yes, animal let horse activists on lobbying hard to keep them arguing that their communities, lifestyle, and cultural identity is under threat. ah . the stones crow, china official, becomes hong kong, new leader after an election with no other candidates. ah, i'm robot this and this is our resume allied from doha. also coming up. finally freed all ukrainian civilians chopped inside a motto, pulled steel plant, a rescued on the last day of a rush and cease fire. the stakes are quite high in this space in the east of

ukraine, or the u. s. fire chief says vladimir putin is going to ramp up is offensive to break down ukraine's resistance because he can't afford to lose cover up or be punished. the taliban brings back a 20 year old lo ordering afghan woman to completely cover themselves in public. ah, oncologist confirmed it's new leader john lee was the only candidate in the race to succeed carry lamb. he was chosen by an election committee of 1500 people, vetted by beijing. lee was the head of security during the 2019 the pro democracy protest, escalade adrian brown in hong kong. pretty much a foregone conclusion for the selection. adrian absolutely. this result was never in doubt. john lee was the so candidate in this election. he secured 1416 votes. 98 percent,

turn out. john lee has been speaking during the past few minutes. he says, this is a joyful how a day for hong kong. he says it is the red cross international smile day, which was another reason to be happy as to what sort of chief executive he'll make . well, the coming weeks and months will tell, but john lee is certainly a man who has the backing the support of beijing. otherwise he wouldn't be in that position. now. as for the people of hong kong, when of course, this was supposed to be one of those occasions where they chose that chief executive. it was supposed to happen in 2017. it hasn't happened now. it didn't happen then. and i guess the question is whether this model is the way that you know, future hong kong leaders are going to be chosen. john lee, as i say, is a man who is not just the former security chief here. he was also a courier policeman. he was in the falls for more than 40 years, so he is a man that knows the security situation here in hong kong. inside out, he played

a very decisive role in suppressing the co democracy protests in 2019. he sanctioned the use of tear gas, he sanctioned the use of rubber bullets. he also sanctioned on occasion the use of live rounds to disperse crowds. i think beijing likes his very sort of tough guy image outside the convention center. rob, there are thousands of police on duty. that is the reflection, i think of the kind of redistribution of power that is going on in hong kong. this was hong kong government, essentially saying to beijing, look, we have everything under control. now we take this very seriously, johnny saying that this was a joyful day for hong kong. even mentioned there, but people aren't allowed to take part in the selection. how are people in hong out hong kong, actually re reacting to all of this? oh, well yeah, you're absolutely right. i mean, hong kong has what? 4 and a half 1000000 registered voters. and so i think their response to what has happened

today is one of you know, great indifference. this is a vote in which they've had absolutely no say, and i think if you went out of the streets, as we will do later, i guarantee you're going to find people who actually have no idea. there was an election taking place in hong kong today. it's been such a low t affair. it's a campaign that lost it just 3 and a half month, 3 and a half weeks rather than of course. when that campaign began, john lee knew full well what the result was going to be. it's been a very strange, a very unusual election campaign. and as i say, is this going to be the models of future elections for hong kong leaders? adrian, thank you very much. indeed. that's adrian brown talking to us from hong kong. it cranes accusing russia of bombing a school in the eastern region of low hon. skit happened in belgrade. have come. the governor of lance says around 90,

people have been hiding in the building and that's nearly all the residents who've been left in the village. at least 30 people to been rescued. so far, 2 bodies had been recovered before search operations was suspended for the night. it cranes, government says all civilians have been evacuated from a steel plant in the southern city of mateo. paul from monks, civilians, and soldiers being trapped inside as russian attacks intensified assa bank as more from ukraine. central city of oman out and safe crane says all women, children and the elderly, have been evacuated from the as of stole steel. platt, with for months, they sheltered in underground bunkers, while ukrainian fighters from the as of battalion attempts to prevent russian soldiers from completely taken over the port city. president the lensky, repeatedly called,

