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Powerful rockets. Hello there good to have your company the United Nations says warning of devastating consequences for civilians in it that syrias last rebel controlled province nearly 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces fuel shortages a stopping families from getting away as syrian troops have been moving towards the city of moderate elmo men president Bashar Al Assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas and intensified a military offensive despite a cease fire back in august well it is home to 3000000 syrians many of whom are already internally displaced aid agencies have been forced to suspend operations in the area. And there are fears u. N. Funded humanitarian supplies will stop entering the region as soon as next month unless the fighting ends how do you monopoly on today these areas have become disaster areas we declare them disaster areas in the should be dealt with accordingly should not exempt the International Community regional countries and the guarantor countries of continuing to carry out all of their responsibilities in order to reach not a short term truce because they do not last but to reach a comprehensive cease fire well many of the displaced families are trying to seek shelter in turkey but theyre not being allowed to enter at the border but how does the reports now from. Most of those people have. Fled their homes heading to cities such as. The couplet all of the province others have gone to government held areas of aleppo province but the vast majority of them and from the areas where the Syrian Armed Forces have been. Putting most of their hogs that is the area around. And that strategic city that sits on the m 5 which assads forces are really keen to take from the rebels they have most of them come to the Turkish Border and the voters are not allowing any of the Syrian Refugees to all over the comps are also fooled so they are mostly in the open setting up makeshift comes you know depending on Turkish Charities giving them warm food but they do not have proper sanitation or water or any other amenities wherever they have set up but come. Well retired general mark kimmitt was a u. S. Assistant secretary for Political Military Affairs under president george w. Bush also served as Deputy Director of plans and strategy its uncommon he joins us live from washington d. C. Sir very warm welcome to the program and good to have you with us whats the most pressing issues in terms of bringing this conflict to some sort of a close even if it doesnt happen soon well i think 1st russia and the Syrian Regime must on or the United States the United Nations Security Council russia resolutions are allowing humanitarian aid inside the city the 2nd issue is theres got to be a clear warning to russia that there bombardment of it is in violation of every tenet of. Rules of law land warfare and i think 3rd there needs to be a decision between all parties the turks the iranians the syrians and the russians that the removal of the joe hockeys that are inside of it would must occur but not in the method that its being used now what is the u. S. Position right now. But i think the u. S. Position is to stand back to condemn but not to get actively involved in the situation weve never been actively involved in that sector of syria prefer him to work in the Northeast Area which i think everybody is quite aware of but trying to get the United States interposed inside that area militarily is not the right answer we can continue to advocate the United Nations to use diplomacy and assistance but anything more than that would only make a complicated situation worse so were looking at the rule now of russia and turkey in terms of preventing this crisis in its lead from deepening further what steps should they take. Well theres been a Long Term Agreement between both sides or been a series of short term agreements between both sides with regards to a cease fire but lets be clear the hotties inside of this area have absolutely no motivation to negotiate or to do anything but continue the fighting that theyre doing theyre wrapping themselves around civilian using them as human shields and the russians for their part are ignoring any kind of rules of land warfare and bombing those areas turkey on the other hand has some concerns about were it led to fall that those 3000000. 00. People inside of it would just be more refugees coming into turkey so that in my mind its neither the russians nor the turks that are the key to the solution the key to the solution is the International Community getting involved in this and putting pressure both on the Syrian Regime in russia and turkey for a resolution that doesnt cause massive human loss of life or a humanitarian catastrophe which you say there are would you agree that syria and the will to deal with the situation there has rather fall in the off of the agenda of late does the International Community as we call it have the will to deal with the situation. No absolutely not there has been some noise from the International Community about providing humanitarian assistance for bosher a lot side has been fighting this civil war for almost 10 years in fact more than 10 years at this point it liberal means the last holdout for the opposition and for the jehadi as he sees taking the taking of italy as the final step in restoring sovereignty to the rest of his country he sees along with the russians that this is an internal affair that the World Community should worry about unfortunately Bashar Al Assad has International Law on his side interpret in this as an internal conflict and a Resistance Organization he is the elected