was official website at w w, w dot h t a dot q a the a mass says it's reached to deal with mediators on the release of more than 600 palestinian christmas, which used to be free by israel last week. the carry, johnson, this is i'll just hear a lot from also coming out a step towards a new future. syria wraps up its national dollar conference, talking to huge challenges ahead. thousands of soldiers when a democratic republic conduct going trial or accused of possessing depositions

under major power outage of cost should their warning lights may be effected. the last says it has reached a deal to a sofa, to the age release of palestinian prisoners with austic state, as well as many governments as yet to confirm with you. according to how my statements, approximately 600 palestinian prisoners were initially meant to be released last week. that will be freed in the coming days. from us says israel will also with the small palestinian women and children. and especially for release, for both days off is rarely captive earlier than had been planned. their return to israel will be facilitated by egypt. meanwhile, at least 6 children have died in dollars and because of

a lack of protection from the cold weather. one of the victims was a newborn go named shot and passed away inside, displaced kimberly's tentacles units. tens of thousands of protestants across the street, but living in one out tense. among the rubble of the destroyed homes, the humanitarian crisis across guns that is being west and by as well as continued blockade obeyed by understanding from our humanity and colleagues is that there's been a lot of challenges in getting tens and caravans and carpets and we continue to push some of going in, but we need, we need more. is that the restriction from these early off already? that's why are you standing? correct. how about moving, visited one hospital in garza to find out more about the impact which is having on palestinians to all these machines are keeping desperately to keep the new born baby so live in this hospital? this is the friends of the patient, medical society in the hearts of cigars of prevent for

a lot of people and families. winter is just another season, but in gaza it has become more of a distance and for these and sense right now as for insurance and drugs, winter has become so boot only the past few days and babies are dying because of the severe cold with their families unable to keep them warm, medical officials on the ground reports rise in hypothermia cases and with families unable to keep them warm. the likelihood of these incense a new born they lose their life are very, very high. here at the hospital, the doctor is confirmed that many of these a new born baby is arrives to the hospital here. they arrived with no particular disease as they were simply new of one. and their family had no way to keep them warm. lots of little weeks, we received the mining units in our hospital and they come with a case which caused caused injury or hypothermia. 3 babies that survived and treated successfully and discharged home a spend one b, b in order to utilize you integrate because, you know,

the condition of course of this condition is because of the cold weather and legal save should 30 league of central heat think and lick of electricity in does this with, with chatter infrastructure has reliable of electricity. these machines are keeping in the background risk of shutting down at any moment, leaving many of the new born babies without proper heat. and without being warm enough to survive the difficult conditions. honeymoon more just data from guys and cities, palestine, the israel says it's been carrying out as trucks. and so a serious loss were reported there. damascus is where the medium is reporting that the strikes the capital of his own ministry bases that were previously used by the syrian only one person was killed in

a drone strike at south of drama city. the eastern i left the countryside on the conference on serious political future has wrapped up in damascus. but the country's preston. i'd also hop promised to democratic reforms. after years of civil war, they called it a rare historic opportunity to discuss the country's future of 2 years of civil war and decades of assad. how many routes are so set out reports from damascus? see it shut off for the 1st decades and opportunity for city is to discuss the nation's future. the city and national bank of corpus seeks to unify countries, big, massive communities and address key issues like transitional justice, constitutional reforms, and the call to make recovery. the and the, the, this is a period of rebuilding our country of decades of destruction. i'm devastation, syria is indivisible, and that one might slice in our unity during the conference. more than 500. the

syrians from different backgrounds and officials were simply put into 6 comments each, each box and on a personal issue. the most important is the constitutional committee, which was draft a new constitution for the country over the next 2 years. the national battle conference on the and advisory buddy, it's made by the decisions about serious challenges. school is shared understanding and eventually national consensus. syria has just come out of the state and civil war that causes the divisions alone, security in an ethnic lines. the national de la corporate us aims to promote unity, but the company some of them to use or subtracted into salt by is way as army. and the name of governmental authority is china is by um, codes as groups in the northeast which go to nearly one total of the company's territory. whereas in a closing statement, that can be said they are determined to address these challenges. if the ab we

