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thousands stuck at home in the us as an arctic blast threatens to make it the coldest christmas eve on record. ah, i'm hammock, i'm jerome. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, they want it declared a terrorist attack. the fiery aftermath from killings that a kurdish cultural center in the french capital with russia accused of killing for pleasure. after people die in shelling of a busy market in the city, recaptured by ukrainian force a gas tanker explodes outside a hospital and south africa leaving a trail of destruction. ah,

a deep freeze, smothering the united states looks like it's lingering through the festive holiday season. at least a dozen people have been killed in blinding blizzards and life threatening temperatures. more than 1700000 homes are without power. the storm is almost unprecedented in its scope. stretching from the great lakes near canada to the rio grande along the border with mexico. 2 thirds of the country is under weather warnings. high winds saw the mercury plunge to minus 18 degrees celsius on friday, and el paso, texas, where sub 0 temperatures are rare. the coldest place in the u. s. was the remote montana town of poverty, which had a low of minus 39 degrees rising to minus 28. just before noon jabber tante reports, the runs of the storm on saturday was hitting upstate new york and the great lakes with snow full and high winds, many enough surrounding their homes for christmas. i lived in what you might call

the stereotypical american suburbs. you can picture that and i cannot walk to the sidewalk in front of my house about 20 meters from my front door. thousands and thousands and thousands of people here and just in western new york state have lost power for a period of hours. and they are just coping with extra blankets. and lots of christmas sweaters disliked and official ban on driving in some areas. there were is that many had ventured up anyway, but the worst was over only to get stranded. this may turn out to be the worst storm in our community history. there are still likely hundreds of people still stuck in vehicles including individuals who tried to drive out in the late night hours last night. this is the festive season in the us, one of the busiest travel periods of the year. and even though thousands of flight delays and cancellations were reported, some passengers were determined to complete the holiday travel. our whole airport

shut down. so we drove to omaha, nebraska, got on a flight there. then then d. c. delayed in d, c. an hour here. even though winter storm earlier has moved way to the north, its aftermath of freezing temperatures mean cities from pennsylvania to florida being told to expect the coldest christmas on record. although climate scientists say it's difficult describe a single weather events to climate change. what we are seeing is in keeping with the models they've been moving about for years, a warming object disrupting the jet stream and plunging polar southwards, more and more frequently. and just in general, an increase in a variety of extreme weather events. she ever time. see al jazeera washington, we heard earlier from andy parker, a meteorologist in buffalo, new york, which has been hit hard by the storm arctic plunge pers pushed across lake erie.

and as it did it scooped up a lot of moisture and created a very small scale effect called lake effect snow. it's where a band of snow develops. it is only a couple of miles wide, but within that, anyone experiences what we call snow blindness or white outs, where you can't see the front of your car. if you're in it to drive at that point, people can't figure out where to go. they become stranded and rescue is not possible either because the vehicle is there, no one can see it. and even the empties and emergency medical staff can't get around. this band is continuing for now over 24 hours. it is going to slide and packed different communities. it went just to the north of buffalo, and that's where it's dropped more than 2 feet of snow. and a lot of this is going sideways in 60 miles an hour width. that's what creates that white out condition or snow blindness. and it also takes that 2 feet of snow and turns them into 8 foot drifts which makes getting through roads almost impassable.

one of the small scale effects of this where it may be ok where you are. but once you begin the travel, if you become stuck in this, that's when you're trapped and you can't get out. we're finding that a lot of folks are trying to be rescued, but their cell phones are starting to fail after 12 hours of being trapped in their vehicles. so they're reaching out any make any way that they can. and, and we're finding that as this begins to clear, one area folks are getting out and trying to find these people who are in their cars. the pattern of cold for western new york is going to last into about mid week next week. and then the nation as a whole finds a bounce back. the death toll is rising from heavy snow in japan. at least 13 people have died since mid december with another 80 injured areas across the north east and west had been blanketed by snow, paralyzing traffic. and causing power blackouts. more than 10000 homes have no electricity. there's been a 2nd day of unrest on the french capital after the fatal shooting of 3 people at

