lashes war in ukraine has dominated well, these for the past 12 months. devastating for those in the line of fire or directly impacts. and it has strength and global alliances and deepened divisions with far reaching effects on the lives of billions of people worldwide. in a week heard special coverage al jazeera explores every aspect of the conflict, the human, the political, and the economic, and the possibilities of resolution. ukraine war, one here on, on, out there. ah, the united states has formally determined that russia has committed

crimes against humanity. strong words from the us, vice president nearly a year into the war in ukraine. ah, i'm nick clock. this is al jazeera live from dough also come me up. 13 days after the earthquakes and turkey and syria, emergency crews are still finding survivors. it has high performance, 1000000 timeless, turkish officials say more than a 1000000 people are living in 10th encampments and aid trickling into northern syria, the head of the world, food program, calls for more support and desperately needed money. ah, so russia has committed crimes against humanity in ukraine. that is the official

assessment of the united states government, vice president common harris made the remark for the view that security conference earlier on saturday. representatives from a keeps western allies have been using the meeting to show their solidarity. just look at are the united states, has formally determined that russia has committed crimes against humanity. let's cross straightaway to munich. our diplomatic editor james base is standing by there and james, an important statement there from the us, vice president a very important statement from the us fight vice president, an important legal distinction that will discuss the intricacies of the law. ready in a moment, but 1st let's look at the context. it's now, almost a year since the war in ukraine started a year ago. we were here. we want to present lensky year, a year ago,

addressing the munich security conference then, and many were asking when he left here, whether that was the last time he'd be seen outside his country during the year since numerous allegations of war crimes that had taken place in ukraine, my colleague natasha butler's been to churn of eve recently. that was the scene of an attack early on in the war when people were queuing for bread. see aftermath of a russian attack in the northern ukrainian city of chandler heave, last year on the ground bodies of civilians. they've been queuing outside a shop for bread when they were hit by shells and rockets. 15 people were killed, dozens injured. so you are standing around here without it with natasha narrowly escaped death that day by taking cover by this wool. she was in the queue with her son and mother in law. she plays me recording she made on her phone.

if you said this, lord knows a goose agrees, got we heard explosions near us. it was very close and then we saw lots of people running everywhere at the time. at the attack china, he was a city under siege. russian forces were surrounding it and shelled it almost daily . they destroyed power and water supplies. evidence of what happened is still visible, lily everywhere. this is where people were lining up for bread that day. it is rice in the middle of a residential area. and what prosecutors, no city says the what happened on that day is a war crime, an indiscriminate attack on civilians or on the appropriate corporate law enforcement agencies. consider this a war crying because the main victims were civilians. also a pre trial investigation found no evidence of ukrainian military hardware that could be a legitimate target weapons, were used indiscriminately with school. we're picking it all,

all this sir. mark theo marks are the places of markets hit the buildings in may. the marina sla bought yoke works with the rights organization called truce hounds. that's helping prosecutors to build a case. it's collated, evidence amused, open source material, satellite imagery, and social media to reconstruct what happened. her team says it's traced the killings to a russian unit. that was positioned on the outskirts of the city. we identified also the condo. this is sir. okay. i'll let quicken, who might be liable and responsible for this very kind of attack. whether oh, leg creek in or another officer was responsible for the attack on the brake. you might never be proved. some investigators say he's back in russia. it's clear that building legal cases and prosecuting alleged war crimes is a challenge. but for some ukrainians,

pursuing justice is at least one way of honoring the was many victims. natasha butler al jazeera tedney heave ukraine. well, let's discuss more war crimes that had taken place in ukraine. joining me now, the secretary general of amnesty international agnes calamari, also a very distinguished international lawyer. so i'm going to use your lawyer hat 1st . we talked about war crimes throughout this war. now the u. s. is saying it determines the crimes against humanity of taking place. that is a different level. yes. it's a very significant to allegation and it raises, ah, it raises the, the scale, the breath, the organization of the crimes committed. when we talk about crimes against humanity, we're speaking about something that is systematic. that is widespread. that may be

part of the state policy. so it is really much, much higher in, in, you know, if in severity, if i, if i can use that term expression, even though a war crimes is already very severe. but the fact that it is widespread, systematic that there is some forms of organisation behind it, possibly as state policy that he's, when he's making a very significant amnesty international as use it in on the one occasion in the context of ukraine. so far it's with regard to that forced transfer, ukrainian, particularly ukrainian children to russia. we believe that these may amount to crimes against humanity. okay. in terms of the discussions going on here, are the mean excuse to conference that been quite a lot of discussions about accountability, about potentially international justice. a special tribunal or a hybrid court,

