gang violence. they accused the government of failing to improve security. this message is who love, peace, kindness hall. and we meet the ukrainian prima ballerina who's left the ball showing behind in a stand against russia's war in ukraine. thank you for joining as ukraine's president says, his forces are in the fight of their lives while russia intensifies its offensive. in the eastern dumbass region. present, vote amuse. lensky says moscow's troops are trying to destroy all lie fair with relentless rocket, artillery and mortar attacks. but he says ukrainian soldiers are fighting back and seeing success rush as offensive as created a desperate situation for civilians. and that includes people in the village of my rancor, which is now on the front line. a correspondent, child stratford, reports some there. 92 year old ry isa is blind in firm and terrified. she sit crying on her bed in this makeshift shelter, shrapnel for michelle ripped through her leg, while she sat at home in the eastern ukrainian city of money anchor. mercedes, all. thank god we're alive. they shall, every half an hour, shrapnel hits everything. we climbed out of the rebel, grabbed what belongings we could then lifted mom out. we found a wheelbarrow and put her in it and pushed her to the road where a volunteer rescued us. in a nearby village, people waited a food distribution point too many have either fled or been rescued from the shelling and muddy income of volunteer from a church group. hands out plastic bags filled with a few. essentially, ludmilla shows us what's inside port. we live off canned food and what we can grow . we have no money because we can't walk. we can't work anymore. this is how we survive. further towards mary anchor. sound of shelling echoes across the fields. signs of the fighting begin to appear. houses badly damaged, abandoned a school destroyed. we drove further and into the merry inca, was the sound of artillery for an occasional small arms fire. russian forces a close we can hearing what sounds like more to fire in the center of the city. what we do know is the russian forces control positions just a few 100 meters in that direction on the other side of another shell there. now, we also know that the russians made gains here were in the early stages of the war . ukrainian army had since said that they have now pushed back. we move back out of town and see black smoke rising. or lena helps her wounded mother into a taxi to take her to hospital. it's doubtful that isa ever see her home again. jo stafford, how's his era, muddy inca? eastern grade. meanwhile, hundreds of evacuees have arrived in the city of car keys. they were forced to leave the nearby village of verse colors over area has been under russian seas for more than a month. the ukraine 2nd largest city car key has endured nearly daily shelling since the war began. now, despite russia bombardment in the east present, the lensky is hope for his soldiers will stand their ground. just gotta do it in the situation in kirkwood region is difficult, but our troops and our intelligence have important tactical success of the occupiers are doing everything to destroy any loss at the dawn. best her trutina, wholesome, cruel, bombardments line because russian strikes on infrastructure and residential areas. i state that russia wants to make this territory uninhabited. that's why, but offense of our land and our peoples is literally the fault of our life. rude was as turned to other world news now, and china's manufacturing has dropped to its lowest level in more than 2 years. the latest sign that the country's economy may be in trouble. activity slowed shop in april or several cities, including shanghai came under lockdown as part of the government 0 corporate policy . the some business in manufacturing has cut growth forecast for the world's 2nd largest economy and raised concerns that global supply chains may be disrupted, that speak to dan wong about this. she is chief economist for hang thing, bang china and is joining as life from shanghai. thank you so much for being with us. we've already seen a sump in consumer spending arise in unemployment, and now the manufacturing sector is down just how concerning is all this for the chinese economy? will it get worse? you think? i am very worried on where this is going because the correlation high has been looking like it's going to an end after this may a holiday, which means most people can probably walk around their neighborhood. um, but for most of factories along the east coast, they are not in a very good condition. and because taking on what's going on in shanghai, a lot more cities are taking precautionary measures. even with the one colored cases, the whole, the whole city can be locked down. so in my be looking at a situation where 30 cities might be in lockdown simultaneously, that's hugely disruptive to the supply chain. right? this inflexible approach to the pandemic? is it sustainable? can the chinese government make economic stability a priority while also pursuing this 0 corporate strategy? this is a impossible task to do both on the dynamic 0 strategy is not sitting in a role. and we can see many examples ation. hi i and for a lot of the. busy companies in digital