i shall see him. he's on abuse in the boy scouts of america. lebanon goes to the polls, but will political change help the country find its way out of its crippling economic crisis may on al jazeera, ah, as president manuel micron has sworn in for a 2nd term one that's likely to be overshadowed by challenges at home and abroad ah, hello norah kyle, this is al jazeera live from dough, also coming up after more than a dozen tests so far this year, north korea is accused of firing another ballistic missile. as its forces bossa ukraine, russia puts its military, might on show and address rehearsal for

a world war to victory day parade. and afghanistan's taliban leaders order women to wear the all covering burger in public, at some of the groups. toughest rules since seizing power. ah, were elected president emanuel micron has promised to unify france after a divisive election campaign. speaking after being sworn in for his 2nd 5 year term . macros says vance. france says dealing with unprecedented crises, including a war in europe, the pandemic and climate change. but he says his country's at its best, despite the difficult times, he vows his 2nd term will not be a repeat of his 1st meal of purple fancy. so to rekey dizziness heal, puzzled, don't hyster french people who choose their representatives and president, gra, giving me this mandate to day. the french people have not extended my turn that

began 2017. a new france different to the other 5 years ago. have given a new president, a new mandate, fresh unless an unless pure ascii says makram showed an unusually humble face at the integration. emmanuel mccoy, sometimes known for grand jose events and trying to it's been described sometimes as african is been trying to portray itself as humble a new president for a 2nd. and they will act to the different crises that you have mentioned. whether it's the war in ukraine and they make the climate change and also the domestic challenges, social and democratic challenges that is facing. and as the recent elections show, the presidential election showed that fraud was divided not in 2 blocks, but in 3 blocks. and that's going to be the challenge of the next parliamentary elections in june, because we have the far right with marine le pen, who was his challenger in the 2nd round. but we now have

a united left block behind mr. milan show came 3rd in the presidential election and was the leader of the radical left. so he will have to face 2 challenges from both right and left. if he wants to get a majority in parliament, which is the key for stability and for governing in this country. so the next 2 months are still going to be very much focused on domestic politics. with those parliamentary elections at the same time with the european presidency that frost still has for another 2 months. so it's going to be a busy 2 months for president mccomb. north korea has fired was believed to be a ballistic missile for the 2nd time this week. japanese and south korean army leaders say it was launched into the sea of north korea's east coast. south korean ministry says the miss l flu for 600 kilometers as an altitude of 60 kilometers the

15th test this year and comes just days before the integration of south korean president elect unit, so kill the u. s. believes north korea is also preparing for a nuclear missile test. robert kelly as a professor of political science and diplomacy, pusan national university, he thinks that it's like t p on young wants to send a message to south chris new president. so you will become president in a couple days, i believe on may 10th. right. and i think the idea is to sort of signal to the south koreans, you know, we're still here. yes. i think a seriously campuses around the north koreans abundance in the past. if i remember correctly when brock obama was inaugurated, there was a test and i think when parking hey was inaugurated prison, south korea, there was a test drive train for a long history of sort of doing this. and it's kind of a mixed signaling and bullying. and i knew protest, and since 2017 you may recall for a short time bound, trump was president and there was sort of an effort to reach out to the north koreans for 2 years. it looked like there might be some kind of

a hot break through in the north. koreans are held off, but that really didn't go anywhere. the north koreans didn't really put much on the table to be fair. the americans didn't really either. and so the whole thing kind of came apart, and if you're north korea, you're really not seeing much moving on the go station table. and so your, i presume the thinking is something like, you know, we need to keep on escalating, right? americans can't get a decent deal out of south korean, the united states, and they're going to want to really bulk up on the deterrence. and that means a regular testing program. i think the big concern and the last couple weeks had been the north trains have gotten a lot more aggressive and the rhetoric is talking about using these things outside of defense sorrows. and that's got everybody's scared. right. that they may be thinking of using a cramped or something. well, alvarez rather than jordan is in washington d. c, and she has more on the us warnings of a potential nuclear test. earlier this week to news organizations here in the u. s . reported that according to military and intelligence officials, they were detecting the apparent 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 of young young government would have carried out what is considered under international law and illegal nuclear ro arms test. this is of course, a situation that very much house on the u. s. and south korea concerned especially because of their just out some 28000 u. s. 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 h. w bush of the u. s. is also trying, but so far, unsuccessfully to get north korea to return to the bargaining table without preconditions about efforts to end it's nuclear weapons program. the current leader

