for russia will continue with plans to close the strait between the black sea and the azoff sea blocking ukrainian and other foreign ships until the end of october and moscow says it's for naval exercises kiev calls it's a violation of international law for joint ukraine's navy on sea of that of. the area poles maritime guard head out across a 4 c. the crew's work with ukrainian navy monitoring a russian warships in waters both countries share control of according 282003 maritime agreement but moscow recently deployed 15 warships to the azoff sea from its caspian fleet as part of a vast russian military build up along ukraine's borders in the. us the threat level has been the same since 2014 but in the past week we have seen more ships from the russian fleet including 8 landing craft 3 small artillery boats and other support vessels were about 6 of those very off the coast guard vessel just missing the basics of a rocket around the world. the russians asked the coast guard to identify themselves the 2nd circuit so they say about conditions in these conditions. we approach one of a number

share control of according 282003 maritime agreement but moscow recently deployed 15 warships to the azoff sea from its caspian fleet as part of a vast russian military build up along ukraine's borders in the. us the threat level has been the same since 2014 but in the past week we have seen more ships from the russian fleet including 8 landing craft 3 small artillery boats and other support vessels were about 6 of the boats marry off the coast guard vessel just missing the basics of the way. around. the russians asked the coast guard to identify themselves the 2nd circuit so they say about conditions in these conditions. we approach one of a number of large grain and ships in the area monitoring russian naval and commercial shipping movements on the last. name your flag and your route as the voice on the radio. all of the. russian flag coming from the caucuses is the reply russia has also announced the closure of the curch straight to ukrainian and foreign navy ships for the next 6 months because of what it describes as military exercises. it says commercial shipping will not be affected

ukraine's and 4 navy movements in the region for months to come charles trafford al-jazeera on the azoff sea rockets of baghdad's international airport are going to security forces in the city at least 3 rockets hit the airport complex near a military base housing u.s. personnel have been no reports of damage or casualties still to come. dozens injured as palestinians and israelis clash in occupied east jerusalem. and protecting a nation against rising waters. there has been some flooding in tropical queens in the last 5 days or so and it's largely because the slow weaving thunderstorms which are still there and the fact they're in the forecast suppose friday and saturday means you still get the potential of a bit more flooding not extensive i don't think but it's already wet on the ground of course otherwise most to come this far and the winds not strong as it was both for the bass strait is still 15 degrees in hobart and it's warming up partly in perth $29.00 degrees maybe hanging on not reached 30 the rain comes in and catches something victoria but that doesn't change much otherwise

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still ahead on al-jazeera we join ukraine's navy as a patrols a sea of azoff as russia starts to pull troops back from its eastern border. and why women are much worse affected by climate change than men. and this world champion cricketer has some bad news for indian premier league founds details coming up in. hello there conditions are looking hot and dry across much of the middle east temperatures in the gulf edging up to the early forty's it's a plenty of hot dry weather here they will dip down slightly as we go further into the weekend with the change of wind a similar story for the live and temperatures really rising up here iraq's in 42 degrees in baghdad and across into iran we've got 29 degrees in tehran that is going to edge up as we enter the new week 31 degrees on monday but as we head to africa this is where the unusual weather story is we've got a tropical flight clone off the coast of tanzania that's expected to make landfall on sunday though it is easing as it heads towards dar es salaam so we will see some heavy rain some strong winds as well and we'll keep an eye on t

ukraine's and 4 navy movements in the region for months to come charles trafford al-jazeera on the azoff sea. child russian opposition leader alexina volman has ended his hunger strike after more than 3 weeks of only had been urged by allies to end the protest used to his deteriorating health condition he'd been demanding access to his own doctor within 1500 supporters were arrested during widespread process on whedon's day calling for his immediate release over 1000 infections in iraq swords pass the 1000000 mark this week the government imposed a partial curfew discomfit discourage large gatherings but as someone a 14 reports from baghdad muslims fasting during the holy month of ramadan are trying to keep one popular tradition going. it's 9 pm in baghdad the evening curfew to slow the spread of coronavirus is in forests. but for these young men the night has only just begun. they've gathered about death for stadium to play in the head as a traditional game that involves 2 teams trying to hide a ring from one another head business which means you bring in iraq arabic is a particularly p

ukraine's coastline if ukraine was in nato or nato war ships from odessa all the way to the sea of azoff would be a menace in not just the russian black sea fleet but russian national security in general what needs are going to notice and it's not let me jump in here because they were talking about and this is what speculate about ukraine in nato market what kind of ukraine i mean ukraine without the donbass ukraine without crimea i mean and then that is a violation of nato zone rules because a country cannot become a member of it has territorial disputes with its neighbors here nato is probably couldn't break its own rules and rewrite them in a it's i don't put that past them but if there is a military conflict it is not going to be the donbass the meat maybe it's all the way to cut off ok i mean because if you look at it from the russian side i mean if this is how you want to play then we're going to great we're going to look after our security interests of this look at what happened in in georgia in 2008 i mean said to you it was liberated then russian forces went all the way down to

