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straight to straight fighting intensifies as russian troops continue. their assaults control, ukrainian city of buck moot. ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera will often double, also coming up, ukraine's president presses more a to fight russia in an address to the u. s. congress. your money is not sharing an investment in the global security at do more mercy on soon flogs, sweet malaysia, killing at least 5 people enforcing tens of thousands from their homes. and benjamin netanyahu is set to return to power with the most likely coalition government. and israel history the battle for the eastern ukrainian city of buck moods is continuing. almost 5

bounce off to russian. invaded oh, ah, these are some of the latest pictures coming out of the city which lies in ruins. ukrainian forces had held our ground in a territory which russia could use as a stepping stone to advance towards other cities. if they succeed. let's go live to cave, now to speak with it. charles, stratford and charles at the frightened continues unabated and backward. that's right. yeah, but it is undeniably one of the hottest places along like $1300.00 coloma front ally and it's a city that has been for, for with increasing intensity. i suppose over the last 5 months of this 10 months wool. and it's bad to say that suddenly in the last 6 months or so, the russians have made very little advance. we know that the fighting is especially

a tense in the east of the city. this is a place that is now being called a meat grinder. and that's with reference to that world war. one bustle is very done, where tens of thousands of soldiers were killed. we understand that thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the battle for by moot many civilians as well. we also know that there are still surprisingly quite a few civilians in that town refusing to leave law z, as is usually the case because they have nowhere else to go. and they're worried about the properties. but mood is strategically important because it is, it's actually a gateway to other large cities in the don't it's region the cities of criminals and slob yonce. but it's, it's bad to say that the situation has come to a very brutal war of attrition and a stalemate. those kind of advances that we saw in september and october and

accounts are offensive by the ukrainians retaking vast areas of land around the cities of car cave. and is you and of course the, the liberation of the southern city of care of san last months. right? that is all stop. so yes, so lynch, case visit to the us and the promise of more weaponry. more arms comes at a very vital time. when indeed, you mentioned that what's the reaction been to his visit to the us? well, it's been very little sort of official reaction, but the general mood amongst the people is, you know, this needed to be done because as i say, it comes at a really critical time in this war. let's not forget the intensity of the bombardments that ukraine has suffered in the last few weeks. russian kamikaze drones and cruise missiles targeting energy infrastructure. there's been

a couple of lines put out in the last 24 hours by officials saying that they are still struggling to gates electricity to everyone across the country on a 24 hour basis. they saying that the problem now isn't generating the equity. it is literally just the distribution of it's say around about a 1000 of these drones and cruise missiles that have hit that energy infrastructure . millions of people still without electricity and heating, certainly for the 24 hours in a given day. and then of course, there is the very real fear amongst the military establishment. hey, they saying that russia is preparing for a new offensive in the coming weeks and months. capitalizing on the hard ground that's expected in the, of the winter months. the head of ukraine's armed forces only a few days ago, saying that he was convinced, in his words, that russia will have another go at kids have. and there's a lot of focus on

a potential push from a better route. of course, the better rouge and leader again saying that better rouge and soldiers will not be used in any attack in ukraine, but we know the better it was used as a launch pad for the invasion on february, the 24th, we know the putin was in minsk, about 3 days ago for talks with lucas shank and its also comes of course, if, if the ukrainian military wants to regain control of all the occupied charities and that of course, and the territories that were taken and donnette, no guns can the occupation of crimea in 2014, it's important to recognize that russian forces in these areas that i'd like 8 years to dig in. they are very well established and very well defended. so yeah, this visit by zelinski comes a critical time colleague, mike. hannah was covering events over the last few hours in washington,

and this is his report. for the ukrainian president receives the heroes, welcome. as he enters the house rule that men must wear a jacket and tie, waived or simply not enforce the invitation to address both houses of congress as a rear ana. but the ukrainian president is also well aware that the legislators here control american per strings. and it is they, he has to persuade to continue aid to his country. thank you for both financial packages you have already provided us with. and there was you may be willing to decide on your money is not sure a team is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. yeah, this is one of the last occasions how speaker nancy pelosi will preside over the chamber from january, the 3rd. it will be

