Indias Main Opposition Party steps up the pressure on Prime Minister modi over a new citizenship law thats divided the country. And in the spirit of christmas volunteers in lebanon feed the poor People Struggle with an economic crisis sparked by political chaos. Now its being called a mockery and anything but justice the end result of a saudi trial into the killing of journalists. Has brought criticism from the un special investigator and condemnation from Rights Groups 5 people have been sentenced to death but their identities were revealed at the closed door trial in the criminal court in riyadh it cleared former royal aide saeed al qa tawny widely suspected of being the ringleader and muhammad. There was a saudi consulate general in istanbul where the Washington Post columnist was murdered former deputy intelligence chief. Was released for insufficient evidence 3 other people received jail terms totaling 24 years where the kingdom has denied any links to the hit squad killing but some of the team work for the Saudi Crown Prince under schapelle has more 14 months after Jamal Khashoggi was last seen walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul where his fiance. Waited for hours before calling for help a saudi court has issued a verdict us not to give manages a video of the criminal court in riyadh has issued a preliminary sentence against 11 of the accused individuals and it is us following the Death Penalty for 5 and they are those who directly but dissipated in his killing me rest in peace. But senior saudis with close connections to the royal court have been cleared the court ruled there was no proven involvement of tawny in the murder he was advisor to crown Prince Mohammed bin some on before his sacking soon after killing the turkish chief Prosecutors Office in istanbul filed a warrant for khatamis arrest a year ago in june the un special investigator agnes callum ard said intelligence agents had identified qahtani as a hit squad ringleader i have and she stood that the killing of mr cashel isa state killing it is not a killing by rob official or so as the country of the government continue to do to pretend i kissed under International Human rights you know and she urged the world to sanction the crown prince and his assets until he could prove his innocence that hasnt happened exoneration to her former consul general mohammed all otay be who showed journalists around the consulate in istanbul also cleared off middle of siri the kingdoms former deputy intelligence chief started doing a plan to vote others the journalism watchdog Reporters Without Borders says justice has been trampled why their mom had been psalm on he was in contact with out on call pani just before and after the murder of her my live show she this is what the cia based in part its this edition that that molly been film on was very high probability responsible for ordering the killing so yeah lots and lots of questions this verdict will do nothing to quell those questions and it raises many many more questions there is no such thing as fair and open justice in saudi arabia. Despite intelligence agencies including the cia saying crown Prince Mohammed bin so man was probably involved the white house shielded the future king from absolute responsibility maybe maybe. And following intense criticism and skepticism that little happens in the kingdom without his knowledge the crown prince eventually had his say was. Absolutely not you know this was a heinous crime like this but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia the identities of those convicted were concealed during the closed door trial in the capital riyadh and it remains unclear what roles they played in crucial g. s death raising suspicions that they are the fall guys for much more powerful saudis and Chapelle Al Jazeera well the un special rapporteur for extrajudicial executions has criticized the saudi investigation what we hear. Whitewash than. Just you. And. General. Anders. Not being in it didnt mean stab them that maybe also people. Here has been. Well lets talk to a bit aziz out of my head hes a saudi human rights activist and joins us via skype from dublin. Is this verdict has been roundly condemned as a whitewash a sham do you think justice has been served will have these 5 people taken the fall for the saudi government. I dont think we are even close to justice. The public process prosecutor in saudi arabia if he had gone a little bit higher so lets say if he said im a sad man is connected it wouldnt be a court order to bring we have a disadvantage because. We are an absolute monarchy where. Justice is very hard to actually see when as a special or touch from the u. S. Government was all this coming now and thats just. To make things clear just man was out of saudi arabia for a whole year before he was killed so this is not an incident that is out of context this is really. At the edge of europe does so do government where it can said theyre killing dissidents is legal now kate experts say that if pressed yeah let me just jump in here because experts say that he could not have been killed without the knowledge of the saudi leadership which i think is the point you are trying to make but does this verdict mean that those at the highest level of the saudi government including crown Prince Mohammed bin saddam on continue to escape responsibility here. And the last year there are 2. Death penalty is given by the saudi government and 2 were killed who are children when they committed crimes and it was peaceful. At minister earlier 3 protest where they were and the courts now 8 children are waiting for Death Penalty so killing castro e. G. Is behavior thats mammoth and said man and his government in a daily basis its a routine think the only problem that he was working in america and. It was in a different otherwise he would be held under a court order so. 6 im against the Death Penalty even for this 5 people because Death Penalty shouldnt be issued from the saudi government and any circumstances because we dont tell. The said court system and for sure and absolute monarchy people and the top cat has done a do not pay the price is not a Prime Minister who will be changed for his family or is there to stay forever identity dice ability is just a final point to you i mean the u. S. President donald trump has protected the saudis over the killing even after the cia concluded that the Saudi Crown Prince most likely all that it so as far as the americans are concerned has a line not been drawn out of this case is it business as usual with the saudis for the americans. No the American Relations with saudi arabia might be one of president trump. 