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ah plugs the whole robin. you're watching the old. is there a news on life? my headquarters here in del, coming up in the next 60 minutes. the coldest christmas on record 1000000 stranded at home across the us and canada after a major winter stall, disrupt travel plans. free forward a group suspend operations that have got to stop after the taliban government falls . women from working in jose and god, they go against danger. from above, we meet ukrainian troops on the lookout from russian drones also, in lieu, praying for peace, the christmas hopes of worshippers that what's believed to be the birthplace of jesus christ. ah, welcome to the program across north america, preparing for

a freezing festive season following one of the most powerful winter storms in decades. more than a dozen people were killed during blizzards in the u. s. power has largely been restored in time for christmas, but the so called bomb side clone has left many stranded. she ever tansy has more 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 has lost power for a period of hours. and they are just coping with extra blankets. and lots of christmas sweaters disliked individual 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. yeah. even though winter storm 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 say it's difficult to describe a single weather events. 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 advertise the al jazeera washington encounter the forecast to say the extreme weather will continue throughout sunday. authorities have worn people to stay in doors, a strong wind, freezing, rain, and heavy snow sweep. the country power has been up to more than 200000 homes and fallen trees of blocks of interest, city trains, services, and the pocket. it's a meter ologist in buffalo, new york, which has been hard hit by the storm. he says it will continue into next week. arctic plunge, pursed, 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 developed that is only a couple of miles wide. but within that, anyone experience is 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 banded continuing for now over 24 hours. it is going to slide and pack 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 when that's what creates that white house 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 to travel, if you become stuck in this, that's and you're trapped and you can't get out. we're finding that

a lot of boats are trying to be rescued, but their cell phones are starting to fail after 12 hours of being trapped in their vehicle. so they're reaching out any make any way that they can. 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, fine to bounce back. the united nations has expressed concern after i've got his funds, talib and government band women from working for 8 organizations and some foreign aid groups, including save the children. and the norwegian refugee council has already suspended their operations following the band legal soon. sharif reports another restriction on women, enough cornerstone this time they're being told to stay away from work that's crucial to getting humanitarian aid to millions of people in the town. government

is wanting non governmental organizations that employed them. risk losing their license to operate in the country. well, of a sigma in a society like i've gone is done with for the past 20 years. they have so much to have for to an african women. they were educated and they served society, these women have supported their families for it is horrible for me to think that me and my generation are forced to experience such a situation. the un, the us and the you said the a deeply concerned agencies that have a significant presence in the country calling it a major blow. participation of humidity and action. mental issue can be reached on dependence and action if we need the needs for the military and a distribution village be introduced ation eyes and warm blanket food or anything. we need to make sure that participate in the assessment. that's the 1st

set as a 2nd. we need to make sure that women out there to deliver it directly to them. and if this is not possible, then delivery of that age will not be the taliban has a sure several decrees after season control of the country following the withdrawal of the us forces last year. earlier this week, it bought female students from enrolling into universities and response. male students walked out of classrooms and women walked onto the streets to protest, gender up or how it is happening, and then it's done. settler bon, are totally erasing of gram woman from society, from public eye info from human life. and they just hardening because it's gonna affect us in long term and short term structural wall. and they're happening in dennison. we are going to have a very dark future after it to power and i've gone on the taliban promise women,

fundamental whites, but a year own it systematically excluding them from public life may consume, should eve al jazeera well, i think, to neil tele, his country director for scholar saw that the norwegian refugee council joins me now live via skype from then cookie. in can, you could tell you this, mr. turner, on the program. just to begin with, what proportion of your staff in i'm going to start a made up of women and was suspending your operation really? the only viable option you have right now. thank you for helping me. so a 3rd of our workforce female. and they are central for us to be able to provide humanitarian assistance. this was the only option that we had because 1st of all, there's a principle involved that women should be allowed to work and i've done son. secondly, practically, it isn't possible for us to continue our operations if we're not able to work with

