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with devastating consequences for its people. rushed for caesar about a kilometer in that direction. do you for your new military is scared now with because washing forces might such great gains around solid or in the north. the now trying to completely in circle the city. ah, hello, i'm how many of jerome this is al, there's you're alive from doha. also coming up a day of morning in nepal, where at least 70 people were killed in the nation's worst aviation disaster in decades. italy's most wanted man, the sicilian mafia boss mateo messina, dinero has been arrested after being on the run for 30 years and on the day of honoring slain us civil rights liter, martin luther king junior, racial justice advocates call for an in to curbs on voting rights.

we begin on the front lines of eastern ukraine where a fierce battle for control is raging in the city of buck moot and its surrounding areas. russia has been unleashing its fire power on a city almost destroyed and nearly besieged its forces. are trying to win a rare military victory after months of fighting while the ukrainian forces are digging in algiers, charles stratford witnessed a day of devastation in what's left of what was once a thriving city. how people enjoy the shilling and destruction defies. belief. russian artillery has almost completely destroyed the town of buck moot. most of the 70000 people who live to have fled. it's even rare to see ukrainian soldiers in the open, exposed to shilling on the streets. oh my cousin pro bach munchkin upton looked up

though, sir, when we talk about the direction of battle mood. so selling your frontal, we're talking about the whole front line where they're trying to get into the city from every direction, from the north, from the east and the south. ha. the intensification, the shelling of back moot is obvious. russian forces are about a kilometer in that direction. the ukrainian military is scared now because wasn't forces of made such great gains around solid are in the north. they now trying to completely in circle the city. as we walked back up the street more rounds explode, close by we begin filming, and 2 more come in around a 100 yards away. the

city we run for cover skimming here. our camera on the col dashboard captured the moment 2 of what's believe to have been a 120 millimeter motors slammed into a residential building across the street. the force of the blast broke to windscreen, which a similar story on the other side of crane, an army of moving to push back a russian revolved. se, another of colon of the situation is quite intense. all around at milt. we have information. the russians has sent frame force much towards the city on the bottle tow. mazata was kasicoda ukrainian

artillery fires from nearby feels. the bottles for past moot is intensifying by a day. cha, stratford al jazeera of mode and hundreds of kilometers west of buck, mood, hope's fading, of finding survivors in the rubble of an apartment block and denise pro, which was hit by a russian missile on saturday. at least 40 people were killed, but dozens more. are still missing, ukraine's president says the attack on the pro shows why his country needs more wester weapons to survive. russian assault, russia as deny targeting residential buildings. some of the wounded are in hospital receiving treatment, ghoulish groom of thug, new political will hold on. one girl is in grave condition. she's 19 and now in the emergency ward, nelson with you. and there were 3 people in the ward, including the girl. they were admitted with wounds after the explosion, to have relatively severe conditions, including head trauma. meanwhile,

ukraine's northern neighbour bella roosts, is taking part in a military drill with russia. the allies will carry out 2 weeks of air exercises. russian troop members and military activity have increased in bella roofs in recent weeks. the 2 of held joint drills during the past year. this time the bell russian defense ministry says the exercises are defensive. moscow launched attacks on ukraine from bella, russian territory in february, last year. i the hash hm reports from moscow. this is not the 1st minutes to drill between bella was sand, russia. there have been many ones before. however, this is the 1st time in 2 years that both countries are conducting. every element is now becoming 15 days. more stuff better uses affordable. if you add the ports are going to be busy with these drifts moscow's insisting these are defensive drugs. them technically meant for operation incompatibility. as far better. who's the defense ministry issued

a statement saying that that drugs would focus on supplies and patrolling. however, for to take these visits into a why that respect that perspective grassy, take into consideration resident vladimir putin visit to barret who's last month is meeting with president luke. i shook up them, agreeing on, providing the better was fi, looks with training in order to be able to man across on that are provided with unconventional weapons. and this is very significant. this was very significant at the time. now, there are many concerns that were all shy, strained to push it better, was a gradually toward staking forth in the war in ukraine. however, the russians are denying, and they've denied this repeatedly, insisting that all kinds of corporation, military cooperation, between them on the better side is part of the strategic relation between the 2

