nation marks the new year north korea's leader promises an ex, potentially increase in the production of nuclear weapons. plus i'm john 100 in guyana. where despite an oil boom, the country is investing heavily in solar power. ah . but begin the news out in cray show of the nation has now adopted the euro as its official currency. it comes nearly 10 years after it joined the european union. it also becomes part of the shingles are meaning unrestricted, travel to all the member nations. stephanie becca has more now from zagreb. it's not just a new year. it's also a whole new currency. and here in crecia feelings are mixed or seems them every country who took on the euro, you, their standards of leaving went down. you, i think is going to be the same. and grey shells, danny, so sorry, i'm not happy because i think everything will be more expensive to be honest. i don't really care about that much. so i think it's probably a natural transition. and that's why with me when it comes to business imports, exports. and the tourism crecia is hugely reliant on many say it's a benefit. more than half of our external trades done the, the years on countries, and approximately 2 thirds of the tourist overnight stays a done by the tourists who are coming from the euro area. so for us, it's a huge, it's important for our tourism, for our economy, be jeweler, mario not guy agrees. i think it will be easier to, to, to work and many levels and we don't lose money on conversions. the challenge in the short term, however, is that for the next 2 weeks, the local currency can still be used to buy, but the change must be in euro. we will be a little exchange, but though i will push more car payment than just to, to slowly transition i think i hope the card payment will work would if that breaks out, then we are in the 1st day of 2023 has another 1st 2 as the euro currently takes over your career is also entering the shank and zone. it's the 1st time a country adopt both on the same day. and that means that from now on, if you're entering or exiting from the change in zone know more identity or border truck, most of creations, foreign visitors or european needs a lot, definitely know border sandy and border control or sunday free movement and everything. yes. for now, it's the new euro, that is one of the main subjects of conversation. prices will continue to be displayed in both currencies as the people navigate their way to the transition. many also i'm sorry we are losing the corner, but nobody as the people, i feel sorry because i think a country which has their own currency maintains its identity and historical values . not just economic and political change, but for many here. the loss of a small sense of corporation identity even if it comes with benefits. so let's go live now to stephanie backer, who's in zagreb. so it's kind of clear from your report though this isn't just a question of money. it's said question also all the new status in europe very much show this is not just economically beneficial. it's also obviously politically and beneficial. it is now fully integrated into the euro zone. also know borders when it comes to the shang and zone. and as you heard there, you know, when it comes to tourism, when it comes to business, when it comes to trade is all things that the government here is hailing as a very proud step of being. finally, a fully fledged member, so to speak, a view pin that union and the euro zone, i think it's going to be challenging on a mind on a micro scale if you will. i mean, today it's a public holidays january. first, you can see the capital is still very sleepy. people just waking up and coming out after new year's celebrations today, officially, the euro is the, the currency it is accepted, but the challenges you heard there is for the next 2 weeks, shopkeepers, even the tiniest of sellers, will have to give change. in euro said that conversion from what everyone we spoke to is going to be a lot of a headache. also when it comes to the elderly here. sammy, you know, it's very difficult for them. many have savings at home in cash. they're gonna have to convert that money and also when they go to the market, they'll be paying in kona and getting a, you know, the money back in euro. so all of this a major adjustment. but certainly, as you mentioned are if you look at the geo politics of the, of, of it or of the move crucial, certainly extremely happy with it. it makes sense for them economically. it makes sense for them, certainly a country, hugely dependent on tourism. but again, i think it's going to have some teething issues in the next couple of days for sure . cash machines haven't been working. some bank cards haven't been working people been complaining about that, so it'll take some time to get up to speed. all right, thanks. so much stephanie, they're inside grab explosions of shaken the ukrainian capital, just off of the country. welcome, the new year, half an hour into 2023, gives air raid sirens rang out to the bloss following shortly after the cities naya says air defense systems are working to protect people that were a barrel of attacks on saturday. that killed at least one person. let's bring in child strive for these live for us in cave. so charles 2023 looks like starting as grim is 2022 ended for ukrainians. that's right, sammy, another barrage of was reported to have been chemicals e drones, at least 30 of these drones targeting the ukrainian capital, 45 country. why the crane and all sorts. he's saying that they will all intercept shades, but of course, that doesn't mean that there wasn't structural damage to infrastructure. so the also are to say no reports of casualties in last night's attack. i suppose it was about 1 o'clock in the morning when we heard the 1st large explosion over the capital within heard the defense systems kicking. there was then a law live about an hour. a similar kind of scenario then happened another large explosion. what