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a major counter offensive by ukraine and car. keith. ah, i'm a jim, jim. this is alger alive, from door. also coming up. the crime of the united kingdom of great britain, the northern ireland is soley and rightfully come to the prince charles philip, also george king charles. the 3rd is formerly proclaimed as britain's oldest, new monarch in a ceremony televised for the 1st time. sweden heads to the poles where the country's 1st female prime minister is up against the rising right wing, plus the champion. good. world number one, e g s one tech wins her 3rd grand slam title at the u. s. o. b choose

russia's grip on northeastern ukraine appears to be weakening as ukrainian forces claim rapid gains. president volota, major lensky says around 2000 square kilometers of territory has been retaken since a counter offensive was launched earlier this month. now, russian officials in the harkey region are urging all residents to evacuate. the areas in red had been under moscow's control. but in the last 24 hours, keith has captured a number of settlements. it retaken the city of coupons, kinnear. hark eve and forces are closing in on nearby ism coupons. as important as it lies on russian supply routes to the don boss. ukrainian special forces have released images of their soldiers inside the city. cave says significant gains are also being made in the south. in response to the advance, russia has said its forces are regrouping. but a pro russian separatist leader admits fighting has been difficult. gabriel elizondo has more from keith it's an ambitious ukrainian military offensive in

the north east. that is retaking land in towns occupied by russia military that is now in retreat by saturday, night and cleans had reached resume about a 120 kilometers from a southeast of the regional capital. how to keep city with ovary enough, rock bottom of the reconnaissance group, and the special forces are already here in assumed it's laurie to ukraine. the soldier said, is soon home to a major rail line is strategically important and was a russian military stronghold for months. no more russian forces in the city fled as ukrainians closed in what video showed ukrainians also recapturing copy onto another key supply line city and did by clear retaken by the ukrainians. a day before, a top commander raised the flag as a sign of victory to day where completing the liberation of balak lee. they chose big city in our offensive annual fund, and i'm sure this is not the last se,

but the war has taken its toll up in the recaptured town of gradually. destruction can be seen everywhere through. so there are a lot of damage. buildings in this village is almost completely destroyed. a part of the russian service been occupied. it referred house there, a huge garbage piles and place you live to those lily behind ammunition bullies and other things, a used toner. the world bank estimate, ukraine will need $349000000000.00 in aid just to rebuild. by saturday night, the russian defense ministry admitted to withdrawing their troops from key towns in the northeast, but said it was an operational regrouping. but many people on pro russian telegram channels or calling it something else, a defeat, and one high profile russian military analysts said that their troops are now in an operational crisis and that the ukrainians have seized the initiative. in this war,

gabriel's hondo al jazeera keith. harland omen as a military expert and a former advisor to the u. s. defense department. he says ukraine has undoubtedly managed to make rapid gains in the northeast. this is clearly a tactical victory for ukraine. what has been extraordinary and people will study this forever for a long time as to how ukraine has done so. well, militarily, i emphasize this is tactical. this is still a strategic stalemate. russia is incapable of dominating ukraine, and ukraine is not capable of seizing back all the territories and don, boss, and crimea that russian occupies so while this is certainly a tactical victory, and i think ukrainians will probably prevail and curse on the question is, will there be a negotiated piece, that is the issue. well, russia cannot process with winter coming,

and possibly climate change may make the winter for more miles, both sides will restock their ordinance and their people. will this be a huge stalemate that will just continue to destroy ukraine, or will there be a decisive action? i don't think so. what we need to do is to look how we can end the war on terms favorable, certainly to ukraine, and give russia an exit strategy that is acceptable. that becomes the issue. otherwise, this is world war one, not with trench warfare, but with attrition warfare. that is going to be devastatingly got to lead to all parties, ukraine and rushing out . it was a ceremony rooted in centuries old tradition. but for the 1st time in history, the british public and the world saw the event that makes a monarch live on television. charles, the 3rd was officially proclaimed as britons new king. and accession council met at saint james's palace in london to make the proclamation hallberg and reports from

london. oh! from the balcony in saint james's palace, to a fanfare of trumpets in front of expectant crowds, the heralds proclaimed the accession. oh, the crying of the united kingdom of great britain, the northern ireland is soley and rightfully come to the prince child. philip offered george, become our only lawful and right foot leads. lord charles, the 3rd 3 chance raised majesty the king. ha ha ha ha ha, pet minutes earlier. the extension ceremony itself had been somber and administrative, but no less momentous. in the front row, 6 former british prime ministers stood shoulder to shoulder. this gathering

comprises the king's privy council, his senior political advisors, and the new king still mourning the loss of his mother solemnly accepted the mantle of monarchy. my mother's reign was unequalled in its jewish. it's dedication and his devotion, even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life. i am deeply aware of this great inheritance and the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me. the orders or council were read out one by one, the new king giving his approval to each approved and then with a signature and a bow. the king was formerly proclaimed your story centuries. overall proclamation hobby changed in the middle ages and never before brought kathy on.

