he polluting the habitats of endangered native animals, but hoarse activists on lobbying hard to keep them arguing that their communities, lifestyle, and cultural identity is under threat ah, attacked as they fled, dozens of people, mostly women and children, killed by armed groups in democratic republic of congo. ah, hello, i am emily ang, when this is al jazeera, alive from don't house are coming up. the son of a controversial former later is poised to be the new philippine president. ferdinand marcos junior urges people to judge him by his actions the aftermath of

a night of violence in shore. lunk, his capital unrest continues over the government's handling of the worst economic crisis since independence and predictions ukraine's economy will contract by about a 3rd of this year following russia's invasion ah, gunman have killed at least 70 pay bull in separate attacks in east and democratic republic of congo, a warning that some viewers may find these images distressing. most of the victims were women and children, flaying armed groups, attacking their home villages in a 2 way province. it's one of 2 regions where a state of emergency was extended last week. the government says it's combating groups battling for control of gold mines. for more on this, let's bring in malcolm webb, who joins us live from nairobi. malcolm, what more do we know about these horrific attacks

sunday this talk more than it was in the town, among walla, and more than 30 civilians were killed at the time. and health officials told us that since then, more people have died from the injuries in the hospital being the total who died in a sack up to $55.00. and then on monday night into tuesday morning and a step to talk just about 25 kilometers from there and a camp for display people around 14 or 15 people were killed. that's what we've been told by rights groups and conflict. conflict monitoring great society activists in, in the area. we've seen video of the people who were killed and not attacked the bodies of women and children. much of it too strong to show people have been hacked to death with michelle, including children and baby. some of him who've been beheaded, people in these communities blame an armed group called cadet co, which has been responsible for a series of atrocities in

a to be province anything congo over the last couple of years. the group planes to represent the lendue ethnic group and often target people from the hammer ethnic group. but this is the latest iteration of a conflict that's been going on for decades of farm land. another resources could deco now control substantial gold reside reserve throughout the province across many gold mines. and it's been accused of collaborating with the army to sell it gold and to buy guns and ammunition, which rights groups including amnesty international who published a report on it just today. say that this is just fueling the conflict to making the whole situation more dangerous for civilians and malcolm, what's the armies role in all of this? well, as you mentioned, that state of emergency or state of siege, the government calls it was declared about

a year ago. the government in the army said that they were going to bring it into the ramp and to be seen by armed groups and protect civilians. but the massacre happens. in some cases. they say they've, people say they've got worse rights groups say that the soldiers haven't been paid, they haven't received russians. and so that caused an ongoing, vicious circle of new thing. soldiers have been accused of rape of collaborating with the army groups. so rights group say the state of seeds actually made the situation. we're now president felix just katie, just a couple of days ago has repealed the law that enabled him in parliament to keep renewing this state if stage every 2 weeks. it come under a great deal of criticism and now it looks like in the coming days, it's possible that monday will expire and that it may not be renewed again. all right, thank you very much for bringing this up to speed the malcolm where i live for us

in nairobi, the, the mayor of mary paul says at least 100 civilian men, remain trapped in the still works. the staged by russian forces. ukrainian officials said ben at the weekend all women, children, and elderly, had been rescued. they've been trapped by intense russian attacks, along with hundreds of soldiers that refusing to surrender, saying the fight to the ends. at least one person's been killed and 5 injured during rush and shelling of ukraine's southern port city of desa. the ukrainian military says, shopping center and warehouse. we have a desk that has faced sporadic bombardment. the city was largely sped though in the 1st phase of the invasion. but in the past week, several towns in the south had been bombs. i said bay has more from near the eastern ukrainian city of yanks. it follows on from what we know the russians

