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wading through hundreds of thousands of fans at a victory parade in the capital. the u. k is winter of discontent in a season of strikes. nurses walk off the job again over low pay and patient safety . hello ukraine's president followed him as a lensky has honored his soldiers and bach mussa city that's witnessed some of the heaviest fighting with russians. local sources and the don boss region have told al jazeera that the russian forces and their allies in back most have lost some of their possessions on the southern side of the city. but they continued to target the area. the southern city has been attacked relentlessly since ukrainian forces recaptured it in november. ukraine's energy facilities have been crippled by the russian strikes. charles stratford has more on the impact on ukrainians. this is one of more than 100 electric substations country wide across ukraine. and as you

can see, the level of destruction here, this particular substation has been hit in 3 separate attacks by 6 russian missiles . the software tell us that the electrical plant supplies around $600000.00 people with electricity, those people now having to undergo an ensure rolling blackouts as this substation tries to distribute as much power as it can obviously after these attacks. what so interesting though, is that this, like many of those substations was built during the soviet era, this particular one in 1958. and that means that the russians know pretty much exactly how this grid works. and incredibly, it was only 4 hours before the invasion that the ukrainians, disconnected from the russian and bella, russian, electrical systems like them will see the july was the where we all feel like we're

on the 1st line of energy defense. all ukrainians are looking at us with hope that we can return light and heating to their homes. with our teams are working round the clock, ignoring the freezing conditions. so much equipment has been destroyed and our company doesn't have enough spare parts to restore electricity to all civilians, all the time. ukraine's president followed them isn't ski on december, the 13th said, restoring the countries power grid could cost more than $1.00 point. $5000000000.00 . damage then meant a shortfall of 2.5 gigawatts, and that was before 2 more massive german and missile bombardments targeted the country's energy infrastructure. as an example of just how well russia knows this electrical grid system. this was an electrical transformer. i was taken a direct hit, the staff here tell us that it contained 60 tons of oil and the blaze after the

bloss, they say, took around 5 hours to close out the substation. and more than $100.00, like it across the country, our own constant alert, they could be an attack at any time, the estimated cost of repairing the damage. here the stock tell us could be tens of millions of dollars. and this is just one of what the ukrainian authorities say is around a 1000 kamikaze drone and miss all attacks against vital infrastructure stations like this across the country. russia, the president has called on his security services, the search for spies on foreign intelligence services. in a video statement, vladimir putin also called on his security to protect the borders of russian antics areas of ukraine. zillion, you are going to be there personally because naturally, especially i would like to mention the units of the security agencies that started operating in the new russian regions. yes, it's difficult for you now. the situation in the next can do hands people's

republics in the persons parisha regions is extremely difficult. but the people living there, the citizens of russia rely on you and your protection. when it's your duty to do everything necessary to ensure their security rights and freedoms, as much as possible. in the world bank has lost its growth forecast for china because of coven, 1900 outbreaks. and in economic slowed down, beijing has started to loosen its tough 0 coven policy, but remaining restrictions and a surge in cases are putting pressure on the economy. the world bank is also blaming a weak property sector. uncertainty over the current of our situation in china has been rattling investors in asian markets. richard kimber has more from hong kong. well, initially, the hope is that things are very much get back to normal. that manufacturing in global supply chains would get back contract international investors started

pouring money into the chinese stock market just hours after these relaxation announcements were made. but now the world bank and many international banks have started fairly, aggressively scaling back their forecasts. what they think is possible for china, not just that this year, but also for next year, speaking to employers over the phone yesterday, based on the mail. and i was told that there are multiple cases of co, 19 on almost every country that everybody was speaking to. and that's affecting hiring. it's affecting long term planning, and it's affecting those very same supply chains that the international world. we're hoping we're going to get back on track. and so basically the expectations from the international economic well that china is growth story next year is going to be very much hampered by what's expected to be a long drawn out recovery period as it transitioned out of this 0 cobit policy. we're looking not at growth levels at 567 percent as had been projected earlier on last year, but now much closer to 34 percent. those kinds of levels because of the length of time it's expected. this transition period could take

