which constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security that starts by strongly and unequivocally calling the kremlin out for its atrocities in ukraine. and for worsening the global from crisis through an unprovoked war of aggression. morgan greatly members of the council. and for that matter, every un member state should press russert to stop actions that are making the food crisis in ukraine and around the globe. worse than it already was. stop blockading the ports in the black sea. and the sea of a's off allow for the free flow of ships and trains and trucks carrying food out of ukraine, stop preventing food and other life saving supplies from reaching civilians in besieged ukrainian, towns and cities, stopped threatening to withhold food and fertilizer exports from countries that criticize your war of aggression. all of this is essential to save lives in ukraine

and to save lives around the world. the russian federation is not the only government organization to exploit food and security for its own cynical ends. south sudan, armed groups and warring parties, have for years blocked humanitarian assistance. villians. experts estimate that up to 7000000 people will face crisis levels of food and security in the country. in this year, in syria, with the cremeans ongoing supports, the assad regime has besieged communities like eastern buddha and cause the widespread starvation of its own people. it also routinely obstructs the cross border delivery of life saving you monitoring aid, robbing, and even attacking united nations convoys. as we've discussed repeatedly in this council, as council must consistently call out governments and arm groups when they use similar tactics. like attacking the means of food production, distribution, blocking humanitarian aid from reaching those in need besieging civilian

populations. the united nations was created with the aim of advancing human rights and preventing atrocities, including including the atrocity of using starvation as a weapon against civilians. like during the siege of leningrad by the nazis during which an estimated 1000000 russians lost their lives. including many who starved to death. among the victims was the one year old brother, a president potent or during the lot of war, during which millions of craniums died of hunger due to a soviet campaign. a force collected was ation. and her it is on us to prevent this history from repeating itself to make sure that the past is not prologue,

is simple. the lives of millions of people depends. i now resume my function as president of the council. and i would like to give the floor to 1st or excellency. surely. just called a few minutes after $1600.00 g m t o watching on there alive. what entity blink in the us secretary of state is addressing the security council about food security that been an endless stream of speakers to discuss the issues prevailing the world on the back of the war in ukraine. kristen salumi has been following event for us at un headquarters, and let's begin go a little bit further. backups requested and asked why the us wanted to talk about this subject right here right now. well, the united states is acknowledging that the war in ukraine has having a knock on effect and global food prices. i and it's affecting

a lot of countries here at the united nations that aren't directly involved in the war, but whom the united states has relied upon for support in putting pressure on russia at the united nations. and he's also pushing back in, excuse me, pushing back a little bit against comments coming from russia that sanctions are somehow contributing to the problem of food insecurity and food, not getting to the market. food prices rising around the world globally. he saying, this is all russia's fault, all russia has to do is stop attacking ukraine and there's food there, there's enough food in the world. and he talked a very strongly accused russia of using starvation as a weapon of war. he pointed the finger at russia for bombing ports and grain silos so that food can't be exported or delivered out of ukraine. he pointed out that

a 3rd of ukrainians now need food assistance as a result of the conflict. and in fact, we heard from i also the world food program chief during this meeting as well. david beesley and he talked about the impact. rising food prices are having on poor countries around the world that the world food program helps. and he said, you know, when the bread basket of the world, ukraine and russia are seeing bread lines, you know, that we're going to be in trouble. so this is an attempt to call attention to suffering, not only in ukraine, but in places like africa, the united states, secretary of state antony blank and met with 10 foreign ministers from african countries yesterday and an attempt to reassure them and announce more funding for humanitarian aid internationally because of this, but it's a chance to really point the finger at russia in the security council and blame

them for this and, and another opportunity to call for an end to the aggression in ukraine. chris's living thanks very much for the updates because his c before that at un headquarters. not all of the top story and the leaders of finland and sweden have met us president joe biden at the white house. it's after they submitted that form and applications to join nato. they need the backing of all 30 members of the military alliance. tech has expressed its reservations of buttons as the applications will be verified, finland, and sweden make nato stronger. not just because of their capacity, their strong, strong democracies and a strong united nato is a foundation of america, security. by joining nato allies make a 2nd commitment to one another. attack on one is an attack against all.

