sentimental value call hon al jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to al jazeera ah, international condemnation. as the taliban announces, all female students in afghanistan are suspended from university. ah, hello there, i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera, alive from london, also coming up ukraine's president visits the frontline city of buck move, paying tribute to troops that have engaged in the conflict fiercest fighting. argentina holds a massive parade through the pack streets of when desirous in honor of their world

come winning americans football team receives the he was welcoming the boss after making history impacts. ah, we begin in afghanistan, where the taliban administration has moved to restrict women's access to education even further on to say they education ministry. and as that access to universities had been suspended immediately for female students, a letter was sent to all public and private universities, instructing them not to allow female students to enter until further notice, the move is in accordance with a cabinet decision. it has raised concerns in the international community or in governments including the u. s. have said that a change in policies in women's education is needed before it can consider formerly recognizing the taliban government, which is also subject to heavy sanctions. will shortly after the taliban made that

announcement, the united nations condemned the move. it's clearly another broken promise from the top we have seen since there take over also in the past months, just a lessening of the space for women. not only in education, but access to public areas, their non participation in the public debate. it's another very troubling, troubling move and it's difficult to imagine how a country can develop can deal with all of its the challenges that it has without the active participation of women and the education. while the decision was confirmed just after the taliban released to us prisoners and what was called the quote good will gesture. state department spokesman net price said the irony of the

timing was not lost on us. officials have permanently sent him women to a darker and more barren future without opportunity. no country can thrive when half of its population is arbitrarily held back. education is an internationally recognized human right and it is essential to have can attend the economic growth and stability. this unexpected, unacceptable stance will have significant consequences for the telephone and will further alienate the taliban from the internet community and deny them the legitimacy they desire. diplomatic edison james biggs has more now from the un. well, i think many people are commenting on the timing. yes, you got those us prisoners released, then you got the taliban making this announcement, but making this announcement out of cobble after 9 o'clock at night seems very late to make this announcement until he realize the announcement came just as the un security council was meeting on afghanistan, a meeting only takes place every 3 months and diplomats believe that this was very

deliberately timed. an act perhaps of defiance towards the un security council, which all of its members have condemned the, the lack of girls education in secondary schools. and now this is being extended to female students in the university. at the news of this emerged, as the council had been meeting had been meeting for some time. one of those was a civil society activists and women's rights activist had been addressing the security council. she'd already given her speech when then she saw this news, she told me about it all. i just saw it on my phone because it was kind of traverse like that. i signed it, sent it to me as a message and it was like, it was like, oh my god. yeah, and then at the same time i turned around next it of course they would do it right now because there's a meeting in the city council going on in uh, alabama. retaliate like this by doing my doing.

this is how they have been doing all the time. what does this mean for the women of afghanistan? every single time the world puts a pressure on the taliban? by saying, do this are done or you haven't done this or this is not done enough and become around and baby can you make it harder on the woman? so the women have janice on actually have become as i said, you know, they don't for them they don't, they don't really exist. they're not human beings. they are, i don't know what they are. they don't consider them as you know, they just, he just using there are different views on the security council on how to deal with the taliban. how much to isolate them, how much to engage them. clearly there are some countries that have better relations with the taliban. than others, for example, a pakistan and china talked to the child about a fair bit, but i can tell you, i spoke to both the pakistan ambassador and to the chinese ambassador. and they

were pretty shocked by this news and said it was a very negative development. ah, ukrainian president vladimir semanski has paid a visit the eastern front line city of buffalo and presented awards to ukrainian soldiers. backlit has witnessed some of the heaviest fighting against russian troops and is now considered to be the conflicts api center local sources until the al jazeera, the russian forces and fighters from the wagner group of lost some of their positions on the southern side of the city. control of back mode will give the kremlin a boost in their battle for the dumbass region that ukraine have held on to it for now. russia believe to be relying on mercenaries, prison conscripts and newly mobilize soldiers in staging, relentless attacks. yeah. which was because of the sure move run them by george. i want to say that we see what remains of where they left. nothing is alive with

