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and humanity. ah, hospitals in china, under pressure from rising cove, 19 infections just days before begging reopens its borders. ah, play you're watching al jazeera alive from doha with me. 40 back people also coming up. the u. s. congress in paralysis republican kevin mccarthy fails for historic 11th time to secure enough votes to become speaker of the house. terrifying scenes on board a flight in mexico after the arrest of a drug cartel leader triggers violence and rushes, president orders

a temporary cease fire in ukraine to celebrate orthodox christmas. ukrainian authorities have rejected the chinese authorities average people to limit the number of trips and gatherings ahead of the lunar new year because of the coven 19 outbreak. but they've stopped short of banding travel all together. hospitals in crematorium are under pressure as infection surge. the world health organization says hospital admissions and deaths are being under reported. katrina, you reports from beijing in the fever clinic of this building hospital. the body of a patient is taken away to a hallway filled with people infected by covert. 19 beds and rooms are in short supply a sudden lifting of virus restrictions last month sparked a nationwide surgeon cases. it's forced staff to transform this hospital lobby into

a makeshift ward for extra patients. dozens, mostly elderly, are being monitored by a few doctors and nurses. medical staff are under immense pressure. many have fallen ill themselves. here. they've been instructed not to speak to media. we dont give it to you, but yeah, the government says china's corporate lighting situation is under control and the worst of the outbreak is over. but here at one of the biggest hospitals, invading the wards or so overflowing with people, and many have had to wait hours to see a doctor. long queues fill emergency rooms. some who were turned away last week like this man, a trying a 2nd time. oh, but there are more than 100 people before me. what you can do. just wait. my father's 88 years old is very challenging for people. he's 8 to recover from this virus. and burglar east, you alive. others aren't so fortunate. this crematorium and paintings east is

inundated with families, waiting for the remains of their loved ones to be attended to. one man who didn't want to be filmed told us, a recent influx has led to delays. officially, china has one of the lowest curve at 19 death holes in the world, but the backlog here and at hospitals nationwide tells a different story. katrina, you al, jazeera dating and south korean officials, health official, say the cove. 19 related data released by china is not transparent enough. south korea is one of the countries that has imposed traits. restrictions on arrivals from china units came re for some sol. now required of short term arrivals from mainland china to board is a negative covey. 19 test results, in spite of this latest data from thursday show that there were at least 35 people who tested positive upon arrival,

accounting for some 13 percent of short term entries that day in a regular briefing by health officials here. and so they recognize the room for error siding, the viruses incubation period and indeed human error. but they also echoed caused by the world health organization for rapid regular and reliable epidemiological data to be issued by beijing. but that in the absence of that they will carefully collect their own. what do you got in south korea? east most adjacent country to china? and as one the implement thorough anti virus measures. we understand the world is watching us. as such, we are working to produce accurate information related to china, not only for the protection of our people, but also the world. once we have enough analyses, we believe we'll be able to draw in direct conclusions of the situation in china. and in an update to that time, he is national, who had fled his hotel quarantine oper testing positive to code on tuesday.

authorities did fine and arrest the man 2 days later, at a hotel in sol. according to local reports, the 41 year old was found with his wife, who had tested negative to coven. upon entry authorities are promising stern punishment in line with local health codes. first by police and by immigration officials which could lead to jail time or future entry benz. but 1st the man must complete his 7 day warranty. in other world news for the 1st time in 164 years, the vote for the us house speaker has been through 11 rounds in 3 days. and yet republican contender, kevin mccarthy, isn't any closer to securing enough support to win over hard line. republicans who are blocking his bed and now the vote will take place on friday, january the 6th. the 2nd anniversary of the attack on capital hill. john henry

