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yolks governor warns it's far from over. we have then to a lot of wars together. and this blizzard is the one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century. ah, hello, i'm darren jordan, this is al jazeera la you from dell are also coming up. china says it was scrap cobra 19 quarantined overseas arrivals. despite a surge and infections you and tells the taliban to reverse a band on aid agencies, m coin female workers. plus we rise together. back to the boom and beyond moon missions, smashing asteroids and amazing views of the cosmos. we look back at the years space discoveries ah,

the death toll from one of north america's most severe winter storms and decades has risen to at least 50. more than half of these are in new york state, one of the worst affected regions in the us. some areas are buried under a meter of snow with a residence stranded in that cause for up to 2 days. officials or warning the blizzard like conditions a set to continue. well, across the border in canada, thousands remain without power in the 2 biggest provinces, ontario and quebec. winter storm warnings remain in place. a part of the western province of british columbia for people were killed there and dozens more injured. when a bus rolled on an icy road crossing jordan reports, ah, the u. s. is 1st major storm left behind, picturesque ice creations and opportunities to play in the snow. but as officials set on monday, this storm was and is all very dangerous. i have the very sad news to report that in addition to the 13 confirmed deaths yesterday,

the erie county department of health medical examiners office has confirmed an additional 12 deaths bringing the total. ready for the blizzard to 25 deaths county wide, that number is expected to go up, not just in new york state, but across the country. as rescue crews struggle to reach both residents and drivers trapped during the blizzard. new york state was already trying to recover from a blizzard in early december. in this last storm, his historic storms are no longer historic to us. that's become the way of life in our state and its results of climate change. as you seen, see extreme weather events all over our country. but all of us and state and county, local government know we had to prepare for the next big one. the storm forced us airlines to cancel thousands of flights, meaning hundreds of thousands of travelers nationwide have to wait and wait to get to their destination. while in south carolina,

a frozen pipe that ruptured has put that state's largest food back temporarily out of business. oh, that was underwater in all the food in our group region with all of it is all meteorologist fe temperatures nationwide should rise during the week making it easier for the ice and snow to melt. residents of the buffalo area that break in the weather can't come quickly enough. another 30 centimeters of snow is in the forecast through tuesday. rosalyn jordan l to 0. north korean leader kim jong. soon as i opened, a key meeting of the ruling worker's party on tuesday is often use the event to announce major policy decisions ahead of the new year. north korea fired an unprecedented number of missiles this year and spot new tension on monday, after 5 drones crossed into south korea. what's our current president units of

yours says he will advance the launch of a military drone unit. civilian airports near the south korean capital were closed temporarily on monday. a north korean drones were detected near the capital is the 1st time in 5 years that young young has violated south korea's aerospace for the white house as described china's largest ever military incursion into ty, one's air space as provocative and destabilizing $71.00 chinese aircraft, including fighter jets and drones crossed into the area over a 24 hour period. 7 ships were sent towards the island, which beijing claims as its own. china says the activities in response to ongoing joint drills between taiwan and the u. s. i want to president will hold a national security meeting on tuesday morning. china scrapping cobra 19 quarantine rules of people arriving from overseas often only 3 years of tough border restrictions from january. the 8th people coming from abroad will no longer have to go into isolation or the travelers will still need a negative p. c. r test to enter the country. well, when 2022 began,

chinese president, sheesh, and pink, remained committed to eradicating corona virus through with 0 coded policy. that meant rolling locked downs, mass testing and lengthy quarantined been the face of widespread protests. many of these measures was suddenly eased agent brown looks back at what may prove to be a crucial year for china blue. this was the year, china's leader sheeting thing doubled down on his efforts to eliminate a virus that most of the world that learned to the ah, in his office at the communist party congress in october, he promised not to waver in the battle to eliminate kobe 90 ah, a month later that policy was at breaking with people that had enough their day there. c some even pulled the she to stand down. oh,