3 good things that he state the obvious so. President obama before that used a local tech thats always where they are committing crimes i guess this is. Not yeah im sure of that and one hand mr trump will be very happy so. Dont go on no business as usual but in the other hand because of the coverage of this issue. We see that it might cost 10. 00 men election 0 2 3 well its an election because its its hard to justify i dont lation with that fascist and what that sold your achievements is a fascist at the end whats happening in saudi arabia people who are in jail people who are out of the country just because of. Asking. Simple things like at people representation our Constitutional Monarchy this is going every day last year 150 people ok elders or right now by the government 361 day this is really ice this night we are talking about because hes my dad we have to leave it there thank you very much indeed for talking to aljazeera. All right lots more still to come here on the news hour including algeria mourns the death of its military chief who brought about the end of president bush has 20 year rule after months of protests australian officials warn the effects of catastrophic bushfires will be felt for several years to come. And support one of rugbys best known players condemns china over the persecution of we get muslims thats all still to come. The chief executive of the us plane make a boeing has been fired thats less than a week out of the companys suspended production of us once best selling jetliner bunnings says the leadership change is necessary to restore confidence after a turbulent year as set off by the twin crashes of the 737 max rose in jordan as more now from washington d. C. Its the biggest crisis and boeings 103 year history on monday after 2 fatal crashes involving its 737. 00 max jetliner boeing fired its c. E. O. Dennis mullen burke for breaching the publics trust. The board of directors decided that a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the Company Moving forward as it works to repair relationships with regulators customers and all other stakeholders 189 people died when a lion air 737 max crashed in indonesia in october 2018 less than 6 months later another 157 people were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines jet also a 737 max crashed in the north of that country the u. S. Government forced boeing to ground the jet until problems with both the operating software and with Pilot Training could be fixed weve made mistakes weve learned and we are still learning but despite repeated promises from mulund berg to get the planes back in the air by the end of this year the problems continue regulators in the u. S. And europe have refused to clear the 737. 00 max is returned to the skies and lawsuits are pending a lawsuit alleges that the why america crash was in part a result of recently dangerous conditions of boeing 737 max aero aircraft boeing has lost more than 8000000000 dollars and another 8000. 00 companies are also suffering from lost Business Airlines are scrambling to revise their Business Plans and juggle flight schedules since they dont want to use or buy jets with a dodgy Safety Record and on friday boeing had a setback in its Space Business its starglider transport shuttle suffered technical problems forcing nasa to ditch a planned docking with the International Space station the new c. E. O. David calhoun takes charge in january its now up to him to reassure everyone that boeing is taking their faith in flying seriously rosalind jordan aljazeera washington. Well lets bring in Connell Bailey hes an aviation analyst and former f. A. A. Safety Team Representative and a pilot he joins us via skype from butler in new jersey kyle boeings in serious trouble at the moment i mean its grounded its 737 months fleet it stopped production its also facing mounting lawsuits and now its Space Program has taken a hit so what does Dennis Mullen buds departure likely to achieve do you think you know Dennis Mullen for the main issue i think why he was let go is from his handling of that 2 unfortunate disasters from that point after. The Public Relations the image of the company there there was just. No guidance and it was quite frankly it was a mass and i think thats were all probably led to the. Pirate mr bolivar and experts say that under a modern birds watch that boeing developed a dangerous culture of profits over safety but Dennis Calhoun the chairman is part of that culture as well is he not so whats likely to change under his new leadership. You know i just want to say i dont think that you know there were some of the sle perhaps some bad apples but were talking tens of thousands of employees in a Big Corporation its impossible for the c. E. O. To micromanage down to the single employee level. But if theyre going in the right direction im a little bit surprised that an outsider wasnt bought it but honestly you know this is mr molder supporter is probably about 3 or 4 months overdue and i think this is a good the next step forward getting somebody who knows the business and is pretty much you know a new face who will guide the company the way it should be boring is a very technical operation. Even even more so than a man than an airline because theres sophisticated engineering. That thats actually taking place and i think mr calhoun with his background in General Electric in the end mr park and i think hes the