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kevin mccarthy, of the state of california. i haven't received a majority of the votes. cast is duly elected. speaker of the house of represent republican kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the us house of representatives. but it took 5 days before he got the go ahead ah, on the bucket. this is al jazeera alive from dough also coming up. oh, christmas. during a crisis ukrainian celebrate orthodox christmas under the shadow war, mexican authorities confirmed 29 people were killed in violence spunk by the arrest of a drug cartel leader. and ben means opposition parties are gearing up to contest parliamentary

elections for the 1st time since 2019 ah republican kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives. mccarthy got the job after 5 days of a pike, chaotic political stale made. his bid was blocked by hard line republican party members. but after 15 ballots and some major concessions, mccarthy managed to secure enough support from washington, his alum fisher. after an historic queen and to leaking into the after a night of drama and contemplation, it was 15 time. lucky for kevin mccarthy, the california republican finally flipped enough foods to secure the position. a speaker of the us house of representatives, a speaker, the house, my ultimate responsibility is not to my party, my conference,

or even our congress. my responsibility, our responsibility is to our country. he told everyone he had the boots to win on the 14th when he didn't. 2 votes of president gates gates essentially blocked his way to the chair because he fell short of the number of votes required by one. it led to incredible scenes on the house floor with the 2 being confronted by colleagues was exchanged, fingers pointed, and physical confrontation, apparently avoided as one congressman had to be held back by colleagues. the conversations continued and suddenly to adjourn to monday was rejected. mccarthy wanted to go again. it seemed summed up by one democrat, if he offered his parties, no money for the poor. madam clerk, i rise to say, wow, the voting began again when congress women expense to exasperation at the extended

crusade. and then it was done. mccarthy finally became speaker of the $118.00 congress. kevin mccarthy moved into the speaker's office earlier this week, but several times in the chamber. it looked parameter. a group of ultra conservatives blocked his elevation, but slowly he groaned them don't offering a raft concessions, including a change of rules and who could challenge the speaker and the promise of seats on influential committees. democrats congratulated mccarthy on his when the warranty pieces, problems to control his own party. when republican said the issues of the last few days will have no impact on his party's long term prospects. the 2024 presidential election creeping, ever closer. i think it's been hard on a party and a little bit frustrating, but i don't think it's left a scar. i don't think it's anything permanent, as i've said a number of times as well. 6 months from now. no one will be thinking about this.

and that could be an issue for kevin mccarthy. he has an extensive agenda. he wants to push through congress. but to do that, he needs the united party and it has been anything but in the last few days and hours. alan fisher al jazeera on capitol hill in washington, or russ feingold is a political risk analyst. he says, house republicans can now put pressure on the biden administration, especially when it comes to foreign policy. well, certainly impacted in the sense that again, there'll be a lot of oversight. at a minimum, there's going to be 3 things. there's going to be at the house. republicans are going to investigate what happened in afghanistan, the chaotic withdraw. so probably be very embarrassing revelations about decision making, where the lack of decision making on the bite and team during those crucial weeks in august of 2020 what ukraine policy is. barbara mccarthy's already famous per saying there will be a blank check for ukraine. so although a lot of that money was appropriated in the recently passed on the bus bill at the

end of 2022, they're still going to conduct oversight and try again. try to embarrass the by the ministration with too much being spent to buy supplies and things like that, cost overruns, etc, etc. and then there's the big one, china. so these are the republicans already said they're going to set up a new committee today and will be bipartisan, but it's going to investigate all aspects of the bided administration, china policy. and the result there, we know what that is. it's going to say that the bided administration is way too soft on china and they're going up on the, by the new ministration to take a lot more action, whether that's our trade or human rights, sanctioning chinese government officials. so we should certainly expect versus the previous house control by the democrats. a lot more talk about china and a lot of proposals. and frankly, a lot of criticism of divided administration. mccarthy's victory came out after commemoration event tomorrow. the 2nd down,

