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a harsh white christmas, no laptop in the extreme weather is an arctic blast continues to blanket north america. ah, i'm sammy's. i dan, this is al jazeera alive from dall hall, so coming up 3 foreign aid groups. suspending operations in afghanistan after the taliban balls women from working for, and deos, securing the skies. the drone hunters defending ukraine from russian attacks in blue and trying for paste the christmas hopes of worshippers that was believed to be the birthplace of jesus ah, ah. across north america, people are enduring a freezing, stiff season,

following one of the most powerful winter storms in decades to dozen people of now being killed during blizzards in the us, power has largely been restored in time for christmas, for the so called bonsai clone has left many stranded you have returns, he reports from washington, d. c. on 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 disliked and official ban on driving in some areas. there were is that many had ventured up anyway,

but the worst was over only to get stranded. this may turn out to be the worst storm in our community history. there are still likely hundreds of people still stuck in vehicles including individuals who tried to drive out in the late night hours last night. this is the festive season in the us, one of the busiest travel periods of the year. and even though thousands of flight delays and cancellations were reported, some passengers were determined to complete the holiday travel. our whole airport shut down. so we drove to omaha, nebraska, got on a flight there. then then d. c. delayed in d, c. an hour here. even though winter storm has moved way to the north, its aftermath of freezing temperatures mean cities from pennsylvania to florida being told to expect the coldest christmas on record. although climate scientists say it's difficult to ascribe a single weather events to climate change. what we are seeing is in keeping with

the models they've been walling about for years, a warming architect disrupting the jet stream and plundering polar air southwards, more and more frequently. and just in general, an increase in a variety of extreme weather events. schubert antsy al jazeera washington and calendar forecasters say the extreme weather will continue throughout sunday authorities a warning people to stay indoors. a strong winds. freezing rain and heavy snow sweets the country power has been cut to more than 200000 homes and fallen trees of blocks. some infancy refrain. services of the united nations is expressing concern. after afghanistan's taliban government banned women from working for aid organizations, some foreign aid groups including save the children and the norwegian refugee council of already suspended their operations. following the ban on the council

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 employ them. risk losing their license to operate in the country . well, of a sigma in a society like i've gone is done were for the past 20 years, they have so much have for to an african women. they were educated and they served society. these women have supported their family and it is horrible for me to think that me and my generation of forced to experience such a situation than the un, the u. s. and the you said the a deeply concerned agencies that have a significant presence in the country of calling you the major blow participation of the humidity inaction. is this the mental issue? not the bridge,

it's on dependence and action. if we need the needs for the military in a distribution village be installation item warm blanket food or anything, we need to make sure that participate in the assessment. that's the 1st set. and the 2nd we need to make sure that out there to deliver the directly to them. and if this is not possible, the delivery of that age will not be the taliban has a separate decrease 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 understand that all a bond are totally erasing a woman from society, from public eye and for from human life. and there is

a hardening because it's going to affect us in long term and short term. struction orleans are 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 well may consume should eve, al jazeera norwegian refugee council is one organization that suspended operations in afghanistan, country director neil turner told al jazeera, those no other choice. 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. well, women, unless able readdress in the court and you know what?

because i sent, in order to work with then find out one of them and represent them in those schools and without females working for us on top of that and other aspects of what we're doing in which reservation with ation in shelter work. and in order to be able to access women and women household, when the household represent a majority of people in understand and we need women to be able to help when all our work is done with extreme cultural center. and we understand the situation in which we work. one of the given reasons for this plan on our workers is that we have not been compliant with islamic forms. and this is simply untrue. we always work in the sense way and we have not been given any evidence.