reports for kevin mccarthy. day 3 was deja vu over 3 days. mccarthy has been nominated for speaker of the us house of representatives. time and time again. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. i rise to nominate cabin mccarthy, a right to nominate kevin mccarthy, the speaker of the house. in time after time, the republican leader has faced humiliating defeat, failing to win the majority of votes needed to get the job. a speaker has not been elected yet most republican see, willing to continue following their leader. for now, i think what's important that is we've forgotten is that democracy is messy. and i don't think we've necessarily taken this too long yet. the honorable hakim jeffries of the state of new york has received 212 time and time again. democrats applauded as their leader akeem jeffries won the most votes, though,

also short of the needed majority. this is the dangerous moment for americans and for the world. one of the reasons why the congress needs to organize. there are public health vulnerabilities. it's one of the reasons why the congress needs to organize, and republicans need to get their act together. a block of 20 rebel republicans, mostly from the ultraconservative freedom caucus, plus one republican voting present have so far stopped mccarthy's year's long ambition to run the house. the standoff persists despite his series of last minute confessions. mccarthy made among them a promise to allow just one member of congress to call a vote to remove the speaker that would make him perhaps the weakest speaker in american history. like the so called never kevin block, nominated a series of other republicans like taking advantage of the fact that the speaker doesn't have to be a sitting member one. congressman nominated donald trump for the office mccarthy

currently occupies without the title. trump received one vote and i would like to know what the basis is to allow somebody to occupy the speaker's office who comes in 2nd place. 10th grade times. mccarthy has now faced more ballots than any candidate in over a 160 years as the impasse approaches day for john henderson. l g 0. capitol hill on the u. s. house speaker is one of the most powerful political positions in washington. d. c. a speaker is 2nd in line to the presidency and would take over if something was happened to both the president and vice president. but the jobs most important role as political as head of the majority party, the speaker has near total control of what is debated and voted on by the house. as speaker can be an important ally of the president if they're off from the same party. but when they're rivals, the speaker becomes one of the presidents, biggest ponies i shot hassan is a democratic, political strategists. he says, democrats are running out of options to resolve

a stalemate. either some of the people that the, the sort of this right wing extreme faction, people, they've put up. there are, those are some of those options, but they've only garnered about 20 votes. not nearly enough to become speaker. the other option are other members, the mccarthy's leadership team, people belief or jim jordan, whose name actually has popped up, and people have voted off. the problem with this is the problems in the republican side aren't merely ideological. this isn't just find somebody more ideologically palatable, they're also issues of control and power. and frankly, their number on the republican side, the, the freedom cock is to actually prefer the chaos. this is terrible for governance to, for republicans. there are no good options. they have cultivated throughout the election, a number of people who love to create little bit of chaos. they get good news and good coverage, and they motivate the base. but when it comes to governance,

they're left with no good options. the republicans have to solve their own problems, but they came in this election season without a plan to govern. it is actually a tragedy for this country. there's a lot of good work that needs to happen while the democrats do agree with the republicans and a number. these policies there are or should be ways forward to govern that a senate is control by democrats. the white houses control the democrats, the leadership in the house, needs to learn how to compromise, to be able to work with the rest of government. don't leave home, that's the message from government authorities in mexico's clear can city, the capital of sinaloa state on demand. never touched the airport and seated off the city after the arrest of a powerful carter leader of video guzman lopez. he is the son of imprisoned from us in a low, a drug lord l. chapel flights. having counselled schools are shot in at least 3 people have been killed from mexico city, his manual rapids with more ah fiery roadblocks,

and empty streets in coolly icon. the capital city of mexico's sinaloa state, says he and he's done those yet, but i can all say like, are you in the early hours of thursday, mexican authorities asked residence to stay in their homes as security forces carried out a special operation to capture the alleged drug trafficker, obedient guzman, the son of walking guzman, better known as in chapel. a peasant amy that alyssa frequency and when carrying out land recognizance in the north west of calia can military personnel arrested a video. and it was the result of 6 months of reconnaissance in the area of influence of this criminal group. the arrest of an chapo sun set off a wave of violent confrontations on the streets of calia kind between mexican security forces and the sinaloa cartel, the violence and siena law prompted the closure of schools, businesses and even the cool jak on airport. the airline,