stated aims are, they say they want to take the east and the south effectively land locking ukraine . those strikes on the desk have injured a number of civilians. now there's some debate about the tactics. the russians are using where the v off from air strikes or long range missiles lace thought that they prefer to use long range missiles guided missiles as a tactic because it saves them, saves the aircraft from anti aircraft fire. and the russians would want to want to concentrate on the procedure port, city of a desa to effectively landlocked ukraine. they already have mario polo though. they're still fight holding dr. metroplex and they have no land bridge from russian control territory in the east. and they have mario poles and it connects to them now to crimea, which the antics in 2014 know in the east here in the governor of the has said that some serious battles taking place around the village of bill harris go with dozens

died earlier after school was struck and people were sheltering bit, but the battles continue around towns and villages here in the east. but many people have already left the population of the cities. tons of villages have decreased because people don't want to be on the front lines. the judge may not find my ancestors the by my actions. those are the words of feel a pain in presidential front runner foot. and then marcos junior as he promises to bridge you divide between all filipinos and unofficial, tele, shows the son of a controversial former later with wide laid over his nearest rival, florence louis reports. from manila, the protesters gather outside the election commission building to protest against what they say are voting irregularities. some people were unable to vote after at least a $1800.00 vote counting machines. malfunctioned during national elections on monday,

less than 2 percent of the total number of machines i use in the home. and we are here because we have seen how sloppy the election commission to work is they had to be used to prepare for the selection, but they are competent. they took away that i thought filipinos to board for what they won. the protesters were soon pushed back by police with water cannon and swat teams on stand. by. for heavy pushback has long been hallmark of the outgoing administration incumbent president, rodrigo deter day had little tolerance for descent or criticism. i know ferdinand marco's junior, whose late father ruled the country for 2 decades and was often described as a dictator, is on cause to win a landslide victory. and with to turn days, daughter sara set to become the vice president. many are concerned, their civil liberties may shrink. further. analysts say the return to par of the

marco's family is the result of decades of rebranding. boosted in recent years through social media campaigns, often with misleading information. studies have shown that the market campaign in the marg with family has usually invested in this machinery. and i think if they're going to be the next administration, that this is going to be a lean and mean propaganda spewing machine. he says the strategy may not only help them with power, but keep it. for marcus is support is gathered outside his campaign headquarters the day after the polls. those concerns were far from their minds as their candidate heads for victory with an unassailable margin. florence lea, al jazeera manila, jamila allen dog and is also in manila, and has more on protests that turn violent in other regions. the breaking down of more than 1800. both counting machines was actually not the only thing that people

here were complaining about, particularly those supporting vice president. lenny red or there were also reports of violence, electoral related violence in the southern region of men. the now just earlier today, there was a stand off between 2 warring political clans from the town of booty. and they tried to physically take the ballads away that was under the control of the provincial government at the commission on the elections. now that has scaled down the bit, but there were at least 15 electoral violence recorded across the mid and our region just yesterday up until today and according to officials at least 6 people have already been killed. now we are in manila, in downtown manila, just behind me is the commission of elections headquarters where for nearly all day to the there were several groups that were protesting really mostly from the leader of the opposition's campaign groups and supporters asking commission and election

officials to come down and face them in person and answer questions over irregularities. julie during election day and marriage has v tug is an editor at large for media company, rap love. she says many people fear a mockery presidency will road democracy in the philippines. as we've seen during the election campaign, he has the was the least open among the candidates who did not grant media interviews except to those who considered friendly. he undermined the mainstream and independent media by bringing along the score theory of bloggers to the company . he evaded south west 1st. so we foresee that when he becomes president, it will be a secret, the office of the president. and he will continue that this information that he started way back many years ago when we ran for vice president in laws. let's remember that the 3rd that the current president, we the wait for

a leader who will abide by and all the products label with their the start that when he campaign for president and he became president, use a lot of this information and we saw that these some of these were space plus or so it's easy for the success or to continue with this erosion of democracy because the parent asked me to wait. so we see this information, we see a weakening of institutions. and thirdly, our standard history textbooks do not thoroughly discuss marcia law and the abuse us of the dictatorship. so it's very, very sad that when mark was become sit down as president on june 30th, we may even law those our history. so this is a battle for our future, as well as for our pass, et cetera shall anchor now, where the streets around the capital, colombo, are calm, following a night of unrest. more police have been deployed on the ground though. at least 7

