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target russian forces. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera alive from dough house are coming up. the russian armies is sold in the aisd grinds on forces slowly close in on the ukrainian city of severe done yet. aah! joy and relief is shanghai lives. it's called the 19 locked down after 2 months. and kate bokes, biggest stars visit the white house to highlight anti asian hate crimes in america . ah, we begin with the war in ukraine. the biden administration has announced it will provide keith with a small number of advanced rocket systems. and u. s. government official says that we use to repel russian advances on ukrainian

territory, but won't be fired on targets inside russia. the aid package will be the 1st to use some of the $40000000000.00 in security and economic assistance recently passed by congress. hydro castro has more from washington. it does allow the ukrainian military to extend its range resist, which is what it has been requesting from the us. this package is said to include the high mobility artillery rockets system, which has a range of some 80 kilometers. this is going to be part of a package that total some $7800000000.00, and will also include more helicopters, war tillery, and more tactical vehicles. those details will be announced by the white house on wednesday, but president joe biden previewed this in an op ed that was published in the new york times. and in a he went to specify that these u. s. a weapons will not be used within russia. he said that they are only for

ukraine to use, to defend itself within its borders. ah, the u. s. a u. s. security officials saying that they have received assurances from ukraine that these weapons will be not fired will not be fired into russia. he specifically walked back earlier statements saying he does not want to overthrow president putin of russia. earlier, he had set off the cuff and assailant in poland. that pollutant could not remain in power, shall clarify in that point. and also the president riding to americans, that there is no sign that russia is wanting to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. but that if it does bite and says there would be severe consequences. the governor of ukraine's lu, hands grades and says russian forces and now in control of most of to be done in the east and cities reportedly been destroyed by heavy fighting, making it impossible to deliver humanitarian supplies or evacuated civilians.

though still trapped in the city of being advised to shelter in this fellow's severed john janski's k to moscow's efforts to complete the capture of lou hands, which makes up part of the dumbass region where russia has supported separatists fees. this it is about 145 kilometers on the russian border and was one of the last pockets of lou hands still under ukrainian. government control and estimated 1500 civilians are thought to have been killed in easton ukraine since rushes refocused to advance on the area. same as robbie has more from keith. the pictures from a local ukrainian channel widely circulated on social media. the woman says hello to her family. we are all right, we are okay. she says, what happens next illustrates the sudden severity of an artillery

the ukrainians, where he several donuts will be the next city to fall to russian occupation. the rushing advance is slow, but it is steady, and russia now controls most of the city, not blowing me. remember, all of our plans are clear. we will be occupied our entire territory, which historically belongs to us. and in accordance with all international laws, this is our plan, not filled. if we don't care about russia's plans, we are having difficulties in the east due to the shortages of the right weapons. you know this well with that ukrainian president vladimir zelinski was speaking during a visit by slovakia. as president zanna cup of tova came bearing gifts. more howitzers destined for the front pine street battles, rage, and severed the net. russians are also striking other cities and eastern grain in

nearby slowly ask residents clear debris from a russian missile strike on tuesday. we have no place to go. where would we go? we have no place to go targeting civilians. infrastructure is one of the many allegations of russia's war cross discussed by ukraine's general prosecutor with her international criminal court counterparts at the hague. we have more than $600.00 suspects. actually it is her level of top military, militarist politicians and propaganda edge and so fresh and situation when we speak about war crimes in ukraine, you know we have a 2 suspects people who we identify as a war criminals and started to prosecute them. the court confirms it will be opening an office in ukraine to investigate crimes and collect evidence. you probably know, not thought they're not on the same day and have a 2nd war crimes trial concluded. 11 and

a half year prison sentences for 2 soldiers, members of a russian artillery unit, guilty of targeting civilian areas and car keys in areas that were retaken, ukrainians are still digging a bodies and shallow graves for autopsies and investigations. survivors and witnesses tell stories of rape, torture and murder, ukrainians who have survived occupation attacks on their homes and are still at war with russia. they say that speedy justice when it comes to russian prisoners of war in custody will be justice served. then basra, the old 0, keith rushes, foreign minister says moscow will guarantee the shipping all of ukrainian grain with conditions. speaking, bahrain at lab says we started going to export by say, requires ukraine should move mine from its force layer to 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. with 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. the united nation says it had constructive discussions in moscow on facilitating russia, grain and fertilizer exports to global markets. christian salumi has more from the un headquarters in new york. the u. n. is attempting to work out a deal to allow more russian wheat and fertilizer to get to the market, as well as ukrainian wheat tab. alleviate rising food prices, which have hit the developing world particularly hard russia and ukraine account for about a 3rd of the world's wheat production. and millions of times of grain have remained stuck in ukrainian silos due to the fighting. russia has blamed us sanctions for