a chinese health authorities have been reporting around $2500.00 cases per day since the relaxations were introduced. they reported 7 deaths since that time as well. but international health experts are looking at this data and they're trying to make projections based on what's happened elsewhere and look at the size, the chinese population and trying to figure out if these kinds of numbers can make sense. usa department says is concerned for the rest of the world because of that increase in code cases. in china, cities, there are scrambling to install hospital beds under a shortages of drugs to treat the virus. 7 covered related just have been reported since sunday, but health experts warn the situation is worse than official data suggests. argentina as world cup pointing stars are being shared by tens of thousands of fans ahead of a victory parade in the capital one. a series led by captain leno, messy the team is making its way on a open bus to the city center. the government has declared tuesday as

a national holiday to celebrate the triumph that was 36 years in the making. to reserve bows among the fans. he's joining us from osiris. so how close are is the team been to the city center? well, there are scenes of patriotism of celebrations. people are happy on the street, then they been chanting and singing and dancing. non stop for the past 3 days are here, right? at the center when a fight is where hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to get a glimpse of unit may the end of argentina national team. initially that when it got closer towards this area where we are right now. but it's not clear yet whether they make it mostly because of the number of people that we're seeing on this treatment, not here yet with the able to make it here. you know, they arrived here on tuesday morning to when a site is very odd in the morning, spend the night at the argent trying to put a certification training center close to the airport. and i around 11 o'clock local

time that left to carry out. there's a big we parade to work around it by thousands and thousands of people. we're seeing that they're being quoted by the wow. but also on trying to push away people from trying to get close to the boss. so there's that massive security apparatus and business, as i said before, you know, this is impressive. entertain argentinian history. we have spoken to several then. and if that they that this could be the biggest mobilization of people in this country's history. people that are passionate for argentina, national team that are passionate for union macy and then i've been waiting to celebrate for a very long time. the last time this country won a well, a couple of in 1986. i don't know. they say that they have waited for a very long time and they don't want this day to be over. yes. so there is what i mean. what does this championship really mean for people in argentina? considering that it is going through an economic crisis,

a bug that's correct. argentina has been deep into an economic crisis with very high inflation that make it very difficult for people to make ends meet. also exchange rate controls, among other problems that people face every day and that we're desperately waiting for something to celebrate for something to make them proud for something to say that argentina is doing something right. and this has in a way awakened very deep patriotism, where we go, wherever we go, people are wearing proudly this blue and white shirt that we have seen the i'll be feeling that they're carrying the flag. they're carrying pictures of my, the owner of unit messy. they say that they're proud of being argentina, not totally because of what the national team achieved, but also because of your net messy, many often people i have spoken to say that he's the best reference this country

could have that he's a family man, that he's a man who has struggled since he was a very, very young, struggling with growth problems going overseas and for 20 years trying to win a well a cup. and that's something that he finally did. people here, as i said before, they're happy to be on the streets. they're happy to be able to express themselves . they're happy to say they're argentinean. so in a way this world cup has united the population behind that national fly. again, you know, it's not clear yet how long it's going to last. you know, there is an economic crisis, there's lots of problems, you know, every year when december comes, there are lots of concerns that looting may happen. that protests may happen. well, this is not happening now. and certainly this says good news, especially for on of those who are celebrating on the streets today. thank you to resolve tourism reporting for border stella has on al jazeera, another push and peruse congress to move elections forward in an attempt to end