but it was the diversity of the protest is that may of alarm the president move the depth and breadth dissatisfaction with the government at which ran across many sectors. so students, young people on the streets, household day or workers in factories all seem to be saying the same thing that they were absolutely fed up with this policy that was counterproductive and that they blank, the government. the government though, appeared, solicit just days later, 0. cobit began to be dismantled with chinese scientists. now saying virus wasn't that serious. after all, there is definitely a back down for president. she, if you look at it that way, but he's done a very carefully in that he's given all the power to local governments. so something goes wrong at the local government's fault, not his. and as something goes right then the credit is, is his. she didn't believe 6 weeks earlier with president cheese leadership had

been unquestioned. well as he secured a 3rd historic term as party ching youtube. so with no obvious successor, it's the position that in theory he could hold for life. a while his leadership seemed secure. the protests, along with his relentless anti corruption purge, has made him many enemies. i think what it has done is reveal the degree to which people are not by and to the idea that changing is wise and, and deeply loved by the people. congratulations. like mainland china, people in hong kong don't get to choose their leader. john lee was selected by committee to be the territories next, chief executive in a contest in which he was the only candidate. ah, lee was a former security chief authorizing the use of tear gas rubber, bullets,

and occasional live rounds to disperse, protested during the 2019 unrest. in contrast, there were local elections once more in the nearby democratic island of taiwan. but they didn't go the president's way, foreseeing zion went to resign as chair woman of the governing party. the victors, the k m t traditionally favour stronger economic ties with china. the mainland economy, though is no longer the global engine for growth. it once was mainly because of president she 0 cobit strategy of particular concern. rising youth unemployment. we have, for example, in china cities, a use unemployment base estimated to ground 18 to 20 percent. we have people coming out of universities who are finding it difficult to get jobs, so that's open, mid class is content. at the other end of the spectrum,

you have migrant workers whose factories were forced to close. it was a year when president she's frail, predecessor huge in towel, was mysteriously removed from the party congress. speculation as to why continues a month later, another former president jang zoom in, died age 96. his passing, bringing to mind a china that one seemed more open and connected to the world soon, adrian brown al jazeera. so let's get more on this now with david goodman, his director of the china study center at the university of sydney in australia. david, good to have you with us. let's talk 1st about china's current policy. then i mean, those protests we just saw, an agent report forced the government to make a surprising you turn on its tough cobra restrictions. did the chinese government get its cobra policy wrong? i mean, when the whole world was opening up, learning to live with the virus, china stubbornly remained on

a lockdown. it's hard to say they got it totally wrong. they were getting it right until the on the chrome virus very and got it. and then of course the, it's a game changer they had tried. i mean it's, it's not quite true that they only change the government, only changed its mind as a result of the protests, but actually cause the protests or events at the beginning of november when central government to local government to ease up on the restrictions. but that kind of relationship between central government and local government sometimes doesn't work very effectively and efficiently. and in this case, all kinds of things went wrong, including as we now know, people being locked in change and locked up on the current restrictions and then build today. and that co, that, that kind of revolutionary magazine expectations is welcome to protest. and then of

course you get the practice and certainly the rollback has come. yeah, magnificently. i mean strenuous after that. so just let us jump in here because i push the time. i mean, let's talk about the economy president. she recently secured and historic 3rd term as part leader, but cover restrictions batter the chinese economy and it no longer is the engine for growth. it used to be difficult briefly. is it going to be for china to kick start if the economy are to cope it? i think is going to be quite difficult because it was even becoming difficult before the issues are there, not enough money was going to consumption. and because there is not a, basically, there's not enough welfare provision, so that p, everybody middle class working class, everybody has to say to ensure education for their children and has provision and

old age until the money for government money essentially goes in to funding those activities. people won't spend money on consumption, let's spend it on those things. and as a result, the economy itself into a whole, there's been over investment property over investing infrastructure. and it, that kind of equation for economic growth is not there anymore. so there has to be something that essentially way is why the government introduced a policy, common prosperity, not to create equality, but to create local level welfare provision. ok, let's talk about taiwan in the last day or so. china stage one of the biggest military incursions into ty, when is that race beijing claims taiwan as its own, if you know, but after the west's robust response to russia's invasion of ukraine, how worried will china be about any global backlash if it were to invade taiwan?