our colleagues, for them to access, not anything else, but all the relation, men, women, and children. we need that to be in place and we can't operate with assets. and we need to have a suspension of operations to kill this decision. best. can you just give us an example for our international audience of how the job of one female employee who works with your organization impacts on the lives of women, whether they're in the urban or rural areas. so the women who work for us are essential to be able to get the voices of women and to find out what the problems are and how we can assist. for example, in terms of legal age or a number of issues where women, unless able to access a redress in the coach and off to you know, workers are essential, you know,

what it to work with, then find out what the problems are under represent them in those calls without females working for us. we simply can't do that on top of that in other aspects of . ready doing in winter reservation in transportation and in shelter work again in order to access women and women, household households representing majority of people in afghanistan. and we need our women to be able to assist us to help organizations like yours do offer health care and focus on the, the needs of winning within the community. if that is removed, where does that leave women to the health care system that really was on its knees, even without the assistance of international organizations like yourself? so obviously it puts people in explaining the situation. solid bonds respectively come strong assistance for over 20000000 people by the actions yesterday,

we are calling from a complete reversal of this decision because we can't operate and obviously this is going to have a big impact on people. so services can resume this normal the issue of the her job and the nica, but always quite sensitive in conservative muslim countries. but organizations maybe not like yourself, but similar to yourself do and can operate in in countries. i could ra inside. what do you think the differences here between those nations and what's going on, and i've got to stand right now? so a lot of work is done with extreme cultural sensitivity. when we understand the situation in which we work. one of the given reasons for this plan on oxy, my workers is that we have not been compliant with islamic forms of test. this is simply untrue. and we always work in

a culturally sensitive way. and we have not been given any evidence of the fact that women have not been working in this comes from the sensitive way. so we simply don't understand why this message, if a balance implemented, i mean what all the long term plan for the operation as a whole. we obviously want to continue to give assistance. we cannot provide that assistance with this restriction in place. so it needs to be list. meanwhile, we are willing to work with any of the provincial level will give us guarantees that are women and men can work for the benefits of the people. so if we have assurances that we can move forward in certain places and certain times, we will take this opportunity. currently we have suspended all operations so we can get some credit to him. in recent days, the african government announced that they were going to resume the polio

vaccination scheme across the country. one which affects obviously children and requires mothers to either bring their children to vaccination centers or make themselves available. i mean, it does beg the question that such scenarios are very important to address and a withdrawal of that aid or help in any way will be detrimental to the health of the country into that exact example, why we need to have the male colleagues working completely unsaturated with the access because the delivery of the united nations is not going to be possible without, you know, monetary and workers. and if there is a band on this, then the fact of lee denied that assistance. that's why we need to have this reversed immediately. miss said obviously that the area of this conversation is still very vague because trying to get exact details

from the taliban, ourselves as to what they are talking about. but we'd also like to ask you what your understanding of not being properly attired for a female working for you or organizations. means, does it mean that the face should be fully covered, or that the body should be fully covered in a gown the, the whole full, the cob dress? i mean, what's your understanding of this? we work in many places to stand and there are some differences between what's culturally acceptable in one place or in another. but i can assure you, but then the question is why we work a female staff. i was very well aware of how they should crash and, and that's what they be doing. they'll continue to do if we can get this reversal of creatures decision from the norwegian refugee council lay country director for granted some thanks so much for joining us. thank you. very much well,

plenty more had here on the algae, is there a news are including these have gone up very expensive was we can even of what even by christmas rice now we look at what fueling runaway inflation in nigeria. and the panama hat is one of the finest need from a red palm will tell you where it really comes from. ukraine's present got him is zalinski, has condemned a russian shelling of a busy marketing cash on as killing for pleasure. at least 10 people were killed and 58 injured in the attack on the southern city on saturday. and shawn was re taken by ukrainian troops last month in a major setback for moscow. what ukraine's president has called for unity in a christmas holiday address to the nation. enjoyed will draw. ne gimme god's no

