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boscoe accuses the u. s. government of waging a proxy war against russia to the last ukrainian ah, carried on to mrs. al jazeera were la from dough, also coming up with the street to street fighting intensifies as russian troops continued their assault to control ukrainian city of not moot, the u. s. braces for what's being called a once in a generation, winter storm. and fears of a new wave of coven 19 in china. the world health organization urge has been shake for more information. ah! moscow has accused the u. s. of fighting, an indirect war against russia is in your canaan soldiers instead of its own. the comment follows the ukrainian presidents in personal, dressed to congress,

where he argued the supply of military 8 for ukraine was. an investment in global security is one in essence, his 1st overseas trips since russian troops invaded nearly a year ago. mike had a reports from washington dc. the ukranian president receives a hero's welcome as he enters the house rule that men must wear a jacket and tie, waived or simply not enforced. the invitation to address both houses of congress is a rare honor, but the ukrainian president is also well aware that the legislators here control american pur, 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 sherry team is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.

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 ukrainian 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 audio 0 washington a salon hotter has more now on the reaction from moscow. the spokesperson of the kremlin mitre prescott has said that the kremlin does not expect any a positive outcomes of his visit to washington. also, prescott has added saying that the united states supplying the ukrainian army with

patriots will make these weapons on the system. it's a target for the ukranian was to be misled themselves. also, the 1st man who might be training the ukrainian army or up to the also they things these massages also fiscal has other saying that this will on the prolong the agony of the ukrainian people and it will not hinder what moscow has such as an objective for what it's called a special military operation and you plane, or rather the war. and you claim this reaction from the crime that has been old so ongoing. from yesterday we have heard the action from the deputy had of the federal council, the russians had to. and council, he says that this is also is the lead to visit is also another example that neither most, neither here nor washington are actively seeking peace stokes to end the conflict in ukraine. fighting in the moods in eastern ukraine is continuing well than 5

months after russian troops declared the battle for the city had begun. the. these are some of the latest pictures coming out of a city that's in ruins. ukrainian forces has held the ground in the territory that russia could use to advance on other cities. if it takes control child structure, it has more from keith butler. it is undeniably one of the hottest places along that 1300 kilometer front line. it's a city that has been fought for with increasing intensity, i suppose, over the last 5 months of this 10 months war. and it's bad to say that suddenly in the last month 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 battle is very

done, where tens of thousands of soldiers were killed. we understand the thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the battle for back moot, many civilians as well. we also know that there are still surprisingly quite a few civilians in that town. refusing to leave la z, as is usually the case because they have nowhere else to go and they're worried about their properties. but the mood is strategically important because it is, it takes a gateway to other large cities in the don't, it's region the cities of criminals and sloppy ads. but it's, it's fair to say that the situation has come to a very brutal war of attrition and a stalemate in malaysia around 65000 people have been forced from their homes. off the monsoon floods swept the north, emergency services are evacuating people from 2 of the worst states and for other

areas. 5 people have been killed. more rain is predicted on thursday last year. the west floods in malaysia history. more than 50 people, 10000 displace florence louis has more from, from one of the worst hit states can come so many places are still inundated and flood waters now behind me and it looks just like a lake, but in reality, these are patty 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 say, 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 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. the 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, maybe 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 is 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 that planted. the next truck to the rice is safe, but there are many vegetable gardens and their fruit trees that maybe have been damaged. and people here say, even though they're, they're kind of resigned to living with the floods. they do want more assistance from the government, not in terms of just financial aid, but a long term plan to do with these floods. a powerful winter storm is making its way through the us and canada, bringing with it crippling snow and extremely cold temperatures. it's been colder once in a generation event, that's disrupting air and land travel during one of the busiest times of the year.

soccer up a little bit. so i'd often shop between now and after christmas la travel plans, we scrapped them. we were going to go to chicago, but no, that's out now. so i'm glad we scrap that trip. check on each other. make sure everyone gets home, say, watch out for each other. so go ahead here al jazeera benjamin netanyahu was set to return to power. the most right wing coalition government, israel's history, and the 100 days in office. we take a look at the challenges facing kenya's president in tackling its economic crisis. ah, with hello, that is more winter weather to come to parts of asia in the next few days. that's after we had a bit of a wind to blast effect the korean peninsula and japan. it dropped record snow. well,

there's more of that to come. it turns slightly milder ahead of this system. you can see it blasting into central areas of han shoes stretching up in the north into her kinda, and even trickling down into more southern areas. now behind it, we have got that cold, the air coming through. now that struck temperatures across a north, china for beijing, it'll do the same for places like so if we have a look at the 3 day, they're dropping down rather dramatically on friday, but some recovery by sunday with sunshine, lots of sunshine in the south of china, where also things sunshine across parts of northern india where it remains rather settled. but there is still a problem with fog and smoke up here. places like new delhi for example, around the bio bengal. that's where we're seeing the wet weather without heavy rain pulling into shall lanka, stronger winds as well, being felt across that east coast of india. but on that west coast, lots of sunshine, fine, a conditions to be found on. it's a similar story for much of bangladesh. and nepal, with just

