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blown away a winter storm basses north america leaving more than a 1000000 people without electricity and disrupting holiday paths. ah, hello there, i'm to start to attain this is al jazeera life and our ha also coming on a show of strength. india's man opposition party rallies, thousands of support, isn't in new delhi. after a 3 month long march rebel fight essay, they'll retreat from the strategic frontline town and democratic republic of congo as a good well gesture plus what a terrible year it's been for. ukraine. russia's invasion is brought, indescribable suffering, but also grit and determination on rory challenge in p if and later in the program . i'll be looking at what ukraine has lost in 2022. and what it hopes to win back in 2023.

ah, non arctic blast is affecting millions of people in north america. winter storm elliot is enveloping much of the us and canada. meteorologists are calling it a once in a generation event. it stretches 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 now under severe weather advisories. while at least one warning has been issued in every single canadian province and territory, more than 8000 flights of all had been cancelled due to strong winds and heavy snow disrupting holiday travel plans. while this cold snap is even affecting southern states, such as texas, where sub 0 temperatures are ran farther north, it's expected to drop below minus 17 degrees celsius. temperatures in some areas are also forecast to drop as low as minus $45.00 celsius expense, one that that could lead to frostbite in 5 to 10 minutes. roslyn jordan reports

with dreaming of a white christmas sounds romantic for song but for millions of people in the us 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 throat of frostbite and hypothermia, particularly for those without shelter. ya, jolen call. they're pretty much close. all right. think most winters we unfortunately do lose some of our neighbors who are living outside a weather against volleyball. it's, it's a sad thing that happens every year deteriorating road conditions and melting power outages have let some officials to declare a state of emergency. the best thing to 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 and the arctic worked. x 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 fast and the other school says, well, this is natural variability, as flight cancellations pile into the thousands travelers say going home just isn't an option where from an imogen 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. ah, trying to stay focused on the reason for the season in the face of intense seasonal weather. ha, rosalyn, jordan, l g 0. o embassy is shaquille brewster has one allen though severe conditions from

the u. s. state of michigan. beer in benton 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, we'll bear 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 if not just the snow, it's also the wind. at some point there are breaks in the snow, but you can't tell because of the wind whipping the snow around. now moving on and at least 20 people have died after a fire swept through a nursing home in russia and happened overnight in the siberian city of cannot over investigator, the suspect of faulty using boiler is to blame. local media say that private home was operating illegally. a criminal investigation is county under way. and

a gas tanker has exploded in the south african city of box burg, leaving 8 people dead. 65 fighters are among the victims. it's not yet clear what was the cause of the explosion. emergency services are at the scene and say several more people have also been injured. a thousands of supporters of indians, main opposition party are marching through the capital, new delhi. they've been crossing the country now for more than 3 months, and what's seen as a show of strength by the indian national congress. the party was once the largest, but now governs only 3 of the $28.00 states. the march is expected to continue until february. have the missile is in new delhi, she tells us more about the protest houses that people have gathered to join one of just most powerful men on these, 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 a country torn, arrived by the governing. did you see it sounds as homeless it's humbling to

survive. it's down to one of its lowest studies in parliament. only goblins, the states. meanwhile, 5 minutes in the rainbow, the and the beach empty roommate 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 and the economy. analysts say that the congress is in ability to be an effective opposition and hold the government accountable, have contributed to the b. j. b, unprecedented success. now 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 hold that accountable. now lies with smaller regional party city venue around buchanan has been sworn in as fiji as prime minister. 16 years after he was ousted himself and accrued parliament

narrowly voted, in favor of the former military strong man, ending days of political deadlock after this month inconclusive election and marks a comeback from boca who has already served twice as prime minister. his last government was toppled in a crew by the outgoing leader franklin bonnie marana, who had been in palace since 2006. and we can, i had a 3 party coalition. the king of us so has ordered the united nations coordinator in the country to leave. barbara munsey was declared at persona non grata after she decided to withdraw non essential un stuff from like a do who the west african nation is under military rule. after to cruise this year, the government said that man's he is moved, discredited there, security efforts this we had heard and mrs. barbara predicted chaos in broken a 1000 are coming months, which are not known 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 a supportive structure, not an organization that advocates to still meet of a country that says,