well, diplomatic james space is standing by force and brussels with vessels call. save a tall white house correspondent. kimberly how can you joyce be now kimberly, it was a crucial meeting full president biden with his swedish and finish prime ministers as guess on the crucial discussions. really about the strategy moving forward to make sure they can actually become members of nato. as a crucial meeting for the u. s. president jo fight because he's thrown the full weight of the white house for the hive. the membership bids of sweden and finland and before those 2 nations, it was crucial because they really need the white house support in order to convince turkey, one of the opposing members currently. 2 of these membership bids in order to achieve the goal. now, in terms of the meeting, it lasted roughly an hour or so in the oval office. and then the leaders emerged in the rose court garden where the u. s. president. he spoke there really,

through his support behind this calling design historic moment and throwing the weight of the united states, saying that it has the villainous, we didn't really have the full support of the united states in terms of their effort calling nato. what of the strongest most powerful defense alliances in the world now? well, it's important to know that up until now sweden and finland have remain neutral. that, of course though, brushes invasion of ukraine changed all of that. i and again, it's really been the opposition to nato that has really spurned that russian invasion according to vladimir putin. but i think one of the other important things to mention in this rose garden, addressed by these leaders, is that as the president of finland really, i tackled the concerns of turkey head i. and when turkey really opposed, these memberships accused finland as well as sweden of harbouring ad nationalist

groups that that turkey deans, terrorist, ah, this is something that the president phil encountered saying that they take this very seriously, that talks will continue to overcome these challenges. and again, this is something that the white house is confident can be overcome, but the white house hasn't said how they believe this can be overcome. and even if this 1st hurdle is overcome, there still are plenty more opportunities that turkey has to veto these applications. so the way the way house will be vital throughout this process will come back to when we get more news out of that meeting for the moment. kimberly thank you. of course i will talk diplomatic, get it to james bases at nato headquarters. and james, it is obvious that politicians where you are focused on you, craig, but also keeping of a close eye, an ear on the ground as to what present biden is saying to both the finish and swedish leaders in the oval office about how to get through this impasse can i just

add one small caveat as well. james, in the last hour we had the form of finished prime minister on the news hour. and he said, it's not just about turkey accusing finland and sweden of hosting and looking after a terrorist as he calls them. but behind the scenes, turkey wants f. 35 fight is something that was denied to them because they took on board. so as a russian defense system, the s 400, lots of moving parts to this story. it's not as simple as it looks as it diplomatically. no, absolutely. speaking to diplomats about this and they say yes, president are the ones objections that he states are about kurdish nationalists and about what he says harbouring terrorism by sweden and finland. but perhaps there are other issues and perhaps the real targets of, of his comments is not sweden and finland, but it's actually the us. i think that they also

a little worried here because they thought when turkey 1st raised these objections just about a week ago. but it was a bump in the road that they would sorted out at the berlin summit of nato that took place. then they were hoping that a meeting between the us secretary of state, in the turkish foreign minister, was sorted out and still the objections of their, from the turkish side. that's worrying financially because they really were trying to fast track this process. they were going to get the application letters in, they were going to start the application process with the 1st few weeks they hoped to have things moving to such a pace that by the big summit, which is at the end of june, they can actually have these 2 nations sitting around the nato table as invitee members, although then that's further process of ratification. that has to be done. in most countries, most may say members by the parliament. so that will take some more months. and the worry is that this slows everything down. and sends a signal the signal they don't want to send

a signal of disunity. and that's it's certainly a signal that will be seen in the kremlin. what that have to be worried about when sweden and finland put in the letters before we could go was russia was going to cause trouble in some way. but actually the problems until now have come from one of their own members from, from turkey. indeed, we'll see what, how this evolves and transfer for the moment. james, thanks james bass at all diplomatic editor. ah, though to the days of the nice on the israeli military says it's not opening a criminal investigation is killing of out of their agenda sri. but actually in the occupied westbank, she was shot in the head by israeli forces while on assignment and jeanine on the day of her funeral israeli forces storm the procession and beat mourners, causing,

