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fund warns of a tougher year ahead than the previous one. damascus international airport reopens officer, an israeli attack that killed 2 syrian soldiers. caricature has gone fully euro and stephanie decker in the capital zagreb, where it's the 1st official working day since the changes came into effect. ah, we start this news out in china where surgeon cove at 19 infections are causing global alarm. and increasing number of countries are now imposing new restrictions on travelers from their cases went up after the government relaxed its strict rules . last month, katrina, you reports from bay ging, before the pandemic, australia was a popular destination for chinese travelers. and they are expected to return soon

as trying to prepares to open its borders for the 1st time in almost 3 years. but thursday fell face new restriction. the government has besotted out of an abundance of caution, to require travelers from china to submit evidence before boarding their flock of a negative kind of test canada, the united states, united kingdom, japan, india, and south korea will also screen passengers from china. in europe, france, italy and spain will do the same and are encouraging other you nations to fuller suit. morocco has taken the hardest line banning all chinese travelers from tuesday . many fear the outbreak here could lead to a new corona, virus strain, and spark new waves of infections globally. aging has hit back at the restrictions calling the unscientific standard. i know your many leading medical experts from multiple countries have said that there is no need to impose restrictions on

boulder entry of travelers from china. the world health organization says it's understandable. governments want to protect their populations. it is asked for more real time data on depth, hospitalization and strains. katrina, you joins us live from bay ging. so how are authorities? they're reacting to these restrictions on travelers from china? well, baiting as we just heard is not very happy. they've hit back saying that the was a government's in the west, a hyping this outbreak here in china. and we've seen some chinese state media articles calling this these measures discriminatory saying that they're targeting unfairly, chinese travelers. but on the other hand, if you look at social media, people here say that they are quite an understanding of these measures. of course, here in china, millions of people have lived the most strict curve at 19 measures in the world to the past, almost 3 years. so many people don't mind having to take

a covey 19 tests before they board a plane to go to another country. and people are largely very excited. some have not traveled for almost 3 years. and from january a to they'll be able to travel and leave china and come back without having to undergo a days of quarantine in a government facility. china has also said that it would begin from that date to process more visas, and also we start the process of giving people a renewals for their passports a here. so people are quite excited on the ground. there is quite a lot of positivity going into this new year and it's not just about travel. i think i've been to a few places here in beijing shopping centers. parks. there are more crowds gathering. it's more bustling, especially than we've seen in the past few weeks. people shopping going to cinema's, easing out. for the 1st time, people are able to live a relatively normal life without the looming threat of locked out without having to scan it to our health code. and without having to take a curve test,

every few days was close. on the other hand, you have to remember that the people who are out in about in chinese cities right now are mostly young and healthy. and then they have largely recovered themselves from of a dine team, so many who are unhealthy will have other health issues. the picture is rather grand. we thought hospitals here in china fall very stretched. i see you beds are a largely taken here. and we do know also that many crematorium and funeral harms say that busier than they have ever been. and katrina, the dust seemed to be obviously of global concern about the space of covey. the spread of coveted china, the official numbers, at least of death toll still pretty low. what are the chinese authorities saying about the rights of infection at this point? so china cdc has said that to day on monday there was on the one single you

reported core of 19 death. and for the past month, the whole of december, there was only just about 10 cova debts nationwide. now, health experts around the world say it's extremely difficult to take such low figures. seriously, especially considering that we some estimates are saying that there could be as many as 9000 deaths here in china, occurring every day. now, china itself has stopped mandatory reporting of infections. we're not seeing the same regular daily reporting of case numbers. and the c, d. c, as also admitted that it is quite difficult to get an accurate picture of numbers on the ground, that this will take some time. and another reason that we are seeing such low numbers or not a clear picture is that china has changed the classification for what is a core of the debt. so patient will have to 1st test positive and then die specifically from our spirit tree illness. so that means many people who are

elderly, for example, who have other co morbidities and who passed away after catching covered 19 it's very likely that they are not listed as a covered 19 death. all right, we'll leave that. thanks so much. katrina, you let's speak now to doctor dale fisher. he's a senior consultant in infectious diseases, national university hospital of singapore. good to have you with us. so lot of restrictions being imposed right now. and travis, from china, one could be ging, due to alleviate the concerns of other countries about what's going on in china and the threat that travelers could pose so really what's, what's going on in china is, has been seen in every other country already. that as soon as you use the restrictions, then you're going to get massive spread. and that sort of lodge over crowded cities in china it's, it's really what, what is happening is not surprising. of course,