right person off from internally from bala and kyle you were to the f. A. A. For a time lets stick with them for a 2nd because many critics say that actually boeing had a very cozy relationship with the u. S. Regulators lets remember that the f. A. A. Was actually very late in grounding the 737 max how much responsibility should the f. A. A. Shoulder here because many experts say value allowed by being to self regulate font too much without sufficient oversight. You know i dont think the f. A. A. Was was to blame the f. A. A. Knew that boeing was very very good at what they do theyre phenomenal of building airplanes and building airplanes is a very complex its a very complex operation and boeing has done a very good job at building airplanes very few crashes unfortunately you know weve had these 2 recent crashes but the f. A. A. Knows that they know the business very well they know the business probably better than the f. A. A. Does. And if it was more a relationship i wouldnt say it was cozy but i think its going to be scrutinized more now but i dont think the f. A. A. Is is to blame for you know approving the certification of the 737 max that qantas a final thought of so where does all of this now need the future of the 737 max and inevitably the future of boeing itself can the company recover from all of this do you think well boeing you know as you know it has its in many baskets theyre all theyre very big in the defense business in the Space Business but you know the bread and butter is 737 max and theyre airplane business. I pod i personally think the airplane has to be rebranded perhaps take the name away or you know perhaps just let everything try to put the brakes on everything temporarily and let everything blow over but lets say certification happens in early 2020 i think there will be between about 6 months to a year where everything will be scrutinized it will still be in the spotlight but once they get beyond that point i think this whole thing will be in the Rearview Mirror one just one quick point. Passenger airplanes are very much in demand usually to big players and quite frankly the Airlines Need these planes all these airplanes are on back order from air bus from boeing so the airlines kind of pretty much have their hands tied because they need the airplanes. To sell the hits all right so combative you have to leave it there thank you very much indeed for your time thank you thank you now at least 8 civilians have been killed in a car bombing in Northern Syria it happened just 10 kilometers south of turkeys buthe in the turkish held town of cynic a woman and child are among the dead 7 others have been wounded theres been no claim of responsibility for the attack. Syrian Government Forces are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold of adlib as part of the latest military offensive to retake the area turkeys president richard tie bertillon says 80000. 00 syrians are moving towards the Turkish Border to escape the constant bombardment mom of the doe is monitoring the crisis run tuckey into close to the border with syria the signs of war are everywhere in the province where russian brokered cease fire is in touches the blitz in northwest syria is driving tens of thousands from their homes to escape the aerial onslaught from city and and russian warplanes they are calling it well done this to ation is very bad we fled from the bombardment and by the bombs we came here just to save our children and women there is nothing else we can do is give a shelter to close to 4000000 city and with fijis and with the warning another 120000 heading for the border the techie she does say this is a country cant cope with and in russia trumbull must suffer if the violence towards the people of it live does not stop this number will increase even more turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own the negative impact of the pressure will be something that all european nations especially greece will also feel Syrian Opposition fighters and russian Government Forces agreed to a cease fire in focused but asked strikes and artillery bombardments almost daily or cardins primary there is no hope returning to our homes because of into his daily bombardment every day. Taking all with village after village syrias president has stepped up his promise to tick up to every inch of syrian territory controlled but opposition fighters it live is the only province remaining out of Bashar Al Assads control here his forces celebrate the seizure of more than 20 villages in. The villages of either been killed or. Placed at the border comes from by techies charities of forcing many of the newly displaced into makeshift camps where a delivery is out of the area as the winter bites the turkish government one Syrian Refugees to return to a socalled safe zone in the north east of syria seized from cuts led forces in october president i do on his support for the plan saying he would otherwise be forced to open the gates for syrians to head west into europe whole villages have been emptied in the latest all sloat with civilians corralled in a corner off d. With nowhere else to go until the bombardments top the exit us will continue. On tucker on the turkey syria border 3 days of National Mourning have been declared in algeria after the death of the head of the countrys army a 2 year old general ahmed guide sala led the states response to mass protests which forced out president bush to think a year this year or birdman the reports. For years he was the chief of staff of the Algerian National army but a man to guide salah would mostly be remembered for being behind the resignation of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika after 2 decades in office. On march 26th the c. M. Not normal after hundreds of thousands of algerian marched in the streets demanding an end to the regime. It was guides televised speech urging beautifully could quit the made that a reality the armed but the rest of many opposed to fake his allies a month later supported the newly appointed interim