ah, ah ah, this is news why from rural and major gains? ukraine claims key victories on the eastern front line troops re taking villages here, hard to find a trail of russian destruction. meanwhile, moscow takes the 1st step toward annexation of her son, also coming up, shooting the messenger, palestinian american al jazeera journalist killed, covering and is really read on the janine refugee camp sharina, i was in the occupied west back, a broadcaster says the veteran reporter was targeted by israeli forces,

israel's military chief maintains it's unclear who killed her. plus the abortion battle in the united states. he thought we meet one woman who has a personal stake and the issue ahead of a likely supreme court ruling. so back choice ah. hello everyone, i'm a layla, her rock. thank you very much for your company. we open our broadcast with the latest out of ukraine, where president of a lot of years lensky says his country's forces are making gains against russian troops and have retaken several villages around the country's 2nd biggest city har keith in the east. meanwhile, in the south, russian installed officials in harrison see they planned to ask moscow to annex the territory. ukraine hopes more

u. s. military funding will help it reclaim occupied regions. ukrainian forces taking back control and villages on the outskirts of talk. he s units crest forward, they encountered trail of wreckage from russia's invasion. ukrainian soldiers say russian forces fired on civilian convoys as they were trying to flee to fighting in frontline areas like here. destruction to by ukrainian fighters. this russian tank, one of many blown up by state of the art weapons delivered by nato countries, goes along the for miles, but the weapons are helping us a lot, especially the anti tank ones. l'm. i wish we could get more of them mission to finish. we use the weapons for specific target little wickersham, and here you see the results. conklin meant if we had more weapon citizens, but we would get more results without blowing it will. they should be sh. it is the

wish. the u. s. is only too happy to oblige american secret. on tuesday, the house of representatives emphatically approved of $40000000000.00 aid package for ukraine, paving the way for more weapon deliveries on this foe. the yeas are 368. the names are 57. the bill is past that house be can nancy pelosi affirmed us commitment to ukraine's war effort. it's about democracy versus a dictator. ship democracy must prevail. the ukrainian people are fighting the fight for their democracy. and in doing so, for ours is, well, russian forces have not given up their push into ukraine's don bus region. the progress is incremental at best. as western weapons continued to point to ukraine, meant and could soon begin to shift. i spoke to w correspondent,

immunization this and asked him about ukrainian gains in the east of the country. well, these 4 villages that have that the ukranian government as claimed to be now again under the control of ukrainian forces. having pushed a russian artillery out of the area that would add to 4 more. so 8 since early last week have been reclaimed by a ukrainian forces around har keith. and now what we know is that russian forces have not completely left the region. so a lot of hopes that this will become another kind of a miracle pushed back like what we saw and key of where russia decided to no longer to attempt to take the capital city. but to move further east, it seems that we still have to wait to see if that's what we're seeing. hearing harkey, which is the 2nd largest city in ukraine. zalinski said that despite these recent victories that are ukrainians should not put any moral pressure on the ukrainian

military to have victory every day, every week that the victories were going to become a slower. as a russia gains, a firm hold in the east of ukraine. but he said, essentially to remain patient that a ukraine is in this for the long haul, and it doesn't matter how long it takes. they'll liberate their country from the russian invasion layla. and i'm, you know, can you share with us what you've learned about reports that we're getting from the south that the moscow appointed and leaders of the occupied region, of course, on plan to ask president putin to annex the territory. at this point later, there is no am a date set for what zalinski is calling a fake referendum, a bogus referendum like where we saw in what he claims we saw in crimea, where the territory voted to be annexed by russia. after russia already exerted its military might over the crimean peninsula in ukraine, and that became part of russia. so that is what

a lot of people think we're seeing an unfair sun, which has been um, occupied by russian military since april. so it's been a, quite a long time. the city has adapted somewhat to the russian occupation, or we've seen russian flags go up in the city. we've seen ukrainians cooperating with the russian officials there. and now that seems that they're asking to be part of russia. but zelinski said that if that happens of a referendum were to happen that would basically wipe the slate, clean of all the negotiations they've done. since the beginning to find a peaceful scituate a solution to this conflict, which is essentially based on a russia only claiming only being pushed back to the territories that had already had since the 2014 invasion. not since the most recent invasion layla. so this would really be a set back in terms of peace talks. if this were to go through and her son, i'm an information raise of hope for ukrainians in the north said backs in the south. how do ukrainians feel about the prospects of winning this war?

