ah, from the preventers of characters. so the battle fields around most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah, a grinding bustle in southern ukraine. ukrainian forces attack the occupied city of militia pole while russian strikes eve millions without power in odessa. ah. lo mariam mozy in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. a libyan man accused of making the bond that blew up a passenger plane over locker be in scotland is taken into

u. s. custody. tensions run high in northern kosovo. were ethnic serbs of blocks, roads after a night of gun fire and explosions, also ah, the booms and beats are one of west africa, most popular musical genres. and how it's taking over the world. ah, hello and welcome to the program. the ukrainian ports of odessa stopped operating after russia attacked the regions energy grid. it's a vital transport hub for delivering grain to much of the developing world. but ukraine's agriculture minister says exports will continue from 2 other ports. russia blocks ukraine's ports for months during the invasion until 3 were allowed to operate under a deal brokered by the turkish government present regime type odo on says his

disgust the agreement with the leaders of both countries and has called for a quick end to the conflict moscow wants better guarantees for its own food and fertilizer exports, while keep once more ports added to that deal. meanwhile, some one and a half 1000000 people in the odessa region as still without power. after rush used iranian made drones tit to energy facilities. all non critical infrastructure has been left without electricity, then elsewhere, the ukranian military. as the attack, the russian occupied city of multiple equating official se scores of russian troops have been killed while russia says 2 people, a dad and 11 are injured. strike a minute to paul was one of several which took place or the night, or in rock it strikes, targeting russian bases. explosions were also ported in russia. occupied crimea, including several stapo and sim for a poll or fighting has also reportedly intensified around the city of backlit is

lies in the east and danny asked region or a challenge has more on that now from a capital keith, the fighting and back mood has been described to me by someone involved in it is like stalingrad, reminiscent of some of the 20th centuries, worst attrition of blood bars. but happening in this country right now, it's by months of intense combat, though ukrainian forces do still hold back, move on quite why russia is willing to sacrifice so many men to take what is a relatively strategically unimportant city. as many observers perplexed in the southern city of odessa, the situation, energy wise, is improving after russian drone strikes, plunge 1500000 people into darkness. and ukraine is hitting back most probably using high mars that precision rocket system, given to it by western allies, has been targeting russian bases and barracks and occupy territory. mil. it's

helpful being particularly badly hit. now 2022 is drawing to a close, and ukraine is a country radically altered from a year ago. our latest report looks at a group of scientists who had big plans for this year. change an instance by russia's invasion, a frigid landscape of snow and ice, the natural habitat for repose specialist. but this is kiera war scarred alpha suburbs, not the antarctic wilderness, elena and her colleagues, should have been exploring this year. ukraine's national antarctic signed to the extent expedition was due to set off last february, till russia's invasion froze their dreams. instead, they've hung up the polo air and their lives have taken very different parts. some of our scientists operate in the, in different kinds of france. so some of them and,

and bought some of them in the south. but one group of the scientists form the old unit and they called themselves military pimpton. i believe it's a characteristically ukrainian flourish of humor to help see them through these dark times. they even have their own batch. you can see that it's been been in cossack style. he is angry by the way, this penguin battalion of arctic scientists is doing real fighting in some of the was toughest battles. the guys also on the, on the somewhere near boston with again, this is for sure. involvement come back, which is tough for bath motors. lena can see what the war is doing to friends and colleagues. she's known intimately for years. i see how he becomes old and older, and also he becomes sentimental when race and mental about motions. she like, she could start crying, watching some, some more fields or saying and, and what is it also important that this time to say, i love you,

i care about too much more than before. you actually love march anchor is the antarctic centers technical director. just out of a key of hospital following a close call and back moved to the fighting. he described a hellish coffin, he, of pounding on tillery, and hand to hand combat the muzzle was keenly initially be what we had a very difficult night battle. if i were stormed by 24 of them, they broke in from part of the building. we did not control. and the fighting was at 5 or 6 meters grenades flying every one. shooting grenades fell just one and a half meter from my head. as i was in a pit under the stairs locked mikka, luke with fiddle, for now the artist laughed. can't afford to think of what he be doing if russia hadn't attacked the r pulliam completely focused on the war, but i really wanted to end with you. sure. to return to a peaceful life again, i want to crate something, not destroy a deal with it for now i have to destroy. unfortunately, alena is busy helping to. she's raising money and supplies food helmets,

