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. they report from the front lines. well, she thought she saw about a kilometer in that direction. ah, hello them laura kyle. this is al jazeera live from dough are also coming up long queues for subsidized wheat flour and pakistan as an economic crisis pushes up the prices commissions, in nepal for victims of sunday's plane crash. as such crews look for the last missing passenger and phase of a demographic crisis, china's population declines for the 1st time in 60 years. coupled with an economic slowdown. russia is intensifying attacks in easton that ukraine president vladimir polanski says there is no place that is not covered with blood around back much. moscow is

trying to secure a rad victory and the don bass region. after months of fighting, shall stratford is there? we hearing a lot of heavy shelling as you can imagine, i'm showing that it's increased in recent days. interestingly, to put a timeline on it. or you can say that a lot of this fighting has actually increased since we saw ross and forces make gains in and around the town of solid are, which is north of back, moot in that direction. we understand now according to ukrainian, the ukrainian military, that russian forces are trying to win circle that city of bomber. and interestingly, since we've been here this morning, the town of cut a shift car which is to the southeast of here is also getting heavily shell. does a lot of heavy, heavy fighting being heard there? we've seen smoke rising. some of the process we speculate could well, have been asked strikes interestingly in the last 10 minutes or so. we've seen certainly what the ukranian military tell us will ukrainian jets in this area. i

was still throwing out those flags that chaff time to try and deter any kind of heat seeking weapon that went after it. that was aimed at it. we understand that that is just a precautionary measure that the ukrainians take. i'm of course trying to avoid friendly fire, but it's the 1st time that we've seen jets in this area. we were in bach moot yesterday, the scenes of also destruction. they're a terrible situation for the estimated 2000 or so civilians still. they're refusing to leave mostly the elderly in the firm saying that they've got no where to go. that the town has had no running water since october, no electricity since oldest. so you can imagine in these kind of conditions, these winter temperatures, how difficult that is. there was a lot of heavy shelling of the center of the city as well as on the outskirts we've seen caught a lot of injured bread brought in to this point over the last few hours. this is

injured. ukrainian soldiers, they basically made a vax out of back moot, and some of the surrounding towns brought to ambulances here and a console hospitals back from the front line. as i say, we were in buffalo yesterday, and this is our report. how people enjoy the shelling and destruction defies. belief russian artillery has almost completely destroyed the town of but not most of the 70000 people who lived here have fled. it's even rare to see ukrainian soldiers in the open exposed to shelling on the streets. oh, oh, my cousin pro bach miskin up and looked up to say when we talk about the direction of battle mountain. 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, from the north, from the east and the south are the

intensification, the shelling about moot is obvious. russian forces are about a kilometer in that direction. the ukrainian military is scared now that because wasn't forces of made such great gains around solid are in the north, they're 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 skidding 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 the windscreen. which a similar story on the other side of training army a moving to push back a russian evolved se, another of colon of the situation is quite intense. paula, all the quote. we have information that the russians have sent reinforcements toward the city on the ball. wanted to massage constables ukrainian artillery funds from nearby feels the bottles for buffalo is intensifying quite a day. chaw, stratford, al jazeera boss mote. the next 3 years will see the russian army undergo

a major overhauls. the defense minister announced the timeline as he visited trips at the armed forces had quarters in easton, ukraine. sagacious to thank the service men and presented them with awards alley hush. him has more from moscow calling to the russian defense minister. there is going to be a drastic change in the army between 20232026. this is going to be a plan to 1st fall, boosted on that all soldiers to $1500000.00 and also create 2 new districts. the more school district on dylan in broad district besides enhancing different sectors of the a minute, 3 the ground courses aerospace at navy. so it's mainly kind of re boosting their army. this is kind of, if we want to take it into context for why the public started with the beginning of this year, we can take it back to the war with the, with the launch of the water,

