i am power and passion. we tell your story. we are your voice. your news, your net al jazeera, ah, ukraine's last offenders and matter. you bold buffalo inside a steel band in the middle of a russian a ceasefire to rescue civilians. ah, but i am darn jordan, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. amanda is on the way in israel office. 3 people are killed and several wounded. in a stabbing attack near telephone. a shocking announcement from the world health organization. 50000000 people have died of covered nearly 3 times the official global desktop. and could the writing be on the wall for british rule in northern

ireland, we report from bell fox was voting ends. in an historic election. ukraine says roger is still attacking the besieged steel plants and matter you pull. despite announcing a cease fire at the site to let civilians leave some 200 people are still trapped there. many of them women and children together with about 2000 ukrainian fighters . the u. n. has been working with both sides to get people out safely. cateel up his heart a yacht ripples. ah, it's considered the last pocket of ukrainian resistance in the shattered city of mario pool. and the scene of heavy fighting for weeks. ukrainian forces, say russians are attacking the aso stall steele factory where civilians and soldiers are sheltering an underground bunkers fight some of the estimate,

a 2000 besieged sliders including women thing in the dark and wait and leave. maybe there's not enough food or ammunition. even if our number's, they say they have no intention of surrendering the threat of the water for watering of the heavy, bloody fighting he's going on for 71 day. the defenders of the city have been fighting single handedly with overpowering enemy forces. a 3 day seas fire was promised by russia to allow civilians to escape. ukraine says the promise has been broken. some women, children, and elderly managed to make it out earlier this week, but others remained tramp alongside ukrainian soldiers at what you watch when you were already one my family to get out. but not the way we did. it was a miracle, and we managed to live on the verge of life and death. ukraine's president is appealing for help to get the others to safety. today i spoke to you in secretary

general antonio gutierrez, and we discussed what we have already achieved. and what is still necessary to do to save maria pole and the defenders of merrier poll city. there is not a single day that i and my team wouldn't do this. and i'm grateful to everybody who helps. the kremlin says accusations of broken promises or propaganda way. and then chris is the cranium side, and especially those who are hiding in the as of style planned a well 9 producing an enormous number of laws and folks every day. so we should carefully filled out all the information we get from them. ukraine says russia is trying to destroy the strategically important city in the south. a ukrainian counter offensive is unlikely before the middle of next month, when it hopes more weapons from allies will have arrived. castillo, this was a young al jazeera while the you and 2nd, general antonio attended, says he hopes coordination between moscow and key will allow the evacuation to

continue. so fighting total, nearly $500.00 civilians, song found a long way to awaited relief. after living and the relentless shelling and scarce availability of water, food and sanitation, the factories of shared moving tales with un stuff, mothers, children, and thrill good parents spoke of that trauma. somewhat urgent need of medical attention. i hope that the continued coordination with moscow and key will lead to more military balls and civilian safe passage from the fighting and 8 to reach those in critical needs. we must continue to do all we can to get people out of these l scapes. officials in the instance that you have come talks at least 25 people have been injured in russian shilling, several homes, a school and other infrastructure damaged. the city is near the front line of fighting and your claims don't answer products shall struck the report.

the. the explosion lift the crater around 3 meters, deep flags and the surrounding residential apartment blocks were destroyed. the blast shredded trees in the park where children usually play. this was one of a number of attacks across criminals. in what was the largest similar sailors barrage of rockets in the city. since russia invaded ukraine more than 2 months ago . we were sleeping and woken by a series of explosions before there was one mass of bluff. thank god, no one was killed. a couple of kilometers away this parade of shops and small businesses was also hit. the city men says that 25 people were injured in the attacks. it's miraculous that nobody was killed. soldiers have collected shrapnel to try and identified a weapon that was used until i heard it was

a rocket attack. there was a siren and then huge explosion. my apartment is about 100 meters from and all the windows are below. now, the scale of the destruction here shows you just how powerful the explosion was. there are tens of flags that have been pretty much completely destroyed in the bloss ukrainian police say that they believe that this was a russian as strike. and it comes at a time when the ukraine in all me say that russian forces are trying to push it towards cremmit sauce. and they bring savanski from the north. we drove north towards the russian controlled city of museum. we discarded blood soaked bandages and a stretcher. wounded ukrainian soldier had been transferred to an ambulance. only minutes before i was really so much in a pre a be show. when all calls go along the road, they start shelling, is it an issue? any ambulance is vehicles you say it doesn't matter. ukrainian soldiers hide in the

