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rushes up, a house of parliament approves annexing for ukrainian regions. i moved the west has denounced as illegal ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is all just a run live from dough. also coming up we are on the front lines with ukrainian forces as they continue their fight to retake territory from russia. a shallow strength from the us from south korea, the allies launch their own missiles in response to a north korean weapons. trist. i'm a bumpy takeover of twitter. about 1000000000 in mosque up is to be back on. the legal battle may not be over. ah,

russian president vladimir putin, his finalizing, his plans to annex for ukrainian regions. the upper house of parliament approved the legislation, which now had to putin for his signature. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine, moscow's forces are losing territory on 2 separate fronts. mama's bar reports from moscow neglect, 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 broken show. she wouldn't stop watching any super feature today, the u. s. have subjugated almost the entire west in a pretty 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 plans are bound to fails,

was google's bits one signed by president vladimir, put in the new constitutional laws become official in russian federation. and moscow will really draw it's 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. it's been occupying. last month president vladimir putin announced the mobilization of up 230-0000 reservists. wonderful 200000 of them have already been deployed for a horton training is underway in 80 centers across the country. but still, girl there been trained to fire portable unto thank a grenade launchers revealed train them, how to run into battle for a on the move. it is. the one is after weeks of confusion and protest against the mobilization thrushes defense minister said again showing you sought to reassure

the public. some of the call obviously was only for honorary services. some young conscripts for routine compulsory military service want to be deployed to the front line. but that won't lessen the challenge is russia is facing in its efforts to consolidate gains on the ground, nor in selling its war, both at home and abroad. how much fun, a da 0 most coke say is a quick look at the air is at russia says it wants to annex these are the 4 provinces. the kremlin says voted in referenda to join russia. here in red shows what russian force is actually control. moscow says, all of the next can, the hands could be part of its federation, even though it's not in full control of these provinces. as mckesson and separation for the south. many areas are outside moscow's control, and the kremlin has yet to clarify what exactly it's claiming. ukraine's president says his troops are making rapid them powerful progress against russian forces in the south and the east. altos air was char stratford met one of the units. that's

part of the counter offensive in 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, he had been vital in preventing a russian advance as ukrainian troops continued a counter offensive that his recently we've taken sales 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 gun far 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 russia time. we follow it to a nearby field and within a minute the tell tale winding sails signal, it will fire seconds. a minute later, a 2nd blast to the tank has 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 following position and reply. this tank 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 over the lyla. our role as a tank regimen is very important because we are preventing russian forces from moving forward as our troops advance. 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 brinkley is don. don matter for us. our machine guns can shoot what 100000

round the minutes if you shoot 5 or 50, i don't think our own 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. north korea's latest miss. our launch has drawn condemnation from japan, south korea, and the u. s. with washington, calling it dangerous. the nuclear capable ballistic missile is the 1st to fly over japan in 5 years. south korea and the u. s. responded by firing 4 surface to surface missiles of the east coast. the u. s. also ran joint drills with japan. what several countries including the u. s. have call for an emergency un security council meeting to respond to what they call the north growing threat. we condemn

this dangerous and reckless launch of a long range ballistic missile 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. i hold 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. rama bryan has more from the south korean capital. south korea had promised a resolute response to a tuesday's launch from it's military and overnight tuesday into wednesday. local time. we have seen what that response is with the firing of these 4 missiles from south korea is east coast out into the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan were told that to a 5 by us forces 2 by south korean forces,

they are set to have been surface to surface missiles which hit their targets out at sea. there was also tuesday, a joint ad drill by us and south korean forces. the flying drills over on the other side of the korean peninsula in the yellow sea that separates the korean peninsula from a 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 residence in gander. the city on the east coast reporting on social media hearing the launch is happen also reporting a large explosion and the fireball with images have been released on social media repairing to show this explosion within the confines of a military base. and it does appear as though a missile exploded on launch or just after launch, the south korean military says it is looking into it,

but it is highly embarrassing for the south korean military. here there's all comes at a time of escalating tensions, of course, with the, with the launch of the tuesdays missile and intermediate miss all over the top of japan, possibly in response to navy drills that have been happening off the east coast and 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 increased intentions. the billionaire master says he'll go ahead with his original plan to buy twitter $44000000000.00 and a letter to the social media giant mosque agreed to pay the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal. and he was comes ahead of a trial in which twitter was it to seek an order, forcing him to close the buyout. when roger chung is the executive editor of seen it, he says it's been impossible to know what must will do next. but the name of the game

