the media stories did she tell was julie mail g 0 per series of in depth reports. looking back at this year and to head to 2023. there was a time to be direct there basically on the verge of legalizing racial, jerry battery to cut through the rhetoric. this isn't a universal death already crisis. the seems to be one of particular populations to dismantle the sound bites. there are lots and lots of women who are whitening agenda a kind of anti feminist agenda and demand the truth. those the size of batch is a we have to really recognize what we're up against. we are determining what is the future of democracy in this country. join me markham on hill for up for on al jazeera. ah,

the coldest christmas on record, 1000000 stranded at home across the us and canada, off to a major winter storm disrupts travel plans. ah . hello there, i'm this tells you, hey, this is al serra live from darma, also coming guarding against danger. from above, we meet ukrainian troops on the lookout for russian drugs. the un says humanitarian projects in afghanistan a will be affected after the taliban government benz women from washington, n g ers class in blue, whom praying for peace. the christmas hopes of worshippers at what's believe to be the birthplace of jesus ah well across north america, people are preparing for a free ing,

festive season after a major winter storm. more than a dozen people were killed during blizzards in the us, while power has largely been restored in time for christmas. a so called bond fight current has left many stranded. shebra tansy reports from washington dc. 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 strand in 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. despite an official ban on driving in some areas there with 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 jer, then d, c, delayed in d, c, an hour here. even though winter still elliot has moved way to the north. it's off the mouth 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 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 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, well in canada, forecasters say the extreme weather will continue throughout sunday. or there it is to have one people to stay in doors, as strong winds, that freezing rain and heavy snow sweep, the country power has been cut to more than 200000 homes and fallen trees have also stopped some inner city train, samson now ukraine's president vladimir lensky has condemned russian shelling of a busy market and her son as killing for pleasure. at least 10 people were killed and 58 injured in that attack on the southern city. on saturday. cousin was retaken

by ukrainian troops last month and a major set back from moscow. lensky is also called for unity in his holiday address to the nation. he said the ukrainians will create their own christmas miracle. i staying strong in the face of russian attacks. shortly. drawn a kimmy gods. no kamikaze drones can extinguish the christmas dawn. we will see its glow even under ground in a bomb shelter in some way. we will fill our hearts with warmth and light. not. no missiles can hurt them, not. they will break against our steel spirit and our fight will continue unabated . when islam it's not threatened by planned or emergency blackouts, soccer, and we will never feel a lack of courage and invisibility language. but more than one is the charter. so we will celebration 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. or ukraine's western backers have

sense sophisticated air defense systems to keith. but the army is still largely relies on soviet era equipment to defend at cities. and it's taking time to train personnel to use the new weapons. char stratford met members of ukraine's mobile advent units in the queue region, pointing skyward and on high alert. this 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 capitol 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 butcher 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 on to the drones the russia is using to target ukraine's electricity grid. veronica, because officially thought 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 drown 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. denounced 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 a siren can be heard in the distance. and as a result, as you can imagine, these men are now on the move south. we were not allowed to follow the soldiers because of the risk of giving away their locations, put in another field, close the cave. this mobile a defense unit practices using machine gun, the range of the land, 3 kilometers. you can easily take down the chemicals,

you drones that fly around a 160 kilometers an hour. only get eyes on 1st. as i wanna ask why, nathaniel, 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 with her approach noises 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 chance rapid al jazeera key of region ukraine. now, the united nations has expressed concern after afghanistan's taliban government banned women from working for aid organizations. foreign endures in the country of warned that the move will deepen the countries, humanitarian crisis. women in afghanistan of tea and their rights gradually eroded since the taliban took over last year after the withdrawal of us forces. earlier in

the week, the government band, women 2 from attending universities, are you a secretary of state antony blinkin says he's deeply concerned by the taliban decision and said it will have a don't a devastating impact on afghan people. schoolers are drawn is a former afghan youth representative to the u. n. she says the international community must maintain pressure on the taliban. a gender upper height is happening and then it's done. it begun when the tyler bonded and allow women to show up in their work. this is last year and it continued when the thought of on shut down the female country school. and then following those degrees, dollar bonded and allowed, 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 info from human life. and there is a hardening because it doesn't affect us in long term. and short term struction orleans is happening in dennison 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 her protests or are being arrested and assaulted by onside the binding. 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 that the international community and especially that you know, i'm, i should stop releasing and sending $40000000.00 to have denison. i think the time

