the balance of power is shifting us thousands of pro democracy activists join forces with ethnic minority and surgeons forming a united front to take on the military. people in power goes behind the scenes to reveal growing optimism that the coalition of people's defense forces could transform the country's future from me and mars frontline on a j 0. ah, ah, ah ah ah,

russian troops abandon a garrison town, and danny acts to avoid being surrounded by ukrainian forces. ah, hello, i'm marianne m. as in london, you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program, protested attack the french embassy in bikini fast. so setting it on fire after the country's new self declared military leader accuses france and harboring president dunbar afghan women protest against the killing of students at an education center in a has our and neighborhood of kabul. ah, it is brazil's top 2 presidential candidates hold their last events before sunday's election. we look at the ramp and problem of vote buying. ah,

russian forces of withdrawn from the strategically important town of li man in east and ukraine to avoid being surrounded present. rodney zalinski said the ukrainian flag is now flying now, but the fighting is still going on. this is a major setback for moscow. the town had served as a logistics and transport hub, connecting east in ukraine to the north. it's in done yet, one of the regions vladimir putin declared parts of russia on friday. algiers. charles strafford has worn out from cromer tours. ukrainian soldiers waved their flag at the entrance to leman them around the problem, and i for them footage that al jazeera cannot independently verify shows dead soldiers and burnt out tanks beside the road. the ukrainian military said it surrounded the strategically important town and partially russian occupied region

of the next hours later, the russian military said it had been forced to retreat. there is a dynamic growth at regina. there was a high risk of being encircled, so our forces were withdrawn from the position and lemon to more advantageous lines . like pro russia media at video believe to show a russian tank retreating north towards camina town. russian forces still control very me as though cross them a limb. we tried to save our strength and control the road between layman and the town carmina. there are reinforcements trying to get in and establish positions in order to stop the ukrainian. so could i ask you, who are you an ukranian forces, celebrating pushing russian forces out of one of a number of villages in the surrounding area. okay. cranium soldiers and volunteers evacuated more civilians from the front line town of buck, mood that has come under increasing russian shelling in recent weeks. the bottom was her study snobs,

fidel because of the secondary shelling you see what happened yesterday or the day before yesterday. a projectile fell. yes, there was an older man in the house. they took him away. i was in the kitchen when the explosion happened here. it is impossible to be here. crane and authorities say more than half the 70000 people who lived in bar mood and the surrounding area before the war at ready fled. if the ukrainian army take full control of li man in the surrounding villages, it will be a huge military and strategic victory. for them, it's believed from there. they will try to push both northeast and southeast towards russian. occupied areas of luke guns. kinetic the russians say this retreat was strategic before give and it's nato partners. it will be seen as a humiliating defeat. cha, stratford al jazeera crematory will the defeat is ponte, tend to present patients, al iran's and can dear of the leader of russia's chechnya region to suggest that

moscow should now consider using a low yield nuclear lap. and in ukraine, i'm at val in moscow has more mot rusher, saying about to withdraw from the man. according to the statement of the minister of defense, is that the forces not withdraw from lee man. they were called allied forces. so that means that in the language of the minister of defense, these are not russian troops per se. they are those ukrainian forces that are loyal to moscow. and now they are considered, of course, after the annexation of those $33.00 is considered part of the russian federation, but they called them allied forces. so, i mean, that's a very careful wording because also the news here that we received before this statement by the minister of defense, he thought that the bulk of russian forces actually left to the man. and before this attempt, by the you couldn't enforcers to circle the town,

nobody here inside russia understands very well the strategy. lots of questions being asked about why are we receiving these set box? what is the exact strategy of russian army? are these just defeats as can can be described as just defeats or is this a strategy for something that is coming? we know that russia has a lot of very strategic weapons that can, it can still use in this fight. so the, the philosophy here is not russia has something about it is not doing yet that front line. it is withholding a part of this of its force, not just nuclear weapons, but it's strategic traditional, conventional weapons. and the question mark, c, r y is russia receiving these defeats when it can do better on the front line. russian authorities of detain the director of ukraine's upper region nuclear power