countries. from keith, natasha, butler has more on ukraine's reaction. is clearly a lot of concern in keys over these exercises what, what, whatever activity happens on the board there in fuller, belarus, in terms of military activity is a worry for authorities in ukraine. now what we know is better says that it's been carrying out a number of military exercises over the past few weeks. it has started apparently these aviation exercises, they all supposed to last a 2 weeks. and even though the a barrison defense minister says, these are just defensive exercises. well, you know, keep not having any of that, because as far as they are concerned, they have to be as cautious and careful as possible, which is why ukraine's present volota me. zalinski has said they don't report, god must be alert. ukrainian forces of the building extra fortifications long

enough for it because it was on the bell of russian territory. in february 2022 that a russian launched its invasion, even if true from that of ruth, will not directly involved in this or not argue involved in this conflict. the u. k is confirmed. it will send 14 battle tanks to keep defense minister ben wallace has urged nato ally, germany to follow suit the debate in germany. the moment about whether a tank is an offensive weapon, or defensive weapon, well depends what you're using it for what you're using it to defend your country. i would wager the to lose a defensive weapon system. secondly, we are not on our own. this is a joint international coalition, and i know they've been concerns in the german political body that they don't want to go a low a while they're not alone. another nato member nation latvia has given military support worth nearly 330000000 dollars to ukraine in august life v as parliament designated russia, a state sponsor of terrorism. our diplomatic editor spoke to latvian president

egless levitz in davos. he explains why ukraine needs heavy weapon systems urgently . this should give all necessary support for the ukraine, especially because at asha is preparing in february in march or offensive in ukraine. and the ukraine a should have a or necessary weapons or a necessary support in order to assist elisa, offensive, and therefore her all tanks all so i should be given to ukraine, but these are possible and her in ramstein where would be a ball to decisions in this respect, i know you don't have tanks to give bots if you're spending on ukraine 300000000 euros as a 3rd of your military budget. do you think other countries, like germany has plenty of leopard 2 tanks? the u. s. has the abrams tank time for them to step up in this regard?

or there is a lot of potential for the western countries of nato countries to increase their support for ukraine. because it is in the interest of the whole world, especially also for her own nato countries for all european countries, or to give her support in order to let you play in the when the war only when the ukraine will liberate the whole territory. then there would be peace and all we all are interested in peace. so far ukraine's western allies are committed to providing weapons more than 30 nations, have pledged military aids since the start of the war. the u. s. is the largest single supplier followed by germany and the u. k. they promised missiles, rocket launchers, drones tanks, and other armored vehicles. but some will take several weeks to reach the front line. several countries have ramped up their own defense spending,

further straining, manufacturing, and global supply chains are yet to recover from the disruptions caused by the pandemic, interrupted shipping and semiconductor shortages are affecting many companies. and there's concerned the rush to help ukraine could delay the ability for western countries to replenish their own stockpiles. donald jensen is the russian director at the u. s. institute of peace. he joined us ly from alexandria in the us state of virginia. a donald, there's a lot of talk right now about european countries, either promising to send tanks to ukraine or considering sending tanks to ukraine. but what's the earliest that these tanks might actually arrive in ukraine and will enough tanks actually be delivered to make a difference? well, excellent question, and i thought your report is commentary about the supply problems is very, very good. it will take about there too bad, but the question is really, are 10 or 15 going to be enough? and what we're seeing now is not really just a supply chain issue. we're seeing politics emerge, it's ugly head,