well, 1st of all, i don't see for me that china has any intention of invading taiwan. why? because all the military assessments are that it would be too difficult for it to take it. and if it did succeed by some chance in concrete and how many government i mean, apart from anything else. but the chinese economy depends on time for a large amount of it's technological inputs. so it's really not going to have why then you might ask, are they going in for this business so that are kind of bounced on. i'm sending that planes are sending their ships in the sea. one reason is they do that the, they the, the navy in the air force practice or david we have to, we have to, we have just a space. and one last question before you go, i mean president, she just to wrap things up. he's struggling with this array of issues coven,

19 the economy, taiwan. you could at hong kong into that, that even talk of it's worrying population decline. many analysts say, look, even though she's in ping is stronger than ever. politically, china's future remains very uncertain. what is the road ahead, the china, how bumpy? is it likely to be just briefly gone? has to be perfectly honest, it's entirely possible. it will be difficult to reconnect the supply chains which had been broken in the last few years. i guess for most countries in the world, the evidence so far from china's last few decades is that when local government is allowed to try and do its best, it does quite well. to have a good been really good to get your thoughts and your analysis. thank you very much indeed, but talking about is there a david? thank you. alright, time for short break here down to 0. when we come back, one of the deadliest years of c for the hang of community were fleeing overcrowded camps in bangladesh, plus the current rally in paris,

demanding action after gunman opens the cultural center. more of those things the the, with the time now for your weather report across the middle east and africa. very warm. welcome to you. hook this to show this right off the top. this is trying to spin into something dumping some rain, northern saudi arabia, iraq, and kuwait. certainly in some of these spots we have seen some flooding, northern saudi, and recently in bach that let's go in for a closer look here. i think for us here until head starts as a cloudy day, more peaks of sun throughout the day, but the rain falling both to the north east and south of us. but i don't think any more rain in the forecast in doha, on tuesday, after pakistan were seen, some of that wet weather slide into baluchistan province. some shower snow over the

higher ground and of honest on her at, at 12 degrees. that's the forecast top temperature for you on tuesday. so that what, whether that was in the levant moving further east leaving behind a trail cloud cover for bay roots and ramallah and off to africa we go some heavy rain watches in play for south central tanza nia. but really around the lallie and northern parts of mozambique on tuesday. those rounds of rain starting to clear away from that eastern side of south africa. but now moving into my poto on tuesday with the high 28 degrees and also some showers in the mix for you in vin talk, you have the top temperature of 34 degrees, and now you're in the know hatcher whether sir. ah, join the debate. when we talk about climate change in africa, we should focus on education knocked mitigation on air or online at your voice. it

shouldn't be explained, that's what the note is doing right now is doing everything that is going to benefit them more revealing new perspectives like getting this out of proportion. no, no. his reach and has power is what is disproportionate. the stream we're a global audience becomes a global community. on al jazeera lou ah, woke up i took them out of our top stories here. this out, the death toll from one of the north america's most severe winter storms and decades has risen to at least 50. more than half of those are in new york state governors warning, the storm is far from north korean leader kim jong has opened a key meeting of the routing worker's party on tuesday. comes out to kill new

launched 5 drugs and to south korean. asked, based on monday, south korea's president's use of fuel says he would advance the launch the military drug on china scrapping cupboard 19 quarantine rules are people arising from overseas all 73 years of tough water restrictions. the move comes, as beijing admitted, the scale of its count outbreak has become impossible to track the united nations mission to afghanistan as told the taliban administration to reverse a ban on female workers at agencies. the acting head of the un mission met the economy minister on monday. rummy's alec bottle says millions of afghans need a need help, and removing barriers is vital. 6th major aid groups of suspended that operations in afghanistan, where ross move her of his action aids director for asia. she says, despite the bad, it's important to continue dialogue with the toner back. we've been working in afghanistan since 2002 where a deeply rooted organization that was very closely with communities and extremely