president of the sovereign nation of syria so the United States the United States in the United Nations find themselves in a very difficult position retired general mark kimmitt there joining me live from washington d. C. Thank you sir as always for your thoughts libyan Government Forces say warlord Khalifa Haftar as finds us have carried out an air strike at an oil refinery compound its away thats near the border its the 4th attack on the area in just 24 hours maybe as National Oil Company says no one was killed and libyans came out in large numbers and so we are against have tara and his forces his anger after 2 people were killed in air strikes that struck a busy Shopping Center during rush hour warplanes also hit a pharmacy and residential neighborhoods well our correspondent must put up the why head is in tripoli and he says the airstrikes could be in response to the turkish president sometimes men that hes planning to send troops to help the tripoli based government. This collation of the airstrikes by half to the fighter jets recently has been targeting civilian areas residential areas killing and wandering innocent civilians including women and children this could be read in terms of the actions of have to cam anger. Action to the news about the turkish government planning to send troops to live to libya upon official request from the government of national called which is direct ignited by the United Nations recently have to his forces have targeted by air strikes. An area near the oil refinery of zawiya city stand about 40 kilometers to the west from tripoli is until you have to and it has in its cost to be the pilot that was detained or was captured by the proGovernment Forces 3 months ago while he was targeting their locations in eleazar you so after forces are accused of committing war crimes by the Government Ministry of defense which is that said that have to. Strike started civilian areas could mount to world crimes. A u. S. Civilian contract has been killed in an attack on iraq a military base several rockets were reportedly fired into the base near co cook which has us both iraq and u. S. Military u. S. Officials say multiple Service Members were injured but they have returned to duty while staying in iraq where there have been antigovernment protests since october calling desperately for political reform grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani the countrys highest shia religious leader has been critical of politicians for not heeding to the protesters demands but this week he decided hell no longer get involved in politics so our faults and reports are not jeff she is stronghold in southern iraq. As iraq slips deeper into political crisis the one man iraq has looked to for guidance is silent grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani is fridays sermon delivered through his representative usually includes comments on political matters closely watched in streets and halls of government alike this week the cleric announced hed no longer speak on political issues and he passed a cryptic message to iraqs politicians explaining why. If you read history youll find that the problem is not with the people who have wisdom and intellect but with those who dont listen to those who have wisdom and intellect. Clerics close to stanley say his silence is a show of dismay that iraqs politicians are not heeding his advice to start his reclusion comes at a critical time on thursday president barham saleh said he would rather resign than appoint the nominee for Prime Minister danny seen as representing the status quo. What is the point of talking on political issues we are repeating the same points over and over again if they want to get advice theyll find in previous speeches. Its not the 1st time sistan has done this he stopped making political speeches temporarily in 201320162 put pressure on political leaders and. When he pointed response and rapid progress towards early elections but. When he finds little response he resumed giving political price. To stunning may have also grown tired of his words being used to meet political ends Political Forces does take the steps houstonian interpret them according to their interest. Not just has seen some of the worst violence since demonstrations began here 2 protesters have set up camp in the Central Square determined to stay until their demands are met they feel encouraged by cystitis support but unless there is a complete overhaul of the political system they doubt that early elections a priority for psystar any will bring meaningful change. The choice is made by the politicians we want Prime Minister and a president to be elected by the people grand ayatollah ali al assad is listed and dorismond esteem is necessary for the nomination of a new Prime Minister and his the surgeon to no longer comment on Political Developments is regarded as pressuring Political Parties to choose someone protesters can separate to silence also creates a leadership vacuum that some. Here could worsen the crisis somewhat our whole team are just 0. Theres plenty more ahead on the news hour including chiles president signs a decree for a referendum on a new constitution but will that be enough to please protesters flights are grounded in kazakhstan after a plane crashes killing 12 people. That the hype began wilder and fury set the date for their highly anticipated big speech it will happen. In india there have been protests outside the state building about pradesh in new delhi over allegations of Police Brutality 18 people have been killed during 2 weeks of demonstrations against a controversial new citizenship law elizabeth piron im spoilt for the families of some for victims of the