drones to send to the front lines. the things that might end up saving the lives of her colleagues, the story of ukraine's antarctic scientists and have a became the penguin legion, the frontline warriors crowd fund us is one of millions of civil or transformations everyday lives indefinitely put on hold. so they can help their country in its hour of need for we challenz how to 0 here. ah, us officials say they've taken a libyan managed to custody connection with the lockerbie bombing umbrella gill emma sid is accused of making the explosive device that blew up pan am flight one of the 3 of his scotland in 1988. the justice department says he'll appear a federal court in washington, d. c. all 259 people on board. the flight were killed as well as 11 people on the

ground. algiers alan fisher reports on this now from washington. other gillem, as it was originally indicted on charges linked to the lockerbie bombing back in 2020. he's now in f. b. i custody quite how that happened. only become clear when he finally makes it to court. here in washington, it had been reported. he was being held in a libyan jail, an unrelated charges. another report suggested he was kidnapped by a libyan militia group and hand it over to the u. s. one man was convicted of being involved in the offense. one international legal expert says this detention sends a very clear message. it sends a very, very clear message to, to the victims that this matter hasn't been forgotten. and those are we held accountable. the only man convicted of involvement in the lockerbie bombing so far was libyan abdel bassett on the ground. he was charged by the scottish authorities in 1991 finally appeared before

a panel of scottish judges in 2001 and found guilty. and 2009, he was diagnosed with cancer and released from scottish prison on compassionate grounds. he died in libya in 2012, many of the families of those who died in the panama bombing believe that abdel bassett on the ground. he was wrongly convicted. no, the americans believe they have the man responsible for building the bomb that blew the pan on plane out of the skies over scotland. now pakistan's military says sakes people have died after afghan forces shell, the border town. the army says 17 others were wounded, and chairman and the puck assign troops fight back, spokesman for the governor of afghanistan's kandahar province. his anc, both sides clashed over the construction of new checkpoints on the afghan side of the border. most trade between afghanistan and pakistan passes through shaman. now, at all, the stories of following have been explosions, gone,

fire road blocks in cost of those rest of northern region where the population is. majority ethnic sub tensions. there have been on the rise of the rest of a former policeman. you've resigned along with hundreds of other ethnic serbs off to cost of us government that it would ban license place issued by serbia president of serbia, which does not recognize the cause of his independence as convened and national security meeting. or the cost of n prime minister, albin courteous accused serbia of trying to destabilize the region. he's called for nato's mission term of barricades erected by ethnic serbs, mccartney bloomfield. when we call, once again on the nato, a peacekeeping mission in kosovo, to guarantee freedom of movement. the peacekeeping mission in kosovo is supposed to create a calm and safe environment. which also means to have freedom of movement. the blocking of public roads with heavy machinery by criminal gangs, that shows and police officers is not exhibited will and should not be repeated

again in the future. we are waiting. dixon, opening zora chairs, more or less now from belgrade. served from us north to our steel blocking the main roads in the region while the course of police close. the 2 main border crossings between coastal north in serbia, engines are high and couple of incidents reported intruding several gunshots. but there were no reports of injury. also european union mission, felix confirmed the fun bernice was thrown as their foster all you hire present. the teachers have already said that you will not tolerate such effect or use of violence. he also said the page serves must be removed immediately and that all at 1st must avoid the escalation. in the meantime, the officials of serbia on exchange optimizations for the escalation and so on. president public fund that got served for, for super us in order to protect themselves. he also said that serbia will ask the

natal peacekeepers to let it before you, serbia, military, and fully to gospel. although he believes there is no chance of requests to be approved. it will be the 1st time the bell grade requested to deploy troops. think also think the end the warrior night. and tonight your is also said the be off. can deploy up to $1000.00 military, police and custom officials, giddy areas, majorities and border crossing the. but you just, if such a deployment only approved by commander of nato submission and possible. it should be said that at the time it was agreed, the course of all was international, recognized as a part of serbia in 2004, wherever possible declared this independence, which was a recognizable united states and most of the countries. but that's a declaration was never recognized by serbia. a european parliament vice president has been suspended from my duties after being caught up in a corruption investigation. eva kylie was one of 5 people arrested by belgian

police on friday. and a scandal which allegedly involves officials from qatar, rosky to say the country tried to influence decisions made in the european parliament by giving cash payments and gifts to lawmakers. a country official denied accusations of possible misconduct for watching al jazeera live from london still had for you on the program cove at protests in china have been quite in. but now business is worried that the cities are too quiet. ah fresh on a climate meeting in canada off to success in disappointments and widening concern about marine species. ah more rain on the way for

