A new Prime Minister has postponed in lebanon and protesters are still demanding a complete overhaul of the political system. One welcome to the program as the pressure builds on indias government over a controversial citizenship law the Supreme Court is planning to hear appeals to it this week from new delhi to hyderabad to look people have rallied in anger against the law which offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from the real neighboring countries but it excludes news 5 people have died since last week where haleigh mohammad has more. Hundreds of students marched in anger the citizen Amendment Act was passed by Parliament Last week and allows Illegal Migrants from 6 religious minorities to acquire citizenship in india but it excludes muslim. And these protesters want to provoked. This is not just about about us its not sparta minorities is against the baltics and this against the nation and what it is and what is the condition of the police met local people and students from jimmy up Millia Islamia university as they marched towards the Parliament Building and trying to disperse them. The situation turned violent and buses and cars were set on fire. In the local media say police and to the University Classroom and detained students some by force. A deal honey does one of 100 students who were injured he says his arm was fractured i was surrounded by those so many policeman legolas 6 to 7 quotas there were stuff started beating me and though it was a brutal attack they were not using martins they were using some other sticks a very a side sticks of wood so maybe i dont know whether they were using blades nails. Kind of brutal attack that was. Thousands of people joined the demonstrations as they continued into the night and spread across the country in hyderabad right police fired tear gas and rubber bullets the police have been accused of being heavy handed but they say theyve used necessary force. If it was a peaceful mob it would have been peacefully dispersed but it caused damage to public property arson and set motorcycles on fire protesters threw stones at police and we have been injured its in the Police Interest to push them back and bring law and order. The controversial law allows citizenship to be granted to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but the opposition says it discriminates on religious grounds especially against muslims and goes against indias secular constitution and with anti muslim rhetoric increasingly being used in india pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister to reduce tensions. For now protesters say theyll continue to demonstrate until the citizen law is revoked and their voices are heard for him mohammed al jazeera. Well it is a social entrepreneur and campaigner in new delhi and he says while muslims in india have been the most vocal critics of the system and ship lot the post says have spread beyond that community. There is no denying the fact that that it is the Muslim Community that that is more noble than perhaps the rest of the country but having said that a letter to cover the fact that the protest may have started or see the dummy emily was beautifully dominating a. University of very students really go and also protest at another unit was to call the police or flee was to be one of these almost starting at around the same time both of them predominantly you know led by a by students from the Muslim Community other than what weve seen this especially after the crackdown that happened at germany a slum yup worst and then followed by a good Muslim University yesterday are getting that this is not by building 2 other universities all over india are getting at you know at colleges in mumbai colleges im in luck no in niger bob seen some of those protests being very symbolic in the nature of what some other perhaps being very up you know showing signs of violent well the bin theyve been instances of stone throwing as well so were 30 important to understand that it you know you might really theory organize young people coming together and yet there is not like 11 large among those the little protests are there is a scale and there is a big spectrum of the kind of protests that we are seeing some of them extremely peaceful just symbolic what others perhaps getting out of and showing the signs of nervousness the Un Security Councils discussing security in west africa just hours after an emergency meeting was held by leaders of the sahara region on rising violence there one of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from the shares army were killed by fighting is linked to eisele near the border with mali aflat has this report. These are desperate times so africa sail region groups are inflicting heavy losses to armies and forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. Leaders of the countries affected no one us g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi didnt find a solution almost president Mohammad Yousuf who says the frequency and sophistication of recent attacks these waters of. The scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels. The g 5 chairman appealed for a new strategy to phrase the growing threat. We must Work Together to ensure victory against terrorism in the short middle and long term as the case in other countries fighting terrorism we need allies in alliance characterized with responsibility cooperation and respect for each other. At the end of the meeting the leaders resolve to Work Together to fight the moves which until now has been largely carried out by international lobbies. Leaders have agreed to improve cooperation between National Forces joint military operations and International Allies as well