 3 day russian sci fi, in cranes, mary paul, is entering its final day and the u. n. is scrambling to rescue civilians. hundreds of people including ukrainian fighters.