plant. you are nuclear watchdog says rushers, confirm that your motor shop was held for questioning. ukraine state nuclear regulate says he was detained as his car was on its way from the facility to the nearby town of an order. moscow seized europe's largest nuclear power plant in march, but kept on the ukrainian staff or people who've been trying to leave zap procedure have been prevented from passing checkpoints without newly required permits. honda abdul hamid is there with more on that one of the most visible impacts today is that usually this road here or would be you would see convoys of ukrainians leaving or russian occupied areas, mainly upper region and near by for so on. well, to day none of that happened. we were told that basically since midnight of the dead at the last russian checkpoint, anyone who arrives is basically turned back,

told that he has to, or she has to apply for a new permit. just bear in mind that yesterday there was about a 1500 people who had made their way out and in the leading to referendum and viewing them. i've read them. that was more or less at the average of people coming out between $1500.00 to 2000. well today, none of that. and then we are also hearing now a report of shelly in, in their good died. that would be just next to the nuclear plot, where the director general at the moment is missing the i. e, a d international atomic agency and issue the statements confirming that russia told him, told them that he was detained for questioning. are you ukranian say that he was stopped by a russian patrol on his way actually to do town of in no good or or greece and

bulgaria inaugurated a long delay gas pipeline, which will help reduce europe's dependence on russian energy and ports and you interconnect to runs 182 kilometers from cameras, teeny in greece to sitars, acora and central bulgaria. it delivers gas from as a by john via an existing pipeline called the southern gas corridor. or it will provide some relief or ball gary, which has been struggling to secure gas surprises. russia cut it off in april. moscow has been reducing deliveries to europe after the west impose sanctions over its invasion of ukraine. european commission present or serve on the lands as the new pipeline is a game changer for energy security. magnolia used to receive 80 percent of its gas from russia. that was before russia decided to launch an atrocious war against ukraine and an energy war against europe. this pipeline

is a game changer. it's a game changer for bulgaria and for europe's energy security. and it means freedom . it means freedom from dependency on russian gas. or the danish energy agency says that one of 2 ruptured gas pipelines in the baltic sea appears to stop leaking . the agencies that on to it that had been informed the nord stream to pipeline, which runs from russia to germany, appears to have stabilized. several european leaders of blame the leaks on an act of sabotage. russia has denied responsibility. ah, the king of fair, so present fallen re dummy who is ousted last night by a faction of the military is called on the country self appointed leader to avoid a fratricidal war. he also denied a claim by the crew lead of it. he's taken refuge in a french army camp. protest is of gathered at the french embassy in the capital,

which was set on fire. frances denied any involvement in these events unfolding. walker do walk a, do go, and has also condemned violence against its embassy wanting it. citizens in the country to stay at home. and as nicholas hack reports from dakar, a state of emergency has been put in place residence in burkina faso capital. why do go running away from gunfire? overhead, military helicopters, fly low over the city. coop louder, scramble into position, they fear a counter offensive from forces loyal to colonel bologna, the amoeba emits the confusion. shops are closed, their owners sensing danger. we don't know what's going on. we heard gunfire, but we don't know what or who is behind it. got out, but we just need to unity so we can move forward. the department on friday, soldiers announced a crew on national television declaring

a state of emergency in closing the country's borders. they were led by a young captain, ibrahim tory, and claimed to have ousted bologna, w about to power himself just 8 months ago in another military member is now in hiding. and it's unclear who is actually in charge. the group waters accused frowns of protecting me by the former colonial power has been supporting brocade us forces against attacks from on routes like deisel and arcade. graham says it isn't involved in brocade forces. internal affairs, there has been international condemnation from france, the united nations, the african union, and the west african body echo was all calling on soldiers to return to their barracks. but inside the country, there are mounting protests in support of the coop. waters hours before the curfew . demonstrators carrying russian flag marched in walker, duke, and in the country, 2nd city, bobo g less. so they support the cooper water. and believe moscow can bring victory

