blue in just under a year's time catalyst now bait stadium will house the opening match of the 2022 world cup. the official opening of the stadium came on day one of the arab cup, but many fans were already counting down to the big kickoff. next november, c, u r o 1022. as this tournament unfolds over the coming days, it will play a key role organizes getting ready to host the middle east's. biggest ever sporting event next year. and for the cats are national teams. they get used to playing in fronts of expected home crowds that we hoping to convince both the fans and themselves. so they really are ready to take on the world. ah, ah, the kremlin accuses the united states of purposefully adding fuel to the fire by

supplying advanced rocket systems to ukraine, capable of striking targets in russia. ah, i'm yarn taylor says al jazeera live from london, also coming up, shanghai springs back to life as the city eases co, 19 restrictions ending at 2 months drop down that can find millions to their homes . who else largest sugar produce and limits its exports. india says it's to keep local prices in check. plus, i'm dominant cain in berlin with the new ticket to ride for just 9 euros. i can travel pretty much anywhere in germany. ah, i know russia is accusing united states of deliberately adding fuel to the fire. i supplying advanced precision guided rockets seems to ukraine abandoned

administration is sending its most significant weapons package since the russian invasion began in february. the rockets helicopters and tactical vehicles about $700000000.00 worth of usaid. a criminal spokesman says they don't trust us assurances that ukraine went use the missiles to target russian territory. want to sit from honey? sure. catherine, washington, d. c. a. how do you, why did president biden change his position on regarding sending these kinds of weapons to ukraine? lauren, we know that for weeks the ukrainians have been asking us to ascend long range artillery weaponry. and the u. s. though has been concerned that those weapons could be used to target targets within russia, proper provoking russia. well, so what we're seeing here is kind of a compromise. these are these high mars advanced rockets. they are capable when it put the right rockets on,

that they're capable of shooting 300 kilometers. but that is not the type of rockets that will be part of this package. rather the u. s. ascending a medium range rock is that are capable of shooting 80 kilometers and which was a deliberate choice. and there are only 4 of these systems going to ukraine in the coming weeks. president biden, when explaining this package yesterday, in an op ed published in the new york times, he very specifically said that these u. s. weapons will not be used to outside of ukraine's borders, and he also had a message that appear to be pointedly toward russia's president poo in the same. the u. s. is not interested in over throwing the russian government, but rather seeing an independent and democratic ukraine. and in spite of those assurances, it is the u. s. concerned tool that these weapons could be used to hit russian territory. right. obviously that risk remains. we heard from

the us secretary of state antony blink. and after he met with nato secretary general today discussing security for ukraine, and lincoln said that the u. s. had received assurances from ukraine that these weapons will not shoot into russia. lincoln's words were that there was, quote, a strong trust bond between ukraine and the united states. but those words of assurance not enough to appease the russian government hearing from russia's foreign minister that he, the russia still sees this as a quote, direct provocation. lauren hygiene, thank you very much. indeed. russian forces have reportedly fought their way into the center of the eastern ukrainian situ, several nets after weeks of fierce fighting with ukrainian troops. it's the last major ukrainian stronghold in the $200.00 screens and it's now under at least 70 percent russian control. an estimated 15000 civilians remain in the city. with some

sheltering from russian air strikes in the adult chemical plant. ukraine is bolstering its forces in the countries east, where it's fighting rush on multiple fronts. moscow, this focus it's offensive on the eastern don't bus region. after failing to advance on keys and other western regions. smoke has been blowing over the situ back moot where the sound of artillery has been ringing out. the evacuation civilians from back moot has been halted, and regions governors says it's no longer possible to deliver monetary age into the city. name collins is the executive director of madison policy for him is also a former us army colonel and was a defense adviser to ukraine. he says the new weapons and by the u. s. are important to you. create and troops on the front lines. without a doubt they will assist you premiums, who can now range ration artillery that previously they couldn't range with any kind of artillery systems. they go, i engaged in for years. so without a doubt it is