which is to say the germans politically are ambivalent about giving the credit and what they call office weapons, which is sort of a meaningless distinction. in the war and france poll shows me lithuania, poland, and the other countries have have german leper tanks, need german approval to pass those tanks on to ukraine. so this is the kind of political discussion are going to have to see later this week when the allies, me to see what, how best to help ukraine and struggle against russia. the ukrainians have been geniuses, frankly, that mixing and matching various kinds of weapons, various kinds of ammunition. they've taken old soviet stuff brief visit, re con reconditioned that using it against russia. so they have been a really excellent at mexican matching, as i said. but the supply chain issues are serious. they are particularly churning ammunition, and we have to be careful not to put them all in one kind of lump pile and say,

it's a problem. it is your lives are very careful to protect themselves and also supply ukraine. and i expect that will continue. donald if there is, as you say, some ambivalence on the part of some of the countries when it comes to pledging weapons or delivering weapons. and if there needs to be more of a political discussion going forward, you expect that the u. s. and european countries will actually be delivering more military 8 and weapon systems to ukraine going forward. that is the question. what you're saying from the beginning of the war has been that the west has tried to respond to ukrainian needs without provoking russia. that as russia has escalated, our weapon to a system has gotten better, but also would have given the ukrainians more offensive weapon. right. and the boundaries are shifting, that red line is shifting toward giving me crane more lethal stuff. and that's what you're going to say toward the end of the week on friday. we have told them we,

the us, told the craniums you cannot use our equipment to attack russia interior. they know that they will put restrictions on their artillery rangers and you'd like to make sure that they are used only for defense. however, that line is becoming ever more hard to draw. as the russians have increased their violence, increase their attacks on civilian targets and destroyed so much infrastructure. we are going in that direction of greater western support, no matter what the supply chain issues might be. so donald, you've mentioned just in the last few minutes a couple of times. the fact that global supply chain issues are a factor in this conversation. of course, global supply chains were disrupted by the pandemic. that has impacted the arms industry as well. has the war in ukraine also contributed to global supply chain issues when it comes to the delivery of weaponry? oh, it certainly has high tech equipment, not to shells, but high tech sensors computers, all of that stuff has been affected by cove. it and their subsequent associated

problems. but we adjust the west to just the way you have them. what we can, what we consider would help them the most. and i would not say at the moment, at least, i would say central obstacle to giving you crime what it needs to defend itself. and donald russia is a major supplier of raw materials used in arm production. how much is that factor right now in potentially hampering efforts by the us and by europe to get additional military a to ukraine? not so much for talking, only about russia, what russia is. as you mentioned, the 2nd largest arms dealer in the world, but their equipment as gender to be i almost had more criminal, less high tech. ah, ah, heavy artillery, unable do the kinds of things that we've seen, the crating armed forces have done so well. adaptability, flexibility on the battlefield for that unit. western assistance, high tech tanks, high tech artillery, the kinds of anti ballistic anti missile systems. we see give it,

we're giving ukraine more and more frequently and we'll try to prevent the kinds of repetition of what we saw tragically in april over the weekend. all right, donald jensen, russian director at the us institute of peace. thanks so much. great to get your insights. thank you. still had on al jazeera, germany's defense minister resigns, amid increased pressure over the war and ukraine. and a blow for osha bob in somalia. the government reclaimed territory controlled by the armed crew. ah hello, they will start in north america and both coast to dealing with some pretty nasty weather conditions. we've had a nor'easter bring some heavy snow to parts of new england like boston and wintry and wet weather continues to haunt eastern parts of canada. but it's really,

the u. s. west coast has been dealing with the worst of the wet and wintery weather . we've had one storm system after another rolling to california. we're hoping this will be the final blast bringing some very heavy rain and some snow as well on wednesday. now for the east coast, it has been an improving picture. we've got a line of storms that are going to push their way further east bringing some rain to that east coast for washington, d. c. that'll arrive on thursday. we are expecting, however, a steady decline in the temperature through to the we can, but still some sunshine and further south of this in the deep south, we had a lot of hates come through in that transcended down across central america and into the caribbean. some heavy rain expected to lick into nicaragua, and we got some wind warnings continue for north western areas of costa rica as we go into the mid week. but for the worst of the wet weather, we have to head once again to brazil and south america. severe thunderstorms expected. we got warnings out for much of the country. some of those pulling in to

