and politically engaged, the challenges they face couldn't be more dancing here. and beta, we were the ones who had lights on what was going on in a way that most means to me did in those looking stuff. think about the ban. lebanon is always in the buy number for us formation. we have the agency to create the vibe of the generation. changed on al jazeera from the ruins of mosul, music as re emerged. these are some of 40 musicians who make up the weather orchestra in iraq. second largest city, despite being banned, been mostly was occupied by i so the melodies arrived derfin christian curd or obscene needs. and she has these young men and women represent the diversity of iraq to be able to hear music. i mean the ruins of mussels, old city, feel strange, but it brings home. the resilience are presidents who say that despite the destruction and lack of help, they remain committed to bringing the city back to life.

ah, russian false is said to be in a frenzied push to capture one of the la cities on the craning control and the land screeching. ah, i'm sammy's a band. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall, so coming up as lebanon's 1st time and he's march for change. the new parliament ria likes the same speaker. for the past. 30 years. fence is come down on life, returns to the street south to china. ease is covered 19 restrictions and 2 of the biggest cities plus i'm gabe rose onto it. new york city, where the mayor has ordered the force for removal of all ho, listen cabinet. it's proved to be highly controversial. that story coming up.

we begin in ukraine where a fierce battle the control is being waged along its eastern front line on the 97th day of the war. here's what it looks like. the areas in red are controlled by russia and it's separatist allies. russia is focusing its name, combat efforts on the city of severe done yet skin the hands. ukraine says it's in control of only half of the city is heavy fighting in these parts of the don bass region. russia is trying to break through ukrainian defenses and encircle its forces. on the southern front, ukraine is pushing a counter offensive to try and recapture hudson zim basra. these in care of, he says it's hard to get a clear picture of what's happening in severe autodesk. the spotlight has really been onset and asked for some time because it seems to be

a city that is so put upon by the russian advance that it could be the next city that falls into russian control. at least that's what we're hearing from russian media outlets. what the ukrainians are saying is that the russian advance into the center of the city is happening, but it is happening slowly. now the city administration head in severson that says that only half the city is under russian occupation. but just to give you a sense of how quickly it's moving yesterday, only a 3rd of the city was considered to be occupied by russian forces that have been advancing for several days and weeks. now in terms of what's happening on the ground there, it is really difficult to know ukrainians tell us that they're very concerned that this could be another or pain, or another boots or another barranca. and there are estimates that as many as 1500000000 may have been killed. the seated administrator has been quoted in reports to say that many people are dying as they're being shell directly as a shelter in basin. so you know exactly how bad it is, will only be known by the people that are experiencing this now. and if and when

you craniums are able to go into places that have been show, the worry is that it will reveal that this war has been extremely, extremely deadly. this fight for several, the next has been extremely deadly. evacuations happened, halted. that's been what the ukranian government announced yesterday. we also saw that an evacuation bus that was meant to bring people out. an armored car was attacked yesterday as it was trying to go into the area to pull at least 10 people out to safety. and a journalist was even killed trying to cover that part of the evacuation a cry and says it's identified $600.00 a legit russian war crimes suspects in the start prosecuting 80 of them the international criminal court as described ukraine as a crime scene earlier. it's prosecutor held the press conference in the hague, alongside officials from ukraine, poland and lithuania, russia's invasion, and the subsequent discovery of hundreds of killings in places such as the key of suburb future have led to calls for an investigation. this is

a criminal investigation. i've said when i was in boucher, in fact with the prosecutor general, that unfortunately the reality seems to be that ukraine is a crime scene. and we'll do our best to focus our resources, to make sure we couldn't get to grips with what has taken place and elevate the most serious, apparent crimes for investigation. and we'll keep going. hopefully, toby cabman is the co founder of the gordon maker group and co head of gluttony, curt, 37 international justice chambers in london. he says the timeline for the investigations will be a lengthy 1. 1 of the greatest challenges that they do have is that the, the war is raging on as we've seen, where we're also seeing mass graves being uncovered even even today. so it is a very, very difficult task. i think what's important is that we are saying unprecedented resources being, being given, to the prosecuting authorities and with the joint investigated tough forces that

