hey, hi, temperature's here at 27 degrees. and his series of weather disturbances will crash into the pacific northwest in western canada. but because your temperatures are high, it's going to be falling as rain off to south america. an area of low pressure around bolivia is going to amplify rainfall amounts here through pedro. and that western side of the amazon basin. so breezy day though, cross. so the river plate region, this band of rain moving away from months of the dale and closing in on porto lay gray on sunday fisher weather update catcher later. ah, the part of the center of mass that was on good luck. we are the one grappling the extra mile, the media don't go. we go the air and we give them a chance to tell their story. ah,

going nowhere fast. thousands stuck at home in the us as an arctic blast threatens to make it the coldest christmas eve on record. ah, i'm having a job. this is al. did he rely from doha? also coming up? they want it declared a terrorist attack. the fiery aftermath from killings at a kurdish cultural center in the french capital. guarding against the danger from above, we meet ukrainian troops on the lookout for drones. a gas tanker explodes outside a hospital and south africa leaving a trail of destruction. ah, a deep free, smooth in 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 wind 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 us was the remote montana town of hovering, which had a low of minus 39 degrees. rising to minus 28 just before noon, sharper, thompson reports the. the bronze of the storm on saturday was hitting upstate new york and the great lakes with snow full and high winds, many enough stranded in their homes for christmas. i lived in what you might call the stereotypical american suburbs if 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 adventured 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 jer,

then d, c, delayed in d, c, an hour here. even though winter storm earlier has moved way to the north. it's also a freezing temperatures mean cities from pennsylvania to florida being told to expect the coldest christmas on record. although climate scientists, it's difficult to ascribe a single weather event, the climate change. what we are seeing is in keeping with the models they've been moving about for year as 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 had time to 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 person pushed across lake erie and as it did, its 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 e. m ts 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 okay where you are. but once you begin to 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. authorities and canada have warned people to stay indoors as strong winds and heavy snowfall sweep the country power has been cut to more than 200000 homes and trained service is cancelled. forecasters say the extreme weather will continue throughout sunday. 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 have been blanketed by snow, paralyzing traficant,

causing power blackouts. more than 10000 homes have no electricity. there's been a 2nd day of unrest in 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 suspects are considering the possibility of a racist motive. a summer been surveyed reports from paris battle ground parish. robbery police in brutus discharged 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. we 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 or for it had earlier been asked for a few months on rivers. we've been working on the 10th anniversary of the killing of our 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 live a double oh, diffuse to remain confined to one square where the police allowed them to protest the dish demonstrate to see the bullets fired 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 in force clearing the protesters from the street, the going from republic square to bethune square. but the anger in the streets of paris video is more video emerged from witnesses. some show on lookers overpowering the attacker security sources say he still had multiple magazines and dozens of rounds of ammunition. eunice witnessed the attacker targeting the posi center restaurant and then above his shop. he says the 69 year old man knew 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 in 10 days. if i guns and came here the door, we want to know something we want the state to answer. don't be sure. the killings have place to move from an francis, my good community. protest in other cities as well. they want to know why an attack on a minority community isn't being designated a terror. he stood hunted and called for revenge. and unless the government can satisfy their demands, that anger is unlikely to go away. from him very well. the 0 ukraine's president has condemned russian shelling of a busy market in her son as killing for pleasure. at least 10 people died and 58 others were injured in the attack in the southern city. her son was retaken by ukrainian troops last month and a major set back from moscow. ukraine's western backers,

his sent sophisticated air defense systems to keep. but the ukrainian army is still largely relying on soviet era equipment to defend its cities. as because it's taking time to train personnel to use the new weapons. char stratford met members of ukraine's mobile air defense units in the cave region. and census report pointing sky wood and on high alert. the soviet anti aircraft gun was built in 1982 . the men at its controls are members of a mobile air defense unit, trying to protect the ukraine in capital and surrounding area from russian. so called kamikaze drone and missile attacks. some of the ammunition was taken from a similar russian weapon captured around boucher, the early days of the war. other soldiers carry portable heat seeking soviet post soviet and western stinger missiles. the

commander says they are effective up to a range of 6 kilometers, but often find it difficult to latch onto the drones that russia is using to target ukraine's electricity grid. veronica mcarthur 50th, but he said you shaheed $131.13 kamikaze drones are low speed visible and loud, but they have a small heat signature. it can be difficult to lock on to the target. and the missile might mess anti aircraft guns work most effectively against the shade, but they have a problem if the drone flies at night or conditions a poor visibility. russian forces have carried out at least a 1000 drone and cruise missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure in the last 2 and a half months most like this one are intercepted but many gets through. so millions of ukrainians are suffering blackouts and poor

