A cheer for the champions and extra time going up puts liverpool on top of the world. Protests over a new citizenship law in india are emerging as the biggest domestic challenge to Prime Minister in the mornings since he came to power opponents say its an attack on the secular constitution and discriminates against muslims while letting minorities from 3 neighboring countries become Citizens Rights groups are accusing the police of use and disproportionate force against protesters at least 23 people have been killed and more than 1500 arrested since protests began over a week ago some of the most violent have been in the Northern State of that for they surely 20 percent of the population is muslim and the northeastern states especially and asked sound or people fear and flux of hindu bengalis they say. That could put their language and culture under threat of protests have been largely peaceful and opposition control west bengal Prime Minister mortys party the b j pay is being accused of seeking electoral gains by opening the door to more than the refugees and migrants and theres also been an arrest in southern cities like chennai a place washed on as people chanted against the law and in new delhi thousands of protesters have defied bands to converge on the historic jumma must mosque so be the stress to reports now from new delhi. Police in the Northern State of the parties are not taking chances. Did vans while firing tear gas at protesters who are defying a government ban to congregate in large crowds. Every tactic is being used to quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using Excessive Force. Was what started as a student demonstration has grown into a Larger Movement to denounce what governments often and say is divisive and discriminatory legislation. The law excludes muslims from neighboring countries from receiving indian citizenship which goes against india secular constitution the unrest in india has been discussed at a conference of Muslim Leaders in malaysia Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad said the indian law is unfair to x. Group claims from becoming citizen even by due process i think is unfair so every boy so. This is a claim and with this kind of treatment india rejected his comment saying the law doesnt impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his son. And shit the malaysian Prime Ministers remark is factually inaccurate we call apart militia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right in the standing of facts. On saturday protesters packed the streets of new delhi despite the governments ban on large crowds. The d. Lawyers from Indias Supreme Court and high courts joined the outcry were running. The discriminate among. And muslims if. Everyone. C still. Joined by people. Its one of the. Art students depicted the constitution and the governments attitude to it by painting this street its amazing the United Nation in that sense but. Its also just the idea behind it which is so vicious the idea behind the act is that every thinking human being everyone in this country will be affected and standing up for indians here are vowing to continue their defiance revolt against the law and say they wont allow the government to destroy the very fabric on which their nation is built on. To aljazeera new delhi india well lets take a closer look now at the citizenship Amendment Act and why its prompting opposition right across the country it creates a pathway to citizenship for minorities who face religious persecution and pakistan bangladesh and of spawn bought and excludes muslims opposition parties and protests to say that violates and the a secular constitution but that is not the only die. That make the morning be j. P. Has promised to implement a National Register for citizens where everyone across the country will need to prove this citizenship and if they cant they could be put in Detention Centers some communities could still be given citizenship through the sill and ship Amendment Act but its feared that millions of muslims unable to provide proof would be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in india for generations now thought in cotton as professor of law and legal theory at the university of oxford and general editor of indian law review earlier he spoke to my colleague darren abrogated and explained why the law has cost so much anger that this government has been chipping away at indias constitutional fundamentals for the last 6 years but this act does it so blatantly and so. Expressly that theres no plausible deniability in any solutions a constitutional solution so fail to stop the government from doing what it has done to the constitution and ultimately it seems that the people have decided that its upon them to save indias pluralistic Secular Democratic constitution why is the citizenship law thats caused all these processed seen by many people as a threat to indian democracy as a whole so the been a lot of threats to in a democracy of late but this is the most blatant because for the 1st time in india as a democratic independent history we are going to write religion as a qualification into our citizenship laws the law in giving fastrack citizenship to basically non muslims but also some other very subdued atheists muslims some of these communities are not covered but. In those 6 inches or cover that is that is just so blatantly against the very core of the Indian Constitution identity which is to seek to to build a nation that is not based on religious identity that is secular that is pluralistic that is diverse and is celebrated that day diversity for the last 70 or years so that its its the explicitness you know a lot of these governments policies have been sort of dog whistle politics of it Everybody Knows the gold is anti muslim but now the government felt emboldened to do not feel the need for force for the obvious as its just its blatant misses as was egregious lets move on to other news now and a turkish ship has been seized off the coast of northern libya by forces loyal to