pulled iris to almost drop her coffin that didn't stop 1000 palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in the funeral and burial members of the international community have condemned to killing and continue to call for an investigation with police violence against mona's shrines. funeral is cited as one of the reasons a member of parliament has quit. his ralph governing coalition rita runway, as old as resignation. these prime minister in italy, bennet coalition with any 59 of the 120 seats in the connecticut in statements or by said that she no longer support the coalition that harasses arabs in a disgraceful way in one corner more from west jerusalem. well, there's no investigation, the israeli army of completely concerned that now. and the reason for this is that if they had to make an investigation, it would have to be one of the criminal nature. his the statement are the decision not to immediately launch an m p c id investigation. as he is ready military police

was made in accordance with the general policy regarding criminal investigations in judea and samaria. that's the israeli name for the occupied were spanked as approved by the supreme court. according to this policy, criminal investigation will not be launched immediately. if a death occurs during an active combat situation, unless there's a credible and immediate suspicion of a criminal offense that was identified during the event, so clearly, these railey army do not think the killing of a journalist who was wearing a vest and a helmet at was a criminal event and also in this current political climate in israel, at the investigation of any is running a soldier is simply unpalatable to be, is ready to be, is written public to the israeli government entities ready oppositional mat. they oversee injury, complete, unified by prosecuting a serving soldier in an active military operation. the messages being sent that no israeli soldier is safe. remember they have national service here as well. people have to so within the army. so does everybody in these republics has almost

a stake in what happens to any soldier, any police officer that comes in any kind of legal case? now, having said all of that, this hasn't surprised the family at school. oh, we spoke to the family. they've issued a statement and this is what they've said. we are expecting this from the israeli side. that's why we didn't want them to participate in the investigation. we want to hold whoever's responsible for these count accountable. we urge the u. s. in particular, said she is a us citizen and the international community to open a just and transparent investigation and to put an end to these killings. so the palestinians and the family themselves were never expecting and an investigation. however, these national community was the americans and particularly vocal saying that these rates were not only capable of mounting an independent investigation, but they were urging them to do so. so let's wait. we may, will hear from the americans later, but what kind of pressure they'll be able to put on it will given the strength of

the statement from these really, all me saying we're simply not investigating remains to be seen. also had here on al jazeera will tell you why levels won't have a new government anytime soon, despite the election that we drew the political man, ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book, your travel package today. but the monsoon france been officially recognized now the bay of bangor which takes up the energy of the atmosphere in this area so low. there are widespread showers on a daily basis. they're not quite as heavy or as frequent as they are. other times you mind you in borneo and stretching up towards northern philippines, it does look quite wet. come friday. the seasonal rains in east asia over land seem to be forgetting themselves there over water for the most part, affecting the smaller japanese islands and taiwan. but not the major islands,

not the korean france, or most of china. there's another pulse developing here in southern china. it miss hong kong, but it will produce some local flooding which is expected at this time. the pretty warm elsewhere beijing at $32.00. so few degrees above the average. now here is that monsoon rain coming, it's not exactly a straight line. it's over the islands is over me and mom, it's in the far north east of india. we've had some big showers recently in connecticut, down in carola, they're going to be repeated. as you know, the main story for india and pakistan, particularly in north, has been the pre monsoon heat. that's being tempered somewhat by increasing wind and occasional chairs. so temperatures have come, come down, but for rochester and beyond, up to deleon to look now is still hot. gusty and dusty official ally of the journey witness fe, witnessed bravery, witness, reader, witness, slavery, witness people, witness, power,

witness and lifetime witness in our witness. witness bees. witness prejudice. witness. peace, witness. love. witness. ball. witness. the world. witness. next door. witness. life. witness. era? lou. the me like you're watching out there with me to hold on the reminder volatile stories. these really military says it doesn't plan to investigate the fatal shooting of al jazeera journalist sharing utley and the occupied west bank. the heckling has been widely condemned and kaufman dependent investigation all growing. also,

