a little after the israeli forces withdrew, i came back home. my uncle told me to called jana. i found her date and the cat was next to her. i couldn't believe my eyes, friend say john, i like to paint job and watch soap operas. the family says she used to help her sick mother. now, they're all facing life without her. john, i would have turned 16 nature of this month. instead of her birthday party, family and friends gathered for her burial rights organization defense for children . international does more than 25 percent of palestinians killed by israeli forces in the occupied with bank this year with children. many like at ham, see their friends and family members being killed and fear. they'll be next. ah,

south korea's president, coal. so better at defense systems, a day off to north korea. drones and it's as spice. ah, i'm sammy's. i dan, this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up. hi mon changes its military service rules to counter growing threats from china warnings. the so called blizzard of the century and north america is far from over. tens of thousands still in the dark. second boat load of ranger refugees arrives in indonesia, and the un warns more will likely make the dangerous journey. ah, south korea's president says his country needs better air defense systems. humans look, you all wants to create a special mode for unit with stealth drones. meanwhile,

the men trays apologize for failing to shoot down north korean drones in it says, based on monday, airports near the capsule were closed temporarily when the drones were detected near civilian areas. president noon says the incident has highlighted the military's lack of preparedness. eunice came joins us now live from sol. so you know, it's not like common for military is around the world to apologize. one of the implications of it. yeah, that's right. we are hearing from the joint chiefs of staff issuing a pretty lengthy apology for failing to strike down what they called enemy drones that infiltrated south korea and aerospace yesterday. they said that it did that its capabilities were progressed back in 2017. when the last your korean drones had come into south korean aerospace,

it was not able to detect or follow those drones. but they were able to do that as the drones crossed into the dmc that the mar cation line and into south korean aerospace. having said that though, they did say that the reconnaissance drones that are 3 meters or less in size is, are difficult to consistently track. and that was their situation. this time around . it said it would still try to bolster its capabilities to detect and strike off such assets in the future. should there be more altercations and potentially also inter great air air drills at the joint chiefs level as appropriate. this comes as we are hearing from the joy he says, staff saying that the suspected drone activity earlier today

in that con island area is now assessed to be a flock of birds instead of a drone underlying the difficulty in such operations. i guess it shows how jumpy everyone is now. the south korean military talking about a new drone unit. what exactly would that do? right, so this is something the president president in sonya, in his 1st remarks on this incursion yesterday at a cabinet meeting this morning. mentioned that as he also noted that this incident shows how very much south korea is military is. c and equipped and, and ready to deal with such a north korea drone situation. so it wants to, or he wants to expedite creating a drone unit that would be equipped with stealthy, unmanned aerial vehicles that uses future technology. but once again,

this is contingent on budgets. a b drone units that the south tree military wants to create, ah does. how did he get a $20000000.00 haircut at the parliament not too long ago in next year's state budget? so perhaps this incident will help the government convince the legislative powers that be of the purse strings to change their minds while south korea also working on creating a drone jamming technology. but that in itself is still several years away from being implemented. the jcl also said that it's apology, it will try to acquire assets essential assets that can strike enemy drones with radio waves and lasers that were remains to be seen what that would entail or i

will leave it there. thanks so much. eunice kim. meanwhile, across the border, north korean leader kim, german has opened. the meeting of the governing workers policy is often use the event to announce major policy decisions ahead of the new year. north korea has filed an unprecedented number of miss hall this year. jailed former south korean president lame young back, has received the presidential pardon. lee was serving a 17 year prison term for bribery and embezzlement. he is one of $1300.00 inmates, receive a special pardon. the 8th he one year old was granted a temporary release in june, due to poor health. the pardon will cancel his remaining 15 years of jail time. the death toll from one of north america's most severe winter storms in decades has risen to at least 50. more than half of those are in new york state. one of the worst affected regions in the us. some areas are buried under

