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putting coven 19 restrictions on travelers arriving from china. ah. hello, i'm on the inside. this is out. is there a lie from doha? also coming up. a new law gives israel's fall, right? incoming security minister, unprecedented power over the police. as the coalition puts settlement expansion, talk of its list of priorities, maternity hospital was hit as russia steps up, attacks on a ukrainian city liberated from russian control and frozen in time. we have an update on what the big thaw is revealing from a chilling when to storm in the u. s. and cap. ah, hello and welcome to the world is becoming increasingly wary of how china is

handling a coven 19 outbreak. the u. s. has now put restrictions on people arriving from china. a day off to beijing announced that it would drop all quarantine measures for inbound travelers. it joins italy, taiwan, india, and japan in requiring negative tests for anyone traveling from china. u. s. officials say they are concerned about a lack of transparency surrounding corona virus cases. china has reported just 3 cove at 19 related deaths on tuesday, even though hospitals and funeral homes are under intense pressure. chicago total far you, consortium. all countries go through other potations when they adjust their covered policy by china is no exception. currently, china's epidemic situation is all predictable and under control that beijing is the 1st city to pause the peak of infections. work and life are going back to normal. now, chinese authorities have also conduct its own terrific assessments and made necessary

preparations for a possible search in other provinces. we have full confidence in ensure your smooth and orderly transition. do you have a yard? while despite the surge in infections, travel websites have announced a spike in traffic from people in china 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. our white house correspondent chimney hawkins has more in this abiding ministration is concerned that the chinese government is not being fully transparent. a, 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 coven 19 tasks. this is either a p c r, or an anti to 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. and 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 feels in the absence of this data, it is not fully able to monitor sort of the, the arm across variant and it's 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. israel's incoming coalition

government is promising to make expanding illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank a top priority. a statement from policy priorities released by benjamin netanyahu is liquid policy, says, quote, the jewish people have an unquestionable exclusive right to the whole land of israel. israel's parliament connects, it has passed a highly contentious law to cement control over the police. beside, cool, been given low grounds, the fall right? incoming security minister, unprecedented power over the police. benjamin netanyahu is incoming coalition is considered one of the most right wing administrations in decades. senior fellow middle east institute. again, the says the new plans could make life even pasha a palestinian. well i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like it's a mar, been good beer who is in south 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. so it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's, it's been like putting, you know, a matches in the hands of pyromaniac. ah, ukraine's military says that russian forces have stepped up to an artillery attacks on the city of cas phone, which was liberated from russian control last month. you quote and says 33 missiles with fire and civilian targets. some hospitals hit some hit, a hospital maternity ward official say stuff escaped on hit festival still ruled.

well with 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 are started. we instantly moved the pregnant women to the basement and then moved them to our main was where they spent the night after a checkup when we let them go home at the federal campbell and there was an abrupt explosion. i grabbed what i had in reach the blanket. anything i could see and quickly ran to the corridor. the windows and glass started to shatter. illnesses and civilians are now trying to get out of cat on as a tax intensify. ukraine's military is resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region of low hands. to large cities, there are still on the russian control. channels. traffic 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 a brace factory, you know, reports miraculously, of any casualties. we do know that the city had a population of around $70000.00 people, many of whom had which turn since the liberation of care so on. and we understand that many 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 guns. could do netscape borders. it's an area that a pretty much seen stalemate since a new front line was established there following

a ukranian counter offensive to and a half months ago. this area very strategically important. now we've been speaking to the advisor to the president's office mikhail politic. and this is what he had to say about the situation in san and around christina and put nemo, which now most of i know linda butcher was, wouldn't, you know, we don't see any intention preparation for rushing counter offensive towards her son. and russia 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. crimean for those were 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 amena. the question of the timing for the salt is one for the general command that, but it's obvious. we will take camina because it's vital for al counter offensive

me while 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. police and national guard members have been going door to door and pants the eastern united states and the west affected by an arctic stone, and it is still causing nationwide disruption to travel. as gabriel, alexander reports from york, airline travel chaos. united states continues prompted primarily by ongoing delays and cancellations at southwest airlines. one of america's largest carriers that

operates mostly in the united states, but also in the caribbean and central america. dear line cancelled over 2000 flights on wednesday. hundreds of thousands of passengers left stranded and it's not over yet. the airline has preemptively canceled more than 1000 flights on thursday as it scrambles to reposition planes and crews during a system wide operational breakdown. during a massive snow storm during peak travel season. the storm that triggered some of the travel disruptions has mostly passed, but has left behind destruction and death in buffalo, new york's 2nd largest city. the city was subjected to more than 40 straight hours of blizzard like conditions. it wasn't just buffalo further north in canada homes along lake erie, where fully crystallized in ice after the storm. but it was buffalo that was hit

