(ANSA) — ROME, DECEMBER 18 — Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has called on Muslims around the world to unite against NATO. The message was posted in Chinese on Telegram. This is reported by Ukrainska Pravda.

“The North Atlantic Alliance threatens the existence of the whole world. But Russia defied all Western predictions and defied this evil and confidently marched to victory. Don’t let NATO impose you, or they will come to trample your homeland in no time kick!” he writes to Kadyrov.

“Over the past 100 years, the United States and Europe have orchestrated dozens of wars, military coups, and invasions. Millions of civilians have become their victims. And now the even greater threat is to destroy all moral values, which they want to easily turn us into manipulated animals,” Kadyrov continues in his message.

“We call on the entire Islamic world, all sane people, to unite against our common enemy! Their money and weapons are nothing compared to our unity, our will and our belief in our Creator!” the Chechen leader continues , whose units are fighting alongside Russian troops during the invasion of Ukraine. (HAND).

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New York could potentially experience a white Christmas next weekend as a winter storm is likely to hit several parts of the Northeast and disrupt holiday plans in one of the busiest travel routes of the year.

The holiday week, which officially begins December 18, is due to start by Wednesday with clear skies and highs in the 40s. The lows are expected to linger just below freezing (30°F) through midweek, when rain and snow are seen in the Northeast through the end of the first half of the festive season.

Many parts of New York state will have seen at least a few inches of snow by then, but it’s too early to tell how the storm will affect the Big Apple and if the city will see any snow at all.

It is expected to rain in several areas within the I-95 corridor as early as Thursday afternoon. The region includes some of the Northeast’s largest cities, including Philadelphia, New York and Washington DC

New York City could see a white Christmas for the first time since 2009, according to next week’s weather forecast

Heavy snow is expected to fall throughout much of the holiday week in the Midwest and in upstate New York and Pennsylvania. New York City could see snow falling on its skyscrapers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Cloudy weather is then expected to move into the Big Apple on Saturday, Christmas Eve. Christmas Day on Sunday is expected to be sunny, according to Fox Weather, with temperatures expected to hit as high as 20 degrees.

Other parts of New York, including Buffalo and Syracuse, expect snowfall as early as Friday through the end of the weekend.

Another possible scenario taking place over the next week is for a Nor’easter to hit New York City and other parts of the I-95 corridor Friday through Christmas Day, reports Fox Weather meteorologist Christopher Tate.

In that case, rain could potentially turn into “really effective snow — like salt trucks are needed in DOT,” Tate said.

“Something is going to happen and regardless of whether it has an impact, it will impact Christmas travel,” he added.

New York City has a 40 to 60 percent chance of at least an inch of snow this Christmas Day, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The last time the Big Apple experienced a white Christmas was in 2009, when more than an inch of snow was reported in Central Park by 7 a.m. on Christmas Day (pictured).

Rain could potentially turn to hail as precipitation is expected in New York City beginning Thursday next week

AAA estimates that 112.7 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home between December 23 and January 2. That’s an increase of 3.6 million people from last year and is approaching pre-pandemic numbers. 2022 is expected to be the third busiest year for vacation travel since AAA began tracking it in 2000.

“This year, travel time is increasing as Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on Sundays,” said Paula Twidale, AAA’s senior vice president of travel. “With hybrid work schedules, we see more people taking long weekends to travel because they can work remotely at their destination and have more flexibility with their departure and return days.”

Almost 102 million Americans will travel to their vacation destinations. Despite rollercoaster gas prices in 2022, two million more riders will be driving this holiday season compared to 2021.

Air travel will increase 14 percent from last year, with nearly 7.2 million Americans expected. Flights and airports will be packed this holiday season, reminiscent of days before the pandemic.

Snow is cleared from the field at Highmark Stadium ahead of an NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins on Saturday due to heavy snowfall in the city of Buffalo

The Bills beat the Dolphins 29-32 in the final play of the game in a snow-covered stadium in Orchard Park, New York, while quarterback Josh Allen celebrates the win

A fan snow blows the sidewalk in front of Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, ahead of Saturday’s Bills-Dolphins game

Demand for flights has risen sharply despite higher ticket prices. AAA expects the number of people taking leisure flights this year to be close to what it was in 2019, when 7.3 million Americans traveled by air.

The last time it snowed in New York City on Christmas Day was in 2009, according to The New York Post.

Two inches of snow was reported in Central Park by 7 a.m. this year, although the city is believed to have had no snowfall all day.

Members of the Lack Placid Fire Department were responding to an incident involving a propane storage system that was damaged during snow clearance operations in Lake Placid, New York on Saturday

More than 20,000 people were without power in New York when heavy snowfall brought tree branches onto power lines

Utility crews scrambled to restore power to tens of thousands of customers across New England and New York on Saturday after a strong storm dumped 2 feet of snow in some spots.