a meter of snow with resident stranded in their cars for up to 2 days, rather than jordan reports. ah, the u. s. is 1st major storm left behind picturesque ice creations and opportunities to play in the snow. but his official sat 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 dots 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 countywide, 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 becoming a way of life in our state and that's result of climate change. as you've seen, see extreme weather events all over our country. but all of us in 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 bank temporarily out of business. oh, that is in the water in all the food in our region to lose all of it is all meteorologist stay 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 al jazeera across the border in canada, thousands remained without power in the 2 biggest provinces, ontario and quebec. when to stole mornings remain in place for parts of the western province of british columbia. taiwan has announced to plan to extend compulsory military service to counter threats from china. monday dozens of chinese plains crossed into ty, pays defense. so the biggest daily incursion in years aging is protesting against what it says is collusion and provocation by the island and the united states. taiwanese conscripts will now serve in the military for one year, that's up from 4 months and speak to florence lewis. she joins us live from hong kong. so the president's been speaking, what's the message to the nation?

message is that taiwan does not want a war. but she did say in her remarks and during a press conference that to avert a war tie, one has to be prepared for a war. she says tyrone will not become a battlefield. it will become a home for democracy and freedom for all over the world. now essentially, taiwan has been reviewing its military system since 2020, and it's going to now strengthen its defense capabilities. it's doing this in several ways. one is by extending the compulsory military service currently from 4 months to a year. now, in a sense, this is not new. previously, the compulsory military service was for 2 years, but that was whittled down to 4 months. my previous governments in part to please younger voters. but also because at that time, tensions between taiwan and beijing had eased. and now it's going to be lengthened to a year. now, she also said that conscripts to compulsory military service will also be undergoing more intense training, including more life fire drills. now this comes as this as time one faces

increasing pressure from china, not just military. now, on monday there was the biggest or largest air force incursion by chinese plains into ty, once air defense identification zone, 43 chinese plains crossed and unofficial buffer between the 2 sites. but because china is now so powerful, it's not just military pressure that i one is facing. but also economic and diplomatic pressure that china has brought to bear on the island, which china seas as a bait, breakaway province to be reunited by force if necessary. so the message that trying when the president of taiwan was to send to china and the rest of the world is that taiwan is ready to defend itself. or i will leave that thanks so much. florence louis said i had an al jazeera no power, no heat, ukrainians, left in freezing darknesses. russian missiles, target energy facilities,

china straight cobra 19 policy sparks protests. earlier this year we'll explore the ripple effects in the world. second biggest economy. ah ah, there's been some exceptional warmth in staying. can't wait to share those details with you. hi, for one. so case in point, barcelona. setting a new record for the month of december 22 point one degrees will not be down a bit on tuesday, but still stellar weather funds out with the high of 18 degrees, unfortunately, can't say the same for the islands of ireland and britain. we've got some bouts of what weather moving through here, but still tapping into that warmth. there's been warmth across central europe as well. that's de, stabilize the snow pack. so we had this avalanche in the austrian alps, the bearing for people. thankfully. all of them were rescued. now there are some

showers rolling across the balkans. it's going to kick down your temperature a degree or 2, but you'll bounce back here the 3 day forecast for sorry, ever. so toward the end of the week. and now the trend will continue into the new year. well, the batch of what weather has left the levant, but given us some cloud cover for b roots and ramallah. and we're talking about sandstorms for eastern and central more attain ya and new oxide at $23.00 degrees. that temperature is well below average, almost 10 degrees below where you should be for this year. what weather pulling in to southern booth and big around my put so with the high of 27 degrees on tuesday. that's it said have it take care. ah ah

with ah ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera time to re capital headlines. south korea's prize, the in june salt fuels says his country needs better at defense systems. monday sold detected north korean drones and it says space. the president wants to fast track specialists military drone unit. i want as announced to plan,

to extend compulsory military service to counter threats from china. monday, dozens of chinese plains crossed into ty, pays defense. so the biggest daily incursion in years, the death toll from the violent winter storm that hit north america over the weekend has risen to 50. thousands of people are still without power across the us and canada. and many remained stranded in the homes. not the boat with ringo must em rossi. jesus landed in northern in denisa the 2nd arrival in as many days at least a 185 people arrived in archie on monday and are now receiving medical care. refugees say they left bangladesh in november and had been drifting at sea for weeks or the 1000000 of the minority muslims who fled persecution in men are living in crowded camps in bangladesh. we come here from the larger bangladesh roof leak in. today i get this all in here and people with the wichita

