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hong kong announces a further raising of crown of iris restrictions after mainland china scraps. it's 0 code with policy. ah, my exam is a then this is al jazeera live from dall. so coming up maternity ward in the ukranian city of harrison. his head as russia intensifies its shelling, serbian former member of the cause of a police whose arrest lest the days of protests has been released, tensions remain high and from an arctic storm to prolong droughts, we look back on the year of extreme weather. ah, hong kong has announce it scrapping most of its remaining corona virus restrictions, but china's reopening to the world is got some countries worried from 1st day. hong

kong is canceling negative p. c. r test requirements for people arriving in the territory, as well as quarantine for passengers who test positive social distancing measures no longer applicable, although face masks are still required. law a day. oh, 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 gen test will be required all the way through the 1st day t. however, some countries in asia taking the opposite approach, taiwan, japan and india will require tests for passengers traveling from china. and the u. s. is also considering imposing curbs on arrival from china, health authorities, they're worried about the spread of new variance. on st. louis has worn out 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. the hunting 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 am 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, they're not accepting appointments until next year. so and the modeling that some health experts have pretty agrium have used,

predicts that they could be $1.00 to $2000000.00 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 crone of iris in the coming months. ah ukrainian, the forces say rush and forces of shelled a moth toes. he was in the city of kraus, on which it reclaimed last month elsewhere. ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region of la hans. to lodge cities. there are still on the russian control charts. dr. fuller has this update from give this is the 3rd day now where we have seen a reported intensification of russian shelling of the liberated city of san sum 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 completing this is arion operation on a pregnant woman. before those strikes. my records 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 just 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, and 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 antonio, which is directly on the west bank. the norwood bank, if you like, of the denise river that is come under heavy shilling sources. they're saying around 8000 people are living in that neighborhood, and they say, the neighborhood is very susceptible to sniper fi russian fools. he's only around 700 meters across the river on the opposite bank. now, whether this indeed is a renewed effort by the russians to try and re take back control of care. so it's difficult to say at this stage, but of course that river is a huge natural barrier of defense for ukrainian forces. but it's safe to say yes, the shilling has intensified in the last couple of days and goes on the same time news or talk about ukrainian counter offensive already picking up in the hands. what we know about that? yes, some really interesting lines that says started dropping,

i suppose about 48 hours ago with respect to an area along the don. it's going to guns regional borders around a town of crimean russian occupied town. now ukrainian forces were very successful in a counter offensive that basically ground to a halt around 2 and a half months ago. we were in that area, then we pretty much own that you front line until 2 days ago. that'd be very little movement. we're now hearing reports from certainly the heads of the new guns regional military administration on the ukrainian side. he saying that ukrainian forces i've started pushing in towards the town of crimean, if, if indeed crimean fell, then it would give ukrainian forces, potentially easy access to 2 very large towns in the lugens province. lissy chance can several of the nets that were occupied by russian forces around 6 months or

so. and just quickly, some interesting development also around the besieged city of the seas. town of buck move where we've seen so much intensive in the last weeks and months. we understand that both sides have suffered thousands of casualties, but we are hearing reports now from interestingly rational pro russian telegram channels than the last 24 hours they've advocated that russian force is actually withdrawn from that sounds. russia has dismissed the ukrainian presidents push for a 10 point piece plan. the kremlin says k of has to recognise rushes claim to regions. it's an extra 4 talks can take place. there isn't any peace cleaned by you green yet, and there can't be any green peace plan. the fears to take into account to these realities regarding the russian territory. incorporation of the new 4 regions into russia. any plan that fails to acknowledge these realities cannot be considered a peace plan. israel's parliament, the canal it has passed,