as bit of coordination on both a political and strategic level theyve also agreed on information sharing between security institutions and the countries to better fight terrorism. The leaders paid their respects at the graves of 720 just soldiers killed last week when fighters linked to eisele over that bs in the ninetys more than 230 soldiers have been killed in mali but in a powerful and news here over the past 4 months in addition to 30 french troops who died in helicopter pollution while hunting for the fighters in the electorate region what i mean its really its a rabbit out of touch with you know armies and its a group of seniors raising concerns of more violence in the coming weeks and months the g 5 leaders have concluded their summit but their citizens living on the front lines are desperate for help for now although its not clear if the resolutions of the summit will do that. But michael. The United States has just imposed sanctions on 2 senior subsidies politicians theyre accused of obstructing the young countrys efforts of peace and reconciliation fighting there over the past 6 years has claimed the lives of about 400000 people and forced 4000000 people from their homes well lets go straight to the morgan whos live for us in khartoum hi there hippa what more can you tell us. Well the sanctions by the United States on to south sudanese ministers comes just 6 days after it sanctioned 5 other south sudanese just on the 10th of december accusing them of Human Rights Violations now the United States had made it very clear after south sudan south sudans government and Opposition Leader agreed to postpone the formation of a Transitional Government to 100. 00 days the United States made it clear that it was not impressed by that decision and that it was not sitting down sitting well with it and they also stated that they will be reevaluating their relationships with south sudan now the minister of information spoke a couple of days ago on the sanctions and he said that this these sanctions by the United States is the railing the peace deal the 2 people who have been sanctioned the minister of Cabinet Affairs martin earlier a lot more room the United States accused him of recruiting local militias and the other minister the defense minister. And joke that he has been accused of not following the security arrangements from the government side ask for the peace deal thats a deal that was signed here in the sudanese capital hard to him more than a year ago and which there was supposed to be a Transitional Government formed in november but because the 2 sides say that some arrangements are not yet complete they have agreed to extend it to february this comes as people have been displaced by the peace about by the fighting and the civil war more than a 3rd of south sudans population displaced and more 300000 People Killed in the civil war so people in south sudan are waiting for a peace to come to them so that they can feel some kind of stability more than their joining us live from constant. At least 12 people have been killed in a rebel attack in the eastern democratic republic of congo it happens overnight on monday in the territory of watter linger just a day earlier 32 people were killed in another attack in bedding the Eastern Region seen a wave of attacks by rival group called the allied Democratic Forces at least a 179 civilians have been killed since october when the government launched an offensive against the rebels opposition parties in the gambia rallying against president a damn about they want baron so although his promise to step down by the end of this year he made that commitment in a deal to form a Coalition Government 3 years ago but has since changed his mind saying hell serve his full 5 year term beryls 2016 election victory ended the 22 year rule of former leader. Nicolas huck is in banjul where protesters say president barrel has made Living Conditions worse than theyve been in previous years. The beginning there was hundreds of people and then the crowd swelled up to tens of 1000 and theyve successfully handed over their petition to the spokesperson of the government a petition asking for adam barrow to step down their slogan is which in the local language means its time its time for adam a barrow to step down remember in 2016 on this very road there were tens of thousands of people protesting against the former longtime president in support of adam a barrow today we saw the same people who supported adam a borrow asking him now to step down he had made a promise that he would stay in power just for 3 years but it seems he says that he will continue to stay to power complete his full mandate he says hes respecting the constitution but thats something that the protesters here are not buying they believe that he just wants to cling on to power they fear also and that some members of his government are leaders of a performer political leaders or close allies too. And although he had promised at the time to change change for the people here and while there has been more Political Freedom change has been slow to come when it comes to security reforms going to comes to the change of leadership when it comes to basic things like power electricity and water shortages that this country is suffering some of the protests are telling me that the situation is worse than before still ahead here on aljazeera wester is in the southern philippines look for survivors after an earthquake killed at least one people. We meet again many entrepreneurs are defying all odds to keep a colorful ancient tradition alive. Hello its rained again in the evidence syria the clacker interests iraq and for the next 24 hours just think of it is raining in iraq