and which insulation permission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah. more civilians from a besieged steel plant get to safer ground, while ukrainian force is val. they'll never surrender in marry a pole and a mothers say meeting as surprise. get together for the 1st ladies of the us and ukraine. ah, no, i'm fully back to bo, you're watching al jazeera alive from dough. hi, we'll have the latest on the one ukraine shortly, and also a head prayers before polling. we look at how the roman catholic church could sway

filipino voters in the presidential election and the death of a mother and her unborn child sparks, a public outcry in synagogue drawing attention to medical shortages. thank you very much for joining us. ukrainian forces say they will never give up the fight for astir. works under siege from russian forces for weeks. now they've made the vow as more civilians at that from that steel plants have arrived in zap, reach in the past hour. after getting out of the facility at the as of style steel plant in the port city of mario paul will have more on this. my correspondence i thought bake shortly, but 1st, the russian attack on a school in eastern ukraine, where dozens, i feared dead, victoria gate, and b as details. this is what's left of a school in bella gharib go in the la hanse griego northeast in ukraine. russian forces bombed it near the the people who stayed in the village were hiding in this

building when it was attacked. dozens of fear dead. richard, they ships are taking into account that it was an air strike and not a simple artillery showing up. when the explosion happened, the temperature was extreme. certainly our emergency workers will be clearing the debris with maximum speed, but there is only a very slim chance that anyone survived. but we hope for the past that us, since the war and ukraine started, russian forces of targeted hospitals, apartment blocks, and other civilian buildings. the world health organization is gathering evidence for a possible war crimes investigation. w. joel has not verified. $200.00 attacks on health care in ukraine since the rule begun. this attacks must stoke health care is never a target, not break. look, my o. e cranes president says his country is fighting against a new form of naziism. what float him is? lensky was mocking victory in europe day. it's celebrated on the 8th of may. the

date in 1945, when nazi germany surrendered, just visiting me to pieces do was the way, decades after world war 2, darkness returned to ukraine and became black and white again, the again evils returned again in a different uniform, under different slogans. but for the same purpose, a bloody reconstruction of naziism was organized in ukraine. a fanatical repetition of this regime ah, at the besieged steel plenty, mary poll, ukraine's government says all civilians have been rescued. civilians and soldiers had been trapped inside the as of style steel mill for nearly 2 months as russian attacks intensified and with the civilians now reportedly gone. it's the last holdout, few cranium fighters in the city. it's still unclear of president putin will be able to declare victory, mary paul, in time for may. the 9th, the day russia celebrates the soviet unions,

world will to victory over the nazis. but there is no doubt this anniversary won't mark the end of a conflict where both sides now invoke the battles of the 1940s victoria gate and be al jazeera. or let's get an update on the situation in mary. a poll now and speak to al jazeera is us on big are sad. more civilians have left the plans to steal plant in our marable and of arrived in supper regions. dent. yes, this seems to be the 3rd way 3rd that have left sex so that we understand that women, children, and elderly have been evacuated. now these people have been in there for a considerable amount of time in depth as of power plant. that was one of the largest metal plants in europe, this around 10 clusters squared and has a vast array of tunnels and rooms and underground there. and people have been hold up in there for sheltering from the russian bombing and the artillery fire. and they've been completely trucks that city has been besieged, and that's been going on with it. but we've gone from

a number of weeks and it has been a considerable effort to create humanitarian corridors to allow him to believe both sides. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for breaches of a cease fire, or humanitarian cradle is not working. now what we see here now are these are civilians arriving as apparitions, which is around 85 kilometers from where we are now. and they will be seen to be given clothes and foods and then moved on to so may so they can state but the soldiers are still that ukrainian soldiers are still trapped there. and they surrounded and really there's no way out for them. meanwhile, the ukrainian battalion i sad, which has been defending the as a stout steel plant, gave a press briefing earlier, saying they will fight to the end. let's take a listen. we all of their meal to burst. now in the garrison of the maria, we me, we're christ performed why russia, why russian arms we are witness are surrender is not an option because the

