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ah, i'm robot this, and this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up. russia's invasion of ukraine dominates the un general assembly, while late as a denouncing plans by 4 ukrainian regions to join russia. an independent investigation concludes that israeli forces deliberately targeted and killed all disease journalists should be in a box later on how to can fiona strengthens as it moves up the atlantic ocean after destroying parts of puerto rico and the dominican republic. russian president vladimir putin, his calling up reserve, us to fight in the war in ukraine. he made the announcement during a rare address to the nation. the defense minister says the partial mobilization will involve drafting about $300000.00 personnel. the decision comes, as russian troops lose ground to ukraine's counted offensive in the northeast,

we while moscow back separatists and for ukrainian regions of said they'll hold a referendum to become part of russia. she's only okay to ma'am, but dessert it is necessary to support the proposal of the ministry of defense and the general staff to hold a partial military immobilization in russia. i repeat, we are talking of a partial mobilization only, but only people in the military reserve will be drafted to the priority will be on people who served in the armed forces. you have military specialization and experience those drafted before being sent to the places of service. you will have mandatory additional training relying on experienced gained during the special a military operation of the decree on partial mobilization has been signed in other other. hm. it is in khaki. when she tells us more about what the russian military mobilization means for ukrainian troops on the ground. this is a country where there are multiple front lines here in the north east of the

country, nor do ukrainians have been since the beginning of the month. a going ahead with this counter offensive that has taken a really everyone by surprise. and i'm supposing also the russians considering how quickly they retreated than they abandoned this at the heart keep region. now ukrainians, or have been saying that they were the russian soldiers here, who also had among them as some of the, as separate as forces from them against region were understaffed. and under and under, equipped in this part of the country, as the russians had moved a lot of their equip abilities to other areas like the mass region, like have sewn region in the south of the country where also another ukranian counter offensive is expected. so there is need for the russians to have more personnel here days needed for them to have more military hardware here. good

allison was johnny his life from keep cerebral learning a little bit more about what this partial mobilization is going to be about. but of course it's gonna take time to put all of this in place as well. it certainly says this mobilization goes into effect immediately. so russian reservists will probably be getting a notice within the next 24 hours or so about them needing to report to military bases to begin training to then go fight in ukraine. we're also hearing that perhaps active duty russian military personnel that are already fighting. we're hearing most likely will have their contracts extended indefinitely, as long as this special military operation in ukraine, as it's referred to by moscow, continues. certainly this is somewhat of an acknowledgment perhaps by the kremlin,

that the military aims here in ukraine have not gone as they have expected. so that was certainly significant announcement. now that up to 300000 reserve is now being called up by russia. also important to note that what else vladimir put mentioned is he's also confirming that they're going to push forward with the referendum referendums happening and at least 3 different territories here in ukraine territories that are fully are partially controlled by the russian military, including the don bass region of don't ask and hans, those referendums expected to happen as early as later this week in that referendum, ukrainians in those territories will be asked one question. do you want to join the russian federation? this is usually the 1st step or perhaps if you how you look at it, perhaps the last step before russia pursues full annexation the view from keith. is

it any, any annexation or even referendum is in their words, simply a sham. and we've already heard from officials in western capitols as well saying that any referendum here in ukraine would simply not be recognized by many western allies. the crane, the ukrainian offensive in the, in the east of the country did take quite a number of people who by surprise took us through the kind of personnel and hardware that ukraine is using in the conflict. which of course, is going to be coming up against the increased number of russian ships over the next few months. yeah, it's clear ukraine has 2 things very much in their advantage. number one is motivation. they're highly motivated force because they feel as though they are defending their country, their land, their sisters, their brothers, their family members against an illegal in their view, an illegal russian full scale invasion that began nearly 7 months ago. number