the hardest. and on wednesday, residents were trying to dig out and help rescue crews look for anybody still trapped in their homes or car behind walls of snow. i was out here trying to get my driveway clear and they rode past they seen me out here, so they stopped and asked me, did i need help? and i tell them yes. and they stopped and they did me. and then they saw him across the street and they helping her. and then i asked them nicely that they do this lady over here because she's of her ninety's. and that's what they're doing right now. the death toll was expected decline the grim work of recovering bodies left to the police. the good news is a reprieve is in sight, as the temperatures are supposed to be above freezing for the next few days, giving residence, chance to regroup. but it also means another worry, of course when temperatures rise, all that snow and ice melts, turning into water. so now there's

a real risk of severe flooding. the governor of new york is so concerned about the flood risk. late wednesday, she announced she's deploying resources there to try to deal with it. more than 300 generators and 775000 sandbags are on their way to buffalo. gabriel santo al jazeera, new york. serbs who have been protesting in northern kosovo have agreed to remove road barricades, starting on thursday, comes off to miss 3 weeks, a protest, the detention of a former police officer, demonstrations 10 violence and roads have been blocked with trucks and tractors. be an president alexander church, met members of the course of a sub community on wednesday hoping to ease tension because not well suited from the morning hours a removal of barricades will begin, but this is not a simple process and can be done in 2 hours as some have imagined,

within 24 to 48 hours, the barricades will be removed, but distrust is not removed. those who are playing with the very existence of serbs and kosovo must know that we will not allow and not now, nor in the future. when mister still has on al jazeera, the defense minister of syria and turkey meat and russia in their fast since the status of the syrian conflict and reunited often months palm because of the conflicts for me. ethiopians reconnecting with family in the to great region. ah, how low they will start in north america. there's been vast improvement to eastern areas of the us after that major winter storms, sweat this way. further north east with the mother conditions come into the likes

of washington dc. the temperature here set to climb over the next few days. we could potentially see a record as we go into the new year, 11 degrees on thursday. that's going to push even further up 13 degrees. and if we have a look at that 3 days we go into the weekend. 17 degrees on sunday, with mostly sunshine. now there's still some winter whether to be found. we've got another cold front that's pulled in across western parts of canada. the north west pacific is going to bring some very heavy rain to northern areas of california, some snow as well, pulling its way for the east for the south of this. a cloudy but calm picture that extends down into central america for much of mexico. we are, however, seeing some showers blossom across the yucatan peninsula. the rain does pick up, however, on friday as that warm air blows its way further, north russia storms pulling across the deep south, but much dryer for much of the caribbean. it's a similar story. further south of this,

if you have your showers for costa rica and panama san jose at 24 degrees celsius, that's your weather. ah. the african narratives from african perspectives embark on emma whitney about a new series of short documentaries, by african filmmakers from nigeria, south africa, and cameron rule. your pi property corporate space and turned it into a portfolio. as stone crashes, song get really gotten, and modern peanuts of camera rule africa direct on how jessia lou

ah, in watching out there reminds of how top stories this hour. the u. s. has joined a growing list of countries imposing coven 19 restrictions on people arriving from china, joins it's lee, taiwan, the india and japan into acquiring negative tests. anyone traveling from china? and israel's incoming coalition government is promising to make expanding israeli settlements and the op spot westbank top of its priority list. this is parliament paused a new law, giving the incoming security minister unprecedented power obit. ukraine's military says, russian forces have stepped up more to al tillery attacks on the city of castle. 33 missiles were fired at civilian targets, some hit, a hospital attorney. she wrote the united nations in a group saw urging authorities in afghanistan to reverse order against women's work

in education. they say critically needed. humanitarian programs have stopped to use had been by the taliban administration on female aid workers. many other activities in the country could also be paused now speak, the taliban government said women were not allowed any longer to attend university girls have been banned from high school since march defense ministers for turkey, a, syria and russia had met in moscow to discuss ways of resolving the syrian crisis, a talked about the possible return of refugees and how to jointly combat arms groups. the toss in moscow follow repeated warnings by takia of a possible ground operation into northern syria. soft a deadly bombing in istanbul. last month. turkish authorities to blame the attack on kurdish fighters. russia has opposed english military offensive.

alexi clinic co is a middle east expert. the russian international affairs council explains what led to this meeting. several weeks ago, president heard a gun, had a conversation over phone with his russian counterpart, 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 shifts, then foreign ministers and then probably the summit. so the idea was to kind of um, set up in you region though for. busy much a platform of interaction which could effectively address i'm not only the syrian granted, but also other original issues which are all 3 parties ah, in one way or another, a part of. so this is why it shouldn't be a surprise that this meeting and taking place today, only

a couple of weeks after these decision or a proposal beach to buy or to go on to put in. and it's a good it and, and probably a positive signal that's it's, it's the 1st 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 in turkey. summit of 3 leaders . a number of people, a tramp by fire on the roof of the hotel in cambodia, the blaze for accounting, the grand diamond hotel and casino in please pay annie on thursday morning. people have been hanging from windows away. soleski media reporting. i have been sent from nathan thailand. it's jo pierre lines of regime of lights and nolan to grey realizing, love one soft 18 months of conflicts. the route from addis ababa to mckelly was