has come to take a tangible, serious action against a dollar bond. at least 10 people have been killed in attacks by armed groups ensued. arnsdoorf for region 30 were also wounded when 15 villages were rated on thursday and friday, the region has suffered decades of ethnic violence between arab and non arab tribes . their conflict over land and water access has renewed fighting in recent years. now libyan wall or cliff after has announced what he calls a final chance to hold elections. rival factions agreed to hold on election a year ago, but the process fell apart. after the army previously waged war against the un recognized government and tripling are still ahead here on out as it. these have gone up very expensive most we can even afford even by christmas right now. we look at what's fueling runaway inflation in nigeria. and at christmas play from

hope francis in defense of the victims of with how i was say to rather live the showers recently lingering around the philippines . you can see the little clutch of storms and they remain in place over the next couple of days over a 155 millimeters of right just to the north of the bow and stays very wet here as we go on 3 mondays. northern parts of boyer also see what a nasty little system just rumble away here, and it's not moving too far too quickly. so i think over the next couple of days, this particular area could see maybe 200 millimeters of ray 300. certainly a possibility in one or 2 spots north of that generally drive 5 across so much of in the china south of that one is looking pretty wet now across much of indonesia, certainly down across st. java still away. see,

pushing further eastwards and some of that wet weather. also lapping on to northern parts of australia. we have the remnants of our old tropical cyclone, still lurking there into central parts of northern territory at the moment. and that will bring some heavy rain down towards alice spring so we could see some localized or even flash flooding coming in here. wet weather across a good part of northern australia, still a few showers down towards the southeast of the next couple of days. riding up cheering up as you go on into tuesday and warming up to 37 in melbourne. a high a 40 degrees in adelaide. ah, it's one of the biggest clubs in south america. but its greatest rival is just a few blocks away. a mutual dislike between funds formed from a close divide, sustained over generations. most walker junior support is born into these club

colors in an epic feud of rich versus poor. the funds will make football when alger see europe news ah. hello there you're watching al jazeera. that's remind you about top stories. the south people across north america are preparing for freezing festive season. after a major went to school, at least 18 people have been killed during blizzards in the u. s. and thousands of flights have also been canceled. the united nations, as expressed concern after afghanistan's taliban government band women from working for 8 organizations and years in the country are wanting the excursion will only

deepen its humanitarian crisis. new grains president has called for unity in a holiday address to the nation flooded me. as lensky said, people will create their own christmas miracle by staying strong in the face of russian attacks. while germany has been reliant on russian gas to meet its demands for heating, but as the war in ukraine goes on, energy prices of sword. as dominic cane reports, germany has had to rethink its options on how to keep its people warm this winter. winter in berlin in 2022. it's a cold and dark time with energy prices elevated by the war in ukraine. for some people, there are few ways to keep warm. so the heated shelters are busy. as a field mentioned in belinda, so many people in berlin, but also elsewhere have so little money that they turn off the heating in their apartment or only turn it on for hours at a time. and that's where it's particularly important that during the day there are also places in the city where you can stay in the warmth until 2022. germany

received much of its imported gas through pipelines from russia. now that route is closed off, and this is its replacement, a floating ellen g terminal in vill hems, haven't built from scratch in months at the behest of a chancellor. determined to break with the past was lance president russell's pilot and put him, believed he could blackmail us by cutting off our gas supplies. but he was wrong. we will not be black mount. by the end of 2023, we will probably have an important capacity of more than 30000000000 cubic meters of gas via the north german coast alone. all of this corresponds to well over half of the total volume of gas, but flowed through the pipeline from russia to germany and 2021 fortunate could plus replacing last russian. hydrocarbons has been a central problem to europe's leaders in 2022. the e u. has introduced embargoes on coal and oil. a cap on gas prices has just been