heating in freezing winter conditions. ukraine's western backers have sent air defense weapons such as this ne, some system. and last week, the u. s. announced it is supplying a patriot missile system. but training how to use it can take months. one missile costs up to $4000000.00. the commander of this unit says it will be used to projects only the most important potential targets and cannot be deployed to intercept drones and cruise missiles. as we were filming this mo bile, a defense unit, the sound of the sirens can be heard in the distance. and as a result, as you can imagine, these men are now on the move. we were not allowed to follow the soldiers because of the risk of giving away their locations, put in another field close to keep this mobile

a defense unit practices using machine gun the range below 3 kilometers. you can easily take down the chemicals. you drones that fly around a 160 kilometers an hour. only get eyes on 1st. and someone i guess what is there? no, your drones are less difficult. the missiles are, but there are observational difficulties because they can fly over forests that hide them or over busy roads, whether approach noise is drowned out by traffic. despite the challenges they face, there are hundreds of men like these across the country. constantly ready for a radio alert, focused on the skies. chaw, strafford al jazeera key of region. ukraine. still ahead on al jazeera, the cross country march aiming to re energize in the main opposition party reaches a major milestone. plus a christmas plea from hope. frances,

in defense of the victims, ah get ready for it. it may be one of the coldest nights of the year in new delhi, half or one. this is what you're going to wake up to on sunday morning, 4 degrees in nearby punjab states. i'm rights are coming in at 6 now. you will bounced back throughout the day to about 19 degrees at is below average in the sunshine there. we've had this disturbance in the bay have been called pretty much park itself there ringing out its moisture over sure longer that southeast of india, that wet weather is starting to creep into that state of entrepreneur dash on sunday. meantime, monsoon rains, her prompt it, extreme flood advisories around sabbath city. but i think the heaviest and most intense stuff will dip to the south around of our, on sunday in bali, about half

a month's worth of rain out for the past 24 hours and still more coming at you on sunday sim goes for the main island of java and lombok island is while that's east of bali after china we go, cloudy, cool breezy for shanghai is 7 degrees into the sunshine though, for gui lynn and hong kong. and we've been talking about all that snow for honshu and hook kado, but for the island of chicago, some records snow thereafter. 14 centimeters fell on the pacific shores. there is snow storm warnings still in parts of honshu, but 30 more centimeters of fall on top of what's already down. ah, to inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide, and to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity. the shea come out award for translation and international understanding was founded to promote translation and owner translators,

and acknowledged that road and strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. hulu. ah, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories this hour. at least a dozen people have been killed and blinding blizzards and life threatening temperatures, gripping large parts of the us. more than 1700000 homes are without power. thousands of flights have been counted. 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. not doing enough to prevent the attack. at least 10 people have been killed by russian shelling in the southern ukrainian city of marsan, cranes, president accused moscow of killing for pleasure. his troops retook the city last month in a major set back. a rush. 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 mary jo fall in may. ukraine's president has called for unity in his holiday address to the nation . the low to mid zalinski says residents will create their own christmas miracle by showing they remain strong in the face of russian attacks. joy drew drawn ne kimmy godson, no kamikaze 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, that they will break against our steel spirit, and our fight will continue unabated. when islam it's not threatened by planned or emergency blackout sockhill and we will never feel a lack of courage and invisibility language. but more than one is their child the so we will celebrate our 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 vall, investigator suspect a faulty boiler, was the cause. the nursing home was reportedly operating illegally. a criminal investigation is underway. 10 people have been killed and several others injured after a gas tank are exploded near the south african city. a box burg emergency services

say they're investigating it caused widespread damage. sonya go 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 from 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 in that gain? that bomb. they knew it out. we like what's going on there? when we saw the was planes, we saw fight under the bridge. like how, what was going on, what's going on? then we saw it in car, which was banning 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 although i

voted from the dark, but those were the lights, they tried sticks to me the friar, but unfortunately the tinker exploded and seeks open fire fighters 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 or kenneth fast, so has ordered the senior most un official in the country to leave. barbara massey was declared persona non grata after she decided to withdraw non essential un staff from the capital while good to go. the countries foreign minister says monsey 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 i. so if you knew we had heard to mrs. barbara predicted chaos in breaking a 1000 to coming months. we do not know what basis she can do this, especially since i'm the security side. there's 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 the country. there are reports that libyan warlords, khalifa after has announced a final chance to hold elections. media quoted hatters calling for a new road map for a vote. bible factions agreed to hold an election a year ago, but the process fell apart after his army previously waged war against the you and recognized government in tripoli. afghanistan's taliban government has banned women from working for aid agencies. it says some workers weren't following dress codes. it comes just days after a ban on female students at universities, sparked protests and

