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issue in australia, wildfire droughts, and less food for millions, where the expense issue, another bleak warning, and the long lasting effects of climate change. who's now and a historic mary of finland and sweden have both submitted their formal applications to join nature. both countries have long stayed neutral, but russia's invasion of ukraine has rapidly shifted public opinion in favor of joining the alliance. currently 5 nature members, shalon borders with russia. they include a stern, is unlucky as entire easton frontiers. as you can see, no way just touches russia in the arctic circle. well lithuania and poland flanked the baltic enclave of clinton. god. now finland's membership of nature, i would add that teen 100 kilometers to the alliance as landlord with russia, more than doubling its length out. dramatic editor james bay is now reports from brussels. nato secretary general yen stilton burg,

welcoming the ambassadors of the 2 countries that want to become the newest members to join an alliance, which currently has 30 members. the ambassadors had with them their formal that is of application. this moment marking a radical change and opinion in the 2 nordic nations with long cherished that known, align status of a change that's taken place in the period of less than 3 months. since russia invaded ukraine, every nation has the right to choose his own path. you are both made your choice of the follow democratic processes. and i warmly welcome through chris boy finance with me to join nato. you are our closest partners and your membership in natal would increase our shared security of the current nato members. $29.00 out of 30 strongly support sweden and finland

membership. they both have sophisticated armies, substantial fleets of aircraft, and both have served alongside nato forces in the balkans and african stop. the leader of one nato member though has objections. turkeys president, odor one accuses both countries of harboring terrorists in particular kurdish nationalists groups. the u. s. is confident the turkey can be persuaded, and that's why the us secretary of state will be meeting his turkish counterpart soon at the you end in new york. if turkey does change its position, the 2 countries could be sitting around the nato table as invitee nations at a summit. at the end of june, formal ratification, though it will take several months more in a significant move, the us aircraft carrier, the u. s. s. harry truman and it strike group moved in recent town to the baltic sea, finland, and sweden and not yet members covered by nato's security guarantees. but its

presence is a clear sign to russia if it was considering any response to the latest developments . james bays al jazeera at nato headquarters in brussels. well, meanwhile, russia says almost $700.00 ukrainian fighters of the styles, steel plunge, have surrendered over the past 24 hours. it is unclear though, what will happen to the next and only agree was taken to a form of penal colony and russian controlled territory. while the wounded were taken to hospital for treatments. ukraine once a prisoner swaps but russia parliament is considering banning the exchange of as of members for russian prisoners of war. your hands president also says some fighters are still inside the steel front. i said, beg, has worn out from me, pray. he said that the evacuation is been overseen by the ukrainian military and intelligence, and he said the most influential international mediator so that we understand that there are still some fighters there, but the ones that have been evacuated earth, most of them have been taken all of them, in fact,

having taken to russian control the russian held territory. but russia says that there will be treated by international standards. but also the russians are saying that they would like to investigate some of these nationalists for crimes against, against a civilian population. now that's obviously propaganda coming from russia. they've held on to this line that they have invaded ukraine to de nazi fight. but what's interesting about specifically about mario paul and the as of battalion is that this kind of fees, the russian narrative as of battalion it is a far right. a battalion, it was incorporated into ukraine's military infrastructure. and many of its members have been linked to far right groups. now that serves the russian propaganda machine. however, ukraine says that this battalion was incorporated into the military infrastructure and the has now changed. but the, as a battalion is seen as to do, are seen as the defenders of mary pull this strategic port city. and this is very important for russia. this is the biggest victory to dates in terms of this war and

many other parts of the country's, their face set back. so, president vladimir putin want to make the most act of the situation and marable want. also, jibari has the reaction from moscow. we believe that once these ad fighters would surrender, their russian military would certainly use the opportunity to and declare a full victory. and they would be in full control of mary awful. but that has not happened. what has happened. there's been some very severe reaction from the local media as well as lawmakers about what should happen to those members of the as of a battalion that are now in russian custody. we heard from the speaker of duma, who said that at the nazi criminals should not be exchanged for other russian prisoners of war that they should be put before a court and they should stand trial. we've also been hearing from lee nodes. i thought to ski who is now the head of the liberal democratic party of russia,

which is a far right party here. he also had some very harsh words. he said that these as i have italian fighters are that have surrendered, should be killed, that there should be capital punishment in force. and that they are, he said that they are animals in human form. there is a sense that they really, at the russians are looking for a very harsh response to the fighters that have surrendered and ad. there really doesn't seem to be much interest, at least on the lower government level for a prisoner exchanged to include members of the as off battalion. while meanwhile, russia is continuing, it's offensive in southern ukraine huddle. hamid is in mc alive, which was bond earlier on wednesday. this is actually a strike that happened at around of 520 this morning. now this is what you see behind is a cluster of one story, residential houses that this is really the epi center of that strike. and

