series of short documentary spike african filmmakers from mozambique ma'am, can you send me up on fairly good? okay. understood that we are the only ice okey team in east and central africa giant little choppers and can yet i slide africa direct on al jazeera. ah, ukraine's president is set to visit the white house on wednesday. his 1st trip abroad since russia invaded. ah, hello, i'm adrian again. this is al jazeera life and o ha, also coming up this year, i almost wish about again from afghan feel students speak out against the tell about his decision to ban them from attending university ambulance workers join you

k nurses on strike. against low pay raise concerns about patient safety paths of malaysia on the waters. heavy flooding hits the country's east coast, forcing more than 60000 people. a ukraine's president is heading to the united states for talks with president joe biden, his 1st bone trip abroad since war broke out in february. for a lot of me as lensky posted on twitter, that he hopes his visit will strengthen ukraine's resilience and defense capabilities. washington has been keeps biggest supporter, providing about $20000000000.00 and military assistance so far. let's go live to washington. i was here with alan fisher. is there this trip? alan seems to have been organized pretty quickly. it was the to preston spoke on

december. the 11th, at that point there was discussions about the possibility of presidents zalinski coming to washington d. c. the official invitation was issued last wednesday. it was confirmed by the ukrainians on friday. and then the trip was confirmed itself on sunday. no. unusually for washington. nothing leaked until very late yesterday afternoon when there was a suggestion that the president zalinski was going to make his way here to washington . and that will get confirmation that nancy pelosi was organizing a joint session of congress on wednesday evening. now consider that there's a big winter storm heading towards the east coast of washington, d. c. many, congress, men and women. many senators will be hoping to get away early. there was really only one reason there will be kept by that early this wednesday just before christmas. and that's for a visit by the ukrainian president. is there any significance of the timing, at least in so far as us politics are concerned?

for 1st of all, it's $300.00 days since russia had invaded ukraine, said that's significant as well. there's been some talk over the last couple of days over the ukrainians, obtaining the patriot missile defense system from the u. s. that is going to happen as well. and there's going to be discussions on capitol hill. no. when president zalinski is here, he's going to spend some time talking to joe biden ill meet the national security team as well. they'll talk about the situation on the battleground and what help the united states can give economically, military and humanitarian issues as well. but when he goes to the hell, he's going to express his appreciation for the billions of dollars of help that the united states is given as well. i and we're asked whether or not this was sending a message to republicans who during the election campaign express concerned about the possibility of spending more money in ukraine. and remember from january,

the 3rd, that the republicans will be in the majority in the house, at the white house, quick to point out, look, this is sending a message to the world and not to just add to vladimir putin, but the i sent a message to republicans that it's important that the res, deep broad bipartisan support for what is going on in ukraine and with president zelinski showing up. he's wanting to, to make that point that thanks for all the help. but we still need a lot more. he wants to fight the russians. he doesn't want to have to fight the americans for additional financial backing. so that's why that's important to is going to be on the ground just for a few hours, but is obviously hugely significant that the 1st visit he's made since the war began. is here to the home of his biggest baker. i was there was alan tricia that my wife house in washington allen. money, thanks and eat. or president lindsey's trip comes as roches president vladimir

putin has been meeting his top military officials speaking the defense chief's boot and said that there are no financial limits on what the government would provide to the military rushes, defense minister proposed raising the age from mandatory military service from $18.00 to $30.00. at that same meeting, the kremlin says there's no chance of peace talks. while western countries continue to supply ukraine with arms. the ton about his band, all female students from attending universities in afghanistan, the latest order cracking down on women's rights takes effect immediately. girls have already been banned from middle and high school. many countries have said that a change in policy on women's education is needed before formerly recognizing the taliban government rights activists say, the move shows the taliban indifference to international criticism. every single time the world puts a pressure on the coil along by saying, do this odon, or you haven't done this, or this is not done enough,

then they come around and they would have it. and they 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, they just are using continuous. but the way they think it to them then did you think because the never erased the woman from the, from the society, people work from education, from everything, from like a stroller and china have agreed to more high level talks on trade, human rights and security, australia's foreign minister penny wong is in beijing for talks with a chinese foreign minister to try to mend relations between the 2 countries. it's a 1st visit by a top australian diplomat in 4 years time between china and australia have been strained. since paging, imposed trade barriers and refused an independent inquiry in the cove at 19

pandemic. i did said at all positions on issues which i know are so important t straightens and are important to the government. relevant called it constantly met, messes, trade, blockages, human rights. as well as regional security, international security, and the norms and global rules which underpin our prosperity. we have agreed to maintain high level engagement and we've agreed to further dialogue in a range of those areas. one hour from out there is richard kimble and hong kong. personally, leaders from both sides made it very clear that they're absolutely committed to improving this long standing difficult relationship. china's foreign minister wang, he said, he's prepared from his side to completely reset the ties as though the last few years haven't happened. he's blamed australia unilaterally for making this relationship so difficult to under the previous administration of scott morrison in particular. but when listening to penny wong as feed back in the question and

