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hong kong announces a fair, the easing of corona virus restrictions as beijing scrubs sit, 0 copay, policy ah, clogs the whole album. what you all to 0 life more headquarters here in doha also coming up a maternity ward in the ukranian city of cas shown is hit as russia intensifies it shelling russian president vladimir putin bands, oil ex balls to several countries in retaliation against them. setting a price cap and a cold for reforms after the u. s. supreme court upholds a pandemic era policy that allows officials to turn away migrant. so the border with mexico ah, welcome to the drug of hong kong is lifting almost all of its remaining. cobit 19 restrictions starting on thursday. hong kong will council social distancing rules,

warranties on p. c. r. test for people arriving in the territory. early this month, mainland china easy, 0 tolerance policy law day or more visitors coming from overseas on the mainland, macau and ty, one do not have to do mandatory p c r test when they arrive at hong kong. instead, rapid mpg taste will be required all the way through the 1st day. we are corresponding choices now from hong kong, significant comments ready coming from the authorities in the province about removing co restrictions of impact greatly across society. absolutely. now in the last 2 years, hong kong has a really stringent coven hills, more or less falling china, good in tackling the kern a virus. and they've been behind the rest of the world in easing coven requirements . now, hong kong in announcing further relaxation of it's cold,

it moves now really in a way also mirrors china's timing, which earlier this month had just decided that it was going to do away with 0 coven policy. which pleased using extensive testing as well as city wide locked downs. now the question does, i'm will ask is whether or not this is right that whether or not the timing is right about the given the surgeon, the number of cases in china and his number is like he to go up considering andy upcoming. do new year's celebrations, which we'll see extensive travel within and outside of china. and some countries i in fact, considering all re imposing new testing requirements for visitors from china. hong kong officials however say they are confident that this is the right step and it will help hong kong achieve normalcy. and 2 reasons why they say that is because hong kong has a relatively high vaccination rate. and given the fact that 2 and a half 1000000 people in hong kong have already been infected with the corona, virus, holcomb officials are quite certain that there is sufficient immunity barrier in

hong kong for the latest update. thanks for his phones for that for us in whole cold the us is considering imposing k with 19 restrictions on travelers from china. infections all surging across the country as of ease as it's 0 covert policy. as florence mentioned, the beijing also plans to re open borders. after more than 2 years of tight restrictions, the u. s. as were the travels in china may bring new varies of crone of iris. china reported 3 new covered 19 deaths on tuesday. ah, the ukraine says russian forces of shell, the maternity ward in cash on which reclaimed last month. also, ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region of health to log cities that are still under russian control. of course on charles stratford joins us now from kiva. let's just start with at the time called the

hospital. a worrying development indeed. so yeah, an indication that heavy shelling of that city of care, so of course was liberated last month by russians has resumed. this report of a maternity ward having been hate comes a couple of days after at least 10 people were killed and attack on the center of the city. around 70 people were injured in that attack. this maternity ward according to presidential spokesperson happened literally minutes off to one of the doctors inside before mrs. arion section on a pregnant mom. there were no reports of any casualties, miraculously, but ongoing reports of shelling of care song. is this an indication of accounts to a push by russian forces from across the river? it's too early, really to say what the source is in cash on all saying that there's one neighbor in

particular that he's getting badly hit the, the neighborhood of angel, which sits directly on the north and bank of the denise pro river sources. they're saying that it's only around 700 meters across the russian positions. russian forces a shilling that area and the wider area of care. so on, around $8000.00 people living in that particular neighborhood of antonio georgia saying that they were going to come on to these people potentially come on to a slight profile as well. so it's, it's an indication that certainly the battle full care so is very much still in place across the country. charles, though it is a tale of sort of small gains, but intense fighting with the bombardment continuing a sort of bring us up to speed on what seems to have happened in the last 24 hours . what some really interesting development is reportedly

according to ukrainians. happening along the don't nets and logan's regional borders, specifically around a town called camino now computer is russian occupied, but you creating force. he's pushed very close to it. i suppose about 2 and a half months ago. they are now reporting that they are moving forward for the 1st time in a 2 and a half months. it's very pretty, pretty much a stalemate. since then, is this an indication of a renewed ukrainian council offensive? again, it's difficult to to know exactly. we call the independently verify these reports, but according to the loo, ganske regional military authority on the ukrainian side, they're saying that he's saying, sorry, that the majority of russian policies have actually left crimean. and it's only the russian command center that is, that he's still occupied by the russian military saying that there are still russian civilians that have come in to that town since it was taken by russians.

