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aah! warnings to beware of frost fight in hypothermia as the u. s. and canada endure sub 0 temperatures. ah, i'm how much room dissolves your life from doha. also coming up anger in the prince 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.

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 u. s. 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 $700000.00 homes have already lost power, mostly across tennessee, north carolina, virginia and maine. the cold snap is even affecting southern states, such as texas, where sub 0 temperatures are rare. further 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 ah, 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. jagow and call their please my pose 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 thing happens every year deteriorating road conditions and melting power outages have led. 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 cancellation to pile into the 1000 traveler, st going home just isn't an option or from an eminence family. and like my parents and their siblings moved 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. ah, rosalind jordan al jazeera in be see 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 4 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 it's not just the snow. it's also the wind. at some points there are breaks in the snow, but you can 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 wind does is it whips around the snow that's already on the ground and on the road that creates 0 visibility in those white are conditions that 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 among at bay they're going to see had we from the coastal you venezuela, lots of sun and the weather here, fix us a little. it's very cold as right. know we're having a bonfire, it's almost selves of a little bit closer. it's going to come down to almost $23.00 degrees tonight. and i some of them, there's been nitrogen, it's been so cold that people i step outside and they say, please let me. and even if they're standing room only, i don't even have to find a place on the floor to sleep as long as you just allow me to come in. a record breaking snow storm 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. forecasters are expecting more severe weather. 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, but the reports from the french capital. until the police and emergency workers cordoned off an area in central paris after 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 or downtown marcia de la helper was walking down the street. we heard shots, we turned around, people were running left and right. i work after 5 or 600, we went to the hairdressers up and we saw people had stopped the man who was quite all 3 people were injured, mozilla solander police arrested

a 69 year old frenchman. he was known to authorities and had been previously charged with racist violence against my grants. living intense in the city of psycho philly entered the jail may have attack these tenderly 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 camara to ran down the killer, did it to scare the kurdish community, follow. 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 prism condemned what he called an odious attack against curds and france. earlier the interior minister had said the shooters motivation was unclear, pacific more pointing fuel 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 was no evidence

to show that there was no doubt though in the minds of demonstrators angry and upset. they burned, flat, and fool literally moved in now to try and clear the protest. biggest thing becoming quite while the brutal subsided, the police remained on standby and investigations been opened into the attack. the interior ministry says security will be increased at kennedy sites in the country. for some they say it's a welcome measure, but one that comes to late natasha butler, al jazeera paris. the m $23.00 armed group, which has seized territory in the democratic republic of congo, says it will retreat from a strategic frontline position fighter se they'll withdraw from the town of cuba in the northeast. as a good will gesture. in $23.00 is widely understood to be backed by wander and allegation kigali denies. east african leaders had been pushing for an end to the

conflict that forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since october volunteered to let them go through a va foreclosure to do this, this is a good will gesture that the m 23 will make today, it is in the name of pillows and a gesture that is part of the recommendations of the mini summit of heads of state held in angola in november 2022 nissan. we hope that the kinshasa government will seize this opportunity had 2 handles at work to bring peace to our country. that was malcolm web is monitoring developments from nairobi. in recent months, the 33 armed group took control of several key towns and bonds toward the regional capital of goma. the city of my sites have been photographed and filmed with rwandan soldiers among them quite to use london military equipment for everyone to deny the 23 is it proxy? now people in city to cross tongue. i have been demonstrating per 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, rwanda 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 a key ally of rwanda and a military partner, france finally said that one that back in $23.00 in the run the ship. and then just days later, we're seeing that you turn on the ground with them 23, pulling back from territory that is taken in weeks and weeks investigators in ethiopia, a flight software failure caused the crash of a boeing 737 max passenger plane in 2019 their conclusions tally with previous

investigations, which claimed faulty sensors for sending wrong data to the planes flight control system. this caused the aircraft nose to pitch downwards. it was a similar crash, and indonesia involving the $737.00 max earlier that year. 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 this is one the food service days for all goes concerned about women's rights. the wins education on boy joins the chorus of condemnation against the ban on female students at afghan university. ah ah,