kamikaze. drones can extinguish the christmas dawn. we will see its glow even under ground in a bomb shelter them away. we will fill our hearts with warmth and light, and o miss aus can hurt them that they will break against our steel spirit and our fight or continue unabated one islam. it is not threatened by planned or emergency blackouts, soccer, and we will never feel a lack of courage and invisibility language more than one. is that chad the so we will celebrate our holidays as always we will smile and rejoice as always. the difference is one. we will not wait for a miracle because we will create it ourselves, blah corresponded. charles strafford had standing by for a sin key with the very latest. no rest bite in the war. charles or across ukraine . just bring us up to speed on what we know. well in the last hour or so, so hale, we had a nother country wide drone and miss aw,

siren alert. we heard it loud and clear. he in care. that's the 2nd of the day. no reports of, of any projects, tiles, any missiles or drones hitting targets yet, because it comes in the context of this campaign that, that russia launched about 2 and a half months ago now really concentrating on heating energy infrastructure across this country at least a 1000. so called chemicals, drones and cruise missiles launched so far. and these critical infrastructure in a dire state. the sources in the last 24 hours to say that there are still significant shortages over electricity across the country that describe, keep the capital as being critical. i mean, we drive around in the evenings all night fall and it's very obvious the neighborhoods that we see suffering these, these power outages, these rolling power cuts, many of the neighborhoods without heat as these winter temperatures continue to

drop. so yes, work ongoing 247 to try and get as much electricity as possible to as many people as possible across the country. meanwhile, yeah, ongoing fighting in these areas that we've been reporting on now for weeks. most specifically, the town of buck moved in doing it. so now we know that the russians have been trying to push forward that for literally months they've made very few gains, but fighting has been intense there in recent weeks, real close combat stuff, which it's understood to thousands of soldiers on both sides have lost their lives and many thousands injured, i mean the city is now being given the name a meat grinder. and that's with reference to the city very done in world war one, which offered 10 months of the siege, which hundreds of thousands of people were killed. we understand the russians are trying to push in from the north and south to encircle back moot. there's also

ongoing heavy fighting south, so that in the town called the code which is very close to russian occupied donates can. amazingly, in the 10 months of this war, there's been very little gains made by russians in that area. but they are definitely making a concerted effort to push into and also interesting me possibly an indication some analysts may say of a new front opening a new push by the ukrainians into russian held territory. we're getting reports of shelling of the town of talk, mac, which is south of zach parisha and a very important supply line for russian forces that we understand the ukrainians of targeting those supply lines. now, yesterday, with respect to these ongoing drone and cruise missile strikes across the country, hedging hitting energy infrastructure. we spent the day with a mobile defense unit. and this is all story

pointing skyward and on high alert. this soviet anti aircraft gun was built in 1982 the manage its controls are members of a mobile ed defense unit trying to protect the ukrainian 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 in 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, because the focus but he said you shaheed 131 and 136. kamikaze drones are low

speed visible and loud, but they have a small heat signature. it can be difficult to lock onto the target and the missile might mess anti aircraft guns work most effectively against the shade, but they have a problem with the drone flies at night or conditions of 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 project only the most important potential targets and cannot be deployed to intercept drones and cruise missiles. as we were filming with mobile, hey, the faith 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 of the well 3 kilometers. you can easily take down the chemicals, you drones that fly around a 160 kilometers an hour. only get eyes on 1st. that's all. that's why the 3rd lawyer, drones are less difficult than missiles are,

but there are observational difficulties because they can fly over forests that hide them or over busy roads where their 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. well, joining me now live from odessa is hannah sch, less stay security studies program director at ukrainian prism ukrainian foreign policy and security thing and could help you with us miss celeste, on the program. and he, president putin said that within the past sort of few hours that he was or has the capability to destroy the patriot missile system. and basically, there wasn't anything to worry about. he has the s 400, the 600 systems. i mean, is that fair comment? no, that is absolute manipulation, because a series, and 1st of all, petro easy is a fan. so it's not rush and the worry or not to worry,