ukraine. everything became, became miniaturized in, in russia, in pakistan, a severe economic crisis has causing widespread food, just as the price of wheat has skyrocketed after floods destroyed crops last year. and ukraine war disrupted imports between gays and b reports. these low income workers in islamabad, scramble to buy a bag of government subsidized flour. inflation disproportionately affects the poorest and society because pakistan, many is struggling with the rising cost of living while goes out. it's been hugely difficult to live on our earnings. i'm a daily laborer, i have to queue up for up to 3 hours to purchase subsidized. slog with the regular prices are unaffordable. soaring inflation is just one challenge. pakistan is also facing a foreign exchange crisis. these importers, the protesting outside a bank about a shortage of dollars. they can't get credit to pay for the goods. they're importing. it means thousands of containers packed with essential food items,

raw materials and medical equipment. a stock of the port in karachi, the guard when done without like a regular be demand, the government immediately provide dollars so that we can get our consignment release from the port and prevent huge losses in shipping future importers. he been in the business for 35 years, say they've never seen at this bad weather bug. a beef got more. you did, maybe a barely 25 days of stock left. if the dollars are not released immediately, they'll be an immense shortage of grain during ramadan. meaning, further hardship, pakistan is still recovering from last year's historic flooding. at its peak more than one 3rd of the country was under water. at the $1700.00 people died and damages are estimated at nearly $40000000000.00. last week, the united arab emirates agree to defer the repayment of a $2000000000.00 loan and provide an extra $1000000000.00. but with the national debt running at nearly 90 percent of g d p pakistan is appealing for more help from

the global community. victoria gate and be al jazeera all earlier pakistan's foreign minister, better while duties. the doris spoke in dallas with aunt vasquez to james bay's, who asked him about the economic challenges facing pakistan. we're not alone in facing these economic challenges. everybody across the world are dealing with the economic impact of the coven pandemic. we've still feeling the consequences of that . the consequences of the russian ukraine war and the associated sanctions. the implication of that on, on the world economy, on inflation. and in the pakistani context, the thing that sort of particularly made this, the perfect storm was this climate catastrophe, or that was the worst in our history, that our problem is your, the government in the chair. now, these are all factors and you're right there all factors, but the public are going to blame you. are they not?

and the public have a right to be upset to be angry at the have that it is our responsibility as the government to meet their needs. but it's important that i explained the situation. so as far as the topics that i mentioned, those are international aspects that the, the impact of the flooding on our crops are important to understand the agriculture economy as the backbone of boxes. the box finally economy. we had 5000000 acres of standing crop. i rice drop and cotton crop mostly destroyed during the flooding. and in november we started our wheat sewing season, but obviously with much of is sun, either still under water or lots of areas where the water had receded, still being too damp for us to go ahead with our wheat crop. i, although in much in many places we did do that obviously will affect the food security situation. luckily, or we'd been working already. the government had been before the floods engaged with importing wheat. and we had a consignment come in recently from russia before the war with ukraine. we used

also import wheat from ukraine, which is why in my conversation with our european friends, our american friends are constantly emphasized from the start of this conflict. that the unintended consequences of this conflict is not only for inflation energy and security, but food insecurity for which will outsides. lee impact the developing world. as far as suboxone situation is concerned, we believe that the, the stock that we do have is and now enough to meet our needs and the situation should improve in the coming days. minerals have been held in nepal for some of the victims and sundays plane crash. yeti airlines flight went down there. the tourist town of poker. 72 people were on board. all that one body has been recovered. a plane's blank boxes are found on monday. the government has set up a panel to investigate the cause of the crash from poker ram. yet a limber has more on the recovery operation. they've been scouring the gorge where

the plane crashed on sunday. the civil aviation authority of nepal received the black. both the data recorder from the army yesterday and had early a set of an investigation committee which is looking into the court of the team actually is on the premises at the moment of the hospital morgue, where the 70 bodies of passengers were 1st. the 1st brought to after the crash, early in the day 48th bodies will lifted to a customer where there are more facilities in human resources. the bodies of $22.00 passengers, the post mortem is taking place hill and the passengers from in and around the area. so far, 6 bodies have been released to their families and of more,