everything you can see around me is completely destroyed. they are injured, but no one died in this tribe, which is actually difficult to believe. if you just look at the, at the magnitude of the destruction here, you can see everything is completely charged and burned and leave. if i was good, can show your inside. there is really absolutely nothing left. we spoke to the owner of this how she is not injured, but certainly this is really a lifetime of memories gone in ashes. now the issue here, nikolai, is that this happens on a daily basis. there are those strikes that miss any kind of target that is an air defense system in place. but more and more this city is being targeted. we spoke to military officials in the for over the past 2 days and they say that they're being shelled either from the south. the have southern region which is now occupied by

the roches all firm, or what they believe to be miss out said from the black sea. and also people are now more worried, certainly with the changes on the ground in more you put, there is a believe that now that russia is more or less in control of more, you pull it, has this land poor a door from russia all the way to decry mia, it allows people, it allows the russia to reinforce, is present in the have sun region and may be pushed towards here. because if you recall, in the 1st stages of this war, the russians had actually arrived very close to this town of 400000 people is on the black sea is, is known for its shipyards at the soviet time. and they wanted to push and russia stated and wanted to take all this land, all the way to the blackboard see the seaport of odessa and maybe also link all the

way to moldova. so there is a certain worry that at some point they could be a push even though we been yesterday to the outskirts to the 1000 villages around nikolai of do ukrainians have managed to push the russians back. now the issue is, is the order wash is going to have a counter offensive now that the situation in my are you both seems to be more or less under their control. now moving on until anchors wording potty has blocked a no confidence martian and parliament against president got to buy a raja coxa. it was triggered by growing anger and protest against the country's economic crisis. i. as you can see, that people gathered near the president's office on tuesday, calling on roger pox at to step down. the government is also running out of the foreign currency. it needs to import petula diesel and gas. fuel stations have run out. michelle fernandez has more now from colombo,

where people are still caring for fuel. seems like this outside, this patrol station in columbus are quite common. we've got lot of people waiting for information outside officers of federal sessions to find out how long they're going to have to wait. now, the prime minister run over grimacing her told the country that there was just enough stocks for one day. and from what we're hearing and looking at scenes in petrol stations like this, it seems that those stocks have been exhausted. people desperate you have hundreds of taxes just down the road from here. waiting for supplies. mortar is basically a frozen, unable to do any of their day to day activities. the worst part about all of this is despite queuing, some, as long as 24 hours. they have no hope of obtaining any fuel. obviously,

in terms of the political frond, the crisis front, we've got a new prime minister who has been sworn in promising to address the situation. but he's not a miracle worker by any means. and despite the fact that he says he's appealing to the international community, drawing on a lot of those good contacts that run over grimacing a has. it's going to take a long while before the situation stabilizers or ease us in any form or manner. for the moment, all we seem to be doing is going from one shipment to the next, unsure of where the future's going. as railey forces have rated several neighborhoods in the janine refugee camp in the occupied west bank. more than 40 military patrols stormed a number of palestinian homes to palestinians were detained. on the veteran alto, they're a journalist, sharina afloat was killed in the same area. and janine last week,

french president emanuel mac on is pushing for a rapid investigation into head death. she was shot dead by israeli forces while on assignment, she was an american citizen. and to us, congressman also want the f b i to investigate her death. they are gathering signatures for emotion. mostella had here on out, is it 2 governments, one can change. rival administration's fight for control and one of africa, oil rich nations. i'm charlie angela at 75th can film festival with a red carpet is being rolled out. the hollywood blockbusters our house films and delegations from ukraine. the film it is to gather up a breathing to yes. ah . the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book your travel package today. the rain stopped falling for the most part in japan

and in china, it's seasonal, right? it'll come back again. in fact, it's already showing itself is coming through is rather weakness. few spots of rain rather than 6 significant in mainland china. hong kong will be humid, probably dry, but maybe the shower tie, ones rather different kettle of fish. and i think you'll see fairly heavy rain here in the forest and the salt on thursday and friday. the few showers around for the north will just fly through beijing and not affect the temperature of 31 degrees on the high side normal. now the concentration of the rain is, was probably the eastern arm of the incoming monsoon, right? it's actually hitting me and mom this part of north east india as well. significant rates been recorded here and in thailand as rain, the forecast lot, just in carola, which has been the case recently, but moving up the coast beyond the go as well as you know that the main stories, the pre monsoon heat has been recently that's come down significantly in the north of india's or in the low forty's, not the high forty's and in pakistan has been