to normie facing set backs on the battlefront. meanwhile, sections of the same army appear divided, fighting each other for power. leaving the countries people caught in the middle. nicholas hawk al jazeera, the car, el students or several iranian universities. a staging assistant has protest over the death of master armine, and to that 3rd week are accusing the government of suppressing opposing voices in detaining students. 20 gerald and many died last month after being arrested by the country so called morality police. many of the demonstrators are refusing to attend class, including some university professors so, so there has more on this now from tap on the students or demanding def brands who were arrested by the, the security forces to be released immediately. and also they are asking the security forces to stop crack down. so there will report that hundreds of people

who would lead in this protest. her been identified and arrested by security forces . and now the students are asking the state to release them. so till the last couple of days the protest were dying down. the participation was, it was what was the reason and expectation was that it's going to get smaller and smaller in the scale of ever to day. we are seeing that the spirit to, to, to protest is still high. it's still hot and we have seen that now it gained the momentum again. so there are also now several other that's protests that are going on in iran, in the downtown air, on, in the north of city, and in the province of kurdistan as well. however, still we can see that in terms of the scales, they are still smaller than the process that took place last week. flat flying on the pa grant, florida count said status, the scale of the destruction. hearken in the comes kiera and from smuggling to

climate change. we look at what's stunting the growth i cheeriest palm with that said in the season to get rainy western australia, but fairly obviously there's rate in western australia, sundry rain at that 50 millimeters may be up to a 100 in places and it's around for a day or so it's about 2 months early really, but it's, they're all the same stretching down to was the bite. and his edging in studies was, i think it'll become rather more heavy in south australian. it's way to was out of late in the simulations setting up here, which takes the pressure of these coasts finra bit dismal recently. new south wales along the coast, looking better sidney's up to about 20 perth beachy by about 3. but with less sunshine, lorraine recently in the north, i'll of using this more to come all mondays,

you can see with temperatures on the low side, sal does better for sunshine and indeed temperatures. for most the se, asia, this is a wet time the year. and this is no exception spot the bits of land that you can, the robot many west bonia looks particularly wet. su, march is getting wet in the south, and certainly the coast of men boss looking pretty wet as well. the monsoon is going away now. the monsoon trough, but the circulation set out as a result of that, which brings rain thing, enhances rain in me and more and probably in bangladesh and event. she brings it back into western gold. and odysseus a big circulation setting up in the bay of bengal. ah, a football from spain traded, battling opponents on the fighting. she's them at home on the broad what bowling legend at canton introduces up the name though in the bottle

of water, you can use this beloved game to help himself and others survive. the horizontal matching approach. football rebels on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome back and look at the main stories this now and now. rusher is withdrawn, his troops from the strategically important town of layman and don. yes, this is one of 4 ukrainian regions president bush and says and now russian. it's a major step back from moscow which used it as it just takes and transport hub became a fossil president pool and read. amoeba who was ousted on friday by faction of the

military is denied acclaimed by the community that he's taken refuge in a french army camp. or testers gather at the french embassy in the capital, which was set on fire. and students from several iran universities of stage to fit in as protests, over the death of martha armine, and to the 3rd week. they are accusing government of suppressing opposing voices and detaining students. latvians have been voting in parliamentary elections with exit polls predicting a wind for the prime minister christiane, his currents send to write new unity party. it's another election has been strongly influenced by roches evasion of ukraine. the russia friendly opposition, social democrat, party, known as the hominy party, has seen it support plummet. it's expected to get a much low shower, the vote than the 20 percent it had in 2018. lapierre is a russian speaking minority. along with his bolting neighbors, it's been a key voice in pushing the you to stand against russian expansionism. a day before