forest from russian drones above. artillery shell casings, litter the ground, the soldiers that is filming, but they claim they have repelled 3 waves of russian attacks in the last week. they gave us this video, they claim shows the retreating from russian artillery se se on now holding the defensive position. what they currently can't do is stop cities like criminals from coming honda. russian attacks, charl stuff, algae 0, criminal ask. whereas in southern ukraine are also under attacked by russian forces correspondent or the other. hamid is following developments may because some region where about 2 kilometers from the front line north of the region, that's an area that has been occupied by russia. we met some people this morning who had just arrived here on the ukraine inside. and they told us that they had to

actually walk up to 20 kilometers under cover of darkness. simply because the russians wouldn't allow them to come to the ukraine in the side. they told them if you want to go to a safe area, then you should head south to the crimea, will insula that the defense minister in keith is saying that russia is preparing for a big push on the southern front in 2 directions to the west, to the city of nikolai, of, and to the north, to the city of creevy, re susan, the people here said to have been more shelling. there was this morning as some of please don't. the mayor tells us that cluster bombs were found. he showed us some pictures. we cannot confirm that independently, but certainly when you walk around again this scene, a village is completely abandoned. people left people do this bush will come

sooner rather than later. those coming guys, of course on i say when they're coming out as quick as possible because life there has become unbearable. they lack everything, food medicine, water in many areas. and also the occurrence is about to change from the thing and even to the russian ruble. when you asked them, what about talk about imminent annexation of the region. when man told us he didn't know exactly what we're in the plaza, certainly, if you thought that those were happening. but she did say that the russians will find no one there, because most of the people are trying to leave as quick as possible. a manhunt is on the way in israel, off at least 3 people were killed in a stabbing attack in the central city of the land. it happened as people celebrated the day. israel refers to as its independence day. stephanie beck, a report from western lucy. oh,

the attack happened as israel celebrated 74 years of independence. this time in a lad and ultra orthodox city in the center of the country. a lad is very close to the occupied west bank. we do not draw her full indication, or if it's a one tourist or more, we are conducting ah, chase after him. now we have a helicopter with us and we are studying roadblocks in order to catch him. residents came out to protest in the aftermath. it's the latest in a series of attacks carried out by individuals across israel, which is left at least 14 israelis dead. a spokesperson for hamas reacted by saying these attacks were the result of israel's occupation. the palestinians un middle east envoy tore venice le tweeted with saying he was pulled by the attack and that it was deplorable that hamas and others continued to glorify and encourage such acts. with the one almost opening the la bahati mostly the lot is really me to replayed a clip from acid leader in gaza. yes. in war, who in

a fiery speech last week called on palestine was to protect the luxembourg compound . referring to the recent escalations at the site by the entry of jewish religious ultra nationalists and encouraging individual attacks. defense minister benny guns met with the military chief of staff and his ready prime minister. naturally bennett was being updated on the situation. the border crossings from garza and the occupied west bank had been closed since tuesday afternoon, due to memorial day and independence day. in what a standard procedure doing events like these in israel, the west bank closure has now been extended until sunday. as a result of this attack, stephanie decker al jazeera west drew slim. while he attacked happened hours of his writing forces, injured 16 palestinians, and arrested dozens of others at the alex and mosque. compound media report, say elderly men and young children are among those detain, was ready for these 5 rather bullets palestinian groups who they accuse of throwing stones. the confrontation began after jewish worshippers were allowed on the site

for the 1st time since the end of ramadan. now the world health organization says the coven 19 pandemic lead to many more deaths from previously thought. it's estimated almost 15000000 people died directly or indirectly from the virus and the past 2 years. auditor castro reports the world health organizations estimate of close to 15000000 global deaths due to coven 19 is nearly 3 times the official death count of just under 5 and a half 1000000. as reported by governments. the w. h o says it used statistical modeling to arrive at the expanded number, which includes death directly from cove it and from other medical conditions that went untreated due to the pandemic strain on health systems. this is extremely important information for any one to have, especially policy makers and the public. we need to know the true goal of the

