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united states is committed to ensuring that the brave ukrainian people could continue, continue to defend their country against russian aggression. joe biden promises continued support to ukrainians during volota moore's lensky visit to the u. s. ah, i'm how much room this is alger alive from door? how also coming up? a major cabinet, re shuffle and peru is the president tries to find a way out of the country's political crisis. thousands of ambulance workers join a wave of strikes in the u. k. demanding better pay and a defiant stand against the taliban. a group of women protest against the ban on female students at universities.

ukraine's getting a significant boost to its air defenses in its war with russia. a new $1800000000.00 assistance package announced by u. s. president joe biden will include patriot missiles, speaking alongside ukraine's president followed him as a lensky biden says, the u. s. will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes its zalinski, his 1st trip abroad since russia's invasion in february. my message, i wish you peace. i think that is the main thing and you understand it only wound the war in your country when somebody like these terrorist from russia come to your house. we really fight for our common victory against this tyranny. that israel life. and we will win. the package will include a patriot missile battery, which will and one which will train ukrainian forces operate as part of the ongoing

effort tell, bolster ukraine's air defense scrub. take some time to complete the necessary training. but the patriot battery will be another critical asset for ukraine. as a defend itself against russian aggression. all right, let's now go to mike hannah, who is a capitol hill, where president zalinski will be addressing congress mike clearly by making this visit present. zalinski seeks to remind the us that he needs its support based on what president biden said of that joint press conference. ukraine will continue to have us support right. well, it would appear so he has been invited to address a joint sitting of the house of congress and by the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who sent him that letter yesterday. we understand it was only made public in the course of the day, but also in the course of the day we've heard from both the senate majority leader, a democrat and the senate minority leader, a republican, and both of them saying exactly the same thing. the u. s will continue to support

ukraine despite the transition of power within congress itself because the republicans are taking over control of the house. come january. the 3rd and there are some elements within the republican party who are opposed to continued aid to ukraine. so that's going to be an issue perhaps in the voting for the house, the speaker, when that comes in the coming weeks. because although that right wing of the republican party is very much a minority, they have power far in excess of their size because of the republican slim majority . so the issue of a to ukraine may become an issue in issues like the a race for the ad speaker, for example. but generally congress here will welcome the president, warmly, many or going to be wearing the colors of the ukrainian flag in his honor. and mike, president, zalinski is going to be addressing the u. s. congress in the coming our. what do we

expect him to say? what we came to expect him to ask for continued us support as to ukraine and its ongoing battle against russia. he wants to ensure that even those doubters within the republican party who have been talking about limiting such aid to ukraine, saying that the aid is not bottomless, that they have to be greater checks on it, that they have to be more controls. his task is to persuade them, add that this aid needs to be forthcoming, and not only that it has to increase. he may also be seeking to persuade congress to put pressure on the administration to give him weapons which at the moment the administration is reluctant to do such as long range missiles. so this is a very critical speech of for let him yet said lensky and remembering to what he understands very clearly is that it's congress that controls the purse strings of america. and it's congress of love,

literally decide whether or not to continue aiding and supporting ukraine. aright. that's how the 0 my counter joining us life and capitol hill. thanks so much mike. as we heard the u. s. military aids, ukraine will include the highly sophisticated patriot air defense system. our defense editor alex topple. it has more on how effective the weapons are. the patriot air defense system is 40 years old, but has constantly been improved over the years and is designed to protect vital cities and air bases. the latest version can detect incoming crews and ballistic missiles, up to a 150 kilometers away. the advanced intercept to missiles once launched in the right direction are then able to guide themselves to hit oncoming aircraft or missiles. well, that's the idea anyway. is records being patchy when used during the gulf war in 1991. the failure rate was found afterwards to be between 60 and 95 percent, but it was still sold to us allies in the gulf like co 8 saudi arabia, the u. e,

and cutter. her recently as 2017. the saudi armed forces were reporting regular fe is against iranian design, missiles, norse by huffy, rebels in yemen. despite these failures, the information received on these missiles has allowed the manufacturers to improve the patriot into an effective air defense missile system. this information will be especially valuable as russian missile inventories, one low in the war, and ukraine. and russia increasingly relies on a rainy and built drones and short range missiles. will the pottery make a difference to the war unlikely? the u. s. as few patriot batteries to spare, and the cost of each missile fired is $4000000.00 compared with 250004 russian cruise missile, and $50000.00 for iranian dro. the arrival of the patriot is more about showing political support for ukraine than it will be about defending the country. william courtney as an agent senior fellow at rand corporation. as a former diplomat,