leader after. We had a so that i would like to confirm in truth that the transitional period to prepare for the president ial elections to take place with the oversight of the National Peoples army which will keep watch over the course of this transition in lot of the mutual trust between the people and their army. Just last week attending the inauguration of the new president at the board. But many protests of the boycotted the election that brought him to power saying those little choice of candidates the only established elite. Guide seller has spent his adult life in the armed forces a former officer of the National Liberation army and then the algerian Peoples National armed forces he spent years working his way to the top of the army. He forged out areas war of independence between 19 1542962 against the french and was considered a hero in his country. In 1903 he was promoted to the role of Lieutenant General as a close ally to then president put of flicka in 2004 he became chief of staff of the r. Jury in peoples National Army on september 15th 2013 vice minister of defense but he had rivals they included the powerful head of algeria secret services Mohammad Mehdi n known as general taufiq but he was removed in september 2015 making guy its the head of the armed forces i was there in february this year in a sudden wave of protests algerians demanded the entire regime step down. In a major u. Turn guide salah ended his loyalty to beautifully care and joined the calls from protesters for the president to resign. The however many are gerry and turned on. And called for his resignation and and to the military state. Iran says its become a series of new operations of the heavy Water Nuclear reactor plant the move could take the country closer towards weapons grade levels of petroleum but it does not bridge the 2050 nuclear deal with world powers washington withdrew from the landmark accord last year reimposing sanctions on tehran and that prompted iran to scale back its commitments under the deal. Indias Main Opposition Party has led the latest major protest over a controversial new citizenship law that grant citizenship to religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims at least 25 people have been killed in protests since the legislation was introduced elizabeth purana reports now from new delhi. And now the crackdown in the heart of the capital. Police detaining protesters outside the federal headquarters of clutter pradesh states. That people condemned the killing of 1000 demonstrators there in the past few days the delhi protesters said they wanted to give a voice to people. Where the internet remains cut off in many parts and large gatherings a battered. Elsewhere in the capital a similar outcry was. The and a defiant mood on display at Jamia Millia Islamia university the university is a Muslim Institution the demonstrations are attracting people from all walks of life including 1st time protesters that actually it was people have come out on the streets to express their anger and theyre saying that the why this government has brought this bill is undemocratic. Joined thousands who chanted against the government and the citizenship law passed by m. P. s on december the 11th the citizenship Amendment Act makes it easier for migrants from a fan of stalin bangladesh and pakistan to gain citizenship but muslims are excluded students and Civil Society groups have been a driving force for the protests so far the Main Opposition Congress party joined in with a certain that raj got a memorial to my heart my donkey the aim to invoke the spirit of god these Inspirational Campaign for the civil rights. Yes once did you share this constitution was drafted by people of all feed. The voices of hindus muslims sikhs and christians is indeed a part of the constitution and you cannot attack it and if you do the mission will stop you. Elsewhere in n. D. You have more large protests thousands marched in the southern cities of chennai bendel and hyderabad. Despite the largest protests against his government since he was 1st elected 5 years ago Prime MinisterNarendra Modi isnt backing down from the new law and system it isnt divisive but he is backtracking on plans to hold a National Register of citizens which would require all indians to prove their citizenship. Thats not enough for his critics. The trust was. Denied. But. Dont tell their own. Chiles president has approved a referendum to change the countrys constitution one of the main demands of antigovernment protesters in recent months president Sebastian Pinera valid the referendum would generate a solid compassionate and the judgment framework to unify the country and i polled 26 today and will be asked 2 questions whether they want a new constitution and who should drafted the current constitution was an act the 981 of the former military dictatorship of a good step initially if the police. In the middle of this referendum the 1st in 30 years should serve us in leaving behind the violence and divisions that weve painfully and sadly seen resurging these last few days. And arrest warrant has been issued in the ivory coast for president ial candidate graham so robe the former rebel leader is accused of misusing public funds and trying to destabilize the country sorrow was due to return home after spending 6 Months Overseas but he diverted his private flight to ghana so rose the 1st major politician to announce his candidacy for next years vote that could pitch him against the president allison ouattara who signaled he may run for a 3rd. Time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back whats supposed to be a busy shopping period turns into a time a little Holiday Cheer for many businesses in france. A New Discovery in outer space and what it could tell us about. And in sport this legendary tally and coach has a little fun at the expense of his new cubs fans some as bill the details in sport more on that stay with us. However when i place a site we got some quasi weather coming into the southeast corner of the