lost at sea. as dozens of wrangler refugees make it to land the you and fears at least 180 up as a dead where life bugged the dash for what many of these risky journeys because ah, hello civil robin. you're watching over there a long while. headquarters here. uh huh. coming up in the next 30 minutes, ukraine's president molds his country to be prepared for any scenario. as russian asteroids showed no sign of letting up. on the deep freeze and much of the united states, north america has a major wind to store these at least 30 people dead and tens of thousands without power bill. so take a look back at britain's political roller coaster in the year that sold 3 prime ministers, ballooning inflation, and a wave of strikes. welcome to the program. 3 russian military personnel had been killed in the tank on a base in southern off in the south west. the defense ministry says they were killed by falling daybreak after ukrainian drove was shot down over angles military air field. the same air base was tug that earlier this month than what moscow said was a drone attack by ukraine. but russian, president, putin as a keys, the west of trying to tell russia apart. in an interview, putin said he's trying to unite the russian people. though his offensive in ukraine, arguing that ukrainians and russians are one people, he says his government is acting in the interests of the people that moscow is ready to negotiate. an end to the conflict. ukraine's president ms. lewinsky says russia has lost everything, but will continue to attack ukraine. so, so if you could give me a total, only a few days of this year left, we must be aware that our enemy will try to make this time dark and difficult for us. russia has lost everything it could this year, but it is trying to compensate for its losses with the gloating over propagandist after themselves strikes in our country on our energy sector. i know the doctors will not prevent us from bringing the invaders to their new defeats, but we must be ready for any scenario. no rush, a lot more strikes on the eastern city of club with also on sunday. charles strafford has more on that as well as the energy crisis facing ukrainians. after weeks of these, this campaign by most go targeting energy infrastructure, we know that millions of ukrainians are suffering these rolling blackouts as deals ortiz try and get as much electricity to as many people as they can with so many of these substations having been hit and of course, harsh winter conditions, many people with very little heat as well. and meanwhile, the shelling and the fighting continues. we heard from the sources in the eastern city of cremmit source, the day reporting at least 3 missiles strikes and no specification as to what exactly was hit and no casualties. but it's interesting that graham, it's all, this is the 2nd day that criminals because been it cremmit also is basically one of the 2 largest urban centers. internet's still on the ukrainian control. and it's relatively close to that hot, small town of buck moot, where we have seen and continue to see some of the most intense fighting of this war so far. neither the russians nor the ukrainians really making any progress. certainly the ukrainian food seemingly keeping them back as russia makes probing attacks from the north and the south trying to surround that city. 3 ukrainian emergency service workers have been killed in an explosion. official say the men died while clearing minds of the cache on region. it comes to day after 10 people were killed and $58.00 injured as russian forces targeted, the city of casual, present savanski condemned the attack on the busy market as killing the pleasures. the refugee agency says at least 180 wrangler refugees who were stranded at sea for weeks, and i presumed dead. the group left bungler dash in late november and on sunday, 58 men arrived on indonesia, northern province. after weeks at sea, more than a 1000000 ring, refugees, me, and mara, living in crowded cubs in bangladesh and many risk their lives trying to reach malaysia or indonesia. miss joy, correspondent tempered child re have choices now from the fact that she, capital tons a nother tragic repeats of a story of people really just looking for a better life and trying to escape persecution. very much, very much. so i mean this, this migration patterns started in 2002 of many of them leaving from kind state in may and much now, since 2017, we all know that nearly a 1000000 ravages leave and thought this part of bangladesh and cox's but every dry season, which is mainly from october to early april. there's a huge attempt by running refugees in the camp to migrate to militia, rather searching for a job and sheltered militia thailand and in indonesia. lot of them have family members in militia, nearly 200000 running as leave in malaysia. many of the younger women to actually get married over the phone with this single man in militia, and they're promised, but if they come to militia, things will be. all right, this is why you see a lot of women and children in this world. in many cases, the majority are woman single woman trying to go to malaysia to get married with this supposedly man who commies them good life in malaysia. now we know last month, even though the cliff $200.00 rowing or african landed in j, a named neisha. the several landed in rescued rather by the long navy and the area bell bang or bangladesh coastline is notorious for drug trafficking and human trafficking. many of this border rickety fishing trial last with a single engine highly burner. both people are jam faxing that with little put on the ration probation and venturing the fee for a month sometime without any kind of out from anyone. i spoke to some our contact refugees. one of them told me that that 2 family members are nowhere in this boat. and the last contact they had was from malaysia with that brought, i don't know whether it was through a satellite phone or a mobile phone that we're able to connect. and that was about a week ago since i've never heard of the 180 people now feared. are drowned in the sea, according to you and hcr. aside from that, 58 you said landed in indonesia. now the can condition are not so bad, but the real thing is a sense of hopelessness. 