Relief after. Thousands of christians to say. The place they believe jesus was born but not everyone will be let in. And transported frats remains heavily restricted ahead of the Christmas Holiday with Striking Union workers vowing to keep up the pressure. We begin in syria where the battle for the last rebel stronghold has killed more civilians at least i people are dead after a Syrian Government is strike targeted a school in italy a province displaced syrians had been sheltering in the school what it was his tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes Government Forces and their russian allies a pushing deeper into it live the un has called for the media to the violence. I want to kill people before they escape here while were packing the jet came and targeted us and killed a large number and others and a whole family is missing. Mom of the daughter joins us now from antakya mama tell us about where you are what youve been saying all stan we are in a center for it is a Turkish Charity which is involved in assisting refugees city of refugees not only those incomes but those who have been newly displaced and a city of fishel who we spoke to have been telling us and it just it tunde from the other side of the border he told us that there are thousands of people who are living in the open they cannot they were not able to give them individual tons of them and he says that that befalls to build this very large tents where they are. Accommodating up to 100. 00 people in each tent giving them heating and also warm food but he says because of the days a lot of. Problems with people whove come from other areas like aleppo and living with in these people and they do not want to mingle with the rest of the refugees and most of them have set up make shift structures along the route from the border to woods. And live and he says they fear for their health because they do not have Proper Senate tension and they do not have access to food that is a lot happening there and they are fears that a humanitarian crisis might be a folding in the coming days with the rain predicted to start falling within the next 24 hours bob and its only going to get worse isnt it because the numbers of refugees are going to increase you said there are thousands who are living without any show to now where can i go and what more do i need. Well they need a lot days nowhere for them to go turkey has said it will not allow one more city and to fiji to cross the border while they are making. Allowing those who are injured to come in and get treatment here in techie but thats all they are not allowing anyone to come in they do not have anywhere to go they are corn and the bombardments are still going on the Syrian Forces are making steady. Progress towards the town of the city of mine which is one of the biggest sentence in which is the last stronghold for opposition fighters they have been cutting out. Bottle bomb attacks and have inshallah and they have taken more than 20 towns and villages in the past days of clashes the opposition has been putting up a stiff challenge with the National Liberation front which is backed by a techie so far putting the stiffest of resistances and managing to take up to 3 villages from the Government Forces in the past d 24 hours so the situation is looking really good team at the moment something that has let take it to issue a warning just in the past hour saying that they is a need to stop all petition because they ease the possibility of must because happening these new areas that have been taken by the Government Forces and also humanitarian crisis unfolding at the border with all those people whove been uprooted coming to us the border with turkey. Baba thank you monitor those joining us live there and syrian Customs Officials have seize the assets of the countrys wealthiest businessman its the 1st time an order has been issued for rami back lou who is the cousin of president bashar assad hes been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges and fees the e. U. And u. S. Have already imposed sanctions on back with the report of the controls 60 percent of syrias economy will christo as a middle east analyst and director of the council for British Understanding he explains just might have been targeted. The matter who family right in the sense of the call of this regime remember the heart as the last sentence the father of bashar last sent was not marriage to a nice matter which is. Now a week land as well as the assets and in fact in many ways of her greater social standing and mohammed who is the father rami was very much the regimes banco he is extremely rich so to see the regime taking action like this against somebody so senior and indeed. There were parts of this new crony capitalism that underpin the regime gemma demonstrates that all is not well in new and in a echelons of power now theres a number of scenarios one can consider here there is an extent the regime is trying to shore up its the jetsons at a time of real declining revenues when so many syrians are destitute or below the poverty line. And are resentful of those who have billions actually show off their wealth in a way and weve seen this or so with the man who found it they have been prepared to that theres been all sorts of stories on social media and pictures of some of their family with gas cards and the like so this is resents it it could also be that given the regime has so little Financial Results at the moment that they are trying to basically corral in as many billions and billions they can for people have been killed in libya in the latest in a strike by the warlord coming for half the us forces it happened in the town of to jura east of tripoli several more people were injured last week after our house what he called a final offensive to take the capital tripoli. Well libyas internationally recognized government has reportedly asked turkey to send Ground Troops the 2 countries signed the military cooperation deal last month tripoli has already requested warplanes and naval vessels now for the past few years libya has been divided between 2 rival governments the un recognized administration led by the Prime Minister 5 years are surat is based in tripoli its supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting in of the capital will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east is the to brook based government the center of power for the warlord holy for after hes backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the United Arab Emirates france is also accused of providing military support for his forces lets go live now to our mood there wired whos in tripoli and just as we outlawed there mark new this is a very