2 is there, well equipped and well armed ukrainians clearly have for months now received very sophisticated weapons from the west, from the u. k. germany, france, but primarily the united states and spent many of these sophisticated weapons such as high mars, the highly advanced strategic mo bile rocket launcher systems that have really not only stopped the russian advance, but it allows the ukrainians to continue and push their counter offensive. that it's now, as you mentioned, retake in the northeast region of how to keep and now is pushing into the don bass, particularly in to region such as don't ask, don't ask is one of the areas that is a key for in vladimir putin in his objectives to declare victory in this war, it's a, it's a minimum objective. and,

and right now russia only controls about 50 percent of it. and primarily that's due to the ukranian forces and the sophisticated western weapons that they've been receiving. gabriel amazon to talk to some key. gabriel, thank you very much indeed. ah, well, the train was dominated speeches in the 1st day of the un general assembly. several western countries of accused russia of returning to imperialism. diplomatic at at james bay's reports from new york. excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, our world is in big trouble. the un secretary general antonio tara setting a grim tone for this meeting. among the many conflicts in the world, continue to rage. one the war and ukraine will dominate proceedings this week. and

as the meeting was taking place, news was confirmed that in the ukrainian provinces of lou hands and don't ask votes within days, will take place on whether to become part of russia. this was the reaction of the us ambassador to the un. they will not be recognized by anyone in the international community. they were not recognized in 2014 and it will not be recognized at this time around. it is illegal annexation of another countries territory. nato secretary general told me he believes russia may be acting now because of the loss is it suffered during the recent ukrainian offensive such different law have and no legitimacy. nicole, sir, they are his shame or a friend thus on the they will not change the, the nature over the war. this remain so war of aggression against her ukraine on her. it represents an escalation. ah, because if suddenly this failures,

which are part of ukraine are declared as part to russia that will further escalate the conflict. the general assembly heard from 2 leaders who maintained a dialogue with president putin throughout the war. the president of turkey, a recipe type odor, one, help negotiate a deal to expose the grain from ukraine. he says there now needs to be a dignified end to the war, tennessee president emanuel macro of france in an impassioned speech was much tougher on russia. oh no, no. oh, so from foul you, as i am speaking to you now, there are russian troops in ukraine and hood as far as i know, there are no ukrainian troops in russia. that's a fact. and we all have to recognize that the longer this war goes on for the more it threatens peace in europe, in the entire world. and it leads to a wider, permanent conflict whose, where the suffer entity and security of every one will only depend on power loss. what we have been witnessing since february 24th is a returned to imperialism and colonialism. good. ukraine is expected to be one of the focuses of president by speech,

the general assembly on wednesday. there is also a speech delivered by the video by president zalinski and on thursday, a meeting of the un security council at 40 minutes, a level again on ukraine. james bays al jazeera of the united nations and his 1st speech to the general assembly germantown was off sholtes referred to what he called russia's imperial ambitions. my county has more on the chancellor's comments . all of sholtes warned off the thread tough a common use of war to achieve political power pointing to the invasion of ukraine. as an example, he insisted like many of the other leaders who spoke in the course of the day that provided me a putin on russia, must be sharply condemned for this ongoing action. he said that vladimir putin would not give up until he knew that he had lost. and he said that the united nations itself as a very serious role to play in this ongoing conflict on that's who to

contact the international order does not happen by itself. if we do nothing, and this charter is brought a piece of paper, this charter calls in all of us to uphold its purposes and principles. and we must not stand idly by when a major nuclear power armed the t. a founding member of the united nations and a permanent member of the un security council, no less seeks to shift borders through the use of violence. there is no justification whatsoever for russia's war of occupation against ukraine. on another subject, the german chancellor said that the world body must adapt to the rules and norms of the 21st century. he says, some customs date back 30 to 70 years. and what he was referring to was reform of the security council. in particular, he said, adding the voice of the global south that has been lacking. this is particularly significant, given the platform that the a german chancellor was speaking on. the general assembly itself talking romanies

