the coldest christmas on record, 1000000 stranded at home across the us and canada after a major winter storm disrupt travel plans. ah, hello there i'm, it's darcy, hey, and this is al jazeera life and also coming up guarding against danger. from above, we mean ukrainian troops on the lookout for russian drones. the u. n. says humanitarian projects in afghanistan will be effected after the taliban government bands, women from working for and joe's. and the story of the panama hat, one of the finest made from a rare palm anywhere and really ah now across north america, people are preparing for a freezing festive season. following one of the most powerful winter storms and decades. more than a dozen people were killed during blizzards and the us now power has largely been restored in time for christmas. but the so called bonzai clone has left many stranded. she had retained the reports from washington dc. the. the bronze of the storm on saturday was hitting upstate new york and the great lakes with snow full and high winds, many enough strand in their homes for christmas. i lived in what you might call the stereotypical american suburbs. you can picture that and i cannot walk to the sidewalk in front of my house about 20 meters from my front door. thousands and thousands and thousands of people here in just in western new york state have lost power for a period of hours. and they are just coping with extra blankets. and lots of christmas sweaters disliked and official ban on driving in some areas. there were, is that many adventured up anyway, but the worst was over only to get stranded. this may turn out to be the worst storm in our community history. there are still likely hundreds of people still stuck in vehicles including individuals who tried to drive out in the late night hours last night. this is the festive season in the us, one of the busiest travel periods of the year. and even though thousands of flight delays and cancellations were reported, some passengers were determined to complete the holiday travel. our whole airport shut down. so we drove to omaha, nebraska, got on a flight there. then jer, then d, c, delayed in d, c, an hour here. even though winter storm elliot has moved way to the north, it's off the mouth of freezing temperatures mean cities from pennsylvania to florida being told to expect the coldest christmas on record. although climate scientists, it's difficult to ascribe a single weather events, the climate change, what we are seeing is in keeping with the models they've been moving about for years. a warming object disrupting the jet stream and plunging polar southwards, more and more frequently. and just in general, an increase in a variety of extreme weather events. schubert, nancy al jazeera washington, meanwhile, and canada forecasts to say the extreme weather will be continuing to rout. sunday . authorities have warned people to stay indoors as strong winds of freezing rain and heavy snow sweep. the country power has been cut to more than 200000 homes and fallen trees have also blocked from inner city tran. services now ukraine's president brought him. he has lensky has condemned the russian shelling of the busy market and her son has killing for pleasure. at least 10 people were killed and 58 injured. and the attack on the southern city on saturday, cassandra's, we taken my ukrainian trips last month in a major setback from moscow. while president lensky is also called for unity in his christmas holiday address to the nation. assuredly, drawn in kimmy godson, no camera kazi, drones can extinguish the christmas dawn. we will see its glow even under ground in a bomb shelter in some way. we will fill our hearts with warmth and light. though missiles can hurt them, will not. they will break against our steel spirit and our fight will continue unabated when his law. it's not threatened by planned or emergency black, our soccer, and we will never feel a lack of courage and invincibility language. but we're the ones that shut the switch, we will celebrate our holidays. as always, we will smile and rejoice as always. the difference is one god. we will not wait for a miracle because we will create it ourselves or ukraine's western back as of sense sophisticated air defense systems to cave. and the army is still largely relies on soviet era equipment to defend its cities. and it's taking time to train personnel to use the new weapons. our correspondent char stratford, met members of ukraine's and mobile air defense units in the cave region pointing skyward and on high alert. this soviet anti aircraft gun was built in 1982. the men at its controls are members of a mobile air defense unit, trying to protect the ukraine in capitol, and surrounding area from russian, so called kamikaze drone and missile attacks. some of the ammunition was taken from a similar russian weapon captured around butcher the early days of the war. other soldiers carry portable heat seeking soviet post soviet and western stinger missiles. the commander says they are effective up to a range of 6 kilometers, but often find it difficult to latch onto the drones that russia is using to target ukraine's electricity grid. veronica, because affected what he said, you shaheed 131 and 136. kamikaze drones are low speed visible and loud, but they have a small heat signature. it can be difficult to lock onto the target and the missile might mess anti aircraft guns work most effectively against the shade, but they have a problem with the drone flies at night or conditions. a poor visibility. russian forces have carried out at least a 1000 drone and cruise missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure in the last 2 and a half months most like this one are intercepted but many gets through. so millions of ukrainians are suffering blackouts and poor heating in freezing winter conditions. ukraine's western packers have sent air defense weapons such as this ne, some system. and last week, the u. s. denounced it is supplying a patriot missile system. but training how to use it can take months. one missile costs up to $4000000.00. the commander of this unit says it will be used to projects only the most important potential targets and cannot be deployed to intercept drones and cruise missiles. as we were filming this mobile, a defense unit, the sound of a siren can be heard in the distance. and as a result, as you can imagine, these men are now on the move. we were not allowed to follow the soldiers because of the risk of giving away their locations, put in another field close to cave. this mobile a defense unit practices using machine guns, the range of