promising to be older and wiser. and afghan taliban laid his order. women to wear the old covering burka when in public or faced punishments. ah, officials in ukraine say all women, children and the elderly, have been rescued from the as of style still plant in mary palm. the facility has faced wakes of intense attacks by russian forces who've been surrounding the area in the last few days, the u. n. has been intensifying its efforts to save civilians hold up in the plant . the iron and steel works became a key, better battle ground in ukraine. it played a dominant role before that in the port cities economy, it pumped out more than 4000000 tons of crude steel annually and provided livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. the sprawling industrial park is no longer producing still, its network of underground tunnels are serving as a shelter and the final hold out for thousands of ukrainian fighters will have more on these from our correspondent, hopefully a little later in the bulletin. in the meantime, russian missile strikes have hit the southern city of odessa, which is heim to ukraine's largest port. they struck close to it's a portion city center. there was a separate strike on the knee by town of ours is. in the past week, russian strikes have targeted several towns in the southern region. al jazeera hassan masood is in odessa and found this report. we are now beside the o, this as airport here in odessa city, which were, which was a targeted by a mrs. strike in this place, 2 missiles a here, the place in the northern side of the airport. oh, which led to explosions, heard through all the city of odessa. we also heard the air defenses trying to confront the missiles in the sky of odessa. fire fighting hears are working in the place while we have detected 2 injuries. at least so far this targeting comes after the south ern operations common had confirmed targeting odessa region by for a cruise missiles into the region, especially the western and the northern region. ofa. odessa, the, these attacks and these miss, i start, it starts were, since the morning here in odessa, after the air raid also went off during the day since the morning and the eastern town of pope has not, has been under siege for winks. it's believed about 2000 civilians and trapped them . but as charles traps reports from me by attempts to get them out, have stopped because of danger. to volunteer in those who need gold was to fill it came a sort of a rush goal, was a construction worker before russia invaded ukraine. when the war started, he volunteered as a civilian evacuation driver. one is now missing 50 dead. this video shows him after he had rescued civilians from the besieged town of port persona. in the east of the country, the liberal eagle was his co driver on that day. he says, sir, gay told him, if he could save another 20 people, his life would not be in vain. we should be your partner. yes, i could see the entrance to propose, nor says eagle. what russian soldiers suddenly jumped out from the left. it happened so fast, they fired a rocket propelled grenade, but it miss risk and they started shooting machine guns and rifles. it was the windows shattered. sergei kept driving, but he was hit and began falling, dragging the steering wheel to the left. we bid off the road, crushing through small trees. i was crouched down, pushing up against the dashboard i looked at, said again so much that he wasn't moving or making any sound. here when i reached the door, handle jumped out and started running between the trees using the passes cover was continued shooting at it. when i got to a village, i found a house and got water. i was covered in blood. my face, my hands and ears. i saw it, it was mine, but i had no wounds. i realized then it was said again, it's not known exactly how many people are either trapped inside paupers, nor, or i'm willing to leave a town that he's on the net constant russian army attack. this is volunteer evacuation dr. mckayla called having a blindfold taken off on russian state cb. 2 days off the disappeared was also trying to evacuate. people track only civilians are doing the evacuation details, the man and military uniform. interviewing him. his daughter made an emotional plea on facebook for his release. oh, i beg you, please give me my father back. we miss him so much. please release him. let him go in the village, neighbouring pause. now the sound of artillery crashes through the air, volunteers, atlanta and uri. inspect the graves where they have been burying civilians killed in the besieged town. long trenches have been dug in which bodies lie covered in soil. a tractor will fill in the trench when the shelling dies down to the cause i'm not, i mean your boss there is more danger. the shells can london a non here it is over our heads. we bury them here because it's impossible to bury them under the shelley. it's too dangerous to go in and collect the bodies. now. a beaten, a really deep. i feel great pity for people killed if they're alive now, they could be doing something good. it's very hard to comprehend when you find a young person lying dead on the ground, you create it. oh, sorry to say dna testing will be done when the war ends to identify the growing number of an identifiable civilians killed. this is one of 3 and identified graves in this graveyard. all that's written on the cross is that a woman's body is buried here and the place where the body was found. for now, the fighting info, pause, no rages on, making it too dangerous for rescuing the living or the dead. okay, we're going to bring in shall strap said he joins us live on the find from man which is in central ukraine. it comes after our top story, where all women, children, and the elderly have reportedly been evacuated from the as of style. still works in marion poll. charles just