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ah, hello, lauren taylor, this is the out there. news. i live from london coming up, vladimir putin dismisses the us patriot promised to ukraine, saying the defense system is old, and an antidote would be found inside the battle for back. moot, increasingly intense fighting on the new ukrainian frontline once in a generation storm about to smash the u. s. forecast to say it could become a bomb code. and the crypto carnosione caprino accused of fraud of epic proportions is fried on a quarter of a $1000000000.00 bale. ah mm. zalinski is one day washington,

which drew fresh pledges of us support for ukraine, including the patriot missile defense system has drawn a swift response from russia. president vladimir putin says the fighting has become a proxy war with the u. s. using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own, and he dismissed the patriot system as quite old. assisting, russia would find an antidote to the missiles. russian military also released images of defense smith to say, show good visiting troops. and what it said was, the front line or their new location was given all the while the fighting continues . root is the latest focus with report. thousands of soldiers have been killed in the battle for the east and city. lensky met his parish counterpart, andre duda in poland on thursday, on his way back to ukraine. the leaders discussed humanitarian issues and strengthening bilateral relations, including ukraine's defense capabilities. as one of ukraine's neighbors potent has been one of the staunchest allies in the war or damage or short term,

even the source. and we're coming back from washington. we're coming back with good results. the ones that will really help the victory will be of glory to every warrior of ours. glory to everyone who protects our country. we bring to ukraine to don bass to back mertz and the south decisions which our defense forces awaited to day and a special format one on one we discussed with dude rock corporation. i told him what i heard in the us about our strategic vision of the upcoming year. we are getting ready. we strengthen our joint forces unless you know, because it's a bit of a regarding patriot missiles. it's a relatively old system. it doesn't work as well as our s 300, and nonetheless, those who are confronting our side, this is a defense of weapons. well ok, but they will always be an antidote. so the people who are doing this are doing it in vain. just prolonging in the complex, that's all conflict. hello, harder has more from moscow. moscow has said clearly today

that all 8th sent to crane 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 by the spokesperson of the kremlin missy post school 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 clean this what moscow has clearly said it will respond to the more arms being sent by the united states and other european and natal countries to ukraine,

that are also another scenario that would be possible. it's not clear if russia would resort to such an option that would be launching an attack from the lead been russian territory. so the 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 city of boston, which continues to be the center of fighting with russia focusing its attacks there . the trading forces have held the ground in the territory that russia could use to advance on other cities. ukrainian president for ms. lewinsky has previously accused moscow of turning the city into bent ruins. char stratford has more from keith but 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 wall will. one bustle is 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 cities 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. russia says, talks on the security of ukraine's apparition, nuclear power plant will continue following a meeting with the head of the u. n. z nuclear watchdog. rough air grossey has proposed a safe zone around the russian occupied facility to guard against any damage, as opposed to a nuclear plant in southeast, in ukraine, as europe's largest. it has repeatedly come under fire, sits being captured by russian troops in march, raising fears of a nuclear disaster. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the shelling. yes, extra state entity lincoln is wanting the winter months in ukraine will be tough. he didn't have an end of year dress in washington dc saying it's crucial that the u

. s. maintains support for ukrainians. as russian troops continue to attack critical infrastructure. we don't that it's huff 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 partners to repair, to replace and defend ukraine's energy infrastructure, including bolstering as advanced air defense through certain systems like patriot missile battery that president biden announced yesterday. we are with ukraine for as long as it takes the head of a private russian military company, known as the wagner group has, is as dismissed a u. s. claim that had taken delivery of an arms shipment from north korea. rosalyn jordan has more from washington. the white house did confirm on thursday that tom north korea did sell weapons to the walden, their group of which is essentially a private russian military operation. acting on behalf of the government and moscow

inside of 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, of 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 into herring. as the deputy director of the atlantic

