35. 00 people are killed by an armed group in the worst attack in the years plus. Im a solid job with in kazakhstan and ill tell you how the country is trying to move away from its hydrocarbon with the economy and finding investment in renewable sources. We begin with syria where people including 6 children have been killed as Government Forces push their offensive deeper into italy province the latest attack was on a school in the town of joe boss where hundreds of displaced syrians have been sheltering the Government Forces have made steady gains since launching an assault to retake it labor which is the last rebel held stronghold last week tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the fighting and heading towards the border with turkey and syrian Government Forces are now also closing in on the rebel held city. In italy province most residents have already left the area dozens of people have been killed and injured and hundreds injured in government attacks in the northwestern city over the last month. You know the lets hold the model make god take revenge on eve those who caused us what if we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for mercy god to punish them for displacing us because using all of this to humiliating us but gods sake were big big alive lets bring in Mohammed Atta who is following developments for us from on tacky any a serious border with turkey mahmoud civilians as we saw there bearing the brunt of this relentless government Bombing Campaign on bring us up to speed for us with the humanitarian situation people i know fleeing towards turkey where you are. Well yes fully the fear is all for a humanitarian crisis unfolding on the other side of the boulder inside syria where many of those displaced are now living in the open the displacement is not just from. Its also from the city of sight out of the city of it maybe itself but people are going on the outskirts setting up small tents of us living in the open thousands and thousands of them dozens of. People also. Fled and on setting up tents and makeshift come some along the highway coming through its the Turkish Border others are settling on the fringes of already food comps around by child ities and the really cut it out by the Government Forces syrian Government Forces supported by russian asterix was designed to do just not take people out of these cities and homs so that they could have a free 100 in dealing with the rebels who are said to be putting up a stiff resistance particularly the National Liberation front which is supported rights which weve been hearing in the last 6 hours all sort of managed to take some of the 3 some 30 villages the Government Forces had taken from them ali. Mohamed is of course the last rebel stronghold in Syria Government troops have been pushing towards the rebel held town of marjah timeline as you said well what is the significance of that what would the government retaking this town mean for the wider conflict. Well martin money is strategic and it sits right across 5. 00 highway which links the muskets that couplet all to aleppo which at one point before most of destruction that was carried out a couple of years ago was the biggest commercial center in syria and linking these major towns under its control through these highways would be a means for the government to boost trade within areas that is under their control but i also is one of the just above centers in the province and are taking it from the rebels would be a huge boon for president assads a mission to take every last bit of territory under rebel control thank you very much for thats mohammed i dont reporting live from on tacky or near the taking syrian border. Indias government has announced new guidelines and approved money for an updated National Population register that many fear could be used to further discriminate against muslims a survey was introduced in 2010 but for the 1st time people will be asked to share information about the date and place of birth of their parents and also be asked to give details of identity documents voter cards driving licenses and passports the government has approved more than 500000000 dollars in funding for the exercise from minister Narendra Modis pushing ahead with that despite also facing backlash over a new citizenship law thats also seen as discriminating against muslims on tuesday thousands protested in new delhi called qatar and chennai and moranis are expected today 25 people have died in violence since the law was passed Elizabeth Brown is in new delhi for us joins us live this tell us about what were expecting today as far as protests especially after the government approved funding for this population register. In fallujah to rally at Delhi University here in the capital new delhi where were expecting some of indias most prominent intellectuals and actors to come out speak out against all of those things that you mentioned it was the citizenship law being pos that 1st war people out in the streets but they soon connected that to the National Register citizens an exercise which would require 1300000000 indians to citizenship and now the government has passed funding for the National Population by just it says that the register is just part of the census but critics say that that register would be used for the citizenship register and move already seen an exercise like this carried out should be one station the Northeastern State of us where some 2000000 people were left off the list were essential be rendered stateless and that is why so many people around the country are expected to continue their protests. Because they dont want citizenship given to certain religious minorities they dont want a National Register of citizens and they dont want the government to spend 500000000. 00 on a population register when the economy is the lowest its been in 6 years why do people feel that these protests are making a difference because the government doesnt seem to be backing down so you know what are their other options here those who opposed the. Folly whether or not people feel that they are making a difference for them they do for you that they have to come out because this citizenship amendment acts for many people that have you know its galvanized people around the country the biggest protests in a way that we havent seen in the 5 years of b j p rule and thats because people feel that it has struck at the haas of what india is about that it goes against the idea of a section that india im against a secular constitution so they want to keep up the pressure on the government and the government is not backing down on that the Supreme Court is going to hear 65 petitions filed already as holly 10 states and dia have said that theyre not going to implement the citizenship nor the not going to carry out a National Register of citizens and move already had 2 states west bengal and kerala holdsworth on the population by just so long the government is going ahead with all of these plans there is pushback from states and well see you know what happens at the Supreme Court when it hears the petitions again for citizenship your thank you very much for that elizabeth for us there in tennessee. 