that is something to detect ukrainian critical infrastructure. the 2nd thing is that for the last month, if we call something here, either from this for all problem that has a few military, the statement that they destroyed all high mars or virus are all of this type of shipment that's been receiving. and sometimes when you calculate the total amount that there may be, if over here, sometimes more that you train had in general with an over a month in terms of the patriot system being deployed to ukraine. what type of areas or locations do you think? the ukranian president will be considering that it needs to be deploy dot to secure the country to make the country safer. first of all is definitely the critical infrastructure. and we see that in the last month, the knee surgeon, the russia and electrical system. so that all of her can be of the lexical

production, the facilities id, kids were lexical stations or the atomic station. we are all, all witness will have a nice volumes of the nuclear power plant part. ukraine has 4 others so that definitely the hi. this is phillip cheese, where we need a better texture spot at the same time. every single depends on the situation on the ball because we are not expecting them earlier than the month or 2 being physically deployed and races and the problem live can change significantly depending on the needs. we also can you all, where are the system? i mean, it's often difficult to get a totally accurate picture of any conflict when it's in full swing. and the narrative from both sides has to be considered and evaluated before assumptions about who has the upper hand can be given. but how do you assess the situation for both russia and ukraine right now when we talk about, as you mentioned, areas around jeopardy. sure. whether you very vital nuclear plant is and then we're

hearing about a tax close to an in cash on continuing. you know, well i, as the one for this is one that you can have your opinion, but you've kind of had it before. not the never to the fact the very 1st the while washington talk to you a lot of the high society files because they're liking them. they already using more all the radio or even last 3 on the front that they would like to demonstrate their capacities and the soldiers that being either killed or captured a lesson without we feed new forms. so we understand that situation. underwashed non courses, i'm old. so who's on the golf? that's why they are changing the task. and the fact that is not only that we still want amongst all charges and critical infrastructure. so population will suffer in your right. but the also started to shout a lot, the newly liberated territory, especially in the tucson region, just the, the,

you for the just dramatic on that into the saturday christian people killed him more than a movie that we shall numbers confirmed. and the morning we already had several attacks against your soul against the daily secretion that is happening. they are. and what you just described about your region in particular wrong of me for file or, and that about where the region plot. so for the last 10 days, people can not use the sat rhetoric, russians prohibitive of equation, who was your cost even the more be go the cars. so that is the ones trace of the situation on the wrong that unfortunately we'll just go worse and we will continue to monitor what happens for the moment tenant should i thank you for joining us here on the 0. well, it's time for the webinar. his overton hello, welcome to another look at the international forecast. we got a fair bit of rain in the forecast of the middle east over the next couple of days

. even here in hot you can see this large mass of plant, the hook of cloud there. that's been feeding its way for the east was it has brought 1st snow of the season into work to run still a few wintry flowers coming through here on monday, the wet weather will be across the eastern side of the met through levant, serial lebanon. jordan, seeing some very heavy rain easing across into iraq and noticed through monday, 2nd half of the day in particular, even here in doha, cloud and rain, making its way further south was slipping down towards the u. a brightening up behind as we go through tuesday. still some weather weather into the way the far north of a month from cloud and rain around q weight, eastern areas of iraq as well. but bright skies, fine and dry by this stage across the levant, sliding down into the northeast of egypt. for monday they will still one or 2 showers around the sun i peninsula, but much of north africa is dry and find that keen, hamilton wind still bring some if it doesn't stand into chatting to the sharon, to northern parts of nigeria, pushing across into marly plenty of showers,

meanwhile, across the heart of africa, some heavier downpours coming through here all the way across into mesa. b with some heavy showers there. the south africa. well, still had here on al jazeera, the struggle to keep warm in germany this winter as energy prices, sol, across country march, i mean to reenergize. india's main opposition party reaches a major milestone. ah, it was supposed to be a refuse, but south korea's brother's home was allegedly the scene of torture, rape, and even murder. 11 east investigates the crimes. and those set tips behind on al jazeera ah,