a republican in the chair with some on the right wing of the party intent on stopping the regular funding to ukraine. the extreme right wing faction is very much in the minority, but with the slim republican majority in the house, its power is disproportionate to its size. and the issue of ukrainian funding could prove to be a factor, even in the election of a house speaker. earlier the ukranian president arrived at the white house i should in by president biden, who put an arm around his shoulders and who made clear that unequivocal us support will continue the american people with you every step of the way. and we will stay with you. we will stay with you for as long as it takes on the stay to the senate overwhelmingly, confirmed a new ambassador to russia. it has also sent a massive omnibus bill to the house, which includes an additional funding of more than $40000000000.00 for ukraine. at

the conclusion of his speech, the ukranian president presented a battle flag signed by soldiers to be outgoing. how speaker a flag that he said is a symbol of victory. and the applause is a clear signal that ukraine and its president are assured of ongoing bipartisan support. my cana audius' era, washington a sort of a mark. ortho is the director of the institute of lexical studies and the former spokesman for russian president vladimir putin. he says zalinski is a puppet of the us. glad you met a g is not the we the or you create. he is in the hands or separate job by that is this one. you can also walk or joe biden against why do you maybe we can just blink . i did it well, roll over the president, you know, huge jenise the united states. it will continue, not this war against russia. it's,

i'm sorry, but sure. it's more than straight to your united states. busy goods i stand behind, it means that i made a console that should die bought and sold as specific as you can. you know, so this should die was that i'm going to interest. we believe that russia man is strong and will take control. all you can ingest the data and the will you will be right. you can and people wrong that you know, we go any sample because i keep it as you want to separate because you can, you know, i'm a can been warned by united states of america. i've been to be my most strong. then we are now live and also as i'm, it is in the world and i and now what we have to make russian army most can

go forward. melissa round 65000 people have been forced from their homes after monsoon, floods, sweat, the north emergency services are evacuating people from 2 of the worst hit states and 4 other areas. 5 people have been killed, more rain is predicted on thursday last year. the worst floods in the losers history live more than 50 people there than thousands disclose for in st. louis is life for us intern martin, that one of the worst hit states can turn florence just how bad has it been while many places are still inundated and flood waters now behind me, and it looks just like a lake, but in reality, these are paddy fields and that's quite a common seen in this area. we also visited a village that's been under water since monday, and people say they're fe. the flood waters are receding but extremely slowly. they're still not been able to return to their homes. those have left. there are,

however, people who rich refuse to leave. they're still living in their homes. some, even though there's water that's entered their homes of waters about maybe 10 centimeters high, but they're still staying put they say, because they want to look after their belongings. but people there are so used to these floods happening. the annual monsoon season stretches from december to february. and there are times when they experience floods may be 2 or 3 times during the monsoon season. so they've had to adapt to living with these floods. now one person we spoke to said he's changed the level of the floor in 2 rooms of his home so that at least when the flood waters enter his home, he's able to place his belongings on higher ground to ensure that they're not damage. but the damage is, is vast. i mean, these rise feels at least the harvest and the, the previous harvest. and they've already harvested the rice from the previous crop . they haven't yet planted. the next drop to the rice is safe, but that many vegetable gardens and. busy fruit trees that maybe have been damaged and people here say even though they're,

they're kind of resigned to living with floods. they do want more assistance from the government, not in terms of just financial aid, but a long term plan to deal with these floods. okay, foreign slow rely for us. so with that update, thank you. the world health organization is urging beijing to provide that more detailed information on the spread of coven 19 in china. record that numbers of infections have been reported since the government began easing restrictions, but deaths from it have been low. after china changes criteria for recording them is only counting those due to pneumonia or a spiritual fe. usda's warning the virus couldn't. tate, while neighboring india is stepping up surveillance. w 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. w, john needs more detailed information on visit severity, hospital admissions,

