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this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm sam is a dan. this is news, our live from dell ha, coming up. the next 60 minutes, ukraine's president heads home after his us visit, where he's received unwavering support in washington. ah, the battle for buck moot, intense street fighting as russian troops continued to assault the ukrainian city. fears of a new spike of cove at 19 across china, the world health organization urges badging for more information and the u. s. braces force being called a once in the generation winter storm. ah, russia is accusing the white house of fighting an indirect war,

saying the united states is used in using rather ukrainian soldiers instead of its own. or the comment follows a visit by the ukrainian president to washington d. c. vladimir zalinski, his 1st overseas trip since russian troops invaded nearly a year ago while he addressed congress sang the supply of military aid was an investment in global security and democracy. but on the ground, tal russia is not giving up. the defense minister survey showing go as visited military units in ukraine. the foreign ministry spokespersons also responded accusing ukraine and the u. s. of not wanting to end the war. bidding our warrant, no at all the negotiations. well, you understand, we say negotiations in quotation marks showed that neither ukraine nor the united states as striving the pace thus simply determined to continue hostilities. salaam holder has more now from moscow. moscow has said,

clearly today that all 8th sent to you trained by the united states patriot systems or other would be legitimate targets to the russian army. also the personnel that might be deployed with such systems to train or to operate these systems would be also a target for the russian army. we have heard this clearly my, the spokesperson of the kremlin missy put called and also today there was something very important spoken by the chief of. 5 staff of the russian army general didn't get us. the more he said that the united states is actively in getting involved in this conflict through sending ad supplying more weapons to ukraine. this what moscow has clearly said it's will respond to the more ons being sent by the united states and other european and nate 2 countries to ukraine that are also

another scenario that would be possible. but it's not clear if russia would resort to such an option that would be launching an attack from the beller bella, russian territory. so best that would facilitate the russian army, reaching the city often leave. and thus cutting the main road that supplies weapons to ukraine through poland, ukrainian president vladimir then ski says this trip was a success. these also adamant that the military aid will help ukrainians. we're trying to survive the war even if we are coming back with good results. the ones that will really help when we say patriots in ukraine, and in the us, we mean the protection of the state and the people from this issue is sold for ukraine. there is also financial support. there are also other agreements. but let's get some more perspective from this. in matthews is a journalist,

an author who focuses on russia. he says the landscape needs to keep the world's attention on ukraine. zelinski the task is to keep the wool and keep support for the war. front of the center of the american political debate, i think is very clear pushing the spokesmen of but said that that said in so many was that they expect the americans to lose interest on the west to lose interest. so the political cycle to move on for what position on the far right of the republican party. ready states to grow opposition to ukraine, and basically the, the best, the strategy that the russians can pursue. give him that consistent series defeats in the field is just hope that ukraine's western allies will eventually give up, lose interest. they'll be political position. so that being the case,

it's important, it's essential, it's vital. so the landscape to keep that support front and center of the political debate and he triumphed. in fact, i knew the rest of davis whistle was comparing his visit to churchill speech to the joint house of congress. in december 1941. he received an enormous standing ovation . so in that sense, it was on the successes of ascii, involved the battle for the crime in city of bath mode continues nearly 5 months off the russian troops invaded. the pictures coming out of the city show large parts of the area in ruins. i sure could use the territory to advance and other cities ukrainian forces that held their ground. charleston has gone out from kids, but 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 wool. 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 will. one battle is very done with tens of thousands of soldiers were killed. we understand a 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 cities of criminals and sloppy answer. but it's, it's fair to say that the situation has come to a very brutal war of attrition and a stalemate. the secretary of state is warning that winter in ukraine will be tough, and timmy blinking is just delivered an end of the year address in washington d. c. he says it's crucial the us maintain support for ukrainian we know that a tough winner lies ahead for ukrainians. as president putin pursues his new strategy of trying to freeze ukrainian men, women and children, the elderly to death were working with the g 7 and other allies and partners to repair, to replace and defend ukraine's energy infrastructure, including bolstering it's advanced air defense through certain systems like the patriot missile battery that president by the announced yesterday. we are with ukraine for as long as it takes the world health organization is urging beijing to

provide more details on the spread of coven 19 in china. recall numbers of infections have been reported since the government started easing restrictions, but deaths from coven 19 have been relatively low since china changed. its criteria is now only counting those due to pneumonia or respiratory failure 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. w jo 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 and the highest risk across the country. and we continue to offer our support for clinical care and protecting it's health system. managers of

