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oh, boy, in golf. so hotel in cambodia at least 10 people have died. and mo, are trapped on the roof. ah, my mullins, i, this is our desert life from dough or so coming up. the us joins a growing list of countries imposing coven 19 restrictions on travelers arriving from china. maternity hospital was hit as russia steps up. attacks on the liberation, ukrainian city of cason, unfrozen in time, we have an update on what the big thought was revealing all to severe winter storm in the us in canada. ah, and i welcome to the program. we're going to begin with a huge fire as

a hotel in cambodia that is still burning. their reports that dozens of people are currently trapped inside. so fall, we know 10 people have died in the blaze at the grand diamond hotel casino in we pay, which began early on thursdays leave to started on the ground floor before spreading . quit me now. a number of the injured have been taken to hospital in neighbouring thailand as speak to e n. c o me, he's a journalist, income bodie is capital non pen. thank you for joining the program. what is your understanding of what is currently happening at this hotel casino? well, according to the witnesses, told me that there were last night about 1130 p. m. local time. there was the cable electronic explosion and actually i leased

a lot of people on the 18 florida were trapped there. and 2 or 3 people from that like c 3 floor or 3rd floor, 4th floor. one of them or 2 of them are, di and the other one has broken leg and arms. and apparently there's 2 more still trap in that floor. and now the time i me and try to reach you workers working around the clock to rescue those people who apparently trapped on the 18th floor. they believed that at least another $53.00 of them will last and die. i mean, die and still a lie among the 53 and also the cambodian senior officer, the for the prime is what they're provincial governor over their local police for data trying to sort of waiting to see if any of the people on the 18th row was still alive and also i don't know how many more of a truck there which we just looking at pictures of the fire. i mean it's clearly

devastating. do we have any understanding of exactly how it started and also why it spreads so quickly? because of the building was like in the middle of nowhere, it kind of 5 from those the border border and there's not many look called sort of fire track. close my a little tie. fire tracking to tie amberlynn. notice of the rock. you're coming from thailand to a cambodian, sorry about say, when came from the tire to cambodia. and so that's why the reason is spread. so really the buildings, but all and probably does a lot of the gas for cooking or sort of fast to you know, not many close by what for a ritual with them from the fire. that's why it spread so quickly. in this case,

tell us a bit, a bit more about the location. i mean, you say it's on the border with thailand. was it popular with a lot of tie people? yes. discussed, you know, was there border with thailand popular but a lot of high sort of you know, come to play and, you know, and so sam cambodian and now apparently the more chinese as well. so the question a webcam for both, for a no tie in chinese and some cambodian, but the cambodian, i work a book inside the casino, but more, those people are come to play a chinese actually look at the by getting to the local people. they say that they are more for and i don't know which in which and how many of them yet. so they couldn't tell. they couldn't give that the read those. the 10 people do you hear before from the police, but actually this should be more and not only 10 will be people die or trap. last body the and there fire. okay. incident. i appreciate your time in see a john,

i think speaking to us as a non pen, the world is becoming increasingly wary of how china is handling a coven 19 outbreak. the u. s. has put restrictions on people arriving from china a day off to beijing announced that it would drop all quarantine measures for inbound travelers. the u. s. joins it's lee taiwan, india and japan in requiring negative tests for anyone traveling from china. us officials say they are concerned about a lack of transparency on corona virus. cases, always house correspond kimmy, hoke, it has been wagner. 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 cov 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 arm across very intend 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. china reports just one coven, 19 related death on wednesday, even though hospitals and funeral homes are under intense pressure. should yogato fall. you can so sure. all countries go through other potations when they are just, they're covered. policy by china is no exception. you have 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 conducted home to pick assessments and made necessary preparations for a possible search in other provinces. we have full confidence and ensure your smooth and orderly transition you might be. ah, ukraine's military says, russian forces have stepped out mortar and artillery attacks on the city of cas

song, which was liberated from russian control last month. he crane says that he, 3 missiles, were fired at civilian targets, some hit a hospital maternity ward official say staff escaped on the hurt per shovel. good will at global juggler. b, a y 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 that pregnant women to the basement and then moved them to our main what, where they spent the night after a checkup hot, we let them go home. i at the federal campbell and there was an abrupt explosion. i grabbed what i had and reach the blanket. anything i could see and quickly ran to the corridor. the windows and glass started to shatter. illnesses civilians are now trying to get out. of course, on as the attacks intensify, ukraine's military house resumed its counter offensive in the eastern region, all flew hands to launch cities. there are still under russian control chance strap

