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a growing list of countries putting coverage 19 restrictions on. travelers arriving from china. aah. con, carry johnson misses out. is there a life from day or so coming up? a new law gives israel's far right. incoming security minister, unprecedented power over the police. as the government put settlements, expansion top of its list of priorities. maternity hospital is heads, has russia steps up a tax on a ukrainian city liberated from russian control and reunited after months apart because of conflict. we meet ethiopians, we connecting with family. it's a gray ridge. ah, the world is becoming increasingly wary of how china is handling

a cobit 19 outbreak. the u. s. has now put restrictions on people arriving from china. a day off to beijing announced it would drop all quarantine badges for inbound travelers, but it joins italy, taiwan, india, and japan, and requiring negative tests for anyone traveling from china. us officials say they're concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding corona virus cases where china reported just 3 year cobit 19 related deaths on tuesday. even at hospitals and funeral homes are under intense pressure. should be a good job for you to fisher. all countries go through other stations when they adjust their coffee policy. china is no exception. currently china, the p. w ration is all predictable and under control. beijing is the 1st city to pause the peak of infections, work and life are going back to normal. now. chinese or how these have also conducted scientific assessments and made necessary preparations for a possible search in other provinces. we have full confidence in ensuring a smooth and orderly transition on the spot. the 3rd 2 infections travel websites

have announced a spike in traffic from people in china booking overseas trips off the 3 years of quarantine measures. hong kong says it's scrapping most remaining restrictions for people traveling to its territory. white house correspondent can be how could join us now from washington, dc. kimberly tell us more about the us policy in terms of travelers from china and what seems to be the thinking here. abiding ministration is concerned that the chinese government is not being fully transparent with regard to the number of infections that are occurring in china with the lifting of those restrictions. and so as a result, it is putting in place strict measures for those who are traveling from china as well as macau and hong kong and what those measures are going to look like is effective midnight on january 5th. all travelers are going to need to show

a negative cov 19 test. this is either a p c r or an outage in test within 48 hours of departure. and this is regardless of vaccination status. and this is for all travelers above the age of 2 years. now the reason for this is not only because of the concern that the chinese government is not being fully transparent in terms of the data is providing to the united states. but also because the united states fills in the absence of this data, it is not fully able to monitor sort of the arm across very intended sub variance that are already present in the united states. and the fear is that this is something that could be on the rise as a result. and so this is something that the united states is doing as a precaution. and we should point out that this is also going to affect travelers coming from canada as well. because a lot of these travelers are transiting through canada and so to ensure that this

is an all encompassing restriction, this will affect those travelers who are transiting through vancouver international airport as well as toronto's pearson international airport. now, we should point out that this is something that, again, takes effect january 5th at midnight, and also something that is being kind of protested by the chinese government. the government has pushed back saying this is a in no way a rooted, any sort of scientific data. ah, the chinese government saying this is all high. but at the same time, the u. s. government is standing by is policy and giving the airlines time to implement it, saying that in the absence of any sort of very data to the contrary by china, that they're going to put this in place because they feel that this is the best way to protect us citizens from what they believe are emerging threats. kimberly, thanks for that update. ah,

ukraine's military says, russian forces have stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on the city of care song which was liberated from russian control last month. ukraine says 33 missiles were far that civilian targets, some hits a hospital maternity ward official say staff escaped unhurt. per shriveled will. edward william lived there were 2 strikes. one was right here. we have covered the crater. the 2nd strike. you can see the consequences. after the attack explosions started, we instantly moved the pregnant women to the basement and then moved them to our main ward, where they spent the night. after a checkup on we let them go home. i asked us the federal level. there was an abrupt explosion. i grabbed, went ahead and reached the blanket. anything i could see and quickly ran to the corridor. the windows and glass started to shatter. the civilians are now trying to