the world like like more accurate numbers. it's, it's quite incompatible to, to hear the morgues crematorium are overwhelmed, but there's only been one extra desk obviously that mike makes no sense. but actually, i think the issue should be more about what other countries should be doing in response. it's not so much what, what china can do because that, that is going through what everyone else went through. and really all i'm hearing about is, is testing and other countries, which is really a very narrow approach. we, we know that you can't just rely on tests, some will be pulse negatives and some, some will be taken and the disease can present a few days later. so it's probably a panacea. there are, there are many other things, but i think countries should be doing in terms of protecting the health system, protecting its own local population. there are so for instance,

protecting the local population. you've always gotta make sure that your population as well vaccinated will boosted and even your population can still be advised to wear masks, particularly when they're indoor inside crowded settings. so you know, this is a bus that shouldn't have gone away over the last 6 months or so. and then protecting the health system. i think we need to ensure that all the travelers vaccinated because if obviously i'm vaccinated, people are more likely to require the health system and that could overwhelm system in another country. and also simply telling, minute does what to do if they get sick about about taking tests and boarding crowds wearing a mask, even isolating yourself if you can. and you don't just access the, the whole system every time you, you have a cold because i think you might remember that was a bit of

a trap for many countries that were even well table we're going to hospitals and overwhelming us. so i think that really is a lot of communication that can be made with, with travelers. and you mentioned a lot that there's a lot one pack that's going to try to break it down one by one. first of all, how do we know what the state of infection is when the chinese authorities start releasing daily numbers? is it based simply on anecdotal information? is it based? is it an after base it on the numbers of people or bodies entering morgues and things like that? you know, you can work backwards. if you look at the number of people in more, so the number of people in hospitals, then then then obviously there's going to be many, many more april with, with mild disease. but, but it's not an appropriate actually to make assumptions based on what we're saying in other countries that can be,

it can be model loud as to what you to expect based on, on the, the local demographic population and the vaccination. right. and things like that. okay. now the other thing which you mentioned there was your advice that countries need to impose perhaps more restrictions. do you think that's going to happen? well, they'll say ok, it's not enough to come and get tested. you can only come if you're coming from china. if you've been vaccinated, you think we're going to reach that, or maybe people will be banned again. so have sudden hot zones or red countries like we used to have? well, i wouldn't think it's quite straightforward, and many countries now still insist that travelers are vaccinated because that's a threat to the health system. most people are 10 times more likely if they get coven to, to, to need local health facilities. and that, that's a dangerous, you know, i would think that would be a natural 1st off thing if you want to protect fuel your own country's health

system. and is there a likelihood that we're going to return to some of the restrictions that we saw at the peak of the pandemic? how far could this go? people in other countries perhaps be, will have restrictions on the masks and beyond. mosques, maybe kind of controlled locked downs. i mean, i think that will have been seriously mismanaged if we end up back in locked downs because of being overwhelmed by travelers with, with the code for, for a start. i think you could, for instance, control a numbers of, of tourists that you're allowing him, you know, how many visas you're giving out exactly how many, how strong is your system to, to be able to withstand, you know, a certain number of cases. so, you know, i, i think every country needs to manage its own risk. and as i mentioned before,

not the, you know, the biggest thing still remains, vaccination and vaccination of travelers means they won't get sick if they have disease and vaccinating your own. local population means you're less valuable to severe disease. bye bye, bye coven, in your own country anyway. but as well as, as travel as all right, thanks so much for your thoughts on that dr. dale fisher, the international monetary fund says a 3rd of the global economy will slide into recession this year. it's warning 2023 will be much tougher for hundreds of millions of people. the i m. s blames as single tiny slow down of economic activity in the us, europe, and china. it's caused by the war in ukraine inflation, high energy costs and rising interest rates have been asked my colleagues joins us now from london. he's an economist and financial market expert . so the, you know, reading or listening through to that report,

you got to ask yourself, is this the perfect storm of disruption in global trades energy prices going up, inflation from the cobra, deirdre and simultaneous tightening of monetary policies to try and control the inflation. well, let's say that all the factors you have mentioned are correct, then you can, you could add many more. inflation is not with respect due to the school, the data information is mainly due to the and the quantitative easing that all govern have undertaken. and you ukrainian war, one thing wasn't bad, partly at least or a big part of it because of the covey there. yeah. good. know what to do. easy was, was initiated by through 20082020 mid of