women have not been working in this way. 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 secondly, practically, it is impossible for us to continue our operations. we're not able to work with my colleagues for them to access, not any emails, but all the nation 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. a man accused of killing 3 people at the kurdish cultural center in paris on friday says he did so because he has a pathological hatred for foreigners. the 69 year old has been moved to a psychiatric facility now this year as a sound, bon jovi reports on what else the accused told police. there are some more details

from this account. from the prosecutors where the, the alleged attacker told the police that it was not the kurdish cultural center that he targeted in the beginning. he went in the morning to a suburb in called denise. and he tried to find people of foreign origin, but there weren't many people there. so he came back home. and around noon he went out to this place where he knew a kurdish cultural center was located and that's where he opened fire. i will also getting more details about his fire as well that allegedly he got it from a friend of his who is now deceived a few years ago. and he had hidden it in his home throughout all that time. and it is legal for people to get the firearms here in france if they belong to a hunting club. and that's apparently the story from the attacker is that his friend was a member of a hunting club, who gave him a, an automatic pistol which he used. but we've also been getting reaction from the

kurdish community here. officially, they have not taken the stuns, but so far they're still not satisfied with the police is coming out with saying that this is something that the police a thing that he said and so far they've not seen any proof that this person been to another suburb of france, that it was not a deliberate attack against the kurdish community, and they're still skeptical of what the police, his role has been so far, and they're still calling for justice. now your crimes, president, autumn, is landscape condemned russian shutting of a busy market in have sol as killing for pleasure. at least 10 people were killed and 50 a injured in the attack on the southern city. on saturday, harrison was retaken by ukrainian troops last month in the may just set back from. charles stratford has more from clear after weeks of these this campaign by moscow targeting energy infrastructure. we know that millions of ukrainians are suffering these rolling blackouts as deals already try and get as

much electricity to as many people as they can with so many of these substations having being hit and of course harsh winter conditions. many people with very little heat as well. and meanwhile, the shelling and the fighting continues. in the last couple of hours. also, we heard from the authorities in the eastern city of cremmit source, the reporting at least 3 missiles strikes and no specification as to what exactly was hate and no casualties. but it's interesting that credit source, which is the 2nd day that criminals because been it cremmit also is basically one of the 2 largest urban centers. internet's still on the ukrainian control. and it's relatively close to that hot spot town of buck loot, where we have seen and continue to see some of the most intense lighting of this

war so far. neither the russians nor the ukrainians really making any progress. certainly the ukrainian policy seemingly keeping them back as russia makes probing attacks from the north and the south trying to surround that city. still had an al jazeera china conducts a new round of military drills in the sea and air space around taiwan. and the struggle to keep warm in germany this winter as energy prices saw ah hello, we got a little more cloud pushing into central parts of china over the next couple of days. it does stay cold, it'll be dry for many having said that easier, thicker cloud just easing in from the west. there will be some rain stating the snow on this particular system. not too bad for the korean peninsula,

crisp sunshine coming for here. still crispin off though cold enough into word japan for western a northern past the sea further spells of snow hoping not as heavy as we go on into tuesday. those winds just go round to move a westerly direction, a less cold direction, but there will still be some snow in the forecast is subtle variations into the location where the heaviest snow falls here. other side of the mountains is going to be dry and find for tokyo temperature still getting up into double figures to celsius there for so one celsius therefore, beijing there's that re bits and pieces of snow into central southwestern parts of china. heavy showers continue, meanwhile across a good part of well central and southern areas of the philippines. and it's going to stay here over the next couple of days that could lead to some localized flooding. one or 2 spots. getting as much as maybe 200 to 300 millimeters of rain. so i certainly want to keep an eye on heavy a showers to into the southeast of india, just pushing through shanker. but i'm pleased to say the system gradually, punches its way out into the raven see?

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well come back here watching al jazeera time to recap the headlines table across north america, preparing for a freezing festive season after a major winter storm. at least 24 people have been killed during blizzards in the us. thousands of flights have been canceled. 3 foreign aid groups suspend operations in afghanistan after the thought of bomb government banged women from booking, fade organizations, and g. as in the country. a warning that the exclusion of women will deep and its humanitarian crisis. at least 10 people have been killed by russians. shelling in the southern ukrainian city of san president vladimir savanski accused moscow of killing for pleasure. the cranes, western bankers of cent sophisticated add defense systems to key of but the army still launched relies on soviet era equipment to defend its cities. and it's taking time to train personnel and how to use the new weapons. charles stratford met

members of ukraine's mobile ad defense units in the key of region coaching sky, wood, and on high alert. the soviet's 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 that russia is using to target ukraine's electricity grid. veronica, because affected what 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. 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 packers 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. and 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 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. we will not allow to follow the soldiers because of the risk of giving away their locations, put in another field close to cave. this mobile a defense unit practices using machine gun the range of well 3 kilometers. you can easily take down the cam ecology drones that fly around a 160 kilometers an hour. only get eyes on 1st and someone will