councils eurasia center, she joins us now from washington. d. c. thanks for being with us. i just want ask you where you see this conflict going and we've got the u. s. pending more advanced systems to ukraine. putin dismissing the patient as an old man, the system and a knocking that to enter their own states and, and that, but the u. s. is fighting a proxy will when, when do you see this heading? i lauren, i think we know where this is heading. so vladimir putin has opted for the cowardly options since about mid october, and he has no game in ukraine. he can only defend the territory he's taken. so he is going to continue to attack ukraine's infrastructure grid with impunity. and we don't know how many more times the infrastructure grid and you crank and take these missiles garages, there's about 80 to 90 missiles every time there's a big garage and experts say maybe 3 to 5 more times. but we simply don't know that's the strategy. but i do think that there is an expectation in moscow that

they need some kind of small wind in order to mobilize. there's an expectation that the russians want to mobilize another $200000.00 troops and try to hit key of again with a spring offensive. so even in the meantime, wallace push talk of a possible spring, an offensive. what about any prospects of any kind of a in a move towards piece move we've had to put in saying today, all count conflicts, end with diplomatic negotiations. the sooner opponents understand this, the better, but he also said yesterday that there would be no negotiations while the west is arming ukraine. meanwhile, zelinski is reluctant to talk about negotiations, but he did dimension in speech to congress yesterday that he discuss what called a piece formula. with biden, and so at what point you think it might come to negotiations were nowhere near negotiations. the president zalinski has had very plainly no one wants peace more than ukrainians, and i travelled the ukraine a lot. i talked ukrainians night and day and i i hear that sentiment,

i think that that does reflect reality. but the ukrainians know that they have real military momentum and they're going to try to retake their lands as much as possible. so i, i don't see ukraine being willing to go to the negotiating table anytime soon. more than 80 percent of ukrainians tell pollsters do not give an inch president zalinski, even if it meant means prolonging the war or in more people die because we want to re establish our territory. and as that to war gets prolonged of how much of this it becomes a kind of procurement race. i mean we, if we, we had talk of the password, him north trib, supplying weapons which to that north grange just in the last few minutes would have denied that they've been doing it. but there's also the radians pat, perhaps involved with supplying drones will. and how difficult would it be for, for both sides to keep on arming themselves? i don't think anyone knows the answer to that question. lauren, the ukrainians are doing fine, and the ukrainians can win so long as the west, particularly washington continues to give key of the weapons that it needs. the

iranians have, it seems to be an endless supply of these very inexpensive drones and they're doing inordinate amount of damage. so as long as russia can continue to buy these iranian drones, you know, there's, they're still in the game. i think it's really a question of manpower, and here i would turn to respected military experts like under the gord nuke, the former defense minister of ukraine. and he says that the russians cannot continue this in that they don't have enough manpower to mount a real spring offensive. and he is looking at these figures and i really trust him . when you mentioned the spring fences, how likely is it that they would reopen barouche will use better ish in some ways to as part of that. so that's a great question. this week we saw puting in go to immense with this sort of cap in hand to lucas shanker and is the 1st time he's done that in years he normally lucas shank of the president of fellers goes, said to moscow and begs so we know that pollutant needs that a favor, he needs not only belarus the territory in order to launch this spring offensive,

but he also needs beller ruffian manpower. and lucas shanker is a man without a lot of options, but he's also wiley and convincing, or he's wiley, and he knows that he cannot give up his own independence. so i don't think lucas shenker is going to be willing to give his troops. he knows that if he gives his troops and allows his troops to fight in ukraine, that his independence is done. went into harring. thank you very much indeed for you. you are not included. coming up on this news, our stock warning in china with is half the population of shanghai could be infected with k, with 19 by next week. and tens of thousands of people are forced from their homes as floods suite 3 large parts of malaysia. ah, the once in a generation winter storm is making its way through the us,