answer session after these meetings, it was clear. there's still a lot of major difficulties for this relationship, and none of them seem to have been immediately addressed. whether it's the trade sanctions that we'd impose on australian exports to china. whether it's accessible, australian consular officials to detained australian citizens in china. whether it's australia's view, which is a western view, in large part of human rights concerns in china with regards to the northwest region of sin, jang, or tibet. none of these things have been immediately addressed as a result of this meeting. and so it's not really clear how many steps could be taken in the short term to find a resolution on these issues. but for the time being from both sides, a commitment to more discussion and for more constructive discussion and to move beyond the difficult types of diplomatic disagreement that was really commonplace for the last 3 or 4 years of australia, scott morris and leadership of the study and foreign ministers visit to beijing comes as china and russia began to join navy exercise. china says the drills are designed to saw the deep and cooperation with russia. the relationship between the

allies has deepened since russia invaded ukraine. russia's defense ministry says the drills will include firing missiles in the east china see thousands of ambulance staff are on strike in the u. k. a day after civil action by nurses up to 100000 nurses walked off the job for a 2nd day this month, calling for better pay and working conditions. the government says that he can't afford the 1900 percent wage increase. they look live demanding or the challenge reports from london. and his boss is basically saying that there are potentially going to be some emergency coals they get made today. and that go on upset with obviously a significant hit potentially on people's lives, whether they survive in emergency situation or not. now we are being told that the most severe emergency call absolutely life threatening situation. ambulances will be dispatched to go and offer assistance. they're going to call back and include

someone with a suspected stroke or chest pains. those calls are going to be tree arched, which means that an assessment will essentially be made on the phone about how serious that situation is. and if it's not deem sufficiently clear, then there won't be an ambulance dispatched. so an h s chief was saying that they cannot guarantee patient safety for the next 24 hours. consequently, there is advice being given to people in england and wales at the moment about the kinds of things i shouldn't do that sort of engage in risky things like contact sport, don't go out and get particularly drunk. there are 8 out of 10 ambulance services in the, in england at the moment, which of declared critical incidence. now that's the sort of administrative thing, which means that they can ask for help from, for example, the army to come in and take over some of those jobs. at least 5 children have died

in monsoon floods in eastern blaze, yet more than 65000 people have been forced from the homes. florence louis reports from canada and london guy knew the worst affected areas, but the majority of people who place by floods coming from these to day. now where i am now is the new part of a town called last year months. and people here say the water level was up to waste level just morning. now it's begun to recede and because that's been, that's been a respite from the rain. the weather forecast. heavy rain is expected to continue until they tend to see not only that water level many with level still quite high and that is a cold. then there's no indication yet of people who've been displayed when they can go home. we'll get to whether i'd like next here on al jazeera than the challenges

facing incoming israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. she tries to form a coalition government and peruse congress vote in favor of bringing forward elections to april 2020. ah. if we go with here, whether update for asia, very nice to see you. starting in the bay of bengal we're, we've got this disturbance just wobbling around. it is feeding some thunder re outbreaks of rain to sherlock over the next few days. but it's really just gonna stall out in this area now for the northwest of india, we'll call it roger stan state to west bank. all those fog alerts are still in play . visibility at times is nil. okay, bit of a breather. through southern thailand, the rain has stopped for now, but still keeping those extreme flood advisories in play around sabu city because

of how intense and ne monsoon has been. so well, it's a bit of a breather. for a southern thailand, the rain is still coming at you for k l and then feeds of persistent rain rate across indonesia is main island of java through bali and lombok as well. on thursday. colder air is punching across eastern china. so shanghai 6 degrees. and when we get this set up that colder air dipping out of siberia, mongolia, it's given us some see effect snow for japan as it comes across those warmer waters . dumping out all that moisture in some spots about 7 to 8 feet of snow. still a repeat on thursday, and it's going to be a washout in tokyo, but as the day progresses things will improve. hatcher weather, we'll see you later. take care. ah, what's going on in vladimir put his mind right now. could this war go? nuclear is being on that front team, the golden ticket to electoral victory. can americans agree on any immigration

policy? is there a middle ground between 0 tolerance and open border? the quizzical look us politics, the bottom line, bony test of is more benefits. they don't come off your savings like a back and neck program joined plenty test. number one, medical aid for south africa. ah oh. hello again. this is al 0, the main here is this, our ukraine, this president is on his way to the us for talk with president joe biden. it's his 1st known trip abroad since swatches of invasion in february, but ultimate lensky will. so address congress, a whole several bilateral meetings sawyer and china have agreed to more high level