a political sample. germany, vicki, the so called secretary of evil and one of the countries lost all across troughs. ah hello there, it's a spit picture across the south. asia will heavy rain to come across the cell, but up in the north a clear sky. that's not the case. however, in you daddy, we've got smoke and fog issues here, as well as a very unhealthy air quality. now we are expecting a cold wave warnings out in the very north that's likely to impact temperatures in places like new delhi, much colder across parts of central asia, as wintry, whether it works its way further east. but down in the south of india temperature sitting where we expect them to be that rain moving in. suddenly by the time we get into thursday bringing more heavy rain to the likes of sri lanka,

with thunderstorms in columbus through the weekend. now was we move to east asia, it's all about the heavy snow when it comes to the korean peninsula as well as japan, we've got more of that coming in as that system shifts its way across the sea. so we've got fi effect, snow once again as we go into thursday, also some heavy rain working its way across easton areas and look at those temperatures dropping down in beijing as well as sold. it'll be a similar story. once that mild air is pushed out in places like tokyo, we have a look at the 3 day. however, some recovery, at least in times of sunshine. on friday. ah, lou. oh,

a. m. o. hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, ukraine's president has visited the front line city of buck won't. it's been badly damaged and fighting with russian troops. bodamer zalinski says the situation in russia hel parts of the eastern ukraine is extremely difficult. the world bank has lost china's growth forecasts as the corona virus,

hammers it's economy. there has been a surgeon cases since raising unbounded strict pandemic controls the world cup winners argentina and their captain. leonor messy being cured by tens of thousands of fans ahead of a victory parade in the capitol. these are the live pictures fans have already been gathering at the city center and one of the areas on what's been declared a public holiday. morocco's national football team has just landed in the capital robots, the atlas lion stun, the football world by defeating european giant spain and portugal. and the knockout phase to become the 1st african and arab country to make it to the semi finals. let's speak to nicholas hock. was in robots, a nick, the team i have just touched down. in fact we, we saw the live picture and we do expect a crowd where you are a, tell us what the atmosphere is like. well, it's just in a step out of the shots. he can have a look at the crowd and how much it swelled is the last time we spoke. hundreds to

thousands of people have gathered here, but make no mistake. there are people lined across the city, the capital up to the airport where they just landed. it feels like they want the world cup. there are receiving a heroes welcome. they made a history for going so far in this historic world cup. taking people by surprise by breathe team to the semi finals, and this is a, specifically a special moment for morocco and moroccans who didn't see this coming. and among the team members and most of them are dual citizens. they're born abroad, born in spain and france at holland, but their families back home have been waiting for this moment. and the unsung hero of this moroccan team is of course the coach will lead burg, reggae, who coaches, who use a coach, one of the team here in rabbits. and he did something quite significant during the,

the well top he, he flew. he made sure that the families in morocco flew to the stadium so that the players not just play for their national team, but for their families. and it really feels like a family welcoming back. a family member here i saw children, mothers, grandparents to witness what seems to be a historic moment for so many moroccans, but make no mistake. it's a historic moment, not just from iraq since for africa and the arab world leader greg, he led this team up to the semi finals. it wasn't expected just a few months ago. i was covering the african cup of nations and the moroccan team were disqualified in the quarter finals. then the feeling was that this team wasn't going to go that far. but as soon as this coach came into the picture, the spirit of the team changed the way that the players saw the moroccan team and what they could do with it has changed. and you can really feel it here with so many people have come to celebrate this team. now they'll be going on to the palace

to meet with the king. but there's a roaring crowd right now to, to welcome the lions of the atlas. and there's a sense now that anything is possible, there's definitely a feeling that there was a before the world cup and, and after the world cup that they've shattered the grass that the glass ceiling making it possible for any teams to make it further. and while you were greg you, the coach says his next objective is to win the african cup of nations and better yet some of the some of the balkans here want to host the african cup of nations. that's one of their aims and objectives. but you can feel that the momentum have grown and that this country is united and it has the backing of been these. it really feels like they've won the world cup in this show. this really shows you that the world cup is less about winning or losing. it's about a spirit of bringing people together. and that's what we're witnessing right now on

