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a russian blogger who supported the war in ukraine is killed in a bomb blast in saint petersburg. the kremlin accuses keys. the battle for about hoof. wagner mercenaries say they've taken control of the eastern ukrainian city chief denies. that's happened. ah, you're watching 0 life from a headquarters in del hi, daddy. you navigate also coming up. cost of those former president hush and touchy and 3 others plead not guilty. a war crimes trial in the hague. malaysia's parliament votes to abolish the death penalty for some offences. ah,

hello, we begin with the desk for prominence russian military blogger. i'm from lind supporter, lad. lynn took horse key was killed in a bombing at a cafe in saint petersburg. at least 32 people were injured. the kremlin says it will tighten security ahead of victoria day celebrations next month. a female suspect has been arrested. dorsey jabari reports from moscow. this was the moment security cameras captured the attack as the busy street food bar number one cafe in the heart of saint petersburg. on sunday, the explosion killed 40 year old military blogger loveland tusky who was delivering the speech of the events organized by the cyber front, that movement an association of people with k to out. if you say, who talks of this test a, every week over a 100 people were in and around this events, the time of the attack, the mass native was given the statue of himself as a gift, moments before the blast. according to the mayor of saint petersburg,

all the cities emergency services have been called in to deal with the incident. lovelyn to starsky, launched his own social media channels to report on the activities of the russian military, liam, in its so called special military operation. and has a following of over 500000 subscribers. satarsky was invited to the lavish ceremony last september at the kremlin, where russian president proclaimed the annexation of 4 regions of ukraine. richard tar sky was a well known figure among kremlin supporters seen here with daria. do you know who was killed in a car bomb attack last august in moscow reach of her father, alexander, duke in a far right political philosopher and crumbling supporter, was believed to be the intended target. and dorothy has this update for moscow, according to officials here, a 26 year old woman by the name of daria. her pulver has been detained in saint petersburg for what investigators leave to be her involvement in this attack. she

was detained a short while ago in an apartment about 40 minutes away from this cafe, where the blasts occurred. this is a woman that was a person of interest. the police were hunting for her at since late last night. we believe and investigators. i've said that they are questioning her now. they also question members of her family on sunday evening, according to local media in saint petersburg, this woman had purchased a plane tickets to fly out of russia on sunday at twos, becca, son. now, she is somebody that is well known to officials in this country. she had been detained in the past for her involvement in anti war rallies that were ongoing after russia launch, the so called special military operation ukraine. last february, we are waiting to find out what the charges will be brought against her, but we know that the special investigation committee, that is the states main investigator body in russia has launched

a murder case in this incident. so we'll know in the coming hours the details of whether or not she'll be arrested with she'll be charged rather with 1st degree murder. in this case, ukrainian president village or zalinski has described the fighting around the eastern city of buffalo, just particularly hot. earlier the head of the wagner mercenary group, fighting for moscow, said his forces had raised the russian flag above an administration building in bath fluids. keith says it's still holds the city that's got more on this with joe halls running us from keith. so what is the situation in buffalo, which as we know it's will you, you'll appreciate it's extremely difficult independently to verify what may or may not be going on inside. but other than that, of course, we know that there is a high degree of very close quarters, fighting going on as, as has been the case for several months now, but little or no independent reporting from the city to verify or contradict what

we're hearing. so what we have of these contradictory reports, you can, if it goes, you know, on the one hand, the founder and heads of the wagner mercenary group, who said over night that his fighters had raised the wagner and the rushing flags over the administrative administrative headquarters, building inside the city that therefore, but legally had fallen into the hands of russia heavily contradicted, of course by the ukrainian side, a spokesman for the east military command echoed by comments made by the presidential administration, saying that fighting very much, still going on around that administer to building in the east of the city and that the russians could very far from capturing anything. so it's something to watch closely. but bear in mind that you're getting free goals. he has in the past claimed victory in bad mood and need to be proven subsequently wrong. so jonah, remind us of the significance of but mood is a fairly sizeable town city, i suppose,

inside the boundaries of the eastern don ask region formerly population 70000, before the war. now, far fewer of course, than that it has no notable strategic value to either side whatsoever. but what it has done is taken on huge cig symbolic and morale significance for both sides of russia. russia desperately wants to be seen to be making progress in the east, moving towards taking the whole of the donates griego, at which of course was one of the initial war aims. ukraine by contrast, desperately wants even at the huge expense of men and munitions to prevent russia from achieving that very basic war. go. all right, thank you so much, jona holl reporting from keith. the former cost of our president hash and touchy has pleaded not guilty to all $10.00 charges he faces at the beginning of a war, crimes trial at the hague. 3 other senior politicians entered the same plea, charges relate to the period during and shortly after the cost of