talks on trade, human rights and security. australia's foreign minister petty wong is in beijing. the talks with the china's chinese foreign minister to try to remain men's relations with thousands of ambulance stuff going on strike to the u. k. witness state that's able to similar industrial action by nurses up to 100000 versus walked off the job for a 2nd day this month, calling for better pay of working conditions. the deadline is looping for the formation of a new israeli government, incoming prime minister benjamin netanyahu has until midnight local time. to finalize his colo coalition, robert bride reports for west jerusalem. this does seem to be going down to the wire for a number of different reasons. it proved to be very problematic in dealing with his new partners because of course, there has been this shift in right woods in the makeup of the canal it so and benjamin netanyahu and the could are not only dealing with other mainstream right

wing parties, but also these much smaller a parties re, over on the fringes of the very, at the edges of the political spectrum at the right wing of the political spectrum of people who were considered to be on the, on the verges of politics. now finding they have with a few seats, each great influence over the formation of this coalition. and they have been using that exerting pressure on netanyahu to demand various ministries. and so, in addition to that, demanding special extra powers for the ministries that they have been promised, which have meant that netanyahu has, has to push through various bits of legislation in the connected to make all this happen. now it does seem as though with he has now a 10 day extension which runs out to day wednesday. it is expected that by be well before midnight. he will be able to make that all important to her phone call to isaac hertz on the president to say yes, he does have in place his coalition and a will then have 7 days for the formal swearing in. but we do know from the makeup of this extraordinary government, that this will be at the most of the,

the most nationalistic and also religiously orthodox government, that israel has had to date, peruse. congress has voted to bring forward elections to april 20, 20 fourth. and early poll is one of protests as demands following the arrest of former president federal kasteel. brew has seen widespread demonstrations and violence since kasteel was impeached and imprisoned. 2 weeks ago, congress had been resisting cause to bring forward the elections, which were planned for 2026. but president lina bought a watery, urged floor me lawmakers to reconsider. marianna sanchez reports from lima. lo makers voted 90 in favor 30 against and one abstention to bring forward elections to april of 2024. that is 2 years ahead of when the presidential mandate should end. but it was a precedent. the not will not be who sent this bill to congress and told lawmakers that they should listen to the people's amanda,

83 percent of peruvians wanted new elections. now, lawmakers here say they hope this is a positive message for peruvians. peruvians are deeply disappointed with the perving congress, and i actually would, it would proven political establishment, and they want to bring a lecture forward no matter what. okay. now we needed to do it orderly. okay. and that means doing it by april 2024. okay. so hopefully people will understand that this is the best we can do if we want to have lectures with reforms . well, this is not the end. this vote needs to be ratified in a 2nd legislative period, which should be taking place next year between february and march. but many are hoping that for now, this vote to bring election for elections forward will help bring down the tensions around the country. in the coming out as the committee investigating the january

2021 attack on the u. s. capital will release its report. party calhane takes a look at what we've learned so far. ah, on the day this shocked the country and the world in unheard of breach of the u. s . capital building attacked by a violent mob of americans. how did this happen? and who is responsible? that is what the january 6th committee set out to find out all of us here today, focusing mostly on former president donald trump, who called his supporters to washington and sent them to the capitol, saying he would go with them. we fight like hell. and if you don't fight gel, you're not going to have a country anymore. oh, he said the election was stolen. but in testimony before the committee, it was clear, he was told repeatedly, he lost the election, telling aids he didn't want people to know, he lost without objections. but what that when he made the clearest it never before

seen video. how bad the violence was. how close the country came to seen its elected leaders attacked or possibly killed. several senators told to run from the mob they were walking right into. then this moment officer eugene goodman, lured the mob up the stairs. if they had turned right and walked just a matter of meters, they'd likely would have found an unlocked door with senators inside there. when we saw how close members of the house came to the mob, making their way to the last possible escape. the insurrections breached the window and a protester were shot and killed trying to get to them. we now know how close the vice president, mike pence came to coming face to face with those calling for him to be hung only 12 meters. and the committee said, trump knew that his supporters were armed that day, frustrated that so many couldn't come to the rally because secret service was using metal detectors. i don't, i don't care that they have weapons. they're not here to hurt me. take that thing