and requirements for ice. you support w. j. supporting china to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the country. and we continue to offer our support for clinical care and protecting its health system. managers of a hospital and shanghai have told staff to prepare for surge and cobra 19 cases. as a virus sweeps across china, they said no social media post that half of the cities at $25000000.00 people are expected to become infected by the end of the year. well, so the head here analysis era define stands against a ton of on a group of women protest against about all the female students universities in afghanistan. you look how the world company category has also shown this appreciation of the alt oh

hello there. the weather turned much milder across parts of europe, particularly in the west, and we are going to see those warmer conditions spread their way farther east. that thanks to warmer weather, wafting up from the southwest, knocking temperatures up in places like london and paris, and that trend will continue all way through to western russia. moscow seen 2 degrees celsius on thursday, so up from the sub 0 levels, we will see something of a big mouth. however, after recent record snowfall. now on friday it turns chilly across scandinavia, thanks to know that he winds blowing down. but of course, central air is we'll see, temperature continued to pick up, have a look at vienna in austria, 12 degrees on saturday. well above the average with sunshine on sunday. now we still got some heavy rain rolling in from the west, a boomerang affecting britain, an island france, all the way down to northern areas of spain. got some warnings out for heavy rain

here. and for southwestern areas of germany, a regular top for that heavy rain snow on the alps, but looking much nicer across much of the mediterranean. and you can see it does the chill down across scandinavia on friday we have a look at the temperature in all flo minus 2 on friday minus 11 on saturday, but still some sunshine. ah ah, with

ah ah, you without just hear my dog, my main stories now ukrainian forces are holding their ground against russian soldiers in the battle for back loot. russian troops could advance so now to cities, they seize the city and east in ukraine. ukrainian, president lensky has visited washington dc to request weapons from us. he told congress military support, few friends. russia was investment. security and democracy. floods triggered by a monsoon rains, have killed at least 5 people for studies. 65000 from their homes in malaysia.

evacuations are underway, and more rain is predicted. israel's longest serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he has secured a last minute deal to form a new government at yahoo was facing a midnight deadline to arrange a coalition. it follows weeks of tough negotiations with religious and far right condition partners. rob mcbride reports from west jerusalem. ha ha ha ha ha. since his election victory several weeks ago, benjamin netanyahu has been bogged down in tough negotiations to form a new israeli government. the right wing. the could leader was granted a 10 day extension of his mandate to form a government which he has needed. yeah, it's quite remarkable. and a little bit hard to fathom. he won a decisive election victory way back on november. the 1st we knew exactly who the allies would be in his coalition. they ran as a block, i guess he would say it's been really hard. they been driving a really tough bargain. but from the outside it looks like he projected. and

bizarre weakness and this is made for a very complicated process. netanyahu has formed an alliance with leaders who until now have been considered on the fringes of the political spectrum limit like it to my bank revere convicted of supporting a terrorist organization and racist incitement. he will become police minister with expanded powers to control the force betsel else more trick will be given ministerial responsibility for the illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. he has long lobbied for their expansion as well as control over palestinian construction there and area dairy, who is still serving a suspended sentence for tax fraud and who needed a change in the law to allow him to become minister. the question for many is whether netanyahu can keep these partners in check. i mean, the, what he said is, trust me. i am running the show here. but if you look at the way he's negotiated his coalition, they've certainly had, they've made their influence felt,

and you have to assume that will continue to be the case. i made fears that all ready combustible tensions could flare out of control. palestinians seemed to be expecting the worst with no one expecting this government to follow any paths towards peace. critics of this coalition speculate that some of its more hard line members might welcome a violent palestinian response to justify further crackdowns on the occupied west bank and gaza. what's clear is with the unprecedented makeup of this government, israeli politics are entering new and uncharted territory. robert bride al jazeera west jerusalem, the founder of the collapse to crypto currency exchange f t. x is in f. b. i custody and has arrived in the u. s. sam, back when freed was flown out to the bahamas overnight after agreeing to be expedited is facing several charges relating to one of the biggest financial frauds newest mystery. 2 of his associates have pleaded guilty to fraud,