2 days of National Mourning have been declared in book after at least 35 civilians were shot dead during an attack and according to the government 80 armed men have also been killed a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing the attack was launched on an on the base in our bend and a nearby town violence has increased in book enough aso after the military offensive. Began an offensive against hoops in november theres been no claim of responsibility so far for this latest attack. We have to think about solidarity and National Cohesion people women for the most part were getting water and got murdered in cold blood by the terrorists while they were retreating we must show compassion with the populations that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled or booking a fossil was once a pocket of calm in the silo region but security has deteriorated over the past 5 years the removal of longtime president bless compiler in october 24th created a security vacuum which has been exploited by several armed groups as well as homegrown fighters groups from mali affiliated with al qaeda and i saw crossed the border and added to the unrest the u. N. Says more than 700 people have been killed since 2015 and almost half a 1000000 have been displaced and speak to our regional correspondent who is in a butcher nigeria following this story for us ahmed so one of the deadliest assaults in booking a fossil in the past 5 years what more 1st a hearing about the circumstances of this latest attack. Well basically fully. When its really official sources are telling us is that the attackers were trying to over on. A military bases and in the process they were repelled as they were withdrawing then the time to city and many of the people who were killed many of the civilians start by were killed when be members of school or private citizens who have been early on displaced by the violence in brooklyn i watched especially movenpick university and the kitchen shelter in that part of the country when its not happened some of them went into effect torture and. Some of them were gathering firewood and stuff like that for their daily lives and when these fighters were treated according to government sources they targeted them killing them instantly and the government is confirming that more than 80 of these attackers have been killed but what probably. We will see in the coming weeks this was anticipated by many people by the way and that these periods when armies in the region are stepping up operations we will see more of such attacks its been rare many countries in the experiment will be targeted by book or a i so if you did organizations to see civilians being targeted except in the case of nigeria or can rule and chad most of these are trying to actually on a military bases as weve seen in recent times but increasingly civilians have been becoming targets of these attacks yeah and its not just booking a faster if it 21000. 00 has been a deadly year for as you say the militarys of countries in the south have reach and we saw the attack in the share a few weeks ago why if they think anything and worsening in this part of africa in the hand despite the presence of thousands of french and regional troops when they simply thats what. Many west africans want to understand for example the the what war and violence in that jet has been there for a decade now and nigerians want to understand how an army that has been able to deal with a criminal and deal with the civilians that civil wars in liberia and sierra leone and up to now cannot deal with this problem and there are also people who feel that the french are up in debt in mali you know financial and other parts of this now 4500 french troops there and yet these attacks continue theyre not apart from the French Forces there are thousands of other International Forces stationed in mali for example and im used to take care of these problems but again you have to appreciate the development over the last 10 years not only in the south region but also in north africa as well as the middle east a lot of arms are coming in from the scary years after the fall of eisel in the middle east after that really is a fall of gadhafi in libya these these sahabat regions are bust and they have territories that their military is trying not manage probably because some areas supporters spread thousands of kilometers by the way and these armies may not have enough resources to deal with that so the attackers or the gunman or fighters that are moving basically a moving in with ease to set up bases and also launch attacks thank you for that and middle tourists in aboriginal jerry air force. The state funeral for algeria as army chief is taking place right now despite protesters defying calls for 3 days of mourning Lieutenant General ahmed guide salah suffered a heart attack on monday the 80 year old spidey was transferred to the peoples palace where the newly elected president paid his respects salo as we got it as the most powerful man in algeria after a long time president Abdulaziz Bouteflika resigned in a thaw. Still ahead on aljazeera a Holiday Travel destruction in the philippines as a typhoon laotians its coastal region. And where it all began will be in bethlehem as thousands of christian pilgrims from around the world gather to celebrate christmas. Hello there a very mixed picture across much of your 1st of all across the east a very messy picture some very heavy rain and amongst all this kind of pretty severe still working its way through the eastern med not too bad out across the west clear as well for the time being into northern italy but look at this in venice because my goodness this was Christmas Eve and once again a very high tide so the streets became flooded but of course people just to deal with it as they do and as a say its not too bad theres no real rain in the for calls over the next few days the rain will continue through the eastern end of the med its a bit of a mixed picture really through much of Eastern Europe plenty of crap plenty of showers even some snow as well those Higher Elevations but for this Christmas Day it is very nice out across the west the u. K. Is fine and dry much of france the low countries also down 3 much of spain portugal so that is wednesday as for thursday well im afraid not so good weve got the next system pushing in it really is going to bring some strong winds some rain across much of the