2022. so that was because of the, of the 2008. and unfortunately, governments have not learned from that granted financial misbehavior by an actual greed will always come back into the picture. the words now is back, somebody from excessive leverage, extensive leverage from the level of the individual citizen in every country to the corporate that is over and look at how many come to this now are defaulting. we have quite a few that we have seen in africa with c, s 3 lanka. we have seen it the relation of the egyptian power now, and that is under spain, within the poles of lebanon. and, and you can getting on and getting on. but you have to be the ukraine in russia war which put a lot of things on commodity prices, mainly about you can make catch up today, you know, co no wheat. so all of these are adding create

a depletion. what do government do when there's a time there isn't that big, but what we have seen that it says have come up and grant that also was not presented before. we see it and just said go from 0 dollar all the way to 4 and a half percent. that the year we've seen the euro come up from some 0 interest rates to do and a half percent could reach the percent very soon. so where do we go from here? we don't, i don't think personally that the government, you know, the, they're taking basically from textbook and say ok, inflation rates, interest rate in order to demand. but inflation is not only because of excessive demand. the rich continue to be rich, the poor suffering a lot, and the got the davids and the is that the whitening tremendously the hang on, let me jump in here cuz this isn't really interesting. i,

i'm really happy you're going down the analysis of the inflation roof. will it rising interest rates? is that going to help if, in some cases, at least the call problem is a scarcity, like you said, of certain raw materials, just not enough of them anymore because of the war and ukraine of raising entrust right company. and there's a combination of forces combination that is the man that you see that the western style of life is going on and on as if there is no crisis. but if you look at them yesterday, i did the pro friend a very interesting analysis, a combination or a summary of all, 2023 forecast from goldman sachs, morgan stanley, j. p. morgan and the light. and the old shoe indications worse than 2008 graces. we've seen trends, we haven't seen number of stock market decline percentages of stock market because

erosion of the new ations, the pricing of all asset classes. if you look at the private equity space, you see that the, the, the, the re pricing of assets and the private equity is worse than o 8. now. but how do we curve this? is it by raising inter said ok, you raise it to say, and you curb demand? that's correct. but what do you do to do the inflation, which is caused by shortage, and the supply chain crisis. this does not, it's not for barret to get there said what we need more, that raising interest rates. we to have responsible governance, unfortunately, unfortunate that say on average as 0, which is a very respectable at shannon, there are 2 kinds of corruption in the world. that is the corruption of the 3rd world, which is called illegal corruption. and then the corruption in the developing world, which is legal corruption. you cannot carry on in the banking sector to provide so

much leverage across the board from the individual to the corporate to the sovereign. and then said that we have a crisis look over the man. you cannot provide so much facility after 2008 crisis, which is only 14 years ago. and then can say, what do we do? we have economy, possibility of the center of the world is different than that said in the report, the world is going in a recession. that is, without any doubt except maybe maybe the united states could escape that assertion because it's still the only currency that can print indefinitely. and that is a growth and dynamism still in the u. s. economy. china is suffering. i heard your report before my yeah. my session about coven, god knows what china economy situation and like though, that go with crisis, would be the whole southeast asia, which is to beat the dynamics of the global economy. south east asia now is on the client. philippines is under financial strain. we see europe, and unfortunately i say it and i live in europe. europe is suffering not only from

economic and financial crisis is suffering from lack of leadership. you don't see leadership like we saw in the times of merkel or in the times of the great leaders of europe. now, europe is always looking for direction. all of these lead me to suggest only of trend and that we need exactly that there. is it 3 t on carbon dioxide, then there's a 3 d on environment. there shouldn't be a global 3 immediately without any hesitation. own global that we need to curb global that in order to avoid huge potential crisis that the 2008 gotcha will be will eliminate some world one in a separate competitor. all right, that. so that's great. thank you so much. has happened. hello val, it's and on a positive no global treaty on that and better governance the medicine. thank you so much baker. so plenty more still ahead on this news our

including will hear from the survivors of last year. devastating floods across parts of nigeria. ah, now the masses, international airport has reopened after an israeli attack on southern parts of the syrian capital was out of service for several hours after missile strikes that kill 2 military personnel is come 6 months after syria briefly halted flights following his rabies strikes on the airport that damage to runway and the terminal most rail has conducted numerous attacks on targets in syria and recent years. but few of these strikes are officially acknowledged. my latest attacks, many target airports and other critical facilities, damascus international was heavily damaged in june. and the la posed main airport was taken out of action in september israeli strikes of also hit military targets

or weapons des po, near the western town of myself was targeted in august. miss al sites an anti aircraft batteries along the border are also frequently attacked. israel says many of it stripes are aimed at stopping arm groups in syria that are linked to iran. these include groups like has bal, law that speak to a novel shabanni. he's a researcher at american center for strategic studies, joins us now from a stumble. all right, now let's start with the idea of launching miss. how's strikes at an international airport kind of security risk? does that pose to civilian aviation? i imagine it puts a lot of passengers through tara, how does it sit with international law? oh, thank you for having been in regard of the hits are targeted to international airports

