this is very important because it's comics as to the past. the last speaker in studio of all kinds africa, direct on al jazeera from the for bellas of caracas. so the battle fields around wilson, i work job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah, a grinding battle in southern ukraine. gray forces attack the occupied city of melissa pole while rush and strikes leave 300000 people without power in odessa. ah, clo i, mariam mazin london. you're watching al jazeera or so coming up on the program. a libyan man accused of making the bomb that blew up a passenger plane of

a locker be in scotland is taken into u. s. custody. tensions around high and northern kosovo were ethnic serbs of blocked roads. after a night of gunfire and explosions and awe booms and beats, one of west africa most popular musical genres. and how it's taking over the world . ah, a senior official in the east enhanced screech and says ukrainian forces of hit a hotel that was being used by mercenaries from russia's wagner group. so he could die. the governor of the russian occupied region is saying that a number of fighters were killed in a blast in the town of can give her. the wagner group has a private military contract to with close ties. the kremlin, which is known to be operating in ukraine. russia's defense ministry is not confirmed or commented on the attack. also the porter, the data,

has now stopped operating after rush or attack regions, energy grid. this is a vital transport hub for delivering grain to much of the developing world. but ukraine's agriculture ministry said exports will continue from 2 other ports. russia blocked ukraine's ports for months during the invasion until 3 were allowed to operate under a deal broken by the turkish government. president, russia type odor. one said, he discussed the agreement with the leaders of both countries and is called for quick end of the conflict mosque once better guarantees for its own food and fertilizer exports while keep once more ports added to the deal. meanwhile, around 300000 people in the region are still without power. after rush, he used iran, made drones hit 2 energy facilities. all non critical infrastructure has now been left without electricity. elsewhere, ukrainian military is attacked. the russian occupy city of melita, pull at ukrainian official se scores of russian troops have been killed. but russia

is saying that 2 people are dead and 11 injured. a fighting is also reportedly intensified in the city of back murder. this is in the eastern danny at squeegee and were a challenge brings us more on this now. he's reporting from cave. the fighting in black 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. despite months of intense combat, though ukrainian forces do still hold back, moves and quite why rusher 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 a desa, 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 in 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. we had big plans for this year. change in an instance by russia's invasion, a frigid landscape of snow and ice, the natural habitat for a polar specialist. but this is, keeps war scarred out the suburbs, not the antarctic wilderness, elena, and our colleagues, should have been exploring this year. ukraine's national antibiotics onto big santa expedition was due to set off last february till russia's invasion froze their dreams. instead, they've hung up the polar wear and their lives have taken very different parts. some of our polar scientists operate in the,

in different kinds of france. so some of them and, and bought some of them in the south. but the one group of the scientists form the old unit and they called themselves military engine. i believe it's a characteristically ukrainian flourish of humor to help see them through these dark times. they even have their own badge. you can see that it's been in the in cossack style. he's angry by the way. this penguin battalion, vomiting scientists is doing real fighting in some of the was toughest battles. those guys are thought on. they, when they somewhere near boston with again, this is for sure. involvement come back, which is tough for boston. 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 small themes or saying and,

and what does it also important to 5 to said i love you. i care about you much more than before. you just love march anchor is the antarctic centers technical director just out of a key of hospital following a close call and back move to the fighting. he described. there is a hellish coffee of pounding artillery on hand to hand combat the muzzle came 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. look, we feel all for now the artist laughed. can't afford to think of what he be doing. if russia hadn't attacked the our boy, i'm completely focused on the war, but i really wanted to enmity 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, things that might end up saving the lives of her colleagues. the story of ukraine's antarctic scientists and how they became the penguin legion, the frontline warriors, crowdfunding is one of millions of civil transformations, everyday lives indefinitely put on hold. so they can help their country in its hour of need. very talents. how does era here? ah, u s. official said they've taken a libyan man into custody in connection with the lockerbie bombing. i will a giller masood is accused of making expose a device that blew up pan am flight one, her 3 over scotland in 1988. the justice department says he'll appear at a federal court in washington,