u. S. Over the next couple of days this is our latest batch of very heavy rain which has caused some flooding situation in Savannah Georgia 68 millimeters of rain here in 24 hours west says still for key west in florida 133 millimeters for thankfully that west weather now in the process of pulling away as we go through a choose day it will be largely dry look at the temperatures certainly on the mild side just 6 for new york as a 10 in the say for the west thats where we do have some basin places the snow around the rockies the fossil fuels could even see some wet weather just pushing down towards behind california and i already said the same this week i wanted to Christmas Day there will be some wintry florists over the southern rockies and whether theyre into southern parts of california further east and we go with mild weather continuing 5 celsius in new york i celsius in d. C. No sign of a White Christmas here them a while into the caribbean basin places a cloud in the rain that wet weather that we saw across southern parts of the u. S. Southeastern corner but you some rather wet weather there into the south of cuba that will sweep through jamaica seeing some of that wet weather into his own yella and that is some rather wet weather also to come for a good part panama. Im going to slay mine people have been killed because when United States have privatized the all too much public function. This was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis and other arabs from britain believed to help to pass bombs due to long haul rumsfeld was meeting saddam isnt that in 1st the shadows on aljazeera. Examining the impact of todays headlines you use the misinformation ive used which by setting the agenda for tomorrows discussions how unique a load is this in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism you have the makings of a nail fascist mold International Filmmakers and world class john analysts bring programs to inspire you. On aljazeera. Welcome back to the top stories here on the news a u. N. Special investigator has slammed the sentencing of 5 people to death for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi as a mockery of Justice Souter right theres Public Prosecutor hunted down prison sentences to 3 others who will. Form a high profile saudi wanted visor was investigated and released without charge. The chief executive of the u. S. Plane make a boeing has been fired dennis departure is seen as an effort to restore confidence in the company after a turbulent year set up by the 20 crashes of a 737 s. And chiles president has approved one of the main demands of antigovernment protesters siding off on a constitutional referendum on april 26th chileans will be asked whether they want a new constitution and who should draft. With temperatures finally cooling firefighters in australia hoping to make gains against some 200 bush fires still burning across New South Wales and South Australia months of fires have killed 9 people and destroyed at least 1000 properties and the Deputy Commissioner of New South Wales is warning it could take years for the environment to recover we shouldnt underestimate just how much of the Natural Environment is being burnt and you know thats got seriously you know ecological impacts as well as the fire in fact as well and i think that will be felt for years to come well as some of the smoke clears many residents are returning to see what remains of their homes one particularly Hard Hit Community is balmoral thats just south of sydney jessica washington is that. For dozens of families here in balmoral this is all they have left most of the town was engulfed in a blaze sophias it created a firestorm this family stayed to try and protect their home while the inferno swept through their property we had no chance we got smashed. The heat was intense for want of a better word. Estimating that it probably hit 1002004 degrees back here. Without a house just days before christmas members of this family are being helped by their neighbors but there are unsure of what lies ahead the generosity of the community as these small communities and everywhere else that just been amazingly generous people. Have offered us homes in Everything Else under the sun. At this time. Really we dont have any plans at this stage this community is a small one home to just 400 but its been devastated by this bushfire crisis dozens of homes were lost this weekend alone and more than a 1000 houses have been destroyed since the start of the bush. This couples property is scorched but they still have their house we were lucky to keep the half very lucky and i have and it was thanks to this man that we meet. We know if he wasnt here we would have lost our Health Emergency warnings are still in place and a heat wave is expected to return in just a few days but fire crews are making the most of the cooler weather and thats allowed some of those who evacuated to return and assess the damage they said were very lucky extremely grateful that some of our neighbors but we all can help together thats what were here for a very close knit community. And well get through this. Her house has escaped the fires along with her christmas lights. Just to washington aljazeera. Russias president has taken the 1st train ride across the coach straight on a newly constructed rail route linking moscow and St Petersburg to crimea. Putin says it will carry around 14000000 passengers and about 30000000 tons of fright next year but ukraine says its construction is illegal and it wants the black sea peninsula back russia annexed the region from ukraine in 2014 well the railing between russia and crimea is being described by critics as a violation of International Law until 5 years ago the Crimean Peninsula was only accessible from mainland ukraine travelers wanting to get to and from russia to fly or take a ferry. After Russian Troops unexpired me in 10. 00 to 14. 00 a yes vote was returned in a referendum to join the Russian Federation and president putin announced the decision to build a 4000000000. 