a weapon system that the radians definitely want ukrainians to win if they're right, keep in mind, right? it's a much smaller military, right? much lower against the much larger, rushing. know if you're right, more weapon systems. more forces, right in. so it's a much better trained force against the poorly trained, larger force. so as her weapon systems or ammunition gets treated, the absolutely ukrainians need that replaced as having a 100 days since russia invaded ukraine. and while there's been no let up in the fighting in the east of the country, the capital has hosted a world cup, qualifying game between ukraine and scotland, saying that the reports from keith keith's olympic stadium would normally have hosted club games and team training sessions. events opened to everyone, but the potential target for russian missiles has been closed since the invasion. the war in ukraine has many faces. it is true, there is no lead up to the wholesale destruction and devastation in the east of the

country and across ukraine. the threat of missiles and airstrikes hangs over every city. but even though it can feel jarring, ukrainians describe life in places such as keep as returning to almost normal business is a reopening people are back on the streets, no more roadblocks, and checkpoints. if it wasn't for the near daily air raid warning sirens, you could be forgiven for forgetting about the war. ukraine's world cup qualifier with scotland being played in glasgow for many here and keep a chance to do just that. i think it makes the country positive and it gives it takes that mind off off what's happening and you need positivity. join a war because i've been helping you credit for the last 2 months to be innocent civilians. when in rome, do what the romans do? i mean ukraine, joyce, of what you came came night for ukrainian who for months have been hearing on their heroes on the battlefield. a chance to cheer for heroes on the football field. that

is the model right now, they are not so many people because a lot of people are absent. and normally we would have had a lot of people because this is a big event. the cavalier just important because he'll go at least some thesis realize that light is here, just more a reprieve from fighting a reminder of what his time is like, but the war is still on and this country is still under martial law. that means there is a nighttime curfew, it's almost 11 pm and because of the curfew bars and restaurants are going to be closing now and the tv are going to be turned off. right around half time. you create supporters must go home and they can't stay here. is in basra b l j 0. keith and ukraine won that to

a game against scotland actually in scotland in glasgow. 31 that was there. and then market look set to join the european union's common defense policy. exit polls suggest more than 2 thirds of voters, one denmark to stop opting out of the scheme. the 1st time in 30 years, danish officials could get involved in the use defense decisions and send troops to you ministry operations. the referendum was called following russia's invasion of ukraine, which was also had sweden and finland to end a tradition of neutrality and apply for nature membership. meanwhile, russia has cut off natural gas supplies to denmark, because it's refused to pay roubles. president vladimir putin had signed a decree that formed buzz needed to pay for gas in rubles from april, because of western sanctions. but denmark's biggest energy company refused saying it proves that you need to stop depending on russian energy. and officials say cutting off supplies weren't have much of an impact. russia is already turned off

the tax to finland, poland bulgaria, and the netherlands. the wars fueling a global food crisis in another bitter blow. india has announced its restricting sugar exports. many countries already alarmed after india band, we tech sports a few weeks ago happening michelle reports from pradesh on her local farmers feeling the impact. ah, after being packed in see this batch of sugar is headed to the bought. india has already exported a record 7 and a half 1000000 tons the season. now the government has kept shipments to ensure there is enough left over for domestic consumption. get you're looking, alo, cheatam's company has been refining sugar for 90 years and he says the new rules could affect farmers incomes. the sugar season starts in november and the government would always like a minimum stock in the country of about 2 months, consumption or 2 and a half months conduct, which is somewhere around $6000000.00 tons. it's been a bumper harvest,

but the world's top sugar producer international demand is high sparking fears over domestic shortage during the festive season. later this year, when high global prices and a strong dollar have opened up business opportunities for farmers and traders, soaring inflation and concerns about food security back home had prompted the government to implement protective measures including restricting wheat exports. wheat farmers such as on j party, our hope to cash in on a favourable international market. prices rose after rushes, invasion cut supply from the black sea region but a scorching heat. we have an india threatened output and the government band most exports to control domestic crisis. that's affected farmers. profit got to get to the, the government price was higher last year. so we saw them more. this time the rates are lower, read production is much lower. it kept dreaming, and there was water logan to which impacted the harvest. economists say these