industry, in manufacturing, they're under a lot of pressure to lay off more workers. but right now, china doesn't seem to have a new solution to this problem. since the 20th parties, congress will happen october. and before then, everyone would be very conscious about containing the cove. it, it is absolutely the political priority rather than economic powers say, what about the impact beyond china? shanghai is china, is made manufacturing and explored have been, it's what has been at a standstill. what will this mean for countries that rely on chinese production? an on demand from chinese investment. huh. shanghai, a little accounts for about 20 percent of china's contin or shipping. and right now we're looking at a denay in shanghai port between $2.00 to $4.00 weeks already. if we're looking at the other portal on the east coast on, there are different levels of capacity cutting. usually those staff would be between one 3rd and a one half of the normal capacity and admins of the rasa world considered a disruption of, from the shortage in supply from china pretty soon and notch us in consumer goods, but also in very important intermediate industrial inputs. and that's going to be very damaging to the inflation prospective in the u. s. and to the industrial recovery in asi and countries. and i dont you know, those who say that beijing has been in city difficult positions before from, from the global financial crisis to the trade with the u. s. and that they can, whether this storm do you believe that? how confident are you about the chinese economic economies? long term resilience in vitality. well, china's economy still seeing fundamentally sound what's different this time is a loss of confidence, even after 2008 financial crisis and earlier, 1998 asian prices. china was in, in a similar situation where the global you busters annoying, caught losing confidence in the long term gross prospect. by this time, the very different thing is, people who start to doubt where the policies are going. although the policy uncertainty is part of the doing business in china, by this time, this kind of unclear prospect of whether the government is taking over a bigger control of economy. where the private sector or foreign investors can expect in the future on these things are becoming the new problems. as far as i know, companies are changing their risk evaluation motto about china. previously, they didn't give much weight on political risks or geopolitical risks. by this time to have increased the weight of such factors significantly. thank you so much for talking to us about this. thank you for your insight. dan wong, chief economies full hang, sing bank joining us air from shanghai to haiti now where hundreds of people have protested against gang violence that killed at least 20 people. this week. crowds gathered on friday, shouting insults at the government, and the police have lost control of part of the capital porto braiden's. 3 offices were wounded while trying to take back districts from gans at the latest gang fighting started on sunday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, manny rapid reports, the sound of gunshots on the streets of haiti's capital, poor prince. at least 20 people have been killed over the past week alone. many of them caught in the crossfire of rival gangs. my husband died and left through 3 children. the situation is difficult for me. i don't know what to do. violence linked to gangs has forced thousands of residents to flee their neighborhoods. many like mary den prevail and her 3 children say they're too afraid to return home where i have seen many things, people dying and people walking around with heavy weapons. there is no one who can say anything. this otherwise bustling street was quiet on friday. many businesses across the city have closed their doors, gang violence in port a prince has worsened since the assassination of president of nel movies last july . experts estimate that as many as 90 criminal gangs or actively operating in the city. all i can tell is that a visa is on livable right now. it's very, it's, it's, it's can do anything cuz nothing happening. businesses can't run. you can't even leave the city 1st. the southern part of the city is occupied by gags. now the sub, the northern part is also occupied. so basically we're locked in, we're on the siege. authorities have deployed some 100 police units to patrol neighborhood streets as government officials in haiti continue to struggle to cur violence linked to criminal gangs. the concern now is over the growing number of residents being displaced by the worsening security situation. manuel rap alo, al jazeera, still ahead on al jazeera. i will tell you more about those ranking, breaking temperatures in parts of pakistan and india from tennis icon to prison convict. why former champion boyce becca, has been sentenced to more than 2 years in jail. ah, with we've got some dry pockets across europe and also zones of shower solids pinpoint exactly where this is happening. i'll take it toward iberia. some shower is dancing around the parent ease on saturday. but we're that sons out seville looking good with a high 28 degrees. also what whether hanging round the alpine region so we can expect rain