africa direct on al jazeera. ah, i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents. and this is mean fighting both isis and also the 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father, the son and the g. hi. part teen on al jazeera. ah the fall of matter you, paul, russia says it's taken the whole of the port city after the last remaining ukrainian fight has surrendered. ah,

hello darn jordan. this is out as they are alive from doha. also coming up dozens of members of the us congress, call them at b. i and state department to launch an independent investigation into the killing of al jazeera germany is showing publicly a contentious pandemic policy remains the u. s. judge rules that corona viruses, frictions must continue from migrant seeking asylum on the southern border. and this is, can film festivals. he's female, direct us take the spotlight and the white for parity in the male dominated industry. ah, russia says it now control then tar, ukrainian port, city of matter. you pull off to the la soldiers hold up on me as of styled steel work, surrendered. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says they had been ordered to stop defending the city and lay down their weapons. new year tissue year. to day, the defenders received a clear signal from the military command that they can get out and save their lives

dosage. barry begins coverage from moscow. these are the last remaining ukrainian fighters in the as of style steel plant. now they are prisoners of war. they survived russia's onslaught for more than 2 months in the steel plant. their future is now unknown. their surrender brings a much needed victory for russian forces in the strategically important port, city of mary opal, the ministry of defense as reported to president of russia on the end of the operation on the complete liberation of us, of sto, industrial complexes and of the city of mario polka from ukrainian fights was the kremlin, says those who surrendered will be treated in line with international norms. some russian lawmakers have demanded. they be tried for war crimes. and one said they should face the death penalty. sergei chicago announced his forces alongside rushing back separatists will soon claim full control over the elegance creegan,

eastern ukraine, but i had a victory that's long overdue for his forces. forces the defense minister wants to expand. he revealed plans for 12 more military units to be added to the military districts in western russia in response to finland and sweden applying to join nato . that expansion needs more man power, and the russian lawmakers may have the solution. the st tomorrow on friday said it's considering a bill that would allow russians over the age of 40 and foreigners. over the age of 30, to sign up for the military, the website of the russian parliament, lower house, the state duma said. the move would enable the military to utilize the skills of older professionals. familiar with the use of high precision weapons and military equipment. as what russia calls its special military operation near the 3 month mark, there is no indication from either side of an end to the conflict store such

a part al jazeera moscow. well, the fight has hold up at the as of south steel plaza. from the as of battalion, vladimir putin has used the fight as, as a key part of his narrative. when trying to justify the invasion of ukraine will, as of 1st formed as a volunteer force in 2014 defending matter, you pull from russia back separatists. many of its fighters were drawn from far right, neo nazi groups. the unit was officially incorporated into ukraine's national guard in 2014 and keep insist that by then, it had moved away from its radical origins. but in 2018, the u. s. congress had them banned from receiving military aid due to their ideology, the you and also accused them of violating international humanitarian law. but as off denies any neo nazi association, it's gained a reputation for fierce fighting and has become a public face of ukraine's resistance in this war, which would in us live on skype from pittsburgh, pennsylvania is collin clark is a senior research fellow at the su fan group that's

a non partisan strategy center. and so with mario pulled now fallen, calling them in. how significant is this militarily and is this a much needed strategic when for russian forces, do you think? well, i think it is because the russians been, it have been on their back foot since this conflict started nearly 3 months ago. everybody's seen the really poor russian military performance from logistics to concentrate in combined arms. this is been a major surprise and disappointment, certainly for the kremlin. and finally, they've been able to claim a victory. and i think it is, it is important. i would say it's more tactical than it is strategic. but nonetheless, russia farley puts one in the win column after 3 months. yeah. and caught, and so what does the full of mario, pl mean then for ukraine, if russia cuts off it's access to the see of as of and potentially further south the black sea. it's a, it's a big deal. i mean, you know, in that respect,

rushes trying to have territorial continuity and they're trying to build a land bridge from the east heading further south and exactly along the coast. as you mentioned, any kind of coastal access is critical. and a conflict like this, i don't expect mariel to stay in russian hands long term. but i think that's something that now will have to be on the negotiating table as we move closer, we're clearly in some kind of a stalemate. and i think the international pressure to reach a deal will be raptured off in the coming weeks. yeah, people are ready asking the questions, how is russia likely to treat the soldiers and civilians who surrendered at murray? po is russia bound to treat them humanely under international law. well, under international law, russia is bound to treat them humanely, but russia doesn't even treat its own troops, humanely. they've left dead bodies that the bodies of dead soldiers on the battlefield that have been eaten by dogs and carcasses carried away. it seems that the ukrainians care more about dead russian soldiers than the russian military does