all 259 people on board. the flight were killed as well as 11 people on the ground . allan fisher has more from washington. other gillam as soon 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 on unrelated charges. another report suggest that he was kidnapped by a libby and militia group and handed 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 will be 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 panam bombing believe that abdel basset alma grow. he was wrongly convicted. no, the americans believe they have the man responsible for building the bomb, the blue, the pan on plane, out of the skies over scotland. pakistan's military, he sang 6 people have died after afghan forces shall the border town. the army says 17 others are wounded and chairman and the pakistani troops, 5 bag spokesman for the governor of afghans, kandahar province as both sides clash of the construction of new checkpoints on the afghan side of the border. most trade between afghanistan and pakistan passes for chairman serbia is demanding the release of all detained ethnic subs

in north and kosovo. present. alexander lou church says he also wants to com tensions which have soared over protests against the rest of the and panting a former policeman. he resigned along with hundreds of other ethnic serbs off the course of his government said it would ban license plate issued by serbia rosalyn adore you don't want it. it is important that vision panic and many other serbs re lease because they do not have any evidence against whatsoever. this is the key point. they manufacture the indictments and gates of and of course the kosovo police have nothing to do in the north of the region. thickly, not the people armed with farms. there is no such act is not written anywhere. and it is this that causes disturbance and fear among the serbian population that the cause of n prime minister, i've been courteous q, said the air of trying to destabilize the region and is called for nato's mission to remove barricades erected by ethnic serbs, mccartney bloomfield. when we call,

once again on the nato, a peacekeeping mission and 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 and okay, and sorry, it has more on the story now from bell. great, sir, from us north are still blocking main roads in the region while the cost of police flows, the 2 main border crossings between cost of the north. in serbia, there are high and couple of incidents reported including several gunshots, but there were no reports of injuries. also european union mission. felix confirmed the fun. bernice was thrown at their reports and all you hire present. the teachers have already said that you will not tolerate such effect or use of violence that he

also said the body cage failed by. serbs must be removed immediately and that all at 1st must avoid escalation. in the meantime, the officials are also in serbia. on exchange authorizations for the escalation and serbia and president calling from the fed got served for, for super us in order to protect themselves. he also said that serbia will ask me to peacekeepers to let it before the soviet military and fully to gospel. although he believes that there is no chance of requests to be approved, it will be the 1st time the bell re requested to deploy troops in kosovo. suzanne the warrior night and tonight the your is also said the can deploy up to $1000.00 military, police and custom officials, gide areas to be served majorities and border crossing the but the just if such a deployment only approved by commander of nato mission impossible. it should be said that at the time it was agreed possible was international, recognized as

a part of serbia in 2008 from wherever possible declared between defenders which was a recognizable united states and most of the country. but that's a declination was never recognized by serbia. a european parliament vice president has been suspended from our duties after being caught up in a corruption investigation. eva kailey was one of 5 people arrested by belgian police on friday. and a scandal which allegedly involved officials from qatar prosecute to save the country, tried to influence decisions made in the european parliament by giving cash payments and gifts to lawmakers. a country official denied the accusations of possible misconduct. watching al jazeera ally from london still ahead on the program because it protest in china has been quite and that's now business is a wide that says he's a to quiet a nasa. ryan space cost splashes in the bow lane through our atmosphere at $32.00 times the speed of sound hearing the way for the next mission.

ah, here's your whether it's a in a minute 15, a ne monsoon scooping up a lot of moisture and dumping it over the malay peninsula. this has been an area prone to flooding and certainly over the next little bit we could see some more. and so the ne of the philippines were keeping tabs on this before left. the philippines had dropped a lot of rain around manila where there are a number of severe fight advisories, but those will be dropped in the coming days. some showers still around taiwan, not falling at the same concentration. but for china, we're talking about low temperatures. let's put this to wednesday dark of the blue, the lower the temperature here, just 5 degrees in shanghai. and for asia pacific japan, fairly quiet pitcher 12 degrees in tokyo, some showers bit of snow rolling through the korean peninsula. but let's show you