a kurdish cultural center. demonstrators wanted declared a terrorist attack. investigators questioning a 69 year old suspect are considering the possibility of a racist motive, or some of injury reports from paris. battle ground parish. robbery police in brutus is charged against each other in the french capital. your dish demonstrate as they're angry at authorities response to the attack on friday, which killed 3 refugees. they want answers from the police. why did it take so long for them to respond to the attack? why have they not designated this it terrorist attack? and why wouldn't security provided to the coaching center of it had earlier been asked for a few months on rivers. we've been working on the 10th anniversary of the killing of all 3 comrades. 10 years later we the kurdish women are still asking for justice . and now again, our blood is spilled in france. we are angry and the french state is responsible to little wholesale, double oh,

if used to remain confined to one square where the police allowed them to protest. good demonstrate to see the bullets fired and the attack were filled by every member of the community as the protest. her calm down here in paris, the police and security services are out enforced. clearing the protesters from the street, they're going from the public square to bethune square, but the anger in the streets of paris video is more video of commerce. come witnesses. some show on lookers overpowering the attacker. security sources say he still had multiple magazines and dozens of rounds of ammunition units witnessed the attacker targeting the coastal center, a restaurant. and then above his shop, he says, the 69 year old man, you where he wanted to open fire elect ocoee will escape want us to believe it's a resist attack. but the guy was released from detention 10 days ago. intern day. you found guns and came here the door. we want to know something we want the states

to answer. don't be sure. the killings have placed a nerve amend francis my good community protest in the cities as well. they want to know why an attack on a minority community isn't being designated a terrorist attack these goods planted in cold revenge. and unless the government can satisfy their demands, the anger is unlikely to go away. from the very that the 0 ukraine's president has condemned russian shelling of a busy market and her son as killing for pleasure. at least 8 people died and 58 others were injured in the attack in the southern city. her son was retaken by ukrainian troops last month in a major set back from moscow. draw stratford, his wandering developments from keith. what we're being told is that this attack

happened around about 11 am local time this morning, hitting a central area of the city. a shopping and residential area, the local authorities, they're telling us that is around about $70000.00 people in the city. as we speak, many people had returned to the city many more people to return to the city. in the immediate few days all was liberated around november the 10th, the 11th. but then when shelling started, they moved out again. the civil administration also telling us that some of the worst hit areas in these daily shelling daily attacks in a neighborhood on the, immediately on the northern banks of the denise river population in those neighbors around 8000 people. the authorities there saying that there are constant sniper and shelling attacks in there, but the kind of severity of the attacking the central area of the city is very

worrying date. of course, like the russians and the ukrainians always deny that they are targeting civilian infrastructure. civilian areas, we do know though that both sides use occasionally a band in civilian buildings to, to base troops from. so this is obviously as you can imagine, a worrying development, a terrifying, terrifying experience for, for the thousands of people inside care of sun. russian authorities are demolishing the remains of mario paul's historic theatre. hundreds of civilians are believed to have been killed. they're in a rush, an air strike in march when they were using the theatre as a bomb shelter. ukraine says the demolition is an attempt to remove evidence that civilians were targeted. russia captured the southern port city of murray, who fall in a ukraine's president has called for unity in his holiday address to the nation,

florida. mary lensky says residents will create their own christmas miracle by showing their remains strong in the face of russian attacks. shortly, drawn a kimmy godson, no chemicals you drones can extinguish the christmas dawn. we will see its glow even under ground in a bomb shelter. it's emily, we will fill our hearts with warmth and light up pull. no missiles can hurt them, not. they will break against al steal spirit and our fight will continue unabated. when islam it's not threatened by planned or emergency blackout soccer, and we will never feel a lack of courage and invincibility language. but more than one is that chad the sweet we will celebrate, shall holidays. as always, we will smile and rejoice as always. the difference is one god, we will not wait for a miracle because we will create it ourselves. at least 22 people have died after a fire at a nursing home in russia. it happened in the siberian city of camaro. val, investigator suspect a faulty boiler was the cause. the nursing home was reportedly operating illegally

