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hong kong announces a further easing of corona virus restrictions as mainland china scrub said, 0 covert policy. ah, hello. hello robin. you're watching all desert life. my headquarters here in dough hall also coming up a maternity ward in the ukrainian city of cash on is hit as russia intensifies at shelling. russian president vladimir putin bands oil exposed to several countries after they imposed a price cap. and a call for reforms after the u. s. supreme court upholds upon demik era policy, allowing officials to turn away migrants at the border with mexico. ah welcome to the program, hold cold is lifting almost all of its remaining cove. it 19 restrictions starting on thursday, hong kong will council social distancing rules,

quarantines and p. c. r tests for people arriving on the island. earlier this month, mainland china eased at 0 tolerance policy. i they owe more visitors coming from overseas. the mainland macau anti one do not have to do mandatory p c r test when they arrive at hong kong. instead, rapid engine test will be required all the way through the 1st day or fraud st. louis joyce v joins us now here on al jazeera from hong kong. some significant comments coming from the authorities in hong kong about removing those covey restrictions. florida seaman, what else are they saying? absolutely. now, hong kong has had very stringent covered rules for nearly 3 years. more or less taking the lead from china in the way, attackers the crone of virus. and they've been behind the rest of the world and easing coven requirements. now, hong kong in announcing that it's removing most of its covert measures really mirrors china's timing, which only earlier this month and done away with 0 covet policy,

which was police using extensive testing as well as city wide locked downs. now, hong kong authority say that they believe that this measure is right for hong kong . it will help hong kong achieve normalcy. it's very strict measures had put some questions as to whether hong kong really is still a place for an international financial hub. now the question though remains on whether or not this timing is right, considering as an explosion of cases in china. and that this number is forecast to go up even further. given the upcoming luna new year's celebrations in january, which was a tens of millions of people traveling to be reunited with their families. and the hong kong government says though that it's confident that hong kong will be able to deal with any potential outbreak. largely because and they have sufficient experience in dealing with them. they have enough medicine. and also, given the relatively high vaccination rate in the city, as well as the fact that more than 2 and

a half 1000000 people in hong kong have already had coven 90. of course, the, it's always been quite debatable, has did about how to lift those covey restrictions globally. every countries had the own angst over at florida spoke to the news coming out of both beijing and hong kong has had some sort of reaction of the markets as well. that's right in the scene we're seeing really very 2 different reactions. and i think that also reflects the level of confidence people and investors have in how these 2 in how hong kong and china able to tackle on the the tackle corona virus going forward. now we're seeing that in hong kong, the hunting index heads and gained following the announcement by am hong kong leader that it was scrapping nearly all of its cov, it requirements. and that really, i think, is a measure of the confidence people feel in hong kong health authorities in being able to tackle this. but in china, however, it's a different story, m b, m, c, s, b, it's to indices, and the m dash are high composite index as well as the blue gypsy. as i 200 index

had re minor losses. and this is probably largely because there are concerns about whether or not china's health care system is able to cope with the massive increase in crone of irish cases. all shall continue to follow the story with you through the day for florence louis. there will correspondent in hong kong. now japan recorded 450 cro virus deaths on wednesday. the highest number for single day figures from john hopkins university show that japan has registered the world's 2nd highest cove at death toll for the last month. the us had the highest number of deaths. ah ukraine says russian forces of shelled a maternity, warding her shoulder area, which it reclaimed last month. elsewhere, ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region of la hans. 2 of its largest cities are still under russian control. charles ratford has

this update from keith 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 hit comes a couple of days after at least 10 people were killed. that 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 in size performed as his area and 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 or push by russian forces from across the river? it's too early, really to say what the authorities in carry on are saying though, is that there's one neighborhood in particular that he's getting badly hit the,

the neighborhood of an to new car, which sits directly on the north and bank of the denique pro river sources they're saying that it's only around 700 meters across the russian positions. the russian forces are shelling that area and the wider area of care. so on, around $8000.00 people living in that particular neighborhood of antonio and georgia saying that they were going to come under these people potentially come on to a sniper fire as well. so it's, it's an indication that certainly the battle full care song is very much still in play. russian president vladimir putin has band oil exports to countries at set price camps. the decree will come into effect in february and will last at least 5 months. earlier this month, the e austria and the g 7 agreed to cap russian crude at $60.00 a barrel. the aim is to restrict roscoe's revenue while it fills the cures supplies