00 bridge without the consent of ukraines Government Spending 1000 kilometers is the longest in Eastern Europe and opened last year when putin drove a truck over it the us and e. U. Impose sanctions on Companies Involved in its construction and now trains are running to 1st from St Petersburg to crimea as largest city sebastopol and from moscow to the capital simferopol on tuesday well former nato chief of stuff moxon a company says the new revelation is russia is solidifying its control over crimea its increase its no terry presence crimea so the economic element is critical without a bridge crimea is essentially isolated and increasing russian tourists and economic links to the mainland is critical so many ways this is something that is expected but still violates International Law the other piece about this bridge i think is critical is its military in a way that it practically creates a choke point as for ukrainian shipping that this bridge was constructed in agreement with ukraine it wouldve been a lot higher and so in many ways the russians are using this groups choke off ukraine economically just like they per create as a lifeline of crimea showcases russias continued interest in undermining ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity and also rejecting International Sanctions that have been put in place against russia the International Community rejects it sanctions and yes russia and its not only crimea thats going to come under russian domination there are 2 problems in Eastern Ukraine that russia continues to occupy their part cranium territory so in many ways the crimea story is a larger part of the future of ukraine and the future of europe because russias interests and ambitions extend beyond crimea. Russias envoy says the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to a prisoner swap before the end of the year that follows a cease fire agreement between both countries in paris and this month was the 1st face to face meeting between the leaders vladimirs lenski and resume putin aimed at tackling the conflict thats killed 13000 people since 2014 fireworks and flares have been set off inside one of pariss main railway stations during protests against Pension Reforms strikers confronted riot police at the guard illegal with smoke filling some of the main concourse the 2 week long nationwide walkout has crippled Railway Services and for schools to close workers are angry at president emanuel macros plan reforms to Public Sector pensions which would force people to work until the age of 64 when the strikes are having a big impact on businesses hoping for a festive boost many people have stopped travelling into major cities retailers and hoteliers are feeling the pinch but its with reports from the french capital. Frances Business Owners are not feeling the spirit of christmas just before the holiday it looks busy in paris but the almost total shutdown of the metro is having a Significant Impact on the numbers of people coming out to shop and. Takings at this cafe have fallen 30 percent manager isabel sol says its worse than last years yellow vest protests. We have had an enormous loss of turnover we have had no terrorists in the style find it very difficult to come to work some cannot even make it end but its not the fault of those looking for work will find it harder next month frances main Employers Association says 3 quarters of paris area businesses are planning to freeze hirings because of the loss of Economic Activity 80 percent of frances small and medium sized businesses have suffered losses because of the strike thats according to their confederation and in the major cities of paris marsay in strasbourg sales of something by as much as 60 percent turnover at this hotel is down 50 percent for the seldom add to that the taxi bill the owner is facing to get his staff into work and back home every day i hope that this strike wont. Continue for 3 months because it could be really difficult to be honest a case like this we have consolations just 2 days before. Before and its for us we cannot recover it perishes Botanical Gardens is hoping for 400000. 00 visitors this year to its winter exhibition but says midweek numbers are down we dont know. What we are doing the 15 days and the 5th they are very important when they. Are day spending on Pensions Health care and other social services swallows 32 percent of frances g. D. P. The highest. In the developed world benefits the french are reluctant to sacrifice the unions are promising another round of nationwide demonstrations in january france faces another gloomy winter Bernard Smith aljazeera paris volunteers in lebanon providing meals for those in need this christmas as the country goes through its worst economic crisis in decades lebanons dar economy is one of the main reasons for ongoing protests against the Political Class which has ruled the country for 30 years senator reports in the capital beirut. A show of solidarity with those in need at a time of crisis volunteers from across lebanon have been helping prepare christmas dinner for the poor people are hungry they need to eat. And get food. They are hosting them in Martyrs Square which has become the epicenter of a multiethnic tarion protest movement against the Political Class that has ruled lebanon for decades. My people. Even. All united and. The there may be unity here but this is a deeply divided country that has been without a government for weeks politicians are bargaining over power instead of heating demands from the street to make way for a new leadership the situation is. This is this love. Of generosity of kind of voluntary initiatives of people coming together. I think this is our duty as devaneys we have to do. It is difficult times the state is on the verge of bankruptcy one and a half 1000000 lebanese are officially designated as living in poverty thats a 3rd of the population the world bank has warned the total could rise to house the population and that dire prediction was made before the. The started to collapse a