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ah ha white christmas, no let up in the extreme weather as an arctic blast continues to blanket north america. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall, so coming up 3 foreign aid groups of suspending operations in afghanistan after the taliban balls. women from working friend jose securing the skies. the drone hunters defending ukraine from russian attacks. and charles the 3rd delivers his 1st christmas messages king ah. across north america, people are enduring a freezing festive season following one of the most powerful winter storms. in decades. 2 dozen people have now been killed during blizzards. in the u. s. powers,

la, they been restored in time for christmas. the so called bomb 5 clones left many stranded chapter times the reports washington d. c. 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 if you can picture that and i cannot walk to the sidewalk in front of my house about 20 meters from my front door. thousands and thousands and thousands of people here and just in western new york state have lost power for a period of hours. and they are just coping with extra blankets and lots of christmas sweaters. despite an official ban on driving in some areas, there were is that many adventured up anyway, but the worst was over only to get stranded. this may turn out to be the worst

storm in our community history. there are still likely hundreds of people still stuck in vehicles including individuals who tried to drive out in the late night hours last night. this is the festive season in the us, one of the busiest travel periods of the year. and even though thousands of flight delays and cancellations were reported, some passengers were determined to complete the holiday travel. our whole airport shut down. so we drove to omaha, nebraska, got on a flight there than jer, then d. c. delayed in d, c. an hour here. even though winter storm earlier has moved way to the north. it's also mass 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 up sic, 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 every time see al jazeera washington and canada forecast to say the extreme weather will continue throughout sunday. authorities of warn people to stay indoors a strong winds, freezing rain and heavy snow sweep the country of power has been caught to more than 200000 homes and fallen trees of blocks from india to be trained service. and the parker is a meteorologist in buffalo, new york, which has been hit hard by the storm. he says it'll continue into next week. arctic plunge pers pushed across lake erie and as it did it scooped up a lot of moisture and created a very small scale effect called lake effect snow. it's where

a band of snow develops. it is only a couple of miles wide, but within that, anyone experiences what we call snow blindness or white outs, where you can't see the front of your car. if you're in it to drive at that point, people can't figure out where to go. they become stranded and rescue is not possible either because the vehicle is there, no one can see it. and even the e. m ts and emergency medical staff can't get around. this band is continuing for now over 24 hours. it is going to slide and packed different communities. it went just to the north of buffalo, and that's where it's dropped more than 2 feet of snow. and a lot of this is going sideways in 60 miles our width. 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 when you're trapped and you can't get out. we're finding that a lot of folks are trying to be rescued,

but their cell phones are starting to fail after 12 hours of being trapped in their vehicles. so they're reaching out any make any way that they can. and, and we're finding that as this begins to clear, one area folks are getting out and trying to find these people who are in their cars. the pattern of cold for western new york is going to last into about mid week next week. and then the nation as a whole finds bounce back. the united nations has express concern off the top bonds . government. i've kind of stands rather taliban government banned women from working for aid organizations. some foreign aid groups including save the children and the norwegian refugee council. already suspended their operations following the ban, walmack assume 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. the taliban government is wanting non

governmental organizations that employed them. risk losing their license to operate in the country. one of the sigma in a society like i've gone is done with for the past 20 years, they have put so much effort 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 say the a deeply concerned agencies that have a significant presence in the country of calling it a major blow. participation of women and humidity in action is mental issue. not the bridge ration on dependence and action if we need the needs for the military distribution in the village. we installation eyes and warm blanket food or anything. we need to make sure that participate in assessment. that's the 1st step. as a 2nd,

we need to make sure that women out there to deliver directly to them. and if this is not possible, the 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, oklahoma is happening, and then it's done. that dollar bond are totally erasing of gram woman from society, from public eye and for from human life. and there is a hardening because it doesn't affect us in long term and short term struction oil is happening and then it's done. we are going to have a very dark future after it took power and gone on,

the talbot promised women fundamental rights, but a year own it systematically excluding them from public life. who may consume should leave al jazeera, thousands of people, and as by john are protesting against the blockade of the only land link to our menia. demonstrated demand that as they are by john opens the latch in colorado, which has been on the complete blockade for 2 weeks. they also appeal to the international community for urgent intervention in the face of what they see is as everybody john's efforts to dr. cut of armenians out of their homeland. the 2 countries went to war over the disputed know, gotten a catabolic region and 2020 man accused of killing 3 people that occurred in 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. i'll just here as a some have been just a report some what else the accuse 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 sub in called the knees and he tried to find people for an 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'm also getting more details about his fire as well. that allegedly, he got it from a friend of his who is now deceased 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 went 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's role has been so far. and they're still calling for justice. ukraine's president val other mean is that n scares condemned russian shelling of a busy market didn't have a song as killing for pleasure. at least 10 people were killed and 58 injured in. the attack on the southern city on saturday have song was re taken by ukrainian troops last month in the may just sat back from the land phase, calling for unity and a christmas holiday address to the nation. avoid me drawn me gods know can because he drones can extinguish the christmas dawn. we will see its glo, even on the ground, in