bringing with it a coldest christmas temperatures in decades. large amounts of snow and life threatening wind chills are forecast with blizzard warnings in place for the midwest. the arctic blast is also causing travel chaos during one of the busiest times of the year. attic ohio report for many wishing for a white christmas, but not like this. a massive storm is sweeping across the entire us. 75 percent of the population will be living with freezing temperatures by weeks n. yeah. storm frame, cold weather you'd see on the map, the estimated area. no, it's 50 degrees, whereas dark red kilo 0, her dad is threatening isn't really very sure is whether we're here. it's a storm so big. it has a name elliott, the ice apocalypse is coming upon the top concern. the temperature on wednesday in wyoming,

the temperature dropped 17 degrees celsius in just 9 minutes. meteorologist are predicting, the storm will soon get another name because of that. a bomb psych loan, that is when the atmospheric pressure drops at least $24.00 mil bars over 24 hours the same pressure as a category 3 hurricane. and it's going to be wide spread, sweeping down to the south as far as texas and other states that usually don't experience extreme cold. heavy snowfall will also be an issue with wind gusts expect in some places as high as 80 kilometers in our that can create white conditions and the potential for people to become trapped in their cars, in temperatures that can be fatal. and it's coming right in the middle of the busiest travel season of the year. thousands of flights have been canceled, tired, strad, hungry, just hopeless, honestly, the national weather service is calling this storm a once in a generation type event for much of america, a white christmas,

but the coldest one it's been in for decades. patty calhane al jazeera and be she's maggie vesper, has more from belvedere illinois. as millions hit the road for christmas. we are getting down to the 0 our here on the mid west and out east to get on the road and get to where you want to go for the holiday as this or makes its way. eas, millions across the midwest and beyond. waking up to blizzard warnings, in fact, 8 states and counting now under blizzard warnings from montana and the dakotas out to western new york. also a growing number of governors, including in kentucky, most recently declaring states of emergency, the governor of indiana, hauling in the national guard to help rescue people on the roads just in case they get trapped. this, after the saw examples are less of how bad things could get white out conditions from places 2 days ago in washington also when the dakotas overnight. in denver, they've opened the denver policy of that massive arena. welcome and hundreds as

a warming shelter, just in case there are power outages in that region, which is obviously a big concern here in the midwest and out use as well. if it was advising people to sign up for emergency alerts, as the system makes its way through and just be prepared to hunker down at home, potentially for days on end. our shortage of basic goods and the un warning of aluminum famine life in afghanistan remains difficult for many people. not a grip of winter, they're struggling to stay warm because of a lack of fuel. the taliban government is short of money and unable to provide essential services for the car. cable is no stranger to the cold. freezing temperatures are normal in december. for this year, people are struggling to find the fuel. they need to stay warm. her just in a little nicole more canister. we don't have anything to bend in the winter. there was no, you mentoring a to no proper food to eat. i'm just bored and can't work. and my kids go in the

plastic pep i and out of town. so that we could ben and keep ourselves on what is shana was in his family of 9 or among thousands of people in africana stand, 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 in the spring of 2021 with billions of dollars. so 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. it will be a full price increase by about $46.00 per ton. most of the buyers coming by own up to 20 kilos. of course or would because of the kind of card ship. yes. 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 couple 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. the taliban of reportedly arrested 5 women for protesting against the closure of africa and universities to female students. since the announcement on tuesday, women have been turned away. and in some instances, physically forced out of education centers. girls had already been banned from secondary schools and from parks and jims, taliban education ministry says it implemented the band because of women not following the countries dress code. so the bowman, the taliban came to day, they beat house and kicked us out of the training center and said that you no longer have the right to study. we are in a very bad situation. the girls here,

they've lost this spirit. hospital in shanghai says half of the cities 25000000 population could be infected with career of ours. by the end of next week, john is experiencing a surgeon covered 19 cases after the government began eating restrictions early this month. following a wave of protests, you shanghai, did you, hospital is told it staff to prepare for a tragic battle. world health organization has also expressed concern about the situation in china and is going on begging to provide more detailed information on the spread of cases. germany has sent its 1st batch of bio and tech pfizer covered 19 vaccines to china. the 1st foreign current of are expecting to be delivered to the country. the vaccines will initially be given to german nationals currently in china. talks are reported down the way with other european union governments about getting them to citizens of other nations. china has so far insisted on using only domestically produce vaccines for certain population. 20000 m. around

