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street closes nearly 4 percent down, driven by rising inflation as the water ukraine helps push up worldwide food from fuel prices and equal pay for equal plate. the historic deal between the men's and women's for all unions in the u. s. ah, the u. s. has come out and support a finland and sweden joining nato. it says it's confident the 2 nordic countries will be able to join the military alliance. despite objections from turkey, kristen salumi has the latest. the united states is eager for sweden and finland to join nato and strengthen the alliance. but one country is standing in the way you can convince turkey to accept their bed. i think i am not going to turkey, but i think we're gonna be okay. o. u s. secretary of state anthony blink and

travel to new york to meet with his turkish counterpart at the united nations. foreign minister melvin kava sulu came to express his country's objections, namely finland and sweden support for kurdish nationalist groups. that turkey views as terrorists. i'm looking forward to pursuing that conversation. i'm today we have food and sweden submit their applications. and this of course is a process and we will work through that process as alexandra and his partners. you know, tony huge here as being supporting the open door policy on nato, even before this it war. but with regard to this possible candidate already candidate countries, you know, we have also legitimate security concerns that they have been supporting terrorist organizations. turkey also want them to lift a weapons embargo imposed after turkey invaded syria to attack kurdish groups. the

meeting here at the united nations on the side lines of a ministerial conference on food security appeared cordial. both sides expressed confidence. they could work out their differences, but the meeting ended with no announcement. if any progress was made, the turkish foreign minister kept it to himself i did with as the you asked, remained optimistic. we're confident that at the end of the day, feminine sweden will have been effective and efficient a session process. the turkeys concerns can be addressed. finland and sweden are working directly with turkey to do this, but we're also talking to the turks to try to help facilitate president biden will meet with his finish and swedish counterparts at the white house on thursday. kristin salumi al jazeera, the united nations, the earlier feminine sweden submitted their formal applications to join made hope that ambassadors handed letters to the chief of military alliance. jen st oldenburg . both countries have been neutral for a long time. but russia's invasion of ukraine are rapidly shifted public opinion in

favor of joining nato. i think at this stage, we have to keep our eyes on the ball and that is of very smooth and fast ratification of our membership in every nato, amanda country. so this is what we are focusing now, and i think are most important. her job in nato is to defend our own country, our own region. now also making sure that the whole nordic nordic region is secure . or company 5, nato members, sherland borders with russia. they include the entire eastern frontiers of estonia and latvia. norway just touches russia in the arctic circle, while lithuania and poland flanked the baltic, young eck, slave of kellen and grad felons. membership of nato would add 1300 kilometers to the alliances land border with russia. more than doubling its length. here is sugar is a former military adviser to nato. she's also a director of the front to europe initiative, the middle east institute,

she says finland and sweden could bring a lot to the table. we are now facing this major russian aggression and invasion off ukraine. and protein has always said that a falsely, that nato is a threat to the alliance and bed and to, to russia. sorry. and that the alliance is in circling, encircling russia with the entry of particularly finland with a large border to russia. but also sweden are indeed the, the alliance gets a lot more strength and more to terrance when it comes to aggression aggression. that's something that you wanted to prevent in the 1st place when he issued those letters to nato and to the united states, back in the winter. and it seems now that he is getting the contrary with a very cool response, by the way, a very calm one saying this was never an issue kind of denying initial position. so

there's a lot to gain for, for the alliance as well. because both countries are very good in, in their ministry, in their national security. and they would bring also geographical and geopolitical strengths to the baltic. and the nordic region. russia says almost $700.00 more ukrainian fighters at money, oppose as a sound steal plants have surrendered. this video, released by the russian defense ministry is set to show ukrainian soldiers hunting themselves over to russian forces. moscow says the troops have been taken to a former prison complex in russian control territory, while the injured or in hospital for treatment, but their fate is unclear. ukraine is suggesting a prisoner swab while russia wants some of them branded terrorists. i said, beg, has more from commodore sc. you understand. there are still some of those ukrainian soldiers still in at that plant. now, the presidents that lensky has said that the military intelligence and the most

