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us and canada endure sub 0 temperatures. ah, i'm having to do this is al, does your life from durham also coming up? oh, anger in the french capital, after 3 people are killed in a suspected racist attack on the kurdish community. rebel fighters say they'll retreat from a strategic frontline town in the democratic republic of congo. as a good will gesture. bodybags mounting up fears a lot more people will die in china's surgeon coven, 19 cases. ah! a bitterly cold storm is threatening to disrupt holiday travel plans for millions

of americans. the arctic blast, known as elliot is enveloping most of the us and canada forecasters are calling it a once in a generation weather event. more than 200000000 people that's about 2 thirds of the us population are under weather warnings. more than 4000 flights within into or out of the u. s. had been cancelled on friday because of high winds and heavy snow. and more than 700000 homes of already lost power, mostly across tennessee, north carolina, virginia, and main. the cold snap is even affecting southern states, such as texas, where sub 0 temperatures are rare for the north, it's expected to drop below minus 17 celsius. some areas are forecast to get as low as minus $45.00 celsius. experts warn this could lead to frostbite in 5 to 10 minutes. rosalind jordan reports with dreaming of a white christmas sounds romantic for song but

for millions of people in the west this holiday weekend, it's more like a nightmare. a massive winter storm from canada has brought sub freezing temperatures and heavy snow to most of the country, as well as nationwide flight disruptions. power outages and pipe breaks, and the threat of frostbite and hypothermia, particularly for those without shelter. yahoo! alan called there pretty much close on. i think most winters we unfortunately deal is some of our neighbors who are living outside the weather against volleyball. it's, it's a sad name happens every year deteriorating road conditions and melting power outages have let some officials to declare a state of emergency. the best thing you can do is stay off the roads. stay inside the storms. intensity has experts debating whether global warming is to blame, so really cold because the very cold air in the arctic, the vortex has been displaced. the question is why?

and there's really 2 schools of thought. one is that this is clearly a climate change related phenomenon because he arctic is warming so fast and the other school says, all this is natural, variability as flight cancellations pile into the 1000 traveler. st. going home just isn't an option of where from an eminence family and like my parents and their siblings move to the u. s. many years ago. but every year we try to spend christmas or thanksgiving or something like that together. just you know, to keep the family connected. so it's, it's really important trying to stay focused on the reason for the season in the face of intent. seasonal weather. rosalind jordan al jazeera in b, c's, shaquille brewster has more on the severe weather conditions. their invention, harbor, michigan, which is essentially right across the lake from chicago. we're getting all of the impacts of this massive winter storm. you see the snow that's coming down?

well, they're expecting the snow to continue possibly for more days. it's this lake effect snow. some areas expecting more than 2 feet of it to come by the time we get to christmas, but is not just the snow. it's also the wind. at some points there are breaks in the snow, but you can't tell because of the wind whipping the snow around the toughest when the strongest wind is expected to come later this afternoon, up to 60 mile an hour wind gusts for this area, but the danger is and what you're hearing from a local authorities, local police authorities, is that you shouldn't be out on the roads. because what this, when does, is it whips around the snow that's already on the ground and on the road that creates 0 visibility in those white out conditions at so many are concerned about some of the hundreds of migrants hoping to get into the u. s. from mexico are battling temperatures well below freezing to chance their luck. they're waiting for the u. s. supreme court to lift trump error restrictions that prevent many of them

from seeking asylum. the limits on border crossings were set to expire on wednesday, but an extension was granted. i'm lying at bay. they're going to see a day. we from the coastal rules in his will. little son and the wither here fix us a little. it's very cold, right? no, we're having upon fights. i will muscles of a little bit closer. that's going to come down to almost $23.00 degrees tonight. and there are some of them. there's been nitrogen, it's been so called that people i step outside and they say police are let me. and even if they're standing room only, i don't even have to find a place on a floor to sleep as long as you just allow me to come in. a record breaking snowstorm has had parts of northwestern japan killing at least 8 people. it's led to traffic chaos, disrupted railway services and cut power to thousands of homes for casters are expecting more severe weather. in the coming days. investigators in france are considering a possible racist motive for