get out of her saunas attacks intensify. ukraine's military has resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region of the hands. too large cities, there are still under russian control. charles stratford has more from keith, the governor of care, so the region says the city and the surrounding area has come under more heavy shilling today by russian forces, the majority of which it's believed to be targeting the area from across the river . we know that careful city was liberated by the ukrainians last month. the governors saying that infrastructure hit includes a maternity ward, a medical facility, a kindergarten, and they break factory, you know, reports miraculously, of any casualties. we do know that the 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 of 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 crimean. it is occupied by russian forces very close to the loo guns could do net sc borders. it's an area that a pretty much seen stalemate since a new front line 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 the advisor to the president's office. mchale police, and this is what he had to say about the situation in his son and around camino and pushing them off, which now most of the know when the butcher mr. wouldn't you? we don't see any intention preparation for rushing counter offensive towards her son and rush. it doesn't have the necessary military resources in order to do that from the south. the russians, i even to make her son a dead city to completely destroy all civilian infrastructure in the center of the

city and in residential areas criminal. so there was a little camina is highly imported strategically and logistically because of its location in the loo, hands on it board. and it is currently a logistical hub for the russians. but the army is actively pushing toward camina. the question of the timing for the salt is one for the general command, but it's obvious we will take camina because it's vital for our counter offensive. meanwhile, ukraine's national electricity provider says more shelling of electricity facilities in the east of the country has 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 at 10 point

piece plan for the mass lensky. that proposal includes the withdrawal of russian troops in the restoration of ukraine's borders. but the criminal says keith must accept russia's unexplained of 4 ukrainian regions before talks can take place. there isn't any peace plane by ukraine yet, and there can't be any green peace plan. the fears to take into account today's realities regarding the russian territory. incorporation of you for regions into russia. any plan the fields to acknowledge these realities cannot be considered a peace plan. israel's incoming coalition government, his permission to make expanding illegal is when the settlements in the occupied west bank a top priority. a statement of policy priorities released by benjamin netanyahu. the could party says, quote, jewish people have an unquestionable exclusive right to the whole land of israel, unquote. it would cause rifts with israel's closest allies, including united states, which opposes illegal settlement construction occupied territories. but israel's

parliament, the can i sit, has passed a highly contentious law to cement control over the police, so called been given the grounds the far right in coming, security minister. it's a mob been given unprecedented power over the police. benjamin netanyahu coalition government is considered one of the most right when administrations in decades, but at separate college elgin day. he is a senior fellow at the middle east institute and he joins a spy, skype from arlington, virginia, welcome to the program. so how unprecedented is this situation now? what we've, we've seen a lot of right wing governments in the past, particularly those of benjamin netanyahu. but i would say this new, incoming government is qualitatively and quantitatively different than anything we've seen. it is certainly the most extreme us government that israel has,

has ever known. and we don't know exactly how that's going to play it on the ground . but, but certainly quite a few people are concerned. indeed, where does this leave palestinians then particularly in terms of the occupied temperatures? well, i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like him are been good beer, who is himself convicted of incitement, racist incitement, and support for terrorism. and this is someone who's going to be in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem, who are already known for their abusive tactics and their excessive force. it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's, it's been like putting, you know, matchers in the hands of pyromaniac towards extent than it is this

a poke in the eye as it were to the biden administration in the united states. why? i don't think that's the intent. i think while at this the government that certainly extreme it is not fringe. i don't think nathan, yahoo is, is attempting to to poke the international community in the i, i think this is about his own personal and political survival. but it's also, i think, reflective of where the public mood is in israel, which has moved very, very far to the right over the past several years. and so this is an actual reflection of the political and public mood inside israel. and with that mood, then as you say, how difficult would it be to unravel any of this in the future?