a shanghai hospital of cold staff to prepare for a surgeon cove 19 cases. as the virus sweeps across china. they said in a social media post half of the cities 25000000 people could become infected by the end of the year. don't the analysts will. the smith is a professor of emerging infectious diseases at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. she's that, as china is prepared for an outbreak, but his warning hospitals will probably be overwhelmed. this is clearly the start of a major wave in china and, and we'll see a major soon. i mean the words that i always like to use off of cases and it will just swiftly go through the entire country. no country is really prepared for such a search of cases and, and china problem all countries as the best prepared because they are able to rapidly ramp up building of makeshift hospitals and they've done so in the past.

so i do think that china will soon, montana system will soon be overwhelmed. a batch and maybe that some kind of knocked down. i needed to to basically safeguard the hospital system. and but yes, of all countries. i do think china is really well prepared. it will definitely also go outside of china that you know, we need to remember that travel out of china is still quite low and, and the rest of the world we are, you know, we do have a very high vaccine coverage rates on the chrome is clearly a van that causes less severe disease. so i do think that we may see a slight search in cases, but i don't think it will be the same kind of tsunami that we had in 2020. now, looser restrictions couldn't boost the chinese economy about they could also spike a surgeon cases which could also have serious implications for business. robert

scott is a financial analyst and former senior international economist. the economic policy institute joins us now from north potomac, in maryland. good to have you with a so 1st of all, what do you make of all this was the bottom line here. how worrying of rising number of covey cases for china's economic recovery? i think it's a tremendous public health crisis. similar in some ways to what we're facing here in the united states. but i think that because china has vast resources that it will have limited impacts on the economy. yes, there will be increases in sick leave and factor shutdowns, but i think those will be the temporary in nature. what about any tightening of cobra restrictions if china, you know, is prompted to go down that path? what will that mean for the chinese economy?

it may be necessary, but i think it will be spotty and regional unless the epidemic gets completely out of hand. but i think that there are reasons to expect that that's not going to happen. i'm not in medical or public health professional, but i do know that over the last 2 or 3 years, we had to go back scenes and, and, and viral treatments that reduce the severity of the disease. and we also know that the, the current owner crime very, it's in some areas are circulating or less deadly than the initial cover that immersion back from china 3 years ago now locked downs, bit of a touchy issue right now in china given the, the recent protests against restrictions, but even if china doesn't impose locked downs and this virus spreads,

is there a risk for the man, for the manpower for the workforce? again, i think the sick outs, if necessary, will be temporary. what we've learned during the the pastor years is measures can be taken tension to control the spread of virus i'm asking is very effective. increases in air filtration and air circulation and very helpful. so i think sean is taking appropriate steps to deal with these. again, projections are the china, the chinese economy will recover even during the past year with colored lockdown in place. shine as exports and trades are opposed to the us have increased by 18 percent even faster. than the overall growth in the us trade deficit with the world as a whole. so china has managed to produce even despite the locked down. so i think

it will produce more as we begin to face these lockdown out. all right, so a final one. if i mean, i've gone through some different scenarios with the unit sounds like the bottom line is that we shouldn't be too worried. so for the world economy is there is no reason then to be overly concerned with the impact covered might have on china and that bouncing off into the world economy. is that right? i think that's correct. i think the much bigger threat to the world economy, right. now, origination, united states with the federal reserve, it is determined to force the us into a recession. and central banks around the world have followed suit. if at a reserve to raise interest rates here at a meeting last week. and the bank of japan surprisingly,

immediately follow suit and raise interest rates in japan. one of the part is tip economies in the world. so i think the bigger threat is just read over reaction by central banks, which i think is likely cause or restriction in 2023, possibly lessening into 2024. but that threat comes from the monetary policy not from i think the threat of code in china. all right, thing. good. talking to thanks so much. robert scott. my pleasure. thank you. now a powerful wind. the storm is making its way through the us and canada, bringing with it massive amounts of snow and extremely low temperatures. sing cold a once in a generation event, and it's disrupting travel during one of the busiest times of the year. car leg or 4th for people in parts of the us this christmas is beginning to look a lot like the coldest in decades. will the 90000000 in at least 37 states have