5 years on they know that they're not patching anytime soon because of the political situation there, there's no negotiation. there is no hope for jobs. they cannot venture out outside the camp district or any kind of jobs to meet the economic needs. majority of them are children. they don't have formal education. now they've been informal education that's been set up so they don't see any future. their only goal is to get out and see a better place to seek for job and a better life. and that's why they take this risky business spending a lot of money. and especially in charlotte to venture out into the under, muncie and being able to go to the station countries will continue to monitor what comes out from the authorities or in indonesia. and of course, also from the emma about this incident to the amendment tanveer chandry in dhaka, thank an intensive weather storm across the united states and canada has left millions without power. at least 30 people have died in several us states. and some of them trapped in the cause. 12 of the fatalities in the state of new york, which is one of the worst hit regions in the city of buffalo. people have been confined to their homes of several days. she returns he has more from washington dc . winter storm elliot may have long passed over much of us, but arctic, and lingered on christmas day over 2 thirds of the country. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature. and she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday and friday, saturday, and now on christmas morning. and this will go down in history as the most devastating storm in buffalo, the long story history, the polar temperature is not any creative. the phenomenon of lake effect snow in the northern great lakes region, but also ocean effects in maine on the atlantic coast. the principle is the same cold moving over warmer water, creating intense storms. high winds meant white out conditions in some areas, even where the snow fall had stopped. many remained trapped in the homes, homes where power outages are expected to continue due to the blocked roads. it's not just power lines down, even though there's a lot of that. it actually is. substations are frozen and they now need to bring in equipment to repair the substations to get them back on line. they were bored, so some feeding they had no choice but to attempt to drive to so called warming stations. as their homes grew ever more frigid. despite advise that driving in white house conditions could lead to death either from a crash or being stranded in the cold. and some did find themselves trapped in that cause. with 2 days, fatality had been reported in colorado, kansas, oklahoma, nebraska new york, and other states. bodies have been found in cars, non snow banks, others in the home after emergency services struggled to arrive in time, would be at passengers continue that determined push to try to complete christmas travel, only to find another day of thousands of flight cancellations and delays. but the thought is forecast over the next week. the longer it stays this cold, the more other systems across the state could be challenged. but the good news is it's getting warmer and it's getting warmer each day. there still isn't an accurate accounting of just how damaging the storm system has been, but it's clear this is yet another and a series of extreme weather events in the u. s. where authorities have been struggling to cope. she ever tansy al jazeera lacrosse, the northern bordering canada thousands remain without power in the 2 largest provinces, the voluntary and quebec. when the flights and train services have been cancelled from local governments of declared emergencies in the western province of british columbia thus rolled onto an icy road, killing full people. south of the united states, thousands of bikers, the camping in the cold in mexico hoping for a reversal of us immigration restrictions. they spend the christmas weekend during what mexico's weather service is calling a mass of arctic air temperatures in the border. cities of matamoros and reynosa hovering around freezing restrictions under the title 40 to allow the us to return migrants to mexico without the chance to request asylum. well, many who made it across the border into el paso, texas are reluctant to accept shelter. they scan, it could mean returning being returned to mexico, temperatures no pants, they were full cons to dropped to below 0. many of the people who made the journey to the us remain on the streets and slept the cold outside the church. ok, i want to spend christmas in a place where it is not cold. i would really like to be under a roof just as everyone here would like to spin christmas under a roof because the cold a strong fil. ahead here on al jazeera from boom to buffed 2020, to prove to be a tough year for several tech giants. will look behind what fall in the story behind the panama hands, where this hand made hand here is actually made and how it got its name. those stories after the break ah, with a very warm welcome see this is your international weather update for europe and africa. nice to have you along. so the rain starting to peter out across portugal and western spain on monday. and now east of this spinning stellar's stretch the other day, valencia closed in on its december temperature record of 25 degrees. and we got you in the sunshine with the high 21 on monday, it's still pumping that warms up through western europe. but you know, those temperatures dipped down through the overnight the early hours. so as a result, we could see some ice on the roads across the republic of ireland. it's precipitation is bumping into colder air. that means snow through the baltic states and bella roofs. now, few weeks ago he's stony. i had a big snowstorm this time around to think about 5 to 10 centimeters of snow. likely, temperature is above average through central europe as well. i mean exact rub 50, that's 10 above where you should be for the sum of the this temperature you would expect to see in april, greece and turkey. we've got some persistent rain for the ne black sea coast and look at this, trying to wind up, it means bursts of rain aleppo, beta route and ramallah on monday. and some of that wet weather may drop down into the northeast of egypt. and for south africa as puma longer limpopo provinces, some downpours here some showers though for cause