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the reminder of all top stories. people across north america preparing for a freezing festive season after a major winter storm. at least 18 people have been killed during blizzards in the u . s a thousands of flights of been canceled. the united nations as express concern after i've got a songs taliban government banned women from working for aid organizations. videos the country. a warning that exclusion of women will deepen it's humanitarian crisis . ukraine's president is called the unity and a holiday address to the nation. bottom is zalinski said people will create their own christmas miracle by staying strong in the face of russian attacks. well, germany has been reliant on russian guns to meet its demand for heating. but as the war in ukraine goes, all energy prices of sword. let's w k reports. germany as such, we think options for keeping 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 ela and g terminal in vill hymns haven't built from scratch in months at the behest of a chancellor. determined to break with the past was lance president put russia's pilot and put him, believed he could blackmail us by cutting off our gas supplies. but he was wrong. we will not be a black man. 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 and 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 block with one negotiating position to represent 400000000 citizens. and you're talking volumes that are very, very large. and these volumes, of course, you can get some sort of discount. and that, of course, will 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 has legal administrative hurdles to,

to pass. then it will have an effect on, on, on the gas price and 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 though ministers encourage their 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 berlin. the war between russia and ukraine set the tone for u. s. foreign policy in 2022. rosalind jordan reports from the state department in washington, dc. on february the 24th international efforts to prevent the russian invasion of ukraine failed. the biden administration's response sanctioned

moscow and give key billions and military assistance even so the war ground on through december, president putin has failed, defeating ukraine on the battlefield. he has failed at his land grabs, and then se he's failed at erasing ukraine's borders. it's identity is people, it's resilience that windows 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 grain . 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 ministration. it also had to put a lot of time and energy into what it calls it's number one foreign policy priority . 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 americans defense will always be rooted in the touring constantly. 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 us firms 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 its economic and political relationship with reality because of a rift over global oil prices. critics have also attacked washington's decision to

not let the fiance of jamica shoji su crown prince mohammed been solomon for the journalists, murder in 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 dam. though late in 2022. a do 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 at the request of president a halo li. looming over all of this though,

is the warring ukraine. a challenge, the u. s. has argued must be defeated. if respect for the rule of law and for self determination is to endure rosalyn jordan alger 0, washington pope francis has made a playful piece during his 1st christmas day mass since russia's invasion of ukraine. the head of the roman catholic church says the weak and vulnerable victims of the pursuit of wealth and power. nurses wardrobes, v. a did our eyes be filled with the faces of our ukrainian brothers and sisters who are living this christmas in the dark and cold as far from the hums frame. may the lord inspire us to offer concrete gestures of solidarity to assist all those who are suffering. and may he, enlighten the minds of those who have the power to silence the sender of weapons and put an immediate end to this senseless wall. earlier thousands of people

gathered at the birthplace of jesus for christmas eve, mass bethlehem, in the occupied west bank has been gearing up for bustling season after 2 years of lockdown. but while taurus numbers up there, well below pre pandemic levels as needed, abraham reports ah, a prayer for peace in one of the regions that the most in board, oh, the latin patriarch of jerusalem, presided over the christmas midnight mass in bethlehem 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 with the years and they're making devotees were limited for the past 2 years. you to covered 90, locked down, 50 yellow. 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 philistine in tourism ministry of the sector is recovering with more than 500002 with visiting bethlehem in 2022 really nice atmosphere. we feel at home and it's the story of christmas compared to more than 3500000 to, to visited palestine in 2019 this year the number of put into this is just shy of 1000000. this is not the boost, most of owners were hoping for for me if you want to talk about last year was much better than this year. last year i had a lot of work on the rebel lives in the north of palestine like the people who lives in nazareth and to be area. and these people they get came to by the game in big numbers called the borders were close out of the 900 for listening. christians in gaza is radio for it is only drive the $600.00 of them permits to the bethlehem . the one person will be granted a permit,

but to 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 $220.00 palestinians killed vice ready forces this year. palestinians are reminded that they 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 p. deborah haines, i was just the occupied westbank 1000 supporters of india's main opposition party of march to the capital, new delhi on saturday. now they've been crossing the country for more than 3 months in what's seen as the show strength by the indian national congress has been led by the parties most prominent figure as poverty middle reports. houses of people in new delhi joined supporters of the indian national congress party. most are here

for this man. rock gandhi is been needing a marty cough in the after 3 months walking houses of kilometers, often joined by celebrities. he says his aim is to united country polarized by the governing b, j, p. o m. lucky 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 naming ended politics. 3 members of the family have served this prime minister. and it just 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 struggling to survive. meanwhile, the governing bgp enjoys unprecedented support. and prime minister the ranger 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 pause