the problems exporting it. screen. united states ambassador to the un denied that, but said the discussions are welcome. these are not being sanction, but companies are a little nervous. uh huh. and we're prepared to give them comfort letters if that will help to encourage them as well as insurance companies to support those efforts to get a grain out of russia. that again is very needed by the international community . but i will say rush is able to get his oil out and that's sanctioned. ah, they should be able to get their grain out that's not sanctioned to help get ukrainian wheat from ukrainian ports. turkey would play a role under the u. n. proposal. the u. n. says the talks have been constructive and are continuing to the world news now and, and to man cobit 19 lockdown in shanghai has finally ended

the crowd gathered on the river side as the clock struck midnight. marking the reopening of china's largest easy, most of shanghai 25000000 residents now freeze leave home, while businesses will gradually resume operations restrictions imposed under china's 0100 strategy. have also been used in the capital pay chain to the hosting . so i'm excited but also confused because i invited that i can get used to this. what can you do? i feel today is the same as chinese new year. i have a strong feeling of excitement feeling there's something bryce in front of me as young i love down set back the national economy and can vine millions of people to their homes. residents with severely impacted losing income and struggling to access food and emergency health care. it's also taking a toll of the cities manufacturing and export heavy economy disrupting supply

chains in china and around the world. joining me now from shanghai is dan wayne, she's the chief economist at the hung saying, bank of china, thanks for being on the program. and i want to get your analysis as an economist in just a moment. but firstly, i want to ask you what it's been like as a shanghai residents the past 2 months. well, i can say that a was eating parents for myself. i was being logged out for 7 days. and during this process there was kind of similar situation to worn out. we had food shortage is that there was a lot of confusion, a lot of anger. and then when it came to the end, there was no clear signal when this was going to and so now thinking back, it was a very difficult time. a lot of unexpected things happen. and a lot of people, competence was shaken and also about a future of china. and this is a quite unexpected. and so far i think it's probably the largest challenge. china

has phased in the past decade. yeah, it certainly sounds intense in de jam. what's the general feeling about restrictions being a's now given everything that shanghai residents have faced is being welcomed by a majority. oh, do you think there is some trepidation? well, i think there is a general sense of relief when the lock down is the lift chest on mostly but then everybody knows that's another way of coding might come back and a similar measures might be taken on with that kind of uncertainty. i think after the 1st phase of this initial phase of excitement for many people, because people are dying to go back to work and companies are dying to resume their operations. but after you initial phase, there might be more disappointments because the reality is the consumer confidence is dampens. a property market is still a week or those

a week. notice the other parts of economy was still there and not addressed. and on top of that income growth has slowed significantly. so after the left of all the restrictions, the thing there is a lot of work has to be done to restore the market confidence and to give subsidies to the people that are most needing it. yeah, as you mentioned, there is some serious economic impacts. i mean that a major thumping the chinese economy as a result of that look down. so do you think that the easing of these restrictions will have a positive impact even if they are small? well, the easing is necessary because it is the precondition for any other type of economic measures to take the facts. in the past 2 months, we have seen this huge destruction to, to supply chain asia high area and also to the rest of china. and then the cities services catering businesses to reserve or largely stalled. so now it looks like

this, beginning of the end of the current episode of the kobe lockdown. we've got to, it's far from being over. i'll only look at the government policies to deal with the economy recovery. most of the margins are still targeting to help companies by giving them more liquidity by reducing some cost, but very, very little measures are targeting demands. so for chinese consumers and a lottery self employed businesses, they have a prolong time of lacking of liquidity, and they don't have the financial cushion to tie them over any longer. so if there is not a strong rebound in the market demands, i'm afraid of those supplies. i imagine just work as well. is going to be interesting to see what happens and we appreciate your insights. as always, dan wang, the chief economist at hung, same bank of china. thank you. still ahead on al jazeera,

the 1st few knows are held for the victims killed in last week's mash shooting in texas elementary school. and is lebanon's political. you come as much to change the new parliament. really the same speaker for a 7, tim. ah, ah, let's go with here a weather report for the americas heavy one. i want to start off with hurricane agatha making landfall in southern mexico. this was a big deal because it was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in may in the eastern pacific. let's go to the here and now track out where it is, the remnants of leftovers, still sliding through southern mexico and pushing a lot of rain into the yucatan peninsula. so extreme downpours,