. so i, you know, i don't think russia is bound by any international law, even as a member of the un security council. it's proven that it's gone beyond the pale and will do, you know, really some, some pretty grotesque and agree just acts in this conflict. it's, it's, you know, it's been laid bare for all the world to see. calling just to final thought to you, the russian defense minister has announced his forces will soon be in full control of the la hans region in don bass. what does this mean for the military calculation on the ground for both sides? well, of course its ukraine territory, so it's lost there. but for russia, if you want to call it a victory, it's a pyrrhic victory. meaning, you know, they've destroyed every possible thing and sight to, you know, to, to take this territory. and so i think in the end, rushes, you know, really heavy handed kind of draconian scorched earth policy is going to be counterproductive. you know, again, this is my office, it's

a short term gain for what i think long term is actually going to work against moscow. alright, our current law when a good to get your thoughts. thank you very much. indeed for talking to our to 0. thank you. can now your claims president has really security video showing a russian missile, hitting the cultural center and lives over city in the car keys. it says there were 7 victims, including an 11 year old child and describe the strike as absolute evil. elsewhere . russian troops have been ramping up their assault on the east and the hands region. intense fighting has been reported around the riverside cities of sarah. the next and life is shuns. russia wants to see the last remaining ukranian held territory in the hands of provinces. claims on behalf of separatists regions. governance is at least 13 civilians, divers and russians shilling on thursday. several palestinians have been injured in a confrontation with israeli security forces in the occupied west bank happened in our missouri. l gotta be near ramallah,

the fighting to place up to is really troops right in the village. now is there a media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into the killing of a journalist in the occupied west bank. showing of actually was shot him a head by israeli forces, while she was on assignment in jeanine, on the day of her funeral is ready for his store. the procession and started beating mourners, causing poor bearers was drop her casket. well, that didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial. members of the international community have condemned her killing on continue to call for an investigation. about clay was without us here of a 25 years coming the story of these railey occupations. she was known as the voice of palestine. while the 2nd general at amnesty international agnes column are treated in response to israel's decision, not to investigate the murder saying it's an additional violation of sharina right to life and a clear violation of israel's obligation on the international law. one,

amongst many, she goes on to say this is what repression and domination look like. some lives simply don't matter. well the u. s. government has repeated it's called for a thorough and transparent investigation into the killing of sure. in other actually, state department spokesman, net price says an investigation must result in accountability will hydro castro join us live now from washington? d. c. how do you? so what more details came out of that, ned price briefing that he darren, so this was an audio briefing in which the spokesman for this usa department was asked to react to israel, saying and will not launch a criminal investigation into sharina killing. and he said very little, basically what you just summed up. he said they again the u. s. is asking for a thorough in transparent investigation that must include accountability at he didn't go to detail exactly how or who should be can ducting that investigation, which is what the u. s. policy has been since the 9 days that sharina was killed

while she was doing her job on the occupied west bank. and there has been condemnation from the bite administration, as well as from congress on how to u. s. house members of signed a letter to the f b i so, so what are we asking for them? that's right, so this letter is still circulating through capitol hill right now. it has 56 signatures, all democratic members of the house, a could garner more support. and what it's asking is for the u. s. state department and for the f b i to launch their own independent investigation into sharina, killing and to see whether or not her killing violated any u. s. laws. of course, she really was a jewel us citizen. i. now this is again, $56.00 members have signed on as of now that's a significant number, but still it's a very small are significantly small fraction of the total members of congress and it doesn't carry any legal weight to it. however,

