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russia is up a house of parliament approves annexing for ukrainian regions. a move the west has denounced as illegal. ah, hello, i'm baron. jordan, this is al jazeera la you from dough are also coming up. we're on the front lines with ukrainian forces as they continue their fight to retake territory from russia . the tanks operating here a part of a wide counter offensive in the east. that is seen great success in recent weeks. a show of strength for us and south korea flight bombing drills in response to north korea's latest and longest missiles on the bumpy takeover of twitter by billionaire in a mask appears to be back on. but the legal battle may not be a ah,

russian president vladimir putin finalizing his plans to annex for ukrainian regions. the upper house of parliament approved the legislation, which now heads to putin for his signature. but on the ground in ukraine, moscow's forces are losing territory on 2 separate battle, france bomb it. var report from oscar, they get regular. and so it was the $170.00 members of the russian senate unanimously voted yes to the annexation of 80 percent of ukraine's internationally recognized territory. despite international condemnation uses the country close. on monday the lower house did the same, greg, and she'll she wouldn't stop, but you notice the report today the u. s. have subjugated almost the entire western of mobilizing it to turn ukraine into a tune in a war against russia. drugs just like hitler, st most european countries to war in an attack on the u. s. s. r. in this just like

then, today's west midlands are bound to fails was goods one signed by president vladimir put in the new constitutional laws become official in brush and federation. and moscow will really draw its federal map and that of ukraine. he, on the battlefield, that a yellow t is different. russia only partially controls. the 4 regions it has claimed its army has been losing ground across the territory. its been occupying the last month president led me to put in. and now the mobilization of up 230-0000 reservists. 200000 of them have already been deploy. training is under way in 80 centers across the country, but it's still being trained to fight portable. i'm to thank you. good. i need to launches reveal, train them, how to run into battle, where you on the very days the wonderful after weeks of confusion and protest

against the mobilization through russia's defense minister said again showing to reassure the public of the color, it was only for the army serving with some young conscripts for routine compulsory military service want to be deployed to the front line. but that was listened the challenges russell, facing in its efforts to consolidate gains on the ground, nor in selling its war, both at home and abroad, had fun and a 0 more scope. so here's a look at the areas that russia wants to amex. these are the 4 problems is the kremlin, says voted in referenda to join russia. erin red shows what russian force is actually control. moscow says, all have done yet come. the hands can be part of its federation, even though it's not in full control. these provinces also care sun and separation further south. many areas outside moscow's control when the crumbling has yet to clarify what exactly it's claiming. what your claims president says his troops on

making rapid and powerful progress against russian forces in the south and east. out there was char stratford travelled with one of the units. that's part of the counter offensive and eastern ukraine. the drive to tank positions on the eastern front is often a long, muddy isolated roads hidden in the forest. on the wet autumn leaves, we find ukrainian soldiers. with the 5th assault tank regiment tanks here had been vital, preventing a russian advance as ukrainian troops continue a counter offensive that has recently we taken thousands of square kilometers from russian forces. the forest will offer less cover from russian drones and as strikes in the coming weeks and months. heavy machine gunfire echoes through the trees throng of the final preparations. the signal to move is given the near 40 year old

t 72 tank moves out from under the trees. it's a 5 minute drive to its firing position, exposing the crew to rush time. we follow it to a nearby field and within a minute the tell tale winding sails signal, it will fire in seconds. a minute later, a 2nd blast to the tank is moved into its operating position. we understand that they are firing a russian positions about 3 kilometers from here. the tanks operating here a part of a wider counter offensive in the east. that is seen great success in recent weeks. time now is of the essence moved back into color before russian forces locate the foreign position and reply this tank. a soldier tells us, is one of around

a 100 that russian soldiers abandoned. in the past month when they fled, the ongoing ukrainian army advanced. suddenly, the sound of a jet fighter approaching we struggled to see it through the leaves, apart with its screams overhead. alexander says he has a wife and child waiting for him when the war is over. that he doesn't know when that will be the or who follows or well, our role as a tank regimen is very important because we are preventing russian forces from moving forward as our troops advanced, nicola tells me he's not worried about the possibility of a push by thousands of new russian conscripts as part of russian president vladimir putin so called partial mobilization. don't matter. how many man they,

they bring him is that don't matter for us. our machine guns can shoot what? 100000 round the minutes. if you shoot 5 or 50, i don't think our a machine gunners will be tired. ukrainian military says it's winning back territory in the east bit by bit day by day. so far, evidence on the battlefield at least, suggests moscow's military response is yet to come. cha stafford al jazeera, eastern ukraine. patrick beer is a security analyst at the university of bath. he says, keeps counter offensive, is an impressive feat. i think it's quite important in terms of, if you look at sort of the wider strategic picture, what you craner actually doing is able to launch 2 major operations in different parts of the country against the russians and deliver and success, day after day after day. and that's, that's impressive, you know, and,

