the father, the son and the g. hi, part one on al jazeera, a diverse range of stories from across the globe. from the perspective of and networks journalists on al jazeera, ah more than 260 ukrainian fighters are evacuated to russian held territory, as ukraine ends at symbolic defense of mar, you pose as of style steel works. but their fate is uncertain with russia moving to the care, the as of regiment, a terrorist organization, and exclude them from any prisoner exchanges. ah, lauren taylor, this is andrew here, alive from london, was coming up sweden and finland prepared to hand in their nature applications

together. despite tech insisting it will block that bids. plus, he will not prevail. white supremacy will not have the last word. yes, president joe biden visits the scene of the supermarket. shooting in buffalo were 10 people were killed, most of them black and his blood is analyzed, lose the majority, lebanon's parliament with no clear winner and sundays elections. the country faces more political paralysis. hello, after weeks of fending off heavy russian fighting the fate of ukrainian forces, who made a symbolic law stand in mariposa as a style still works is unclear. moscow says more than 260 ukrainian soldiers have surrendered and 51 will be treated for serious injuries in the russian control, donnette screeching. the last offenders are a mixture of season soldiers,

border guards, volunteers, and the as of regiment. a former nationalist militia, which was integrated into ukraine's national guard, ukraine's defense ministry has praised them for changing the course of war. after holding russian troops at bay during $81.00 days of brutal bombardment, they want them back on ukrainian hal territory and suggested a prisoner swap. but russia's prosecutor general has asked the supreme court to declare the as of regiment a terrorist organization. and its parliament is now considering banning the exchange of captured as of members for russian prisoners of war as a bag begins or coverage committee in the pro after 82 days underground, these wounded ukrainian soldiers. finally, leaving the as of solstio plot, a russian buses displayed the letter said symbolic of its invasion. for months, these fighters from the as of battalion attempted to defend the steel plant in merrier pole, and prevent russian soldiers from completely taking over the port city. but out

numbered and overpowered. ukraine says its mission to defend. the plant is over. c, stalin, yacoma. the defenders of mary pulfer filled all the towns that by their commanders . unfortunately, we do not have the opportunity to unblock as often by military means. the fight for the steel works and the plight of civilians and fighters trapped there, captured the world attention. all women, children, and elderly have already been evacuated. president vladimir zalinski says the priority now is to move out the rest of the fighters still in the plant. so did he deem grant his cause banks to the actions of the ukrainian military, the international committee of the red cross and the you in we hope that we will be able to save the lives of our guys. there are severely wounded soldiers among them . what have been given care, and i want to stress that ukraine needs ukrainian heroes alive though seriously wounded, have been taken to

a medical facility in the russian control town. and over as often, they could become part of a prisoner swap gera mitchell as over the past 24 hours, 265 militants laid down their arms and surrendered, including $51.00 seriously wounded. all those in need of medical care were sent for treatment to a hospital in the dawn, yet sc people's republic. ukrainian fighters say they held out an as of style for weeks to buy time for the rest of ukraine to battle. russian forces and secure western arms needed to withstand russia's assault. but the evacuation marks the end of what could be one of the longest and bloody battles of the ukraine war. mario pole is not in ruins, and ukraine says, tens of thousands of people have died with ukraine accepting that the battle for the soul plant unmarried police over the russians now have the language to cry. men, as well as a significant victory for the strategically important port city. but with the

fighting in the east, continuing and with daily mis island air strikes, the voice fall from over. i said, bake i just, there are any pro. i can russia their calls for the soldiers to be questioned as part of an investigation into what the criminal describes as ukrainian regime crimes. one russian politician wants the death penalty to be considered for the as all fighters, total jabari has more from moscow. russia's prosecutor has asked the courts to declare the ukraine's as of italian as a terrorist organization. we've also been hearing about a debate on going in at russia's lower house of parliament. that is the state duma . the speaker of duma has said that these are members of the as of italian who are now in a rush of defense ministry custody art so called nazi criminals. and they should not be exchanged or any or take part in any of the prisoner shaves. that will be coming in the weeks ahead so that they are not to be given up that easily and that