was so interesting though, certainly off to the 2nd explosion that we heard was the challenging of people in the apartments. obviously, you're buying the few, this defiant show of unity against the russian president shouting insults at him and some very interesting video, who subsequently appeared last of last night of a neighborhood singing the national anthem behind the closed doors in the flats. as these attacks happened, as you say, last night means that it was the basically the 4th consecutive day that we've seen the so called kamikaze drone and cruise missile attacks across the country. last night we went out and looked at some of the worst affected areas. and this is our report. a residential street on fire homes destroyed real good. i will buy mia. a dead woman covered by a plastic sheet rolled over more boom. the aftermath of yet another barrage of russian missiles while ukrainian capital keep. not almost all them on both of them of got me and my husband were literally thrown into the corridor. we regained consciousness. we heard glass chattering, and then there was an explosion, one after another. we ran to the basement mode. now when we came out into the street, we saw ambulances, and there are casualties. scoring for hip, see, this hotel was reportedly only closed down in recent days, was also hit by what's believed to have been an intercepted russian missile. walker's mother, the hulu. it was a nightmare. it was a massive explosion. we have a strong building, but it still shook. i was standing by the window and went to the corridor and hid. i can't believe it was so close yet, and i show you another neighbourhood, police gather shrapnel, nearer to meet it. the crater of a single building isn't partially destroyed. people rush to repair their windows in the winter cold. this is the 3rd consecutive day. russia is launched, missiles will so called chemicals, drones, cranium, capital, and numerous cities across the country. all it was with his wife, tatiana in their sitting room. it was a sudden deafening blast. there were brought the hotels to the floor. i entered my head. my husband face was cut and was terrified. what can we do now? is cold and they are afraid of ma, strikes is a constant fear for several, a perpetual hon. there was a crash and glass flew. i was afraid for my wife more than myself. but if you will shoot you a blood covered pavement in a park where children play shock fear and the terrifying uncertainty of not knowing where the next one will land the scenes of devastation in this residential neighborhood. the level of the destruction here. it's incredible that more people were injured or killed. this is new year's eve on the ukrainian capital stripe al jazeera. give plenty more. fill ahead on the news out, including find out why spain, australia, and canada have become the 2 countries to impose restrictions on fabulous from china. and pope francis pays tribute to his free securing master mark world of peace ah, cope francis is holding a mass in honor of his freed assess of benedict the 16th who died on saturday. the age of 95. before my head of the roman catholic church done the world when he resigned in 2013, he was the 1st pope to sat down in 600 years of francis called him a noble and kind man and will lead the funeral of the fall upon g. today we leave our beloved pipe, ameritas benedicts, the 16th in the hands of the holy mother. say that she may lead him from this world to god. how the harris poll brennan takes a look back at the former pope's legacy. benedict, the 16th final actors. pope arguably changed the catholic church more than anything else he achieved during his entire ha papacy. on february 28th 2013 benedict became the 1st pope in nearly 600 years to resign. and with his departure flight over the rooftops of rome he officially left behind the vatican the enclave. where he'd held key leadership positions for decades. the official reason for the then 85 year old decision was frail health. the vatican stress benedict didn't suffer from any specific illness, but even by 2011, his physical deterioration was obvious. and he had to use a wheeled platform to make his way down the long aisle of saint peter's basilica. in his roomy, susan teeter, getting in these last months, i felt my energies declining and her boss got insistently prayer to grant me his light. and to help me make the right decision on us loving the church means also having the courage to make difficult and painful decisions always look into the good of the church and not of oneself. benedict was elected pope in 2005, his reputation as a hard liner, earned him to sobriquet gods rottweiler. he was a traditionalist with strict views on catholic doctrine, but his was 8 trouble. papacy benedict certainly made numerous efforts to tackle the global problem of child sex abuse by catholic clergy. but he was also criticized for his own past failures and inadequate handling of abuse cases. and in 2012 documents leaked by his butler in the vatike scandal, revealed a papal administration, riddled with factional power struggles and financial mismanagement. i was at base conclave. there was a very different feeling, a very different dynamic in the 2013 when it was as if it isn't 16 byte by retiring by standing down simply handed over a job. you know, that was that was that needed to be done straight away. he handed over as it were, an inbox that was very clear. and so that the couples were able to say, right, this is what needs doing. who is the best person to do the job? the full reasons for benedict resignation may never be known, but the message of reform that it seemed to cent is credited with profoundly influencing the cardinal choice of pope francis as benedict successor. people i've been remembering the late pope benedict in the german town of market where he was born to him is not in the mood is sondra. of course we are in a state of sorrow because he is our po, pop our pipe