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it else is a further easing of crone of iris restrictions. as mainland china scrub sit, 0 covey policy. ah, clubs, are you watching all desert lies my headquarters here in doha, coming up a maternity ward in the ukranian city of kent. sean is hit us. russia intensifies its shelling russian president vladimir putin, benson oil exports to several countries after they impose a price count. also, we looked back at the conflict in the democratic republic of congo, the failed foreign intervention. tens of thousands displaced and accusations of rwanda's role in the violence. ah, welcome to the program. we start with an announcement by hong kong, but most of its remaining crowd of iris research since will be scrapped from

thursday. it's counseling negative p c r test requirements for people arriving in the territory as well as quarantined for passengers who tested positive, social distancing measures. they're no longer applicable, although face masks are still required. my day o 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 anti jan test will be required all the way through the 1st day. however, some countries in asia are taking the opposite approach. taiwan, india and japan will require tests for passengers traveling from china. and the u. s. is also considering imposing curbs on arrivals from china. helpful forties, there are worried about the spread of new variance. well, florence louis has more from hong kong. if you look at the performance of the stock indices in hong kong, i think it mirrors how people feel about this decision. bouncing index rose 1.6

percent. and i think that the business community is largely, i'm happy and also confident about hong kong ability to cope with rising coven cases. remember when hong kong had the very strict rules, it was seen as something that affected the cities reputation as an international financial center. now it's a rather different story in china. however, it's main induces the c s i 300 index as well as the shanghai composite index both recorded minor loss losses. and i think this overall reflects just how investors feel about china's ability to cope in the short to medium term with the explosion. in covey cases, on the mainland, china's health facilities are under immense strain. it's hospitals, it's medical staff ah overwhelmed, there's a shortage of medicine in some medicines. in some places. funeral homes are full, the not accepting appointments until next year. so and the modeling that some health experts have pretty as them have used,

predicts that they could be one to 2000000 deaths in china the next year. and so i think what we're seeing in the stock market in hong kong and china really reflect how people feel about these 2 places. ability to cope with corona virus in the coming months or saunters all monitoring chrome virus developments in china. dr. patrick tongue is the division chief of microbiology of central medicine here in the hall. he says that a new variant has not been discovered in china from what would be your instance. and the evidence that we have to bar about how to handle the pandemic. it would be embed maybe que abrupt of a change from the 0 colgate policy here to allowing no, pretty much ramping spread the virus now in their country. so what we worry about is the right new, more, you know, a more transmissible barrier of 19 as

well, and having very spread to other parts of the world. but the theme time there is a lot of immunity in the rest of the world. and especially immunity from fascination, as well as community from infection. so that's really hard to say what the effect will be if you knew that when into the areas that arrived in china, would they have that much and then act on the rest of the world, which has gone through multiple ways of colgate, including the recent on the way, i think from the, the way the different oma cranberry, and we'd been around the world where we're getting close to the point where they're going to be equal librium where we're going to reach some level of and to miss city . and not quite there yet. and especially for china, they're definitely not quite there yet. they're, they're going to be are in the large former conway, just like the rest of the world did back in late december, early january of this year. and then the subsequent additional ways,

the different on the bearing ah, you can says, russian falls as have shelled a maternity, warding her shawl, which is reclaimed. last month and elsewhere. ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region of hands to large cities. there are still under russian control. charles stratford has updates from keith. this is the 3rd day now where we have seen a reported intensification of rush and shelling of the liberated city of her song song was liberated by the ukrainian forces, 10th and 11th of november. and this is, according to the presidential spokes person, he saying that this maternity ward was hit and a pretty graphic account of

a doctor having literally only minutes before completed. this is arion operation on a pregnant woman. before those strikes, iraqi say no reports of any casualties. but as i say, the last couple of days, at least we are seeing renewed, seemingly renewed intensification of russian shilling from across the river. across the denise river was 2 days ago where at least 10 people were killed, another 70 injured attack that they hit the center of the city. we do know that approximately 70000 people are living in kennesaw and in some of the surrounding areas. many of them having returned since ukrainian forces took control again, and there are reports of many of those people now leaving in particular neighborhood called antonia, which is directly on the west bank of an old bank if you like, over the need for river that is come under heavy shelling sources,