influential international mediators, are trying to negotiate or talk to try to get, to try to be involved in the evacuation of those remaining fighters. now they have said that they will not surrender an answer, and there's not a word that ukraine has used in, even for those that have been taken to the russian hel territory. the, the words that are being used by the ukrainians is that they have competed their mission. and this is a very politically charged issue to those fighters are seen as a defending mary polis, a making this heroic stand. and many of them went on line when though at a, at the as of steel plant saying that they felt like they were let down by the politicians in care of. so it's important for ukraine to at least try to see that they're doing their best to try to get those remaining fighters evacuated as for those that have been taken to russian separate russian back separatist areas. well, the ukraine is saying that there is a exchange program, a formula, and what we've heard from the ukrainians is that there will be

a some sort of exchange for seriously wounded ukrainians for in exchange for seriously wounded russians when that will take place and how that will take place as of yet is not clear. russia's progress in mario paul has sparked concerns. it could no whiteness offensive to target more of southern ukraine. but the ukranian army says is fighting back against russian troops, shuffling low morale. although the humming reports from the city of makalya, if it has become a grim routine attacks and explosions while the city sleeps, followed by disbelief and anxiety, survivors wondering how these gave the ferocity of a missile loved from afar on their homes. my rat can't contain his anger. you hope all of us europe sold us out. americans don't cut me out. we asked them to close the sky, but i didn't. why trite is to protect their children. i'm going to appeal directly

to the other. do you understand to i'm talking about your son. i would to you a part with my own hands. balboa court berg. there. few people left in, michel, i have a few weeks ago, they were nearly half a 1000000. they'll still here have to rely on handouts as there's no more drinkable water. 2 with the economy at a standstill, people are selling whatever they own to pay his utility bill. he tells us, even though there are no buyers, the russians have actually reached this point on the outskirts of nikolai, of, in the early stages of the war before being pushed back. but now with more you will, and that her son regent effectively under russian control. there is concern that they could be preparing for a counter offensive problem. that might be why people are not returning to the town of bash, tonka yet. it was recaptured about

a month ago. it just looks like every town village of city, the russians, occupied garcia equally. us have one will only now remembers the night it all started for her house was among the 1st hit parish. it bombs fell from the sky, leaving a huge crater. look, i see, well as i shall, these are the straps and the parachutes. canopy has now been recycled, but are fool awesome. these clean an army says it's only offensive in the south. oh, but think the moral of the enemy is low and they are not advancing on the ground because they can't break our lines. the sanctions are having an impact. they can't produce certain weapons any more. but one of the russian advances is their artillery systems. their range is longer than ours and can hit us hard. russia also holds the upper hand when it comes to attacks from the sky, and each night the people of nikolai of wonder whose turn will it be next. i doubt

that i meet al jazeera michel, i have a palestinian mourner, the funeral of veteran. i'll just see the general sharing a box that has been invested by israeli forces. omar, i wish there was attacked by israeli police as he carried sharing the coffin in occupied east jerusalem last week is a kind of what happened was widely shared as social media. his lawyer says, all the questions during his interrogation or related to the funeral, will be held until at least next monday. she was shot in the head by his when he forces while she was an assignment. and janine last week it was prime minister's been challenged in parliament to reveal the truth about the officer who opened fire a palestinian israeli member of the class. it confronted enough tale bennett on monday. charlotte? yeah. how he gets actually cherry and i knew serene on both the personal and family level. i'm challenging the prime minister bennett, and i'm telling him in front of everyone that he knows the identity of the officer

who shot sharina. i'm sure you know from which the officer shot her from, you know, the rifle and telescopic lens, he used to kill serene. i know you are lying. you are a lawyer in my name because if i live the entire world would know it's not me who's called the swindler by everyone. and once again, i tell you that, you know, from which chief the officer shorter from much and you know, the rifle and the telescopic lens used to kill sri data could get had all just 0. why rising cooking gas prices in nigeria? i mean, more trees been cut down and plus i'm just newman in van offending in one of the countless lines. what you been saying? they are spending too much of their lives coming up. i'll tell you why. a