20000 germans cannot benefits for this for the time. at the same time, we're trying to ensure that in addition to journal citizens and nationals foreigners or so called experts, routes can also benefit from such as europe. oh, despite the surgeon infections, the number of people with covered 19 in china remains unclear. 3030 new symptomatic cases were recorded on friday compared with 3100 the day before. no new deaths from the virus have been reported for a 2nd day. but a u. k based research firm suggests more than 5000 people, a probably dying each day from the virus, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from beijing, china's decision to stop requiring daily p. c. artists means less data is available . hospitals across the country have reported a shortage of beds, and many pharmacies like drugs. china says it is vaccinated more than 9 out of 10 people, but fewer than 50 percent of elderly people have received booster shots. oksana

music is a global health advisor and electra at the school of pharmacy at university college london. she joins me now from sudbury in canada. thanks for being with us. so it is quite difficult. get reliable figures, isn't it from, from china, but that there is one shanghai hospital, the dead g hospital that estimate around 5400000 positive cases in the city, predicting 12 and a half 1000000 by the end of next week. what, what you think the impact will be in china as a result of that? well, certainly we do know because there is an immunity gap due to the 0 coven policy, which means that the majority of the population has not yet been exposed. and we do have, as you have said, an elderly population that's been backing hesitant and it's been difficult to get the home grown vaccine available to this population. so those 2 factors mean that over 60 percent of the population can be hit in the next 90 days and is going to be very difficult to

a combat. this tidal wave of cobit 19 in the wake of what has been really a 3 years of quite severe cubic restrictions that some described as draconian. but it did in fact prevent many deaths. and we're seeing sort of the, almost the consequences that success now because there are many people that will be experiencing who have it for the 1st time. so i think that there's also an issue here that we could see not, not just myself, but other models predict that over a 1000000 people. i could end up dying from cove it as a result of not just this way, but the consequent waves that will emerge from the current outbreak. an interesting each on is it doesn't calculate the cobra death in the same way as the rest of the world does it so. so they say they only count from you mon, you or spiritual failure in the official code of death. told you that change is how you look at the whole thing isn't yes. so every country may have slightly different

definition of what they mean by covert depth, and that has also shifted and changed over time. if, because they're such a narrow definition in this case, it means that again, the official data will probably not reflect the true number of people who have died occurred in 1900. but that's not unique to china. we also saw that india particular 2nd wave vastly under reported the number of cases of death and the w show estimate the actually 8 full more than what was officially reported in any. even now, it will be difficult to keep up with the cases now that math testing has stopped. and what about the matter we talk about impact in china? is this new wave in china lucky to, to affect the rest of the world? i mean, could there be the potential for new variance to emerge from this? certainly. so it's almost as though, and we're going back to 2020 in china now with just the scale of, of the outbreaks and the strain that it's causing on the health care system.

despite again, the 0 covert policy. so i think that here, the lesson could be to use a mix of back scenes, including by her m, r n a. they're only just being shipped now. but of course there is, there is such a huge population. we know that the world now is very globalized and interconnected . so the more people that we see this very fast rate of sustain transmission, these are ideal and optimal conditions for virus to mutate and potentially caused further variance and harm elsewhere. so truly, you know, this will not only hit china, but also just again from a non health perspective. the rest of the world also very much relies on china as a supply chain. so here in the u. k, we've had shortages, antibiotics and other things. other pharmaceutical products could also come into short supply, affecting health elsewhere. and just briefly, i mean,