a shooting in paris that killed 3 people near a kurdish cultural center. a 69 year old suspect previously jailed for attacking migrants has been arrested. the attack sparked protest by members of the kurdish community. natasha butler reports from the french capital. here elise and emergency workers cordoned off an area in central paris after a gunman went on a deadly shooting rampage, firing at people in a hair salon kurdish restaurant and kurdish community center. eye witnesses said people ran in panic. downtown marcia de la ronald, walking down the street. we heard shots, we turned around, people were running left and right or worse. after 5 or 6 minutes we went to the hairdressers, up and we saw people had stopped the man. he was quite all 3 people were injured, mozilla sullenly. police arrested a 69 year old frenchman. he was known to authorities and had been previously charged with racist violence against migrants living in tents in the city of cycle

till the end of the jail may have attack. these tennessee and investigation started at the end of 2021, and the individual has greasy been released as news spread of the shooting people from the cities kurdish community gathered to protest. separate comma to random, the killer did it to scare the kurdish community pool. no, we don't know how we will go on with nor kurdistan is dangerous where we live in france in the capital, and now it's dangerous here. frances prison condemned to what he called an odious attack against curds and france. earlier the interior minister had said the shooters motivation was unclear, pacific more point pure than he was clearly targeting foreigners. what we need to know from the judicial inquiry presided over by the public prosecutor whether it was specifically for the kurds. but for the moment, there is no evidence to show that there was no doubt though in the minds of demons . angry and upset, think them slant and swap. the police moved in now to try and clear the protested.

biggest thing becoming quite a while. the protest subsided, the police remained on standby and investigations been opened into the attack, and the interior ministry says security will be increased. it could you sites in the country for some they say it's a welcome measure, but one that comes to light natasha buckler, al jazeera paris, the m 23 armed group which has ceased territory and the democratic republic of the congo says it will retreat from a strategic frontline position fighter say though, withdraw from the town of cuba and the north east as a good will gesture. m. 23 is widely understood to be backed by wander and allegation were wandered denies. his african leaders had been pushing for him into the conflict. it's forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since october volunteer pier. let them go through the official to do this. this is a good will gesture that the m 23 will make today. it is in the name of p. last and

a gesture that is part of the recommendations of the mini summit up heads of state being held in angola in november 2020 to me. so we hope that the kinshasa government will seize this opportunity to handle us at work to bring peace to our country. malcolm web is monitoring developments from nairobi. in recent months, the $33.00 armed group took control of several key towns in advance towards the regional capital of goma. the city of my sites have been photographed and filmed with rwandan soldiers among them. despite the use london military equipment for everyone to deny the 23 is it proxy. now people in cities across i've been demonstrating for a month, the, again, rwanda and uganda. they accuse of decades of military battling and aggression. they've also been protesting against the international community, particularly the u. k. and france for that silence on this issue in recent month.

rolanda depends on a military aid from western countries. and the campaign is say, it simply need the international community to way in to stop one day from its military aggression. now, just 4 days ago, after months of silence from which is the key ally of rwanda and a military partner, france finally said that one that is back in $23.00 in the land. and then just days later, we seeing that, you turn on the ground with them 23, pulling back from territory. that is taken in weeks and weeks. the un peacekeeping mission in the d. r congo is the biggest in the world, but it hasn't prevented attacks by armed groups. the m $23.00 is one of more than a 100 based and eastern congo. it emerged more than a decade ago when fighters seized the city of goma and the border with wanda. they say they're defending the interest of the ethnic tootsie minority. in 2013,

the congo is army, and new and backed forces defeated the m 23 and its fighters fled to wanda and uganda. in 23 split into several factions, but earlier this year, 2 of them united to launch the latest offensive john michelle wanda was a congress researcher and activist, based in belgium. he says the conflict is made women and girls, especially vulnerable. it's incredibly difficult for women. oh, women are generally viewed as 2nd class citizens in that part of the world. and the weapon as ation already has been a female body has only just increased the office, the suffering for women in easton congress. incredibly difficult place for women to live in the fire by any standards. it's important to have a tribunal to stop this whole trav. impunity dr. denis mcquaid, who's them? who's the man who fixes women, has been arguing that point for the last 20 years because it's awful. what's happening to convert these women?