a bomb shelter in some way. we will fill our hearts with warmth and light. no missiles can hurt them. they will break against our steel sparrows and our fight will continue unabated. when islam it's not threatened by planned or emergency blackouts, and we will never feel a lack of courage and invincibility a lot more than one is not sure that we will celebrate our holidays. as always, we will smile and rejoice as always the difference as one. we will not wait for a miracle because we will create it ourselves. charles stratford has more now from keith. after weeks of these, this campaign by moscow targeting energy infrastructure, we know that millions of ukrainians are suffering these rolling blackouts as deals ortiz 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 or so we heard from the authorities in the eastern city of cremmit, sourced the day reporting at least 3 missiles strikes. no specification as to what exactly was hate and no casualties. but it's interesting that cremmit 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, small town of buck moved where we have seen and continue to see some of the most intense fighting 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 as space around taiwan. and the struggle to keep warm in germany this winter energy prices saw ah hello, welcome to now the look at the international forecast. we got a fair bit of rain in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple of days . even here in hot you can see this la, massive cloud, the hook of cloud. there has been feeling its way further east was it has brought 1st snow of the season into were torn still a few wintry flowers coming through here on monday, the wet weather will be across the eastern side of the may. through levant, syria, lebanon jordan sinks and very heavy right, eating 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 ye running out behind as we go through tuesday. still some weather weather into the way the far north of a monster from cloud and rain around q weight, eastern areas of iraq as well. but bright skies, fine and dry by this state across the levant, sliding down into the northeast of egypt. for monday they will still wanted to showers around the sun peninsula, but much of north africa is dry and find that keen, hamilton wind still bring some lifted dustin's sand into chatterton, his urine to northern parts of nigeria, pushing across into marley plenty of showers. meanwhile, across the heart of africa, some heavier downpours coming through here all the way across into mozambique. we some heavy showers there, the south africa. ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah, ah ah, welcome back, let's recap the headlines now. people across north america preparing for a freezing festive season after

a major winter storm. at least 24 people have been killed during felicity and the us. thousands of flights have been canceled to 3 foreign aid groups, suspend operations in afghanistan, after the thought of bon government band, women from working for aid organizations in jo's in the country. a warning the exclusion of women will deep in its humanitarian crisis. at least 10 people have been killed by russians. shelling in the southern ukrainian city of curtis on president vladimir lensky, accused moscow killing for pleasure, ukraine's west and back as of cent sophisticated air defense systems to key of the army still largely relies on soviet era equipment to defend its cities. and it's taking time to train personnel 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 soviets 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 boucher, the early days of the war. other soldiers carry portable heat seeking soviet post soviet and western stinger missiles. the commander says they are effective up to a range of 6 kilometers, but often find it difficult to latch on to the drones the russia is using to target ukraine's electricity grid, veronica, because effect, he 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 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 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. so we were not allowed 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 around 3 kilometers. you can easily take down the chemicals, you drones that fly around a 160 kilometers an hour. only get eyes on 1st. and i guess 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 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. chance drafted al jazeera key of region. ukraine and germany is in reliance on russian gas to meet his demand for heating. but as the war goes on in ukraine energy prices of sort, this dominant came reports, germans 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 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 l n 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 put restless pilot and put him, believed he could blackmail us by cutting off all ga 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 in 2021 fortunate plus replacing last russian. hydrocarbons has been a central problem for 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 price 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 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. i'm the ministers encouraged 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 berlin. china has conducted military drills in the sea and asked space around taiwan. it says it's 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 on support for ty pe paging claims taiwan. this part of china and hasn't ruled out using forced bring the island under its control. and the mark as a senior research fellow at the sense of china and globalization think tank. he says the drills meant to send a message of the terence. these drills are an annual exercise designed

to strengthen our peace and stability in the region. but we know, especially in the last year that your been increasingly aggressive and provocative the actions ah, by the united states, 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 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 hop 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 will be far costly. are there any possible game? dozens of wrangler refugees have arrived in indonesia is no than odd shape. province after weeks at sea, local villages saw the wooden vessel with 58 men on board and help them ashore. vessel had a broken engine and those on board said they were eventually blown to the coast by the wind. thousands of mostly the marines, refugees, refresh, live every year. monk fee journeys attempt to reach malaysia or indonesia,

livia and warlords. hurley for half star is reported to have announced what he calls the final chance to hold elections. rival fractions agreed to hold an election a year ago. the process fell apart after army previously waged war against you and recognized government in tripoli. 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, develop the head of the roman catholic church and the new british monica both issued their traditional christmas day message, pope francis and king charles the 3rd both expressed the solidarity with people affected by hardship and conflict. joan, how reports? yeah, in our time a grave feminine piece. the words of pope francis in his annual christmas blessing

will be at or be to the city and the world. many kim with julia really to let you know, as we gather with our loved ones, let us think of families that experience great difficulty and those struggling in his time of economic crisis. the pope recalled the scars of conflict in syria at the time of heightened tensions between israel and the palestinians. he prayed for mutual trust and in yemen, iran, lebanon, haiti, men ma, and af canister. pope francis prayed for reconciliation and peace. 70 gold, special attention was reserved for ukraine. is he only to render pro? and may the lord inspire 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 thunder of weapons and put an immediate end this senseless war. ah, another seasonal message,

this time, delivered by a king. i'm standing here in this exquisite chapel of saint george at windsor castle, so close to where my beloved mother, the late queen, is laid to rest with my dear father. having spent a lifetime to the throne, king charles the 3rd continued one of his late mother's most popular traditions. in the u. k. the monarch's televised christmas broadcast. he did so to a country troubled by public sector strikes and a crippling cost of living. my mother's belief in the power of that light was an essential part of her faith in god. and at this time of great anxiety and hardship . be it for those around the world facing conflict time in or natural disaster. over those at home, finding ways to pay their bills,

to keep their family instead of war. we see it in the humanity of people throughout nations and the commonwealth, who so readily responds to the plays of others. and in a christmas season, uncommonly marked by hardship and strife, who but santa himself from his arctic grotto to complete a trio of christmas, appeals this year my own christmas, which is for us all of course to help those in need giving great love and empathy. i wish you all peaceful and merry christmas, jonah how al jazeera and you can get much more head over to my web site. the following all the stores about i'll just 0. don't com