More than 160,000 customers in New England were left without power in the afternoon and another 20,000 in New York without power as heavy snow brought tree branches onto power lines, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country.

Restoration efforts were complicated because snow was still falling in some places, making travel dangerous. Doug Foley, president of Eversource Electric Operations in New Hampshire, said snow-covered roads are making it difficult for workers to reach communities to assess damage and make repairs.

“We are still sustaining system damage in parts of the state where heavy, wet snow continues to fall, and hundreds of additional crews are coming to New Hampshire to support our recovery efforts,” Foley said in an emailed to media Explanation.

As of Saturday afternoon, Eversource had powered nearly 61,000 customers in New Hampshire since the storm began, but another 40,000 were left without power, according to the utility.

Democratic California Senator Alex Padilla on Sunday suggested that the Donald Trump administration is to blame for the expected chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border when the COVID-19-era Title 42 expulsion directive expires.

Title 42 allows border officials to immediately expel migrants regardless of their status as asylum seekers to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Officials are preparing for up to 18,000 undocumented migrants crossing the border per day after the guideline was lifted at midnight on Dec. 21, according to ABC News.

Republican officials called on the Biden administration to expand policy, citing the dramatic drain on federal, state and local resources.

Democrat Padilla, who has long opposed the policy, admitted on ABC’s This Week program that the ending of Title 42 will present “challenges,” but credited the Trump White House and the Republicans’ “completely irresponsible” approach Lawmakers blamed the border.

“I’m not saying it won’t be a challenge. But let’s understand why it’s such a challenge,” the senator said. “Because the previous government starved the very departments and agencies with the resources they need, not just to patrol the border, but to process those legitimate asylum claims.”

“That’s why individuals or even families come across the border.”

He went a step further, dismissing GOP criticism of President Joe Biden’s handling of the border as partisan hand-wringing with no real solutions.

Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California, responding to his governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, warned that the US immigration system could “collapse” after Title 42 ends

Padilla claimed Republican lawmakers’ trips to the border — which have become increasingly frequent amid their pressure on Biden to visit them himself — were merely “political stunts.”

The senator insisted the Biden administration “has been preparing for the end of Title 42 for months” but declined to answer whether or not he expects the end of politics in his own state on Wednesday to be “smooth.” .

“We will see – I’m sure – that departments make every effort to maintain the safety, order and fairness of people who are seeking asylum or who have other determinations that they are on other grounds or in other places come,” Padilla replied.

“But here’s the biggest frustration: You know, despite all the Republican rhetoric about border chaos, open borders, etc. – number one – they have yet to come up with a plan on how to better handle the scenario.”

He also accused Republicans in Congress of refusing to provide “the additional resources” the federal government needs to better secure the border and fix the immigration system.

“They go to the border, have these political stunts – whether it’s a press conference at the border or fly over in a Black Hawk – but don’t offer any meaningful solutions,” Padilla said, adding that it was “completely irresponsible”.

Democrats are divided on Title 42.

Asylum-seeking migrants exit the Rio Bravo River after crossing it to report to US Border Patrol agents to apply for asylum in El Paso, Texas, United States, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 17 seen

Noting that Title 42 was implemented as a COVID-19 policy and not an immigration policy, Padilla said: “We are in a very different place today in relation to COVID than we were two, almost three years ago. So it’s high time that Title 42 is gone.

Padilla’s fellow Democratic senator, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, spearheaded a bipartisan letter to Biden urging him to extend Title 42 despite a court order to end it.

It was supported by Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar.

And California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned that the US immigration system “will crumble” if Title 42 is repealed, and accused the federal government of placing a “disproportionate” burden on the Sunshine State.

“What we have right now isn’t working and is about to burst into a post-42 world unless we take some responsibility and ownership,” he told ABC News last week.

Padilla, meanwhile, pointed out that Title 42 was raised by the Trump administration as COVID-19 public health policy rather than immigration policy.

“We are in a very different place today in relation to COVID than we were two, almost three years ago. So it’s high time Title 42 was gone,’ he said.

Oscar Leeser claimed that the city did not have the necessary resources to protect everyone during times of low temperatures.

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This Saturday the 17th, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser declared Emergency after a wave of migrants crossed the Mexican border to reach the city. Located in the state of Texas, the metropolis is one of the most important entry points for United States🇧🇷 According to Leeser, the statement comes because of the unsafe conditions migrants find themselves in sleeping on the streets in freezing temperatures. This week the weather forecast for El Paso has lows between 0°C and 6°C. The maximum values ​​range from 7 °C to 16 °C. In addition, next Wednesday 21st, the immigration policy introduced by former President Donald Trump will be suspended. The federal authorities therefore expect an increase in the influx of new migrants. According to the mayor, declaring a state of emergency would provide the city with the necessary resources to protect those crossing the border. During a press conference, Leeser expressed the desire to treat all people with dignity and ensure their safety. US government data identifies an average of more than 2,400 migrants per day attempting to cross the border.