u. K. Down again across into northern france and quite cloudy really too down across much of the southwest cloudy elsewhere no real snow than 4 calls through much of scandinavia and staying very mild in moscow in fact its been the warmest december for 133 years. Was sponsored by qatar and. The last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every leg with your lawyer further and further into the jail or if you join us on saying please entry has to start from day one whether again you and detention or your incarceration this is a dialogue everyone has a voice before there are 36 oclock our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq. Welcome back every count of our top stories on aljazeera this hour at least 12 people have been killed as syrian Government Forces push their offensive deeper into adlib province theyre not closing in on the rebel held city of maharat gnomon indias government has approved the money for an updated National Population register which opponents say is on time muslim this follows a new citizenship all thats led to huge protests across the country and 2 days of National Mourning have been declared in book enough aso after at least 35. 00 civilians were shot dead during an attack according to the government 80 of the typists were killed this happened then on the basics and a nearby town. That thousands of people in the philippines have been left stranded on the christmas break us typhoon on phone made landfall many need predominantly catholic nation where talking and bus terminals authorities have evacuated coastal areas in floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the South China Sea by thursday barnaby no is in manila and says travelers are likely to remain stranded for several days we are outside the mean poor at the off manila where traditionally over the Holiday Season thousands of passengers wait to board their respective passenger ferries going back to their provinces in different islands in the philippines now christmas is a very important occasion for this predominantly catholic country and as you can see families are waiting here theyve got their packages here but theyve had to spend their Christmas Eve here because this is here this type of point where locally no one knows a person or maybe a landfall in the Central Region of the philippines some of them on Christmas Eve one and that has grounded all pipes of travel in the country and so here they are this is where they spent their Christmas Eve theyve only had food thats been given to them by the Philippine Coast guard and you have children here who have basically nowhere to sleep and they have nowhere to bathe and theyre saying this is has been a very difficult christmas for them i dont look at me at night im very sad and ive been crying for days i told my child that i cant do anything they did not let us board the ferry because theres a typhoon and we understand that was the last i will my wife wants us to be together but to be here and theres nothing that we can do now the situation here is. And unique across the country in different ports thousands more are stranded and it is likely that they will remain stranded until the typhoon leaves the philippines now passengers here tell us that they have not been assured that they can leave immediately assoon as the typhoon leaves the philippines theyve also been told that it is likely that it will be one more week before they can actually get on their fareast go back to their provinces so it is likely that they will be spending new years here as well. Venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro is edging brazil and peru to arrest and deport those involved in an attack on a remote military outpost in the south of the country he appealed to brazilian president. Saying the suspects are in brazil with stolen rifles and grenade launches brazil colombia peru and the venezuelan Opposition Leader one guy do have been accused of assisting the attack on his tour on unsealed venezuelan weapons have been stolen in a terrorist attack mr j. Are both in r. O. And these weapons are headed for and are in brazilian territory we demand that the brazilian authorities capture the assailants and that the weapons of the National Goal of aryan armed forces be returned a president ial candidate for ivory coast this president ial election has flown to spain after authorities issued an arrest warrant for a former Prime Minister again charged with what prosecutors called an attempt against the states authority sarah has. Of many Senior Army Figures who previously served as a rebel commander. Iraqs parliament has approved a new law election law to make elections more failed one of the main demands of antigovernment protesters the law gives independent politicians a better chance of winning seats dosage barry is in baghdad and she explains what the changes will mean for voters who are being called a very significant change to the countrys electoral system this article was passed just a short time ago in parliament it includes 50 divisions within its which states that the countrys electoral system will not be changed it was we won that it will be 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 sessions 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 has wanted and that is a system which 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 but was still also waiting for a nominee candidate for the position of Prime Minister that is something that is being very much debated now between the various parties in parliament and they hope to have inappropriate candidates in the coming days with the demonstrators have said that despite all their political wrangling they want to be able to elect their own Prime Minister will have to wait and see how that pans out. Yes present donald trump has jokes about north koreas warning of a christmas surprise if washington doesnt make concessions in Nuclear Negotiations earlier this month pyongyang gave the u. S. Until the end of the year to come up with a new proposal so what happened. Lets see if maybe its a nice president a real surprise and were said to be a beautiful bars. As opposed to a list of thanks. To make it a policy and make it a nice present you dont know you never know. Now faced with rising pollution and Falling Oil Prices kazakhstan is looking to diversify its economy the government is focusing on investing environmentally Friendly Energy projects aljazeera is asama bin javid went to visit one of those projects in caps a guy in southeastern kazakhstan. In this where the heating is needed to survive in cause it is the largest city smoke can be seen billowing from chimneys all around the much needed heating plants are also major contributors to air pollution because exxon has one of the highest rates of lung disease in the region according to the World Health Organization that in this causes 13 percent of all the debts here and its one of the reasons why kazakhstans authorities are looking for healthier alternatives. Like this its one of the largest solar power plants in central asia and is expected to reduce Carbon Emissions by a 150000. 