but he's saying that the majority of the ministry of life now, if this is the case, then he would give you gradients a great chance of pushing fully into crimean, which would lay open the town of lucy chance considered the next which a russian occupied and 2 of the largest towns in logan's gate would be a serious blow to russian forces if indeed camina was to fall. also with respect to that flash point, town of buck moved further south where we've seen some of us intensive fighting and recent weeks and months. there are interesting reports coming out from pro russia shadow, gram channels, lease channels advocating that russian forces should leave but move because they have basically been hit so hard. we know that both sides have suffered huge casualties in recent fighting there. we also know that it's the wagner group that is made up warranty of the the russian fighters in buck moods. and there was some

incredible photographs, so sorry, videos that were released on satel graham channels last night of ukrainian forces in these trenches surrounded by russian bodies. so yeah, some very interesting developments on the eastern front. also, as i say, possibly too early to call list a renewed counts offensive by the ukrainians. but according to the ukrainian military, they debate very much between the chase and i'll pushing gradually forward, as i say, especially around that town of camina. charles trusted by force in key. thank you. russian president vladimir putin has band oil exports to countries that set price caps on its energy products. the decree will come into effect in february and will last for at least 5 months. earlier this month, the you, australia, and group of 7 agreed to kept russian crude at $60.00 a barrel game is to restrict moscow's revenue while still supplying the global

market. many countries have pledged to end or reduce that dependence on russian energy since it invaded ukraine. energy exports comp around 40 percent of russia's annual revenue, and the worth around a $1000000000.00 a day. russia says the cap and the sanctions won't affect its military offensive in ukraine. moscow is confident it can find new buyers or countries such as india and china still buying russian oil. thomas o'donnell is an energy analyst and lecturer at the hurty school of governance in berlin. he says, rushes oil revenues already taken a hit. you hear out standing unity of the entire e u g 7 and so forth, very broadly. and an agreement so very harshly sanctioned russian oil. the you is taking no more oil by sea since the 5th of this month. and by the 5th of february, they won't take any more refined products by sea, from russia. that's a stunning hit to russia,

and now they will enforce this price care worldwide. anybody who wants to use any ships insured from the european union will have to risk, you know, respective. and already i know i was watching booking a bloomberg latest data a day or 2 ago. and the shipments from russia on the european side, the baltic area had dropped by 50 percent in the early part of december when this cap was imposed. so is this in fact bravado from bruton over going to cut supplies when they're already being forced to have a significant hit to their suppliers. now to the us, where the supreme court upheld a trump era bought a policy that uses public health as a justification for expelling asylum seekers. rule learners, title 42 was imposed in 2020, to control the spread of k, v. 19. because the government, the power to expel thousands of undocumented migrants entering the u. s. from mexico. the policy had been due to expire this month leading to affairs of an increase in border crossings. a white house correspondent,

kimberly how kit has moved from washington d. c. the u. s. president did way in on this, and what he had to say essentially is that he's commenting on the fact that the supreme court is now going to have the final say on the matter. but 1st is going to have a bit of a deliberation. in other words, is going to hear oral arguments. the president saying, the court is not going to decide on this matter until june. that's typically when the supreme court rulings come out after hearing oral arguments. and the president goes on further to say that title $42.00 must be in 4th. what is title $42.00 will essentially, it's something that was put in place of during the previous donald trump administration. i and what this is, is essentially gives the federal government the powers to turn away those that are seeking asylum in the united states under sort of the order that this is to prevent the spread of disease. so it's sort of