particularly the planes in the east as a sudden this is well thats been significant rain through qatar bahrain and some in the eastern side its to coming together to keep going east was taking snows with the high ground of iran through the border with turkmenistan and then youve got a snowy day for the high ground in afghanistan as well the 10 and its rained down towards you as you can see were following that the sun is out the temps havent changed very much but thats a little warmer and a little sunnier than normally when this rain goes through this is position on tuesday from iran then tailing off in the society wants us concert you tend to get a sham all following this case it might be disrupted because the still cloud lagging behind potential of a thunderstorm or 2 still to come in for example battering or cutter in Southern Africa having had a lot of rain in kwazulunatal in the last week or 2 its looking draw at the moment well develop a little bit more rain in the city to the next day or so its not obvious here on tuesday unfortunately the codice over that is the. Libya attendance disappear so the rain has gone south. After years of overgrazing the damage caused to the precious grasslands of chile is being revived with one of the worlds biggest ever conservation projects. Theyre pretty emblematic of the patagonia if their plan to fall and theyre like this one is then you know that the system is going back and that they feel no threat. And thats why youre on your rewilding patagonia on aljazeera. You watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories this hour in this Supreme Court studio here petitions challenging a controversial new citizenship law stick im go over the new law has now spread to College Campuses the new measure offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from some neighboring countries but excludes. The u. N. Security council discussing the on rest in west africa just hours after an emergency meeting was held by leaders of the sahara wage and on the rise in violence there one of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from the sheriffs army were killed by finds his leg to eye so near the border with moderate. Opposition parties in the gambia have been rallying against president and they want him to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year he made that commitment in a deal to form a Coalition Government 3 years ago. Lebanons president has delayed consultations with political process that was supposed to lead to the naming. Prime minister it follows another night of violence where Security Forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protest as. Santa has more. Minutes before the constitutional process to form a new government was set to start lebanons presidency postponed consultations until thursday politicians were to name their choice of Prime Minister and saddle heidi the caretaker Prime Minister was supposed to be renamed but he requested the men to avoid in his words violating the constitution and preserving unity among the nation sects. It seems the christian participation or vote is the reason why it was delayed the Lebanese Forces party is refusing to name a Prime Minister from the Political Class and the other main Christian Party the free Political Movement is refusing to name this is the real problem lebanons leaders who share power based on a sectarian political system are deeply divided how did he says he wants to head a Government Free from the influence of Political Parties his rivals led by the iranian backed hezbollah who are part of the governing alliance and hold the majority in Parliament Say they wont give up power there come from are its hard to teach because every party is sticking to its position and name the ruling or 30 it didnt budge for one single inch. Its true that the Prime Minister of greece arent but since then they are trying to reproduce the same the same system a change in leadership is what antiestablishment protesters have been demanding for 2 months but the largely peaceful uprising against those who have ruled lebanon for 30 years has turned violent in recent days confrontations between unarmed protesters and Security Forces is raising fears about stability and security political deadlock is not rare in lebanon but there is an urgent need to form a government. The country is in turmoil the ruling class is bargaining over power while workers are losing their Jobs Companies are closing the local currency is losing its value and people do not have access to their money and banks the economy is on the brink of collapse but Even InternationalFinancial Assistance is being conditioned to the formation of a government that meets the aspirations of the lebanese people and now the United Nations is warning the political impasse create Fertile Ground for provocations and political manipulation that could lead to more violence. Iraqs president now has until the end of thursday to nominate a new Prime Minister idol abdul mahdi resigned last month but that stunned little to competition who want a complete overhaul of the political system at least 476 iraqis have been killed and 20000 injured since the unrest began in october theres anger over widespread corruption high unemployment and Poor Public Services similar fulton is in baghdad and she says protesters fear the new Prime Minister will be linked to the old regime. The new deadline we are told is now on thursday what is also confusing is which bloc in parliament should actually nominate a new Prime Minister according to the constitution the president is supposed to ask the biggest block in parliament to agree on a candidate now it is unclear which block is actually the largest and this is very