the land, 3 kilometers. we can easily take down the chemicals, drones that fly around a 160 kilometers an hour. only get eyes on 1st. and i wanna ask why nathaniel, your drones are less difficult. the missiles are, but there are observational difficulties because they can fly over forests. that hide them or over busy roads with her approach noise is drowned out by traffic. despite the challenges they face, there are hundreds of men like these across the country. constantly ready for a radio alert, focused on the skies charged rather al jazeera key of region. ukraine now, the united nations has expressed concern after afghanistan's taliban government band women from lacking for aid organizations. finance. years in the country have warned . the move will only deepen the countries. humanitarian crisis in a casino. sharif reports another restriction on women, enough cornerstone. this time they're being told to stay away from blood that's crucial to getting humanitarian aid to millions of people in the town. government is wanting non governmental organizations that employed them. risk losing their license to operate in the country. well, of a sigma in a society like i've gone is done were for the past 20 years, they have so much have for to an african women. they were educated and they served society. these women have supported their families for it is horrible for me to think that me and my generation of forced to experience such a situation. the un, the us and the you say the a deeply concerned agencies that have a significant presence in the country of calling you the major blow participation of humanity. inaction is the mental issue of the bridge. it's on dependence and action if we need the needs for the military in a distribution village be installation item warm blanket food or anything. we need to make sure that participate in the assessment. that's the 1st set. and the 2nd we need to make sure that out there to deliver the directly to them. and if this is not possible, the delivery of that age will not be the taliban has a separate decrease after season control of the country following the withdrawal of the us forces last year. earlier this week, it bought female students from enrolling into universities and response. male students walked out of classrooms and women walked onto the streets to protest, gender up or how it is happening and understand the taliban are totally erased. things of grand woman from society, from public i, info from human life. and they just hardening because it's gonna affect us in long term. and in short term, a structural violence is happening in afghanistan. we are going to have a very dark future after it to power in afghanistan. the tal been promised women fundamental rights, but a year on it systematically excluding them from public life who may consume should eve al jazeera or at least 10 people have been killed and attacked by armed group since you danced. are for region 30 will also wounded when 15 villages were rated on thursday and friday, the region has suffered decades of ethnic conflict as civil war began in 2003. so ethnic minority rebels fighting arab militias, backed by a former president other share convict over land and water access as renewed fighting there in recent years. i live in wal or leave for after has announced what he calls a final chance to hold elections. and rival factions agreed to hold an election a year ago, but the process fell apart. half to us troops had previously waged war against the un recognized government and tripling. a general command of the libyan national army gives the conflicting parties the last opportunity to put together a roadmap, ready for implementation with specific features that ultimately aims to suit the deadlines for holding general elections in which the libyans will control the bell bottoms. i still had here on out there. these are gone up there. expensive wasn't, can even afford even by christmas right now. really hit what's fueling runaway inflation in nigeria in blue and praying for peace. the christmas hopes of worship is and what is believed to be the best place and jesus ah hello, the weather remains pretty quiet across much of china. not too bad too for the korean peninsula, but it does look pretty bad for japan. we got this screaming northerly wind piling him, yet more snow into northern the western parts of japan. and we are going to see further dumping the snows. he go on through monday, then we go quiet to whether it's coldness, chris blue skies, a sparkling sunshine for so with a top temperature around one degree freezing at tat, milder. they're in beijing. little 3 degrees celsius. here as you go, wanted to choose day cause off here. now just a little more cloud coming at the central parts of china at this day. so there will be a mix of rain, sleet and perhaps some snow coming in here. hopefully the snow just easing off, touches the winds, just background to move a westerly direction, therefore, road japan. so we'll see a little more snow. not as much as it has been recently 11 celsius, the top temperature there in doha, marty, blue skies, blue skies to across central parts of in the air, but some gray skies, more wet weather down to war, to se at cloud, and re making its way across we'll anchor, it does actually punch through at long last. i'm pleased to say by the time we come to where wednesday is should be largely fine and dry for the shower santa southern parts of india. ah, are they protected or profiteers of free speech mosque is showing us how vulnerable spaces online truly are when they are controlled by billionaires of lago, documenting flags on the ground. i'm not a journalist, people trust individuals, more than de niels or a purveyor of the state line. how can you show the destruction of a political war and still be a political uncheck the media can distort narratives of reshape realities. the listening post keeps watch on al jazeera. ah ah, no, they are watching al jazeera. i'm nostalgic, attain dhurvaas. that's from monday about top stories. people across north america, i'm preparing for a freezing festus season. after a major winter storm. at least 18 people have now been killed during blizzards in the u. s. and thousands of flights have also been canceled. united nations has expressed concern off to afghanistan's taliban government, banned women from working to aid organizations and years in the country. a warning that the exclusion of women will only deepen its humanitarian price. ukraine's president has caught the unity in his holiday address to the nation. problem is lensky said that people will create their own christmas