a public health emergency type of restriction, but it's been use kind of is ad hoc immigration policy, given the fact that there has not been immigration reform in this country for about 20 years. and the controversy around it is essentially that the, by the ministration feels that it's now that the pandemic is essentially for all intents and purposes over that is, this is no longer needed that they have argued it's in humane. that's been separating families and they wanted to see it undone. still had hail on the al jazeera, israel's prime minister, designated tis one step closer to forming the most far right government in the country's history. and from heat waves to an arctic stool and devastating floods to prolong droughts, we look back on a year of extreme weather here on algebra. do stay with us. ah.

europe in africa, this is your forecast for wednesday. good to have you along a feet of rain into the north west of spain, northern areas of portugal. we can trace this up toward the northwest as well. got to tell you, i think we'll see some heavy falls of rain across the islands of ireland. britain, western france and the low countries, but still tapping into warm air. now speaking of warm, there's been exceptional warmth in central europe. ok. teachers have come down a bit through the balkans with that rain. it's behind a legacy of cloud cover, but check this out. first day of 2023. now can you believe we're almost there? and we look at some of these temperatures looking more like spring darker, the yellow and the orange, the higher the temperature. some of these spots a good 10 degrees above average. okay, back to the here now some pretty intense rain for the ne black sea coast of turkey . i will keep tabs on that whether there will be some flooding there and still

sandstorms in the forecast for a huge swath of mauritania. little chilly, and cairo at 18 degrees that slightly below average into the south. we go. we're going to see disturbed weather start to fill in across eastern portions of south africa, including how tain province. so johannesburg has a high 28 degrees. also some rain in the forecast for been took on wednesday with the high of 30. that's it. that's all susan. ah, ah. a full

oh, a book about kill what you all just there with me to hill robin. the reminder of our top stories, hong kong is lifting almost all of its remaining cobit $900.00 restrictions from thursday to cancel social distancing rules. quarantines and p c r tests arrivals. hong kong is to reopen its borders with mainland china. next month. ukraine says rushing pulses of shells maternity board in cash on that area which reclaimed last month. elsa, ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region. and russian president vladimir putin has band oil exports to countries that set price

cuts on its energy products. the decree will come into effect in february and is expected to last for at least 5 months. the death toll from may severe winter storm across north america is rising. at the 64 people are being killed. nearly half of those deaths in the state of new york, one of the worst effected areas across the border encounter at least one county on lakeland terrier has declared a state of emergency while i went to storm to major travel de so has led to major travel disruptions there is still a big backlog of passengers in the united states waiting for counsel flights to be rescheduled. particle have has more from reagan national airport. they washington d. c. a familiar scene in airports all across the united states. long lines were cancelled flights. lost luggage, but more than that, missing memory that you pay. how care my grandmother greeting you today's that i

was do youth and my grand daughter. there wasn't a floor that we went with any clothes. it's braces because a grade isn't the mental. she's been here every day looking for her luggage. she's not sure when she'll get it or when her granddaughter will be baptized. everyone in these long lines has a story to tell. eventually i just left the line after being told that we probably wouldn't get a flight to dc until the 28th, and i'm paired up with a family and we all drove together to dc. and then i still live about 3 hours. got re book for another flight that was supposed to leave out it all. paul, about 9 ish. and they say it okay in about midnight, that will was council. the severe winter storm saw almost $20000.00 flights canceled during the height of the busiest travel season of the year. but most

airlines have recovered. southwest airlines are mostly domestic carrier, has canceled the vast majority of them. it's just the fact that this once started west swept east and impacted almost every single one of our largest airports that put us in a position where we struggle to recover. these lines are not going to get shorter any time soon. the ceo of southwest is they're only gonna fly about a 3rd of their scheduled flights that could take days. department of transportation says it's going to investigate. but the airlines going to have bigger problems than that. everyone i talked to said they had no intention of fine southwest airlines ever again. paddle him al jazeera washington law, the west coast of the u. s. people are dealing with flooding the sun to reach a creek in salinas, northern california, as best as bangs with heavy rainfall homes are flooded and authorities of all people to be careful on the roads. county officials have been distributing sandbags to prevent further damage. meanwhile, parts of washington state are also under water. a king tide and heavy rainfall