and associates follow the wrong united services institute. he explains why president putin's ordered a partial mobilization. you look at russian estimates, for example, russian center vitamin chaperone made a statement and said that in some areas the occupied regents, ukraine has got to 3 to one manpower advantage. generally for a successful counter. vincent for a military standpoint, you need to have between 2 or 3 times. many forces are the green inside that on the russian side. and the russians are hoping that even if it's not doctrine, the tide of the war and lead to market russian territorial expansions, it will help to avoid defeats. i to withdraw that we saw from car keith a few weeks back. initial assessment from the russian military and also for rush lawmakers that a general vocalization is not necessary. i general mobilization would also be much more entrepreneur or show politically. for example, survey. sure, i give the repeat defensiveness, made it very clear as students and conscripts under the age of 27 are not going to

be brought into this war. this is just going to be a mobilization for service and that's a very key decision because the popularity this war amongst those between 80 and 30 significantly less, that is amongst those who are in their forties or fifties. so had an al jazeera china puts taiwan in the spotlight again. senior executives are to discuss from unification with the island, which beijing views as its own police and prison officers protest in san diego saying they can't afford to put food in the table. ah, and he has begun the faithful world. coffee is on its way to castle luc. your travel package today. a northerly wind is blowing down across a huge swath of you're a paper one. so this is the results we've got low temperatures. so for example, in sophia bulgaria,

you're running about 8 degrees below where you should be for this top of the year. also outbreaks of showers in some thunderstorms as well. but i think this stormy weather will be reserved for turkey is northeast black, sea coast round tribes on and that energy is pushing into the caucasus on wednesday . there is the risk of seen some pretty big down ports for southern sections of portugal, weather alerts in play there, and certainly running the risk that we could see some flash flooding. now it is drive for the islands of ireland in britain on wednesday, but we're going to shake up this weather pattern. we've got this push of atlantic rain. press place where this goes on thursday, moves west to east, across the islands of ireland and britain. off to africa. we go in a slug of rain. it's moving away from obamacare, pushing into senegal and eventually the gambia. as we look wednesday into thursday, for those for the south, we did have some disruptive snow in the su to also for south africa, eastern cape providence, rounds of the mountain passes there about 20 centimeters of snow. this act of

weather, so rain and wind condo moving into southern booths and beat. so what day from i put so with the high of 21 degrees, cas away the official airline of the journey debating the issues of the day produce as always in criminalized around the boundaries of right the number there people are in families and our friends in our community number on our on line and your voice. this military don't believe in dialogue. the political crisis must be off with the political climate change. progress is there are some people who are in places that they're just going to have to. there's no recognition about what we're ready the things the stream on now just 0. ah ah,

what's your desire? void of our top stories, this our russian president vladimir prudence and some partial military mobilization to boost the special operation in ukraine. it comes the head of referendums by moscow, back separatists in 4 ukrainian regions and becoming part of russia. ukraine was dominated speeches of the un general assembly number of western leaders of accused russia of a return to imperialism. u. s. president. job items also expected to address the war later on wednesday. and independent forensic investigation has found that israeli soldiers deliberately killed al jazeera john was showing up. lockley in may research from forensic architecture and the human rights group. all hock produced, the report sharing was killed while on assignment in the occupied west bank. well home at val as the details a da 0 journalist shooting

a burglar was deliberately shot and killed by these lady army. it was no mistake. that's the conclusion of an independent investigation. it includes previously unseen footage from may. the 11th, when shereen and 5 other journalists arrived in the occupied west back city of janine to report on an israeli rate on a refugee camp. the video shows shitty and, and her colleague alice, somebody walking slowly and orderly towards the israeli army position, following standard protocols for members of the media. but 6 shots are fired them at rapid succession and others, yelp camera keeps rolling as id runs, shouting that he's wounded seconds later, more gunfire. the video captures the last moments of shirley in his life as she couches near a wall. then the calls for help.