is an unprovoked escalation if it is that russia will restrict access to ukraine ports as the sea of azoff now that marks another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country conflict between gears forces and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has been escalating that year's top diplomat says russia has deployed 100000 troops along the border well earlier i spoke to bernard smith in moscow on the tensions on the condition of jailed kremlin critic alexina valley. there are some recently published satellite images showing what is a very serious buildup of military hardware in and around crimea and ukraine we've seen pictures of fighter jets lined up on a runway in crimea we've seen pictures of airborne troops army units attack helicopters smoke generators. jamming equipment reconnaissance drones and a military hospital and the e.u. and u.s. estimate this between 82100000 ground troops along the ukraine russia border russia says all of this the defense minister sergei sure is because nato and the u.s. are indulged in provocative activities in waters and airspace around the black se

link to the russian mainland there's a treaty between russia and ukraine agreeing equal access to the azoff sea but russia says it can close the strait the military exercises and these will last until the end of october there's not much ukraine can do unless it wants to take on russia's navy burn its main al-jazeera crimea let's get the perspective from the ukrainian side not chance stratford is that the port of mariupol. well the ukrainians as you can imagine a very angry about this they called it a gross violation of the right to freedom of navigation and a violation of the u.n. convention of the law of the sea they see it as being a provocation by russia only adding to the kind of tension that we've seen in the region in the last couple of weeks around that vast troop deployment by the russians along ukrainian borders and around crimea this will to the eyes off see in the strait is supposed to be on a joint jurisdiction when the russians and ukrainians according to a 2003 agreement now cover days ago we were out with the marriott poll maritime that work with the ukrainian navy and they w

this sea the sea of azoff supposed to have joint jurisdiction between the russians and the ukrainians an agreement signed in 2003 we were out with the merry apoel maritime work with the navy a couple of days ago out on the as old sea and we heard communication from russian ships russian navy ships in the area asking the maritime guard to keep their distance so they said because of the conditions that were on that day when you speak to the navy when you speak to the maritime guard here they say well this agreement was signed in 2003 a lot has happened since then namely obviously russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 and the ongoing separatist movement in the occupied what ukraine says is the occupied areas of eastern ukraine so the ukrainian navy saying that that agreement is no longer relevant and it's safe to say that ukrainians are feeling very much of a weakened been dominated by the russians yet again russia's president putin had invited ukraine's president to moscow to talk about bilateral relations and what does that mean in terms of possible movement towards some sort of lastin

these men who were saying that they've seen some of the 15 warships that russia has moved into the azoff sea in recent days now the as all see it grima maritime agreement is shared between russia and ukrainian and ukrainian side this was signed in 2003 and so the russians do have a right to be operating their navy be operating on. time see in the eyes of see sorry but as this navy officer told us today he said well that was all b. and well that was all fine. but full the war in for the war with russia started in 2014 not agreement signed in 2003 but it's a very different scenario having russian warships so close to the east coast obviously having suffered well going into the 8th year of this conflict now so what's the situation going to be like for people living very close to the border you've visited the area on several occasions trials. yeah that's right certainly in the last couple of years i have been here for 4 years now and it's a noticeable change in and around the ukrainian side of the contact zone big improvements really to the infrastructure of some of the towns in that area bu

move is an unprovoked escalation it fears russia will restrict access to ukrainian ports in the sea of azoff and that it marks another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country conflict between kids forces and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has been escalating the use top diplomat says russia has deployed 100000 troops along the border trance trafford has been to the front line in eastern ukraine and said this report. ukrainian soldiers reinforcing their trench the military is dug in a low and approximately 300 kilometer front line stretches across the donbass region of eastern ukraine. a recent escalation of fighting against pro russia separatists and a military build up of around 100000 russian troops close to the border is a reminder that this 7 year long so-called frozen conflict is not over yet. a new generation is growing up with this war it's important we finish it there are comrades being killed and injured all the time the same as me or younger this is the defense of the motherland. russia separatists positions are around 130 meters from here both sides of kings ea

months while we've got 2 correspondents covering the latest developments on either side of the sea of azoff charles stratford is in mary a pole that lies in eastern ukraine and is a vital port city and by this mess is overlooking the cat strays on the crimean side let's go live to him so. tell us about the closure of the strait later today in the significance of this passage of water. well in those lights over my shoulder on the bridge that leads from crimea to the russian mainland that bridge was built by the russians in the years after they occupied crimea back in 2014 and it creates a permanent link between crimea and russia underneath the bridge passes the vessels that head up to russian and ukrainian ports in the sea of merchant and naval ships from now on ukrainian naval ships will not be allowed to pass through nor will it ships belonging to 3rd country 3rd country navies that ukraine might once in the past of wanted to invite up to their ports it cuts off ukrainian access to those eastern ports russia says merchant ships will still be able to go through now there is a treaty between