aero mexico confirmed that one of its commercial flights had been hit by gunfire before take off. this amateur video shows the moment passengers ducked for cover. i believe in 2019 mexican security forces detained obedience man, sparking a similar wave of violence that ultimately led to an order in for mexican president and this manuel lopez. oh, but i thought to release him. security experts, however, argue that despite the high profile nature of the arrest, the long term impact for the sinaloa cartel itself is negligible, is to say so what was done with arrest of this court leader leaves the criminal up requisite duct. these goes beyond the cordele, because the corporal has a composition companies, banks, the government, and the military, and all of that remains intact. the capture of a video whose mine in sinaloa, comes just days before a scheduled visit to mexico by u. s. president joe biden, and canadian prime minister just in trudeau for a summit of north american leaders,

where they planned to discuss among other topics multilateral security strategy. manuel did apollo al jazeera mexico city. ukraine's president thought amused lensky has dismissed the proposal by his russian counterpart for a temporary cease fire. vladimir putin ordered a 36 hour chose starting on friday to coincide with the orthodox christmas holiday . to lance, he says, russia is attempting to stop a ukrainian advance in the dumbass region. ukrainian authorities in says there will be no truce or p socks until all russian troops leave ukrainian territory. gift of those all darrell but of june, ashes, those who continued the terror against our country and sent all these people of yours to be slaughtered, rejecting our proposals to stop russian aggression. definitely do not value life and moreover, do not strive for peace. they now want to use christmas as a cover all be a briefly to stop the advances of our boys in don bus and bring equipment

ammunitions and mobilized troops closer to our positions. what will that give them view? only yet another increase in their total losses stood still ahead on al jazeera. not do not just show up at the border. stay where you are and apply legally from there. as turn warning from president joe biden as a number of migrants trying to enter the us by land and sea searches and age workers in nigeria. here they're running out of resources or thousands of people fighting in neighboring capital. ah hello. they will look to southeast asia, there's more heavy rain to come for plots of indo china. thanks to this area of low pressure that's intensified around the south china sea. it's gonna trucks very

heavy, rain across coastal areas of vietnam, shifting slowly north over the next few days, taking that wet weather towards coastal areas of china. now the heavy rain continues across most central areas of the philippines. we've got those via flood advisories, extending further west now into places like palo on the south of us for indonesia and mix of some heavy rain as well as some storms popping off during the afternoons . as we had farther south to australia that tropical moisture feeds in across the north. but that stagnant system that was sitting across kimberly, bringing record flooding here has shifted its way further south and east towards the interior. now, western australia continues to see a lot of hot and dry weather, which is bringing with it a risk of bush and grass fires. the temperature in perth has to be down slightly, but if we look at the 3 day we are expecting it to pick back up on monday above the average, with lots of sunshine, a lot clear up for that southeast corner and for new zealand. unsettled on saturday,

much clearer in the south, on sunday that she weather. ah, ah, why did what a toilet was dick read hobbs, leave the country. you're fly. rod investigation. one or one a few words about judge a pool is corruption. what out to 0? ah al jazeera with oh oh wow. ah,

you're watching al jazeera alive from doha. our reminder of our top stories. chinese authorities have urged people to limit the number of trips and gatherings ahead of the lunar new year. are stopped short of bombing travel altogether. china's facing scrutiny of voice response to the surgeon cove 19 infections. kevin mccarthy speak to become us. house speaker has become the long, his voting processing 164 years after 3 days and 11 grants of republican has failed to get enough of his body support and violence as erupted on the streets of collier county, mexico. after the son of imprison drunk lord l chapel was arrested police at least 3 people have been killed in schools, have been ghost now the united states is expanding restrictions to rapidly expound migrants entering the country. legally, the new rules will impact cuba,