hard to reach and who are facing a huge difficulties. so this isn't for us to temporarily pools. our programming is not being taken lightly, but unfortunately this move makes it very difficult for our team on the ground to provide that all women are essential to any humanitarian operation. so in the context of you can start even more so where women can interact with women. we are actually working very closely with other agencies and trying to kind of keep watching brief on the situation. why hopeful that through our connections and our engagement, we partner with government that we can try to press a reversal of this directive and that things will become one abling in the country so that we can then resume our work. and you know, obviously we're providing life saving support at a very difficult time in the country and dialogue is the key. now the united nation

says that 2022 has been one of the worst years for i think a refugees at sea, at least 190 people. now feel dead after being stranded for weeks on a boat. another 185 midland fallen in the majors are trade province on monday, after making the long and perilous journey from bangladesh, all research was report. this boat survived its dangerous journey across the indian ocean, now reached on the shores of northern indonesia for weeks. it was home to dozens of virginia travelling from refugee camps in bangladesh. their family and where, where you go clear my mother's. when my father in law had their mother, the refugee said they'd been drifting at sea for a month before that boat washed up near the fishing village of ladon. 3 of them are in a serious condition, but most of them experienced dehydration. that's why they are quite weak further

along the coast and that 185 men, women and children, received medical aid on monday, after being spotted out at c. m, i met a man when he had given his toys, had enough and many money, television, many, many genocide and mothers and fathers, a profession there escaping places like this refugee camps in bangladesh. i'm to many of the 1000000 rang your muslims who escaped persecution in my unmarked . the un refugee agency said over the weekend that a 180 refugees who left bangladesh in a boat in november when are presumed dead. the un estimates the number of ranges risking the crossing is increased by 500 percent this year compared to 2021. we have seen that are more people who would need to to seek safety. and this is the point we are trying to make resentment. people do not see that there are safe hot

ways for them to seek protection. we will sadly see more and more people are trying to take these dangerous and risky journeys here, playing and asking for international support to bangladesh and local authorities and communities. but also on the real estate that to when then know there's a boat out there with desperate human beings need to be in just this shows that these refugees are lucky. in one respect, they're still alive, but where they go from here is another question. pull, reese, al jazeera now drones shut down by russian soldiers as killed 3 of their colleagues. russia's defense ministry says it was a ukrainian rone flying over an air base in serrato, in southern russia, security cameras, nearby film, and explosion around the time russian troops shut it down. the base houses, heavy bombers used to attack ukraine. russia has accused ukraine of previously

targeting the base of some of the heaviest fighting is concentrated around the eastern city of buck moved to moscow back troops of my little progress that after almost 5 months of fighting, the crane says it's repeatedly pushed back russian forces. but a situation at the front line is becoming increasingly difficult by hitting midlothian and not in canada, and bob moot examiner and other areas in don't bass now require maximum strength and concentration the situation days, difficult and painful. they occupy as a, using all the resources available to them. and these are considerable resources to achieve at least a somewhat bands i tank all or boys will stand in their positions stand strong and who nevertheless find opportunities. not only not to lose anything but to knock out the occupies manny. sadly, as president as lord of the country's army and security forces to combat readiness at the highest level. alexander ucc, it says it's to protect his country's territorial integrity. tensions and escalated

between serbian kosovo, following a shooting incident on sunday at a border town in northern kosovo. serbia doesn't recognize customers, 2008, declaration of independence and maintains the former province is still serbian territory. a 16 year old frenchman has been charged with killing 3 people at a kurdish cultural center in paris. a march has been held to honor those killed in friday, shooting crowds, warped machine of the attack, the location of another killing, targeting kurds. in 2013 suspect, told investigators he had a pathological hatred of foreigners. some of them debate has more from paris f kurdish activists commemorate the 10 years of the death of 3 of their comrades. we're hearing more details emerging from the prosecutor's office details which included the that the perpetrator says that he was a racist. he wanted to commit suicide, but wanted to kill as many foreigners before. he would commit suicide. all like