people were killed after a nationwide curfew was ignored by many overnight. the violence on monday prompted prime minister may hinder roger pucker to resign. protest has had called for his resignation and blaming the government. the country's worst economic crisis since it gained independence back in 1948. when al fernandez has more from the capital, there's been a curfew clamped down since i last evening when the tensions of flared up and that this has meant that while there are many people on the roads, there are in fact people looking around, it seems like that you see over my shoulder 3 burning buses and one behind that as well. so a total of for the likelihood of people getting into crashes and things like that. his eased completely as because you have not just the police but also members of the 3 armed forces being called out by the president. in fact,

on our way into these areas, we've seen the air force, the navy and the army deployed at checkpoints. literally sort of stopping where he goes, checking, who's going around in them, and all of that. these have also kept control on the tensions plus that sort of initial flare up that confrontation between those 2 sides. the supporters of prime minister, my and the roger boxer. and the protestors who had been calling for his the president and the government resignation has now ease so things relatively come in colombo and in other parts of the country from what we're hearing to hon. perrera is the executive director of the national peace council of shall anchor is his protest is, are rejecting the political class for just to say that all $225.00 parliament area and to go, they don't want them. and you know, it was very sad, but when the lead of the opposition went to the practice side,

after the government ruins i didn't have to protest, did not welcome me. so we see that the rejection of the political party and that is a kevin's, that database that is talk of bringing in someone from outside the policy via retired for the fusion. we had to wait and the food that needed to be one of the beautiful things of this, of this for this campaign that made people very emotional and happy that nice saw our young people say no to racism. we will not be food again by the portfolio fusion, made up races to get our voice. and but on the other hand, i know that you can work to be done because the device is very real in the north and east. that is not the same degree of public participation in purpose as the majority of the country who wanted for the president and his government. so,

but the, see that, that he's hung together. everyone agreed on the economic crisis. everyone's suffered because economic practice. but when it comes to issues such as publish sharing interesting, publish sharing, accountability law crimes, then i think they'll give you back. spyware has been found on the phone of us food and government ministry in spain. the interior minister device was hacked, using the same software found on the funds of the prime minister and the defense minister last week israeli security firm, which makes the pegasus spyware, says it only sells to government agencies. spanish media reports say the head of the government intelligence has been set because of this security breach. still ahead on al jazeera, changing the political landscape. ladies of lebanon's, anti government, take their fights, the ballad, i think that victory upcoming elections and the dangers of being

a woman in mexico protest is accused the government of filing to solve a growing list of crime. ah, the 2 areas are very wet weather coming up in south. he says, you cannot tell from this necessarily where the focus will be. but if you look from west pop your up through the, by the archipelago and up to a sudden, philippines, that looks fairly wet. the same is true in parts of borneo, but really the focus is going to be further west. and it's not so much smarter as running up from singapore, up to the south of thailand in towards the bangkok or me. and my has been some st flooding here, which is seasonally correct. that's going to carry on. and the seasonal range developing in china and japan, this line here which is pulsing through the south to tie well up to sudden japan

and also be tall. it's fairly dry. this would be heavy rain, but there are a few shaft code, 3, beijing, my beijing's temperatures, about 6 degrees below average. there's still cold air floaty random mongolia and every now again coming southwards. this re looked particularly heavy as it moves up towards the south of japan. again, that is sees no, but the potential flash flooding is there. and it's been realized in underbrush. in fact, the flood warning out because of a sunny tropical cycle, not have extreme strength, but he's getting increasingly windy along that coast. and the rain, of course, is going to be increasingly heavy. but by thursday we can't identify. nevertheless, the rain is still there. the form of big showers in bangladesh. ah. healing the debate this no, he job bad. i mean, if anyone here talks about women's rights or suggested this abuse seem to have been said, no topic is off the table. we were taught to see abortion adult. one way,

