rebel architecture, a traditional future assume it's a simple act to flying a flag. but in the occupied west bank, we think the palestinian flag could get you shot or arrested after the also of ports of the early 19 ninety's between the palestine devotion organization and israel. that bound on the palestinian flag was listed, but on the ground it's becoming much harder to express. any type of support for the palestinian call. one day there are no palestinian flag. the next best to reach are filled with them. it's that they need y t your net, the boy young men were not even born when these railey government 1st declared the palestinian flag. indeed ah, a cough you in call cave and

a ban on mass gatherings and keys independence day in ukraine. seize the country on high alert for russian attacks. any potential damage does operation is suicidal. the when i just moscow and keep to demilitarised around europe's largest nuclear plant, warning fighting at this that i see me crying risks causing a desire. ah, my money inside the salad, is there a lie from dough or so coming up, a coach in thailand is g to deliver ruling that will determine at the prime minister can remain in power as rushes energy war with europe gets worse. it's cold, not gas. that's causing a crisis in poland. i'm andrew simmons and kind of it's all the explaining why trucks are standing in line for days on end. outside the coal mines.

hello and welcome. we begin in ukraine as commemorates 31 years since the end of soviet rule. this is independence day, celebrations strikingly different. countries, of course, on edge and off to warnings. russia may be ramping up. it's attack street saw empty in the northeast and city of col. cave. west streaks curfew is in place. authorities in the capital cave have banned mass gatherings for the whole week. the day coincides with 6 months as the russian invasion began. and the u. s. has warned moscow is planning to strike civilian infrastructure in the next few days. but as theresa by reports from came some ukrainians, still finding ways to mark the occasion. oh, it's national flag day in ukraine. precedent follow the military lens. he attended a ceremony to honor the symbol of the fight against the nation. cities across the east and south have been occupied by russia. ukraine is fighting to get them back.

new calling there is an emergency. we will never recognize someone scholars on our land and in our skies were always ready to the fin, or blue and yellow flag. i asked now to commemorate heroes who give their lives for those scholars. with a moment of silence, olivia ukrainian also marking 31 years of independence from soviet rule. the government has displayed russian tanks and are more vehicles that have been destroyed during the past 6 months. ukraine and officials say moscow had been hoping to hold a military parading central key to celebrate its victory. but this is what they got . instead, veda, bucklin is confident, her country will prevail. we pray every single moment for the war to be over. we believe in our army, and we're sure it's going to be over with our week to read, but it just depends on the time. ah, ukraine, he's on high alert presidency. lensky says bloody me to pull,

denise plotting fragile souls and us intelligence agencies have warned russia maybe planning strikes against government buildings or civilian infrastructure. keith is far from the front line as only rarely been hit by russian missiles since ukraine in forces managed to push russian soldiers out of the city. back in march, but or forties are cautious there, have banning a public gatherings and are asking people to take the air raid sirens very seriously. what a rule since february, thousands of people have been displaced, injured and killed. oh, shall, is, i remind you of the atrocities russian forces committed in their attempt to take the capital. oh, father danbury says he helping to bury the remain found in mass graves across the town. you have to do more, you need to the queue. i think that neither i, nor anyone who lives in ukraine who witnessed the walk and understand what happened for now we are surviving on adrenalin. but after everything that's happened,

i'm worried that the aftermath will last decades. 6 months on ukrainians are fighting for survival against an enemy that is unwilling to retreat. that is, i will, i will just see down the lane day, rosie is the ukraine operations manager of the international red cross. she says the humanitarian situation is likely to get worse over the next 6 months. at the moment, we are still very much in the emergency phase. although we have a much better idea of what are the needs at the moment. so far we have provided assistance with basic items, basic needs to 5000000 people, but the needs are increasing. the winter is coming and this is our main focus at the moment we are preparing for the winter. i zation the needs are,