as one of the leaders of this effort told al jazeera congressman andre carson, he said that it's clear this letter is demanding answers and it makes clear that journalists must be protected around the world, darren, or ga, castro life, or stay in washington dc. hydro. thank you. well friends and colleagues of serene blackly have spoken of her legacy and the dangers faced by palestinian reporters. it's in a special edition of talk to al jazeera. i was not the kind of person that can be for. she's not the kind of person that shouldn't be for them. it's such a heavy burden. immunity that is early on is having no one and they're not being held accountable. no respect for that. no respect for the living, nothing. you do that with a few months every year we lose journalists on posters. now they say the daughter

of palestine. she was and you could watch the full program talk to al jazeera in the field on saturday at 430 g m t. a u. s. judge is block plans to lift a contentious pandemic policy. that allowed migrants to be expelled of a coven 19 concerns. the justice department says it will appeal the decision. the controversial measure known as type of 42, allows us authorities to quickly expel most asylum seekers arriving at the mexico border without giving them a chance to request protection in the country. it was brought in as a panoramic policy and due to end on may 23rd. but a u. s. judges block plants and lifted medical experts say it's no longer needed. but manual rapid jones was live now from mexico city money. so what more could you tell us about the judge's ruling them? darren, as you mentioned already, title $42.00 is a pandemic era policy. it's

a measure that was put in place 2 years ago as a sort of pre text to use the coven 19 pandemic. as a way to legally interrupt the traditional asylum process in the united states, this was put in place during the trump administration. we've now heard a statement from the white house just moments ago, following that ruling by that district court. this is from the white house press secretary. the administration disagrees with the court's ruling, and the department of justice has announced that it will appeal this decision. adding that the authority to set public health policy nationally should rest with the centers for disease control. now with a single district court, we have yet to hear a response here from the mexico side. although mexican officials have been watching this very closely precisely because of the number of migrants and asylum seekers of from mexico, from central america, from countries like nicaragua, cuba, venezuela, and elsewhere in the world who have been arriving on the us mexico border of

enlarge numbers and being forced to wait specifically on the mexican side of the border, we know that migrants and asylum seekers are well aware of the political debate that's playing out in washington dc. just this week, there were demonstrations outside of the u. s. consulate in mexico, in the one our migrants and asylum seekers, were a pleading to u. s. officials to allow the title $42.00 to be removed so that they can plead their asylum cases to u. s. officials. again, these are folks that in many cases have been here, weeks, months, or even years since the beginning of title 42 in 2020. now what we are hearing from human rights observers, both in the united states and here in mexico, is that title 42 should be lifted. one that he a human rights observer said that this is a zina phobic policy masquerading as a public health measure. one thing that is of concern for mexican officials is that the longer that title 42 remains in place it delays that traditional asylum process

adding to the numbers and, and really stretching the resources for the mexican government and what sort of services they are able to provide to asylum seekers who are for lack of a better term, stranded on the mexican side of the border money. thank you. i lost myself to come here now does air including us? president joe biden is in south korea where he seeking solutions to the global computer shortage and poles open in australia as an action where tight contest expected moment. ah hello very much is a tile of 2 halves across. so north america, the moment we have some alike whether across eastern paths, we have wintry, like weather, over towards the west,

you see that cold air cross pacific northwest. when i say it was west, not the desert southwest, the heat continues here. phoenix, 36 celsius. but look, are the red down towards the southeast, the east coast dc, getting up to 33 celsius and arising near where we have that cold air and the warm air. as per usual, we're going to have some lively storms brewing up just around the the lakes pushing all the way down into the deep south. we'll get some heavy and sundry down. pause, larch hail. and we could see some localized flooding as the system continues to drive its way further. east was becoming more organized just around the appalachians. as we go through sunday. it's hot is humid, sticky into the northeast corner, d. c. a 34 celsius, new york. touching a 30 degrees, troy a clear refresh of weather comes back in behind one or 2 showers over towards the at the rockies at this stage. and we got one or 2 showers just around the greater antilles, particularly around that to western side of cuba. the west side of the caribbean, the live the showers as we go on through the next couple of days, nicaragua,

towards yucatan, but fine for the east. ah. trust in authority, use as an old time low. you want that for hench distress. this is a battle about what the truth actually al jazeera investigative unit pulls back the curtain and reveals how fierce suspicion and conspiracy theories have become. the tools of the powerful were in a dangerous territory and that dangerous territory runs deep. what happens now that we've literally diverge that may well be how democracy dies, the truth illusion on al jazeera. oh, a