or just leaving it to the international criminal court. ready tell us what you think should be done according to the prosecutor of an of ukraine. he's actually dealing right now with above 66000 files and we are in the midst of an active conflict. so this is not finished. 66005 means untried. looked 1000, so victims who won't just his these sweet other stretch the capacity of any countries. and that includes ukraine. so the international commitment to tackle accountability must be absolutely there. it must take different forms. we welcomed the international criminal court. it is an important contribution for accountability. of course the national courts. abby role to play

will that be sufficient? probably not. they are so many crimes that have been committed. we probably need additional investment additional mechanisms. the international community is very interested in trying the crime of aggression because russia committed a violation of the un charter. if it is a crime of aggression for which there must be accountability, the international criminal court cannot do that. the ukrainian judicial system cannot do that very well. in fact, the ukrainian judicial system cannot handle the crimes against humanity at the moment under the existing framework. so we need more instrument to tackle the breath and the scale of the volition is committed. does it mean, do you think the designation of crimes against humanity talks of the special tribunal that president putin could be eventually em,

and he's not gonna voluntarily go to any thought could be in the dock. and as amnesty international believe he should be in the door, there is absolutely no doubt that he should be thoroughly investigated. or i've been my teacher in or undrugged of war crimes being committed, possible crimes against humanity. so absolutely, e must be investigated. and frankly, all the evidence point to civilian lead, those being responsible for what does happen. they certainly are responsible for the act of aggression full just for the act of aggression. e must be tried to better not go. you said civilian leaders. any course needs to look not just at crimes committed by the russian side, but potentially by the ukrainian side as well. no, i'm talking about the i and the russian military's and the russian cb, let's see the union leaders because 14 is not a general with amnesty in the past. the said it believes there may have been the human rights abuses committed from the ukrainian side. they should also be fully

invested human rights. human rights abuses we personally so far, i've absolutely not suggested that the ukrainian military's i've committed to war crimes, so on the severity and on a scale and on the prioritization basis, the priority must absent a t, b or wet, wet rushes, commitment from the crime of aggression to the untruths of war crimes committed and placebo crimes against humanity. agnes kellum, i would say, could you general down as the international. thank you very much for joining us here on out to 0, looking at the issue of all crimes and accountability in new pride. james, thanks for that. so jasmine reporting that from munich ah m. so now i both turkey and syria still recovery after last week's devastating upgrades. of course, more than 46000 people have been killed. but even as rescue operations are whining

down, emergency crews are still finding survivors. 3 people, including a child, were rescued in hat. i and turkey on saturday, that's 13 days after the flags extraordinary. i know the victims were trapped under the rubber for more than 296 hours. they have to say one of them did lay to die in hospital. we got a team of correspondence covering the disaster, across se, in turkey and northwest syria. first, let's hear from stephanie decker in eldest dawn, a which has been left virtually empty. elvis done the exact epicenter of that 2nd earthquake. the city resembles a ghost town. we've been driving around it streets. we haven't seen a single building. left standing either collapsed, partially collapsed, destroyed, nothing remains livable here. a lot of its residents have left. there are not many tents here. and many residents also complained that help didn't come fast enough.

i'll be, stan is nestled between snow covered mountains. it takes a long time to drive here. when you see nothing but mountains, it's also freezing. below 20 centigrade at night. we've also seen the turkish john dot m a r with a cadaver dog. the rescue operation ended a long time ago here. now, it is only about recovering bodies. some of the buildings have already been marked, zoning on it saying things like empty saying damage noted. it seems that the work to rebuild this area has already begun. but at the moment, the devastation and we've been to many cities across the south east remains beyond comprehension. stephanie decker, al jazeera albus, done in southeastern, to kia or as well as those living in the 10 cities. another 200000 displays people in turkey and sheltering and guest houses in university dormitories and sports halls. cynical, c o 2 has more in order from anchor. ah,