tickets, truth and health, all the companies, they deny any responsibility, even though they have the resources and the power to fix it, where a global audience becomes a global community. a comment section is right here. be part of today's program. this stream on al jazeera, ah ah ah, hello, you're watching out here. i'm emily anglin. he is a reminder of our top stories this. our gunman have killed at least 70 people in separate attacks in east and democratic republic of phone garb. villages were write it in a to a province where the government says it's combat in groups fashioning for control of gold mines and official results from monday's presidential election in the

philippines suggest ferdinand marcus junior is set to win 36 years after his father was overthrown, in the so called people power of revolution. and the mayor of mary poll says at least 100 civilian men, remain trapped in the still works besieged by russian forces. they've been in there since. they have been trapped by intense russian attacks, along with hundreds of soldiers. they refusing to surrender, saying they'll fight to the end. and a short time ago, i spoke to mock brzezinski, who is the us ambassador to poland. he says, poland shouldn't be left to shoulder. the challenge of taking in refugees from ukraine or by itself. poland has really acted like a humanitarian superpower. when it comes to this. poland, in the last 30 days, has taken in 3000000 refugees. and as a national policy placed every one of those refugees into

a polish home or apartment never before in the history of the world has a country opened its doors to refugees with a national policy to place them into people's homes. and of course, you know, every, every act of generosity has limits. poland continues to receive, refugees continues to extend generosity. but i think it's important for the west to understand that this is not just a polish problem. this is an international problem and it's important for others to share in and join in with this challenge. last week, this government of sweden and poland co hosted a donors conference here in warsaw to begin to plan for pain, the repair and damage that has occurred in ukraine. $6000000000.00 was raised. that's a, that's set. sounds like a big number. but in terms of the damage done to ukraine, it's ashley,

a tiny number. it will be important for others to share in and join in pain for these costs, including the cost of maintaining and caring for the refugees. ukraine's economy, meanwhile, is set to contract by 30 percent. they see him that's according to the european development bank that says the war has heard it's major exports such as ways and sunflower, oil, and rushes sanctions. heat economy is forecast to shrink by 10 percent this year. and see 0 growth in 2023. experts at the bank also won't cutting off russian energy exports could cause the economies of many european, central asian and north african countries to revert back to levels. same before the pandemic. the anti yet vo chic is the chief economist and european bank for reconstruction and development, which relates to that report. she explains the forecast. it was no tank bed.

ukraine was a low income country already prior to the war for its per capita income was at the level of one pence of g d, p per capita in the united kingdom. the war has worsened infrastructure. the estimates, now rum estimate destruction to be at the order of $200000000000.00 . the longer the hotel a t escalate, the bigger damage to ukraine. you income, the higher the likelihood that refugees who are outside of the country. and that's about 10 percent of the population that they would not go back to ukraine. people who tend to these their country are often more inter printer real. they often are younger, have more education. so that will be a substantial loss of human capital in the much for cost. we were very optimistic about the war being older with a 2 to 3 months. now,

our forecasts are catching up with the reality. we assume that the war will continue well into the summer, and that means greater disruption to economic activities, as well as greater destruction of infrastructure and buildings. voters in lebanon and preparing for elections on sunday. after more than 2 years of protest calling for a new government, as in a 100 reports from bay, wrote those wanting change through the ballot box face and difficult task. these squares were emptied of protesters months ago. a battle for change one by the political establishment. now, the movement for a new lebanon that began in late 2019, has shifted its focus from the street to the ballad box. different coalitions born from the uprising are contesting the upcoming elections. many of the candidates are young and optimistic,

