now temperatures have suddenly been on the up record levels. cases like a calgary, they will start to come down over the next few days. that remains largely clear across the west coast of the u. s. in contrast to this, kansas city is gonna see a lot of heats come in friday, clear skies 26 degrees celsius. now that can't be said for the north east on eastern areas of candidates. tony, more wintry with some heavy snow. strong winds as well. the temperature in toronto dipping down to 7 degrees celsius, farther east. this some improvement for that east coast and improving picture as well. for southern states, all the u. s. just florida seen some lively down pools from that trailing weather system. that's gonna bring some heavy rain to the bahamas western areas of cuba, but it's really mexico that's going to be dealing with the worst of that wet weather. exceptionally heavy falls, the bay of can patch at stretching down the yucatan peninsula and further sell some of those storms as well gathering on the west coast. ah,

ah, this is very painful. very painful wash for our children and grandchildren. no water or power across ukraine. hundreds of thousands of suffering after russian missile attacks. ah, hello there, i'm this darcy, attain this is al jazeera life and also coming up the u. s. president promises to legalize abortion across america. if democrats can maintain their hold over congress on comes chief executive is about to make his 1st public policy, speech security on the economy are expected to get top billing and transport. and energy work is take to the streets of france, calling for higher wages,

causing anger among the public over fuel sausages. ah, well, russian missile strikes across ukraine have left hundreds of thousands of civilians without power or water. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says one, the 3rd of the country's power facilities have now been destroyed. he is accusing russia of trying to intimidate people as winter approaches. now, according to ukrainian emergency services, more than a 1100 towns and villages are without power. hospitals across the country, including near keith and the city of denise pro, have been forced to use backup generators after wide spread power counts. ma'am jam, jim sent us this report from the ukranian capital up a raj missile strikes across ukraine, hitting critical infrastructure. the 2nd day the countries power group has come under attack. why could this plant and denise pro and this one and she told me it

was with ukrainian officials expect more attacks in the days ahead. the developed arrest, the go there, the terrorist states, russia is making every effort to destroy the crane energy system. the main target is not only that peacefully training civilians, but also the critical infrastructure in caves. destiny on ski district. power facilities were hit by 3 missiles, leaving many areas in the dark. for residents of this apartment, complex concerns are growing. in fact, when the virginian, unless they have done the same again last monday and today they attacked us again. and it wasn't just the electricity they worried about. water wasn't flowing either . 63 year old valentina has lived in this neighborhood for 30 years. and she's upset to new york or when april father. this time they hit the factory. as

a conclusion, we have no electricity and no hot water and children cannot study at home or at school. so arching more on to this is very painful. very painful luxury for our children and grandchildren. for now, the residents wait, hoping utilities will come back online soon. ukrainian officials say 30 percent of the country's power plants have been damaged by russian shelling since october 10th . and add that more blackouts are possible. they are urging citizens to limit their consumption of electricity. a critical warning as winter approaches and temperatures continue to drop. how much am ga 0 keith? meanwhile, germany cyber security chief has been sacks over alleged ties to russian intelligence services. on a shawn buns, dismissal follows intense speculation, fueled by an investigation on a popular t v. sharon annie october dominic cane has worn out from berlin. this is

a very curious situation. the german government finds itself in, in which the man who has been running the cybersecurity agency of germany for several years has been required to vacate his position on a shown bomb, accused of links to the russian security services. we know that the minister, the interior minister, nancy fizzer, wanted him gone a week ago. he is now out of office. the accusations against him are that a firm that he used to be in charge of was linked to the russian security services . and that's in some way he has been involved in conversations with people who themselves have been linked to the russian security services. what makes this more complicated is the fact that mr. sharon bomb referred himself to a disciplinary procedure himself and wanted to know what the allegations against him. ah, while he is now out of position. but it is interesting that other political parties, the green party, the christine democrats,

are asking questions of the german interior minister as to why she has taken the action she has taken. and it is worth making. the point here that many people have said that they believed mister sharon von was doing a relatively good job. it appears as though rather like caesar's wife, that he must be above suspicion above guilt. and it is said, the ministry has said that they believe that the in order for the people working at the cybersecurity agency to be able to be neutral and independent, mr. shone bomb, had to leave his job. certainly that's the view being put across by the interior minister. while an investigator until the damaged non stream gas pipelines in the baltic sea shows that leaks discovered last month. where caused by blast danish police, a powerful explosion fill for holes in the pipe and its new twin. what string to gas delivery is have been suspended. different september moving on and us president joe biden has promised to push the next congress to codify abortion rights