brazil's election, the leading candidates there have been holding final rallies in a last ditch bed for votes that weren't allowed to speak at the events bode you to election rules. one of the most closely watched elections this year with the left is for president, was enough to let the silver the front runner is predicted to unseat his right wing incumbent rival. but geral scenario hell is rally about 5 miles away, says he will contest the results of these defeated. he's been critical of the voting system needing to fears of false voter fraud allegations let one of his trademark motorcycle convoys through the streets, march, to the delight of his supporters. what now one major issue for the electoral authorities in brazil is vote buying. this is a practice that's both widespread and hard to prevent, especially in the poorest areas our latin america. and until you see a newman reports now from the state of but a book or in rule, northeastern brazil. people don't often receive visitors except during election

time. that's when 83 year old sebastian and his son say they can always be sure to be called on by candidates for municipal and federal office. just last week, 32 year old giles and says he was working right here, making his clay pots when they were visited and offered between $2.00 and $10.00 for their votes in school, verified the boy boy did. they come here that to talk to us and say home vote for me. i then they put their hands in their pockets and give you the money. since the person is in mid fair tickets, you see what their daughter me, sebastian says can that it's also offer water, which is scarce here or construction material or clay. but that after the elections, when you asked for their help, they send you away saying they've already paid for your vote. it also though, but last time, did you vote for the person who paid you? i asked that with me when it was her. i accepted the favor and then i voted for whoever i wanted. ah,

but many people do vote for the candidates that give them handouts. it's an old practice, but in times of economic hardship like now it's even more difficult to resist. lackey, i felt the valet size from here until election day, day and night. they don't stop buying vote my, we know that an exchange, they sometimes offer water, basic food basket, money, sandals, and even dentures. fully 3 year old farmer, cbs joseph, at that cost. i says candidates have been coming all week, but that she doesn't accept their overtures. not since she was traumatized by an offer of a municipal job. both follow. may i speak frankly in exchange for that he wanted me to stay with him and so do you understand, sir? in my case, it wasn't even food. it was for me to offer myself to him. we are, or the see were made this or the penalty for buying or selling boats is high, but electro tribunal authorities concede it's difficult to combat was you,

jim want the book and the most are the perky nowadays very few cases are reported to believe we need to change walter behavior because the water who tries to sell his wrote or has his will corrupted, want denounce himself. financial incentives for voting are more common in municipal elections, but not exclusively incumbent candidates all the way up to the presidency. have the advantage. perhaps the most obvious example is president jade boss are not as decision to distribute a $120.00 to brazilian families most in need for the next 4 months. even though the constitution specifically bars governments from distributing money on the eve of elections. president bull sonata declared a state of emergency to get around the prohibition. money and other handouts are always welcome by the poor, even during elections, but many ask at what price for brazil's democracy. to see

a newman al jazeera pin number gl over one and a half 1000000 homes and businesses have been left without power off to hearken in, slammed into the carolinas. still made land full in the west for 2nd time on friday with strong winds, causing a surge of sea water. a myrtle beach in has now been downgraded to a post tropical cycling, as it had to virginia, where people are still being rescued in florida, where the death toll from harkin in continues to rise. dozens of people have been killed at thousands is still on. accounted for stone was one of the most powerful evetts hit the mainland us. as christian salumi explains, bmw as search and rescue efforts continue across southwest florida. the full extent of the destruction is now in plain view. fort myers is where the storm 1st hit land in the united states. along this stretch of florida, coast buildings are leveled, and few boats remain in the water. here it was,

the storm surge after the deadly 240 kilometer per hour wins. that did most of the damage. michael mc phillips wrote out the storm in his fishing boat. one of the few now still see worthy was up, you know, at least 20 foot. oh hi. when's you know lisa 150 miles an hour. it seemed like in his lot array in the boats. my la, the hood, and without the bell, you don't have anything at all. his father's boat is grounded tuesday we're part to put our traps in a water and we have no boats and we don't know the crab is going to be good and we can get bait. it's going to be a bad situation. fort myers residents are taking stock, counting their blessings, as well as their losses. david yoakam stood and waited in his apartment for hours. as the water rose to chest level, he was with his neighbors, whose small child was in a raft. we decided we were going to pull the boat out when i got this high. it got

