[000:00:00;00] the the . ready ready ready one months after the fall of the sad regime celebrations of dampen, to buy concerns about the serious future. the, i'm sort of a, it's good to have you with us. this is a 0 life. and also coming up with gauze is a nicer hospital hours away from running out of fuel medical sources. tow alpha 0, the is really army, has killed at least 40 for palestinians and stores. 13 people are killed in, in,

in a russian attack on the southeastern ukrainian city of separate regions. wildfire is fueled by strong winds, force tens of thousands of people to leave their homes near los angeles. the thousands of syrians are celebrating one month since the overthrow of the charlotte subs regime with a concert about to get underway in damascus will be lived there and just a moment. but the nation still faces an uncertain future. as the new administration begins to rebuild the economy and state institutions. how can i help our begins our coverage from the syrian capital? this is those damascus people to those here every day. many have come from different parts of syria for some. this is the 1st time in the capital title. i'm

stuck with a nice, i mean that come in, so i hope the future will be best. uh, there was no life on the i side. we couldn't say anything. we was scared of him and his ami mahmoud is a bookshop own a. most of the new arrivals with bad doing asset for him. the new freedom, his biggest joy, what's his fees? the past economic recovery could be a long way. doesn't even see if the economy has to open up in the sections must be lifted. otherwise people won't see a positive impact. people were humiliated during our search and i hope they get a better start. while many been the, the new administration should be given time. but syria has been ravaged by 13 years of war and decades of instability. and people think the biggest focus should now be stability. yeah, i mean, clearly some food imagines through kind of a basic commodity should be made available like transportation,

electricity fuels so that people are encouraged to move around and invest. reconstruction has to start and foreigners should visitors. that's definitely going to make a difference. a lot of the upcoming weeks, a national conference on serious transition to democracy was thought it could be the country's chance to set aside the differences and united nation. you go for the news, thoughts the for you on the phone or the phone of us. it has now turned into questions about what's next. the challenges are many antibiotic wine and decades to sol, what people are desperate for quick solutions and i'm so, so the o problem, which could define the support for the new administration. question about about i 0, damascus was, is there a diplomatic and it's a james base take center stage in the series capital damascus at the, the concert venue that we were talking about at the top of the show. james, what's it like? what are you seeing of the? well,

it's just to see this movie to get on the way you can see the real serious independent slide. so how i remember just over a month ago removed the ram. this is even with this may be the rest of the right. and you might be seen from the time check the images from the use of war ahead of these codes, which is going to be applied by a signal from the home she went to, to check solid revolutionary who is going to be seeing the revolutionary song was coming to the stadium, you can still see the picture of the box. i could see news. i've used to have the rest of his face to way as his regime to i was telling you

the crowd here, i've been singing and shouting ahead of the cold and sean say, and it's worse. i'd be telling you what to go to hell, abu, half the snow, but yellow sides is cool. busy this is all the, all the classes named off to see this is now the last book. i disagree it. that is why people in this last teams you've been in the capital damascus for a couple of days. now you're a gregarious person. i'm sure you've been talking to syrians, what are those conversations like? well,

what it raises me is how intuitive and well to be excited. they're all to see foreigners because i've come to syria many times in the past. the 1st time i gave you it was during the rule of the fall, the half is our side. i've been thinking really did not want to speak to the very wary of foreigners is a foreign gymnast. when you went around the city, you always followed photo. nobody by to secret police, but members of the secret place they used to call you around the city and of course would you followed by secret police add to the rest of the syrian? no, we're going to be a new real florida. now they come out and shake your head and say, welcome to syria. we are delighted to have you in this country. if you do to get sick d for the 0 worries about the future. clearly the economy of this country. is it a very, very bad state? of the country need serious. reconstruct the challenges i had

to celebrate to the side there's going to be a new one on this day. i spoke with james, just just before i let you go, if you look at the film behind you, can you make out roughly what it's about the this is a big, big painting the some of the events that took place last it's the months ago when the district didn't leave it,

say they are, they coming back here is diplomatic. it it to james base. thank you very much. a syria has seen swift development since the fall of this regime last month. all position forces have quickly form the new administration and stepped up diplomatic efforts to show up regional and international support. the us says it will ease some restrictions on humanitarian aid was some you nations are considering lifting all sanctions imposed in response to the civil war. the 1st international commercial flight landed in damascus this week. many of the passengers were syrians coming home for the 1st time in more than a decade. the un estimates a 115000 people have returned to the country in the past month. and the new sewing and administration is urging the international community to help rebuild the country. so new businesses have started opening up across syria. one of them is

