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the 1000 to spend christmas without power as a severe winter storm continues to sweep the us and canada. ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm new mazda and wanda new watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program for foreign aid group suspend operations in afghanistan after the taliban bands. women from working for local and international n g o. we were poor on ukraine bottle to protect cities and vital energy infrastructure from russian drugs and miss and christmas is a particularly poignant time to all of us who have lost loved ones. king charles uses his 1st christmas board cox, remember queen elizabeth and paid tribute to those helping people through the cost of living crisis. ah,

hello and welcome to the program. all than 200000 people across the united states of woken up without power on christmas day. as a day's long winter storm continues to hammer several states. extreme weather is now killed, more than 20 people, with at least 7 deaths confound in west in new york state, one of the worst hit regions. people in buffalo and surrounding towns have been confined to their homes for days now, and the blizzard conditions. shebra tansy reports from washington winter storm elliot may have long passed over much of us, but arctic lingered on christmas day over 2 thirds of the country. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature. and she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday and friday, saturday, and now on christmas morning. and this will go down in history,

as is the most devastating storm in buffalo. the long story history, the polar temperatures, not any created the phenomenon of lake effect, snow in the northern great lakes region, but also ocean effects in maine on the atlantic coast. the principle is the same cold moving over warm water creating intense storms. the high winds, many whites out conditions in some areas, even where the snow full have stopped. many remained trapped in the homes, homes where power outages are expected to continue due to the blocked roads. it's not just power lines down, even though there's a lot of that. it actually is. substations are frozen and they now need to bring in equipment to repair the substations to get them back on line. they were brought to some feeling they had no choice but to attempt to drive to so called warming stations. their homes grew ever more frigid. despite advise,

the driving in white house conditions could lead to death either from a crash or being stranded in the cold. and some did find themselves trapped in the cause. with 2 days, fatalities have been reported in colorado, kansas, oklahoma, nebraska new york, and other states. bodies have been found in cars, non snow banks, others in the home after emergency services struggle to arrive in time would be at passengers continue that determined push to try to complete christmas travel, only to find another day of thousands of flight calculations and delays. but the thought is forecast over the next week. the longer it stays this cold, the more other systems across the state could be challenged. but the good news is it's getting warmer and it's getting warmer each day. that's still a little accurate accounting of just how damaging the storm system has been. but it's clear this was yet another and a series of extreme weather events in the u. s. where authority he's,

i've been struggling to cope. she ever tansy al jazeera or the winter storm is also causing chaos in canada, where the authority is a warning people to stay in doors before conditions get worse. power supplies have been disrupted in many areas with flights cancelled over the christmas weekend. many who did venture out doors were left stranded off to try to contend with unclouded streets and strong winds. weather warm mornings remain in place so much of ontario, that new shortages are expecting temperatures to rise through the rest of some day . and also during the coming week or thousands of migrants camping in the cold at mexico's northern border, hoping for a reversal of these us migrant restrictions. as spending the christmas, we can enduring what mexico's weather service is calling a mass of optic air temperatures in the border, cities of matter, morris and reynosa, hovering around freezing. many vera camping in bad bones shelters restrictions on the title 42 allows us to return my grids to mexico without the chance to request

asylum. but for those who have made it across the border and to el paso, texas many, a wary of accepting shelter very it could lead to them being returned to mexico. temperatures in the city of forecast dropped to below 0 degrees celsius. many of the people have made the journey to the us, remain on the streets, some of them sleeping in the cold, outside a church. ok, kiddo us and i want to spend christmas in a place where it is not cold. i would really like to be under a roof just as everyone here would like to spin christmas under a roof because the cold as strong heavy snowfall along c of japan of japan's coast continues to cripple northern and west in japan. at least 14 people have been killed since the middle of december and of 87. an injured snow triggered a blackout in near gutter prefecture, on sunday, with at least 2000 household still without power. whether officials continued to ask residents to refrain from non essential outings until the heavy snow subsides.

ah, or for foreign aid groups of suspended their operations in afghanistan are for taliban government, bad women from working for aid organizations? save the children care, the international rescue committee and norwegian refugee council said they cannot effectively reach afghans in need without their female staff. afghanistan has suffered unprecedented levels of hunger for over a year, with 90 percent of the population, not getting enough food after drought. a cobit pandemic and decades of war. the un estimates that a record 28300000 afghans will need humanitarian aid and protection assistance in 2023. the economic crisis is worse than since the u. s. for his billions of dollars of assets and foreign donors caught aid after the taliban to take over. the

countries also recovering from natural disasters, including flooding in august and an earthquake in june that killed more than a 1000 people and left hundreds of thousands needing urgent aid on the call. soon sheriff has more another restriction on women in afghanistan. this time they being told to stay away from work that's crucial to getting humanitarian aid to millions of people. the top on government is wanting non governmental organizations that employ them, risk losing their license to operate in the country. well, ever figure, ma'am, in a society like afghanistan where for the past 20 years, they have put so much effort to an african women. they were educated and they served society. that is, women have supported their families for it is horrible for me to think that me and my generation are forced to experience such situations than the un, the u. s. and e. you said the a deeply concerned aid agencies that have