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you're watching on the 0 a reminder of our top stories. this our despite the near full evacuation of the city of buck moved the battle for buck mote in ukraine's east. rage is on nearly all $70000.00 residents have left but bottom would remains a key target for russia. as a military intensifies its assault on the city, ukrainian authority say there is little hope finding any one else alive in the rubble of a disney pro apartment block hit by russian missiles. at least 40 people are confirmed who have been killed and saturdays attacked. but dozens more are missing . bela bruce and russia have begun 2 weeks of joint military exercises. they've helped joint rules during the past years since russia invaded ukraine. this time the bell, russian defense ministry says the exercises are defensive. germany's defense minister has resigned as the government faces pressure to increase military support for ukraine. christine lambert says the media's attention on her as hindered factual debate on the readiness of germany's defences. as accessor will be

announced on tuesday. lizzie, on a visit in her chair, the federal minister of defense, christie lam, brain has asked the chancellor to day to dismiss her the chance. the lever speaks miss lambert's decision, and thanks for the good work she has done during this difficult and challenging time. as defense minister to on the chance level submit a proposal for replacement to the federal president in a timely manner. a visual has been held in the paul for the victims of a plane crash on sunday that left 72 people's dead. this was the scene outside the international airport in the capital cat man. do people lit candles and help signs to pay tribute to the dead. nepal observed a day of national morning on monday and set up a panel to investigate the country's deadliest crash in 30 years. from yeah, to limbo reports from po kara, this is the site where a yeti airlines flight carrying 72 people crashed in the nepalese tourist town of poker. a search and recovery team worked through the day monday to retrieve bodies

from deep within a narrow gorge. the plane took off from cut man do less than an hour later, it came down near its destination, the newly opened bullcrap international airport. it narrowly missed homes on either side of the city gorge and river, which runs through the town. it's tragic though we lost $72.00 people on board the plan, but if it had crossed a couple of races on either side, man would have lost money below. an army and police recovery team has worked to retrieve bodies and identified personal belongings found in the wreckage. the plane was carrying 57 nepalese and 15 foreign nationals flying in the palace. challenging as the country is surrounded by mountains and difficult terrain. in the past, the country has witnessed numerous crushes early in the day, a search and recovery team retrieve the black box of the ill fated, yet the airlines flight experts hope it will provide answers to the tragedy. tensions run high as families and relatives outside the hospital wait to claim

their loved ones. the brother in law of this indian businessman was on the plate 100 years while had traveled to the town to see the older sister who had just had a baby last id. would like to do it the last right soon, but there was a lot of process and red tape involved and it's frustrating. i'm waiting on a hospital staff try triplicate, distressed family members that they'll have to wait at least another day before they can lay their loved ones to rest, rub at a liberal as 0 input. under par, italy's most wanted mafia leader has been caught after a man hunt that's lasted 3 decades. mateo messina, dinero, i had been sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for murders and bombing attacks. andrew simmons reports i, bradley bradley. it's not every day that sicilian anti murphy police are congratulated on the streets of palermo, but they've just arrested it is most wanted mafia boss, my tale massena dinero,

who's been on the run for 30 years. the man reported to of once boasted that he could fill a cemetery with his victims didn't resist. it was a major pre planned operation, and at least one other arrest was made. the police and prosecutors are now celebrating congratulated by italy's prime minister, georgia maloney. the police had accused massena dinero of bombings on the italian mainland, but kilt and people, the prime minister went on to pay her respects to murder judges, including one of messina dinero as victims giovanni falcone. ah, it's a day of celebration for respectable people, and it's a day of celebration for the relative to the victims of organized crime because the sacrifice of so many heroes was not in vain because some others took over their legacy and the war has been carried on right now, messina,