and united nations to help lead civilians to safety do humanity in corridors. deborah, among them is not or not. i want to thank the teams of the international committee of the red cross and the united nations for helping us carry out the 1st phase of the as of stall plants evacuation mission, we managed to save more than 300 people. women and children, gentle. russia agreed to a number of these fires to facilitate evacuations. both keven moscow repeatedly accused one another of violating the truce. mammoth other hundreds of civilians were eventually evacuated in multiple operations. led by the united nations, taken to a nearby village, away from the shelling which the fate of crane fighters still in still works. it's unclear if president vladimir putin will be able to declare victory. mary pulled in time for may 9th, a day where russia celebrates the soviet union's world war to victory over the nazis. as i beg, i jazeera woman,

and here's the country ukrainian forces of continued to fight back living using long range weapons called howard. so as to shell russian targets in khaki, they've, they've been supplied by the united states in germany. earlier on saturday. ukraine said russia targeted 3 bridges to slow the ukrainian country offensive. in the south russian missile strikes of hit odessa, which is ukraine's largest port. we've struck close to its airport in the city center has been a separate strike from the nearby town of office. in the past week roches targeted several times in the southern region, largest cedars, hassan masood has more from odessa. we are now beside there. oh, this says airport here in odessa city, which were, which was at targeted by a mrs. strike in this place. 2 missiles heads here, their place in the northern side of the airport. oh, which led to explosions,

heard throughout the city of odessa. we also heard the air defenses trying to confront the missiles in the sky of odessa. fire fighting hears are working in the place while we have detected 2 injuries, at least. so far, this targeting comes after the south earn operations. coleman had confirmed targeting odessa region by for a cruise missiles into the region, especially the western and the northern region ortho, odessa, the, these attacks and these miss, i start is dikes were, since the morning here in odessa, after that arrayed also went off a, during the day since the morning, the director of u. s. intelligence agency,

the cia he says he's convinced vladimir putin, his doubling down in the war in ukraine. william burns says despite the resistance we cranium forces. the russian president is not willing to lose. he added that protons being as he called it, stewing for years and is motivated by grievance ambition and insecurity. i think he's in a frame of mind in which he doesn't believe he can afford to lose. so the stakes are quite high, and this stays in the east of ukraine. as you know, ukraine's military with support, you know, from the west continues to resist. but i don't think this means that, you know, putting is, is deterred at this point because he's take so much on the choice that he made to launch this invasion that i think he's convinced right now the doubling down still will enable him to make progress. mark for patrick is an explosive fellow at the

international institute for strategic studies. and he says, russia is going to keep everything on the table to achieve its military objectives, including nuclear weapons. put in really there's not much to lose, but he's not going to win for sure. ukraine is just fighting back so fiercely. and with more and more support from the west. i don't think goodness going to win, but what does it mean that he can't lose? does he have to redefine his objectives? and if he is doubling down now, as it still says, what happens, then we'll quadruple down and then use nuclear weapons. i'm quite worried about that. and the problem i see is that if russia doubled down in the don't boss and southern ukraine and does not achieve his military objectives, then what will he do? will he turn to? i don't think we can rule it out. you know, we were all surprised when launched this invasion. well, he wasn't surprised. they knew about it, but still it was the pricing and i just wouldn't rule out the possible use of

nuclear weapons. you know, obviously united states cannot be seen to be so involved in this war and directly targeting russian generals. i mean that's, that's really, it's not just that it's a provocation that could escalate matters, but it displays into russia sensitive grievance. we don't need to do that now, russia versus the grievance of being attacked and prevailed is so out of line. but still you have to see the other side psychological reasoning and not play into it. taliban leaders in afghanistan have ordered woman to cover their entire body while in public, the se, if a woman refuses to do so, she or her family could be sent to prison or far from government jobs. there harding has more. a sea of blue in cobble, a group of women gathers at a market. the taliban latest decree is that all women in afghanistan must cover

