including students. ah, elise biome protests is in july and go as the cash strapped. gov when pushes for. i'm a bailout. the us british and canadian leaders are promising to send more artillery, an anti tank weapons to ukraine. keith is preparing for what's being called the battle for don bass. russian forces have begun their assaults in the eastern region . if they're successful, they could essentially slice ukrainian to acid bag. now, listed on what russia refuses to call, a wall has now entered its 2nd phase, and its being dubbed the battle for don bass. oh sir authoration in the east of ukraine is a n, as was announced from the very beginning to fully liberate the dan yeske and logan's republics in this operation. oh will, we will continue with this beginning. i mean, another stage of this operation is beginning and then sure this will be a very important moment on this. and those special at the rish, ukrainians caught up in the fighting a forced to flee as russian forces pummeled cities and towns ukraine's president says russia will not be successful in the incentives for when you are a he's king. he's the intensity of fire by russian troops. in the hockey direction, in the dumbass and in the neat pro petrosky region, has increased significantly yet the same as before. they consider ordinary residential housing to be normal, military targets. in this war, the russian army will forever inscribe itself in world history, as perhaps the most barbaric and inhumane army in the world are over. ukraine says its repelled a number of russian attacks in the east. a 2nd ultimatum issued by russia for ukrainian soldiers and mary pulled to surrender has passed. moscow had said the lives of the soldiers inside to steal works would be sped if they see what it called senseless resistance. didn't a survey, but come through lazar partners through united states and western country and doing everything to drag out a special meeting operation as much as possible. most of the growing supplies of foreign weapons, clearly signal the intention to provoke the key regime to keep fighting until the last ukraine, where you are. the european union is considering more sanctions on russia. we call on russia, we continue to call in russia to stop all the illegal and illegitimate actions connected through aggression against ukraine. and when it comes to next round of the sanctions, i think the, you highest representatives, the leaders of that you and also the represent that these are the member states. they're very clear that we continue to work on further sanctions. and when the time will be right, they will be announced so far calls for a cease fire or the threat of sanctions have not stopped this war. and although russia may have failed to take, keep the battle for the east is one. russia cannot be seen to lose a sad beg. i'll jazeera and russia is again urging ukrainian troops hold up, and mario poles of styles still planned to surrender and come out. it is now offering them a 3rd seas fire to give up safely. moscow says the troops will begin at $1100.00 g m t on wednesday. the east charles stratford reports from inside dawn, the ads on the 2 provinces where russia is focusing it's offensive. in the air is that we visited it close to here for cross gum quite a long area along the front line. some of the heavier shelling, if not the heavier shelling so far since the invasion started. that's according to some of the military and people that we've spoken to in this area. and our understanding certainly what we were listening to today was evidence of dr. missiles, rocket launchers, heavy artillery being used over sustained a period of time. and as a. ready say a very large area. what's also so incredible in town like this is that there are so few people here seemingly any more local authorities, barcroft saying they're made around 70 percent of this. the population of the city have already left businesses. homes boarded up, people told to close their curtains at night and avoid putting their lights on. so i will see, as you can imagine, people in this area taking this push by the russian forces very seriously indeed. and we also visited the train station in here in pa cross. they have a, a daily train now taking those that wants to leave the area out into safe areas. and as i say, very few people on it. i spoke to one young mother with her 10 year old son. she said that she basically couldn't, could, could, could, can contain her fears any, any longer living in the area that she was a that she'd escape from. and she said that she didn't want her son to become a victim. like the many people we saw killed in boucher hong kong called her sentence to pro democracy activist and former radio host of 40 months in jail. come talk. she was convicted of sedition last month. it was a prominent face in the master protests that swept hong kong in recent years. tom has been in custody for more than a year and a half since his arrest. in september 2020 a brick plan. it is live for us in hong kong. so how heavy a sentence is this given the hong kong standards? well, it's a full 3 months and you have to consider the, the wording of all this 7 counts, of altering seditious woods. this is by no means the national security, of course that has gone that a lot of attention because of the draconian nature of it because of the controversial nature of it. but tam will also be facing charges under that national security a little later down the line. so if you add everything up together, certainly it is rather stiff. we have to consider as well that this is about the freedom of expression. this is about time speaking, his mind when it came to his political views and shouting at policemen cursing at policemen and shouting political slogans like down with the communist policy. which as you can imagine is particularly sensitive under the hong kong, the definition of sedition. it's that general, any words that generate hatred content or disaffection towards the government or encourage disaffection among residents. so certainly it's quite broad. this isn't the national security law as i said, but what has been used is this little known anti sedition law under the colonial times. this was used before 997. so this is the 1st time it's been you since hong kong was had it back to china from a british rule. we have a little bit of details