has yet to respond to those overtures. one thing that is clear of the white house has already said in light of all 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 the saw a possible threat. ukraine is taking precautions as washer houses for its annual victory day parade. monday marks the 77th anniversary of nazi japanese surrendered to the soviet union in the 2nd world war a back half year round, the ukrainian port city of odessa. from sunday nights until tuesday morning. because of worries about russian celebrations. officials in cave believe russia's president could use the occasion to declare a formal, formal wool with ukraine. 50 people, including women, children, and the elderly, have been rescued from the besieged as of style, industrial complex, and marable. you,

anne and red cross workers met them on friday in the russian controlled village of bessie manet. ukrainian officials accuse russia violating cease fires during previous evacuation attempts. the eastern town of parsa has been under siege for weeks is believed around. 2000 civilians are trapped them. let us char stratford reports from nearby rubica attempts to get them out, have stopped because of the danger to volunteers. but although soon you scold with sicily chemo surrogate rush, gal was a construction worker before russia invaded ukraine. when the war started, he volunteered as a civilian evacuation driver. one is now missing fear dead. this video shows him after he had rescued civilians from the besieged town of port persona in the east of the country. the live up on the eagle was his co driver on that day. he says said a gay told him if he could save another 20 people, his life would not be in vain. we also need your partner yellow. i could see the

entrance to proposals, says eagle. what the russian soldiers suddenly jumped out from the left. it happened so fast. they fired a rocket propelled grenade, but at miss risk and they started shooting machine guns and rifles. it was the windows shattered. sergei kept driving, but he was hit and began falling, dragging the steering wheel to the left. we bid off the road, crushing through small trees where i was crouched down, pushing up against the dashboard i looked at said again so much that he wasn't moving or making any sound from here. when i reached the door handle jumped out and started running between the trees using the bosses. cover was continued shooting at it. when i got to a village, i found a house and got water. i was covered in blood, my face, my hands and ears. i thought it was mine, but i had no wounds. i realized then it was said again, not known exactly how many people are either trapped inside paupers, nor,

or i'm willing to leave a town that he's on the net constant russian army attack. this is volunteer evacuation dr. mckayla called having a blindfold taken off on russian state cb. 2 days off the disappeared was also trying to evacuate. people track only civilians are doing the evacuation details. the man in military uniform interviewing him. his daughter made an emotional play on facebook for his release. oh, i beg you please giving my father back. we missed him so much. please release him. let him go. in a village, neighbouring pause, now the sound of artillery crashes through the air, volunteers, helena and uri, inspect the graves where they have been burying civilians killed in the besieged town. long trenches have been dug in which bodies lie covered in soil. attractor will fill in the trench when the shelling dies down. to cause i'm not, i mean,

your boss there is more danger. the shells can land on you, not here it is over our heads. we bury them here because it's impossible to bury them under the shelley. it's too dangerous to go in and collect the bodies now and didn't really get with them, so i feel great pity that people killed. if they're alive now, they could be doing something good. it's very hard to comprehend when you find a young person lying dead on the ground, you created all sorties, say dna testing will be done with a war ends to identify the growing number of an identifiable civilians killed. this is one of 3 on identified graves in this graveyard. all that is written on the cross is that a woman's body is buried here and the place where that body was found. for now, the fighting in pause, no rages on making it too dangerous for rescuing the living or dead child stratford