restrictions do little to reduce inflation in just credibility as a reliable exporter of primary commodities is going to be seriously damaged it's. i don't see this as a good signal al jazeera osburg government comment, but we didn't get a reply. many countries have urged in debt to lift its ban on we exports. governmentally to say they won't relax a bad, but we'll consider requests from vulnerable countries pop in the middle. i'll just eat up. but the british in northern india, israeli forces have killed a palestinian man in the occupied westbank. he was short in the town of. yeah, but where these really army says it was conducting an operation to demolish home palestinian health ministry to the man was hit multiple times by live bullets and died in hospital in jeanine's out of their immediate network continues to demand

a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist in the occupied west bank. sharina lockley was shot at the head by israeli forces while she was an unassigned mint. and janine, on the day of her funeral, is ready forces storm the procession and started beating mourners, causing pull bears almost to drop her casket. members of the international community have condemned her killing and continue to call for an investigation i worked a was without as area for 25 years, covering the story of these really occupation. she was known as the voice, the palestine still head on out is era. rescue efforts continue in southern mexico of the hurricane. agatha, dozens of people are still missing. aid groups warned the democratic republic of congo is the world's most neglected displacement crisis. the 3rd time in 5 years, ah

winter proposed as to the victorian alps it snowed. it snowed fairly heavily $20.00 to $40.00 centimeters in many places, which of course the skis go in love in its cold enough to produce artificial snow to go on top of that. so a nice start the season that the real cold is gone eastwards, but the air is still coming up from the south or settled over from south. so you got like time lows that about freezing and camber at 70 melbourne. the he's going to be colder up in the mountains themselves. this is thursday night on friday. there might be one or 2 snow showers up on the mountains themselves, but the next band of rain, which might get some more, snow's coming in only slowly, further west. now the bigger picture missus, saturday now still gets, gives cloudy, conditions in new south rosen and queens, but his brain has gone. this is all the action down here. and in purse, we're hanging onto a team. we've come down a couple of degrees now. new zealand after loss of rain recently is

a little bit better, but still quite stiff, subtly with a few showers and it snow on the mountains, of course, otherwise, rain, the heaviest rain, the southeast asia is concentrating. i think in sudden time of tickly cambodia, and may be southern viet now of course, the monsoon rains are to the west of that. the monsoon officially has just about reached go, and that's where the concentrated rain will be. ah, for over a century american parents have entrusted their sons to the boy scouts of america, hoping they would gain skills that would improve their lives. instead, countless young lives were ruined by predators within the organization. i knew so much, but i could not figure out where it was coming from me in a 3 part series full plans investigates, a massive scandal that wrote the united states scoutmaster part 3 on

a just 0 lou ah, one of the top stories here out 0 russia is accusing the united states of deliberately adding fuel to the fire by supplying advanced precision guided rocket systems to ukraine. they part of a $700000000.00 weapons package. it also includes helicopters and tactical vehicles . prussian forces have reportedly fought their way into the center of the eastern city of senator donetta. it's the last major ukrainian stronghold in the new, hence region is where the forces of killed a palestinian man in the occupied west bank. he was shocked in the town of your bad, where these ready army says it was conducting an operation to demolish a home in mexico, at least 11 people have been killed. and in our 33

a missing in the wake of hearken. agatha, agatha made history as the strongest harken ever recorded to hit mexico's pacific coast in the month of may when a rapid revolts ah, flood waters have begun to recede on the coast of war. haka in southern mexico residence however, are still reeling from the impact of hurricane agatha. not only did i have nothing left, nothing to eat now, gone to see what i can find, but nobody has anything left faggots. all was a powerful category to hurricane when it made land fall late monday evening. and authorities see the death toll is likely to rise, while the search for those missing continues a much on my la decision. based on the reports we've received, we've made the decision to provide services to the most affected areas. most port

me the host of walker day. the challenges faced by those emergency teams or dante, heavy rainfall from agatha caused widespread flooding and mud slides, state and federal authorities. se efforts remain under way to clear roads and provide desperately needed aid to thousands of people effected was entered into sola though you were ya. bolona what is dirty and we don't have anything to drink, but they're waiting for support. weaned at least water food or whatever they can give us because you lost everything you. we don't have anything. the clothes and dishes are wet. everything was last, not the name was. though hurricane agatha has mostly dissipated over the mountains of southern mexico. weather forecasters warned the remaining thunderstorms could regroup into a tropical depression, or even a tropical storm. if so, agatha, his name would change to alex, becoming the 1st named storm of the 2022 atlantic hurricane season. potentially

