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rushes, 36 hours cease, fire fails to stop the fighting as you premiums celebrate orthodox christmas. ah, my mom and dad room, this is al jazeera alive from door ha, also coming up china and travel restrictions for inbound passengers, just as cobit 19 infections surge across the country. iran executes 2 men for killing a paramilitary officer during protests. over the death of masa, i mean the most severe drought in 70 years. the un warns millions of people could starve in countries across east africa.

russia's unilateral 36 hours cease fire in ukraine for orthodox christmas as ended and it appears to have been a ceasefire in name only. russia says its forces have repelled for ukrainian attacks along the front line, but otherwise held fire. ukrainian government did not agree to the temporary truce and said russia continued its attack, shall fire could be clearly heard in the frontline town of buck, mood, which has been abandoned by most of its residence, ukrainian president for what america lensky says. the gunfire in buck mood came from russian positions. he graciously chill wouldn't have quilted his meal. by the way, once again the world to see how deceptive any statements at any level coming from moscow is that was saying something about the supposed cease fire. the reality however, was that russian shells once again hit back boot and over ukrainian positions. 30000000 ukrainians are orthodox christians and his cha. stratford reports from keith for them. attending mass is not just a spiritual act, but

a political 12. 0 churches have stood here for almost a 1000 years cubes. oliver cathedral is one of the most important, also talks christian institutions in the world. but this year's christmas service is different if you're a big barrier law for the 1st time. the liturgy is being delivered in ukrainian by recently formed ukrainian orthodox church. for centuries, the ukrainian church is conducted the christmas service in ancient slavic, and russian times have changed. oh, certainly i saw it. i think people have changed the stays of changing. we see historical justice and the nation is being formed. it's very important to eradicate everything russian from ireland, i guess, or russian church as it oh was here before i've ever supports in like her russia nursing and put in. so she was so know when lee jen,

have rudy crenan church? oh, i'm really glad to see her sentiments like these have been growing since roches illegal annexation of crimea and areas of the dumbass in 2014. they have now been institutionalized in the country that suffering a full scale invasion and more than 10 months of war as the newly formed orthodox church of your crying holes. christmas pres. here, for the 1st time, the ukrainian church affiliated with moscow has no choice but to hold a service at another site close by you crane accuses it as supposing and even helping russia in the wall. something the church vehemently denies the priest. he is one of a number on a ukrainian sanctions list. the police and army have rated numerous russian orthodox churches across ukraine since the war started orthodox priest metropolitan

. clement says his church has no affiliation with moscow. other than a spiritual one and accuses ukraine of flouting its own constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion worship. look magical. simply let us have tom was sure. this is shown by the fact that the contract for the use of the cathedral by our church was terminated without appropriate procedures. another denomination was allowed to conduct the christmas service in the church inquiries tube, as it is aggressive and discriminatory towards the worshippers of our church. it reminds us of the situation that existed in the totalitarian days of the soviet union condo city. there are few of worshippers at this church on christmas morning, but it isn't alicia schism natasha. well, of course we're a little sad that today we're not in a cathedral, but if god's well, the main thing is to pray humbly and then go to decide as needed. rushes invasion hasn't only pushed ukraine into the arms of the west. it's further dividing,

it's all said ox christian communities to chance travel al jazeera, give china has lifted pandemic restrictions on foreign travel, ending almost 3 years of self imposed isolation. quarantine is no longer required for inbound travelers, but several countries are demanding pre departure. covered 19th has for people heading abroad. it follows a surgeon cases in china in recent weeks after the government abandoned its strict 0 co policy last month. the lifting of restrictions coincides with the start of the lunar new year travel rush. china's health ministry says it's concerned about the virus spreading. as people gather for celebration, the government is urging people to wear masks on public transport. and here are some live pictures. this is the scene from an immigration check point at look, my child station in hong kong passengers are queueing to board a train to mainland china ahead of the holiday season. residents from the financial

hub, no longer have to quarantine, but still have to provide negative cobit test results. with me, you know, i haven't had to have it 19 yet. so if my relatives are positive, i'm afraid of carrying the virus back with me and infecting them. that would affect the health. but they have recovered from the virus for a while now. so i'm planning to visit them and spend the lid and eat with them. my grandparents have also told me many times that i miss me a lot doesn't go to the. everyone in my family is having symptoms like fever and cough. due to the reopening the cove at 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. john john wine is a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations. he says the concerns about travelers coming from china are understandable or impart because the 3 year bureau code to approach that not all right, any new faction, you know,

