Hello protest against indias new citizenship lord turning into the biggest domestic challenge to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi since he came to power at least 23 people have been killed in just over a week of protests and activists are accusing police of using Excessive Force opponents say the law the scrim in its against muslims and as an attack on the secular constitution sabrina stressed the reports from new delhi. Police in the Northern State with that but they are not taking chances. Did bonds 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 oh. What start to. As a student demonstration has grown into one large a 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 Minister matti mohammed said the indian law is unfair to exclude will slims from becoming citizen even by due process i thing is unfair so we have ways. Of. Disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesnt impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian Prime Ministers remark is factually inaccurate we call upon to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right understanding of facts. On saturday protesters back the streets of new delhi despite the governments ban on large crowds was d. Lawyers from India Supreme Court and high courts joined the outcry we are once again the discriminate among those 6 jenny jones and muslims if over questions of the old us a lot everyone would as i said johnny i merely asked me if thats still where the protests 1st yes. C its now close but still did get me joined by people who. Supply them its one of the. Art students depicted the constitution and the governments attitude to it by painting this street. To me even. To the nation and id say. Its all just the idea. Is the idea behind the. Vision that every human being everyone in this country will be affected and therefore we standing up 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 be nationalised to aljazeera new delhi india. So what exactly is the citizenship Amendment Act and why is that prompting opposition across india while it creates a pathway to citizenship when already is to face religious persecution in pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan but it excludes muslims opposition parties and protesters say it violates indias secular constitution but thats not the only dynamic the ruling b j p has promised to implement a National Register of 1st citizens where everyone will need to prove their citizenship if they cant then they could be put in Detention Centers some communities could still get citizenship through the citizenship Amendment Act but its feared millions of muslims are unable to provide proof will be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in india for generations to room heights on is professor of law and legal theory at the university of oxford is also the general editor of the indian law review and he explains why the laws provoked so much anger. 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. 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 were also some other words the jews hate these to muslims some of these communities are not covered but in those states and jews are covered that is that is just so blatantly against the very core of the Indian Constitution identity which is to seek to build a nation that is not based on religious identity that is secular that is polluted listing that its diverse and its celebrated that day diversity for the last 70 odd years so that its its the explicitness you know a lot of these governments policies have been sort of dog whistle politics of Everybody Knows the gold is anti muslim but now the government felt emboldened to do not feel the need for force for dog whistles its just its blatant misses as was egregious. Cooler weather conditions in australia are set to help firefighters struggling to contain more than 100 blazes across the state of New South Wales was far as have been burning out of control with conditions described as catastrophic they have killed 8 people theyve destroyed hundreds of homes Prime MinisterScott Morrison has apologized after taking a family holiday to hawaii during the disaster and morrison has been criticized in the past for not connecting the bush fires to Climate Change now he concedes there is a link but there is no argument about the links between in my view in the governments view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global Climate Change and and weather events around the world but im sure people equally with technology that the direct connection to any single father event its not a credible suggestion to mike that link. So we must take action on Climate Change we are taking action on Climate Change just to washington has been in the Blue Mountains west of sydney and reports there are fears the worst is still 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 but. Theyve been burning across large parts of history for months now with flames as high as 70 made. 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 forestry the mountains actually in my younger days for quite a few forms but. I havent changed family 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 its 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. Hang their older get much sleep. 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. Bax have begun voting in the 1st election since the new president began political reform that includes people with criminal convictions being allowed to vote and a minimum number of female candidates but the 5 registered parties still after operate within strict rules laid out by the government. Reports in the capital. Its a show that at 1st and then galvanized the country a lot of political debate unscripted and an edited a 1st news because. There have been 29 others over the past 3 months where a wide range of topics were discussed often putting the candidates on the spot to the point that this party leader admitted his big politicians lacked courage. We didnt anticipate this level of success it was difficult at 1st because politicians went ready for this but then they prepared and were able to answer questions they didnt expect people to become more interested in the parties and their programs. Then hell come back off is a proud cook of the National Dish cloth and despite steering hundreds of kilos of rice a day he followed the debates go pop some of there was a lot of truth and real issues with these debates we cannot understand what needs to be done in the correct way and what is wrong there is a lot of change and these elections are very different from previous ones who specs will have to choose between 5 parties ranging from left to right on the political spectrum but all government funded with similar platforms. There are no opposition or independent candidates running in this election. Is only 28 years old it was formed after the fall of the soviet union and 99. 00 to 1. 