. criminal investigation is underway. still had on al jazeera, the cross country march, aiming to reenergize india's main opposition party reaches a major milestone. plus a christmas plea from pope francis in defense of the victims of the get ready for it. it may be one of the coldest nights of the year in new delhi for one. this is what you're going to wake up to on sunday morning, 4 degrees in nearby punjab state. i'm ritz are coming in at 6 now you will bounced back throughout the day to about 900 degrees that is below average in the sunshine there. we've had this disturbance in the bank all pretty much park itself there

ringing out its moisture over sure longer the southeast of india. the weather is starting to creep into the state of entrepreneur dash on sunday. meantime, monsoon rains have prompted extreme flood advisories around sabu city, but i think the heaviest, most intense stuff will dip to the south around devout on sunday. you know, bali, about half a month's worth of rain for the past 24 hours and still more coming out. you on sunday. same goes for the main island of java and one book island is while that's east of bali, off to china we go, cloudy, cool. breezy for shanghai 7 degrees into the sunshine though, for grey lane and hong kong. and we've been talking about all that snow for horseshoe and hook kado, but for the island of chicago. some records snow. thereafter. 14 centimeters fell on the pacific shores, their snow storm warnings still in parts of honshu, but 30 more centimeters to fall on top of what's already down. ah,

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a dozen people have been killed and blinding blizzards and life threatening temperatures. gripping large parts of the u. s. or the 1700000 homes are without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled. there's been a 2nd day of unrest in the french capital after the fatal shooting of 3 people at a kurdish cultural center. police fought with protesters who accused security forces of not doing enough to prevent the attack. at least 8 people have been killed by russian shelling in the southern ukrainian city of care, san ukraine's president accused moscow of killing for pleasure. his troops retook the city last month. a major set back the russian 10 people have been killed and several others injured. after a gas tank or exploded near the south, african city of box burg, emergency services say they're investigating. it caused widespread damaged. sonya guy, hugo reports. the moment a gas tanka stuck under a bridge exploded into flames. it was outside the tambo memorial hospital.

inside the impact collapse, the roof and left day be strewn around the emergency room. nearby homes were also damaged, as flame spread for the site of the exclusion. residents from a ne, by elderly care home were evacuated. it was more like a bomb. will you say the i was been eat happy that gain that bomb venue went out to like what's going on there? when we saw the was flames? we so fire that the bridge like what was going on, what's going on. then we saw its income, which was painting a tonka, had been reportedly delivering gas to the hospital when it got stuck under a low bridge. the box big burner crew responded speedily and on the road they formed dark. but those were the lights. they tried to excuse me, the prior, but unfortunately,

the term greg exploded and speak so bit firefighters were injured in a no number of bystanders were or to see the flames continued to burn for hours. railway lines have also been damaged. investigators are examining exactly how and why a routine delivery could have ended so tragically. sunny gaggle, al jazeera, the congolese army has dismissed a pledge by m 23 rebels to retreat from a strategic frontline position, calling it a sham. the armed group says it will give up the town of key. bloomberg, near the eastern city of gama, as a good will gesture. but the militaries of the move is designed to create a distraction to allow rebel fighters to reinforce other positions in 2003 has made significant gains in the east since taking up arms again last year. burkina faso has ordered the senior most un official in the country to leave. barbara mancy was

