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the fights for the ukrainian town of sala doc, he denies, claims the russian forces have taken control. ah, hello money out. is there a line from doug also coming up flights in the u. s. regime all to thousands were grounded for hours g. so a technical problem to great rebels in ethiopia begin happening over that heavy weapons as part of a deal to end 2 years of conflict in the north. and i so claims responsibility for a suicide attack in afghanistan near the foreign ministry that killed at least 21. ah hello and welcome russian forces led by mass race from the wagner group. say their

units are in control of the east and ukrainian town of salanda, but keep denies that the salt mining town has fallen, the fighting there and in bar moot, has led to some of the bloodiest battles of the war. so fall. natasha butler reports now from keith. ah, in full off the battle is relentless. the one thriving full mining town and east in ukraine is now a wasteland of the months of fighting between ukrainian or russian forces supported by mercenaries from the russian wagner group. its head, yes, kenny precaution places a photo of himself and his troops online saying that taken control of solid are but there is, you know, you look at rocking at a vitamin unit to take control of the entire territory. so laid out, a cauldron has been formed in central city, in which urban fighting is going on at sky, probably any of the spokesperson for rushes, defense ministry didn't comment on the claims,

but said the russian airborne unit surrounded the town, securing it with help russian forces net push to capture the entire bus region, bought ukrainian military officials and some soldiers on the ground. se solid all has not fallen, and that ukrainian forces a holding on here is all our positions is still holding from time to time. this close combat and artillery fire on the new trains president. all those dismiss, rocking claims will additional money that develop at least they know the terrorist state and its trip again to to try to pretend that some part of our city of solid are almost completely destroyed. by the occupiers is some kind of achievement of russia. they were present and are already presenting this to their society in order to support mobilization and to give hope to those who are for aggression. but the fighting continuous done its front is holding 30 as lengthy,

was in the western city of louise to pay his respects to soldiers who died in the conflict. he also met the list, the way new president and foolish president andre, due to he said poland was sent leper tanks to keep as part of an international coalition to help create keepers. long said that among the heavy weapons that it needs tanks or essential but western powers have been reluctant to sent offensive weapons that could be regarded by moscow as a sign of escalating the conflict. but the tide is turning. frances pledged, heavy armoured vehicles and the u. kay's considering sent against the challenger, 2 tanks. some european countries are increasing pressure on germany to do the same . tanks alone, clearly can't change the was direction, but they'll certainly help bolster ukrainian horses in the face of moscow's ongoing firepower. natasha butler, i'm to sarah. well,

the kremlin has appointed its highest ranking general to lead its military campaign in ukraine for lady jetta. seymour has been the russian armies chief of general staff for more than 10 years. your place is so gay, sort of begin who's been demoted now to deputy roches commanding officers have come under laws of pressure and criticism. in recent months as moscow has failed to achieve any major progress in its war in ukraine and pavel falcon, how his military analysts, he says the last time a top general lie jetta seymour was sent into the field during world war 2. this is totally extraordinary. now it's, it's not the promotion, it's a demotion for the chief of general staff because chief of general staff, that's the number 2 in the russia military. and many respects him and number one them down. he is just the commander of the fight. we, we task force. so this then demonstrates the not is simply not,

not there simply extraordinary situation. such things didn't happen in russia now since 1941. when the, the german nazi miramar invaded them, chief of general stack goodies shook of was sent to the front by joseph stalin. so this demonstrates that there's a kind of emergency and he's going to have also of course deputies, the chief of the air force, air space troops and the chief of the army. also there and there's only the, she will, the navy left town is not there in command in the field. so yes, this is a very interesting ordinary situation. chiefs of general staff and brushing normally do not do such things. i mean, he's, he's in charge of the nuclear deterrent. he can send the nuclear missiles flying to other continents. he has a nuclear football. as the chief of general staff, i mean, he's a really very important person. flights have resumed and the united states off to

technical glitch saw thousands of planes grounded for hours. the problem is being blamed on a computer outage at the federal aviation administration. the governments transport agency, hardy, j, casper reports from ronald reagan, apple's in arlington, virginia. it was a sight not seen since $911.00, thousands of plains grounded at all us airports due to a nationwide stoppage called by the federal aviation administration. no, nothing like this. so bad. the love and obviously you know, everything just happened because of the system. i think that she just punch control alt, delete the f a a says a computer failure was to blame. specifically the notice to air mission system or not m suffered a temporary outage. without it, like crews could not access the latest safety alerts about fly conditions and runways. we still consider this to be a vital safety system because this is the one that moves messages that