are bringing together countries like prevalent lithuania countries that have an interest in investigating and prosecuting these matters domestically. i think that the resources are being placed there, but i think what we would like to see much more is the strengthening of the prescript general's office and support being in her office so that they can be properly investigated. as we know, the court will not be able to deal with everything the length of time, what kinds investigation, by their very nature are complex and can take many, many years. so i think we'll be looking at the situation in ukraine for many years to come. as we've seen in other areas such as a governor where they're still prosecuting from a 90 to 95 conflict in terms of whether we can get the perpetrators before court. yes, of course, the majority of the perpetrators are going to be russian military and political

figures that will not necessarily cooperate with an investigation. but that's why the documentation of these crimes has to know so that the evidence is safeguarded. so even if we're not able to get through them before court today or tomorrow, we will be able to get the most senior trades before court one day earlier on tuesday, ukrainian called sentenced to russian soldiers to 11 and a half years in jail for shelling civilians this is the 2nd verdict handed down in war crimes trials held by ukraine. since the start of russia's invasion, the pair had acknowledged being part of an artillery unit that fired at targets in the hurricane region from across the russian border that were captured once they cross over. and e u. leaders of wrapped up the extraordinary summit in brussels, discussing the global food crisis, worsened by the war and ukraine. let's, after a late night deal to ban most russian all imposed by the end of the year. only effects oil arriving by see not by pipeline after opposition from hungary. you

might remember that in the sy their lead us decided to phase out the dependency on ration fossil fuels. as soon as possible. we started with comb. yesterday, in the middle of the night, we decided then to have a van now on defacto 90 percent of russian oil imports to the european union. by the end of the year, a cargo ship has left the ukrainian port of mario paul for the 1st time since russia captured the city. it said to be carrying thousands of tons of metal to the russian city of roster. von don, ukraine says the shipment amounts to looting. russia's foreign minister says moscow will guarantee the shipping of ukrainian grain with conditions. so gay leverage says, allowing grain exports by sea requires ukraine. remove mines from its ports. not

later when you know pretty much the we are friends in detail about the measures taken by the russian side for more than a month to ensure the free passage of ukrainian grain carrying ships which are currently trapped in ukrainian portals. but for this, ukrainian officials must clear minds from ukrainian territorial waters. the de mining problem which we have been drawing the attention of western colleagues for several weeks is resolved. the russian navy will ensure that these ships passing to the mediterranean and then to their destination speaker of lebanon's parliaments of the past 30 years has been reelected. naverde was chosen by m. p. 's in the 1st session of parliament following the election of this month. before he was narrowly voted in peace, making their debut march to parliament calling to change santa hold. the reports from beirut. 4 0, it's a moment of change. oh, representatives of lebanon's protest movement making their way to parliament. they

walked past security forces, who once kept them out during massive demonstrations in recent years. it's the 1st session of the newly elected legislature. and these 1st time, employees are hoping to bring change to a decades old system. there is no democracy in lebanon, what the consultation and completion system. but we are here to leave wars democrats in lebanon, and to reinforce even the right. what gun on that if you, with any, any kind of compromises, compromises based on power sharing between the political establishment of them have long been how politics is done here. that's how parliamentary speaker in to be very was re elected, can run a 100 and he has been in the position for 3 decades. and for many a symbol of a failed system, riddled with corruption. but this time it was different, very failed to get the endorsement of a majority and one with the slim of martin

a blow, but symbolic annoying um on how they looked at her. they're trying to her bed for those who were hoping for radical change that hasn't happened. change in peace, couldn't win enough seats. the status quo didn't change it on my goals. and seventies leaders who have been in power, who are expected to have the final say on what's next. the vote for a new speaker starts a constitutional process that includes the formation of a new government. and in a few months, the election of a new president. but the current landscape in parliament, the lack of a clear cut majority means there could be protracted negotiations. an extended political vacuum won't help a state and an economy that has all that collapse. the parliament has failed over the years to implement or undertake any economic reforms for that matter. and during the crisis, in fact, the parliament obstructed economic changes and economy could be formed. politicians