protections following next month's mid term elections. but that will likely only be possible if his democratic party controls enough seats in congress abortion has become a critical issue for versus heading into next month. so we're call earlier this year, the usda supreme court overturned abortions rights protections at the federal level . really 22 days away from the most consequential election in our history. my view races election where the choice of the stakes are crystal clear, especially when it comes to the right to choose. alan fisher has one from washington. the whole joe biden needs to generate interest in voting for democrats . he's looking at the polls. he seeing that the position they were and a few months ago has essentially evaporated. you remember back in june, the supreme court announced that it was overhauling the abortion laws here in the united states that lead to 14 states banning abortion. many others have imposed

very strict conditions on getting abortion. but that led to thousands and thousands of people going out on to the streets, complaining about the decision and registering to vote many women women, many minorities did that. and they said that come november as far as they were concerned, abortion was very much on the ballot. and of course the, the democrats had been behind the republicans at that point. and suddenly the gap got a lot smaller. but over the last couple of weeks, the gap has begun to get bigger. only 8 percent of people say the abortion is the top of their priorities in the election, which is 3 weeks to day. jo biden's personal approval is at 40 percent. and so he's got to get people out to vote because at the moment everyone's talking about the economy and the cost of living crisis and the fact that it's really expensive to fill up your vehicle with petrol, with gas. and so he's got to move the narrative away from that. so how does he decide to do that? he wants to talk about abortion. and he wants to make sure that people get out to

vote. seeing that, not only is abortion on the ballot, then there's the possibility that other freedoms could be threatened, such as same sex marriage, that 2 could be at risk if the democrats can't, could defy this. north career has carried out another weapons test. new south korean soul has against young a firing round 100 shells of its west coast and another 150 of its east place. they fell inside the maritime buffers and between the 2 countries, from the pry it has more from so this live firing was conducted over night tuesday into wednesday local time with artillery units firing from both north korea, east and west coast. very similar to another life firing artillery exercise they conducted last friday. now the south korean say around $250.00 rounds with which shells falling into the so called buffer zone. now this is a zone that runs along the maritime and land border between north and south korea,

where back in 2018 the 2 sides agreed not to conduct such tests in that area as a way of trying to de escalate tension. so the south koreans have condemned. they saying this is a major provocation, and it comes to south korea itself, conducts annual military drills involving a number of different units across south korea. also involving a u. s. units with joined to drills, the kind of drills which own taishan possibly with the south, which it's further raised the nuclear attention level here on the peninsula. while the leader of hong kong is expected to outline his administration's priority as during his fast policy address and just under an hour, john lee is expected to focus on plans to revive the economy. hit hard by coven 19 restrictions. well, let's bring in jessica washington. she is in hong kong for us, and just this is the form of security g y be regarded as beijing man and hong kong

. it seems beijing has told him to focus on business. well, that's exactly right. and earlier at the communist party congress president, she made remarks about hong kong, noting that the situation has been transformed from one of chaos to governance. an indication perhaps that from beijing perspective, they are satisfied that the security situation is at least resolved for now. but that does leave questions about the state of the economy. i'm here in causeway bay, which is normally quite a busy shopping district. but you can see just behind me here, many of the businesses, small businesses in particular, forwarded up shut down. and they've been in that sort of state for the past 2 years . as a result of the economic challenges facing this city. hong kong is indeed actually in a technical recession, in part due to stringent covered 19 measures, which are in fact not as strict as what we see in mainland china. but still out of

step with what the rest of the region in asia is experiencing as the region opens up. so what we expect to hear from the chief executive today are some of the steps that he sees as necessary to achieve his vision for prosperity. in a city that has long liked to portray itself as a global by natural hub as a lively deriving place for ex patriots to live and as ages worlds. city, we do expect to particular focus on addressing hong kong brain drain. more than 200000 people. including ex, patriots, as well as hong kong residents have left the city in the past 2 years. having many, many industries with jobs that need to be filled out, of course, resulting in rather severe economic prospects for the city. we also expect him to talk about prospects for housing, hong kong housing market, also experiencing a downtime, but also at the same time, many low income earners struggling to find affordable housing for themselves. we've

been speaking with residents in the lead up to this policy address about their expectations and what they would like to hear from the chief executive. and many of them told us that their expectations are low. some polling, in fact, from the hong kong public opinion research institute said that around 50 percent of people surveyed said that they had no expectations or low expectations for this address. but from are still hopeful that the chief executive will find solutions to the economic was facing this city. jessica washington there for us in hong kong, keeping my eye on that speech for thank you. just a thought. i always hello there. let's look to east asia. it's looking rather wet and windy to the scene that detracts those fame and fortune. i always during my 1st sunday of fema,