welcome back. quick remind about top stories here. this out of the us, as reiterated, is called for our own transportation destination, into the killing of ounces era journalist. surely another state department spokesman net prices. any investigation must include a counter plan to lift a controversial cobit $900.00 measure on immigration, have been blocked by a judge in the us. now there's title 42. it allows border officials to turn away mixed muslims for can seek asylum and russia says it now controlled all of not even hold off of the final ukrainian soldiers hold up in the other styles. deal with plants surrender ending a weeks long, siege, arriving and eliminates can be held as prisoners of finland, says russia with a whole deliveries of natural gas from saturday morning. that's after moscow rules and stops applying electricity to the nordic nation last week. finland has officially applied for nature membership. despite warnings from moscow,

says it will now get gas from estonia. russia, state owned energy, firm gas problems, stop natural gas deliveries to poland on bulgaria last month after they refused to pay roubles. and took his present rep type o 2 and says he will hold talks with his finish counterpart on saturday, about sweden and finland bid to join nato. the nordic nations formerly applied to join the alliance on the wednesday, citing russia's one ukraine as a security threat. but president one reiterated that he opposes their applications, which must be approved by all nature members. turkey says sweden and finland support what it describes as tara organizations. good experience, alicia turnbull, goodish admitted. of course, we will continue all these discussions for the sake of not interrupting diplomacy. we are clearly saying this, since we have all the information and documents related to those terror organizations and we are the victim, we will not support a terror organization to become

a nato member. as we are aware of nato sensitivities related to terra, and we acknowledge the fact that nato is a security organization. a germany has signed the energy partnership, deal with cat are to reduce his dependency on russia. cat as a me, a shot to me, been hammered out. fanny met the german chancellor in berlin. he confirmed they hoped, liquefied natural gas. ellen gee, was start reaching germany from 2024 and says, cut our will help contribute to europe's energy security. rubin industry for many years, and l n g. and we're, we're very proud to hopefully the expansion will be there's a gas expansion that will be ready, hopefully by 2026. we understand now the energy security is very important and gas fuller is playing a very vital role. and it's going to be very important for the transition period as well. so this is an investment that is very important to us and we're looking forward as well. that especially in the gas sector that to explore new

markets. but you are stock market now and he averted entering a bear market on friday. the benchmark s and p 500 index ended 18.6 percent below the record high set in early january. a recovery late in the day prevented the index and finishing more than 20 points below that mark, which would have been considered the beginning of the bear market. analysts are seeing this as a sign the u. s. put into a recession in the near future. rising interest rates, high inflation to warn ukraine and a slow down in china's economy. a cause and investors to lose confidence. joe button is in south korea for his 1st asia trip. as you, as president, is there to discuss relations with china and north korea's nuclear ambitions. it also says he hopes deals in the region and fix problems with global supply chains. flawlessly reports from the south korean capital u. s. president biden's 1st stop in south korea. a computer chip planned by samson, that could serve as a model for

a multi 1000000000 dollar facility being built in the u. s. that underscores the importance of the semiconductor industry computer chips, power, modern technology for vehicles to artificial intelligence, but a global chip shortage. since the pandemic has affected the availability of many of these products, 3 quarters of global chip production comes from asia. the biden administration is now looking to shift some of that to the us. how we'll do that in my view is by working with close partners who do share or values like you would probably good career, secure more of what we need from our allies and partners and bolster our supply chain resilience. the move is also partly driven by china's drive for self sufficiency in ship production with the government pouring billions of dollars into the industry. for the u. s. to maintain its technological advantage, it has to invest in computer chips for south korea,

a focal point of precedent biden's visit is an opportunity to strengthen existing ties into a more comprehensive partnership. in there, i'm gonna give you, i hope that today's visit will serve as an opportunity for the r o k u. s. relationship to be reborn as an economic security alliance based on advanced technology and supply chain cooperation. president biden's visit comes a week after he hosted southeast asian leaders at the summit in the u. s. analysts say these events underscore how the indo pacific region remains a top priority for the biden administration. on saturday, the 2 presidents were hold a summit with they're expected to discuss regional security, including the de new clarissa ation of the korean peninsula. florence really al jazeera sol lebanon's outgoing government is approved a financial recovery plan during its last meeting before come and a can take a cabinet. the new strategy needed to secure international aid includes

