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south korea's present calls for better air defense systems. they are to north korean drones entered its air space. ah, i'm sam is a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up taiwan change is it's clear scription rules after china sands military i craft into its defense zone warnings. the so called blizzard of the century in north america is far from over. tens of thousands are still in the dark. the un warns more anger refugees will embark on desperate journeys as a 2nd boat arrives in indonesia. ah, south korea's president says his country needs better air defense systems you and so you all want to create a special motor unit with stealth drones. and while the military is apologize for

failing to shoot down north korean drones, and it says, based on monday, officials temporarily closed airports near the capitol when the drones were detected near civilian areas. president noon says the incident is highlighted. the military's lack of preparedness, illness. kim has more now from sol. this is something the president president in sonya and his 1st remarks on this incursion yesterday at a cabinet meeting this morning. mentioned as he also noted that this incident shows how very much south korea military is on 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, the drum units that the south re military wants to create ah, does, did 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. being all south korea also working on creating a drone jamming technology. but that in itself is still several years away from being implemented. the j. c. s also said that it's apology, it will try to acquire assets is central assets that can strike enemy drones with radio waves and lasers. the remains to be seen what that would entail a mile across the boulder. north korea leader kim jong learners opened the meeting

of the governing workers party. he's often use the event to announce major policy decisions ahead of the new year. north korea is 5 record number of miss house and 2022. on taiwan has announced to plan to extend compulsory military service to counter threats from china. dozens of chinese planes crossed into, ty, pays defense zone on monday. aging is protesting against what it says is collusion and provocation by the island and the united states, taiwanese conscripts and will now serve in the military for one year. that's up from 4 months. i speak now to florence lewis. she joins us live from hong kong. so does it seem like the changes in conscription are just part of a bigger plan of changes to the mercury? that's right now the taiwanese security officials have been reviewing taiwan military system since 2020 and trying when, when she spoke at

a news conference just hours earlier on tuesday afternoon, she said taiwan does not want award, wants to avert war, but too, it has to be prepared for a war am to ensure that a more doesn't happen. and she said that as long as taiwan is strong enough, it will be the home of democracy and freedom, and it will not become a battlefield. now the changes that she's announced does not just include extending the length of time that conscripts serve, but it also includes a more intense training for conscripts. there's going to be more live fire exercises. they'll learn how to handle more sophisticated weapons. they'll also learn how to take home bad instructions that are being used by us forces. now she also announced that there will be more pay for conscripts, as well as for appropriate professional serving soldiers. all this part of a plan to strengthen, tie one's military of defense services. now this comes amid a backdrop of more intense threats from china. and because china is so powerful,

it's not as military threats that taiwan is facing, but also economically and also diplomatically. and we've seen how am china has managed to isolate, tie one diplomatically, we've seen how it's brought financial pressure, economic pressure on the island. so this is part of the taiwanese administrations on stand because taiwan stand so far is now that the future of taiwan is something for the people of taiwan to decide and not for the chinese government. whereas china views taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunited by force if necessary. or i will leave it there . thanks so much. franz lori i. o. dest self. 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 defected regions in the us. some areas are buried under a meter of snow with residence stranded in their calls for up to 2 days.

meteorologists swan mall snow is expected on choose day. rosalind 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 said on monday, this storm was and in the whole, very dangerous. i had 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 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. all that in the war room. all susan, this is bruce with all of this on meteorologist thank temperature's nationwide should rise during the week, making it easier for the ice and snow to melt. residents of the buffalo area that break and the weather can't come quickly enough. another 30 centimeters of snow is

in the forecast through tuesday. rosalind jordan al jazeera all across the border in canada. blizzard warnings have been issued in several provinces. the government says at least a $140000.00 homes are without electricity, most of them in ontario and quebec. health care authorities say 52 people were hospitalized meteorologists of warm temperatures will remain low this week. with the wind chill factor could drops was low as minus $43.00 degrees celsius. another boat with ro hanger must em refugees as landed in northern indonesia, the 2nd arrival in as many days. at least a 185 people arrived in archie on monday. but now receiving medical care, refugee say they left bangladesh in november, had been drifting at sea for weeks. more than 1000000 of minority muslims who fled persecution in miramar,