pandemic. we have to remember that behind these numbers are people. according to the w, h o's report, covered related deaths in india were nearly 10 times higher than the official count . indian health officials pushed back against the report thursday, attacking the w h chose use of statistical modeling. please be sure that these guy, no presumptions to reuse for admission of size. norfolk argument size, and to put us in board like this not desirable other countries with large discrepancies, include pakistan, where, according to the w, h o, excess deaths were 8 times higher than the official covey death count. in egypt, it was 12 times higher. and in mexico it was double, i think, on the experts all along i were very aware of the, i let say shortcomings or tools that were not available right from the beginning. so, ah, the amount of testing and cetera would mean that there were many desk that went on

on, accounted for the w h o says most of the ex, deaths were concentrated in southeast asia, europe, and the americas, and were in middle income countries. they also confirmed the global death toll was higher for men who accounted for 57 percent of deaths. the w h o is the 1st to caution that it's report on global covered related deaths is an estimate in thus imperfect, but the agency says it is nevertheless important to get an accurate accounting of the head damage or to better prepare for future threats. i did your castro al jazeera washington. i for a short break here and i'll just hear it when we come back facing justice or which ones guineas. former president is back in the country and on the house. horace and fears that many innocent people are among the 22000 suspects, swept up in el salvador pratt down on gangs monasteries.

ah, the journey has begun. the 3 full world camp is on its way to cattle. brook your travel package to day. hello, we've got bright disguise. now coming back into afghanistan, the cloud is in the process of pulling out of the way that brought the very heavy rain in that cross sir northern and central path in particular. but you can see just a little dry over the next few days, the larry, a shower is running up towards the caspian sea. the shower is little more widespread there across central and eastern parts of turkey over towards armenia. georgia. azure by john. similar pitch was we go on through friday and on into saturday. so we are going to see one or 2 showers just running around the eastern side of the mediterranean. nothing too much to speak of largely dry and fine for the northeast of africa. a lot of cloud, lot of rains, very, very strong winds damaging winds up towards more than parts of algeria. and also

affecting a good part of this year over the next couple of days. i suspect we will see some localized flooding here. have you, alice? meanwhile, continue across the southern coast of west africa. joining up with the heavy shows that we have across the heart of africa. raw the way across the riff valley, all the way to was more than part, so tans in their eastern areas of kenya. also seeing some very heavy showers, east pass madagascar, also seen some very heavy shout. a march of southern africa is fine and dry. well, we will see some wet weather for the western cape, pushing across south africa. chatter airway official airline of the journey. fueling the debate, there is no, he job bad, little, you know, if anyone here talks about women that idaho suggested, this bill seemed of themselves. no topic is of the table. we were taught to see abortion had a one way ticket street to help. all of the companies deny any responsibility, even though they have the resources and the power to fix it, where a global audience becomes

a global community. the comment section is right here. the part of today's program, the 3 on out is the era. ah ah, welcome back of your mind about top stories here at this hour. ukraine says russia still attacking the besieged, still planning to matthew polt. despite the carrying a c spy, the, let's billions leave moscow denies. it's broken. the agreement around $200.00 civilians are trapped inside the humans trying to get them out. police have launched a manhunt in israel after at least 3 people were killed in a stabbing attack in the city of atlanta near tel aviv. i believe the attack has fled in a vehicle for others were wounded. 2 of them in serious condition. and the world

health organization says nearly 15000000 people have died from cope at 19 many more than originally thought cuz deaths linked directly or indirectly to the virus in the past 2 years. some of the worst countries of question when you w h. i think it's not polls of close. the northern ireland were a party that wants to leave the u. kays predicted to come out on top and elections for the regional assembly. sion fane was once the political wing of an armed movement which opposed british rule, but its dream of a united ireland is still a long way off. donahoe reports from belfast. a win for the nationalist shin, feign as opinion polls predict, would make history in northern ireland. it up ends a century of dominance by parties dedicated to the union with great britain putting on top a republican party that exists to forge a united ireland. that is going to happen imminently, and many voters were swayed instead by more immediate concerns. all united allens