condemn is rarely military incursions in syria, which are blatant violation of serious sovereignty, we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of is riley forces. we also emphasize the necessity forming one professional ami. no other groups except the army should hold any on any other group except the army is on the phone. none of these, syria is relatively cool, but many serious fear. if the challenge is on the floor for the address, the fragile of the school, and in another turmoil, this you said there was a 0, damascus. the ukraine says it's agreed on minerals with the us, but there's no confirmation yet from washington. president donald trump has been putting pressure on you, trying to make a deal to repay the us for more time aid the credit and present for them as a landscape rejected previous to months and billions of dollars in nearly as well.

because it didn't come with any specific security guarantees. speaking a short time ago, us president donald trump urge the president soleski to sign the deal. i hear that he's coming on friday. certainly it's okay with maybe like to and he would like to sign it together with me and i understand that's a big deal. very big deal. and i take the american people even if you look at. busy like they're very happy because, you know, by the way, throwing money around like it's cotton, candy and it's, uh, it's a very big deal. it could, it could be a trillion dollar deal. it could be whatever, but it's rivers and other things. and look, we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars or ukraine and russia fighting a war that should and never ever happened. it is this, it has moved off in washington dc. well, donald trump has been speaking in the oval office, but never gave

a hint that the deal had been done. he says he's a wait of reports, the blood to meet us. the landscape would like to come to the white house, perhaps exactly as friday to sign a deal. but we know that if there was a package that had been agreed, donald trump would be bragging about the it'd be saying that it's a cute, a great deal for the american taxpayer. he believes that the united states has been somewhere in the region of $350000000000.00 to help ukraine during its 3 year war. the government supporting monitoring unit says it's much more in the area of a 180000000000. and of course we had that staggering moment in the oval office on monday. when donald trump criticized how much you could spend in ukraine at when at emmanuel macro and put his hand on donald trump's arm uncorrected to the united states also wants access to really f minerals is thought about 5 percent of the minerals in the world are under the soil and you create including the likes of granite and lithium,

and to be able to exploit that with essentially take china out of the supply chain . something that the united states has been very keen to do, particularly since the corporate pandemic, ex, expose floors in the supply chain. so the united states very keen to get a deal done. what is missing from this, of course, is any security guarantee from the draft. but there was seen that the us will under pen ukraine security, but it does promise to what for the long term, economic stability and viability of ukraine. so it ties the name in one way, but not exactly the way the blow do mean. so landscape was looking for so perhaps there is a deal in principle, but still a few eyes to door and teased across before both sides will be hailing the the have an agreement. all the fisher. i'll just do the washington. a child struck for the is following developments from keith a. this data is being described as sent, sold to ukraine's hopes in trying to win back the favor of the us president donald

trump, of to effectively a couple of weeks of a vote of what we know that the ukrainians initially rejected. the 1st draft proposal zalinski saying that they didn't offer sufficient security guarantees from the us latest saying that he wasn't prepared to basically sell ukraine out. and we are getting reports. now. certainly, according to the reuters news agency that the presence of lensky could be traveling to the us on friday to meet donald trump officer. an agreement over this deal has now been made. there are various other reports being um, being reported on the international media. one goes into detail about exactly what this and potential deal may mean. it says that involves jointly developing mineral resources,

including oil and gas off to the us dropped. it's to mullens for effectively 500000000000 in compensation for the aid and the contributions that he's made. to for ukraine in the will say fall, and they're also reports that this will involve the setting up of some sort of fund of funding which ukraine would control 50 percent. and the proceeds would go towards the, the funding of, of projects. one can only imagine in relation to the pre construction of ukraine, but as i say, this is usually significant because it has been such a difficult time for ukraine in dealing with the kind of pressure is that seemingly the us administration has put on it with respect to this deal, and we are wait for further confirmation and details from ukraine in the coming