of what we're told in court. i would presiding judge stanley chan at say that the prison term was late to trans, apparent lack of remorse and try and said, i just can't see his sincerity in all of this. now times defense had tried to argue that he was just trying to turn hong kong political system into a more enlightened one. and as he left court, he shouted take mother as he was leaving the fort house today. so certainly this is rather emotionally charged. we know that time is quite a passionate person. he was very popular, his show was very popular and he had no coms about criticizing the hong kong government and china. so i mean the bottom line here, how is this being seen, or what kind of reaction are we getting people? how did they feel about the impact of this case and civil liberties? you know, it's hard to tell sammy, because so much has changed since the 2019 protest since hong kong introduced since by james. i implemented a national security law here and 2020. but there is a sense of fair among citizens among residents about offering terms about speaking up. so it's hard to gauge people's reactions off to as he's known phosphates sentencing today. but certainly, critics and legal activists that come out and said that this could set a dangerous precedent for what constitutes a political slogan in hong kong. what constitutes what you can and cannot say. and certainly this draws up some of the red lines in that. what we do know is that sedition is also seen as expression of views of political views. and there's certainly an attempt to crack down on that. and you have to take it in the context of the national security law. since then, there has been a crackdown on many facets of life here from the legal sector to the media sector. many different parts of life here have been impacted. the political opposition has all but being silenced and they're off is that when the new leadership takes office in july, which is likely to be the former security chief, john lee, he led the response to the 2019 process. there was a renewed sense of unease. you might say that when he comes in, that we're going to see more cases like this more reaction to merely quite frankly speaking, just what you say and perhaps that's going to introduce oscar in a new era of self censorship as well. right. thanks so much, rick. limit that least 15 people have been killed in attacks on 2 schools in afghanistan. capital witnesses say hand grenades, we used 5100 reports, flood on the streets of cobble explosives designated near this school. as children were leaving their morning classes, several people are dead and children are among the injured for georgia and we are close to the school. i quickly came to the side for the 1st bloss happened to see if everything was okay. i went to the top of my house to see what was going on. there was a crowd of people over there. i was standing on the roof of my house and cold my children to enter the harm. suddenly the 2nd bloss happened and i got injured. the victims are members of the laura a she a minority group there community and this neighborhood have previously been targets of ice will attacks. the governing taliban says the security situation is under control, but i'll warn that violence may be on the rise. the most important thing that we have to talk about and we have to consider is the franchise nature of the security can easily be disrupted. it could easily be in danger as we have seen today. so therefore, i think a lot has to be done on the part of the taliban to, to, to provide if you please, could you to the entire population of one is done. but it is going to be impossible for them. because if you see the economic hardship division for jasmine in the public discontent that is going with, with every passing day, all those teams combined together, i think it was going to be difficult for them back at the school security forces arrived to seal off the area the taliban has been cracking down armed groups since it came to power in august. but this latest attack is a reminder that security remains one of its biggest challenges. that mon in al jazeera said i had an audio era why the international monetary fund this flash that outlook for global growth by hall. one. i knowledge, the hood and the anger. britton's prime minister says sorry to m p. 's for breaking cove. it 19 laws with the opposition labels, the statement a joke. ah hello there. welcome to have a look at the international forecast. we got some rather cloudy weather across northern parts of the middle east. some bits and pieces of shabby rain coming through, still one or 2 showers into turkey. towards the caucuses eating over towards the caspian sea. wanted to share with their little western disturbance pushing in across northern parts of pakistan, some snow over the high ground south of that. there we go is fine and dry with some sunshine once again, pleasant sunshine. 33 celsius here in doha over the next couple of days. lottie, sally, 2, across the northeast of africa. different story towards the north west. we have got some wet weather, just rolling across the northern parts of morocco, northern areas of algeria, area of low pressure swirling away in that at western side of the mediterranean for central africa, or showers coming through here. liberia sing some foundry down, pause a shower, extending across garner ivory coast in 2 central and southern parts of nigeria. joining up with a shout that we have across the heart of africa will sit turning increasingly wet down towards tanza, near mozambique, and madagascar over the next couple of days. now i am pleased to say it has turned a good deal, dry africa zulu natal at east side of south africa, brightening up nicely as we head through the week. ah, the mainstream coverage of big stories can sometimes deliver more heat than lights in a war. tar scenario, there's always a push to simplify. narratives. nuance is always called for, even in the case of an aggressive war, the listening page, delve into the news, narrative and dissect them. there is not our great deal of subtlety. we're talking about the barbarism that is unfolding as though we're somehow unique. it's not unique covering the way the news is covered on al jazeera. oh, i a come back here watching out. is there a time to recap the headlines now. west and allies have promised to