from october hot. and we mourn his passing on eating him. i believe it's a relief for him and that it was his wish. so it's the way he wanted it to happen that he is now with the lord. i met him personally twice during the paypal visit here. i stood over there when he got out of the car and walked through the crowd. he even shook my hand, but i noticed that already that he was weak. he was shaking, but he still went around and grated people. and the guy who cheers vatican analyst and reporter for the catholic news agency, he says benedict, the 16th was quiet in groups, but charismatic and personal settings. you spoke to him. why mean you 10 minutes induce 10 minutes. you where you all the person in the word and they didn't mean, i mean, you know, i was just generally say my thing, the 1st time doesn't 9. and some of the time enough they designed. and this find me, you, since we spoke together, you will, you always want to know something about your personal life. you never had your patients to tell him. so he wasn't to say, you know, you went down. i used to go that with the cd. the intelligence team he wanted to shatter bout talking about there was no need because he was so serious about people for him. and that's strange because the people, the, the big shy and his shy, i mean in front of the crowd were shy, was not a mental polity. daisy wasn't much, but he had a different occasion and it was working. but it's very cool night. we could perceive very well, obviously that would be better. but on the other hand, i would say, you know, it was fair. what to do, for example, you can bob the back in the scandal and the butler, you, butler is personal friend, was born. so he had a fair trial and then he, pardon me, so you would need that the seems to balance even the situation is even the mistakes of yeah, that's not how these mistakes, you know, the me stress. so, you know, if you want to have a balance, because we need to pon that very carefully, what do you do? because we'll move to the he was it a shot it way? sure. life. and also the people you around north korea's leader as promising an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. state media says kim jogan has ordered new intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capability. he says he wants the arsenal to surpass the u. s. and south korea, uranus kim reports from soul. there was dancing fireworks and a ballistic missile launch. north korea brought in the new year, not just with best devotees, but also by firing what it called it super large. multiple rocket launcher officials showed out the systems on saturday, capping a 6 day meeting of the ruling workers party in which they laid out their goals. for a 2023, i came down and said 30 such systems are ready to be deployed to quote over well and the enemy. south korea young young also warned it would significantly increase the production of tactical nuclear weapons, shuns highland tones were hang, we'll get the current situation highlights the necessity to mass, produce tactical nuclear weapons and calls for an exponential increase of the countries nuclear after no one is in north korea declared itself a nuclear estate in september, calling it's program irreversible and not up for negotiation. in announcements made on sunday, a new intercontinental ballistic missile system would also be built with a quick nuclear counter strike mission issue likely to run on solid fuel. it was already uncle jonathan's wishlist of military modernization, outlined in its 5 year plan, along with a nuclear power at some marine. analysts say, report so far as to just to spite strides, made 2022 was a still unfulfilled, the year of military targets for up young young and that north korea would forge forward while intimidating south korea. in response, south korean president you sonya says, sole stood ready to punish any provocation by the north. his defense ministry warrant. any attempt to use nuclear weapons would spell the end of kim jong ins. government unit, kim al jazeera, soul, spain, canada, and australia have become the latest countries to impose cove with 19 checks on travelers from china, where infections are soaring. from 1st day people will have to show a negative p c r test before departure. and morocco is gone a step further, imposing a ban on all arrivals from china starting on tuesday. you members are expected to meet soon to discuss a joint response. i'll frances among the e u. countries that will require a negative t. seattle from travelers arriving from china, a french health and transport ministers, or at the charles de gaulle airport to inspect the new cove at 19 testing facilities. from january 1st, french authorities will also carry out random cove. 19 tests upon arrival, and people arriving from china earlier in the week, italian prime minister, georgia maloney asked all e u nation pose measures against china. chinese president shooting ping, says his country is entering a new phase in combating the pandemic. and his 1st comment since the government abandoned its controversial 0 covey policy, he called for unity in a televised address. a james handling of the outbreak has prompted criticism and protests florence louis reports from hong kong at this shopping mall in beijing. people take a few moments to stop and listen to the chinese precedence new year's speech. she's in pain appealed for unity as his administration faces criticism at home. but it's handling of corona virus from watermark back china is so big a country and with different people will have different demands and different views on the same thing, which is normal where you, it is necessary to build consensus through communication and consultation. this more would normally have been packed uneasy. but infections have searched since the government abruptly reversed it. 0 cove, it policy. and that's put a damper on celebrations, or the toilets. you was all about coven. i hope that the name it goes