the so called been given to law. it grant's incoming security minister, it's a mob been given unprecedented power over the police. he's been appointed as prime minister benjamin netanyahu prepares to form a coalition government with regard to this, one of the most right wing administrations in decades thought a hierarchy has more from west jerusalem. that's never really happened before where the police come underneath the government. now this is a new government that has already been causing a loss of control to see it's the most orthodox right wing government. and israel has ever seen and it's history. and these decisions are being made fast and furious . they made decisions a couple of rules put together yesterday, new nose made this area and want to know where is giving full my party members will party members in the coalition or politicians? an opportunity to have jobs for example, lunch was given a role within a minute,

ministry of defense. and that means that it's giving these, this coalition party, more authorities sweeping powers across the military, across the, across the police. and it remains to be seen what is going to be happening next. this is all part of the coalitions and feel if you like to know who's going to be returning as prime minister again. and he has been in a position where he's need is this coalition to be able to advance forward and create a new parliament. now, the ultra orthodox right wing coalition has made it a stipulation that for them to join and partner off, they would need certain guidelines and agreements, cemented ahead of being sworn. and they want to guarantee that moving forward. they can go ahead with base decisions that they had clearly been in the works for. 1 while now the coalition has been until now will turn the light on the fringe. but

now they're all the main st. and they want to ensure that they could talk to y'all, who puts these stipulations ahead of anything else. authorities and costs of a have released a form, a police officer who's arrest earlier this month, hyphen tensions between the prestige government and the ethnic minority protest this of in blocking roads in the north, demanding his release. but he's now on the house arrest vigils. hope his release will ease tensions. maiter's mission in kosovo said it's supportive dialogue between the 2 sides. yeah, no. lucia has more from the board of edge of yacht india. then passage is a former police officer from call civil. he led his job in november, when all the serbs withdrawn from the coastal institutions. and he was arrested here in yada, and gro single december then, and he was accused of terrorism. since then, he's somewhere here in the police camp in yachting it somewhere near discussing.

and he's the lawyer confirmed are the 0 that he has been released under house arrest. but now there is a logistical problem for kosovo. police, how to transfer upon, teach to his house because of the barricades and remind you that advantage arrest was the main reason for the very good. so now we are waiting to see if the barricade or some of them will be remote. the desktop from severe winter storms across north america is rising. at least 64 people have been killed. nearly half of those deaths are in new york state, one of the worst effected areas across the border in canada, at least one county on lake ontario is declared. the state of emergency on the west coast of the us, people are dealing with flood waters and selling us in northern california. the santa rico creek boasted banks of the heavy rainfall homes are flooded and

authority is a warning people to be careful on the roads. county officials of distributed sandbags to limit for the damage. parts of washington state are also under water. so cold king tide and heavy rainfall, frigates flooding in seattle, the national weather service is wanting a strong wind. sarah, had an al jazeera, lost her uneasy mum suspension the 1st ethiopian allies blyth is heading to the capital of to grind. and the coal for reforms also the u. s. supreme court upholds a pandemic era policy aimed at keeping out my grants, hoping to enter from mexico. ah, with the 1st freeze of the season for the north west of india. hi there. this was roger stan state where

a temperature is dipped below 0 with cut a lot of sun in the forecast right across india on thursday, few showers rolling across simone leaves. that will impact molly with the high of 31 degrees where the rain has been intense, is through pakistan, baluchistan punjab and the capital territory as some snow for k p k. also some snow in of honest on. so cobble looking at anywhere from $5.00 to $10.00 centimeters of snow on thursday. it's been pouring brain from sabu city to devour, but that batch of rain. now moving further north, closing in on manila. and with the monsoon rains picking up, we're seeing that rain a fall quite heavily for da nang, on thursday. meantime, rain is just being steered into indonesia as main island of java here through bali and lombok as wall and next stop or go into china. it's a gloomy pitcher, pretty much anywhere from the yellow river valley right down to the pearl river valley shanghai coming in at 8 degrees. but i think more in the way of sunshine for hong kong. 18 we've got you penciled in for in time that see effect snow. it's back