. it has the latest 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 is believed have been targeting the area from across the river. we know that cares when city was liberated by the ukrainians last month. the governors saying that infrastructure hit includes the 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 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 guns, could do net sc borders. it's an area that a pretty much seen stalemate since a new front line was established 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 pulled back, and this is what he had to say about the situation in san and around crimean. and put nemo, which now most of the know when the butcher, mister, wouldn't you, we don't see any intention preparation for a russian 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 san dead city to completely destroy all civilian infrastructure in the center of the city and in residential areas criminal. so there's always a little camina is highly imported strategically and logistically because of its location in the loo, hands on its border. and it is currently

a logistical hub for the russians. but the army is actively pushing toward jemina. the question of the timing for the salt is one for the general command, but it's obvious. we will take carmina, 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. so hands on al jazeera, israel's foreign security minister, will have an unprecedented power over the police as incoming coalition government prioritizes settlement expansion. ah,

and we united out mom to pass because of conflicts. we meet these gains, we connecting with family in screen. ah hello. there was seen some very wet weather effect, parts of the middle east, with terrain shall rain affecting some of the gulf states and causing flooding in places like a que wait. now it does dry up as we go into thursday, a little bit foggy in the morning as the moisture is still there for pot to saudi arabia. we will see the cloud as well. starting to pull in and develop across areas like the red sea is going to be more wet weather to come. you can see it developing that, stretching across, bringing cloud into guitar. we could still see some rain here as we go into the weekend. but it really is the shamal that steve in the show, some pretty gusty winds blowing down over the next few days,

knocking some temperatures down as well. that where to weather in places like re add 13 degrees on friday, that was in move across to north africa. so when windy picture, thanks to a disturbance for the canary islands, but if a wind problem blowing into mauritania as well as the western sahara, we are like, you see some showers here much dryer. however, further south of this, it's really down south across angola, pulling into mozambique that we are seen as rash of intense storms and wet weather . where to weather as well will affect eastern areas of south africa with him, pretty intense thunderstorms, likely enlists you to on thursday a across the world, young tourists and organizers, to rhonda move, move to victor, and politically engage the cell in just a faith. couldn't be more daunting here,

and they, we were the ones who had life on what was going on in a way that most mean submitted to them. there's looking stuff like a local lebanon is always in the, my number for us formation. we have the agency to create the bible for generation trend on al jazeera lou. ah, the watching out 0 mind if i top stories this, our police in cambodia say at least 10 people have died. dozens more, have been injured in a hotel. fine believe to have broken now some ground floor, the ground diamond hotel and casino employee pay. late on wednesday, full spread completely. the u. s. has joined

a growing list of countries imposing coven. 19 restrictions on people arriving from china, joins is late taiwan, india and japan. in requiring negative tests, anyone traveling from that? grants military says russian forces have stepped up more to an artillery attacks on the city of castle. 33 missiles were fired at 70 and target some hit a hospital maternity board u. s. police and the national guards have been going door to door and pallets of these case worst affected by an arctic storm. the weather is still causing travel disruptions. gabriel is under reports from new york airline travel. chaos. invited 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 roll pass. they see me out here. so they stopped and asked me, did i need help? and i tell them yes, and they stop and they did me. and then they start him across the street and they help and 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 expect to 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 a 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 sand bags are on their way to buffalo. gabriel's dondo al jazeera new york, and there's been more wild weather in other parts of the world. a tornado has been caught on camera tearing 3 west in bolivia. local authority say at least 5 homes were damaged in el al tay. i'm fleet no casualties were reported. the tristan formed in a matter of minutes during on the storms in the city. the phenomenon lasted for about 20 minutes ourselves. he had been protesting in northern kosovo, have agreed to remove road barricades, starting on thursday. comes after almost 3 weeks of demonstrations against the detention of a former police officer, roads of and blogs, with trucks and tractors. and some of the protest turned violent. zavion,

president alexander voltage met members of the cost of a so community on wednesday hoping to ease the tension because not to the, to will super. from the morning hours, the removal of the barricades will begin. this is not a simple process and can't 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 it not now, nor in the future. we missed israel's incoming coalition. government is promising to prioritize the expansion of legal settlements in the old pod west bank. benjamin netanyahu is liquid policy release, the list if its policy priorities, which says the jewish people have, quote, an unquestionable exclusive right to all of israel land. israel's parliament that can i say it has passed a highly contentious law to cement control of the police. but say cool, ben, give