a brief moment of joy for these children outside durometer campus in ankara. but inside there is an anxious way by their dots. their said terrified and still shocked after experiencing last mom, this powerful earthquakes that hit to kiss 10 southern cities. cannon and his family are among the hundreds of thousands who left player city behind. he says he arrived here 5 days ago after burying family members. so we on the, we would come to he shaking and noise. it was flashing everywhere. we had no electricity, but we were able to see each other as if it was daytime. my wife was in shock and she hugged me taught. i was trying to gather the kids at the same time. it was like a nightmare in our own home. we were panicking. it shook for a long time. we pride

a lot by the mckennan had the death of his in laws from his wife as she was just for weak, far from giving birth date. he could have been already a good to when i saw the rooms, i started crying and calling my mom and brother, i couldn't get any sign from them yet. i couldn't do anything. i was distraught. they took me away from there because i'm pregnant. just in this dormitory, in the turkish capital, their new 2500 citizens who have been displaced from their home without any clothes or shoes. still, they're thankful they have a roof over. they have hot water and one place to sleep. but it is still not home on the bottom of the gaze. unfortunately, we left all our memories, childhood in future and hope. everything behind and came here and talk here is totally destroyed. but we return to our city. we will revive the city of

civilization gated, even though most of the people love their ever saying they haven't lost their hope to see another day for their children rebuild one day. they're not sure when they will come, but they're aware they have a long way to go because older l 0 on what we've just been hearing families in syria facing conditions made worse by the delay and delivering aid. herani reports not from a friend in the 11 countryside. no, no. if you fall out of the was the into free and we are inside this gym hall in the middle of a free and the aleppo country side. this is where dozens of syrian families have taken shelter after their homes were partially or totally destroyed by the earthquake. what we've seen here can only be described as devastating, especially to children and the elderly forgot heather and mackenzie. let's hear now from one of the survivors. i'm not sure your maneuvers,

desert. we have been sheltered in this hall for 12 days, but we don't have any services. we have not received any assistance. i suffer from colon cancer and back pain. i'm sleeping on his hard surface in his fiercely cold weather. it is really tough. well, though we survived the earthquake, we find ourselves faced with another type of disaster. the walls of our house fell on my wife and she has been in hospital for 10 days. she doesn't have anything, not even a mattress to sleep on. we have not received any medical 800, but i'm a father to fall. all of them are suffering from a constant. cough. some health organizations came over but could not even provide a cough, mitigation to sit on it and he has a little plus the issue has its nothing but harsh living conditions. but these families are left battle. the tragic stories can be heard wherever we go. the survivors are in need of food, shelter, and medical supplies. we've heard similar complaints in every area. we've been to,

people in desperate need of help them with that all the dozens of trucks have passed the northern border. more relief, aid is needed. the lack of services and shortages of supplies is all we hear and see here on the ground in northwest atlanta area area almost hold on just 0 medina to 3. but if you're still ahead here now, to the philippine government to friends, a doctor, a terrorist part of policy actually say is cracking down on critics. women in democratic republic of congo, call for peace of protection. the african union, somebody gets underway in ethiopia, ah, in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world to try right extremism is real and need to be tackled as soon as possible informed opinions. why is the opposition concerned about disrupt with this and so

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. ah, but again, you're watching al jazeera or might of our top sources. us vice president cobbler harris says her country has formerly determined the russia has committed crimes against humanity in ukraine. she made the remarks that the munich security conference representatives from keeps at western allies have been using the meetings to show solidarity with each other and with ukraine. emergency crews and turkey is still fiving, survived finding survivors. 13 days after the other 3 people, claudia child rescued, a type of the victims were trapped under the rubble for more than 30 days. one of them they died in house with more than 46000 people. confirmed dead in turkey and

syria from the disaster. the focus is shifting to relief efforts into helping the millions of people in need of humanitarian says, well, the schools are suspended in serious rebel controlled regions. it is yet another disruption to education for children who been growing up in a conflict zone. fenton, missouri as this report on a normal school day shall all wear bay would be greeting his students. instead, the principal of marianna boy's school walks through empty classrooms and take stock of the damage caused by the quake. children cat return until it's deemed safe . but it's not clear how long that will take nat sherman has that of the that the i was that we are afraid of aftershocks that may in turn lead to more damage in the future. i urged the concerned parties to help us to continue the educational process here for the sake of the children, the school and the teachers and the students all need help students stuck at home

or making the best of a bad situation. mustafah cassim do what studying they can, but mostly they're helping out with their fathers shop. their school is in rebel controlled. it live. so it's not the 1st time their education has been disrupted long then her, cuz not quite a little bit. we were very scared because of the earthquake. we ran out of the house and we haven't gone to school since the date happened. i school was previously show by government forces. then the earthquake caused many cracks in it . it wasn't long ago that their school looked like this. the building needed extensive renovation after being hit by a government farm. the damage of the quake is yet another set back to their schooling. for level. the mom, the earthquake goes, many correction was of the school. so we stopped going to school for fear of after shocks. everyone here fears for our lives and the lives of the students.