but for some following their dreams can become a nightmare. i had asked in the 1st 10 days of my mortgage, i had to come, so the site go just for the longest. hollywood dreams on al jazeera lou. ah, hello they watching out a 0. let's remind you of our top stories. this allen russian missile strikes across ukraine have left hundreds of thousands of civilians without power or water. new cranes, president vladimir lens. he says one 3rd of the country's power facilities been destroyed. you as president joe biden has promised to push the next congress to

codify abortion rights nationally following next month, mid term elections that will likely only be possible if his democratic party controls enough seats in congress. the leader of hong kong is expected to outline his administration's priorities during his 1st policy address and just under an hour johnny is likely to focus on plans to revive the economy. hit hard by extensive cove at 19 pandemic restrictions. now, french cement manufacturer, lafarge has been ordered to pay almost $800000000.00 after it admitted to giving money to armed groups in syria. us, prosecutors say the company paid, i thought, in order to keep a factory running in northern syria during the war. levant admits it, handed over millions of dollars from 2013 to 2014, even as the armed group carried out high profile executions. toby cabman is an international human rights lawyer. he says the ruling sends a strong message to multinational firms about accountability. it shows the

interplay between corporate liability and terrorism when you have a corporate entity which is effectively financing terrorist activities. and there was up to $6000000.00 that were paid by the boss through intimate treaties to, to the, to terrorist groups. so other states, of course, can come forward now and should come forward and ensure that those corporate entities that are engaging and facilitating crimes. whether we see in syria, you haven't ukraine, wherever we sit. there is a responsibility to hold all those individual capital and corporate liabilities. one thing which has been lacking in holding individuals accountable for, for engaging in increment of conflict. and we've seen cases of executives being charged with providing technology to,

to around previously as part of the nuclear program. so we, we have seen individuals executives being charged with, with facilitating crimes. but i think one of the things that we also need to look at the syria context is as we look at reconstruction, there are corporations that are effectively benefiting from conflict. and so it is important to, to continue to, to send that message. is that whether you are an individual, corporation, or state, you will be held accountable. while people across france have been protesting over the rising cost of living. tens of thousands took to the streets of paris, answering the call to demonstrate from left wing parties and several unions. natasha butler has worn out from the french capital, fed up an angry transport and energy sector workers lead a demonstration in paris to cool for higher wages among them. we're all refinery

staff. you've been on strike for a month to stand off with their bosses. a total and now she has caused a fuel shortage in the country. the french governments attempt to end the blockade by forcing staff back to work or face penalties has inflamed tension. oh, it's terrible. and rather than doing that, they should force companies to hand over their large profits to social organizations. i love the i love what is the model? the model you are crohn is like thatcher. it's a policy of the bosses stuffing their faces while the workers are allowed crumbs, but we don't even get the crumbs. despite the turn out in the city, it wasn't the general strike that frances trade unions had called for. many sectors did not take part. but for the public, some disruption, some train or bus services were cancelled adding to the difficulties people already face to get around with been a challenging week for their call only in france, many federal satans, a still sort of fuel this pump. pierre doesn't have any pets. left her at all,

and even though the government has ordered some or refinery. so fact of the job. the situation so hasn't improved by march for employee of her history. regular a work for car rental agency has been hard for us to refuel our vehicles. we have to spend a full day waiting to refill tanks to select. you know, it's really hard at the moment. i spent nearly 5 days looking for petals. i'm and it's tough because i need my car for work. my job inflations fueling discontent in france. but this political scientist says that the sort of unrest seen in the country during the yellow fest movement is unlikely. liberal problem could over the phone call. after all, it's unlikely that we will see a large social miss that the sort of unrest seen in the country during the yellow vest movement is unlikely. lip up good over the when called after all, it's unlikely that we will see a large social movement emerge that would unite all workers because people all have different concerns, particularly among the working classes. so it's hard for everyone to come together

with the french president has urged an end to the refinery, blockade and opinion polls suggest a majority of french people now want the same. but these protestors say they won't give up their fight until their demands are met. natasha butler, al jazeera paris, when people have held rallies and chillies capital santiago, to mark the 3rd anniversary of mass protests against inequality. in 2019, over a 1000000 people took to the streets to demand better health services, education and social welfare. a latin america and his hello senior min reports now from santiago the anniversary of the social uprising as it called here in chile that started on october. 19th of 2019 is underway. it's been authorized to take part along, afford kilometer route along this major thoroughfare. you see here, but already the protests of the water cannon rather. and the tear gas is being used