education, i wanna i wanna chat with you more to the vision with most of them are unwell, the paramedics from 3 local clinics are handling them. we're assessing which ones need further medical attention at these clinics or the hospital in the region. 10 via chowdhury joins us now live from shop for a duet. so tanveer, you're close to the area where many of the boat journey's begin take us through that process. this is pretty much the law stand off, se bangladesh of just 5 kilometers from me and my border on my left, it's mostly for the state area or some small village is very remote area, especially at nighttime. it's an idled place for human traffickers to carry people to the boat from this coastline even during 2017, many of their angles fleeing me unmarked,

would actually land here for boats. and lot of the refugees actually also grow from me. and my because things are not good out there, there are half a 1000000 men arrange. are still stranded in me and my, many of them take boats from there to southeast asia. i'll have my camera, men, pan a little bit. so you have an idea, the remote area we are ain, where a lot of this trafficking happens in periodically. i'm in this started from 2012 and it's the ongoing thing. now this year, the un said this is $54.00 in more than many other years. this year isn't particularly bad, not tom andrew's un special repertoire last week said dad, south and southeast, in countries to act on distress. calls made by the record is from bolt in many instances. we have said that malaysia and many other countries have said that don in our coastal water region. so we are not going to intervene that which means that

trend it in that deep sea. now we talked to some of the members in the rowing at camp there said some of the family members said the lots called a hot from one of the boat that's missing with 180 people was about 7 days ago since then that never heard anything from them, many of the smugglers on the boat men actually carry satellite phone, and that's the only main of communication. there's no other navigation instrument or any other means to actually talk to anybody in the family members. now the reason many of this growing as leaving the camp is because the situation in the camp has been 5 years. there's no hope for a patch ration. there's no global incentives showing that there is some process, repetitions gotta take place and the volatile situation in me and marty is making it more difficult. so there is a desperate waste from the running a refugee is to get out of this can venture out into se, asia find jobs and go on living a normal life. so that's not happening. and with lot of people are risking their

life in the deep sea. i like it or i thanks so much. tanveer chatter, remy, minutes of people in turkey are struggling to make ends meet as inflation balloons . to record highs. life is particularly tough for the 3 point. 6000000 syrian refugees in the country center. cassandra reports from a stumble much rog spends his days in the support been in a stumble. the 29 year old hasn't been able to work since he fell and injured his wes 2 years ago canyon surgery, but can't afford it. and his landlord, once inquiries the rent, ah mad, like many other syrian refugees, is struggling as a turkish economy. we can see that on the hop, i'm very frustrated. i can't go to another country i can get treated here, and i can't return to a liberal to see my family accounts, enjoy simple things in life like other people. my age here, i'm a stranger. the worst thing is that i'm young, but can't work. i have to sit at home psychologically. it's very upsetting. one

failed as a success story among emerging economies. her kids, inflation exceeded 85 percent this year, coupled with wising nationalism ahead of an election and mid 2023. as far as the backlash against syrian refugees, the opposition has promised to send them back. most serious, we have a approach and they stumble. do not want to be interviewed on camera because they're afraid of being deported. the spies deteriorating economic conditions and they don't want to return home because they say a feature and syria doesn't hold much promise. well, it osmond is an exception. he spent 8 years in turkey, working all the jobs that paid poorly in to call them 20. he moved back. charles also realized his dream of going college even though the diplomas are not international. recognize now, well, it works for local media organization. so my friends told me not to return to syria and start over. they said i wouldn't be able to improve myself, but here i am. any achievement in my country is better than in another country.

this is more valuable to me. i hope all those syrians into kia can return home to better conditions one day, sir, as a position held areas, are also affected by the inflation across the border as they use a turkish currency. instead of trying to make basic food items available, but we make, we are small profits because of the changing prices o'clock in a year, the turkish theera has lots 40 percent of its value against the u. s. dollar and inflation is expected to remain high in 2023 despite government promises to reduce it, leaving syrians whether they live as refugees and true care or have returned home to our position held areas with limited opportunities. seen am casala al jazeera stumble. a crane's president, the louder minister lensky says, 9000000 people are still without electricity. despite his government's efforts to