. it usually happens when this airport is occupied by either shipment carnival coming from your on either man here or forest to the airport. and another important point, the surrounding of the airport is a military area. there is a lot of warehouses there over there, a major housing. and since 2013 these area were occupied, my, i got his law for a local iranian back militia. so basically at the, the, the, the, the main reason behind these targets are, these are the threat inside these areas. israeli board will not get the airport unless there is a potential threat happening in the airport. but the problem is a really in the still civilian air operations going on at the airport. right. worse. yeah, yeah. but the thing is when the,

the vanity has some kind of wanting to civilian travelers, puts them in a state if there is, of course, always. but let me tell you something since 2013 until now there was 23 heads direct text would be getting more international airport. and it's usually talk at a specific thing, either cargo or a building or on an airplane. but the thing is, these heads are only targeting and limited at the ty, object or target. it does not target the whole potential strategy of the are on. that's why we are still seeing that you're on until today they are using the airport until today, the are being able to ex, for some of their weaponry either to his grandma, to the militia and inside serial. so the problem is, is right when they conduct that a strike vacant when dr. in a way that eliminate

a specific target at a specific time, not to eliminate the whole plant or strategy of your on inside this region. that's why we are still witnessing the same head. that's why we're still witnessing the same threat of these are sometimes, yeah, there is a high possibility of targeting civilians. the main problem of the fit is the presence of your on or why you're on the still using this air war to so for most of the american military forces or militia or has more law. i have, we seen a shift in iranian logistical strategy to, to move away from shipping supplies to the allies by the ground and shipping it more through and ports and civilian airports. okay. and since, since 2015, zach a september when the russian began intervention in syria, you're on always walk on finding a b plan when it comes to exporting or,

and sending logistical military stuff through their militia. so that's why we have them now, and we'll come on crossing board on. but the me that the s face a was when you started using eloquent the national have more, a thing is a little sometimes is being thug. it order also by israel. but the main thing is ryan, when they thought get your on the nugget in a sense that that is related to them. i mean, for example, is i can only talk it anything that is in that might cause a threat to their international security to the national security or in the future or not. so that's why we don't see israel thought of getting it on in the resort or eastern city or in an eastern eligible. so which will give at more luxury to a year on or more space to your on, to use other supporting and the tools order tactics to send a logistical assisting with the forces or to that are militia, sorry,

on his will lie in the stadium. why so of course there was pressure from the russian side against it on to and evacuated their places in international airport, damascus. who actually they did that and they had before, 2022, a lot of force on, on the airport. but now after the russian intervention in ukraine, there is another gap, a lot of got a lot of gaps that were created in the area vacuum and the abs and ring was filling . now. exactly, they get on. exactly. exactly, exactly. okay. i'm sorry we're running out of time. we'll leave it there. thanks so much. nevaeh shavon. thank you so much. thank you. now israeli forces of arrested 15 palestinians in different areas of the occupied west bank. the overnight raids were concentrated mainly in nablus. hebron and janine palestinian media say the detainees were taken to his railey jails on charges of resisting the occupation.

nolan, janine 2 palestinians have been killed in another area of the occupied west bank buys ready forces. israeli police entered the town of covered dan to demolish the homes of 2 palestinians accused of killing an israeli officer. last september. sir, highlight joins us now from the ne, gave so sad a for. so are we seeing a step up in israeli raids? we absolutely on out with this simulation that the right started with the overnight we're receiving information. the people, 3 people were killed during these demolitions now, few people who killed rather during these damages 3 people entered according to the palestinian ministry of how these demolitions are increasing. by the day we have to palestinians back in september, take took out an attack on a crossing, i'm kills and israeli soldier. and this is very much something that the israelis do

when someone there are victims, especially victims, amongst the israelis. they will go in and demolish homes forced forcibly. now this was taken to the supreme court which rejected the petitions against the demolitions and these 2 homes. 6 were demolished as a result of course, crashes then ensued between the palestinian. it's happened on sunday night and as a result, 2 people were killed. there have been there has been a funeral now held for them. now this is something that's been happening and increasingly so in the last year, in fact, the us release report just last month saying that nearly a 1000 palestinians in the occupied west bank were displaced as a result of demolition or forced the militia where they make the home demolish the, make the homeowners demolish their own homes. and this is something was thing increasingly happening, especially now as we have a new government and new israeli government that's an extremely far right government. as well as an ultra orthodox government has made it very clear that