a war at the end of the $19.00 ninety's. tachi and has co accused to our former leaders of the cost of a liberation army. have been detained since 2020 barbara ango. reports. he is considered a hero by many people in kosovo for his role in leading the campaign. that ended serbian rule. but former cause of a precedent. hashem tuchee and 3 others, a facing war crimes charges their road to the hague, began 7 years ago when the cause of our assembly gave the go ahead to a special tribunal to investigate allegations of war crimes. during the cause of a war in the late 19 ninety's under international pressure. hashem touchy, the former head of the kosovo liberation army strongly backed, the court royal or to the we need to clear our names of this unfair and unnecessary labeling of the kosovo liberation army. 5 years later,

after rising to the office of president hashem touch, he resigned his position and travel to the hague with 3 others. but veterans of the war say the indictment is an attack on the kosovo liberation army without jennifer jones individual at other. it is not individuals who are on trial there, but the kosovo liberation army and the freedom of the people. because the prosecutor's office refers to odd assistance as a joint criminal enterprise. and indictment was a focus closer with that indictment accuses hashim touchy and his 3 co accused of intimidating, abusing and eliminating those. they considered enemies of the kosovo liberation army. but lawyers say the prosecution may find it difficult to prove its case. first years on it shall leather seats for we who were in kosovo inexperienced at all. know that the soldiers and their commanders did not have a chain of command or control while the kosovo liberation army was not a regular army. in many settlements, the locals organized themselves to defend their homes and had nothing to do with

the care lane. that's support at home for the kosovo liberation army, lead us on trial. and the campaign to support them has been launched. new dot mooned. we will not affect the legal proceedings in order to be one to that we want to provide moral support to those who in the hague. tell them they're not forgotten . and that's cause of a support slim in this challenge. yeah. yeah. the trial could last several years with more than 300 witnesses expected to give evidence. the accused have pleaded not guilty. barbara and grappa out as sarah altos earl's marina barrack church, was listening to the prosecutor's opening statement in the hague. that trial got under way. they went through the, all of the 10 counts of the indictment and they said that the 4 of for highly official ex, coastal politicians are charged for murders for

torturing in the war of that went to 1998 in 1909 against serbian army that was led by is lower than milosevic at the time a prosecutor waiting said that he will prove that there were there was a darker side of 998 in 1909. happenings that the course of all citizens see as heroic acts of vsa for politicians. and that's the major challenge will be a protection of witnesses that are under a large pressure for years now. even more than 20 years after the events, malaysia's lower house of parliament has voted to remove the mandatory death penalty for crimes such as murder and drug trafficking. and instead of capital punishment,

offenders will face life, imprisonment or caning. depending on the crime law will now go to the upper house and then to the king to be signed. malaysia has suspended execution since 2018 while the amendments to the law were being discussed. florence louis reports from kuala lumpur. oh, beneath the dow it has been has been on death row for 13 years. he was found guilty of murder. she's raised their son on her own bed. when my son went to kindergarten, he didn't have a father. it was just me, a single mom. when he started primary school, he didn't have a father then neither. he's now 16. his father has not even held his hand. malaysia is now aiming to abolish the mandatory death penalty. they are currently 11 offences where the death is the automatic punishment of the $1300.00 inmates on

death row. nearly 70 percent were convicted of drug trafficking in malaysia, carrying even a small amount of elicit substance comes under that definition. human rights group say it doesn't meet the threshold of most serious crimes on the international law. the proposed amendments will allow the countries highest court to replace death sentences with life in prison and caning. these reforms have been on the table for several years now, and a moratorium on executions has been in place since 2018. the minister in charge of legal reforms says the abolition of the mandatory death penalty is aimed at valuing the sanctity of life. while ensuring justice and fairness for all anti death penalty advocates. welcome to move and say malaysia also needs to look at reforming other aspect of its peano system including rehabilitation. most of us in asia as

a fix pacific still really prioritize of punitive punishment. we don't really ask how question once we punish a guy and once they come out, what do i do with him? do we expect to sunday reintegrate the society and do good or do we expect them to re offend on the road? for neetha, there is at least a chance that her husband's case might be reviewed. i know he did wrong, but please don't hang. he gave him another trend release here you can change the changes will still have to be passed in the upper house of parliament and signed into law by the king before they come into effect, florence louis al jazeera quite loom, poor funerals have been held in the palestinian city of nablus for 2 men killed by is really forces and raids in the occupied west bank. the palestinian health ministry says the men were from a refugee camp west of nablus. 90 for palestinians have been killed by is really forces this year need that, but he has an update from rama le,