peculiar and very typical of iraqi politics because many members of parliament switch allegiances the votes are not public so nobody really ever knows how many seats are controlled by a given party and the president actually sent a letter yesterday to the speaker of parliament asking him to clarify who is the largest bloc now of course this comes very late in this process this is something that should have been clear a long time ago but it just highlights how obscure this process is how little transparency there is and this is precisely the reason why many iraqis are asking not for just the new Prime Minister but for a complete overhaul of the political system its a very obscure process that is basically the result of backroom dealings by the one name that has come up quite often is the name of mohamed sudan who is a member of the dawa party which is the biggest ruling party that has been in place since 2003 and he also held several ministerial posts before so hes very much a considered to be part of the political establishment and thats exactly what protesters dont want they want somebody who has not served before somebody who is not beholden to the current Political Parties who is actually capable of pushing through very controversial reforms and thats definitely not mohammed also that he has already been rejected by the protesters so it remains to be seen whether he is indeed the one who will be nominated but in any case people want a fresh face they dont want anybody who has held an office in the past. In the us the House Judiciary Committee has released a report out lining what it says is evidence of high crimes by the president the Committee Approved 2 articles of impeachment against someone fighting the report lays out the democrats case against the president what they say is an urgent need to impeach him as a representative 6 is expected to vote on it in the next few days if that passes trump will be tried in the Republican Controlled Senate and jordan has more on the details of that report this report makes 3 essential points one that the president did try to use the power of his office in order to what induce a person in a foreign country to do something for him for his personal political benefit the report also says that this endangered National Security and it says that it is expedient it is urgent that the u. S. Congress deal with this matter as quickly as possible because of the very real risk that the president will try to do this again ahead of the 2020 alexion and that would send a message that anyone would be above the law and according to this report from the House Judiciary Committee the u. S. Congress has a legal and moral authority to a prevent those things from happening while the president has tweeted in the last hour or so saying that the general public should quote read the transcripts something which he has argued before which is sensually absolve him even though many who have read the transcripts of the hearings before the House Intelligence Committee earlier this year would see that there is a preponderance of evidence suggesting that the president abused his power in order to attain a personal political benefit. At least 4 people were killed in sundays powerful earthquake in the southern philippines rescuers are searching for survivors after the magnitude 6. 9 quake hit the island of mindanao the region still recovering from a series of earthquakes in october Jamila Alan Duggan is in part data where family members of the missing are still waiting news. Were in the town of where that involve all those who are one of the areas bearing the brunt of the earthquakes devastation we are right in front of what used to be a 3 Story Building now this is whats left of it this was a grocery mart where people used to go to to buy their provisions both the time and their offices it is believed that several people remain still trapped at the ground floor of what used to be the ground floor of this building from where i am i can still hear rescuers trying to break in breaking glass is hoping that there will still be survivors rescuers have been telling us they have been working overtime since the earthquake struck sunday afternoon several bodies have already been pulled out and they said that as early as monday morning someone was still able to send a message asking for help from inside they have already lost contact since over there some of them are actually relatives of those missing hoping for some good news about their loved ones weve spoken to the mayor and the governor of dubbo those soar and they were telling us basically what that they are asking for is for people to stay calm people here on the edge afraid of the earthquake and its aftershocks and its not only here in davos or the region of mindanao many parts of it has been battered by a series of earthquakes over the last few months thousands of people have already been displaced but what the government is trying to assure everyone that they are prepared and that they are able to send aid to those who need it most 2 cities in western libya have declared a general mobilization of forces to fight the warlord holy for huffed its almost the turkish president s promise to provide military help to the internationally recognized government in tripoli that could lead to a confrontation with egypt and all those who support the sources when trying to take over the capital for months. Its kazakhstan Independence Day and many people are marking it was protests against the government of president kasim jomar tokai of which is calling it illegal rally demonstrators are demanding Economic Reforms and an end to corruption theyre also calling for the release of all political prisoners. A young