they will continue expanding on the israeli settlements, especially in the occupied west bank. so this is from that we're seeing increasingly happening and we're going to continue to see in 2023 just to be clear . i mean house demolitions forms of collective partial. we've heard un official say this is against international law, right? that's correct. this is absolutely against international law, especially when it's a home that belongs to a family policy. and you have people that live for you know, whether it's relative, you know, they're not small. you killer homes, these homes that people from, of several people within a family would be living in and once made harm to say a long time have no way to go and fight. the un had said that some of these times would demolish what i should be donated by humanitarian and joe's as well, leaving them destitute and with no other place to go on in terms of the tensions of

been happening in the occupied west bank. 2022 was the deadliest for palestinians in more than a decade since 2005 really were seeing nightly rates where palestinian homes are being rated over. see there was several raids over and many arrests made over night in different areas from hebron to novelist to bethlehem. and it's been one of the most 10th times that was being between the israelis and palestinians. and this is just going to keep going on. i thank you so much, sarah. hi, about the people in nigeria still struggling to find shelter and food weeks after devastating floods. thousands of homes have been destroyed along the river banks and more than 6000 people were killed. i'm a race from fords. from over goto, in southern nigeria. pamela joseph returned to salvage what she

can after flood waters wrecked out. a single room is all that left for 6 bedroom bundle, and it's to stop precipice. when night, bye bye. when night comes, i have to go somewhere else to sleep. my house is finished. the government has promised help, but still fight hasn't reached tens of thousands of people across nigeria. we feel like we have ticking is adequate for the moment, but the sub nationals also have the responsibility to see that idea as citizens. i been, you know, supported some flood victim say nothing has been done. sincerely, there is an app from government yourself. this used to be someone's bedroom before the flight. the deborah here is what's left of it and of 38 of the houses that was swept away, the foundations of some of the buildings. i in the middle of this river. the floods

between june and november who are among the worst to hit nigeria in half a century. infrastructure like roads and bridges have been damaged or swept away. 2 months after the disaster. officious are still taking stock of the damage, but the government says it needs $2000000000.00 now to fix damage infrastructure. analysts say it's clear. authorities at all levels were ill prepared for the disaster. they just don't have an incentive to address this. because when you have a system where emergency funds are relieved without accountability, we have processes where they live or by procurement for those funds in europe will benefit from this as a whole, police get clue me around is floods. i worry that we may not be able to recover weekend off before the next one with politicians focused on the general elections in 2 months. some flood victim say they're worried. their troubles are only just beginning. how many degrees al jazeera,

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very much stays in place over the next few days. little cooler further north. we'll see moscow around minus 5 celsius as we go on through this week. but certainly temperatures falling right across northern parts over the next few days, but a lot of mild weather continuing into central and southern parts of the continent. long without cloud and rain then that's making its way in across france, low countries pushing into germany, getting killed off by our hi, somewhat as it tries to make its way further, we say bits and pieces of right across southern parts of france over towards that western side of the med bellagio, try to central and eastern part, some snow. they're coming into. we're moscow wet and windy weather across northwest . yet again, little bit about whether to into northern parts of egypt, but for much of north africa it is dry. ah. the from inside the walls of a west african prison comes a chance to create,

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ah, or come back, you're watching al jazeera time to recap the headlines. the recent surgeon cove at 19 infections in china is prompted a growing global response. round the dozen countries including france of now imposed restrictions on travelers from the country. the international monetary fund says a 3rd of the global economy will go into recession this year. it's been caused by the war in ukraine inflation, high fuel costs and rising interest rates, damascus international airport has been reopened after an israeli attack on southern parts of the syrian capital was out of service for several hours after the massage strikes that kill 2 military personnel crashes prime minister is

hailed the country's adoption of the euro is a historic moment and sunday the balkan nation also entered the world's biggest passport, free travel zone. full integration with the european union comes nearly 10 years after it joined the block. stephanie decor reports from zagreb symbolic moment in the capitol. gracious prime minister and the european commission president paying for their coffee in euro's the 1st day of the new year has come with 2 more 1st adopting bureau and joining the board. a free shank and zone earlier at the board, it was lavinia. the 2 leaders had this to say. i propose that in order to go if they are historical moment, special moments which should provide us with great honor. and when we witness the achievement of strategic goals of a state, this is such a day, the liver, the rather being able to cross internal borders without controls, is one important achievement. being able to pay cross borders using the