over 3 of the jeremy 6 attack on the u. s. capital democrats gathered on the steps of the building to pay tribute to the offices who kept them safe. they also reflected on the lives of 5 people who were killed during the attack support of donald trump store the capital 2 years ago. the former president had falsely claim the 2020 election was stolen. well, what health correspondent, kimberly, how can has more from washington d. c. to mark the 2 year anniversary as the january 6th riots when supporters of former president donald trump sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. you as president joe biden on friday, awarded 12 people, presidential metals election workers as well as law enforcement officials for their role in what he says was a courageous act. standing up for democracy and pushing back against those, he says, sought to prevent the peaceful transfer of power is not an exaggeration to say america owes oh you all. i really mean

a get the debt of gratitude. well, we can never fully repay unless we live up to what you did more than 950 people have been arrested for their role in the january 6 riots. and among those at least $350.00, have been convicted for a wide range of crimes, including trespassing and destruction of property house committee. looking into the january sex riots has also concluded that among those that should be charged. former president donald trump, for his role in sparking the riots ah orthodox christians in ukraine, a celebrating christmas under the shadow of rushes wor, oh,

some gathered in kids 1000 year old monastery service was held to the cranium language for the 1st time. ukraine officially split from the russian orthodox church last year in a step towards establishing an independent church. 30000000 ukrainians, identify as orthodox christians, and celebrate christmas on the 7th of january. and it's been a somber christmas morning in key. if child stratford reports christmas warning for millions of orthodox christians around the world, but of course a christmas hair that has been blackened by more than 10 months of war. you join us outside this beautiful cathedral in kia. this is the most important orthodox cathedral in the country and today for the 1st time the head of the newly formed ukrainian also dogs church will be holding praise often to alicia. those praise already at always being held by a ukrainian orthodox church affiliated to moscow. it is

a church that certainly in recent months has been accused of having connections with the kremlin. it has had its churches rated by the ukraine. it'll socrates the craniums, accusing them of having links of potentially being even linked to saboteurs in size . ukraine, of course, this is something that is massively denied by that church that is linked to moscow . but i think that that is a reflection of just how the divisions, how this war has as cause divisions between countries. but also between the religious communities inside your crime. and this was the scene on christmas eve in the eastern dawn by region where one church held mass in the basement. a sci fi awarded by russian president vladimir putin didn't stop soldiers and both sides from exchanging fire worked mentally they'll be proclaiming over the past 24 hours,

the enemy launched one massage of attack and made 20 attacks from multiple rocket launch systems. the danger of air and missile strikes remains throughout ukraine. the benefits of the enemy are focused on attempts to completely capture the don, yet region. within the administrative border. it conducts offensive operations in the back mode direction. and in russia, president vladimir putin attended christmas mass in the cathedral on the grounds of the kremlin senior government officials also took part. moscow, imposed a 36 hour ceasefire following calls from the influential head of russian orthodox church atrial carol. while the united states has confirmed another military aid package for ukraine worth $3000000000.00, it includes 50 infantry fighting vehicles which can fire anti tank missiles that we used in both the gulf. and the rug was it'll take a couple of months. basically i to get this capability, feel dead to get the ukrainians, trained on that,

that new training program that we're starting it, it's roughly a battalions worth of forces at a time. i so roughly $500.00 soldiers over the course of roughly a month. and we're adding on the bradley, training and other news. com has returned to the mexican city of calia can after a day of violence, authority say 29 people were killed when members of the powerful sinaloa cartel confronted security forces. the government is deployed an additional 1000 troops to the city. violence broke out when police arrested a drug kingpin on thursday, a video guzman as the son of imprison drug, lord l. chapo and an important figure in the sinaloa cartel, diarrhea, there is still no security. now one is telling us everything will be fine, it still doesn't feel good to know what those are, and then we'll call me over, can walk around and few waiting for god to see was and that nothing else happens. i love on, i go out, afraid that they will stop us again. i work here at the supermarket. la john holman,