took us through the significance of this operation. well, the significance is, of course, the amount of time that this has taken to to be achieved. if date it has been fully achieved. we know suddenly, a couple of weeks ago it was being reported that they were up to a 1000 civilians trapped underneath that giant great steel plans in my real poll effectively surrounded. and now we're hearing certainly, according to the current index, you prime minister, that all women, children, and elderly have been evacuated after repeated attempts over a number of weeks to, to, to achieve this, we understand that these people will be taken know to the town or the city of is parisha, where they will be looked at by this is understood by you and the red cross and ukrainian or storage is the significance. so is that this comes at a time. what do we now 2 days before? what is expected to be a very important speech given by the russian president vladimir putin on may. the 9th, which is course, is today that the russia celebrates or commemorates the soviet union's defeat of nazi germany. and it is a day where we understand the preaching was looking for some sort of victory to announce to the russian people. and that would be my real pull. the fact to the matcher is, is that that still planned is still not under full russian control. there are still ukrainian fight ukrainian military in that plant. we know that the ukrainian flight is in there, had demanded from the russians, clear passage for the removal of injured soldiers that you know, understanding has not been gone by the russians. it is a positive sign. certainly for many of the civilians that have been trapped in there for non 2 months, but whether indeed it gives flat may putin enough to declare victory on may, the 9th remains to be seen. one can only imagine that the child in, for example, the ukrainian army with them trapped in that on will hold on as long as they can to deny vladimir putin, the opportunity of declaring full control over that proceed city mary, also in the southeast of ukraine. and charles, talk us through just how difficult things have been in terms of getting these people out of this location. it's been quite a logistical phase as well, has an it it has indeed, i mean that's the 1st step. so obviously the 1st challenge is being, is making the place secure enough to get buses close enough to pull people out. and then of course we've heard of the last couple of days despite that being declaration to the c spar by the russian forces. we've heard allegations made by the ukrainians that those c spies have not been held that has been fighting on going around that clone. and then of course, they're all the multitude of checks that we've been reporting on that are involved . the thoughtful for getting the people from that planned to somebody like separation city, which is at least 200 kilometers to the north. we know that the russians have set up if you like, vetting checkpoints where they go through rigorously, the, the, all the details, the ideas, all the personal information of anybody coming out with that in our understanding a means of trying to locate or identify potentially family members that may have members of the battalion, the as of regiment or ukrainian fight is still in there. it's not a case of literally getting on a bus and getting officers operations. the whole host of checkpoints and checks very rigorous checks that are entailed that are being conducted by russian forces because they control of the great area of land, north of mariel on route to zachary. so, you know, there are multitude of challenges that, that these people faced after having spent, as i say, no, i own 2 months around 2 months, trunk to join. great palm with some incredibly heavy artillery strikes and hygiene going on above them and all around the city. so one can only imagine a sense of relief, initial relief for those women and children and doesn't go out. but as i say, it's not over yet. and certainly in terms of something political for flooding, they pretend to get to his people on may, the 9th, it remains to be seen as to where he can. he can clear that cloud. well, his army can clear that land in order to be able to clear the full control of mary . all right, thank you very much for bringing up to speed on that k battleground in ukraine. chelsea for joining us live from mine in central ukraine. ukraine. may molly's taking precautions in russia prepared for its annual victory day parade, monday marks the $77.00 anniversary of nazi germany surrendered to the soviet union . in the 2nd world war will be a curfew around the ukrainian port. yes, i get there on sunday night and tuesday morning, because of worries about russian celebrations. officials and keith believe russia's president could use the occasion to declare a former war with the crane. still, head on al jazeera, choosing a new president where in the philippines, the final day of campaigning for millions of lives. and a one man raised to take hong kong leadership after years. attention. ah hello, the weather looks 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intense attack by russian forces is vain surrounding the area and russian missiles of heat ukraine, southern port city of odessa, they reportedly struck close to the airport and cd center. in the past week, several towns in the region have been targeted by me, solid tax. to other world news now in the last time he held office was 12 years ago . and now 76 year old louis in a c o large to silver is taking another shot at brazil's president, seeing this time the left just later is trying to unsafe the far right incumbent. j . boston, our own lula, spent more than 18 months in jail. for corruption, the convictions were and now last year monica jenna kiev reports from his rally in sal palin. thousands of people are here in this convention center, in softball, to show their support, the former president to lead me to mall about phil. but he's trying to make a comeback. 