same yield. currency is another one. and i know by my own personal experience, that equations will always remember the 1st time they paid with europe the 1st time they held the euro coin, mint it with your national own blend the kona. but it's not that simple for many people. for the next few weeks, you could still pay in the old currency, the canal, but the change must now be given in euro's and that's causing confusion. one ok. this buyer tells us she has to, while it's now. i mean, she will convert the chain. she laughs, i still don't know. we are shown the up. they used to calculate the change i am on we have this app now, so convert thing is more or less simple creations are still paying in corners and foreigners helping in euro's we love the kona more, of course, because it's our currency a problem. but as to now, i'm not happy about the euro,

but it's not a problem for me to convert. i have some corona and small euro's and the rest i will take from the cash machine, if it will work, it's total chaos with the ac ems. so it will be an adjustment for everyone, and it will take time. i'd speak with stephanie back there in zagreb. so clear in your report, stephanie, quite a range of feelings and opinions was the bottom line, though people raptor their heads around the new currency earth a day after the 1st euro only transaction day it's i think it's going to be a slow process. the kona is still being accepted, i care, we're just looking at the market exchange is happening here. a lot of people paying in to non getting a change in coo now, which technically should not be happening well. so another waitress, we spoke to an a coffee shop, said, you know, she's not going to be bothered with that. they should have just stopped it

immediately and only accepted euro's but you saw my package there, others at hearing to it using the app to convert the money. an elderly lady, i just now also complaining to one of the sellers at the prices have gone up and she stood behind us and she was counting her coins. i've just seen another man walk behind the camera where he had euros and he was like looking at them. so this is a new change at the same time. you're obviously not alien uh, theresa. in fact, if you buy an apartment, if you buy a car over the, in the past, it's been listed in euro, so there is a familiarity. but i think yes, as all the other countries that have gone through this change creations, the 20th member to join the euro zone, it's something that is going to take an adjustable adding interesting. also, there's an emotional, historical, and cultural attachment to the currency, something that a lot of people have said to us, you know, a sense of independence in a way that they say they feel is being given up. but at the same time it's happening. sammy is here to stay, it's a reality. it does bring. obviously

a lot of economic benefits are politically very important for co aisha. so i think yes, we're going to see this back and forth over the next couple of weeks. but i think within time, you know, it's a reality that needs to be accepted. all right. is happening. i like it. thanks so much. stephanie decker. now authorities in ukraine say russian drones drives on energy facilities in the capital cares of course heating and power outages. earlier russia and ukraine accused each other of bombing civilian areas on new year's eve, russian strikes, hit holmes, and a hotel, keith killing. at least one person. moscow says it was targeting drone factories in a new year's address to the nation. proud to have a lot of miss zalinski. thank the ukrainian people for staying united legal again. it's okay. i wish you health dear ukrainians. new year, new day $45.00 shy heads were shot down on the 1st night of the year. i thank our ear forces, pilots, antea, craft warriors,

gratitude to the air defense of our ground forces for another 12 down iranian drones. our sense of unity, authenticity, life itself, all those contrast dramatically with the fear that prevails in russia. they are afraid you can feel it, and they are right to be afraid, because they are losing drones. missiles, anything else will not help them? because we are together, and they are together only with fear. and they will not take away a single year from ukraine. that will not take away our independence. russia says all strikes are targeted at military infrastructure. there is a good over the governor with dish a lot for on december 30. first, the armed forces of the russian federation carried out a strike with high precision long range air launched weapons at the facilities. the military industrial complex of ukraine evolved in the manufacture of combat. drones used to carry up terrorist attacks against the russian federation storage areas and

attack u. a v launch sites were also hit plans by the cube regime to carry out those attacks in the near future. have been thwarted then about louise in osteo, lily, the silver was sworn in as brazil's new president, on sunday, thousands witnessed the inauguration of the veteran left wing politician, widely known as lula. it's the 3rd time he's held the nation's highest office post one after a closely fort election. our latin america, the tennessee, a new and reports from brazilian. ah, the sworn in president reecy, nancy mueller desilva, walked up the ramp of the presidential palace flanked by members of brazil's diverse society, including an indigenous leader, a black woman, a disabled man, a child, and a rubbish collector. it was a symbolic gesture. they shared the task of bestowing lulu the presidential sash in lieu of outgoing president. j bowles. fernando who refused to recognize his