warlord going to have the a half a Spokesman Says theyre naval forces approached the box near the city of dirda so they can search and verify its cargo after us forces have pulled the ship into the port of ras and its crew are now being questioned and 3 people have been killed in libya the latest round of drone strikes by half those forces they attacked the town of them slaughter in the northwest of libya meanwhile the internationally recognized government says the drones are being piloted by the United Arab Emirates which is supporting half that without the one who has moved from tripoli. The Government Forces tried to enter the homeowner city about 65 kilometers to the south east from the capital tripoli to horner is the main stronghold for have to his forces and it has the Central Command from were from which have those generals along with the Russian Military experts are running the battles in southern tripoli thats according to the government of National Accord so Government Forces tried to open new front lines near tarhouni city but they were strong they say that they faced airstrikes by have to draw and fighter jets meanwhile a new city has witnessed clashes in its vicinity near the city of the horn the city of them silat which is about 88 kilometers to the south southeast from the capital of tripoli the city of there is among the several cities that have recently declared Mass Mobilization to prevent have to his forces from entering the capital tripoli now so that there is facing have to the forces and its southern vicinities after the Government Forces withdraw from the area and local sources in the latter say that hundreds of civilians have left their homes because of the fighting and random rockets have been landing inside the city 3 people were killed and a dozen others were wounded according to medical sources sources in the city of. Now Turkeys Parliament has backed a military deal increasing cooperation when libyas u. N. Backed government trying to defend the capital tripoli from half those forces but as mohamad the explains from istanbul it will be some time before ankara considers deploying troops. This ratification is just a ratification of the agreement between libya and turkey but whats happening it was going to happen from now on will depend on a formal request that the d. N. A. In tripoli thats the government thats recognized by the United Nations. Has to send a request to uncover so that when once they get these requests it has to go fast of parliament for another agreement and not from parliament and also for the formulation of the monday to what exactly those troops would be mandated to do in libya once they get there before they can be deployed were hearing from sources that the government he is not expecting a formal request from tripoli until probably february but that could change given the ocean water. When you get general huff that is comprised now coming out against the Government Installations and positions. Now west African Leaders have ended a summit in nigerias capital abou jahjah about increasing cross Border Security concerns leaders from the 15 member Economic Community of West African States have discussed fund raising to support the fight against increased Violent Attacks risa held a region where the boston remote area of the southern so hard desert spans many borders and includes areas dominated by groups affiliated to isolate al qaida would address reports now from above. The 56 ordinary summit of ecowas was anything but ordinary these are particularly difficult times for the region as attacks by armed groups of escalated in recent months. The rising violence in the hell in other parts of west africa dominated the speeches. Nigerias president whose country has had to deal with the threat from boko haram for the past 10 years he says closer cooperation is needed along with more International Support terrorism remains the major threat to the keys and progress of egypt. Attacks by terrorists groups remind us of the i just see to be the end do added Security Partnership to come grant into the evil of growth buddha terrorism. Echoes chairman and they just president was country recently lost 71 soldiers in an attack by an isolated group is in no doubt about the effects of the violence on member nations. Not usually do the crew very well is attracted autistic and sometimes a few such as our region has been hit hard by terrorist attacks which have intensified with every passing day threatening the Many National and regional achievements we have made the terrorist attacks continually test our resolve to fighting this scourge the leaders in the last meeting in september agreed to set up a 1000000000. 00 fund to pay for armies to fight the armed groups one 100000000. 00 of that is distributed but with many countries in the region having to fight that individual but as a low it is here that more than a 1000000000. 00 will be needed to achieve peace. Is a night ignatius special representative in west africa theres no question that a more robust response is required because what we are seeing is that the terrorist groups are still a lot of resistance and where is the resilience and capacities which we have and estimated at this knowledge there has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guineabissau us president ial elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year a course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but its not clear if french speaking countries are using the west African Financial Community franc the c. F. A. Well ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana want to adopt the plant common currency the echo which is shuttle to roll out in 2020 homage to greece. Well lets get more on this now were joined by suzanne away an associate professor at Haverford College and the author of constructing democracy in africa shes joining us live from for the delfina very good to have you with us on algis they are so they went nearly 5000 reported reported fatalities in the hell between november last year and just