miracle by staying strong in the face of russian attacks. while the war between russia and ukraine set the tone for u. s. foreign policy in 2022. rosalyn jordan reports now from the u. s. state department in washington dc. on february, the 24th international efforts to prevent the russian invasion of pre sale, the biden administration's response sanctioned moscow and give he billions and military assistance. even some the war ground on through december president putin's failed a defeating ukraine on the battlefield. he has failed at his land, grabs in south and east. he's failed at erasing ukraine's borders. its identity is people, it's resilience that with those is deal. it's the us and other western countries looked for ways to punish moscow. oil price caps, travel, and business sanctions. gathering evidence of alleged human rights violations and war crimes. they also used the war to expand nato's membership, but isolating russia wasn't as easy as the us had hoped. i think all wars and in some kind of negotiated solution at some point, the costs so far are not high enough for russia to conclude that they're, that it's in their interest to stop growing. people have a lot of backbone that said the u. s. has made it clear it will not send american troops to help ukrainians fight the war in ukraine wasn't the only foreign policy crisis facing the biden administration. it also had to put a lot of time and energy into what it calls it's number one foreign policy priority . the rise of china washington says it wants to compete with beijing not contain it. but it is worried about china's efforts to dominate economic and military relations around the world while ignoring its human rights obligations. the pentagon recently unveiled its newest stealth bomber the b 21. with this warning, the u. s. is watching china's every move americans defense will always be routed into torrent conflict. so we are a jane making it plain, so any potential folk, the risk and the cost of aggression far outweigh any conceivable, gains. antony blank and visited countries in southeast asia 3 times. and 2022. he also endorsed increased u. s. military support for taiwan. and he went to australia to bolster the new security alliance with it and the united kingdom blank and also made 4 trips to the middle east. a region where b ging has tried to build closer economic ties. there are a lot of opportunities for us for 3 years. businesses for us, persons to, to engage with interact with do business will every day with people in these parts of the world. china's just taken the lead on that because they see an opportunity efforts to recalibrate ties with saudi arabia were complicated despite a presidential trip to saudi arabia. in july, the u. s. is now reviewing its economic and political relationship with re yard because of a rift over global oil prices. critics have also attacked washington's decision to not let the fiance of jamica shoji su crown prince mohammed been solomon for the journalists, murder in 2018. the u. s. made a little progress in resurrecting the nuclear deal with iran. it's not clear when a new round of negotiations will happen. prospects for peace talks between israelis and palestinians were also dim. though late in 2022 ado special rep for palestinian affairs was appointed the u. s. and its allies couldn't stop north korea's nuclear weapons program or even prevent it from test firing dozens of holistic muscles. and despite the anarchy on the streets of haiti's, capital, the u. s. and other countries have yet to decide if they will send in armed troops . this request of president a halo li, looming over all of this though, is the war in ukraine. a challenge, the u. s has argued must be defeated if respect for the rule of law and for self determination is to endure. rosalyn jordan alger 0, washington on china's national health commission is to now stop publishing daily figures of private 19 infections. numbers will instead be published by another government organization. for such purposes. hospitals are becoming overcrowded and china as it battles a wave of corinna virus infections. but no coven, 19 deaths have been reported for full consecutive days. now. many people in nigeria are facing increasing hardship after the prices of basic goods doubled compared to a year ago. and patient has also been made worse by flooding and a lack of security and some farming regions for me to miller reports from america. despite being one of the largest oil produces in africa, nigeria went through yet another fuel crisis in early december. at times, the price increased 300 percent instead of using a bus. so taxi alix gabriel uses the cheapest mode of transport. he can find from here to my destination and shirley, what's your pin here? or no, we are a 100. 1. 21 can also do a drama bar. drawbridge up into saudi economy. and are you still in touch me on horses, which is very, very harsh room was unreal. all these boys very, very stressful, even though we don't even have, there's no place to buy a big place to buy food. so most of these company does reduce picked up as advantage to explore from people the government subsidy program is meant to make fuel more affordable. but critics say it's corrupt. an oil supply is say they've not been paid in months. many people here say the cost of traveling to and from work is far higher than what they earn. the high cost of fuel not only impacts the cost of transportation, but almost all aspects of daily life. christy or kim no, no buys groceries at this. a butcher market several times a week. lately, the cost of living here has been very, very unbearable. things have gone up very expensive was were kind of gone off watching them by christmas right now, for example, things have gone up and we are very expensive and every all on variable to it. so it is, i mean funding, i mean funny because it's been called she's not the only one surprised by the rising prices right now. the crazy. not frankly, because i got apples. i didn't buy moves for on bread mare, which is one up one right now. i just going to the markets the, i'm just telling me up with these 35, andre. i'm like how the lady was like, that's how deprive of things how so i'm forced to buy sciences of wound that if nothing is done to combat climate change, things will only get worse. the flawed, interfere with her. i joe took the floor, the main, the far mark. i'm not going to a production on june to discuss the talk production to find out that we have little resources to feed that demand just so powerful, very small that to the demand 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