your national union for the conservation of nature officially designated the migrating monarch butterfly as endangered experts say the use of pesticides along with the loss of habitat are the biggest threats to the species. they may be difficult to see from a distance, but these trees behind us are absolutely covered in monarch butterflies. now tourists are welcome at this protected butterfly sanctuary here in central mexico. but visitors are asked to keep their voices down so as to not disturb the butterflies. for many the up close encounter with millions of these vibrant butterflies is a once in a lifetime experience. experts in mexico see that despite the monarch being designated as endangered, there's evidence that conservation efforts are working. but ultimately the future of this iconic insect depends on the continued protection of their natural habitat . ah,

blown away a winter storm basses north america, leaving more than a 1000000 people without electricity and disrupting holiday plans. ah, hello there, i'm this darcy, hey, and this is angela here at live from doha. also coming on a show of strength. india's main opposition leader rallies thousands of supporters and to new delhi. after a 3 month long march. rebel fighters say they'll retreat from a strategic frontline town and democratic republic of congo. as a good will gesture. ah, and palestinians prepared to celebrate christmas and occupied westbank after months of violence due to attentions with israelis. ah, well, an arctic blast is currently affecting millions of people and north america. winter

storm elliot is enveloping much of the us and canada meteorologist. there are calling it a once in a generation event and stretches it from the east to the west coast north to south covering more than 3000 kilometers from the us mexico border right up to quebec. more than 200000000 americans are currently under severe weather advisories, while at least one warning has been issued in every single canadian province and territory. more than 8000 flights have also been cancelled due to strong winds and heavy snow disrupting holiday travel plans. on this cold snap is even affecting southern states such as texas, but a sub 0 temperatures a rare for the north. it's expected to drop to below minus 17 degrees celsius and temperatures and some areas of forecast to drop as low as minus $45.00. experts warm that this could lead to frostbite and 5 to 10 minutes. rosalind children 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 please my close. all right, 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 board tech's 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 the arctic is warming, so best. and the other school says all this is natural, variability. as flight cancellations pile into the 1000 traveler say going home just isn't an option of were from an immigrant 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 intense seasonal with rosalind jordan, elder 0. well, nbc is shaquille. brewster has more now on those severe conditions from benton harbor in the us state of michigan. dear 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 will bear expecting the snow to continue possibly 4 more days. this is lake effect, snow. some areas expecting more than 2 feet of it to come. by the time we get to christmas, what if 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. while. meanwhile, migrants hoping to cross into the u. s. from mexico are also enduring temperatures . below freezing there waiting for the u. s. supreme court to lift trump hero restrictions that prevented many from seeking asylum limits on border crossings were set to expire on wednesday that an extension was granted. i'm wearing at bay. they're going to see it. we from the coastal used in his mina, lots of sun and the weather here, fix us a little is recalled, right? no, we're having a bonfire. so i will myself look a little bit closer. it's going to come down to almost $23.00 degrees to night. and

are some of them, there's been nitrogen, it's been so called 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 a floor to sleep as long as you just allow me to come in. are staying with it. the extreme weather and heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding and several cities in iraq. the capital baghdad is among the areas affected. the government is facing criticism for failing to prepare for extreme weather. and a record breaking snow storm has blanketed parts of northwestern japan killing at least 8 people. so to let a traffic chaos at disrupted railway services and cut power to thousands of homes, forecasters are also expecting more severe weather in the coming days. i'm moving on and thousands of supporters of india's main opposition party are marching through the capital, new delhi. they've been crossing the country for more than 3 months now. and what's

seen as a show of strength by the indian national congress. the party was one of the largest, but now governs only 3 of the $28.00 states. the march is expected to continue until february poverty miss alice agile rally force in new delhi houses. the people have gathered to join one up in just both house with on the side of just me national opposition party, the indian national congress. and he has been walking thousands of kilometers across india. he said his goal is to unite the country. torn arrived by the governing you to see it sounds as homeless, it's humbling to survive it down to one of its lowest tardies in parliament. i only w. c. states, meanwhile, 5 minutes in the beachy, remade incredibly popular and on challenge dislike, growing criticism. there are concerns about the flight of minorities drinking space for descent, as well as the government handling of the pandemic economy. analysts say that the