are mainly related to housing, but also for people to just to, to know where they're going to send their children to school. so this, the, the needs are very broad and the people are either looking for a place to be hosted or reach out to family members outside of ukraine. but within ukraine we still have 6600000 of people that have been displaced by the conflict. and more or less the same amount of people that have fled the country that are in the neighboring countries talk you and officials have again raised concerns about the danger the russian occupied separation nuclear plant in ukraine. the calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops and the demilitarization of the area. the security council

held an emergency meeting to discuss fighting near the facility equation reported further shelling plans on both saturday and sunday, which is damage infrastructure. ahead of the u. n's atomic watchdogs as a team is expected to travel to the site within days. if talks with russia are successful. agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the parisha as purely civilian infrastructure and to ensure the safety of the area. we must be clear that any potential damage to the plant or any other nuclear facilities in ukraine, leading to a possible nuclear incident, would have catastrophic consequences. not only for the immediate vicinity, but for the region and beyond. to paraphrase the secretary, general blunt warning. any potential damage does parisha is suicidal. christmas lame has been following developments from un headquarters in new york. well,

the united nations has called on both sides to refrain from any military activity in the vicinity of the plant and to withdraw troops from the area. they say that the tension and the competing narratives is exactly why the united nations in international monitors need to get in there, or they're calling for access for a team of investigators from the international atomic energy agency to get in. and russia and ukraine both say they want that as well. russia says they've been on board for a visit from the i. e a to the site since june. ukraine says that i just earlier today, their foreign minister was in touch with the i. e a. this is the ukrainian ambassador speaking at the meeting earlier, saying that things are progressing and logistics are being worked out. and also that ukraine would like to see a permanent presence of the i. e,

a at the site until they can regain control of it. now preparations for this mission, according to the u. n. r. in fact, ongoing and the i. e, a director general, raphael mariano grossi made a statement earlier today saying that he does expect that mission to be possible in the next couple of days. if these final issues can be worked out what those final issues are, are a bit vague from all of the parties concerned, but everybody says they want it and everybody's hoping it'll happen in the next couple of days. the u. s. military says it's carried out a strike near the syrian city of deer, as though it says it targeted facilities used by groups affiliated with iran's revenue sharing gods. the central command says the strikes were aimed at protecting its forces from attacks by groups. facts by iran, of course, in thailand is set to hand down a ruling that will decide if the prime minister can remain in power. they have been

purchased in the capital bangkok ahead of the court decision, calling for the prime minister prior to not sure to step down. price took for power in a qu, back in 2014 opponent. say he should step down on wednesday. when is 8, yet it's up. a scared attorney chang whose life arrests from and cock tony. i believe you are outside the court and give us a bit of background to this case. and when are we expecting results? were she in front of government house, the seat of government here in banker her and if you look behind me, you can just see it peking through these huge shipping containers which now surround this building and 360 degrees. they're part of the security measures they put in place. we've also got ra police here. have been sheltering in the sun than are coming out of the suit to stand on attention. their armed with shot guns and

rubber bullets. we understand that we swing the camera round even further. we can see they've got the water cannons ready or a truck ready to re loaded these blue vehicles over here. and that's because at the end of the road here, there is a small group of protest is at the moment again, the only a handful of people. but there were certainly more protectors out on the street yesterday. what they're doing is pulling for the prime minister to resign. they say the constitution forced through by the military and 2017 has a clause in. it is very clear. i sitting prime minister can only sit for a term of 8 years. now, according to royal decree, prior to not sure when he overthrew the democratically elected government in 2014, assume the position of prime minister that term finished a midnight last night. a 171, opposition m p to put a petition to the constitutional court today that they are going to hear. we don't yet know what they're going to do. they have

a number of options available to them. they could suspend him, they could dismiss him out of hand, or they could just take the matter under consideration, but everyone here very keenly waiting to see or they'll say later. 20. what's at stake? yeah. well, obviously the position of prime minister, which i think is a serious consideration, especially as thailand is going to host an apec meeting. and i think that probably means that they would maybe not risk removing him at this stage. i think the bigger picture is we're in a period building up to general elections next year. the opposition know that the prime minister is vulnerable. they know he's not popular. and i think what they're trying to remind the voting public is that this is a general who overthrew a democratically elected government. his overseen several mishaps, economic mismanagement. the coven 19 shut down. so was terribly damaging with china and in many different ways. and more recently across the living crisis that seeing