the more bodies that are released, it will provide some relief to the families of the believe. children says israeli police stopped at somebody that at the israel from entering the aisle act so mosque and occupied east jerusalem in response to foreign ministry, his summons, israel's ambassador in a man and wrong. com has more the jordanian buster and one of the seniors shakes of the alex her mosca. ah, we're visiting the site. they were actually inside the compound on the incident took place, and israeli police official actually shoved one of the talk with not i have to say the jordanian ambassador. there was then a heated discussion. the jordanians say that they can visit the alex on both compound whenever they want. they will then held briefly, not help, but they were briefly ah, stopped from entering was the place is really policed. tried to get permission for them to go in. this actually angered the jordanians who then left this site. now

this goes to the heart of the relationship over jordan as well. when it comes to the alex the most um, most compelling, there is something called the status quotes, an agreement effectively that allows the jordanians to be the custodians of that compound. they say they do not need is railey police permission to enter the site. these ready police actually issued a statement, so they said in a we note that they had the group gone through the standard preliminary coordination procedure with the police. any delay in the ambassador's entry to the temple mount would have been prevented. it's all regrets that there are false reports about this, this referring to some of the news that came out immediately after the incident. however, the jordanians have reacted. they've summoned these really ambassador no doubt, to reiterate the fact of the jordanians do not need police permission to enter the alexa mos compound and to find out what happened. a 40 year old palestinian man has

been shot and killed by israeli forces, handy shaka upper de or an officer with the policy or 30 police was shot just north of hebron and the occupied west bank. his body has not been released by israel, and today is the 15th palestinian to be killed by israeli forces this year. sheila has hair on al jazeera seeking justice families and indonesia want on says off to $200.00 children, died from contaminated medicine. and the dog situation unfolding and ecuador is agencies say children are facing chronic among attrition. ah, hello there. we've got some very unsettled weather on the cards for madagascar, thanks for developing storm. but before we get there, let's have a look at the levant and the middle east and things are finally starting to look

settled as that where the system pushes its way further east across afghanistan and pakistan, leaving behind much care a skies for the likes, a saudi arabia iraq and q wait, the wind is the story here. however, on wednesday we've got a northerly shamal kicking up. that's gonna cause the temperature to dip down slightly and dough hyde will feel cooler. but there's more in the way of sunshine, certainly by friday. now the wind continues to be the story across northern parts of africa. we've got warnings extending from morocco through algeria to new zia and libya. we could also see some very wet weather and some snow here on the mountains and is somewhat of a cool down coming to the west of africa for places like mauritania. we'll see temperatures did down here in the days ahead. now as we move further south, the heavy rain continues to affect places like angola where we have seen flooding. but it is really madagascar that's going to see the worst of that. thanks to that swelling system behind it. we've got another developing storm. we are expecting some flooding from this system that went to weather as well,

intensifies further south. we will see some thunderstorms in johannesburg by thursday. ah, in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world. right, extremely, there is real envy to be tackled as soon as possible informed opinions. why is the serial opposition concerned about this rubbish more between turkey, anthea blue on the green room through blue shield, 30 misses and so forth. frank assessments, you know, that was a joke. about the interim government that it's not for me, nor does it got inside story on al jazeera. ah

ah, there again, you're watching out 0 has run binder of our top stories this our russia has escalates its bombardment of ukrainian city of back. much is forces trying to secure a ram military victory after months of fighting as ukrainian forces a digging in the next 3 years, we'll see, the russian army undergo a major overhaul. the defense minister announced the timeline as he is to troops at the armed forces headquarters in easton, it ukraine. and the deepening economic crisis in pakistan is leading to a shortage of flour and soaring food prices. last year's flooding and ongoing political chaos, urbane blamed many regions a flower stalks will last only a few more days. china's population has declined for the 1st time in 60 years. economist, a warning of a demographic crisis with the country not being able to support as rapidly aging population. katrina,