roster is not interested in our life the i'm not interested to it. so i said, what's going to be in the state of planar at that steel plant, which will russia, tacket, apologies. we've lost our connection to al jazeera is us had big. that is he there? okay. i said i was asking you what's likely to happen now at the steel plant. well, previously president vladimir putin has said that, sir. oh, he didn't want the russian soldiers to stormed up plant will be too much of a wrister and risk and losing russian lives. are but now the as a patel, you the so does there a complete surrender? is this pretty no way out? now what we're hearing from the as of brigade is that they are pleading to a 3rd party or for a country to intervene, to allow them or to evacuate wounded soldiers and to collect the debt. there were

also appeal to the government, a central government here, and ukraine have been critical of the politicians saying that they need help and the weapons are coming into the country haven't been able to get to them. that's not certain how the central government here can help them, because those soldiers are completely surrounded. and this is just a day before russia celebrate celebrates victory day. and the soviet union took billions, defeat over nazi germany and president elect to me. a pigeon in russia will want to show that they've taken the city of mary pole. and this important land corridor true a crimea which to annex in 2014. but again, the as of battalion is controversial, or they are, are they are considered as far, right. and, and, and it has gone to some way for russia's claims to say that the d nazi find a ukraine. now those fighters have no way out and really will still have to wait to see if there can be a deal done by a 3rd party, but who would intervene over? not quite sure, thank you for that. i st. big line for a say, and any per apologies for the connection issues we've had that. i mean,

while there's been a fairy of diplomatic moves on ukraine in the past few hours, u. s. officials have returned to the embassy and keep the 1st time since being evacuated in february. the move comes a day ahead of russia's world war 2 victory day celebrations, and in another show of support. g. 7 leaders are meeting virtually with ukrainian president amused lensky. they are discussing collective efforts to bold se ukraine and further punitive action against russia. now one g 7 liter, candice prime minister just in judo is in ukraine, is visited. the town of our pain just outside of keith, enforces accused have carried out war crimes. and has been a surprise. mother's a meeting between the 1st ladies of the us and ukraine, joe biden greeting alina, the landscape shelter for internally, the space people on the western border. she says she wants to reassure ukrainians, but the us times with them, let's bring in. she can't be in washington dc. she have talked to us 1st about the

significance of the u. s. resuming its diplomatic activities and mission in keith. about an hour ago. in fact, volley we were talking and politico, but lisa reporter, politico tweeted out pictures of a, a diplomatic convoy going into the embassy, the embassies back open. he said, i have reopened, but actually now we have our vacation bugs. it's true. this is the 1st time the embassy has reopened since the beginning of the war. but these diplomats, these us diplomats are in here specifically to celebrate victory in europe day with ukrainian officials on all monday and counter where we're told any propaganda that is expected from the russian said is a reopening. but it's not a full reopening of the embassy. although the state department officials say the expect expediting, that will excel a rating times 3 over the years. i'm to see i'm hoping for that in the coming weeks . that's why interesting because you got the sense of the state, the problem. they don't mind. it was a bit fudged because we also got this in the state department of blinking,

blinking the secretary of state state spoke to ukraine. foreign minister today to inform him our shaws at our team had returned as he pledged they would. well, yes. but just at least temporarily for the the v e day celebrations can commemorations. we do know that the bite administration is under a lot of pressure to reopen that embassy by lawmakers in congress and present bite and n g 7 leaders. she have been meeting virtually with the ukranian leader. what should we expect to come out of that? we now have a statement from the white house and we've been told to expect a strong statement from a top advisors to zalinski and it is, and it's all tying everything back to victory in europe day on, on monday. so it begins at today on 8th of may we the leads of the group of 7 alongside ukraine and the white global community commemorate the end of the 2nd world war in europe and the liberation from fascism. and then the 2nd paragraph is

