and challenge the ideas that mobilize use around the world in london to activate tackling the root causes of youth violence. many young people perpetuated violence against other young people themselves have also been victim multiple times. my generation can try me design and we shape this generation change on al jazeera, the latest news, as it breaks this particular sub station. let's bring in 3 separate effects. for 6, russian, we saw with detailed coverage, they had hoped that the u. s. would relax water pandemic restrictions this week, which would likely have better there are of getting in from around the world over 3000000 people to talk to the 3. and when i go to work for you, and then next week i've been asked no team ah,

russian forces intensify their assault on the eastern town of soda as both sides battle for control of the strategic city of back moot a. lauren taylor, this is out there a life from london also coming up and overnight curfews imposed in southern route after deadly anti government protest. brazil's military is accused of not doing enough to stop the storming of government buildings in the nation's capital by supporters of a former president and decision by contact with trying to supplant expansion of a coal mine in western germany. ah, i would begin in ukraine where russian forces have stepped up. there was sold on a small salt mining town in the east of the country. with the help of wagner

mercenaries, the groups founder described the battles as heavy and bloody. while the cranes, president said the area had been flattened by fighting. the british defense ministry says it appears. russia has taken control of much of florida. and in doing so, blocked key ukrainian supply and communication lines to back moot, the capture back, which is now one of moscow's main military objectives in the war. both sides have suffered heavy losses there during months of trench warfare. also on tuesday rushes defense minister place to boost weapons stocks ation technology and drone production. the russian navy also conducted drills in the norwegian sea, with a hypertonic miss. all it says is capable of evading western and defenses. for now, all efforts are focused on the city of started up and where the russia can cement its control of the strategic city. cha, structured begins our coverage from keith present zalinski last night. acknowledging that the battle for solid was indeed intensifying. he saying that the

ukrainians had in his words, one time in order to get more men and supplies inside that town now solid is around 20 kilometers north, east of the town of buck, mood, of course, buck mood is seen. some of the most intensive fighting over recent weeks and months . a town that is often nicknamed a meat grinder because of the sheer amount of men that have been killed in it on both sides. solely dog is a salt mining town. it is the largest salt mine in ukraine and it has a vast network of underground tunnels, around 200 kilometers, in fact have underground tunnels, some as high as 30 meters. i mean a football match, for example, is being held under ground in solely in the past. so one can you imagine this is a huge strategic importance. we can only speculate that certainly

according to the russians they saying that the ukrainians are using those tunnels as defensive positions to store ammunition and so on. so we can only speculate the fighting. there is particularly intense because it is of such a strategic and military importance, whether we're going to start seeing such a thing as a seizure, such as what we saw around the agile style plant in mariel pool was months ago, remains to be seen rushes, state news agency is reporting this change of command in the countries army. moscow said to promoted colonel general alexander laughing to chief of staff of its ground forces. he was previously commander of the central military district. move comes despite fierce criticism of levin from some allies of president vladimir putin. over his performance since russia's invasion of ukraine peruse government has proved an overnight curfew in the southern region of bruno after 17 people were killed during anti government demonstrations on monday. it's the most violent day

since protest began in december or the arrest of former president pedro castillo. 3 days of morning have been announced demonstrations demanding early elections and the resignation of president dean sanchez is more familiar in the lawmaker just told me a little while ago that he's very sure that is the prime minister, will give the vote of confidence from lawmakers here but it wasn't easy from the start because the left wing will, may cause when, when la walked into the chambers, they shouted at him, murderer, then they did not allow him to speak. they took the floor and presented the pictures. the photos of many of the of the victims died yesterday in flashes with security forces in the city of pool. and also he confirmed that the 18th person died yesterday. he is a police officer who was attacked by

a mob and burns a car. well, the prime minister's poke during his presentation about what is going on in the country. he announced a curfew of from a pm to 4 am in tune up for 3 days. aah! brazil's president has criticized the army for not doing enough to stop supporters of his predecessor from storming the nation's seats of power. no, he seen us. you let us silver accused. the generals are not standing up to the protest. us who are allowed to camp outside the military headquarters in brazil, yet the president made the comments during a meeting with governors where he promised to punish those responsible for sundays attack. at least 1500 people have been arrested so far. with