00 tons a year in the early i was solar panel a covered by snow this engineer has worked in conventional power plants for years and says this is the future. Of barrel which there are no rotating elements here all panels are static they do not require constant attention we generate electricity with the sun even without the sun we produce but not as good in comparison with Traditional Energy the costs of creating green energy are great for now but technology is developing and the efficiency of solar panels is growing. The plot became operational a few weeks ago as the day progresses the sun melts the blanket of snow on the panels within hours electricity production jumps. Even in the extreme conditions the blanketed and this nor the new will sources of energy sure that they can be relied upon but economies which are dependent on fossil fuels find it cheaper and more convenient to continue to rely on Hydrocarbon Oil and hydrocarbon exports make up nearly 3 quarters of this countrys income and with powerful oil reliant neighbors such as russia and china trying to change that has political implications as well so the government has set up a department to attract Foreign Investors we had 75. Projects which were already implemented by saying you will interest sources 1st of all at talking about solar power plant when power plant Hydro Power Plant and bio gas knows alliance which has 92000000000 of investments in kazakstan and then we have u. S. Which has iran 50000000000 of investment and afterwards we have u. K. And we also have russia and we have. Switzerland which is in the top of investors here in kazakstan for this vast Central Asian state with a small population Renewable Energy is seen as the future the challenge is finding the fastest way to free itself from its centuries old reliance on call an oil the sun of injury does the syria. Christian pilgrims and tourists from around the world are marking christmas a nice city of bethlehem where many believe jesus christ was born 29000 has been one of the holiest holy cities busiest 2000000 tourists making the trip. Music and prayer joy and reflection from the church of the nativities built over the grotto were christians believe jesus christ was born this was the last Midnight Mass of the decade. Over the 6 months of planning brought the ospina family from columbia to manger square in bethlehem will all provocations a special hour to me in the place where we believe jesus was born odd that i dont know how to bring disowns joy to hide any make it fairer they can not turn out a real christmas. These tourists join a declining population of christians in the holy land experts say in the last century the christian population has decreased more than 15 percent with 1900000 visitors bethlehem is having its best year in 2 decades according to the ministry of tourism and antiquities that may be in part due to the relative calm in the area yet Small Business owners such as Newbuild Jack im and say this is not a merry moneymaking christmas i spent a whole week to correcting preparing for this day and lou i really im a little bit sad dr spending all of this money like this for the 1000. 00 for a great day and i still i didnt have a proper fit the biggest attraction seemed to be the 16 meter Christmas Tree with hand carved nativities tailor made for the selfie age many of those posing for photos were muslim its a very magical players especially with all the different religions. And together here i really relate it really gives me one feeling inside this kind of a message for the world like we are here like we stand to each other like with it we have no conflict with each other the christmas of the 21st century has evolved into something no one could envision centuries ago but christian leaders hope the holy days spirit of good will and peace will always prevail. Aljazeera bethleham. Again im fully battle with the headlines on aljazeera at least 12 people including 60 children have been killed as syrian Government Forces push their offensive deeper into adly province the latest attack was on a school in the town of jo boss where hundreds of displaced syrians had been sheltering Government Forces have made steady gains since launching an assault to retake the last rebel held province last week tens of thousands of Syrian Refugees are fleeing towards the border with turkey ahmed abdul is in on takio with more. The Government Forces ted williams moving towards the city of murat in them on this so you have to be just on its. Own the farms as people have been telling us off. But at the moment is one of the largest problems centers in the last stronghold for the rebels in syria and theres also the m 5 highway which links the muskets the cup little to poor and that is what the Government Forces of course at a loss of. Indias government has approved the money for an updated National Population register which opponents say is anti muslim this follows a new citizenship law thats led to huge protests across the country 25 people have been killed in violence instant always spots 2 days of National Mourning have been declared in booking a fast so after. Tacos killed at least 35 civilians the military says 80 armed men were also killed a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing the attack was launched on an army base in our been in a nearby town violence has increased after the military began an offensive against armed groups in november theres been no claim of responsibility so far for this latest attack the state funeral for areas army chief is taking place despite protesters defying calls for 3 days of mourning Lieutenant General ahmed guide sana suffered a heart attack on monday he was regarded as the most powerful man in the country after a long time president of Devizes Bouteflika resigned in april those are the headlines on aljazeera the news continues here after the streams stay with us. And the differences. And the similarities of cultures of the. Aljazeera. I have i mean again and i really could be here in the stream going on holiday that is something and many people look forward to all yes chance to get away from the stress of everyday life and let loose and a new place but what if that new place is too crowded can you relate whether as a tourist or a resident of a City Catering to tourists share your thoughts with us via twitter or our live you tube chat. Venice barcelona. Q all these popular destinations have become overwhelmed by tourists in recent years and local residents are starting to say