send more artillery to ukraine to help what's being called the battle to dawn by. russian forces begun their assault to the east of region, which if successful, could effectively split ukraine into russia as again ukrainian troops hold up. and mario told of south field to surrender and come out. it's now offering them a 3rd seas fast give off safely. moscow says the truce, we'll begin this 1100 gmc on wednesday. con, call to sentence the pro democracy activists and former radio house, the 14 months in jail contact. she was convicted of sedition loss from the prominent faith from the mass process that swept on. common risk is more than 500 wrangler refugees escaped from a temporary detention center malaysia. early on wednesday, 6 were killed while trying to cross a highway after the escape in northern penang state. police say more than half of those who bought a house, it's been found and re arrested. let's get more now from lawrence louis flores, louis, who is in column full for us. so what prompted the breakout? well, according to the police chief of kodak state, now there was a riot that preceded the breakout. more than 500 people escaped after they broke down the door and grill barriers. the detention center was holding around 600 people at the time. and. 1 around 23 security personnel. now the cut up police chief didn't give her the information about what could have prompted the riot, but he did concede that that could have been feelings of dissatisfaction among the detainees. but he didn't elaborate further than he did say that an investigation of police investigation has been launched. this temporary detention center is between the border between the states of canal and canada. and that's why you've got the police chief of these 2 states making police making media statements. now we also know that 6 people, including 2 children, were killed while trying to cross a highway in the early hours of wednesday morning. we also know that more than 150 detainees remain at large police say they have set up road blocks to try and we capture the rest there. also, the volunteer paramilitary call has also been activated to try and recapture these people. now, according to the police, all those who escaped are ro hang refugees, meaning they are likely to have escaped from nan mob where they are being persecuted or from refugee camps in bangladesh, where there's just misery and hardly any future to look forward to. now malaysia does not recognize refugees, but this country, the muslim majority country, remains a very popular destination for the main, the muslim ro hanger, even though they know that when they get here, they have no rights. they are at risk of arrest, detention and deportation even while they await for asylum in a 3rd country. all right, we'll leave it there. thanks so much florence. meantime, monetary fun says the ukraine war is driving a world economic downturn. it slashed its global growth forecasts from 6 point one percent to 3.6 percent this year. and its latest world economic outlook report says that every country in the world is likely to feel the pinch. chaper fancy explains from washington now. the m. s. projections for the world economy have worse and significantly since its last report in january, when it predicted a post pandemic recovery. the reason is, claire global economy prospects have been severely set back, largely because of russia's invasion of ukraine. this crisis unfolds as the global economy has not yet fully recovered from the pandemic. from an estimated 6 point, one percent and 2021. the i'm f now says economic growth will shrink to 3.6 percent in 20222023. the phone says that inflation already surging due to the pandemic will be amplified due to war related supply shortages and it's world economic outlook says increases and food and fuel prices could lead to social unrest. however, the i've also said inflation for advanced economies may 4 to 2.5 percent next year . some economists say that should mean a change in cost prevented devastating global recession. driving to do what it's done many times before, which is to increase interest rates unnecessarily. and that affects a whole world because interest rates of other central banks tend to follow the fed in the world. and that makes it more difficult for developing countries to avoid crises, economic crises that push millions of people into poverty. but such as the uncertainty about the war and ukraine, further energy sanctions on russia, future deadly covert variance, and more supply bottlenecks and china. the i m f says its latest predictions may be too optimistic to coincide with the m f spring meetings. oxfam has already used to study, predicting a pandemic, and the warn ukraine could push more than 263000000 people into extreme poverty. in 2022. the charities calling on the i m. f to stop increasing a hardship due to its insistence on conditioning loans to the developing world on implementing austerity policies. while it was rich nations to avoid cutting spending, to preserve what economic recovery there is. one. i forget the 1st but we don't see the same in countries. oxfam says there's a disconnect between the i'm s research which discusses increased social unrest and more hunger because of the pandemic in the war. i'm the, i'm as actual policy prescriptions for the most needy nations, which demand the slashing of the social safety and the subsidies on cooking gas, increasing taxes on food and freezing public sector pe. she every time see al jazeera washington try can police so 5 live rounds to scatter. protest is killing one person, an injuring up to 20 others. it's the 1st death in weeks of demonstrations. they want the resignation of the president whose government is trying to negotiate a financial rescue. fernandez now from colombo. c and tearing its elisa inside against a non protest in rather than the sheila the protested had blocked railtrack. ours for the government is fueled prices by more than 130 percent on tuesday. $24.00 people were injured including 8 policemen. many of them bleeding heavily were taken to the hospital in an audio statement. police spokesman me hotel, do a blame, protested for the violence. my own done. you answering all either can. i mean was they were warned repeatedly to disperse, but protesters did not listen. they tried to set fire to a tanker burned to 