the walls of the pallet serves to emphasize the stability and continuity of the roll line. queen elizabeth rain is over. can charles steff seamlessly into the roll of head of state as protocol dictates herald's wood dispatched to the city of london to take news of the proclamation there for she a spectacle? there are very few that can rival the grandeur and ceremonial that surrounds the british royalty, elaborate titles, protocols and robes which have their roots in medieval pageantry, the and all the while the crowds of well wishes and mourners continue to gather from near and far. here to see a transition in history, rich men of, in our lifetimes, from green to king, you will not get to see that again because the next 3 months, i want to be all men become more of a time to be on occasion. like the last few days have been hard to take it all

in. so yeah, i think we just wanted to come down here to show and help us make those next steps into having a king. i believe that i didn't realize until last year i was going to change everything changing how long the roll family, everything even from husband didn't. i think one of those fundamental changes was visible in the parliament gathering for a ras saturday session. the prime minister and other party leaders renewing and updating that oath of allegiance, pledging their loyalty to the king. returning to buckingham palace, there is much for the new king to do. the official period of morning continues. a state funeral awaits a coronation will follow. and the line of succession is maintained, pull brennan, al jazeera to london. king charles's 2 sons and their wives came together to look at the tributes and flowers left for their grandmother outside windsor castle. the

4 royal spend more than 30 minutes speaking to members of the public. it's the 1st time the 2 couples have been seen together since harry and megan left their royal duties and moved to the us. our diplomatic editor james bayes was at buckingham palace earlier. he has more on what to expect in the days ahead. we have a lot more information that's coming in the last few hours of exactly what's gonna happen between now and the funeral, which the date has been confirmed. i think we will guessed it was going to be monday, the 19th of september. that's not this coming monday, the monday after. but, but in that time, a lot of things that are going to take place. king charles is here in london. he'll be meeting the secretary general of the commonwealth here in london on sunday, clearly as the head of the commonwealth. that's one of the most important roles. he has that 56 nations that he is the head off, off to that we will have the king and the queen council here in london

going to the house of commons and the house of lords addressing both of those chambers with a speech from king charles and then it's off to scotland and we know at the same time the coffin of queen elizabeth will be in scotland and there'll be members of the public cable to pay their respects. still had on al jazeera supporters of pakistan's, former prime minister emron connor. as rally as he faces mounting legal values, anti lands heavy monsoon rains have washed out thousands of snakes and their invading people's homes. ah, the journey has begun. the 3 full world camp is on its way to cattle. your travel package today. hello, the weather is slightly set bare across the middle east day with the coming days

more very hot sunshine. not too much wet weather around a little cloud, just around southern parts of the peninsula, southern end of a racy seeing some shouting, see how they just run up towards that far, southwest of saudi arabia, temperatures here in doha, 41 degrees celsius, a good deal hotter still for a good part of iraq, q weight, temperature still getting up into the mid forties here. similar pictures. he go on 3 monday. notice it does warm up further for doha. humidity goes down, the temperature comes up still on the lively side with terms of that heat across that eastern side of the mediterranean, levant staying very warm. in date of failure, walked across north africa, was still sings, of very high temperatures, particularly up towards the northwest. quite a rush of showers through central africa nigeria, seeing some very heavy rain and on the easterly ways which continued to post their way further west was pushing over to ward senegal to was the gambia over the next day or so. joining up with the heavy showers that we have across the democratic

republic of congo, a few showers there in the eastern parts of kenya, eastern areas of tanzania. so whether to just around the southern cape, on sunday, grassy pushing up towards the eastern side of south africa, i saw official ally of the journey debating the issues of the day for you, so it's always been criminalized around though boundaries of rights. these are just numbered. there people are families and our friends and our community members on our online i, jewel, voice fisma to iep don't believe in dialogue. the political crisis must be soft with the political solution as climate change progresses, there are some people who are pleated, that they're just going to have to made. there's no recognition about what we're ready facing the street. oh, now j 0 will

ah, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories, as our ukranian forces are regaining territory from russia in the northeast. keith now controls the eastern city of coupons. near har keith, the president says ukrainian troops have reclaimed 2000 square kilometers fisma. king charles, the 3rd has been proclaimed the new sovereign of the u. k. 2 days after the death of his mother, queen elizabeth the ceremony held at saint james's palace was broadcast, live on television for the 1st time. king charles has 2 sons and their wives came together to look at the tributes and flowers left for their grandmother outside windsor castle. the queen's funeral will take place on september, the 19th at westminster abbey france, the u. k. and germany say they have serious doubts about iran's intentions to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. one iranian negotiator has accused the

