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ah, hello, i'm emily angland. this is al jazeera alive from how coming up the russian army is sold me a to grind zone forces slowly closing on the cranium to be done yet. i joy and relief is. shanghai lifted the 19 lockdown after 2 months and cape up, the biggest dies, visit the white house to highlight the asian hate crimes in america. ah, we begin the war in ukraine. the by an administration has announced it will provide keith with a small number of advanced rockets systems. a u. s. government official says

they'll be used to repel russian advances on ukrainian territory, but would be fine on targets inside russia. it's part of a $700000000.00 assistance package that will include helicopters and technical vehicles. i did your cache chart has the latest 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. it will also include more helicopters, more tillery and more tactical vehicles. those details will be announced by the white house on wednesday, but president joe biden previewed there's an op ed that was published in the new york times. and in it, 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 official saying that they have received assurances from ukraine that these weapons will be not fired will not be fired into russia. he specifically walked bath earlier statements saying he does not want to overthrow president putin of russia. earlier he had said off the cuff in assailant in poland that who he could not remain in power. so clarifying 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 region says russian forces and now in control of mo, is to be done in the eastern cds, reportedly being destroyed by heavy fighting, making it impossible to deliver humanitarian supplies,

or evacuate civilians. though still trapped in the city. being advised to shelter in their sellers to be drawn, janski's came to moscow's efforts to complete the capture of lou hands, which makes up part of the dumbass region where russia has supported separatist fees. the city is about 145 kilometers from 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 russia reef focused on the area. same bas robbie file, this report from cave. 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 worries several donuts will be the next city to fall to russian occupation. the russian advance is slow, but it is steady. and russia now controls most of the city, natural blonde. mean, remember that all of our plans are clear, we will de 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 plans, we are having difficulties in the east due to the shortages of the right weapons. you know this well? with you korean president vladimir zelinski was speaking during a visit by slo vakio. president susan, a couple tova came bearing gifts more howitzers destin for the front line as st. 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 warcraft 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 fresh and duration. when we speak about war crimes in ukraine, you know, we have a 2 south picks people who we identify as a war criminals and thought it to prosecute them. the court confirms it will be opening an office in ukraine to investigate crimes and collect evidence of warranty or not thought, or 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 t 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 than beth's rather old 0. keith rations foreign minister may, moll says moscow will guarantee the shipping of ukrainian grain and bought with conditions begging in bahrain survey lebrun says restart and grain exports by sea requires ukraine to remove mines from its pool. 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 ports. but for this, ukrainian officials must clear minds from ukrainian territorial waters. if 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 war in ukraine is fueling a global sword crisis. concerned about shortages, many countries are putting the brakes on exports in the latest development. malaysia is suspending the export of chicken and says it will review its been if and when prices stabilize. while india's ban on sugar and weight exports has continued or contributed rather to a global surgeon prices, many worried rice will be next soviet and has its don have also imposed quoted on grind shipments with inflation and rushes. invasion of ukraine destabilizing markets. india, indonesia, the world's largest export of edible oils recently lifted. it's been months long.

been recently, but there is concern restrictions could be re imposed for more on this. let spring in rajiv. this was from singapore. he's the asia pacific chief economists for s and p global market intelligence, exhibiting on the program. rajiv plenty to unpack here, but i 1st just wanted to discuss the impacts close to home for you. have you noticed an impact in singapore since malaysia suspended the export of chicken? well, i think the decision that i am away to impose restrictions on exports are chicken, which is temporary, reflects concerns about the impact on food price inflation within leisha. and this is a broader issue across countries in the developing world. and certainly in a shocks, we've seen similar actions by other governments such as india and indonesia to

restrict certain exports of food items in order to contain rising domestic should inflation pressures. because for developing countries, food accounts for a large part of the measurement of inflation and retail price inflation measurements. so that is why governments are critically worried about this upsurge insured prices that's been happening this year. so we're particularly due to the desk. i'm sorry, i don't mean to interrupt you. i just want to, there's lots to get to. so i want to make sure i can ask as much as i can, the more countries restrict exports, the worst global food supplies get, and then countries restrict their exports even more and sort of around that goes, do you think countries should be banning exports or exporting more during this time a question of domestic supply. so for national governments, their key priority is their own domestic market. not only in terms of price

stability, but also in order to ensure that they actually have enough food for their own population. and for example, with india's decision to ban wheat exports. earlier this year, when the ukraine war had affected ukrainian exports of wheat. india actually wanted to export about 14000000 tons of weight this year, particularly to help other developing countries as supplies of ukrainian weight were disrupted in the middle east and north africa particularly. but the problem was india then had a heat wave which affected their own domestic yields. and ginger concerns that they might have problems themselves with a sufficient weight for food security. they decided to restrict exports week. it's not a total band, there are some exemptions but broadly barrier ach,