bringing heavy rain and wind to the us state of florida. by the end of the week. manuel that are below algae 0. a 2 month kevin 19 locked down in china's biggest city has finally ended. most of shanghai is 25000000 residents and our free to leave home of businesses will gradually resume operation is khatri your reports from the capital beijing where restrictions imposed under china's 0 current strategy have also been eased. millions of people in shanghai county down to midnight on wednesday, celebrating the end of district to month. pandemic locked down. there were scenes of julie and excitement as people socialized outdoors and toward their cars for the 1st time leaks street markets. and they moved supermarkets, restaurants and parks are reopening, public transport has resumed. china's biggest city and commercial center is slowly

coming back to life. after being shut down at the end of march. more than 600000 korean of iris infections were recorded. what was the country's worst outbreak since the pandemic began. artist soon shown was visiting the city and became stuck at his hotel. an initial 5 day looked out stretched to more than 60 days. he's relieved it's over the remains distressful of the government government order, so they tell people only 5 days. so i think a fine that the, you know, the government always lie to people to more. busy and more and more longer and the longer and the longer and no, andy, no people, when is to finish, there was widespread anger along with confusion of food shortages and a lack of access to emergency medical care lockdown, also crippled supply chains and slowed the economy. property in car sales, the service sector and retail consumption all plummeted in april and saved recovery

won't be quick, easy after the initial phase or there might be more disappointments because the reality is the consumer confidence is dampens. property market is still weak, although it's a weakness, the other part of the economy and what's due there and not address. and on top of that is income growth has flowed significantly. so after the left of water restrictions, i think there is a lot of work has to be done. shanghai authorities say the city has achieved a milestone in its battle against the virus in a letter. they thank residents for their patients and apologized for the inconveniences caused people in shanghai may be celebrating for now. but the memory of this one walk down won't easily be got. china leaders refused to live with the corona virus, and any new outbreak can result in the lives of millions be offended without nurse

. katrina, you al jazeera aging commercial flights of resume between the human capital santa and the egyptian capital cairo. for the 1st time since 2016. but the un broke a truce between the yemeni government and whose rebels is aus away from expiring and talks to renew it. have had trouble christian salumi as more from united nations. the truce has provided some rare moments of relative calm for yemenis, after more than 7 years of war. a war that has unleashed what the un describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the resumption of commercial flights between for 9 cairo, offers some normalcy for the country, the special envoy for yemen. hans greenberg has been working intensely to extend the seas fire according to the united nation. but while they say preliminary indications from the parties are positive, many yemenis are still suffering. despite the good news today on the cairo flights and the improved humanitarian situation,

the truces delivered over the last 2 months. we must be clear that the humanitarian needs for yemen, remain high. some 19000000 people will go hungry this year, including more than a 160000 who will face famine like conditions. more than 4000000 people have been displaced since the war started. severe needs persist across all sectors and food isn't the only issue. many other needs persist and the un humanitarian relief plan is only a quarter funded. no, we can. refugee council says the world is paying too little attention to mass displacements of people across africa. the 1st time, 10 of the most neglected crises are on the continent. democratic republic of congo tops the list for the 3rd time in 5 years. have been, morgan has more close to 6000000 congolese forced from their homes a 3rd of the population going hungry. and all after decades of conflict,

but the democratic republic of congo is top of the most neglected crises worldwide . according to the norwegian refugee council, the aid organization lists 10 countries, all of them in africa, which have displacement crises that don't get enough media attention. the countries include burkina, faso, bermonte, cameroon, chad, if he appear, nigeria and molly, south sudan is number 4 on the list. the was the youngest country faced conflict just 2 years after independence in 2011. a 3rd of its 12000000 people were forced from their homes, fighting largely ended when a peace deal was signed in 2018. since then, floods have displaced nearly a 1000000 more. in something so much in the sonia i camp was established 2 years ago and we come from the north. but here we have humanitarian on shoes. there is no food to no access to farming and no education for dan is also on the list. more than 2000000 have been displaced in the western region of dar for,