12 years after he left the presidency. oh, i'd love to work 1st party. the other parties from the center level or in the coalition to support them. and their main goal is to try and defeat incumbent president julia, also nato. during the 1st turn, the election in october. and i have already said that he should win. the only reason he would not win or be re elected would be if there was fraud . so he's already casting our doubts on the electoral process and so long as the borders want to make sure that nothing similar to what had been in the united states when all so whoever proved them donald trump was the election, would happen here in brazil or not or was always from follow up, but there's still a long way to go look still is the head of also not with them. 40 percent of the vote will for now to with some 30 percent of the boat, but many things can happen. so it's too soon to tell me what the outcome will be. the later of national parish in fame says her party is election. when is a defining moments in northern irish politics. they'll become the largest party in parliament. the storm on for the 1st time facing their pro u. k. unionist rivals sion vein was one political arm of the i. r a, which been decades fighting against a british rule for the party largely steed, clear of campaigning on irish unification instead focusing on cost of living pressure. egypt, an army says at least 11 members of the military have been killed in an attack on the sinai peninsula. it says a group of men targeted a water pumping station along the suez canal. at least 5 other soldiers were injured in the state of emergency has been declared in siberia, where at least 5 people have been killed in large forest 5. the flames have spread to several villages in the crescent. our young region burning hinds, strong winds, have hampered efforts to put the mouth of are, he's say it was started by traits falling on to power lines. taliban ladies in afghanistan have ordered women to cover their entire body while in public. they say, if a woman refuses to do so, she or her family could be sent to prison or find from government jobs. lay a hiding has the data. a sea of blue in cobble, a group of women gathers at a market. the tall bonds latest decree is that all women in afghanistan must cover their entire body when they're outside the home. he does a lot on i am or oh the i go any. he job is a privilege for wisdom and pause women. he jobby women are protected from disobedience and sins. they'll always be restricted. they'll be protected from evil . if a woman is seen in public, without head to toe covering she along with her husband or male guardian could be punished, this is not the one who has the homes for the women who don't have a he job should be known. the men should be advised and warned. the strict enforcement of burka became a global symbol of the taliban rule when it was in power in the 1990s. since re taking control of afghanistan last year, taliban leaders have re introduced restrictions mainly directed at women. this most recent decree is one of the harshest yet why is it that only one issue is a priority for one? why not? you know, policy and hunger on poverty, on lack of jobs, unsecure. if you taliban leaders have also crack down on education for girls closing down secondary schools on the same day class was supposed to start you in human rights. experts say afghan women are facing large scale and systematic, gender based discrimination and violence. see any of the, the demonstrations that have taken place since august when the taliban took up it's, it's been women at the forefront women and girls. and this is intended to ensure that women have no public face. there are fears the strict rules now facing women in afghanistan will likely discourage them from going out in public and realizing their full potential, lia, hurting. i'll g 0. north korea has find was believed to be a ballistic missile for the 2nd time. this wink japanese and south korean army laid as say, it was launched into the say of north korea's east coast. south korean military says the miss l flu for 600 kilometers at an altitude of 60 kilometers. if the 15th test the sea and comes just days before the integration of south korean president elect unit, so p l u s. believe's, north korea is preparing for a nuclear missile test. robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at pusan at national university. he thinks it's likely pyongyang wants to send a message to south careers, new president. so you becomes present in a couple of days, i believe on may 10th. right. and i think the idea is to sort of signal for the south koreans, you know, we're still here yet. seriously. campuses around the north koreans abundance in the past. if i remember correctly when brock obama was inaugurated, there was a test and i think when pumpkin, hey, was inaugurated president south korea. there was a test drive train with a long history of sort of doing this. and it's kind of a mix or signaling and bullying, no nuclear testing since 2017. you may recall for a short time donald trump was president and there was sort of an effort to reach out to the north koreans for 2 years. it looked like there might be some kind of a hot break through in the north korean sort of hell off. but that really didn't go anywhere. the north koreans didn't put much on the table to be fair. the americans didn't really either. and so the whole thing kind of came apart, and if you're north korea, you're really not seeing much moving on the go station table or your, i presume the thinking is something like we need to keep on escalating rights and trans, can't get a decent deal out of south korean, the united states, and