reports of mexico city where the government released more details about the arrest . they said that everything's calm now in clear can in sinaloa, that's the state in north america where this all happened. and they revealed a little bit more information about the operation. so the key thing about this is the 2nd time around. they've tried to do this in 2019 they went in for the same man or video guzman. he's the son of walking guzman, otherwise known as old chapel, probably met case most famous drug trafficker ever. they went into get him in 2090 . they didn't get him, they had him there in the city. and then there was such a battle. and so many coulier kind story to lower cultural operatives. went out on the street to vehicle shooting things, burning things, putting up roadblocks and things like that that they had to let go. the president was worried about loss of life and civilians being affected, the real humiliation for him. so this time round, they got their man 3 years later, he said that things were calm. he was saying the differences between the 2

operations, for example, last time around, they tried to get a video guzman about mid day. this time around they went in the very early morning last time around. it was right and coolly a kind of city which is a real center point to this in a lower cartel. and this time around they went to a sort of village on the outskirts of cooley. i can't do it, which made things easier still have. is there a stream, whether it's both of austria for single authorities to deliver aid for a helicopter? from his former leader is facing a corruption trial. we'll explore what that means for the countries politics. ah hello, there will look to east asia and china is seen a lot so clear and calm weather over the past few days. the things are going to change. we're going to see the wet weather working its way into the south still for

beijing and shanghai temperatures. above the lots of sunshine and clear skies here not sought to clear up across the korean peninsula as that wintery weather sweeps out. once again into japan. we are expecting some snow flurries full from cato, down to western areas of han shoe, but tokyo managers to recover that temperature to double digits. now it's going to get wet, hurt in the south of china as an area of low pressure moves its way north across the south. china sea brings maybe for the likes of hine, on island. and hong kong is set to see that wet weather through to choose day. and it was a move to south asia. it's been relatively dry across much of the areas here we are like you see some wet and windy weather. however, sweep in from afghanistan, dropping temperatures here, it'll do the same across parts of pakistan. it is going to get a little bit warmer, however, across areas such as new delhi. but the fog remains an issue in places like water per death stretching weight to bangladesh. much clear out for the south this the heavier rain, however, can be found in sri lanka, and we are looking at some,

a bit of a wet and wintery prospect for pakistan on sunday. ah, the american people have spoken, but what exactly did they say is the one looking for a whole new border with america in it? is the woke agenda on the decline in america. how much the social media companies go about you have, how easy is it to manipulate the quizzical book us politics, the bottom line under cover of reporting and exclusive stories explosive results, al jazeera investigations, hulu . oh,

oh ah, they're watching al jazeera, i remind of our top stories this our republican kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after 5 days of political stalemate. mccarthy's bid was blocked by hard line republicans who repeatedly voted against ukrainians. a celebrating orthodox christmas under the shadow of war fighting is continuing on the front lines. despite a cease fire, cool by russian president vladimir putin, least 29 people have been killed in violence in mexico following the arrest of drug cartel leader. a video guzman on thursday. gunman and military police were engaged in intense fighting in the streets of korea. can now the horn of africa and east africa is in the grips of a crippling drought. several consecutive harvests have failed. and agencies a warning that millions of people could face starvation. catherine's soil reports

from to connor in easton, kenya. this is a familiar site in somalia. capital, mogadishu, hundreds of families, i heading to the capitol from areas across the country. they are fleeing a drought that has wiped out their livestock and left them without food and water. some of their children have died many r, malnourished. a minimal ha made recently arrived at his camp. she is struggling to make ends meet soccer and the butcher it. when i wake up in the morning, i make che, and popcorn. this will be my children's only meal. the last 2 years have been hard on people in countries like somalia, kenya, and if you appear for rainy seasons have failed. it's likely the 5th season won't make much of a difference across east africa. at least 36000000 people are affected, including children who are severely malnourished. 11000000 if philippines and