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 like this also tells people who really my leader hold on the is because so much of money, so much of corporate power. and so much of mind to set whether it's under to a lot of means on the b j. b was spent to destroy brand, randi, and a lot of people bought it. but some political analysts see a weak 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 nationally governing with a bigger mandy, but, but in the states as physic of competition. so, in few years you might see a party that get replaced. but that this one, this every month,

that of position gandhi will march for another 700 kilometers over the next few weeks. he says he's not doing it to get food, but the body hope it will give much needed momentum, as it fights for relevance. pardon me at the, i'll just 0 you delhi chinese military has conducted drills in the c and n space around taiwan. it said it was in response to what it called provocation by the island and the united states. i was government has complained the repeated chinese military activity name its territory last week. washington boosted its military support for ty, pe, facing claims that taiwan is part of china and hasn't ruled out using force to bring the island under its control. at least 10 people having killed in the attacks by armed groups in sedans, da, for region 30 will also wounded when 15 villages were raged on thursday and friday, the region of stuff, a decades of ethnic conflict. so background now,

on the dolphin conflict in 2003, i think minority groups, large anom, rebellion accusing the arab dominated government of neglecting non arabs. the government under former president obama shared mobilized arab militias, known as the judge weed. they targeted civilians killing men raping women and bedding villages. a comprehensive peace deal was signed in 2020 but violence has since fled again. and since the end of the un mission year, hundreds of people have been killed in violence between the communities. many people in nigeria are facing increasing hardship after the prices of basic goods doubles compared to a year ago. inflation has been made worse by flooding and the lack of security in some farming regions to meet them either reports from a future. despite being one of the largest oil producers in africa, nigeria went through yet another few crisis in early december. at times, the price increase at 300 percent. instead of using

a bus or taxi alex gay bill uses the cheapest mode of transport. he can find from here to my destination and shirley will ship to mirror or no, we are all 101. she's the one who's also d. i headed over by george. we are so up into saudi economy. and are you still in touch me on horses is very, very harsh. one was unreal. an old boy, he's very, very stressful. even though we don't even have, there's no place to buy a big place to buy full. so most of these company does, we just did that as advantage to extract from people the government subsidy program is meant to make feel more affordable. but critics say it's corrupt an oil supplies, say they've not been paid in 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 has been very, very unbearable. things have gone up very expensive, most of all kind of gone off watching them by christmas right now. for example, things have gone up and they are very expensive and they're very unbearable to it. so it's, it's, i mean funding, i mean, funny if in talk to her, she's not the only one surprised by the rising prices. right now the crazy. i'm not friendly because i got apples. i didn't buy apples for on bread marrow, which is one half on right now. i just going to the markets, they end up telling me up with these 35, andre. i'm like how the lady was like, that's how deprive of things how so i'm forced to bite sciences of wound that if nothing is done to combat climate change, things will only get worse. flawed in the day, i went to the floor of the magnify,

gotten to production on just discuss itself production to find out that we have later they thought the feel that the supply will store very know that the mosque i'm not quite cave in the local market. fighting between the military and on group and forming areas is also affecting food supplies, high government debt and rising inflation is putting the economy on the pressure. and as nigeria head to the polls in a couple of months, a worsening economy is likely to influence how people vote for media miller, ultra 0 boucher all still ab. hey, all the news i go, boils over for a 2nd day in the french capital, up to several people are shot dead as a kurdish cultural center to stay with ology sarah ah, in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world,