march this year there is obviously a big problem with security in the region whats needed to combat it well i think so this meeting is is positive that youre getting a robust Regional Response to the issue but it goes deeper than just security and military response that is there needs to be Economic Growth and and political capacity to to address tensions within populations in these countries in other words days groups that are acting are able to recruit locally and that their ability to prove right has to do with local discontent i mean we had from the u. N. Special representative in this is what he talked about he said that more needs to be done to address the root causes of extremism what are those courses in this region and how can they be addressed. Well things like widespread poverty infrastructure thats built in cities but doesnt connect villages that are deep in rural areas people are feeling very disconnected from the political situation in the Capital Cities and that leads to resentment so. You know its a question of Economic Growth addressing poverty having people who live far away from Capital Cities feeling as though the state cares about them and is interested in promoting Development Across many of these countries and so far we havent seen enough about that and thats part of the problem and i suppose that things like that take longer than pledging a 1000000000 dollars and military support was there anything to address did you see or hear of anything to address the those root causes either at the summit or what was called the extraordinary summit that was held in september. Now you know there has not been and frankly im not of a push towards those political and Economic Issues and we all recognize there is an absolute Security Threat and that means military responses are important but its not the whole story and im not convinced theres a not of a commitment from the leadership in many of these countries to address those issues as one thank you very much for your time and your expertise on this we do appreciate it for now that is susanna wing live in for the delphia thank you thank you very much. Well meanwhile French Forces have killed 335 just fighters in the mopti region of mali president a man you met khan made the announcement in a speech in the ivory coast or french army command confirmed the death toll in the operation which it said took place overnight near the march cheney and water. There pending more ahead on the news hour including a former University Lecturer in pakistan is sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy over facebook. Russia says it will go ahead with the gas pipeline to germany despite threats of u. S. Sanctions and legend helps open the new tokyo 2020 National Stadium peter would have mourned for. At least 11 people have been killed in airstrikes by syrian Government Forces and their russian allies in the latest attack on edler province a busy market was struck in the town of kim and then the main road as people were fleeing the attack syrian troops are advancing on the countrys last rebel held areas capture in 2 more villages on the southern edge of adlib the u. S. Secretary of state my pompei o says russia and china have blood on their hands after they reach out a Un Resolution to allow cross border aid into surgery on friday allowed father as on the ground in syria and he says tens of thousands of people are fleeing the bombardment thats a little. Russian in Syrian Government military jets continue to target many towns and villages in the countryside. Here in the town of samarra keep a popular market and Residential Homes were hit many civilians were either killed or injured by the strikes. At the same time other towns and it lives eastern and western countryside targeted. Is on the highway connecting aleppo and damascus. Tens of thousands fleeing areas under attack such as Marshall Newman use this road the targeting of the main towns and highways used by the residents now worsen as the humanitarian situation. A cordon pakistan has sentenced a University Lecturer to death for blasphemy janae her fetus was arrested in 2013 accused of insulting islam for profit mohamad on facebook he spent nearly 6 years in solitary confinement waiting for his trial or pakistans controversial blasphemy law carries an automatic Death Penalty its yet to actually carry out a death sentence for the charge but the law has drawn widespread condemnation from Rights Groups now about 40 people convicted of blasphemy are on death row in pakistan the a b b a christian woman spent more than 80 years on death row before her her conviction was overturned a year ago she since sort asylum in canada where her case attracted global attention and led to the killing of punjab governess proceed he was shot dead by one of his bodyguards and 2011 percent oppose the blasphemy laws and of course for bibi to be pardoned were 3 months later pakistans minorities minister was killed by gunmen in islamabad Shahbaz Bhatti a christian had received Death Threats after suggesting blasphemy laws be reformed now as come on harder explains former jeanette her fees came to pakistan from the us and was hired as an English Literature professor. Its a fulbright scholar enough god has also. Prayed for good Academic Work however a group of students then object to a Facebook Page a demo of blasphemy and printed 13 able to read and charged with blasphemy under bug a strong law 295. 00 of the penal code i did a budget on penal code anyone who fires the name of the property. It provides for the sentence of death in this particular case has been unveiled. A number of the judges have already been and today they were boards read out under maximum security inside the prison because back in 24. His lawyer was gunned down and. According to reports was kept in solitary confinement because of fear voted live by that particular judgment coming out inside the jail on now on the phone with his vice chancellor actually find a National University and he says that pakistans blasphemy will as supported binah stablished legal process. I believe. The freedom of expression is the know the basic principles of islam but that does not mean use of language for any abuse or any poisonous statements and theyre surviving i think this law was enacted under british later on it was revised by 930. 