their entire body. when they're outside the home. he does the ha, i'm r o d i go any he job is a privilege for wisdom and pious women. he jobby women are protected from disobedience and sins. they'll always be restricted. they'll be protected from evil . if a woman is seen in public, without head to toe covering she along with her husband or mail, guardian could be punished. lou, it's not the one who has the homes for the women who don't have a job should be known. the men should be advised and warned. the strict enforcement of burka became a global symbol of the taliban rule when it was in power in the 1990s. since re taking control of afghanistan last year, taliban leaders have re introduced restrictions, mainly directed at women. this most recent decree is one of the harshest yet why is it that only one issue is a priority for one? why not? you know, policy and hunger on poverty unlike of jobs unsecure. if you taliban

leaders have also cracked down on education for girls closing down secondary schools on the same day class was supposed to start you in human rights. experts say afghan women are facing large scale and systematic, gender based discrimination and violence. if we see any of the, the demonstrations that have taken place since august, when the taliban took up, its, its been women at the forefront women and girls. and this is intended to ensure that women have no public face. there are fears the strict rules now facing women in afghanistan will likely discourage them from going out in public and realizing their full potential. lia, hardy al jazeera, they are in 2nd to general until he was out. as his tweeted, saying his alarmed by the taliban announcement that a woman must cover their faces in public and leave home only in cases of necessity

is urged the taliban to keep their promises to afghan women and girls and their obligations under international human rights law. so i had analogy 0, lyla, desilva has lost his bid for brazil's presidency, but county unseating helmet, jabal sonata, an artist from russia. loosen. poland come together in greece to help spread a ukrainian fear to groups message a hope and unity ah windsor, the big story across the middle east. hello everyone. great to see you. so we got some sand and dust being spun up around here on take you in for a closer look right now around the gulf states. and really this is this sar shamal way and am for dell has specifically i think we'll see those winds wind up. so about 60 kilometers per hour, so yep,

that's enough to stir around the sand and dust and impact visibility there. we do have a lot of activity around the caspian sea. so for western areas may see some showers sneak into bach, who southern sections may see some showers, a leak, n 2 said on with the hive 26 degrees and still that heat for pakistan. jacob bad getting up to 46 degrees for turkey, its eastern areas where we have disturbed weather, and that is starting to make its way into the caucasus tbilisi 15. you know, we have seen some flooding for the northeast of the democratic republic of congo rate into uganda as still more rain falling here on sunday. hundreds of homes have been destroyed in this area on this weather report right now in south africa. we see some of these showers in what weather is start to leak into quasi luna tall as swan teeny and southern sections of mozambique. so showers to be expected in my poto sunday and monday. that's it, susan. ah.

how social a social media platforms, if many young you think i feel it's anxious and depressed? currently there is a grand national experiment that is taking place upon our kids. why take companies not sufficiently regulated? they don't want people to know what's happening on their platform. and when will society catch up? 10 people that i knew in high school that may suicide, both lines, investigate toxic, feed social media and teen mental health on al jazeera. ah ah, what, what is it a reminder? what told stories this are hong kohls next leader has been confirmed. john lee was

the only candidate in the race to succeed. carry long news, a live pictures from hong kong. john's lead is speaking for after his confirmation . as chief executive, he was the head of security. during the 2019 pro democracy protests ukraine's accused russia of bombing a school in the eastern region of the hans kit happened in the village of battle. goal of the governor of law. hans says about 90 people have been hiding in the building. ukraine's government says all civilians have been evacuated from a steel plant on the southern city body of poll. hundreds of women, children, and elderly people, and who trapped inside from lungs as russia intensified its attacks. voters in the philippines are preparing for an election that's been described as the most important in his history. pulls predict of victory for fat on marcos junior, the son of a former president who was ousted and popular uprising in 1986, but he's up against the vice president. lenny robledo how grassroots campaign and