we've had to engineering can today saying the us interstate calling on trying to share information on the covert outbreak. how different is the attitude in china, from what it was right at the start of the, the pandemic on kind of information sharing and as own well at the beginning. so took a year for a double show to be admitted access into china to be able to investigate even just the origins of crib 19. so certainly it was not as open and we expect that there were the figures, although much lower than the rest of the world. again, china was essentially a bubble for a long time. that transparency is perhaps ranked lower than security in the chinese response. so i think we'll probably see something similar this time around canopies it. thank you very much indeed for joining us. thank you . israel new government is shaping up to be the most right wing administration in

the country's history from minister benjamin netanyahu secured a last minute deal to form a coalition on wednesday. the agreement follows weeks of negotiations with religious and far right. partners does yahoo is alliance. one last month selection, which was israel's 5th, in the 4 years in yahoo is still on trial for charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust has always maintained his innocence. when members of cabinets have been revealed and some of sparked controversy, who will appoint is allowed a small trick as his finance minister is an ardent supporter of israeli settlements in occupied palestinian territories, which are illegal under international law. smart riches far right. religious son is in group will also be given the 2nd post in the defense ministry. it's a mob been given. another alternation is leader has been named as national security minister. this will give been given who was convicted of incitement to racism in 2007 powers over the israeli police ivy mouse

a religious nationalist known for mt l. g b t q views will have a deputy chief ministerial post with responsibilities over education that yahoo himself is still on trial for charges of bribery fraud and b breach of trust. and as he said, he was maintained his innocence. what i am now in the studio is yoshi michael bagger, associate fellow at chatham house. thanks very much. and if it's coming in, certainly it's taken 7 weeks to get to this point. how likely is it that this government will save a full time? well, not very likely, not many, it is really government pseudo term, but this particular one on the face of it. it looks that this coalition as, as a stable majority, but it's very weak by minister. it's not an nathaniel fiesta, is that austin, because he is basically a hostage in the hands of the far right. and he has no interest in anything but stopping the tile that you mentioned for co option. and as a result of it, he will do anything is basically it's what the list that you just mentioned off

legislation and appointment is a complete wholesale of his early democracy. it's, it's the most regressive fight or the nationalist government in his, a history white if 50 days, because they know that he, they can blackmail him to make any concession and they will keep doing death as long as they are the stylus continue. then he, they know that they can black william even further as he just leave. he mentioned in passing that the charter that would mean if he say, is in power, that all the corruption charges get go away or so full. now know that the way the low stands now that the tile continues, it continues as we speak every day, in course, not many people bear pension to death, and we're from the evidence that we hear. this is very serious, but what they want to do is probably to pass legislation. we've the majority to have this south passing legislation already. debt completely empties is a democracy form any meaning. and this only the beginning before the form,

the coalition just imagine was going to happen the next weeks and months. but of it is probably to stop his is, is style where the to suspended as long as it's by minister or stop it all together . but also there is an assault here on the justice, use them and to claim that he was stitched up in the investigation was all for the reality. the attorney general at the time, the head of the police at the time will people that he appointed and he thought they would go easy on him, but they didn't because there was evidence. so i just how much the fact that the several you said has come out to right wing government is that you will have what will it mean, for example, for the palestinians. oh, it will, it will affect as the aspect of his a life. instead, we talking about, you know, as you bt a light we talk about his sojourn isn't changing and it's not only the palestinians in the occupied territories. also the palace since living in is a dell going to a bo faker. but if it them, i've been view that as you mention was, was convicted,

incitement for racism. and basic still isn't in 2nd 1000 missouri is going to head of the police. one of the laws going to be passed apparently is to, to stop an investigation against soldiers. if they're committed, whatever the committed in the tow, it was including killing as thing a beating up the palestinians are not going to be investigated. that thought. it might bite back because it means that the international community might decide that they want to investigative. but the idea that basically the security forces will be able to do whatever they like in the occupied territories. and what about any kind of further sort of control or the that direction here is they're suggesting that they might want to annex the west bank was that was that, is that beyond the scape, what they could do? what if you last people like small kitchen ben grill and they're, they're allies that would like to annex served? probably all the west bank is jewels and im included. and. and they this see anyway,