00 and later on they pakistan by element and senate jointly approved the law it becomes an act and under the act. A person who is accused has full liberty to appear and plead his case till today i believe there has not been a single execution as such but there have been accusations and judgments have been passed but not just minutes have been carried out here today. Means it is provided for all possible venues for the accused to come forward and defend and even now there is a chance for appeal for the person i think the law as such is. Lawful land and if proper had been followed then the judgment should not be condemned. Now russia says construction must continue its gas pipeline to europe despite threats of u. S. Sanctions President Donald Trump has announced penalties on firms helping russias state owned gas company to finish the north stream to pipeline charms as the project would weaken ukraine in its long running confrontation with russia and give russia too much influence in europe while the 1200 kilometer long pipeline will run from the russian port of mr luker under the baltic sea to germany and along with the existing north stream one pipeline russia will be able to export 110000000000 cubic meters of gas to europe every year that is double the current about rick berke known as a political analyst at Stanford University billiton and he explains why the project has become so contentious well it is not something that pops up in the last year or so it is a project that has been ongoing for a long time and theres a reason why its called north stream 2 theres a north korean one already and they just double the capacity of what is used as a pipeline to bring gas directly from russia to germany which makes a number of actors in the political scene upset 1st and foremost the transit countries dont get revenues from acting as transit countries secondly its against the European Unions in presence of an integrated and its the policy and 1st and foremost and thats the main reason for the United States to impose sanctions on this was company that builds the pipeline is that the u. S. Wants to sell gas from fracking from the United States that can be shipped as liquefied gas to ports in europe and so russia is just a competitor and the United States want to sell their gas to germany. Or russia has been looking to build pipelines by possum ukraine because of their strained relations but in the meantime the 2 countries have settled a long running dispute allowed moscow to supply gas to europe for the next 5 years they had been fears a delay could limit supplies to the continent which relies on russian gas for hating an industry russian ships nearly 40 percent of its european gas deliveries through pipelines that cross ukraine. Still ahead on the news hour even more lost a huge push on an eastern and southern australia intensified by saying haze and strong winds. Beca have been a serious strain hot in the bag say on balance a documentary seen in the occupied west bank and in sport how and to milan 5 their way back to the top and somebody will be here later this fall. Welcome back to your International Weather forecast all of the next few days the main focus across United States is what is going to be happening down across much of the southeast we have an area of low pressure in the gulf of mexico and that is going to bring some widespread rain across parts of florida georgia as well as into alabama we could be expecting some flooding situations as we go towards monday as well up towards the north though not looking too bad for new york temperatures coming up to about 7 by the time we get towards monday but out across the west it is going to be the rain all the way down through los angeles a chilly rain with a temperature there of 13 degrees what here across the northern part of the caribbean were going to be watching a front about to start to sink a little bit more down towards the south across the florida keys into cuba as well as into mexico you can expect some heavy rain as we end on sunday the rain continues across much of the area but out here towards the east we are looking at partly cloudy conditions for bridgetown with a temperature into the low thirtys in panama city rain for you with a temperature of 29 and then very quickly across south america things are looking quite nice for what is this attempt of 25. 00 with plenty of sun in the forecast but for rio it is going to be a rainy day with thunderstorms in the forecast here on sunday 32. 00 degrees but by the time we do get towards monday it is going to be heavy rain with a temperature of 27. 00. From the aljazeera london pool cost center to special guests in conversation this is the chance to start the revolution unprompted uninterrupted we need to do away with the word evil because it stops conversation where should we get our land to put on meats i. E. Should i can be this is the beginning of friendship this is the beginning of love growth were getting somewhere we can really break through the barriers its studio to be unscripted on aljazeera. Aljazeera coverage the scene is any feelings watching i think our reports see africa as it is. A good. Thing. We take our time getting to know the people we meet the soldiers are enforcing a convoy of vehicles the road if they do you see in the crossfire as ours is our highest reading about telling stories ultimately is not just about aljazeera its about the people who tell the stories about. Hello again as a prominent of the top stories this hour at least 23 people have now been killed and more than 1500 arrested across india and violent protests over a new citizenship nor breast is emerging as promised in the biggest domestic challenge since taking power at least 3 people have been killed in libya the latest round of drone strikes. That comes a week after a half announced a final offensive to take the capital tripoli his forces have also seized a turkish ship off the coast of. West African Leaders have entered a summit of nigerias capital of about increasing cross Border Security concerns leaders from the 15 member Economic Community of West African States discussed fund raising to counter a Violent Attacks in the future. Now 2 days of talks aimed at resolving disputes over the largest hydroelectric dam an africa taking place and sudans capital khartoum the fall but in dollar grand ethiopian veni sonce dam on the river nile is now nearing completion the ethiopians say it will provide power to 70000000. 