i have sisters, i have on teeth. i have nieces and what's happening to the women in the eastern congo in congo in general. personally upset and because as companies we see our stuff is one family. if the, if eastern congo is not healthy is it's like the whole body is not healthy. still ahead on al jazeera, why the latest public sector strike in the u. k. could spoil christmas plans for hundreds of thousands of air travelers plus the damning conclusions of a congressional investigation into the capitol hill. right. and donald trump's rule in the with hello. let's check up on that weather across north america where the silly cold weather has settin across. pretty much all of the u. s . is dive down to canada,

pushed all the way down towards south. exactly. i said barza lined up from north to south right away across florida, some parts of the u. s. evenings in northern areas of mexico. i'll just take the cloud of the chart here so you can see how tightly packed and how many i suppose the raw on the chart. hence that very, very strong winds wind still gusting that sets of 80 kilometers per hour. severe wind chill, dangerous windshield. and we are going to see even though the temperatures well there, on the improvements, we'll see temperatures around minus 17 celsius there for chicago. for friday, going on in to saturday. this temperature is picking up at around minus 11 celsius . but with that strong wind, it will still feel bitterly cold, that dangerous windshield continuing right through the holiday period. but you can see how the mild, rather less cold ash will call it that is trying to push it's wayne from southern part sir tom, which is a minus 7 celsius there for chicago by monday afternoon. so that some kind of an improvement still plenty of snow, they're coming in across central parts of canada. lake effects. no,

they're just around the great lakes starting to retreat away. finally by sunday, ah, progress or a serious mistake. artificial intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. but very few of is really understand its capabilities. for better or worse, al jazeera excludes the impact of a i accessing vast amounts of am personal data. data land. on al jazeera lou. ah,

you're watching, i'm 0 reminder of our top stories this hour. more than 200000000 people in the u. s . or under weather warnings is a bitterly cold storm sweeps through the through north america. the arctic blast has left more than a 1000000 people without power and caused major travel disruptions. there been protests in paris after 3 people were shot dead near a kurdish cultural center. police say the suspected shooter was previously jailed for an attack on migrants. and m. 23 fighters who seized large areas in the democratic republic of congo, have pledged to retreat from a strategic frontline position. china is battling a wave of crone of virus infections that has hit the elderly population part. this video shows dozens of body bags piled up at a funeral parlor in the southwestern city of cha ching. but bay jane has reported just a handful of deaths from the virus during the current surge. it recently changed

criteria for registration of cobit 19 fatalities. the wave infections has forced this hospital and cha ching, to use its main lobby. as a makeshift ward cases have been rising since the government east restrictions this month. following a wave of protests, china's top health authority says nearly 37000000 people may have been infected with covered 19 on a single day. this week, the bloomberg news agency says, minutes from meeting of the national health commission show 248000000 people are thought to have contracted the virus in the 1st 20 days of december. that equates to about 18 percent of the total chinese population. the institute of health metrics and evaluation predicts 290000 covey deaths by april. if china adopt the containment measures that researchers expect, but they expect 1600000 fatalities. if no new restrictions are adopted. ali mocked out as an epidemiologist at the institute that released those figures. he says the

chinese government needs to be more transparent. if you want your public to stay at home, you need to tell them what's happening and on the community so far, we don't see to ask the public to stay at home. why you're telling them that or not, no cases and no data from go with 19, nobody is when i listen and people are gonna come outside, you need to be transparent. then people will listen to you right now to cove the blog, but it will be impacted by china. what's happening in china? we have seen so far, billions of infections from on the club. what spending right now in china is b one, b 2, and b a 5. we haven't seen so far an immune escape value, and so that's the good news. so we're expecting about 1100000000 to be infected and china, hopefully none of the new variance, immune escape will appear. so that's what we're looking at from the economy, stand on china as a major review sort of house goes that will be a lot of shortage because chinese will keep them supplies at home,

