play of the school, so my brother said don't you love football? because i know you reach something. the last of our father bought situation. some charity people help us. so i went to their school of football. and after that of on year from my c p, i went to take a run, and then after 2 months from 15, i go to it on a national team. my goal is to play for our national team and todd afford up to reach these places. do house to be a strong you have to work hard. every lose nice time, a lot of friends, family. but i know what i'm doing. i know i'm going. my name was to be bashful, both play and that will. now at each year, lou rusher accuses the u. s. of waging

a proxy war as the white house offers more support to ukraine. ah, a roman numeral geologist their life and also coming up with street to street funding intensifies as russian troops continued their assault on the city of buck mote. also the u. s. braces will spin cold a once in a generation when to stole there. a fee is of a new cove. it wave hitting china. the world health organization is urging the government to provide more information. ah, welcome to the program. russia has accused the white house of fighting and indirect was saying that the united states is using ukrainian soldiers instead of so the

common follows a visit by the ukranian president to washington dc. automate blanche's 1st. overseas trips in russian troops invaded nearly a year ago. he addressed congress things. supply of military aid was an investment in global security and democracy in ukraine. these density by who tis. now the epicenter of the war, russia could use a territory to advance on other cities, but ukrainian force is holding the ground. while charles strafford has mona from keith, but moot is undeniably one of the hottest places along that 1300 kilometer front line. it's a city that has been full 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 a very done with 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 mood is strategically important because it is potentially a gateway to other large cities in the don't it's region the city of criminals and slob yonce. but it's fair to say that the situation has come to a very brutal war of attrition and a stalemate as cross over love to moscow. now, well, is there a salon? the hunter is standing by for us. and what we need to know really is that, ah,

besides zalinski being in the us, obviously ukraine is getting plenty of support from the u. s. but there is anger, isn't there from the kremlin? pretty much yes, exactly. not only from the kremlin a few minutes ago, the chief of staff of the russian army, general valerie, get us him all a has this book. and he said that her there was by arming ukraine, is actually keeping the a conflict active and prolonging the, the duration of the war in kiev. get us, im of also name freeman. countries whom russia seems that they are the key, a supporters of ukraine in this war, in terms of for supplying weapons. they united states, mainly a britain and also full land and get us some of, of course, that was speaking or giving a janitor view on what's happening on the front. but we've also heard also from the

a spokesperson of the kremlin demit episcopal. he said that said, the united states my receiving guess, lensky. it gives a very clear idea that neither washington, nora kia, are interested in going to piece in order to end the conflict in ukraine. pesca also said that this will only prolong the agony of the ukrainian people and it will not tender moscow in achieving the goals of what they call it. here the special operations in ukraine, which is actually the war there, of course, and all eyes a, a new crane are also watching the arrival of the urine. nuclear watchdog chief, he's been in russia. he's been in russia of course, trying to work out and help avoid any potential nuclear incident as well. what's come out of that meeting

a promise of a possible draft to establish our securities on a longer approaching nuclear plant, out of elk grove see who met with the a russian officials has just tweeted after the a very along if we may say meeting it with the russian officials, he said that it is very important to establish as a our security is on a longer approaching nuclear plant in order to avoid a nuclear incident. we've also heard from a, the, a russian or had offer a nuclear agency. and he said that they c i to i, along with the i e, a on establishing our security is on, but further talks are very necessary in order to produce our mutually agreed upon the draft on that, on that zone. he. and we should also mention that the russian, a general or chief of staff, a general good asked him of,

he was speaking while gross, he has just finished his meeting with the his rush and counterparts. a get us him off said that is a procedure. nuclear plant is currently safe and that's just because the russian army is doing its best to prevent any incident in the nuclear plants. so unheard of their force with the very latest from moscow, thank you. took is foreign minister says sweden hasn't taken any concrete steps to address it. security concerns with lucas valued held a news conference with the swedish counterpart on thursday. because hulu says that stock home has fell to extradite people with links to terrorism. sweden is currently trying to convince trickier to approve. it's been to join the security alliance. nato burka used to suck the b is shasta, they have a survey to a person affiliated with p k. k to our country. already. these are steps taken in