the palestinians don't belong there. this the kind of, they're ready to del themselves settlers bank that is settling in for born one of the most 6 im not one more 6 im bunch of settlers in the west bank so they will busha but now comes nathaniel and nathaniel probably now will use biding by them, that's be solution is the brakes use it. we for obama, when he goes to a coalition and as alliance with, with the far right, then use the united states as his break. i would like to do that, but the united states is all i want to allow us to do that, but is not in a position to use them too much, as long as you styled goes on, and how much chris lee us be able to have on on all of his menu, you say that this yahoo essentially trying to use the u. s. but, but can the us have an evidence in the yours is tested now in the, by the administration, by the noses. nathaniel, for probably 40 years. now this is the attested, if the allow all this legislation to grow when the,

the is all democracies watered down, if we'll see more settlements. one of the things that proposed now is to legalize the outpost there. then because of the close relation between the united states and is that because of the political economic, military support, they have the power so to stop it by the need to want to do that. yes, you make about thank you very much. d for going to to, to thank you, closure still to come on out a 0. ah, as public services in u. k. face pressure, one london primary school finds a unique funding solution. and we look back at a year of political and economic challenges in iraq. ah ah

ha, the weather looks nice and mobile across europe at the moment, lot serve cloud rolling in from the atlantic as a nice because at least it is marliss wet and windy. you can see how the ice abbas line up from west to east, and that's driving that mild area across the atlantic. then it will fade a fair bit of wet weather into western parts over the next couple days, some heavy rain natures coming in across england. wells, northern ireland, as we go through friday to the north of that summer, cooler and clear conditions, a rolling fringe that wet weather that lurks its way right back down across a central parts of europe. just down to woolsey out, some snow over the high ground. here and wet weather coming back in a cross surf france, northern parts to spain, a portico seeing some of that wet weather as well. never clouded graybill continued to trundle its way through. is it go on through saturday, temperatures falling back to ram once 11 in also so we got some cold air in place, but not too bad for the a sweet getting above freezing. at least that's what i mean by not too bad. there

is still some decent, walked down towards southern parts of rash, a shower on the other side of the med, just effect in northern areas of libya, northern parts of egypt as well. much of north africa is dry and fine bison dust storms. just around chad, pushing into music. ah, to inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide, and to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity. the shake come out award for translation and international understanding was founded to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledge they roll in strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and world coaches it abandoned as a child by his allah,

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a visit by the ukranian president brought him his events key to washington d. c. a once in a generation, winter storm is making its way through the us, bringing with it extremely cold temperatures and massive amounts of snow. the arctic last is also causing travel chaos. during one of the busiest times of year, a hospital in shanghai says half of the cities 25000000 population could be infected with korean virus. by the end of next week, shanghai de g hospital has told its staff to prepare for a tragic battle. as china experience is a surge in every 19 cases the founder of the collapsed crypto currency exchange f t. x is left a new york court on bail sand. bakeman freed was released on a $250000000.00 bond. while he awaits trial. he was thrown out of the bahamas on wednesday night after agreeing to be extradited. ragman freeze accused of carrying out one of the biggest financial frauds in u. s. history, and is facing several charges on christine's name. he joins aside from new york as

recruiting what happened in court today? well, this is the 1st time that sam, bank, min fried, was formerly charged. in this case, he's facing 8 counts that include money laundering, and fraud, as well as campaign finance violations. essentially, he's accused of using misusing billions of dollars of assets from f t x customers to fun things like buying real estate and buying naming rights for stadiums and making illegal contributions to political campaigns. what prosecutors have described as crimes of epic proportions. so this was his 1st appearance in court. he was flown from the bahamas, arrested in the buck in the bahamas, where he was living. and his crypto exchange was based at the request of us authorities. us authority said that because he agreed to extradition. and because