suspended during the conflict between govern forces and to great rebels. signed a ceasefire in november, alexandra buys reports 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. come with them. what does it didn't? 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. not of course, 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 drive 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 decry and the resumption of flights is the latest in that process. travel agents say the 1st flight was fully booked within hours of the announcement government. it comes after a high level government delegation, visited rental held areas on monday when they were there to work on implementing the african union brokered piece deal under the deal, the t p l f. a fighters must disarm and allow security forces to take control, which is eritrea and forces will leave the region all over the country. we have so

far. busy especially on improvement in relations between the government and the gripe and the european federal government. the border issue, particularly the relationship between aha and gwen, remain addressed, and so hard the negotiation has been going through the federal government, but it might be uniform about the impact integrated governments directly engaged trouble or ref up. but on the runway in mckelly, the politics and broader conflicts are at least temporarily forgotten. 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. alexander myers, al jazeera accords in ivory coast is hands down life sentences to full men convicted, often attack the left. 19 people dead. a group of gunman stormed the beach in the

resort town of ground. the saw the full moving on to hotels and restaurants. in march of 2016, the men was sent and stamped a month long trial and ami john al qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. a caliber carnival in southern nigeria is getting ahead. despite the death of 7 people all to call crushed into spec status. is that that interest reports from caliber people and businesses. and welcome to the return of festivities. off to coven 19 forced organizes to suspend the event organizers called it africa's biggest street party, with culture, music and dance on display. and like most people here, we, abraham family is delighted the font types of bank. if i knew i was so interesting and i so love you to be with my family. yeah. some $10000.00 artist that include musicians, dances,

and our quotes are participating in this is event that i also tend cultural groups from outside nigeria who are making a return to the festival. the caliber carnival is back up to our toyota disruption course by covered 19 for nearly 2 decades. it's been the destination for thousands of nigerians and taurus every year. local people look forward to the month long celebrations as a charles to end the year financially better off. or we should say the 2 year break has cost the local economy a lot with as the festival returns at him, small bolts shop has seen 6 months worth of sales in just 3 weeks. we've only bought that we are making you sell them as a result of that. yeah,

edward from republic, let's run the phone number. the number of participants this year may not be as big as the last carnival in printed i t, but officious are confident troops from us far away a south america would return next year. but most importantly, that is hope the local economy will see a significant boosted sales and job opportunities. how many degrees al jazeera caliber, bolivian police have detained the man, the main opposition leader out to weeks of protests. louise fernando camacho, who was also governor. santa cruz is accused of leading a coup in 2019 opposition. leaders deny this arguing events were only protests that led to the resignation of the then president, eva morales. as well as economy is emerging from a deep recession out to years of political upheaval and new as sanctions. about half of the population lives in poverty and income. inequality continues to widen.

alexander amputee reports from caracas. adelina garcia, opened her natural, cosmetic shop 4 months ago in caracas, spreading on venezuela's mother it economic recovery. and despite many hurdles, she says things have gone well so far on economy. agatha nice 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 of started operating again, implementing very like the government's decision to relax price controls and allow trading in 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 there everywhere. these days, prices in stores, restaurants and even food carts are listed in dollars. this is partly stabilized prices and brought a veneer of better economic times. so people go together with more favourable

international geo politics. this is allowed madura to venture outside the country, shaking hands with leaders who were trying to house them until a few months ago and confounding opponents earlier. why dod, them in the united states and other democracies recognize as legitimate president, after calling my daughters 2018 re election. a sham spends most of his days in a spartan office, froze on the wall, show him at the height of his efforts to topple madura and although opposition parties are now seeking to end his mandate. he remains on the 3rd. i don't wanna do it, a thought, oh, no leg, somebody since the only that we need to bring this to a presidential election and we need to strengthen the opposition to facilitate talks, mexico. but let me be clear, it's not because the opposition is divided, that madura keeps the power he keeps you surfing power because this is a dictatorship magruder's regime as agreed interior to resume negotiations with the opposition in mexico and arrange free and fair presidential elections in 2004 in

exchange for ease un 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 opposition remains as divided as it is right now. but economies say the improvements have done little for the majority of venezuelans. good, my little see at the all you elemental madura trying to credit himself for the increasing a comic activity, but all they have done is stop causing happ inflation. to lift things then 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 hyperinflation might be enough to offer some opportunities to businesses like i brianna's and the government more time to maneuver. allison, the and pierre, the al jazeera carrack, us in central china. at least one person has died in

a 200 vehicle pile up and happen in foggy conditions. on a major bridge near the city of general, cars, vans and trucks were piled on top of each other with some people trapped inside their vehicles. meanwhile grades have been closed and pass a quade after a rare winter hail storm video shared on social media show vehicles. cautiously driving along the roads that have appeared to be covered in snow. it was in fact a mixture of heavy rain and hail. that's going says the health of the former pope benedict is worsening, and he is receiving constant medical care. a 95 year old became the 1st pontiff in 600 years to resign. when he stepped down 2013 has been living in the basket since then. curricular cookie boy, in upper years will charge. i would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for pope ameritas benedict, who in silence.