few months ago and the crisis has worsened further with businesses shutting down thousands losing their jobs and many workers receiving their salaries lebanon is in need of International Financial assistance but no country seems to be willing to come to the rescue until the make up and shape of the new government capable of reforms is agreed for now people only have each other to rely on. Today these people are my government because when i used to ask for help they never helped with. Protesters against the ruling elite want a new leadership is proving hard to achieve but gatherings like this are achieving Something Else theyre bringing people together as lebanon faces tough challenges ahead jennifer their aljazeera beirut french president has called for clarity of the future role of french troops in securing west africa and money on says hes reluctant to send soldiers to countries where their presence isnt wanted. Was in the air where he discussed recent attacks by fighters linked to isolate al qaeda in the Sahara Desert region. Places with an International Presence is not accepted i say clearly we will draw the necessary conclusions because we are talking about sovereign states a sovereign state in the region says i dont need for any International Military presence we should not be via violence in mexico has come under increasing scrutiny after a number of the us citizens were murdered last month the country is dealing with its highest number its highest murder rate on record on the majority of firearms involved are being smuggled in from across the border John Heilemann as part 2 of our series on arms trafficking from the u. S. This burnt up car became a wakeup call for the United States and says for the record. I need to inform my grandchildren her. Shot up 3 women and 6 children american citizens killed in neighboring mexico. President trump said in response the cartels would be considered terrorist organizations but it was america may bullets found at the scene and likely america make guns smuggled across the border that we used to kill not just this family but tens of thousands more in mexico quantised suffered more the most this year theres been an average of 6 murders a day residents say the city swimming with us far arms. Anyone can carry a gun now and ive known cases where the exchange a couple of words with someone in a taco stand in a petrol station and they killed them. Yvonnes husband himself was shot dead leaving her to bring up 4 year old michelle and 10 year old danny alone its affected us in every way economically as well im not with my daughters where distance because i have to work every day and leave them here alone he was the breadwinner in mexico its extremely hard to buy a gun legally but criminals have found an easier way about 70 percent of the firearms seized here in traced have come from the u. S. The states attorney responsible for 2 quanah told how does here in the mix can cartels which of long relied on straw buyers and now using different tactics to buy more weapon state saw fit in the spot in different parts of the United States illegally by parts of guns than across them into mexico and put the gun together here anyone can go to a gun store in the u. S. And buy a gun part theres no control of that in the registry then we find those arms at a crime scene in mexico and we have no way to trace them why because they have no serial number. Once the guns or parts of guns abort its easy to get them across a poorest border where there are few checks on the passing cards what impact would it have on the homicide rate here in tijuana if suddenly became a lot more difficult to get guns over the border from the u. S. To mexico they dont but i believe that it would. I have an important impact at the moment that the criminals dont have a way to get firearms it will be hard to commit a murder so of course a restriction would have an impact you but everybody with a little in the end though the blame lies not with the weapons but those wielding them says a man who would know when your group is a reporter and i think its ones own responsibility because if they gave you an order you have to obey if youre carrying or not they tell me youre going to kill those people i have to do it and thats my own responsibility for the ones i kill depending on what they did wrong there are tens of thousands though who have done nothing but have had their families ripped apart now live volm wants is a safer future. Theres so much killing so many dead too many cases unsolved people disappeared if all of this really stopped the traffic barmes the drugs wed have a bit of peace. Stopping the flow of guns into mexico wouldnt rectify that alone but from politicians to experts to ordinary mexicans few doubt that it would help john homan. To quanah. Time from us will break out when we come back pakistan celebrates the end of its decade long exile from cricket the truth in karachi thats coming up in this book more on that saves. Us. The book. The book. Welcome back now 6 new planets outside a system thats been discovered by traumas in the u. K. These are an artists impression of the various bonnet systems each of the socalled exoplanets orbit stars which are on 160 to 440 light years from the. The planets are extremely hot making it difficult to determine the type of rock on its surface Scientists Say with further research they could help the king to unlocking the geology of planets in our solar system but john barnes is an astronomer at the open university and part of the team that made the discovery he explained how the planets were found i wanted to work out if theres an official working of preselecting stars that might harbor planets so these are stars that previously we didnt necessarily know have planets orbiting about them. And we used a particular signature in the light coming from the star. And we measured we looked at that signature for quite a few stars those simulated is about 2 and a half to 3000 stars we have this this is the best pacific measurement that we were interested in