for the global market. while many countries are pledged to endo reduce that dependence on russian energy since invaded ukraine, energy exports accounts around 40 percent of russia's annual revenue under worth around a $1000000000.00 a day. russia says the cap and other sanctions won't affect its military offensive in ukraine. moscow is confident it can find new buyers. countries such as india and china are still buying russian oil. thomas o donnell is an energy analyst and lecture at the head high school of governance. in belin, he says, rushes oil revenues have already taken a hit. you hear out standing unity of the entire e, u g 7. and so for very broadly, an agreement so very harshly, sanction russian oil 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 looking bloomberg latest data a day or 2 ago and the shipment from russia on the european side. the baltic area had dropped by 50 percent in the early part of december when this gap was imposed. so is this in fact bravado from bruton. we're going to cut supplies when they're already being forced to have a significant hit to their supplies. the supreme court upheld a trump era bought a policy that uses public health as a justification for expelling asylum seekers. the rule 9 is title 42 is imposed in 2020 to control the spread of code 19. it gave the government the power to expel thousands of undocumented migrants entering the us from mexico. the policy being due to expire this month leading to phase of it increase in border crossings. well,

our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit is in washington dc. with more, 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 u. s. president saying, the court is not going to decide on this matter until june as 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 enforced. what his 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 administration feels that it's now that the pandemic is essentially for all intensive 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. well still have here on al jazeera, the weather has crazed all sorts of cale sasha is also spot. more debates about climate change. we'll take a look back on the key events of 2022. ah, with there has been

a dramatic drop in temperature for the southeast of australia, those details right here, right now. good to have your hong so look at these temperatures in some spots down by more than 10 degrees. that's because those winds have shifted around and we've thrown some showers into the mix there. now at that same time, at toward the west perth, here temperatures are hot knob and we've got outbreaks of rain stretching from the kimberly region and w way, right through to cans on thursday. afternoon zealand feeling more summer like look at some of these temperatures, christ church, this could be your 1st 30 degree day of this season. we got your pencil then for a high of 31 degrees. we know the rain has been persistent through the southern philippines, but that badge of what weather now starting, decide north into manila, and the monsoon range are picking up again for central vietnam. so certainly there could be some flooding around. and ang, the winds are shuffling in brain across indonesia as main island of java through bali and lombok. and off to china, we go, we'll call it gloomy conditions from the yellow river valley toward the south

showers mixed in their side showers. but the snow horse hawkins about once again for western japan as that see effect, snow turns on once again, some of these areas already about a meter of snow on the ground. so we'll add to that tally on thursday a ah, ah, with ah

ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera with me. so robin in dough reminder of all top stories. hong kong is lifting almost all of its remaining caves. 19 restrictions from thursday. it'll cancel social distancing rules, quarantines and p. c. r tests for arrivals. uncle is to reopen. it's borders with mainland china. next month. ukraine says russian forces of sheldon maternity ward in cash shown that area which reclaim last month elsewhere, ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region of the hunts. and russian president vladimir putin, his band, all oil exposed to countries that set price caps on its energy products. the decree will come into effect in february and is expected to last for at least 5 months.

now the death toll from a severe winter storm that's crossing north, america is rising. at least 64 people have been killed. the half of those deaths are in the state of new york across the border in canada at least one county of lake ontario has declared a state of emergency. while that went to storm led to major travel disruption. there's still a big backlog of passengers in the us waiting for canceled flights to be rescheduled. particle haine has bought from reagan national airport. they're washington dc. a familiar scene in airports all across the united states. long lines were cancelled flights. lost luggage, but more than that, missing memory. i. how can my grandmother greeting you today? did i was do you are my grand daughter there, which is for that one with an upgrade with any calls is bryce. this where you go as a grade is sentimental. 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 they in a still laugh about 3 hours, got re book for another flight that was supposed to leave out at ah, paul, about 9 ish. and they say at 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 struggled 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 so they had no intention of fine. southwest airlines ever again. patty call him al jazeera washington. well, the west coast of the u. s. people are dealing with flooding in salinas, northern california. the santa rita creek has burst its banks. after heavy rain homes are flooded and authorities of old people to be careful on the roads, county officials have been distributing sandbags to prevent further damage. meanwhile, parts of washington state also and water a 5 me to high tide known as a king, tide and heavy rainfall triggered flooding in seattle. the national weather service is issued a warning for high winds. at least 25 people have died and heavy rains and flooding