he served as white house senior director for russia, ukraine, and eurasian affairs. he joined us from washington, d. c. thanks for being with us on al jazeera to night. william this arms package from the u. s. that include a patriot air defense missile system. do we know when it will arrive and how long before these weapons are operational and can actually make a difference on the ground? it will take several months to arrive. there has to be training for a number of ukrainians that will probably take place or facility germany. so i would love to spring some time as possible. time for deployment. and william, this visit by president zalinski to the u. s. and the fact that he's going to be addressing a joint, a joint session of congress. how's russia going to be viewing all this? are they seeing this is a provocation? the russians probably have several views or she will. some russians will see that the criminal has been saying all along this war is really between russia and the

west, not just between russia and ukraine, but other russians are going to see the lensky your crane are getting a lot of international support, underlined by this. it that are going to see russia is more isolated on the defensive. william there is concern among some analysts and officials in the u. s. that with the war in ukraine, headed into with 2nd year, that it also could be headed to a stalemate. could we expect the president biden might be privately urging president zalinski to consider negotiations with russia. not in the current circumstances, as a buyer who said several times, there is no sign of it or should go sharing some of this point. the united states and western allies are going to be providing great with a lot of military support to enable ukraine to continuous battlefield. i meant to

recall the most recent move us on the battlefield, have counter offensive successful by your creative or chief in the north or her. so i'm city of south as possible. a cell phone for the benefit of america is where if you pray, president biden says there is continued support for ukraine across the board in the us. but there have been indications that some republican lawmakers may be wavering and their support when it comes to ukraine. how much of an impact could that have going forward when it comes to the u. s. ukraine relationship but not much as a certain republicans in the house. sorry for house representatives have expressed concern or regarding worked or driven mccarthy, the coverage, the dressers. there's a blank check with lynch, i was never provider grow so so progresses liberals on the left. how also expressed concern. they published

a letter recently with the retracted parkway. so all those concerns on the right of the laughter exist. the still strong, barbarous report of the house, and certainly shaw barbosa support ever so to consider it in your room. all right, william courtney address, senior fellow at rand corporation. thanks so much for joining us on al jazeera. you're quite welcome. present zalinski is trip comes is russian leader vladimir putin vows. there'll be no financial limit on what his government provides. the military, he made the pledge while meeting senior defense officials potent approved a proposal to increase the strength of the armed forces by 30 percent. the kremlin says there is no chance of peace talks with ukraine while western countries continue to supply it with arms. voters room, this you, it will, we was more is listen out. i me and military capabilities are increasing the young constantly. every day. this process will make no mistake, will not be sped up. if we didn't out is here. as i mean, there homie has more on the kremlin reaction to present zalinski is visit to the us

. i'm for okay, i'll kind of, we're not girdled for la on buddy col muska reacted to the announcement with a statement from the kremlin spokesperson, he said, russia is not expecting any positive results from valencia's visit to the united states yet. i also added that providing more weapons to ukraine will prolong the conflict of wall thought the spokesperson also added the rushes position remains the same. yeah, i see condemning the united nations to port to ukraine, particularly with weapons which might result in a direct confrontation with moscow. m. o. f. regarding van mi, uprooting meeting with leaders, and commander of the defense ministry. he focused on the so called special operation in ukraine, and they discussed the results of the conflict. biase not put an accused nato, and the united states in particular of trying to weaken russia through the prolonged conflict in ukraine yet. why wouldn't said most i will do its best to increase its military capability. when also added must, i was ready with nuclear matter in order to maintain the stability of russia. still

ahead on algebra, extradition to the u. s. looms for the founder of the collapse to f. t x, crypto currency exchange and a colorful glow. now, the pink iguana is making a come back on the lot goes ah, ah, off we go with your headlines for the americas. thank you for stopping by. so here's the picture on thursday, there's been a lot of rain falling in rio de janeiro as of late weather alerts in played there in time high temperatures to be found in paraguay suns out in south sea on with a top temperature of 38 degrees. some torrential downpours also in the forecast for brazilian mon now's next. stop. are going to central america. fairly quiet pitcher