sort of the world of the world and a mother overcome with grief and her family in mourning as neighbors come to ziad husseins home to pay their condolences. He says his 20 year old son soon a man was shot dead by Police Following friday prayers last week or other they were going to war but when he was coming back from prayers the police started beating people everyone drown because you had a high fever and the Police Caught him and shot. His son was studying to join indias civil service. He is one of 18 indians killed in the state of altered. In 2 weeks of protests against the new citizenship law which critics say discriminates against muslims in the very rare event of a Police Commandos and maintain officers acted in self defense and to prevent communal violence or it can be every hour a mob there came a point where there was fear of clashes between heroes any muslims on leave we nor how we have to stop that from happening if we had not been there then things would have deterred you had it. But those who are too afraid to speak out say Police Attacked people in their own homes. As a result muhammads larger then tells us police broke into the heart of his brother whos paralyzed and beat the entire family with battens. The police barged in they broke the door and dragged him out of the house they beat him up now hes detained the police have detained around 6000 people in both a position connection with the citizenship protests the volley charge 1000. 00 of them. The people who have. Been inside. The police because of police atrocities. Just the bitch noise sending messages of reassurance to distressed people but Rights Groups say theyre too late by members of a Fact Finding Team who travel to say the police are carrying out a reign of terror on muslim communities theres a dont know what their people are staying up all night in the muslim communities in order to try and guard the walls because theyre so afraid secretary fight either a police raid or a communal attack that those. Activists point out that while protests against the citizenship youll have happened nationwide was the protesters have been killed only in states such as. Which are governed by giving b j p police or detaining any protesters who come to the british house here in the capital new delhi to stop people from speaking out against Police Action in the northern states and civil Rights Groups are demanding the Immediate Release of what they call the innocent protesters arrested by police and they Want Supreme Court judges to order the field investigation into allegations of Police Brutality a little bit more on aljazeera. Chiles president has signed a decree for a referendum on a new constitution in april next year there have been weeks of protests against president Sebastian Pinera the vote was one of the main demands of demonstrators the current constitution dates back to 1980 when the country was under the dictatorship of general augusto pinochet. Lamentable rapids once again with a pencil and paper we citizens in be able to express an opinion and they find the paf so country will take. Borisov and the spec is the founder and editor in chief of chile today and he joins us up via skype from the chilean capital of a one welcome to the program and one year if you will this referendum over a new constitution actually achieve well the idea of course is to to get an entire new constitution that will save the guard the Social Security did so many to laos are looking for at the moment in chile the government doesnt need to provide education doesnt need to provide health care a lot of basic things are things you would consider basic are not in the current constitution so a lot of chileans hope that if a new constitution will be written for children all these new new social importances for people d will be part of the new constitution and will mean an entire new chiller so new constitution is for a lot of chileans a very big thing what about the protesters boris is that a step in the right direction for them i mean this was one of their demands that there should be a new constitution will this go some way to dissatisfying them. Well i mean its one of the demands but of course signing to the creek today was just a formalizing the entire process does was happening already for weeks but no they wont wont d be satisfied because theres been a lot of things that happened over the last couple of weeks that are still not sourced for example the Human Rights Violations so many people who died who got severely injured. d people getting shot in the eyes by the riot police at this moment and. Large protests with a lot of oppression again so the protesters they will continue because they they see now that the protests really they do change something so they were right now look for it for other ways to to get for example to Human Rights Violations punished and boris pinera Approval Ratings i believe can read correct me if im wrong on this are about 11 percent do you think that his presidency can recover from these very serious Human Rights Violations accusations so thats going to be the big question a one side he can right now be to president and under his presidency a new constitution will be written i mean its a chance for him to write history but on the other side i mean theres a lot of blood on his hands for everything that happened during the protests at the end is responsible for the atrocities committed by the army by the police so in some form he is responsible and the coming months all the months until the referendum and everything that happens to death will be very key for his presidency will he be the president of the Human Rights Violations or will he be to president of the new future