a criminal investigation into a helicopter crash and the key region that killed the interior minister and other senior officials. 14 people died when the aircraft came down next to a kindergarten in the town of bravado, re, dozens of people were injured. afghanistan s government says freezing temperatures have killed at least 70 people and tens of thousands of cattle across the country. they re been long queues to buy colon cobble, where the mercury has dropped as low as minus 21 degrees celsius. in the last 2 weeks, anti government protesters from across peru are converging on the capital for 2 days of mass demonstrations. they want president dina to want to say to resign and her predecessor, petro christie. you to be released from jail. more than 40 people have died in the unrest that began after he was ousted in december. mariana sanchez has more from lima. the loss of being in pull that was so 71 percent of her williamson this up to offer government. and many critics and
struggling good to contain the flames. argentina has experienced 3 consecutive years of severe drought and heat waves. ah, is al jazeera, these are the top stories. a court in the philippines is acquitted nobel prize winning journalist, maria reserve, all 4 charges of tax evasion, rights group say the legal cases, a part of a larger crackdown or media freedom that began under former president rodrigo to tirty. maria theresa told al jazeera how she felt after the verdict. i m cautiously optimistic. look these for tax evasion, charges where exactly we re business. so look, and nomics rule of law and press freedom meet our president. president mark last is in douglas switzerland right now, trying to get investors to come look at the philippines. this is a good 1st step forward to restoring that. i think we have to still wait and see. i m optimistic. there s a ray of light. i hope it widens and it becomes a sunny day. the un, her centered, top ranked women as part of its highest
rushes escalating its bombardment of the ukrainian city a 5 minute months of fighting its forces are trying to secure a ram military victory in the eastern region as ukrainian forces and digging in the un human rights commission. says 7000 civilians have been killed in ukraine since the start of the war. natasha butler has more from keith. also, more than 11000 people have been injured. and what the u. n says is that most of these injuries, and most of these deaths were caused by a weapons by artillery a shilling and air strikes. now view and report doesn t attribute responsibility, but there is no doubt in the minds of most ukrainians that this is the work of russian forces. united nations atomic watchdog says it s increasing its presence at all ukrainian nuclear facilities to help prevent a disaster during the war. the head of the i. e. a raphael grossey made the announcement during a visit to southern ukraine. he says that the nuclear watchdog will establish permanent miss