how i was still got some proper when to weather across japan over the next couple of days you can see this wall of cloud here. that's been rattling its way through a couple of areas of low pressure in the sea of japan drawer and in that's and north west lea, a wind. and as it moves across the relatively warm waters of the save to pan, it is dumping huge amounts of snow once again across that western side of honshu. it's a good part of chicago as well. so more of the same as we go through saturday, more of the same as we go through sunday. sheltered by the mountain, take out around 12 degrees celsius, some slushy conditions here. but the worst of that snow will continue across western parts of japan, causing further disruption. not too bad, crisp sunshine, therefore the cramping inch less, so struggling to get up to around freezing as a high, similar temperature to full beijing. much of china is dry, but we have got some winter weather pushing into west central western pass over the next couple of days. as you try to cross much of indo china good scattering a shower estimate the central part of the philippines, pushing into northern areas of borneo, more heavy samples coming through here,

but not as wet as it has been recently say some improvement on the costs amy, well, the weather was going downhill into the southeast of india. we got some very heavy rain, also making his way. it is for lanka. 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 acknowledged a role in strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. hulu.

ah, you're watching all the 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour. more than 200000000 people in the us are under weather warnings as a bitterly cold storm sweeps through north america. the arctic blast has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and caused major travel disruption. there have 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 mike's. and m. 23 fighters who seized large areas in the democratic republic of congo, a pledge to retreat from a strategic frontline position. china is battling a wave of corona virus infections that has hit the elderly population hard. this

video shows dozens of body bags piled up at a funeral parlor in the southwestern city of cha ching. but bay jing 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 in 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 widespread protests. china's top health authority says nearly 37000000 people may have been infected with coven 19 on a single day. this week, the bloomberg news agency says, minutes from a 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 for health metrics and evaluation predicts 290000 cobra deaths by april. if china adopts the containment

measures that researchers expect, but they expect 1600000 fatalities. if no new restrictions are adopted. oh my god is 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 in their own community so far. we don't see it to ask the public to stay at home. why you're telling them that are not no cases and no desk. i'm good with 90, nobody is when i listen and people are gonna come outside, you need to be transparent and people will listen to you right now, the cove below, but it will be impacted by china. what's happening in china? we have seen so far, billions of infections, dra moment on what spending that i can on 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 than china. hopefully none of the new financed immune escape will appear. so that's what we're looking at from

the economy standpoint. china is a major producer of house goes. that would be a lot of shortage because chinese will keep them supplies at home will not explode . neighboring india is gearing up for a possible surgeon corona, virus infections. as cases spread across china fight between the 2 countries are still operating. but the government has asked health officials to step up surveillance of natal 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 done 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 in math, even in color, places such as markets. but the outbreak in china and i've taken 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 cov 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 take our state in southern india has made faith 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 and new year. we have asked this to ask people to use mask and sanitizers and encourage social distances . there's also renewed focus on vaccines. why 90 percent of eligible people are

fully vaccinated against covey? 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 india needs to panic at all 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 to on the chrome or the in january of 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. path new metal al, jazeera, you deli, afghanistan's taliban government has defended his decision to close universities to female students. ministers claim the ruling is partly due to women,

not adhering to dress code. women across the country have been protesting against the policy. several had been arrested since the taliban returned to power last year, women and faced increasingly limited access to education and public life. the un special envoy for global education and former u. k. prime minister gordon brown says the taliban are taking away women's right to learn and the world can't afford to stay silent. but this is one of the saddest days for all goes concerned about women's rights and girls rights. and the african girls and women are bearing the biggest burden in this struggle to persuade people that girls and women have an equal right to education and to other amenities. and we've seen this, women and girls not going to school, not going to university, not able to teach at university, not doing public sector jobs being banned from many subjects that are taught already. and of course, what it means is that they are denied opportunity. what it means is that i've kind