mags away. and weapons, the committee, her testimony, the trump, himself, wanted to go to the capital, lunging for the wheel and had a secret service agent who refused. but there are several things. the committee has not answered yet. why did it take so long to get approval for the national guard to be deployed? doesn't i don't the mill with who had been approach congressional leaders that were able to be moved to a safe location by capital police made frantic calls that went unanswered for hours . we up, you got the committee produced evidence. the trump's inner circle knew something was going to happen. people like rudy giuliani, i remember looking at him saying rudy, could you explain what's, what's happening on the sex up. he and he had some responded something to the effect of we're going to the capitol, going to be great. the presence going to be there. he's going to a powerful he's, he's going to get the members, he's going to be with the senators. but what we still don't have hard evidence on. if this was a planned coordinated attack,

the committee voted unanimously to refer to the justice department for criminal charges against the former president. but they've already been looking into this. there's a special prosecutor that's been appointed. a grand jury in washington has been hearing testimony that will likely determine if in fact the attack here on the capital was planned. and if so, who hey, the price for it. particle hang out a 0 washington. after years of legal battles, democrats in the u. s. congress say that will release redacted copies of donald trump's tax returns. the weiss of the house ways and means committee says that it will release a report in the coming days. it could shed light on the former president's finances and foreign dealings. republicans voted against the move saying that it sets a dangerous precedent whilst want. the supreme court allowed trumps tax returns to be released to congress trying cuz consumer price inflation east to 65 percent in november from 70.6 percent. and october 2022. it's been

a hard year for swollen cans with food medicine and fuel shortages. tens of thousands of people took to the streets, blaming the government for corruption and for failing to avert the crisis. but i'll fernandez reports ah harun mister jo lanka for many like wasn't and would delegate. it will continue. the student leader has been detained under tara laws since august, months of shortages of food, medicine, powdered milk, fuel and gas. combined with up to 13 alone, power outages brought people to the streets, demanding present, got up a raj boxer, his brother, the prime minister, and his enter administration stepped down off the ballpark. doyle, i don't. now we didn't expect this when we voted for them for the latest to destroy the country to us and our children. tensioned escalated when government loyalist

attacked, peaceful protested, who had been camped outside the president's office for months. in retaliation, people, torture government vehicles and ministers, homes. a member of parliament was beaten to death in the violence that followed. prime minister, mind the raj, epoxy was forced to resign. the president appointed running vicar missing her as the new premier. that decision did not go down well with protesters who wowed to continue their campaign. these are the scenes. the government is desperate to avoid . the crowds over and the president's house, forcing prison drudge boxer to flee 1st from his house. and finally, the country and the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the president vows, is posing a real problem. the pretest 3, any put attention on the political leadership and what the political leadership could do. and there was now, i think recognition that there has to be political accountability. vicar missing a,

stepped into the void, voted in by the pro roger pox, a parliamentary majority to complete the presidential term. and he wasted no time in breaking up demonstrations. this clear out launched at midnight on the day he took his ortho warfare. but the economic issues haven't gone away. the crisis at the fuel pump and the wider sri lankan economy is far from over. despite the government's attempts to show it has things under control. without a d, c, they have stabilized the economy and are confident of bailouts from the international community. this crisis is primarily a governance crisis that has manifested itself as a crisis in the economy. and what's happening now is we are trying to fix that economy without fixing the governance. and i think that is set up to fail. prison vicar missing, he says he will use the police and the military to prevent disruptions and

challenges to the government's authority. that doesn't face where something with the leggy and other protest leaders who say they will not back down in 2023. with their fernandez audio 0 colombo. so the 2022 football world cup has come to an end, but cattle will continue to uninstall the international competitions. next year in january. kite suffers will compete in the freestyle category on 4 way beach solid high that reports a water and a whole lot of wind. that's all these kite. so need to get back on the board, up to 6 very hot summer months. winds of finally arrived. figuring out quite so, seasoning cuts off boiled feet is the place to be a lot of the water is clean and shallow. so sandy,

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you can see in cattle, scuba diving, spear fishing, water, water, sports like 3 quarterly break self in code. so even though the government is supporting people with these kinds of spots. 2023 will be a busy year for qatar. thoughts by hosting the well g k kite said competition in january. the best pro kite surface, backing it's out in the 3 star category. so to hide it, i'll just there are quite a beach in catholic charities. foreign minister has handed over more than 20 cultural artifacts known as the benign bronzes. to my jury, of the items are a collection of sculptures and clarks that were looted from what was then the kingdom of benita in 1897. the return is part of an agreement with the countryside earlier this year. got free cutter is a historian, a co author of the benign read book. he says the handover is a significant step for the german government,

suave to make this move. it's machine was with action because sometime in the last year there is, there was the resolution by the general government being the 1st country to accept that ownership or just go to rep about this should be given to society of origin. and now they are also taking the lead to return the largest number so far, so we don't 20 so and this property for us, for both richer on i'm, it's objects of culture of mutation. and again we, we, we see these are very dear to us as 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. ah.