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you brains, president tells the u. s. congress that aid for his country is not charity, but an investment in democracy. united states is committed to ensuring that the brave ukrainian people can continue, continue to defend their country against russian aggressions. president joe biden pledges more support for ukraine, including patriot missiles. ah, how much of jerome this is al 0 alive from durham, also coming up a major cabinet reshuffle and peru as the president tries to find a way out of a political crisis. and we look at how the world cup and color has also showcased its appreciation of the ours. ukraine's president has addressed the u. s. congress,

saying his country will never surrender to russia, followed him is lensky as in washington on his 1st known overseas trip. since the russian invasion, he received several standing ovations from a pack chamber saying ukraine remains resilient, but will need more help and would like to thank you. thank you very much. thank you for both financial packages you have already provided us with. and there was, you may be willing to decide on your money is not cherry team, is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. my kana has more from capitol hill, paula stirring address from presidency lensky, making very clear, his gratitude for the assistance and the aid that the u. s. has provided, but making very clear as well that more aid is needed. we have artillery. he said

that we need more, it was received rapturously this whole speech several times during the speech. it was entered by. busy applause standing ovations, so certainly very clearly a great deal of support for ukraine and for its president within congress itself. it was notable that before president zalinski came into the hall, the leader of the majority senate leader and the minority senate leader walked in together. this very clearly symbolize the fact that support for ukraine very largely is a bi partisan issue. there is no political divide on the matter or very little political divide. and that was borne out by the incredible reception that president lensky speech. god. he may very clear as well that any aids given to ukraine is not charity. making clear his belief that it's essential for the preservation of democracy on a worldwide basis. this is not just about ukraine. he was emphasizing this is about

the tradition of democracy, the preservation of democracy, not just in ukraine, but in the rest of the world. and this is a context that he made very clear. the aid and the assistance to ukraine should be viewed, that it is not just a matter of helping ukraine. it is a matter of guaranteeing a preservation of democracy through the world as a whole. ukraine's getting a significant boost to its air defenses in it's in its war with russia, a new 1800000000 dollar assistance package announced by u. s. president joe biden will include patriot missiles. speaking alongside of lorimer, zalinski biden says the u. s. will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes the package will include a patriot missile battery, which will, and one which will train ukrainian forces operate as part of the ongoing effort tell, bolster ukraine's air defense. it could take some time to complete the necessary training, but the patriot battery will be another critical asset for ukraine as

a defend itself against russian aggression. the patriot missiles are the latest foreign support offered to ukraine. the kyle institute tracker that record support from foreign governments shows the european union is the biggest donor in total. it's given almost $55000000000.00 to ukraine. the u. s. has committed the most funding from a single nation for arms, weapons, and other equipment. $50700000000.00. more than 24000000000 of that is for military support. 10.5000000000 is for humanitarian needs. the 2nd biggest donor country, the united kingdom has pledged just over $7500000000.00. while canada has given about 4000000000 patty, coal hain has more from washington d. c. another announcement of an additional $1850000000.00 and military equipment that will be going to ukraine. what's interesting about this announcement is

exactly what they're sending. included is one miss patriot missile battery system. this is something you craters been asking for 4 months. this is a long range defensive weapon. it can shoot down short range ballistic vessels. cruise missiles, fighter jets. the problem is it takes a lot of people to operate at least 90. it takes months to do the training. so that's not going to be immediately effective on the battlefield. and it can protect a small area from at, with air defense, but not large cities, but it is significant that the u. s. has agreed after months to actually send this in. the other thing that the state department announced, but that here at the pentagon, they're trying to downplay is that they're going to be sending something called j dams. that is basically a kit that can take a dum bomb and turn it into a smart bomb, making it a pretty precision guided ammunition that'll make you crazy much more effective on the battlefield. but again, it's not clear if those kids, american kids can fit on to existing ukrainian bombs. there we've had a briefing here with senior defense officials and have a little bit more information than 1000000000 of that money. that's going to come

out of us stocks that can get into ukraine quicker, the 850000000. that's going to take a little bit longer because what they're actually going to do is they're going to try to produce soviet era weapons that can go into soviet era systems, more than 200000 rounds of ammunition. so that's going to take a lot much longer time because they have to basically find the manufacturers and then get those contracts rolling. the production lines moving, but the big news is the size of the packet and also what they're getting a patriot missile system. and also those j dams that can be highly effective on the battlefield. our defense editor, ours could topless, has more on how effective the patriot missiles are. the patriot air defense system is 40 years old, but has constantly been improved over the years and is designed to protect vital cities and air bases. the latest version can detect incoming crews and ballistic missiles, up to a 150 kilometers away. the advance intercept to missiles once launched in the right