well, i mean, i think it becomes much harder now to even maintain the pretense of a 2 state solution. i mean it's, it's almost nonsensical for the by did ministration or anyone else to talk about a 2 state solution or, you know, shared values and that kind of rhetoric we've heard that we're used to hearing over the past you decade with a government like this in place that is committed to, i mean you heard it and from better benjamin netanyahu himself, there is only one sovereign in all of the quote land of israel, which runs from the jordan river to the mediterranean sea. and there will only be a place for a jewish state. so there is not even the pretense here of support for a peace process or support or some kind of diplomatic process. this is,

i think, you know, we're, we're talking about separate and unequal. and that is something that this is really government is embracing quite openly and vocally kind of elegant. we'll leave it that we very much appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. was still the head heron, l 0 temperatures rise in the us bringing respite to east coast. but lighting these parts west coast underwood on you take a look back us a difficult yeah. democratic republic, of course. ah hello, that is more wintry weather to come for japan that's despite the latest front blowing

its way out east, across the sea. but we got cooler air coming in behind that it's going to knock temperatures down significantly above northern areas of china rushes far east. and once again the korean peninsula. tokyo however, won't see a lot of that cold that thanks to the mountains. when instead see snow flurries edging down from chicago all the way to han shoe, the snow falling heaviest, across western areas, behind that clear skies across much of the north of china, the temperature in beijing recovering slightly, we will see some of that sunshine coming back into shanghai as the gloomy weather works its way for the south, some heavy rain to come for taiwan on friday. now within heavy rain affect northern areas of pakistan, thanks to a storm system that smoothed its way east of the middle east, making some heavy snow to like from cobble in afghanistan. some of that wet weather edging into a horse certainly on thursday, but as it moves its way across the north of india, it could clear some of the bad quality for the south of this clear a skies, a few clouds here and there in the south and some showers coming into for lanka,

possibly the maldives as well, but all in all a much clearer picture from much of india and bangladesh. that to whether, ah, he came from a wealthy background in paris and became an artist against his families. says he went on to bring a fresh perspective to oriental, is painting falling in love with saharan culture making julia his home and converting to islam of g 0 world tells the story of love to dean the deep and his unique artistic work. the french orientalist analogy 0 lou

ah, the watching out as a reminder about top stories, not the u. s. has joined the growing list of countries imposing cobit 19 restrictions on people arriving from china, joins italy, taiwan, india, and japan, and requiring negative tests for any one traveling from china. ukraine's military says, russian forces have stepped up more to an artillery attacks on the city of hassan. 33 missiles were fired that civilian targets, some heads between maternity board and israel's incoming coalition. government is promising to make expanded israeli settlements occupied west bank. top of its priority list is as parliament, past law, keeping the incoming security minister on preston to power over the police. now days after an arctic blast and brought up the us, several western states are now battling major flooding. california,

oregon and washington state of organ affected so far. heavy rain has all ready caused a creek to burst its banks in salinas in california, and caused funding in seattle. national weather service has issued wind warnings. there is some relief from the winter weather for people in the eastern us. as temperatures begin to rise, theresa national guard members have been going door to door to check on the residence in buffalo, which was hardest hit. 140 centimeters of snow dropped on york state's 2nd largest city people. according the blizzard of the century, the storm killed at least 34 people in buffalo. meanwhile, the winter storm force cancellations of thousands of flights by u. s. korea. southwest airlines leaving many travelers stranded gabriel. arizona has more from new york. while southwest is one of the biggest airlines in the united states, it's primarily

a domestic carrier. but it does fly to mexico in the caribbean a little bit, but it is just had a complete operational meltdown. i was triggered by this storm, but it goes beyond that as well to just simple system failures throughout the entire company. so much so that the ceo of the airline came out and simply apologized on wednesday to not only the customers but to the employees as well. 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. to know that we're doing everything we can to return to a normal operation. and please also hear that i'm truly sorry for further north in canada, the fries is own going houses in ontario's fort erie, i've been turned into a fairytale like ice town off the days of heavy snow. several regions in canada declared a state of emergency on saturday. the arctic deep freeze extended as far south as