away in 2023, and a country goes back to normal. when i see the to him, the whole of last year, the pandemic is horrible. i hope i don't have to stay at home this new year in hong kong, the mood is decidedly different. nearly all cove, it requirements were removed on thursday. people out to party and hoping for a better year ahead. this man bring hong kong back yet we hope that hunk on is going to be back to its former glory. why? how cold it goes away earlier? cuz it's affecting everybody. so yeah. the like the only indication cove it is still a concern. yeah. are these face masks are mandatory in all public faces even outdoors? but while china and hong kong have relaxed, covey rooms, other countries are fearful of another wave of infections and have placed restrictions on visitors from these places. and some health expense say the increased cases in china could lead to the development of new variance of the virus . florence li, al jazeera, hong kong. dr. william schaffner is a professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center. he says, beijing's withholding of crew for crucial information has some countries on the edge. the concern is that was so much multiplication of the virus, as you say, is a huge surge of infections in the chinese population that hence the virus, the opportunity to mutate. and it could possibly mutate into a new variance, a variant that could evade the protection of our current vaccines and therapeutics . and because the chinese government is not providing the world's scientific community, the genetic information about the viruses currently circulating in china. the thought is, we had best tests every one to make sure that they're negative before they come to this part of the world. that will bias a little time in the event that there is a new variance of concern that is emerging in china. please understand this is not to just keep cases of covered out. that's right. that's like asking somebody not to pour a glass of water into your swimming pool. we have plenty of coven here. the concern is about new variance. ready if the chinese government provided information on the genetics of these variants that are now circulating in china, i think there would be less concern around the world. but once again, they are withholding scientific information. still had on al jazeera preparations underway for the wake of football legend pele at the stadium where his career began . plus, i'm partner with the on the outskirts of new delhi abroad. he's had bad boy in this region to the quality, but many companies save this would impact like ah ah, hello when a happy new year to year. lots of wet and windy weather continuing across much of here, but very miles in many parts of europe. have just recorded their warmest new year's eve on record and of course new year's days on record a lot to be recorded as we go on through the coming hours. i suppose lined out from the south west towards the northeast and that's fading. lots of cloud in from the atlantic, but also that mild air. 16 celsius in berlin should be about 3 or 4 degrees. at this time of the year, you see the yellows and oranges across central parson down towards the south. up towards the north. it is a little cooler, of course, that even here it is mostly at around freezing. it does cool off a touch as we go on through the next couple of days. we'll see a temperatures around minus 6 celsius here for tuesday, still cool enough in northern scotland. still some flakes of snow coming through here, but many parts will stay very much on the mile side as we go on into the new year. says that where to weather across northern areas, just pushing up from the southwest more, very heavy down pause. they're coming into a good part of portugal with the risk of further flooding. northwest spangles, to sing some very white weather weather to their across good parts of france. as we go $13.00, monday, singing also low countries into germany, but the so that is mild and key for the high of 9 degrees. ah, the latest news as it breaks this particular sub station. it's been here in 3 separate effects. why 6, russian we saw with detailed coverage, they had held that the us would be last quarter pandemic restrictions this week, which was likely had shattered their audit getting in from around the world. over 3000000 people looked at a 3 am with, oh, lou ah, back here watching al jazeera time to recap, our headlines. explosions have shaken the ukrainian capital just after the country . welcome to the new year, half an hour into 2023 caves. air raid sirens rang out cities. maya says air defense systems we're working to protect people. north korea's leader is promising an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. state media says kim jogan has ordered new intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capability. crecia has adopted the euro as of sunday january. the 1st comes nearly 10 years after it joined the european union. it also becomes part of michigan, so meaning unrestricted, travel, 12 member nations. all double again arrow is a political analyst joining us from po, not in croatia. good to have you were. so 1st of all is this the ultimately a question of identity for on a fulfillment of identity for many corporations. you know, i just next listed oriented people in grey door that this good cause, the problem decrease losing the monitoring, so serenity and that is not a good choice for gratian, but really great case. not a using its monetary serenity for the last 255 years. at least show it has a fixed exchange rate for euro. and now with the entering in euro's own, a very issue has the unity for 3 good issues. one is substance substantial one because the interest rate will be lower and the credit ratings will be better. the 2nd reason is back in the go gratia use. most of it the business doing in euro's and creations are making their savings already now in euro. and finally, it's a symbolic