a bit of relief ticking islamabad, where sharon, yesterday 2 attempts down to about $25.00 temporarily, but those temperatures are on the rise. once again. we might once again see 50 somewhere around. no upshar cats are air with tissue l. the church in november 2020 austrian security services carried out operation luck. so i and sewer machine gun pointed out there will cruise to vienna and grunts to examine events and delegations of islam of phobia. this is a terrible miss because you pick from 3rd to young austria operation. look for on al jazeera. ah

ah hello there, i'm associate ain door hall. let's remind you about top stories here. the salad. finn and and sweden have handed in their formal applications to join nato. they belong, been neutral, but russia's invasion of ukraine rapidly accepted public opinion in favor of nature membership. meanwhile, russia says almost $700.00 ukrainian fighters at the as up style steel pontiff surrendered over the past 24 hours. it's unclear though, what will happen to them. ukraine is suggesting a prisoner swap a bit. russia want some to be labeled terrorists and petrol. pumps have run dry and sri lanka as the government's struggles to pay for new supplies of fuel. the energy minister told motorists not to kill with petrol stations because suppliers will only be available and 3 days. now, one of libby as a rival, prime minister, says he'll move his government to the city of surge from wednesday. fussy

mississauga, attempted to enter the capital. tripoli on tuesday, but he was blocked by supporters of a rival administration, led by a me denay va libby as had to governments since march when the parliament based on the east appointed bazaar as prime minister. malik traina has the latest now from the armies in southwest libya. this isn't something new in libya, libya, or fort for the decade. for more than a decade, libby has been engulfed in political divisions and violence, seen 2 governments at numerous times, one in the west, and one in the east. and really, people are frustrated. they want to see elections, or when the elections were scheduled in december, more than 2800000 libyans registered to vote. so there's a huge appetite for libyans to elect who they want to see them in power. and, and both are frustrated at both after having the baby and fatigue basheba are really they don't really care who, who is in control as long as they can stop the violence,

stop the conflict and bring stability to the country like you were hearing the damage, the dam is a, is a historical city. it's also the, the old town is a world heritage, the school world heritage site. and just behind me, this is a in foot us or this. bring in a waste in the middle of the desert is over 4000 years old. and before the violence and the political division started thousands of tourists used to come and see this and see the city. and the economy was, you know, was, was booming because of it, it, it depends on tourists and, and since these divisions, and since this violence, they've, their, their economy is struggling. so the regular people across the country that are suffering due to these political divisions and violence and they want to see it and, and the want to see elections as soon as possible. now speaking of elections, australians going to the pals this weekend with the liberal party, they're seeking a 4th time in office. as sarah clark reports from sidney security in the pacific is

a major campaign issue. thank you very much. very soon as the security pact between china, solomon islands came as a surprise to australia. prime minister were very concerned. the solomon islands were very concerned for the broader security in the south west pacific. the agreement will say, basing increased ties with the pacific islanders, and helped a safe guard national security. the struggling government warns the pact threatens regional stability and allows china to expand militarily in the pacific. the islands, prime minister, declared peace on the right side of history and my forging closer ties with, by the way, i'm being treated as kindergarten students walking around with cold, 45 hands. and therefore we need to be supervised. we are insulting the on going full out over the packed has dominated the election campaign with recriminations on both sides. the coalition government has vowed to increased

funding for aid and economic development to reassure our nations of australian support. the opposition says it will establish a stronger diplomatic network to resist china's expansion. the region is changing very quickly around us. and what we're saying is perhaps that australian policy is a bit slow to catch up to it. it's not to say that the concerns haven't been there, but there's a certain, there's an incrementalism to china, a strategic push astronomy and the united states via the pac could see china establish a naval base less than 2000 kilometers from the strolling coast. senior colonel, china people's liberation. army said that's alarmist. i think it is a you okay. and the response will be edible nation to cry. they alleged to savage phase as read. the law is what in titled to say that negation from

china, including the foreign minister, is expected to visit honey r as early as next week. if the 2 goes ahead will coincide with high level court talk between estrella, japan, india, and the united states in tokyo. i must say that's a deliberate attempt by, by jing to try and overshadow their dialogue. it's also another son. china was intent on cementing stronger security and economic ties across the inductor. see bit sarah clark, al jazeera, 50 australia, now whether expense have issued yet another warning on how the wilds is heating up with harmful long lasting effects. un report says ocean temperatures and instead of vacation are record highs, threatening marine life on the ground, increasing levels of carbon dioxide causing extreme weather events. the past 7 years was hottest ever. that caused drought in afghanistan, canada, iran,