every one here is aware of the amount of people that were tortured for not agreeing with the military regime. and now the people are freely calling for a crew in front of the military headquarters. and none of them have done anything. go general stood up to say, this can't happen. it's forbidden to ask for that. it gives the impression that there were people who liked it with the people were calling for a qu on a k. a knock if is inside brazil's presidential palace, one of the buildings stormed during sunday's protest. were standing in the 2nd floor of the presidential palace in brazilian. these, this window has been broken. it was one of the many windows that were destroyed during the attack on sunday, not only to this palace but also to the supreme court and congress. now the president of brazil works up there on that floor to day he was holding regular meetings. it was the 1st day of normality here,

which was not so normal because as you can see, people are fixing everything. ah, there are many, many windows that are broken. but the most important thing that lula said, and he stressed this to the 27 governors, that he met the night before. is that although the buildings have been shattered, the institutions have resisted. he attended cool. so this is the ramp where the president are, we're lula came up to the palace on the day that he was sworn and right in front of it is the supreme court building that was also destroyed during the attack of sunday lula will have that his 1st priority was to unite, at least all the governors, the supreme court justices, and congress to defend democracy. and this has strengthened him politically. but his now his main challenge will be to unite a very,

very divided country. and he will start his trips abroad on the 23rd of this month, where he's going to argent enough to participate in the summit of the community of latin american states and the caribbean. and then from there he will go to europe. why? and later on he will meet later on this month or early next month, he will meet with us president joe biden. he's president joe biden, canadian prime minister, just intruder and mexican president under manuel lopez about all of met in mexico city. the mission is part of the north american leaders. summit trained drug trafficking and new us immigration policies are expected to dominate the discussion . dennis is daniel rappers live for us from mexico city many. what come out of these talk so far? lord, we are in mexico cities historic center, behind me, the presidential palace and we are now on the final stretch of the trilateral

meeting between canadian minister just in trudeau, mexican president lopez over the other. and us president joe biden now waiting for the press conference to begin, perhaps a little bit behind schedule. this is a massively important regional summit, especially in terms of economy. these 3 countries represent the largest trading block in the world. so the matter of strength that he can amik ties promoting trade is certainly a major pillar of these talk to taking place here in mexico city. if there is one sour note that we should highlight, that should mention is these tensions over mexico being accused by its northerly neighbors of skirting its obligation under the united states, mexico, canada free trade agreement, or u. s. m. c. a. with that said, we have sort of expected that these 3 leaders may set aside. these disputes over mexico's energy policy over the threat by mexico wanting to ban genetically modified corn from the united states. focus more and underlying more areas where

there is common ground set aside these disputes that could distract from more important topics such as the ongoing migrant crisis on the u. s. southern border. just on monday, before the official start of the north american leader summit, there was a bilateral meeting between president lopez over the mexico and us president joe biden, where they discussed a number of things not least of which was the ongoing migrant crisis. that was an announcement made by the united states in the lead up to this to this summit here in mexico city, where the united states announced an agreement with mexico word mexico would be taking in $30000.00 migrants a month that are being expelled from the united states, these are folks, primarily from countries like me get out of in a swell i, haiti, and cuba folks who have crossed illegally into the united states. mexico will be taking as many as $30000.00 every month. the other side of that deal is the united states will be issuing as many as 30000 and visa to folks from these 4 countries that we just mentioned. there's another measure that was announced by the white

house early on tuesday, which outlines more resources being allocated to mexico, southern border sort of continuing this unofficial policy of containing migrants in the southern part of mexico. but a lot being discussed here in mexico city. immigration, also multilateral security strategy, curving drug and weapons trafficking. and we're just now waiting for the for the summit to end. and that press conference to begin. lauren, when you're f, a. thank you very much. and john 100 joined us live now from el paso in texas. where many central american migrants are living after crossing into the u. s. from mexico. so what is the situation of migrants in the classroom? well, most of those who are here outside of sacred heart catholic church or from venezuela . and i just talked to a couple of them and asked, and they said they were closely following what was happening with that 3 amigos meeting in mexico city. they said they've got a, a, what's that group social media group and they discuss it and they follow it. and i

