ah sake and he'd been home and then international anti corruption excellence award boat now for your hero. ah. heavy fighting around ukraine's 2nd biggest city. the president says some villages have been re taken from russia. oh, you know what? the us defense secretary promises the extra military aid for ukraine as winter approaches. ah,

hello, i'm emily anguish this is al jazeera life from dough house are coming up. you kay's new prime minister list trust is due to announced plans to cut household energy bills ahead of winter ah, and from military parades to political rallies, brazil's president j able scenario uses independence day celebrations to campaign to his support is welcome to the program, ukraine's is 2nd largest city of her keith has been hit by missiles and it strikes it comes as ukraine says, it's making advances in its counter offensive in the northeast and south. ukraine says its forces have repelled counter attacks by russian units in concave. after taking back several villages near the town of balak aliya and taking full control

of the city of idiom, and in the last hour you are secretary of defense, lloyd austin has announced the latest american military aid package to ukraine with $675000000.00 for launch after our initial contract group meeting, the war is a another key moment. russian forces continue to cruelly bombard ukrainian cities and civilians with missiles and artillery far. but ukrainian forces have begun their counter offensive in the south of their country. and they are integrating the capabilities that we all have provided to help themselves to fight and reclaim their sovereign territory. we'll get more on austin's visit to germany with jonah hollis shortly. but 1st let's go to gabriel. alexander who's in keith. hello, there. gave jeff how successful has ukraine been at taking back its territory?

what by all accounts the in the early stages of this counter offensive and how to keep in the northeast, the ukrainians have been quite successful again, these are, this is a counter offensive that has just about didn't do it's going into. it's 2nd day here. so we're starting to get some evidence back from the front lines on how it's going and the ukrainians are cautiously optimistic that it's going quite well for them. based on everything that we're seem to be clear, the city of how to keep in the northeast is the 2nd largest city in ukraine. it has been and still is controlled by the ukrainian since the beginning of this conflict . what this counter offensive is, is trying to do is push the russians out of this south and eastern part of how to keep the region. why? because the russians have been able to use entrenched areas that they have captured and, and been entrenched in a south and east of how to keep city to law,

to shell her, to keep the city itself with increasing are increasingly over the over the last few weeks. so this counter offensive by the ukrainians. hey, i came as a surprise. it was sort of a, a surprise, a counter offensive. not too many people were expecting it and they appear to have caught the russians off guard. already the ukrainians have appeared to have cabin recaptured several villages and have encircled a key city ballot. clara, a city of 25000 people, a key russian city that they, that the russians have held for many, many months now. and it appears that the ukrainians are on the verge of re taking that which would be a pretty significant advance for the ukrainians were even hearing from some russian bloggers and analysts on social media and telegram said things such as that and even some russian analysts that have been watching this fight the last day or 2 up in the northeast and how to keep absurd hinting that the fight is not going well

for the russians. and gave just briefly worrying lea bella roost. it says it's begun military exercises, me the polish border. it's clearly trying to send a message. yeah, that's right. bella roost announcing that a they're holding a military exercises on the south, west part of bell roost. they say that they'll be doing this and holding these exercises until september 14th. they claim it's deliberate territory seized by the enemy, according the words, if the defense, the bellows, the defense department, the bottom line though is this is right on the border of both worse, poland and ukraine. and both of those countries are watching this very closely because of course, bell roof is a close political and military ally of russia or i thank you very much for the gay, but alexander live for us in cave. let's cross to germany now where join

a how is live for us at the ramstein, a base join a lloyd austin has been there whose he been meeting and what's being discussed. well, the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, as you said, is here. he is alongside the ukraine in defense minister, alexi, resonant, coven, ukrainian defense officials, along with defense ministers, defense officials, from some 50 or more countries, many of them, nato members, of course, but other participating nations as well. and since this contact group was formed back in april, they've met more or less monthly to listen to the ukrainians. immediate battlefield needs and work out ways to meet them. we'll be doing that as well. of course, but secretary austin did signal a significant shift in the focus of this contact group with the recognition among ukraine's allies. that this fight is not going to end any time soon. and that they need to be ready and able to support ukraine in the long term. lloyd austin said

the war is at a key moment. once again, we were hearing about that from gabriel. ukrainian forces have begun counter offensive down in the south as well as around keith. he said largely with the help of the weaponry that's been supplied through the contact group. he said as the face of the war changes. so is the mission of this contact group to work together to meet ukraine's requirements for the long haul. he is talking specifically about getting the allies to look at their own production capabilities within their own defense, industrial bases, and to scale them up if necessary to ensure that they can go on producing weaponry and ammunition of a greater scale to be able to meet ukraine's needs in the long haul, he says, as the fight evolves, so must we ukraine's allies and join a he also promised additionally, additional military aid, not only because the fighting is showing no sign of stopping, but also because winter is approaching.

