and while the tone between moscow and kiev may have changed the fundamentals haven't. but it's alinsky knew from the outset that his presidency would be defined by the war his 1st year in office was spent putting out fires he couldn't have seen coming . within months of his election the world was once again looking at ukraine and not for the right reasons. asking itself whether or not president trump had pressured him into launching investigations into his democratic rival joe biden ukraine's new president found himself stalling holding out just long enough to avoid his country being dragged into prison trumps impeachment trial the us partisan politics. and just as one dangerous seeded another arrives in the shape of covert 90 a threat ukraine's underfunded health system was always going to struggle to me. as the dust settles on a turbulent 1st year in office ukrainians are going to be expecting more from their president in crisis management. lenski now as defined in the new story of his presidency a story to inspire the 73 percent of ukrainians who interested him with

our correspondent nick connelly in kiev looks back now on the president's 1st year . no hesitation a ready smile and an eye for the cameras then again this was an apology resilience his 1st inauguration as president of ukraine donegal before the start of a hit t.v. show the real thing was watched by millions online a reminder for anyone needed white picked up a record 73 percent. for a job all my life i've done everything i can to make ukrainians laugh. great for the next 5 years i'll be trying to make sure you koreans have no reason to cry luck. ukrainian certainly have had enough to cry about in recent years war with russian backed separatists has claimed some 13000 lives and displaced millions such that force of night i'm ready to do everything to stop our hero's dying. i'm ready without hesitation and to lose my position to make peace happen. so year a year for all the high drama of that speech the reality has been disappointing a quick end to the conflict is only possible on russia's terms something neither selenski know many ukrainians are willing to accept even

the fires challenging clouds of smoke and dust traveled hundreds of kilometers engulfing the capital kiev. the area surrounding the town of chernobyl has also been affected although wildfires are nothing new in this part of the country they were particularly sivia this year many families have been hard hit they lost everything they had within an instant. pile of bricks where once there was a home these tall stoves old what's left of wooden houses the 2 just minutes disappear from the flames yvonne's was one of them. it was the thursday before easter. all of a sudden we saw smoke rising in the sky over there with all the men drove over to the neighboring village to help. but once we got there them in a much of there was nothing left to present who voted for wouldn't be fair when we tried to get whom our route was blocked by flames with a bullet in the flames jump to treetop 10 meters above our heads. somehow i managed to get my wife out. nothing around us was on fire. thousands of back to the forests have been destroyed and noble the sides of the world's worst nuclear accident is less than

in the capital kiev millions were left struggling to breathe a smoke and dust from the fires cover the city making ukraine's capital the world's most polluted city for days at a time. back in the village the flames came so quickly that yvonne had to leave everything behind including his animals the barn was under there. when we left we released the goats and the chickens on the roof but they got scared look at what the ram back into the barn when in the lot but you gullible yes and if you go. for not hear of the. stick all the. less how do. you keep it. we just can't get this fire out however much water we throw at it right off and you wont even within sight of the village the fire as a still smoldering weeks after the main fire was put out the light dry peat sewell's and other faults spread underground among the trees roots putting these fires out is getting hotter and hotter. we have to drive further each time to get water all the ponds around here are dry. we didn't have a real winter and now we don't have any water. only the rain can save us now we're begging god to send us rain th

and while the tone between moscow and kiev may have changed the fundamentals haven't. but it's lenski knew from the outset that his presidency would be defined by the war his 1st year in office was spent putting out fires he could have seen coming. within months of his election the world was once again looking at ukraine and not for the right reasons. asking itself whether or not president trump had pressured him into launching investigations into his democratic rival joe biden ukraine's new president found himself stalling holding out just long enough to avoid his country being dragged into present trumps impeachment trial the us parts and politics. and just as one dangerous seeded another arrives in the shape of covert 90 a threat ukraine's underfunded health system was always going to struggle to me. as the dust settles on a turbulent 1st year in office ukrainians are going to be expecting more from their president in crisis management. lenski now has to find him new story of his presidency a story to inspire the 73 percent of ukrainians who interested him with the