onion. this issue isn't just in the danverse. that is why i want to tell you here and don bus, you protect the whole of ukraine and, and bus one. because after don bus, they will do all this and other cities of our country because they don't want anything ukrainian. and i am 100 percent sure of this and therefore the protection of the whole of ukraine risks on your shoulders, not just on bus and, and on. but what are stratford is in the key region has more on the impact of recent russian attacks on energy infrastructure. this is one of more than a 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 better rouge and electrical systems like them will see. the july was the where we all feel like we are on the 1st line of energy defense. all ukrainians are looking at us with hope that we can return a light and heat into 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 him insolent sky on december,

the 13th said, restoring the country's power grid could cost more than one point. $5000000000.00. damage then meant a shortfall of 2.5 gigawatts, and that was before 2 more massive drone and miss all bombardments targeted the countries energy infrastructure. as an example of just how well russia knows this electrical grid system. this was an electrical transformer, has 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 push 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 ukrainian authorities say is around

a 1000 kamikaze drone and miss all attacks against vital infrastructure stations like this across the country. the origin team is woke up, winning stars are being cheered by tens of thousands of fans in their capital. when it's iris for the presidency, says the team has been forced to ditch their parade bus for a helicopter to do to the massive crowds. the government declared tuesday as a national holiday to celebrate the trial was 36 years in the mason. argentina won the fee for world cup and some the beating france on penalties. and what is considered to be one of the best finals ever. monica yanna key of was that parade in woodside arch in times have never seen something like this. it has been 3 days a year early in the morning. the celebrated with

a . 6 very, very good. so what they did was a city avoid northside, but people here a deal, they know a very politically divided country. but today, they feel united with this historic victory,

which they've been waiting for so long morocco's national football team of arrived back home after making history at the world cup. the atlas lines stunned the football word by defeating european giant spain and portugal in an archive face to become the 1st african country to make it to the semi finals fans of lined the streets in robots to welcome the team home. nicholas hawk reports. oh, the atlas lions are back welcomed by a roaring crowd. young and old waiting hours for the chance to see them to honor them. a team that has made moroccans proud to be really from the notion of team and know what they have. does this sir? as cuts her in saying yes, so we're here to so brief with them all the things they've done for us and the one . 0 though you didn't know when the i know it's very important for us to be,

to be proud of her. what we, we made because we all read this together and the history. yes, we made this team showed what moroccans are capable of. and they showed the world how talented the moroccan scene is becoming a very happy, humbler. oh, we came from mo, from, from holland, just to just to witness this. it's alive, achievement the law. it feels like coming home is, who's bombs, everything. if you can see the people, the, the happiness that had brought everything and the. yeah, men will, i, we love you money. the money watching from casablanca is 73 year old, former central defender of morocco's national team, up governor, uneasy. dallas, he's played in the 1070 world cup in mexico. the team was made up of amateurs. abdul aziz worked as an engineer and practiced with his teammates during lunch breaks, earning a few $100.00

a month to play for the national team. m. as so far leah said keith, we all wish to have been part of this team. the so professional in youthful, the clearly play for the love of their country, of their flag and of their king. most of the players were born abroad in our dual nationals to receive a hero's welcome from the country of origin, from where their families are from. is not just special. it resonates from millions of people. oh no. oh man, i listen to hello. tell me. no more has one the. oh the success of them are up in a row. has a bright mirror, a 2022. 2 not the end,

but the beginning of a new journey for the moroccan football team. in making history the now senior, unstoppable, carried by the support and love of millions of people. nicholas hall, county 0 robot morocco. that was much more ahead here on al jazeera, the u. k. government under mounting pressure is large. his nurse is stage a 2nd. unprecedented strike overpaid and conditions germany hands precious artifacts looted in the 19th century. back to nigeria. ah hello, that will start down under in australia and a tropical low stretching across the top and is intensifying bringing some shop thunderstorms to the likes of darwin and also wet weather for the east. we are

expecting this to creep it's way further south bringing some of the showers to more central areas, and they'll join up with wet weather that slowly moving its way towards the south east. however, there is a different story to the west places like per lots of sunshine and warms, coming through heat is going to build here over the next few days as we head to that festive period. 36 degrees by thursday, and clear skies on friday. that's not the case, however, for the se a cool air has died down giving way for some warmth, higher temperatures. but the rain rolls into sidney on thursday. and as you move to east asia, there's more in the way of snow for japan. after a brief pause on wednesday, you can see that front pushing its way across the sea that going to knock temperatures down, but also bring more snow flurries and heavier snow to more northern and western areas and local that does the temperature in the north of china beijing now minus 2, minus 5 degrees in solid is a lot warmer and dry at the for the south. we go 90 degrees in hong kong on