on the cards, new data, put it on up to important to me. what do you think the chief thing capable of us for to get the rates will get better and better hospitals? so just to open game, she frame was once the political face of the irish republican army that waged a decades long conflict with the british army and pro british loyalist paramilitaries. its electoral success with struck fear into the heart of many unionists who already feel marginalized by westminster as handling of breakfast negotiations with the e. u and a new trade border in the i received that they say undermines northern ireland place within the united kingdom. that need to get a wake up call. my. nobody wants to shouldn't be a minister in the union as people don't want him to be a minister coach for 1st, 1st and foremost, if we have a day and you're going to call for a border pull,

and there's no guide. if there's even a question mark over whether the democratic unionist party leader will take up his position as deputy 1st minister behind shin feigns michel o'neill. jeffrey donaldson says he wants to see border protocol removed 1st. in northern island, symbolism matters hugely. so while power sharing and shrine to the good friday peace agreement ensures that the positions of 1st minister and deputy 1st minister shared between the largest unionist and nationalists parties have exactly equal powers. the changing of places in the store months assembly. and this election carries enormous symbolic way. unionism isn't a very place. northern ireland had its antique re last year. the celebrations were rather muted. and there was the sense of the future of the union, very much being at stake. and partly because of that and what that means, the northern ireland change relationship between overland and the rest,

the u. k. with drawl agreements in the protocol and but also what's going on with in unionism itself, it's very fragmented. and with that fragmentation comes the fun certainty over political stability in the short term and longer term questions about the future of northern ireland itself. joe al jazeera belfast. now the world's top oil producing countries have agreed to slightly increase their output of the u plans. the band in ports of russian oil by the end of the year. ok, countries on their partner nations, were raised production by more than $430000.00 barrels a day next month. some analysts say will be enough to meet demand dented further increased the price of crude, leading to even higher inflation. us stop markets of slumped a day off to the federal reserve announced its biggest interest rate increase in more than 2 decades. all 3 major american indices went down with the dow jones dropping about 3 percent tech stocks. let the sell off the decline wiped out gains

from wednesday as investors face the most aggressive tightening of the us fiscal policy since 2000. the yes president has named corinne jean pierre as the next white house press. secretary, sean perez, the 1st black woman, an openly l g b t. person to hold the roll. celebration replaced jen saturday under still in for throughout binary administration. a government offensive and el salvador against criminal gangs as led to the arrest of 22000 people. the crackdown has popular support, but international rights group say innocent people are ending up in jail to john home. and this is the image that the el salvador government wants to transmit. another suspected guy member of the streets, his tattoos giving away his affiliation to a criminal band. the big arrested more than $20000.00 people in the last month and a half as they seek to clean the m. s. 13 and burial 18 gangs of neighborhoods they group a decade. this also is an image of the crackdown. one of many women

saying good bye to a husband or a son, as they disappear into the salvador in prison system. here are others. i love you, son. she's saying in march off through a murder spike, the country declared a state of emergency. that meant people could be arrested without warren, the salvador and congress has extended that state of emergency to late may please continue to round up young men or mess. inevitably, along with the guilty human rights group said the innocent have been taken the matter under loose cold out his era. her sons, one of the latter he sells face must to hospital. she says and helps her get by now she's use the quarter of what she makes in a month at a market still to try to free him 2nd 100 percent that had been offensive. i don't know why the president is doing this to innocent people. people are guilty, fine,

someone's done something they should pay, but the not guilty least he knows where he is. other women going from prison to prison, trying to find their relatives, look at the crowd here. and the correct that goes on in the italy district well known m s 13 stronghold. so just question search everyone going in and now put an overwhelming number of salvatore and approve of president kelly's actions. we have stopped being extortion. we're not being anything now. the gang members have been being seen, they have practically disappear, and business is flowing. are no longer afraid to come to the city center and walk the streets. so many have suffered extortion rape, killing that even if some innocence have to suffer others believe that's a price worth paying if they can simply be free. the question is, if at the end of all the arrest confusion of brutality, this will actually work. john hallman al jazeera,