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. parts of the philippines were due to start easing lockdown restrictions this week but the country now faces a new challenge. tens of thousands of people have been evacuated, with typhoon vongfong forecast to approach the country's most populous island, luzon, after making landfall in the province of eastern samar on thursday. i spoke with our correspondent, howard johnson a short time ago. yesterday, meteorologists were concerned about this one, they said it was a grade three hurricane on the us scale and now it has dropped to a grade one in the last 12 hours, so it's weakened, but it still has strong winds and is dumping rain across the country. we have seen images on social media of roofs ripped off houses, we've seen trees scattered along streets, and there is concern that there could be flooding and landslides as a result of this. but as you can see behind me, people here quite relaxed as it approaches luzon. this place receives around 20 storms every year and at the moment this i

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. every year millions of muslims fast for the holy month of ramadan — not eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset. but what's it like to fast as a front line worker in the time of the coronavirus? the bbc spoke to two women who shared their experience with us. hello. i'm an infectious disease specialist working on the front lines here in new york. given that it's ramadan, i like to have more spirituality so i will listen to some koran during my drive. they have some neighbours that have had nice displays of science for healthcare workers. it really is uplifting to see this kind of support. i'm a haematology nurse working in central london. the best part about this flat as the spacious living room... ramadan at this year is very, very different to previous years. i have been moved to this flat in london, it is within walking distance of the hospital and is very convenient. 11 my parents and grandmother who are all high risk. so i'm having to break my fast alone, which, i'm from a big

the subway system in ukraine's capital kiev has reopened after more than 2 months of lockdown the metro normally transport to $1500000.00 people a day but today remained relatively empty with less than 20 people a carriage during rush hour authorities say they're disinfecting trains daily. the german government is throwing a 9000000000 euro lifeline to the airline giant lufthansa the carrier has been locked in talks for weeks with berlijn resulting in a bailout to survive the coronavirus travel slump if all goes through the deal will be the largest german corporate rescue since the crisis struck. lufthansa's airplanes sit motionless on the airfield in frankfurt their engines covered in plastic it's an image that symbolizes the weeks of standstill the company experienced during the corona crisis with hardly any flights or passengers or revenue but now the german government will be helping with an emergency relief package worth 9000000000 euros after a long fight over the deal's fine print an agreement has finally been reached we want to make sure that germany maintains its leading positi

infections will peak. 3 people were wounded in a shoot out in broad daylight near the ukrainian capital kiev president vladimir is alinsky said the gunmen who were apparently members of rival bus companies should be punished. a hostel on the side of north korea's embassy here in berlin has been forced to close after a years long dispute with city authorities early and have long argued that the hostile violated u.n. sanctions that forbid property deals with north korea. the spanish government has agreed to provide a minimum household income of $462.00 euros a month in a scheme targeting more than $2000000.00 of its poorest citizens it could increase to more than a 1000 euros depending on family size spain has suffered badly during the coronavirus pandemic making life even tougher for the less well off. in times of information disruption it can be a monumental task picking the fact from the fiction some of germany's best young photographers are exploring this idea in a new exhibit in hamburg the photos focus on global disinformation in times of war and peace. these award winning young photogra

news around the world. 3 people were wounded in a shootout in broad daylight and the ukrainian capital kiev president lot of misled said the gunman who apparently members of a rival bus companies should be punished. all still on the side of north korea's embassy in berlin has been forced to close off the ideas long dispute with city authorities berlin have long argued that the hostile violated un sanctions that's a big property deals with north korea. in hungary commemorations have been taking place to mach one year since an accident on the river danube killed more than 2 dozen south korean troops carrying visitors collided with a cruise ship captain has gone on trial. president trump says the u.s. is to cut ties with the world health organization over tambling of the coronavirus . the u.s. is withdrawing support from the show because of what he calls china's total control of the organization president uses chinese officials of the ignore his reporting obligations and pressuring the agency to mislead the world. again. and president trump also says the u.s. will be cutting more international