in chile boris found a speck there founder and editor in chief of chile today sir i thank you. Colombian riot police are coming under increasing pressure over the way theyve dealt with protesters taking part in a National Strike one student has died and many more say theyve been blinded. He has the story a University Student dragged into an unmarked car. Another protester brutally kicked in the face killed by a Police Project since the National Strike started over a month ago colombias riot police known as is mired has been under pressure for its violent response to the mostly peaceful demonstrations. Martial arts trainer alexandra de yes marched in the 1st protest but had been playing pool for 2 hours when he was attacked by the police as he fled the bar flooded with tear gas he lost his right eye after being hit by a rubber bullet. And they didnt care if we were confronting them or not they simply attacked us if it wasnt me it would have been another of my friends because they shot at us directly i felt a rubber ball hitting my right eyelid i saw it on the floor and when i tried to pick it up i passed. The u. N. Commission for human rights in colombia is investigating cases of Excessive Force in arbitrary detentions of protesters and journalists during the demonstrations at least 10 people have lost and i doing protests. Oh you to come out of your seem fine on the surface or lost sight in her left eye i mean there is not the riot police never followed protocol thats why until an died thats why i lost my sight and so on they always used brute force. A month after the killing of dealing crews hundreds of people gathered at the spot where you were its ok to leave the injured there demanding the dismantling of the years my Human Rights Organization say that colombias riot police is responsible for the best ever least 30. For people in the last 20 years even if its supposed to be a nonlethal force opposition congressmen even superior who is supporting a bill in congress to replace the force says the issue goes beyond protocols. The problem in colombia is that during 50 years of internal conflicts the police is always supposed existence of an internal enemy that had to be confronted with violence were living in a historic moment of change in Colombian Society with a peace deal and our institutions need to understand that Security Forces need to change as well or to. Get out or it is in columbia insists that the countrys riot police really violate protocols and actually needs to be reinforced many big names of their actions here beg to differ i listened to. The u. S. Coast guard says the wreckage of a helicopter carrying 7 peoples been signed in hawaii a search began after their craft didnt arrive at its destination on thursday and been touring the not poly cost of kauai when it hit the weather system scattered showers and gusts of wind Emergency Services are currently searching for survivors. Kazakhstan has grounded all but air and folk are 100 flights after a crash on friday left at least 12 people dead the jet came to an airport shortly after takeoff smashing through a wall for hitting a house the cause of the crash is still unclear. Boards. Emergency crews calm the wreckage of the airliner torn in half the main body of the becket barely recognizable its real resting in the field the flight had just taken off from airport bound for the capital nossel town survivors say passengers screamed as the plane started shaking then tilted smashing into a concrete faints and slamming into a 2 story house raisky was worked in subzero temperatures to save dozens of injured including 8 children. In the plane began shaking severely it was a nightmare inside i put my phone in my pocket and taught my safety belt the plane leaned forward it was clear that we would crash into the ground see what you mean we found 2 sets of skid marks on the back of the plane on the runway meaning it touched it twice and mostly those passengers at the front of the aircraft were the ones who died fought recorders have been found and have been brought in for inspection nobody will be left without state support we will provide the needed help to the families of the victims and the injured president kasim caiaphas formed a Government Commission and says anyone responsible for the crash will be in his words severely punished hes also declared a day of National Mourning on saturday because the plane itself is so rugged and well built that they are in very high demand and its very difficult to get a good for 100 to die. And their life seems to go on because if they will mine time and theyve got a very long structural laws the government ordered the airline to ground its fleet of dutch built jets which are more than 20 years old all back air flights have been suspended until crash investigators can work out how this happened alexia brian al jazeera. Still ahead here on aljazeera relying on the kindness of strangers we look at how people in lebanon are coping with an economic crisis and a political stalemate. Also being streamed whether that brought a year of 1000000000. 