00 so regardless of this tour coming people are excited to go to the ballot boxes still for the 1st time the parties are somehow. Competing against each other to win over voters since president shaft at me to say you know you have took power in 2016 he is gradually taking the country out of isolation reforms. In almost all spheres of life social life political life a canonical. In some spheres we see Great Success in some spheres we see some controversial changes and sams fears we see the real problems of reforming he has permitted greater freedom of expression which allows come only dean he said cool of to speak to us without fear of repercussion at 31 hes a 1st time voter he supports the liberal Democratic Party because it promised to back Small Businesses like his on the. Us military is elections were just nominal now we say freely what we think before we are scared we can see the reality even if its still not completely transparent i hope this will continue and it will become more liberal. President museo you have promised that parliament will become a true school of democracy millions of whose backs hope that day comes sooner rather than later but at that hammy aljazeera tashkent in as big a step. Just moments right here on aljazeera a turkish ship is seized off more than libya by the forces of former thread if i have to add words after greens to help protect tripoli. Im going to see in yemen in santiago chile and ill be telling you why record numbers of elderly people are committing suicide here. Welcome back to International Weather forecasts well over the next few days it is going to be deteriorating across parts of turkey now we do have a system in the Balkan Peninsula right now that is making its way towards the east where we see more clouds more rain and it is going to be the winds that are going to be a problem by the time we get towards sunday night you can see the rain start to inch in on sunday but its really on monday were going to be seeing the big effects of this storm particular down here along that Southern Coast of turkey cyprus you will also see the very heavy rain as well it is going to be a rainy day expect to see about 9 degrees as your expected high well here across the gulf the winds are down across much of the region but for doha we are going to be seeing still some clouds lingering tempt a few of about 23. 00 degrees over towards of a dhabi maybe 24. 00 and some clouds coming along the coast of oman with the tempter there of about 23. 00 and then very quickly as we go towards Southern Africa we are going to see some rain showers anywhere from johannesburg possibly down here towards durban still quite warm for johannesburg though were going to be seeing a tempter there of about 30 degrees durban at 23. 00 a Beautiful Day in capetown plenty of sun in the forecast at about 25. 00 degrees but up towards harare plenty of sun few as well at 28. 00 over towards madagascar though a few showers with a temperature of 27. Sponsored by chance on. What was the last thing the present. Said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for. Its not a. Dummy delegation that was all of you to go how worried are you that the conditions are still like for another i think they are right join me minute as i put up questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. Following on the top stories on aljazeera at least 23 people have been killed and more than 1500 arrested across india in violent protests against a new citizenship long rest is becoming Prime Minister in a river modis biggest domestic challenge since coming to power 5 years ago. Cooler weather conditions in australia are set to help firefighters contain more than 100 blazes burning across the state of New South Wales bushfires have killed 8 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. Voting is underway it was pakistans president ial election the 1st since the new president began political reform among the changes people with criminal convictions will now be allowed to vote but all 5 parties in the running are funded by the government. A turkish ship has been seized off the coast of northern libya by forces loyal to warlords 24. 00 have to it happened just hours after its Workers Parliament voted to approve a military agreement with libyas internationally recognized governments Spokesman Says theyre unable forces approached the boat near the city of daraa so they could search and verify its cargo its crew are being questioned. 3 people have been killed in libya and the latest drone strikes by have terrorist forces the attack was launched on the town of the northwest the internationally recognized government says the drones are being used by the United Arab Emirates that supports hafter without going to head has more from tripoli the Government Forces tried to enter the homeowner city about 65 kilometers to the south east from the capital tripoli to hold up is the main stronghold for have to his forces and it has the Central Command from where from which i have to the general along with the Russian Military experts are running their battles in southern tripoli thats according to the government of National Accord so Government Forces tried to open new front lines near the city but they were through or they say that they faced airstrikes by after the drones and fighter jets meanwhile a new city has witnessed clashes in its vicinity near the city of the horn the city of which is about 88 kilometers to the south southeast from the capital of tripoli the city of them is among the civil cities that have recently declared Mass Mobilization to prevent have to us forces from entering the capital tripoli now so that there is facing have to us forces and its southern vicinities after the Government Forces withdraw from the area and local sources in silat there 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. French forces have killed 33. 00 fighters in the multi region of mali residents of mine on my call made the announcement in a speech in the ivory coast french army command confirmed the death toll in the operation which it sets of place overnight near the tanian border. Border security remains a big concern for west African Leaders on the summit has ended in nigerias capital where leaders this cussed fund raising to support the fight against increased attacks and the subhead region the vast than remote area of the southern Sahara Desert spans many borders and hit includes areas dominated by groups affiliated to eisele and al qaeda. Some of. The 56. 