limiting exports of wheat. and so i think that domestic concern about food security is very, very important from a national perspective, particularly for something like wheat, which is a very important serial. and, you know, shortage is a, we could create tremendous disruption to drastic. sure, and security and also to inflation involve what exports do you think likely to be bad? next, as you sort of mentioned, india has been sugar and weight exports. could we see a ban on, on rice next will depend on this balance of supply and demand and how individual countries assess their domestic outlook for their production of their rice crops. so apart from india, other important rice produces or thailand and vietnam. so of course, there will be looking at their own domestic food supply in the context of rising inflation, pressures in their own economy. and so, although it was

a very important for thailand and for vietnam, these issues are, i think, going to be what they will have to consider. it's not something they want to do, obviously, and that it will depend on those, the crop outlook and how weather patterns are affecting production. so i think that's a broader issue globally that a number of countries, particularly for wheat production, are being affected by unusually high temperatures. which are affecting the output. so that's what we've seen with fluid prices globally. we've seen quite a big search in weight prices. and more broadly, if we look at our cultural food prices, they're up about 80 percent compared to 2 years ago. so of course, the impact on low income developing countries is very severe because their population spend a large part of their income on search. yep. plenty of moving parts in j. thank you

for breaking down for us regina. be last the asia pacific, g economists, the s and p global market intelligence. thank you. thank you. moving on and a 2 month cove at 19 locked down in shanghai has finally ended. the crabs gathered on the river side as the clock struck midnight, marking the reopening of china's largest city, most of the 25000000 residents, and now free to leave home, while businesses will gradually resume operations restrictions imposed on to china . covered strategy have also been used in the capital by ging. stan wang is the chief economist at hung saying, bank china. she explains the lasting impact the lockdown has had on china's economy . 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 after the 1st phase of this initial phase of the sidemen for many people because people are dying to go back to work, and companies are dying to reduce their operations. but after the initial phase, there might be more disappointments because the reality is the consumer confidence is dampens. property market is still weak, although the weakness, the other part of the economy was due there and not address. and on top of that income growth has slowed significantly. so after the left of water 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. still ahead on al jazeera the 1st funerals or help the victims killed in last week's mashing and a texas elementary school. and will tell you how come thieves in south africa and crippling the country's electricity supply. ah, the journey has begun. the, the full world cup is on its way to a catholic group. your travel package to the get ready for it across the gulf. the humidity is going to bump in big time here for one. thanks for joining in . let's get to those details and one sec, we've still got high temperatures, of course, bucked at, at 46 degrees q 8 at 43. but let's go for a closer look around the gall. this all has to do with our wind shifting direction at times coming out of the north east and also the east. so that means temperatures

are going down, but the humidity is shooting up. so at its worst, it will be 85 percent relative humidity by night. what that means is it will feel about 40 to wednesday, 44 on thursday and 46 on friday, specifically in doha. ok, as we looked toward at some of this stanz bisquick tashkent, that sean bay now that those showers starting to push out temperatures are on the way up. and we've got showers not too far away from islam abad on wednesday. but i think as long obama will stay dry after turkey is mostly dry pitcher here including 4 is stumble, mix of sun in cloud there, but some showers through central areas and off to central africa. we've got this slug of rain around bungie on wednesday. let's press play, see where it goes. it slides into the congo western side of the democratic republic of congo and for south africa it's a sunny pitcher in cape town with a hive. 19 degrees on wednesday. see you later. i saw official elling of the journey an e p o p, and ours to grat,

turned communist rebel only to be disappeared. a family tragedy entwined with a violent chapter in the country's history. when you see the blood, you say is that going to be my blood on that was to a lifelong search for answers and closure findings. salaam witness on al jazeera. ah ah, hello. are you watching out a 0? i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of our top stories. the salam, the bought and administration has announced it will provide ukraine with

a small number of advanced rocket systems. a u. s. government official says bill only be used to repel russian advances on ukrainian territory. the governor of the lou hands region says russian forces and now in control of most of severe onions, based in cds, reportedly being destroyed by heavy fighting, making it impossible to deliver humanitarian supplies. and shanghai has eased its strict coven 19 locked down after 2 months. most of the cities 25000000 residents are now free to leave home, while businesses gradually resume operations. the us says it's urging israel to carry out an investigation into the killing of al jazeera generalist sharina. israel has said it is not investigating the case or the state department spokesman says he expects full accountability for the death of the palestinian american generalist trib lincoln. even over the weekend had another