been warned off severe winter weather. the arctic blast began in the pacific northwest and has swept east, causing temperatures to plunge across the us and canada. the wintry conditions and freezing roads have brought travel chaos and also misery for many stranded at airports at the start of the busiest travel time of the year. checked our flight no 5 this morning and headed to the airport. and then when we got here, we found it was canceled tired, stress hungry. just hopeless, honestly. about 80 percent of the u. s. is sent to experience sub 0 temperatures, including places as far south as texas. the governors of kentucky and north carolina have declared state of emergency and while people in some areas are used to conditions like these many have never seen such extremely cold weather in a long time, i think in my 7 a half years living in the pacific northwest and,

and specifically here momentarily, i don't remember a specific instance where i can remember temperatures quite as well as the storm develops. it's set to become what you asked me to. religious call a bomb cy clone. that's when a system intensifies rapidly with its central air pressure dropping at least $24.00 mil bars in 24 hours. that would put it in line with a pressure of a category 3 hurricane and bring about blizzards as well as severe thunderstorms and white out conditions. the once in a generation, when to weather event is threatening to deliver the coldest christmas to the midwest. in nearly 40 years, and it may not be so long until the next one, you are assigned to say climate change has made storms like this increase in frequency and intensity. during the past 70 years. carl egg al jazeera. i'll plenty more had all the news. our including benjamin netanyahu was set to

return to power the most right wing coalition government in israel's history monsoon floods, sweep malaysia, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. ah, now israel as long as serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he secured a last minute deal to form a new government. now senior was facing a midnight deadline to arrange a coalition. the announcement comes after tough negotiations with religious and far right. coalition partners. ra mcbride reports from west jerusalem. ha 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. i've 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 via convicted of supporting a terrorist organization and racist incitement. he will become police minister with expanded powers to control the force betsel else motrin 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 on running the shell here. but if you look at the way he's negotiated this 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 already combustible tension could flare out of control. palestinians seem to be expecting the worst with no one expecting this government to follow any path 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 entering new and uncharted territory. robert bride al jazeera west jerusalem. the us senate finance committee wants major american carmakers to answer

questions about the supply chains. the senate passed the law in june binding the impulsive goods produced by full flavor and she's young and china. the law came off to the us, labeled china's treatment of the week of muslim minority. as a genocide, the committee says manufacturers including tesla, general motors and ford ma, scrutinize all supplies linked the chinese territory. christmas may be just around the corner, but it seems us consumers may have hit a roadblock. inflation reach rac hold levels this year while interest rates have also climbed. now some shoppers are having to put on the brakes. kristen salumi reports 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 my price hikes is here, 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 i don't think any one 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 remains 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 payback loans. the un says 50 poor countries are at risk of defaulting. most of the old sports companies find themselves on what one could call them to grow, steadying down the abyss of insolvency and the faults these yet alone, their depth 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. they were gonna get this and then we went in. the prices have gone up, 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, silly me al jazeera, new york. turkey is foreign minister says sweden hasn't taken any concrete steps to address its security concerns. revolutionary shallow, held a news conference with the swedish counterpart on thursday. charles charlotte says stockholm has failed to extradite people with links to terrorism. sweden once to a kia to approve, it sped to join the nato security alliance. coca cola to suck the b is shasta, they have extradited a person affiliated with p k. k to our country lawyer. 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 acids was 3 swedish police authority and v security service give priority to operational cooperation. following this agreement and peak k, maybe is not a great threat to sweeten, but it is definitely a fretful took here america something which we take very seriously from the swedish government to malaysia. now nearly 665000 people living in relief centers after flood waters hit launch. parts of the northeast, florence louis reports from cannon tan 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. 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 so much to help me move around or continue to 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 rows. even abraham raised the height of the floor 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. there's water all around us and in some parts it's more than 2 meters deep . but this was once a paddy field and the rice 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 alper, his new president, dina without the as carried out a major cabinet reshuffle as the country reels from violent protests that was sparked by the impeachment and imprisonment of former president federal castillo officials agreed to move elections to an earlier date. but now diplomatic rallies emerged, i'll take us to your family was flown to mexico. bobby,