the right way. however, there are no concrete developments on certain subjects, particularly an extra dating terror linked to individuals and freezing terror related assets was calling about the swedish police authority and via security service give priority to operational corporation. following this agreement and peak a k, maybe is not a great threat to sweden, but this is definitely a threat for took here. and that is something which we take very seriously from the swedish government. the world health organization is urging beijing to provide more details on the spread of coven. 19 in china. record numbers of infections have been reported since the government started easing restrictions, but deaths from k with 19 have been relatively low since china changes. criteria is not any counting those due to pneumonia or respiratory failure. the u. s. is warning the virus could be tate while neighboring. india is stepping up surveillance w choice, very concerned over the evolving situation in china,

was increasingly ports of severe dishes in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of their situation on the ground. w, john needs more detailed information on business 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 be manages of a shine guy, hospital have told stuff to prepare for a surgeon cave in 19 cases. as the virus sweeps across china, they said, and the social media pays that half of the cities 25000000 people could become infected by the end of the year. full hunter is a professor in medicine at the university, the standby. he says, china is in a difficult position as it tries to contain the virus. it 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 dates are on the international surveillance. gina type surveillance dates, but you know, from the news, i think the viet point 7. now point 7 is actually reasonably common, very globally. and, and in the rest of the world is actually on a decline. and he's 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 come 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 their 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. a powerful winter storm is making its way through the u. s. in canada, bringing with it heavy snowfall and extreme cold. if in color won't in a generation event, it's already disrupting land travel during one of the busiest times of the year. soccer up a little bit off the shop between now and after christmas. now travel plans we

scrapped and 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. christmas may just be around the corner, but it seems that us consumers may have hit a roadblock. inflation reach reco levels a share while interest rates have also climbed. now some shoppers having to put on the break since kristin salumi explains. tis the season to buy gifts rising prices are on many shoppers mine. 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 my 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 really, 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 are better than they've been in one of your 25 years. of course, it's not just holiday presents 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 old sports companies find themselves on what one could call them, the role, setting down the obese of insolvency. and default these yet alone dep service payments skyrocketed $75.00, 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 am going to get is a good listener where we went in. the prices have gone. we're now right now we're just hold all the to will feel the pinch of higher interest rates in the new year.

kristin salumi al jazeera new york. well still out here on al jazeera benjamin netanyahu said to return to par with the most right wing coalition government israeli history of the world cup. got football sons excited, but it also did a lot of the art scene and casso will tell you why in a moment. ah hello there, there's a split in the weather across south asia. you can see from the satellite image as unsettle conditions plaguing southern areas, but up in the north, it is largely settled, but we're still seeing those fog and smog problems across parts of pakistan and northern india, causing traffic jams as they affect visibility further thought, that's where we're seeing that wet or whether pulling into places like under pradesh,

as well as tom will now do. but the worst of the wet and windy weather is likely to affect sri lanka. some heavier rain moving in suddenly on saturday, cloudy as well up some of the east coast, largely drive large areas of the east, a few showers, tickling off across the north, pulling internet pool for bangladesh. however, a launch lea, clear picture, and we move across to east asia. that's not the case. once again for the korean peninsula and japan, we've got another wintry. * blast blowing its way across the sea, that's going to strike into japan, knocking temperatures rather dramatically. not just the soul, but also for tokyo on is a similar story across the east coast of china. temperate is well below the average . for this time of year we have a look at the 3 day 4, sri lanka, 6 degrees on saturday should be about 11, but at least still some sunshine. that sure weather. ah

ah ah ah look like you're watching old as a reminder of all top stories, russia has accused the u. s. government of waging a proxy war against it. the commons follow the ukranian president's visit to