she has been shot. c is ah. c as she lays motionless, a colleague shadow hides behind a tree unable to reach her. c i live on the report and he constructs the position of these really army unit, the armored vehicles from which she was shot. it points out that the shots were fired, it individually, meaning that the sniper was aiming each time the bullet retrieved from sheen's head matches the ammunition of the m for rifles used by these aly snipers. it's the green tip indicates that it is designed to pierce body armor. the simulation shows the nearest vehicle was a 190 meters from the spot where shooting stood. the journalists breakfasts would

have been clearly visible. investigator see the close ladies of the bullet holes in nearby tree trunks are proof of the deliberate attempts to heat her all are above showed the height and according to the report were intended to kill a civilian who approaches shooting as she lays dying is immediately fired ut when he moves out of the snipers, he'll division the shooting stops when he returns it his arms. the report concludes, the israeli army targeted the rescuer deliberately denying shitty medical assistance. but the found analysis shows the source of the gunfire that they was where these really army unit was stationed. and the images corroborate witness testaments that no fighters where in the vicinity,

nor was any cross fi head before or during the shooting or chilling. investigators conclude 3 thinks sharon and her colleagues well explicitly targeted despite being identifiable as members of the media. the shooter was a sniper firing from inside the on the vehicle. and one shot shooting was deliberately denied medical attention. in some, in the report fines. it was a willful act, with a clear aim, shoot to kill ham advice. i'll do 0. i reckon fiona, still gaining strength is it rips through the caribbean as having classed as a category for storm residents of the turks and chemicals islands have in order to take shelter. the hurricane left a trail of destruction in the region, killing one person in the dominican republic and 4 people in puerto rico. my apo

reports from salon, the hurricane. fiona bears down on turks and keiko silence making landfall as a powerful category. 3 storm, threatening to devastate the tiny caribbean archipelago in the dominican republic. crops have been destroyed and houses damaged by the 1st major hurricane of the atlantic season. o, me joining all this area of farming. it depends on production on the crop and everything was destroyed. there was nothing left, a lot of people headlines to go bananas coffee co. everything is gone. for the hundreds were forced from their homes by widespread floating in puerto rico. among them other bare to reals and his daughter, martha, who are now staying at a shelter with other displaced people. one of a around the 2nd, the all my faith, a strong, i know god will help me. i lost everything. but if god took everything away, it's only because he has something better planning for me. in the wake of the storm

us federal officials have promised to increase aid and support to puerto rico. hundreds of fema and federal responders are on the ground in puerto rico, including us army corps of engineer, power restoration experts and urban search and rescue teams. heavy rains from fiona cause, flooding across the u. s. island territory leading to damaged roads and collapse bridges. here in southern puerto rico, tens of thousands of residents are depending on construction crews like this one to restore running water to just some of the communities worst effected by hurricane fiona. the u. s. national hurricane center is warning. fiona will continue to gain strength over the coming days. manuel did up a little al jazeera san juan, puerto rico jeff harrington's back now for more unheard of confusing us some extraordinary pictures that we've been seeing there. just give us some of the contexts about what's happening around this. well, rob, it's not good news. the latest update that we have is hurricane fiona has ballooned

into a category for storm. so here's where it is right now, just to the north of turks and keiko's in the atlantic spinning around there. but let's track out this together where it's going. it is going to close in on bermuda in the days to come. now this is not good news because earlier this month we had storm earl, pass through this area. so the ground is saturated. so this means any more rain is certainly not good news. and it is forecast to maintain its category for hurricane strength. now at the same time, that's thursday, by the way, i want to take you to canada maritime provinces because we are just getting down with rain. you brunswick, prince edward island, and nova scotia. but check this out on friday. there we go, there receive fiona, racing up the atlantic. that's a picture on friday, and it's still raining across canada maritime provinces. now i think at some point over the course of the weekend, probably on saturday, this is going to make landfall nova scotia, province in canada,