yet he talked about the latest tranche of us military aid approved on wednesday by president biden, $675000000.00 worth of a, the 20th drop down of us funds so far since the war began. and he noted contributions from other countries as well that would go towards providing further equipment. we may hear more about specific pledges and military assets later on this afternoon. but one thing we also know is going to be discussed because ukraine has already made specific mention of this is its forces needs ahead of what is going to be an ever more bitter and difficult campaign as winter. now approaches ukraine once winterized weapon systems at once, winter equipment, winter supplies, uniforms, boots, tents, and so on. there will be a lot of talk about that as well. all right, we appreciate the update as always, jonah, how live for us at outside the ramstein,

a base in germany. britton's new prime minister list trustees due to announce the new package to tackle soaring energy bills and the coming hours. but she's rolled out taxing energy companies, huge profits on wednesday trust faced off against the opposition in parliament during her 1st prime minister's questions. as answer simmons reports from london. ha, for all new prime ministers, the 1st journey to parliament to face opposition questions has a big hurdle at the end of it. this trust is promising help for millions of people facing high energy bills this winter. you saw, but yet she refuses to impose winful taxation on energy companies, stock abbey altogether. and companies already doing well a getting a $17000000000.00 pound tax got yeah. while working people pay for the cost of living crisis, stroke victims, wait an hour for an ambulance, on criminals,

walk the streets with impunity. i on the side of people iraq hog why, why we the national insurance increase. and that is why we will keep corporation tax lo, ultimate watching on fresh faces on the front bench, all of them trust loyally supporters of leadership rivalry. she to not from the last government by the resigned or been fired. if she's a top tier of the cabinet, is the most diverse in british political history, with not one male white politician among them. this capitan's is short on experience though. what could it have new dynamics? not surprisingly, stammer doesn't think so. the face of the top may change, but the story remains. yes, there is nothing new about the tory from to see of trickle down economics yet. well is nothing new about

a labor leader who is calling for more tax? hi, am i saying mom to tighten? trust me. have impressed in supporters. she did hold ground and seemed to keep her cool. but there was an absence of detail on what she's promising. and so on thursday liz trust will announce her energy plan, aimed at relieving the stress of millions of people in the u. k. with escalating bills. she knows it's a crucial card to play. if she is to win back any popularity. the conservative party has lost of late cares. darma knows that only too well, which is why he persistently pressed her on asking who pays? she couldn't really answer. andrew simmons al jazeera london, still ahead on out his era. ronnie, diplomats get ready to leave their embassy in albania, after being expelled. and a manhunt after a spite of stabbings in canada ends with both suspects,

dead and more questions than answers ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world cup is on its way to capture your travel package today. helsinki, finland, capitol, had the coldest start september. since 1941, there is arctic air rad has been keeping western russia code as well as that thing there. then coming in from the atlantic, the real change to our terminal weather, which we've been seeing of the last few days that's taken away. the real warm sun is introducing the likelihood, some pretty big thunderstorms, warnings of them in germany today. the whole lot is moving ease was through part of the next 24 hours. the air behind it often sunny is about where it should be temperature wise. because where do you have the atlantic, a named tropical storm form a hurricane danya which will eventually get into the mix,

which is typical for autumn. so we're squeezing out the late summer warmth as it's front goes eastwards and the rain falls from it. so was crushing it down towards bulgaria for example. and the mediterranean temperature is still the some at least higher than average. if you take, sophia $27.00 goes down to $21.00, the average is $23.00. so we're not talking extreme weather here. but if you look at north africa, and i'll take to this as a case in point, still over 40 degrees tend to be 12 average until about sunday. but the real story, after i think is the rain. the big rain shows a long way, nor still causing get more flooding in sudan. and of course you can do a line of the journey with

