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from china, where a surgeon coven cases is beating hospitals and funeral home sunday intense pressure . ah, hello there, i'm dealing with donald. this is al jazeera alive, but from also coming up, russia intensifies its attacks on the recently liberated ukrainian city of care song hitting civilian targets, including a hospital maternity right. new law gibbs israel's far right in company security minister, unprecedented power over the police. as the new government puts settlement expansion top of it's list of priorities, temperatures rise in the u. s. bringing rest spine to the east coast, but flooding needs parts of the west coast of the world. and emotional reunion, cecile been airlines resumes commercial flights between now to sob. yvonne, the capital war torn t great after 18 months ah

very warm welcome to the program. italy has joined taiwan, india, and japan, and imposing covered restrictions on people arriving from china just a day after beijing announce that it would drop all warranty measures for inbound travelers. u. s. is also considering new rules. american officials say they're concerned about a lack of transparency surrounding virus cases. on tuesday, china only reported 3 covered related deaths, even though hospitals and funeral homes are under intense pressure. despite the surgeon infections trap websites of and as the spike in traffic from chinese people . booking overseas trips after 3 years of quarantine measures and hong kong says it's scrapping most remaining restrictions for people traveling to its territory. we're jumping infections in china and the potential regional impacts had been keeping investors on edge florence louis house more now 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. its hospitals, its medical stuff, ah, overwhelmed, very shortage of medicines. and 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 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 start markets in hong kong and china really reflect how people feel about these 2 places. ability to cope with corona virus. in the coming months, all japan recorded 415 corona virus, deaths on weight, and say it's highest ever came for a single day tally health ministries. 8th a show. there were 200000 new infections up for percent from a week earlier. in the past month, japan has registered the world's 2nd highest school with 19 death till after the u . s. that's according to johns hopkins university. ah, ukraine's military says, russian forces of steps, up,

mortar and artillery attacks on the city of care sun, which was liberated from russian control last month. it says $33.00 missiles were fired at civilian targets. there in the last day, some hitting a hospital maternity ward official say staff were able to evacuate and no one was hurt civilians and our trying to flee hair. san as attacks there intensify between smells tree has also resumed its came to offensive in the eastern region of lou anne. it's a too large cities. there are still under russian control. charl stratford is following developments for us from keith the governor of care. so regent says the city and the surrounding area has come under more heavy shelling today by russian forces. the majority of which it's believed to been targeting the area from across the river. we know that cares on city was liberated by the ukrainians last months. the governor saying that infrastructure hate includes the maternity ward, a medical facility, a kindergarten am, and a bright factory,

no reports miraculously, of any casualties. we do know that sir city had a population of around 70000 people, many of whom had returned since the liberation of care so on. and we understand that many i'll fleeing back out of the city as this. shelly continues. also interestingly, more reports of what seems to be the beginnings of a ukrainian push around the town of crimean and camina is occupied by russian forces. very close to the loo, ganske, jeanette, sk borders. it's an area that it pretty much seems. stalemate since a new frontline was established there following a ukranian counter offensive 2 and a half months ago. this area, very strategically important now we've been speaking to were the advisor to the president's office. mchale poodle jak. and this is what he had to say about the situation in her son and a round, cra, mina, and put them on,

which now masa austin know when the machine was wouldn't, if we don't see any intensive preparation for a russian counter offensive towards carson and russia, doesn't have the necessary military resources in order to do that from the south. the russians are aiming to make his own a dead city to completely destroy all civilian infrastructure in the center of the city and in residential areas. going in north, on the south, lumina is highly important, strategically and logistically, because its location near the da nets glue has borders. and it is currently a logistical hub for the russians. but the army is actively pushing towards carmina . the queen in about the timing of an assault is one for the general command. but it's obvious we will take robina because it's vital for a future counter offensive. meanwhile, ukraine's national electricity provider says more shelling of electricity facilities in the east of the country has a meant that there is now a further deficit of electricity, country wide that comes of course, in the wake of these devastating so called kamikaze drone and cruise missile

attacks that have been targeting ukraine's energy infrastructure already. it's understood that there are still millions of ukrainians across the country without electricity or heat. russia has dismissed the ukrainian presidents, 10 point piece plan, go to me as a landscape proposal includes the withdrawal, a russian troops and the restoration of ukraine's borders. the kremlin says keith must accept russia's annexation of 4 ukrainian regions before talks can take place . there isn't any peace cleaned by ukraine yet, and there can't be any green in peace plan that fails to take into account today's realities regarding the russian territory, the incorporation of the new 4 regions into russia. any plan that fails to acknowledge these realities can not be considered a peace plan. the latest financial data from russia shows the economies weakening