is unpredictable. an illinois has been as unpredictable as expected in this month. long soap opera. you know, we were weeks away from a trial for public trial. 5 and, you know, the law, the common belief is you must have now want take part in a protracted courtroom battle, a legal bow that 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. what is, is a big deal. obviously you must, has been a controversial figure, and he's been an outspoken user of twitter. and, you know, he says he's a champion of supreme free speech that could have huge rounds cations 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 more of an 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 there. not, not. so to come here and al jazeera, including columbia's government says it'll reopen pistols with left his rebel group . and a new investigation in the u. k. takes a hard look at the government's response to the corona virus pandemic monasteries. ah, anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere a you ready to with sponsored my cattle aways. hello. it's so quiet across the middle east at the moment. lots of hazy sunshine around. we had a little bit of already money missed and folk just around the golf hair, but said nothing too much to speak of. 39 celsius in doha. similar temperature 40

by touch warmer in 2 were key weight at baghdad. once again, some wet weather up towards the black sea just around the caucuses. and we'll see cooler, just talking in behind. here. take onqua for example. 20 celsius 40 batch around 17 here on thursday, is that cool? where just sinks a little further southwards and east was no great changes to the south of that. but we could touch 41 celsius, but a dry fine and sunny weather across your ray ban peninsula. try and find you across much of northern africa, few showers into northern areas of algeria for time to spinning out of that sir. western side of the mediterranean eastern areas of spain, seeing some lively showers, could see a little bit of localized flooding here. same flooding recently just around the central african republic as those easily waves spell off the open highlands. heavy showers right across central parts of africa. pushing across ashley into guinea, pushing across to was southern areas of molly. usual showers cross central africa

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welcome back. okay, provide about headlines here on the al jazeera, south korea and the u. s. of carried out miss solemn ed drills in response to massage which by north korea young young, find its longest range resolved. on tuesday, it went of a japanese territory, something international condemnation. russian president vladimir putin finalizing his plans to annex for ukrainian regions. the upper house. the bottom of it was approved the legislation, which now hedge to putin for his final signature and ukraine's president says, his troops are making rapid awful progress against russian forces in the south and east. as lensky says, dozens of towns and villages have been liberated in the past week. now, georgia government is facing a political dilemma, is more russian seek refuge. they're most trying to avoid president putin's military cool up order announced last month. the influx is putting pressure on a government that's trying to try to find line between moscow and the e u. m. and con reports on the capital tbilisi. it's empty now, but in recent days,

george's parliament has seen a serious rift open up between the government and the opposition, and this little agreement on anything related to russia. the government says that since september 21, a 115000 russians arrived, the opposition says the figures closer to 500000. that the an opposition politicians see that as a national security threat, a lot of georgia. i think that that because of this government and this government is kind of anti western government and i kind of, you know, gambling was my shine, puts in. so i mean, rush on influx is definitely a huge threat for that. here at the parliament, the ruling at georgia dream path, it keeps up it's election vouch of having a good relationship with russia and joining the european union. the country wants to become a bridge, if you will, between the european union and russia. the vice chair of the foreign relations

committee says strengthening ties with russia is now a big ask. relations are bad tense and a dangerous for georgia because we don't have diplomatic relations. and russia represents an existential threat to georgia as independence, territorial integrity over the country in the very early stages of his bids, you membership. many feel that this is the time to press it more forcefully. membership of nato in european union is the most important in order to protect the georgia and civil and he and territorial integrity and the security. but the problem is that it's because of the war in ukraine. it is unlikely that georgia will get another membership anytime soon, but as far as the new membership, i think georgia has quite good chances. their memories of the 2008 with russia still fresh head. the graves of dead soldiers are still well tended. the image is

coming from ukraine are familiar, and a reminder of the russian georgian wall that's often described as the 1st european war of the 21st century before the war and ukraine. russia had no problem with the country wanting to join you. but to day, what russia thinks, or when the e will allow them to join the club is unknown. it seems that george's dream of being a bridge between russia and europe is further away than ever. emerald con our desert tbilisi. columbia's government says it'll restart. peace talks with a left, his rebel group. next month, talks between the elaine and former president, even duke, as government broke down in 2019 is the largest remaining gorilla group in the country after the peace deal signed with fock rebels. in 2016 countries 1st left when president gustavo petra came to power, promising to make peace with several armed groups, i was under, i'm pity, has more now from barometer. 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 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 mediator in this process is very important because during the last decade or so, the l n as the 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.