i'm the sanchez for faults from lima. senora reese, alberto, or that are laughing at and that new minister sworn in only 14 days after d novel. you are the took over the presidency. former defense minister and mental or dotala 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. oh, i'm 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 20, 2483 per cent of peruvians demanded new general elections. a little less 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's ambassador 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 was the peruvian government as 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. he normal happen to me beer. we will not allow any person outside the government of peru to interfere incessantly with the government of broo. oh, now, but his government is focused on trying to quell tensions and seek to restore order that the countries deeply divided and remains under a state of emergency. the innocent just, i'll just see that lee might be to. so i had an al jazeera, the founder of

a controversial crypto kazi exchange heads back to the us. you'll face food chances charges, and really brutal has been 10 years president for 100 days, getting it right. last kenyans, what they think of his performance. ah hello there. the weather's turned rather unsettled across the middle east, i saw where the system that's pulled its way out of the mediterranean out bought some rain. so the levant was going to continue across a saudi arabia. look at that very heavy rain and thunderstorms like you to fact, jetta where we just saw some flooding of the past weeks is going to push its way into iraq. we could see up to a 100 millimeters of rain for here. and that could cause some localized flooding,

but by the time we get to saturday, you can see it turning into a wintry blast in the west of iran that's going to stretch up. and if it places like armenia for the south of this much dry, a picture across the gulf states that we may see some cloud moving in as that system shifts its way further east. and as we move to the north of africa, we still got bits and pieces of that system affecting parts of libya as well as egypt, keeping things a little cooler and the cloud around the wind continues to blow down. we could see some sandstorms from that out west before the wet weather. we have to head to southern africa. we've got a band, a very heavy rain stretching from guy bon, all the way to madagascar with very heavy falls and thunderstorms for places like zambia as well as them. bob, wy, and northern mozambique that sh, whether update january

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ah or come back here watching al jazeera time to recap our headlines now. the world health organization is urging china to provide more details on the spread of coven 19 in the country. china has not recorded any new covey death for a 2nd straight day. but reports indicate bodies of timing often crematorium, ukraine's president of all of them is that ascii says his trip to the us was a success. savanski secured a military package worth nearly $2000000000.00. he stopped in poland to meet with his counterpart there. as he returned from the u. s. u. s. secretary of state warns winter and ukraine will be tough and to be blinked and delivered and end of year

address in washington dc. it's crucial v u. s. maintained support for ukrainians also and jordan joins us now from the state department in washington d. c. so understand entity blinkin has been talking about the ukraine situation once you've been saying well, essentially what we heard the secretary of state antony blank and tell reporters in a briefing in the past hour is that the chances of the war in ukraine ending any time soon are virtually nil, and that's because the government and moscow is not prepared to withdraw its forces and to engage in diplomatic talks to negotiate an end to the war. so the message from the secretary of state is the same message that we heard from the u. s. president joe biden on wednesday, which is that the us and other countries, particularly in western europe, will continue, provide financial assistance,

humanitarian assistance, and perhaps most important military assistance in order to help the ukrainian people get through what does look like, not just a long winter, but perhaps another year or so of war. this is a situation where the belief is that as long as the ukrainian military can maintain its a strategic position on the battlefield, that this strengthens the ukrainian government's ability to negotiate terms for peace. when that day comes. and what are you as a visual saying, rosalind about sanctioning the north korean relationship with the russian wagner group? well, this is a difficult situation. the white house did confirm on thursday that tom north korea did sell a weapons to the a wall near group of which is essentially a private russian military operation,

acting on behalf of the government and moscow inside the ukraine. the usaa is a very, very angry about this development. there are plants at the un security council to bring the matter up because it doesn't represent a violation of un security council resolutions involving north korea's behavior on the world stage. as well as out trying to bring up new concerns about the behavior of iran, which has also been providing military support, particularly in the form of drones to our russia as it continues its invasion of ukraine. the position here at the state department is that tom, north korea needs to be held to account. but beyond an extensive us sanctions, regime officials here don't want to get into any more specifics about what else could be done to try to curb the behavior of pyongyang in the saw war. or thanks so much, rosalind june,

an official for germany's b and the foreign intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of treason. a man has been accused of passing state secrets to russia. donna kane has more from berlin. news that a member of staff for the buddhist national, densely federal intelligence service, was arrested, emerged on thursday evening in berlin. but the arrest took place on wednesday. we know that property belonging to this person arrested has been searched as has the property and the offices of a 2nd person. the or forty's investigating this case, who said they don't want to go into too much more detail. they want to wait until the attorney general has been able to assemble a case against this particular individual. it is also worth making clear that the federal intelligence services said that the system suspect has been arrested on suspicion of treason that it's