foreign exchange trading, which was banned under a size regime. but not anymore. as homes, i'm mohammad, reports from damascus cetera, et cetera, that out of the shutters and into the open. the audio since he set out how to use it is going up to customers to buy and sell coating cotton. some of this was illegal a month ago, but this is a new city and joseph is seizing the moment. the has been the had i chose to do this work because it's comfortable and it was never possible before i do it to provide for my family. the central bank used to fix the exchange rate depending on what the subs redeem wanted and security forces, booklets the enforced the law. but things of change now. the see the

central bank in the month. no one would have imagined the simple sentences of most of the other professions during the shot assets. the baby have any banking experience, but that doesn't stop them from taking on the stablish financial institutions. well, a lot of the work is going well. there are plenty of customers. there is fierce competition, but we are able to make enough income to survive. there's no shortage of customers . with strong competition or problem, we need them. it's not easy to mob leak in the, in the past we would exchange money in the black market, but now it's available everywhere on the streets. there was more freedom in exchanging phone courtesies like the dollar i'm to euro, unlike bangs, the tree disappeared. no texas, an answer to no one. and the one that to continue. how does that? does the damascus of the un security council is holding its 1st meeting of the year on syria with a focus on lifting sanctions? the human special envoy here,

patterson says more must be done to review restrictions on the new server and administration. i read from the reason issuance of a new temporary agenda are licensed by the united states government. but much more significant infinity is addressing sanctions and this ignatius premium negatively the necessary. the israeli forces have carried up multiple attacks across gaza. medical sources tell alpha 0 at least $44.00 palestinians have been killed since dawn on wednesday. the latest is really strikes targeted at park and goes to city. 5 people have been killed in that attack, children or among the injured earlier a strength on a school, housing displaced, palestinians, and jamalia killed for palestinians and injured several others. the wounded were

taken to the last of the baptist hospital in gaza city. israel last week attacked the colored one hospital in bate la ha, putting that one out of service. israel has laid siege to northern garza for more than 90 days, targeting shelters, hospitals and department blocks. a nurse at the in the nation hospital in the north describes the situation that they're facing. you'll need to help them to kind of upload every day. we're subjected to direct showing from the occupations tillery and cold cocked is targeting the hospitals and its surroundings. hunger is also present and food is not available. we have asked international organizations to allow the admission of aid to the hospital so that we can help people and provide them with food. unfortunately, so far, no one has been able to provide a due to the difficulty of the situation outside the hospital. and the difficulty of coordinating with the relevant potties. we have not been able to provide aid to the hospital. the situation in the hospital is very dia, and the devastated health care system in the south is also on the brink of collapse

. nicer hospital in han units is facing fuel shortages and is at risk of shutting down gas. as health ministry says he will, stocks are running out, which will result in the remaining health care facilities. ceasing to function, the health ministry added to this fuel shortage will endanger the lives of patients . i'm sure there is honey mama and spoke to dr. bushera of mine was on a medical mission at the opposite hospital. in darrow bella and central gaza. he sent us this report from inside the hospital facilities. across the gauze, travel reduced tracts found are over. one would then flood injured civilians, many of them women and children, an elderly individuals here at this facility, i lost the hospital doctor's report about the acute shortage of basic supplies, including ponti, biotics, and surgical tools and pain killers. and the fuel for generators are ready to create and jeopardizing the functionalities of basic and important essential equipment like the incubator,

the ventilator and without electricity. as we can see here, really is science of blacklist, really causing problems is causing surgeries to be performed in dire circumstances . often with the flash lights do is for generators and air and the depleted. how is that affecting the operations in the hospital doing that operating theatre? the i c u. the incubator? these are basic departments and essential departments of the house. how is that affecting? yes, sir. i mean, i was just at a meeting at the nonsense medical complex and basically it's on a 24 hour basis at the moment that the trying to find fuel to generate power at any given time during the day, how and electricity will cut out for an area should be protected, such as the operating feet is the intensive care, including the neonatal unit. unfortunately, the al serra as well, which means that oxygen supply and basic needs for those patients will be cut short

. and so at the moment we just really working with a very fragile system and doing what we can with the majority of health facilities across cause or out of service. there is more of pressure ad on this particular health facility in the central area. and there is bela city making it very difficult for and really and sufficient medical staff to do a job and daily basis exacerbated problems everywhere. and how in terms of providing proper health care, it's too much needed population, honey. my one of the, from the hospitality there is by the palestine russian attacks targeting the ukranian city of zappa regional has killed at least 13 people. dozens of others have been injured. president of all of them is a lensky, has called on allies to put pressure on russia after the strike ounces, who is doing a whole is live in harkey. jonah, what more are you learning about the strike of the details beginning