for testers in bettina fast, so have called on the regional block to stop meddling. the echoes delegation met the new military leader abraham travel re following the 2nd crew. in 8 months. demonstrators accuse a regional body of interfering and internal affairs and many, according on russia. hill. nicholas, hark more from deco me a tourist is a russian movie for an african audience. russian fighters from the wagner's group are seen helping african soldiers combat arm groups, shoulder to shoulder. for russia. this is an effort to win hearts and minds and country suffering attacks from arcadia, an eyesore for france. its russian propaganda on a visit to brag enough past those capital was due in july, the french general in charge of the counterterrorism operation backend. in this a hell warned of the dangers of dealing with the wagner's group. with the arrival of wagner, a, c, 3 threads,

the rise of missionaries who i am real. so just curious if the national interest and i can be plundering it, campaign of this information against the action of friends not just in the health but beyond the board. in 2018 al jazeera met russian fighters from vac, nor training soldiers from the central african republic. but he's a care of 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 through 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's 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 broken or fast as rich mineral resources. there has been certain disposition thick into exploit fried gold mines in money by wagner. and so the state will have to pay for the services, the app blunder and 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 de carr libby and took dear,

have signed a new preliminary deal on energy exploration in the eastern mediterranean. but the agreement to sparked al reactions from greece molig. trina has more now on tripling a senior turkish delegation. visits tripoli, to discuss trade defense and energy, and signs of deal with the internationally recognized government to cooperate and exploring and drilling for oil and gas. we knew him at that keith had. 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 crisis 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. dennis yellow, 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 and libya in 2019. that deal created an exclusive economic zone in contested waters in the eastern mediterranean. both greason egypt, see the internationally recognized government in tripoli does not have the authority to conclude international agreements. but some political analysts disagree. this is the method between turkey and libya and hare egypt has no right

of interfering or comedy 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 regional stability and with tensions already rising. many in the eastern mediterranean are feeling concerned. ma, trina, al jazeera, shabley, and official inquiry into our britain's government handle. the corona virus pandemic has now begun a retired judge will investigate every step of the country's response to the outbreak that killed more than 200000 people. charlie angela, of course, at sir gillis, my dad's and that's my eldest sir. the last time amanda henry saw her father robert, looking well in a care home. the country was locking down against corona virus. he was quite

a car. it's a was, you know, always jokin, always sing. in. 4 weeks later he was dead with coven 19 as the cause of death. so his ashes sick, his ashes, now sit in her living room. she blames the government's decision to discharge people from hospitals into care homes without testing them for cove. at 1st, there was so many felons. when they're said that priority test in was going to happen for elderly residence and how that didn't happen. that was not happening. and when they said they were put in this steel ring around one rouble, people in care homes that didn't happen at all, is decisions like this at the coven inquire, will examine, starting with how prepared or unprepared the country was for a pandemic. there is one word that sums up the pandemic for so many, 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 about all these these other issues, 200000 people lost their lives to come over here in the 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 10, 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 paris will not broadcast woke up matches on screens in public fun zones because of concerns about the treatment of migrant workers in the french cities have also refused to show the matches. citing the environmental impact the deputy mayor paris said the decision is based on issues with social conditions surrounding the event. but a friend senator who is visiting don't insist capital, has been transparent our position to endorse any decision that's taken locally. and it's not our position to comment on it. what happens locally or concerns the national of france, french politics. what concern i was a french litigation here is that during our meetings and whatever we saw and we or

whatever, we were able to hear we. so a great transparency from the officials as well as we were able to see concrete actions that were made recently. and that's what we wanted to put light on the by small star aaron judge, a smash, the american league record for home runs and a single season hitting his 62nd of the year. on tuesday the new york yankees slugger beat italy's at by roger maris 61 years ago. it came against the texas rangers at shotwell stadium, with judges, parents in the stan leverage regulars beaten by 3 players in the late ninety's in early 2, thousands. that was during an era when the game was rife with steroid abuse, judges, new tally of $62.00. home runs is widely considered to be.