4000000 canyons are close to starvation more than 8000000. so marley's have nothing to eat. millions of farm animals have died. 4 and 16000000 people cannot get enough water. we not only of of her to the farming was the tuition still are critical. adults also affected the food production. our with new 70 percent of her who bought ocean somalia has been affected by the by the throat. ah, also it's affected the education where all those young people under age who offered by the drug are not going to go to the school agency. say some districts are heading towards a family in the last time one was declared in somalia was in 2011. 0 brianna. he is

alive certain. but at the same time we are calling to focus on the recovery under yes. does most important to us wanted to profanity? the cares of the humming height is in canyon, leaving in irish areas are relying on the government and humanitarian organizations . kenya has declared the trout a national disaster because all through the year i'll jazeera visited several counties in the north to cover the deteriorating situation. people are receiving main and cooking oil, but this wood does not come often. and will it is a we are talking to say it's not even enough. doctor's dealing with malnutrition cases say some children who live in remote areas often come to the hospital when they are already too weak to be saved. wildlife has also been affected. the government estimates at least 200 elephants died because of the drought in 2020 to

the region as in the middle of another rain season. some areas have hard rainfall, but whether experts say it may not be enough. that means millions of people who desperately need help may go into the next year. even was off katherine sawyer, all jazeera nairobi, and nicholas joiner case from the world food program in somalia. he says the crisis has reached a crucial point. i mean, i've been kids as they are now, and this is patricia, remain very, very critical. but the technique of having to be met yet, you know, people continue dying. we see the mortality to the extremely critical level. and we are very worried for the coming mom sees if we do manage to maintain, to be met times with an interest in that into

the main driver of these crazy to make them crazy. in the, in the, in the home africa, the rule is the prone to grow into my population who range for season with 80 consequences on the live lives. the still being the tro by the growth crisis so that the growth indicate in somalia. and that is why incorporated into the life and being intervention that they leave it by w. s. t more sustain and hon. solution to climate patient. i also need to be in the resilience of the traditions so they can better cope with future climate shows. california is bracing for another round of severe weather pacific storms of cause, major flooding in the u. s. state this week and cut power to tens of thousands of

homes. the weather has been blamed for the 6 death. santa cruz county suffered the worse damage, and downtown san francisco reported one of his wet his periods in the 150 years. and reco breaking flaws have left remote communities in western australia. isolated the kimberly region in the far north of the state was the worst effected authorities and lifting supplies to people in towns cut off by flood waters. portugal and the netherlands are the latest countries to require cove at 19 shacks for travelers from china. this week, the you urge member states to implement tess before departure. the china records the surgeon cases. the dutch governments also recommending people wear masks on flights to and from china. and the chinese authorities are concerned about the virus spreading. there is millions of people celebrate luna new year, the transport ministries calling for limits on travel and gatherings. officials are also urging people to wear masks on public transport. mm hm. you know for you to ha,

i haven't had cove at 19 yet. so if my relatives are positive, i'm afraid of carrying the virus back with me and infecting them, that would affect their health. but they have recovered from the virus for a while now. so i'm planning to visit them and spend the loony with them. my grandparents have also told me many times that they miss me a lot done better. every one in my family is having symptoms like fever and cough due to the reopening, they are covered 19 positive. they've all been infected, but it's not a big deal. there might be some coughing still, but it's not affecting the elderly greatly. iran as hangs to men for crimes committed during nationwide protests over the death of marseilles. many. the 2 men were found guilty of killing a security officer in november 22 year old martha. how many died in police custody in september? she been detained for violating the country's dress code. voters and benign will add to the polls on sunday to elect members of parliament. the electoral commissioners approve 7 political parties to contest the vote. among them is the