in the southern philippines of the weekend emergency response teams. helping tens of thousands of the people forced from their homes for the focus to say storms. all set to dump more rain on the southern and central regions of the country. well, they have been extreme weather events around the world assures many of them have been fueled by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases and he's in the atmosphere. al jazeera senior meteorologist everton fox looked back at those and what effected millions of people around the world. 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 jacob 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 dry 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 its 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 at 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 the decade. and by the end of the year, se australia was in the midst of his 4th major flooding event. with sidney, having its wet astir on record, the world which roger can organizations 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. if you know lines is set to resume commercial flights, 2 mckelly and the northern to guy region from wednesday, representatives from the ethiopian government visited the rebel held area on monday . it was their 1st trip to the region since war broke out 2 years ago. malcolm web is following the story from nairobi in kenya. very positive sounding statements. coming from both sides. the government said that flight commercial flights will resume from the capital capital, addis ababa c mikaela, the capital of the 2 grey region. ethiopian airlines confirmed that and it's time table, the 1st flight travel agent say that it's already fully booked. that flight meant to take off on wednesday,

and that will enable families have been separated or traded to resume their movements and start to get things back to normal. communications have been restored in some towns in gray were following a black count that's going on for most of the last 2 years. and then the state media has said that tricity has been restored the national grid to have the most part of the grey proven it certainly looks like some progress is being made on the ground waiting to see if this will hold up throughout the course of this year the flies have been broken, fighting has resumed, lost the fire that was declared in south africa following by a p steel sign here in kenya. capital and i re be last months looked like more progress than has ever been made today. israel's prime minister designate benjamin netanyahu is a step closer to forming the most right wing government in the country's history.

followed to pass controversial legislation that allows politicians convicted of offenses who haven't served jail time to join the cabinet. and some of that's in the are his hotline coalition partners will not be eligible for ministerial posts. real goal is executive director at the fellowship of reconciliation, the oldest and faith peace and justice organization. in the u. s. she says the rise of right wing politics and israel is causing more american jews to view israel. of the parties state. as far 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 lead rate, 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 man 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 up 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 as tensions, gray with kosovo over recent shootings and blockades, the serbian government does not recognize kosovo as

a state. serves in northern kosovo, have not wrecked mill road blocks in the ethnic divided town of literature. that in barbara has more flags flying in northern kosovo, near the border with serbia. new road blocks have just been set up here in north metro pizza, castillo's largest set, majority town, other barricades went up weeks ago. after the arrest of an ethnic said, the former 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 said he wanted to deliver a peace message for serbia, an orthodox christmas, which is celebrated on the 7th of january, if possible, yet, ample glover, mckee, riscas island, is it, is there a head of any religious community? he can't visit his own people, not his believers. and con, enter his own homes. you spoke with a 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 want 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 and inspecting military equipment close to the cost of a border. the short term goal is to full the muscles, the fe or the shogun. b, also to show that the serbia and in particular the serbian breast and thanks on the role sheet as funding the national interest and the interest of gospel serves in what is still goals are at thomas province,

north and kosovo has been particularly tense since november when hundreds of ethnic serve employees of the police, a judiciary resigned. they were angry about, pushed in a banning 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 in barbara al jazeera, at least 113 people have been rescued from the mediterranean sea of the coast of libya. the iso as submitted to an charity says its ocean viking vessel rescued. the group from a rubber boat about 30 other company miners were on board vision. viking is the only rescue ship in the central mediterranean. bring emerson sieve arrived in northern denisia, telling stories of the harrowing c crossings. at least 485 people have been receiving medical care. after arriving in on monday, they will on board one of full boats that left bangladesh in november. hurry force,

it has the story of 2 weeks 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 to 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 c. this was the scene just aus earlier, as 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, our 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 pool boats left bangladesh. on december, the 8th, an indonesian oil tank of picked up a boat carrying about a 150 people of the me in my coast. and towed it to shore. 10 days later, the shrunken navy rescued a 104 people are shrunk as 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 58 ra hinge came ashore in ladon, village in indonesia, western arch, 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 within indonesia 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 give these refugees some sense of normality and dignity after their ordeal. but the future remains unclear. agency se the number of

a hinge of fleeing by boat from refugee camps bangladesh has risen fivefold this year. $22.00 and a half 1000. the theories that many more will be subject to these sorts of dangers in the month to come. hurry faucet, al jazeera ally is a ring activist on the board member at out c, m, burma. she says, the refugees needful help. i think that there is a lot of emphasis on ending the impunity holding the perpetrators accountable and a lot of other things in order to change the situations and the circumstances that us put us in this place. you know, to begin with. and i understand those process are very important, but there are very little being done and very little being implemented or find out for the refugees or the genocide survivors in the interim. and this, this endless cycle of both people, this endless cycle of people.