a global outcry. in the latest demonstration security forces used water cannon to disperse women, protesting in the western city of herat. i, we have come to day to demand. all right to education, we are not carrying in the 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 rivalry, she coolers are drawn as a former afghan youth representative to the united nations. she says the international community must maintain pressure on the taliban. a gender up? i thought it was happening and then it's done. it begun when the tyler bond doesn't allow women to show up in their work. this is last year and it continued when the thought on shut down the female can recount. and then following those degrees, the dollar bonded and allowed that they didn't allow the women to show up in

public places parks or other places. and unfortunately to yesterday and to the, to more it is coming, which is very, very disheartening. it means that dollar bond totally erasing a woman from society, from public eye and from human life. and there is a hardening because it doesn't affect us in long term. and short term struction williams is happening in denison. and strips avoidance, usually you decide to, to, or died when we're witnessing out the protests are being treated in a very violent way by the female producers are being arrested in the mail protests are being arrested and assaulted bytes. so all of these incidents are an indication that we are going to have

a very dark future. and moreover, i believe that the time has come the international community and especially the marsh, stop releasing and sending $40000000.00 to have denison. i think the time has come to take tangible, serious actions against itala bon b. iran supreme court says it will accept an appeal from rapper salmon. say the scene. he's facing a death sentence after participating and anti government protests. he is accused of trying to kill security forces and setting a rubbish. been on fire. you're seen denies all charges. protests were triggered by the death of a 22 year old woman in police custody in september. 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's seen as a show of strength by the indian national congress. it's being led by the parties most prominent figure as poverty, metal reports,

thousands of people in new delhi joined supporters of the indian national congress party. most are here for this man, ronald gandhi, who's been needing a march across india for 3 months. walking thousands of kilometers, often joined by celebrities. he says his aim is to united country polarized by the governing b, g, p. o, m, o, b of this march is the 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 . yes. 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 rental mode. the has redefined indian politics,

although there are going concerns about its handling of the economy, changing space for descent and rights of minority groups for the congress. suppose 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, after like this also tells people who really my leader i will run the is because so much of money, so much of corporate power. and so much of mindset whether it's on the tool armies or the b j. b was spent to destroy brand, our randy 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 pgp has a much stronger base and am ins governing with her, at least nationally governing with a bigger mandate. but,

but in the states is facing a competition. so in 2 years you might see a party that gets replaced, but that reduces congress as emerges other opposition gandhi will march for another 700 kilometers over the next few weeks. he says he's not doing it to get both, but the party hopes it will give much needed momentum as it fights for relevance path. nathan, al jazeera, you deli passengers in the u. k. of had to scramble to catch their last trains as further strikes caused commuter disruption. on christmas eve, people are being urged to travel only if absolutely necessary as thousands of rail and transport workers staged to walk out on saturday night rail operators or warning travelers to avoid trains. until january, the 9th, thousands of worshippers gathered in the place widely believed to be the birthplace of jesus. for midnight mass on christmas eve, battle him has been gearing up for a bustling season. this year, after 2 years of walked down, while the city welcomed more tourists,

many say they number nowhere near pre pandemic levels. needa ibrahim reports, ah, a prayer for peace in one of the regions listen to the most. in lieu, the latin patriarch of jerusalem presided over the christmas midnight mass in bethlehem's nativity church christmas eve is the event bethlehem looks forward to all year long as celebrations, attract christians from all over the world to the traditional birthplace of jesus. but this season was 3 years and the making fifties were limited for the past 2 years due to covered 90 locked downs. 50 of there is a good turnout and tourism is picking out a table behind me as customers from turkey and others came from ukraine. so there are people coming on, the palestinian tourism ministry says that the sector is recovering with more than 500002 is visiting bethlehem in 2022 very nice atmosphere every feel at home and

it's the spirit of christmas compared to more than 3500000 to is to visited palestine in 2019 this year. the number of fir into this is just shy of 1000000. this is not the boost, small shop owners were hoping for. for me, if you wanna talk about last year was much better than this year. last year i had a lot of work on the ariba lives at the norfolk for palestine like the people who lives in nazareth and to be around these people. they get came to buy in the game in big numbers called the borders were closed. ah, out of the 900 palestinian christians in gaza is radio authorities only granted 600 of them permits to leave to bethlehem. mister one person will be granted a permit, but 2 others of the same family won't. they always leave someone out. so what happens is that the family ends up not traveling. i, with more than 220 palestinians killed by israeli forces this year. california is

reminded that the remain on their israel's occupation. people here say they try to seize any opportunity to celebrate. they live under israel's military occupation and tell us they don't have much to do but to pray for that. but i mean, i was just the occupied westbank. francis has warned 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 of saint peters basilica in the vatican. thousands more are expected for mass on sunday in saint peter's square interior and mine and i started consumer and she will 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.