quite generously the you can feel the, the, the tear gas in the air. there are tens of thousands of riot police deployed here already, and not too many protest hers, at least that we does fear of violence. in fact, something that's quite extraordinary is of the government has allowed the people of the capital not to co, but to leave home to leave work rather early at 3 pm in the afternoon so that they can basically clear out down the downtown area. ah, this is something that is very unusual, but the fear again, violence is not so much as, as rather become something more common and many other chileans. i've decided to stay home and not come out here and, and basically send the message that they still do want the social change. they had come out to protest in favor of back in 2019 there was an attempt to write or rewrite the constitution to basically to put to bed the,

the pinochet's era constitution. but there was a referendum just about a month ago that that decided to reject that text. and so now many people are very, very frustrated. some are showing that frustration violently and others by staying home. thousands of venezuelan migrants are expected to be stranded at the us mexico border following a law changed by washington. venezuelans illegally crossing into the u. s. will now be immediately sent back to mexico. but the policy also allows up to 24000 people to apply for humanitarian entry. if they enter the u. s. by an manga wrapper reports ha, security forces in guatemala, blocking a bridge. those on the receiving end of the tear gas and pepper spray or migrants, many of them from venezuela. this incident took place over the mouth that were river a natural border between guatemala and honduras. which was ethan,

that of these people tried to into the country, but the progress was halted and were verifying whether they can prove they comply with the requirements to into the country. these images highlight just some of the challenges been as well in migrant space as they continue to flee prices, conditions in their home country. in an effort to reduce record migration numbers, a recent change in us policy enables us authorities to expel illegal venezuelan refugees to mexico. but allows some still in venezuela to fly direct to the west for a period of 2 years. as long as the secure response or but these migrants in the mexican state of chiapas are not among the lucky ones. despite the challenges ahead, they continued earlier this week to push north. i meant the carry more. they got that. we just want to reach our distance until we reach the end. we will do it. if the mike might a can read what we asked joe biden to give us an opportunity because we deserve it

. venezuelans now account for roughly half of all my grants traveling through latin america. and more than 7000000 or estimated to be living as migrants. and roughly from southern states, governors and states, or mexico been sending migrants to northern states to challenge us immigration policies. i'll a general strike has been held into nicea, as people there demand an investigation to the deaths of 18 people on a migrant boat sank last month. relatives of the victims accused authorities of not doing enough to repatriate the bodies. victoria gave me reports. oh, what sadness and anger in the city of georgie's wound is carry the coffin of yassin abdel kareem, one of 18. she knew zion's, who drowned last month trying to get to italy. oh, what happened to the others remains unknown. but relatives of the missing angered

by reports that she knew 0 authorities buried some of the victims in unmarked graves in a cemetery for foreign migrants. for bodies have since been themed o days of protest culminated in a general strike on tuesday. more than 4000 people took to the streets, demanding answers from authorities, butler, the little officio of october. the 1st demand is to open an investigation into all aspects of the incident from the sinking of the boat to the process of searching for the bodies. more than $22000.00 migrants have been intercepted of chin is east coast since the start of this year. it's a popular but dangerous route for africa, migrants trying to cross the mediterranean to reach the e u. food of fuel shortages into nicea of let others to join to president kyle said his cold for an investigate. he knew to risk their lives in search of a better life in europe. victoria gay to be al jazeera every minute. a child as

it met at the hospital in somalia, from malnutrition, that's according to the u. n's children's agency. it's warned that severe drought could cause death on a scale and not seen in half a century. in august to learn more than 40000 children needed medical help, humanitarian groups won. the situation could end up worse than the 2011 famine that killed more than a quarter of a 1000000 people. as we said many times before severely acutely, man, ours children are. ready 11 times more likely to die or die rear amazes in song well nurse children. so with rights like those i've mentioned, somalia really is on the brink of a church tragedy of a scale not. ready seen in debtors, our scientists on our mission to map the waters around them all deems, believe they've discovered a new part of the indian ocean. it's called the trappings own, and it hosts an spectacular array of marine life. our environment hasn't nicholas

reports. scientists from the lake to mold these mission drop to the d for that's where the mysteries long. beyond the shelving terraces formed on the cliffs of battles down the vertical cliff face is passed. all manner of sea life to a depth of 500 meters to the sea bed, where there's a kind of natural captive larder for predators where organisms migrating from the surface at dawn, a trapped against the sea floor. where, particularly intrigue at the stat. why is this occurring? is this something that a 2nd or 500 meters? does this life go even deeper? what is this transition? what is there and why? and that's our critical question that we need to ask next. jotting the subsea landscape is a joint partnership with the mold eaves. marine research institute samples are

collected.