. al jazeera rubica, eastern ukraine. ukraine says it's hit another russian warship which has sunk after bursting into flames. mackerel frigates has believed to have been saving close to the snake island and the black sea, if confirmed it would be russia 2nd big naval law since the invasion. mccraney enforces sank, the flagship musk for war ship last month. after the u. s. reportedly shed information on its location. celeste hair announces era, ah, a protest against the congolese president turns violent ban. demonstrators say they will be silenced. and sifting through what's left of a luxury hotel, the search for bodies after an explosion and keep his capital. ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to castle book,

your travel package today. hello, they welcome to look at the international forecast, much of joy. they can look forward to some other wet weather over the next couple of days from time to time, a wet is weather will be in 2 central and southern parts, bits and pieces of cloud and rain to making the way towards japan running through quite quickly. japan not faring too badly, dry and bright there. okay, what about 22 celsius? not too bad too. across the korean peninsula. although one or 2 showers coming in here that push away into central parts of china who has some wet weather easing across basing cooling off here, wet weather all the way down into central and southern part some big and heavy showers from time to time. could lead to some localized flooding that may be showers to stretch away across indo china. a lot of cloud showing up on the satellite picture here. and you can see this distinct circulation now pushing into the by a bin goal that may well develop into a tropical sideline as we go on through the next day or so. tropical depression

already. and it's pushing up towards that, both east in corner of india towards or the pathfinder dash towards northern parts of a additional as well. so some really heavy rainy the forecast over the next day or so. now right in the forecast, up towards the northwest, the heat wave continues here. temperatures getting up into the mid forties. i saw official airlines the journey i don't get a, a with a

dish. oh, hello again. you're watching al jazeera has reminder of our top stories. this, our manual macro has been sworn in for a 2nd time as french president is promised to build a stronger france in the face of unprecedented challenges. north korea has fired what's believe to be a ballistic missile for the 2nd time this week. it was wanting from the u. s. that pyongyang could be preparing to test nuclear missiles later this month. and russia is preparing for its annual victory parade. on monday, it marks the anniversary of nazi germany's defeat and wild war to occur few around the ukrainian ports as you odessa from sunday as the final day of campaign rallies

and the philippines ahead of a presidential election, described as the most important in the country's history. one of 2 frontrunners fighting on marco says, holding a large rally and vanilla marcos. as the son of former president president michaels, he was asked to enter people's uprising in 1986. florence louis is following the marcus campaign in manila. now you see support is dressed in red, that is the color for ferdinand marco's junior and those wearing green. those are the supporters of sarah, do. terry, who is the daughter of the president and who is herself running for the position of vice president? now even though these positions are voted for separately, this is a very strategic pairing because marcos is able to take advantage of its family's popularity in the north with a detailed day strong hole in the south. now, he's also able to take advantage of the fact that more than half of registered voters in the philippines are too young to remember what his father, ministration was like. now his father ruled the country for 20 years,

and nearly half of the time the country was under martial law. it was a period rife with human rights abuses and corruption, but he's been able to gloss over that in a mis information campaign. effect checking group says marcos junior has benefited the most from a misinformation. in contrast, his closest rival, lenny robledo, now she's been the biggest victim of a campaign of dis information. but if you speak to his voters, they'll say that it's a simple message of unity. that resonates with all the cons. it hoping to beach market is vice president. lenny robledo her rally is being held at a symbolic location. that's where a huge march was held in 1983 off the assassination of a senator who struggled against the marks as regime of radio has run a grassroots campaign against the political elite. and duncan is at the rally. there are already around $300000.00 supporters of vice president lanyard. read the