and their advance, you know, i think there are lead elements about 60 miles from her son. so they probably advance between, you know, $40.60, it's hard to say just to get that sort of round up of the days fighting. exactly, but yeah, yes. so they're within, you know, a few days potentially if they were still able to keep rolling at that speed of being on the outskirts of her song, you'd imagine the reason that defense is to potentially get a bit stronger. but that all depends on the morale, and i think really what it shows that the ukrainians are able to launch. we've seen it once over in harkey and then again a smaller operation against the mind. and now at the same time, are almost simultaneously launching another big attack and in the size and keeping the russians off guard. so yeah, it's, it's impressive. no korean latest massage launch has drawn condemnation from japan, south korea in the us with washington calling it dangerous. the nuclear capable,

ballistic missile is the 1st to fly of a japan 5 years. south korea in the us responded by firing surface to air missiles of the east coast us all to run joint drills with japan. will rob bry johnson live now from the south korean capital sol, rob? so what more can you tell us about the broader response to north korea's latest missile? which that's right. well, south korea had promised a resolute response to a choose day's launch from its military and overnights tuesday into wednesday local time. we have seen what that responses with the firing of these 4 missiles from south korea is east coast out into the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan withholds that 2 a 5 by us forces 2 by south korean forces they are set to have been surface to surface missiles which hit that targets out at sea. there was also tuesday, a joint ad drill by us and south korean and forces the flying drills

over on the other side of the korean peninsula in the yellow sea that separates the korean peninsula from china. apparently, a south korean f 15 fight to jet dropped to guided bombs on a bombing range out in an island in the yellow sea. at the 1st we knew about the launch of the missiles came from a residence in that gang of the city on the east coast, reporting on social media hearing these launches happen also reporting a large explosion and the fireball with images that being released on social media repairing to show this explosion within the confines of a military base and it does appear as though a missile exploit exploded on law and joel just after launch. the south cretan military says it is looking into it, but it is highly embarrassing for the south korean military. here. this all comes at a time of escalating tensions. of course, with the, with the loan shop that tuesday's missile and intermediate miss all over the top of

japan, possibly in response to navy drills that have been happening off the east coast. were told that the a, one of the ships taking part in that the ronald reagan, the 1st aircraft carrier to be deployed on exercise in 5 years has now actually been turned around and sent back to the e. c. the sea of japan because of the current increase intention or rob ride life or from so rob, thank now several countries including the us up call for an emergency un security council meeting to respond to the north granting threat. we condemn this dangerous and reckless launch of a long range, ballistic missiles that move over to pan and it posed an unacceptable threat to the japanese public. this action is a clear violation multiple resolutions adopted by the un security council. and again demonstrates the threat that the g p r a holds both as it relates to it's

a law for one program, but also it's for financial program and the threat to its neighbors as well. my car has more now from washington, dc. very strong reaction. those words, her dangerous and reckless, were echoed by all branches of the bided administration. it was stated that the white house, we heard it from the pentagon and also there from the state department at the senior leaders of the administration, the secretary of defense, the national security advisor, as all have been in touch with their counterparts in the region, is indicating the depth of the concern about this, but the reaction to the latest miss, our launch was swift at us forces joined south korean forces in terms of conducting exercises. it south korea itself brandishing its own missile systems in a show of strength and a demonstration that it would not be aunt gunned by its neighbour on the peninsula at the same time as well in the wake of the missile test,

us marine fighters fought a few exercises with japanese fighter aircraft over the sea of japan was a coordinated and massive reaction to the latest missile longshore missile test. remembering that there had been some 40 tests by the north koreans since the beginning of the year. that is $42.00 missiles fired from 20 separate muscle tests, and there's mounting concerned within the united states. and of course, south korea and japan with this ongoing, what is viewed as provocation by the neighbors off as north korea. talk for a short break here. now to 0, when we come back a new investigation in the u. k. takes a hard look at a government's response. the corona virus monday morning, stainless ah

hello, welcome to look at the international forecast. we're still squeezing out the laughs of any rain fall from what was hurricane in just around new york, just around the new england at the moment. see the little area of low pressure, just off. sure. they're cool to where they're coming out. the central parts of canada, central areas of the u. s. just around the northern plains, seeing some wet weather over the next day or so. there's that rain there into central airs of canada. winnipeg around 17 celsius, similar temperature into the northeast of the u. s. but that where to where the will move out of the way. here it warms up where to where the clearing away from central parts of canada. on the other hand, we'll see temperatures why 8 degrees celsius therefore will pay as that wet weather makes his way towards the lakes. now to some, whether to just around the south west, west of that jen, we try and find still warm in there, lay around $29.00 celsius over the next day or so still a few showers affecting a central and western parts of mexico. what was her recon orly now dissipating,