said to have galvanized young people. louise in manila with more there is a huge ground, swelled of support for vice president. lenny radio crowds have turned out in huge numbers very consistently at her rally's. and these people were there because they genuine, the supporter they've not been busted or encouraged to attend by their community leaders or by village heads. and if you look at the way people have been going volunteers, rob happened going from house to house to canvas for votes for her. there is a huge sense of optimism among her support is that she could still win elections on monday, but she does face a huge uphill battle for several reasons. she is a victim of a disinformation campaign. of fact checking group says that there had been a lot of social media posts. there are simply untrue her quotes, mangled, distorted, to make her seem unintelligent. she has been accused of being a communist, and this is a very common tactic in the philippines to discredit political opponents. now in

contrast, frontrunner ferdinand marco's junior has benefits mostly from misleading, but positive post on social media. so his campaign, they've been able to whitewash his father's rule as a time of peace and prosperity when in fact it was full of talk, proceed, nepotism and human rights abuses. now the other thing standing in her way is the alliance that mar cause junior has formed with powerful dynasties in the philippines, which still hold a lot of sway among voters. he's formed alliance and alliance with the powerful royal family. the estrada's and the detectives which include incumbent president, rodrigo detective, and his daughter, sarah, who is running for position of vice president. so these families, despite their rather murky track record, they still have a strong support base and their support is expected to deliver votes for marcos. junior since sane has become the largest political party in northern ireland for

the 1st time. it was once the political wing of the irish republican army, the on group, which wants to separate northern ireland from the u. came the party is still campaigning for the region to leave the u. k. and become part of a united ireland john hall reports from belfast. some say the selection changes everything and changes nothing. the marching bands play on commemorating ties with the united kingdom, despite the reversal of a century of unionist political dominance and barricades stand regardless of the nationalist when separating communities, as they have done through decades of troubles and decades of peace. that just was on the same, no change then. no changes has been on the same. for too long, the unionists have voice held there have been top dog, but neither 2nd dog. ah,

and there is a lot of pride at stake. real change has happened though in the center. the alliance party doubling its vote chair among those who reject traditional identity politics. cross community youth groups like this one are not uncommon in a younger generation looking for a credible 3rd way common and they are so they, it's made in, she's catholic, i'm carson with us. oh. so washed after kashal, i had a free floating interfere from my experience, like i said, if i wasn't involved in this program, i probably wouldn't have any really involvement with the progress inside of the community. and there is a movement obviously with the if. but before parents is offered off be in and not they are learning more about community relations and build relations with other people, not just your identity and religion. once at the heart of conflict. now making

tentative attempts at bridging divides. so we have begun to note on a regular basis with both ministers on shanker and priests from falls. and our parishioners don't seem to have a problem mixing whenever the occasion arises. reverend tracy mc roberts has led community outreach efforts since a brief resurgence of violence last spring. there are possibly more people doing this kind of work than we release. but a lot of this type of work goes on behind closed doors. the election doesn't solve northern ireland problems. of course you might say it's made things worse with shin feigns nationalist victory. a big step towards a possible future. united ireland, a huge blow for unionists with the democratic unionist party threatening to boycott the store. mont assembly over a post briggs it see border for trade that it says undermines northern islands position in the united kingdom. what's clear is that there is

a middle ground growing in influence. cross community ties being forged by people who feel less nationally still, unionist more northern irish. instead jona whole al jazeera belfast protests has been marching through the streets of the peruvian capital lima high. there's a present in federal castillo is corrupt and is mismanaging the government. basil took off his last july, but he's already faced to attempt to impeach him. those in the affair lula da silva, is taking another shot at brazil's presidency. the last time the 76 year old held office was 12 years ago. this time round left as leaders trying to unseat the far right incumbent shadel sanara, monica, and i care reports from san pablo. o