clearly a show of force on the last 8 over can mean when she ran. she was the reluctant candidate. she was no match against the what are very sophisticated and well funded resources of her political arrival, global markets junior. but what has changed really is how she was able to mobilize a grass roots campaign that is completely decentralized and quite different from the previous campaigns. we've covered, we're seeing this is clearly a movement led by the youth. as you know, there are more than 27. there are more than 27000000 voters now in 2022 compared to 20. 19 during the mid term elections, more than half of the total, $6.00 to $7000000.00 voters or young filipino. so despite her trailing in local service over the last few months, there remains to be a strong sense of hope. here they said, because of this unique electoral landscape brought about by her campaign message,

radical log. no weather. this will definitely turn into votes. that would be enough to beat bobo market junior. that remains to be seen, but clearly now this has become more than just a regular campaign. as menu observers, both here and abroad, it says read. this campaign really has become a peoples movement taliban leaders in afghanistan. and have ordered women to cover the entire bodies. whilst in the public. the decree came from the taliban supreme leader. it also says if a woman refuses to cover her body from head to toe, a father or male relative can be sent to prison or fired from government jobs. taliban leaders have tracked down on women's rights since taking power last year. thus, despite promising to respect such freedoms, k, clark is the co director of afghanistan and alice analysts network. she says these restrictions give us an insight into the telephone's priorities. what the taliban,

concentrating on. that thinking about the length of men's beards to think about what women where they are thinking about the type of sleeves that oldest to girls might where, where is the urgency from the, from the government in kabul, and can to her about the very real hunger and difficulties that there are people facing. and of course if women come work, that's a huge blow to many households where women's incomes were important. along with this intake today came a directive, but women should stay at home unless they have a good reason for going out. that's a further blow to economy. and of course, i think as well, this type of moral policing, hon. my roof is what the, this type of policing, it's called in afghanistan. the promotion of virtue in the prevention of fights. it's not only about and forcing the telephones version of shadow on fellow africans, many of whom don't share that. that's that version of islamic law. it's also about social control. it's also an intrusive way in which the government,

the states looks into people's personal lives and tries to police them. and certainly the 1990 s that went along very much with a very strong intelligence outlook. so you, you post these laws, you created a mechanism from forcing them. it's a way of controlling the population. 7 palestinians have been injured in confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied westbank. it happened after a house in the villages to let her refuge with the militia early on saturday. mm. the home belonged to a man who along with other family as accused of killing and is ready, settler in december drank as president, has drawn criticism, both at home and abroad, after declaring a state of emergency for the 2nd time in 5 weeks. present got a buyer, roger pack, so has been facing nationwide calls for his resignation. people are angry over his failure to control a worsening economic crisis. michelle fernandez has more from columbia. you could

just look over my shoulder in front of the president of the presidential, director of that group. all protested that still outside. i essentially continuing into it's 29th day and that's their reaction to the emergency brought in by present got up a roger boxer that those regulations obviously are receiving criticism both here and abroad. we've had our human rights activists. we've had the bar association that's a professional body of lawyers that have condemned it. they say that that agree of concerns at the promulgation of emergency to be used at what have been largely peaceful protests. and the president of the vazo zation urging the president to revoke, ah, the state of emergency, and essentially to withdraw that new set of regulations that that's what we have the protest as themselves saying they're not going to be cowed. there are, you know, they've had it with successive government, you know,

trying to scare people to get their own ends achieved. and they said that after this long of having looted the country, having driven the country to its knees economically socially, that they're not going to be have they're not going to have their voices silent, they're going to speak up. and they're not going to be afraid by emergency regulations that they will face these regulations. so that's where it's ends. hong kong next leader will be confirmed on sunday. john lee as assured victory as he is the sole candidate. and will be elected by a committee loyal to china's communist party. as jim brown reports on the man hoping to revive the fortunes of asia's financial hub. john lee's career has been rooted in discipline or career policeman who went on to become hong kong security chief. during the turbulent spring and summer of 2019, he directed the response to anti government protests.