the streets of the capital robots in morocco, right? thank you, nicholas. and that is where the american team has just landed at robots, airports. now they are, so that is the light fixture from, or about airport in morocco. nicholas hot, thank you so much for that reporting. nurses in the u. k. on the picket lines for the 2nd day this month, they are demanding better pay on conditions, up to $100000.00 nurses who are taking part in the unprecedented strike. they are demanding salary increases, if up to 19 percent to make up for inflation and years of cuts. john hall has more from london. it's bad to have an effect. it's found to be disruptive. that is the point of industrial action, of course. but the nurses say they've been pushed to the point to a point where they have simply no choice. but to do this, it is the 1st time in the $160.00 a history of the royal college of nursing that nurses have gone on strike at the

organization within a within which they work. the n h f is itself been pushed by years of funding cuts and under funding to the brink of destruction, they will tell you as have they, their profession, people are leaving the profession. they simply can't afford to stay. the nurses say they've lost up to 20 percent in real wage terms as pay has failed to keep pace with inflation over the years. but i'm joined by one of the striking nurses. annabel burgess, thanks for joining me. if you can hear me over the boisterous picket line behind you on about give us a sense of how things have become so bad. the nurses whose vocation it is to care for people on board are willing to walk out of those ward and take the sort of actions. stephanie wasn't an easy decision. branding. i love nothing. i want to go 5 years old. i love the i do. i would love to say to me, we're doing this, not just ross, also during the patient because it's home for 7 in the morning way past midnight.

we're trying to 50000 adults and time in real time time to make choices between child heating was sick. it's not realistic why i was talking. he was talking about an existing crisis for the n h. yes. yes, definitely. i think that, you know, there are people at the moment, you know, trying to close and then i will stand for this nation trying to order people we, we would listen to this issue with government very didn't stop that. we all that close to the people we actually said if you every day, we know how they struggled with we know like

with direct accord in germany has given a 2 years suspended sentence through 97 year old for nazi war crimes. and one of the countries last holocaust trials or guard 1st nor served a secretary at a concentration camp in poland between 19431940 5. she has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of more than 11000 people. first, there has been sentenced under juvenile law as she was only 18 years old at the time of the crimes. dominic cane has more from berlin im god, fish. now as a teenager went to work as a secretary for the commandant of that concentration. come and shoot off, which is now in poland at the time was in east prussia. and in the course of her duties as secretary to this, ober schulman fuel was his rank left tenant colonel, relatively high position in the s s. in the course of her duties, she would see on a daily, sometimes hourly basis, different orders that were given by that man,

this man hopper, the commandant of the camp, it's worth pointing out of yours. that something like 65000 people died shutoff in the course of the camps life. the interesting thing here is that she has received this sentence on the basis of the orders that she typed out. so she was saying in court that she had typed out these orders not followed the orders, which was always what previous concentration camp guards in court would say. she followed the orders and yet she has been found guilty. the other interesting element specifically about this woman, and this particular case is that she testified against that commandant in a west german court in the 1950s that he was given a 9 year sentence, which he served and then went on to the route. the rest of his life and freedom having direct responsibility for tens of thousands of deaths. now, justice has caught up with her to the german sense that is at least peruse congress

and set to debate a bill to hold early elections for the 2nd time in less than a week. on friday legislators rejected similar efforts, presidency and worth a once the election to be held in december next year. they're not due until 2026. bringing the vote forward is a key demand for the of the supporters of our president petro castillo. he was impeached and detained earlier this month, triggering days of unrest. marianna sanchez as more from lima, where some legislators have said that they will not comply with protesters demands it is very possible that they will both know again, there are serious differences among the extreme left us and we righteous in congress the extreme left to say that they will vote yes to bring forward the elections if there is constitutional assembly to reform all of the constitution.