inflation rise in a has a many people in the pocket. and they want people to be very aware of that when they had to the polls next year. okay, thank you for that. tony chang that from bangkok still ahead on al jazeera ivy, is after the exit is from man man, danny, a 1000000 were hang a miss lindsey, still trapped in bangladesh. and i suppose is if argentina's vice president hit back out to prosecute his seat to put behind us. ah hello there. we'll have a look at africa in a moment. the 1st to the middle east, and it's largely hot and dry picture across the northern half of the region. we've

got a shamar wind blowing out of iraq. that's going to kick up some dust across the gulf, pushing the humidity down, but picking temperatures up for the likes of red and doe has sitting in the early forty's. on thursday, the rain continues to affect the southwest of saudi arabia. some of the heavier falls as well in western areas of yemen where we have already seen flooding. and the devastating flooding that we've seen in sudan is likely to continue as more rain is set to fall. we got another easily wave that's going to work its way west bringing some of the heavier falls to northern areas of nigeria on thursday. we have another one ahead of that, and that's bringing some drenching downpours to the west coast as well as northern southern areas of martina as we headed to southern africa. it's a much dryer picture. their temperatures have been below the average for the likes of zimbabwe is what is what swan and northern areas of south africa, johannesburg, is set to see the temperature rise to 25 degrees on thursday. but for kate down another cool down,

it will be lingering in the mid teens as the wet and windy weather sweeps in at sure weather update. ah, 2 years old captain white i see a life altering experience for any victim more so when to use is half of your life time. a 4 year old, your cd boys struggles to recover from the trauma of abuse and the witnessing of unspeakable atrocities. i bet child a witness documentary on a just either lou

ah, open back your watching out. is there a mind if i top stories the south? ukraine is set to hold muted independence day celebrations. after warnings, russia may ramp up its attacks, stroke, curfews, and place in the northeast and city of col. keith authorities in the capital of bond mass gatherings for the whole week. the un security council has held an emergency meeting to discuss fighting may the russian occupied zap region nuclear plants in ukraine. they calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops and the demilitarization of the area. and a course in timeline is set to hand down a ruling that will decide at the prime minister can remain in power to happen protests in the capital bangkok ahead of the court decision calling for cry system . now families in poland, bracing themselves for tough winter. the country is facing wide spread coal

shortages off to russian imports of fuel wood band. not unlike the rest of europe, poland relies on coal rather than gas for power and heating under simmons, travel to kutrovitch said to see how people are preparing for the cold months. ahead, poland prides itself on its potential, would be totally independent of russia fruits energy needs. but those are problem. it's a shortage of cold, not gas, like the rest of europe. rough, our rules, coal seller, is normally stocked up for winter by now. but he can't find any coal to buy, and if he could, he'd pay almost 4 times what he used to use them. and golden again, i'm not a minority ologist put the coal is right here beneath our feet. and i've been trying to buy it for 3 months with 0 results and average. he's right, this region is rich with coal, but polish production is limited. and the government has banned imported coal from

russia, even though it's cheaper and more suitable for domestic use. we didn't invest in nuclear power yet, or we cannot rely on natural gas. so all we have is gold when it comes to the heating sector. this tuition is even worse because we were heavily dependent on russian. ready co, poland burns, a lot of coal, 87 percent of the total for households across the european union. coal mines surrounded by cues of trucks can't meet the demand. and if people knew the level of profiteering going on, they be even more alarmed. there's a reason that truck drove us from all over poland or spending days on end and cues like these. it's because the loads may be small, but the profits are big. drivers are known to make at least a 100 percent profit from a call yard dealer, who will then raise the price by at least another 100 percent. this driver admits the 2nd old will suffer balmy's or be tagged. what the government should do is give

