and as katia lopez or the yan reports, it's raising questions about how political tensions will affect international space exploration. first through the hatch is denise might be of 3 hours after taking off from a spaceport in context. on this team of 3 russian, cosmo knots made it to the international space station or ios. s 1st to the hatch was of course the cough. they receive the warm welcome from the american and german counterparts, but back home, tensions among their governments are mounting over. russia's invasion of ukraine were less than 30 minutes away from us sanctions targeting moscow space program have been followed by threats from russia. the country space agency chief supports the war and has warned you as president joe biden. the sanctions could cause a crash if you block cooperation with us. he rode, who will save the i assess from an uncontrolled di orbit and falling on the us or europe international approach. the u. s. provides the i assess with power and rushes. equipment maintains the correct orbit, keeping it away from space chunk. nasa is downplaying, the threat

now the group seems to be changing its mind as katia lopez, her joe young reports. it's nearly time to collect the harvest in afghanistan's hillman province, where poppy fields are considered both beautiful and dangerous. the crop is widely used to make hair, when farmers like gull say selling it is the only way to make ends meet. but act little farming wheat doesn't earnest enough money. it's not as profitable as puppy economically. we've been badly hit and that's why we've no other option, but to plant poppies. afghanistan is the world's top opium producer. it accounts for about 10 percent of its economy. a kilo of wheat is sold for about $0.50. whereas a kilo of opium poppies can go for more than a $100.00, but that's what i'll do if there was no tentative way to feed our families wouldn't have to cultivate his crop. but if we don't find another way we would defend us with guns and our lives. otherwise we have to flee to pakistan, iran or even touching st on for work. and even that's not possible because they will send us back. the taliban has long been accused o

al jazeera, katia lopez, holly on reports a city under siege as russian forces intensify their attacks. what's left of neighbourhood san mateo bull, our shattered homes and buildings 0 medicaid for cancer. across the port city scanners bodies lay out on the street. scenes of the worst war can do. cars now line the streets as people try to flee. checkpoints, mixture only civilians. leave them. but i love you and i what could i be? i got out of the city central district with bombs and destruction. we lost her house, so now we're leaving with our children. were still in shock and fearful russian forces charged into the port city. a place where weeks of shilling had camped about 400000 people hostage. local authority say moscow's attacks have cut electricity, supplies, heating, and water. russia denies its targeting civilians. yeah, it freed us from education, but airstrikes have hid civilian infrastructure like the city school. and recently a theater where people were taking refuge from bombings amid those ravaged neighborhoods. survivors say life will never be the same. a makeshift kitch