asked if they had hope that what was coming out of that meeting might help these people who were really stranded in el paso right now. they don't have the legal status to leave here because they're, they fear being deported or arrested by border police. and they certainly don't want to go back to mexico. they said they had a terrible experience there. they said that they were kidnapped, robbed the women were sexually assaulted, they said, if we are deported, we're going to ask them please just send us back to venezuela because mexico is too dangerous. so they aren't following that i answer, they had hope. and a gentleman said, hope never dies, but they haven't seen anything that leads them to believe this is going to change this twilight status for those who have already come into the u. s. but don't have legal status. what they really need is comprehensive immigration reform, and that would require an act of congress. and it would clarify the status of the $11000000.00 undocumented people in the country already. and these people who are

coming in now and declaring themselves as refugee. so the gentleman said they're, they're going to go through the legal process. they will apply for formal asylum. but if that doesn't work, is that they will probably go forward and just try to blend in, in the u. s. one they can. so there is hope with so far, there's nothing that leads people here to believe they're going to be able to leave the sidewalks of el paso anytime soon on entering. thank you very much. indeed. staying in north america. we're a pacific storm continues to bring torrential rain to california a day after flooding and mudslide risks triggered the evacuation of thousands of people. at least 16 people have been killed since last week and move the 34000000 on the flood warnings. another 230000 homes and businesses without power. another storm is expected to hit parts of the saint on wednesday. from rentals has more

from center cruise. for the past week and more, california has really been suffering from this just relentless parade of very severe storms of meteorologist called m. atmospheric rivers, one after the other cy, close hitting the coast and causing flooding, mud slides, a high waves up to 7 meters in height. and i want to show you where we are right now in santa cruz. we're at the top where that were at a point where the san lorenzo river goes into the pacific and locals tell us that this river, which you see here, normally is just a trickle. sometimes it even dries up. ah, but now it is murky brown, full of debris and upstream homes and businesses. cars have been submerged. if we look further out past the, the old amusement park here, you could see on the beach. ah, the waves are crashing against the shore. ah,

and there's a ton of debris out there all along the sand. nobody's surfing in this can. under these conditions, 16 people have lost their lives over the past several days, including a several people who have been killed by falling trees in high winds. a 5 year old boy was swept away when the vehicle his mother was driving or was caught in a flash flood, and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated, including the entire town of monta seato. that's at santa barbara county, south of year, a place where many celebrities are to have their homes still to come, this ha, china responded to restrictions on its travelers, but its end ban or visitors from that neighboring countries. ah, and the best face of voodoo, celebration of religions we imagined. ah

and if we go with your weather update, for se, asia good to have your long here's one thing i wanted to point out. you see this here getting some rotation going? it has been pouring brain for days in sabu city. there are extreme flight advisories in play and the rain, it's just not letting up. so we will have to watch for the risk of some more flooding there in time. southern indo china, it's where we got our pulses of rain from southern vietnam and cambodia that south pushing into thailand on wednesday for china, temperatures running well above average, pretty much right across the country for the central yang see river valley wu han at 18 degrees. that's 10 above average, but it's not going to last for long. what goes up must come down. big changes by the end of the week in time. we've lost that see affects snow for western and northern japan, many areas. and that's because the winds are shifting around and the air is warmer

here. so we just don't have the ingredients for sea and do snow australia looks like this big shock to the system temperature wise in perth, big drop there. monsoon rain for a northern areas of queensland and settled in the southeast. but let's go to new zealand. it's the complete opposite here. it's got cyclone hail. it dropped a months worth of rain in auckland, in 24 hours and it's still swirling around the rain. cross the north island on wednesdays. see a later ah, the african narratives from african perspectives could be from one in a brochure. the front will be a good for a new series of short documentaries, by african filmmakers from kenya, nigeria and rwanda mob. you join our la trucks for more conservation from joy in the traffic and feeding the gay africa