pension as a special allowance on coal delivered to their door, yet it's sick. i don't want to profit from human misery, but that's how it is. the government says an annual coal allowance of around $630.00 a year will help. and ministers say companies are importing coal ahead of the coming winter polish companies are now importing call from other countries from colombia, indonesia, south africa, and replacing with that da da quantities of called and were coming from russia. it's a bit of a different logistics, so it, it creates challenges. but right across poland, people like this homeowner feel the government isn't doing enough. andrew simmons, al jazeera kat of it, sir poland italian far right leader, georgia, maloney has launched to campaign to become the country's 1st female prime minister bologna whose brothers eventually party is a head in the polls. criticized european union's energy thrust. she, she told

a crowd of supporters that the sky high prices have force businesses and families onto their knees. next month, not collection was called officer prime and somebody doggy coalition. government collapsed a group of countries that share borders with russia want to ban tourists from the russian borders. the european union members, finland estonia, lapierre lithuania and poland. o. 5 and now pushing from e. y baton on russian tourists. anti block bound russian plains from its base following moscow's invasion of ukraine. i can february that made countries with land borders into popular holiday destination for visitors from russia or russian license plates. and luxury cards are a common sight at finland's biggest airport finance. foreign minister says it's become a transit country. bond is expected to be discussed next week's meeting, a few foreign ministers. not sure if

we should should not be able to travel. i think everybody should travel because when you see how other peaceful countries leave, then you become more peaceful to we all. busy weight these up and once or normal situation in all the world and in our country into ukraine would, must reinstall it, is the estonian minister of foreign affairs. early he spec my colleague nick clark and says the move to man russian tours is a matter of ethics. it is a on morrow for all understanding to allow the russian federation citizens to enter the country for when there is an aggression war going on. and secondly, also to that, to give a clear signal that there is

a need imminent need to close close all europe to russian federation citizens. and there are around $10000000.00 valley shan visas which are issued to russian for the nation citizens. and we believe that they should be ban european sanction. to close them, the russian tourist can get into a state account if they come through or get their visas from other european countries. is that right? yes. now they do have, we are, did, having negotiations with neighboring countries, of you, of russian federation, where that aren't our national competence, we should leave me that entry. so our countries. but right now the 3rd countries should change and these owners are allowed to pass for 74 minutes. so you want the a union wide band. do you think it's likely

i think yes, this is our moral duty where we are capable to that level of responsibility . let's see in coming weeks and coming time. so let me remind that all the kinds of delaying they have price and the price are not bombs, which are dropped to our town homes, which are dropped. do the home schools and hospitals of innocent. you create a b. now on thursday, ringo refugees will mark the 5th anniversary of exodus from me and me all. hundreds of thousands of people from the countries. muslim minority fled a violent military crackdown in 2017. now, nearly a 1000000 wrangler live in one of the world's largest refugee camps. and cox of bizarre freedom of movement is limited and they're kept on increasingly harsh.

conditions under the ash is pushing for their recreation. last week, the un human rights chief said it's still too dangerous for them to return. afford us police officers plead guilty for her role in the death of brianna taylor, a black woman, shot and killed during a police raid. taylor was killed in her home in 2020, and her death sparks protests of racial justice and police brutality. all across the u. s. federal investigators say that kelly. good. let's conspire to create a cover story and added a line to the search warrant. she returns, he has more kelly good look now has pat guilty to falsify the arrest warrant that convinced a judge to, to, to allow it to go ahead and then conspiring to cover up what she did with the other officer. it saw that she will be giving evidence against 2 of the other offices who have been charged by the department of justice. there's a 3 offices. i'm charged with bureaucratic side of the raid. another office has