you reports from shanghai county in northern china. dow trudenay has lived in bite gal, one village, his whole life. he says the streets here are quieted. they used to be, most young people have moved to beijing, 65 kilometers away, yellow on area where there are more and more oh people now to made it all people in this village. earl aldo fi passed away recently, due to the cove it. they were over 80 years old. the situation is similar in many parts of china, where increasingly, debts are outstripping births. the population shrunk 585-0000 people in 2022. it's the 1st decline since 1961, a year of great famine in china. economist say strict corona virus measures in poorest until late last year. accelerated looming, demographic crisis, or the pandemic has been the big as the constraints for people's family planning in

the past 3 years. and a lot of chinese people believe that the vaccination would be bad for fertility. so many families have been postponing. and when it comes to the economic pressure, it was even bigger problem for urban residence. as the government abandoned, it's one child policy in 2016 and now allows families to have up to 3 children, but many are unwilling sighting soaring housing prices and education fees. meanwhile, china's workforce, a key driver of economic growth, is rapidly aging. analysts predict the elderly will make up one 3rd of the population by 2050. in by del one, most of the residents are retired. the cost of living in villages like this is far less than the biggest city, the locals tell us. the problem is being able to find a stable income. many of the young people who born here had enforced to leave in order to secure a job. job tuning says he understands he and his wife have no children,

but still struggle to make ends meet for many here, living day to day having to support a large family has little appeal. katrina, you 0 by del, on shanghai county, china vietnam's president noon soon. folk has resigned governor communist party has blamed him for wrongdoing by his officials and him to his administration during his time as prime minister for louis have more from calling them for. there had been speculation that vietnamese president unison for would leave his position. after 2 deputy prime ministers were asked to leave earlier this month. now these men had worked under him when he led government. these men have not been personally implicated, but they are being held responsible for corruption scandals by officials under the government has launched a crackdown on corruption with hundreds of people caught up party members,

ministers either prosecuted or disciplined. but analysts are calling this an unprecedented reshuffle within the communist party. now in vietnam, a one party state, all political changes of usually very carefully managed to give the impression of political stability and continuity. some analysts are saying that what this really looks like is a power play by the general secretary of the vietnamese communist party, knew in full charm whose term is set to expire in 2026. though he holds the most prestigious position in the state, and the person tip to replace him is the president shaun folk. and not only has units and folk resigned, but he's also no longer a member of the politburo or the central committee of the vietnam communist party essentially leaving him powerless. and the other thing we have to watch for is what sort of impact this will have on the stability of the government going forward and also on the confidence of foreign investors. seeing that these 3 men,

the to devil upon this is andy, president yearns and folk were seen as very competent administrators in indonesia, 25 families, as sewing the government and various pharmaceutical companies after their children fell ill or died after taking a medicinal syrup. jessica washington has been following the case and reports from the capital to carter 9 month old, she quina died in october, not long after this video was taken. she's one of almost $200.00 young children in indonesia whose kidneys were damaged to after ingesting medicinal syrup containing toxic chemicals. lab, my daughter died on october, the 14th. i miss her all the time. she always wanted to be close to me. authority say the contaminated products contained dangerous levels of ethylene glycol and dias lean glycol, liquids used in antifreeze. the syrups were recalled and now she queen, as family is one of $25.00 demanding justice. the class action lists 11 parties as