and he has begun. the 3 full world camp is on its way to cat hook your cattle package today. the summer sons warming things up nicely in the hunt. you having had a bit of a dowsing from this rain stag gone off shore in the west pacific got no more than a few showers in a kind of to worry about say was true in north korea, some parts of northern shot of it. basically the sun's warming things up in the south, we got more rain trying to develop and it will come to something south of the yank scene maybe and blown the pearl river valley heading down towards hong kong, which looked largely dry rather humid. wet weather seemed quite light to get very close to if not cover taiwan for the next 2 days. and he sat line southwards through the philippines. that would sit always, it will be fairly wet. i think good part of borneo su marsha looked dryer. singer phone call loom for look fairly dry as well. me and bart, definitely not. that's wet along with that since drip of india as well with this on

shore breeze. and india picks up rather more now north carolina trust to under pradesh. and these a potential flash flood shows most of india still in the pre monsoon heat. that's particularly true. imagine pradesh and beyond dell is up to 45 is typically 46 is cool down a little bit every now again we get showers through northern pakistan and northern india. but for pakistan in particular, it's mostly once again, getting very hot official airline of the journey. in november 2023 and security services carried out operation llc. so i opened my eyes and saw a machine gun pointed at my head. now, does your well goes to vietnam and grant to examine events and allegations of his lana phobia? this is a terrible mistake because it affects some said, 2 young family austria operation. look on al jazeera.

oh, are you watching or does it remind you of our top story is this. the us says it's confidence for london. sweden will be accepted into nato turkeys objective to them joining accusing the nordic countries of harboring recalls, terrorists rushes, defense ministries released footage of hundreds of ukrainian fighters, surrendering a modern pose as of styles still works. moscow says the troops have been taken to a former prison complex in russian control territory, a palestinian mourner, the fuel. the veteran aus is here to john. shirley and block has been arrested by israeli forces. omar,

i wish there was attacked by israeli police as you can change the coffin. unoccupied use to loosen last week. soldiers pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed ukrainian civilian. he made a play on wednesday as a key court and began hearing ukraine's 1st war crimes trial of the conflict. the 21 year old sergeant budding, she's a marine, is charged with shooting a 62 year old civilian. so an open car window was facing life in prison, chile able, susie is a former president of the international criminal court, and he says, it's right, the case is out in ukraine and not in the hague. international law dance recognized that authority of national estate to do it, or whether or not the a particular national m authority has the credibility to do justice. according to the accepted standards in international law is a different question. and that is a matter that i am. am not in a position now, do you know,

2nd guess the ability of ukraine to, to, to a just saw indeed russia itself. because russia would also have the right to try at all it gets on soldiers, but also ukrainian soldiers that i suspected of committing war crime. so, but site, how that right in international lot to, to, to conduct walk round trials of their own soldiers as well as a soldier of the enemy. m. m. formation. the un secretary general's warned of a global food shortage in the coming months due to the war in ukraine. but he says, talks can avert a crisis. and her good harris says he is in intense contact with several countries to restore ukrainian green shipments and revive russian fertilizer exports. russia and ukraine produce a 3rd of the world's sweet supply. and the war threatens to tip tens of millions of people worldwide into food insecurity and famine. russia must permit the safe and

secure exports of grains stored in you carry in ports. alternative transportation routes can be explored, even if we know that by itself they will not be enough to solve the problem. and russian food and fertilizers must have under steel excess to world markets without in direct impediments. i have been in intense contact on these issue at the senior leadership level with the russian federation, ukraine, turkey, united states, the european union, and several other key countries. i am hopeful, but that is still a long way to go. and cuba, people are already cuing for hours to buy food and often coming away empty handed. it's facing its worst economic crisis in 30 years. our latin america editor and the see in human reports woven of 55 year old, allow the lena to let that is returning home empty handed. after spending hours in

the queue to buy butter, life is a struggle. she says, especially since her daughter migrated to spain, leaving her to care for her grandchildren. not her monthly minimum wage was $20.00 at the black market rate. our. she shows us her refrigerator, full mostly of water. what of amino i lucelle, i have 4 children to feed. i have no choice but to go on the street to solve this and that a lot. she explains the chicken by 10 packs of cigarettes for $200.00 pesos on her ration card and sell each one for a $150.00 on the flourishing informal market. a long lines for everything from food to fuel revealed in economy in distress. law people's tempers are short from chewing most of the day. in this case, for 2 bottles of oil, scarce items are sold with a ration card, but most things are no longer subsidized. what are you, whether i'm filling it, think when i go and i'm, i've been here since 5