hours. child stuff at algae 0. keith of the, the $63.00 souls is from the democratic republic of congo is only being tried and the minutes re, quote, charged with deserts in their positions. they allegedly fled in the face of the m. 23 revel groups advance and the bad habits ri, north chief in provence. you n as a q is the army commission lot to the government and am 23 levels of committing rights abuses in eastern d o. c. how do i call the reports from this computer? this government stuart is in the middle territory of google pro is being played by media dirty court for these this on the closing by the end looking property of this fluid from parsing entered into labels. misleading charges. yeah, and the government wants to show that there is to, to feasible for me,

it's the question, would it be punish? today the actions they have taken does credit army and provide on the nation. told the enemies just as must speak. the law is clear. we do not want this happening again in the armed forces of the democratic republic of congo. so this is the estimate of the little things place that we have been committed by this thing. sonya is more than such a business in india around the tone the most affected it was most human though in the $75.00. just sort of this also been quite insulting for see me though. first is, this is not the 1st time homeowners on, i've been acquired for suspected white abuses in corporate to 80 a subsidies. and they said that the official of them between 2 levels of the boss, i have been accused of killing severely and the noting the properties the me save this quote with multiple on spanish you. and as i choose the come, what is army for 30 minutes on this as well as the one on buck and $22.00 levels of

committing atrocities and is done deal to see this way up. did you say the army up is overwhelmed and out of guns made before the from the army isn't functional because that hasn't been any meaningful reform. this so much corruption within the military ranks, especially among top offices. what we're seeing on the ground is just the failure to resolve many of the issues within the army. the soldiers that just the victims of the system, those with up the new bill say they're happy to test this as being save less than the ones that actually i am very happy to see that our companies are starting to take things more serious. um, i believe that our government had no loads to punish the people who stripped us of our belongings. and today they have a risk that they and those who are still at large will be afraid. i'm from the to the boys us that will be under here to drop off a little bit will to everyone here. he's on page like on this. oh, does you go,

ma is on data. see, so the head off to short break, the use of both the agency says the number of migrants in refugees crossing the bulk routes has dropped dramatically. explain why the phone counting the cost. as donald trump's term, his policies begin to take shape. we took a look at the potential impact on american industry. consumers of the economy will increase inflation level the playing field, portions of the rules of the global trading system. counting the cost on which is 0 a control destination in northern syria. and just as the remove one does a call to secure another city as board average touring is littered with exclusive devices like this. that's in addition to empty tank mines is um, has to be meticulous about the safe disposing of ordinances securing the return is

our job. as we plants the land. completely from onyx product ordinance, according to estimates at least a quarter of a 1000000 seconds of return home. since the fault of the south regime to victoria of the remnants of floor is likely to take years if not tickets. and unless thing is friends and neighbors help to secure lands and homes, more people will fall victim to unexplored admissions. about 40 d minus. they've been trained by an in jewel working in northern syria. this year after the winter is over billions of displaced people in the city and refugees could return to their destroyed homes or to plant crops. and many will be coming to unlock mind fields. the, the, the, let's have a look at the headlines now,

or else here. i'm asked the says this has reached the deal off to israel delayed to release, putting in prison last week, and be released along with more detained women and children. at the same time, last tends to attend the forty's or for more is rarely transits. so confirmation yet from the national conference on serious political future has wrapped up in damascus, delegates to prove the formation of several committees that work the next 3 years of constitutional reform, transitional justice center and commitment recovery on ukraine says it's agreed on the minerals deal with the us, but there's no confirmation yet from washington. president, donald trump has been pushing pressure on the key to make a deal to repay the us for more time. 8. okay, 5 minutes the customer has announced to launch increase in defense spending. have a trip to washington to meet us president donald trump, probably onto that explains what's behind this was this announcement has come as