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which includes patriot missiles. speaking alongside ukraine's president followed him as a lensky biden says, the u. s. will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes russia's president, vladimir putin has approved a 30 percent increase in military personnel. that'll boost it to one point. 5000000 soldiers kremlin says peace talks with ukraine are not possible, while western countries supply it with ours. peruse president, dina. but while the work day has carried out a major cabinet re shuffle, the appointments include a new prime minister and finance chief. it came hours after she won the approval of congress to bring forward elections to 2024. protesters had been demanding early polls and 2 weeks of unrest following the impeachment and imprisonment of former president pedro castillo. arianna sanchez has more from lima. it seems that to proceed in the days just starting to to have a government, if you will, after these 2 weeks of political and social turmoil in the country,

she has named her prime minister. she has brought up the defense minister a little that i love to be the new prime minister of having a chief us here in the room. he has the experience of being a defense minister before a former defense minister with former presidents are young. oh my love, but she has kept her of her foreign minister food last night, declared the mexican ambassador. but when i grew up, the after the mexican government gave asylum to the family of former president, fatal gas, you'll hear the outs. i'll type the embassy. everything is quiet but last night the ambassador, who had, who was ordered 72 hours to be able to leave it left with lillia. but it is the wife of president former president. i see you and her 2 children to the airport. they are now in mexico. but now, president manuel lopez for

a lot from mexico has said that relations between the countries will remain firm as they have always been thousands of ambulance workers in the u. k. have gone on strike. it's put the national health service under further strain a day after unprecedented industrial action by nurses. the government says it can't afford more than a 4 percent wage increase, while health sector staff want 19 percent. john whole reports from london ambulance workers have joined a long list of public sector strikes, driven to industrial action because of low pay in the face of a crippling cost of living crisis. in this sector, perhaps more than most low pay as life and death consequences. it's not just to be paid one of the reasons why the services and such as the because the government hasn't been based properly in the workforce and people are leaving in the rules.

and it's one of these cumulative things. he hasn't good people leave, it means those who are left behind or under even more pressure and too often the ultimate price is paid by patients. according to n. h s, england, the number of patients who died while being transferred to hospital in an ambulance . more than doubled from 40 in 2021 to 93. in the past 12 months. the number of patients who suffered severe harm in ambulances, triple to a 154. and more than 5000 patients came to some sort of hom, on their way to hospital like their colleagues, the nurse, you know, ambulance worker wants to risk patient care by going on strike. but what they'll tell you here is that the ambulance service has been risking patient care for a long time. what they want is better pay that leads to better stopping levels that leads to better care. but as with the nurses, the government is refusing to negotiate beyond the payoff of 4 percent well below inflation at almost 11 percent,

i think were held together by the goodwill of actually mission. and i checked, work is across the country, but it's on sustainable is a crisis. without intervention from this government. we've got to be concerned for the future. i'm health of the nation and in general, the ambulance workers say there when this fight, even if it means more strikes in the new year. but an improved pay off of they say will only be a small step towards saving the national health service. they're proud to represent jonah how l 20 london began b, as government says it has stopped a coup attempt. it says some members of the army were planning to topple the government of president. adama barrow on tuesday for soldiers had been arrested. a search is underway for 3 suspected accomplices, the founder of collapse crypto currency exchange f t. x has agreed to be expedited to the united states. at a hearing in the bahamas, sam bank and fried lawyer said, his client was anxious to leave. bank been freed is facing several criminal charges

related to one of the biggest financial frauds in us history. christian salumi has more from new york, the former billionaire and f t x founder faces 8 federal charges here in new york as well as a possible life sentence. the charges include securities, fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, even a campaign finance violation and under u. s. law he must appear before a judge within 24 hours of arriving in the country. that judge is the one who decides whether or not he can be granted bail and free before his trial is concluded. the 30 year old m i t graduate said in court papers in the bahamas that he was anxious to return to the united states and make his customers whole. he may also have been eager to avoid the notorious fox hill prison in the bahamas and get back to the united states,

but he is up against some serious charges here. the securities and exchange commission describe what he did with his crypto exchange as a quote, greys and fraud. the current c o, testifying before congress said that there were no proper financial records cavities described as a, a failure of corporate control. all of these questions which bagman freed will have to answer to in the coming months. a decision to ban women from universities has triggered protests in afghanistan. girls have already been banned from middle school and high school as laura han reports. some analysts say the latest government order points to a clear divide in the taliban. oh, this defiant group of students is taking a stand against the taliban, withdrawing their education. they say their ambitions and dreams cannot be taken from them. my po number, who come up here, oscar, and the 21st century. if there is no education,

we will vanish from the face of the earth. no one is going to take us seriously and we won't be able to demand our rights only with education. can we understand our rights and responsibilities? this was the notification of an indefinite ban on women's university education. a gynecologist in kabul says a lack of female doctors could put lives in danger. if there is no scores, no universities and no, i know color, just female doctors. that number off our or maternity mortality rate is increasing day by day. despite strong condemnation from several countries and activist groups. the taliban is yet to respond officially. but sources of told out to theora the taliban is divided between reformists, many of whom engage with the international community. during talks in doe, hon, and a more conservative faction. one analysts says the decisions are made by small minority