now investigators in france are considering where the racism was behind a shooting and central paris. that left 3 people dead. a 69 year old suspect previously jailed for attacking a migrant camp has been arrested. the incident sparked protests by members of the kurdish community. and i shall butler reports now from paris. is on a police, an emergency workers called ent 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 la sugar land rover walking down the street. we heard shots, we turned around, people will running left and right or worse after 5 or $600.00. we went through to the hairdressers, up and we saw people had stopped him and 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 circle till the end of the joel may have attack these 10. an investigation started at the end of 2021, and the individual has recently been released as news spread of the shooting paper from the cities. curtis community gilbert to protest sir, park lamazzo to random. the killer did it to scare the kurdish community pool? no, we don't know how we will go on with north 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 said to shoot his motivation was unclear. pacific mall point feel that 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've been flight. and through the trainees that moved in now to try and clear the protesters biggest thing was 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 code your sites in the country. for some they say it's a welcome measure, but one that comes too late. natasha buckler, al jazeera powers. of the latest on the story, let speak with us on the binge of aid he is in paris for us as i am. i see people back out there on the streets for a 2nd. dana o z him. his have been running high here in this neighborhood. off to the attack which killed i need to come here on. the thought is to have been gathering here with the tech to face. the attacker came in the car itself pair and

then went inside this cultural center a where the people are standing. we can see the tears there. so people are still very angry. they are very upset with the french government because this person had a previous history. and they said this should be declared a terrorist attack against their particular community, which has been fight against, i think in them. and i believe her also getting a little bit more information about the suspected shita. oh, if this is a in 6 years ago, he did have a leveled against the people and it, it did carry out attack again to do in a year and it, we thought it was released. he had tired out this attack is on the face,

but he's the thing, they don't know the motors of this particular attack, yet the people here a 2nd, their particular community was targeted by this person and the authorities should have done more and they should do more to make sure that they have just we'll continue watching that very closely. i some of them to avoid that for us in french capital. thank you. awesome. ah, stella had here on al jazeera ah palestinians prepared to celebrate christmas and he occupied westbank after months of violence to use attentions with his railings. and we look at the future of nigerian film industry through the eyes of one of its new generation filmmakers. ah

hello, we got some rather lively showers, making the way towards the philippines at the moment. the little clutches, storms coming into central parts. some wetter whether to just creep into northern areas of borneo, northeast lea. i'm also driving those showers into this particular part of southeast asia. lot. so showers there across so much of indonesia a little further south, some really heavy ones too. as we go one through monday and you can see from monday state very wet, crossman border very wetted a central and southern parts of the philippines. much dry pitch their across much of the china, although a few showers to sliding into eastern parts of vietnam. penny a shout. meanwhile, across nolan, areas of australia, a little circulation here. that is what was probable cyclic any. it has now been downgraded of course, but it does still mean some really heavy rain coming into central parts of australia, easing down towards alley springs. actually as we go on through the next couple days, there's a big down. pause here. it is likely to lead to some of flash flooding at times

where to where the to up towards the cape york peninsula rash as showers there into queensland. pushing across into what new south wales, maybe the chow, to into victoria. perth is fighting dry around 27 celsius war me up in the southeast and lay at 40 degrees by tuesday. ah ah. with

the me watching out a 0. i'm here and our ha, that's remind you about up stories. millions of north americans under severe weather warning as an arctic last envelopes. large waves of the us and canada flights have been cancelled right. the blocked by snow and power outages have been reported. thousands of supporters of india's main opposition party marching through the capital, new delhi congress party has led supporters across the country since september to try to regain popularity. of any run book has been confirmed as new prime minister ending days of political deadlock parliament narrowly voted in favor of the former military strong and inconclusive election. this month's 2022 was

supposed to be the best years of tourism and 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. these live pictures now from major square the city where people are gathering the church of the nativity. neither abraham reports from bethlehem, now in the occupied westbank. ah, 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 collins and a 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 course miss 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 to keep christian palestinians in their lance. this person has come lathrop milady here, compelling videos, according to the un to 1020 to one and definitely in the occupied was banking

with people years. they that bit these in a joy, them with 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 day it was supposed to make its way to the city of ram aloft. a general strike was announced to mourn the death of a palestinian prisoner in his rady jail across palestine. people remember the loved ones, they lost this year more so around the holidays. at i'll just eat has offices. this is the 1st christmas without veteran deported. shitty. a barclay. she was killed by israeli forces while on a fine meant 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 them half peace.