. spirits were high at this convention center and so boldly. thousands gathered to here brazil's former president and lizzie nash, who led us silva as he promised to defeat incumbent j bowles. fernando in october's election. mueller announced that his candidacy has the support of trade unions, social organizations, and 7 center left parties, including his own workers party. he compared his to term presidency of latin, america's largest democracy, to that of bull sonata, an admirer and follower of former u. s. president donald trump, mice, brazil is too big to be an international prior because we are submissive because we were denied allison because we attack our greatest commercial partners causing enormous damage to our economy. brazil whole general elections in 5 months, as the country deals with record to digit yearly inflation,

high interest rates and unemployment, or brazil's back on united nations hunger map which it had left in 2014 for the 1st time in its history rule also appealed to young voters promising to protect the amazon, the environment in brazil's indigenous people. recent polls shola having the support of more than 40 percent of the population and shy able so nato in 2nd place with more than 30 percent. but lula supporters are anxious. they know the tables can turn at any moment. oh no, not on here. the last one was more due. yes, there is no guarantee that we will be victorious. we are very much at risk of having brazilians reelected, also, norris fascist government. this is a historic moment when progressive forces you like to fight evil, but anything can happen. now. also, nato has the support of brazil's powerful farm lobby of the christian right and of resilience who were disappointed with bola,

and with the corruption scandals involving him and his workers party. but also, nato is also being accused of incompetence and mismanagement of the coven 19 crisis . which has killed more than 660000 brazilian. recently deal campaign in brazil dialogue with both law. with the model, you're already writing every vote. they can get it to be very polarized with just 0 brokers in cuba. continue to search a luxury hotel for bodies after new explosion, the capital havana. on friday, these 26 people, including a child, were killed in the blast. dozens of others were injured. it's believed to be caused by a ghastly, but it's still under investigation. in the us and canada ice hockey leagues have

been accused of having a problem with racism. some players say they've been the victims of braces abuse, and even violence. they say the sport has failed to evolve either joe castro has this report from washington dc. it's not easy being a black hockey player just asked 15 year old daria's nichols who's been training on the ice since he was 5. it's very hard having to deal with her. i had bursey. it's really hard to deal with. most of the other players are white and nickel says, while his own teammates in maryland are supportive, he often gets called racial slurs by players from other teams. i've had kids call me and word i've had kids. just come at me for november. reason jose renados boys started up, well, sorry, hockey coach brian king says the same happened to him when he played in college. it was much worse. i'm from name calling to you know,

being punch in the face. randomly is also name calling him being races. and there is a clue, difference between hockey still carries the stigma of being a white man's sport. it was developed by european settlers in canada about 150 years ago in its popularity spread to the united states. but unlike most other pro sports, that diversified during the civil rights era, hockey, didn't i, saki is b widest, straightest male is to sport out there. i ran a has, is trying to change that. she's the founder of a group called black girl hockey club, which organizes fan events and scholarships to support diversity in hockey. as a black woman. if i can find a space in a sport like ice hockey, and if a sport like ice hockey can cultivate a space for me, then that can happen anywhere. professional hockey is indeed us for that under

represented minority. currently the n h l has only about 5 dozen minority players, and just 8 out of the 220 coaches are people of color. get above it, get a bothered warranty. abercrombie hopes to break into that elite group. last fall, he completed a coaching internship with the arizona coyotes part of the n h. l's effort to nurture diverse talent. i want to be the 1st head haute indiana jell um of diverse background to have his name on on this now we go. he says he's unafraid to aim high because he demands the same of his players. he tells them progress just requires putting one skate in front of the other. oh yeah. oh yeah. i did. joe castro, al jazeera washington ukrainian theater group was keeping its chosen show alive, spreading messages of joy, hope and unity overseas. ah,

it's performing in the greek capital as part of a 2 day to that almost didn't happen. 3 male members of the group of gone box or fight for ukraine against russia. their roles had been taken up by artists from russia, la rose on poland. yet almost that i know everybody turned out to be shocked by the situation. the act is too. and if we have a choice to stop and face an uncertain future or go on the performance to support the actors a lot, both physically as well as being a diversion for them. we derive a loss of joy from the chaise. it's the front line. now it's the most important thing, the main. oh, this isn't a 0 things at the top stories. john lee has been confirmed as hong kong new leader . it was the only candidate in the race to succeed carry. lamb lee was the head of security during the 2019 pro democracy protests. he was chosen by an election committee of.