the mexican border. well now to more wild weather in other parts of the world, the tornado has been caught on camera, caring through western bolivia. local authorities say at least 5 homes were damaged in l alto, but no casualties were reported. the dust twister formed in a matter of minutes during thunderstorms in the city, the phone and lasted for about 20 minutes. defense ministers from turkey or syria and russia have met in moscow to discuss ways of resolving the syrian crisis. they talked about the possible return of refugees and how to jointly combat armed groups. the talks in moscow for repeated warnings by turkey have a possible ground operation into northern syria. that's off to a deadly bombing, and it's done the last month. turkish authorities claim the attack on kurdish fighters. russia has opposed a new turkish offensive,

a little east expert to national defense counsel explains led to this meeting. several weeks ago, president oregon had a conversation over phone with his russian going to pot, and they discussed the possibility. so there was a proposal coming from the turkish leader to conduct a preparatory meetings between 1st defense ministers and intelligence chiefs than foreign ministers. and then probably the summit. so the idea was to kind of um, set up in you regional formats, a platform of interaction which could effectively address i not only the searing question, but also other original issues which are the, all 3 parties are in one way or another part of. so this is why it shouldn't be

a surprise that this meeting had taken place today. only a couple of weeks after this decision or a proposal beach to buy or to go on to put in. and it's a good it and probably a positive signal that it's, it's the 1st, like a testing step for this. and probably in the new coming year, we will see the meetings of 3 foreign ministers and later, probably no one knows either before off to elections and turkey. summit of 3 leaders is your pin airlines have resume flights to northern, to grow reuniting loved ones, or to 18 months of conflict. the route form addis ababa to mccain. he was suspended during the conflict between government forces and to growing rebels, who saw the ceasefire in november. alexander buyers report outside the airport and addis ababa, the significance of this moment is impossible to ignore kasey.

hi lou and most of these families have lived in limbo for months. um with them. what does it do? no. hm. what about if i lived here, apart from my husband and child who i love, i came here for my daughter's examination and suddenly got stuck. when i heard about the news of the flight, i fell to the ground and cried to america now the cross with some left to see family, others for the birth of a grandchild. they plan to return to try in a week or 2, but in november 2020 war broke out communications and flights were suddenly impossible. and that they had the gun a couple of he got i'm extremely excited that i'm going to see my sister and my dad . i don't even know what to say. fighting began after the federal government accused the t gripe, people's liberation front of attacking an army base outside macaulay, the 2 year conflict has killed thousands of people and displaced millions. a peace

agreement was signed in november. it includes the restoration of services to t gray and the resumption of flights is the latest in that process. travel agents say the 1st flight was fully booked with an hours of the announcement government. it comes after a high level government delegation, visited rental held areas on monday, they were there to work on implementing the african union broker piece deal. under the deal, the t p. a left fighters must disarm and allows security forces to take control switches eritrea and forces will leave the region all over again. what we have so far is especially an improvement in relation between the governments into gripe and the federal government, but broader issues, particularly the relationship is an integral and remain on addressed. and so far that negotiation has been going to the federal government,

but it might be necessary that the integral government directly engaged to try this one up. but on the runway in mckelly, the politics and broader conflicts are at least temporarily forgotten. the families are reunited. no one expected to be gone this long, and the shock won't be easily forgotten. months of work remains to ensure the region doesn't slide back into conflict. but at least now they're finally home. alexandra buyers, al jazeera, the south sudan is planning to send $750.00 soldiers to eastern democratic republic of congo. that we part of a regional force to counter armed groups and civil unrest. welcome web has more and what was a difficult year for the country? hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in recent months. has the $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 pursuing a you can an armed grip 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 in the 19 ninety's. it's not everyone who we, who was interested in a more stable gas suit. there is some non spits app guys, and perhaps even some fit actors who need this to to, to be going going so that they may got, you know, with traffic 6 months ago, east african leaders agreed to send the regional stabilization force kenyon soldiers of the latest to arrive on the that banner, uganda,

perone and south seed on 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, wanda, and you gander, 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 li, 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 is 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 these rates are not an initiative which is in our 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 a to wonder the u. s. and more recently,

france and germany have criticized rwanda for it 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 share 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 election 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 said it pulled out of this town of keep them last week following intern.