where they try and sting, sting fusions. 77 years later, president putin and his regime now chose to invade ukraine and an unprovoked war of aggression. his actions bring shame on russia and the historic sacrifices of its people through its invasion as, as violated. the inverse rules based order and the un charter conceived of the 2nd world war to prevent the scourge of war. and a number of sanctions have been announced. so aden's, 3 more russian tv stations will be sanctioned as service as the u. s. or sanction, and a u. s. person writing accounting or trust or corporate formation for business services, not legal serves of business services to to the russians. the g 7. once again, pleasures to face at russian oil after the export controls on things like wood products, industrial engines, boilers, motors, to hit the russian industrial base and more sanctions on russian elites and belushi and leafs. thank you for that update she have she ever tansy live in washington.

now, russia's defense ministry says its forces have destroyed a ukrainian war shadley and the black seaport of odessa. it also says that fed offense is shot down to ukrainian bombers and helicopter of a snake island. it statements haven't been independently verified. as on my suit is in odessa, where he says air strikes have become more frequent in the past 24 hours. now, missouri lay is said, affect them. what are karita? we are witnessing continuous targeting of the odessa region, particularly the city. recently the sirens stopped for about 2 hours before which we heard a huge explosion. so father, reason for this explosion has not been declared. however, however, social media activists monitored the downing of a rocket in the odessa sky. 6 rockets were targeted yesterday. the military department in odessa and the southern region said that full rockets were aimed toward residential areas. we visited them earlier today and saw that these were workshops and stores near the airport and the ukranian authorities confirmed 2 of

the 6 rockets targeted the airport runway and radar tower. and the attacks came from the military side of the runway. we've received no confirmation as to whether the targeted buildings were used to store weapons or fuel saw, however, we witnessed the effect of this targeting when the place was on fire, and thick smoke was billowing hi. still ahead on al jazeera, a new probe, aging leader is chosen by hong kong. former security chief, john lee led the 2019 front on on anti government protest. ah, he has begun the full world copies on its way to catch your travel package today. so here's the deal. we've got a tropical cyclone whip in rain around. busy all sides of the bay of bengal,

castille myanmar, bangladesh. i do think it's going to stay out over open water. so no landfall, but still it's going to give us a feed of rain and wind for entrepreneur show disha into westbank all over the next few days. the other based story is the heat intensive, fine again across the indian state of my roster. we know about 25 people have died as a result of heat related illness and lose some of these temperatures. nag, port 45 degrees as bad as this is pakistan. severe heat wave. i put this now through on friday in the heat, blankets the country south to north. so karachi, 44 and islam about coming in at 40 degrees k member that tropical cyclone. we were talking about in the bay of bengal. well, it's going to bolster rainfall amounts through the malay peninsula and indo china also very soggy. forecast for this area of china, pretty much from the gang. see to the yellow river valley. we've got big pulses of rain falling here, likely to see some flooding. and it looks like a gloomy forecast for southern sections of japan over the next few days. that includes tokyo. so got on and off again, showers, but hey, look at this,

at least your temperatures are pretty well where they should be for this and the year. thanks for joining in season. i saw a visual airline of the journey along conflict between india and pakistan. a pristine. capt mounted one. it was. the kashmiris i missed on al jazeera. ah al jazeera with oh a

ah, you're watching al jazeera alive from doha, a reminder of our top stories in use. just in the g 7 leaders of announced new sanctions on russia. they've just held a video conference with ukrainian present not amusing lensky, and they have say they'll continue to take action against russian banks. this video conference coming a day before russia celebrates its victory day celebrations. meanwhile, the law civilians evacuated from the besiege, as of southfield manned in the eastern ukrainian city of marian po, have started arriving in at the government control town of sapir regia, ukrainian fighters. defending the plans are urging for negotiated evacuation and a russian attack on a school in eastern ukraine is here to have killed dozens of people who took refuge there. the governor of new hampshire says, 90 people were in the school when it was bombed. let's take