3 wheeler taxi and damaged property. police use your gas to break up the crowd, at which point the crowd responded by throwing stones in order to control the situation. the police opened fire police and they used minimum force to stop the group from trying to set fire to an oil tanker full of fuel. but rights activists have expressed skepticism at this explanation. they said there is no justification using live ammunition against protest is similar, protests were organized across the country as protest as barricaded access roads against the worsening economic conditions. present got arbitrage. pumps is facing increasing demands to step down in a campaign called gotta go home, which is seen thousands of protesters around his office for more than a week. he's refused to quit, but appointed a new cabinet on monday. but that doesn't seem to have worked. senior doctors joined colleagues outside the largest children's hospital to protest against shortages of medicine and other medical supplies. depleted for in reserves means the government has no money to buy basic medical requirements. we have a huge order to to meet you to right now. so we had to go do some surgery over here . the whatever the available who to material only for you. my just her example list is very long. thousands of people joined a protest march organized by the national people as power coalition that reached colombo from barrel in the south. reno nevada idea that these things are getting worse day by day and it's affecting the kitchen and b on face it any longer. a position party said they are working on a no confidence motion against the government and considering introducing a constitutional amendment. seeking to reduce the powers of the executive presidency, protested. say they won't be fooled by quick fixers. bonaire fernandez, ojo 0, colombo, british prime minister bars, johnson as apologize to parliament for breaking his own government covey 19 lockdown laws and being fined by police. but it wasn't enough for his political opponents who labeled johnston statement a joke. bed demanding, he quit. john hall has the story from london. it was the 1st time that for his johnson had spoken to n p's about the fine that he received during the easter recess. one of a number of fines handed out to senior figures in downing street by the metropolitan police as part of their ongoing investigation into allegations of rules. breaches specifically parties. in downing street during periods of cobit lockdown, he repeated the public apology. he made at the time, acknowledging people's hurt and disappointment, saying they had a right to expect more from their leaders from the very people who made those rules in the 1st place. but did he think he'd actually done anything wrong? let me also say not by way of mitigation or excuse, but julie, purely because it explains my previous words in the times that he did not occur to me. then, all subsequently the day gathering in the cabinet room just before a vital meeting on colbert strategy could amount to a breach of the i repeat, that was my mistake. and i apologize for it on reserve, at least that will infuriate many of his critics, including m. p. 's within his own party, of course, who will likely continue to feel that boris johnson is failing to give this issue the gravity it deserves. and that he continues to seek to lessen to minimize to trivialize his own misconduct. here was the leader of the opposition labor party care stop. what's a joke? oh, even now. as the latest mealy mouthed apology stumbles out of one side of his mouth, a new set of deflections and distortions pour from the other pearl still lies ahead to forest johnson. of course, there remains the likelihood that more fines will be handed out by the metropolitan police as its investigation continues. indeed, boris johnson himself may yet receive more fines, and the local elections in may loom at which the conservative party is expected to fare badly. if it does, that could be held up as the public's judgment of boorish johnson. and at that point, his position could be tenuous. indeed, hong kong is one of the only places in the world still trying to maintain a 0 coven policy. tens of thousands of people have been in quarantine. this is added to environmental problems, crank up to explains how remote controls, pillows, cutlery. almost everything in this quarantine hotel in hong kong that can be touched by people's hands. it's wrapped in plastic. the government is determined to keep the krona virus out, seemingly at any cost. every single one of the staff members here was so p, p, you know, the gowns, the glass duties, the hats, and that every staff member and on every school, even just that in itself, the huge amount of wasted, huge amount that's being thrown in, you know, to the been and none of that is able to be recycled. hong kong dumps more than 2300 tons of plastic waste every day. most of it is disposed in these landfills. since the pandemic, disposable waste have been piling up, even along it's white, sandy beaches. the possibly o for recycling, right? fall classics. ah scrap. it's about 11 percent only. who's a small percentage. and so da worth nearly 90 percent of your prospect ways is either in up in our own feels or you end up being there later. these hastily meet quarantine facilities cannot be used long term for housing and are also adding to the problem. everything is non standards, the ground formation decide formation is non standard. it doesn't comply with any particular building standards. we have in hong kong. the structure set up place on top are temporary, so they had a short lifespan. and then already we have seen issues when the reserve heavy rain, we have flooding issues and so on. last week, the government's environmental advisors suggested ways to change hong kong throwaway culture. but many are concerned the pandemic and the territories 0 corporate strategy may hurt those efforts. piano cooper, i'll to, sir. ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here. al jazeera, now western allies of promised to send more artillery, true artillery to ukraine, to help from what's been called the battle to dumbass. russian forces have begun their assaults in the eastern region, which if successful could essentially slice ukraine in 2.

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