about that high. so we never had to pull the boat out. brothers over, he was planning to of out of state next week. now he and his dog are sleeping in a tent, his vehicle destroyed. it's not just personal property, but also infrastructure that now leads fixing from power lines to water mains to roads and bridges. at peak 2700000 people were without electricity. and here in a county of 3 quarters of a 1000000 people, there is no clean drinking water. further inland flood waters continued to rise even after the storm had left. taking many by surprise, what we saw in central florida was more standing water than what we saw in southwest florida, where the big storm surge came in. it's just because of the way they have the, the clues the had she, the, and that's all i mean, the sand, it for whatever reason that really dissipated over the last 24 to 36 hours. with the death toll still climbing. hurricane ian is expected to be one of the costliest

storms to ever hit the united states. kristin salumi al jazeera, fort myers, florida u. s. official se venezuela is ready. 7, gerald americans including 5 oil executives in exchange for the release of 2 of president nicholas madura is nephews also in jordan has the details on this now from washington. the united states and venezuela have carried out a prisoner swap on saturday. and this comes after several months of intense negotiations, including a face to face meeting between american and venezuelan officials and cut off as at the end of june, 7 men, 7 americans, including 5 men who worked for the oil giant citgo, had been what the u. s. considered wrongfully detained by them, a doodle government. they have mel all been released and they are on their way back to the united states. in exchange, the u. s. president joe biden granted clemency to to venezuela men who had been

convicted several years ago. a drug trafficking these 2 men happened to be the nephews of the wife of the venezuelan president nicholas my doodle. it appeared according to white house officials speaking on background, that in order to get the americans released, releasing these 2 men had to be a part of the deal. and after much consideration, white house officials say joe biden finally granted the men clemency. in order to bring us citizens home. now again, this is not a situation in which you as official saying that u. s. venezuela relations are going to improve overnight. and they also would not speculate of whether other americans wrongfully detained by venezuela could be released any time in the near future. they did rec, repeat their call for the venezuelan government to improve its democratic processes to improve its economy,

to respect human rights. so warm ties between got off because and washington are not immediately in the offing. now, palm oil produces in nigeria st. they are struggling to st business because of higher production costs. climate change in illegal smugglers. demand rose a bit early this year after indonesia and palm oil exports. but his interest reports from our como pharmacy, a chronic lack of investment, is holding back that industry. pump oil production in the world's 5th biggest producer is growing. but only just last year. out put in nigeria rose by 200000 tons, but that wasn't nearly enough to be local demand. the country had to import more than the 1400000 tons it produced and produces a bad timing. their efforts to go more locally, their cost of production will tend to be cheaper. i know some time my costume

because of godaddy, ma'am they look more efficient. was your cost of production only? dom dot me, sir. oh, adaptable to have high puzzle where promotional gary say he praise your own game. based on the our profit margin on their direct, he wants to see better market protection for local producers who are struggling to find enough pump fruits for their factories. at the peak of the hobby season, this one was, this is 1001, but of small don't only 400 because shorted of all materials. but a lack of fruit is in the farmer's only concern. you know 20192020. we had a huge input of smuggled olean, which is the refined product of our sepia. and that created a lot of problems for, for companies like ourselves because obviously it flooded the market and we

couldn't sell our product in the 19 fifties and sixties. now generous output of pump oil picked at 40 percent of global supply. but that's trying to out to percent producer say removing several barriers can give niger as palm all industry the chance to go and expand export we are more heavily taxed in general than other countries. so there's no incentive really to come producer, se nigeria has the capacity to produce as much as the world's leading producer in goodness. yeah. but they need help to get there. how many edris al jazeera. oh, good members of ethiopia largest ethnic group, the ramo, have been celebrating the end of the rainy season at the annual thanksgiving festival, an artist, amoeba, participants, dressed in traditional attire and a sprinkle themselves with flowers, dipped in water as a gesture of gratitude. it must have been praying for.