for now, all schools are suspended in opposition, controlled parts of syria. students don't know when they'll be back in the classroom again. some could reopen as early as next week, but others that are badly damaged could remain closed for a lot longer than to modern al jazeera, north korea has fired a long range, ballistic missile into the sea of its east coast. japan's defense ministry says the missile landed in it's exclusive economic zone and that it was intercontinental ballistic missile cross. at the launch comes one day after the young young threatened, strong actually gait south grew and the united states. the allies recently announced joint military drills from bride as more not from sol. this message was launched late saturday afternoon, local time being fired from the area of soon and that's close to pyongyang. this is a place from which a previous missile launches have taken place according to the japanese authorities and they miss our flu for 900 kilometers landing in the seas separating the korean

peninsula from japan around 200 kilometers short of the island of kiddo. but apparently reaching it altitude and apogee of nearly 6000 kilometers before coming back down to earth, which would mean that according to japan, this was an icbm class of miss alden, intercontinental ballistic missile. the type of missile that north korea has been testing and which has the kind of range to reach the continental united states. this is the 2nd message that north korea has 5 so far this year on january 1st, it filed a short range ballistic missile. but of course, during 2022, there was an unprecedented flowery of missile activity with around 8 your so missiles being tested on 5, many of them, short range, but also including several, it's thought icbm,

intercontinental ballistic missiles. this has been condemned by japan and also by the south korea. the national security council here has had a meeting describing this as a serious provocation. conflict in free trade dominated talks on the 1st day of the african union. summit was 30 country leaders are in the european capital for the meeting. they discuss the ways to tackle violence in this whole region and the democratic republic of congo. if you are prime minister abbey, i'm, it stressed the importance of african solutions for african issues. each time we are certs and we are served, the principle of african solutions, the of the gum problems. we are only applying the timeless wisdom of our forefathers. for the resolution of contemporary charlie's or the heart of the principle of african solution to africa, problems lies a believe in africans,

validity african agency, and the equals digney, york or human beings. the philippine government has designated a doctor a terrorist. i to his say it's part of what they call red tagging. human rights watch says that the practice targets government critics now to, to respond below his more now from the capital manila, visit. assume shown has lived in hiding for more than 2 years. she says police shot dead, her husband, many a labor union leader after reading his office and the i heard that it, that it had been a by, i was taken away to the gate and away from my husband. and when i got there, i heard a loud bang door and i knew manny was dead and made bound to my lord. i like that happened on march 7th, 2021. when 8 other activists were also killed by state forces on what's become known as bloody sunday, all those killed had been accused of associating with communist insurgence,

a practice known as red tagging. it became widespread when the government of former president reviewed attorney, created a special antique communist task force. you get bag. um, i saw communist support, they're a member or whatever, and then the next would be be psychotherapy lands or online threats. and the next spot then would be, you're being killed or you're being asked dead on, on trumped up charges. that's what active is say happened before, not the castro. a local doctor was officially declared a terrorist in late january. that same day 9 activists or charge would rebellion. we asked the anti communist task force were comment, but didn't receive a response. often read that individuals are charged with possession of wire arms and explosives known to past 2 years. a number of these cases were dismissed by local courts for lack of evidence. according to the human rights watch, they'll get up, but then more than 900 people have been red tagged in the last 6 years. no leonor

kia believes his father jory was a victim of an extra judicial killing. after being red tagged for years. he was shot 14 times by assailants who almost 3 years later have still not been identified . both thirst worse, got their crusty looking to see the telling him or telling the people that this person, my father, that i is a recruiter of than you people's army. now, leon himself is facing charges of human trafficking. he's accused of recruiting child soldiers for the communist new people's army. he admits he's an activist like his father and says, although he fears for his life, he's determined to prove his innocence. foreigner below al jazeera manila. and that's it for me. more news caviello, heron, desert, right often. so story. but ah ah

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