of son will not be trading doctors and teachers, and researchers and scientists, and afghans economy will suffer in the long run. but in the short run, it means girls who are getting used to the idea before the taliban too, are that there would be education for all of them. who wear at school and know what it's like to be independent thinkers. who feel that oppression is something that they have got rid of around 2001 at no feel that they are facing a life where either they got to leave the country if they could or they've got to submit to these rules. and it's not surprising that there are protests, not just from girls and women, but from men as well. because this is not the true afghanistan convicted french serial killer charles sobriety is on his way home from the paul. he's on a flight back to france after being released from prison on health grounds. sub raj, nicknamed the serpent was jailed in 2003 for murdering american and canadian

backpackers. the 78 year old was the subject of a television series. as in good, great, the c o u i only full full mouth. i usually look a she really interested people displaced by monsoon floods in northern malaysia have started returning home to salvage their belongings . as waters recede, tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. emergency services say at least 5 people have been killed. florence louis reports from turn gun state, one of the worst hit regions. these steps are all that's left of a family home that had stood for nearly 80 years. the water rose so quickly that people here say they barely had time to escape plan. no, sir, idea been ti sally sought shelter and 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 just like that. many say these floods are the worst in living memory. brick structure is 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 weekend cause this river to burst its banks. even homes on higher ground have not been spared. good. they got my little boy. yeah. i like waterloo around 3

a. m. 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. it was only in the morning that i discovered my son's house had collapsed the barb. he's wear it, his house could be next. some authority say the climate crisis has played a role in the severity of floods, but the one in the kitchen, the president levels off. i was all brain, all huge that combined with our deforestation or all of our for us together with the lack of grease. i believe australia 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,

they should turn gander state malaysia. a union boss in the u. k. has 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 at major airports. bob brennan has more. why do we? san jose went away 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. the protest in these condition speaks volumes you 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, marginally just a has whiskey. i don't think people really appreciate just how far lately fall and instead of staffing these passport control desks, it effort arrivals. 1000 quarter 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 inbound 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 debt. 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 there's a growing wave of industrial unrest across several different groups of public sector workers. of the u. k. government is refusing to enter negotiations with the unions. prime minister wishes to knock has expressed disappointment to the strikes and insist pay rises would only feel further inflation. it is difficult question of

setting public sector pay. the government has acted fairly unreasonably in accepting all the recommendations of the public sector. pay review bodies, that's an independent process. the government as listen 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 public sentiment, public support for the strikers 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 announced with january. this is turning into a battle of attrition, who brennan al jazeera. he threat nigeria has one of the world's largest film industries. productions has steadily grown in scale since its origins in the 19 sixty's. now it turns out thousands of features every year. but as you want, as one young filmmaker told al jazeera, it's becoming more about quality rather than quantity. i am telling you guy,

neil and 31 years old and i am a filmmaker in lagos, nigeria. i think that some right from when i was very young, i've always liked to media. my father was a journalist, so i mean a print journalist, but then i, i would watch the tv and, you know, tell myself i wouldn't be on tv like this person. none of us don't fulfill making then it's about story tenant. i always get inspiration to tell stories and they come to mean different formats. so you know, there some stories they'll come to you and you know that this can work for radio, for example. he has to be on t v or he has to be a documentary that some stories they'll come to you and then, i mean, it will just be a feel. so it was, that was how it started. the year of us, i want to like the like to stick hoarders in the major and film him industry. so i think that the europe as ah, it's, it's

a cultural thing. we have this very beautiful culture. we have dads, we have drums, we have so it is natural that you know, would want to do films. if you look at how the current industry developed, it was just about volume people just kept creatine, and creeds, and people, loft, entertainment. people wanted to watch it, you have a lot of filmmakers as well now who want it to be standard, like we wanted to go places we wanted to have, you know, to, to have the proper structure. but then we also have few makers who think that or who want our friends to cross, you know, to the tilt. so the global or north and you know, for the war to see because we now need the, the exposure. we need the film industry to be developed to that will have, you know, people can actually get paid and be able to leave off their earning, asked creators for me or my hopes and dreams for my career. and the industry would be that 1st law to tell stories, they're very, you know, genuine to me. it's very important for me.