the critical debate is the freezing of us a id in line with these goals inside story on out to 0. the thomas that says it's reached to deal with media. it says for the release of more than 600 palestinian prisoners who reduced free freeze light is ro last week. the, i'm the east of hoping this is i'll just say right now you from jerry hall, also coming of thousands of soldiers from the democratic republic of congo. go on trial, accused of possession of food and the chaise. defense spending, the prime minister says your faces, grave threats that require

a generational response. parts of trinity, a problem just installed the software. a major power outage of space for emergency has been to class. the mazda says it's reached a deal to resolve the delayed release of palestinian prisoners from this route. is there any means you are reporting confirmation of the agreement according to what, how most of the states, but approximately 600 palestinian prisoners. he was initially meant to be released last week will now be freed in the coming days, hama says, is wrong, a little so release will palestinian women and children. the group says it will hand over full bodies of his way the captives earlier than planned. every time that to israel will peace passivity by egypt, exchange of captives and prisoners,

as part of the goal is to say, find do between israel and thomas. it's pretty much up to you and just curious accounts. so uh, doing as well, and how much to conclude negotiations for phase 2 of plastic ribbons. do you and special coal today, so full them at least piece processes or tons of war is not an option. gabriel is on day reports. as the monthly briefing on the middle east, in the un security council, a clear call for the cease fire in gas to hold. the resumption of hostilities must be avoided at a cost like coal on both sides to fully owner their commitments to the ceasefire due and conclude negotiations for the 2nd phase. when a permanent ceasefire is reached, rebuilding gaza could begin in earnest. the un e u and world bank estimate of $50000000000.00 will be needed in that effort. but the council was told there is more to be done on the political front 1st. as we

engage in planning for guys as future, we need to ensure one guys that remains an integral part of a future policy in state to guys and the westbank, including israel's to them are unified politically, economically and the minnesota for the 3 there will be no long term idea of prisons in gaza and israel's legitimate security concerns are addressed. but the pressing issue during the meeting was to cease fire. we urge all policies to sustain the sci fi do implement the agreement in full and support efforts to move to phase 2. despite being long overdue and facing persistent challenges, a sustain ceasefire is our best chance. it seemed peace intermediaries, many words were spoken in the counsel about the necessity for the cease fire to stick. the big questions are, who is listening,

and how to achieve it. gabriel is on to i'll just say to me at united nations in new york at least 6 children have died in golf because of a lack of protection from the cold weather. one of the victims was a jubilant girl, named shaun who passed away inside had just paced family's tents in the hall. newness tens of thousands of palestinians across the street and living in one outs 10th among the rubble of that destroyed hines, the humanitarian price. this, of course, calls them is lessened by, as well as continued brocade obeyed my 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. okay, terrific. areas i spokes person for the un humanitarian, the size office. she just returned from golf and explains why shelters

a one of the most pressing needs. a shelter is then absolutely high priority, but also including foods and water and medication healthcare. uh, we are dealing with a situation where the entire population of kaiser is in need. so it's 2100000 people who are in need of assistance and we have 1000000 people living in extremely sub standard uh tense or i would not even called in tents. so of course this is a huge priority. and again, the we're dealing with the system that has been decimated, most of the infrastructure has been destroyed. people have lost their homes, their immune systems are compromised, it is cold. and we're in the middle of winter. there's some ice storms and it's just, it's a crisis after crisis after crisis, it follows the health care infrastructure has been designated. there are

a lot more medical facilities that we set up. so in total, which includes field hospitals and partially functional hospitals. as well as various temporary medical facilities and finally health care facilities that we set up. we have about $257.00 of them across a strip which allows people to of course, go and receive a primary health care to secondary health care. but again, the whole system has to be restored and rehabilitated. the israel says it's been carrying out strikes in southern syria, last or for to damascus is writing the media or reporting of the strikes new the campus. so his old ministry bases that were previously used by the serial nami,

one person was killed in a drain strike near the south of jar of a city in the east and left her country size. the national conference aiming to rebuild the country off the years of civil war has wrapped up in damascus. web presence, ahmed el charlotte promised democratic for full. he quoted, a red historical opportunity to discuss the country's feature of the decades of assets. somebody ruled russell, such reports from damascus. so you the shuttle for the 1st decades. and unfortunately for seriously discussed the nation's future, the city and national bank of corpus 60 unified companies, big method communities and add this key issues like transitional justice, constitutional reforms, and you call them because the company and then the, the, this is a period of rebuilding our country of to decades of destruction and devastation,