are also accused of obstructing accountability for the bay route port explosion that killed more than 200 people 2 years ago. though with the state killed by brother, they are responsible for them and we want to know the truth. for those who are confronting the system, no democratic change cannot come overnight, but today's vote appears to be the beginning. then. uh huh. there al jazeera belt coroner vice restrictions and china's too big a cities are finally easing, for millions of people have been stuck in doors. shanghai is lifting its 2 month, locked down from midnight on wednesday. many businesses can reopen and they'll be fewer restrictions on going out and working. in beijing, gyms, museums, theaters are all reopening, but with limits on visitors, katrina, you has more from badging. this is the busiest this area has been for weeks where in beijing, eastern young district, the biggest district in the city where people have been told they no longer need to

work from home. authorities in beijing say the current grown of ours outbreak is basically under control and many restrictions on easing. public transport has resumed here after almost 3 weeks of being florida shopping centers move libraries in june can also open back up thought a limited to 50 percent capacity. where is it and say they're relieved that the capital has managed to avoid a hard locked down. and are looking forward to getting back to know me chance you tell me what your prevention and control measures policy, which was really tough. that was difficult time. now i love you back to normal. what a good feeling i'm going to. we've been waiting for this day for so long. finally, we can walk really on the street. but in some parts of the city, especially in the cities west that are still some restriction in place and throughout all of the aging schools sort of fall, remain online. and restaurants can only offer take outs services. there are still

a few core of ours cases being found in the community. and because of this, residents need to take a quarter of a test every 2 days in order to enter the public areas. taiwan and the us national god. a planning what's being described as cooperation. taiwan president says it's a sign of deepening security type. the announcement came as the us senate to visit, ty pay, jeanette. she it was here. last july, sen duckworth was one of the main sponsors of the taiwan partnership act, which received bipartisan support in the u. s. congress. as a result, the u. s. department of defense is now proactively planning cooperation between the u. s. national guard anti ones defense forces. sen duckworth also recently introduced to bill the further prioritizes taiwan security. as part of u. s. military deployment in the indoor pacific region. so i had an al jazeera ah, people joining police on light patrols to catch criminal gangs,

robbing south africa, of electricity. and canada looks at banning the sale of hand guns following recent mass shootings in the u. s. plus ah, the journey has begun the fee for world copies on its way to cattle group. your travel package today. how i was seen some flooding rains across southern parts of china, the usual seasonal downpours there on the may you front. you can see that organized band of cloud here. deadly flights in parts actually. and it does stay wet across southern parts of china. over the next few days, you can see the pulses of heavier ranges pushing out into the northwest pacific a child, some showers there on wednesday for southern parts of q. she see that continues to drive its way further. waste was as we go through thursday some where to weather

will move across the northeast of china through were north korea pushing over towards northern parts of japan. sherry rain coming through here. 27 celsius there . tokyo, 2018. so hot is still there across basing. but southern areas of china still seeing further heavy pulses of rain continuing, heavy showers to across a good part of indo china larvae. showers there into much of the philippines. somewhat dry, somewhat brighter across sir malaysia. but he to the day showers here, along with indonesia more the way persistent re now piping up across southern parts of india for corolla monsoon raised their forceful anchor for a good part of me and mother ne of india and also into bangladesh. pre monsoon showers. meanwhile, run right up the western gas, and it does tend somewhat hotter, but pakistan cats are airway official airline of the journey. ah, her domain, the intersection of reality and comedy in post revolutions in india, her mission,

to entertain, educates, and river debates through satire. her weapon of choice, theater, an intimate look at what inspires when a tennis is most popular, comedians to make people laugh. nitin is your hair on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back to watching al jazeera time to recap our headlines now. russian forces have seized control of half east and ukraine, and city of stereo dawn, the exc. it's concerted key to moscow's efforts to take to the hans, which is part of the dumbass region. that's where russia has supported separatist

for years. international criminal court on ukraine's chief prosecutor site. the investigation suspected war crimes committed by russian forces. crane says it started prosecuting 80 out of $600.00 russian suspects. the speaker of lebanon's parliament for the past 30 years, the big battery has been narrowly reelected for parliament reconvenes for the 1st time since an election. early of this month, 13 independent new commerce, march the demand, political reforms. now canada's government is trying to ban the sale of hand guns. prime minister justin trudeau says tougher laws were already in the works. but mass shootings in the us of spurred more action catalog has oregon reports. it's been seen as the most ambitious proposal, yet to restrict firearms in canada. prime minister just and trudeau described it as a national freeze up hand gun ownership. what this means is that it will no longer