e u. of being partial. earlier this week, the humans nuclear watchdog published a report saying it could not verify whether to ron's nuclear program as exclusively for peaceful purposes. the international atomic energy agency said iran stockpiles of enriched uranium, have grown by more than 12 kilograms. thousands of supporters of former pakistani prime minister emron con, have attended a rally in good run walla khan is facing multiple legal battles, but he continues to demand new elections. he's been charged with criminal contempt and terrorism for threatening a judge who had ruled against one of his close aids. con, submitted a document to a court on wednesday, expressing deep regrets over his remarks. come all hider has more from his former, bought the form of prime minister. am ronnie vaughn had a large rally in the town of goods or a wallow? this was a 2nd rally and that industrial town falling tens of thousands of supporters. at

the same time, the rally was being colored on radio link across the country and major cities and thousands of people gathering dead as red. he singled out the government for skating criticism, saying that the price of electricity, fuel, and essentially commodities at skyrocket day, despite the fact that the opposition lines had come together to oust him. ron font in april, drew a ward of no confidence because of inflation. now, enron con, also singling out the leadership of the, of political party, saying that they had a master went overseas billions of dollars had been taken out of the country that they were holding properties that bringing the country to the brink of financial ruin. and he said that he would be making an important announcement which he was going to do at the rally. but saying that he will soon be making that announcement to its support or the cross pakistan on its next line of action. most probably, according to experts,

that would mean that there would be more political rallies across the country, more protests at a time when the country is already suffering under the floods. but m ron han had said that he would hold those rallies to galvanize support. an area that were not affected by the flood under challenge the central government. so indeed important development say this was at last rally of what seated of rally that he yelled across the country. and now the people are focused on, particularly his supporters will be watching to see what comes out or when he makes an announcement. but at the same time, the government clamping down on a major or television network head and focused on the l y. television network which was taken off the air earlier, there were restrictions that the hedge speaker will not be a telecom live many restrictions on youtube as well. so m, ron kon, still a vague, popular as far as supported are concerned and his popularity had been rising. by

today. the you in secretary general has completed a 2 day visit to pakistan, surveying the damage caused by devastating floods. antonio garish, describe the devastation as climate carnage, and said the rest of the world should help as it contributed to the disaster. nearly 1400 people had been killed. as the monsoon rains lashed thailand, emergency services in bangkok are being overwhelmed with calls one every 15 minutes . the heavy rains and flooding have provoked an additional crisis. thousands of snakes are being forced out of their hiding places and are invading people's homes . tony chang reports and emergency cool rehab at the start of a well practice drill. but these firefighters on packing their houses these days, they're more accustomed to a different threat. this is the snake wrangler, the former police officer. now head of the reptile rapid response team to day

thereafter, a poultry poaching python digesting its meal at the scene of the crime. along with the getting up, we've got to be fast. he says the trap went work, it might get away. the 3 me to long serpent tries to escape, but there's nowhere to hide. after a short struggle, it's bundled into a sack and taken away back at the station. they've got 2 rooms full of these slithery whom invaders conditions are overcrowded, but at least they get fed emergency services across bangkok are receiving 60000 sneak related calls a year twice as many as 5 years ago. dounia. the reason why we found mos makes in houses is because the aggressive expansion of the city, but they don't have a choice because their natural habitat isn't there any more. but there's one place in the heart of the city where they're welcome. they're coming out now with a king cobra, which is the largest venomous snakes in the world, and by extension,

one of the most dangerous. and this is one of the few places in the world where they milk them for their venom. this is the red cross snake farm, a regional hub, the anti venom production. they extract the poison as part of a show to educate the public. although this center produces enough anti venom for most of southeast asia. there are some parts of the world where supplies a desperately short in south africa and in india because they're on have the official and even on friday with her. and the big family call somebody day, stop producing because they lack of profit. back at the station, the sneak wranglers practicing his skills affected over 19 years, but his advices don't try this at home. oh, tony ching al jazeera vanco at least 18 people have died in mexico after an oil

tank collided with a bus. the accident happened in the northern state of tom wally bus when a passenger bus was hit by a tank loaded with fuel. police say the people burned to death when the spilled fuel caught fire. and officials say the death toll could likely climb an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 has struck eastern pop one new guinea. the u. s. geological survey says the quake was at a depth of 80 kilometers. a tsunami warning that was issued earlier has now been cancelled. 5 people have died in new zealand when a bird watching boat capsized, reportedly after colliding with a whale. 6 survivors were pulled from the water near the south island town of chi. cora swedes are heading to the polls on sunday. crime and immigration are the main issues. the country's 1st female leader is up against a moderate opposition block and a rising right wing haul race reports from stockholm. sweden's 1st