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places like kiev and stockholm and tel aviv, sunny skies on tuesday. on the bay, we have a super cyclonic storm moving to the north. setting over the coastal areas of india and into bangladesh, so be on the lookout for this. the effects could start as early as tuesday as this system moves in. heavy rain has impacted the western areass o of japan. that continues to be a part of a story. looking for landslides in places like kyushu. showers in tokyo. i hope you have a good day, wherever you are. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline" nhk. i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm marie yanaka. japan has many ceremonies commemorating life stages. on a day to pray for the well-being of girls, families display colorful dolls like these. guys have the warrior figures and for the ceremony, kids of those ages dress up in kimono and visit shrines or temples. another occasion to wear a kimono is the coming of age day. where 20-year-olds come of age, but some miss out on the treasured traditions. our firs

the famous money or smoking maria still runs visitors take it to the nearby city of kiev identies he visits the see. this process along the 12 kilometer route you can see the countryside of minas guys us less meadows. and mountains in particular the shell jose mountains. in sligo before we've come to the end of our tour and our visit of showers out del day i'd like to invite you to come to the city you are sure to be given a warm welcome to. the final stop on my visit to saul and is this sop polygon near zollo eat. this walk in sculpture was erected on top of a slack heap the hill made from waste material left over from mining. the bali gone is a monument to the year old coal mining it's also meant as a symbol of how people here in salt land intend to approach the future. tourism is part of this future and i think that the small silent has great potential roman heritage industrial legacy rivers forests and then there's the proximity to our neighbors france and luxemburg and of course you mustn't forget the really good food here well on that note bye bye see you next time somewhere el

jonah fischer, bbc news, in kiev. laura: just think about the parents unable to reach those babies. absolutely traumatic. you are watching ambc world news ica." still to come on tonight's lprograsons from italy. what the country's the crisis can teach ut what to do and what comes next. a doctor from t rohingya rescue committee has told the bbc that the first coronavirus infection have been diagnosed in the refugee camps of banglades hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims were forced from their homes in neighboring myanmar. a representative fromenaid the chilangladesh has more. >> we have been worried about the spre camps for months.n the conducting contact tracing, ere is that huge fear of coronavirus in the camps and we're seeing some panic and worry from the cmunity from rohingya and host community. we are mobilizing to make su we can trace everyone who has come into contact and continue to spread the message of social distancing and hygienech as as possible. so much of our efforts he been focuse transmission.reduce we have been working at the same capacity, because we knew it

europe and elsewhere the being cared for at a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kiev. at least 23 migrant workers had been killed in northern india when their truck collided with another vehicle the south in the state of qatar project it's the latest and sit in then balding laborers as they try to return home during the lockdown and the past week more than 30 have been killed parser the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera in the boltons coming up and the main time was handed over to the folks at the listening post so many were. going to the polls for general elections. but with the un concerned about the threat of violence many wonder if they could be free and fair. and loss of face to face of coded $191.00 times. in the indian actions on al-jazeera. suresh to sign off. on. president country go to ted to air strike network opposition groups accuse him of talking. hello i'm richard gere's virgin you're watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that we're looking at this week in the philippines the new territory go