since fighting bear started in 2003, hundreds of thousands remain in camps despite at these they'll find 2 years ago. in may, fighting in west are for forced around 35000 families from their homes. done with the dolphin. we were attacked and forced to leave our homes with nothing. now we have nothing to eat and are staying out in the open under the sun than a region. refugee council says the lack of media attention to the crises has contributed to less humanitarian and political response. when the d r c is getting so little attention in the global media, it also leads to less a money going that compared to ukraine and other crisis that are in the limelight constantly. but also to reduce political diplomatic attention and initiatives to sort of the deep crisis in the, in, in the congo. so we're in a desperate situation as human,

terence on the ground. we're not getting the attention not, not the funding, not helped to solve the crisis. and as the world's attention remains elsewhere, most of the funding appeals to respond to the crises in the countries on the list remain low. 8 organizations that needs to change to improve the lives of millions of people. morgan algebra. one of india's most popular singers who songs about love and friendship struck a chord with millions of south asians has died at the age of $53.00 christian, a coma, coon us is known as k. k died just alice, after falling ill during a concert in calcutta, a minister as he may have had a heart attack in his prime minister has joined thousands of others in paying tribute k k songs. we used in some of the most popular films in the 90s to thousands. a jury has ruled mostly in favor of american act, johnny depp in a defamation lawsuit against his ex wife, amber heard oath accused the other of abuse. the trial was televised for weeks,

capturing the attention of viewers and social media users around the world. deb sued his ex wife over an opinion piece. she wrote in 2018 where she called herself a public figure representing domestic abuse. herd counter, soon after depth lawyer said she made up the claims, heard testified that she was physically and sexually assaulted, which dep denied saying she was the one who abused him. that was awarded $15000000.00 in damages. but the jury also ruled partly in favor of herd, saying she should receive $2000000.00. germany is launched, a transport scheme went to combat inflation and the high cost of fuel. for 3 months people have unlimited access to public transport for just $10.00 a month. it is dominic cane reports from berlin. some say the policy doesn't go far enough whether by tram train or bus over the next 3 months, journeys with these are much cheaper. for $10.00 or 9 years a month,

passengers can now get unlimited local and regional travel around the country. we have prepared a bunch of bon as good as possible. for example, with additional train. 250 train every day in our network in germany. and we have additional person out on the train and also in the, in the railway station. so we just find the best to be prepared at a time when inflation is higher than it has been for a long time. ministers hope this policy will ease some of the financial pain caused by rising prices. this is what the package a get prevent 9 euro, a ticket to ride anywhere in this country which can be bought in the paper version on a smart phone. armed with one of these, theoretically, i can take most of the train, tramadol buses, the stop at the station,

but most people who use this unlikely to be, can use. so what do they make of it? i just thought it is great because i used to buy a fix and now it's nice and i have to go to work every day. so it was the biggest press i use public transport a lot in different city, unique cologne, berlin. so it's very convenient, but by making public transport much more affordable, if only for 3 months, this is a green policy. so the theory goes, but some people say it doesn't go far enough. we need to invest a lot more, especially in our real systems. and that's not something that you can do overnight . also not something that is done in 3 months, so we need more trains. we need longer train, we need to build more train tracks. we need more buses. these are all things that take take time. the cheapest season ticket has been introduced to coincide with a cut in fuel costs for motorists. the price of petrol at the pump has risen

sharply since the war in ukraine. at 1st glance on wednesday, prices do seem now to be dropping. so taken together, the politicians in charge believe what they're introducing will make a difference. the next 3 months will tell us where the most germans agree. doner came al jazeera berlin, scientists have discovered that the world's largest plant, genetic analysis has found that this c, ross meadow in australia is actually a single organism, covering a 180 square kilometers. scientists say cloned itself over 4 and a half 1000 years. calling it the most widespread known clone on earth at a 10th of its area has already been lost because of psych loans and rising ocean temperatures linked to climate change blue.