so as resolved, most of the people in the country was not re exposed to the 5. and because of the epic, the re, a lack of effort could be. busy of the chinese back being, so the anti body level, the most a chinese people walk very low so that allow that virus just to, to bang and again, the back in the country. by the way, these be resolved of these 0 coby approach. well, i think people in the country have reason to be concerned about the i volume from china, but i don't think it is reasonable to be in the past or so by there is no evidence of emerging new stuff bearing from china. and given that

most of the destination countries have learned with the fire in the, in the chinese visitors, i'm not going to be to the spike up in the country. there's been international condemnation of iran after a hanged. 2 men accused of killing a member of the countries revolutionary guard in november. mohammed mandy kurama with a national karate champion, and se mohammad has said, he was described as a volunteer coach for children. amnesty international says both convictions relied on forced confessions. the e u says it's appalled, the u. s. is demanding what it calls sham trials. stop negarra more tis ivy. as a journalist and host of the iran podcast. she says recent executions are only fueling more dissent. it seems like the government by rushing through these cases and while human rights organization, honestly, international, specifically saying without any resemblance of justice or due process is

essentially trying to instill fear and send the message to the rest of the protesters in the center is that this is what's going to happen to you and that they're using any means to try to crash the protests and to essentially send the code testers back home. the previous to executions, follow the same hot or young man failure known and executed through rush courts and also abruptly in the early hours of the day. and this time also to say to man $20.21 and both hands especially the this is still fear of what it's actually doing is generating more anger's generating even more protests. we're seeing funerals of protestors turning into new protests themselves. actually, the 2 men that were hanged were arrested around the protests that were for the funeral of one of the other killed protest. so it just seems to be generating more

anger and more intervals of protests and essentially energizing more people to join this body else. movement and descends. mama miranda is a political analyst and professor at the university of toronto. he believes there's little popular support for the hanged men and says rights organizations have an ulterior motive. we have to be careful about the human rights organizations which are funded. i, western governments are funded by institutions closely affiliated with western governments, amnesty international. we know how you're supporting nato and i'm honest on the it is posted affiliated with the political establishment in the united states. we have to remember that over 60 police officers were murdered during this period. if you compare this to the united states 1000 roughly comparing it, we're taking into account that the population of the united states is 4 times

greater than iran. that would mean like 225060 police officers in the united states being killed by riots. so i think if we take a look at things in, in, in this sort of context, then it would be far more complicated than what these western and human rights organizations would say. 49 soldiers from ivory coast accused by molly of being mercenaries have returned home. the group was pardoned on friday, 6 months after being detained. they were flown to the commercial capital of abbey john ivory coast says the soldiers were part of the united nations peacekeeping mission. and molly, their arrests parked a diplomatic dispute between the 2 countries. thousands of demonstrators have marched in central paris to pay tribute to $3.00 kurdish activists killed 10 years ago. the anniversary came just 2 weeks after 3 curds were shot dead in an attack and the french capital. the activists killed and 2013 had links to the separatist.

curtis tan worker's party, or p k k, which turkey calls a terrorist group with the election of the new government in israel. christmas celebrations have been tense for orthodox palestinians, who say their facing increasing hostility. a christian cemetery has been desecrated in jerusalem, and church on land is being occupied by israeli settlers. bernard smith reports from ramallah and the occupied west bank. oh, the world's oldest christine community says its feeling the pressure like never before remodel as orthodox church was packed the christmas day math. even though christine make up just one percent of the population of the occupied west bank. down from 11 percent of the end of the ottoman era in 1922. and now with the most far right, is really government has ever been few here. see that trend reversing, but hey, lazar will not the plans of these extreme parties and what they believe in our based on expelling the other from holy places in jerusalem and all of polystyrene

that is unrealistic because we palestinians have a long history here. we are very rooted in this land. israel's occupation, the stranglehold it has on the economy and the security situation, or what drives most palestinians to leave. church leaders here have warned that christians have become the target of frequent and sustained attacks by fringe radical groups in jerusalem. and the holy land. it's a remind of the palestinian christian say they suffer as much under israel's occupation as muslims do. and this conflict is much more about land than it is about religion. settlers occupied this privately held church land in jerusalem with police protection 2 weeks ago. they say that carrying out archaeological digs, the church says it's not granted permission. more than 30 christine graves were desecrated earlier this week. israel's foreign ministry says the vandalism wasn't immoral act, that is an affront to religion. to teenagers have been arrested. william and

