into every day to baltimore multiple, not just power brokers, and that's where al jazeera is different. the mayor of the city announced that he was doing the way with the curfew. that was supposed to get everybody off. it's international perspective with the human touch zooming way in, and then pulling back out again. ah, another move us ukrainian soldiers leave z as of styles. steel. fountain, mary, a bowl. ukraine wants a prisoner exchange. russia want some of them branded terrorists. ah, play you're watching al jazeera alive from doe how with me for the back. people also coming up sweden and finland prepared to hand in their natal applications together. despite turkey's threat to block their beds. right, supremacy is

a poison. it's a poison present. joe biden pays his respects to victims of the latest us mash shooting and says, racism is being stokes for political gain. i'm charlie angela at the 75th can film festival, where the red carpet is being rolled out for hollywood. blockbusters are house films and delegations from ukraine. the film it is to gathers of the a bruising 2 years thank you for joining as the fate of ukrainian forces who made a last stand inside a steel plant is unclear. after weeks, the offending of russian bombardment at as of styling mary a pole. moscow says more than $260.00 ukrainian soldiers half surrendered. dozens of wounded will be treated in the russian control. don't yet, screech in ukraine has suggested a prisoner swap, but russia's prosecutor general wants the as of regiment declared a terrorist organization and its parliament is considering banning the exchange of

captured as of members for russian prisoners of war. dosage. robbery has more from moscow. it was only over the past 24 hours that we understand it with the assistance of the united nations as well as the international committee of the red cross. they were able to and get the injured fighters out finally, and we understand there were still many of the ukrainian federals fighters still left, but most of them are injured. and now this is a process that is ongoing. according to the russian defense ministry. of course, mary opal, it is a very strategically important support city. it is an area that russia claimed they were in full control of in late april. it links crimea, which russia annexed in 2014 to the dumbass region, and then on to russia, it is a land quarter that this country was looking to establish. and this was one of the final remaining issues that these fighters were

a prolonging their full and victory for the russian military in mariel pool. now it seems that the evacuation is underway, and so it really is going to be a victory for the russian military to say that they have now full control of mary elbow. which then means they will be able to establish that much at needed land corridor from crimea all the way across to russia, or less speak to lauren scope about this, his senior fellow at the center for american progress. andy, former us assistant secretary of defense is joining us by skype from washington d. c. thank you very much for being with us on al jazeera. so just in you of you 1st, how big of a victory is this surrender of the fight is from the as of southfield band for russia, both a symbolically and tactically well, it is a very big thing. strategically, as was pointed out because it allows them to connect russia through the don boss to crimea, which they haven't been able to do. and symbolically,

it's also one of the biggest cities are in ukraine, and the russians have been, you know, push back from car cave and all the other big cities. they've tried to get ukrainian official has said the fighters will be part of a prisoner swamp. do you expect the russians to agree to such a deal? well, i think they, it's going to be difficult because this is the off battalion is the main forces in mary. oh paul. now the marriage years ago, they had an awful lot of right wing leading up people that there when they were started. but now they're part of the government. and so they're not at a more bought president pool. you said that was the reason he was going to invade ukraine, is because you had the korean military was composed all of the as up, potassium. and not only what a right wingers they were neo fascist. if the russians, as he say,

said this was the reason they were invading ukraine, and now you have these forces who surrendered. where does this leave russia's mission and it's planned to capture the east of ukraine? well basically it means that it's not going to go as well as they would have liked the military who would like to have the prisoner exchange for 2 reasons. one, they would stop the resistance and barrier paul, i mean there's thought it as significant as it once was, but it's still, it means they're going to have the ty forces down, and the other is they would get some russian prisoners in exchange. remember the ukranian, so starting to try the russian prisoners for war crimes. and i don't think that, you know, the russian military would like that. looking at the big picture now where months into this war, where do you see head heading? i mean, the russians, it's unclear what their ultimate objective is,