female prime minister is trying to get her 1st election victory, magdalena and the sions. social democratic lead. coalition is neck and neck in the poles with an opposition block right by the moderates party. but it's the rise of the ranked wing sweden. democrats that she's been warning vote as against i am very concerned that since we didn't democrats, that will be the 2nd largest party park and therefore hadn't very great influence on now, on another government and a nodded prime minister in sweden. essentially the vote is a choice between under sions, left leaning coalition, and the opposition led by oath kristen of the moderate party. but even if they, when the moderates could be a minority in their own government, the difference between this election i'm the last one, is that the opposition moderate party is now willing to work with the right wing suite and democrats. the other difference is that the suite and democrats are ahead of the moderates in the polls suite and democrat lead ye me, oak us and is hoping to be of krista sons, king micah,

his party has shot to popularity as a backlash against mass immigration via into answer the sweden, democrats, and not at all against immigration itself, but it has increased to such proportion. see that it has become absurd. hakim martin was born and bred in sweden, but still feels targeted. i always consider myself a part of the swedish society, but as somebody they look different, we always feel different. some things they are theme might sound reasonable, but it's to the code it, it was really shoot quoted in underneath. there is racism. a major factor in this election is crime. sweden has the highest rights of gangland gun mud is in europe with most of the perpetrators and victim being an immigrant background. even the ruling social democrats have made that link with policies to combat segregation. but policy might not be what the sides, the selection, yet it from so called of the core issues are all to the advantage of the opposition

is but the swedish people seem to like magdalena anderson, social democrats, want it to be a presidential election, a choice between her and of his dawson, the moderates absolutely do not want that. many other issues will come into play, not least the scrapping of nuclear power just before an energy crisis. whoever wins will need to hold sweden's apparent 10 for the worse if that to last more than 4 years poorest al jazeera stocker, bolan's eager shroud tech has once again prove why she's the world's best female tennis player. she has won the us open to claim her 2nd grand slam title this year . and he richardson has the details around her, up at wimbledon in july on jabber was a need to go one better at the us open june. is he an in with a shot becoming the 1st african woman to win a grand slam title? in her way was world number one, e g s. we on tech, the polish player targeting the 3rd major championship of her career. so we

don't like made a lightning quick start, the match winning the 1st 3 games for the loss of just 2 points. so go from 3 attack to hit that one. there were a few glimpses of the steely determination that his lot jabbers so much success. but it was, we on say we took the 3rd, said 6 to just 30 minutes. it was a lot of soon sick had one her past knowing finals in straight sets and tries. she might say jabber was struggling to hold her opponents momentum. javert fighting spirit flickered, backing to life at the right time. a match point saved a title, hopes alive, i break

a match more in saves, but it was 21 year olds we on tech who had the edge in the 2nd set tie, break, closing out a match to become the 1st polish player to win the us open, but what does this mean to you man, to poland. ah, well i don't know. i gotta come back home and say, i'm pretty sure i can't even hear oh on a thing the crowd for me. really i didn't make it easy for me, but she she deserves too in today. i don't like her very much right now, but it's it's we on 62nd grand slam title of the year iga confirming her status, she just the world's best female player. most andy richardson algy zeros that she

has one and sport has resumed in the united kingdom following the death of queen elizabeth, england's cricketers have been playing south africa in a test match. oh, god saved the king with son for the 1st time in a televised sporting event. rugby and golf is also back on and the u. k. but all top level football has been postponed. queen elizabeth former official bagpiper says her death feels like a loss within his own family. it's got methven who served in the role from 2015 to 20. 19 says he will always remember the queen's humanity. alan fisher went to meet him in sterling scott kgb for almost 4 years. scott nathan with queen elizabeth piper. he would play at

a bent play on demand play tune she loved. he left the army almost 3 years ago. and the role he performed for the queen, but left with memories of a woman he respected and admired. for me personally, this wasn't just someone that saw not paying the coin or donna on a bite, not you were the queen's other person to me. am for me m, i had a e t a might be, i was, i was actually got, it was a feeling of was a member of the family. want to tell you that there have been 17 people appointed this over and by 3843 on the 8 a still alive. the former done me to consider that a suit on up to glint behind the cutting the royal life will live. some of the things have been said about how much quick witted she was. a how funny and a me. but for me personally, i was of is off humanity as a person, that was a big thing. am how she treated staff. i should treated me as

a person a, me, a, she didn't, i like a boss and i should look up killing women. and that's, that's the cool thing for me to come. piper will play a role in the coming days as a nation says farewell and you are. and what for her? remember the moment they shared a joint down in sterling and 989. and i was just a young 15 year old and i sort of leisure to the queen. never with i thought that who, 20 or years later i would be sleeping 70. if i step away from the queen, every night i would be, i would class the queen as a new person. she knew she knew. my name's she knew my children's name is likely when queen elizabeth there will be a final lament, please. of course the countries of those who will see the many pass well.