washington d. c. a lot of his zalinski told congress that military support for ukraine was an investment in global security and democracy. the world health organization is urging, trying to provide more details on the spread of cove it 19 in that country. china has not recorded any new caves desk for a 2nd straight day. the reports indicate that bodies have been piling up in from a torrence and north america is facing a deep freeze. a powerful wind storm is making its way through the u. s. and canada . it's been called a once in a generation event that's already disrupting air and land travel. the founder of the collapse crypto currency exchange f t x is in f. b. i custody, sank, bank min fried was flown out of the palm as after agreeing to be extradited. to the united states, he's facing several charges rating to one of the biggest financial frauds in u. s. history to his associates have pleaded guilty to fraud.

nearly 65000 people are living in flood relief centers and malaysia after flood waters hit large parts of the northeast, florence louis has more from coolant and state. most people evacuated this village when flood waters started rising earlier this week. the only way to get around now is by boat mohammed, the use of and his family are among the few who decided to stay by yeoman's alley by you. it's a bit difficult to move. it's not as comfortable because the relief centers are more crowded and my disability only to depend on someone to help me move around. a continued stay here, as long as it's safe to do so silly that will do a leg with the monsoon season in malaysia lasts from november to february, and flooding has become more common. some have modified their homes to deal with the threat. mohammed rose d,

billy brought him raised the height of the floors in some rooms by nearly 30 centimeters to keep his belongings dry. but that didn't stop him worrying when water started to rise on monday, the banker, the rain was very heavy and i was concerned because i am in the help bad things got in 2014 that he has flood was one of the worst in living memory. at its height, more than 200000 people were forced from their homes. official say the level of rain fall recorded in some parts of the state on sunday was the highest since 1967. it looks like we're in the middle of a lake as water all around us and in some parts it's more than 2 meters deep. but this was once a paddy field and the rise was harvested before the floods came. the vegetable gardens have been destroyed. no official estimate of the damage the flood waters have caused has yet been released. but when they receive many here will have to

slowly replace and rebuild what they've lost. florence li, al jazeera too, but cool. and then state alaysia that is well as long as serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he secured a last minute deal to form a new government that in yahoo had arranged a coalition before a midnight deadline. the agreement follows weeks of negotiations with religious and far right to coalition partners. lets us perspective on this or netanyahu government with mom. bashar is algebra al jazeera, senior, political analyst, good. have you on the program again. let's just move on. what we spoke about an hour ago about the, the, the nature of the coalition and how interesting all disruptive this coalition could be in, in the initial few weeks that we see at forming. yes, i think a lot of people in israel, i quite alarmed by the development and they see it not just as a ah, you know,

once an hour blackmore and a kind of thing it's, they see it as a, as a consistent evolution or devolution of is very politics so. so when you hear the mayor of israel's biggest city, phil of eve, say israel is heading to what a fascist, theocracy, fascist theocracy. you got when a minute, what happened to this one and only democracy in the middle east? kind of talk, right? so there's a real, a warming development happening within israel, whereby fanatics and fascists recognized as so all to a nationalist, all the religious coming together, forming a majority government and basically vowing to a transformed the judiciary within the country to have an oversight over its supreme court these are the last and institutions of liberal democracy

within the country, and they want to take them over. they want to have oversight over them. they want to strip them of their authority. so what's happening in israel, as seen by a good number of israel supporters outside israel, and israel is within, is read that israel is heading towards a fascist theocracy. so if we talk about the israeli is within israel. politicians get voted in by the public. what's changed in the public's mindset to actually decide that these people are the ones that they want in power. so there are, there are number of factors. let's go over them quickly. one is 50 plus years of occupation of palestine have led to radicalization of the israeli political system . more and more israelis served them, the army served and occupied. 30 become more radicalized with, with some over half a 1000000 illegal settlers in the occupied 30 days have led to even more