but how long do you expect this to continue going? well, i think it's really going to be up to the russians because if they get married poll, that will give them the land corridor. they're not, they've tried to get all the parts and they have not been able to, they've lost at least 20000 killed and wounded. the sanctions are beginning to hurt their economy. so they're really going to have to recognize that they're going to have these limited goals. i think president and so lensky is going to have to make a choice as he want to have this pro long where he can't win, but he won't lose. ah, and so he can begin to rebuild ukraine. so that's really the best solution to be a face saving way out for potent and would also allow the ukraine is a claim that they repel the russian invasion. thank you so much noise calling for talking to us about the thank you for sharing of use, mary kobe from the center for american progress. joining us from washington. thank

you for having a now finland and sweden are pushing ahead with plans to join nato. even though turkey has threatened to block the move, they are submitting their applications on wednesday. turkey again is against their membership because of their alleged support for kurdish b k. k fighters. so i said ok the from a mouth muting is also looking forward to cooperating with turkey. we been nato. that cooperation can be new and important element in our bilateral relations. of course, region stanley against all forms of terrorism, just like me to the european union or the finish president and swedish prime minister will meet us present, joe biden on thursday to discuss their applications. our white house correspondent, kimberly alcott has more on the visits there already. has been a phone call that took place last friday, and this really was kind of setting the table for this upcoming meeting. and oh, what we know from that phone call is that already discussed was the as sort of

realization that there is this opportunity that exist to really strengthen transit lantus 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 with the crux of that conversation is likely to be what it takes place in person on thursday. now a, 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 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 discussed 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 in avenues pheasant. joe biden has condemned what he calls the poison of white supremacy. he's been in buffalo, new york, where he met families of victims of the latest mass shooting. she advertising of a force from buffalo after visiting the sight of saturday's massacre at a supermarket in a predominately black neighbourhood of buffalo, new york, jo bike and spoke specifically of the philosophy that underpin the guns rampage. that white americans are being replaced by non whites, for political ends, through government subsidies and immigration, a view that's being expressed in the mainstream rights of us politics. i call all

americans to reject ally and i can them those who spread the live for power, political gay, and for profit. that's what it is. as the solutions biden's focused on 2 areas, there are certain things we can do. we can keep assault weapons off our streets. we done it before. i did away past the crime bill last time and violence went down, shootings went down. the can't prevent people or me radicalized to violence, or we can address the relentless exploitation of the internet to recruit and mobilize terrorism. we just need to have the courage to do that. to stand out. the mayor of buffalo said he appreciate the president's visit. the number of flowers, candles, and other items that were there,

show the tremendous impact that this horrible act has had on the community. saw a rail resolve in the president to make a difference, to try to bring to an end nash shootings and in this country. but even biding himself, admit, sees very unlikely to get an assault weapons about puffed in congress and from left to right, the suspicion of any attempt by the government to regulate constitutionally protected free speech. yes, civil libertarians say you could begin fighting white supremacists, but in the end that government could attempt about anyone, it feels is an element. the shooting has highlights of the socio economic foundations of american racism. unlike so many african american communities, at least this neighborhood had a supermarket. now it's closed with residents relying on food banks. it was putting all their focus downtown. we build in downtown, but in the meanwhile,

we cell phone. we always been stuffing on a fat and further down the side. but now each side is now. when we got your attention, we try not enough to know change danica a man. the conversation here is web of a sudden focus on this african american community will improve the lives of people here, or is the shooting just the latest manifestation of racism in the us. she ever turns c o 20, buffalo, new york and police in california say, a man who opened fire in a church was motivated by police police political hatred for taiwan. prosecutor say he was trying to execute as many people as possible. one person was killed and 5 wounded when the shooter carried out the attack during a church lunch. they were chew allegedly change the doors and put superglue in key holes in the lead up to the attack. chill is a us citizen,

but grew up in taiwan. said a head on al jazeera, desperate for any drop of water. the health worries a south asian country swelter under a heat wave. and a black african writer makes history on want to wells big cycle tours, but suffers a mishap in posts re celebration. ah. now not mentioning tornadoes too much. recently in the u. s. a happening monitor, there were warnings on actually in the northeast, which is not that usual we should be seeing them down in texas, oklahoma, and certainly that looks like big showers, but not a huge risk. even they were feeding, want some moisture all the time across the plains and eventually into the midwest. this still hot and dry with the biggest fire on record in new mexico,