there been reprisal attacks and columbia raft notorious cocaine cartel boss was extradited to the u. s. to face trial. members of the clan, dell gulf o. burnt more than 30 trucks and buses across northeastern columbia. security forces have now been deployed ahead of the organization known as or tanya pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges and a u. s. federal court on thursday. security forces in car 2. matthews, tear gas to break up protests against sedans, military government. the army has been in power since a takeover in october. at least 90 people have since been killed and hundreds injured in regular protests. you and i said the government's using brutal and excessive force against the demonstrators, even morgan, as more from cotton, 6 months, sim sedans, military over through a transitional government of 2 years. that was meant to lead to down to democracy and took over power. and the protest movement against that takeover has not halted

. people have been taking to the streets for months, the boys, their opposition to the military take over on, on thursday in the capital harpoon. thousands once again took to the streets to voice their opposition protest. her cried to make their way to the presidential palace to point their opposition to the military, being in power security forces these dear guys and live ammunition to disperse protesters. not the un has previously described the for is being used by security against the anom protesters. as brutal and excessive with at least 90 protesters killed and hundreds injured and protests against the military. the un mission here in sudan as well as the african union and the regional inter governmental authority for development have launched a facilitation process. a process that is meant to bring all the political actors and political parties as when a civil societies incident together to a round table discussion to try to find a way out of the political deadlock that has been created since the military took

over. there is currently no functioning government, there is a caretaker government that has been appointed by the head of the military and are logged in for the upper home. there is no prime minister appointed since the military takeover or rather since prime minister, abdullah ham doke, resigned in january our following opposition from the streets. no resistance committees. the bodies that have been organizing the protests against the military are divided. some say they are ready to indirectly negotiate, while others say that they don't want to sit down with the military and give them legitimacy. but all agree on one thing that they want to continues that to bolster opposition against the military takeover. and they want to see a civilian government being put back in place with the military being removed from the dance politics and returned to their barracks and sudan once again on the path of democratic transition. now the former president of guinea is back on the house arrest as police investigate him for alleged crimes. while in office, alpha condo was also from power and attained in a military coup. last september,

his support to say it's a political witch hunt. nicholas hawk reports the deposed president of guinea no longer a free man, but under house arrest, the once feared leader, seen as untouchable and above the law is facing justice. in his attorney general ordered legal proceedings against alpha con, day and 26 former members of his government, they're accused of murder, torture, sexual violence, and the destruction of public property called his party member. say, it's a political witch hunt exit medical as it be. rp, janet allies demand the respect of the principle of presumption of innocence and the de politicization of the carn procedure. consider suspending its participation in the national meetings recalled the need to appoint an international mediator in the game and crisis. it was only after county was deposed in a qu last september that the investigation was opened for crimes committed during

his time in office. security forces fired bullets at protest years in the run up to con days contested reelection in 2020. the 84 year old changed the constitution, allowing him to run for a 3rd term rights group say at least 40 protests were killed and around $200.00 injured in the months leading up to the election guineas military leader general momma. d. dubois fired all 40 generals accused of involvement in the killings. he promises a corruption clean up saying the powerful will face justice. but in a tv address on sunday, he pointed out that the free and fair elections won't happen for another 3 years while visiting west africa this week, the un secretary general called on guineas, leader, to hand over power to 8 civilian administration. immediately the regional body echoes has imposed sanctions because of the election delay. debris is rule is seen

by his critics as a step back for democracy. but con days, arrest is being seen as a step forward for justice in a country where. impunity for the powerful has long been the rule. nicholas hawk al jazeera. ah. type a quick check of the headlines here. this al ukraine says russia is still attacking the besieged steel blanton multiple despite to carrying a ceasefire to let civilians leave moscow denies, it's broken. the agreement around $200.00 civilians are trapped inside that facility. but you end up working with both sides to get people to safety. so far in total, nearly $500.00 civilian strong found the long way to awaited relief. after leaving on the relentless shelling and sketch availability of water, food and sanitation.