much a proxy war and now you can you tell us more about this request for turkey to send Ground Troops well indeed this town government sources say that the type of turkish military. Individuals requested by the d. N. A. The government of National Court is military commanders and the government Officials Say that the troops on the ground did the Government Forces are in need of military commanders to arrange this battle and to run the battle on the ground to prevent have to his forces from entering get their capital tripoli in a member. The president. Mentioned in. That turkey is willing to send troops to the government of National Accord in tripoli only f. Requested by the government of National Court and now the government by virtually by virtue of the agreement the military and Security Agreement signed between the divine and. Libyas baghdad Prime Minister face arrived last month entails military and Security Cooperation what we know for sure is that the government of National Accord has requested. Navy vessels and fighter jets warplanes to help resist the confrontation it is just have to the forces now stand why now the government is demanding military commanders because have to his forces have been recently advancing with the help of russian mercenaries according to the Government Military source of that russian mercenaries are fighting for her and have to this force have been receiving advanced weapons from the United Arab Emirates and also from russia now. Says that in order for the government to send troops to libya it needs to submit a mandate to the parliament so that it could be endorsing it and then in this case it can send troops to libya stand but move thank you but joining us live there from tripoli where the new electoral law has been approved by the Iraqi Parliament which was a key demand of protesters to both elections fira but government demonstrators calling for the removal of the entire Political Class and political deadlock is Still Holding up the selection of an interim Prime Minister lets cross over to baghdad where dorsett bari has the latest for us tell us about the impact these a literal war changes will have. Well theyre being called the very significant change to the countrys electoral system this article was passed just a short time ago in parliament it includes 50 Division Within it which states that the country is electoral system will not be changed it will be one that is based on direct voting rather than parties having electoral lists of candidates that they selected this is something that was very important to the demonstrators and it took weeks of political wrangling to make it happen in parliament a number of so. Sions were held without any of these laws being passed but finally on tuesday the countrys parliament managed to get it through and its being seen as a very Significant Development and something that would not have happened without the protests taking place in this country which began in october its being seen as a major step towards what the demonstrators and the people of iraq wanted and that is a system which if they have some say in how they elect their members of parliament and now this is being seen as something that has been granted to them and it will be very very interesting to see how the demonstrators react to this in the coming days that were still also waiting for a nominee candidate for the position of Prime Minister that is something that is being very much there baited now between the various parties in parliament and they hope its have an appropriate candidate in the coming days of the demonstrators have said that despite all their political wrangling they want to be able to elect their own Prime Minister well have to wait and see how that pans out to say thank you 50 student groups you dearly about you guys to controversy your citizenship law theyre also calling for a National Protest day across india opponents of the new law discriminates against muslims and violates the secular constitution at least 25 people have been killed during protests since the legislation was passed 2 weeks ago this book purana busy new delhi and says the protests look like theyll continue. We saw protests not just here but also continuing in the western city of. The capital of west bengal a state where the chief minister has held. Every day for the last 8 or 9 days people keep showing up and also a number a large protest in the Southern City of chennai so people are very much continuing to send the message to the government 2 weeks i think almost off the billboards pos that theyre not ok with it the bill was passed by both houses of parliament and where as in the last few days it did look like the government might backtrack not on the citizenship Amendment Act but something called the National Register of citizens and the thousands of people whove been out on the streets for the last few weeks they have actually been protesting about both both things both the citizenship law and the National Register of citizens which is an exercise that was carried out in the Northeastern State of which required everyone to prove this that of the shipping of the government has wanted to carry out around the country 1300000000. 00 people needing to prove their citizenship now in the last few days we did hear the Prime Minister seemed to backtrack on that but in the last hours the government has cost funding for a type of said this which is seen as a precursor for this National Register of citizens so since that is something thats happened we really expecting these protests to just continue. Still ahead on aljazeera a maze of below war but it means i might be able to watch television use a computer occasionally revealing the hidden harmlessness of socalled so 1st surfaces in the u. K. During the holiday period. China japan and south korea agree to cooperate on the issue of north korea and consider creating a free trade zone. Hello again its good to have you back well not looking too bad here across parts of china particular down towards the south we are seeing some clouds we are seeing some rain towards the central and to the Northern Areas and here on wednesday that means for shanghai as well as will hon you can be seeing some chilly rain into the forecast on thursday that rain starts to make its way a little bit more towards the south and to the west so for greenland youre going to be seeing only a High Temperature there of about 7 but for hong kong here on thursday things are looking quite nice with a temperature of 25 and we are going to see a lot of heavy rain across parts of the philippines because our typhoon that is moving through the area across india still the air quality is fairly hazardous across some areas very unhealthy to the north as well down towards the south though we are going to see some rain from sri lanka across parts of Southern India up towards central india its going to be cloudy that could change to rain by the time we get towards thursday particular up here towards kolkata with a temperature of 22 degrees and then very quickly across the gulf it is going to look quite nice over the next few days average for this time of year about 22 degrees here in doha over towards abu dhabi a little bit warmer at 24 and then as we go towards thursday well riyadh your temperatures are coming up to 23 misguide plenty of sun in the forecast at 24. 