Us. I was all of a job in kazakhstan and ill tell you how the country is trying to move away from its hydro called with the economy and finding investment in renewable sources. Thank you for joining us at least 12 people including 6 children have been killed the Syrian Government forces push their offensive deeper into it late province the latest attack was on a school in the town of joe boss where hundreds of displaced syrians had been sheltering Government Forces have made steady gains since launching an assault to retake the last rebel stronghold of aid late last week tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the fighting and heading towards the border with turkey and Syrian Government forces are also not closing in on the rebel held city of maharat in adelaide province most residents have already left the area dozens of people have been. Killed and hundreds injured in government attacks on the northwest sin city over the last month. You know i will not solve them i will make god take revenge on each of those who caused this what have we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for mercy ip god to punish them for displacing us because using all of this to humiliating us for gods sake we have big deal to live. Monitor do is following the situation for a sermon tacky on the turkey syria border a desperate situation for those civilians mohammed many of them had fled to other areas of syria to go to ed live and now theyre forced to be on the move once again. Yes indeed fully some of them have been forced to move probably for the 10th or 11th time us some of them have been telling us we been talking to a senior official of it is the main Turkish Charity caring for the refugees and how those who have been near the displays have been telling us that many people whove fled not only from the city of man but also from just sent citizen also from it nip itself the provincial had called says people just a fleeing to the outskirts of the city some of them heading towards the Turkish Border and of the last count according to i attach up to 216000 people are expected to of left their homes in such off the safety many of them lining up along the road building up makeshift structures to ward off the biting cold it is in the middle of the winter and the organization itself is saying that they have not been able to give individual tends to every family but how many to build huge tents with that comedy thing 100 people in town but they say theres a lot of mistrust between those in the inhabitants of the province and those who lead from other areas forcing some of them to stay on their old sides and they are fearing for their health because they say they dont tough for plus an additional access to warm food and leave of course is the last travel stronghold in syria mohammad the Government Troops have been pushing towards the rebel held town of mahratta gnomon what would the government retaking this town mean for the wider conflict. Well not to know is this threat to it is one of the biggest of the unsent is in it live problems its also sits on the m 5 highway which links the muskets that cup little to our left paul just city in. Syria for the government taking button mimms now they would be able to link the toms and cities under their control and then increase trade as well thank you for that mohammed i dont live for us in on taqiyya near the techie Syrian Border and syrian Customs Officials has seize the assets of the countrys wealthiest businessmen its the 1st time an order has been issued for rami mamu fus the cousin of private cousin of president bashar assad has been accused of important products without paying charges and fees the e. U. And United States have already imposed sanctions on mom no food reportedly control 60 percent of syrias economy. In other world news 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 the 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 that also be asked to give details of identity documents voter cards driving licenses and passports the government has approved more than 500000000. 00 in funding for the exercise Prime MinisterNarendra Modis pushing ahead with despite facing backlash over a new citizenship law thats also being viewed as on time muslim in new delhi there are more protests against the law 25 people have died since the violence began when the legislation was passed earlier this month and is withdrawn and joins us now live from new delhi tell us about the protests were expecting today elizabeth after this government decision to approve funding for the population register. Finally were at a protest at Delhi University in the center of the capital new delhi theres a rally being held behind me some of indias most prominent intellectuals and activists are going to be speaking at the rally and already they are talking about this National Population by just it was the government has approved that 500000000. 00 off of funding for so whereas for the last 2 weeks its been against the protests have been against the citizenship or theyve been against this National Register all citizens an exercise that you know many say is that an exercise that was carried out in the states where 2000000 people were left off the citizenship list essentially rented state people across the country say they dont want that and they also dont want the government to spend 500000000. 00 on a population register when the economy is at its worst state in 6 years so all of these issues folly we are expecting and were hearing people talk about them already and we are expecting the protests to continue round the country are these protests going to make a difference made is the government doesnt seem to be backing down you know whats going to happen next who is going to have the ultimate say here. Weve lost our connection to liz piron him apologies for that will hopefully get her back next hour to tell us more about the protests in india moving on into days of National Mourning have been declared in brooklyn a fossil after at least 35 civilians were shot dead during an attack in the north 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 army base and not been to an a nearby town of violence has increased after the military began an offensive against groups in november theres been no claim of responsibility so far they say so they didnt take place so you know 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 canceled. While working a fossil was once a pocket of calm in the region but security has deteriorated over the past 5 years the removal of longtime president bless compiler a doctor over 2014 created a security vacuum which has been exploited by several armed groups as well as homegrown fighters groups from mali affiliated with al qaida and i saw have 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 have speak to our regional correspondent am a dangerous in a butcher nigeria following the story for us so one of the deadliest assaults in brooklyn a fossil these past 5 years what more you hearing for a summit about the circumstances of the state is attack. Well basically what we hear is some fighters attacked 2 locations of course targeting security post the military in particular and during the retreat they killed the 35. 