agreed and will start in february. and one brussels based analyst says e leaders could agree to purchase gas as one blog with one negotiating position to represent 400000000 citizens. as you talking volumes that are very, very large and these volumes, of course, you can get some sort of discount. and then of course, we'll have an effect on, on the, on the consumer prices as well. but again, this is going to last, at least a few months, probably if you get through and if it's being implemented, which also, you know, had legal administrative hurdles to pass. then it will have an effect on, on, on the gas price in the next winter. at christmas markets like these most people's minds are far from volatile energy markets, mold, wine pastries, and presence of the order of the day. when the festive season passes, these markets will disappear and winter will not. and the ministers encourage the

citizens to reduce their energy consumption. many might wonder how easy it is to do that. in the cold and dark days of a new year, dawn a cane al jazeera poland. while the war between russia and ukraine set the time for u. s. foreign policy in 2022. rosalyn jordan reports now from the westgate department in washington, dc of february the 24th international efforts to prevent the russian invasion of ukraine failed. the biden administration's response sanctioned moscow and give he billions and military assistance. i even so the war ground on through december, president putin has failed defeating ukraine on the battlefield. he has failed at his land grabs, in se he's failed at erasing ukraine's borders. its identity is people,

it's resilience. does that with those is deal, it's the u. s. and other western countries looked for ways to punish moscow. oil price caps, travel, and business sanctions, gathering evidence of alleged human rights violations and war crimes. they also used the war to expand nato's membership, but isolating russia wasn't as easy as the us had hoped. i think all wars and in some kind of negotiated solution at some point, the costs so far are not high enough for russia to conclude that there, that it's in their interest to stop. granting people have a lot of backbone. that said, the u. s. has made it clear, it will not send american troops to help ukrainians fight the war in ukraine wasn't the only foreign policy crisis facing the biden administration. it also had to put a lot of time and energy into what it calls it's number one forum policy priorities . the rise of china washington says it wants to compete with beijing not

contain it. but it is worried about china's efforts to dominate economic and military relations around the world while ignoring its human rights obligations. the pentagon recently unveiled its newest stealth bomber the b 21. with this warning, the u. s. is watching china's every move. america's defense will always be rooted in detouring conflict. so we are again making it plain to any potential folk the risk and the cause of aggression, far outweigh any conceivable gangs. antony blank and visited countries in southeast asia 3 times and 2022. he also endorsed increased u. s. military support for taiwan. and he went to australia to bolster the new security alliance with it and the united kingdom blank and also made 4 trips to the

middle east. a region where b ging has tried to build closer economic ties. there are a lot of opportunities for you as far as for us businesses for us persons to, to engage with interact with do business will every day with people in these parts of the world. china's just taken the lead on that because they see an opportunity efforts to recalibrate ties with saudi arabia were complicated despite a presidential trip to saudi arabia. in july, the u. s. is now reviewing it's economic and political relationship with re yard because of a rift over global oil prices. critics have also attacked washington's decision to not let the fiance of jamica shoji sue crown prince mohammed been solomon for the journalists, murder, and 2018. the u. s made a little progress in resurrecting the nuclear deal with iran. it's not clear when a new round of negotiations will happen. prospects for peace talks between israelis

and palestinians were also dim. though late in 2022 ado special representative for palestinian affairs was appointed. the u. s. and its allies couldn't stop north korea's nuclear weapons program or even prevent it from test firing dozens of ballistic missile. and despite the anarchy on the streets of haiti's, capital, the u. s. and other countries have yet to decide if they will send an armed troops . this request of president a halo li. looming over all of this though, is the war in ukraine. a challenge the u. s. has argued, must be defeated if respect for the rules law and for self determination is to endure rosalyn jordan alger 0 washington. when china's national health commission says it will stop publishing daily figures of private 19 infections.