declared persona non grata after she decided to withdraw non essential un staff from the capital. why do go the countries foreign minister says mancy had raised security concerns without providing evidence. the west african nation is under military rule. after 2 coups this year. the government is battling groups linked to al qaeda and iso is unique. we had heard to mrs. barbara predicted kale seabrook in a 1000 to coming month. we do not know what basis she can do this, especially since on the security side. there still major efforts underway. and in this matter, the united nation should be a supportive structure, not an organization that advocates to still me of the country that says there are reports, the libyan warlord leaf, a huff tar has announced a final chance to hold elections. media quoted huff tara's calling for a new roadmap for a vote. rival factions agreed to hold an election but a year ago, but the process fell apart. half taj army previously waged war against the you and recognized government in tripoli. i've got

a sense taliban government has banned women from working for agencies. it says some workers weren't following dress codes. it comes just days after a ban on female students at university sparked protests and a global outcry. in the latest demonstration, security forces used water cannon for disburse women protesting in the western city of herself. why really? we have come today to demand our right to education. we are not carrying any weapons, but the taliban forced us to come to this narrow street. and then they used water cannon on us. we all got wet and many girls fell down. they are scared of our voices. we want our right. iran supreme court says it will accept an appeal from rapper some on say, the scene. he's facing a death sentence after participating and anti government protests. he's accused of trying to kill security forces and setting a rubbish, been on fire. scene denies all charges. protests were triggered by the death of a 22 year old woman in police custody in september. hong kong is fully reopening

its borders with the rest of china. for the 1st time in 3 years, despite the mainland surge in coven, 1900 cases. media in the city of ching dow quoted health officials saying there are around half a 1000000 infections a day. the report was quickly censored, the official figure for the region is only $31.00. chinese health ministry recorded 4100 case of nationwide on friday. there are reports of medicine shortages, packed hospital wards and backlogs, at crematorium and funeral homes. thousands of supporters of india's main opposition party have marched to the capital, new delhi. they've been crossing the country for more than 3 months, in what seen as a show of strength by the indian national congress is being led by the parties most prominent figure as poverty. metallic reports. houses of people in new delhi joined supporters of the indian national congress party. most are here for this man. raoul

gandhi, is been needing a marty cough in the after 3 months, walking housings of kilometers, often joined by celebrities. he says his aim is to united country polarized by the governing b, j, p. o m. and nobody of this march is for common people like us because the gum, this message is reaching us, but our message and our issues are not reaching the government. that's why i'm joining behold, candy's march. gandhi is the most powerful name in indian politics. 3 members of the family have served as prime minister, and it has made national opposition party. congress governed india for more than 50 years. but now it's down to one of its lowest tallies in parliament and is struggling to survive. meanwhile, the governing bgp enjoys unprecedented support. and prime minister in the reigns movie has redefined indian politics, although there are going concerns about its handling of the economy. shrinking space for descent and rights of minority groups for the congress to pose a viable challenge,

it will have to address allegations of corruption and nepotism within its ranks. congress recently elected a new president the 1st from outside the gandhi family in 24 years. the party says the march has helped it reconnect with people. and i think i also like this also tells people who really my leader, i will gun the is because so much of money, so much of corporate power. and so much of mind to set whether it's on the tool armies or the b j. b was spent to destroy brand, randi, and a lot of people bought it. but some political analysts say a week congress could make way for other players ahead of general elections in 2024 at the moment. what it seems like the that the media pie has a much stronger base. and i mean is governing with her, at least naturally governing with a bug bigger mandy bonnie but in states as physic of competition. so in few years you might see a party that get free. please use this one because the merger of position gandhi

will march for another 700 kilometers over the next few weeks. he says he's not doing it to get both, but the body hope it will give much needed momentum, as it fights for relevance. pardon him at the odyssey era, you deli, aluminum and zinc, smelters across europe or cutting production or closing down altogether. the global energy crisis has made electricity at the power hungry factories too expensive. in france and germany, government subsidies are kicking in to rescue the metals industry from collapse. but in greece, that hasn't happened as johnson romulus reports from athens. this is one of europe's biggest ela minium producers, but it's days could be numbered. greek heavy industry will receive electricity at fixed prices for a few more days. on january, the 1st contracts expire and prices will float at market rates of more than $300.00 per megawatt hour. compared to half that in northern europe,