a look at some of the days avenues now in voters in the philippines are preparing for mondays, presidential election, described as the most important in its history. oh, to predict a wind for fair john marco's junior, the son of a former president who was ousted in a popular uprising in 1986, florence 3 have a report from manila, ah ferdinand marco's junior is hoping to follow in his father's footsteps and become the president of the philippines. don't come no notice. and that's why this coming monday. when you enter your voting precinct, just think of what you want for the future of all citizens. oh, some po, to say that disillusioned by the reform minded governments that followed the fall of the marco's regime in 1986, that's helped marco's junior built. a commanding lead in opinion polls along with his running mate, sarah, to 30, the daughter of incumbent president, rodrigo de tirty. nearly

a quarter of the population lives in poverty rise and another. because there is something wrong with their country now. and we need to change that, especially for the life of the poor like us. but analysts and fact checking groups say he's also benefited from a campaign of misinformation misleading posts on social media present his father's rule as a time of peace and prosperity. in fact, it was rife with corruption and human rights abuses in a manner this number may be mental, we know about his father's legacy. and marcus junior has promised that he will change the price of electricity when he returns to the government. the price of goods will come down, marco's junior is able to limit scrutiny by avoiding media, his campaign, dean's unfriendly, accessories press conferences and campaign events are tightly controlled. he also limits his appearances and interviews and debates. his message to filipino voters is one of unity urging them to move on from the past. simple but ambiguous.

he hasn't offered anything concrete to us in terms of plans and programs and policies for us to even make an educated speculation of what his administration, my b. but the irony is there like the bean journal. and the reason why it's very dangerous this because of the past that, that he care east though, and that's the past of martial law and dictatorship. the results of monday's election will have a huge impact on the future of the philippines. florence lee al jazeera manila, and he now is al jazeera jemina allendale gun on how the roman catholic church could influence the vote. it may seem like a typical sunday in the country considered the last bastion of catholicism in asia

. but prayers have never been more earnest. what is it in over the last few months, the hierarchy of the roman catholic church has strongly campaigned for the presidential run of the leader of the opposition. lenny labrador, who also happens to be the country's vice president. but even in a country where more than 85 percent of filipinos or catholics, it remains to be seen whether this endorsement will be enough to make her when i, if god sit with another enough that i pray will be god's. well, to finally have someone who will help poor filipinos, teachers in this public school said they are confident that preparations for this to be turned into voting. we since will be ready by monday. morning, me off all day. and which is an awful lot of our cool time now is at 10 am and finishes at 11 am. the material will follow the where accommodated in city hall to

day, not like in 2019 where we had to line up for half a day. for teachers here say be preferred to stay focused on the task at hand. ignoring discussions and social media about possible electoral violence or electoral cheating, they understood the see the gravity of their role. this being the most consequential elections in recent philippine history. i for my security chief who led a crackdown on pro democracy protesters in hong kong is hong kong. new leader john lee was chosen by a committee of about 1050. 500 members had been vetted by bay g. e s. foreign policy chief says the appointment violates democratic norms. adrian brown reports from hong kong with china's endorsement. it was just a question, but how big john lees winning margin would be to give the appearance of an open contest? the secret votes were presented to the election committee before being counted. congratulations, a landslide. 1416 votes. in his acceptance speech,

li promised to leader hong kong that was carrying open, vibrant, and vigilant, safeguarding our country sovereignty. national security and development interests. protecting hong kong from internal and external press and insuring as stupidity will continue to be of paramount importance. the former number 2 in the hong kong government had previously served the security chief authorizing the use of tear gas rubber, bullets, and occasional live rounds. to disperse, protested during the unrest of 2019, oh, it was an election day of one candidate, 3 protesters and lots of police. 7000 officers, in fact, enough to keep the few dissenting voices well away from the convention center where the vote was held. analysts say the john lee has china's trust,