for the western side of honshu and her kado, other side of the mountains. tokyo coming in at 13 degrees. that's it. you see later. ah, let me tell you a story up there in space. technology is quantity revolutionizing the way you live broadcasting every goal, in high definition, helping your children either. you can stream the world blockbusters, however you want, you're connected with your office, wherever you happen to be. this is the story of sales as sales science space to deliver your vision with

oh, you're watching out 0 time to recap our headlines now. hong kong is lifting almost all is remaining cove 19 restrictions. it'll council social distancing rules, quarantines, and p. c. r tests for arrivals. all these measures will take effect on thursday. set to reopen it's borders with mainland china. next month. ukraine says russian forces of shell, the maternity ward in the city of cups on which it reclaimed last month. elsewhere, ukraine's military is resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region that will hunt authorities in cost of, of release to form a police officer who's arrest earlier this month. heights intentions between the prestige, the government and the ethnic. so minority protests have been blocking roads in the north, in the country, demanding his release is now being placed on the house arrest mediocre airlines

flight. his carrying passengers from addis ababa to northern te gray for the 1st time in 18 months. the airline suspended the route during the conflict between government forces and rebels. they signed the cease fire in november. if you open airline says the technical team was sent to michaela to ensure the airport was ready to receive flights. government representatives visited the rebel hail derrier on monday, and i them cassie, our baby is senior advisor at the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. he says other services including communications, are also being re established century. the origin is now been connected for the 1st time. you're with me for the 1st time in the last 4 years. and of course, what that meant is that information was controlled, extremely controlled. the only source of information where the parts of the conflict, which obviously affects their reliability. and in particular, journalists, whether you're in or international,

how to stream the limit that if i don't access to the region and therefore now i can be including offering of the region will hopefully help us recount what happened. in the past 4 years. the humanity rose into right, if we main extremely, extremely difficult. and that has improvements in the signing of the 15 and in the end of october. but we know that large parts of the region we haven't done recipes banking in other texas. it's a good start. but it will require improvement, and obviously the economy situation are just going to grab across the country. it's really concerning. and i think partly it's the pressure economy pressure that is a being with the reality on the ground in terms of the kind of military adjustment that is, that is helping us what we can to the country with the economy of a difficult situation, a trip and government, we need to know if it comes in pieces and support from the international community

and that international community, particularly the west using economy support of leverage. suppose the party towards the now the african says the house a former pope amerisys benedict is worsening and he's receiving constant medical care. but on the 5 year old became the 1st pope and 600 years to resign. when he sat down in 2013, been living in the vatican since then, pope francis visited his predecessor after telling a general audience benedict was very thick. for a total number of years, i would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for post ameritas bennett, who in silence is sustaining the church. let us remember him. he is very sick asking the lord to console and sustain him in the witness of love for the church until the in thing. the us supreme court is up how the trump era board of policy that use public health as a justification for expelling asylum seekers. the rule known as title 42 was

imposed in 2020 to control the spread of code 19 gave the government the power to expel thousands of on documented migrants entering the u. s. from mexico. the policy had been due to expire this months leading to fears of an increase in border crossings. white house correspondent, kimberly how kate is in washington dc. with more the u. s. president did weigh in on this. what do you have 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. so 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. just say that title 42 must be in 4th. what is title $42.00 will essentially, it's something that was put in place during the previous donald trump administration

. 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 as ad hoc immigration policy given the fact that there has not been immigration reform in the country for about 20 years. as 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, has been separating families. and they wanted to see it undone to hear it now, and it's the final day while it's being described as the country's biggest st party . the grand finale of cannibals,

carnival is on the way celebrations have been mod. after 7 people were killed, 9030 were injured on tuesday. i'm going to race joins us now live from the party. so take us through what happened to calls the casualties. what basically saw me yesterday was if i could stay and st quote enough to limit it because of the number of people on the streets and the number of streets caught up. so when the car flowed into account of spectators, it was quite a surprise for security officers of ticket update. they investigated exactly what happened, but what they're saying. so now they're treating it right now. and what do you see on this particular day when you have so much going on and you can cut that off more security personnel on the ground should have been sober yesterday, did not repeat themselves. and so basically,