00 disaster. And last uncertain can the vets and swedish side turn around the fortunes of ac milan well have that. How we got some very disturbed weather pushing into central parts of the United States over the next couple of days down towards a southwestern corner where this little system which has been swirling away thats been bringing some clouds some rain sleet and snow southern parts of california seeing some very disturbed weather ill just make its way a little further eastward since to the Central Plains towards colorado up towards the Northern Plains as we go on through sas day to the south of that were pushing in the winds from the south so some very warm air in place where the teammate were looking at some very big downpours wintry advisories across a good part of those northern states of the u. S. But further east still very warm 13 celsius in d. C. 9 celsius in new york and also in chicago talking to chicago could touch 15 celsius here on sunday a record breaking heat for some about 15 degrees above the average that wessel weather will make its way through the appalachians gradually heading towards the eastern seaboard and notice that little curl of wintry weather central parts of canada down across the Northern Plains as we go on into the 2nd half of the week and down to the caribbean not too bad here its very much a case of sunshine and showers still some very lovely downpours across the western side of the region. A city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here with the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depot structure that maintains the can only project thats what we defuse it was one of the founders of a settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem our rock and a hard place on aljazeera my name is some people say that my feelings are only programmed that theyre not real but if i think theyre real then they are real dont you think south america was designed to be the worlds most advanced autonomous android is one of the more advanced robots in the world can or about feel thats a philosophical question its not a life but you do socially connect on a subconscious level we are creating this new kind of entity. Or knowledge is earring. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera remind of our top stories this hour the United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians in syria is it live only 250000 people have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces. Libyans have come out in large numbers and so we are against a warlord how before halftime and his forces angry at the killing of 2 people in airstrikes if Government Forces say they have to as fighters have carried out another attack of the oil refinery near the chin is the border. Chiles president Sebastian Pinera has signed off on holding a referendum on a new constitution in april next year for the weeks of protests against the government was one of the main demands of demonstrators. Lets return to our top stories the Syrian Government offensive which has left thousands of families home less many are on the move towards the Turkish Border but turkeys president says his country just cant cope with more refugees on its own already theyve taken in more than 3 and a half 1000000 syrians Government Forces and ive focusing on capturing the city of moderate al moumin it sits on a 450 kilometer long highway which links the capital damascus to aleppo and to neighboring countries well to alba saw is with save the children and she says a large number of infants and young people are particularly vulnerable to government attacks and new hope of the population of live is made up of children so this is a big. The population when they have to flee and the current circumstances when so its on its very cold its been raining for days on end they are activities of diseases of you know by not to mention obviously as guides and being wounded or killed according to the u. And 65 children have been killed so far in december and this is a high number compared also to the rest of the year so children are older is the 1st victim of this conflict and you know on a daily basis we use the youth of children being displaced and telling us how its difficult to be probably from home from bias against those schools or in the worst Case Scenario so that sometimes members of the same time of the being is a very dicey situation and what we hear from civilians as it is that they see completely abandoned and now coming to you know its the end of the year people have will use as flag. On what is a 0 on the eve and keep it in its appeal abandoned by the International Community. 3 of americas biggest rivals have started joint naval exercises near the gulf irans whole sing 4 days of warship drills with china and russia in the gulf of oman its the entry point to the straits of hormuz which carries much of the worlds oil imports iran denies involvement in leeson attacks on gulf oil tankers i think i dont muse about the fact that we are now hosting russia and china means that our relations have reached a significant point and god willing it will have global outputs and its message is peace and friendship in the light of unity and responsible collective corp. Big political change is coming in germany anglo markel the countrys leader since 2005 is on her way out and as parties get ready for the battle to replace or the center left social democrats are still struggling to return to their dominant placed on the cave explains that from berlin. There was a time when the social democrats dominated german politics those days are long gone now they are just junior partners in governments dominated by the christian democrats and fewer than one in 6 germans votes for this Peoples Party which is why they espied a recently elected new leaders driven by a more left wing view of politics and a deep dislike of the coalition with Anglo American these are going to spin scepters i was and i am skeptical about the future of this grand coalition i havent changed my mind about that but with this resolution we give the coalition a realistic chance of continuing not more not less. In 2019 the party lost votes in every election it contested and fell behind both the greens and the far right alternative for germany in the polls which explains why many at the grassroots are in