his own self were his own worth, his own wealth had decreased so much. they agreed that he could be released on bail if his family put up $250000000.00 in security. and as long as he agreed to electronic monitoring of his whereabouts now, sam, bagman fried, said very little in the court house himself. he agreed to those conditions and that said that he understood that his family would have to forfeit that money if he did not show up for his court appearances. but his attorneys have said in court papers that he wanted to come back to the united states and make his customers whole, of course he's facing very serious charges. here is what happens next.

well, the investigation of course is continuing. we know we just found out in the last 24 hours that to former colleagues of bagman freed have pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and money laundering. very similar to the ones that he is facing. they have agreed to help prosecutors in their investigation. no doubt hoping that they will get a lesser sentence as a result of that in prosecutors are actually encouraging other f t x employees and former employees to come forward if they have information or know that fraud was being committed. and so that's very likely that we could see more people charge or more charges against bank been freed himself coming. i've been, if he is convicted, he could face decades behind bars. christian to me, thank you very much. indeed. tens of thousands of people have been displaced in malaysia as flood waters in and a large part of the country is ne, emergency responders are using boats to rescue people and hundreds of relief

centers have been set up as far as the reports from kaylon town state more rain is expected, 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 you as i lay by you. it's a bit difficult to move, it's not as comfortable because the relief centers are more crowded and my disability. i'll need to depend on someone to help me move around or continue to stay here, as long as it's safe to do so. the 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. well, 100 rose di, deliberate, 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, we learned that 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 home official say the level of rainfall recorded in some parts of the state on sunday was the highest since 1967. it looks like we're in the middle of the lake, has 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. when they receive many here,

will have to slowly replace and rebuild what they've lost. florence louis were al jazeera to but cool, and then state malaysia. a german intelligence officer has been arrested on suspicion of espionage. the man was taken into custody in berlin on wednesday, following a raid at his flat and workplace. dominic caden has more news that a member of staff for the buddhist not listened in sleep. 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 his sister, the suspect,

has been arrested for 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 to care is foreign minister says sweden hasn't taken any concrete steps to address it. security concerns beverly cover. so you held a news conference with his swedish counterpart on thursday, kevin o' says dot com has failed to extradite people with links to terrorism suite and want to care to approve. it's been joined the nature security alliance, coca cola to suck the b is shasta, they have extradited 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 wasn't followed by the sri, swedish police authority and v security service give priority to operational corporation. following this agreement and peak a k, maybe is not a great threat to sweden, but it is definitely a fretful took ear. and that is something which we take very seriously from the swedish government police in fiji, of called, in the military to help maintain security. instability. after last week's general election delivered, hung, parliament, police commissioners had growing racial tensions over the result of causing concern . he is waiting for the president to recall parliament served can vote for new prime minister a collision. the 3 parties say they have a combined majority and of agreed on city of any or because prime minister. but the incumbent, frank binding rama has not conceded defeat. rising costs and increasingly

constrained government spending, public services in the u. k. under intense pressure and the education sector is feeling the strain for a chance visited a primary school in london to see their unusual solution for funding process. ah, my, the children of barn croft primary school be heading the musical st. autumn. ah, kids on vocals, parents handling video and editing with this cover of an 18 pot classic he or the voice by john farnham, they're shooting for that most hallowed of british traditions. topping the charts with a christmas number one single. ah not

for 14 your fame though. they're much more modest aim is to keep their school lights on, and their teachers employed. ah, i've been a teacher since the late ninety's. ah, this is the worst i've ever known it. bon crosshead says the school is in a huge financial black hole, and it's not alone. it's absolutely country light. and i think if you spoke to any had teacher in the country, they would say that their school has been really badly hit by this earlier in the year, teachers wages went up, but the government did not give schools the money to pay for this, leaving them with serious budget deficits bancroft hopes they can raise enough money to buy solar panels for the roof. cutting soaring energy bills might mean the school won't have to make staff redundancy in a year or 2, the teaching assistants that vulnerable and special needs children rely on for support. despite having fun with the video, the situation has left parents to sponsored. i'm really angry and you know,