a pilots need on anything from a taxi way or a runway being out to an issue with the navigation beacon to may be an upcoming military or space operation. in a certain sector, the outage did not impact white's already in the air. the ground stopped lasted about an hour and a half until the f. a said the computer problem was fixed. the cause of the outage remains unclear. there is no direct indication of any kind of external or nefarious activity, but we are not yet prepared to rule that out. president joe biden has ordered an investigation. the white house says there is no indication of a cyber attack. the epa is working aggressively to get to the bottom of the root causes for the system outage, so that it does not happen again. meanwhile, thousands of delayed are canceled flights, have colored flight status boards at airports read. this is the domino effect of the ground. stop and it's impacting travelers already batter by

a chaotic holiday travel season club. wilford smith hopes his flight from washington to fort lauderdale, florida will take off on time. his wife is waiting there, he says, and he hasn't seen her in a long time. oh, my 1st thought was freaking out or flo ago or within her month and now it may be a day or 2 more that in a period technical glitch can hold the u. s. air travel industry impacting millions has drawn renewed scrutiny to the systems vulnerabilities. a full investigation has been promised. heidi jo, castro al jazeera washington i saw has claimed responsibility for a suicide explosion that killed at least 21 people in the afghan capital kabul and dozen more were injured in the blast, which happened near the foreign ministry office. a chinese delegation was reportedly in the building missing with the taliban when the blast occurred. or be

de la by here is a lecture the american university of canst on in couple says the ongoing secures issues in the capital are cause of concern. there are 2 major concerning aspects of what happened today. one was that this is that a very high security area. there are multiple checkpoints. you have to have specific documents to access that street. ah, and the fact that it happens at such a bad moment. it is concerning the profile fits i, a ski and i, a ski has been making advances and has been conducting such sophisticated attacks. we saw an attack on chinese. we've been up on a spawn in kabul a few weeks ago. and then this, while at a high level meeting is taking place is concerning because it drives foreign engagement away. ah, the thought of bon policies have been helped. and then having the one thing that looked like a win for the off ones, which was the security situation improving. that is fost dispelling the u. s.

secretary of state anthony blinking and u. s. defense, extra lloyd austin all hosting that japanese counterparts in washington d. c. they have signed new agreements, expanding their military ties and have been discussing the growing threat from china's ambitions in the region. lincoln commended japan's decision to double its defense spending on 2027. that's getting wall mess we can speak to patsy. go haine who's lying 1st in washington, d. c. patsy. good to see you. a press conference on that meeting. just concluded give us more details and wants been announced. you're right, i did just wrap up just a few minutes ago. i a pretty long oppressor, but not on lot of news. one thing that was slightly interesting, was you a secretary defense lloyd? austin said he doesn't believe that. china's a recent what he called provocations are an indication that they, that, that, that is a prelude to an eminent invasion of taiwan. but that is really the broader context

here of why these groups have been meeting japan. it's really a remarkable move since world war 2, they've really been a pacifist country. but as you mentioned, they're planning to double their defense spending in 5 years time. that would make them the 3rd in line when it comes to the amount of money that countries amount of g d p, the countries spend on their military just below us. and of course, china, one of the things that the japanese officials say they're going to be doing is they're going to go to an, an inhabited island and they're going to build a training center. they're complete with to run runways from the defense side. what the news they made there is that they're going to sort of change the way you, us marines are grouped on the island. they're not going to increase any more in japan because obviously that's very controversial with the japanese public. but they're going to be doing these things where they create a basically 2000 man

a grouping there. that focus will be on surveillance. and being able to launch missiles at ships. one of the big questions was, were they going to talk about exactly what kind of weapons we believe that the u. s . has agreed to said more miss more missiles and ammunition that can target ships? we don't yet know if that's going to be us based equipment that is based there or if the japanese are going to buy that. a one thing that we're going to be looking for is u. s. president joe biden on friday. he's going to be meeting with his counterpart, and one of the big asks, has been, japan wants to buy tomahawk missiles, hawk missiles are a very sophisticated weapon. it's a cruise missile. it can go up to 1600 kilometers. it's precision. and it's an important thing to realize the view as only actually sells tomahawk missiles to one other country because they're potency and that's at the united kingdom. so we'll be looking for that to see if that develops on friday. they also said that there were to sign agreements involving japan in d, u, a space force. so it is

a sign that japan feels that it needs to shore up it's allegiances. and another sign that the u. s. sees china as their biggest is what they call them, the pentagon, pacing threats. thank you for that popsicle haine that for us live in washington. still heads on al jazeera, tens of thousands of opposition. supporters gather in the bangladesh capital with a message for the government. and will tell you why ambulance workers in the u. k. on strike again for 2nd time this winter. ah, california is got yet more rain on the way the pacific is not given up. this time the fix is probably further north than it walden. it's throwing huge amounts of snow into the high ground across in the rockies,

which means cold air. the cold air then sinks across the plains states, and as you know, as a result of that usually produce big thunderstorms. this is no exception. thursday, whether be very wet with potential tornadoes, certainly flashlight, they're all right through their higher valley, east of the great lakes as well, leaving cold re behind, but in the sunshine and for california, mostly the north. we've had a huge monster in elaine san francisco, but look to the north of that across the canadian border for rain. during thursday, showers are frequent but light in the caribbean, maybe a bit more concentration. his pan mueller's you'll see, and in panama looks while a persistently ret wet in south america, there's a light across a brazil the stretches down towards rio. this is produced historically some pretty big thunderstorms that might continue flash flooding. likely south of this and the argentine of ticket has been scorching the hot recently that's gone away. temporary got showers in the northern part, washington. this circulation of commodore lived avia has been pretty stormy. it