issue when gray shades becoming a part of the card. main integration of european union show this day is after joining creation you in june or july, 1st of july, 2 10131 of the best, most important data share. recent ok, what does that mean for the euro's own to be expanding now? bigger economy practically now seeing because of the gratian market, is so small that there is no danger debt to gratian would cause any problem in a common common monetary system. when a few years ago, there was something of a question mark over the shank and area wasn't there with a lot of national governments re imposing controls that lead borders because of the syrian refugee crisis. does today mark something of a turnaround for the shingles are yeah. on the end of a mandate, the government led by actual president mr. b line grey. she was in a serious problems because one of which was not governing the border issue in european european way and by european standards. now he's making serious problem problems for war grey, shocked by around, he won the kind of pro ration and on the big realistic policy integration. but our actual government is concentrated in more europe, let's say. and this government had 6 years of dear mandate make a tremendous effort in their arrived directions. so gratia is now capable to around the common european border over sarah b abortion here. and montenegro in a proper way. what does that mean for the center of power and the orientation of the e. u as a whole and we see more east european countries becoming more integrated at a time when in western european countries is rising and t e use sentiments and some of the most important economists in countries. i think that this is a good sign for europe because it shows us that euro in europe being union is deal. busy functioning in here in her traditional way. european union is still in a way be making bro jack and. busy the fact that, for instance, boston here to the rena and north and messy donia are very much concentrated in becoming e u members. and that you member states are trying to get more. you wrote, it shows as the european union, if deal operated and still providing, not only the well use but goods for their, for their citizens. thanks so much for your fault and analysis on that one. take your thank you for doing the invitation. polluting fuels, including coal of in band in and around india's capital, the latest attempt to improve new daily's air quality, many concerned it could affect businesses and livelihoods of natal reports. bit by bit agriculture waste is shoveled into a boiler powering this factory in northern india. the unit next door is using natural gas. both textile plants had been running on coal, but after the government announced a bad on polluting fuels beam, john, i spent a $150000.00 to switch over. he says his operating costs have doubled the company about the robot, our industries unable to compete, it's much cheaper to die, textiles and cities like the food or call program when job is still using bed or the industry here is a grieving. and so we are thinking of shifting our factories to others. the region around you jelly is one of the most polluted in the world. ed remains toxic, despite several efforts to reduce it. now authorities have bad industries from burning polluting fuels. it's also illegal for people to use coal in their home. according to government data, the region uses $1700000.00 tons of coal every year. industrial emissions down for about 30 percent of the pollution this band is aimed at reducing them and also phasing out dependence on fossil fuels. the high cost of switching to alternative fuels has for some businesses to shut down. while some are moving to areas where coal is allowed, others are planning to sell and recover their investment into malta. we are living hand to manage that we're struggling to repay our loans. people here are desperate are not the only one suffering we even considered protesting, but business people don't want that. a good bank. i guess the i got that they both have on is on the committee that recommended the ban. she says it's the only way to drive change. a recent is a miskin wins that present part of development is not sustainable. and therefore they have to adopt cleanup. my yes. the only problem 2 days, do they have the money? i'm not in favor of subsidies, but maybe it's sort of soft pomo plants are exempt from the bad. many business people rely on fuel, want the government to ease restrictions or give them financial support to make the transition bargaining missile. i'll just daddy, northern india, last year's floods in pakistan, calls that unprecedented disaster attributed to climate change view and describe the extreme weather as a monsoon on steroids. many parts are still water logged. recovery is slow. barbara and gopro reports. months after unprecedented floods and pakistan, much of the farming london care, poor district in the southern cent province is still under water. people are rebuilding as best as they can. but many are angry with the government's response. aid was slow to which remote regions. i have been with you on it. i'll houses have fallen down. you don't have teens. we can't shade our children from the sun. our houses have been submerged. i swear to god, there is nothing left. all our belongings have been washed away. we poor our children are sick. they are just sitting near. at the height of the flooding, a 3rd of pakistan was under water. 