but winning the trust of hong kong could be more difficult. trust can be rebuilt through several ways. one way is by restoring a countable government in hong kong, which is in the based i would say under the administration of kerry lamb. so that requires the cooperation of the media of lead sco of civil society. sunday was also mother's day in hong kong. some people we spoke to were aware there was an election, but just weren't sure what the candidates name. oh for those only but yeah. yeah, well no one the election sir is only winter days. grouse, funk on people was supposed to choose a leader for the 1st time in 2017. it didn't happen then. it hasn't happened now

raising the prospect that this could be the model for future electrons to choose. hong kong leader, adrian brown, al jazeera, hong kong, lebanese people living in 40 countries are eligible to begin early voting close 220-0000 laneesa registered to cast ballots in the u. s. canada and the european union. a parliamentary election next sunday. as a 1st, since a financial crisis began in 2019 lebanon's currency as lost more than 90 percent of its value since then, and they are widespread shortages and high unemployment. a former leader of brazil vows he will beat far right present. jane bought an arrow in october's election 76 year old louise ignacio la desilva last held the country 12 years ago before being jailed in a corruption scandal. monica and i carry for some help. oh, spirits were high. this convention center in san paula thousands gathered to hear

brazil's former president reason as to lula, the silver, as he promised to defeat incumbent j bowles ronaldo 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. pardon? 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, life 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 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 narrow 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 a gun. and 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 reelect both sonorous fascist government. this is a historic moment when progressive forces you'd 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 visually delightful campaign. in brazil died from august the 15th, but both viola and the current residents abel coronado, are already fighting every single boat they can get in what run to be very polarized election monitor, you know, give to sera, whoa to senegal. now where the death of a woman, while giving birth has provoked widespread anger. it's what the state of the country's house system under scrutiny, algiers, nicholas humphrey force on the northern town of logan the normally busy berthing ward in lieu guy a public hospital in northern senegal. is now a crime scene. this is where as to soak now and her unborn child died after being

in labor for 20 hours as to begged the nurses and doctors to perform a c section, telling them she would die. otherwise, the staff ignored her for midwives have been arrested for her death. the ministry of health says this was an avoidable human error. according to the un, one woman dies every 2 minutes from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. most of these deaths take place in africa. in senegal soaked as death was one to many causing nationwide condemnation and protest. this y'all de la asti, sydney's death, a shake analysis of i lost my little sister, her baby carries her name and they have this pain that we will have gone through. can no longer be allowed to. many women die giving life. all the and mariama fall are anxious. she's had a miscarriage before, and this is their 1st pregnancy. mariama is about to have a c section and didn't want to appear on camera. she's too nervous. following

sickness death, the couple decided that she would give birth in a private clinic in public hospitals. if you don't pay the stuff, giving them extra cash, they won't even deal with you or in this clinic. you paying that? but they're caring, we feel reassured, it feels safe for the clinics. doctor mario, my c section is a routine operation that should take only 30 minutes. okay, so we're just outside of the operation room where the surgeries taking place and i want you to see what's going on outside. they are 2nd hand equipment from beds to surgery, equipment lights and here further down, they're installing a oxygen machine inside. they built this block is a new anesthesiology machine of basic equipment that you need to operate except here in senegal, in public hospitals while they're in short supply in the birthing word. in lieu got

used. syringes are strewn everywhere. blood splattered on the wall and on the floor, the waste basket overflow with placenta. as ant umbilical cords, the stench of human waste is unbearable. there's only one gynecologist for the 300000 people living in luca, the health workers union of the hospital says the state has abandoned that massive sector. look at the state of the beds of our wards. my women have to give birth on the floor. where are old and millions of dollars, the state promised women's reproductive health money. we need to protect mothers and their bagels. back at the clinic, mariama gives birth to a boy. he's quickly examined by the doctor who hands him to the nurses who in turn more handsome to the father. meanwhile, the mother is in the recovery room while them still waiting to meet her new born. nicholas hawk al jazeera luca, northern senegal. ah

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