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europe and elsewhere they're being cared for at a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kiev. members of hong kong's protest movement have gathered at malls all across the city so they're dressing to blend into crowds and they sing in child slogans and disperse movements leaders are calling for an independent inquiry into police act actions during last year's protests as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come throughout the day in the meantime we're going to hand it over to the folks and inside story. as corona virus bites millions of people worldwide lose their jobs long downs are leading to layoffs what's the social and political fallout how will the job market ever recover this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam he's a than hundreds of millions of people around the world have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic but the un's labor agency is warning the global outlook could be much worse as current figures exclude workers in the so-called informal economy well that includes migrant and shift laborers in the developing world

news around the world. 3 people were wounded in a shootout in broad daylight in the ukrainian capital kiev present velocities lansky said gunmen were apparently members of rival bus companies should be punished so would you know. israel's government has agreed to provide a minimum household income of 462 year olds a month in a scheme targeting more than $2000000.00 of its forest citizens could increase to more than $1000.00 euros depending on the size of the family spain has suffered badly during the pandemic making life even tougher for the last well off. worshippers were out in force in istanbul as turkey's mosques opened for the 1st time in nearly 2 months the government has eased coronavirus restrictions but is in fact in time disposable carpets were still on the ground. all russia's human rights commissioner says domestic abuse cases of more than doubled under the coronavirus lockdown many shelters have had to close their doors under quarantine and that's left victims with fewer places to go but now a number of hotels are opening up to those looking to escape assaults and other abuse

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. the lights have gone dim on broadway, and london's west end is deserted, as the pandemic keeps theaters closed until further notice. and it's notjust the big venues that are feeling the pinch, regional theaters are the lifeblood of the industry. and in the uk, many of them fear this could be the final curtain. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz has more. music. many a crown jewel of british theatre has been found and polished in the regions. from the global hits produced by the royal shakespeare company in stratford—upon—avon, to contemporary classics presented at liverpool's everyman and playhouse theatres, making money for the local economy and inspiring generations of actors to tread the boards. kim cattrall found global fame as new yorker samantha in sex and the city, but she discovered acting as a young girl in liverpool. the local theatres meant everything to me because i was so inspired by them. i look back on the dreams that i had, but they all started regionally. the theatres

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. and before we go —— applause has rung out once again across the uk tonight for our carers and keyworkers —— for the 8th week in a row —— take a look. (applause) you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcmaryam hello. well, it's fairly chilly out there at the moment, but nowhere near as cold as the last couple of nights. last night in northern ireland, it was down to minus six degrees celsius, the coldest may night there in nearly a0 years. this morning, most major towns and cities will be generally above zero, but it is cold air that's sitting on top of us at the moment. you can see the pale blue colours there. the really cold air‘s to the north of us, but we're certainly in that chilly air mass. we'll have to wait before the warmer air from the southern climes arrives, and that's not going to happen for a few more days. so, the forecast for friday morning, well, early hours of the morning shows some clear weather, but also patchy cloud. temperatures in norwich close to fr

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. a whistle—blower in the us has warned that without a coordinated, science—based response to the coronavirus, the country faces its "darkest winter" in modern history. dr rick bright led the government agency in charge of developing drugs to fight and prevent covid—i9, until he was sacked last month. president trump has described him as an "angry employee". nada tawfik reports. scenes of protest continue across america as governors try to strike a balance between protecting public health and reopening the economy — this one in michigan, by a militia group demanding an end to the lockdown highlights the partisan gulf on the pandemic. the bitter divide was at the forefront of lawmakers' minds in washington as rick bright, the administration's former top vaccine researcher turned whistle—blower, arrived at a house hearing to testify. mask on and gloves off, the ousted official calmly disinfected his space but refused to sanitise the criticism of his superiors. he said the admini

europe and elsewhere they're being cared for at a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kiev. members of hong kong's protest movement have gathered at malls all across the city so they're dressing to blend into crowds and they sing and shout slogans and disperse we've been slater's are calling for an independent inquiry into police act actions during last year's protests as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come through out the day in the meantime we're going to hand it over to the folks at inside story. as coronavirus by its millions of people worldwide lose their jobs sounds are leading to layoffs lots of social and political fall out of the job market every cover this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam he's a done hundreds of millions of people around the world.