33000000 people were affected. the military and emergency services responded. as did thousands of volunteers, ah, til an estimated 16000000 children lost their homes and schools and were vulnerable to water born disease and malnutrition. in the months since the disaster outbreaks of cholera, malaria and dank, a fever have been reported. this thing requires that v change the v i v in the system works, we have to improve our but in the system so that the water can go out. if we don't do that, we won't be able to do anything. additionally, we will also have to see how we grow across in receipt and we grow them. we left to work on that. then we'd have to have disaster resistance to just no disaster. so states of emergencies were declared in 19 of the countries 25 poorest districts pushing about 9000000 people into poverty with an economy already in crisis. before the monsoon season, the government has appealed for more help from the global community. the cameras have left, the waters have not yet subsided. how do we start, even if the water subside? where are we going to mobilize though vast resources in a cash strapped economy to rebuild this country and get people's jobs and livelihoods back on their feet? and not be further debt burdened. these waters might proceed in a few weeks or months. but climate change is here to stay. our correspondent, the summer binge of 8 visited st province. he says many people there are afraid the world will forget them on sterile, even if begotten the green and totally renewable to morrow. somehow we will still remain are very tiny contributors as because we had any contributors to the emissions, all the global emissions, all in one mega difference. so global warming will continue. our glitches will continue to man walks the way forward the way forward is that the, the, the big polluters, the big emitters, have to, in make restitution to the global south. historic loss and damage fund was adopted. that, that you and climate change conference in egypt in november. it aims to compensate poor a nation's battling extreme weather. but environmental essay, more needs to be done to reduce the emissions cause in climate change or vulnerable countries, lack pakistan, will continue to suffer barbara and go per alto. sarah o has been a 2nd day of protests in bolivia, santa cruz region, after the rest of a right wing opposition leader police for out in force after fridays, violent confrontations with supporters of jails. governor louis fernando camacho was arrested on thursday and placed in pre trial detention camacho denies accusations of leading occurred during protest in 2019 that force then president ever what all is from power one, claudio. that chin is a political analyst. he says, support for camacho is grown beyond his strong hold of santa cruz. 6 months ago, nobody of the rest of the provinces would be backing a camacho very much. they didn't have very much sympathy. they didn't have very much. they didn't have a good opinion of camacho, today's different today you can see very many protest not only samples, but also in different provinces of bolivia because the bolivian people is feeling that it's not only come out to that same period. but everybody else that everybody else could be kidnapped, everybody else could be. everybody from the position could be taking to prison. they have complete power. odyssey and the, the party in government for after 15 years in power, they have the parliament, they have the police, they have intelligence laid by cubans. and the military's all think crazy by humans . very humans are very keen, oper, oper, oper, active, political, military operative. so i think he will faith probably the same faith that jamie, i knew that because there is no organized opposition that can stop for the time being he's doing the government. this kind of human rights violations security has been increased in brazil's capital, had the swearing in president to like louisa. now, a lot of the silver on sunday is supporters have been gathering for the event last week's bomb plot by a supporter of outgoing later jazz vote. sonata raised tension and but i celia sonata narrowly last october, ran off after a divisive and bitterly fought campaign. the country has become deeply divided since louis left office and 2011 of the serving 2 terms as president. he's promised in his words, to make brazil happy again for the faces many hurdles from rising poverty to public services in crisis as on account of care reports, revision era. not long ago smoothed by this for comments. 9 out of every tender zone children receiving the regular vaccine. it took 3 decades of hard work to build the public health system in brazil, reaching the most remote areas of latin, america's largest country. but medical professionals say the vaccination program had been all but destroyed in just the last 4 years. but i just threw me a whole food on the, on the worst blo, inflicted by president job, also not as right wing government was to our credibility. we spent 30 years convincing brazilians to get their free shot regularly. but both scenarios costs so many doubts about the efficacy that not only 60 percent of our children are being vaccinated. as a result, diseases like measles and polio, which had been eradicated, are making a comeback. revitalizing brazil, public health system is one of many challenges president like not to let us so, but we'll have to face once he takes off his son, january 1st. and to cation is another. the coven, 1900. pandemic, coupled with a lack of investment, has increased the education gap between rich and poor, and between whites and blacks. gather, sees always affable, as alluded ballston aro, wanted to end the affirmative action policies establishing racial quotas and universities. he couldn't but stopped giving students financial aid for transportation and accommodation as a result of 30 percent of those he benefited from quotas, had to drop out, because they had no money to travel back and forth. with the pandemic that went up to 50 percent of the virus also caused public schools 9 year old these years like many who live in rios for villas, forgotten much of what he had learned by just no money. i was unemployed, i just had another baby. and had no money for why fi or food for vinicius, standing on his on, on an empty stomach was almost impossible. and that is perhaps rulers greatest chow, it crow being hunger. brazil is one of the