as sanctions, but pressure on its currency. the rubel last about 8 percent against the u. s. on the last week and his own cause for a hasty monthly decline after an oil embargo and price cap came into force or says economy has contracted been more than 2 percent over the past 11 months. the figures were released the day after the kremlin and i was the ban on oil exports to countries that set price caps on its energy products. the decrease will come into effect in february. serena turkish, on russian defense minister submit in law school to discuss the ways of resolving the serious crisis. the 1st such stock since the war began, they talked about the possible return of refugees and how to jointly combat on groups sent him conseula this morning from assemble. those 3 ministers came together for the very 1st time as a tradition theory and minute if the defense ministers have met each other. after 11 years for the very 1st time, they discussed the syria crisis, refugee crisis,

a possible joint of joint efforts to combat all terrace groups and syria. these are the topics they discuss and according to the serial statements in the meetings that were held in a constructive atmosphere and 3 parties decided to continue those 2 meetings in the future for the sake of syria. and of course, for the sake of origin, this meeting is more special than the previous ones that have been held before as after 11 years. it took in syria, the 2 neighbors that came that were at the bring up award. it came together for the very 1st time and went to k, proposed for a counter terrorism operation targeting to syrian tour. despite her group y, p g in northern syria, we heard turkish official saying that there was time for normalization with syria. and the 2 countries were only holding talks on the intelligence level. but of course that's remember that 2 countries are on the opposite size when it comes to

syria conflict that's true, can support that. the theory and opposition and damascus was not happy about this. israel's new government, led by benjamin netanyahu, is promising to make expanding israeli settlements in the occupied westbank top of its list of priorities as part of a coalition deal. the religious sinus party will get a 2nd minister within the defense ministry, granting them broad authority over the expansion of jewish settlements and they occupied westbank. the new government's commitment could cause rifts with israel's closest allies, including the united states, which opposes several in construction on hockey pied territories. while israel's parliament, the kinessa, has passed a highly contentious law to cement control of the police. the ban give ear laws, it's known grounds. the far right incoming security minister, it's a mar, been given unprecedented power over the police. he's been appointed as prime minister benjamin netanyahu prepares to form

a coalition. government is considered one of the most right wing administrations in decades. rosara hybrid has more now from west jerusalem. this is a new government that has already been causing a loss of control the c. it's the lowest ultra orthodox right wing government. and israel has ever seen in its history, and these decisions are being made fast and furious. they made decisions a couple of rules put together yesterday. new laws made this area and want to know where is giving full my party members and 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 authority sweeping powers across the military, across the, across the police. and it remains to be seen what's going to be happening next. this was all part of the coalitions feel if you like with her. so i know he's going

to be returning as prime minister again, and he has been in a position where he's needed this coalition to be able to advance forward and creates a new parliament. now, the ultra orthodox right wing clinician has made a stipulation that for them to join and partner with needs and 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, the coalition has been until now, so to see like on the fringe. but now they're on the main st and they want to ensure that they could talk to miss. and y'all who put, sees stipulations ahead of anything else still to come to the 7 people are killed after a vehicle plugged into crowds, out of popular carnival in southern nigeria. and ethnic serves in kosovo. urge to

remove their barricades after christina releases a former policeman whose arrest res ah, hello, there are just a few weeks ago. a big fries took hold of much of europe, knocking temperatures down, and bringing in wintery conditions while things have certainly changed. we've got much mild weather coming in from the south, west record temperatures to the likes of barcelona, and we are going to see that won't spread if way, further east as we go into the start of the new year. if you look at places like london, as well as paris was the temperature continued to climb. let's have a look at the 3 day 15 degrees from friday in to saturday with lots of sunshine. now it may be warmer, but doesn't mean it's not going to be wet. we still got those rounds of rain

rolling in off the atlantic, some heavy spells effecting parts of britain and island snow up in the north. right to spells down in the south. now as that cold air has slams into scandinavia, we're going to see significant snow pushing out further west temperatures here, still sitting above the average that trend is also set to continue as we had for the south. a much quieter picture for the se, for to a kia and grease that extends across the mediterranean. we are seeing some heavy rain for northern areas of portugal in spain, but certainly lots of sunshine down in the south. 16 degrees in cordova. ah. but from inside the wolves of a west african prison comes a chance to create, to express that emotion. and take the 1st steps towards rehabilitation. renown

choreographer shares his passion for dogs, inspiring prisoners to perform and to reach beyond the ill deeds of their pass. and the confines of their presence, the dance of thieves. a weakness documentary on al jazeera lou. ah, ah, welcome back. a quick reminder of our top stories here on l. jesse. italy has joined taiwan, india, and japan, and imposing covered restrictions on people arriving from china. a day after beijing announced it would reopen its borders despite a search in infections. the west is also considering restrictions. your brains military says, russian forces have stepped up attacks on the city of care,