one stay here as well that see effect snow really ramping up western honshu and whole kado islands. i think we're going to see some blizzard conditions there. mean time for australia, this state of new south wales had some severe thunderstorms there that generated wind gusts of a 100 kilometers per still. the threat of more that are monday, not bad in w, a perth, with a height of 30 degrees will. and this one off in new zealand and rain never too far away from the escape has been. i've 23 degrees for you. that's a snapshot of your weather. see you later. ah, road was not clones and public confrontation. young people across the u. k. a pissing their bodies on the line to force attention on the issues that my for to that climate change is a symptom of the system. breaking down. when you're the root sales guy with action was the root left open for democratic society or one that allow for there to be

debate. no politician in this country has ever shut down and arms, faculty, people have generation change on al jazeera blue. ah welcome mike with al jazeera ally from london, the main stories are following. now, the ukrainian ports of odessa is not operating off to rush or attack regions energy grid. many people have also been without power, is when to hit with some 300000 residents affected by this. u. s. officials say they've taken an a, b and man into custody connection with the lockerbie bombing. a blood dilemma sued is accused of making an explosive device that blew up and i'm flight one of 3 over

scotland in 1988 boxes, stones military says 6 people have died off to afghan forces. shelf. the town of german spokesman for candle provence has both sides clashed over the construction of new checkpoints on the afghan side of the border. now china is setting up more intensive care facilities and boosting hospital capacities. it rolls back some of the walls, toughest cupboard restrictions for years, the country's corrode, of ours rules can find millions of people to their homes. crushed economic growth. but the government changed course off to protest to rob in several cities though the impact is not quite what they are expecting. as an rank high 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 still mostly empty and business owners are worried. they are, those are your businesses are struggling to hold on. let's see how it goes after things have opened up, we'll have 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've 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 cov 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 3974 on december 6. a day before the national policy would dramatically relax. transitioning from a 0 covert policy to a deal with coven policy is going to take some time and opinion, but health experts on the government seem to agree on. but how that transition is managed is in dispute with health officials fearing a mess outbreak. but beijing's worried that the top restrictions on movement that lead to rare protests and open quarters of the government will flare up again. ronco o 0 now says arise,

spacecraft to safely completed its $25.00. they mission around the moon and back. it splashed down on the coast of bar california after entering our atmosphere at $32.00 times the speed of sound, the unmanned test fly as part of the ottoman program. so let's take a closer look at what nasa is trying to achieve with this mission. it's the 1st in a series of complex missions that will enable human exploration to the moon and mars. eventually it will return humans to the moon for the 1st time since the apollo 17 landing in 197250 years a go to the day. and they'll be groundbreaking. nasa says it wants to land the 1st woman and 1st person of color on the lunar surface, but they were just be visiting. nasa wants to build a base camp to allow astronauts to stay on the moon for lengthy periods of time, as well as an outpost or gateway in all bit. they'll be a starting point for deeper mand expiration into space, including the red planets. the focus on things like finding water and critical

resources and learning how to live on another celestial body. megan, i'll go as a senior lecturer in astrophysics at the university of central lancashire. she told me the artemus mission is a lot bigger than the ambitions of apollo. well, this is a lot bigger than that. the ambition of a polar mean polar was enough vicious program to take people to the moon for the 1st time and do all the science experiments that they did. but the aim as you were hearing there is actually not just to go back and do the same sort of things. this was done during apollo, but to go back to actually build a base to plan, to stay there for the long term. so to have astronauts up there in a similar kind of way that we've had a permanent mand, presence in space, the last couple of decades with the international space station. so actually doing more in the way of long duration presence on the moon. getting the technology right, testing bits of technology, testing bits of procedures, testing how well the astronauts can cope and that sort of environment for a prolonged length of time time scale,

the latest news from the walcott. now his john as he raska in doha crash, his players sounding confident as they prepared to face argentina in the wall cup semi's. they reach the final 4 years ago. so this isn't new territory for many of their squad is criminal, so i don't think we need to fit anybody. we need to look at ourselves to play our best game. we will do a thorough analysis with the head coach and the tactical stuff. and then we will see how we will attack the game fall mobile. i would say the secret of our success is our togetherness. i'll unity, the fact that we act and play as a family. everybody plays for one another. we play as a team and that's our secret argentina. i've been training at that kathy university base. it's the think time the country has reached the stage of the well cop lena massey is looking to lead his nation to that 3rd title. and 1st since 1987,