our children, they, they, you know, say like, i sort of not the future really we need to invest in them. it's a bigger home is affecting schools everywhere and, and if it's very, very ring for the future of education in the whole country, you're the voice in trying understand now making noise in ne k. i remember seeing daddy, daddy runs in every day and me my layer in infectious devlinson. and i basically knew just what i gave you said he got another and he knew an old one practice the christmas number one would of course be a fantastic present for the kids and the parents of the school, but a better one would be the funding they need indeed the funding that every cast strapped school across this country needs and isn't receiving at the moment. very challenge, al jazeera london,

iraq spent most of this year in political deadlock with no government wide spread demonstrations and calls for change. finally, in october, a new government was sworn in, but the same old problems remain with economic reform at services and more jobs. among the most common demands went up and i had has more from my dad this is ellen wooten, a b st. a landmark in becker dirty city center. it's a cultural hob and a space for artists and activists to shade opinions. these days. the conversations are often about iraq's latest political developments model are had that have been, 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, all unrest up revealed through the year was based on partisan interests. 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 procedure and delayed 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 begged by iran, nominated mo, how much a year or so, danny, as prime minister. so the supporters took to streets ha, one other in august, thousands whom had been dead 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 protesters teach it through the year. holes for political and economic reform. order was

finally told 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 language, 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 more walla 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 it nearly 32 percent in 2020. even though iraq is the 2nd largest producer of

crude oil, of the saudi arabia in the opec group of oil producing countries who left the 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. in october authorities revealed billions of dollars had been embezzled 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 still to coming out 0. we look at how the 2022 fee for well company as boosted cutters, arts industry ah

ah ah ah, cut into a new build road stadiums and metro stations for the world cup. it also poured millions of dollars into its museums and galleries. actually, o'brien looks at how and why the tournament has helped the countries aren't seen. aah! cutter transformed into a vast outdoor art museum. the small gulf nation pulled out all the stops to host the football world. cap. ah,

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 clutter for the world cup. want her engaged 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 with the way that we want to counsel as people started as like, he was like, wow, why and how and all of us and we became more experimental because each one of us wants to bring something new, so exciting more than

a 1000000 people visited kata during the tournament, the crowds taking in not just the matches, but also the museums at experts say that's been a game changer for the cultural st. helping it reach a broader, more diverse audience. this culture is one of a series by japanese artist jojo kazama, called my soul blooms forever. among dozens of public artworks installed and time for the world 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 shakera, may i say al fanny, the sister of cut us amir and the chair woman of cousin museums. she's considered one of the world's most important art buyers, helping cutter 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. casara has understood how important culture is to communicating with the world and communicating its identity. its position in the world and baptist has grown and grow and grow. more museums and galleries are plant designed as works of art in their own right, and holding influence that stretches far beyond their walls. alexia bryan al jazeera, doha, as yet from me, learnt 8 of the usa for news in just a minute. i for that, ah ah, ah,

i all ready for the 1300000 that will been ah, me that this is only the beginning that ecuador is going to keep moving forward again with not supposed to happen a minute or great moment for synagogue or back to being forgiven for thinking that sar greer at 130000 happy transfer. i can tell you that i don't discount australia because they're going to come out fighting and fighting at the end of an incredible remarks with

i buried on time abandoned as a child by his own cristella is nothing of the early life in the republic of congo . after 40 years living in switzerland, cristella follows a fascinating paper trail that leads from his adopted home to the country of his back and the most unexpected re union witness it were on al jazeera. we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict. if the human suffering that we report time, we brave bullets and bomb and we always include the views from all sites. ah let me.