now he's about to replace kerry lamb as hong kong next leader. at a time when the territory remains deeply divided and exhausted by coven 19, it's been a short and strange contest. without even token competition, it's an unusual election because there's just one candidate. it doesn't matter because the, you know, the, the election just open to everywhere. even though i have only one kennedy vinny, we also needed to walk for them. they at least only rally on friday, was a small invitation only event that included members of the committee. they will elect him. oh, i know they means in the coming 5 years, hong kong will become a carry, accommodating place, full of energy and hope. well, let's do one thing together and support the election on may 8th grade. lee has the central government's backing assign. it wants

a hong kong leader with strong security credentials. june came, why is a political commentator who left hong kong for england more than a week ago because he no longer felt safe. he says lee doesn't have the right experience to lead a global financial center. you were looking through the cb up johnny. we know that he had no experience in economy affairs international tre, an or major areas of sort of policy. lee says his priority will be issues like housing, not more democracy, or a free vote. he's also promised additional security laws and to increase patriotic education, these very bright, which is what i like about him. so i really feel hong kong is ready for this kind of change. and plus he has such us of china. that is something very, very important. lease campaign suffered an early setback when you tube shut down his account, citing compliance with united states sanctions. that means he can't visit that

country, just like the outgoing chief executive hong kong people will have no say in the selection. that task falls to an election committee drawn from hong kong business and political elite. a committee vetted by a panel that included john lee, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, a 100 my guns have been rescued of italy's caste. in case garner has 2 bodies were found in the water and my goods one a boat that ran aground and over tanned off the southern cased italian media report say most of them from afghanistan. and he's one person has been killed in violence that broke out at protests against electro reforms and democratic republic of congo . police moved in on crowds who came out to denounce the changes, leaving employee to silence descent into monahan reports. what began as a citizen protest to parliament quickly turned into a violent confrontation with

police fire tear gas in the crowd and moved in to break up any resistance the protest her say present. felix to katy plans to steal next year's election. i and they'll keep up their campaign until he agrees to talk we are fighting for a credible electro law from the parliament, which will allow us to have a good election next year so that we can kick out president felix tish teddy were suffering in this country. because of his faith governance, my firm and red one control will wrap up despite we'll continue from now till we have a good election 23 president. jessica. eddie must go next to it peacefully for election . fox will come back to morrow till we have an agreement around the electoral law, but it wasn't to she. katy became president in 2019, in the democratic republic of congo. first peaceful transition of power. but now he's pushing through reform to electoral laws. that opponents fear be used to

disqualify his main rivals. the opposition was national consensus on the best way to hold a fair election, who found the main center of acres of a sense leak. the president is controlling everything as a dictator. the only way to put pressure on him is to call on our population to take action against this regime. as it is. dish kiddies reform plan has become a rallying cry for the opposition. if they aren't included in the process, it's likely the protest like these will continue and failure to reach consensus on next year's election. could further complicate the nation's struggle for democracy . benton monahan, al jazeera vasquez had been working through the night in cuba capital, searching for bodies after an explosion at a luxury hotel. and these 22 people, including a child, were killed in the blast at hotel saratoga in havana,

74 others were injured. it was caused by a suspected gas lake. john holman reports the sound of the explosion ripped through have m as old home. it knew of 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 sulisaga now rescue workers and locals, a searching for people missing under the rubble. it was a blast that threw me out. there. apparently could have been worse. no tourist was staying at the hotel because it was undergoing renovations, said the have on a governor. president miguel diaz canal arrived at the scene shortly after the blast. hello this. there's

a group of people receiving help. the 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. holdings in have, i'm as beautiful with disintegrates. an old term often suffer fooling masonry, but explosions are rare. this one was shot. the island john homan, al jazeera, thousands of people in the us state of new mexico have been told to be ready to evacuate at short notice because of wildfires. strong winds are expected to speed up the spread of fires in the north of the state. they've already been to almost 700 square kilometers of land near the city of santa fe. ah.