be possible to buy cell transfer or import hand guns anywhere in canada. in other words, were capping the market under the bill canadians who already have hand guns can keep them. but any one involved in domestic violence or criminal harassment will lose their firearm license. the size of ammunition magazines will be limited and there will be increased penalties for gun smuggling. the crack down comes days after the school shooting and texas which killed $21.00 people. while canada has stricter gun laws in the us. canadians have suffered an increase of gun violence in recent years. in 2020 it band, semi automatic rifles after 22 people were killed in a mesh shooting in o scotia,

some gun own or say there contesting that van in court. the new legislation is expected to be enacted in the autumn, but a rush to by hand guns ahead of the ban isn't expected. authority say sales are already heavily regulated. katya lopez, leanne al jazeera, the mayor of new york is being criticized for how this is he treats homeless people . activists are accusing eric adams of ordering on necessary and heavy handed raids on shelters. the situation is focusing attention on how communities nationwide treat the 600000 homeless americans. cable, alexander explains. boys will not want to print, not a symbol is no. neil seeing is in shock and feeling stressed. i sing and his partner are homeless. the 2 of them live on a sidewalk in new york's chinatown neighbourhood. in an encampment they call home. i will go by song. but on this day, under the watch of police officers,

city workers had come to dismantle it. effort all their possessions were thrown away. april everything a mile away ran for blankets, so close to sneakers. so shampoo lo, body. oh shoot. the order is everything is brand new still gets the guy the owner. oh so how does that make you feel? i'll be will, back, it goes out. mostly it's on people gimme out. we're full. this is what i do all day collect bottles in here today and metal, dozens of such sweeps of homeless encampments have been conducted in recent weeks in new york city. i homeless advocates say it's heavy handed and a waste of resources. how many cups were here? there was 2 bands of cops around the corner. troops responding to 2 homeless tends to do homeless people in tents. that the amount of money that is spent every day on the sweeps on these raids, which is what they are, can be $1.00 day can pay for

a week's housing for everybody. in this, in camp president joe biden recently announced new initiatives to combat homeless vis throughout the united states. it calls for among other things, more funding for affordable housing. but here in new york, the mayor eric adams says the 1st step is to clear homeless from the streets, and that's why he's ordered this sweeps, we have tolerated homelessness. won't pass our brothers and sisters who are living in tents on the street. and we normalize the homeless encampment ship increasingly become a national issue from los angeles, san francisco, portland, to boston in new york. as the sweeps continue talk about santa bell. so today is a protest in opposition to them. oh, many fear the sweets will force them back into homeless shelters, they say, are unsafe,

i'm going to be facing homelessness soon. i would not choose an option of the shelter. it's the worst place to put human beings. every one is crowded. there that the conditions, all of that though, that the, the cleansing us inside of the shelter with that many people is not up to standard . it's not an easy issue. one person's eyesore is another person's home. gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york, the president of peru says he'll bring in law in a law to end immunity from prosecution for senior government officials. at the same time, you had their castillo as rejected the investigation against him for a legit influence peddling. who denies corruption accusations, he no longer be able to get into monies. ya, if they want transparency, i must tell them i ratify myself from here that i have not stolen a penny from the country. and i will not steal from it. because i have not come for that. now south africans are struggling to keep the lights on electricity. blackouts are affecting millions is power stations?