direction are then able to guide themselves to hit oncoming aircraft or missiles. well that's the idea anyway. is records being patchy when used during the gulf war in 1991. the failure rate was found afterwards to be between 60 and 95 percent. but if still sold to u. s. allies in the gulf, like co, 8, saudi arabia, the u. e, and cutter. her recently as 2017, the saudi armed forces were reporting regular fe is against iranian design, missiles lost by huffy rebels in yemen. despite these failures, the information received on these missiles has allowed the manufacturers to improve the patriot into an effective air defense missile system. this information will be especially valuable as russian missile inventories, one low in the war, and ukraine and russia increasingly relies on iranian built drones and short range missiles. will the patrick make a difference to the war unlikely? the u. s. has few patriot batteries to spare, and the cost of each miss are fired is $4000000.00 compared with 250004 russian

cruise missile, and $50000.00 from the iranian dro. the arrival of the portrait is more about showing political support for ukraine than it will be about defending the country. william courtney as an adjunct senior fellow at the rand corporation, he says there will be different views inside russia on silence his visit. well, the russians probably have several heroes, or she will, some russians will see that the criminal has been saying all along with this war is really between russia and the west, not just between russia and ukraine, but other russians are going to see that the landscape, ukraine, are getting a lot of international support. underlined by this isn't going to see russia is more isolated on the defensive brightness at several times. there is no sign up for newsletters in goshen. so at this point,

the united states and western allies are going to be providing great with a lot of military support to enable ukraine to continuous battlefield momentum, as also publicans in the house side. house representatives have expressed concern about providing webs. kevin mccarthy, the uncovered speaker says there's a blank check, but a blank check has never been provided, but also some progresses. liberals on the left, how also expressed concern. they published a letter recently been retracted as quickly. so while those concerns on the right of the left exist, the still strong bipartisan support and the house, as certainly bipartisan sport ever sent to continue reading your current. president zalinski strip comes his russian liter, vladimir potent vows. there'll be no financial limit on what his government provides the military. he made the pledge while meeting senior defense officials potent approved

a proposal to increase the strength of the armed forces by 30 percent. the kremlin says there's no chance of peace talks with ukraine, while western countries continue to supply it with arms will release you. we was more than an hour. i'm in the military capabilities, increasing the constantly, every day. this process will make no mistake, be sped up of the zeros. i mean, there homie has more on the kremlin reaction to president lensky is visit to the us for okay, for kind of to knock out a little try. la jacques. the ontario coll muska reacted to the announcement with a statement from the kremlin spokesperson, he said, russia is not expecting any positive results from valencia's visit to the united states yada. you also added that providing more weapons to ukraine will prolong the conflict of wall saw the spokesperson also added their rushes position remains the same. yeah, condemning the united nations support to ukraine, particularly with weapons which might result in a direct confrontation with moscow. m. o. f. regarding van mi, uprooting meeting with leaders and commander of the defense ministry,

he focused on the so called special operation in ukraine. and they discussed the results of the conflict. dibiase. i couldn't accuse nato and the united states in particular, of trying to weaken russia through the prolonged conflict in ukraine. he, i tell him why it wouldn't said moscow, i will do its best to increase its military capability. i love you, couldn't also added musk i was ready with nuclear matter in order to maintain the stability of russia. still ahead on al jazeera benjamin netanyahu announces the formation of a new government for israel in set to be the most right wing in the nation's history. and a defiant stand against the taliban. a group of women protest against the ban on female students at universities. ah.

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ah, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories this our ukraine's president. his address, the u. s. congress saying his country will never surrender to russia. below to ms. lewinsky told a pack chamber that aid for his country is an investment in global security and democracy. earlier the u. s. president announced a new $1800000000.00 package for ukraine, which includes patriot missiles, speaking alongside zalinski, joe biden said the u. s. would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. meanwhile, rushes president vladimir putin has approved a 30 percent increase in military personnel. that'll boost it to 1500000 soldiers. the kremlin says peace talks with ukraine are not possible,

while western countries supply it with ours. peruse president dina bowl the water to has carried out a major cabinet re shuffle. the appointments include a new prime minister and finance. chief. it came hours after she won the approval of congress to bring forward elections to 2024. protesters had been demanding, early polls in 2 weeks of unrest following the impeachment and imprisonment. a former president petro castillo. arianna sanchez has more from lima. it seems that to prevent the days just starting to to have a government, if you will, after these 2 weeks of political and social turmoil in the country. she has named her prime minister. she has brought. 8 up the defense minister a little that i love to be the new prime minister of having a chief up here in the room. he has the experience of being a defense minister before a former defense minister with former presidents are young. oh my love,