00 ordinary summit of course 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 same 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 peace and progress of egypt but it could in attacks by terrorist groups remind us of that i just see to lead and do it in security chip a condition to come grown to include sheikh the evil grows tenet is. Echos chairman i mean 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 to measure the prove it bill is attracted autistic is sometimes if you should assume 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 their 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 the more robust response is required because what we are seeing is that the terrorist groups are still a lot of resistance and one is the resilience and capacities which we had and theres the meeting of 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 using the west African Financial Community front the c. F. A. Will ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana want to adopt the plant common currency the coal which is chattel to roll out in 2020 greece aljazeera. At least 11 people have been killed in iraq strikes by syrian Government Forces and their russian allies in the latest attack on adlib province a busy market was struck in the town and then the main roads as people were leaving the area syrian troops are dancing on the countrys last rebel held areas capturing 2 more villages on the southern edge of. The u. S. Secretary of state my pompei it says russia and china have blood on their hands after they vetoed a u. N. Resolution to allow cross border aid into syria on friday. A Chilean Police officer has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a protester was rammed by an armored vehicle. The policeman has been released on bail but there are calls for him in a superior to be fired the 20 year old man was run down who was run down is in hospital with a suspected fractured pelvis police were trying to disperse crowds who have been protesting against chiles punch and system for the past 2 months and congress has passed a bill to increase pension subsidies before the poor by as much as 50 Percent People still arent happy they want a complete overhaul of one of the worlds most controversial private Pension Systems our lot in america editor of the c. N. N. Reports from santiago. Its the Holiday Season and better than 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 to 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 the 8th 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. With a look for me but when i went to do my retirement papers i discovered that i had a paupers pension i said is this a joke and i was told no madam its like this for everyone the 300. 00 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 of 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 would get them or one of the 4 yes and no this model was designed with the objective to transfer the workers savings to Capital Markets like banks the big retailers etc thats hope 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. So 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. 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 to see a newman santiago. One of the biggest football clubs in the world has added the Club World Cup to its trophy cabinet for the 1st time european champions liverpool beat brazil 4 men go in saturdays final in qatar but a taken extra time goal from brazilian striker roberto for me no to break a nail all deadlock the reporting 12 the European Club to win the tournament south american sides have won the other 4 and qatar will once again host the tournament next year as part of its build up to the 2022004 world cup and he richardson was watching the file at 20 fancher National Stadium while liverpool manager youre going to club said it would be like the club taking a lunar leap forward if they could win this title and they have indeed taken that giant step and won the Club World Cup for the 1st time albeit in a very tight final against flamengo of brazil so what ironically decided by winner by a brazilian striker playing for liverpool riverside for mean and scoring the winner just as he did in the semifinal against months are a little poll now straight back into premier League Action but they tend to win that title for the 1st time in 3 decades huge disappointment for flamengo and the thousands of fans who might the long trip from brazil a title that means so much to the consonants and that country they couldnt quite repeat their heroics of 981 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 advance fee for president john in france you know intends to expand its were 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 fee for 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 money outside. The club. All over again the headlines on aljazeera this hour at least 23 people have been killed and more than 1500 arrested across india in violent protests over a new citizenship law opponents say discriminates against muslims and is an attack on the secular constitution and police have been accused of using Excessive Force against protesters cooler weather conditions in australia are set to help firefighters contain more than 100 blazes across the state of New South Wales fires have been burning out of control with conditions described this catastrophic bushfires have killed 8 people and destroyed hundreds of homes Prime MinisterScott Morrison says his government is taking action on Climate Change there is no argument about the links between in my view in the governments view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global Climate Change and and weather events around the world but im sure people equally with dignity that the direct connection to any single farmer event its not a credible suggestion to make that link. So we must take action on Climate Change we are taking action on Climate Change voting is underway it was back in stans parliamentary election the 1st since the new president began a political reform among the changes people with criminal convictions are lots of votes and theres a number minimum number of female candidates but the 5 registered parties still have to operate within strict rules laid out by the government a turkish ship has been seized off the coast of northern libya by forces loyal to warlords 24. 00 have to it happened just hours after Turkeys Parliament voted to ratify a military agreement with libyas internationally recognized government. Meanwhile drone strikes on libya. Have killed 3 people the internationally recognized government says the drones are being used by the United Arab Emirates that supports have to out west African Leaders have ended a summit in nigerias capital amid increasing cross Border Security concerns leaders from the Economic Community of West African States discussed fund raising to support the fight against Violent Attacks in the region those are the headlines out 0 up fronts is coming up next thanks for watching. The report is really creating some of the worlds. No one east goes back to school to find out the secret to this. One how does iran. And historic week in washington d. C. President donald trump impeached so what happens now and up from special. This week donald trump became the 3rd president in u. S. History to be impeached by the house of representatives democrats in congress voted through 2 articles of impeachment one of which charges that the president abused his power and pressured the government of ukraine to assist with his Reelection Campaign by investigating a political rival and the 2nd which accuses him of obstruction of Congress Next stop is a trial in the senate in the new year where the president is sure to be acquitted by a republican majority so how bad is this for trump and will it hurt or maybe help his chances for reelection in 2020