a state secret that is involved here. and the head of the federal intelligence service has said that in russia, he believes that germany is dealing with an actor. in his words, which has shown that his unscrupulous and prepared to use violence, the person arrested is now in custody. and clearly the authorities are building a case as far as they can, the founder of collapse crypto currency exchange f t x is in f. b. i custody. sand bank men freed was flown out of the bahamas after agreeing to be expedited to the united states. is facing several charges relating to one of the biggest financial frauds and u. s. history. 2 of his associates pleaded guilty to fraud. fiji has mobilized its military to help maintain security off the disputes about the general election last week. concerns over ethnic tensions are growing after the polls delivered a hung parliament. coalition of 3 policy says it has

a majority. a prime minister frank by no mama has not conceded defeat afghan, this time is facing a shortage of basic goods. as the u. n warns of famine is imminent countries now in the grip of winter as people are also battling a fuel crisis. so their car reports, when 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, had to turn in a row. nicole, my goodness that we don't have anything to bend in the winter is no. you mentoring 80 no proper food to eat. i'm elbowed and can't work. and my kids go in the plastic pep, i and other staff, so that we could ben and keep ourselves, or what is shana was in his family of 9 or among thousands of people in afghanistan who are struggling as cole. and what price is search. it's the 2nd

winter afghans have spent under the taliban since it retook power 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. for d, a full price increased by about $46.00 per ton. most of the buyers coming by only up to 20 kilos of call or would because of the kind of car chip. the taliban leadership says it's considering a cap on domestic prices, but it's unclear how much, how the government can offer thousands of people inside conflict drives and floods in the countryside. now face a freezing winter in couple and other cities and the united nations world food program is warning. the country faces its worst famine in 20 years. for many and a scanner stan 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. it's been a 100 days since william router was sworn in as kenya's president router promised to provide financial assistance to small businesses, revive the economy and tackle corruption. but some kenyan say they're still waiting to see results. malcolm web has more from nairobi, george gus, in years one of hundreds of thousands of notable 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 gave. 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 says he

spent it on fuel lot was not enough. what did. but it was enough for lots of days doesn't, doesn't the retail with the deputy president, for 9 years before he ran to the top job promising change? we are all the previous administration of former president to who kenyatta was accused of unsustainable borrowing from china for infrastructure project and mod, by numerous corruption scandals for collaboration. since taking office routes, he says he's reviving the economy. we have agreement on mobilizing investments on financing. you know, white but idea of set up and we will continue to engage the international community . we implement our plan rooted had a flurry of meetings with us officials, signing trade deals, and securing loans from west and financial institutions. his government said little

about trade with china. activists are concerned that prosecutors have dropped corruption charges against retails allies for various scandals, totaling more than $250000000.00. a lot of people are worried that is there anybody to be held accountable because some of the largest cases that we're currently pending. and now they've vanished subsidies fuel and some staple foods of ended since we say took office. that was a condition for borrowing more money from the west. joseph monkey, another motor mike taxi driver says he voted to retail. but nothing has improved. it is government is not. it seems like you have up 3 lithium. this devon are different because the people of the people about the are doing the same thing. some economists say things will get even worse before they can get better canyons

waiting to see malcolm web out. his era, nairobi now the un security council has adopted its 1st resolution on me and mine decades. its demanding an immediate end to the violence. it's also urging the ministry johnson to release all political prisoners, including acidly dung, san sushi. how diplomatic added to james bass has more from the united nations. it's almost 2 years since the military took control of man mar. 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 was drawn up by the british ambassador barbara woodward. the resolution calls for the cessation of violence, immediate and concrete implementation of the 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 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 techs. we are clear. this is only a fast step. as such, that nation you unity government calls on the u. s. 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 say 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. i'll still, i had on al jazeera millions of people watched the world comp here in ca, thought. now the countries having its art will start to attract some eyeballs. ah ah ah