and it turns out that about 40 of those of those have a very unique property which tells us something that tells us that these these stars may indeed harbor harbor planets but thats only really the 1st stage because we need to go back for we need to actually see if they really did harbor lives and thats thats the work that we that weve been carrying out and it turns out its the method weve used is it seems to be very efficient so far so all those stars which was observateur which we have sufficient number of measurements of the stars have in fact have a warm home of planets so this is a very efficient technique for identifying planets actively trying to support his status. Thank you very much the deadly attack on sri lankas team bus and lahore in 2009 left pakistan a without test cricket on home soil for more than a decade but sri lanka have finally returned and on monday pakistan sealed their 1st test when a home in more than 13 years sam i like has more. Its a moment thats been over a decade in the making pakistan celebrate their 1st test victory on home soil since the return of crickets longest format to the country earlier this month. Countries had avoided playing test in pakistan since the 2009 attack on sri lankas team bus in lahore and it was against sri lanka that pakistans landmark victory came the home side only needed 3 wickets and crunchy on the final day to feel victory. And they got the 1st one with the openings all of the morning. The remaining batsman fell soon after pakistan taking just 15 minutes to get the job done. Nasim shar was the hero the 16 year old stepping up with 5 wickets in the final innings to not only seal a 263. 00 run win but also the series won nothing. Their home series was important to us its been a long time since a test series was played in pakistan this test series was special for each player to win obviously everyones overwhelmed pakistans test future still remains uncertain bangladesh are scheduled to visit next but they want best series moved to a neutral venue for now however pakistan will celebrate this a storage moment so hell malik aljazeera. One of rugbys best known players that is the latest sportsman to criticize china for locking weaker muslims Sonny Bill Williams tweeted his appeal for more people and countries to speak out say in the us have a chosen money over humanity the new zealand star follows. In supporting the we get minorities a plight the Chinese Government reacted to the german and matildas criticism by pulling the plug on showing arsenal matches in china. Formula one driver shahs a clerk or has signed a new long Term Contract with harare is new deal commits him to the italian team until the end of the 2024 season and it follows an Impressive Campaign it went to the old from monaco one back to back races in belgium and italy and scored 7 pole positions and more than any other driver footballs governing body has banned Rain International for 10 matches for racist behavior during a qualifier for the 2022 world cup last month i made this last that i gesture towards a fans during his countrys away match against hong kong incident it was captured by a fan and was posted on twitter. All saying with racism in this professional Footballers Association has called on the u. K. Government to lodge an inquiry into racism in the premier league it follows yet another incident this time in the match between tottenham and chelsea on sunday a complaint about racist johnson was made by chelseas german descend then tanya a spokesman for the british Prime Ministers office said on monday it would monitor the premier leagues efforts to combat the problem a number of leading figures in the game have been reacting to what happened at tottenham including at man city boss that guardiola who believes a fighting racism is a daily battle but i dont like not to fight every day in the school especially in the families at home to do the best as i can do for you to the new generation. Its a pattern that david day of course and all the initiatives. It happened for the players and for the federation of course we are going to work you have a temple circle and chill out he has played down the rumors that hell science superstar forwards latin by him of it but only after teasing the possibility is that on currently a free agent is a friend eventuality have played under him at p. S. G. But i am always at the finishing. Period in the United States and really i dont know. What is his idea. Really i dont know i have to call him and maybe i am going to call him just if you want to come to liverpool to enjoy. A good look to play not to play. And thats all useful for me well have more later on. Thats it from a war news at the top of that and the ways things. Are. January on out you see the. President donald trump is that the president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u. S. Leadership on the brink of an election before much chilian president ial candidate explores the defeat of left wing Political Parties across latin america and look at how this years World Economic forum to focus on ways to tackle the impact of Climate Change than expropriation of family links to the sillies regime examines it its early may now be embracing fascist ideologies most believed gone forever with the general election out of the way breaks it is now certain how moving you can proceed with a transition a few months january on aljazeera. Talk to aljazeera we were told to go to the ministry of all the ration has this been addressed by tokyo we listen to what these the proposal of spain for a couple anya we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter is there are. 5 men are sentenced to death for the brutal murder of 3 but the u. N. Investigator calls the trial a mockery of justice. Hello im daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up earnings bosses forced out after a disastrous year set off by 2 fatal crashes of the 737 months. Down the pike indias Main Opposition Party steps up the pressure on Prime Minister modi over a new law thats divided