something that the extreme writers are saying they would never ever vote for the extreme right to say that they would not vote for a constitutional assembly to reform the constitution. but and they are saying some of them, some of the law makers have been saying in the last few hours that they will not even comply to the protestors. the violence is the protesters demands because they will not comply to violence. some of them are saying that there's only 20025000 protesters out there that they will not be told what to do. the u. s. supreme court has extended a controversial trump era immigration policy which restrict asylum claims. the rule known as title 42 is imposed in 2020, and is due to expire on wednesday. it allows the government to use code with 1900 protocols to block migrants entry on the border with mexico. the high court decision follows a legal challenge by republican lead states to continue the measures. now the

court's decision has lost many asylum seekers on migrants in limbo and wandering about their futures, hardy to casters and el paso, texas, near the us mexico border temperatures. here in el paso will be low freezing, meaning that people here are digging in for it will will likely be a restless night. there recently arrived asylum seekers from nicaragua and columbia who crossed the us mexican border and have just been granted temporary permission to stay here. in the us while they fight for their asylum cases. one man i spoke with, he had to leave behind his 7 year old son and he got are gua, he describes what he felt the moment that he turned himself into us border agents. i don't know. so the elite, when we arrived at the border between mexico and the united states and turned ourselves in, it was a huge relief that we were finally out of danger, almost where the worst was behind us. am bizarre, look out for all the people who are camped out by this by station and at local

churches and at the el paso airport. there are still war waiting in mexico since the year 2020. the u. s. has use a pandemic related rule to quickly expel some 2000000 border crossers without allowing them to seek asylum. that will have been set to expire this week. but now the u. s. supreme court says, not so fast, the rule will remain in place for now, as the court considers whether the here case wrought by republican lead states. that argues that an overwhelming tidal wave of migrants will come if the border restrictions loosen. and indeed, there has already been a historic surge of migrants with more than 2000000 people trying to cross the border into the u. s. this past year. shattering previous records. over the past 20 years, bangladesh, as capital has lost more than 2 thirds of its wetlands to land grabs,

unregulated development, is raising the risk of floods. on this tundra child re reports, it's making data. one of the world's most unlivable cities. with the population of more than 20000000 people, doc a is a mega city and the economic harbor, bangladesh. the rapidly growing economy has led to high demand for land. but it comes at a considerable cost to the environment and estimated 70 percent off its wetlands. have been lost to unplanned development in the past 2 decades. dock, i used to have canals and wetlands all around it. now they no longer exist. it's all great. many people have moved to rural areas to city 3, rivers and circle duck up, but they're polluted and the surrounding forest are gradually disappearing. as the city limits expand, environmental experts say in many instances, land grabbers fill up wetlands with waste and sand. then to get a lease agreement from the government and gradually build commercial and housing

projects on it. the process eventually legalizes. what start says something illegal . urban migration is also increasing as a result of climate change. more people are migrating to dhaka from low lying areas which are prone to flooding a sea levels rise. body load, i left boiler island a long time ago. my ancestors fumbling in homes got washed away by the sea. so i moved to dark. awful work. one study suggests 2000 people mover every day. authority is said there is a shortage of adequate housing infrastructure and water and waste management systems, which is increasing the spread of diseases. yes. land grab yes, laundry grabbing is a problem in the canals and river are narrowing and losing her death due to the dumping of pollution, which causes flooding. the government has taken the initiative to fight against land grubbers and those who occupy parks and other spaces are been planner,

said development projects need to be regulated if the government wants to reclaim wetlands and expend sustainably. nor did our cocora do. no mother, there are laws and a plan for the development of the city, but these are hardly implemented or enforced by the city development authorities, district administration, or law enforcement agencies. the category of the un says duyka could become the world's fort most populous mega city by 2030. but few believe it's prepared to handle this groat sandwich. audrey, i'll just sit out deca. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera recruits president has visited the frontline city of back moon. it's been badly damaged and fading with russian troops . for literary zalinski says, the situation in russian held parts of eastern ukraine is extremely difficult. russia's president has called on her security serv.