triggered flooding in seattle, the national weather service was issued a warning for high winds. at least 25 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in southern philippines at the weekend. emergency response teams helping tens of thousands of people forced from their homes, where the forecast to say storms offset to more rain on the southern and central regions. while this year seen extreme weather events around the world, fueled by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases and heat in the atmosphere, al jazeera senior meteorologist everton fox looked back at those 2 that those that affected millions of people. the year 2022 will be remembered for the numerous extreme weather events that cause destruction mass displacement and kill thousands of people. at the beginning of the year, tropical storms swept across southern africa with a sigh claimed battering madagascar and devastating flooding in south africa. a

severe heat wave in parts of south asia gave in the air its warmest march on record . what in neighboring pakistan the city of jakob bad was the hottest place on the planet at one point, the extreme heat scorch several countries france bait in may and the u. k declared its 1st nation wide heat emergency and july. when temperatures hit 40 degrees celsius, wildfire spread across europe and north africa around 4 times as many as the historical average, along with some of the driest conditions ever recorded drought in hearts flooding in kentucky in july, while unseasonal rain flooded the streets of doha, the warmer weather caused places to melts in south asia, raising river levels, which led to the worse floods in more than a 100 years in parts of northeastern india and bangladesh. and pakistan. 3 times the average rainfall fell in august, leaving one 3rd of the country submerged. scientists called it the climate

catastrophe of the decade. china experienced this longest heat wave since official record keeping began. the yangtze river shrank to its lowest level in more than a 155 years. in contrast, south korea's capital was lashed by the heaviest rains in more than a century. during august, september blowing one of the most powerful stores japan had ever seen. and the philippines will never forget the force of typhoon noro, which escalated from a category one storm to a category 5 in just 6 hours across the pacific hurricane he and pamela, florida, at least a 114 people died more than in any hurricane since katrina drought battered california swells heard in september as death valley recorded the earth's hottest day with the mercury hitting 53 degrees celsius. in africa, nigeria saw the worst floods in more than a decade. and by the end of the year,

se australia was in the midst of its 4th major flooding event with sydney. having asked what his dear on record the world which roger can organisations says, the tell tale signs and impacts of climate change are becoming more dramatic. and we greenhouse gas is continuing to rise after reaching rec, all levels last year. the frequency and force of severe weather events are expected to be even more extreme in the future. ethiopian airlines is set to resume flies to mckelly in the northern to gray region. later on wednesday, after an 18 month absence, ethiopian government representatives visited the rebel held area on monday. it was their 1st trip to the region since war broke out nearly 2 years ago. both sides agree to a ceasefire in november. israel's prime minister designate benjamin netanyahu is a step closer to forming the most right wing government in the country's history. parliament has passed controversial legislation that allows politicians convicted

her offenses who hadn't served jail time to join the cabinet. some of netanyahu's hardline coalition partners will now be eligible for ministerial posts. or l gold is an executive director at the fellowship of reconciliation. the oldest inter, faith piece and justice organization in the u. s. she says the rise of right wing politics in israel is causing more american jews to view israel as in apartheid state. back as there was a pole in 2021 that found that a quarter of jewish american identify israel as an apartheid state and over 20 percent of american jews. say that israel is committing genocide against the palestinians. and that far before 3 met by live rates, the government is coming in. what, what's really happening right now. we've already seen this trend. and it's, it's younger to becoming aware of what the situation is. and seeing the contrast