00 and down towards some clouds for you at 27. 00. In 2008 aljazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. Preparing some have in the years poorest children for entry into its toughest universities ready. We return to see other students in the scheme helping change the face of india. Super 30 announces iraq. Youre watching aljazeera heres a reminder of our top stories. At least i people have been killed after a Syrian Government is strike target a school immediately province Government Forces and the russian allies are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold. 4 people have been killed in libya in the latest airstrikes by warlord holy father after his forces it happened in the town of jura east of tripoli libya un recognized government has reportedly asked turkey to send in Ground Troops. 50 student groups of massed in indias capital against it controversial new citizenship law thats criticized as being. Protests also took place in tamil nadu and catarrh. France is facing widespread travel disruption during the busy Christmas Holiday as strikes of a pension reform show no sign of easing transport remains heavily restricted with up to 80 percent of Train Service is cancelled but as Bernard Smith reports from paris people appear generally sympathetic to the protests. Just 2 out of 5 high speed trains are running across france on Christmas Eve one of the busiest travel periods of the year but with a nationwide transport strike now in its 3rd week many travelers are used to the disruption seemed to a found a work around paris has gotten or was busy not chaotic and people are tired i think its its really ready for it to be over but again its i mean im sure the other side are going to understand you know the reason for the strike and everything you know looking for a way to get away the city should know they still havent been able to find. So its my turn it was disrupted the National Rail operator s. N. C. F. Will only guarantee travel for those who took tickets in advance and even they may not have a seat the s. N. C. F. Says the strike is costing 22 1000000. 00 a day in lost revenue. In 1995 after 3 weeks of Public Sector strikes in the run up to christmas the government caved in and shelved plans to reform frances pension and welfare system theres no indication so far that the government will perform a similar retreat this time. There seems to be no end in sight beast transport strikes the government and the unions will meet again in the 2nd week of january but thats when theyll also be another round of nationwide demonstrations. Ill just era palace. Thousands of pilgrims are celebrating christmas in bethlehem in the occupied west bank the archbishop open the festivities during the traditional procession in the streets of the old city but many christian palestinians in gaza cannot attend because israel has not given them permits according to the Greek Orthodox church only 193 out of the 950 applications have been approved and bethlehem needed abraham says israels restrictions of being felt by the community. Comically and financially the city has all. Is dependent on people coming from abroad in the place where christians believe is actually the cradle of christianity the star of bethlehem is something that Everybody Knows and people have been pilgrims have been coming to this city over the years however living under Israeli Occupation has definitely had its toll on the businesses on people working here especially as the city relies mainly on that on tourism and joins me now a 70 year shop owner mr met and i wanted to tell us more about the challenges of a new year shops and other Small Businesses face here in palestine yes basically the obstacle that weve been trying to deal with lately is the outage of power and water in the city and with the high volume of tourists in our hotels with over then 50 hotels in bethlehem filled up with tourists you know need electricity and they need water along with other stuff so power has been a big big thing going on for the past 2 weeks the Israeli Company of atrocity is cutting the power at least 2 to 3 hours in the city of bethlehem and the surrounding areas and if we talk about challenges we will also want to talk about hope is there anything that keeps you more hopeful that things are changing oh definitely thats whats keeping me here in this country in palestine in my city bethlehem the hope is the magic word for everyone and were hoping for a Better Future for palestine an independent palestine and within a with our neighbors and also to make palestine a safe place for all people who want to visit palestine and the holy places in our country thank you so much and of course the ministry of tourism has said that around 3 and a half 1000000 visitors have came to palestine during the year in 2019 and of course theyre hoping that this season would bring them even more tourism and help bring more businesses to the city. Police in hong kong have fired tear gas to disperse antigovernment protesters. Uniformed and plain clothes officers charged to groups of protesters inside the city morgue in the area now the demonstrators were marking Christmas Eve with flash mob rallies protests in all protests and now in their 7th month. China japan and south korea have agreed to Work Together to promote dialogue between the United States and north korea the leaders also discussed trade and agreed to closer cooperation despite tensions some dating back more than a century katrina you has this report from beijing. Overlooking old wounds by reinforcing ancient ties china japan and south korea presented a united front during the trilateral summit in chinas Southern City of chengdu. I want to build a new era of 3 kingdoms in which we cooperate and develop together with the International Community 2. Setting aside deep grievances dating back to world war 2 the leaders of asias largest economies pledged to work closer together on trade they want to agree on a 16 nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or. By the end of next year and continue negotiations on a 3 nation Free Trade Agreement trade between south korea japan and china exceeded 720000000000. 