all the kids are going to ensure that vehicles have been limited on the speech of accept vehicles that have been cleared because not been taught as the ip or official because that allowed into the venue or the street which the processors with quickbooks and now that the show though is going on, tell us what that means, especially for the local economy. basically what you'll see the number of troops. we understand that today, there will be a professional paid proof. scott will be marching through the street from the judge by a group of judges will be looking at to species and all that is happening here in color are. so basically the top is to see the going round,

the streets with spectators looking at judges, also taking stock of what exactly is helping for the local economy. people i've been waiting for the staple up very long time, simply because for the past 2 years, this festival did not take place because of copy 19 and not as impractical economy of the people. the local economy was to present so much more mount model prestigious. yeah, so as to make end of yourselves and of course boost revenue on income for the past 2 years that has not been happening. so the return of the festival this year is a very, very big bless groups for him to traders who are really, really excited about the prospect of the one who can afford to be continued laquata to we got one of the exhaust side. the economy has been so impact distributors have been so impacted 4 point, but it was not able to find out some of the news to do with the process. some of these fuzzy so. ready there's a lot of excitement i around village on of this 1st year for the 1st time how to

produce. all right, we'll leave it there. thanks so much. i did dress as well as economy is emerging from a deep recession. after years of political upheaval and us sanctions, poverty has fallen to 50.5 percent in the past year. so income equality continues to widen. and as i was 100 compared to revolts, prison nicholas, my daughter is capitol capitalizing on the situation. adelina garcia opened her natural, cosmetic shop 4 months ago in connecticut, spreading on venezuela's mother. it's economic recovery. and despite many hurdles, she says things have gone well so far, don't economy. okay, thanks young. it's an economy and revision that's just starting to grow. again. there is a feeling of normality for commerce. and many shopping centers have started to oper again, like government's decision to relax price controls and allow trading and us dollars

has given some businesses and president nicholas, my daughter, a 2nd wind in a country were real gross domestic product as shrunk by almost 80 percent in a decade, dollars, they're everywhere. these days, prices in stores, restaurants and even food cards are listed in dollars. this is partly stabilized prices and brought a veneer of better economic times. together with more favorable international, your politics. this is allowed my daughter to venture outside the country shaking hands with leaders who were trying to house them until a few months ago, and confounding opponents weighed them in the united states and other democracies recognize as legitimate president, after calling my daughters 2018 reelection sham spends most of his days in a spartan office, photos on the wall show him at the height of his efforts to topple my daughter. and although a position parties are now seeking to end this mandate, he remains on the 3rd. and then we'll do our own alexandra scenes y'all need. we

need to bring this to a presidential election and we need to strengthen the opposition to facilitate talks and mexico. but let me be clear, it's not because the opposition is divided. that mature keeps the power he keeps you sipping power because this is a dictatorship, as regime as agreed in theory to resume negotiations with the opposition in mexico and arrange free and fair presidential elections in 2004 in exchange for ease us sanctions. and the oil sector mother was hoping the economy will continue improving enough to give him a chance to win the next presidential elections out. right. especially if the position remains as divided as it is right now. but economists say the improvements have done little for the majority of any swell and get my ross yet the, you know, mental majoris trying to credit himself for the increasing accommodate activity. but all they've done is top causing have inflation still of things done. and it

will create some peace among the middle and upper class, but this doesn't mean better conditions for those who go to public hospital or need public services. but for now, avoiding i bring flacier might be enough to offer some opportunities to businesses, like to be honest and the government more time to maneuver allison then i just can't access. there's been no shortage of extreme weather events around the world. this year. many were fueled by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases and heat in the atmosphere. i'll just serious senior meteorologist i was in, fox looks back at some of them. the year 2022 will be remembered for the numerous extreme were the 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 claim 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 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, nor route, 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 $114.00 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 it .