to emerge now over they said they say a strike that took place within the last couple of hours or so it was you said in the southeast incentives that for you here. it's unclear whether it was a, a driving and blind bubble or a missile that will imagine time with the power and tag. it seems to be what's to be described as an industrial side, perhaps a factory of some sort. again. ready white board detail on that from the governor. the but a pretty extensive rescue operation underway. dealing with we are told the latest numbers, the team people did some 29 injured for them, at least 4 of them in the critical condition. and those numbers expected. i think to rise, there is some extremely graphic media material around of the often loss of that strike. and what emerges very clearly from that material is that, you know, you have to get, these are civilians who's been caught up in this violence for pictures of cottage flames, damage, destruction,

people in pain being taken away and grieving of the dead presence of lensky tweets and very shortly afterwards, uh, offering his condolences to loved ones cool is a deliberate arrow striked by russia. russia, he said, must be put on the pressure for. ready it's tara, it has been a relatively quiet period over the last few days in. so the mainland you credit, and if you like, remember, tuesday was the orthodox christmas day that was yesterday. russia would be celebrating that some of ukraine would as well, but much the country has moved towards the christian calendar. but we're from now in the middle of this at christmas period, about to move on. still though, on the front lines, both ukraine's latest defensive in the cusp region in russia that began on sunday ukraine, claiming to have hit a c'mon faced the yes. today, russia claiming to be making ongoing incremental pro progress in the don't that screens and around the transport helps of quarter cobra and port croft. and one more thing, the ukraine finding the other night to have struck

a target inside russia proper. an oil depot with a missile striking this out of region. the self is 0 is doing a whole reporting from hockey. even ukraine. thank you very much. jonah. still ahead on alpha 0 free meals for millions across indonesia. the government rolls out an ambitious program coming back. now nutrition, the, the fun risk of the philippines is more that's going away from lose on it's for this uh 5 to was mean to now. and he's gone away from vietnam release in the science. so it's more right on its way into that coast. otherwise, these channels are focusing on borneo particularly lazy and pub bonior and dr. do right. and for sumatra and job, nothing over the heavy. i looked at it, the driving force of fall flat rate and that change of system. this line here is

the code that it was. art flows from continental ation of the east of asia, which of course in the immediate vicinity, japan police is a lot of snow hawk out here at home. she will get a lot more there. we some in the korean peninsula. but the principal thing here, of course, is the dropping temperature. have you noticed? so with minus sign, this is a day time height, temperature, it will drop a bit to minus 5 on friday and probably 0 insensitive of the cold air cause keeps flowing out down through taiwan. type pays forecast of 12 is below what you must expect by night. so this is very cold. if you cheryl, is that right? and it is back up to normal, more or less by sunday coded and open india not so for this athens for line, cuz there might be some rate which is fairly typical. this falls, it sits in the guys just take payments rolls. find to the dash is very slow to move off costs the,

the limits to how far a dream contains sta in your own adventure. now, counter air waves the, [000:00:00;00] the, you're watching alpha 0 reminder of our headlines. thousands of syrians are

expected at concerts in damascus, celebrating one month since the overthrow of the charlotte says machine. why then your administration has begun to rebuild the economy. the nation still faces an uncertain future is really forces have carried out multiple attacks across cancer. medical sources tell else a 0 at least 40 for palestinians have been killed since don't on wednesday. a fast moving one fire in the us state of california is threatening thousands of homes and in a park at los angeles neighborhood. 2 people have been killed. president joe biden says he is watching the situation and has offered federal assistance. officials have ordered evacuations as they worn with the winds. could fan the flames. riley, carson has more the worst is yet to come. with the warning from los angeles officials as night fell on the pacific palisades

fire foods are bracing for the already fast moving fire to strengthen fuels by strong wind fires. with this close to the cars, people left the cars and the policies drive burning up the hillside, palm trees, everything's going and the wind and the firemen are great. thank you so much. cruise were battling smaller fires in the area throughout tuesday, trying to get them under control before they were whipped up by the powerful when we saw this reclaiming debris flat in the room. that's best to get out of whatever i lose the flames dotted the hillside coming dangerously close to some homes, completely engulfing others. it's just so sad and i feel for everyone this last property and here's, i've never been this close to california is governor pleaded with those still at

home to heat the calls to leave many structures already destroyed. and the fact that people were still not evacuated as a reminder of how serious this moment is. and how important it is. you listen to these evacuation orders. we've all been the memorials. i've never been to a memorial for a building. the national weather service issued its highest alerts even before the blades began. warning of extreme fire conditions in much of los angeles county. officials are bracing for wind gusts. they could reach 160 kilometers an hour, fanning the flames. riley carlson, l just sierra 10 of charles is a storm chase. so you are joining us from santa monica and california. so tanner, you've been chasing, not just the winds that are fueling the flames, but therefore also the fire to. busy us what you've been up to and what you saw. yeah, so i'll just sit here for the holidays. i'm actually from minnesota. but when the