00 civilians mostly women fetching water for their daily routines and in the process the military broke in a process talking about killing 18 of those attackers its a clear yet whether the all the 80 people were killed when i launch in these 2 a title during the retreat and after they were chased by the army so basically what we also know is that many of those killed many of those civilians killed when 5 people whove been displaced by fighting and know the book in a fossil its not just book in a fossil 29 has been a deadly year for the military countries in the region became a fast so nice air force why is the security situation getting worse in a region that has such that has such a high presence of foreign troops to find shops of course and also regional forces. Well basically that are so many factors 1st of all the porous nature of these countries in this hell vast desert areas vast border areas stretching thousands of kilometers and few resources to man them in terms of military commitment tons of civilian and Surveillance Aircraft in terms of money on the part of the Regional Military school been all over the past 5 to 10 years in fact have been overstretched by various conflicts from domestic tribal wars to attach by these armed groups in the region and its not only in these fights that he and countries of mali booking a fossil child and the rest but also if you look at the lake chad we didnt of what stuff it got you find but what on this bin also i think its on tape in terms of attacks i mean increasing its. Attacks in the region and also what i mean sometimes over on a military basis and also targeting more and more civilians in the process recently in the past one week weve seen within 24 hours launched several attacks in in northeastern nigeria although there were the pella by the Nigerian Army we continue to see these attacks always on the increase some experts are talking about the porous nature of the border and also the fallout of the conflict in libya what can easily move into a base to help countries and into west and other parts of west africa fueling this crisis more and more and they were thirtys i mean the militarys here and this region i really really finding it difficult to deal with all these problems thank you for that i am able to supply forests in. The sea funeral for areas army chief is taking place despite protesters defying calls for 3 days of mourning the 10 in general guide sala suffered a heart attack on monday the 80 year old body was transferred to the people where the newly elected president paid his respects i was regarded as the most powerful man in algeria after a long time president abdulaziz was forced to step down in april. Still ahead on aljazeera Holiday Travel destruction in the philippines as typhoon lashes a typhoon lashes its Coastal Region plus. Where it all began battle and those sounds of christian pilgrims from around the world gathered to celebrate christmas. Hello there we have got some very mixed weather across much of the philippines i say mix it is this typhoon cell a very very powerful system this is typhoon its on its way out into the South China Sea but as it does that its actually going to become Even Stronger so by thursday were looking at sustained winds at about 185 kilometers an hour so that would be a category 3 system if it was in the atlantic so still some very heavy amounts of rain could be picking up about 200. 00 millimeters into the philippines over the next couple of days elsewhere to the south across much of indonesia its a fairly patchy rain becoming more widespread on friday sutton across much of borneo that we had down across into australia now we have had some very welcome showers not a huge amount of rain but want to see bits and pieces just on the east coast and so the residents certainly in sydney very pleased indeed and also what this rain will do is with the winds and with the rain it really will help with to clear out some of that pollution so that smoke and haze is just been really in the atmosphere today is now so warm to say 27 degrees no really the chance of that is also war in perth and 30 degrees celsius but cooling off friday in perth still very warm generates much of the great by 39 adelaide and accorded and hobart a 22. 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Comeback our top stories on aljazeera people have been killed by Syrian Government forces push air offensive deeper into adelaide province theyre not closing in on the rebel held city of maharat gnomon indias government has approved funding for an updated National Population register which opponents say is on time muslim it follows a new citizenship law 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 in an attack in the north according to the government 80 of the attackers were killed it happened at an army base and a nearby town. Now thousands of people in the philippines have been left stranded on the christmas break us typhoon fond phone made landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation worse talk in bus terminals of 47 evacuated coastal areas ferrying floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across the central philippines and into the South China Sea by thursday but to be low is in manila and he says travelers are likely to remain stranded for several days. Were outside the main port 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 here this type of phone or local you know enough personal are made landfall in the Central Region of the philippines on Christmas Eve and that has grounded all types 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. My wife wants us to be together. And theres nothing that we can do now the situation here isnt 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 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. He will be spending new years here as well as christian pilgrims and tourists maran the wild are mocking the holiday of christmas in the city of bethlehem where many believe jesus christ was born 29000 has been one of the holy citys busiest years with almost 2000000. 00 tourists making the trip name has our report. 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 6 months of planning brought the ospina family from columbia to manger square in bethlehem. Provocations a special hour to me in the place where we believe jesus was a boy an odd i dont know what it really does sound so i didnt hide any make it fairer they can not tell the 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 call in the area yet Small Business owners such as newbuild jochum and say this is not a merry money making christmas i spent a whole week to correcting preparing for this day and lou i really im a little bit sad after spending all of this money like this for the cause of dollar for a great day and i still i didnt cover pocket for it 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 place especially with the different religions coming together here i reading every level it really gives me a lot of feeling inside this kind of a message for the world like we are here like we stand to each other like with that 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 if washington aim l. Just 0 bethlehem yes present donald trump has joked about north koreas warning of a christmas surprise save washington doesnt make concessions in Nuclear Negotiations any of this month pyongyang gave the u. S. Until the end of the year to come up with a new proposal that will see what happens we will not see a maybe its a nice president maybe its a president where he