they're saying around $8000.00 people are living in that neighborhood. and they say the neighborhood is very susceptible to snipe of russian force. he's only around 700 meters across the river. on the opposite bank, russian president vladimir putin, his band, oil exports to countries and 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 us trailer and the group of 7 agree to camp russian crude at $60.00 a barrel game is to restrict scale revenue while still supplying the global markets by the countries of pledge to endo reduce that dependence on russian energy sensitive, baited ukraine energy exports account for around 40 percent of russia's annual revenue and the worth around a $1000000000.00 a day. russia says the carpenter, the sanctions won't effect its military offensive in ukraine. moscow confident it can find new bias or countries such as india and china,

a still buying russian oil. cornelia math is an economist on the ceo of mer, results. she says, the price cup will do little to stop russia from selling its oil. when you look at the 3 campus we took currently the main bias which is the china, which is india and turkey day. i nodded hearing to the price camp so they can still do it. yes, they will no longer get it will hard to be to find with the rest of it will be far, it will be impossible to find insurance for climaxing. but the russians have so quiet a shadow fleet. about hundreds in sweet time kiss the chinese, a small refine their own fleet. there's a rush and we insurance company will get some more because of insurance. it will never be as good as the, the life of the cloud, but some modicum. so oil will continue to flow and it will continue to flow to, to,

to maybe asia. we have seen that ever since the war started. that, whereas europe was a re substantial bio for some group seaboard crew to swell. it is all gone to china and to india, india came out of nowhere to being the 2nd largest buyer for us. you crewed israel's parliament. the connector has passed the so called been giving law. it grants incoming security minutes a. it's a mob and give it unprecedented power over the place. let's get more on this room. sorry. kyra tooth join us for west jerusalem, but let's just talk about sort of the impact of the law on the incoming governmental significant. it is hello, this is hugely significant. that's been a marson of decisions are being hastily made ahead of the story of the government, which is less than 24 hours from now and 5, it's so important. what's going on ahead of the swearing in because there are laws

coming into place, for example, the ben van know which will give a lisa and a politician full control most of the police. now that's never happened in israeli history, and we're seeing a lot of these decisions being made on tuesday that were to all the rules that were passed. giving some of the form i need is will politicians are part of the right wing and ultra orthodox coalition. when the crude party giving them sweeping powers, and this is all part of a decision that's being made by missing yahoo, who's returning as prime minister to hops, appeasement in a way. and during the vote, and during the a few in the last week we've been seeing the coalition full semester, yahoo almost to make these decisions. and it's important that they're trying to submit them ahead of the wearing in the government, much to visit the content of many politicians within the party that have been

speaking out as well as the heads, the chief of the israeli defense force that has spoken to nathan yahoo, where there's a feeling that a lot of the extreme rights members all having sleep going to be having sleeping powers of the judiciary over the police and mixing politics with that has never happened before. now, whether nathan, yahoo, who says this, there are certain decisions that will be passed through him, but part of the agreement is that he has to be consulted and he said the red lines won't be cross, but it seems put in this position right now. the question many people are asking, always seeing a different lesson yahoo coming back all we things have a week. nathan, yahoo, how much of an awful hans dog, the right wing and ultra orthodox coalition have they've been around. 2 for a long time, but usually on the periphery, never as a mainstream on the main stage. and we have been speaking to

a lot of the railways and the last few days and asking that thoughts on what they think they're. 2 off of changes that may happen, there's been changes to, for example, the discrimination law that will allow that basically says anyone from the health sector under religious grounds, if they feel that they need to turn away patients or turn away people of the l g b t q plus community, then they will have the ability to do so. now that's not really happened because israel is considered as a democratic country and the voting wisdom acrostic. lots of people feel that the decisions are being made that are hastily being pushed through ahead of the swearing and doesn't reflect that version of democracy. so how will the day, thanks very much for that in west jerusalem. the that can says the former po, bimmer artists, benedict health is worsening, and he's receiving constant medical care. the 95 year old became the 1st pope in 600 years resigned when he stepped down in 2013 is in living in the vatican since