a low grounds to fall, right? incoming security minister, it's a month and give it unprecedented power. that's, you know, he's incoming condition is considered to be one of the most right wing administrations in senior fellow, the middle east institute colored l n. d says the new plans could make life even harder for palestinians. 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 self 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, or already known for their abusive tactics and their excessive force. and it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's, it's a bit like putting,

you know, matches in the hands of pyromania. dozens of her anger refugees who arrived in northern indonesia early in the week on receiving medical care. money spent weeks at sea before arriving at ha province to reach out a report from coaxes bizarre, where he spoke to refugees about my desperation to leave fund dash. oh, lemme cotton is inconsolable after the death of a 19 year old son. he was on the boat, one of the several boats that made it to archer indonesia a few days ago, but could not survive the ordeal. mom at no man, sister, i shall captain under 2 daughters are among the missing. they were trying to reach militia in a boat with a dream to re and might with her husband, my sister with her 2 daughters, left camp on the 2nd of december by tech nath last tom i talked with my sister was on the 3rd of december since same we had lost touch you that we are now worried

that the boat carrying my sister and nieces may have something. not nearly 1000000 ro hang on muslims have been living in bangladesh, refugee camp since 2017 after fleeing persecution, in may on march, 5 years on with no hope for repatriation inside. most are desperate to leave a campus lead. there is no livelihood for us here with your and die poverty and has no education for children on the left, which is why many offline the candidate with this little girl and abeline facing and cruising restriction and poor living condition in the camps. many drawing a ref, it is our turning to smugglers willing to risk the dangerous journey by sea to seek a better life. the un says 2022 could be one of the deadliest ears at sea in almost a decade for the rowing goes as growing number fleet desperate condition and refugee camps hooked up with that far full of la on my way of my parents are old and the bad health, which is why my brother decided to leave the camp in san long station. lucky hoping

to school family. it was told that my brother a ca, desperation because he was starving. i been with the state. it's trying to stop rowing or refugees from risking their lives in boats, but with little result, i'll just as request for an interview was declined by the cox's bizarre police bangladesh husband jonah's host to the displaced throw hanger. but the international community has so far, failed to put pressure on me and more. and their crisis appears to be far from over top of your children, visit our cox's bizarre the iran human rights organization, which is based in no way says at least $476.00 people, including children, have been killed during months of protests and demonstrations response by the death in police custody of massa, i'm in e, in september. she was detained in toronto for allegedly violating the strict dress codes wise group, say at least a 100 protest is facing the death penalty or lengthy prison sentences. to female

iranian chess. players have been competing at an international tournament without head scoffs and playing in the world rapid and blitz chess championships in al nazi kazakhstan. i have followed all the iranian sports herman in abandoning the headscarf, which is mandatory under iran, straight dress, kate, bolivian police of detain, the main opposition leader of 2 weeks of protests. louise fernando camacho says he was brucely kidnapped by police, keys of leading acount 2019 falling protest. the lead to the resignation of then president e. what morales camacho says the accusations against him lack credibility. untruth has been major outage. so social media platform, twitter, thousands of users globally reported being unable to access their accounts. many reported seeing an error message and complain that notifications were not working.

the platform has of course, been at the forefront of controversy since belinda e on mosque took control if you've been airlines have resume flights to northern te gray realizing loved ones, ult 18 months of conflicts. route from addis ababa to mckelly was suspended during the conflict between government forces and to graham rebels who signed a ceasefire november alexander bies reports outside the airport and the 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 another cross with some left to see

family, others for the birth of a grandchild. they planned 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 gotten 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 mecca lay 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 dry and the resumption of flights is the latest in that process. travel agent say the 1st flight was fully booked with an hours of the announcement. the 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 broker piece deal under the deal, the p. p. a left fighters must disarm and allows security forces to take control, which is eritrea and forces will leave the region all over again. what we have so far is essentially an improvement in relation between the government, into gripe and the federal government, but broader issues, particularly the relationship. it's an integral and remain on addressed. and so far that the goshen has been going to the federal government, but it might be necessary that the how to integrate governments directly and get to try this one up. but on the runway in mckelly, the politics and broader conflict 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 caliber carnival in sub ny jury is going ahead despite the death of 7 people off the cars, crushed into spectators. as i met interest reports from caliber people and businesses and welcome the return of facilities of the code. $940.00 organizes to spend the event organize is called it africa's biggest st party with culture, music and dos on display. and like most people here, li, abraham family is delighted the font types of bank. i knew i was so interesting and i so love you to be with my family. yeah. some $10000.00 artists 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 carney volleys back. i've talked to yard 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 chance to end the year financially better off. 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 with only back to we are making you sell them as a result of that yeah, able to read, let me let you on the on the num.