will not expose them neighboring india is gearing up for a possible surgeon, thrown a virus infections, as cases spread across china fights between the 2 countries are so operating. but the government has asked health officials to step up surveillance, poverty, metal reports from new delhi. it's the holiday season, and it's back in full swing. for the 1st time since the pandemic began, but the looming threat of another croon of ice outbreak could spoil the festive spirit as stiff as other don via the. and i think our lives are more precious than the festivities we have to prioritize done. it all comes down to people's awareness . india had rollback most restrictions after the rate of infection flowed in the past few months. most people have software mosque even in color. places such as market, but the outbreak in china and dick and several other countries has prompted fears. another wave could be devastating for an undeserved health care system and is struggling economy. some pandemic protocols have returned. travelers need to be

fully vaccinated against covey. 19 and thomas screenings will take place at airports. the government says about 2 percent of international travelers are being tested upon arrival, and some tourist attractions are testing visitors before they enter. parliamentarians are wearing masks and encouraging people to do the same, cannot to ga, stayed in southern india, has made face coverings, compulsory indoors. and i don't, bobby, we have asked states to become more vigilant and increased genome sequencing of all positive cases. if we have a new variant in india, we can identified in advance because of the festive season in new year. we have asked this to ask people to use masks and sanitizers and encourage social distances . is also renewed focused on vaccines. why 90 percent of eligible people are fully vaccinated against coven? 19 only a quarter have received a booster shot epidemiologist, the immunization is crucial to managing a virus that he had to stay. i do not think you need to pick it up because the

situation in india is very different from that. in china and india, we have had side exposure to the wireless in various forms, including trauma kron in january this year. and we are quite a fair amount of immunity because of the exposure to different brush of the wireless. while the government is often people not to panic, it's preparing more guidelines for the holiday season. several hospitals nationwide will conduct drills next week to ensure they're ready to handle an influx of patients should the need arise. park new metal al jazeera new delhi heavy rain has caused flooding across several or at off the cities. the capital baghdad is among the areas affected there at off. the government has been blamed for being unprepared for extreme weather events. 12 people were killed this time last year after flash floods in the northern city of abuse. people displaced by monsoon floods and northern malaysia have started returning home to salvage their

belongings. as waters receipt. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. emergency services say at least 5 people have been killed. for a sleigh reports from tara and golden state, one of the worst hit regions. these steps are all that's left of the family home that had stood for nearly 80 years. the water rose so quickly that people here say they barely had time to escape. when i did been t sally sought shelter, i to relieve center but had to move again. but even that was flooded, she returned home as soon as the waters receded. not much can be salvaged. but mac app or laughing, i don't have the words to describe how i felt when i 1st saw the damage. it is so sad, nothing dis bad as ever happened to us in my house and everything in it was swept away with us just like that. many say these floods are the worst in living memory.

brick structures fed much better. this house is still standing, even though it was almost completely submerged in flood waters. now if you take a look at the wall behind me, flood waters left a brown stain and that gives you an indication of just how high the water is reached. heavy rains last, we can cause this river to burst its banks. even homes on higher ground have not been spared gored be got my little boy. yeah. i like waterloo around 3. i am with the rains in the river were very loud. i looked up my window and saw a part of the hillside had collapsed and i heard another sound, why it was only in the morning that i discovered my son's house had collapsed. with bob, he's worried his house could be next. some authorities say the climate crisis has played a role in the severity of floods,

but the one indication on president levels off high levels of brain, huge that combined with our deforestation, all of our for us together with the lack of grease. i believe dana geneva geisha flooding is common in malaysia during the monsoon season, although it varies in severity. but without a long term mitigation plan, people here will have to keep rebuilding their lives and their homes. year after year florence louis al jazeera pursuit turn, gander, state, malaysia, convicted french, serial killer charles abroad is on his way home from the paul is on a flight back to france after being released from prison on health grounds. so braj, nicknamed the serpent was jailed in 2003 for murdering american and canadian backpackers. the 78 year old was the subject of a television series. i can good with you. i only