00 people and revitalize the economy but neighboring sudan and egypt fear the project will reduce supplies of water for drinking and irrigation and other meetings planned next month in washington to try and finalize an agreement now with as the president of the World Association of Sustainable Development and he told my colleague mary massey that there are several key issues still to be resolved. So broadly were fundamentally were talking about would be will lives and i think if we dont get this a book of that if it is i think theres 2 issues they have to be solved 1st their dispute over this has to be resolved number one of course is about would be will living and theres been a good and so on and secondly we need to get to the book on if this project is strictly going to sound and on this but particular itemizing we need to listen to explore how long is this going to take i mean is the current for infinite. I think its probably this is it just too much of a challenge is this too much of a challenge because were talking about a broader corridor you have with all the completion and its going to great to have exactly and. A lot of money and already late so you might you know talking about something already on the ground you might like you this is where the dispute getting very very nasty if the next week how nasty could this get because ethiopia and egypt are 2 of the regions most populous and most powerful countries how much of a threat could all this be to regional stability i think to be honest it could be because theres a more in sudan rather than being its role as bart of this whole negotiation is more of a mediator between. And thats really be that case and the problem is here were talking about a bruges act which is lacking some kind of transparency although we have been even in the u. S. You know a lot of for you steve your loss i think almost like were discovering this guy the arguments going out from people who are topic spirit in her own known legal issues so the dispute. Do you see this just carrying on 3 years and how is it now theres going to be talks in washington so how can how can the International Community help to bring about a fair and equitable settlement or is there a risk that say washington involvement could make things worse. For i think thats a good question if in the fitting the International Community can do is doing good in a very transparent been an assistant of the visibility of the broader concern. And secondly possibly also the International Community could engage in International Mediation to find out exactly it is this view of only the land is correct on the a number see where we have to go to go back to the International Experience what can we do if we have if it is to be this project is being built without sound Engineering Environmental assessment and Technical Assistant if we were for example we follow that we need also to go back to the experience to. Solve this. And a bowl of patient in eastern democratic republic of congo has the car the 1st person to recover from the virus and then for sick again the World Health Organization says 11 new cases have been confirmed in the past week more than 3300 people have for an earlier in the day are things late of the ball or epidemic and 2200 of them have died the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. Now more than 70000 hectares of farmland has been destroyed in somalia and neighboring ethiopia by a plague of locusts the United Nations food agency says the invasion is the worst of its kind in 70 years of farmers in somalia now warning that theyre unable to feed their families an average swarm of locusts locusts can destroy crops enough to feed 2500. 00 people for a whole year i am holding locusts finished the whole area they came to our farms and ate our plants once theyre done we wont have anything to feed our children and we werent even able to buy anything from the market. Now more than 50000. 00 guns have been handed over to new zealand since a ban was imposed on assault weapons the government started buying back the weapons 6 months ago and part of reforms implemented since a mass shooting at 2 mosques in march when 51 people were killed gun owners were also given the option of modifying their firearms to make them compliant with tougher laws you know i have heard countless feedback from many of the local by dick events it is all being good really 32000 clearly separate to supply the nurse so theyre sure there are about 15 percent of the of the gun owning community with the license community should say it handed in the weapons and i think that feels about right. Now catastrophic conditions a few massive bushfires across the australian state of New South Wales the fires have destroyed dozens of homes amid a rising death toll and major roads have been codes and authorities have been have asked people to delay travel because the fires could shift direction unexpectedly or 5 chafes a conditions are as bad as they get boshes jessica washington reports there are fears that the worst is yet to come. This is usually one of sydneys most popular Tourist Attractions the normally picturesquely mountains bordering the outskirts of the city. Much of it now decimated by bushfires. Theyve been burning across large parts of australia for months now with flames as high as 70 metres high in this region alone has