lunar towel and durban with a high of 22 degrees. ah ah with school ah ah welcome back here. what year is it with me? the whole robin in dough hall reminder of all top stories. stevens refugee agency says at least 180 ringo refugees who were stranded at sea for weeks at our presumed dead. in a separate incident, 58 men arrived old in denisia, nills, and trade province. on sunday, after weeks at sea, russian president vladimir putin has accused the west of trying to tie russia apart . fusion says he's trying to unite the russian people through his offensive in ukraine again, ukrainians and russians. a wall people, tens of thousands of people in north america, are made without power off to what's being described as a wall in the lifetime with the stalled. at least 30 people died in the united states. temperatures dropped below 0, several canadian cities of declared states of emergency. south korea says that its side warning shots on the north korean drones and its an space local media report. several drains were detected near the bullet, a town of by june and gong, y island. the transport ministries as flights have been grounded. this incident comes 3 days after solar keys, killing young valjean to short range ballistic missiles. amount of keys to killing 3 people, as a kurdish cultural center in paris says he did so because he has a pathological hatred of foreigners. the 69 year old was a visitor like counter facility after he was taken into custody. the attack of the kurdish centre spoke protest the french capital with please eating. take us on demonstrate to the people in the golden cover bath. larger cities have held rallies, protesting against the blockade of the only landline, while media. both are media and as a by john lay claim to the region. and the for to was over. it was by john. the activists have been blocking the luncheon corridor for 2 weeks, armenia, cheeses, as a by john of staging, the demonstration to create a humanitarian crisis in the old place, which has all media majority roles, revolutionary god has arrested 7 people with links to britain. it says that they were detained in connection with anti government protests. some of those arrested hold jewel nationality. meanwhile, 3 months of unrest is taking a total on the economy around currency. the reale is hovering at a near record low against the us dollar. the protest sparked by the death of 22 year old martha. i mean the in police custody in september. luxurious of farmers suffered serious losses during floods. the ship, the government is off in support. but as emmet address reports now from little west, many on getting help that they really need the floods the submerged most of nigeria, coastal communities between august and october, destroyed tens of thousands of factors of farmland. but agriculture or, or to say, the torrential rains have left behind, rich, alleviate deposit and moisture, which is improve the quality of this oil. and that's for tire use. apple swapping will boost his mace, harvest, and move on with her. if you take a take human mental, we got free seed and fertilize. if this crop fails, we could be in serious trouble. it will determine whether we survive or star before the planting season. the government is providing small scale farmers like tasks with foot lies an improved maturing seat. it will for a y t o c t for the policy, is that the, the moist and, and blue cross. and also that would have been but there isn't enough to go out of fishes admit only a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of farmers affected by the floods earlier this year will benefit from a government initiative to help them take advantage of the residual. and most ger left behind by the floods, which means many of them now in debt to trace an uncertain future haven't lost income and access to food. the government has yet to determine the extent of damage economy, say the losses, floods cost tonight, years, agriculture industry on sustainable all the more reason they say why farmers should move from rain fade agriculture to irrigation edris al jazeera within 2022 has been a chaotic yes, of british politics. united kingdom has had 3 prime ministers, full finance ministers and 3 interior ministers. it's been the but of jake's internationally. that has under some is explained. brits haven't have much to laugh about. his report contains flashing images in britain they call christmas this season of goodwill. but you won't find much bonham. me here, downing street in 2022 produced pantomime style politics. it might have been funny if the consequences weren't so serious. morris johnson led the way so called party gate, dragged on a police investigation, a fine for johnson. oh, big rooms were broken and that is what i have been repeatedly assured. and when photos emerged, the story changed. it did not occur to me that this might have been a breach of the rules. he lied frequently. and after a while, people didn't take seriously what he said. there is no doubt that the office of prime minister has been demeaned over the over the past year. up boris johnson became a joke. the parliamentary party eventually decided johnson was a liability. many commentators described it as the downing street so proper. firstly, forest johnson simply had to go against his well, his parting words as to love this, the baby. i'll be back then. list truss. she's been described as playing the leading part in a psycho drama and then enter stage right richie soon act no friend of less trust. and his nickname, the invisible man, sudak was dubbed the invisible man because he's been keeping a low profile with his conservative party, so split support can't be guaranteed. to interesting to see you only had to look back on the debacle of the list trust premier ship to realize how quickly back bench mpg can get rid of their leader. she proposed massive unfunded tax cuts, but the sums didn't that up. and she blamed her friend and finance minister quasi courting. we did a new approach for a new era. oh was a currency freefall and ballooning cost of government borrowing. she fired him, but it didn't stop. and all my te financial crush. she told the truth, i am a fighter and not to my dental slayton, said his majesty the king to notify him the i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. britain was a