full full found it. i looked at us, you will including us, did a union boss and the u. k. is warned that strikes by border for staff could go on for months. hundreds of thousands of airline passengers are facing a christmas of disruption and delays. a security staff begin 8 days of action. the military has been drafted in to help minimize delays of major airports, cobrin and reports. why don't we have to say, why does it weigh right now in a torrential rainstorm? just after dawn, the picket line took shape as an insight into how determined and desperate these work is our willingness to stand and protest in these condition speaks volumes u. k, price inflation is 10.7 percent. the government is offering these work as a pay rise of just who we are marginally above the national minimum wage margin. only just

a heads whiskey. i don't think people really appreciate just how far lately full and instead of staffing these possible control desks at airport arrivals, 1000 water force officers have begun an 8 day walk out of a pe, pensions, and redundancy terms. 6 airports and one seaport are affected. the board for strike will effect 99000 and bone flights carrying an estimated 1700000 passengers. the worst effect it will be london heathrow with all $900000.00 passengers expected to be delayed during the strike days. but the impact will be felt nationwide at manchester airport, more than a quarter of a 1000000 passengers will be affected using military personnel to staff. the passport control desks appears to have minimized the disruption so far. on social media, some passengers reported no queues quicker than usual and passing through border control in the quickest time in 10 years. but as a growing wave of industrial unrest across several different groups of public sector workers. while the u. k. government is refusing to enter negotiations with

the unions. prime minister richie cynic has expressed disappointment at the strikes and insist pay rises would only fuel further inflation. it goes, it is difficult question of setting public sector pay. the government has acted fairly and reasonably in accepting all the recommendations of the public sector. pay review bodies. that's an independent process. the government has listened to, you know, i dodge everybody who's traveling at the moment to just please check before you make your journey. so you know what's up like sent him a public support for the strike as could be crucial in the days and weeks ahead. at the moment it seems public support is with the strikers by a small margin. more people blame the government for the ongoing disputes than the unions. additional public sector strike days have been asked for january. this is turning into a battle of attrition hold brennan, al jazeera, he through the u. s. congressional panel investigating the 2021 capitol hill attack as accused former president donald trump, of

a multi part conspiracy to overturn his election defeat. in its final report, it recommends barring trump from public office in the future, he didn't cooperate with a panel and declared the final report, a which hunt alan fisher reports from washington to cheer a gun and dusted after 18 months work more than 1000 witness testimonies and with more than a 1000000 pages of evidence, the january states committee report has been published. this is uncharted territory or the united states for the department of justice to actually weigh whether or not to bring charges against donald trump. to report details how then president donald trump planned to overturn the 2020 presidential election from knowingly lying about claims of voter fraud. to pressuring the vice president, members of congress, and local federal officials, he failed. he then summoned a mob of his supporters to washington, and for more than 3 hours. he did nothing to stop them as they attacked the capital

. the bipartisan committee members were unanimous in their conclusion. one man caused the january 6th attack donald trump, and they've made clear he must be held accountable. earlier this week, the formerly accused the former president of inciting insurrection and other crimes, and recommended he face criminal prosecution. 80. the justice department is conducting its own investigation. and the committee hopes its findings will be a roadmap for the special counsel heading that process. trump has dismissed what he says are fake charges. he believes it's an attempt to block his new white house run . this is unprecedented. we're talking about a former us president and also a candidate for the president of the united states in 2024. even though this is non binding. this certainly put pressure on the justice department to actually weigh this evidence against the former president. the republicans will take control of the house next month, and that will almost certainly,

and any future investigations on that side of congress. so now it's up to the department of justice to decide who's to blame. and if anyone should face charges over a day, then shook american democracy. allan fisher al jazeera washington, the american and russian space agencies are facing a dilemma. how to get several astronauts homes will use that after a russian. so you spacecraft, spring a leak last week. it's docked at the international space station. 7 people are on board, but they're not in danger. the craft might not make the trip back to earth as scheduled in march. instead, russia may need to send another spacecraft to bring the crew back. you can find much more on our website. the address for that is al jazeera dot ah, i'm how much improvement here are. the headlines on al jazeera, more than.