congress is in ability to be an effective opposition and hold the government accountable, have contributed to the b. b, unprecedented success. not india is heading into national general elections in 2024 . that's about 16 months. oh, well, analyst for that. the own is to challenge the b g p, and voided accountable. now lies with florida regional party. no city of any around booker has been confirmed as fiji is new, prime minister, ending days of political deadlock, their parliament narrowly voted, in favor of the former military. strong men, often inconclusive election. this month, and monks to come back for america. he was already set twice as prime minister. his last government was toppled in a crew by the outgoing leader, frank by new marana. he has now been in power for 16 years from bouquets, heads a 3 party coalition. our beginner foster has ordered that the united nations coordinator in the country must leave. barbara monsey was declared persona non

grata after she decided to withdraw non essential you and start from where i could do the west african nation as under military rule. after 2 cruise this year, the government said that mandy is moved, discredited there, security efforts, if you knew we had heard, and mrs. barbara predicted, carol's hymn book, in a 1000 the coming months. we do not know what basis she can do this, especially since on the security side. there are still major efforts underway. and in this matter, the united nation should be as supportive structure, not an organization that advocates to still meet of a country as the m $23.00 onto group, which has his territory and democratic republic of congo, says it will retreat from a strategic frontline position fight to say that withdraw from the town of columbia in the north east as a good will gesture. m $23.00 is widely understood to be backed by ro, wanda, and allegation that cigale denies. east african leaders have been pushing for an end to the conflict that's already forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since march will on to q. let them go through

a refill blueshield. do this. this is a good will. gestures 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, sorry, took the heads of state hilton and gold in november 2020 to me. so we hope that the kinshasa government will seize this opportunity to hands at work to bring peace to our country. as on mission lander, as a congress research based in belgium, he says, this conflict has made women and girls especially vulnerable. it's incredibly difficult for women or women are generally viewed as 2nd class citizens and that part of the world and the weapon as ation already has been a female body, has only just increased the suffers the suffering for women in easton, congress. incredibly difficult place for women to live in by any standards. it's important to have a tribunal to stop this whole trial. impunity doctor dennis mccrae gay. 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 and congo in general. personally upsetting because it's s one believe we see ourselves as one family. if the, if east them congo is not healthy, is it's like the whole body, it's not healthy. investigators in france are considering where the racism was behind a shooting and central paris left. 3 people dead, a 69 year old suspect previously jailed for attacking a migrant cam has been arrested. the incident sparked protest by members of the kurdish community there. natasha, battle reports are from paris. 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 or downtown marcia, don't alter walking down the street. we heard shots, we turned around, people were running left and right. of course, after 5 or 6 minutes, we went through to the hairdressers, up and we saw people had stopped the man. he 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 migrants living in tents in the city of cycle till the end of the june may have attacked. 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. curtis community gathered to protest separate camara 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. we live in france in the capital, and now it's dangerous. here. frances prism 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 them slant. and so the police moved in now to try and clear the protesters. because the becoming quite by 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 too late. natasha butler, al jazeera paris mostella had here on out as air. what

a terrible year it's been for ukraine. russia's invasion is brought, indescribable suffering, but also grit and determination on rory, talents in here. later in the program, i'll be looking at what ukraine has lost in 2022, and what it hopes to win back in 2023. and we take a look at the future of nigeria as film industry through the eyes of one of its new generation filmmakers. ah hello. it is looking like a wet christmas for much of western europe. lot serve cloud piling in from the atlantic. at least it will be mild, there is some colder air in place and that is across scandinavia. so we are sub a 0 there in norway and in sweden. but we don't have that wet weather, the malware pushing in across the u. western side of europe. 10 celsius in london.