well, i can't supply enough demand. and fav stealing electricity cables are only worsening the problem. as for me, the miller explains from janice book ah, students at the university of johannesburg and sweater demonstrate following weeks of intermittent powers, which have hampered their studies. the university's management plane, he's stealing electricity cables for the black us enforce lurise east of johannesburg. more power cuts because of crime nicely. the sharpie owns a small food business, which is costing more to keep open because she has to buy gas to replace the electricity supply. and so already because that might be more so we normally start at 5 am and that's when we get most of our customers. we have to tell them there's no power. and so we lose those morning customers, school children and commuters landed by the passes in and thieves have been video

digging up cables, sometimes in broad daylight much of the theft takes place at night during the electricity blackouts. while south africa battling to keep its lights on because of issues like aging facilities, the problem being worse and by ramp and crime, electricity cables are being stolen at an alarming rate. and officials are trying to stop as much of it as possible. in sweater frustrated people and police go on night patrols to try and stop the vandalism. but there hindered by the lack of light with thieves are off to copper which sells for up to $20.00. a kilo on the black market go. some is shipped overseas. timmonsville mark plaza, casing, but the minister get through it and they take the copper out strains of copper cable as i and they were in debt classic casing to get to the actual comp power

companies say the demand for copper is higher than ever. and crime syndicates control the trade, didn't sell it to this. they're sort of a script mit until us sometimes we get to this, what we call bucket shops, which ah, and which is that is scrap metal to last. that would be at level 2. then from level 2, they didn't take it to like, do i router cyclists in route? if i know if i notice in the other guys, then we'll gladly relate this thing in bygone relating. it 8 deform it, while official patrols happen about 3 times a month, residents gather nightly at their own risk, often facing heavily armed feeds. keeping an eye on the power lines in an attempt to keep the lights on, and the community saying that meet amola al jazeera away to south africa. spain's coast guard is rescued. a number of refugees migrants from the atlantic ocean. women and children are among around 50 people taken to have gone canada in the

canary islands. the u territory is a frequent destination for people smugglers from the west coast of africa, close to 6000 migrants of may be dangerous crossing so far this year. emergency crews in northeast and brazil are looking for more than 25 people after severe floods and land slides at the weekend. at least 91 people have been confirmed dead . monica lacky of reports from rio de janeiro o rescue teams are working around the camp with covering bodies in searching for those still missing. thousands have been displaced, losing all of their belongings. heavy rainfall began on wednesday in brazil's northeastern state of ben um bull flooding streets, and triggering mud slides. entire house is collapsed with the force of the water, while desperate neighbors helped fire fighters dig up their loved ones. under the

rubble, this man lost his sister, required the law. the search party found my sister's body there this evening. they found her and 4 other bodies. they're still looking for my brother in law though. this is the 4th major flooding event in 5 months in brazil, in february, more than $200.00 people died after torrential rains. it's the city of patropolis. 80 kilometer is from rio de janeiro meteorologist say, a phenomenon called la nina, which cools down the pacific ocean waters helps explain the excessive rains and been on bulk or in other parts of northeastern brazil. a nikiya booker, there is no doubt that climate change in the rise of temperature in the atlantic ocean are also responsible for these extremes. cold weather, hot weather, droughts, and rainfalls, they've all become more severe than it is sides. bad weather. poor urban planning and low income neighborhoods in many brazilian cities is also responsible for the

number of deaths and the mud flights. hearts of slums built on hills were swept away by water in my. c this woman saw her neighbor's house collapse, hold on me, that body won't buy the whole family dyed. the father, the 2 children, the wife all died. president able sonata toward the region in a helicopter, but was told it was unsafe to land. when the 1st one was awarded purser, we express our sorrows to the relatives. our main objective is to come to the relatives and to help population is february. all sonata said the government can make available 200000. i was dollars to help victims of natural disasters meteorologist expect more rain and been a bulk or a neighboring states in the coming days. the danger of more mud slides in the regions is far from over monarchy anarky of all jazeera rio de janeiro.

archaeologists in egypt have unveiled another massive whole of priceless all the facts. there were founded these accardo necropolis site in the cairo. juno wolf has more on earth that a cemetery south of the gives a pyramids. this latest discovery is the 5th big reveal by archaeologists who have been working at the site since 2018 hundreds of ancient egyptian coffins with mummies inside, along with dozens of bronze statues of their gods, dating back some 2500 years ago i had a derby in one wooden sarcophagus we found for the 1st time a complete and seal to piracy. immediately the spirit was moved. the egyptian e z m for sterilization. and in order to conduct the needed studies, i think this piracy is similar to the ones that were discovered 100 years ago in that talk about the book of the gates and the book of the dead law. the coffee.