destroyed an area 7 times the size of singapore. But this isnt just bush land its home for thousands of australians fire crews are working tirelessly to protect residents Robert Beecroft is a former volunteer firefighter hes seen many bushfires in his time but this one is different for being here for 67 years ive seen a lot of for sure the mountains actually might have to rise for quite a few forms but. I havent saying so many out of control back to the b. Crops like so many families here face a difficult choice leave everything behind or stay and potentially put themselves in danger its a little bit stressful but you just got to remain positive us suppose its hard to think of what you want to keep and everything but just get what seems important at the time to go and im sure therell be other things that you think about later but just be prepared i guess its just bad timing obviously around the holidays but what can you do really. Score is pretty confronting. Volunteers for such a strain from the shells some of these fires have been burning since july but authorities are warning that these are catastrophic conditions its the combination of extreme heat strong winds and low humidity that makes the situation on the ground incredibly dangerous firefighters are battling the blaze on the ground and from the air the intense heat has even generated its own thunderstorm nearly all the men and women fighting the fires are volunteers some havent seen their families in days for locals who risk losing almost everything some are just trying to do whatever they can. Quite difficult having their older get much sleep and its quite anxious sobeys problems as ward this is just the beginning of summer and many a fearful of what lies ahead for the rest of the bushfire season just a washington aljazeera blackheath. At least 18 people have been killed in a prison riot and on dora 16 more entered in the fighting in the coastal town of tell our police they have to say what caused it all the local media is reporting a clash between viable gangs now Chinas Congress has passed a bill to increase pension subsidies for the countrys poorest by as much as 50 percent but rather than celebrate thats enraged many today and theyre calling for a complete overhaul of one of the worlds most controversial private Pension Systems latin america editor lucy newman has this report from santiago. Its the Holiday Season and belgium want to see nurses making a christmas cake but not for her family selling these cakes is just one of the many ways the 62 year old pensioner tries to make ends meet. She also fixes clothes like other pensioners her low Income Neighborhood better the has to keep working because after 35 years of factory work her monthly retirement check is 133. 00 well below chiles poverty line of us talking about him on the same street there are 4 grandparents in their eightys and 3 still work the other is too ill and she lay retirements nothing to look forward to. Who lives in an upper middle class area agrees she retired at the beginning of last year after working 37 years 1st as a nurse and then as a University Professor with a masters degree she used to make nearly 2000. 00 a month. Fearful of them but when i went to do my retirement papers i discovered that i had a poppers pension i said is this a joke and i was told no madam its like this for everyone the 300 dollars i am getting isnt even enough to pay for my health insurance. Nothing infuriates chileans of all walks of life more than their compulsory private retirement system or a. F. P. It was created under chiles military dictatorship and was supposed to guarantee pensions equivalent to 70 percent of ones last paycheck. Instead 10 to 20 percent is the average with good reason the a. F. P. s are the number one target of millions of protesters from. Chilis Pension Funds make massive profits which are not redistributed to the contributors even as pensions drop work at them or to one of the 4 years and you know this model was designed with the objective to transfer the workers savings to Capital Markets like banks the big retailers etc thats helped create large economic groups that have concentrated wealth in a few hands as never before and worst of all its forced millions of chileans to live in misery. In chile the suicide rate for elderly people has soared and one of the prime reasons is because they no longer have enough money with which to survive amid all the protests the government has actually raised the state pension subsidy but even after doubling that subsidy for people over the age of 80 it is still nowhere near a minimum wage at a time in life when people have greater expenses for medicine and for doctors. The governments offer to partially compensate for the a. F. P. s shortcomings with tax payers money has only added more fuel to the fire and its unlikely to be put out without a Major Overhaul of the Pension System that only seems to be benefiting those who dont pay for it see in human sente i will and its a familiar story in argentina where the government has dampened debt and inflation and poverty levels are on the rise. And has washed a clear and economic emergency that opinion especially on whether the new measures will help has more. A sweeping new economic law has been approved by argentinas congress its. Officials declared a public emergency to prioritize the worsening debt crisis gripping the nations economy. It does necessary to solve the debt problem in order to bear you need the ability to be and in order to be able to build the economy has to cover. The argentinas debt crisis has put the government on high alert the new economic measures seek to combat worsening poverty and to curb back inflation estimated to reach as high as 55 percent by the end of 2019. The plan will also implement higher taxes related to Farm Products tourism and exports. On wednesday thousands protested outside argentinas Congress Calling for a rejection of the economic plan if youre going to let your. Because you know the president of the nation said last week that if