been charged with excessive force. this is the officer who basically stood outside brianna taylor's apartment, just shooting wildly into the apartment. despite the fact, we could see anything that were blinds down on a block out when he was just firing away with it with his guns, he's going to be charged with excessive force. again, he was acquitted on that charge in the state court already though once, but we should also remember them that just leaves the 2 offices who are actually inside brianna taylor's tennis apartment who burst in they claim that they announced themselves brown, tennis boyfriend who was the big said, said they did not, they're the ones who actually 5 to 10 years, many sholtes inside the apartment 6 with which hit brown until one of which killed them that i've been charged with anything. so it's clearly welcomed that people are being charged by the federal government constitutional crimes. but this is clearly fatal all out of state level. but, but it's still being looked at at least something moving forward that the people are slowly perhaps beginning to be held accountable for. for the steph,

prosecutors in the u. s. city of atlanta have decided not to pursue charges against the 2 white police officers involved in the killing of black, mont, and 2020 re shot brooks was shot dead off. the officers responded to complaints that he had fallen asleep and had come at a drive through restaurants. when they tried to rest in, brooks grabbed to take a laser, a taser from them and fight at it. as he ran away, one of the offices shot him in the back. i could as ports and weak institutions have turned it into a key trans at coin for hundreds of tons of narcotics earmarked for the u. s. europe, asian russia, to see a name and tells us how drug trafficking is causing unprecedented violence in the port city of god. i have kill with them. i kind of, if it's been more than a week since an explosion, destroyed the homes and the lives of many living on guy ye, or chal, a street in

a poor guayaquil neighbourhood. me her down in the rural apostle. my daughter was sleeping with her husband when they heard machine gunfire. they ran to the window when the bomb went off in front of our house. dolah. yeah, he said his daughter and his son in law each last deny. yeah, magnitude of the explosion left 17 people injured and 5 dead authority suspect it was directed at a drug trafficker nicknamed cockroach, who reportedly had already left the scene. to the 6 year old roxane, battery, else died almost immediately. think i could put a key on the old one when we got the. my mother's body was found over there. i bet explosion has been followed by 2 smaller ones this week in ecuador, its largest coastal city, where in the last year the murder rate has doubled. the government has responded by declaring a month long state of emergency,

which allows the police and the army to work together to crack down on criminal organizations linked to drug trafficking cartels. about a year ago, 2 bodies were found hanging from this bridge here in the durant district. it marked the beginning of an escalation of violence here in y. yeah, kill. and since then, there have been decapitations, dismemberment of bodies of rival gang members, all of which have becoming more and more common in a country that had never seen those types of crimes before. all insurance, but the national police director of investigation says ecuadorian geographic position is mostly to blame. a case stumbled into a intervals bicycle are. we are waged between the world's 2 largest drug produces columbia in the north and peru in the south africa. mom. we've become embroiled in a logistic network as a transit country. what we're seeing a crime sort of copied from colombian and mexican cartels. in order to generate tara and panic,

the name of body of weapons. police have identified at least 26 criminal gangs. some of them, small armies, who are fighting each other for the privilege of distributing drugs from here to the rest of the world. in the last 3 days, police have confiscated more than 4 tons of pure cocaine in banana shipments that were earmarked to europe. what that small consolation to the people of guy or child who say the police can't control the violence, which is why they're still living in fear. to see in human al jazeera while you're kill ecuador. columbia's ended a policy of destroying coca crops, us the newly elected president, gustavo petro, overhauls a fight against drug trafficking, the national police direct to says that we'll focus instead on intercepting cocaine shipments and providing incentives for farmers to adult legal crops. previous governments had dedicated soldiers, herbicides,

and drones to try and eradicate coca forms. this led to von and confrontations between farmers and the police. support is default and teen as vice president, christina fernandez, the cushion have been protesting at what they say is judicial persecution against her. yeah. if whom a president greeted the crowds outside congress as they chanted against the prosecutor's decision to seek a 12 year prison sentence in her corruption trial. and on this is accused of diverting public funds during a time in office. many in her parents party say she's been targeted because she champion the pool. one of my people, i love the only way they can control her is to put her in prison. nobody can bait christina. that's why they created the circus. oh, it's unfair. i love her with all my heart. i had to be here. i couldn't let her down.