a few snow flurries and some rain up across the mountains. ah, it abandoned as a child by his own cristella lopez. nothing of his early life in the republic of hunger. after 40 years living in switzerland, cristella follows a fascinating paper trail that leads from his adopted home to the country of his bath, and the most unexpected re union witness ella on al jazeera. ah ah,

you al jazeera reminder of our top stories. now. moscow has accused the u. s. government of waging a proxy war against russia. comments follow the ukraine president's visit to washington dc to request more weapons told congress military support to ukraine's war with russia was an investment in global security. and democracy. ukrainian forces are holding their grounds against russian soldiers in the battle for boot. russian troops could advance on other cities if they seized the territory. eastern crank and floods treated by monsoon reigns killed at least 5 people enforced that is 65000 from their hopes and building malaysia. evacuations are underway and more rain is predicted. the world health organization is urging beijing to provide more detailed information. the spread of coping 19 in china or record numbers of infections have been reported since the government began easing restrictions,

but deaths from coverage have been low after china change its criteria for recording them is only counting those due to pneumonia or spiritual failure. the u . s. is warning the forest could mutate while neighboring india is stepping up. surveillance, deadly choice. very concerned over the evolving situation in china, was increasing reports of senior diseases in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground. w joe needs more detailed information on visit severity, hospital admissions, and requirements for i see 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. managers of a hospital in shanghai and told start to prepare for surgeon coded 19 cases as the

virus sweeps across china. they said in social media posts that half of the cities 25000000 people are expected to become infected by the end of the year. for hunter isn't epidemiologist and professor and medicine the university of east anglia. he says, china isn't a difficult position when it comes to containing device. it's said to be a, b, b at point 7 variant that's circulating at the moment in china. although again, there's not a lot of data on the international surveillance gina type surveillance dates. but, you know, from the new guys seems to be at the point 7. now, point 7 is actually reasonably common, very globally. and i, and in the rest of the world has actually been on the decline. and these just seem to be less infectious at the moment. than most of the other very circulating globally vaccination doesn't necessarily provide very long term protection against

infection. so what and china has really stopped its main vaccination comes a lot last january, february time has given very few additional boosters to that. so essentially, most of the protection against infection that china would have had and months ago has been as, as evaporated. in the west, we have most of us have both already had an infection and been vaccinated and that's what's called hybrid immunity. and that gives much longer, much better protection against severe disease and death and chime and there are very few people with hybrid in china. so add to that the fact that this being particularly poor uptake in older people who are the most vulnerable to severe disease, hospitalization, and death than china is actually really in a difficult position. israel's longest serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu

says he has secured a last minute deal to form a new government that deny who was facing a midnight deadline to arrange a coalition. it follows weeks of tossing a she ations with religious and far right, coalition partners. robert mcbride reports now from west harrison. 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 yet, 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 motorists 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. and in 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 contin 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 you and uncharted territory. robert bride al jazeera west jerusalem. a funeral has been held for a 23 year old palestinian man killed and an israeli rate in the occupied westbank. it happened while israeli troops raided the city nobliss to escort is ready. settlers on their incursion of a religious site meant that there may, it was from the nearby town or 2 bus. local media reported that he played for local football club. number of palestinians killed by israel has risen to 224 so far in

2022. i think the deadliest year since 2006 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 bank when freed was flown out of the bahamas overnight after agreeing to be extradited. he's facing several charges relating to one of the biggest financial frauds and us history. 2 of his associates, how pleaded guilty to fraud with just a few days until christmas. the last minute shopping, rushes went under wake, but consumers in the us are feeling a squeeze of rising prices and interest rates, and they aren't spending as freely as previous years. kristen salumi report tis the season to buy gifts and rising prices are on many shoppers mines. inflation may be slowing in the united states,

but prices are still way up over last year. and holiday sales are lagging. i'd say, i definitely have noticed some like price hikes this year things are a lot more expensive than they typically are bills like it's a holiday, so i don't want to short change anyone, but you know, things are more expensive noticeably in an effort to reduce inflation to 2 percent, the fed has been raising interest rates from near 0 in march to just under 4 and a half percent by year's end. and your own power made clear recently he wasn't ready to stop the increases just yet and react. i don't think anyone knows whether we're going to have a recession or not. and if we do, whether it's going to be a deep one or not, it's just, it's not knowable. still, it's not all bad news. wages for the lowest earners have gone up considerably. and the labor market remain strong. you're somebody who's stalking that milk in the grocery store. you're noticing your wages have risen more in the past 3 years. then in the past 20 years, and your chance of getting a job or quitting your job,