probably on keep breton island. i think we're going to be dealing with category to hurricane conditions. now, one important point here is that this will no longer be considered a hurricane. and a major reason for that is because it's left the tropics, but this is still going to be a weather maker. it's still going to pack a punch in terms of that rainfall and winds as while, but rob for a line to canada and not good news because of head of this. it is already raining, so the ground is just very saturated. yeah, i know you're going to be following that for us as it goes through. but jeff, thank you for now. you're welcome. now china says is determined to work towards a peaceful reunification with ty, one the top executive body of the chinese government. as met to discuss the island beijing considers tie one part of its surgery and claims that type. he rejects patrick falk has more on the timing of the meeting. comes of course falling remarks by president joe biden in a televised interview, which suddenly will of course alarm and beijing a couple days ago. we did in fact say that the immediate reaction from china

appeared to be relatively subdued. but the head of the briefing foreign minister, one v, as made the suggestion that sir beijing may invoke anti secession laws in order to achieve reunification. as china puts it with taiwan, he also said in a meeting on the side lines, the un general assembly in new york with former secretary of state, henry kissinger, that sir washington's a pro taiwan, an anti beijing stance was having ace of verse of effects on usaa china relations nap unless have been pouring over those comments or by joe biden with cbs over the last couple of days. and it is worth noting that some have suggested that this possibly marks a shift in policy on taiwan by the biden administration. it wasn't just the fact that present biden said that the u. s. a would defends to taiwan in the event of an attack by china. but notably, also,

he said that it was up to the people of taiwan if they wanted to seek independence . so which contrasts with washington's long standing recognition of the one china policy and the position that it holds, that it does not support that i. one independence, the leader of chin is, is opposition enough for party russia? lucy's been released after appearing in court anti terrorism. police detain, and she and former prime minister ali a lot lord on tuesday that she is expected back in course. later on wednesday, the man had been accused of helping to send fighters to wars owns such as celia. both canoe, she and lord deny the allegations they said they're part of a political attack on opponents of prison. hey, st. people in iran had been protesting after the death of a woman who was arrested for v. late in the countries dress called the morality police detained 22 year old martha and many more than a week ago. she died and hospital and finally, after being in

a coma police deny any wrongdoing and blame her death on a heart attack. women have been cutting their hair and burning their head scarves in defiance. protesters are demanding an investigation into our death. and what morality police to be dismantled there were also protesting istanbul, as people gathered in solidarity people in iran. members of the reigning community in toronto, also spoke out calling on the world to break it silence or death. hundreds of police in prison officials have rallied in south africa, demanding higher pay may say the salaries aren't enough to put food on the table. this inflation of the country hits a 13 year high. how to more tacit reports from latoria in some other countries, it's ray to see police and prison officials protesting. they are considered an essential service. but unions in south africa, did they want to pressure the government into addressing the rising cost of living

to the of what a little labeling on a day to day basis, sending the labor and at the end of the day does nothing that they able to put to the table to take it and get them work as ever get to the 3 percent weight increase saying it's not enough to help them cope higher food and fuel prices the world. but it is not as one of the most unequal countries in the world. many people here are finding it hard to make ends meet. the economy doesn't seem to be improving. and more unions are threatening to go on strike in the coming weeks. so that because crippling power cut also fueling public the station electricity can go 4 hours a day here reducing business productivity, which could lead to job losses with a very high levels of unemployment, their expenses of african. the moment, especially if we're looking at around the 36 percent mark, look economic growth. they're like no comma 7 percent economic growth. we do not have enough growth to actually be driving the soft and economy the way we need in

order to not only reduced that unemployment, but be able to create sufficient, shall we say, jobs or lifestyles for people to be able to survive my local market, maybe manage to make a few dollars selling food to some of the demonstrators. she understands why people are angry with had them. i can't afford ren, it's my kid or school dad days. i feel hopeless. he. oh prison sir. i'm up was that he's not attending this week's un general assembly meeting in york, saying he's going to tackle the electricity crisis. whatever challenges facing the country. it seems africa most industrialized economy isn't trouble. as more and more sad africans going increasingly frustrated. had him a toss out in between ah, this is all the 0. these are the top stories. russian president vladimir prudence announced a partial military mobilization during a.