a flight hit areas of portugal that includes the capital. lisbon and it's not just rain, but the winds as well. just seems like it has been round after round of rain for this area. we'll continue to keep tabs on it. got some snow drifting around central parts of europe. we've seen the snow. certainly a good helping of it. in warsaw a bit of snow round the balkans as while, but sophia bulgaria with a temperature of 9 degrees. it will be rain for you, snow over the higher ground, disturbed weather for southern turkey, so round on talia with the high of 18 degrees. so low temperatures, let's talk about it toward the northwest. i. we've also seen some freezing fog here as, while that's created some treacherous driving conditions. i think also treacherous driving conditions across the baltic states with this snow and wind here. blizzard like condition seem likely on monday. let's go to the top end of africa right now. so all of that activity in the barion peninsula is dropping down into morocco. so we've got some damp days ahead. for example, in robots, your temperature will fall off is walled, some more average for this time of the year. for southern africa, south africa,

not only stormy, but windy, especially for the eastern cape province. wind gusts here, 70 kilometers per hour on monday. that's it. that's all see you soon. ah ah, ah ah no.

ah, welcome back in watching al jazeera ally from london. look at the main stories now . ukrainian ports of odessa is no operating off to russia, attack the regions, energy grid. it's expected to impact grain exports. many people have been left without power as winter hits with 300000 still affected us officials say they've taken a libyan man into custody in connection with the lockerbie bombing aboard gillan. my suit is accused of making the explosive device that blew up pan am flight one of 3 over scotland in 1988. hawkins sounds military says 6 people have died off to afghan forces shelled the town of chairman, spokesman for kandahar provinces. both sides clashed over the construction of new checkpoints on the afghan side of the border. now to china,

the countries setting up more intensive care facilities and boosting hospital capacities. it rolls back some of the wealth, toughest anti cove measures for years. chinese corona virus, jewels can find millions of people to their homes and crushed economic growth. the government changed core, so after protest, her place and several cities. but the impact isn't quite what it was expecting as a mon khan explains. you'd think that after imposing some of the toughest coven 19 restrictions on the planet, lifting them would fill the streets and cafes with people and life be getting back to normal by getting rid of measures like forcing people into quarantine camps, letting people isolate a home and allowing free travel within the country, china may have stopped the protest that took place last week. and citizens have express relief. but this is now happening. people are still afraid to go out. and we'll hand where the 1st cases of cov 19 were discovered. it's still mostly empty, and business owners are worried about the years. businesses are struggling to hold

on. let's see how it goes. after things have opened up, we love to see if there are any travelers. we have to see what the footfall will be like if things are still the same. next year people will have to leave. people are staying away because they're afraid, the lifting of the restrictions will mean more people will be exposed to the virus . but the government is working to reassure people that they are safe to get back to their lives. one of the other big worries is the lack of medical supplies and testing kids. but pharmacists in southern china say once disrupted supply chains and are functioning as they're supposed to. there have been times when we've run out of stock because demand has significantly increased, but we have made some adjustments. so if we run out of certain items, they will be restocked the next morning. it'll take a while for people to begin to get back some semblance of a normal life. the chinese government has pushed the narrative. the only way you deal with coven 19 is that you don't have any cases at all. but its own health experts are now saying by scrapping regular testing infections are going up. not so

say the government health authorities reported 1661 new infections for beijing on saturday. down 42 percent from 33974 on december 6th, a day before the national policies were dramatically relaxed. transitioning from a 0 coven policy to a deal with coven policy is going to take some time and opinion that health experts and the government seem to agree on. but how that transition is managed is in dispute with the health officials fearing a mass outbreak. but beijing's worried that the tough restrictions on movement that lead to rare protests and open quarters of the government will flare up again among car oh, dessert. south korea's interior minister is under pressure to step down following a deadly stampede in soul, in which a 158 people were killed. politicians are calling feminist, at least sang men to resign, of what they call a bungled government response in october that the president is widely expected is

to dismiss the motion investigation and to what happened is still taking place. crushed took the part, the crush occurred as crowds gathered to celebrate halloween that restrictions for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic units. kim reports on this now. and so as we head on to the final weeks of the year, south korea's 2 major political parties are locking horns over who should take responsibility in the halloween weekend, crowd crush accident that killed 158 people in souls eat how one neighborhood on sunday at the national assembly, this democratic party exercised this majority position and together with minor parties, pushed through a motion to dismiss minister, ease hung men of the interior and safety ministry. that vote was boycotted by the ruling people. power party, who in protest said they would no longer participate in an ongoing parliamentary