fire broke out, i immediately took action to try and documented and see if i could help people in need and not kind of thing. i have some history with the rescue and that kind of thing. and so i kind of like jumped into action, and so i made my way up towards rustic canyon in the policies there. and so as i was growing up, met a friend of mine uh, named arly. and he was just uh, he was evacuated and i didn't know he even lived up there. and i was like, hey man, would you wanna come up and help me scout the fire and just see what's going on and documenting. he said yes. and so we went to the top, it took a canyon just looking over everything. and as the fire was raging and getting closer and i, i realized it was getting close to his house as well. so we bailed, we went down a couple blocks and we started preparing his house. uh, just uh, trying to buy or approve his house trying to, um, you know, dallas the bushes with water getting any final materials out of the way. just

trying to make sure that his house had the best chance to, to, to stay on and everything and it send him. it's the thing that we don't know. so right before. um, so right before, uh uh, let's see. it was like about 6 pm. it's getting dark and there's all these embers coming in and i looked out the back and i saw the whole backyard was engulfed in flames. and at that point i looked at him, i was like, hey, we gotta go, this isn't safe anymore. and so walking out it was, it was a difficult sight to see so many embers and the wind like fanning the flames just coming right out our faces. and it was, it was a hard site. so you basically fled the, the advancing flames. and look, you know, california is used to fires, right? this happens very regularly that the big, large, dangerous fires and there's always one constant is how quickly the flames can jump from one place to another, from one neighborhood to another,

across the road. and is that something that you saw? oh, definitely with these kind of winds, especially the historic amount of uh, wins that we have here, especially in the policy at area. i would see um we would drive like a mile down the road and we would see just an amber coming land and then suddenly ignite a bush. so these like amber is that travel miles, sometimes literally miles came just like these fires gonna jump because these numbers are just 5 for so long and they were still in the air. and so it was just an incredible site, like i even talked to one gentleman here who lived here for 43 years. and he said he's never seen anything quite like this. and so you talked with your friend about trying to fire proof the house, but ultimately having to leave. so right now you don't know if the house is still standing. you don't know if the house, if the flames go to the house, correct? yeah, we don't know, but based on what we've been seeing where uh you know, i'm, i'm hopeful but it doesn't. it just doesn't look good. it doesn't look good. so

what is the ability to call in the fire department in a situation like that as um there is basically no ability. um, they have all their units out. i even saw a tweet earlier. dot l a has called every off duty fire fire department, uh person to come out into the house by the flames. what they're really doing is instead of trying to go after every little flame or, or house, it's on fire, they're just trying to control and contain. and so all the units are necessarily in there more along this than they are in the center of it. and so there are just like, it's just too much like there's too much fire happening and there's just not enough units actually take care of everything. even. i talked to a gentleman while we're on top of the canyon looking at the approaching fire, who just got done rescuing this woman because the fire department did not have the capacity to go in and rescue her from her home. that was about to catch fire. and

so he jumped in and got her out safely and not kind of thing. it's just yeah, it's just really chaotic out here in town or thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us. i know you haven't slept and told you haven't slept. so thanks for staying up for sharing that story. watching the pictures live at the pacific palisades by the way, and the fire crews trying to put out the fires there. and we hope your, your friends house will have been spirit. that's 10 of charles in santa monica. thank you. thank you so much. a friend says warranty us present is elect donald trump, that the european union will not allow other nations to threaten its offering borders . trump has repeatedly expressed a desire for the us to gain control of greenland and says that he won't rule out the use of military force. german chancellor will laugh. schultz says trump's comments have sparked in comprehension among you. leaders? austria's president has appointed foreign minister alexander schellenberg, as caretaker, chancellor. sonya guy ego has more from the

a history is foreign minister, alexander shalom bug, will be the country's interim counsellor. as coalition talks take place between the far right freedom policy and the conservative peoples policy. now while schellenberg said he would remain in place as foreign minister, he said he would not be part of a government and the fall rights, freedom policy. now that is no limits as to how long these tools can take place that could take place for weeks or even months, a thoughts if those talks failed, then it could go to a just another general election as well. uh this is an option that would perhaps be beneficial for the freedom policy as the popularity has only grown since september's election. in the meantime this is yet another phone and aside for the european union potentially nava nationalist populace on immigration governments that would be in place. and also more importantly for the block. you are skeptic

force another, your skeptic voice within the european union that could cause many issues for brussels? sonya yeah, go, i'll just, sarah. yeah. indonesia has launched a multi $1000000000.00 program to provide free meals, the millions of children and pregnant women houses. there is jessica washington reports across indonesia, a daily surprise no awaits school children. as they opened the new launch boxes to find out what's on the menu today. today we are eating chicken rice phenomena and vegetables. usually i have to can look at the breakfast this week, indonesia launches it's multi $1000000000.00 program to provide free daily meals for children, pregnant women and new mothers around the country. this is only the 1st stage of implementing the free meal program from january to march. the government ends to