radicalization, more extremes and more of fanaticism within the country. all young generation of israelis does not even recognize. they all that so called liberal israel, they're all for more fanatic. more jewish more alter a religious, more hyper nationalist country, chauvinistic country. and those don't want diplomacy and peace with the philistines . they want to take over all of palestine by force because they think it's been divinely promised to then. hence, there is a major development that to over the years and years and years where by now a majority more than 3 quarters of the country prescribed to this kinds of radical fanatic at the ology. and that promises to create havoc within israel and within palestine in general. so very quickly, how does this send affect those israelis outside of the country that have often seen their allegiance as to israel?

but don't quite see is in the form that it's taking right now. i'm thinking of the, the, the american jews as well out there that, that lobby the united states for its support. so there's 2 things. one, there are more and more. israel is living the country and more and more as early saying, we want to leave the country because we cannot stand the idea that we have to live in some sort of our religious ha, hi, religious law kind of our country right to there is the for the 1st i major major debate happening among jewish communities, especially in the united states where there is more jews than that is in israel. is measure debate happening with, with, with increasing number of americans. you was worried about the fact that israel is moving towards fascism in interesting time. certainly was he how this all an evolves, certainly have the next few months be interesting times for israel. thanks. my mom before our senior political analyst and you can read more of marvin's piece on netanyahu, the godfather of modern israeli fascism. it's on our website at al jazeera dot com

. now, in other news of dollars, finally facing a shortage of basic goods as the and was of a looming salmon. the country is not in the grip of winter while people are also battling a fuel crisis. 30 call reports. if you have a cabal is no stranger to the cold, freezing temperatures are normal in december. this year, people are struggling to find the fuel. they need to stay warm her just in the little knuckle. my goodness that we don't have anything to bend in the winter is no human turned 80, nor proper food to eat. i'm disabled and can't work. and my kids go in the plastic pep, i and other staff, so that we could ben and keep ourselves on what is shana was in his family of 9 or among thousands of people in afghanistan who are struggling as cole. and what prices, serge? it's the 2nd winter afghans have spent under the taliban since it retails power. in

the spring of 2021 with billions of dollars of the countries cash reserves frozen by the us. the government is short of money and struggling to provide basic services. the global energy crunch is also making life harder and dizzy and full price increase by about $46.00 per ton. most of the buyers coming by only up to 20 kilos of call or route because of the kind of card ship. the taliban leadership says it's considering a cap on domestic prices, but it's unclear how much help the government can offer thousands of people and said conflict drives and floods in the countryside. now face a freezing winter and cabal, and other cities, and the united nations world food program is warning. the country faces its worst famine in 20 years. for many ines gonna stand, life is looking more than ever like a fight for survival and the taliban promise of

a peaceful and prosperous country as best a distant one. friday, a car out to 0. fiji has mobilized its military to help maintain security after disputes about a general election last week. concerns over ethnic tensions are growing after the poles delivered a hung parliament. the coalition of 3 parties says it has a majority, but prime minister frank by an m a rama. has not conceded defeat cattle did newly build road stadiums or metro stations for the world cup. it also invested millions of dollars in its museums and galleries. alexia bryant looks at how and why the tournament has helped 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 camp. but the tournament was far from being all about the

beautiful gay 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 her 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 artists to explore their identity. i think storytelling evolved out of the way that we want to cover stories. people started looking more of 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. so exciting

more than a 1000000 people visited cattle during the tournament, the crowds taking and not just the matches, but also the museums asked experts say that's been a game changer for the cultural said helping it reach a broader, more diverse audience. this culture is one of a series by japanese artist jojo, cassandra called my soul blooms forever. among dozens of public artworks installed and time for the world kept some permanent, some temporary. but all part of cat has efforts to use art and soft power. ah, the woman behind it all is shaken, may i say, fanny, the sister of cut as yes and the chairwoman of cotton 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 that generates the generator.