12 degrees celsius there in paris with the cloud and the rain and quite a keen southwesterly wind. some very heavy rain. once again, coming back into northern parts of portugal, the north west of spain, bishop right to making the way across. sir francis easing over toward sir switzerland. we'll see some patchy rain i, which was at eastern side if you keep getting up to around 4 degrees celsius as we go on into sun day. well, at west a weather continues to cross those eastern parts cold enough in moscow, m minus 5 celsius warming up both the stock home. and also for all select the wet weather, the malware that continues across western parson. if anything, a touch mild is still a 14 celsius there. in paris, the push on in to monday that where to where the sinks by the south, which i will see a fair bit of rain and some snow there. creeping its way into the out spaces of rain, also cross more than parts of libya, northern areas of egypt, much of the north, his tri. ah

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that's much of our top stories. millions of north americans are under severe weather warnings as an arctic blast envelopes launch swathes of the us and canada. flights have been cancelled. roads blocked by snow and power outages have been reported. thousands of supporters of india's main opposition party marching through the capital new delhi. the congress parties lead support is across the country since september to try to regain popularity. city of anyone book that has been confirmed as fiji is new prime minister, ending days of political deadlock parliament narrowly voted in favor of the former military strong men of an inconclusive election. this month, russia launched its invasion of ukraine back in february. 10 months on there is no end in sight to the fighting, and many ukrainians are enduring. a dark and cold winter where we challenge takes a look at the events that have shaped this conflict. ah, february the 24th 2022. the day everything changed for ukraine

through the chaos, one thing was clear. months of military filled up, could be no blow. this was a russian invasion which from bell roof, southern russia and crimea, troops, tanks and aircraft poured across borders, fleeing the russian blitzkrieg civilians crowded train stations and highways. hundreds of thousands of women and children headed abroad. men had to stay with revised. my house being torn apart. i'm sorry. it's tough. when families are separated, it's very hard. ukraine was fighting for survival. as a sovereign nation, volunteers joined the army and territorial defense criticisms. one of those who picked up a gun was a horde. he helped defend in a pin,

a key of suburb that saw fierce fighting. he who described to me what it had been like, well man, after a home of war, i had no fear. i don't know why we were all determined not to give up our land. we understood a weapons of weak against their arm or what we had modulation because of fierce ukrainian resistance, rushes invasion wasn't going well. at the end of march, after huge losses of men and machinery, russia abandoned this attempt to seize cave, what they left behind. shops of the world who cher the most infamous, but civilian bodies were found in nearly every settlement. the russians had occupied, often showing signs of torture and execution. the seasons have carried on to see her and her grief through spring summer, autumn, and now to winter. when the russians abducted her son,

they didn't take him far. just 200 meters down the road to the pig farm for his body was found. you know, but we're to you, we will be through the window. i saw him been taken out to greet. there was a car outside they've taken from one of the villagers. do you feel when the the use of our disposal when they put him in and laughed? i didn't know where for which they were taken at half past 5 and shut immediately that evening. eagerly as if he were sleep in the new spot in the east, the battle for don bass became an attrition of grind to the south. russia had more to show for its efforts. mary, you pull on the sea coast finally fell to the russians in may. the city of 400000 people before the war lay in ruins. but ukraine was preparing to strike back.

it reached the khaki of region and surprise, september counter offensive. that was followed by a strike on rushes bridged to crimea, and a forced russian retreat from the city of her son. he said this was moscow's response, running shows of military options, russia launch drones and cruise missiles at ukraine's energy grid. an attempt to freeze the country into submission as winter approached. widespread blackouts in sub 0 temperatures are a challenge for everyone, particularly those without much money. that miller lives in a smoke blackens bomb damaged apartment block in the pin. yet you still can't self lucky or hear from a 3rd. to be honest, my heart bleeds seeing these ruins, but we are alive. we covered the windows with foam, we had hope because we have something live at the last. everything. as 2022 ends,

ukrainians leave behind them a year of indescribable suffering. but they take with them a unity and a will to win that this country admiration from around the world. there are still many people who doubt that ukraine can ultimately prevail against the might of russia. but few, if any, him come from this country off pretty much any ukrainian what they expect for 2023 . and they only have one answer victory, where we, shannon's al jazeera, give our union boss in the u. k. has warned that strikes by border for staff there could gone for months. hundreds of thousands of airline passengers are facing a christmas of disruption and delays and security staff began 8 days now of action . the military has also been drafted in to try to minimize delays at major airports for brandon has been. why don't we have to say what is the way right now in