a surprise to many a commitments to increase defense spending to 2.5 percent of g d. p by 2027. that's the equivalent of $17000000000.00, the biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the cold war and to pay for it a cost in for an age spending from point 5 to point 3 percent of g d p which will take britain's development policy back to the 1990. so previous labor governments have always raised development to age and the prime minister did look uncomfortable at times. but he did say and making this note when that he's a hard choices he's had to make. he says that the country security comes fast, russia is a menace and brings hold of proof to defend spending must now change labor had committed to increasing defense spending in the manifesto. but it's the timing of this announcement that is key. the prime minister is due to meet president trump at the white house on thursday. and with this he might be hoping to

a piece from who has been repeatedly calling the nature of governments to increase the defense budget. you might also be hoping to find some common ground with trump, who's also recently cut his countries for an age, spending no storm, and says that the u. k. will continue to play a humanitarian role in places like don, ukraine, and stalls as well as choice continues to tackle climate change for charities or recording these cuts catastrophic. they say that this is just a political decision coming so soon. also the cuts and us 8, and it's just another lifeline that is now being taken away from those desperate names. charlie on to the out of there and a 3rd of us government employees. what for the trump administration, so called the department of governance efficiency of quits? let's say, you know, most cuz trying to make them dismantle critical public services. i'll just here as residential reports, a, more than 20 career us government employees quit their jobs on tuesday. according

to the associated press, the senior level tech employee, say the department of government efficiency or judge, run by you on most is endangering both us citizens, private information, and the integrity of government's computer system. in a statement, the white house spokes person said the resignations would not stop president donald trump's efforts to make government smaller. the latest resignations come as a few of these thousands of federal workers already laid off. crowded inside republican center to release him or koski is office to protest. i can be usaid intending on staying there for as long as i could. i really loved the work that we were doing and how i don't know what to do. and i have cried every day i'm i think that that's normal. i've a 15 month old at home and i'm looking at him and thinking, well, what's this country that we're now living in the meantime, other fired workers,

including some who voted for trump, joined a conference call with a democratic congressman. but to talk about the impact on their lives. obviously, i never would have expected things to go this far. um, so i mean i, i, i'm still in shock and to say of the, at all whether i regret that. but what i, i don't, i don't want to go as far as to say that, but it's a, i mean, like i said, it's a shock, ordinary citizens protesting on capitol hill. applaud the judge workers decision to quit. i am having a little bit of of optimism that these people have a culture. and some of these people have a conscience in resigning. ask for doses own performance so far. its own website says that nearly 40 percent of the $2300.00 federal contracts and it's cancelled won't save the government any money. but that doesn't mean the white house is going to a band and it's cost cutting mission, russell and jordan elders. era washington must have a power outage, has hit,

should i effecting regions from the north to the south of the country. the black counts has left millions without the electricity, including residence in the capital. lots in america to, let's say, a name and explains how the power outage is affecting the country as a whole, as it will shortly pass 3 in the afternoon when 2 thirds of the chilean population suddenly lost power, it took hours more for the and to minister to address the country to say that she didn't know what was the cause of this. finally, we've been told that it is because a 500 kilo volts plant in the north of the country has quote, been disconnected. this power outage on blackouts starts an id card in the far north of the country to more than 2600 kilometers to the south. that's about to search or more of the population of chile that's been impacted. we've been hearing reports of people fighting to get on on buses to get home. the metro here in the

capitol of course has been shut down. you can see that there are huge, huge traffic jams behind me in the middle of rush hour. and people are also jamming, the petrol stations choose blocks and blocks wall, apparently for fear that it will be a long, long time before the electricity is re established so far, there are no clear reports about when that will happen. but in the meantime, the into ministers say that if this last until after dark, which won't be long from now, that will be special measure. she says taken to guarantee security. lucy and human al jazeera santiago, chile. the use board agency says the number of refugees and migrants arriving by the balkans root has decreased from success in the 1st half of 20239050000 people waiting to step to attempting to enter the e overdone, viable cont countries for last year that number fell to 12000 to drop a 75 percent during the holidays on the to