here. we've got some cloud cover for the balkans that's likely to generate some showers for southern sections that's going to drop into grease is wall and some heavier rounds of rain of cross side turkeys capital region. so for on cobra with a high of 20 degrees, our next batch of atlantic re moves and toward the top end of the islands of ireland and britain just a high of 16 degrees in london. meantime, we're talking about high heat for areas of chad into libya, and that's now starting to crawl into egypt, so as one as a high $42.00 degrees storms are usual storms across the gulf of guinea in the forecast on saturday and more rain for flood stricken areas of plaza luna tall. so this includes durbin, but by sunday that rain will be out of there in time it's looking good in cape town, suns out on saturday with the high of 18 degrees, but give it a bit. look at this on monday we put the colors on dark, the red, the higher the temperature. it's going to feel like summer with a high of 30 degrees. that's it, that's all susan. ah, frank assessments, what are the political risks? automatic russian oil, a gas for western leaders, pull sanctions on a informed opinions. france he's not abandoning to fight against jedi. still is a media debt going to be teaching from nisha and from chad critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera lou. ah, you're watching al jazeera ly from joe. ha, reminder of our top stories this, our ukraine says russia has intensified, is offensive in the east and wants to destroy all life in the dumbass region, present voting, these events, he says, the situation is challenging, but his forces are fighting back. hundreds of haitians have protested against gang violence that killed at least 20 people this week. many families have been forced to feed their homes in the capital portal prince demonstrators say the government isn't doing enough to improve security and manufacturing activity in china. shallow snowed shop in april as several cities including shanghai came under, locked on as part of the government's 0, corporate policy growth forecast, voice economy. the world's 2nd largest has been cut, and it's all to raise concerns over disruptions to global supply chains. i call reserves have run low in india as people use more electricity during a heat wave. this week, the government canceled more than 600 passenger trains and use them to transport fuel to power stations. some plants only have a days worth of coal left and the power minister in delhi says it's a dangerous danger of blackouts. and millions of people in south asia struggling to deal with a heat wave which is forecast to get even hotter. elizabeth brought on reports from new delhi, which has just recorded the 2nd hottest april in 72 years. labor was the new deli, worked through temperatures above 40 degrees celsius to construct and the new parliament buildings. like many st. when does an auto ritual drivers here they make up some of the 75 percent of india's workforce who work out doors. i'm the mother mckinley, where we have to go outside to world. it's very hot. when the water cody becomes kind, hard to drink a lot or you don't even have enough that or to like a, each wave has gripped many parts of india for weeks, that's after the nation. so it's hot of march some threshold again, a 122 years ago. the higher than usual temperatures have led to demand for electricity reaching and all time high this week and power costs and several states . deli regional government has told people to expect power outages of metro and hospitals because of a shortage of coal power plants. the indian government has cancelled hundreds of passenger trains to rush coal to thermal power plants around the country. the intense heat has also affected wheat crop with some agriculture experts predicting this year's yield will be 25 percent less that could have international implications. india was planning to help sold a gap and global wheat supplies left by russia and ukraine. we also knew that 55 countries were dependent on the coming from the reason and 55 is not a small number. so if you can be standing along with another 50 fiber looking for you know, displays next to us. so i think we have to watch when we have all the just say the severe weather as part of the reoccurring trend. you not the temperature of the when you get the web event, they're becoming more frequent than more intense. and when they happen, they last longer. so with definitely seen a shift in the trends, some more intensity were happening in the top of the world. the indian meteorological department says he 12 conditions will continue in several regions of the next 5 days. but there's little the spice expected afterwards with may and june . usually the hottest month of the year, elizabeth moran and al jazeera new daddy less get an update on that heat wave. now with jeff and jeff, there is no relief in size for india, pakistan. no and folly, you know, it's never good when you see read on our map. so the darker the read, the hard, the temperature. this is pre monsoon heat. it's same, but this year it's been particularly bad. it started earlier and it's been more intense. so sure, some examples, india, the country as a whole. so it's hot, it's march