a significant presence in the country of calling it a major blow. participation of women in action is isn't a mental issue, not a bridge. it's rational dependence of any nash is really just as the needs for the military, ne, distribution in the roach b. the interrelation height and warm blanket food or anything. we need to make sure that the most participants in the assessment that says, reset i the 2nd we need to make sure that women out there to deliver the directly to them. and is, this is not possible that the delivery of that age will not be possible. the taliban has a shall, several decrease after season control of the country following the withdrawal of the u. s. forces last year. earlier this week, it bought female students from enrolling into universities. in response made, students walked out of classrooms,

and women walked onto the streets to protest. after to power in afghanistan, the talbot promised women fundamental rights. but a year on it systematically excluding them from public life may consume. shareef al jazeera, the norwegian refugee counsellors, one organization that suspended operations in afghanistan, country director, neal turner, told al jazeera there was 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 are less able access readdress in the court, and off you know what those are essential in order to work with them, find out what the problems are and represent them in those cool. and without the most working for us,

we simply can't do that. this was the only option that we had because 1st of all, there's a principle involved that women should be allowed to work on. secondly, particularly, it isn't possible for us continue our operations. we're not able to work with my colleagues for them to access, not anything else, but all the nation men, women, and children understand. we need that to be in place, that we can't operate with assets. and we need to have a suspension of operations to kill this deficiency. thousands of people are valid and of course a car box, the largest city stepping occurred to protest the blockade of the regions only land linked to armenia the 2 weeks as a by john, the activists of block the election car door to protest against what they say is illegal mining amin years accused? as a by john of staging, the demonstration to create a humanitarian crisis in the army, georgiana place armine, as parliament says,

they've got a car back, is suffering from shortages of food medicine and fuel. also the closure of the corridor all fund i got also 14 days we had been under a complete blockade imposed by as by john as the only road lading, nego, nor car above to the outside world is closed. for 14 days, no food medicine, fuel or other vital products have been allowed to enter. no go, no car about rescuers or scarring amount inside ski resorts in western australia after an avalanche by 10 skiers on sunday, avalanche struck the exert ski area an altitude of 2700 meters trapping the sky is one person has been rescued so far and then at least 6 people have been killed off to a passenger bus careened off a bridge into river northwest in spain. 2 survivors rescued, one of whom was the bus driver. rescue efforts were hampered by the strong current and high waters of the river. large,

heavy rains of sweetly swept through the region. it's not clear why the boss get it off the bridge watching out there. i live from london much more still to bring you on the program. we look at how people in germany, a keeping despite rocketing energy prices and cobit infections expired across china . the national health commission stops publishing daily case number's and death tolls. ah, here's your forecasts across europe in africa on monday we'll starting iberia, where the rain is starting to fizz allowed across portugal and spain. so it's going to be a decent day where the sun's out high temperature is valencia look good. with the high of 21 degrees, still outbreaks of rain across the west. still that warm feet of air is wall but or the precipitation bumps into colder air. it's going to turn to snow over the baltic

states and bellow roots, for example, in minutes, with the high of minus 4 central europe also high temperatures here. in fact, every spot on this map is above average. so anything falling from the sky will be as rain quite active weather over the black sea, and some of that will push into turkey. as ne bike seacoast, still wet through the la van temperatures in a leopard cut in half. so just a high of 8 degrees on monday, the south end of africa. some of that. what weather may leak into the northeast of egypt, wind off the mediterranean means your temperature is at 20 degrees on monday. let's go to south africa. the provinces of puma longer and limpopo some big downpours here, same goes for cars who natal few showers to be found in durbin with the hiv $22.00 degrees to the west or in the sunshine, the inventory with the high of 33 on monday. that's your weather update. i'll see you next hour, bye for now. ah,

it abandoned as a child by his own ha, cristella is nothing of the early life in the republic of congo. after 40 years living in switzerland, cristella follows a fascinating paper trail that leads from his adopted home to the country of his bath, and the most unexpected re union witness. earlier on al jazeera blue. ah, i'll come back quickly. the main stories are following now, while than 200000 people across the united states of woe cannot without power on

christmas day. as a day's long winter storm continues to hammer several states. the extreme weather is now you're more than 20 people. for foreign aid groups of suspended their operations in afghanistan after the taliban government found women from working for 8 organizations. kind of stone is suffering unprecedented hunger levels with 90 percent of the population, not getting enough food. thousands of rallied in a corner car box larger cities upon a cart against the blockade of the regions, only land linked to armenia as a by johnny activist. the block, the latch, in cordele, protesting against illegal mining. now 3 ukrainian emergency service workers have been killed in a mine explosion and the harrison reach an official set. the men died wealth selflessly performing the task of in mining parts of the region. it comes a day after 10 people are killed in $58.00 injured in a rush,