christmas loom he 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 a said in court papers in the bahamas that he was anxious to return to the united states and make his customers haul. 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 kept. he's described as a, a failure of corporate control. all of these questions which bagman freed will have to answer to in the coming months. the un security council has adopted its 1st resolution on men mar, in decades, is to modern an end to violence and urge assimilates region to a to release all political prisoners, including asked to leader, i'm son sued tree also, but not to get it to james bass. has more not from the united nations. it's almost 2 years since the military took control in man mom. 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 asi and 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 su gee, and precedent. when ment me on mars ambassador to the united nations was appointed by the civilian government. but as remained in place, he says this resolution doesn't go far enough. we would have liked to see it stronger dex. we are clear. this is only a faster a such that nationally,

unity government calls on the u. n. s. c. building on this resolution to take father and stronger ash 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. awesome protests have been held across afghanistan after decision to ban women from universities. girls have already been banned from middle school and high school. lower con reports. ah, 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 pay omaha, committee, 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 diana color, just female doctors. that number off, or, or maternity mortality to read 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 unless says the decisions are made by small minority. i think that the vision is that coming up on what make what she acted

these with the u. s. and daughter and or her doctor that they are not against women educators. there's only 5 people who are managing the whole team. these are the hard liners of young lasted to be covered. it was the, the os version of the more the year before the taliban took power in afghanistan. it's 1st deputy leader, sergio in the 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 u. s. 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 african 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 then

each time many women say they were shocked by the announcement. i was really 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 want to let these guys graduate for the moment, sees like this. women walking to university hoping to shape their career paths. we'll stop for the foreseeable future. laura con al jazeera well cut our didn't the only build road stadiums and metro stations for the world capital so invested millions of dollars in its museums and art galleries. lexia bron looks at how and why the tormentors help the arts in the country. aah! cutter transformed into a vast outdoor up museum. the small gulf nation pulled out all the stops to host

the football world cap. but the tournament was far from being all about the beautiful game with i think the world cup has definitely pushed the art scene to a new level because a lot of people that are coming from a broad or visiting club there for the world cup. want to engage in the culture and we want to have something offered. and i think that's really pushed more an investment in the art scene. how did alma's work is on show images and exhibition of contemporary art? she says, having the global spotlight on cutter motivated local assets to explore their identity. i think storytelling evolved the, the way that we want to come to school is people started looking was like what and why, and how and all of this. and we became more experimental because each one of us wants

to bring something new and exciting. more than a 1000000 people visited cattle during the tournament, the crowds taking and not just the matches, but also the museums are to experts say that's been a game changer for the cultural st. helping it reach a broader, more diverse audience. this culture is one of a series by japanese artist jojo kazama, called my soul blooms forever. among dozens of public artworks installed and time for the world cup some permanent, some temporary. but all part of cat has efforts to use art as soft power. ah, the woman behind it all is shakera, may i say fanny, the sister of cut a mirror? and the chair woman is cutting museums. she's considered one of the world's most important art buyers, helping carter to diversify its economy away from the oil industry and increase its international influence. its museums are really dynamic spaces and they're

generated there. generators of discussion of debate right from the start kat are, has understood how important culture is and to communicating with the world and communicating its identity, its position in the world and vast has grown and grow. and grow more museums and galleries are plant designed as works of art in their own right, and holding influence that stretches far beyond their walls. alexey o'brien al jazeera doha, a powerful winter storm is making its way through the us and canada, bringing with it crippling snow is extremely cold. temperatures is being called at once in a generation type event that's disrupting air and land travel. during on the busiest times of the year began in the pacific northwest on tuesday, his heading east suspected to quickly strengthen by friday becoming what methodologists refer to as a bomb cyclone.