on record. and if we narrow in on the capitol region, well for new delhi 2nd, hottest april in 72 years. and still i think the worst of the heat for many is to can through the months of may and june and relief for new delhi specifically. well, that won't come until about july, when those monsoon rains start to kick in. so here's what we're up against on sunday, i told you was bad, right. look at this snake poor 45 degrees. there's new delhi coming in at 44, but if we look at the extended forecasts, there are some hints that the heat will let go just a bit in. that's because we've got cloud cover on wednesday and then some thunderstorms on thursday. so that's gonna help cool the atmosphere, but look at this still 40 degrees, but that's more in line with where you should be for the sun gear. we've also been dealing with stifling heat through baka star. so jack, up a bad over the past 24 hours hitting 47 degrees and look at this on sunday. we've also got you in for a high of 47 degrees, and i think some spots may hit 50 degrees over the course of the weekend. and it's not just in central parts, but also toward the north. the hor, at $43.00, but again folly, i think the worst of the heat still to come through the months of may and june j. thank you very much for that. now let's move on to the news in an i so fighter responsible for the headings of several hostages has been sentenced to life in prison in the last london born alexander co. t las part of the so called beadle school. within i saw hostages gave them the nickname because of their british accent. hotel pleaded guilty last year to measuring for americans. patty, co hain, was at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia. alexandra cody basically showed really no emotion as the judge handed down a life in prison sentence. now if you meet certain conditions, 15 years of that will be spent here in the united states and an agreement to sent him to the united kingdom. he wasn't the only one though, in the courtroom accused of his crimes. another one of the so called beatles al chaffey, i'll shake, he was convicted of federal charges, dissimilar from federal charges, a while back. he's awaiting sentencing. but the judge didn't want to have these family members have to go through their victim statements twice. so he brought him into the court room, but again, only co t was sentenced to day life in prison. at the beginning of this though, we heard from family members of the victims and there were those one said, look at me. i have no words to describe the pain you have ruined our lives. and then you heard from another family member who said, you have been occupying my thoughts for too long. i forgive you, you are no longer have any power over me. but there were some very powerful statements because it's the be heading, of course is part of the crime. but he's also accused of really in humane treatment of these captives. they were water boarded, they were you stun gun shots and they were a horrible, horrible beatings. the prosecutor said, in this courtroom, we have not really seen any crimes to compare to the horror of this. the judge for his part said it was agreed just violent and inhuman. now one of the things prosecutors were asking for is they one of the judge to say exactly how he would spend his time in prison in the u. s. they wanted him to basically put in solitary confinement. the judge said that wouldn't be appropriate for him to wrong that that's up to prison officials, but he did say he will spend the rest of his life in prison. in afghanistan, a bomb at a mosque in the capital. kabul has caleb east, 10 people and injured many others. it happened during friday prayers. it's the latest in a series of attacks targeting places of worship and civilians. during ramadan, nevada, the marvin william ordered them, would you borrow more than i was? a number of taliban members were inside the most too involved. we were standing to finish sep worship. within a few minutes an explosion occurred and i was covered with small pieces and body pulse. yes, and is really a security guard and palestinian man have been shot dead in separate incidents in the occupied west bank. israeli military says palestinian gunmen opened fire on the guard in the area settlement between ramallah and numbers on friday and then fled the seed shortly after his really forces shot dead, a palestinian man during an operation. in the town of vazo. the british virgin islands, premier and chief war official have been arrested in the us on charges of conspiring to traffic cocaine and launder money. dragon forestman agents took angel far. he n ali and vine may not in to custody in florida on thursday. the pair accused of agreeing to accept money from undercover police, posing as mexican drug traffickers for he and may not were to inspect a pain carrying $700000.00. they would then receive in exchange for facilitating cocaine shipments. former 6th time grand slam tennis champion boys becca has spent his 1st night in jail after being sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison. the 54 year old germans, german was found guilty of hiding millions of dollars worth of assets to avoid paying his bankruptcy debts. john hall was at the court. hearing in