they should be put before ports. we've also been hearing from the node slots v, who is the chairman of dumas international affairs committee. he's also part of moscow's negotiating team with ukraine, and he had some much more severe views about what should happen to members of the as of italian that are now in russian has city. this is what he had to say, the school initiative burslur jeff should dervish that risk, but they do not deserve to live after those monstrous crimes against humanity the day committed and which are being committed continuously against our prisoners of war. they returned to us with their fingers cut off and so on, but we shall think carefully and maybe go along with this proposal. since these animals and human poor will, should get what they deserve. oh, look elsewhere. ukraine's state emergency service says 8 people have been killed and a dozen others injured in a striking shaheed region in the north and the governor of the east and don't ask region says russian attacks have killed 7 civilians there and injured 6. 1 man was

reported to have died and a 9 year old boy was severely wounded when this residential building in back loot was hit by missile rushes, military has said its repositioning troops to the east where it wants to gain more territory. villains president says he is optimistic about resolving issues with turkey over bids from finland and sweden to join. native saline sto met to a swedish prime minister madeline anderson in stock come on tuesday. both countries are pushing ahead with their applications. even though tech insists it won't allow them into the alliance because of their next support for kurdish p k. k fighters. foreign ministers or sweden and finland have signed formal application letters to be handed over on wednesday at the alliance is headquarters in brussels. is they have in 90 the oaks in sweden and finland, we have agreed to go hand in hand through this entire process. and to morrow will file the application to nato together. it's a message of strength and a clear signal that we stand united going into the future ahead. antibiotic editor

james base has more from brussels. there have been some very fast moving developments. the letter from the swedish foreign minister, formerly applying to join nato, and from the finish side, the finished parliament that overwhelming vote a 188 in favor. just 8 against showing how public and political opinion in both countries has changed so radically since the invasion of ukraine by president pose him. what happens next? well, as still is the possible opposition of turkey. and i think the most important meeting is the one that will take place in new york between the turkish foreign minister and the u. s. secretary of state u. s. officials say they are confident they can change the turks mind that this can be a unanimous decision, and it has to be the unanimous decision by nato turkey, as a member. and if it wanted to, it could block the membership of these 2 countries that would bring a great deal of sophistication and capability in their military. they are large

military's and nato's border. if they join will, more than double the border with russia, the leaders of sweden and finland are due to meet president biden in at washington on thursday. our white house correspondent kimberly hawk it joins us live at. gimme what, what's biden likely to tell his counterparts from sweden and finland? well, we have a bit of an idea of what we're talking about because they're already has been a phone call that took place last friday. and this really was kind of setting the table for this upcoming meeting ad oh, what we know from that phone call is that already discussed was the sort of realization that there is this opportunity that exists to really strengthen trans atlantic security with the potential membership of sweden and finland and to really use as an opportunity strengthen not only the defense as well as the security cooperation. so this is really what the crux of that conversation is likely to be

what it takes place in person on thursday. now, what we also know is that the u. s. president is likely to underscore the importance of natives open door policy and the u. s. president support of that and really it is important to also underscore that this is something that is bipartisan . in other words, not only does the democratic president joe biden support this, but also i, his republican rival, the top republican in the u. s. senate. mitch mcconnell, who we should point out was in stockholm, sweden over the weekend and really underscored his support that the goal was to see both finland and sweden admitted to nato as soon as possible. so of course we have to remember that the reason for this is russia's invasion of ukraine. and the other thing that is likely to be discuss at this meeting of these 3 leaders when they sit down here at the white house on thursday, is really the, the focus of all of this that is supporting ukraine. a,

in the midst of expanding nato membership. and the sticking point, as we mentioned, might be turkey. what's administration saying about and we've had the opportunity to hear from the new white house press secretary green, jean pierre. and what she said is that really the white house is pretty confident that this is not going to be an obstacle that can't be overcome. in fact, when it comes to turkey's reservations, the white house press secretary is pretty firm. she's confident that there is going to be an ability to reach consensus, even as turkey is expressing reservations, she reiterated that the secretary of state antony blinkin has given the strong support of the united states for the membership of sweden and finland as james bass . my colleague pointed out there is going to be this pivotal meeting that will be taking place on the margins of the un security council meeting to take place on