but she has kept her of her foreign minister food last night, declared the mexican ambassador. when on the after the mexican government gave asylum to the family of former president, fatal gas, you'll hear the outs outside the embassy, everything is quiet. but last night, the ambassador, who had, who was ordered 72 hours to be able to leave it left with lillia. but it is the wife of president, former presidents like i see you and her 2 children to the airport. they are now in mexico. but a now president manuel lopez for a lot from mexico has said that relations between the countries will remain firm as they have always been israel's longest serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he has secured a last minute deal to form

a new government as in yahoo was facing a midnight deadline to arrange a coalition. it follows weeks of tough negotiations with religious and far right. coalition partners. rob mcbride reports from western muslim. ha, ha, ha, ha ha ha. since his election victory, 7 weeks ago, benjamin netanyahu has been bogged down in tough negotiations to form a new israeli government. the right wing the could leader was granted a 10 day extension of his mandate to form a government which he has needed. yeah, it's quite remarkable. and a little bit hard to fathom. he won a decisive election victory way back on november. the 1st we knew exactly who the allies would be in his coalition. they ran as a block, i guess he would say it's been really hard. they been driving a really tough bargain, but from the outside it looks like he projected and bizarre weakness, and this is made for a very complicated process. netanyahu has formed an alliance with leaders who until now have been considered on the fringes of the political spectrum limit like it to

my bank via convicted of supporting a terrorist organization and racist incitement. he will become police minister with expanded powers to control the force betsel else motrin will be given ministerial responsibility for the illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. he has long lobbied for their expansion as well as control over palestinian construction there and area dairy, who is still serving a suspended sentence for tax fraud and who needed a change in the law to allow him to become minister. the question for many is whether netanyahu can keep these partners in check. i mean, the, what he said is, trust me. i am running the show here. but if you look at the way he's negotiated his coalition, they've certainly had, they've made their influence felt, and you have to assume that will continue to be the case. i may fears that already combustible tensions could flare out of control. palestinian seemed to be expecting

the worst with no one expecting this government to follow any path toward peace. critics of his coalition speculate that some of its more hard line members might welcome a violent palestinian response to justify further crackdowns on the occupied west bank and gaza. what's clear is with the unprecedented makeup of this government, israeli politics entering you and uncharted territory. robert bride al jazeera west jerusalem. a us attorney has said, sam, bank mon fried is now in f. b. i custody. the founder of collapse crypto currency exchange f t x had agreed to be extradited from the bahamas to the, to the united states. he's facing several criminal charges related to one of the biggest financial frauds in u. s. history. kristen salumi has more from new york, the former billionaire and f t x founder faces 8 federal charges here in new york as well as a possible life sentence. the charges include securities, fraud,

wire fraud, money laundering, even a campaign finance violation, and under u. s. law he must appear before a judge within 24 hours of arriving in the country. that judge is the one who decides whether or not he can be granted bail, and free before his trial is concluded. the 30 year old m i t graduate a said in court papers in the bahamas that he was anxious to return to the united states and make his customers whole. he may also have been eager to avoid the notorious fox hill prison in the bahamas and get back to the united states, but he is up against some serious charges here. the securities and exchange commission describe what he did with his crypto exchange as a quote, greys and fraud. the current c o, testifying before congress said that there were no proper financial records kept.

he's described as a, a failure of corporate control. all of these questions which bagman freed will have to answer to in the coming months. a decision to ban women from universities has triggered protests and afghanistan. girls have already been banned from middle school and high school. as laura con report. some analysts say the latest government order points to a clear divide in the taliban. i, this defiant group of students is taking stand against the taliban, withdrawing their education. they say their ambitions and dreams cannot be taken from them. my po number, who command healthcare in the 21st century. if there is no education, we will vanish from the face of the earth. no one is going to take us seriously and we won't be able to demand our rights only with education. can we understand our rights and responsibilities? this was the notification of an indefinite ban on women's university education. a

gynecologist and kabul says a lack of female doctors could put lives in danger. and there is no schools, no universities and no diana color, just female doctors. that number of m a r or maternity mortality is increasing the by the despite strong condemnation from several countries and activist groups. the taliban is yet to respond officially. but sources of told after theora, the taliban is divided between reformists, many of whom engage with the international community during talks in doe harm and a more conservative faction. one analysts says the decisions are made by small minority. i think that the vision is that cover me those on you would make what she acted these with the u. s. and daughter and or her doctor that they are not against women educator is only 5 people who are managing the whole dean. these are the hard