mother in yemen is fighting to preserve an ancient craft thats increasingly under threat because of the war locals call her the princess of og for her skills in using precious stones to make jewelry while visiting their workshop in dolma south of the capital sun the. 30 year olds of albuquerque begun to have love affair with precious stones more than 10 years ago she knew yemen was home to germs that prized the world over and she learned all she could about turning stoon into beautiful jewelry of jakes she would be able to in a living and have her own shop. But i tell you in a school i started to get involved in the business of agate after 3 months of training on a course organized by you know sco and the ministry of culture its taken love and dedication but with my experience i was able to set up my own business but it wasnt easy being the only woman in water vibrationally has been a business dominated by men suffer says people look down on her in the beginning particularly when she tried to sell her products in the market place while many criticize me for being the only woman to work in this business but my love for the profession has convinced them otherwise her talent quickly sharp through craftsman deeply rooted in the tradition and culture of yemenis truly did recognize her ability did occasion. Kind of amazing woman bit of train stuff and found out that she loved the business and quickly learnt all of its aspects shes even become our point of reference because she knows the best kinds and how to perfect and ship them out. It wasnt long before software was dropped the process of argot and she was able to encourage other women to follow in her 4th steps of the process too dangerous. The 1st year many are getting comes from mines in the mountainous region of the run anis 150 kilometers south of the capital sanaa they are particularly because of their colors banding and unique beard tours through the centuries they have give you did their own full glory some say get rain has healing powers or can ward off a little. There are many things people still believe today about you me i guess thats why they can be worth up to 3000. 00 each especially if they contain inside the image of an icon or a well known character for example an egg of a shadow of a man was sold for 10000. 00. But the war in yemen now in its 5th year is threatening the future of this innocent crafts and stuff i may lose her business thanks millie to restrictions imposed by the saudi quality and fighting yemeni whole thesis but so far has 2 Young Children says shes determined to carry on regardless believing she owes it to her sisters to pass on her skills to the next generation of craft workers. Bob. Some are. Well you can find out much more about the stories were following on our web site on main story right now trouble over the indian citizenship law those protests now spreading to universities al jazeera dot com well be back a little bit later with much more. This is al jazeera and these are our current top stories indias Supreme Court is due to hear petitions on wednesday which challenge a controversial new citizenship law and go over the law has now spread to College Campuses the act of for citizenship to persecuted minorities from some neighboring countries but it excludes muslims opposition parties in the gambia have been rallying against president adama barrel they want him to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year that is in the capital banjul he says people fear every turn to an authoritarian government. It was 3 years ago on this day that thousands of people took to the streets against a former president who refused to concede defeat and for adam a barrow he was the head of a coalition of the opposition while many of the Opposition Leader were in prison he was heading this call it was a Popular Coalition he had promised them that he would stay in power just for 3 years and now hes saying that he wants to extend his time to complete a full mandate to respect the constitution but the people here are not due their fear is that he just wants to stick on to power to control the situation lebanons president still a talks with Political Parties that were meant to lead to the naming of a new Prime Minister follows another night of violence between Security Forces and protest us on a mint. Iraqs president now has until the end of thursday to nominate a Prime Minister addle abdul mahdi resigned last month but thats done little to competent who want a complete overhaul of the political system at least 476 iraq is have been killed and 20000 injured since the on west began in october his anger over widespread corruption high unemployment and Poor Public Services to cities in western libya have declared a general mobilization of forces to fight the warlord star it follows the turkish president s promise to provide military help to the internationally recognized government in tripoli that could lead to a confrontation with the u. A. E. Egypt and other spear support haftar the forces have been trying to take over the capital mouth. So. Those are current headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after inside story well be back with a full hour of news at the top of the hour but by. The u. N. Is again pushing its peace plan for libya but warlord hell if i have to is threatening a final offensive on the capital tripoli and turkey is planning to step up its support for the internationally recognized government so is the situation about to get worse rather than better this is inside story. Hello there im james pays 8 months ago warlord holly for half his forces to finally march towards libyas capital tripoli that the internationally recognized government of fire