responsible, including pharmaceutical companies, chemical suppliers, the national drug regulator, and them in through pounds. they're asking for almost a $130000.00 for each child who died and $68000.00 for those who were injured. sophie 3, put one on his son, died just a month after his 8th birthday on boy, globally. as mothers you can ask, when will you stop feeling sad? when will you move on? we can't move on. now we're here because we have to fix something. if we keep quiet, other children may become victims in the future. this is just a procedural hearing to check documentation. the family say it's an important 1st step and have invited other parents to join their case. the families are also asking the government to cover in full, the medical expenses of the children suffering from acute kidney injury to help alleviate some of the financial stress. many are now facing. some of the survivors

have severe neurological damage and cognitive impairment. their parents say they were healthy children now can no longer walk, talk and eat, and almost completely unresponsive. there are so many treatments that are not covered by the public health insurance. that's why we are asking to classify this as an extraordinary event. so all the expenses can be fully covered. dessie put a matter. saudi has spent the past 5 months at her daughters shane has hospital bedside. and i'd be more than willing to alex what mother's heart wouldn't break. my healthy girl used to run around. now she can only lie down, she needs a breathing. i know they made a hole in her throat and she has to drink through a tube. the parents say they find comfort and support in one another. as together they seek justice for their children. jessica washington, our sierra to carter london's my senior policeman has hundreds of his offices,

are under investigation for ledge, sexual and domestic abuse, and could be stacked. on monday off said david carrick pleaded guilty to 24 counts of rape between 20032020. he was dismissed as a misconduct hearing on tuesday. police commissioner mark raleigh has apologized. i was going to cushion abuse command 30 percent more off and he's in to that. we can public an internal pails. he's generated 1000000 to 50 more investigation and using every member, please stop and police officer who we have any historic flags. again, for being involved in a developing connectivity or violent. i feel some of those will turn out to be nothing with them, but many of them will wilson at 33 percent and up in candidate, i've got tens of thousands of women. i've got 100, you shouldn't be here. i'm going to protest against peruse president dina latte are showing no signs of easing demonstrated in the capital lima. according to her

resignation and new elections. weeks of violent protests broke out. last month of the former president petro castillo, was impeached and arrested. at least 42 people have been killed. aid agencies have borne that malnutrition amongst children in ecuador as spiraling out of control. almost half of all toddlers younger than 2 don't get enough to eat. amongst indigenous communities, the issue is even more prevalent. as alexandra ramp yeti reports, she let you blame us. entire life has been one of subsistence one of 12 children she remembers going to bed with an empty stomach like and so my family struggled often. we didn't have enough food. sometimes we ate once a day, sometimes nothing at all. it was shameful. at times i went to bed hungry, so my younger siblings could eat. not much has changed cbs 8 months pregnant and unemployed or husband is employed as a bus assistant,

but she says she struggles to feed 2 year old gayle allan wrestling with both of her salary isn't enough for even one person. we spend the $200.00. he makes on food and necessities for my son, no clothes or anything else. celia stories are familiar, one among indigenous families, living high up in the andes region of june, but i so are most me less than half the national minimum wage of $480.00 a month. eck whether suffers from chronic levels of moment duration among children . indigenous communities in remote areas are especially vulnerable. charities, say the coven, 19 pandemic, and soaring inflation of worse in the situation. what brought the car that low for out of every 10 children under the age of to suffer from chronic mal attrition? and with it come growth issues and learning issues. this problem is much worse in rural areas, and we believe the number has doubled since the pandemic. the rising cost of living

lead to weeks of protest by indigenous communities in june is back on for a while. since then, president, yet molasses pledge to spend $350000000.00 a year to improve health care in build services. simple. but 2023 is expected to be tough for ecuador, as the government, as imposed as ferry to measures to tackle the budget deficit. giving families like seal be as little hope of ending the vicious cycle of hunger, allison, and beauty. i'll just say, you know, 15 people taking part in abort hayman ritual in the southern indian state of tamil nadu have been injured. this is part of a harvest festival and involves people trying to control the balls by getting hold of their hands. in 2004, the ritual known as jolly could, was banned by indian supreme court. but the local government passed a law 3 years later allowing it to resume.