ask why the cell or 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. a hello, shall i stare? security studies program director at ukrainian prison and c crania, and foreign policy and security thing tank. she says, president putin is intent on underestimating ukraine's defensive capabilities, passcode is the, is the sand. 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 to can all problem there has a few military, the statement that be destroyed all high mars or virus stars,

all are the types of women that need been receiving. and sometimes when you calculate the total amount that the navy is over, the sometimes more of that you frames had you general with an over a month. the main charge is to the russian, he think an electrical system. so that's all her can be of the lexical production facilities. i, b q 3 lexical stations or the on the station we are all, all witness would be happening to the power plant part. ukraine has one others. so that definitely defy these where we need a better texture. but at the same time, everything will depend on the situation all the wrong because we are not expecting them earlier than in a month or 2, being physically deployed and off the races. and the front line can change significantly depending on the needs. we also can you all where the system will be

for the 1st the well russians are top to use a lot of the 5 to size that me sites because they're liking them the already using more all the rainy on or even off to re on the month that they would like to hop that demonstrate that their capacity is the soldier that be an either or capture the lesson without proper reform. so we understand that the situation and the washing on forces. i'm also on the ball. that's why they are changing the nazi i'm dyslexic is not only that we saw one month old, charged critical infrastructure, so the population will suffer in your rates. but the also started to shout award the newly liberated territory. germany has been reliance on russian gas to meet its demand for heating, but as the warden ukraine goes on, energy prices have sword. this dominant cane reports, germany's had to rethink 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 few mentioned in belinda, so many people in berlin but also elsewhere have so little money that they turn off the heating and air 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 l n 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 let me last 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 $22100.00 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 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 has legal administrative hurdles to, 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 of fall 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. so the cold and dark days of a new year. dorner came al jazeera berlin. china's military is conducted drills in the sea and air space around taiwan. it said it was in response to what it calls provocations by the island and the united states. taiwan government has complained of repeated chinese military activity near its territory last week.

washington boosted its military support for taipei and the mark is a senior research fellow at the center of china and globalization thing tank. he says the drills are meant to send the message of the terence. these drills are an annual exercise designed to us strengthen peace and stability in the region. but we know, especially in the last year that your been increasingly aggressive and provocative actions by the united states and other countries around the world with respect to taiwan, but other parts of the region as well. so i think that these exercises take on the special significance as a result of this a much more complex and challenging global geo political environment. part of this

exercise includes bombers from both countries landing in their respective other countries. so i think this is something new and is intended to show a deeper level cough cooperation. these exercises also include air defense and submarine operations as well. and i think this is important because it, again, it shows the high level of strategic trust between china and russia. so again, showing that there is the resolve between these 2 countries to ensure that there is a clear message of deterrence that any aggression, any provocation of will be far costly. are there any possible gain at least 10 people have been killed in attacks by armed groups and sedans, da, for region. 30 were also wounded when 15 villages were rated on friday and 1st day

the region has suffered decades of ethnic conflict from background on the door for conflict in 2003 ethnic minority groups launched an armed rebellion accusing the arab dominated government of neglecting non arabs the government on the former president tom, on the shared, mobilized arab, malicious, known as the gender weeds. they targeted civilians killing men raping women and burning villages. a comprehensive peace deal was signed in 2020 but violence is since flat again. since the end of the un mission that year, hundreds of people have been killed in violence between communities. thousands of people gathered at once believed to be the birthplace of jesus for christmas eve, mass. bethlehem in the occupied west bank has been gearing up for a bustling season after 2 years of locked down. a while tourist numbers are up that

well below pre pandemic levels. the di abraham explains, 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 . 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 the making devotees were limited for the past 2 years, due to covered 90 locked down 50 or lot, 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 his 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 put into this 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 fullest. i like the people who lives in nazareth and to be around these people. they get came to buy and they came 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 301 person will be granted a permit, but 2 others of the same family won't. they always leave some one out. so what happens is that the family ends up not traveling with more than $220.00

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