liners of young lasted to be covered, was the their solution of the more than a year before the taliban took power in afghanistan. it's 1st deputy leader, sergio in the ha, connie wrote an article published in the new york times. it said women's rights to education would be protected, a promise that has been rolled back, but the us also failed on its promised to use economic tools as leverage to moderate the telephone. in 2021, it proves nearly $10000000000.00 in assets belonging to the uk and central bank. women say this still suffering, please don't, but more sanctions in afghanistan did each sanction you put on we are having to result. i mean, when i say we, it's women who are like the are eliminating woman. they are giving us, why isn't each type many women say they were shocked by the announcement. i wasn't any shocked. i couldn't believe that there was some rumors that are going to ban

goes from attending universities, but we didn't know that this will happen in the middle of the assign us and they won't let these guys graduate for the moment. sees like this. women walking to university hoping to shape their career paths. we'll stop for the foreseeable future. laura con al jazeera, up to 20 ro hanger, refugees have reportedly died on a boat stranded in indian waters. it's thought between 10200 people were on board. the vessel near the andermann and nickel barre, islands, activists say, most migrants have died of thirst and hunger, while others have drowned. the un security council has adopted its 1st resolution on me and more in 74 years. it's demanding an into violence and urges the military jonty to release all political prisoners including ousted liter awesome sushi. our diplomatic editor, james bass, has more from the united nations. it's almost 2 years since the military took control and man ma, during that time the security council has been divided,

unable to come up with a resolution. now a security council resolution has finally passed, even though to permanent members, china and russia both abstained. this resolution withdrawn up by the british ambassador barbara woodward. the resolution calls for the cessation of violence, immediate and concrete implementation of actions. 5 point consensus. respect for the democratic will of the people of me and more respect for human rights and accountability. for those who violate them, full and unhindered humanitarian access to those in need. and the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained, including unsung sushi and precedent. when ment me on mars, i'm back to the united nations, was appointed by the civilian government, but remained in place. he says, this resolution doesn't go far enough. we would have liked to see

a stronger tax. we are clear. this is only a 1st that a such that initially you to unity government calls on the u. s. c. building on this resolution to take father and stronger action to ensure the end of the military hunter and its crimes. diplomats i've spoken to said they're not expecting the military government to comply with all the terms of this resolution, but they are hoping it will restart diplomacy, which is being led by the regional group. i c m, the world health organizations. director general says he is very concerned about reports of increasing cove 19 cases in china. there's been a rise in the number of recorded infections since the government's easing of its strict 0 co it policy. some scientists warned could lead to the emergence of new various cutter didn't only build road stadiums and metro stations for the world cup

. it also poured millions of dollars into its museums and galleries, alexia bryan, looks at how and why the tournament has helped the country's art scene. aah! cutter transformed into a vast outdoor up museum. the small gulf nation pulled out all the stops to host the football world cap, but the tournament was far from being all about the beautiful game with. i think the world cup has definitely pushed the art scene to a new level because a lot of people that are coming from a broad or visiting club there for the world cup, want to engage in the culture and we want to have something offered. and i think that's really pushed more an investment in the art scene.

how did alma's work is on show images and exhibition of contemporary art? she says, having the global spotlight on cutter, motivated local artists to explore their identity. i think story telling, evolve the, the way that we want to come to school is people started as like the word like what and why and how and all of this. and we became more experimental because each one of us wants to bring something new and exciting. more than a 1000000 people visited cattle during the tournament, the crowds taking and not just the matches, but also the museums. as a expert say, that's been a game changer for the cultural said, helping it reach a broader, more diverse audience. this culture is one of a series by japanese artist jojo, cassandra called my soul blooms forever. among dozens of public artworks installed and time for the world cup, some permanent, some temporary, but all part of cat,

as efforts to use art as soft power. ah, the woman behind it all is shakera, may i say, fanny, the sister of cutters, emir in the chair, woman, as cousin museums. she's considered one of the world's most important art buyers, helping cutter to diversify its economy away from the oil industry and increase its international influence. its museums already dynamics, faces and their generates the generators of discussion of debate. right from the start, kathy has understood how important culture is and to communicating with the world and communicating its identity, its position in the world and masters grow and grow and grow. more museums and galleries are plant designed as works of art in their own right. and holding influence that stretches far beyond their walls. alexey o'brien al jazeera.