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the new government took office in october, but the same problems remain with the state struggling to grow the economy and create jobs up there. why does more from baghdad this is ellen wooten, a, b st, a landmark in baghdad. the city center. it's a cultural hob and a space for artists and activists to shape opinions these days. the conversations are often about iraq's latest political developments model aren't had that happy with. we've learned from this years. incidence that competition with the state is not the only option to see change. we are now regrouping with other political activists to create a unified voice based on national interest. unfortunately, allan reza prevailed through the year, was based on partisan interest. it's a conflict overpower that conflict was between major she our political parties, following the elections in 2021. it led to the suspension of parliamentary process

and deranged the formation of a new government. in june politicians affiliated with influential she, our leader looked at us. so that quit when the rival parties backed by iran, nominated mo, how much a year or so, danny, as prime minister, sort of supporters took to st. oh, wow. wow. now, in august 1000 stormy. but that's heavily fortified. green soon and occupied, the parliament building, holding sit in that lasted weeks. the conflict piqued when crowd stormed the presidential palace. dozens of people were killed as they were driven out of the compound by security forces. other protest smells, teach it through the year. holes for political and economic reform order was finally restored when the sudanese government took office in october scenes like

this give the impression of normality, but the same issues weigh heavy on iraqis after one year political deadlock, the finally have a government but economic challenges and under lang, political rivalries, most crucial to ensuring instability remain unresolved and many are skeptical that anything will change under the new administration. then who are they? the while i, i, every government breaks its promises with the people. life has become so difficult . unemployment is exacerbating at all. prices are getting higher, nepotism and corruption, a deeply rooted in state institutions. we have no hope that a change will happen any time soon. the world food program, sad poverty levels, reach at nearly 32 percent in 2020. even though iraq is the 2nd largest producer of

crude oil after saudi arabia in the opec group of oil producing countries, either for park or the past 3 years, many development projects were aborted because of political unrest. now the government and parliament need to pass a budget for the upcoming year as soon as possible that would help mitigate current economic difficulties because the new year's budget is estimated around $200000000000.00. homer in october authorities revealed billions of dollars had been in business the from a state farms and promised to recover the money. many iraqis hope it is the beginning of the end of government corruption. mod abdougla had al jazeera but that people across britain are looking forward to their traditional christmas dinner this weekend. but this year they'll either have to pay a lot more or make due with a lot less research shows even a bargain. christmas mail will cost nearly 10 percent extra this year. high false

reports from london. and this is again, you yourself collective school may be out for the christmas holidays, but lessons are very much still underway at this london cookery school. it's chicken rather than turkey in the oven. otherwise these are the skills needed to put together a traditional christmas dinner. but with food prices soaring, part of the cost of living crisis, people across the u. k. will be looking for ways to save. can up on things that are are cheaper so yeah, type is expensive will fill up on the cases fighting for do raise to the news, make a large amount of stuffing on the plate. there are ways of compensation for the face of food these days. you can feel like all food is expensive food inflation running at nearly 11 percent with fresh food prices, more than 14 percent more expensive than a year ago. and with energy bill soaring in a cold winter. many people are finding it hard to put on a normal christmas this year. let hello to lavish one. prices for the traditional

christmas. turkey had been further inflated by outbreaks of avian flu. shoppers in this south london market. having to make unfamiliar choices. we're having like most to kid, but we're doing different things and we've asked the family to just bring a dish and that makes it easier, cheaper, cheaper for the family. so we're going to enjoy ourselves far. you know, we're gonna have to balance out when it comes to the finance to day right. between the butcher's and the green gross, i've spent almost a 100 pounds and i've just spent why 8 pounds on fish just now. there are those know who are just worried about economizing during christmas, but struggling to put food on the table at all. britain's food standards agency says 4000000 people and are experiencing severe food insecurity. high grocery prices have meant that the average household is subject to more than $500.00 pounds extra on the annual grocery bill if they didn't,

don't take efforts to cut back on that. of course me tonight, people have been cutting back through chipping through, visiting cheap stores and also buying cheaper goods. the christmas break traditionally provides a welcome respite in the middle of winter from everyday realities, the cooking school kids getting in some early practice for the weekend. but the families across the country, this year's feast is likely to be just a little less festive than usual. hurry faucet, al jazeera lumber. the faithful world cup is just wrapped up. now, whole station cutter is hoping to attract all lovers to its shores. like so, bryan looks at how the torment could help the country's culture seen 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 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 more like what am, 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, cassandra 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, his efforts to use art as soft power. ah, the woman behind it all is shaken, may i say, fanny, the sister of cutters, emir, and the chair woman, as cousin museums. she is 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 generators of discussion of debate right from the stock. kathy 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 angry with 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 and that's it for this news hour. but the good news is, lauren taylor is standing by and london. she'll be back with another fool shop. ah.

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