opposition democrats party, which won a constitutional court case in november to allow its candidates to run. i made a dress reports from cotton. no. the final push for votes was politicians campaign, a head of sunday parliamentary elections in vinny. and for many voters, they excited about the prospect of restoring confidence in the country's democracy . the last legislative election in 2019 sparked clashes that left several people dead after the opposition party was banned from participating that year, only 2 political parties supporting president, patrice delores, while allowed i constitutional court ruling last november gave a green light to the opposition known to have a position patty's. i think at least we have 2 democrats in emptying the jack keel for the jump at us. and if it's affordable, good, come on fall,

because they have those buddy, danny, and he is governor corner is concerned about was his and part is included the democratic group. number 2, that political where i've never been excluded from the boxes. $2921.00 and want to win. i'd hold yeah. parliament to change laws make consider right. but sundays vote is more than just the election of parliament members. the results will determine who runs for president in 2026. the electoral court requires any candidate for president to get endorsement from legislators and mares in order to run a political party can only get representation in parliament if it gets 10 percent of the total votes cast nationwide. regardless of whether it wins a constituency, present the election commission as it's ready with de la plenty to prop his own muscular department. the prison. why you to quit when we started distribution of election materials from the furthest to the regions nearest to cultivate on an old

. now all areas have received the needed lecture materials that were oh to see are hoping this election will restore opposition, politics and benign. and that the country will avoid valid clashes of 2019 observers. what the watching, not only the conduct, but also the outcome of this election. it will determine whether or not the streets are calm. ahmed edris al jazeera quarterly for french president nicholas cosy and a former minister expected to go and trial this year. the not the any one's caught up in controversy. many senior figures have been implicated in various cases. some of them involving corruption as our been jervey took, takes look at the extent of corruption in french politics. ah, france is known for its landmarks, food, and art. but what's less commonly discussed is the corruption in its corridors of power in his 2 presidential terms. emanuel microns cabinet has had its fair share of scandals facing accusations of abuse of power and misuse of public funds. 3

ministers were changed in cabinet re shuffles. at least 5 ministers resigned after facing investigations and accusations ranging from tax evasion and employing so called ghost workers to fraud and sexual harassment. for current heads of the interior, justice defense, and labor ministries have either faced or are facing investigations. this does not include several secretaries advisors and commissioners, facing allegations of corruption and other wrong doing. the minister frontier has been accused of handing out favors in exchange for sex. he says the sexual relations were consensual. you bet gemalto films, i have no comment to make. i didn't do it before, i don't do it now, and i won't do it tomorrow. i have confidence in the judicial institution here going to the minister for justice denies doug. the judge of who opposed him in the past. if he deserves, i have used my rights to silence. i have always said that i get my legitimacy from

the president of the republic, the prime minister, and no one else over the as well as those in power. the french far right politician marine the pen is also accused by the european union's fort agency of misusing public funds. but none of this is new in french politics. former presidents nicholas cosy, have been convicted yet. she rocked face charges of corruption and abuse of power. and even the man who led france against nazi germany of the goal, was accused of using funds from the former colonies to fund his campaign. in france, a 15 member, special court tries legal cases against politicians and power activists say the system as elitist and unfair. because 12 of the 15 members are in peace and only 3 are judges, french and decker, african association, antique, or has a 150 cases against politicians, for alleged corruption and says it's been fighting to restore ethics for 2 decades . according to a recent pool, more than half

a french people think that politicians are corrupt, your forces. so close the penalties in court. this is where you, the gap is getting wider between the ruling class and french citizens who cannot understand why politicians who are accused of several charges. what do not have to resign in the past, politicians stepped aside until the trials were over. that's no longer the case. former president sock was eased back in court in 2023. he's expected to deny wrongdoing and allegations of corruption. but it will take more than words for much of the french public to start believing their politicians are honest. from a job in downers era, paris france as kurdish community is holding its 3rd march in a month in paris, protest as a marking the 10th anniversary of an attack in which 3 kurdish activist died and demanding justice for those murders. the march comes less than 3 weeks after another attack in the french capital, when a man opened fire on a kurdish centre.