direct on al jazeera lou. ah, top stories are 0, russian forces have stepped up their assault on the small salt mining town of solid are in the east of ukraine. the british defense ministries, as it appears, russia has taken control of much of the town blocking a key ukrainian supply line to back. the peruvian government has ordered a curfew for the southern region of pano otter, at least 18 people were killed, including a police officer. during anti government demonstrations on monday is miss violent days since protest began in december demanding early elections and the resignation

of president university. brazil's president has criticized the army for not doing enough to stop supporters of his predecessor storming the nation. seats of power can be seen as united silver says the generals didn't stand up to the protectors. we'd been camping outside military headquarters in brasilia police in germany, or removing the climate activists who gathered near an open cut mine in the western village of literate. thousands of climate activists formed human chains and set up a citizen to stop the expansion plans. earlier this week, police made repeated warnings for the protest as to leave. the village interrupt is due to be demolished in order to expand a coal. mine is part of germany's plan to maintain coal supplies while it reduces it dependence on russian gas and oil. around one quarter of electricity produced in germany comes from coal. in the 3rd quarter of last year, that increased to a 3rd foreign russia invasion of ukraine. despite the rise,

experts still expect german emissions from electricity production to drop. more than 40 percent of its energy is from renewables, the government, and also launched a successful initiative to encourage energy efficiency. stud muffin reports, this is where the protest here and literate are all about. this is the gas while a mine, it's one of the largest lick night mines here in germany. and it's been expanding even though these protests are ongoing. it needs to be expanded according to the government because they need this coal due to energy shortages due to the war in ukraine and a dependency on russian energy sources. so the government has now decided this whole area needs to be cleared, also including the village over there, but active fist here from all over europe are now trying to defend the village here with barricades. but police has moved in much closer now. and they are really threatening to effect the village quite imminently. police are brought in technical,

specialized staff for the eviction, but they say this is just a beginning of a complex and dangerous operation. because i don't know what they will find if they go into the houses and the camps where the activists have been hold up. but it was also so much good climate news on tuesday. this time in relation to the ozone layer, which shields life on earth from dangerous radiation, it had been seriously damaged by pollution, but now san to say could soon make a recovery. contin monahan has more an invisible barrier protecting us from the sun, decades of damage from pollution week in the ozone layer. but now thanks to international action, it's finally on the man. ozone layer is on track to recover within 4 decades. in a new report, a you went back scientific paddle, confirm that the phase out of nearly 99 percent of band ozone depleting. substances has succeeded in safeguarding the ozone layer leading to

a notable recovery of the ozone layer in the upper stratosphere and decrease human exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. ultraviolet radiation can cause skin cancer and harm crops and marine life. the problem came with the development of what's known as cfc chemical use and hundreds of products from refrigerators to hair spray. but when these chemicals enter the atmosphere, they damage the ozone layer. an international tree, he bans cfc in 1987, but progress wasn't always smooth. in 2018 scientists detected a rise and cfc emissions. they were traced to factories and china, soon after emission levels resumed their downward trend. the predictions are promising, but other challenges remain. i think that that those who could be a role model, so for, for me tackle climate change. but it's actually that probably was quite restrictive

because there are some substitutes away level for the says he of these which really destroyed this also. they are nowadays the old, the, the substitute and for, for the problem is that the climate change is that c o 2 cannot easily be substituted. the final hole in the ozone layer of the antarctic are set to be healed by 2066. the rest of the world will be sooner around 2040 activists hope this success could prove a model for cooperation as the world faces. other challenges like climate change, fenton monahan al jazeera, china has taken its 1st retaliatory steps against countries imposing cobra. non teen curves on its travelers. it suspended short term visas for south koreans and japanese citizens facing his entry restrictions for chinese. travelers are discriminatory and accused the countries in both of disregarding science and facts which south korea denies. we took the south korean government strength and