or there's utmost confidence here in western ukraine that there will be an eventual victory for this country against russian aggression. the question is, how long that will take. i think a lot of people after the beginning of the war, when russia was very slow to make progress, was not able to capture the capital city kia if there was a lot of hope that the conflict would be over a soon. but it seems that russia has settled in to the east and that it's going to be a long slog russia continues to replace soldiers to bring in more artillery. so very few people know how long that's gonna take, but they do believe that it doesn't matter how long it will take layla that they're willing to fight for the country. w correspondent. i mean, as see for reporting from the live in western ukraine. i mean, thank you very much like to tie now about the other stories in the headlines today . the u. k and sweden have agreed

a new deal to come to each other's defense in the event of an attack on either in asia or countries. prime ministers announced the pac today and stockholm, the deal comes in sweden and neighboring finland. consider joining nato and the russians war against ukraine were. a european union negotiator has, i'll talk centera, iran in an effort to salvage the iran nuclear deal. the agreement gave to ron sanctions relief and exchange for strict curbs on its nuclear program. for me was present, donald trump scrapped the deal 4 years ago and efforts to revive it since have made a little progress. french authorities are investigating torture allegations against interpol president armand nasa, racy. the case has been filed against the top united arab emirates official by 2 british nationals who were detained before elario. easy was elected president of the world police agency in november last here. there is more bodies have been found

in the rubble of a collapsed hotel in cuba. capital. 42 people died when an explosion destroyed the saratoga in havana. a spokesman for the hotels operator says many of the victims were staff. international news broadcaster al jazeera says israeli troops have shot and killed one of their veteran journalist in the occupied west bank. sharina lee was covering an israeli military rate in the janine refugee camp. al jazeera says she was fatally shot while wearing a press flag jacket and accuses is really forces of deliberately targeting her. israel's prime minister says she was probably hit by policy and fire, but the israeli military chief says it's unclear who pulled the trigger. earlier i asked you to be a correspondent, tanya kramer, in jerusalem to tell us who showing of late was was probably

a bit hard to say that in a few words. but she was very well respected, very well liked and very experienced. one of the most experienced, i think, a journalist here in the region. she basically has been reporting here for almost 2 decades about the conflict, but not just the conflict, but also of the impact it has on people. here she was known locally, of course, and as she worked for al jazeera arabic, she was also known in the region. some of her younger colleagues have sat on social media and they're all of course shocked. and in disbelief or what happened that that they grew up with her reporting here and she was a role model. there were a lot of reactions, of course, coming in. and i think this highlights again, also how difficult it is to work. as a journalist in the circumstances in this environment, especially also for palestinian journalists with precious, from many different players and sides. and also of course,

how dangerous it is because people also said, you know, you shouldn't die of for doing your job as a journalist, antonio, some final thoughts from you, is there the will to hold whomever is found responsible for her killing to account? well, i mean there's a lot of pressure, of course, and a lot of coals. we just also had a statement by the you. there was a statement by the u. n. a special envoy for the middle east peace process by, by many institutions. many people here as well to, you know, half a thorough investigation. we also heard by politicians, obviously, palestinians and israelis, but also by the israeli military said to have said of a special investigation team that of course palestinians would say they wouldn't have much faith in the military. i'm investigating itself, but there is the pressure to get to know to, to understand what happened there this morning that led to the,

to the death of 1st serene blackland tanya, prima reporting from jerusalem. thank you very much. tonya democratic lawmakers in the united states are attempting to secure a federal abortion rise by bring a bill to the senate. the move, however, is largely symbolic because they lack the numbers to ensure its passage. democrats are trying to head off a supreme court decision, which is expected to overturn the court's landmark 973 ruling which legalized abortion nationwide. to be news met one activist fighting to safeguard the right to choose days after the supreme court document week. leslie templeton sees her mission more clearly than ever. the reproductive rights activist is getting ready to speak at a rally in front of the supreme court. i'm hoping to achieve is that people realize that abortion is life saving health care. we're all impacted by it. lives will be

lost if rose, overturn for the 25 year old. the right to abortion is personal. she's part of the quarter of us women who live with a disability. her condition makes life threatening pregnancy complications more likely. i felt scared for women like me who have kidney disease. you don't know what to are olds. and again, it's life or death and died reality for so many people is terrifying. no one wants to die. so we're fighting just to be able to live. i in her fight for disabled women's rights. leslie's weapon of choice is protest. she also wants to represent those who can physically attend together with young activists from around the country. she's taking the topic to the steps of the supreme court in washington, dc. i

no one should be able to force me or anyone else to put their lives at risk for fetus. her mind to be able body isn't anyone's incubator. my leg is important to me. the point to my friends, and it's important to my family with midterm elections approaching this november, abortion rights will be at the center of a heated debate. leslie wants to make sure disable people's voices, won't fade. ah. let's remind you of the top story that we're covering right now. ukraine says his forces have pushed russian troops back from several villages near the eastern city of harkin. the president, voluntary zalinski, is warned of a long battle ahead is russian installed officials and pearson of announced their plan to ask moscow to annex with he wants to

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