thursday that sure whether ah african narratives from african perspectives. whatever has been done before, can be done in britain as long as a human being is doing it. you countries a new series of short documentary by african filmmakers from mozambique, and can somebody up with giant little choppers and can i slide africa direct on al jazeera lou? ah,

our minds of our top stories here on al jazeera, i've gone stands taliban government has moved to restrict women's access to wedge occasion. even further. on tuesday, the education ministry and as female students will be suspended from universities immediately. the u. n. a. several western nations have condemned the cranes present laudermill the landscape visited the eastern front, my city of buck boat and presented awards to ukrainian soldiers, but has witnessed some of the heaviest fighting. it's russian troops and is now considered to be the conflicts at the center. and a national holiday has been declared in argentina as it holds a parade in honor of the football team following their world. victory has also been the heroes. welcome for the moroccan t koreas. congress is debating a bill to hold early elections for the 2nd time in less than a week on friday, legislatures rejected a proposed constitutional reform to move elections forward. president dina policy

says she'll urge congress to move the elections from 2026 to december 23. there have been days of violent protests and former president pedro castillo was impeached and imprisoned. earlier this month. yes, supreme court has extended a controversial trumpia immigration policy, which restricts asylum claims. the rule known as title 42 was imposed in 2020. it allows the government to use coven 19 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 which were meant to end on wednesday. why did yo castro joins his live now from el paso in texas. hi there, heidi, what's the situation currently at the border or julie, this past fiscal year, the u. s. sam record great numbers of people trying across from mexico into the us

. more than 2000000 times. the 1st time in recorded history. and here in el paso, we're sort of at the epicenter of the surge of migrants at this time, we're seeing people here who've been processed by border patrol. they turned themselves in at the border and they've been released to temporarily remain in the us as they wait for their asylum cases to proceed. and as you can see, there are many of them. there are people from venezuela, from nicaragua, from ecuador telling me that they're trying to escape political persecution or gain violence or poverty. and they're camped out outside of this church because the shelters in the city are full. even the airport has been turned into a makeshift place, a roof over people's heads, as temperature is dipped below freezing over night, most of these migrants are waiting for a chance to leave el paso go on to sponsors and other u. s. cities. so they just have to buy their time waiting for that transportation. and these are among the so called lucky,

that's how they count themselves because they have made it this far north of the border. because about half of those who try to turn themselves into border patrol are turned back immediately using that title 40 to rule which remains in place despite the expiration date that it had for this evening. why? because the intervention of the u. s. supreme court, which is agree to keep that restriction in place for now, while it considers an argument from republican lead states like texas, that argue if that restriction goes away and even bigger tidal wave of migrant will come across the border behind it. so now we're sort of in limbo these migrants hoping for a chance to continue into the us further to argue their cases. while so many more remain waiting in mexico biding their time to cross the border. and heidi so far, what's the by didn't administrations a response been right?

they are in a tough spot, getting a lot of criticism from both sides. conservative states say they're not doing enough to secure the border. humanitarian and immigrant immigrant advocates saying they're not providing ema enough aid. the white house has said it is waiting for congress to approve a request for 3 and a half 1000000000 additional dollars to aid in this crisis. meanwhile, states are taking measures into their own hands. the state of texas deploying an additional $400.00 soldiers for arrived here in el paso yesterday. they're now spread out across the border with both warrens shouting into them, telling migrants to not to try to come not to not cross the river. i did you astro . they are joining us with the latest from el paso in texas. heidi thank you nurse is in the u. k. have staged a 2nd. the unprecedented strike and made an increasingly acrimonious fight with the

government for better pay and conditions up to a $100000.00 nurses have taken part. the demanding salary increases of up to 19 percent to make up for inflation and years of cots, jonah hope has more. the royal college of nursing, the nurses union used to be avowedly anti strike action. but not anymore its members. now they have no choice. i think the pace is, is ridiculous. basically overtime inflation. you can see that your pay that he be facing. i would the cost of living for another out with i had a question about doing extra shift bank calling to make ends meet by the end i already doing. oh no. it wasn't long ago that nurses were applauded on doorsteps up and down the country for their work saving lives during the pandemic. now they're quitting in record numbers. i because

wrapping us they charge doesn't pay the rent. and nor does the 4 percent pay rise currently on the table, but this is a demanding, substantially more as much as 19 percent to make up. they say for years of low pay that's failed to keep up with inflation. the government says the money just isn't there to give the nurses what they want, as well as giving the national health service what it needs to survive. you can't have one without the other than to say. and unless the government engages in people in the coming days, they want more of this in the new i think it could just come to a point where it's an existential rights shortages and the collect from around me and i trust it's an extension for future as well, now, permitted to fort not just that based upon our pocket butler sustainable in a chest where people can afford to live or work in a capital city like london opinion polls suggest the public or on the nurses side.