00 in 20. 4 how you know we need to protect the free trade in order to help Business Activities and continue to Grow Together north korea carrying out a missile test over the Christmas Period overshadowed some of the pageantry. Chinese Prime Minister lee could chan south korean president and japanese Prime Minister shinzo agreed to continue supporting negotiations between washington and pyongyang a demand for the u. S. To lift economic sanctions has led to a halt in the Nuclear Talks and an end to a deadline to progress the negotiations is fast approaching. China is north koreas most important ally and sees itself as playing a simple what works and for through privation on the Korean Peninsula has added nations to lift sanctions on fellow wants to help break the deadlock but its unclear whether so. Forth u. S. Allies would support. On monday when jay and she met separately the chinese president xi jinping. For china the summit is an opportunity to expand its regional influence but the 3 countries have currently embroiled in territorial disputes in the south china sea. South korea and japan are allies with the u. S. So if china can develop and improve the relations with these 2 countries crease u. S. Influence in this region and the weakened chinas pressure from the u. S. The leaders have signed a 10 Year Corporation plan which includes tackling shared challenges such as Climate Change and aging populations but the biggest challenge perhaps is whether they can view each other with trust rather than as threats cheneys aljazeera. At least 7 soldiers have been killed in afghanistan on a military base in the Northern Province of bach the taliban has claimed responsibility for the right in the district of. Its. Seized weapons ammunition and captured 4 Afghan Soldiers 6 were also injured. Emergency workers in ecuador say an oil spill from a ship in the Galapagos Islands has been contained these pictures show the moment a crying collapse as it was loading a generator on to the vessel that they are ones are unesco World Heritage site and some of the most unique ecosystems on earth they famously helped inspire Charles Darwins theory of evolution. The u. K. Homelessness Charity Crisis has again opened its christmas sentence last year more than 4 and a half 1000 homeless guests were given shelter across britain for britain as more. Civil stalls have been practiced over england for the 1st 1020 years russell was one of the 1st arrivals when the doors opened at this center the street is no place to be at christmas or any other time to killed. And raise dangerous role. The role. Of drugs. It is a bit. Of the. For him this Christmas Center alleviates the loneliness and boredom of being homeless it means i will be able to slip which means i will be a lot warmer it means. Be able to watch television use a computer case i will have a load of arts and crafts activities in the 7 days that these centers are open they can be a lifeline for homeless guests can get medical checkups advice and counseling is one of the chance to wash and get a haircut and importantly to relax what you see on the last day is a group of transformed people leaving those that come in very suspicious of people from Mainstream Society and suspicious of the world in which they operate leave you know looking much better havent showered havent had haircuts have their feet looked at they they just leave kind of transformed the most visible form of homelessness is of course rough sleeping in doorways for example but new research from crisis this christmas shows that nearly 6 times as many people are caught in a precarious existence no less so for surfing. Crisis found 39 percent of sofa surface it stayed at 5 or more different places in the past year including friends and relatives 28 percent had not had a stable home for 4 years or more and 77 percent said their physical health had suffered as a result were talking about people with my dont even have access washing facilities to let people who might have to go out during the day when theyre. So very very unstable situation back at the north london christmas sent to the board games had begun the escapism in company of the centers are only a temporary respite latest figures showed the numbers rough sleeping in england had increased 15 percent on the Previous Year and when this center shuts next week many of the homeless guests here will be back outside again paul brennan on his iraq north london. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories at least 8 people have been killed after a Syrian Government strike targeted a school in live province tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes Government Forces and their russian allies are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold. There it i want to kill people before they escape here while were packing the jet came and targeted us and killed a large number and injured others and a whole family is missing 4 people have been killed in libya in the latest airstrikes by the warlord had liefer half his forces it happened in the town of to jura east of tripoli several more people were injured last week after our analysis what he called a final offensive to take the capital tripoli. 50 student groups in new delhi a boxing against a controversial citizenship law theyre also calling for a National Protest day across india opponents say the new law discriminates against muslims a violates the secular constitution at least 25 people have been killed during protests since the legislation was passed 2 weeks ago france is facing widespread travel disruptions during the Christmas Holiday because of strikes of a pension reform up to 80 percent of try and services a canceled on monday demonstrators confronted police at one of pariss stations fireworks and flares were set off inside the 2 week long nationwide walkout as restricted Railway Services and forced schools to close police in hong kong were fired tear gas to disperse antigovernment protests. Uniformed and plain clothes officers charged the groups of protesters inside the harbor city in the mall in the it seems our story area now the demonstrators were marking Christmas Eve with flash mob rallies protests and now in the 7th month. Thousands of pilgrims are celebrating christmas in bethlehem in the occupied west bank but many christian palestinians in gaza cannot attend the festivities because israel has not given them permits according to the Greek Orthodox church in gaza and the 193 out of the 950 applications have been approved those are the headlines and news continues here after sympathetic. This soup at the