oh the me. hello, you're watching out you 0. i'm emily angry. his reminder about top stories this hour, the ne in ukrainian city of khaki has been hit by missiles and strikes overnight. president let me zelinski says troops and making advances in the counter offensive to retake cds from russia. secretary of defense lloyd often has announced the

united states delighted military aid package for ukraine, with $675000000.00. austin made the pledge during a visit to the ramstein, a bank in germany, where he's meeting dozens of defense ministers. and britons, new prime minister lives trust is due to announce the new package to tackle storing energy bills in the coming hours. but she's ruled out opposition demand for more taxes on energy companies profit. the united nation says there's credible evidence. moscow is forcibly taking unaccompanied ukrainian children to russia to be adopted. cave says thousands of its children missing us says so called filtration operations amount to a war crime. diplomatic editor james phase has more from the un. this security council meeting was called by albania, and the us there have been persistent allegations that when russian soldiers have captured areas of ukraine, they've taken away people who lived there to russia,

a process of enforce displacement, ambassador linda thomas greenfield, says the u. s. government believes the numbers involved are staggering. russian authorities have interrogated, detained, forcibly deported between 900001 point 6000000 ukranian citizens from their homes to russia, often to isolated regions in the far east. and i want to be clear, the united states has information that officials from russia's presidential administration are overseeing and coordinating these filtration operations. a senior human rights official says her office can verify that what are known as filtration camps have been set up to process ukrainians. but it's worth noting, she gave no estimate of the number of people involved. alexia chai has not amended that men and women perceived as having tines with ukrainian armed forces or state

institutions. or as having true ukrainian or anti ration peers were subjected to arbitrary detention torture, ill treatment and enforced disappearance. they were transferred to penal colony, including the now infamous pin or colony near aladdin williams, co prisoners, the place where 53 prisoners of war died blown up in july. russia says it was result of a ukrainian attack. ukraine says they were deliberately executed an explosion. the un fact finding mission has been set up and is expected to visit the site. in the coming days. when he spoke on the security council of rushes, ambassador said the meeting was a new milestone in the disinformation campaign by western nations. he described the people involved as refugees and said his country is providing them with every assist an issue with one of the world's leading human rights organizations. human rights watch says it's research shows that force deportation is taking place and it

says that amounts to a war crime. james bay's al jazeera, the united nations. iranian diplomats have reportedly burned documents hours before they do to leave their embassy in the capital to run a bank said diplomatic times with a run on wednesday over an alleged cyber attack on government website back in july, around dismissed the claim and baseless and says cutting times is unwise, the us says its own investigation also found around responsible for the attack. a white house correspondent kimberly held. it says the incident could complicate efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with iran. the white house is calling the attacks on albania, to be both reckless and irresponsible, saying that it strongly condemns the attacks on a nato ally. the u. s. is joining the calls of the prime minister in saying that

iran should be held accountable for what the ghost is calling an unprecedented cyber incident. and the usaa saying that intends to hold iran accountable for its actions without specifying how it intends to do. so saying that this said a troubling precedent for cyberspace. now, we should point out that the united states has been working alongside albania, officials on the ground since this attack occurred back in july. what we know is that they have been working not only to investigate the origins of this attack, but also to mitigate it. this comes into an interesting time, given the fact that the united states is continuing to try and revive the j c p. away or be ever to limit or runs nuclear program through the 2015 agreement to the by the administration is keen to revive that. the previous administration under donald trump abandoned i. so this certainly does complicate those matters. in fact, we know that the white house press secretary curriculum pierre,

spoke about this i those efforts i just one day ago saying that there is still mutual interest to try and revive this agreement. but there are gaps that remade, and certainly this incident will only complicate those matters further. solomon islands, parliament has approved a controversial build to delay elections until 2024. it allows prime minister men a say saga re to extend his term in office by at least 7 months. the opposition has accused him of a power grab, but the government says you can't afford to hold an election and host the pacific games in the same year. oh, out of the one cap is just $73.00 days away and clap champions of sandy, arabia and egypt will play a cat as lou sales stadium on friday as a dry run ahead of the big event. the organizing committee is speaking. now let's have a listen, a little while, let me add the thought on for next week,

not to have i am haley an hour something new in higher feel on health enough to which means that anyone can walk through or any local. oh, a international sites can apply for what are the higher cod another this is a new thing and it will facilitate the procedures of getting higher cards in an easier way. in the south words comes to the formal residents side to we are quite keen to start with $80.00 to the other prices according to the desires of the fans. we have options. we have new options every day when it comes to hotel, sir. oh yeah. both sir velez or apartment b?