successor will that it was i above 2. we will use the weapons that our adversary's fear, the most. the truth that prevails over lies hope that conquers fair and loved defeats hatred. thousands of supporters from all over brazil had come to witness the return of the man they call the people's president. i am in doubt them with water to help overcome heat and exhaustion. many like that piano and as the anna had arrived before dawn, hello, hello. we've been waiting for for years for democracy, for the prison in people to eat and have jumps loose. political, come back, is nothing short of extraordinary. in 2018, he was sentenced to a nearly 13 year prison term for corruption. although he was later released after his sentence was overturned, o 8 kilometers from the palace, fierce a ponies camped near a military barracks, refusing to recognize their left wing president, laid out

a continue resisting lula, one by a very small margin in a bitterly fort election. oh, but his supporters are whole with joy unit himself was overcome with emotion. you spoke of ending hunger among the poor nat. particles of hope. people lines of people at the doors, a boot to shops, looking for bones to alleviate hunger, while at the same time, others white to buy imported cars and private jets. such a social chasm is an obstacle to the building of a truly just democratic society. at work, luna is promising to reinstate. most of the social programs had made him so popular during his 1st 2 terms. he has a woman tremendously high expectations amongst brazilians, and that always dangerous because their expectations that he may not be able to meet rulers, powerful opponents, led by former president bull seattle, are determined to thwart his government at every turn,

leaving the new president. little time to celebrate the sea and human al jazeera brazilian. ah, the coffin of football legend pallet's that the villa bell miro stadium in the city of santos, for resilience to bid their final farewell. escorted by a motorcade, it travelled from sao paolo where he died on thursday. the wake is taking place in the center of the field, where the man known as the king of football made his name al jazeera john hallman is in santa's spoke to brazilians. morning the football is deaf. we all know pallet's as the global, super star for brazil, the one in the yellow shirt who won 3 wo cups. but we here in santa hills, where it really all started for him. when he joined this team in the stadium behind me as a 16 year old, you can see him that he's on the mural. they're on the corner and pele. once he joined this team,

helped to make them into something in the sixty's referred to as the fantastic holes, a fantastic team that started to sweep all before them nationally, right in front of the central stadium. i'm looking at it now is a very particular type of brazilian box with a luncheon, etc. i'm this one belongs to alamo and he's such a fan of sent those that he's got full team tattoos, of the club. one stuff that to the, on his forehead, and i asked him, what ha meant to him? you better? on monday, i saw paley playing once, and then i never left here. he was a monster in the football field. he came many times to the bar and we'll talk to every one. he was the most humble guy in the world. we spoke to antonio, the past, who we saw because he was interestingly dressed about what pele meant on a global stage and to him. so for the philip here said you meet our daughter, bailey ok there. i am a fin because i admire him. pell is the king of brazilian football fan. he created the brazilian football and took it to outside. brazil, vicky where pumpkin. it's

a real mark of police legacy that even though he retired for the last time 45 years ago, he so well remembered. he still full talk as the king. that's his nickname. here in brazil. but i think he's also for that way, for a lot of people outside of the country, people too young to ever see him play live. so many of his games, not even on video because they were played so long ago. but still he seen as a very particular unique kind of genius our bridge connecting columbia and venezuela has fully reopened for the 1st time in nearly a decade, allowing people and cargo to move across, improved relations between the 2 south american nations made it possible as alexander empathy reports, it is seen that people living along this border have waited for 4 years. a line of passenger cars crossed from columbia into venezuelan sunday symbolically, and practically ending years of tense relations between the 2 countries. i wasn't

elegant. my grand about, it is really a great joy for all colombians to be able to move between the 2 countries. again, many of us were used to moving freely and it made us very sad that for many years these 2 countries were separated. so we are very happy to where it is. we opened the t v as bridge and january 1st with the festive by national ceremony. balloons flew in the air while government delegations met at the center of the bridge that until recently had been blocked by containers placed there by the venezuelan army. oh, rama. to day with this formal opening, we fulfill the political will of president nicholas maduro and gustavo petro, of total and transparent openness of the border. with columbia. left his columbia president, gustavo pedro had an answer normalization of diplomatic relations with bin sweller . after winning elections in august, the 2 countries have gradually restored border crossings and commerce since then. the shared 2200 kilometers border had been partially closed 7 years ago,

and completely blocked in 2019 after the columbian president even decay. questioned venezuelan president nicholas my daughters reelection. since then security along the border has deteriorated with the on groups controlling the legal transports of goods and the exodus of venezuelan migrants. now people on both sides, many by national, are hoping they will benefit socially and economically. well, mister glen mondanca, the former brotherhood is back and this is what the venezuelan people want, that we build brotherhood again that our van, it's allan brothers come through with vehicles the day end to columbia because many people have their relatives on the other side of the border way, but i mean if he strayed between the 2 countries was worth over $7000000000.00 us dollars back in 2008, but has collapsed to less than 300000000. since while returning to those levels will be difficult. the reopening as brought relief and hopes for better times ahead