so which was liberated from russian control last month. it says 33 missiles were fired at civilian targets there in the last day, some hitting a hospital maternity ward. and israel's new government is promising to make expanding israeli settlements in the occupied westbank top of its priority. this parliament passed a new law giving the incoming security minister in the press, unprecedented power for the police. whole days after an arctic blast enveloped to the u. s. at several western states are battling major flooding. northern california, oregon, and washington state have all been affected. so far the weather system is cold and atmospheric river and has been caused by the wind to storm. heavy rainfall has already caused a creek to burst its banks in salinas in california, a so called king tithe and heavy rainfall has triggered flooding in seattle. the national weather service has issued a warning as well for high winds. while there is some respite from the winter weather on the u. s. east coast, as temperatures begin to rise,

their police and national guard members have been going door to door to check on residence in buffalo, which was hardest hit. a 104 as he sent me says of snow dropped on new york state's 2nd largest city in what people are calling the blizzard of the century. the storm, driven by an arctic last killed at least 34 people in buffalo, gave ellison's of joyce's life from new york. hi there, gave. what's the latest with the situation in buffalo now? well, as the governor of new york state said, this storm was the worst of the worst in as the days progress here. as we come out of this storm here in new york, there's a real sense of how bad it really was. as you mention now, the death toll just in the city of buffalo has eclipsed over 35 people now that have lost their lives and rescue officials continue to search many neighborhoods

that they have not been able to get access to for the last several days. because there was just too much snow blocking roadways and as they now get access to some of these neighborhoods, they're just simply looking in abandoned cars looking in a knocking on doors to see if there is anybody that could still be alive. that was trying to wait out this storm a somewhere, but sometimes here officials say that they expect the death toll to increase in the coming days as they continue their search and rescue operations. a buffalo, the 2nd biggest city in new york state, a suffered 40 straight hours of blizzard like conditions truly historic. normally one hour maybe even 2 hours of blizzard like conditions is enough to maybe shut down most cities. but 40 hours is just incredibly unprecedented. but the good news is, is the weather forecasters are saying that they do not expect the temperatures to

drop below freezing for the next several days. so that will help as they try to get this ice and snow melted and roads clear and keep southwest airlines and they're having a tough time and that they're continuing to have problems. how is this been affecting everyone who's traveling for the holidays in a word disaster, the entire airline system here, particularly with southwest airlines, one of the biggest low cost carriers here to domestic airline here in the u. s. it doesn't do many international routes except mexico and what have you. that system has completely collapsed their entire transport to airline system has collapsed and southwest airlines. it's left thousands and thousands of passengers stranded during this holiday season in cities that they weren't planning to be inner cities that they're trying to get out of to get somewhere else. they've already cancelled

a more than $2500.00 flights just on wednesday. that's more than 70 percent of the total network as they're trying to come to grips with what even the c e o is to is, is calling a complete meltdown of the operations. he spoke about this and he simply said he had to apologize to everyone. listen to what southwest c e o. bob jordan had to say . i want everyone who is dealing with the problems we've been facing. whether you haven't been able to get to where you need to go. or you, one of our heroic employees caught up in a massive effort to stabilize the airline. not to know is that we're doing everything we can to return to a normal operation. and please also hear that i'm truly sorry. the transportation department is already saying they are going to investigate how this happened with southwest airlines and expect all passengers to be fully reimbursed for their problems that they've suffered. and it's going to get worse

before it gets better already. southwest is said, they're going to cancel at least $1500.00 flights on thursday. gave alice on to they are joining us from the new york gape thank keith. to nigeria, where a car has plowed in sequence at the caliber carnival killing at least 7 people and other 29 people were injured after carlos control in the middle of the city's biggest st policy often address has more now from caliber yesterday was if i could preach court and limit. they cannot come off because of the number of people on the streets and the number of place on the street court. and also when the call loud of spectators, it was quite a surprise for security officers of ticket update. my tell the investigative exactly what happened, but the thing for now treating it's an accident right now. and what do you see on

this particular day when you have so much activity going on and see, i can cut that off. more security personnel on the ground showed up yesterday did not repeat themselves. and so basically nobody can going up to ensure that the vehicles have been limited on the speed of accept the vehicles that have been cleared because i've been type the ip official because that allowed into the venue or the street which the professors basically what you're seeing here, the number of troops we understand up to date, it will be professional paid troops got would be marching through the street. and then we judge by a group of judges will be looking at the costumes for music. and all that is happening in fossil basically is going through the streets with the