syria is indivisible, and that one might slice in our unity. during the confidence more than $500.00 assyrians from different backgrounds and officials, were simply put into suits comedies, each focusing on a passive issue. the most important is the cost issue, comedy, which was draft a new constitution for the country over the next 2 years. the national data conference on the end advisory buddy, it's me binding decisions about serious challenges. school is shared understanding and eventually national consensus. sylvia has just come out of the state and civil war that caused the divisions alone, sectarian and ethnic lines. the national, the corpus aims to promote unity. but the company is still going to use or subtracted into sold by as a, as army. and the name of governments with 20 is china is by of codes as groups in the northeast which go to nearly one total of the companies territory. whereas in a closing statement to the attendees said they are determined to address these

challenges in 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 challenges are not full for the address, the fragile of the school, and in another term, well, this you said there was a 0, damascus, the ukraine that says it's agreed on a mid rolls deal with the us. but there's no confirmation yet from washington. presidents donald trump, has been putting pressure on k, if to make a deal to repay the us full time a budget present,

follow them is landscape rejected previous to month of billions of dollars in monroe as well, because it didn't come with any specific security guarantees. here's it is coming on friday. certainly it's okay with maybe i'd like to and he would like to sign it together with me and i understand. busy it's a big deal very big deal and i take the american people even if you're looking for . 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. and we will get the reaction from teams but fast. i'll just there is ellen's fisher explains the notes much is known and about the deal. 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 supported 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 loading the landscape was looking for. so perhaps, there is a deal in principle, but still a few eyes to adult and teased across before both sides will be hailing the the have an agreement. and i would say, sure, i'll just do the washington. this deal is being described as central to ukraine's hopes and trying to win back the favor of the us president donald trump of to

effectively a couple of weeks civil war 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 landscape 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 uh, 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 war so far. they're also reports that this would 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 else is 0. keith. the still ahead on al jazeera. why

a set of employees as a new deformed us department headed 5000000 that you know must come personal lines . use folder agencies as the number of microns and refugees crossing the bowl can. bruce has dropped domestic. can't really explain why the it's been quite cloudy and wouldn't be in the rapier just recently. and that's the line that we look at in just a 2nd. but seeing contrasts, if you go to talk here, event, syria, and to this whole surrounding countries is quite nice. this is wednesday, the sun is that the temperatures are rising. now it does get cold over the ice. admittedly, we dine some 0 enough to talk to you. i'm guessing that we're on the high pilots of

syria and iraq and started about 5 guys a 10. however, there is a change to the weather, commercial, c, g, and the west inside of talk you with a southerly breeze, looks wilma went to it by the end of this day. not so if you go to the east and that's true all way through into around there, although just around the caspian sea, that looks quite stormy. but they see a significant line of cloud, high breaks of light to straight admittedly, but quite a strong wind. the high temperature of any 16 in the ha, and we had that's quite a lot response. 6 degrees below the average for this time. yeah. southern africa is wet, but not so much in botswana when it's still flooding on the drive and they're off through share with you and ins involved but, but this is a very obvious thing to look at. a tropical psycho sitting in the mos on beach. however, we will be starting showers at mos on big this smaller one. you might have missed it. it's on its way to just graze marissa and hit quite possibly to where you and yeah. the examining the headlines, do you think the ceasefire we're home?

we have to make it worth setting the discussions. obviously you cannot last deportations of millions of people on day, well, explorer and abundance of wealth, cloth programming. if you want to send image of it comes from using a tradition, then here it is designed to inform motivates. and in 5, we are the ones that are actually shaping the future. that'd be one to live in on algae 0. the, the, [000:00:00;00] the, you're watching, i'll just say right, remind to all stories this hour come us. it says it has reached

a deal for the release of palestinian prisoners who were meant to be freed last week as well to leads that release, which was part of an exchange. steel come off tom's to return the bodies. a full more is ready to account, says during that small enough to confront some serious political future has wrapped up in damascus. delegates approved at the formation of several committees who work over the next 3 years on constitutional reform, transitional justice, and economic recovery. ukraine says it's agreed on a minerals deal with the us, but there's no confirmation yet from washington. president donald trump has been putting pressure rome keith, to make it do to repay the us the whole time age at least 63 soldiers from the democratic republic of congo is ami a being tried and admitted free court. charged with resisting that positions. they allegedly fled in the face of m. 23 rebel groups of fonts,