donovan, mister hod, we are exposed. is there 80 aggression and settlers edition dana, the damage corps on roads to destroy places. we are used to that yet either. it's not noon, but it's increasing with venue administration did resell it, and the message of christmas is that one day this land will return to the palestinians who have the right to it. and that rate will never be lost. mcwilliam, ireland, archie, the whole world, the west and the arab well can see what is happening here. we hear their words, but we did not see their actions. but the next issue, palestinian christians are often called the living stones of christianity because they can trace their history to the birth of the church 2000 years ago. and in a speech to mark orthodox christmas present mahmoud abbas said our people will continue to stand firm on our land. the land of our ancestors, bernard smith, al jazeera ramallah in the occupied westbank. still they had on al jazeera my

responsibility. our responsibility is to our country the many challenges facing kevin mccarthy who was elected us now. speaker after 14 balls and columbia's colorful black and white carnival celebrates the country's diversity. ah hello, the weather is large. he fired across much of china. we have got some wet weather down towards the far safa, the northeast, generally try and clear a pressure in char, so a lot of settled weather light, whence spousal sunshine, mild up towards the north, mild across the korean peninsula. still with a chance to some snow though, for the 1st western parts of japan, that snow extending its way up towards sir northern parts of han shoe for a time,

a little more expansive as we go on through monday. sheltered by the mountains as per usual tokyo, getting up into double figures. 13 celsius here on monday, on the mild side of mount enough in so and beijing, we get 4 or 5 degrees above the seasonal average as that where to weather into southern parts of china. that rain will be heavy at times and we got some very heavy rain now, making its way into central areas of vietnam has been nutting, further west, which as we've been for the coming through the last few days and it will bring some big downpours. it is light to cause some flooding into central and southern areas of vietnam as we go through the next couple of days. usual scattering a shower across malaysia to a few showers there into indonesia, and a few showers to coming to shall anchor river the next day. or so much of india is dry. notice a western disturb is making its way towards pakistan. ah, the american people have spoken. but what exactly did they say?

is the world looking for a whole new order with less america in it? is the woke agenda on the decline in america. how much his social media companies know about you, and how easy is it to manipulate the quizzical look us politics? the bottom line? the u. s. is always of interest to people. all right, the world people pay attention to what you're going here and i'll just, he was very good at bringing the news to the world from here. lou. ah, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories this our rushes, unilateral, 36 hour cease fire in you. praying for orthodox christmas has ended. keith did not

agree to the truth and said russia continued attacks. it's accused moscow of trying to use the situation to reposition its troops. china has lifted pandemic restrictions on foreign travel after almost 3 years. quarantine is no longer required for inbound travelers, but several countries are demanding pre departure. cobra 19 tests for people heading abroad. iran is facing international condemnation after it hanged to men accused of killing a member of the countries revolutionary guard in november. the you says it's appalled while the u. s. is demanding an end to what it calls sham trials. the u. s. president has congratulated republican kevin mccarthy on being elected speaker of the us house of representatives. joe biden said he's ready to work with the party, who's divisions were laid bare during a bruising vote that took 5 days. alan fisher reports 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 every one he had the votes to win on the 14th when he didn't. 2 votes of president gates gate essentially blocked his way to the chair. as 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, what would 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. and then it was done. mccarthy finally became speaker of the $118.00 congress. kevin mccarthy moved into this because of his ellia this week, but several times in the chamber, it looked premier to a group of ultra conservatives, blocked his elevation. but slowly, he groaned them don't offering a raft to concessions, including a change of rules and who could challenge the speaker on 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 part is long term prospect. the 2024 presidential election sleeping ever closer. i think it's been hard on the 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, i was fisher, i'll just eat up on capitol hill in washington. alan fisher has more on what lies ahead for mccarthy. kevin mccarthy laid out his agenda in his speech immediately after getting the speaker's gavel. and what he did was essentially don't at that the, the battle lines for the 2024 presidential election. the fact that he to rely very heavily on donald trump is important because of course donald trump is at the moment the only candidate who is declared for the presidential election. you remember on january the 6th, 2 years ago, kevin mccarthy criticized donald trump and then