which is being subsidized. this plant may have to close unless the government steps in the industry association says factory closures would also be a setback for the fight against climate change. if we lose with us in europe, these metals are going to be important. the important metals will be produced mostly by countries that use cold as a fuel. some use oil and definitely they have a much heavier footprint than european companies. that's why, for the self sufficiency of europe and for the global, the carbon reservation, we must see the european metas industry. alum, minium smelting requires vast quantities of electricity. it's only profitable if the power is cheap and the ukraine war has caused the prices of coal, oil,

and gas to saw a quarter of a 1000000 people working at non 1st metals plants across europe are at risk of losing their jobs. higher energy costs are having a ripple effect, many butcher ease, which depend refrigeration are being forced to shut their doors. and there's notice says electricity costs have dublin this year where he aqua for, for venue. we're talking about small family businesses here. we try to keep our costs low so that we can stay open. our last electricity bill was more than $9000.00, and we paid $6000.00. the government subsidy certainly helps profit margin to tiny, but we are viable. so the question is, how long will the subsidy last? second, agriculture and transport costs are also up more industries that depend on government support. the government is spending more than $5000000000.00 subsidizing electricity bills for households and businesses this year. and energy producers are

being forced to spend twice that amount from their excess profits. all of that money together represent as much income as greece made this year from tourism its primary industry. so even if individual enterprises survived the energy crisis, greece as a whole is losing enormous amounts of money. the ukraine war is speeding up investment in renewable energy. but for now, governments are forced to offer fossil fuel subsidies to preserve jobs and livelihoods. jobs are opal's al jazeera athens christmas festivities are likely to be subdued in peru after weeks. after 2 weeks, a political and social turmoil. the violence has effected sales, especially those of small businesses and millions of people who lost their jobs during the pandemic are still struggling. arianna sanchez reports from lima. oh my god, no no. is trying to attract customers and given to the festive spirit,

he hoped to sell his robot with some divine intervention. ah, sales are very low. they've gone down. but with god's blessing, everything is possible. ah, we must chamber of commerce as christmas. sales are down. 33 percent. it's a blow to the economy in the biggest shopping season of the year. how many people believe the wave of protest that spread across bay due to the impeachment and arrest of former precedent? is augustine a day before christmas. diana, when this says she hasn't sold any of her, nit, we're designed to maybe some really bad thing if sales have been very low in the past few weeks because of the qu, prices have gone up, the economy is very bad. and so our sales, political and social turmoil had dampened festivities, highway blockades, cost transport costs to increase,

and many stores closed during the unrest. arthur of my birth that we warbler, there has been a lot of uncertainty and fear. people don't go out to shop. we had to close the doors because of people who wanted to lose legal rapidly or shut his door. as a result, he says, sales are 40 percent lower than they were last year. and now they say, the feeling of instability, refrains consumers from buying too many products. people prefer to buy food and keep their savings untouched. that coven 19 pandemic left nearly 4000000 people without a job. yes, so see ation of small business as says former precedent. bill castillo didn't implement any support measures and now they've lost more than half a $1000000000.00 in christmas. sales business owners are calling for urgent assistance. they want to proceed in dina with allotted, to focus on a contingency plan to counter their losses. for now,

most of the protests have quite in down for the deeply religious country. it is a break and an opportunity to celebrate mcgee, inoffensive. i'll just see that lead money. pope frances has warned of the consequences of greed during a christmas eve mass. the head of the roman catholic church says the weak and vulnerable are victims of the pursuit of wealth and power. $7000.00 people attended the service, the st. peter's basilica and the vatican 1000 more are expected from mass on sunday in st. peter's square pinky mint in a minute and as panic on sooner, chill while animals feed in their stalls. men and women in our world, in their hunger for wealth and power, consumed their neighbors, their brothers and their sisters, how many wars and, and how many places even to day are human dignity and freedom treated with contempt . as always, the principal victims of this human greed or the week and the vulnerable.