be the opposite between american jewish value and israel has the mouth coming off, right? this map that israel is a democracy, that israel is the liberal, dated the safe haven, or even that it is possible to have both the jewish state and a democratic state. so that math is coming off and we're seeing the natural progression of what began before $948.00 of the political science project, which is inherently racist savvy as president, has put the army on its highest level tensions growing with course of a recent shootings and blockades, the serbian government does not recognize kosovo as a state. subs in northern coast have now reacted more roadblocks in an ethnically divided town of the travicia. i think barbara has will be in

flag flying in northern kosovo, near the border with serbia. new road blocks have just been set up here in north metro pizza cause of the largest set, majority town, other barricades went up weeks ago after the arrest of an ethnic sub form, a police officer suspected of involvement and attacks on the force. on monday, the head of the serbian orthodox church was refused entry into kosovo. he'd said he wanted to deliver a piece message for sybian orthodox christmas, which is celebrated on the 7th of january. if possible yet, ample glove out. mckew riscas island, niss it is there a head of any religious community? he can't visit his own people, not his believers and can't enter his own homes. you spoke with the patriarchal of pet monastery, is the property of the serbian orthodox church, and a home of the head of the serbian orthodox church. he was speaking of the meeting, sylvia's president, alexander voltage, you own promoteco,

talks are ongoing right now. we have engaged all our people from what we have old resources you them. we are doing our best to preserve the peace in to fight for peace. and as the party are sad, acquainted with her to find some sort of a compromise solution. refrain on monday, sir b as defense minister met soldiers as the army was put on its highest level of combat readiness. this government video shows millichef, butch, of ich, talking with troops in inspecting military equipment close to the cause of a border. the short term goal is to full the muscles with they are the shogun people. so to show that the serbia and in particular to serve you impression and folks on the role sheet as funding the national interest. and the interest of gospel serves in what the still goals are at thomas province. nov in kosovo has been particularly tense since november when hundreds of ethnic serve employees of the police and judiciary resigned. they were angry about,

pushed in a binding license plates issued by bel great. a policy eventually scrapped and this month local elections insert majority areas were postponed. after many sib said they'd boycott the vote. that he barbara al jazeera, the insecurity, houseless condemned the telephone's recent decrees, limiting women's rights. and of alliston girls and women are not allowed to attend to university or work for humanitarian aid group. you and chief antonio cherish, says the rules amount to unjustifiable human rights violations, the un as cold for the full, an equal participation of women and girls in african society. regular slim suv arrived in northern indonesia telling stories of the hiring c crossings. at least 185 people have been received. medical are receiving, pardon me, medical care. after arriving in our check on monday they will board one of the full boats at left by my dash in november. hurry false at times the story of the week

drifting at sea 1st full day on dry land. 185 range refugees came ashore in indonesia as a province on monday evening. week hungry and many severely dehydrated. we left the refugee camp in bangladesh. 7 days into the journey, the boat engine broke about 10 days into the journey. our food was finished and i had to drink sea water. after more than a month, we arrived here many died on the see. this was the scene just aus earlier is the survivors finally reached land. these people a 2 time refugees fleeing 1st from persecution and me and mar, which its military government is facing charges of genocide at the international court of justice. and then from harsh conditions in refugee camps in bangladesh and bangladesh or children didn't get educated, we couldn't leave the camp. we didn't have food, we didn't have anything. in late november agency, safe, full boats,

left bangladesh. on december, the 8th, an indonesian oil tank of picked up a boat carrying about 150 people of the me in my coast and towed it to shore. 10 days later the she, lunk and navy rescued, 104 people osher lunk, his north coast. the captain said he'd received an s o s message from a 3rd boat, which he feared was about to sink. on sunday, a group of 50 acreage came ashore in ladon village in indonesia, western as a province. and on monday evening, the boat carrying a 185 landed further up the coast. it's not yet clear whether this is the boat he had lost a week earlier. like, we need to do further communication and intensive investigation with different parties with it in denisia or outside of indonesia. to clarify, if this is the case. at the moment, i cannot confirm the information for now, indonesians doing what they can to get these refugees some sense of normality and dignity after their ordeal. but the future remains on.