but they know political change won't be easy. it don't suffer for 30 corruption and the all kind of we need, we know that we need time to change. we want to go into the fundamentals to change from inside. yeah, they're up against the secretary and base system of power sharing and leaders who are more powerful than the state. politicians largely blamed for the country's economic color is elections. although from the outside or democratic, they're actually run by the regime itself. and the regime has proven to use different fraudulent tools to secure its when so from classical ism to violence, to repression, intimidation, and even manipulating vote counting which we saw on the 2018 election. but those empowers still have supporters and they have been accused of using violence. in this incident, the opposition was prevented from launching its campaign in the electoral stronghold of the muslim she, our group has below. and among the, i think the him,

we accused the forces in charge of the region of being behind that. and they are known to prevent any opposition. activity in lebanon, sectarian and political divisions are deep, and the opposition to was unable to unite to contest the elections. this benefit the political leadership, which also relies on an electoral law that in trenches pick terry and politics. for those wanting change, this battle is about building a strong civil and functioning states. but they are seen as politically immature and criticized for lacking organization and failing to appeal to the masses. in the last election, those campaigning for civil society and lebanon, known as the change forces, 11 seat in the 128 member parliament. this time, they're expecting to gain a few more, but not enough to change the system. but for them, the election is necessary battle in

a long war center for their elders. either beta demonstrated in mexico have demanded justice to the increasing number of journalists being murdered to female reporters was shot date in the city of vera cruz raising the total killed so far this year. 211. the state prosecutor is promising the investigation into the latest killings will be exhausted. also in mexico, the death of obtain a law student to sponsor and nationwide outcry over the rising rate of violence against women. manuel rebelar reports from mexico city. this is a photograph of devany escobar. it was taken on the night. she disappeared in monterey mexico. exactly one month ago though, multiple government agencies participated in the search for devany. her lifeless body was found almost 2 weeks later at a location that had been overlooked as many as 4 times by searchers. as public pressure mounted on state,

prosecutors authorities were forced to admit some mistakes may have been made in the handling of the investigation on them off all that would fulfill focus on resources at our disposal to was determining what happened. and if this employee as a crime has tightened place, we will apply the full force, the little leak under his debit. his family says the case highlights the failures of authorities, both to protect women in mexico and to solve crimes committed against them. what was sylvia? devanie was missing for several days. the state prosecutor's office didn't do their job correctly. my mistake was trusting the prosecutor's office. disappearances are an all too common problem, inv alone in just the 1st few months of this year. more than 60 women, it been reported missing in the city of monterey alone. head out of the martinez has been looking for his sister for more than a month now. he says, assistance from the government in finding her has been like having no help at all. but i me have better the atom for me the 1st 16 days she was missing,

where weis it, which is very important, the longest it remains missing is evidence. your 3rd does not do a good job. many in this part of mexico say that a lot of the complaints about the government lacking resources, having poor training and a tendency by authorities to downplay the seriousness of the problem can be traced back decades. b, y lucky. that one actually says daughter brenda went missing in 2011. though brenda was later found dead. one has since dedicated her time to helping other families find their missing loved ones alive and to call on the government to do more about missing persons cases. no, c g as in dog lawson these laws, emma beth, it's the same investigators as always. and the same inconsistency as 2011. the authorities don't do their jobs, right? they say they have equipment, but we looked into this and the only thing new is their job titles. the case

of devanie escobar sparked protests across mexico. once again shining a spotlight on the worsening problem of impunity. which experts, se fuels higher rates of violence and disappearances. according to the latest report by the united nations committee on enforced disappearances, $748.00 women disappeared in mexico in just the 1st 4 months of this year. that's an average of 7 women going missing every day and read up a low al jazeera mexico city. ah, hello, are you watching out a 0? these are the stories were following this. our gunman have killed at least 70 people in separate attacks in democratic republic of congo. most of the victims were women and children playing armed groups attacking their home villages in the to a province. it's one of 2 regions where a state of emergency was extended last.