wednesday. the united states sees this as an opportunity to make the case to turkey and they feel that this is a challenge that can be overcome, can be health. thank you very much. indeed. french president, immanuel michael, has pushed for a rapid investigation into the killing of veteran owners who are a journalist sharina of lucky during a phone call with israel's prime minister to us democratic congressman, also pushing for an f b. i investigation into her death. shaheen was a us citizen, she was shot dead. fire really forces one on assignment in the occupied westbank on wednesday at congressman andre cosson and lou korea collecting signatures to ask the bureau to investigate whether the killing of the american palestinian journalist in his ready, tertiary valet, should any u. s. laws attended by one of libya's rival prime ministers to take control of the government in tripoli has triggered fighting in the capital at he. bush aga, and several ministers arrived in the city earlier in the day. 3 months after the

eastern parliament appointed him to lead an interim government, but the unity government, led by the tripoli based prime minister of durham, hamid debra refused to cede power. led him to a stand off between administrations in tripoli and to brook or chicago's office as he has now left the city to prevent any bloodshed still to come that half hour. and people urge to stay in doors as india and pakistan are left reeling by a series of heat waves. plus, i'm charlie and that the $75.00 can film festival. red carpet is being rolled out. the hollywood blockbusters are house films and delegations from ukraine. the film it is to gathers a breathing to yes. ah, it's getting warm and i'm all right in the bulk of western europe,

not heat wave territory, and it won't last, but it's warmth. the time being a blush because this swirl a plot here means it's bringing warmth up from well, where it's wor at through france, towards the british isles. temperatures, for example, are in the middle to high twenty's in the forecast. the tuesday 29 in paris were well above that in some parts of spain. much of eastern europe is a little bit cooler still in the orange coloring, but not in the significant twenties. and this is going to be knocked back a bit eventually, cause the rain that's falling in ireland and elegant western england. we'll just keep edging into this part of northern europe. but paris is forecast reaches 30 by wednesday, then slowly comes down, generating a few thunderstorms than the breeze picks up. we're down to about 27. not a huge difference, but i think it'll feel quite different. that's true for belgium, northern germany, and the low countries. there to sat and london down to $21.00. east europe in his time, has warmed up in the shower, have gone from southeast from from romania in the balkans. and it's still hot in

spain. is quite a breeze in the eastern part of the med, still blowing cooler air intrigues awful. libya but it's still hot and dusty and most of north africa was just a few showers reaching this a how ah in november 2020 and security services carried out operation luck. so i opened my eyes and saw a machine gun which is at my head. oh, al jazeera well goes to vienna and grunts to examine events and allegations of his lam, a phobia. this is a terrible mistake because in a fit from 3rd to young families, austria operation luck saw on al jazeera ah

ah, one of the top stories you'll notice 0, ukrainian defense of the as are stalls teal works in mar, you poll, has ended on 260 soldiers have been evacuated to russian held territory. ukrainian seeking to have them returned as part of a prisoner's swap. but in moscow, the recalls for members of the as of regiment to be questioned. one russian politician says the death penalty should be considered for them. pentland and sweden, pushing ahead with a bit to join nato, despite resistance from turkey. yes, president joe biden says the ideology behind sas days, mass shooting in buffalo, new york is a threat to us democracy. he's visited the scene of the attack, which left 10 people dead, most of them black, as well as meeting relatives of those killed document promoting white supremacist

views that was reportedly posted by the gunman, emerged online after the attack. president biden is expected to call on congress to take action on gun ownership. woocommerce experiment. democracy is in danger. like it hasn't been in my life time. should endanger this, our hayden fear of being given too much oxygen. by those who pretend to love america, we have to refuse to live in a country where black people going about a weekly grocery shopping can be gun down by weapons of war, deployed in a racist cause. we have to refuse to live in a country where fear and lies are packaged for power. and for profit. it must all list this great cause of america. this is work requires all of us

present politicians, commentators, citizens, none of us can stay in sidelines. she returns, he joins me from buffalo. what was the aim of biden's visit till she had it's interesting we were told actually to expect what a hard hitting speech about racism. and that's the speech that we had to accept off . but actually, i think now we're getting a sense so this was more just to be here and grieve with those who've lost lost relatives. fighting came here. he spent several moments about the little makeshift monuments that have sprung up around the supermarket. he was with the 1st lady, it was with various new york political dignitaries, but then they went behind closed doors for about half an hour. so when they were meeting with relatives and it is interesting, they didn't actually release any pictures or video of that. so that's quite some ways that's quite refreshing, that this wasn't been used completely as a p all campaign using other people's anguish as props. we haven't seen any,