quarantine measures for travelers. arriving from china are based on scientific and objective grounds. the government has been transparently sharing relevant information with the international community and has continued to communicate with china through diplomatic traumas. katrina, you reports from beijing, china seems to be using south korea and japan to send a message to other countries which have impose restrictions on chinese travelers and hopes that the role these restrictions fact ms. also warning nations that are considering imposing restrictions, asking them to think twice about it. now this move is going to impact all parties involved to south korea and japan. china is the biggest trading pon and there are plenty of south korean and japanese businesses and operations here. and they will no longer be able to send the business people here to attend to those in person. and this will also no doubt impact china's or an economic bottom line. but according to china's foreign ministry staging says that it has the right to employ county measures on these countries. on ginger, regrettably a few countries,

still disregard science and faculty and their own corporate situation. they're imposing discriminated, entry restrictions on china, china family. we took these and we'll take reciprocal measures what we call and relevant countries. we can basically measure the facts and science and to take proportionate measures on sunday, trying to began opening up its international borders. and wal, corbett. 19 tests are still required for those entering the country mandatory warranty. not a government facility is not. and as a result, we've seen a sergent booking from chinese travelers going all over the world. and there's been a split response to that. some countries like thailand, happy to receive as many chinese tours as possible, but other countries, including the u. s. u. k, canada and australia are wary because at the moment china is experiencing a surgeon corvette 1900 infections. the w h her has said that aging has been under representing the scale of the outbreak here. and it wants fading to provide more

accurate hospitalization, and dec told data the china denies that it was holding any information dislike. continuing to release suspiciously low figures. austria is supreme court has dropped a terror case against a well known professor of egyptian origin. following an al jazeera documentary, very tough, it was charged on with dozens of activists in november 2020. in january last year, the program has hidden is greater add on now to 0 for billing the charges were based on false evidence and fabricated acute accusations. professor sorry, f as is best known for an annual report into european is i'm a phobia. and one of the founders is the austrian muslim youth association. a national we do day festival was being held in beneath the country as widely seen as the birthplace of voodoo. and the celebration started with the ritual sacrifice of a goat. the festival also includes a procession to the atlantic ocean to pay respect to enslaved ancestors who were

taken away from beneath many drinks, reports who, abrasions in widow. the worship is, is a ceremony like no other the music and dance, the color and the mysticism with a touch of susan middleton, an american voter priestess ranks high in the hierarchy. i feel those spirits are many of them are associated with natural forces, like the elements, water virus, birds to air and lots of on the thing. i mean is fascinating. she says religion is widely, but deliberately mis understood. it is associated with diabolical forces. it's a cliche, largely driven by hollywood, but it's a very deep spiritual tradition. that's ancient. all of our cars volley geez,

originated in africa. so make so marvelously on ceremonials, pulcher. what many, many divinity. who do it through to west africa? with many considered its origin for where it's exported to the rest of the world by sleeves taken from africa to work on plantations. and it's back in west africa. that was, she puts from all over the world gather to celebrate every year. when you recognize, move on to religion in the night, just years of oppression become a now cuz it has it has a lot of the congress how to do. and identity has been celebrated when oppression as religion, engine, religion, followed by millions in been public and abroad. especially in the canopy.

i'm not reaches go into the food festival days of sacrifice and rituals that many find disturbing. but voters supreme need, i called the pontiff, disagrees shaky news, oakland easy colonizers macos as fetish, but voodoo is not all about worshipping dolls or blunt, letting it's not about magic. we do is a complete belief system that does a lot of good things. i didn't believe the religions of i've dictates of european onslaught and was of i for many more st. george to come degrees. how do you see we done? saudi arabia is removing old kevin 19 restrictions for the hedge pilgrimage this year is welcoming back pre pandemic numbers. of visitors to the holy side, the pilgrimage usually draws more than $2000000.00 people each year to the city of mecca. in 2020 numbers were limited to just a 1000 people from inside the kingdom last year and the one.