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oh, oh, welcome back. quick remind about top stories here on al jazeera russian president vladimir putin finalizing his plans to annex for ukrainian regions. the other house of parliament has approved the legislation, which now had to put in place final signature. ukraine's president says his troops are making rapid and powerful progress against russian forces in the south and east . lensky says, dozens of towns and villages have been liberated in the past week at south korea, in the u. s. a paradigm missile and ad drills in response to a missile launched by north korea. film young fight, it's longest massage yet on tuesday, went over japanese territory prompting international condemnation. now columbia's

government says it'll restart. peace talks with a leftist rebel group. next month talks between the e l. n and former president. even duke, as government broke down back in 2019, is the largest remaining girl group in the country after the peace deal signed with falk rebels in 2016. the country's 1st left wing president gustavo pepito, came to pass, promising to make peace with several armed groups. i was our own petty has more now on the capital book. there are new circumstances that of best better, definitely helping among them. the fact that there is for the 1st time, left the government in place in columbia that the president, gustavo paper was himself rebel and non group n a youth. and this is something that the 1st commander of the land has also recognized the during the announcement from kodak as earlier today, essentially saying that the fact that they feel that the dialogue will be easier

with the government. also the fact that the venezuela is on board and president nicholas and my buddha said that he will be a mediator in this process is very important because during the last decade or so, the land as an expanded greatly its operation inside the venezuela. and they are now operating and at least that doesn't venezuelan states, so it would be impossible without venezuela to advance in the stocks protest as in bettina fatso have called on the regional block to stop meddling. the echoes delegation met the new military leader abraham prowler, a just days off of the 2nd and 8 months demonstrated to the regional body of interfering and internal affairs, and many a calling on russia to help nicholas talk more from a single east capital backup. tourist is

a russian movie for an african audience. russian fighters from the wagner's group are seen helping african soldiers combat armed groups, shoulder to shoulder, for russia. this is an effort to win hearts and minds and country suffering attacks from al qaeda, an eyesore for france. its russian propaganda on a visit to bring us those capital walker dooku in july, the french general in charge of the counterterrorism operation backend. in this a hell warned the dangers of dealing with the wagner's group with the arrival of wagner se 3 threats. the rise of missionaries who i am real so just curious if the national interest and economic plundering. there is a campaign of this information against the action of friends not just in the health, but beyond the borders. in 2018 al jazeera met russian fighters from fact, are training soldiers from the central african republic. by that, he's a cut off the special adviser to the countries president told me russia was back in

africa since this interview. wagner has expanded its operation in mozambique, sudan, the central african republic, and molly, after the coon burkina faso on friday, the new leadership in walker do. under ibrahim taurus says he wants to work with new partners, including russia. in western europe rush, i seen by many as an adversary. it's soft power, seemingly eroded by its invasion of ukraine. but in western africa, it seen as a friend, an alternative to the west and france, the former colonial power, especially when it comes to security and military cooperation. france continues to have a military presence in nearly all of its former african colonies. but this hasn't brought stability to the countries in the south. the french accused the russians of

being after brooklyn, of foster's rich mineral resources. there has been certain disposition to akin to exploit 3 gold mines in money by wagner. and so the state will have to pay for the services. they are plundering resources, but in the face of defeat and military losses. armies in this a hell, including in burkina, faso, see in russia, a military superpower that can bring victory on the battlefield. no matter the cost or the consequences. nicholas hawk al jazeera, the car, a radio broadcast, and the philippines has been killed. there is home and a suburb of manila. lee said percival and the bus. i was driving his car monday night when 2 men on a motorcycle shot him twice in the head. people rallied in the capital to demand justice, falling a string of murderers of members of the media in recent years. the bathroom was a man critic for the present were rico, detach it, and his successor, ferdinand, macos junior relations between media and the government were not that good under

good bear bear. and under a margaret administration, we were hoping that it would be a friendly ha, this shows i bought a that the same conditions that existed under de la are still here. and this is a challenge for the new government to show that they do agree with that. they understand that all of journalism that be with us when we do our jobs, really in a, in a must says he'll go ahead with his original plan to buy twitter for $44000000000.00 . in a letter to the social media, john musk agreed to pay the price he offered months ago for trying to back out of the deal. and he was, comes out of a trial in which twitter was set to seek an order, forcing him to close the buyout rata cheng of executive editor of c. net. he says it's nearly impossible to know what musk will do next. but the name of the game is unpredictable and la musk has been as unpredictable as expected in this month's