numbers will instead be published by another government organization for research purposes. many hospitals and china becoming overcrowded as it battles a wave of korean virus infections. but no cove at 19 deaths have been reported now for 4 consecutive days. how congolese army has dismissed are pledged by m. 23 fighters to retreat from a strategic frontline position, calling it a sham. the armed group said it would give up the town of cuba near the eastern city of gala as a good well gesture. the military says the move is rather designed to create a distraction to allow rebel fighters to reinforce other positions. how many people in nigeria are facing increasing hardship after the prices of basic goods doubled compared to a year ago? inflation has also been made worse by flooding and a lack of security and some farming regions. for me, the miller reports not from boucher despite being one of the largest oil producers

in africa, nigeria went through yet another fuel crisis in early december. at times the price increased 300 percent. instead of using a bus or taxi alex gabriel uses the cheapest mode of transport. he can find from here to my destination and shirley will shift the mirror. will know we are all 10121. he's also in a lot of room by job, we're talk into saudi economy and i use didn't crush me on horses is very, very harsh. one was on real. all, it's glorious, very, very stressful. you know, we don't even have, there's no place about being obvious of i thought. so once told you, scott, me does really good. got as advantage to explore for people the government subsidy program is meant to make fuel more affordable. but critics say it's corrupt an oil supply is say they've not been paid and months. many people here say the cost of traveling to and from work is far higher than what they earn. the high cost of fuel

not only impacts the cost of transportation, but almost all aspects of daily life. christie kin no no buys groceries at this. a butcher mark had several times a week. lately, the cost of living here, i've been very, very on variable things have gone up very expensive. most book anyone are watching them by christmas right now. for example, things have gone up and we are very expensive and every all on variable to it. so if i mean funding, if one of the key is been talk with her, she's not the only one surprised by the rising prices. right now. the crazy pardon or friend me? because i got apple. i didn't buy apples for on bread mera, which is one up on right now. i just going to the markets, they end up telling me up with the 35. andre. i'm like how the lady was like, that's how deprive of things i am close to bright sciences. have warned that if

nothing is done to combat climate change, things will only get worse. the flawed in their fear, whatever i chose for the flaw, the men of pharma. i'm not going to a production on job to discuss the turf pro dot sharing to find out that we have relate to resources to fit that the amount of supply was for very small dock to put the mark on lot of all to port chaise in that local market fighting between the military and armed groups and farming areas is also affecting food supplies. high government debt and rising inflation is putting the economy under pressure. and as nigeria hit to the polls in a couple of months, a worsening economy is likely to influence how people vote for me to milan, ultra 0, a boucher now 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 victims of the pursuit of wealth and power. 7000 people attended the service as in pieces as elecom and the best 10000 more are expected from us on

sunday. and some pieces are pretty mean to pneumonia and i stand consumer and she'll, while animals feed in their stalls, men and women in our world, in their hunger for wealth and power, consume their neighbors, their brothers and 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 the human greed or the week and the vulnerable of earlier thousands of people gathered for christmas eve mass at what's believed to have been the birthplace of jesus. bethlehem in the occupied west bank has been gearing up for bustling season after 2 years of lockdown. but wild horse numbers are up there still well below pre pandemic levels. has neither abraham reports. ah, a prayer for peace in one of the region is the move. in who the lots of thought york of jerusalem presided over the christmas midnight mass in

bethlehem. nativity church christmas eve is the event bethlehem looks forward to all year long celebrations. attract christians from all over the world to the traditional birthplace of jesus. but this season was 3 years in the making facilities were limited for the past 2 years. due to corporate 90 locked down, there is a good turn out and tourism is taking out a table behind me as customers from turkey and others came from ukraine. so there are people coming on the palestinian tourism ministry that the sector is recovering with more than 500000 tourists visiting bethlehem in 2022 really nice atmosphere 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 4 in tourist is just shy of 1000000. this is not the boost small shop owners. we're 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 arab who lives in the north of for palestine like the people who lives in nazareth and to be around these people. they get came to by the game in big numbers called the borders were closed. ah, out of the 900 palestinian christians in gaza is ready authorities only granted 600 of them permits to leave to bethlehem. the $3.00 oh, $1.00 person will be granted a permit, but 2 others of the same family weren't. they always leave some one out. so what happens is that the family ends up not traveling with more than $220.00 palestinians killed by israeli forces this year. palestinians are reminded that they remain under israel's occupation here say they tried to see any opportunity to celebrate. they live under israel's military occupation and tell us they don't have much.