a torrential rainstorm? just after dawn, the picket line took shape as an insight into how determined and desperate these workers, our willingness to stand. the protest in these condition speaks warriors, you, kate, 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 follow we folded instead of staffing these possible control desks. it effort arrivals. 1000 quarter force offices have begun an 8 day walk out to repay pensions and redundancy terms. 6 airports and one seaport are affected. the border full strike will effect 99000 in bond 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 effected 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. while the u. k. government is refusing to enter negotiations with the unions. prime minister wishes to knock has expressed disappointment at the strikes and insist pay rises would only fuel further inflation. it was, 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 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. now report by ethiopian investigators has blamed a software failure for the crash of a boeing 737 max plane, and 201-9857 people were killed when that ethiopian airlines jet crashed just minutes after take off from addis ababa to findings correspond with previous investigations which blamed the models, anti stall system enforced. boeing to ground all a 737, max planes worldwide. when i jerry has one of the well to largest film industries productions there have steadily grown and scale since it started back in the 19 sixty's. mount producers thousands of features every year. but as one young filmmaker told out as era, it's more about quality and quantity. i am toying, danny, you, i'm 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 the media. my father was a journalist, so i mean a print journalist, but then i would watch the tv and you know, tell myself, i wouldn't be on tv like this person. you know, the thought i should do for fuel making, then it's about storytelling. i always get inspiration to tell stories and they come to me in different formats. so, you know, there's 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 would just be a feel. so it was, that was how it started. the year was one of the largest stakeholders in the modern film industry. so i think that the year of us it's, it's a cultural thing. we have is very beautiful culture. we have dads, we have drums,

we have, so it is natural that's, you know, would want to do feelings. if you look at how the current industry developed, it was just about volume people just kept creating and create and people loved entertainment. people wanted to watch if you have a lot of filmmakers as well. now, who want it to be done? 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 fans to cross, you know, to the, to so the global or not. and you know, for the world to see because we now need the, the exposure, we need the feeling district to be developed. so that will have, you know, people can actually get paid and be able to leave off earning. ask, create us for me. my hopes and dreams for my career in the industry would be that 1st law to tell us to resign, very genuine. to me, it's very important for me to tell stories. i feel that to be seen by the world.

i'll 2022 was supposed to be the best year for tourism in the palestinian city of bethlehem since the pandemic. but while restrictions are no longer affecting the industry, palestinians were reminded that they remain under a decades long military occupation on these alive pictures from mendes quite in the city where people are gathering near the church of the nativity. neither abraham reports now from bethlehem and the occupied west back mm. from bethlehem to the world. palestinians say the christmas message of hope started from their small city . they believe that jesus was born here more than 2000 years ago. ah, this annual parade tells the christmas story and towards different palestinian cities . it starts the journey from bethlehem. a city that depends heavy on tourism, but it's they can afford to hit in the past few years. due to the pandemic from charlotte corner paradox, we suffered economically because of cobra closures this year is better because more

tourists were allowed in. hopefully we'll pick up the cfc up here. so the political situation is difficult. they cannot mix situation is even worse. but we are the people of the land and will remain steadfast in it. we've offered questions used to make up 11 percent of the palestinian population in the 1920s. now they formed less than one percent. many here blame these really military occupation organizers of christmas parade. say it's one way the palestinian government is working to keep christians and their land as well. but i had this festive mood, is one way of maintaining the christian presence here. we're also working with the world's churches to help christians stay. it's rose doing everything to kick us out . but we count about how to keep christian palestinians in their lands. this person has come lathrop milady. your palace video, according to the you 1022 with i was

a say that these in a joy, them in their struggle. desperate as the result of 2 months of work. some of the carriages were brought from abroad, but others like this were made by artists from bethlehem. the parade has half to take a pause. the deed was supposed to make its way to the city of am allah! a general strike was announced to mourn the death of a palestinian prisoner in his ready jailed across palestine. people remember the loved ones, they lost this year. more so around the holidays at i'll just eat offices. this is the 1st christmas without veteran deported. shitting a barclay. she was killed by israeli forces while on a fine mint in jeannine, in may. palestinians take pride that jesus was one of them. and like to celebrate his birth in the hope that one day.