despite international efforts to lead to a di escalation in the occupied west bank between the palestinians and israelis. specifically during the holy month of ramadan. these ready raids to palestinian cities have never stopped, although they've been more deadly in some instances than others. this morning in nablus, 2 palestinians were killed wise, really forces fire after they rated the city and 2 others were arrested. now, according to the israeli forces, those who have been arrested are accused of carrying out a shooting attack against israeli soldiers in who water in the north of the occupied west rank late last month. now just to give you an idea since the beginning of the year, more than 90 palestinians were killed by israeli forces fire. 2000 were injured. more than 1500 of them were in nablus nab listen. jeanine have been at the center of is really reads. these cities are with palestinian fighters have been grouping,

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hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, a prominent russian military blogger, and criminal supporter, has been killed in a bombing at a st. petersburg cafe. at least 32 people were injured, and not blas. and the female suspect has been arrested. former cost of president hash and tachi, and $3.00 politicians have pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges after haig the case states back to the period during and shortly after the cost of a war at the end of the 1990 malaysia. the lower house of parliament has voted to remove the mandatory death penalty for crime, such as murder and drug trafficking. the law will now go to the upper house and then to the king who will have to sign the un commission on human rights report. decades of conflicts have led widespread human rights abuses and sells to don. it alleges, during the past year, the governor of unity state and the lieutenant general of the south to don people's

defense forces were responsible for state sanctioned extra judicial killings and attacks against civilians. it says those crimes were part of a broader pattern of abuses committed by government and military officials including sexual violence and torture. these remain unpunished. the commission is calling for urgent measures to reverse a culture of impunity. saying that officials should be accountable and comply with international humanitarian law. barney falco is a member of the un commission on human rights and so on, which produce that report. he says political will is needed to hold those responsible for abuses accountable. we've seen that those who commit to abuses and allow them to happen, remaining office, and in some cases that are rewarded rather than punished for this culture of impunity. something that we are strongly convinced needs to be addressed, insulted,

to turn the page, and to be a more democratic and safer country point citizens. so he is for the lead to do this across the board because we are seeing that violations are not only instigated from the capital into but also when you go to the state governors, essentially, you know unto themselves, county commission, to mobilize forces and militia, to raise the place severely neighboring areas. so the cost is $1.00 of the ways to stop you publicly feed that so you can go on low lead the violations a hell to account dismissed or they investigated. and the charges stand up, charged, convicted after due process without fees, will be seeing the articles of violations. donald trump is doing court on tuesday.

he's the 1st former us president of face criminal charges. take a look at these like pictures of his private plane on the tarmac in palm beach, in florida. and he's expected to fly to new york later on monday. not the head of his court appearance. that's related to hush money paid to an adult film star. during the 2016 presidential election campaign, now the your sector, said anthony, blinking has call for russia to immediately release the american report. evan gert coverage. the wall street journal correspondent was detained on thursday on charges of spying. paper strongly denies the allegations. ross and foreign minister survey live rough, told lincoln in a phone call that washington should not politicize the case. and that girl cafe, which is fate, would be determined by a court particle haine has more from washington d. c. this phone call's notable for a couple of reasons. first you are secretary, said antony, blinking and his counterpart survey leverage don't speak often. in fact,

since russia invaded ukraine, they've only had one conversations, and that was his last month on the sidelines of the g. 20 a very brief conversation. the fact that this call is coming just days after evan girth given, was arrested, is also significant. now it was the normal read out word. you said they, he expressed great concern called it an unacceptable detention called for his immediate release. although he didn't put name him, he did name paul whelan and said he also needs to be released that something the u . s. has been working for. he's an american that was sent to 16 years in prison in russia. one of the things in the statement that was fairly interesting is they said that they discussed the importance of creating an environment that permits diplomatic missions to carry out their work. would that likely means as the u. s. is concern is just how long it's going to take to get there constant officials to actually get to see this journalist. and that is important because of a process within the u. s. basically they have to speak with him before they can

declare that he has been wrongfully detained with that designation. it changes things within the state department. his case then goes to a special department whose whole job is to try and get americans held hostage basically back home. they are then in charge of the negotiation in their several more resources that can go into this case. so likely, this is anti blinking, trying to send a message to survey oliver of that he expects that us diplomats will have access to him sooner rather than later. because right now, the fear is it could take weeks or even maybe months. patty call hain al jazeera washington. nato secretary general young stolen berg has confirmed that finland will become a fully fledged member of the military alliance. as off tuesday, it chairs along border with russia and abandoned years of neutrality to make a bit to join nato last year after moscow's invasion of ukraine. this is