opportunity to reinforce this message with his counterpart, foreign minister. lucky as he told foreign minister le pete, we urge the israeli government to swiftly conclude their investigation into the killing of serina blocker. we expect full accountability for those responsible for her killing and to your questions i. e, we have urged that the sides share their evidence with each other to facilitate that investigation. and we continue to call on all sides to maintain. com and to prevent elation. what would you say to my colleague, alice, will you sent you a letter today? if you would have, what would you say to assure that he can continue to conduct his job as a job? i mean, he's been doing this for a very long time. certainly appreciate his perspective. and the time he took to offer his recollection in his thoughts on the incident that tragically took the life of sharina, ucla we, whether it is injured, i'm sorry,

and of course, and of course injured him as well. we heard from us not only in recent days, but going back to world press freedom day earlier this month and throughout the course of this administration, we stand with journalists around the world who are doing their jobs in situations that sometimes are unfortunately dangerous. the us president and new zealand prime minister have expressed concern about a security agreement between china and the solomon islands during amazing at the white house, joe biden. and just to discuss stepping up engagement with pacific island nations to counter china's growing influence, biden says the us wants to be a partner rather than dictate to the region. the chinese foreign minister is currently halfway through diplomatic tour of the pacific. i think too deep in his country's ties. them white house correspondent kimberly hell kit has more. it was the 1st oval office meeting between the u. s. president and new zealand. prime

minister, a chance for washington to counter china's growing influence in the indo pacific region. but for new zealand, it was also an opportunity to express that when it comes to business, there are no loyalties. we had an exchange of views on the pacific, currently very clear view on both sides that the pacific needs to determine end is determining its our rules of engagement and as partners we need to make sure that we hearing what via critical focus an area of interest are for us to partner on and partnership is k, it is not a donor donate relationship and nor should it be. and i think that's the approach that i hear from the united states. certainly the approach of new zealand, regardless of who within the civic or engaging with the meeting lasted roughly 90 minutes and included other topics like climate change,

trade and even how the united states in new zealand could cooperate in space. and that included the vice president. com la harrison, that conversation. but there was also the topic of gun control in light of the shooting that took place last week in texas. and how the united states could potentially bound assault weapons when it comes to that effort in new zealand. unlike the united states, the new zealand prime minister says that effort in new zealand was met with unanimous support. still in the u. s. and korean pulp supergroup, the bts has been at the white house to highlight crimes against asians and people of asian heritage in the us. the thing is attended as youth and best is promoting a message of respect. they say they devastated by race in spite of high crimes. they've also held a closed meeting with president biden in the oval office. jailing sang works as

a political struggle strategist, and has experienced tight crime. first. i'm the 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 882 exclusionary act where congress actually excluded in chinese immigrants for a period of 10 years to not be able to immigrate to this country. so is then a phobia. and racism has always been a part that has been targeted on asian americans. and it hasn't helped with the model quote, model minority mess, which is truly a myth. because it's essentially a white to spread the premises concept that has made minority groups pit against one another in true instead of truly working together and having compassion asked

the pandemic what's 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 an 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 incentive phobic and racist feel like it's ok to act on those beliefs. the 1st females are taking place for those killed in last week's mash. shooting at school in the u. s. state of texas 900 students and 2 teachers were killed at an elementary school in valving. there's been wines for the anger after it emerged. police waited outside the classroom for more than an hour. all the children trapped inside called for help. john hendrick

has the story. 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 mash shooting and evolved a texas. it will, and they're really pretty that of course you think theories close at there's pictures of her everywhere services for 10 year old might to you. leona rodriguez or 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 ovalo, 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 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 south africans are struggling to keep the lights on electricity.

blackouts are affecting millions of power stations struggle to meet demand and thieves, stealing electricity cables are worsening the problem. and submitted miller reports from johanna students at the university of johannesburg. and so we're so demonstrate the following week, the intimate which is hampered there, that the university management laid, the ceiling electricity cable for the black enforce lewis, east of johannesburg. more power cuts because of crime. nestle shopping owns a small food business, which is costing more to keep open because you have to buy gas to replace the electricity supply already because i do 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,

thieves have been video ticking up cables, sometimes improve daylight. much of the theft takes place at night during the electricity black house, 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 sorento, frustrated people and police go one night patrols to try and stop the vandalism. but they're 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. the sun is shipped overseas and is a bit more pleasant casing, but they may need to get through it. and they take the copper out strains of copper cable as i and they burn dead in plastic casing to get to the actual company. power

company, say the demand for copper is higher than ever. and crime syndicates control the trade gayden, sell it to this is sort of a scrap metal deal us sometimes we get to this, what we call bucket shops, which ah, andrews. just 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 late this thing in bygone relating it date deformity. while official patrols happen about 3 times a month, residents gather nightly at their own risk and 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 amolla al jazeera, so wet or south africa ah.