and strike on hair. some city against present blood in his lensky condemned. the shelling of the busy market is killing for pleasure. meanwhile, ukraine's west and back as a sense of fist catered air defense systems to keep. but the army still largely relies on soviet era equipment to defend its cities. that's taking time to train personnel to use the new weapons. charles stratford met members of ukraine's mobile ad defense units were trying to protect the key region pointing sky wood and on high alert. this soviet antea craft gun was built in 1982. the men at its controls are members of a mobile air defense unit, trying to protect the ukraine in capital and surrounding area from russian, so called kamikaze drone and missile attacks. some of the ammunition was taken from a similar russian weapon captured around 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 onto the drones that russia is using to target ukraine's electricity grid. veronica. because if, if you've got referred, you shaheed $131.13 kamikaze drones are low speed visible and loud, but they have a small heat signature. it can be difficult to lock on to the target. and the missile might miss antiaircraft guns work most effectively against the sheed, but they have a problem if the drone flies at night or a 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. 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 mobile hair 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 were not allowed to follow the

soldiers because of the risk of giving away their locations within another field. close to cave. this mobile air defense unit practices using machine gun with a range of around 3 kilometers. it can easily take down the chemicals, drones that fly around a 160 kilometers an hour, only. they get eyes on 1st. that's all. that's why the 3rd lawyer, drones are less difficult. the missiles, 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. charles strafford al jazeera key of region. ukraine. russia's parliament is preparing to introduce higher taxes for people who left the country due to the war in ukraine by early october. local media reported that as

many as 700000 russians had fled, falling president, putin's mobilization of reservists in september. speaker of the d. my vouchers, lavolle a den, said it's right to cancel preferences for those who've left the russian federation . he also said the vast majority of people believe russians who fled had betrayed their country dog. germany has been heavily reliant on russian gas to meet its heating demands. but as the war, ukraine goes on, energy prices of sword and his dominate cane our ports. germany has had to rethink its options for keeping 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 fuel mentioned in berlin, 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 of floating ela and g terminal in volumes javion built from scratch in months at the behest of a chancellor. determined to break with the past was lance president russell's pilot and put him, believed he could blackmail us by cutting off our gas supplies. but he was wrong. we will not be 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 on the plaza list. 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 and 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 until the ministers encourage the citizens to reduce their energy consumption, many might wonder how easy it is to do that. in the cold and dark days of a new year, dawn a cane al jazeera berlin. traditional christmas message is from a to well figure is focused on the difficult financial times. many people are facing globally. po francis and king charles a 3rd acknowledge it's festive period is unusually tough. john hall reports on this from london in our time a grave fremon of peace. the words of pope francis in his annual christmas blessing will be at or be to the city and the world will still want julia really to watch, as we gather with our loved ones. and i just think of families that perience great

difficulty and those struggling in this time of economics. the pope recalled the scars of conflict in syria at a time of heightened tensions between israel and the palestinians. he prayed for mutual trust and in yemen, iran, lebanon, haiti, me and ma, and f canister. hope frances prayed for reconciliation, and peace. special attention was reserved for ukraine. is he only to render pro and may the lord inspire us to offer concrete gestures of solidarity to assist all those who are suffering and may have enlightened the minds of those who have the power to silence the thunder of weapons and put an immediate end to this senseless walker, ah, another seasonal message this time delivered by 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 families steadily war. we see it in the humanity of people throughout nations. and the common 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 iran revolutionary god is arrested 7 people with links to britain in connection with the anti government protest have been rock that have wrought the country. some of them hold jewel, nationality of 3 months of unrest is affecting the economy and currency. the reale is hovering only a record low against the dollar loss, nearly 21 percent of the value since september, pushing out the cost of many basic goods protests for triggered by the death of $20.00 tier of mass on a meaning in police custody. chinese national health commission is announced,

it will start publishing day figures of covert infections. numbers will instead be published by another government organization for research purposes. hospitals are becoming overcrowded across the countries of battles, a wave of infections. but no confidants have been reported for 5 consecutive days. our de workload is really heavy. we're hardly more than 500 emergency cases a day to broad oxygen levels of the patients are very low about 50 to 70 percent. well, the move to stop publishing data comes just a few days off to china and narrowed the definition of covert death to those that are only the direct result of respect tree failure says the panoramic started and whoo, 103 years ago. shiners only recorded just over 5000 fatalities and despite backlog of crematorium and funeral homes, only 7 co test have been reported in the last 2 weeks across the whole country. by comparison, the u. s. is reported more than 1.1000001.1000000 co decile together. and it has

less than a quarter of china is 1400000000 people. local officials of also contradicted the central government statistics on how fast the virus is spreading. the national health commission reported about 4000 cases on friday, but an official in june young province estimated a news conference that covert cases that had exceeded a 1000000 in a day with china's military has also been in other developments, conducting drills. this is taking place in the c and s base around taiwan. so that was in response to what it call the provocation by the island, the united states. taiwan government is complained of repeated chinese military activity nearest territory. last week, washington boosted it military support for ty, pay, aging claims, taiwan as part of china and mark as his senior research fellow center for china and globalization think tank. he says the drills are meant to send a message of deterrence. 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 you're been increasingly aggressive and provocative the 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 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 deep.