from the concert by the credit community. a diverse goodish community here, people who are not just from iraq, the, from syria, from iran, and from 30 as well. and this has given them a chance to express their own particular problems in their own country. then we're hearing a chance of freedom. we're heading chance for justice and revenge as well. and what these people are calling for is justice the calling for it now. and they're not happy with the way the government has dealt with this incident so far away in miss sasha a tier attack planned and carried out by a racist, an attack against the kurdish community and against the kurdish women. the kurdish community wants the french state to tell the truth, the victims were refugees and the government didn't give them proper protection. one of them was here for 2 years, and she didn't even have proper documents. we were asking for protection before, but now we want justice, us continents hunger feel what they are saying is that they don't deny that this was a somebody who was

a racist to get out of this in fact. but this needs to be declared a terrorist incident so that there can be a proper investigation, an easy up in government delegations in the northern tingler. i reason for the 1st time since conflict broke out 2 years ago. the visits aimed at ensuring last month's peace deal signed by the government and rebels is implemented violence him to grow as kill thousands and prevented humanitarian aid from reaching millions of people. 6 generals had been arrested in peru limit a corruption investigation of the ex president federal casteel. he was arrested early this month after politicians voted him out of office for attempting to illegally dissolve. congress castillo denies the charges. now as 2022 comes to an end, astronomers worldwide are assessing you. discovery is made in space. thanks. the tools like the james web space telescope, colin baker has built in 2022 outer space, grew clearer bigger and a bit safer for the scientists studying it from earth. in

a year of dramatic discoveries, astronomers captured images of the oldest known star. the furthest known planet orbiting another sun, the black hole at the center of our galaxy. and details from the surface of our own sun. the number of people living in space grew wood. china now has a permanent home in orbit 24 years after the launch of the international space station. but 2 missions shattered targets, the 1st literally, the half ton dart satellite slammed into $160.00 metre wide asteroid called di morphis, at 6 kilometers per 2nd. it was a test of an earth saving defense system and it worked. the shimmering debris thrown up by the impact was captured by observatories around our planet. but nothing was as spectacular as the 1st images from the james web space telescope to the edge of time itself. more than 20 years in the making. 14 years late, the world's largest space base telescope, flu, one and a half 1000000 kilometers,

and looked at a point in the sky smaller than a grain of sand held at arm's length. that grain contained a myriad of stars. webb's 1st picture revealed the oldest and furthest objects humanize, have ever seen ancient galaxies at the visible edge of the universe. now, these tiny dots of color are helping to fill in the picture of how everything began . the image provoked more questions. we are looking as far back as currently humanly possible, and that is, our goal is to keep trying to study further and further back us, so that we can understand better at the time, in cosmic history, that we've only been able to really see our eyes. webb's astronomers spotted water, carbon monoxide and gases that volcanoes release into atmospheres of planets. far beyond our son, one system orbiting a son known as trappist one, looks tantalizingly similar to our own though. now we have kind of our 1st chance

at studying another star system that has a bunch of small rocky planets to say ok, how different are they? what does that mean about their potential for supporting light? and astronomers used web to make discoveries much closer to home. when i saw the 1st image of neptune with james web space telescope, i actually started to cry. i had been waiting for over 30 years to see this planet again, like that when i saw 1st and foremost with the rings system of neptune, the last time we had seen it was in 1989. when the void, your spacecraft flew over the cloud tops of neptune in 2023 web will study hundreds of new targets and probes will reach new asteroids that says india aims for a lunar landing and europe plans emission to the i c moons of jupiter. collin baker al jazeera ah.