then. francis has visited his pre assessor after telling a general audience that benedict was very 6 still ahead here on out there are hungry and dehydrates. after weeks at sea, bring refugees sick shelter in indonesia, from heat wave to an uptick, storm and devastating floods to prolong droughts. we'll get to stream whether ah ah more see effect snow is in the forecast for western japan. however, one here is the details on thursday, impacting the northwest upon shoe and hook kado. no for parts of honshu island already a meter of snow on the ground. so we'll add to the tally. they're off to china

pretty much from the yellow river valley toward the south. we've got gloomy conditions. wouldn't be surprised if we see a shower and grey lin with a high of 8 degrees off to india. the 1st freeze of this season toward the northwest. so for raja san stayed temperatures, dip below 0, some shouts for the maldives that will impact molly with the high 31 degrees. but where we have more intense rain falling is through pakistan, baluchistan punjab, capital territory. and i think some snow for k p k province. speaking of snow cobble, could see about 5 to 10 centimeters on thursday. calmer through the golf. but those winds have certainly picked up. we'll look for gusts about 45 kilometers per hour on thursday. some showers around the red sea, but watch thursday into friday. that line of showers, that band of rain will intensify stretching from jet rate through to react. certainly this area has been prone to flooding, and that is as a result, going to throw some more cloud cover into doha, with a high of 22 degrees on friday. and now you're in the know

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book the back here watching out there with me to hell. robert hall reminder of our top news stories. hong kong is lifting almost all its remaining caves, 19 restrictions from thursday. it'll cancel social distancing rules, quarantines, and p. c. r. tests for arriving passengers borders with mainland china will reopen . next month. ukraine says russian forces of shell de maternity ward in cash on an area which is reclaimed last month. elsewhere, ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region. and russian president vladimir putin, his band, oil exports to countries at price camps on its energy products. the decree will come into effect in february and is expected to last for at least 5 months. the 1st ethiopian airlines flight carrying passengers from addis ababa to the northern to gray region has taken off. after 18 months suspension, the carrier said

a technical team was sent to kelly after the cease fire was signed in november to ensure the airport was in good condition and ready to receive flights. ethiopian government representatives visited the rebel held area on monday. it was their 1st trip to try since war broke out 2 years ago. while conflicts in the democratic republic of congo are escalating numerous african countries of deploy troops to counter armed groups and civil unrest. but while the government welcomes these forces, many congolese are opposed to the malcolm where passed more on a difficult year for the d. r. c. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in recent months. as the n $23.00 armed group advanced towards the city of goma in democratic republic of congo to the north, uganda and soldiers arrived just over a year ago, under an agreement with congress government. he got, his army says he's pursuing a you can an armed great pulled the adf that's responsible for massacring thousands

of civilians. writes creeps, say the violence has increased since the ugandan troops arrived. both uganda, andrew under have been accused of meddling and looting minerals ever since they 1st invaded congo the $900.00 ninety's. it's not everyone who we, who was interested in our most stable gas. there is some non states app guard and perhaps even some fit factors who need this to to, to be going on so that they may got, you know, with their traffic 6 months ago, east african leaders agreed to send a regional stabilization force kenyon soldiers of the latest to arrive under that banner, uganda, perone, and south the dawn of said they'll also contribute troops. the risk is there that the different countries that are intervening will pursue their own narrow interests . and many of these countries have in the past, particularly the neighboring countries of burgundy. wonder uganda have supported

proxy groups against each other, but also against the commonly state. more than 20 years after their mission began, the popularity of un peacekeepers is an all time low. many congo leaves blame them for failing to protect civilians. demonstrators of bern, some un convoys encamped in recent months. many people say they're tired of foreign forces. the beginning that is the so you son for the see to have. i said, which is the responsible. i state that's can defend its territory and a fed, which can also defend and protect the human rights of their own citizens. so military ration and it's not the solution for the last 20 or 30 in the i see we have these for an intervention intervention. and they, they didn't give the solution and we can say that the surveys are not an initiative

which is in the military you shot, if will, hi, will. they are for the m $23.00 armed groups, widely understood to be backed by neighboring wonder it's fighters have been photographed alongside rwandan soldiers. un peacekeepers are filmed, hundreds of fighters crossing the border. rwanda denies backing the group. almost nobody in congo believes it in cities across congo. people have protested against lawanda and you can the to the blame for decades of military aggression. it called for western powers to cut off military 8 to wonder the u. s. and more recently, france and germany have criticized throughout the for its support. but none of rwanda backers have applied sanctions last week. the voter registration began for elections that are due to be held a year from now. leaked documents shared the last election 4 years ago was rigged.