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ah, welcome back. watching al jazeera wind had fall top stories, as our russian forces led by mercenaries from the wagner group say they have gained control of the eastern ukrainian town of solar dot keepers denied the claim. fighting in the areas intensified in the past few days. as russia tries to gain ground flights have resumed in the united states, all to technical glitch saw thousands of planes grounded for hours. the problem has been blamed on a computer outage at the federal aviation administration, or that in j biden has ordered investigation. and my soul exclaim responsibility for suicide. explosion that killed at least $21.00. people in cobbled bloss tablet near the foreign ministry office where chinese delegation was missing with the taliban. anti grand rebels have been handing in heavy weapons to the

ethiopian army. so part of a p steal signed in south africa 2 months ago to end the conflict in the north. malcolm web reports more than 2 years since the conflict began to grow and rebels have started handing over weapons to ethiopian federal government. it's part of a peace agreement signed 2 months ago. baldwood at the get done in missouri, desperate the agreement, disarmament needs to be carried out. we have disengaged it from all front lines like t d f. we has also done the same thing. we have done this by agreement. the leaders of the 2 grey and rebels dominated ethiopia, politics and military for nearly 30 years. after prime minister abbey ahmed took office in 2018. they defected with a substantial fraction of the army and its weapons. african union inspectors were there to see them being handed back to the government. we have seen the hand in and taken over of military hardware by above due to ground defense

forces and the national defense force. the p still stated that foreign forces should lead to gray or tray. his army fought there on the government side. access to to gray is restricted, but humanitarian workers say, era trained soldiers a still there have been accused of executing and raping civilians. activists say the to grey and rebels have been pushed into a corner. they have been told by the a, by any and by the american that they have to accept what they've been. what has been put to them now is the trickling of a exchange. the total disarmament. ready is the only posted that protecting the tracking, but again it be bought by every sample. ready the un

estimates half a 1000000 people have died from violence and starve ation. during the conflict, hundreds of thousands of others have been forced from their homes. people are still waiting to see if they'll be lasting. peace, or justice. malcolm web al jazeera, tens of thousands of opposition supporters held a mass sitting in the bank that she kept on wednesday. they won the government to resign a new election to be held under nonpartisan katie caretaker, administration. of the chatter reports from deca o. during the past few months, the bung with a government has climbed down on opposition parties, but that didn't stop tens of thousands of opposition, supporters and people from all walks of life from taking part in protest rallies like this one in the capital dr. o, we are here to show our solidarity with all who are protesting against his carrying government. he wants democratic elections and they take our government. many are

also angry at the government for failing to stop soaring energy and food prices. i've gone along, but we are here to demand democracy. i protest against the rising price of essential food items. it's hard for us working class to make ends meet security has been tightened across the capitol i and later and their political, the democracy movement. i've taken a nap, walton in the capital donna on wednesday main our position leader futrell islam was just released on monday after a month in jail. told us a large number of opposition leaders and activists are still in jail and says they're living in human conditions. he has called for the pump release our party, b and b in as all it said, the other parties below going to a different go bush, tea or more chairs were france. there was around the same round that was 10 point

program for its ration democracy. and as well as the have also simultaneously announce a program which will just go for the forms of does states after the election. if the election is a told him under the carrier government, the government though remains defined in recent months. several people have been shot dead by police. hundreds injured and thousands have been arrested that opposition rallies across the country all moleed human globally. accordingly, we have been able to meet any challenges in the past, and today under shake has seen his leadership of amo li compared to any other time is much stronger and more united. the opposition line says it will continue to press home. it's 10 point demand that includes the resignation of the government and the transfer a power to a non partisan caretaker administration. before the next general election can reach

audrey al jazeera deca, brazil's capital is bracing for more demonstrations from supporters of the former president. jerry bull sanara, security forces assessing on barricades than shutting down main avenues to traffic on sunday protest as invaded the supreme court, the presidential palace and congress in an effort to overturn the general election and send messages have been circulating on social media, edging crowds to rally against president luis in austria, leila de silva's election. at least 17 people have been killed and storms that continue to vassar. the us state of california emergency workers are struggling to clean up the wide spread damage. athens of residence is still under evacuation orders in some parts of the state. officials expect another powerful whether from to hit the state on friday. rob reynolds has more from the town of capitalism.