i don't know whether the level release of some stuff later on, but actually, so that seem quite quite so genuine up to the air up to this point. but then he gave that speech, which was strangely short on specifics despite what we've been told to expect entered what, what is by the say can be done about racism and or racist. but that's the way thing the speech was, was very much very generalized rhetorical mood for that america is better than this . white supremacy has no place in america a lot of god or religion. but yes, your phrases like you're in america even a lot when white supremacy will not have the last word and so on. but me, the residency and we've been talking to a few. i mean, clearly these black neighborhoods, like buffalo or the labor were in east buffalo. i mean i've always been red line. they've always been bypassed by development. they're always actually have been

results of how deeply ingrained white supremacy is into the economic activities united states. the 1st place, this is the only super look at this was the only supermarket in this entire neighborhood. and now it's close to people having to use food bank. so that's what you think of that white neighborhood here. what does that say about white supremacy in african american neighborhood join america as a whole? and so when we were talking to people, they sort of say, you know, i mean, you know, we expect the racism in some ways. and this is a pulling outrage. but you know, some of these one place we expect, and he said look, well maybe this extra focus on what our neighborhood will help redevelopment have, because usually everyone just passes us passes us by beyond that they're biting. did talk about an assault weapons battle that he then later on, admitted on the tarmac on the way to f. one, he has no chance of passing about in congress. and then to very vaguely about internet grooming of extremism and terrorism. but again, once you go on to of us when he was sort of walking back because it's a very serious concern about the government regulating what is hate speech,

what is, what is acceptable speech? because this country has a very bad history of them. just the government and simply shutting down its enemies. and of course we have the 1st amendments had we have actually even hate speech is protected by the supreme court. as or from left to right. there is a little reluctance about going down that road to have or times you thank you very much. iran back to his bond, its allies of last the majority and evidence parliamentary elections. the country's 1st since mass anti government purchase in 2019 pro his ball block secured 58 seats short of the 65. it needed to maintain its majority. it had 71 seats in the previous parliament. as vala ally the free petrie arctic movement last 2 seats and is no longer the biggest christian parliamentary blog, that's now the saudi lined lebanese forces party who won 19 seats and independent candidates made significant in rows promising reform. after one of the worst economic crises the world has seen in 150 is all in all 16,

broke into parliament. a 15 seat increase from the 2018 elections. said 140 now from barrett. many of the old faces are back, but a meaningful number of new ones made it into lebanon's parliament, which now has a new balance of power. the iranian back has been a party and its allies lost their majority, but no other political grouping or party can claim victory. the opposition may be sizable, but not united. what is a 1st, however, and post civil war politics are the so called reformists, who want at least 10 percent of the seats. these are candidates not affiliated to any of the mainly sectarian parties. we have to be as a king maker because we have not, we don't have to be in the polarization. we have to create a bridge. those new voices will stand in the middle of long time. enemy's tensions

have already spilled onto the streets. supporters of rival parties fought on election day 3 local observers also documented attacks on their teams by supporters, mostly from she. our groups has bhalla. and among many observers witness so many precious, especially in the electoral districts of and bol buckhead by some of parties, delegates, and agents, and even supporters. this year, groups may have preserved the $27.00 seats allocated to their sect, but observer say they can no longer claim souls representation. or they did everything they cancel, intimidates, voters, candidates and representatives, and the constituency. and at the same time, does also a gun at the vote. so there's a vote which went outside the box and to their opponents. and that happened for the 1st time. in spite of their attempts to keep it contained through the ballot box.

there is no doubt change has begun, but the old divide has bala and its allies on one hand and the christian lebanese forces on the other hasn't gone away. lebanon's leaders will need to work together to agree on a new government and elect a president in a few months. political deadlock is not unusual in this fractured country, but there is an urgent need to adopt performs and laws to rescue a collapse the economy and a polarized parliament won't make that easy. the divide dates back to the civil war which ended in 1990 after which power was divided between sects. but lebanon's parliamentary democracy is in reality a consensual democracy. unanimity is needed for the system to work and peace to be maintained than the ushers. eda, beirut, extreme weather is affecting millions of people across south asia and the middle east. house warnings have been issued in northern india, where the temperature of reach 49 degrees celsius. scientists linking the extreme heat to climate change and say more than