that if ending champions frans have been celebrating, reaching the semi finals, the team received a hero's welcome. as they returned to the hotel following the 21 victory over england, france bearing to the 7 semi final in the tournaments history. no team has successfully defended the world cup to brazil. in 1962, thousands of rural confines have travelled to cancel as a team progresses through the tournament on a historic run to the semi finals, americans have beaten belgium, spain, and now port school to reach this stage. they've only conceded one goal in the world as well, and that was an old well, let's look ahead to the semi finals with our football analyst. jim is select croatia. jim went to penalties in the last 2 games. can they get away with it for the time we get started, tina? well, it's not only the last 2, but this number is crazy. the 8th of the last 9, no code,

they just seen major startlement. they have gone to extra time. so we can say they are experts in that as a shallow psychological moment, and then the penalties. so i think that if something works done they, they know they are strong points. and this is that's like ology held a rival. and i think they need to approach this game against argentina as they have been doing it because they have been very successful. so corporations strong and defense, what argentine is strengths and what are the weaknesses? of course, for waterline is one of their strengths and in the individual it is, they have more quality name by name in the squad, but they're not really these. i think they still haven't been able to show us that they can control a game much for a full 9 to minute. we have seen these against saudi arabia again, so all i need was yeah, maybe a more control game. but again, again,

trailer and the netherlands, there is a moment that they go crazy looking for a goal. oh they, they have a lack of being efficient in defense. so that's, i think it's the weakness they have. all right, let's talk about from says a party mood in the french camp. they did find it tough bo against england. will they find it as tough against morocco? probably yes, because as you were mentioning just now, a moral cause, they don't conceive easily, only one goal and nice and own goal. they are really strong in defense. they have that feeling of being the underdog up energy. so i think it, they will be a really tough opponent because if they are able to build that type pressure, they the, again, to spain against croatia. again, this powerful teams, i think they were friends, they will have to be extremely efficient to be able to be moral. and i start moment from morocco reaching the semi finals. they have a lot of support here when they cancel get their locals. i mean,

i was at that question, city that game against the spain, the booing the trying to impress a spain of the of the fun base was amazing. so much noise. i need to be like this because of the favorite itself. feel. 7 all the middle east, africa, it's nice article moment as you were mentioning is so i'm sure that this play, you have a number 12 that is the fun base. it will definitely give them energy if in that key moments or in an extra time or you know, penalties, they have been so helpful and i'm sure they will keep on doing it. all right, jim, thank you very much. well, there's a new ball for those semi finals, and the final, this is al, whom, which translates from arabic as the dream. it was unveiled by well cut when as caca from brazil and cassius of spain, the high tech bull has senses inside and is a gold color which mirrors the castle, desert sands. the dreams are still alive for, for teams at best. well,

come monday is another rest day to prepare for the semi finals, but there's still plenty to look forward to here in qatar, and our team will have it all covered right here on al jazeera, afro beats is a popular musical genre across africa. it's birthplace, nigeria is produced, hundreds of artists, and the industry is growing by tens of millions of dollars every year. as 5 men miller reports, lagos, many musician social media, pays 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. twa, i'm a manager, an artist. i'm go know a service manager, an audience,

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gotten from niger is actually me, i, as afro beats gains popularity beyond the continent. social media is not only growing careers, it's launching you once for me to molar ultra 0 lagos. there's more in everything we're covering like here al jazeera dot com for the latest news on the walk up, but also plenty of comment in analysis there on everything we've been covering throughout the day. ah, so just a quick look at the top stories you've been covering from london before we leave you in a senior official in the east, in the hunt screech, and it's saying that ukrainian forces have hit a hotel that was being used by mercenaries from russia's wagner. group sorry, go die, says is the governor of the russian occupied region. so he is saying that the number of fighters were killed in the block.