said to be a beautiful boss. Is a pleasure to listen to thanks. To make it a positive and make it a nice present you dont know you never know russias president says his country will continue strengthening its Nuclear Forces and developing hypersonic missiles until a new arms control agreements are reach at an annual meeting of Russias Defense Ministry vida mejor putin said washingtons withdrawal from a cold war era Nuclear Treaty any expansion of nato with key can sense from moscow he says 82 percent of russias Nuclear Arsenal has been modernized. They go why dont we are ready to work on new arms control agreements but until this process is launched we will strengthen our own Nuclear Forces i mean equipping ourselves who strategic hard for sonic Missile Forces with modern complexes and Strategic Missiles as well as you can use submarines who are our navy and we will continue to work on the creation of other Missile Systems capable of defending russia and its allies. To iraq now where the parliament has approved a new law to make elections fair one of the main demands of antigovernment protesters the law gives independent politicians a better chance of winning seats dosage barrys in baghdad she explains what the changes will mean for voters. There 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 it which states that the countrys electoral system will not be changed it will be one that it will be based on direct voting rather than parties having electoral lists of candidates of a 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. Now were getting reports that a plane has crashed into say mountain northwest of irans capital tehran details are limited but irans official news agency suggests it may have been a military plane or a fighter jets no debris has been found yet an investigation is under way well bring you more information as and when we have it. The leaders of every tree and ethiopia are meeting to try and push forward stalled peace negotiations eritreas president isaias off a where he was greeted by ethiopian Prime Minister mates when he arrived in addis ababa on wednesday the 2 countries signed a historic Peace Agreement in 2018 ending a 2 decade military stalemate but more than a year on uncertainty remains around Economic Cooperation and border crossings in libya at least 4 people have been killed in the latest air strikes by forces loyal to warlord holly for have torn several others were injured when a Vegetable Market was struck in the town of to dura east of the capital tripoli last week have to announce what he called a final offensive to take tripoli. Venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro is urging brazil and the ruler to arrest and deport those involved in an attack on a remote military outposts in the south of the country he appealed to brazils president jalal scenario saying the suspects are in brazil with stolen rifles and grenade launches brazil colombia peru and venezuela as Opposition Leader who have been accused of assisting the attack has. Venezuelan weapons have been stolen in a terrorist attack mr j. Are both in our 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 Bill of aryan armed forces be returned. And brazils president has been released from hospital after receiving treatment for a fall his office says he slipped and hit his head in the bathroom of his residency residence on monday a c. T. Scan didnt detect any damage but he was kept in hospital overnight as a precaution 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 osama bin jahvid went to visit one of those projects in guy in southeast and kazakhstan in this where the heating is needed to survive in cuz it is the largest city smoke can be seen billowing from chimneys all around the much needed heating plants are also major contributors to pollution because exxon has one of the highest rates of lung disease in the region according to the World Health Organization that in this cause is 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 plant became operational a few weeks ago. After the day progresses the sun melts the blanket of snow on the panels. Within hours electricity production jumps. Even in the extreme conditions blanketed in this nor the nubile 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 Hydrocarbons Oil in hydrocarbon exports make up nearly 3 quarters of this countrys income and with powerful oil drilling 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 paul planned Hydro Power Plant and bio gas now is alliance which has 92000000000 of investments in kazakstan and then we have u. S. Which has around 50000000000. 00 of investment and afterwards we have u. K. And we also have russia and we have. Swizzle learnt which is in the top of investors here in kazakstan for this last 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 coal and oil some of enjoy it on the theory does. Play again im fully back to all with the headlines on aljazeera at least 12 people have been killed by Syrian Government forces pushchair increasingly violent offensive deeper into profit and Syrian Forces are not closing in on the rebel house city of mahratta around amman monod i dont know is an anti can either take a syria border with more the Government Forces ted binion moving towards the city of moderate and save to be just on its scots on the farms as people have been telling us off about and none but at the moment is one of the largest of those centers in the last stronghold for the rebels in syria and these also the m 5 highway which links the muskets the cup little to aleppo and that is what the Government Forces of course are lots of. Indias government has approved funding for an updated National Population register which opponents say is on time muslim it follows a new citizenship law thats led to huge protests across the country 2 days of National Mourning have been declared in booking a fossil after at least 35. 00 civilians were shot dead in an attack in the north according to the government 80 of the attackers were killed it happened on the base and not been to and nearby town the state funeral forms areas on the chief is taking place despite protestors define calls for 3 days of mourning return in general im a guy of sana suffered a heart attack on monday body was transferred to the people spotless where the newly elected president paid his respects thousands of people in the philippines have been left stranded on the christmas break us typhoon found foreign made landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports send bus terminals but i phone is expected to move across the central philippines and into the South China Sea by thursday and christian pilgrims are in bethlehem in the occupied west bank to mock christmas. They have gathered to pray and celebrate the birth of jesus christ 21000 has been on the holy cities busiest years those are the headlines coming up next on jazeera life ups. To the old jews there are we were told that it was out between the regime has this been addressed by turkey we listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple of years we meet with global news makers and tweet about the stories that matter to 0. Texts. To help make it easier. But everyones benefit to. Be designed to help make. This see challenges from around the world to visit communities who are missing out. This week life. But also a country where 4 out of 10 people live on