no, not. um. we had gary canal hood holding lee. well check. the higher card is the main gate to enter cutter for the fans during the world cup. no long period of time during the last her period of time. a lot of people were applying for higher cards and because a lot of people are keen to buy tickets and to have a higher card, in addition to some of their own family members, particularly after we announced the activities during the turn, mentor movie fans, zones, or all of the other a vents, culturally van sander performs, we have received a lot of requests from the ticket, her owners to invite more of their friends. so we have a policy of one plus 3,

which means any one with a higher card can invite 3 of his friends or his family members to attend with them . and to enjoy this exceptional experiment during the world cup will be having a certain restrictions. fees are requirements for those $3.00, but them there until 12 years of age. they will be exempted in order to support their more and to pay of the way for everyone to enjoy the world cup tournament. and the activities are around the event and enjoy more activities. also, we have other things for higher, higher means they are allowed to go out to the stadium. higher cards also will in give you an access to the metro transportation means. and to be

of course, enter the stadium recently along we air. this cover that the higher cards has now a good regional reputation. it was of the very beginning, local. now it's an international, a reputation. and the other members of the region are also applying this higher god, which means that this world cup tournaments since we asked for hosting it this means that our region and the middle east are improving of this connection. and this will encourage people to come and visit cutter and visit the region though. hire application is now an international application. it's time now full earned mister jason said to talk about the mechanisms of being

gay or oh, coming to cuts, i in the name of allah almighty, i'd like to thank my brothers and i welcome you. all the people of the media. it's my pleasure to share with you some security aspects and other aspects when it comes to that, those protection of the fans in order to go to their destinations in a safe way. cutter is as safe country and according to the international indications . carter comes on torpor, according to the global fans and other sciences with the help of a lot, marta and directions of our political leadership. so as to have a successful tournament. this means that kata is able and capable of hosting big events. when comes to the security and safety duty of the tournament,

we hope this tournament will be the most successful event and most are at safe event. and that has tre for the residence. and for the citizens, according to have said by engineers, se esl hire card is the only thing used by the fast to go way into the sound stadium and to come to carter. in addition to that, are these higher card is our multi entrance sir, or, and the is the and it starts from the 1st of november. annual can comes and goes and comes and goes. and the higher cards is not full. the citizens and the condition still get a higher card for the international fans. oh, the residence of the g. c. c. to have the tickets from the

international are from favor. oh, from the organizers. and in addition to these 3 people with you to have her or a residence or an housing here in qatar where they obtain it through the applications. all other means all the terminals will be ready to receive the higher cards holders. if you plan to attend to the world copper matches also we have the enable sombre terminal for this land terminal and the air side there can holes thousands of cars starting from the 15th of october. this service sir, has 2 options. the, the fans can be moved to a downtown, a, doha,

auto, mozilla, the other option. they can go to the gallon area where as you all know, we have so many people there to receive them and to accompany them. and there is a particular area for families and for friends at the same time, it's only 3 kilometers away from the center. we have the entrance procedures through the fans tense on the terminals and the air cars are. ready allowed with no cut or replace according to the standards that are on the sides. and this will be announced on the 15th of october in char law travelers who can come by here era players. they have hammered international airport and they can use their metro stations only

a few vase and we have buses to carry them after the arrival. also hammer, the national airport has there so many services and there, the travelers coming to door her. they can use that as what dish and means to reach the nearest metro station and the short little her that will be one on and as the same time all that this i'll in the application. thank you. thank you. you're terrific. all of you will welcome the media people and if you have any questions, we'll we'll be ready to answer them. please mention your name and your organization . yes, please. it's robert. got that. thank you very much look visible from marsha t v in dubai. i stayed 6 years with the jersey that before moving to l.

r o b, and embassy. i visited the gutter for the 1st time since 5 years. and i had seen a lot of changes on the face of the buildings, and we can see a country after 5 years that is completely different. it is a very positive, are feeling. we all her wait for cutter to host the world car and we hope it will be one of the best tournaments and has trade. that's why if we criticize, will hit the size because we love you and we love the country. we are arab journalists, we arrived recently, we had a problem to enter the place and there near the gates were closed because of the super match. i know, but there is, oh, there are some.