world's largest exporters of grain and meet the volunteer. here are scrambling for donations to feed a small portion of the countries growing number of hungry being cios, citizenship actually has collected 1500 tons of food. this is enough to feed 600000 brazilians, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to the 33000000 that have nothing to eat. that is the same number of hungry people. brazil had 30 years ago, a number reduced to 4 and a half 1000000 by 2014. now the country is back to square one. citizenship action, blame successive right wing governments for reducing by 96 percent investment in social plans to reduce poverty. to 2016, 2022. that hungered roles from 4500000 people to 33000000 people. that's 50 percent of the country living in complete hunger lula has promised to continue distributing a $120.00 monthly emergency handouts to the poor as bill so now did. during the pandemic. you also promised an additional $30.00 for every needy child. but finding the money to solve so many pressing social demands at a time when the economy is in crisis, will be perhaps less biggest challenge. overall monica in archeologists era, rio de janeiro or brazil is in a 3rd day of national mourning for pele, widely known as the king of football. his wake will be held on monday at the club stadium in santos, where he 1st made his name. john almon visited the port city of santos, where there's a museum dedicated to the football legend. ah, this is the saloon of all, hey, the king's badge. hello, his private room, his own museum. used it with doing interviews and meeting friends at the cloudy and the staff here is showing us around. let's do a photo of him with his parents, say, the chair he sat in bad silly that was introduced as ordinary objects made somehow important by the presence of one enormously famous as it is now. gone. sylvia. she got to know during her time working at a think he was very kind, always treated everyone as if it was a pleasure to say them. he was a special person. pele was more than a person. he was a brand important enough for the brazilian government to build this museum ticket on the stress. she had us up all of the foreigners used to visit the museum because hey, the king was so important. he was an idle m f. now he's become an marshal, william to lunar, but he was only too mortal vulnerable to begin with. it's quite fine and actually that the museum starts with the shoe box. the pallet built with his uncle, knew his shining shoes, a very young age at the local railway station. this is where it all started for him . the sort of poverty i suppose is family was in that boy became the man of a 1000 goals. who could shoot with both the run the 100 meters in 11 seconds, hover, seemingly supernaturally in the air. everyone wanted a photo with him. they still do so for him were mucous along. i traveled to pros and kilometers, to take a picture with a keel. i mean, he was a really good player, but what makes him so special that he was worth driving a 1000 kilometers for our warrant that all my daughter who has 3 stars, he says, referring to police 3 woke up winds. he still be only one from there to the pinnacle of celebrity meetings with moments president movie stars. endless endorsement deals, the little boy who grown up shining shoes in brazil, the comb global. and he stayed there till his day. oh, but it didn't did the affection for him, but home in the night air santo's, the town whose team he played pool, where his museum is a 1000 voice and signed the son tucson coming home each in the last moments with don, you really departed with it but it enormous affliction remains for him. here john hallman al jazeera sample, a lack of affordable housing is contributing to an increasingly visible homeless crisis in the u. s. it's estimated the country needs an additional $3800000.00 housing units risen. salome has more, it may look like an ordinary apartment building, but for 67 year old helen, it's the home she never had before coming here. 3 years ago, she spent years cycling in and out of jail as she struggled with addiction life before here before fortune society for me, my cell, i was not been darkness since i've been here. i've been to a free and i don't ever want to turn back to that life. that life is how many end up here sleeping in subways and living on the street. and with scenes like this becoming more common in cities across the country, elected officials have been calling for drastic action. my 1st act as mayor, will be to declare a state of emergency on home from los angeles to washington d. c. to new york. here in new york, the mayor has called from war aggressive policing of the subways, forcibly removing people with obvious signs of mental illness or drug addiction and taking them to the hospital. but advocates for the homeless say treatment alone won't be enough. stanley richard's helped establish castle gardens, the complex, where helen lives. you have to have places for them to go. and when they get on the medication and they're stabilized, they need a safe home to go to. they need to be part of a community. all of the units here are affordably priced with mental health and addiction services offered on site. over half of the tenants here are formerly incarcerated, and many are employed in the building, pi. 0, one new york officials who broke ground on 326 more affordable units earlier this year, admit thousands more are needed. oh, but attempts to build on another site have been met with resistance by neighbors who at this community meeting express concerns about their safety or property values. still advocates say there's evidence such facilities benefit the entire community. the alternative is jail or prison, or rotating from emergency rooms to jail cells. ah, the alternatives is humanly damaging an inordinately expensive. so it's a cost effective intervention for the minority of people who can't live effectively on their own. new york