restore power, electricity grid has been damaged by sharing russia, targets, energy facilities. charl. stratford is in queue. he has more on the declaration from the ukranian president. incredible figures there mentioned by the ukrainian president last night, 9000000 people. he says, still without reliable 24 hour electricity and heat. and that's despite these ongoing 247 efforts to try and repair these facilities damaged substations, right, the way across the country. and the winter temperatures, i mean today, uncertainty here without a hassle. and that's because despite it being cold, it's positively mild. in relation to how it's going to be in the next couple of months in january and february where you can see temperatures literally 20 degrees below 0. so an incredible challenge the ukrainians facing and trying to repair some of these facilities. we spoke to the have of the national electricity provide

yesterday operate to yesterday and he was candied. he said that the repairs as we stand could take years. and he said the main difficulty, one of the main difficulties at least was that just on the part there wasn't a stockpile of parts that that is available for these repairs to be made. so they're having to rely on billions and millions of dollars of donations of help and parts from the western backers. and of course, they're all phase of another biology of attacks at any time. it's been just over a week since we saw the last biology of so called kamikaze drone attacks across the country. but there's no indication from president putin. moscow is going to stop this campaign targeting, you claims energy infrastructure. so v as president has raised the military's

combat readiness to the highest level. i exam the voucher, it says it needs to prepare to defend serbia's territorial integrity. tension between serbia and cassandra escalated on sunday officers. shots were fired at a border town in northern casa nato. is investigating serbia refuses to recognize crossover as an independent country. japan all required travelers arriving from china to provide negative co 19 tests. i minister for me. ok. she the says passengers who are positive will have to quarantine for 7 days. aging has been easing its restrictions in recent weeks monday to announce people coming into the country won't have to warranty starting on january the 8th. when 2022 began, chinese president, she jing remain committed to eradicating corona, virus infections through his 0 cove. it policy that meant rolling lock downs, mass testing, and lengthy quarantines. but in the face of widespread protests, many of these measures were suddenly raised or eased for her adrian brown looks

back or what might prove to be a crucial year for china. ah, this was the year china's leader, she jing doubled down on his efforts to eliminate a virus that most of the world, but learned to the blue it softly 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 breaking. people that had enough, do they read? they gave her some even pulled the she to stand down. oh. but it was the diversity of the protest is that may of alarm the president will the depth and breadth dissatisfaction with the government at which ran across to many sectors. so

students, young people on the streets, householders, or workers in factories all seem to be saying the same thing that they were absolutely fed up with this policy, that it was counter productive. and that they blamed the government. the government though, appeared to listen. 7 just days later, 0 cobit began to be dismantled with chinese scientists. now saying the virus wasn't that serious. after all, there is definitely a back down from president. she, if you look at that way, but he's done a very carefully in that he's given all the power to local governments. so something goes wrong to local governments, folk not his. and if something goes right, then the credit is hiss in 6 weeks earlier it president cheese leadership had been unquestioned as he secured a 3rd historic term as party. chances are you junction with no obvious successor. it's the position that in theory he could hold for life. and while his leadership

seemed secure, the protests along with his relentless anti corruption purge, have made him many enemies. i think what it has done is revealed a degree to which people are not by and the idea that teaching 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 a 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 protesters 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 bait estimated round 18 to 20 percent. we have people coming out of the universities who are finding it difficult to get jobs so that other middle class is content. at the other end of the spectrum, you have migrant workers who is factories were forced to close. it was a year when president she's frail, predecessor who gin 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 david goodman is the director of the child study center at the university of sydney in australia. he says, china's economic slowdown predates the pandemic. the issues are there not enough money? who's going to need to consumption? because that is not a basically, there's not enough welfare provision. so the p, everybody middle class working class, everybody has to say to ensure education for their children. house provision and old age provision. until the money government money essentially goes into funding those activities. people won't spend money on

consumption low, spend it on those things. and as a result, the economy itself into a home has been over investment property over investment in infrastructure. and it's that kind of equation for economic growth is not there anymore. so there has to be something again that essentially way is why the government's introduce a policy common prosperity, not to create equality, but to create local level welfare provision. several people have been injured in an avalanche in a ski resort in northwest and austria. it happened in the village of like through us as many as 10 people were buried in the snow, but they've all been accounted for now. oh my god. oh my god. god ah.