long soap opera. you know, we were weeks away from a trial, a public trial, and he'll allow the common belief is you must have now want take part in a protracted courtroom battle. a legal bow may have brought to light things that he may have wanted shed. and so this is the easy route and beyond, you know, beyond these, this trial, nothing significant has changed about the situation. well, this is a big deal. obviously, you must, has been a controversial figure on, he's been an outspoken user of twitter and you know, his says he's a champion of supreme free speech that could have huge ramifications on what twitter my look like was he takes control, right. he's talked about trying to make it or presume it's, it's a town square feeling, so it's morgan open platform, but we don't really know what that means and whether or not he understands how to

navigate some issues between the tension between free speech and harassment and all the complexities then tail their former us president donald trump has asked the supreme court to intervene in the case involving classified documents seized from his estate. in florida. he wants justices to block part of a lower court ruling, which prevents an independent arbiter from getting more than a 100 documents from steam says a review of the files as needed to determine whether they are in fact classified unofficial inquiry into how britton's government handle the corona virus pandemic has begun. a retard judge would investigate every step of the country's response to the outbreak that killed more than $200000.00 people. charlie angela reports at san gallus, my dad, and that's my eldest. so the last time amanda henry saw her father robert, looking well in a care home. the country was looking down against corona virus. they was quiet, carrot davis, who, you know,

always jo can always sing in. 4 weeks later he was dead with cove at 19 as the cause of death. so his ashes, his ashes now sit in her living room. she blames the government's decision to discharge people from hospitals into their homes without testing them for coded 1st . there was so many failings when they said that priority test in was going to happen for elderly residence in care. that didn't happen. that was not happening. and when they said they were put in miss steel ring around one rouble, people in care homes that didn't happen at all, is decisions like this that the coven inquire, will examine, starting with how prepared or unprepared the country was. for a panoramic says one word, sums up the pandemic ceremony, and that is the word loss. my principal aim is to produce reports and recommendations before another disaster strikes the 4 nations of the united kingdom

independent of the government. the inquiry will go on to look at the political decisions made during the pandemic, and the impact on the health care system hearings will begin in spring. and the process is expected to last several years costing upwards of $80000000.00. but as broad as the inquiry is, there are gaps, se x, but the socio economic consequences of locking down the country. the impact on education, business, hospitality, that was simply not discussed in government. you would have thought that the inquiry would be giving a raise a sharp focus to that issue. but there's no indication at all that they're going to look at what didn't happen, which was to get advice from experts. but will these, these other issues, 200000 people, lost their lives to come over here in u. k. each one represented on this memorial rule. now the inquiry says that those

suffered, will be at the heart of this process. to do that, they're going to listen to the accounts of tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of people. the aim to discover what could or should have been done. to reduce their suffering. charlie angela al jazeera london, frustrated customers. they stormed for more banks in lebanon to demand access to their savings. i'm a senior. my boss is one of the incidents, a man threatening star for the gun clients have rated several banks in the last month, lebanon is facing a financial crisis and bank for them. post strict limits on withdraw. libya and tortilla has signed a new preliminary deal on energy exploration in the eastern mediterranean, but the agreement to spot angry reactions from greece monic trina has moved from tripling a senior turkish delegation. visits, tripoli, to discuss trade defense and energy, and signs a deal with the internationally recognized government to cooperate and exploring

and drilling for oil and gas. we then will him at that, keith. i think it's vital to confirm the importance of the agreement that was signed to day. the memorandum of understanding concerning oil energy and gas, especially in the shadow of the ukrainian crazes and its international economic repercussions on the world. libya has africa's largest reserves of crude oil, but years of conflict and political divisions have devastated production in oil blockade by eastern forces launched in april lead to production, slumping to 200000 barrels a day. the country now produces 1200000 barrels daily, but wants to do more. the turks see they can help their move, their dennis, the color, the hydrocarbon agreement aimed to reach a win win situation for both sides on land and at sea for research. drilling for both turkish and libyan companies. but the memorandum signed on one day has angered

some and re ignited disputes over a maritime agreement, signed by turkey in libya, in 2019. that d o created an exclusive economic zone in contested waters in the eastern mediterranean, both greason egypt see the internationally recognized government and tripoli does not have the authority to conclude international agreements. but some political analysts disagree. this is a method between turkey and libya and hare. egypt has no right of interfering or comical on that. i think it's proper for egypt to stop interfering in libyan affairs and keep to its own business. details of the deal between libya and turkey have not been published. the e u has called for further clarification. st. such actions could undermine regionals to bill.