a historic a week. to morrow we will um, welcome, finan. asked the 31st member of nathan, making fin them say for an hour alliance, stronger. we will race the finish. thank for the 1st time here at the nato headquarters. it will be a good day for finance, security for nordic security and for nato us a whole the finish prime minister, son, marin has conceded defeat and the parliamentary election. the conservative opposition national coalition party won with 20.8 percent of the vote. leader baterri or post says he will not work to form a coalition. government defends a right wing populace party came 2nd with 20 point one percent. while the prime minister, social democrats, secure at 19.9 percent, or challenge reports,

smiling and seemingly at ease the se, but santa marines, political star has fallen. finland's prime minister, gathered with supportive and her election headquarters is planet. results came in and showed her social democrats slipping behind the bright wing national coalition party and the fins party. shortly after she conceded defeat, the santa maria nearer is coming to an end. ncp leader baterri or po is on track to be the one assembling a new coalition government. i very happy you got this result. this is very we have, we have very good campaign. and i think that election day today, the horrible weekend people in the hotel, the national coalition policy and the nationalists of rica poorer fins party have both benefited from worried about the economy,

living costs to surging and finland teetering into a recession with her youth. and progressive politics, santa marin, has been popular among young moderates at home and abroad. the marin has presided over finan biggest cheer, political transition in decades, applying to join nato in response to neighboring russia's invasion. if he crane last year, opponents were quick to jump on a leaky video with her drinking and partying with friends, saying she wasn't fit to govern. marin was cleared of rom, doing that arguably, criticism of had governments public spending. i hit her more than the head in his m scandal did. for me, i'm burdened by the economics. actually really too much debt. i think. i wish you would have it well 1st they still in 20 years time, but with the current expenditures and deb thinking i'm worried about how we can afford the welfare states in the future. i noticed on the merits, very popular, and she's done great. the most of the fins also think that she did an amazing job

with the current wires, but it may be we have to look at new crisis that we have. and some of us still believe that she does very good job. other people who need a wants something, you know, having become the world's youngest prime minister at 34 santa marin will be an ex prime minister. at 37 from a law reach helen's al jazeera is all guilty of australia as morning. the death of one of its most influential indigenous leaders. uno pink, who died monday at the age of 74. he was a land rights activist who fought to have traditional ownership documents recognized by the australian parliament. and his death comes months before referendum is due to be held on the recognition of indigenous australians in the constitution. he fought with

a passion for his paypal for land, for identity. and he loved this country. he said he was the fire and he believed very deeply in a referendum to recognise aboriginal people in the a stallion constitution. it is hard to put into words what this last means for this country. horizons have voted to bound the hiring of electric scooters and a victory for road safety. campaigners nearly 90 percent of the ballads cost were opposed to the rental of the battery powered vehicles, but less than 8 percent of eligible voters to part in that referendum. harris will become the only major european capital to outlaw rental east scooters. that's it from me. thanks for watching al jazeera, the news does continue after inside story,

bye bye. ah hello. they will start in east asia and the slow moving weather front is bringing some heavy rain to the region over the next few days. you can see it moving out of the east of china. now ahead of that, we've had a dry spell across south korea that hasn't helped forest fires burning in the south west of the country. but the welcome rain is edging its way in. we'll see a drop temperature's not just for beijing and shanghai, but also so quite a bit of a wintery edge to its northern flanks via thunderstorms as well to the south. we could see some flooding here. so those popping off in hong kong over the next few days, but as it skirts its way further east, it's going to drop temperatures in places like so. we could see a month's worth of rain, potentially falling over the next 3 days. heavy rain coming in here on wednesday,

you can see the temperature dropping to below. the average on thursday now was moved to south asia looking much quieter and settled across the west coast of india and into the south. just to shoot few showers here and there, and some thunderstorms in colombo for sri lanka, much quieter and come across the northeast corner, the rain pools away from bangladesh. we will see the rain intensify, however, from northern areas of pakistan. some of that pushing into new delhi on tuesday, but by wednesday look at that clear skies that should weather update. ah, the latest news as it breaks evidence in a place like this, where people say just a few bodies have been recovered compared to the number of people missing. with detailed coverage form of the government policies are making it difficult for them to export on climate change of.