. i think that the vision is going to cover me last on maple she ended these with the u. s. and daughter don't have got to learn that they are not against women educators. there's only 5 people who are managing the whole team. these are the hard line, isn't the i'm not going to be covered. was the destination of the more the year before the taliban took power in afghanistan. it's 1st deputy leader, sergio in a ha, connie wrote an article published in the new york times. it said women's rights to education would be protected, a promise that has been rolled back, but the us also failed on its promised to use economic tools as leverage to moderate the telephone. in 2021, it proves nearly $10000000000.00 in assets belonging to the uk and central bank. women say the still suffering. please don't, but more sanctions in afghanistan did each sanction you put on we are having to result. i mean, when i say we,

it's women who are like they are eliminating women. they are giving us. why is then each time many women say they were shocked by the announcement? i wasn't any shocked. i couldn't believe that there was some rumors that are going to ban goes from attending universities, but we didn't know that this will happen in the middle of the finance and the wanted these guys graduate for the moment, sees like this. women walking to university hoping to shape their career paths will stop for the foreseeable future. laura con al jazeera, the un security council has adopted its 1st resolution on me and mar in 74 years. it's demanding an into violence and urges the military john to, to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader on santucci. our diplomatic editor, james bass, has more from the united nations. it's almost 2 years since the military took control in me on my during that time the security council has been divided,

unable to come up with a resolution. now, a security council resolution has finally passed, even though 2 permanent members, china and russia both abstained. this resolution was drawn up by the british ambassador barbara woodward. the resolution calls for the cessation of violence, immediate and concrete implementation of, assyrians 5 point consensus. respect for the democratic will of the people of me and more respect for human rights and accountability for those who violate them. full and unhindered, humanitarian access to those in need. and the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained, including unsung sushi and precedent. when ment me on mars ambassador to the united nations was appointed by the civilian government, but has remained in place. he says, this resolution doesn't go far enough. we would have liked to see is stronger

t x. we are clear. this is only a 1st step. as such, that initially unity government calls on the u. s. s. c. building on this resolution to take father and stronger est action to ensure the safe end of the military quanto. and it's crimes. diplomats i've spoken to said they're not expecting the military government to comply with all the terms of this resolution, but they are hoping it'll restart diplomacy, which is being led by the regional group. i see an up to 20 ro hanger. refugees have reportedly died on a boat stranded in indian waters. it's thought between 10200 people were on board the vessel near the on demand and nickel bar islands. activists say most migrants have died of thirst and hunger, while others have drowned. the world health organizations, general director says he is very concerned about reports of increasing cobra 19

cases in china. there's been a rise in the number of recorded infections since the government's easing of it's strict 0 co policy. sometimes some scientists warrant it could lead to the emergence of new variance, doubly choice very concerned over the evolving situation in china was increasing reports of severe diseases in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground. deputy joe needs more detailed information on visit severity, hospital admissions, at requirements for ice. you support w. j supporting china to focus its efforts on vaccinating people on the highest risk across the country. and we continue to offer our support for clinical care and protecting its health system. australia and china have agreed to more high level meetings on trade human rights and security, australia's foreign minister penny wong is in beijing for talks with her chinese

counterpart to try to re set relations between the 2 countries. it's the 1st visit by a top australian diplomat in 4 years, ties between china and australia had been strained. since paging, impose trade barriers, and refused an independent inquiry into the coven. 19 pandemic. there's new hope for a critically endangered species of iguana. live on the side of an active volcano. in the galapagos islands, scientists were worried. the pink iguana could become extinct within years, but the discovery of hatchlings and juvenile reptiles could change that felicity ogilvy reports cleaning to a tree on the side of the volcano. this is the youngest pinky guano scientists have ever seen the reptiles of borne green and gradually become pink. as they age in new garcia. he thought i would have never seen a young pink iguana. the speeches was 1st described in 2009 before that the pinky guano is not known since then. we had not found an young iguanas. this is

a very important finding to secure the conservation of the species. the wolf volcano is one of the most remote spots in the galapagos islands, but that hasn't protected the pink iguanas from the threat of introduce species like rats. the volcano is active and last erupted in january, also putting the reptiles in danger. if there is one, i just was filament important that we estimate that there is a population of between no more than 20300 grown specimens. this means that if we hadn't made this discovery, and if we hadn't thought the threads they are facing, it could become extinct in a few years. plans to save the pinky guano from extinction include a captive breeding program. now there's proof. the reptiles are breeding in the wild, leaving them one step further from extinction. felicity ogilvy, al jazeera. ah,

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