still burning and the weather still conducive to fiery stuff and the still cold enough air to bring some snow to the high ground of british columbia. but that's the picture around us. on wednesday, the tail end of that frontal system increases the showers in, for example, the bahamas and cuba, and down towards honduras. costa rican panama. west of that new mexico. particulars fairly dry, wanted to like to shout, attempts is rising. once again in south america, these are the seasonal rains and they have picked up a little bit in the south of columbia, venezuela, and across through french canada. this is potentially flooding territory, flash flooding territory. otherwise it's a dry picture and he come down. the obvious will off the southeast of brazil, which gave a pretty poor day to montevideo on tuesday. the slight improvement on wednesday. ah witness fe, witness, bravery, witness, freedom, witness, slavery, witness. people,

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soft steel works from russian attacks. ukraine warrants a prisoner swamp, but russia wants some of them labeled terrors. finland end sweden planned to submit their applications to join nato on wednesday. the nordic states are said to abandon their long held neutral status because of russia's invasion of ukraine and us present. joe biden has met the families of those killed in saturday's ma, shooting in buffalo, new york. 10 people were killed in the racially motivated attack. biden is expected to call a congress to take tougher action on gun ownership. ah, reform is candidates in lebanon have made big gains in sundays, parliamentary elections. official results have confirmed iranian backed, has belie, and its allies have lost their majority. the sandy island, lebanese forces party has also made gains to become the biggest christian block. xena hot air reports from bay boats. 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 below and among many witness so many rushes, especially in the electoral districts of and bol buckhead mull by some of parties, delegates, and agents, and even supporters. the she 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 of 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 lead 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 reforms 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. santa whether osha, cedar, beirut, shall anchors ruling party, has blocked a no confidence motion against president. go to buy a roger pack, sat in parliament. it was triggered by growing anger and protests over the economic crisis. oh oh people gathered it near the president's office demanding that raja pac so steps down to lanka has run out of some essential medicines and many are struggling to buy enough food. the

government doesn't have enough foreign currency for crucial imports, including petrol, diesel, and gas. frances president emanuel my call has pushed for a rapid investigation into the killing of veteran al jazeera journalist, sharina blacklight. sharon was a us citizen. she was shot dead by israeli forces while on assignment in occupied in the occupied west bank on wednesday to us. congressman want an f b, i investigation into a deaf and they're gathering signatures for a motion. progressive democratic congresswoman rashid at le eap has condemned sharina killing. she told oranges here the u. s. must be firmer with israel to push it to uphold human rights. oh, well mainly you hear people saying that we must use leverage of the money and the funding from the united states to promote human rights to push back against apartheid government to push back against the racism,

the killings in the work that us the united states. again, need to continue to speak up because our silence from the president biden to a number of his officials are using words that i feel like, are you careful or not strong enough to make sure that this really government knows we're extremely serious about again, a upholding human rights, we so hypocritical will we say, will uphold human rights and other countries and oppose war crimes. but when it comes to the apartheid government of israel, we are an eyelid got to milas. president says he won't attend to the summit of the americas next month. in los angeles, after the white house criticize his decision to re appoint an attorney, general president alejandro jam mateo chose consuelo porras for another 4 year term . earlier this month, she's included on a u. s. list of so called corrupt actors. jam. my taste has got to mount as sovereignty must be respected. a huge wildfire in new mexico has become the largest

in the u. s. states history. the caf canyon fire has already been through burnt through more than 1300 square kilometers and destroyed 260 homes at east 2005 fighters are battling to bring it under control. it's been burning for a month, forcing more than $26000.00 people from now helps. the extreme weather is affecting millions of people across south asia and the middle east. half warnings have been issued in northern india, where temperatures have reach 49 degrees celsius. of natal reports from new delhi you're going to turn their beds out, doors as if repairs 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 wheat, let her go soccer earlier. we did masonry of 100 feet,