president felix jessy. katy was announced the winner. he wants to run again. many people are wondering if next year's election will be free and fair was it even happened on time when you look at the documents of the national electoral commission, it's already in there as a factor that might delay elections themselves. so they were preparing the argument of course, no credible action can take place if there's so much violence that voting can't, can take place. the violence shows no sign of stopping and 23 that it pulled out of this town of keep them last week following international call for it's fighters to withdraw and disarm it. has since continued fighting on another front, pushing towards colton mines that it controlled in the past. more than half a 1000000 people remain displaced from their homes, mostly because of armed conflict. recent peace talks in nairobi,

fail to bring any change on the ground. for now, people must wait to see if the arrival of more foreign forces in the months ahead and the upcoming election will make things better or worse. malcolm web al jazeera, at least a 113 people have been rescued from the mediterranean sea of the coast of libya. the assessment, the tiny charity says it's ocean viking vessel rescued, the group from a rubber boat about 30 other companies mine as well, board. the ocean viking is the any rescue ship in the central mediterranean ringing . listen, suv arrived in northern indonesia telling stories of the harrowing c crossings. at least 185 people have been receiving medical care. after arriving in our church on monday, they were bored with a full boats that left bangladesh in november tons chandry has more for one of the main refugee comes in cox's dissolved, but conditioning the cancer desperate it's very congested. can one of the most

densely packed area belly, 17 square kilometer area, got into nearly $1000000.00 population that's bigger than the size of washington dc in terms of population with much, much less facilities. and 5 years on the rowing as don't seem to have any future, they've lost hope of repatriation, they don't see any hope of going back right now. considering the political situation there, there is no job opportunity. there's no a way of earning a living. that totally dependence on 8 from the u. n. and other agency. so a lot of the younger generation who are, are there, i'm losing hope and they're making this a desperate journey is through the see. knowing the risk involved spending all the lifetime saving, in some cases, cost them 2000 to $2500.00 for this cheap without any assurance. they'll end up in any of the southeast asian countries, so lack of hope, no jobs future. absolutely poor living condition is some of the main reason. and

also most of the younger generation last generation, if you want to call them without any formal education, the situation is quite bad in the camp in that regard. thus to us, where the supreme court is upheld a trump era border policy that uses public health as a justification for expelling asylum seekers through luna's title for to to supposed in 2020, to control the spread of cov, 19. became the government, the power to expose thousands when documented migrants entering the u. s. from mexico. the policy had been due to expire to sloth, lisa, to a fees of an increase in border crossings. or white house correspondent, kimberly how kit is in washington dc with mall. the u. s. president did weigh 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. and other words is going to hear oral arguments, this 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 in 4th. what is title 42 will essentially, it's something that was put in place ah, 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 are 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. as the controversy around it is essentially that the by the administration 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 and done on the west coast of the us, people are dealing with flooding in salinas, northern california, the santa rita creek has burst its bearings after heavy rainfall homes are flooded . ortiz of warm 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 has issued a warning for high winds. at least 25 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in the southern philippines. the weekend emergency response team to helping tens of thousands of people force from the homes by the forecast to say storms all set to more rain on the southern and central. we visit the country well, there have been extreme weather events around the world this year. many of them

were fueled by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases and heat in the atmosphere. al jazeera is see the meteorologist everton folks looks back at some of them. 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 jack ober bad was the hottest place on the planet at one point, the extreme heat scorch several countries. france baked in may and the u. k declared its 1st nation wide heat emergency in 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 ne and 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 its 4th major flooding event with sydney having its wet last year on record. the world which roger can organizations says the tell tale signs and impacts of climate change while 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. ah.