. alexander and be at the al jazeera. well with that are 14 people have died in an attack on a prison in the northern mexican city of wad us 10 of the dead with prison gods. 24 inmates were able to escape during the dawn assault by gunman. it alma vehicles writing also took place inside the prison during the attack. the facility holds inmates from several drug cartels still had on al jazeera will tell you why people in zimbabwe and zambia facing electricity cops. ah ah

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the valuation warnings are in place for parts of northern california where flood waters have inundated homes and buildings. walden, 12 centimeters of rain, fell in san francisco on saturday, making the 2nd wet to stay there in a 170 years. in the east bay area, people had to be rescued by boat from their flooded homes. many roads are submerged and the flood warning is now in place. thousands of people have been stranded in the philippine capitals main airport after a major power outage brought travel to a halt. around $300.00 flights, grounded in manila after the failure of both the primary and secondary power supplies. apple officials say it will take up to 72 hours to restore power. because they full people have been killed when 2 helicopters collided, mid air in the australian state of queensland. it happened south faults on the gold

coast. a tourist destination, south of brisbin. at least 13 people, including 3 passengers, were injured transport safety authorities are investigating. placing the services record, so i to helicopter media collision just opposite c world in the broad water. those to a croft when collided have crashed, landed, landed on the same bank. just add from sea, well resort or initial inquiries or to pay that $1.00 is being taken off and one has been landing drop in walter levels as a like that supplies most of zambia and zimbabwe is hydro, electric power plants is forced both countries to begin rationing electricity, zimbabwe shadow lake karuba with zambia, can sometimes be without power for up to 18 hours a day. ha, tomatoes has mo, from holiday traffic jams like this. and now,

normal intern bob is capital had at motorists expect to get stuck for several reasons. among been traffic lights not working that because of electricity cuts that can last 4 hours, not far from the congestion. these people are making items like tombstones and kitchen tops from granite, tired of the constant power. they've invested in generators and other alternative sources of energy. if they didn't, did go out of business in it's actually is for $100.00. so for us to cut it, we haven't received from ryan the polices and everything. so to us electricity is actually the 1st thing that we are no business. the barbie's park a blamed on miss management corruption, aging coal plants, and more recently, low water levels at the korea, south power station. the my way as i used to power outages with some areas,

having no electricity for most of the day. the government had to import electricity for mozambique and zambia, and other countries in southern africa. taking similar action. lake ariba is the biggest source of power for both zimbabwe and neighboring zambia. but water labels have dropped significantly because of recurring droughts, low rainfall, and an increased use of water to generate power. zambia has also started rationing power and it's affecting businesses here in the capitol. the 2nd a very disappointed because many of the products that we sell here about 80 percent now fresh products. and when they get by g, a small scale our, our business is not here to short, so see us get affected. zombie as government says, the pol cuts will continue until water labels rise in lake ariba. in zimbabwe. leaders have told bay people,

electricity services will get better. all those he can do is wait and hope they are right. how to matessa out there had all that fit from me for this news hour, but i will be back in a moment with more of the day's news. so stay with us here on al jazeera. ah ah and i just eat as our country we high poverty rates with inequality and these are here . the boat is not an exception. many of the footballers in this country come from

poor area such as this one is many of the members of argentina, national team come from places such as this one where the football field do not have to rush. but the toil, just play the one that you can see right here we've been talking to some of the children that live in this place. and they said that they would love to follow the steps of your little message until monday. yeah. and other members of the national team the pursuit of endless economic growth has caused the planet. there's a number of things that threaten our civilization as we know it as an existential threat. otherwise asked if overhauling entrenched economic systems can help reverse the damage, we must go from degenerative systems to regenerating the living world and meets the businesses balancing the books by making the planet as important as profit that is a traumatic change for society. are we going to collapse, or are we gonna write business? critical on al jazeera african narrative from african perspectives,

home blooming, going on, living transmit total. well, i thought there was in a new series of short documentaries, by african filmmakers from miami and gabon is she'd been african samples of creek doing medina, heritage and making her future africa direct on al jazeera lou france begins testing passengers from china, a coby 19, and urge is other european union members to do the same ah, on carry transmitters out, is there a lot from taylor also coming up? a grim economic outlook has the international man.