a member of israel's governing coalition is resigned. right now. we have all of it says that police violence at german funeral is one of the reasons why the nation leads the prime minister of governing coalition. the minority of $59.00 seats and the $126.00. and the secretary of state has told a un security council that the lives of millions of race, nothing is done to restore ukrainian brain shit. anthony blink and keys, russia of using, sued as a weapon of war. russia says 1730 ukrainian fighters from the assault steel with murray, a pulse of surrender this week. they included $700.00, take not a wednesday. now rushes defense ministry says it's video shows ukrainian soldiers hunting themselves over to russian forces. but the faith is unclear. the red cross says it's registered hundreds of ukrainian fighters as prisoners of war. well,

further east fight against. continuing with russia reported, he's struggling to make significant advances as assa bag reports. where we are in the mood this building behind us. a missile landed right in front of it this morning, gripping that tree out of the ground and planting it in the middle of the street. now nobody was killed in this specific attack, but just down the street, we've just been apartment building where a 2 year old child was killed in an air strike. and rescue workers are still working to try to recover the bodies of 3 more people and be working for the last day, last 24 hours, non stop trying to recover those bodies. now this town we are in constant artillery fire missiles, rockets shelling. but if you go, just like you have the street, you'll see people walking right? somebody sensitize some people, just have nowhere else to go. but the reality is that nowhere in this town i did have a population of around 70000 is safe. the mare has less people to evacuate,

he himself, we are told, is currently in a bunker, just we can his rocket fi just to the right of us now. and nowhere here is safe. and what's happening in the east is that the situation has significantly deteriorated. we're hearing from the ukrainians that you know, the russians are not making advances, but the reality is that they have made some advances on several axis displaced. last week we were here and we could hardly hear on to refer a now the street so way more quiet. we are hearing rockets and natalie to refine shutting all the time earlier on. we heard a missile, go ahead and the aircraft, but elsewhere in the east, the russians house, the intention is to take don bus and this significant trying to really put pressure under ukrainians to try and do that. in other news, royal decree has been issued in jordan to restrict the movements of prince hunger and he became the 1st royal in the kingdom history to renounce his title. last

month. last year he was accused of plotting against his older brother, king abdullah. well, in a latitude jordanians, the kings that hums, i will say in his palace to prevent a repeat of his irresponsible actions thing in the region. the parliamentary election in lebanon last sunday has redrawn the political map. official results confirmed that the iranian bank has villa and its allies lost them majority, but new political partnerships have yet to take shape. and there are concerns of instability while talks to form a government drug on their hotel reports. now from beirut, there's so much of the past in today's lebanon front lines, from the civil war that ended in 1990, still separate communities, a divide that continues to play out in the streets and the political arena. know 2 of the fiercest adversaries are the main players and the newly elected parliament. samira georgia, the head of the christian liberties forces, who has been the most vocal critic of hezbollah,

accusing its military wing of undermining the lebanese state and implementing iran's agenda. i didn't know 0 mahler mitchell as he is, we are not ready to compromise with our political platform. we will coordinate with the property farmers and others in the opposition to charge the way forward. judgment has below which says its weapons are to defend lebanon from israel. and other threats was stripped of its majority in parliament. its leader has on the throne. acknowledging that monopoly and mal effect, the priority should be issues affecting people's lives. and this can't be done without cooperation and partnership because alternative is chaos and backing them in mind that but negotiating a deal on the makeup of the next government won't be easy. hezbollah has made clear it won't accept demand by the opposition, for a cabinet of experts to rescue the collapse economy. it insists on political

representation has been, has many enemies, chief among them, semi or shot us rela, has repeatedly accused of wanting to start a civil war. but in his 1st post election speech, not rela, called for calm and called on his supporters, not the chance with terry and slogans and not to provoke others who have different political views. not too long ago, blood was spilled onto the streets for hours, has below allied fighters and supporters of the lebanese forces during part of a route into a battle ground. now we have to put our hands together as beneath them because as the results of the election shall no one can eliminate the other $2.00. as well as weapons dominated political campaigns before the vote, which the group called its most important political battle. it may have lost this round, but it is still the main power broker. here than a hunter. elisha zita, beirut sir lincoln central bank will lead at least 6 more months before the console