dinero doesn't look like the godfather, but the 60 year old is seen as the last in a line of old school senior figures to have either died or been arrested in the cosa nostra. that's the sicilian crime syndicate portrayed in the godfather movie modell massena denado was the youngest member of a leadership group within the sicilian matthew that took control of the semi and my fear in the early 19 eighties century young massacring all their rifles. a man mounted a major attack on the italian state. now the question is whether massena dinero will reveal any of his many secrets among them, the names of politicians suspected of conniving with the mafia. andrew simmons al jazeera somalia says its military has recaptured a town from alabama fighters. the coastal area had been under the control of the armed group for the past 15 years. the government launched an offensive against that ship up in august. somali forces say they've since killed hundreds of fighters,

south africa state on electricity utility company, s. com says it will shorten power cuts starting from tuesday. that's after south africa saw its worst blackouts on record last week with households left in the dark, up to 10 hours a day. president sudle room oppose a cancel plans to attend the world economic form in davos to deal with the crisis. but 2 opposition party se outages will continue well into next year. teachers in venezuela are calling on the government to increase their salaries. him instructions were held in 6 cities, including the capital, caracas, the minimum salary for a public school teacher is about $10.00 a month, with inflation at more than 300 per cent. protesters say they're going hungry and struggling to cover basic expenses. people have marched in washington dc to commemorate the birthday of american civil rights leader, martin luther king junior. they're demanding president joe biden, and the u. s. congress passed new legislation on voting rights. my can reports

a celebration for martin luther king who would have been 1004 years old. the decades off his death, his work to get to vote for all is still not complete. in 1965 president, lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act. thanks to martin luther king. the measure, outlaw, discriminate, re boating practices. but a recent report found that more than 4000000 people were plucked from voting in last year's midterm elections. a 3rd of those affected were black and the words of martin luther king echoed through the is not as my town ballot. i will he to, james was one of those who look the right to vote because of a conviction on drug charges. as the lawyer kita was able to get through the complicated process of regaining the right to vote,

and she now helps others do the same. for some people, it can be an extremely lengthy battle and you know, for some people they have given up because it is a lengthy battle or because it is so convoluted. stephanie frame was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on a conspiracy to commit murder charge. she's unable and unwilling to pay the thousands of dollars in fines to regain the right to vote. and i came home and i completed that parole without being a menace to society. i feel like at that point, it automatically be given back to me just as quickly if they were taken away, it should automatically be given back to me. an ugly fact behind the beauty of it's capital nashville, is that the republican state of tennessee has the 2nd largest number of disenfranchised off to florida. nearly half a 1000000 people. that's close to one in 8 voters. and we have to start looking at how do we expand the electorate, and by giving 470000 people,

their voting rights back as how you explained that electorate. and again, and i think, you know, if and when we do that, that will have huge political implications. but the marches here wanted to restore the vote to 10 times that number more than 4000000 people in 48 states who were prevented from casting a ballot last year in the wider political context. it's also above the struggle between those who want to reduce voting rights and those who want to increase them . it's not just about congress, it's about who controls the courts, the police stations, and the scoreboards. b. u. s. has over half a 1000000 elected officials and the demand in this crowd on this day is that they represent all the countries people. not just some of them by cana auto, sierra, washington. more rain and snow continue to fall across the u. s. state of california. it's led to widespread flooding, forcing road closures and disrupting travel. at least 19 people have died and

around 25000000 have been effected as severe weather system stretch into a 3rd week. give me now food. we're also given out supply. we're also giving stuff to clean up, you know, your house. we have heard from many, many dozens of people who are extremely concerned about being able to pay their rent or pay their electric bill. i'm as a result of the financial impacts of the storms. members of europe's royal families gathered in athens for the funeral of greece, his last monarch constantine the 2nd. he died in a hospital in athens on tuesday. at the age of 82 constantine was king for 3 years during the 960 s before being forced into exile by the john to the time the monarchy was abolished in 1973. with mrs. algebra and these are the top stories.