district and judges also taking stuff of what exactly is happening. if you open airlines is resume flights, carrying passengers between the saba and the capital northern t gray region. after an 18 month suspension, the carrier said the technical team was sent to mckelly after peace deal was signed in november. so ensure the airport was in good condition and ready to receive flies if you open government representatives also visited the rebel held area on monday. for the 1st time since war broke out 2 years ago, i would cite addis ababa poli, airport travelers expressed their excitement and finally being reunited with loved ones after so long home with i leave here away from my husband and child whom i love. i came here for my daughters examination and suddenly got stuck here. when i heard the news about the flights i just spilled to the ground and cried, i'm with, i'm extremely excited that i'm going to sleep, my sister and my dad. oh they did,

and i came here to see my daughter who's giving birth at the time. my plan was just for 2 weeks and then everything was shut down. suddenly. it has been more than a year and a half already. i'm very happy the pieces returning and excited that i'm finally going home. look, i read in to sarah is a member of parliament and an associate university professor of social anthropology at addis ababa university joins me now from the ethiopian capital. sorry, very warm. welcome to the program. we've heard so many emotional stories there. you are very emotional people, you know, very motional just than was it, but it did from the columbia for the last 8 months and a blast. so when it had been a less just re loan to do its flight, luckily than people have no connecting and reconnecting their families. and not only that, to get us to the other parts of europe, that people are very much not very happy to see that the families you know, with and brain this leaving in market in other parts will be great. i don't know, getting it, connecting in the pharmacy, i'm back home and as ups are subtle,

coming from a going to be sober. is it big enough for us in the beginning or support? a couple people in it and the good and especially the good people, can you explain? and for our viewers, sir, the, the significance of these flights resuming, obviously, we have this piece process going on in the background, which is still relatively new. so this isn't just a case of people being able to travel is bigger than that. you know? yeah, that's going to become. so please be in there resuming the like if the beyond the family is in all the one of the indication of the good progress up is the process which is what i wanted on number 2 in pretoria and, and it was in on the getting the things that probing by the day so, so we are hoping that, you know, that it was, act have been said it was the both parties will be implemented by the gram, anybody can put on that as well as the government. but the significance is beyond the primary issue because it took the initial is and they took it, the issue and the process will be,

it will be grounding more of what more about that? you know, you know, actually if you previously high level government representatives and delegates led by the house will be present as part of that when it was not even a group. so i mean, this is, you know, indicating that the trustees and being a be, want to be the parties. so that's also followed by it's been airlines and other issues, others even with electricity, telecom right, from now in the more than 2750, including the regional capital has gotten our electricity and also content, you know, being restored. so the peace process since now getting in a better position. how about the humanitarian situation and t gray? obviously we see passengers leaving from the airport there. but what about aid also getting in for the the many hundreds of thousands of people who need it. you know, the toner is as soon as the saying it on november 3rd. and so my sources more than

one under $6000.00 metric tons of a foot a to deliver to the region. and more than once, more than 101400 metric concepts, maybe can medicines are not being supplied tool that the gravity is not surprising, but was partly completed with that. there isn't, was effect in or if what did anybody is not making it? when the president, the doctor develop, so just a day before that can put them into that you monetary assistance isn't being a lot in flow to put the gray region without interruptions. all corridors are part of the, the quote that you know, that, that the great you, not an open for the monitor and assistance may not be enough. you know, the people who go back to the pharmacy below. the peace process may also left a part of the people to wait for the aid can not stand up in the

fire. much should also close the landers that they could farm that they had had was . so this process also paid the way for suspended. been for the, for the delivery in facility in the area. i thought, you know, as far as the assistant is concerned, that i think there is a problem there. and the things i've known probing as i can. yes. i told you earlier, you know, it would be for someone who understands that the piece process, the very, very good thing that people brought, the area is foot and the corners of opened coverage in his area joining us there. thank you very much sir. dental, what i would give me cost of an authorities have released a former police officer who's arrest earlier this month, heightened tension between the pristine government and the ethnic serve minority protests as have been locking roads in the north of the country, demanding his release, the former costs of all, sir policemen was arrested for assaulting a serving officer. he's now been placed under house arrest officials hall. his

release will ease tensions. we elana ghoulish have more now from the border village of raring j. the on 5. it's either a former police officer from constable or he left his job in november when all the serbs are withdrawal from coastal institutions. and he was arrested here in yachting across single in the summer then. and he was accused on terrorism as since then, he's somewhere here in the police camp in yard, in yet somewhere near this crossing. and he's a lawyer confirmed, i do 0 that he has been released under house arrest air. but now i had, there is a logistical problem for goes to the police, how to transfer a band teacher to his house because of the barricades. and i remind you that a band it's arrest or was the main reason for the barricade. so now we're waiting to see if the barricade or some of them will go remote ah.