pakistan. turkey took medicine and the united states. the tinder dry conditions have triggered major wildfires, costing hundreds of billions of dollars. extreme weather events causing food and water shortages in many countries. the global energy system is broken and bringing us ever closer to climate catastrophe. fossil fuels had a dead ends, environmentally and economically, the water new crane and she needed the effects on energy prices is yet another wake up call. the only sustainable future is a renewable one. we must have fossil for pollution and accelerate renewable energy transition before we since it's our only own time is running. oh, well terry and tell us is the secretary general of the wild meteorological organization, the u. an agency that just released it stating the global climate report. he says it would be cheaper to prevent climate change than deal without woman punish. will

be have again broken, less comfortable records in maine, greenhouse gas concentrations, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide. we have seen a major both in sea level rise. it used to be too many meters per year in the past . and recently we have seen 4.5 meters per year. last year, some melting with the higher speed. and, and we have stored more and more heat to the oceans and we have broken all time record in ocean heat or so last the last year. and it also sounds so serving a sink of carbon dioxide. that means that via chasing the chemical composition of the water and it's becoming more i saved. and these are the also broke is actually the record. the science has been very clear for the case and we have started seeing growing the amount of impacts of night. the climate change and they've got the be back of climate change and it's clear that it's much cheaper to mitigate climate

change than to live with the consequences. and these consequences are becoming more and more expensive. and they also more dramatic for human beings. we have seen and lots of casualties and then, and this is expected to grow. if we, if we fail to reply with mitigation, mexico as president says, u. s. policy on cuba is met eva. and under as manual, as i know is urging the end of us sanctions as reaction follows the u. s. president, relaxing some restrictions on travel and sending money home. mexico and joe barton to invite cuban needed to a summit and los angeles next month. the white house has only countries with an effective democracy are welcome to reason by it has no the past 2 years have been difficult for people like soil pulido. he owns a small hotel in havana, economic sanctions, a lack of tourism due to the pandemic, has worse and the economic conditions in cuba. the u. s. as decision to lift some

economic restrictions could have a positive impact on his business, limited by joy is not fully convinced how much it will change. things on the ground has doubled on multiple, it's totally unpredictable. what will happen with the missions many promises have been made before, and we're still in the same situation. we can only wait to say if it favors us or not. if it happens, the u. s. announced it is lifting trump error restrictions that include limits on family remittances flights and a family reunification program. it was a campaign promised by joe biden, and it's supposed to alleviate the impact of u. s. policy on the population. i guess it almost everyone here has family in the us and they represent a lot for us to get help from there. not only economically but also to be open to be able to go there. and our relatives can come here. the possibility of being in touch with our families. yes, i don't see us normally, the cuban government said the announcement is positive but does not modify the impact. the u. s. embargo continues to have on the island. the u. s. decision comes

as cuba past a new penal code that annually say curves descent in july, last year, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the government. hundreds of protesters were detained and are facing use in prison for speaking against the political and economic conditions on the island. human rights group say the us timing was wrong. i mean, we as incompatible, i would have liked to see biden announced we are going to open the embassy, give away the 20000 vases, begin with a re unification process. but i would also have like to say something on human rights, but we're going to sustain a fund was so society to assist the realtor of political prisoners or other things about human rights at the center of us policy, you are as if tough economic sanctions have failed to bring about political change in cuba. and that's why for many, it's time for a new approach. that is, i will,

i'll just either. while the war in ukraine has taken sent a stage at the opening of the cannon, film festival and france present romeo zalinski urged movie make as not to stay silent while many are dying. charlie angela is at the festival. a 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 carson cree 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 ukraine's film

industry rebuild itself host war. 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? hate 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 on to us is, has always been, it will be above all the path of cinema. he was an all star jewelry, 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, who as an actor in direct 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 this, the way that we're dealing with these things,

needs to be address on across routes level as well. it's not just, you know, the festivals, the public facing situations. it's also about cruise. it's also about all the minutia of what goes into the industry at large and a lot about is to do with education outreach, helped to get people who don't have access to those doors in a woman can, can, has been called a cathedral dedicated to world 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 dampen spirit. founder of the african pavilion, says filmmakers from the continent have a unique set the skill. i think they are very good at doing a lot with it. and it's make that the creativity as it's best. so we don't cancel it, but it's hard to say your fee and his grade. the film festival is leaning on

blockbusters like the new top gun levy to draw the media's attention. but it is art how similar 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, hello. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines, finland and sweden have handed in their formal applications to join nato. they have long been neutral that rushes invasion of ukraine rapidly shifted public opinion in favor of nature. membership out of america as a james bears, as at nature had forces. you've got to remember if you go back before the invasion of ukraine before february, then public opinion in both sweden and finland was not in favor. overwhelmingly, of joining nato. and yet in both countries, opinion has change the political dynamics of change. you sort of finish polymer.