a. m. and i've got numbers 1170. it's now 10 am. and there at least 800 people in line hoping to buy chicken cubes. cash starved economy is collapsing under the weight of harsh economic sanctions imposed by washington and append demik. that's paralyzed tourism cubis. economic engine, in all this, aggravated by 3 digit inflation, spots by a long overdue monetary reform. but often i saw last year, not as duncan, the boy if, aiden. we were obliged to valuate our currency by 2300 percent. one of the biggest valuations ever seen in the regional havana state, one tourist hotels are empty, even as new ones are being built. the few russian tourists who came this year left as soon as war broke out in ukraine for fear of being unable to get back home. thousands of ordinary cubans who invested in bread and breakfasts before the pandemic,

are now desperate. here's another sign where they rent rooms in central van. i'm going to check to see how they're doing because there's a sign here that says, god bless my business and those who visit. but we'll see just how many visitors they've had. i when i thought of this with our receiving our big library, one bank a mulatto. little say i'm be letting me know that one of my little middle shows as her guest registered all she hasn't had any since last year since i began very wrong with that income. i could buy things for my grandchild without it were hard pressed on a so a, so the strategic planning chief says q was trying to diversify its economy to increase biotechnology, industry exports and food production, ambiance, amber, neal, implement bundle media, part of what we have been taking measures to strengthen and give more autonomy to a state socialist enterprises,

which in our view with the fundamental actors of our economy in coming off when i'm in denman to her, it's clear that maintaining centralized control is still the priority. despite police for greater freedom for the fledgling private sector, those who hoped that the way out of this crisis would be to follow the example of vietnam or china would just have to keep waiting in line. lucy newman, al jazeera, havana. you are stalks. i've had another dismal day with wall street ending sharply lower. the dow jones industrial average dropped more than 1100 points. that's about 3.6 percent. there has changed or target lost a quarter of its value. dragon, other retailers don't withered, upholds, been driven by rising costs of freight and transportation. the conflict and ukraine locked down some key chinese manufacturing areas and prolonged supply chain issues . but the cost of living crisis is getting worse and the poorest of the ones feeling. the pinch. inflation rose by 9 percent last month, reaching a 40 year high. that's led to soaring electricity bills,

millions of households. so their energy costs increased last month by 54 percent low income families are struggling to put food on the table. the citizens advice charity says every day an extra $750.00 people are being referred to food banks. jayvon santa is an economist researching inequality at king's college, london. he says the u. k. a government must intervene. this is a wants the lifetime crisis and things are awful now, but they're going to get was the as things stand 40 percent of families cutting back on food, 40 percent struggling to pay the energy bills, 40 percent unable to say $1.70 adults going hungry to put $6000000.00 children going hungry, and that would inflations at 9 percent. if they should, we'll get higher. we think will peak at 10 percent late this year. the average family, we have a 2000 pounds while off. this is a wants, a lot of time, crisis of british properties. the government absolutely needs that. the 1st

property up city has to be to increase universal credit payments and pensions. it lied with prices at the moment, the only increasing by 3 point one percent an average inflation expects to be over 10 percent this year. on top of that restore the 1000 pound universal credit uplift there security payment going to low income household. we had it during the pod damaged habit again, and also given the fact that every single household is building at a 1000 pound, chat is taxed to every single household, the cost its higher package rated. so security payments in live with price is a $1000.00 pound cheque and bringing about the universal credit uplift together cost 10 percent of what we spent on upon debit response. this country got through a pandemic, we shut down the economy, we could apps he gets used. what's the lifetime cost of living crisis as well? active as a warning that a sharp increase in the price of cooking gas and nigeria means more trees are being cut down. as ahmed inter supports from cano gas prices have tripled in the past year, and it's forcing many people to use firewood to cook meals instead. it's been 2 and