probe of the fatal proud crush. it has been now more than 6 weeks as the accident sent shock waves across the nation and indeed beyond as among the dead, where people from overseas investigations underway and arrest warrants have been pursued. but there has yet to be any dismissal of a cabinet level official. the democratic party is assisting the buck stops with the safety minister. as the police and fire agencies fall under his purview, minister e in early reaction to the crowd crush tried explain them much to late response as being because there was no manual on how to respond to a spontaneous events such as this. he later take back those words after public backlash. meanwhile, grieving family members of the deceased are organizing to call for accountability. and this parliamentary motion while past is not legally binding. this means that

while it may impart pressure on president use home, you know, to act on his minister, he may well dismiss it as well. the presidential office for now says it has no comment. now encounter hundreds of people have been marching for biodiversity and human rights on the streets of montreal, demonstrations taking place during the un, scott 15, biodiversity conference organizes of the march. se lawmakers need to tackle the wells. biodiversity crisis. delegates at court 15 amy to each a new agreement replaced the one signed in 2010, which did not fully meet any of its targets. well, it comes after a report reveal the devastating impact human activity as having on marine species across the globe. the international union for the conservation of nature is put some populations of the plant eating do gone on its red list for the verisk of extension is numbers have dwindled in east africa,

new caledonia with only several 100 now. left pillar corals have been listed as critically endangered shrinking by 80 percent since 1990. 1 of the most urgent threats is stony coral tissue loss disease which is infecting up to 100 meters of reef every day. and at nearly half of the world's abalone species are at risk of disappearing as suffering from over harvesting and poaching, as well as climate change, disease and pollution. so sonya piano moreno is the director of the international policy center at the international unit for the conservation of nature. i'm v as a that she joins, as by zoom from montreal, you're an active participant, you're in the room where negotiations are taking place. are you feeling optimistic that an agreement can eventually be reached in at least attempting to reverse that the massive lawson and by diversity? yeah, you can be hopeful that by the end of this call on the 19th of december,

we will get to an agreement that it should good enough. let's say to get us to the next level and trigger galvanized action needed to conserve and protect. i was just to can care of our species dusty, we're addressing your staff. the lots of issues is increasing by the minutes. so i'm hopeful, yesterday we had and halfway through south 8th century at to, to see where we are in the negotiation. even if at the very beginning of the, of this conference of the parties ad there was one that was not really optimistic. there was hardly any progress made on the 3 days of negotiations, of the so called open ended working group. that was the body that was middle shake and disagreement before it got to the call. now we see that strong progress has been made. several decisions where adopted already yesterday related to the indigenous people from local community, for instance,

tradition and nature and culture. scientific and technical evidence and other issues related to the particles that are part of this conventional biological diversity. there are still sticky points ahead and we hope that those 2 ways can be resolved in can you, can i ask you about that? exactly. did you say that you're optimistic but at the same time he described that being a lack of progress? what are the obstacles? what are the main challenges to reaching an agreement that can make real progress with this? because the concern is that there will be some sort of deal reached at the end, but it's not going to be very effective. it's going to be watered down and sort of have all sorts of brackets and caveats attached to it. well, we are hoping that the brackets will be resolved through more flexibility shown by the parties. more compromise because we really need this global pass plan to

include key elements. so the conservation of at least 30 percent of terrestrial in then water marine and close to liquid systems at the global scale scaling conservation action, restoration of degraded a consistent inclusion of an investment on nature and nature base solution. but the sticky point, i think the most problematic thing that we see and for which we would necessitate so that the efforts are the push from ministers that are coming in next week towards the end of next week. is finding a compromise from the amount and the modalities of the financial resources that are needed to reach the final gap. and this is pretty much the north south divide if you want. and in terms of the commitments that the developed countries should put too far to fund conservation of the developing world,

where most of that rich by diversity is currently present, right. i wish you the best of luck with those negotiations that are taking place at montreal at the united nations. my diversity conference is on the way. thank you very much. from dating off on how it's going. sony piano moreno, many thanks. i for beats is a popular musical genre across africa birthplace nigeria. it's produced hundreds of artists, and the industry is growing by tens of millions of dollars every year as famine. miller reports from lagos for many musicians. social media plays an important role in developing their fan base. you lashondra, it's tracks like this that have inspired challenges and videos on social media, which in turn has boosted the popularity of afro beats around the world. the artist behind the song black bones has just returned from a u. k tour. i'm a manager,

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