a few weeks later went to morrow lago, essentially, to, to pledge his loyalty to the leader of the republican party. he needed donald trump to get over the line, and that means a lot of what he'll do will be aimed at damaging joe biden. and we'll certainly heard from that that there's going to be a hearing about immigration on the border. the going to talk about the politicization of the, the f, b i, the federal bureau of investigation. they're going to talk about the withdrawal from afghanistan at the border crisis, inflation of fuel. all of these things, the republicans believe could damage joe biden. and clearly, kevin mccarthy believes, could strengthen donald trump as we creep ever closer to that 2024 election countries in east africa and the horn of africa are suffering the most severe drought in 70 years. the you and has warned a famine if aid is not provided soon. the conditions are limiting. farmers efforts to grow crops and res livestock. catherine sawyer reports from ter, connor in eastern 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. amena mohammed recently arrived at his camp. she's struggling to make ends meet soccer and the missouri. when i wake up in the morning, i make tea 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 ethiopians and 4000000 canyons are close to starvation more than 8000000. so marley's have nothing to eat

. millions of farm animals have died. and 16000000 people cannot get enough water. we normally of averted the farming was the tuition still are critical or also so affected the food production? ah, which means 70 percent of her who bought ocean somalia has been affected by the by the drought ah, on so it's affected the education where all those young people under age who are factored by the drought 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 but in order to use the low surgeon. but at the same time we are calling to focus on the recovery under. yes. does most important to us who wanted to prevented 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 move and cooking oil, or this wood does not come often. and villages are we are talking to say it's not even enough. doctor's dealing with malnutrition cases say some children who leave in remote areas often come to the hospital when they're 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 rain fall,

but weather 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. catherine, soil jazeera, nairobi, the u. s. government has deported dozens of venezuela migrants to mexico. mexican authorities say 100 people who had crossed the border were sent back to the city of flores on friday. it follows the introduction of new border control measures, aimed at the scourging asylum seekers. more than 150000 in his wayland were caught crossing the us mexico border last year. colombian president, gustavo petro, has made a surprise visit to caracas to meet with his venezuelan counterpart, nicholas madura. it's the latest sign of warning. warming relations between the 2 countries and comes just days after an important border crossing reopened. ties were cut 4 years ago after columbia. the previous government refused to acknowledge murderers, disputed 2018 election when it's been

a month since peruse left. his president was removed from office after trying to dissolve. congress federal castillo's arrest sparked a wave of protests that left 22 people dead. and his prosecutors build a case against the former leader. many of his supporters say they've been betrayed by the government. arianna sanchez has more from one of castillo strongholds o from their mountain homes, to the streets of the small town of lipa higher, began. oh, hundreds of farmers doing danny. the moment demanding the rights to promises. former president bill castillo made during his campaign, yet little lydia bianca says she will not give up from the expectations she had when she voted for him 18 months ago. left the laws are made to favor the rich. we don't have a voice or a vote. we want

a constituent assembly to close congress and we want president dina bullard to, to resign. she does not represent us. well, many protesters here see kathy's removal from office and arrest, make him a political prisoner disorder. cathy, you ordered the dissolution of congress, and the rest of the prosecutor investigating him and corruption allegations. now he faces charges of rebellion and up to 20 years in prison. oh basil one with more than 80 percent of the vote. although people here say he didn't pull any of the promises he made the lawmaker responsible. yeah. because not allow me to work without gusty you. these farmers see their expectations for better living conditions slipping away the blame the new precedent. the novel neuropathy, i have an idea, amer sallie castillo promised agrarian reforms, and we voted for him. but noble artie has betrayed us. she was our sister,

but now we want her out. for a months, it who has witnessed protests, death, and destruction. the country is in a state of emergency. farmers here are continuously on strike, taking turns to block the mean highway as he has stomach on 1000 dunphy. we are so tired, all of us, lloyd, the elderly, children, yarmouth, but we're all taking part in the fight and that's the only way lonely come. if they don't listen to us, we will continue with our fight. you welcome. in what one month on business. the u . s a symbol fading away, but the people of what he passe his promises are now a force for renewed hope. and the only way for change they say is to continue fighting. men innocent is i just see that would hippa, a booty, mac colombians took to the street this week to celebrate diversity is part of an annual festival known as the black and white carnival. it's held in the southwestern city of pasto and.