half years. as my mod osman switched from fi, wouldn't your call to cooking gas to prepare his meals? he says he tossed easier and healthier, but with high prizes eating deep into his earnings. his wandering, if that's a wise move, got him up on one. okay, up under should i? i used to pay the equivalent of $1.50 for gas in the small cylinder, the price to put now the rising cost of gas for cooking has pushed many nigeria to resort to using wood. and chuck or here the local chuckle, market in daughter new consignments arrived by the truck. lot. business is brisk. i now well, what i will at yes. if we sell 2 to 400 bags of charcoal daily, on a very good day, we sell more than 500 bags. and going to make those $500.00 bags. dozens of trees must have been cut down. cooking gas usage and africa's biggest oil and gas

producer rules by 60 percent in 2020, exceeding 1000000 metric tons. cells grew farther last year, but then slowed down due to reduction in supply. the country now has to import gas at high prices. in 14 days, a lot of faxes anita vehicle from d t. something like that. so make the product to be really high wind blank. and as soon as we are having the jump in cooking gas prices for nigerians already struggling with rising inflation is also reverse in gains made in protecting trees . in a country wide, $10000000.00 are cut down every year. alicia say they're hooked, increasing people's use of coating gas will save millions of fries and the environment by the high jump in prices of liquefied petroleum guys will make that harder to achieve nigeria. still all company blames the rising cost and global price increases. but over the country still important,

most of its gas users are bracing for more price hikes. army edris al jazeera cuddle, nigeria, severe flooding in north east indies force half a 1000000 people from their homes. hundreds of villages have been swamped as unusually heavy rains. hit this week, at least 8 people have been killed and are some state farmers there. say they've lost the majority of the crops as the rama put to a river overflowed authorities. one conditions could get worse in the next few days . federal health officials in the u. s are wanting, the cases of covered 19 are on the rise and they could get worse over the coming months. about a 3rd of the u. s. population lives in areas that are considered at higher risk, with reported cases up 26 percent from last week. people are being urged to wear masks indoors and to take more precautions. we've seen with prior increases infections in, in an, in, you know, different waves of infection have demonstrated that this travels across the country

and has the potential to travel across the country. so i think the important thing to recognize is that we actually have the tools to prevalent and so we would ask you to wisely use these tools. equal pays on the way for both men and women who play for the us national soccer teams. the landmark agreement ends years of legal action by female players over gender discrimination and in an unprecedented move and the global game prize money will be shared between the men's and women's world cup teams. the current holders are the american woman's team. the steel is going to have ramifications throughout the entire world. you know, it's game changing moment here in the us, but it has the potential to change how international soccer and international sport do business with the equalization of prize money for our men's and women's world cup, i think is just going to be a historic moment. and hopefully it will create change throughout the world. john

henry has more from chicago. the women of the u. s. soccer federation have long said that they've offered better than equal play for less than equal pay. and that's undoubtedly true in the past. the men's team has been paid more and there's a big difference in performance. the women's team of won the world cup 4 times more than any other national team. and the last 2 games were the 2015 or the last 2 series were 201521000. that makes them the raining. busy champions now, as we look towards the women's world cup in 2023, the men have never gotten past the quarter finals by contrast. so it's been a bit galling for the women. they've been paid less than the men up until now. now they're going to be paid the same per match for a win and a major game that's $18.00 to $24000.00 per player. same as the men. but what the innovation here is that they're also splitting world cut funds. there's a fund of hundreds of millions of dollars that gets distributed to the mens team,

a fund of tens of millions of dollars. it gets distributed to the women's team. what they've done here is they've taken that pile of money for the men and for the women they put it all together and they're going to divide it equally among both the men and. ready women, this comes this 3 months after the women. many of the women in the league have ended a lawsuit for unequal pe. busy that will result in them getting $24000000.00 of back pay. and it comes that 6 months before them men's world cup in doha. women are now looking forward to 2023. and this is on the 0. these are the top stories, the u. s. it says it's confident finland and sweden will be accepted into nato. turkeys objected to them joining accusing the nordic countries of harboring what it calls terrorists. swedish and finish leaders will meet the u. s. president. on

thursday, march, the defense ministry is released footage of hundreds of ukrainian fighters, surrendering it body of poles as of style steel plant. moscow.