a 1000000000 people in india and neighboring, focused on our at risk is the 15 wave to hit the region since march. from the meter reports from new delhi, you again to turn the beads out doors as he prepares for a long day at this construction site, where he lives with his family in a makeshift shack like hundreds of millions of indians, he's forced to risk their health and work in the record breaking heat. let her go softly. earlier. we did masonry of 100 feet, but now we can do only 70 feet. our contractors often get angry with us because of this. i feel we need to rest for a day or 2. it's too hot, but if he don't cook, what will we eat? some on parts of south asia arrived early this year. march was the hottest in a century in the region, while april brooks ever records. average temperatures are $6.00 to $9.00 degrees celsius above normal. some areas in new delhi recently surpassed 49 degrees. jacob,

about in south east pakistan, reached an all time high of 51 degrees. dozens of people have died of heat related illnesses and pakistan, while millions are struggling with our basic amenities such as access to clean water and electricity finally got been a or did it any odd gun that we haven't seen such a heat wave before. we're worried because i lie stock sick due to the excessive heat. the vegetation is dried up, the water tables going down. we have to use wet clothes to cover ourselves to try to beat the heat. the extreme heat is damaging crops and threatening to further increase fuel prices, making the poor even more vulnerable when so much of your population is in such a big re, had golden, the lot have the food rust acid boulevard in these countries from that. so so that a look biggest, another very big bar and the one that ability or this you did along with applied with factors, baltic, mommy and institutional. these leaders,

coaching temperatures, have spurred demand for electricity, causing a cold shortage. the indian government says little import call to prevent power cuts, and it's not just the blistering heat exports. a global warming is changing weather patterns in the region. why rainfall in northern india has been much lower than normal. the north east is reeling from heavy rains. at least 10 people have been kid and lance lights have cut off basic services for thousands of people. bob name it the alta 0, new delhi. the canton film festival is well famous for being a showcase for the greatest cinema of the moment. missy is gathering on the french riviera opens after a difficult 2 years for cinnamon during the covert pandemic, and in the shadow of the ukraine wool triangular as that. and as the shovel ah, lights, cameras, action can a 2 week celebration of cinema after a bruising 2 years for the big screen. $35000.00 film buyers and sellers,

critics and celebrities, a gathering to do business and promote old genres of film festival is opening with the french comedy final cut, a love letter to filmmaking and budget zombie movies from the teen behind the oscar winner, the artist. the films costing through have just traveled up the rank of it and into the cinema. but this year it'll be ukraine, that really pulls focus every go is being opened for the delegations. and they'll be discussions about how to revive the countries film industry once the war is over . meanwhile, russian delegations being banned pretending and we'll start jury will consider the 21 competing films and pick a widow for the palm dual prize. a prize that can propel a relatively obscure production into the main stream, but with only 5 films directed by women, i put forward the perennial question of diversity. this is a question for rebecca whole. as an actor and director, do you think the festival is doing enough to address gender equality and racial

diversity with this lineup this year? the way that we are addressing those. the way that we're dealing with these things needs to be address on a grass roots level as well. it's not just, you know, the festivals, the public facing situations. it's also about crews. it's also about all of my new share. i have what goes into the industry at large and a lot about is to do with education outreach, help to get people who don't have access to those doors in a woman can, can, has been called a cathedral dedicated to weld cinema this year, films from japan, south korea and iran, a keenly anticipated by critics. no films from sub saharan africa have been selected in any category, but that hasn't dampened spirit. founder of the african pavilion says, bill makers from the continent have a unique set the skill. i think they are very good at doing a lot with, and it's make that creativity as it's best. so we don't,

can't afford to say your fee and is doing the film festival is leaning on blockbusters like the new top gun levy to draw the media attention. but it is art how cinema it seeks to champion between the explosion of streaming services and the closure of cinema theaters. in these, all the attention it can get. charlie angela al jazeera can ah, took stories around his era. the ukrainian defense of the as of style still works in mario poll, has ended more than 260 soldiers have surrendered to the russians. 51 will be treated for serious injuries. he cranes defense ministry has praised them for changing the course of war by holding russian troops at bay during 81 days of bombardment. ukraine is seeking to have the fight is returned as part of a prisoner swap. and in moscow.