is very difficult the issue was raised when the owner of this reproduction center in kiev released a video showing dozens of babies waiting for their parents it's estimated that across ukraine nearly 100 infants are in the same situation it borders remain closed and locked down measures are extended many fear the number could quickly rise if you wouldn't. know what these children here are facing a big problem i can't go to their parents who are in china france spain italy the us and bulgaria they're all in the same situation because the borders are closed. ukraine is one of the few countries that legally allow surrogacy for foreigners with a weak economy many women turn to the controversial industry where they can earn about $15000.00 for each pregnancy the foreign ministry is now trying to find a way to allow parents to travel to ukraine to pick up their in fish we're going to get them for big business we have some parents who are 50 to 55 years of age they've been waiting for this child for 20 years and they were given this opportunity for the parents of these newborns a journey ye

europe and elsewhere are being cared for in a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kiev like many countries around the world ukraine has closed its borders to foreigners for now parents are having to make do with seeing their newborns in pictures and video calls sylvania has become the 1st european country to declare an end to the pandemic the government says the spread is under control and there's no longer a need for restrictions denser fraid to cross into le slovenia from austria italy and hungry at certain checkpoints while most naughty you know will have to undergo a 14 day quarantine the virus has killed at least 103 people and slovenia. jordan's king is worn israel against plans to annex more palestinian land saying it could spark massive conflict in the region israel has said it will annex the legal jewish settlements in the occupied west bank and the jordan valley this would end a long stalled peace process by making it almost impossible to establish a palestinian state european union foreign ministers have agreed to step up efforts to prevent that move. by the time being away effo

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. we heard earlier how the coronavirus outbreak has had an impact on the treatment of other seriously ill people. cancer care is one such area — with some screening, treatments and trials postponed or delayed. 0ur correspondentjeremy cooke has been talking to two cancer patients — kit and sean — who are living with a cancer diagnosis and now have to deal with the threat of the coronavirus. i was lying in a hospital bed. the doctor came in. they said, we don't know what to tell you, we never have to tell people your age this sort of news, but it's bad. sean and kit. it spread into most of the bones in between my knees and my neck. both in their 30s. done 65 chemos, ten radiotherapies, three big ops. both with terminal cancer in the time of the covid virus. are you scared of it? yes, absolutely terrified. with good reason. kit has had secondary breast cancer for over two years. and now there is a new threat, covid—19. i want to live long enough to die of cancer, i don't really wan

panel today starting in west jerusalem with mitchell barak c of the political consultancy group at kiev on global research then in tel aviv and an economist at plus 972 magazine a political opinion analyst and a political strategist and back in western islam as well as a key the elder former columnist at monitor and a contributor to the newspaper welcome to all 3 of you i wonder if we might start a little unconventionally with looking back michel barack the outgoing government of prime minister netanyahu was actually i think the longest serving government there has been in israel which is quite an achievement it has to be said i wonder though what was actually achieved what did prime minister get done prime minister netanyahu get done in the last 5 years because i would suggest actually maybe not a lot well he managed to stay in power you know one of his main goals and one of the things that keeps him going. certainly you know he was blessed in particular where i would say that cynically he was blessed with the coronavirus epidemic which kind of took the focus off of israeli politics an

europe and elsewhere they're being cared for in a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kiev like many countries around the world ukraine has closed its borders to foreigners. slovenia has become the 1st european country to declare an end to the pandemic the government says the spread is under control and that there is no longer a need for restrictions e.u. residents are free to cross into slovenia from austria italy and hungary at certain checkpoints on most normal e.u. nationals will have to undergo a 40 day quarantine in the last 3 weeks several countries have reported cases of children being hospitalized or dying from an inflammatory illness that similar to the rare callus a case disease the world health organization says it's studying a possible link between covert 19 and the illness. reports from europe and north america have described a small number of children being admitted to intensive care units with a multisystem inflammatory condition with some future is similar to color circus this is an toxic shock syndrome. initial reports hypothesize that this indra may be related to 1