but now we can do only $70.00 fee or contract. us 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 you don't work, 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 broke several records. average temperatures are $6.00 to $9.00 degrees celsius above normal. some areas in new delhi recently surpassed 49 degrees. jakob about in southeast pakistan, reached an all time high of 51 degrees. dozens of people have died of heat related illnesses in pakistan, while millions are struggling with our basic amenities such as access to clean water and electricity for like a been a or did it any odd color that we haven't seen such a heat weight before. we're worried because our livestock 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 lot of your population is in such a big re, had gotten the lot, have the facility acid boulevard in these countries from that so, so that'll look biggest, another very big point. the one that ability for this region along with the plywood factors, impulsive economic and the situation of these leaders. coaching temperatures have spurred demand for electricity causing a cold shortage. the indian government says it'll import cold to prevent power cuts . and it's not just a 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 killed. and lance lights have cut off basic services for thousands of people. bob limit the al jazeera, new delhi, brenda eck,

whereas all is the director of climate science. at the union of concerned scientists, she says the gateways are a serious threat to human life. we know from studies that people who are healthy, yet may do activities where they have to be outside and exert energy such as outdoor workers. these are types of activities that should be curtailed during extreme heat waves and. ready unfortunately, with climate change, we're going to have more and more disruptions to our economic livelihoods and things like that. and we need to take actions, give people holidays times where we can stay safe and stay indoors. so some people looking at the health effects, 35 degrees celsius isn't, isn't a, is heat index is something that if you're doing activity, even if you're healthy, your body may not be able to cool off because the outdoor air is just close to the

skin temperature if you're any hotter than the skin temperature of human beings, it's impossible to cool off. and this is one of the grave consequences. the climate change in heat wave, it could be several hours where you're reaching that dangerous sound. and you don't want to get above 6 hours, so you really have to take action to get out of such conditions. what we see is with climate change such days, such hours of extreme unhealthy day, dorothy are only likely to be more frequent. the war in ukraine has taken center stage of the opening of the cannes film festival in france has been voted me as lensky urged movie makers not to stay silent while he says hundreds, keep dying in the largest european conflict since world war to charlie angela is at the festival, red light cameras action can a 2 week celebration of cinema after a bruising 2 years for the big screen. 35000 film buyers and sellers,

critics and celebrities, a gathering to do business and promote old genres of film. the festival is opening, but 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 causing cri, walked the red carpet earlier to the flash of boats, and the chairs from fans. but is actually ukraine, that's going to be pulling focus this year. every door has been opened for their delegations, and has lots of discussion here about how filmmakers can help the ukraine film industry rebuild itself. postwar, meanwhile, official russian delegations have been banned from attending a fuss to appear on the screen. was actually president lensky himself. and can you hop on his behalf? hates will end by disappearing on the dictates his will die. finally, we must, when we need cinema to guarantee this ending. yet, each time it will be on the side of freedom. waffles, right on to us is,

has always been, it will be above all the path of cinema. he and all star jury will consider the 21 computing films and pick a winner 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 hall. as an actor in directed 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 addressed 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 of that is to do with education outreach, helped to get people who don't have access to those doors in the room and can, has been called a cathedral dedicated to weld cinema this year. them from japan,

south korea and iran. a keenly anticipated by critic, no films from subsaharan, africa has been collected in any category. but that hasn't done there. it sounds of the african pavilion still makers from the continent have a unique set to skill. i think that there we go doing a lot and it make that clear to be a bit and we don't need the film festival is leaning on blockbusters like the new top gun maybe to draw the media attention. but it is art how cinema. it's the champion between the explosion of streaming services and the closure of cinema theater. and need all the attention it can get. charlie angela algebra can the 1st black african to win as stage on one o cycling. 3 grand tours could be vol dot or the rest of the race because of a podium mishap. 20 to yield pinion gear may from eritrea edge past the world's

best printers. it takes stage 10 of the jiro d'italia, but his ended up in hospital after popping a champagne cork into his eye during podium celebrations. yeah, you know, sit in the low start, the 0. yeah we, we have a possibility to win through mc good reason. so this is also part of the success, our team, my family, everybody, you know, so this, you know, every day they come new is 3. so i'm really her full and happy about what i heard it. ah la, again, i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera. it's not clear what's going to happen to ukrainian fighters who've surrendered after defending my opposed as of south seal works from russian attacks.