one of the reasons that this series of storms has been so destructive and deadly is that people here in california, as in many other places around the world, often build structures in places where they might be better advised, not to. and there's an example here where i am in capital, or you can see these are brightly colored buildings behind me that are right down on the shoreline. they were just battered and heavily damaged by waves high surf that has come in over the past several days of waves up to 7 meters tall. ah. and you could see that some of the windows and doors are actually boarded up. so a nice place to be when the weather is good, not so bad. not so good. when the storms come, ah, as they inevitably do, the least in pakistan and becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of tanks by the pakistani taliban. the armed group ended a sci fi last november and ordered its finances to launch attacks against the

pakistani state. i said, beg reports, police in pakistan on high alert. it comes after the buck stony taliban targeted police in recent weeks and threatened the prime minister and foreign minister. but in the province of haber buck to him, what is the police who are on the front line? the militants have equipped themselves with harmless heights on rapids no loss. thomas hayes had being used by a militants on guns, sniper weapons and their targeting policemen at, at night time, on rooftops of the police dishes, were there gardening or on really a stick point? but just days ago, 2 police officers and one civilian were killed during an attack by the pakistani daddy. bon, the situation has angered locals, who fear a return to violence. they took to the streets to voice their opposition to the taliban. the threat is very real. ah,

the bach stanley taliban released this training video promising more attacks and declare and gets intention to impose its hard line interpretation of islam clause and its opposition to the pakistan military merit. technologically each, an early push to, ah, very, very disturb because are, these are many can see like, or situation life here in a copy can go and the people are receiving the ransom, reckoning them, targeting them for the situation is very, very ela, a very, very alarming in the capital islamabad, there have been warnings of possible attacks against diplomats and foreigners, 2022. so 150 attacks carried out by the boxed on a table, killing dozens of people. one good thing that we have seen in the recent past is their top people or for concern areas, leg we must have seen in swap. and it was, it was fun where the whole

a population irrespective for their party affiliation and they all got together. they all protested and they sold their resolve for now, this hope authorities will be able to deal with this threat and they won't be a returned to violence. i said, bake al jazeera, thousands of health workers in the united kingdom have gone on strike, demanding higher pay. this time ambulance workers walked out after negotiations with the government failed, and the heyward reports from sheffield in northern england and in the cold of winter solidarity among striking staff more than $20000.00 ambulance workers are taking industrial action in england and wales in a dispute officially about hey, but really so much more than just facts. the frustrations of the long, long hand opposite the hospitals which are delaying our ability to turn out to live care for our patients. the pressure that that's putting upon us stop,

we will join to look after folk and we're not, we're waiting. we're waiting to look after folks. we're losing valuable staff because they're the precious. they're feeling. we can't deliver the care that we want to deliver as paramedics. there are concerns about public safety during this walk out with fewer emergency crews available, people are being told to only call for an ambulance if it is life threatening or a very serious situation, like b wrote were college of nursing who agreed a national minimum service level the ambulance unions have refused to do that, insisted on local arrangements. obviously, that made contingency planning much more difficult in terms of safeguarding patient safety ambulance service here in yorkshire is still providing some cover. and we saw people on the picket line rushing off to respond to emergencies. this crisis comes after talks between the government and unions broke down early

this week. but staff say it reflects a deeper crisis within britain, st. 8 chairs and there suspense become prime minister, where she su next winter of discontent with nurses and other public sector workers being so walking out. the truth is mister speaker, i'm proud to come from an annotated late and that's why i'm passionately committed to protecting me with more funding, more doctors. and i said on a clear plan to caught the waiting list. donna has been a nurse, but 37 years. she's also a labor counselor, i'm of always advocate for our patients, which always may, may take an action like this and quite difficult and then quite a moral dilemma as much as anything. however, i think that now because of the staffing levels, because of the safe looking at safety of patients, we need to be able to advocate our patients. and this is the only way that we can see to do it. many staff say this crisis isn't just down to winter precious, but years of under investment,

which is denied by the government. here they concerned about the impact of strike house on my patients, but say they need to safeguard the future of the service. they set out to provide m a. he would al jazeera sheffield in northern england, doctors and nurses in zimbabwe who walk off the job could face up to 6 months in prison. under new law going on strike has been banned. nausea, thousands of health professionals walked off the job for more than a week, demanding a pay rise. workers have resign it. huge numbers, leaving hospitals understaffed. world health organization has declared the end of nearly 4 month long a bona outbreak in uganda is $55.00 people died. the garden health ministry says it's now successfully control the spread of the virus w. a child can declare the outbreak over when they are no new cases for 42 consecutive days. ah.