a half tons. bernard smith, al jazeera in occupied east, jerusalem. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. ukraine has asked turkey to seize a russian flag ship. it says is loaded were 4 and a half 1000 tons of stolen grain. the vessel is anchored near turkeys. carrasco, port. russia has deny previous claims. it s stealing ukrainian grain. russian forces are moving closer to lisa chance. the last major city under ukrainian control in the east moscow bank separatists say they ve surrounded it and captured an oil refinery here. disputes that claim. alan fisher has the latest from keith. both the moscow back separatists and russian armed forces are claiming that they ve actually encircled the city. that something that the clean se simply hasn t happened. although the admit the fighting around the city is incredibly fierce, but that is being repeated in the south and east of the country. in many places, the number of rocket attacks is up significantly. the ukrainia
ah, a creature headlines here on to 0 hong kong former security. john lee has been sworn in the territories new leader. he said the national security law introduced in 2020 a. both stability after anti government protests in 20. 19 out there was adrian brown as more from hong kong. his entire career has been rooted in security. and i think that tells you the sort of candidate that china wanted to run hong kong he was of course, the only candidate in the election that he won. but he has the credentials. i think the china wants right now, and it s a reflection. i feel of what their priorities are right now. now john lee doesn t have any real political experience. i can tell you what he won t be doing. they ll be no talk of him. sort of expanding democracy are increasing political reform here in hong kong. that simply isn t on the card. will the swearing in coincides with events marking 25 years since hong kong was returned to china from britain. earlier a flag raising ceremony