they're going to want to really bulk up on the deterrence. and that means a regular testing program. i think the big concern, and the last couple weeks had been the north trains have gotten a lot more aggressive. and the rhetoric started talking about using these things outside of defense areas. and that's got everybody's scared, right? that they make you thinking of using a preemptive layer. it's the final day of campaigning in the philippines ahead of monday's presidential election. the son of a former philippine later who was after the revolution is a favorite to become the next president. from manila, jim l. allen dugan reports and what could be a historic fuss that they arrived from many parts of the capital manila, hopeful and defiant. more than $700000.00 supporters showed up at the yellow avenue for decades. it's been a place for hosting large gatherings that often lead to turning points in this nation's history. as the leader of the opposition vice president lanyard bred of started her campaign with legal resources. but her unique messaging based on what she called so radical love, quickly changed the electoral landscape, which for decades had been about big money and patronage politics. her grassroots campaign as galvanized support from nearly all sectors of society, particularly young people, very here young people, there being everything on the line for this gun been bears sacrificing their thyme . just so they would see a better future under president leonard, brenda young people here tell us this is more than just a regular campaign. their participation, they say, is an act of defiance. after years of president rodrigo, the 3rd is restrictive policies and also a major pushback against a possible return of the market says to the presidency. it has been a tough fight to from the start between 2 very different candidates. who bred though is a widow and a human rights lawyer, while her political rival, bobo marcus junior, is the son of the late president for didn't. marcus was ousted in a popular revolution in 1986. the mark as a name has long been cinemas, with decadence and abuse of power. but bon bon has been leading opinion polls here for months. though many experts see they may no longer reflect the realities of the ground because from house to house campaigns to flash mobs to so called volunteer tooth armies fighting this information, many serial bread. this campaign has become a people smooth matters. now, war marquis, and on monday filipinos will decide whether all this will have been enough for a breeder to win an election that is seen as the most consequential in recent history, jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila. hong kong next later will be concerned on sunday. john lee is assured victory as he is the sole candidate and will be elected by committee loyal to china's communist party. adrian brown reports on the man hoping to revive the fortunes of ashes, financial ham. john lee's career has been rooted in discipline or career policeman who went on to become hong kong security chief. during the turbulent spring and summer of 2019, he directed the response to anti government, protests. malory's, about to replace kerry learn as hong kong next leader. at a time when the territory remains deeply divided and exhausted by coven 19, it's been a short and strange contest. without even token competition, it's an unusual election because there's just one candidate. it doesn't matter because the, you know, the, the election just open to everywhere. even though i have only one kennedy vinny, we also needed to walk for them. they at least only rally on friday, was a small invitation only event that included members of the committee that will elect him. oh i law. they means in the coming 5 years, hong kong will become a carry, accommodating place, full of energy and hope. well, let's do one thing together and support the election on may 8th grade. lee has the central government's backing. assign it once a hong kong leader with strong security credentials to kim. why is a political commentator who left hong kong for england more than a week ago because he no longer felt safe. he says, lee doesn't have the right experience to lead a global financial center. you've gotten to the c, v of johnny. we know that he had no experience in economy affairs, international tray, and all major areas of the policy are, li says his priority will be issues like housing, not more democracy, or a free vote. he's also promised additional security laws and to increase patriotic education. these very bright, which is what i like about him. so i really feel hong kong is ready for this kind of change. and plus he has a chest of china. that is something very, very important. lease campaign suffered an early setback when you tube shut down his account, citing compliance with united state sanctions. that means he can't visit that country, just like the outgoing chief executive hong kong people will have no say in the selection. that task falls to an election committee drawn from hong kong business and political elite, a committee vetted by a panel that included john lee, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. ah, ah, hello, you're watching out here. these are the stories we're following. this. our ukraine's deputy prime minister says all women, children, and elderly people have been brought out of the besieged steel works plant in mary a home for wakes. about $200.00 civilians were sheltering with ukrainian soldiers and the underground tunnels and bunkers of the sprawling complex. the still works has been the last pocket of resistance in the southern port city. the later of the world health organization has urged russia to declare a cease fire on a visit to the ukrainian capital key. he called on moscow forces to stop targeting health care facilities w joel.