a living in crowded camps in bangladesh. tabio chowdhury has more from sharpoda with this is pretty much the last time, the se, bangladesh of just 5 kilometers from me and my border on my left. it's mostly forested area, or some small village is very remote area, especially at night time. it's an idle place for human traffickers to carry people to the boat. now we talked to some of the members in the rowing camp there said some of the family members said the last call. they heard from one of the boat that's missing with 180 people was about 7 days ago since then. they have never heard anything from them. many of the smugglers are the boat men actually carry satellite phone, and that's the only mean 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 rowing as leaving the camp is because the situation in the camp has been 5 years. there is no hope for repair creation. there is no global

incentives showing that there is some process of repetition gotta take place and the volatile situation in me and marty is making it more difficult. so there is a desperate waste from the writing a refugee is to get out of this can venture out into se, asia find jobs and gone, leaving a normal life. so that's not happening. and with lot of people are risking their life in the deep sea. still ahead on al jazeera fears about potential security threats is brazil gets ready for a presidential inauguration next week. we rise together back to the room and beyond. get ready for blast off sla, heading to the stars as we reflect on the year in space. ah,

with get this the temperature in adelaide to follow by about 20 degrees and 10 hours. however, once more of that to come for the southeast of australia all has to do with this disturbance here shifting into a southerly wind. so keep an eye on melbourne. and hobart, your next in line to drop by about 10 degrees wednesday into thursday, with some showers there. now the same time temperatures will hot out points again in perth, all the way up to 35 degrees by thursday. now for new zealand, just some showers for the northland. the escape. nothing major here gives been coming in at 21 degrees. it has been pouring buckets of rain from sabu city to devout about a dozen people have been killed by the monsoon rains here. that badge of wet weather. now sliding north and closing in on manila on wednesday. okay. for indonesia, the main island of java just seen this rain steering here. same goes for bali and long bulk as well for china,

the yangtze river valley snow toward the west. but we've got cloud cover for the east in shanghai at 7 degrees and that see effect snow engine turning on once again for the northwest upon to island. in that area. snow depth is already a meter, so we'll add to that tale on wednesday, see later. ah, why do people tell stories and take risks to share their experiences from every corner of the world, binding us together and inspiring us to expand our realities? why? because like most a award winning voices telling groundbreaking stories. witness on al jazeera. no

ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera time to recap the headlines down south korea as president june. so pure says this country needs been to read events. systems so detected north korean drones and it says, based on monday, the president now wants to fast track a specialist military drone unit. taiwan is announced to plan to extend compulsory military service to counter threats from china. dozens of chinese plains crossed into ty, pays defense on monday. biggest daily incursion in years and death toll from the violent winter storm that hit north america over the weekend has risen to at least 50 tens of thousands of people are still without power across the us. and canada,

millions of people in turkey are struggling to make ends meet after inflation ballooned in 2022. life is particularly tough for the 3600000 syrian refugees in the country. so they've got all the reports from a stumble. people hoped for a turn around in their fortunes next year. mad rog spends his days in this apartment and stumble. the 29 year old hasn't been able to work since he fell and endured his west 2 years ago. he had surgery but can't afford it, and his landlord once increases the rent. ahmed, like many other syrian refugees, is struggling as a turkish economy weakens. he then on the heart, i'm very frustrated. i can't go to another country. i can get preaches here, and i can't return to a lippo 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 and psychologically it's very upsetting once

hailed as a success story among emerging economies to kids. inflation exceeded and a 5 percent this year coupled with wising nationalism ahead of an election and mid 2023. it is for the backlash against syrian refugees. the opposition has promised to send them back. most series we have approached and some will do not want to be interviewed on camera because they're afraid of being deported. the spies deteriorating economic conditions in turkey. they don't want to return home because they say a feature and syria doesn't hold much promise. one man is an exception. he spent 8 years and true care working all jobs but paid poorly in 2020. he moved back. charles also realize 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 the kia can return home to better conditions. one day theory 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 b, the food items available. but we make only a small profit because of the changing price. in a year, the turkish era has not 40 percent, with valley against the us dollar, and inflation is expected to remain high in 2023. the spike government promises to reduce it, leaving syria, and whether they live as refugees and true care, or have returned home to opposition health areas with limited opportunity. sam castillo al jazeera stumble. the ukraine's president vladimir lansky says 9000000 people fil, without electricity. despite his government's efforts to restore power,