a cube oak area border where the vin reports of extreme violence against my grades and a warning is report contains some distressing images. the barren fields unfrozen forest. so long bulgaria is boated with took here once a highway to the e. u for migrants and refugees on the so called vulcan route. it's a route that activists under the threat of reprisals anonymously tell us both area is trying hard to close. i think of other places in you and maybe in the gear in particular, rely on a holler and guidance and yes, the goal is to make cube others as silent as possible to make sure that people not to come 119 late december, the hara became real 3 egyptian boys in the teams rose to death in the forest after their companions called for help and help was prevented from arriving. but we needed to see tried to reach the location. and because we know by experienced that

then the immigrants in service uh are not actually helping the people and but on the way we were stopped by several different scars and forced to turn a volunteer to generate the run medical center tells us of a syrian woman crossing the border on foot pregnant with twins and badly beaten shouts and rolled of injuries, the police portrait on to the station and to the hospital. but at that point, the moment it was already too late, at least for the twins international n g o's recorded tens of thousands of cases of alleged brutality by both the gods and people being pushed back a little be using eastern frontier is in the practice, illegal and the international law, much of it is set to be happening in bulgaria. this is where those seeking asylum are housed in the bulgarian board, a town of homily once they were thousands of people waiting here for their

applications to be processed. now that number is in the hundreds, the fully numbers is possibly the result of change circumstances in syria. while you're a wide hostility, the to migration is likely display the deltas, but both areas own brand of deterrence is having an effect to, even if the evidence is hard to come by. nobody can talk about this subject. why are you afraid to talk to us about these things, ideally, as part of learning and i'm talking about these things, puts me at risk activist groups accuse you agencies of failing to intervene even of rewarding bulk area with membership. with this jenkins out at the start of this year, about gary and government wouldn't give us an interview or access to the camp. but in this statement said, it acts in full compliance with international law. but ill treatment. he said, still to be happening along the border here as one of the last major migration

gateways to europe slowly swings shot, jo. now how else is here? on the boat guerria took, you bought a car and you can find them all on our website obviously, or dot com on all the media devices to the cost is on the as well. the cold has come and then been pushed back. in fact, look at these temperatures here. well that shows are around the great lakes and some are still frozen. attempts has risen rapid. lisa is a big sol going on in the midwest, round great lakes and the sun is out. that was very wet temp. just not particularly low compared with how they were indeed as nice and warm and the southern states that one says edging up, but not really winning against the incoming, still fairly cold around the great lakes. so minnesota, wisconsin and eastern side of canada was dozy colder. i wouldn't be down again,

see snow as a result. been really, really quite wet in cuba recently, but wednesdays focused takes a shout away. i might touch eastern cuba in concluding guantanamo. and then throughout his found the order and part of rico potential for witness. otherwise, it's remarkably dry, the winds, a lot lighter for the, the small items in the caribbean and mexico is almost entirely based in sunshine for the next couple of days. it's relatively warm too, but the active weather for the science is still with this big thunder storms. there's a line coming into your required, but this here is weston pumps of brazil, loaded in bolivia, peru, ecuador, and even columbia waste. the orange top suggestion is very big chairs, the potential for months slides. these are spectacularly big sounds. again, a regular feature in uruguay. the latest news, the recommendations made by apple 0 need is, would now have to be implemented. the that takes along with the concept in eastern

biase will drag on with detailed coverage. there's a sense of urgency in us, of realization with ultimate can no longer rely on the united states rate security from the house of the story. many german industries are struggling to remain competitive with millions of people on employees and millions. more worrying about the futures, the, the hello, i'm, adrian said again, and this is counting the cost on al jazeera. you'll ricky, look at the world of business of the comics this week. donald trump terrace policies are starting to take shape. the president says they'll help make america prosperous again. fox critics won't dimensions could push off prices and cost

americans that jobs us inflation has increased unexpectedly raising the stakes of trumps charge. could that tie the us president terms.