we dont like something about him we can go out in the street well here we are mr president and were asking for seriousness. For those in favor of the law the measures are a crucial step toward restoring economic stability in our country was left of concrete steps are not taken to curb hunger and poverty things will only get worse. The government says 70 percent of revenues recovered from the new taxes will be directed toward housing infrastructure and social projects but some analysts believe the measures go too far its more of an imposition than consensus Building Strategy so you know for the for the government its really important to show that it has all the tools to negotiate with the i. M. F. To bring in more funds through taxation the challenge is that the powers are so broad that it effectively rigged. The quality and effectiveness of democracy and for any investor looking at the country from outside the be wondering how long will this last for women only be in 2020 or will this administration seek to extend such powers beyond that day. The public debate over argentinas economic policies takes place is the nations central bank is engaged in talks with private creditors and the International Monetary fund over the nations debt estimated at 50000000000. 00. Below. Now a new piece by the mysterious strange artist banksy has been on veiled in bethlehem in the occupied west bank debut and just a few days before christmas the book highlights palestinians lives under occupation now reports from bethlehem. The score of. A play on words on the star of bethlehem the store that is believed to have led. Grow to over 2000 years ago banksy says its a modified take on the traditional nativity set and its been unveiled here today in what is known here as the largest collection of bankss work in the world banks is trying to be a voice for those who cannot speak simply like this. Hes trying to hold. Our situation through art to make palestinian voice reach the world through art were a few days away from christmas here in bethlehem which is the traditional location many tourists come to to celebrate the occasion this hotel has been here since 2007 and it seems to bring more tourists here and to show them the life of palestinians specifically near the separation wall its called the walled off hotel and definitely more work by banksy is hoped here by palestinians that it can drive more tourists to come to palestine. So franz lauer the Ongoing National transport strike has meant a long delays for travelers trying to get home for the holidays half of all the Long Distance trains have been canceled the strike over president pension reform plan is down to his 3rd week and to transport around paris hasnt been easy either ha the citys metro lies arent lines arent running and thats made cycling more popular as the reports. Weaving through traffic in paris on a bike can be daunting at the best of times but more than 2 weeks of public transport strikes against the governments planned Pension Reforms has made cycling around the city particularly challenging with most metro train and bus services cut many people opting to cycle vinyl tied to old runs a shop in the city center that sells repairs recycled bikes he says his staff is inundated with work weve seen far more people coming in lots who want an old bike fixed some who want to buy a cheap secondhand bike because the only plan to cycle temporarily lots of people bring in dusty bags that have been in their center which proves they dont normally cycle power says city council says the number of cyclists on the road has doubled since the strike began the mayor has long been encouraging people to bike rather than drive to help fight air pollution theres a vast network of cycle lanes and a widely used bike share scheme i would say yes right that would strike them but theyre often because theres not really enough there isnt enough to stop it was id say drivers are definitely more stressed and because i have to cycle further on busy road its not easy there are lots of benefits to cycling its often much faster on journeys its more environmentally friendly than driving and also its good exercise for since the beginning of the strides the roads have been so busy the city Officials Say that the number of accidents involving cycle. Ists has surged emergency workers say the number of accidents involving bikes has increased by 40 percent this expert says that inexperienced riders are often ill prepared or poorly equipped. To bike you need a basic level of fitness if people are fit they may not have balance of they can fall down and risk fractures to the head shoulders and body also too much biking if youre off it can cause a multitude of Health Problems and pain in the knees head and back its clear that many people will be relieved when the citys transport services return to normal but with trade unions threatening to continue their industrial action throughout the Holiday Season thats unlikely to happen any time soon until then and despite the risks cycling remains one of the best ways to get around the trash about the aljazeera paris spa water the next here on news our peter has all the action and never pulls celebrate their 1st day for Club World Cup title. Examining the impact of todays headlines you use the misinformation use the term by setting the agenda for tomorrows discussions how unique is this in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neo fascist mold International Filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs to inspire you. On aljazeera. Its time to sport has peter. Thank you very much liverpool are celebrating after winning the fever Club World Cup for the 1st time the european champions beat flamingo of brazil in saturdays final in toha the game or circled in extra time with liverpools brazilian striker roberta for mino school of the league in the 16 times this tournament has been staged the trophy has gone to the european sides on 12 occasions with south American Teams winning the a 4 qatar will host the tournament again next year