not too far away from can cool. well, thunderstorms are breaking the heat in the lower great lakes and look at this temperature divide. we have between new york and d. c. new york. 19 degrees. washington d. c. 36 off to the west. we go in that june sun. yeah. wednesdays. the 1st day of june, it's really warm and things up in portland 26 degrees. that's a temperature you'd expect to see in july. so your month ahead of schedule, still breezy through the bay area, san francisco, looking at wind gusts of 50 kilometers per hour. and we've got some storms bubbling up, oklahoma kansas are right into missouri and through kentucky as well. louisville has a high 32 degrees, top end of south america. still a steady stream of rain for that northeast corner of brazil. and rock in storms still locked into place for that southeast corner of brazil. still cool air dominating the river plate region on wednesday. see you later. ah, what is the ocean with witness differences?

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a small number of advanced rocket systems, a u. s. government officials to learn to be used to repel russian advances on ukrainian territory. the governor of ukraine lu, hands regions says russian forces and now in control of most just to be done yet base and cds reportedly being destroyed by heavy fighting, making it impossible to deliver humanitarians and shanghai has a strict covert 19 lockdown up to 2 months. most of shanghai is 25000000 residents are now free to leave home, while businesses will actually review opperation. the global food crisis is getting worse. concerned about shortages, many countries are putting the brakes on exports. malaysia is suspending the export of chicken and says they will review its ban if and when prices stabilize donna's and singapore bracing the cost of

a national chicken and why fish just saw with consumers rushing to stalk up on chickens left on supermarket shelves for me on this story, let's bring in florence louis. he joins us live from qualify for florence. so what's behind the ban and who will be most impacted or the government would announce his van about a week ago. said that this is to ensure that there is supply of chicken domestically and to make sure that prices don't keep rising now, but farmers in malaysia say that the shortage of chicken is caused by several factors. one is it has been difficult for farms to get workers in, and the other is rising costs. and this is caused by an inc, a weaker malaysian currency. it's also caused by the increase in the price of chicken feet because of the war in ukraine. and the malaysian government also said its in look, it's investigating the possibility that there may be cartels will colluding to fix the price and supply of chicken and an investigation report is expected to be due

this month. now this band is expected to affect chicken farmers in malaysia. there are some farms who say they rely on exports to keep their farms afloat, especially as costs have been rising in the last few months. and because the malaysian government has kept the price of chicken sold domestically, but this man is also going to impact neighboring singapore. and consumers have been stalking up on chicken in the last few days ahead of the ban. now, last year, a 3rd of singapore imports a chicken came from malaysia and sell as their say. they foresee they predict that the price of chicken could go up by as much as 30 percent. now the singapore government says it's exploring new markets to import chicken from. it's also urging consumers to switch to alternative meets. but of course, that's going to be easier for some than others in this parts of the world as a very famous dish called highland, a stricken rise. where the main ingredient is as the name suggests, chicken and it's not going to be that easy for sellers to find

a substitute for chicken. then the malaysian government hasn't said that when this export ban won't be in place till. but officials have said they hope that supply and price of chicken can stabilize within a month. we'll watch his space. thank you very much. capers updated florence louis live for us in column full corinne papa supergroup bts has met at the white house to highlight crimes against asians and people of asian heritage in the us. the thing is attended as youth ambassadors promoting a message of respect. they say the devastated by the race in spite of hate crimes, and also how to close meeting with president joe biden in the oval office yellen. zang works is a political strategist and has experience type crime 1st hand. i'm a 1st generation asian american. i came actually was born in beijing, china, and i came here when i was 3 years old. so my parents faced the language barrier

and the cultural barrier. and then also just being made to feel different because you look different or you eat different foods. and this started more than a century ago with the 1882 exclusionary act, were congress actually excluded in chinese immigrants for a period of 10 years to not be able to immigrate to this country. so xenophobia and racism has always been a part that has been targeted on asian americans. and it hasn't helped with the model model minority mess, which is truly a myth because it's essentially a white supremacist concept that has made minority groups pit against one another. in true, instead of truly working together and having compassion as the pandemic was happening, i myself was running for office and i faced a lot of direct discrimination, particularly around social media. that would say things like, you know,