if you don't like it and getting a better one or better than they've been in one of your 25 years. of course, it's not just holiday presence that have gotten more expensive, it's things like rent and mortgage rates and services like hair cuts. so some economists are worried that raising interest rates may do more harm than good. last week, the bank of england and the european central bank followed the fed raising rates by half a percentage point to 3 and a half percent, and 2 and a half percent. but higher interest rates could discourage businesses from making new investments. it's already making it harder for poor countries, also dealing with inflation to pay back loans. luanne says 50 poor countries are at risk of defaulting. most of the world sports companies find themselves on what to what could call them the role, steadying down the abyss of insolvency and the faults these yet alone, their deb service payments skyrocketed said the 5, but since the largest increase in decades and with credit card debt rising this

holiday season, many family se santa will have to tighten his belt. we went in with like expectations. i able to get this a good listener where we went in. the prices have gone out, were like, well, now, right now we're just hold on. they to will feel the pinch of higher interest rates in the new year. kristin salumi al jazeera, new york, peruse new preston to dina fuller. r t a has carried out a major cabinet me shuffle as a country reels from violent protests. while they were sparked by the impeachment and imprisonment of former president pedro castillo this month. elections have been brought forward in response to demonstrate as demands. marianna sanchez reports from lima. senora reset weird though what that are laughing at and new minister sworn in only 14 days after dinner while you are at the took over the presidency, former defense minister and mental or that will i will now lead the cabinet in

a country immersed in political and social turmoil if moment, but that equal bad luck, it is time to recover peace and gipstick bbt and cover nobility to the country. yes, i am no longer live here on wednesday. tension seemed to cool off around the country a day after a majority of legislators voted for bulwark. this bid to bring elections forward 2 years by april 2024. 83 per cent of peruvians demanded new general elections. but little miss cabinet will now wait for a vote of confidence in congress and political opponents say they must keep the government a chance. instead, tensions rose on the diplomatic front, former president pedro garcia's wife and children were granted asylum, and flown off to mexico. on wednesday, they do responded by expelling mexico some batter, wi mexico's precedent. a friend of castillo defended his country's right to grant asylum, and denounced by those governments handling of the situation. maria law,

which the peruvian government is highly questioned as a whole for its action, especially for opting for repression. director doretha, the new prime minister said look, his old other statements are unfortunate and unacceptable interference. you know, what will happen to me peer. we will not allow any person outside the government of peru to interfere incessantly with the government of broo for now, but his government is focused on trying to quell tensions and seek to restore order at the countries deeply divided and remains under a state of emergency. innocent, as i'll just see that lima be to cg, has mobilize its military to help maintain security after disputes about last week selection. there are growing concerns of ethnic tensions after the polls delivered a hung parliament. a coalition of 3 parties say they have a combined majority. but prime minister frank, many mariama has not considered defeat. now it's been $100.00 days since william

router was for in this kenya's president. he won a hotly contested election in august. he promised to provide the financial assistance to small businesses, revive economy and tackle corruption from nairobi. malcolm web takes a look at retail master george cassandra is one of hundreds of thousands of motor bike taxi drivers in kenya, struggling with rising costs. 4 months ago campaigning for elections, william router said he'd help them and other small traders with government loans i asked you was announced the election winner and sworn in a 100 days. again. the money became available last month, and george took out the maximum loan. he's allowed, which is about $4.00 borrowed and repaid using him over money service. he said he spent it on fuel, was not enough. what did, but it was enough for you. i was talking to

the deputy president for 9 years before he ran to the top job promising change. we are all the previous administration of former president who kenyatta was accused of unsustainable borrowing from china for infrastructure project and mod, by numerous corruption scandal, news for collaboration. in since taking office routes, he says he's reviving the economy. we have point agreement on mobilizing investment and financing, you know, white, but i do have sector and we will continue to engage an international community. we implement our plan. router had a flurry of meetings with us officials, signing trade deals, and securing loans from western financial institutions. his government said little about trade with china activists to concerned that prosecutors have dropped corruption charges against retailers allies for various scandals. so filling more

than $250000000.00, a lot of people are worried that is there any way to be held accountable because some of the largest cases that were currently pending. and now they've vanished subsidies on fuel and some staple foods of ended since we say took office. that was a condition for borrowing more money from the west. joseph maggie, another motorbike taxi driver, says he voted to retail, but nothing has improved. it is government out of films like to have up 3 lead to this. not even because the people of the people are doing the same thing. some economists say things will get even worse before they can get better. kenyans waiting to see malcolm web outers era, nairobi the un security council has adopted its 1st resolution men, more in decades, is demanding an end to violence and urges the military jones to release all

political prisoners including ousted lead. i'm sorry, su tree or diplomatic editor james base has more. busy from united nations, it's almost 2 years since the military took control and 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 to permanent members, china and russia both abstain. this resolution withdrawn up by the british ambassador barbara woodward. the resolution calls for the cessation of violence, immediate and concrete implementation of assy ends 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 president win meant 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 it stronger techs we are clear, this is only a faster a such that nation. you unity government calls on the u. n. s. c. building on this resolution to take father and stronger extra 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 ah.