repaying it's $51000000000.00 debt. the banks governor also says recent right some, the government's failure to a point to finance minister will likely delay negotiations for the international monetary fund. that's for lincoln's or suffering, the worst economic crisis in decades. heavy rains and flooding as well as land slides are affecting half 1000000 people in northeast and india. unusually heavy rains of, inundated hundreds of villages in the state of a psalm killing. at least 9 farmers say they've lost most of their crops. poverty middle has more from the regional capital. go, hattie, you know, as you can see, it's raining over here right now and has pretty much been the same for the last few days. ah, and situation has actually become worse recently and the prediction all that very heavy rains could continue well into the weekend at the state is on what is called red alert housings of people are stranded, at least 50000 have been up put in relief camp that is from of the government and

rescue operations are on the air force has been deployed to air drop supplies. what's been really challenging is of course, as you can see, the wind of the big concern is that the river, the main drive over here. the problem with the river, which is one of the longest rivers in the world. in fact, that's where we are standing on. the banks of that river is flowing above the danger mark in many of these places. and so the concern is that as the rains become heavier, those are that situation could also get out of control. no, what is really challenging are the relief effort, is the fact that key roads and keyed railway lines have been completely blocked off because of landslides. and so it's been difficult to get people out. those areas haven't completely cut off. and also these are important links to other parts of the larger northeast region. so housing for people in neighboring states have been

affected because of that. some states have started rationing fuel to make sure they don't run out because the government says it will take at least $45.00 days to get the rain re lines restored. but it does expect to get on the roads up and running over the next few days. now doctors are concerned by rare infection, usually spread by rats, monkeys, nafrica monkey pox as infected. an american man who had recently been in canada and the world health organization is concerned by discoveries of the disease in britain, portugal, and spain. in britain, the cost of infections affected gay men, health officials in the us all warning cases of cave at $19.00 a rising gun, could get worse in the coming months about a 3rd of the population. it's an air is considered a tie. risk with reported cases up to 26 percent from last week. us doctors say around one in 10 cave in 1900 patients will end up developing the condition known as long cave. it. the symptoms aren't completely understood, but include fatigue,

pain, mental impairment, and heart problems. hygiene, castro has both baltimore 5 minutes of play time with a 4 year old son is enough to raise michael clark's heart rate to a concerning level just a little bit. if he decided one day he wants to run away from the a probably can't chase him. what are we going to do? clark is 33 and was an avid runner before he contracted cove it in march 2020. now more than 2 years later, he still feels crippling fatigue and a long list of other symptoms. i'm a fraction of the person that i had hoped to be that i used to be. so we're talking, shortness of breath, rhetoric, in chest pains, we're talking chest tightness, we're talking intense, debilitating headaches. this is life with long cove. it defined by the world health organization as otherwise unexplained post covered symptoms that last for at least 2 months. many people like clark have symptoms that appear to be indefinite. he

says he's made lifestyle changes to cope, and it's fortunate to have a job that lets him work from home. many others are not as lucky. i've seen personally in my support groups, multiple people that have died by suicide because the symptoms of their long current experience was just too much to handle. and they couldn't withstand the pain anymore. i think that it's time to shift the focus from cove it as an acute, severe illness that has a mortality rate, which is very important, but also to start paying attention to those millions of people that are living disabled. and that are going to need programs and support from the government from society at large. johns hopkins is among the about 60 hospital system in the us, dedicated host covey clinics. medical experts say that is not nearly enough to treat the up to 23000000 americans suffering long term symptoms. oh

hello. hey. it took clark multiple referrals and months of waiting to be accepted into the johns hopkins clinic. here. he'll get a rehabilitation plan. there's still no cure for long cove id. the novelty of it is something that we have to live with because it is a big and known as to what the long term complications are going to be. the u. s. government has launched an effort to study and treat long covered, but the help can't come soon enough for those who are suffering and wondering if they'll ever get better. all right, is there girl, heidi joe castro al jazeera baltimore maryland. ah, no geologist ever with me? said robin indo hall, reminder of all top news stories. the israeli military says it doesn't plan to investigate the fatal shooting of al jazeera journalist.