whatever the deed was, supposed to been, they have to find because they didn't, they wouldn't get in front assessments. do you think diplomacy still does that job? so i'm not very up to about any kind of negotiation informed opinions. everybody tweets. everybody's all tick, tock, tick, tock, doesn't boat. you have to pay for a winter, it's gonna hold there pretty soon. inside story of al jazeera for a week with a

ah, welcome back paris that seen a 2nd day of and rest on saturday after 3 people were killed and a shooting of the kurdish cultural center. demonstrators wanted declared a terrorist attack. investigators questioning a 69 year old suspect to considering a racist motive. a summer binge of it has the story. battle ground parish. robbery police in brutus discharged against each other in the french capital. goodish 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 dentist attack? and why wouldn't security provided to the coaching center or it had earlier been asked for a few months old ripples. 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 little jose double used to remain confined to one square where the police allowed them to protest. goodish 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 are from the street. they're going from republic square to bethune square, but the anger in the streets of paris video is more video of the merchant witnesses . social onlookers, overpowering the attacker. security sources say he still had multiple magazines and

dozens of rounds of ammunition units witnessed the attacker targeting the postal center, a restaurant, and then a barber shop. he says, the 69 year old man, you will wanted to open fire like that. you 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 on guns and came here, he thought we want to know. we want the state to answer, don't be sure. the killing have to move among 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 terrorist attack these goods planted and called for revenge. and unless the government can satisfy their demands, that anger is unlikely to go away from a very thou, the 0 live in ward cleaver, have done, is reported juveniles what he calls a final chance to hold elections. rival 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. novia of any of the general command of the libyan national army gives the conflicting parties the last opportunity to put together a roadmap, ready for implementation with specific features that ultimately aims to set the deadline for holding general elections in which the libyans will control the bella . potters farmers, famous actors, and even us presidents of all war and the famous panama hat, but to spy. what many believe these hats and not, and never were from panama? missio newman reports are from monte christie, in ecuador. this is the story of one of the world's most famous and yet misnamed hats. for more than a 120 years mules had been bringing to key upon fiber from the hill surrounding

monte city near the pacific coast of ecuador. fidelity by chai is a 3rd generation hat artisan. he is a given country and, and it's a very tough job because you have to cook the palm fiber. you have to split it and put it to dry in the sun afterwards. wash it and curate it. ha ha! but that's just the beginning of an exquisite craft, though they've been there in the hybrid i. this was we were. the best strands are specially selected, but if they aren't naturally, but then by that they have to be worked and prepared until they are all identical and have the same color. so you can imagine the effort. this implies young working in weaving something that is so fine, go on it. but child great grandfather was one of the 1st to commercialize the monte christie hats and exploit them to panama at the beginning of the 1900s i got in. during the building of the panama canal, former u. s. president theodore roosevelt was given one and fell in love with it. nick naming it the panama hat. however undeserving that name has

stuck to this day. the more welts the had has the more flexible and light it is almost like fabric yet it's strong and can last for up to 20 years. it did, but i got nice. no. ah, is it? oh god, no. this is way too difficult. i've been trying and trying, i just cannot get it right. this weaving technique is so complicated and not to mention uncomfortable the position. so let me tell you, this is not easy. work. pitch eyes, 84 year old father began making them when he was 8. it brace you cause it by the price one gets is very little compared to the time it takes to make these hats. so unfortunately, less people are making them these days. i am so if we feel eliza, some of the finest hats can take up to a year to weave. but the artisans rarely fetch more than $1800.00,

even when they're sold abroad to the rich and famous for up to $25000.00. still, his grandson's already becoming the 4th generation of package to produce the original to key upon hat. proud symbols not of panama, they say, but of their country ecuador. to see a newman al jazeera want equity equity joy, and you can fall all the stories that we're covering, all our website at algebra dot comes updated throughout the day. that others the news. i'll be back with more news on the other side of the break until and for me and all of the tape, thanks to watch. ah, ah, they protected all profit is a free speech mosque is showing us how vulnerable space is online. truly are when they are controlled by billionaires of lago, documenting facts on the ground. i'm another journalist, people trust individuals,

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