you're not an american. thankfully, president biden is in office and as i said, a completely different tone. unfortunately, we did have a president that felt it was ok to say things and it has, it did essentially allow make people who are xenophobic and racist feel like it's ok to act on those beliefs. the 1st funerals that taking place for those killed in last week's mast shooting at a school in the us state of texas. 19 students and 2 teachers were killed and an elementary school in vol thing. they've been, there's been widespread anger after it emerged, place, waited outside the classroom for our, for an hour. all the children trapped inside called for help. as john hendrick reports. this was supposed to be the 1st week of summer vacation for the students of rob elementary school. instead. on tuesday, 10 year old armory, joe garza was laid to rest and the 1st of 21 funerals for the victims of last

week's mass shooting and evolved a texas. it will and they're really great that of course you keep theories close at there's pictures of her everywhere services for 10 year old might to you. leona rodriguez are also being held at a funeral home across the street from the school where she was killed for the upcoming funeral of eli garcia. her family plans to mourn her in an open casket despite her wounds present and joe biden, who visited of all day on sunday, lamented to new zealand prime minister jacinta ordered the frequency with which he tours the scene of human devastation. there's an awful lot of suffering ribbon, i've been to more mass shooty aftermath and i think any present american history and it's just so much of it is much of it is preventable. devastation is amazing. new zealand

tightened its national gun laws within a week of a 2019 mass shooting there that left more than 50 dead in the united states. political gridlock has prevented any similar action. the shootings in a while, they were so horrific that may or don mclaughlin says this site should be raised to the ground. i don't think anybody's plans are, but to tear that building down and it needs to be torn down. i would never ask expect a child to have to ever walk in those doors ever and ever again with funeral homes overwhelmed by the number of victims in this town of 16000 services for all 21 are expected to take weeks to complete. john henderson al jazeera. at least 3 people have been killed and 5 others are missing after a powerful storm hit southern mexico. agatha is the strongest hurricane on record. hit the southern pacific coast. during the month of may, it brought winds of more than $100.00. 60 kilometers an hour and heavy rain flooding homes and washing away rose. the storm has wakened since moving inland

and al jazeera present has been sentenced in absence 10 to 15 years in prison, vine gyptian court. i'm a tahoe was spreading was charged rather with spreading false news for an interview . he conducted in 2018 with abdul and the name a bull photo, a leading opposition figure and former presidential candidate says the ruling is shameful and lacking logic. the network has described the verdict as an attempt to criminalize journalism, a cello, other and now when the message is clear, but it runs against all values in norms, signed by egypt regarding press freedom and allowing journalist the opportunity to do their work. whoever took the decision to arrest for colleagues who have been detained in egypt or to issue such an insulting sentence against me has actually insulted themselves. and how can they explained to the world that they have

sentenced the journalist for 15 years in jail? because he interviewed a public figure, how can they explain such a ruling to the world? the egyptian president himself recently said that he is starting a new era. we are press freedom, will be protected, and political detainees will be free. bob officer, audi 0 media network continues to demand a rapid independent and trans parent investigation into the killing of its journalist in the occupied west bank. sharina, who was shot in the head by israeli forces, or she was on a simon engine name on the day of her funeral israeli forces storm the procession and started beating mourners, causing pull barriers to almost drop a casket that didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial members of the social community have condemned to killing and continue to call for an investigation. sharing was with al jazeera for 25 years, covering the story of the israeli occupation. she was known as the voice of

palestine. the speaker lebanon's parliament for the past 30 years has been reelected. now the barry was chosen by m pays in the 1st session of parliament following an election at last month before he was narrowly voted in and pays my making debut much to parliament calling for change. then i got a report from beirut. oh, it's a moment of change. representatives of living on 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 m p 's are hoping to bring change to a decades old system. there is no democracy in lebanon. what the consultation and

compression that system. but we are here to read them at the end on duty. unfortunately, the rice would come out if there was any, any kind of compromises. compromises based on power sharing between the political establishment have long been how politics is done here? that's how parliamentary speaker barry was re elected. give them have 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 and much of a blow. but symbolic and i know the problem has to be a habit for those who are hoping for radical change that hasn't happened. change in peace, couldn't win enough. see the status quo didn't change. and it's 70 leaders who have been in power, who are expected to have the final say on what's next. so 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 collapsed. 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 can be forms. politicians are also accused of obstructing accountability for the route port explosion that killed more than $200.00 people. 2 years ago, though in the state killed my brother, they are responsible and we want to know the truth. those who are confronting the system, no democratic change cannot come overnight, but today's vote appears to be the.