nicaraguan venezuelan and haitian migrants caught at the us mexico border present. joe biden announced a new measures on thursday in his 1st major speech on board of securities in seeking office. phil laval has more from miami ah, a new year new arrivals and a new plan by president joe biden, aimed at slowing the rising tide of migrants trying to answer the us illegally. to day, my administration is taking several steps to stiff an enforcement for those who try to come without a legal right to stay. and to put in place a faster processor, i was as a faster processor to decide a claim of a style that you measure would create a legal opiate narrow pathway for the growing number of cubans, nicaraguans and haitians making their way north of to $30000.00 migrants a month, those with sponsors and to pass background checks will be allowed into the u. s. to live and to work the 2 years. but they will have to travel by plane. if they try to

smuggle themselves in by land or by say, and get caught. they will be bought. the numbers of illegal migrants has exploded in recent years, particularly at the land border states like california, texas, arizona. so more than $2700000.00 arrivals last year. way up from the 2021 number of 1900000. we anticipate this actually is going to substantially reduce the number of people attempting, attempting to cross our southwest border without going through a legal process. this week, the arrival of hundreds of migrants from cuba forced the closure of a national park of the coast of florida. on thursday, they were moved to the us mainland and another measure it reducing the number of illegal migrants. the u. s. is just resumed visa concert services in cuba. it's hoping more people will follow this legitimate route instead. if you are in a burning building, it does not seem right to say, but before you jump from the 2nd floor, please go to your computer, get on mine schedule an interview, go to the conflict,

come back to the burning building. wait for a couple of months and then you can jump right when somebody has to flee to be alive, they have to flee, and our systems have to honor and recognize that context. the new policy has the land border only in its sites. but in florida where the border is at the water, the question is how will it work? here? florida's republican governor has made it very clear where he stands on a legal migration rung. the census hasn't just spoken out against it. he is actively held other republican states, move migrants to democratic areas. remember, this is a man who, although he hasn't formally said it yet, is widely expected to declare a run for presidency in 2024. if that does happen, expect a lot more focus on the border, particularly the maritime border in the coming months. philipo al jazeera miami for i some breaking news now in russian state media is reporting that a unilateral cease fire in ukraine ordered by president vladimir putin has now come

into effect. the russian leader announced the truce to coincide with the orthodox christmas holiday, but ukraine has rejected it saying russia is attempting to stop if said vance's venezuela's opposition has appointed 3 exiled politicians to direct the so called interim government replacing one guy do. nearly 50 countries had recognized him as the legitimate leader grider was voted out last week after his supporters lost faith in his ability to ask president nicholas maduro. alexander, i'm petty reports. thursday's vote was the last nail in the coffin for the leadership of one glad dog man. that was the face of venezuela position. for the last 3 years i majority, i've been as well as opposition shadow congress, backed by the united states and other western nation, voted to and is so called the answering governments and replace them with 3 exile

lawmakers. the not, i forget my the and the law firm and this, and he said, i've asked who promised to return unity where weekend and divided opposition as it will now seek a single candidates for the next presidential elections in 2024. why dot called the move and then constitutional error. it wouldn't be that it's difficult to talk about unity today, and that's the divided. so the discussions of past days. but we need to overcome party and personal interests, unite the country and protect the constitution. the dictatorship cannot be the want to fill this void, developing the new leadership well also announced a 5 member commission to manage the venezuela foreign assets that were under control among them us based oil refinery fisco and over $1000000000.00 us dollars in gold held by the bank of england,

even if many fear the end of those governments could eventually return these assets to the administration of president nicholas and due to the u. s. government so far as said that it will continue to support the position efforts in the country, whatever form they will take. but there is no doubt that the divisions among the opposition benefits president nicholas and my daughter who remains family and power and the government back parliament. that was also now he rated on thursday. the m $23.00 rebel group is occupying new areas in eastern democratic republic of congo. after saying it would withdraw from some of these areas beyond group announced last month. it would pull out from the tons of rahman, gobble, and key bomba that it occupied in october. it's handed 3 towns over to the congress government. but the m 20 three's advances in new territories is raising skepticism over its intentions. the d. r. c accuses wanda of backing m 23. a claim that the