officials have acknowledged meeting the demand will be difficult and even if successful for many it will be too late. kristin salumi al jazeera new york said i had an al jazeera spectacle for the i s countries around the world. welcome to the new year. ah, it was supposed to be a refuse, but south korea's brother's home was allegedly the scene of torture, rape, and even murder $1.00 oh, $1.00 east investigates the crimes, and those set to be behind on al jazeera, january. oh, now to 0. hope process is to promote a message of peace and reconciliation while visiting the democratic republic of congo and sat said on his 5th visit to africa as head of the catholic church, rigorous debates and unflinching questions. up front cut through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom immersive personal shore. documentaries, africa direct showcases african stories from african phil michaels, can public private partnerships. so some of the world's most pressing challenges when government business in civil society does meet for the world economic forum, senegal, host, the all africa, musical was a celebration of talent and creativity from all corners of the african continent. january analogies, era o a back i honor is seeing an energy boom off the huge oil fields were discovered off its atlantic coast. well now is using that new found wealth to fund solar projects benefiting isolated, mainly indigenous communities. john, 100 reports from georgetown. ah, deep in the remote jungles of guyana far from the coastal power grid where the kite 2 or falls meet a rain forest, the blankets, the landscape. a new generation of guy and he's our indian seeing the light before solar power panels during the village. this underdeveloped bridge and ran on expensive diesel generators or no power at all. it is hard to find that didn't have lead using that starts at the study in the village kato, an hour and a half flight from the capital of georgetown solar energy. now powers, the schools, new computer lab, the lights and air conditioning that cools this tropical climate. quite comfortable here in a remote area. so it's beautiful in terms of having solar energy and electricity open running even fetched ruth huts are energized off the grid for all of the help. the government didn't like who they are or the village office. this renewable renaissance was previously possible, but unaffordable until now, beneath the waters off the guy and east coast lies a newly discovered bounty of oil. enough to transform a country with poverty rate near 40 percent, according to the world bank to an oil rich republic. now the nation's newfound oil wealth is funding an energy project that is electrifying the rural landscape. we are pursuing a program to provide some 30000 solar home systems to communities that are distant and far removed from the national well going on is just beginning to export oil to the world. president here finally wants to replace carbon based fuels at home with renewable energy, with a goal of cutting the cost of power in half. we have a very or system or power is driven by fossil fuel. the demand for power has growing exponentially. so we're investing in solar hydro, when our natural gas, as part of our energy mix, the nation's energy planners are harnessing the rain forest rivers to power. hydro plants like this one near kato, even in the capital of georgetown were guy on his oil boom is being felt the most solar power is transforming the landscape and the power grid event boom, can continue. experts say the fossil fuel bounty of the guy in east coast has the potential to provide clean energy to the countries remotest regions and lift the fortunes of the next generation. john henry and al jazeera georgetown, guyana from oakland to rhea janeiro. the world does become, has been welcoming rather 2023. take a look at some of the new year's celebrations. ah, new york has gathered in time square for the traditional ball job, welcoming. 2023. ah. these were the scenes in brazil. what crowds i should in the new year at the cover cabana beach in rio de janeiro. o. and big van rang in london's fireworks show that lit the skies over the river thames. ah a in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world. what it did was a to them, they have to sign because they didn't aid wouldn't get in. frank assessments, do you think diplomacy still stands a chance? i'm not very up to about any kind of negotiation informed opinions. everybody tweets. everybody's on tick, tock, tick, tock doesn't vote. you have to vote for you in a winter. it's going to be hell whole there. pretty soon. inside story on al jazeera, are they protect us, all profit is a free speech mosque is showing us how vulnerable spaces online truly are when they are controlled by millionaires of log documenting facts on the ground. i'm not a journalist, people trust individuals, more than the newest or a purveyor of the state line. how can you show the destruction of a war and still be a political unchecked? the media can distort narratives and reshape realities. the listening post keeps watch on al jazeera farming is changing drastically in romania with this year's sunflower hub is devastated by drought. it's milder weather and lower rainfall, but a changing the seasons. farmers around here say the early 2 seasons these days instead of fall the summer and the winter autumn this year in temperature terms only lasted a couple of weeks. b r l is planning differently for the year ahead. there will be no sun flowers, no call no weeks. all this bomb being replaced by crops, more resistant to trout used to feed livestock, not people. he and his son are slowly adapting, but climate change may well out. place them ah, croatia adopts the euro and joins the used, bought this to travel. so we'll have a live report from zach ah. on kerry johnson, mrs. al serra lawson also coming up. russia steps up. it's a tax against ukraine's capital as a nation mark.