restructuring the hard hit, banking sector, and amending decades old banking secrecy laws. lobby up to the incoming parliament to back the plan. lebanon has been grappling with the worst economic crisis in its modern history. to let it was one of the challenges facing our country requires strong management and cooperation from all parties and not to delay in transmitting files, because time is no longer available for any delay. this delay has caused lebanon, and the lebanese people are lot, have done this solution 2 years ago. the cost would have been much lower. and with every passing day, the cost of a more and more if we don't get into the recovery plan and implemented fully. packet towns, former prime minister in one con, is calling on supporters to march on the capital and reject his removal from office . com has been running support since losing office and no competence vote in parliament last month. he's refused to accept the outcome and accuse rivals and former allies of being part of

a foreign plot against him is they deny. and you faces fronting north korea's fight against colbert 19 outbreak. were you young? charl is appearing on television daily and reporting the latest figures that it says stand more than $2000000.00 infections? it's announcements are similar to those americans. infectious disease expert dr. anthony found she little is known about real, including his medical qualifications outside experts though say there's still plenty of doubt surrounding the size of north korea's outbreak given if denial is since the start of the panoramic remainder took reaching in there taking a strategic approach here trying to overcome this through the active participation of residence. but if the number of confirmed cases or deaths is too high, then it will likely still people's fears and sour public sentiment. so they might be under reporting the numbers. australians are voting in a national election with opinion polls showing the opposition labor party not only ahead of the ruling, conservative coalition. prime minister scott morrison has held

a tough job for 4 years. labor leader anthony out uneasy is calling on voters to choose change campaigns been dominated by rising living costs, climate change and national security. voting is compulsory. an initial result should be known later been a businessman in mosque has met brazil, president jam both in r o, during an unannounced visit to south palo state. brazil is seeking a partnership with the world's richest man to improve internet access in schools and preserve the amazon rain forest. but under both knowledge leadership, deforestation has reached its highest annual rates and more than a decade. if it's being seen of a political boost of both scenarios, was trading in the polls ahead of our election. politicians in the us state of oklahoma, approved a bill banning a boston almost all circumstances. it now goes to the states republican governor recently signed another tough abortion bill into law will be few exceptions under the new legislation, including rape cases, of incest, supreme court consumed,

overturn a long standing ruling would lead to more restrictions across the country. now as the stars continue to line up the international can film festival many are focused on the top prize, the palm dual. despite a promise 4 years ago that the festival would work towards great agenda parity. only 5 of the 21 films competing for the prize, a directed by women out there with charlie angeles, but to some of those making a name for themselves. i think tale of male friendship against the backdrop of the italian out. the 8 mountains is a stunning film, co directed by belgian charlotte divan, denise o one decade to continents, and is what is the $21.00 film competing for the palm dual prize? we approach it as a love story because friendship is love. and the families important mother father, your ancestors also can you escape where you come from?

can you do it differently? what's your destiny? can you escape your destiny then? denise co directed with her husband's feelings on grown again and spoke about what she learned from the process. be able to say no to people when it's necessary and to invite them in and be generous when there's a time for it. but just to remain really focused because that's the heart of what you're doing and, and yeah often filmmaking is just a lot of things at the same time. and go in the history of can only 2 women have won the palm, the prize, the best director. and no protest for the festival to sign agenda piracy pledge 2018 is a problem. not just for the festival, but for the film industry at large. this year, only 25 percent of the film submitted for consideration were directed by women, still a records the can. rodeo is a french film about a girl breaking into a male dominated world set in the suburbs of border. it follows a group of working class kids pursuing that passion for illegal done by reading to

them. the 1st time director role french, full year investigating the motor cross scene, she says she wanted to create a character. we rarely see on screen. she is as to in polite to, to say that that dog. hello, i'm julie. how are you? no, no, no. she is leg by breaking the wool and get into the group her i leg valence her female character. female direct is like quiver all xander mish, offering fresh voices in cinema. their films were snapped up even before being screened and can proving the audience appetite is already there. charlie angela al jazeera can ah, type a quick check of headlines here on al jazeera. russia says it now controls all of matter. you pull off to the final ukrainians.