london, boris becker arrived at court for sentencing, wearing a tie in the wimbledon colors. he won the championship 3 times among 6 grand slam titles in a tennis courier that had earned him more than $50000000.00. now bankrupt and convicted on charges of concealing his assets from investigators burka would listen as judge deborah taylor sentenced him to 2 and a half years in prison. he must serve half of it before becoming eligible for release. i accept the humiliation you have felt she told him, but you have shown no humility. the sporting legend turned coach and commentator has led a colorful life with vast earnings fueling of famously lavish my style and then paying for a famously expensive divorce. seldom far from the tabloid headlines. becca father, a daughter after a casual encounter with russian model and waitress angela irma cova and london restaurant in 1999. by his own evidence, child maintenance payments, and disastrous financial mismanagement, contributed to bankruptcy. in june 2017, the court found that becca kept spending and use deceit to hide what was left more than $3000000.00 in cash and asset. at trial, the jury had heard in his defense, the becca had relied on insolvency lawyers signing papers. he hadn't read and failing to understand his responsibilities. the jury instead found his actions, deliberate and dishonest. it's not the 1st time becca has had a brush with the law in 2002. he was handed a 2 and a half years suspended sentence for tax evasion in his native germany here in the country. he now calls home morris back up. he's going to jail. jonah hall, l $20.00. saw the crown court london. ecuador was present, has declared it to month stage of emergency in response to an increase in drug gang violence that covers 3 coastal provinces, $9000.00 police officers and soldiers that being deployed there. and overnight curfew will also be in place in some areas more than $1200.00 people have been killed in ecuador, in gang related violence since january after russia invaded ukraine. prima ballerina august via nova decided not to return to a job at the ball show valley. in moscow, she joined the national ballet in amsterdam and has become one of the most prominent russian cultural figures who defected during the war. set back and spoke to him. her belly shoes and how far away from the prestigious bolshoi da ballerina august. mir nova says, she opposes the war with every fiber of her soul. she left russia with a heavy heart new and i think the rush has started to to started this war. it makes me ashamed of my country, was my country. i was always proud of some culture in sports achievements. and it's true. it's who really room breach culture. smear, nova has been a star dancer at the bull choice in. she joined the company more than a decade ago in review, she was described as a rarity, a ballerina whose every movement feels la, meaninglessly right and true. 2 when you call to captivate audience with beauty, moment it means or you can tell, or you can deliver to them messages. and this message is from love, peace, kindness, or may not as one of many russians who left after the invasion in ukraine. but her defection as one of her countries thought ballerina as purchase the very heart of its valet culture, while belli has long been seen as linking russia to the outside world. the departure of smear nova and others brings back memories of the cold war and fears that russia would be increasingly isolated. after western governments impose sanctions on russia, the dutch national belly decided to stop its collaboration with state subsidized companies like the marine sky belly in st. petersburg valley is not completely removed from politics and has never been. art and politics do exist together in the same world. i'm so we also have to take a stand i'm, it feels like we're going back in time. and it's a terribly sad thing because there has always been cultural street. ah, well, the change his boss for now russia continues to be present and smells us performances just a few weeks after she left her country. she started look, i'm under the belly, her square grass, $1898.00 in saint petersburg. ah, of course it's my, it's my conscience. i'm russian. but i prefer no, not today for the country which behave in this way. but people life have kind of fear. for example, i think my colleagues and in is the time when everyone needs to yet still prochoice to make their own choice. and i made mine. smith, nova says by denouncing the war, she risked a long prison term. a dutch already applauded her, not only from within a month with also from his then against the wall. that wasn't, which is you and amsterdam have yet now has launched a new attraction for tourists where their heads for hide says the wells long as glass bottomed bridge surpassing if 526 meters structure in grand on china. the glass bottomed bridge in the north west san la province can support up to 430 people at a time while giving them a spectacular view of the lush jungle far below. no, thanks. indeed o. logan . i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera ukraine says russia has intensified it's offensive in the east. the dumbass region has seen an increase in fighting, hasn't brought me as lensky says, situate.