and the power territory in north keeps the province. the un has accused the army local militia large to the government, and em 23 rebels of commissioning rights abuses in east. and they all say, along with connie reports this, a couple of these governments store this in the middle territory of google pro is being played by military court for this is on the closing funding and looking property of this fluid from unforeseen entered into labels. the students just yeah, and the government wants to show that there is a little feasible for me. it's the coin wouldn't be punished exactly. today, the actions, the of picking this credit on it and provide on the nation towards the end of justice must speak. the law is clear. we do not want this happening again in the armed forces of the democratic republic of congo. this is the estimate of the

little things place that we have been committed by this thing. sonya is more than such a business as well and then developed at the tone the most effective. it was most human, though, in the 75, just sort of this old so big. i didn't subject him for see me though. first is, this is not the 1st time homeowners. i mean, i've been quite full suspected white abuses been offered to 80 of substances. and he said that the official of them $22.00 levels of the boss. so i might have been accused of killing severely and the noting the properties the obviously is courtney with multiple on spanish you and as i choose the come, what is i mean for 30 minutes on this as well as the one on buck and $22.00 levels of committing atrocities is done deal to see or this wake up. did you say the army up is overwhelmed and out? guns from a different 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 that the test is being saved. 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 of for the to the most us that will be under here. to drop off a little bit will if you on here, he's on page. like on the oh the 0 go more is on data. see a ministry plane has crashed and sit down. it happened shortly. also the cross to call from an, a base, an on demand the new, the capital hall to the ministry says several army personnel and civilians have been killed or injured. the cause of the incident is not yet, not

r. u. k prime minister care selma has announced a large increase in defense spending ahead of a trip to washington to meet us president donald trump. charlie angela explains what's behind this spending based. 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 caught in for an aid 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, it's going to be the hard choices he's had to make. he says that the country security comes fast. russia is a menace, and britons hold the 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 hosting to a peace from who is being repeatedly calling the native governments to increase the defense budget. you might also be hoping to find some common ground with trump, who's also recently caught his countries for an age, spending no storm, and says that the u. k. will continue to play a humanitarian role in places like see don, ukraine and scholars as well as choice continues to tackle climate change. the charities, or the quoting, these cuts catastrophic. they say that this is just a political decision coming so soon off of 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 as i said, of us government employees, he works for the trump administration,

so called the department of government efficiency have quit, they say, you know, mosque is trying to make them dismantle quits, cool public services. i'll just say results. lynn, georgia and reports 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 supports 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 that can be usa 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 have a 16 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 to 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. 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, electricity has been partially restored and positive chile, but millions are still in the dall costa, massive power outage across the country. the state of emergency and cost you have been to class. that's in america editor. you see a human report from the capital san diego was early afternoon when chileans from north or 90 to the southern lakes region 2600 kilometer long stretch, abruptly found themselves without power. in the capital, there was may him millions of commuters left without metro services. started walking traffic was at a standstill as people scrambled to try to get home. when minnie was still trapped lips such

a wide spread. blackouts had never happened before and chimney in the coffee on see if i and i feel like we've been sent back to the days of the caveman with no electricity at all. because the black out occurred with the large transmission center in northern chile, the carries 500 meadow volts of power suddenly failed to meet the needs and we have no internet. no, not our comp work, just waiting to take out the candles when it got stopped. the un inflicting, keeps events in the interior minister announced a state of emergency precisely a head of nightfall. okay. kira, that means they will be okay if you from 10 p. m to 6 am so that no one can take advantage of the darkness to carry out crimes. security of our citizens is a priority. as she finished power began to be re established in some parts of the country. but the big question remains. what caused this blackout that impacted more

than 19000000 people nearly the entire population of this country of 20000000. so far, nothing, not even sabotage has been eliminated. seeing human al jazeera, santiago, groups and hazy have launched a new wave of attacks in the capital, forcing people to flee. the higher of the un says, gain violence has left more than 6000 people in full to prince homeless. in the past month gained control almost all of the capital city agents of a collapse of health services and triggering food and security. the years bulls or agency says the number of refugees and migraines arriving via the balkans route has decreased from tex, says in the 1st 12 of 2023, maybe 50000 people went into substitute, attempting to enter the u overland. viable can countries last year that number fell

to 12000 bouts. a drop of 75 percent during the whole is on the took the book area, florida, where they're being reports of extreme violence towards migrant. and the warning his report contains some distressing images of the baron fields, unfrozen forest. so long bulgaria is boated with took here once a highway to the e. u for migrants in refugees on the so called vulcan route. it's a route that activists and the threat of reprisals anonymously tell us both get or 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 say, i know it's actually helping the people and, but on the way we were stopped by several different scars and forced to during act 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 pushed it on to the station and to the hospital both at that point, the moment it was already too late, at least for the twins international n g o's have 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,