laughing stock world wide. one newspaper here featured afresh. let his web cam would it outlast bliss? trust. yes. but with inflation now it's a 41 year high. no one's laughing. strikes over, paid him, owns a bound hitting public services that frequent and that causing major disruption. the royal mail, the trains, the national health service hit by paramedics and nurses working out. c i think his government, especially after we saw what ms process on and collect public finances. and i think his government is, fits around a sweet shot, let alone complex health care system won't be any chess, but can we, she sooner get away from the invisible man image and set things. of course, again, he's a bit boring so far, but i think he would be quite happy to be boring. and i think quite a lot of voters would be quite relieved to have a boring prime minister and boring politics for a while. but maybe just, maybe this is a time for managerial problem solving at rather than vision. so there could be no humorous ending to the farce of british politics in 2020. there's an irony instead, the u. k. was promised tax cuts by less trust. instead. it's now way down with the biggest tax burden since the 1950s. andrew symonds, how to 0 london. now 2022 was also the early technology industry in the u. s. came crashing down to worth as flying high hung pandemic era profits. rob reynolds explains why it all went so wrong, so quickly. tough times in silicon valley. more than 200000 tech company employees laid off major company revenues down the dow jones s and p tech stock index falling nearly one 3rd. to ha, to was a very tough here in tech, in part because we were paying for passed since over exuberance, over hiring over expectations. and now we're in a trough and is likely it's going to last for another year. so what's behind the bust? many tech companies spent too much during the pandemic. when consumers were stuck at home practically living online, they over invested and hired a lot of people and very short amount of time. as the virus waned, consumer habits changed, although the online buying hang over remain, snarled supply chains, inflation and higher interest rates, along with the expectation of a recession, all combined in a big macro economic mass. in addition, some top tech executives blundered. facebook seems to be pursuing a mark sucker burbs, great white whale of the met averse russia, and a he believes it, that's the future of tech. oh, we're all gonna go live in cyberspace. and he spent hundreds of millions of dollars pursuing it. and he hasn't had much to show for it. so facebook stock, they've lost billions over this obsession of his in october ilan mosque, marched into twitter headquarters in san francisco and soon began firing employees left and right, including most of the content, moderation staff, partly as a result of those cuts and policy changes. hate speech has increased dramatically on the platform. for example, anti semitic postings on twitter increased more than 60 percent in the weeks after mosques take over racist and extremist posts have also risen dramatically. these changes have alarm industry analysts and human rights advocates to me stuff. tremendous concern you know, setting up presidents, an example where a popular platform with millions of use us are having such completely zeal, moderation, isis, elated accounts have tripled. it's not just hate speech, so it's a, i think it's also national security issues. recent history shows, however, that while companies rise and fall tech always bounces back, recessions are good for entrepreneurship, is because you have free time, you been laid off. so you go to starbucks and sit there at a table. and you can hire people who've also been laid off. you can't tell by the people sitting there which tables a winner, but one of those tables is going to create a multi $1000000000.00. you know, unicorn, company, silicon valley is full of talent, ideas and money, which eventually combine to start the next cycle of boom and bust. rob reynolds al jazeera, los angeles, father actors and even us presidents have all the famous panama hands. but just by what many believe they are not tongue whenever from panama, latin america, editor, lissy, and human explains now from monte christie, in ecuador. this is the story of one of the world's most famous and yet mis named hats. for more than a 120 years mules had been bringing to keep home fiber from the hills surrounding monta. christy, near the pacific coast of ecuador, ready by chai, is a 3rd generation hat artist, cynthia significant. and. and it's very tough job because you have to cook the palm fiber. you have to split it, put it to dry in the sun, afterwards, wash it, and curate it. hi la. but that's just the beginning of an exquisite craft, though they've been there in the hybrid i. this was florida. the best strands are specially selected, but if they aren't naturally, but then by that they have to be worked and prepared until they are all identical and have the same color. so you can imagine the effort. this implies young working and weaving something that is so fine that go on it. but chinese great grandfather was one of the 1st to commercialize the monte christie hats and exploit them to panama at the beginning of the 1900s i got in during the building of the panama canal, former u. s. president theodore roosevelt was given one and fell in love with it. nick naming it the panama hat. however undeserving that name has stuck to this day. the more welts the had has the more flexible in light. it is almost like fabric yet. it's strong and can last for up to 20 years. it did, but i got 9. know and is it? oh god, no. this is way too difficult. i've been trying and trying i just can't get it right. this weaving technique is so complicated and not to mention uncomfortable the position. so let me tell you this is not easy. work. pitch eyes, 84 year old father began making them when he was 8. it brace you cause it by the price one gets is very little compared to the time it takes to make these hats. so unfortunately, less people are making them these days. i am so if we feel that unless some of the finest hats can take up to a year to weave, but the artisans rarely fetch more than $1800.00, even when they're sold abroad to the rich and famous for up to $25000.00.