as part of the countrys preparations for the world cup in 2022. Correspondent Andy Richardson was watching at berkeley for interNational Stadium while liverpool manager youre going to clubs that it would be like the club taking a lunar leap forward if they could win this title and they havent be taken that giant step and won the Club World Cup for the 1st time albeit in a very tight final against flamingo of brazil so what ironically decided by when to buy brazilian strike applying for Liverpool Robert cypher mean are scoring the winner just as he did in the semifinal against monsour right little pole now straight back into premier League Action as they tend to win that title for the 1st time in 3 decades huge disappointment for the flamingo and the thousands of fans in might a long trip from brazil a title that means so much to the consonants and that country they couldnt quite repeat their heroics of 981. 00 when they beat liverpool in the intercontinental cup final that was the forerunner of the Club World Cup as for this tournament well it returns in this format to qatar next year as the country continues to build up to the main. World cup in 2022 after event fifa president john in france you know intends to expand it to a 24 Team Tournament hosted by china in 2021 hes talked about his desire to have more powerful clubs aims around the world sort of a global super league perhaps in the future as well what you can see on the horizon for an organization like feet or who have traditionally been involved in organizing international Team Tournament is a bit of a power struggle as they attempt to get more influence over and money out of the club game. Monterrey won the 3rd place play off against the saudi side going in front but the mexican champions then struck twice before an equaliser sent the game to penalty on 3 goalkeeper luis cut of their mass was the hero saving 2 spot kicks and scoring that the size of one himself to give the start of the victory. To new English Premier League managers watched from the stands as everton an arsenal played out a goal or straw at goodison park on saturday everton announce the appointment of carlo ensure lotty before kick off arsenals new head coach mikel arteta was also in an observers role for this match and chalabi has signed a 4 and a half year deal at Everton Manchester city or just a point behind 2nd place leicester after coming from behind to beat them 31. 00 goals from riyadh maher is the one and Gabriel Jesus for city at the if he had stadium less than our 10 points behind the ball and have played a game or barcelona are looking good to secure a top spot in spains lower league over the Christmas Period the champions beat 41. 00 at the no camp on saturday and for Griezmann Messi and luis warnitz all scoring faster or 3 points clear of real madrid who play athletic bilbao on sunday. Inter milan have gone top above eventers in italy said they are on goal difference Romelu Lukaku scored twice in a 4 no win agenda and in the german bonus league or by munich needed late goals from teenager joshua 0 c. And serge gnabry to get past wolfsburg to no leipzig the top of the table team heading into the winter break off to beating out 31 pakistans cricketers have given themselves a great chance of winning their 1st test series on home soil for a decade they lead sri lanka by 315 runs after the food days play in karachi. With 174 and sean massoud so 135 have put them in control pakistan reaching 395 for 2 at the close in the deciding match of this sea. World number one rafa nadal has ended 2900 fine style by taking the trophy at the world tennis championship in abu dhabi for the 4th time on saturday he was up against greece to stephanus city past the greek world number 6 had eliminated 16 time grand slam champion ever job which is the same 5 the dubbo held these nerve and passed the test 6775762 the spain. 50 means a lot to me so happy to. Finish the 2010 season. Have been i think a great match yesterday greg maddux today especially for 3 hours 12 i dont know if i was ready for it but it happened playing against efren as always it. Is a big challenge he is young he has a lot of energy like the players so yeah all the very best to turn around for the 2000 turn this is a. The store man of the last 3 alum pick games you say in bolton japans Rugby World Cup team have helped officially open the new National Stadium for tokyo 2020 both took part in a ceremonial relay race on the new track he ended his career with 8 olympic gold medals and confirmed afterwards he definitely will not be making any shot comebacks in japan next year and is actually looking forward to enjoying the games as a fan if im coming back to running no i wont be competing im actually in pain right now from a little run i just did i will be watching and supported and cheering them on because it may be my 1st of them pics just to watch so im going to really try to see everything and just try to enjoy it 60000. 00 people were in attendance for the occasion which included a traditional japanese much city festival with dont sing and chanting around the track the stadium cost 1. 00 of 1000000000. 00 to build and will host its 1st proper sporting event the emperors cup football final on new years day. Well leave it there for now well see you again later for most news. Thank you very much pain 10 hour mind you can keep up to date with all the news on our website youll find that at 0 dot com it is meeting without top story of the mass protests and dia were back in just a few minutes to stay with us. What was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for our Multicultural Society its not about you. Are you done with allegations that were all years ago how worried are you that the conditions are still right for another i think they are right join me man of the house and as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. Article 2 is it out donald trump is now the president in history of the United States to be just the opposite you. 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