getnot going to be able to it to kiev anytime soon. maybe in the next month or so. couldt know whether you sign it with our ambassador, or if you came here we could sign it, or if you want we are inviting grayson here. i am going to be talking to him this morning -- not for that purpose. as to leave it up to you how you want that done and when you want it done. all, thank you very much indeed for support. believe me, it was a very tough challenge and a difficult job. he not only voted for the new prosecutor general, a short he changed the law. this law presents the new including the general inspection. >> that's brilliant. is yousecond thing should contact your embassy. weould be very pleased if omeld have a second person c to washington. i don't remember his name, of ukrainian origin, american prosecutor. i sent his name. host: that is a little bit of ise seven minutes leaked by th ukrainian official yesterday in kiev. you can find it on youtube. of phone conversations the former vice president had with the former ukrainian president. mary, welcome to the conversat

europe and elsewhere they're being cared for at a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kiev. at least 23 migrant workers have been killed in northern india when their truck collided with another vehicle the south in the state of qatar project it's the latest and sit in involving laborers as they try to return home during the lockdown and the past week more than 30 have been killed parser the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera in the boltons coming up in the meantime let's hand it over to the folks at the listening post so anywhere. is going to the polls for general elections. but with the u.n. concerned about the threat of violence many want to if they can be free and fair. and one of the tools to use of could be 19 have on time. the indian actions on al-jazeera. giant. office 750 to sign off from. yes. i'm going to retire president radio to ted to ask chris that was never an opposition groups accuse him of targeting and media. hello i'm richard gives birth and you're watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that we'r

belarus and into potent it's a sort of low pressure area temperatures a low underneath only 1415 in kiev you might get to 16 if you're lucky whereas in complete contrast not quite at record values in the u.k. in france even in germany reports show we certainly touch them and temperatures and he still high in iberia this won't change very much in the next 24 hours the weekend still looks like the west the spit will be the same if anything the cooler is moving further west vienna is not looking good for crosswise in fact we take you through sunday monday and tuesday 14 degrees does improve to 21 and there abouts but you got some the storm over showers at least for the 1st 2 days in the forecast that's all happening in the european play which we just don't much going on in the military nerve few showers around still in tunisia less so the dow geria or morocco less than there were you on shore breeze isn't making much difference attention tripoli it's 31 here which beats kyra. after more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge in sierra leone. we follow the citizens of this war t

>>> san jose tonight is remembering one of the south bay's most cherished sift civic boosters, bob kieves served on the board of foundations. he was 98 when he died yesterday of natural causes. the leader of the silicon valley group considered him a monitor and friend. this is from san jose last year when he was given the keys to the city. >>> unexpected guest in a barbecue gave a family a major scare. pittsburg police say a man gave them choice, and the man was near nearly taking out a family grilling on their patio. they saw the headlights and scrambled. >> he was flipping the chicken, and come in the house and the next thing i know, we heard screeching, and we had to dive out of the way. >> i heard it and i dove over my table. that is about it. it happened so fast. >> so scary, right? no one including the driver was seriously injured. firefighters say four units were damaged. the suspect was taken in custly. >>> an ahe's for a homicide. this man stabbed and killed a woman in the east side of the city. the happened in the afternoon. officers took him in custody at the scene and say ther

cnn gave access to one facility in kiev mean more than 50 babies can't be collected by their legal parents. they're in lockdown themselves in our roch and the united states. some parents have waited 15 years for this dream to come true. one couple are both 5 years old. another has tried 36 times for a baby, he says. they can't wait any longer. ukrainian officials say they're trying to speed up access to foreign parents, but the pandemic means the country's borders are sealed. special permits are a bureaucratic nightmare. for ember rain's mom, michelle, watching all of this remotely with her two other kids in california, even the thought of being unable to reach a child in another country is agonizing. >> what must their parents be going through now, parents who can't get to their children? >> i can't even emergency. i can't imagine not being able to be there. we have the same thought so for me it was mind numbing to know that somebody we don't even know would be taking care of our daughter. luckily we were able to find a way, but other people because their countries aren't allowing them to