christy grid has been damaged by miss holland drone attacks as russia targets energy facilities. charles dr. has more now on president the landscape remarks. 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 in winter temperatures. i mean today, uncertainty here without a hassle. and that's because it's probably been 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 of 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 wasn't a stock pile of parts that he's 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 west and 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 your claims energy infrastructure. service as president has raised the

military combat readiness to the highest level exam, the voltage says it needs to repair to defend serbia's territorial integrity. tension between sylvia and kosovo escalated on sunday. after shots were fired as a border town in northern casa, though nato is investigating a refuses to recognise costs, as well as an independent country. presenting authorities are increasing security ahead of the inauguration of presidency like louise, little the til the next week. present police oiled and legit bomb plot on saturday, officers detained the man accused of placing an explosive device near the brazilian airport. the incoming justice minister says the government will not allow political terrorism in brazil. united nations representative in afghanistan is asked the government to reverse a band on women working at agencies. rom is a like bottle of met the economy minister mohammed nathan cobble monday. i like

about all of says millions of afghans need assistance and the decree will reduce age groups, capabilities. 7, major charities have suspended their operations. global agencies are worried. the band will leave afghanistan without food education and health. collection 8 is one group that suspended operations in afghanistan groups, asia, director ross. my father says female work is a needed deliver aid to afghan women. we've been working in afghanistan since 2002 very deeply reaching the organization that was very closely with communities and extremely hard to reach and who were facing a huge difficulties. so the decision for us to temporarily pools our programming has not been 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 with partners government that we can try to press a reversal of this directive and 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 and a very difficult time in the country and dialogue is the key. now, japan will require travelers arriving from china to provide negative cobit 19 tests . prime minister for mucous, she does says passengers or test positive will have to quarantine for 7 days. beijing has been easing its restrictions in recent weeks on monday to announce that people entering china won't have to warranty. starting on january the 8th

chinese president, she ging ping said he was committed to his 0 cove. it policy at the start of the year. well that meant entire cities and millions of people on the locked down mass, daily testing and lengthy quarantines. many of these measures now thing of the past of the protesters made their voices heard. adrian brown has more on the year that was in china. ah, this was the year, china's leader shooting thing. double down on his efforts to eliminate a virus that most of the world that learned today. ah, it softly at the communist party congress in october, he promised not to waver in the battle to eliminate cope at 19 o. a month later. that policy was at breaking

people that had enough do they. 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, the dissatisfaction that the government at which ran across to many sectors. so students, young people on the streets household is, are workers in factories all seem to be saying the same thing that they were absolutely fed up. but this policy that was counterproductive and that they blame the government. the government though appeared, solicit just days later, 0 cove, it began to be dismantled with chinese scientists. now saying the virus wasn't that serious. after all, there is definitely a back down from the presidency. if you look at that way, but he's on a very carefully in that he's given all the power to local governments or something goes wrong to local governments. folk,

not his as something goes right then the credit is, is his, she's in 6 weeks earlier it president cheese leadership had been unquestioned as he secured a 3rd historic term as party change. you thompson, 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 the degree to which people are not by and 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 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, 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 rand, 18 to 20 percent. we have people coming out of universities who are finding it

difficult to get jobs, so that's open, middle 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, prieto's, as a 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 little one seemed more open and connected to the world. soon, adrian brown al jazeera. several people have been injured in an avalon should. a ski resort in northwest and austria happened in the village of la source. more than 200 rescue workers joined the search for survivors. as many as 10 people were causing the avalanche, but they've all been accounted for. now. it's been a year full of drama and intrigue in space. astronomers have made some important

discoveries. this seems to remorse a common 2023 column bay canal. 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. 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 a 160 meter 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. webs. first 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 so that we can understand better at the time in cosmic history,

that we've only been able to really see, arrive webs, astronomers spotted, water, carbon monoxide, and gases that volcanoes release into atmospheres of planets far beyond our sun, one system orbiting a sun known as trappist one. looks tantalizingly similar to our own though. now we have kind of our 1st chance it's steadying another star system that has a bunch of small rocky limits 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 the 1st of board, most was the ring 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 was.