random government has denied aid agencies in nigeria are bracing for the arrival of more refugees as fighting between soldiers and rebel forces intensifies the neighboring cameroon. but with global attention focused on other conflicts such as the war in ukraine, many refugee say they feel abandoned by the world. i'm israel reports from other gone. the other good refugees, succulent opened with a few 100 refugees from cameroon. 5 years ago. today it houses 14000. among them is dba. he arrived last month was his family, after spending months in the wild avoiding rebels and government forces. this short of goal was for adding up to the point that were wearing the booties. we had some cases of woollen, we doubt way, whether it is from those guys. the opposition group with the military, with the family arrived, feeling traumatized, but on hong kong, many of the refugees aren't so fortunate. feminine stomach city arrived with

gunshots with some half beds. so the attacks me added a son i've been perpetuated by government so does, and also by the amazon in this is a sports other if it is attending long term residents of the camp, like vivian cassey said, getting into the settlement doesn't mean an end of suffering for new arrivals, she says dealing with a neighboring community can also be a big challenge. so that will go to feature fail to brochure because of a lack of funding. monthly food ration have been cut by half and few here have the resources and skills to start a business with more refugees fleeing the fighting in english. speaking cameroon, humanitarian agencies are struggling to cope. last year alone, $20000.00 new arrivals have been officially registered by the united nations,

but with donors pledging less money, humanitarian workers face a funding shortfall of at least 60 percent of vicious acknowledge. many children here can be educated as a neighborhood. schools are overcrowded. it's not possible to accommodate olivia martinez significant to take a responsibility to involve a lot of places like this are sheltering about 18000 refugees from cameron. what is humanitarian agencies running short of funds? aid workers say their lives could become even more difficult if the fighting in cameroon doesn't stop soon. how many degrees al jazeera either got a philippines is battling record. high inflation presentation on macos junior says it's a simply out of control al jazeera barnaby. lo spent the day with one family and has this report from manila, 2 years of pandemic locked outs. and now soaring prices boldly. baldessari says he

used to be able to provide enough for his family before the pandemic. he made daily trips as a driver, but restrictions now limit him to 3 or 4 journeys a week. and he gave up another law with them for and i only make 6 or $7.00 a day. that's weirdly enough for food for that life has become really difficult. holding the budget of less than $6.00 on the day, we accompanied him to the neighbourhood, mercury, on the down by a quarter of the money was spent on rice, another quarter on chicken rest on a bunch of bananas, some vegetables and few pieces of sausages and fish, he said it was food for 2 days, for spammy of 6, develop lation prices in a developing economy. this is how many filipinos describe the increase in cost. the basic commodities. one of the most significant, a cooking,

staple onions at around $10.00, a kilogram. there, amongst them the most expensive onions in the world, us, there was no way pulled. he could afford onions, but even the middle class filipinos are hurting. while the economy is growing, inflation in december was the highest in almost a decade and a half, even though oil prices have started declining. the does that mean prices are going to go down? that just means, but i say one go up as fast as before, and that's going to be a problem. if families are not going to be earning enough, not only for the best and well president ferdinand marcus junior has been touting economic recovery. he's also acknowledged the high costs of basic goods. are unemployment rate. this sir? ah, quite reasonable, considering the situation. however, on the other side of that coin, there is still inflation that is running rampant and out of control hold. he says

he has no choice but to make do, but he hates seeing his children suffering. he hopes to whatever gains dichotomy megs in the near future trickled down to ordinary filipinos. barnett below al jazeera bonilla, south korean tech giant samsung electronics has reported a 69 percent drop in quarterly profits. the world's largest electronic friendship maker says profit sang to an 8 year, lo, between october and december, economies, se, awakening global economy. how much memory chip prices and curbs demand for electronic devices. alisha garcia had n o is the chief economies for asia pacific, edna, texas. she explains what led to this decline in profits. we are seen in much weaker demand for chips and this has been the case already since the summer. and they've got only worse by the end of the year. but the reality is that there's also structure factors behind this. if you look actually at the component of the

weakening results from sampson, you can see that it actually memory chips are by far the worst. that means that this.