oh, hooting their support, despite the inevitable disruption being caused to nurture patient care, and that's uncomfortable for the government determined not to give in to striking workers are increasingly be blamed for bringing the national health service to the verge of collapse. joe, the whole al jazeera lumber. a german court has convicted a 97 year old woman for nazi war crimes. in what could be one of the country's last holocaust trials, ermengarde 1st know served as a secretary. it stood tall for concentration camp in poland. between 19431945, she's been found guilty of complicity in the murder of more than 11000 people and has been handed a 2 year suspended sentence. fortune has been sentenced under juvenile law. she was only 18 years old at the time of her crimes. germany's foreign minister has handed

over more than 20 cultural artifacts known as been in bronzes, to nigeria. the items are a collection of sculptures and plucks that were looted from what was than the kingdom of the men in 1897. the return follows a deal made earlier this year between germany and my g area to transfer ownership of more than 1000 artifacts. the hand over comes amid a growing trend towards giving back artifacts stolen from africa by europeans during the colonial period. while godfrey ecuador is a historian and co author of the been in read book, and he says, the hand over is a significant step. for the german government, suave to make this move, it's machine was with action because sometime in april last year there is there was the resolution by the gym or gov. meds being the 1st country to accept that ownership i just got to read about this should be given to society of origin. and now they are also taking the lead to return the largest number so far are we don't

20. so and this property are for us, for woods richer on a miss object of got to read the mutation. and again we, we, we see this object as very dear to us as a people because they were made by our ancestors. they are part of our civilization and a part of our living culture. because these objects are functional within the safety of the been people. he relies hacked of us and indonesia concerned a new criminal court. both signed for free speech in the world's 3rd largest democracy. anyone perceived to be insulting the president could face jail time. jessica washington reports that from jakarta for more than a decade. tony milwaukee on his painted sum of indonesia is best known politicians for national newspapers and magazines. he's known for his unflattering depictions of political elite, including the president. i can draw an i have

a perspective about human rights, an initial adjuster. yeah, i show her my feelings may express in my speech so as of freedom as my as human rights are. fillings are short, with her drawings, cartoon, very good, but work like this could land the artist in trouble. incoming. he is under the new criminal code ratified earlier this month. any one perceived to be insulting, that president, vice president or state institution could be imprisoned for 3 years or longer if the offense is on a digital platform. i think this is, you know, a serious term to worse, the darcy of indonesian polities, which is an authoritarian term. so we have to try to think how to rollback how to push back. ah, this, this

a maneuver many fear critical reporting will be construed as an insult. some activists, chandler and political commentators have raised concern the vague wording of the law might contribute to selective enforcement and create a climate of fear. unclear what can and cannot be. the ministry of law and human rights says the government welcomes criticism and has promised to clarify uncertainties about the hundreds of articles in the code. during recalls, a socialization period under the moral people will need permission before organizing a demonstration or risk 6 months behind bars. journalists can also be jailed for distributing news that's considered on verified, exaggerated, or incomplete. some human rights lawyers are planning to challenge the law. the exercise of our freedom of expression, which is always is also good thanks to our government. whether it's,

it's bad performance is it's bad services and so on. which also done by the very glass little people in, in, in asia. even if attempts to change the code are unsuccessful, tony says he won't stalk speaking out. his latest comic shows how those who challenge the criminal code may become its victims. jessica washington, out to sera, to carter. ah, a very quick reminder of the top story is making the use here on al jazeera, afghanistan's taliban government has moved to restrict women's access to education even further. on tuesday, the education ministry, and as female students have been suspended from universities immediately, a letter was sent to all public and private institutions, instructing them not to allow women to enter until further notice. it's where he is major concerns in the.