me that but him and just either ye occupied westbank i rush i launched its invasion of ukraine back in february 10 months on there's no end in sight to the fighting and many ukrainians are enduring. a dark and cold winter for a challenge. takes a look at the events that have shaped this conflict. ah, february the 24th 2022. the day everything changed for ukraine. oh, through the chaos. one thing was clear. months of military filled up. that would be no blow. this was a russian invasion from belarus, 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. oh, yes, i believe i had my hands being torn apart ribbons. i'm sorry 1st, but it's tough school. 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 he who 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, a 300 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 a week 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 shop to 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 where his body was found. but we're to hear you. we will be through the window. i saw him been taken out. great. there was a car outside they've taken from one of the village jersey. do you want me the use

of all this bull? when they put him in and laughed. i didn't know where richard. they were taken at half past 5 and shut immediately that evening. will you go to lay as if you were sleeping in the new spot? in the east? the battle for don bass became an attrition of grind. but to the south, russia had more to show for its efforts. mary, you pull on the assault 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 retook 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. there was some of you. this was moscow's response running shows of military options. russia launched drones and

cruise missiles at ukraine's energy grid. an attempt to freeze the country into submission as winter approached, wide spread blackouts in sub 0 temperatures are a challenge for everyone, particularly those without much money. miller lives in a smoke blackens bomb damaged apartment block in the pin. yet you still counts itself 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 of them come from this country off pretty much any ukraine what they expect for 2023. and they only have one on so victory, laurie tenants out to 0 p if the m $23.00 and group which has seized territory and democratic republic of congo, says it will retreat from a strategic frontline position. if i to say they will withdraw from the town of cuba and the northeast as a good will gesture. m $23.00 is widely understood to be backed by ro wonder an allegation that could garley denies. east african leaders have been pushing for an end to the conflict that forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since march will on to queue. let them go through the field. who should do this? this is a good will gestures that the m 23 will make today. it is in the name of appeals at a gesture that is part of the recommendations of the mini, sorry to head to state hilton and gold it 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. who am $23.00? is one of more than a 100 armed group spaced and eastern congo. it emerged more than a decade ago, and fighters seized the city of game on the border with rwanda. they say they're defending the interests of the ethnic tootsie minority. in 2013 the congolese army and you and backed force as defeated m 23 in its fight has fled to rolanda and uganda. the group then spits into several factions, but then earlier this year, 2 of them united to launch this latest offensive was on michelle, the lender. as a congolese researcher, who's based in belgium, he says this conflict has 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 softness, 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 trav impunity. dr. denison? wait. who's them? who's the man who? 6 is. women has been arguing that point for the last 20 years because it's awful was happening to come with these women. i have sisters, i have on teeth. i have nieces and what's happening to the women in the eastern congo and combo in general. personally upsetting because it's as companies we see ourselves as one family. if the, if eastern congo is not healthy is it's like the whole body is like a report by ethiopia. investigators has blamed a software failure. and for the crash over boeing, 737, max plane, back in 2019 a 157 people were killed when that ethiopian airlines jet crashed minutes off to take off from addis ababa. the findings correspond with previous investigations which blamed the models, anti stall system for sending the plane into an uncontrollable dive, and was the 2nd crash of its kind within months and forced boeing to ground all 737,

max plains, wild, wyatt, or giant shell has agreed to pay nearly $16000000.00 to nigerian communities affected by leaks in its pipelines. but the company says the settlement for oil spills between 2004 in 2007 is not an admission of liability. it says the pipelines were sabotaged, and dr. appeals court ruled last year in favor of foreigners in the niger river delta. after 13 years of legal battles on nigeria has one of the was the largest film industries, productions have steadily grown and scale since it started back in the 1960s. and now it produces thousands of features every year. but as one young filmmaker told out as era, it's more about quality than quantity. i am toying, danny, you am 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 me to 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 t v like this person, you know, the thought latasha for fuel 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 though 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 of us are one of like the largest stakeholders and a major in film 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 drama, we have, so it is natural that's, 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 creed and people loved

entertainment. people wanted to watch it. you have a lot of filmmakers as well now who wanted to be standard, like we wanted to go places we wanted to have, you know, to, to have the proper structure. but then we are also have few makers who think that or who want our fumes 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 in the industry would be that festival . to tell stories they're very, you know, genuine. to me it's very important for me to tell stories. i feel it to be seen by the world. ah hello.