despair theyve got targets political operative amounts of lies we need to continue to develop a vision because ours is the only party that works through visions and emotions how much mitt said that those who have visions should go to the doctor and i would say dont contradict how much mit go to the doctor and convince the doctor the nurses and everyone sitting in the waiting room so this party shines as it deserves to carrying the future in its heart. Some say this is not just a german phenomenon but across Europe Social democracy is in retreat and thats why there is this kind of feeling in germany that a lot of things are changing around or people dont see the kind of stewardship the kind of Political Leadership the big year or you know take take the bull by the horns and got into the right direction so i think what is with the needs to do in the next year and a half is to come up with the idea of where germany to be in 1015 years time but its now almost 15 years since an as pay day leader was in charge of government here and with the polls suggesting the party is struggling to reach just 15 percent it seems that few voters want to give the social democrats the keys to this building anytime soon dominic cain aljazeera at the german chancellor. Frances transport strike is entering the 4th week the longest and decades most into city trains are running but commuter traffic is severely limited in paris in fact only a few metal lines are open for a few hours a day the protests over pension reform show no sign of ending Union Leaders have rejected all calls for a holiday truce talks between unions and the government a set to resume in less than 2 weeks to get out of the way i feel the government is in a more difficult situation than it was during the 1995 strikes as we are heading towards a deadlock with the government the government will win the conflict but a lot of Collateral Damage will occur. Algerians are back on the streets for the 45th friday in a row. The protesters have been rejecting the newly elected president of dil majid suborn they want a complete change in government and are calling for anyone linked to the Previous Administration to step. Lebanon has been without a government now for 2 months political deadlock isnt where but it comes at a critical time the economy is near collapse and people are depending on themselves to survive the crisis in order reports or. At least 7 people a day are depending on the generosity of one woman to eat it to their little bottle expects that number to rise as lebanons economy continues to collapse her bakery is offering free bread to the poor dont leave your family hungry is what this sign reads this is one of many initiatives by lebanese who are trying to help each other the young girl asked me if she could buy half a sandwich for the 500 lebanese pounds she had that struck me i realized how people are desperate and hungry my daughters told me why dont you help people and that is what im doing now poverty is on the rise and so is unemployment lebanon has been without a government for weeks politicians are bargaining over power instead of implementing much needed reforms to unlock billions of dollars in foreign aid. The dire Economic Situation is the result of bad economic policies of previous governments their policies failed theres been a lot of corruption in the stolen money from the States Economic crisis isnt its been building up there are no more cases of lebanese becoming homeless because like. They no longer can afford rent she brought her family to this square in central beirut where opponents of the Political Class have been converging for more than 2 months and their attempt to get rid of the political elite. I used to have a house but now my whole family 8 girls and 4 boys including my son in law live here but regardless of this bad situation i feel good because of the care and love i got from people before the uprising i never had this much supports this spontaneous and leaderless protest movement was triggered by government attempts to impose more taxes they now call. Allat a revolution lebanese from across the sectarian divide came together to call for change but this newfound unity is not complete these concrete slabs are a symbol of the deep divide not just among the nations politicians but society as well Security Forces set up these barricades after supporters of the mainly sectarian parties attacked the antiestablishment protesters the barriers make it harder to access the square but they do little to bridge differences indications are this is only the start of what is likely to be a prolonged crisis 7 for their own beard route protesters have gathered along the gaza Israel Border fence for the final time this year protests of wind and in weeks and months as egypt cuts and the United Nations tried to broker a cease fire agreement between hamas and israel organizers say they dont intend to hold another protest until march since 28000. 00 palestinians have been gathering at the border every friday demanding the right to return to their ancestors homes. Los angeles is a spokesman for the great march of return movement and he says regardless of who israels prime next Prime Minister is next years elections they will keep up their demands we are looking at it with government and you know its going to still going to be. Out of the political scene its not i would have problem a lot of problem that we have all right we need to bring all the attention of the all over the world that the scene of suffering hardship suffering been suffering leading a miserable life because of the oppression and because of that i get in as well so that means that now we could say that all the factions all the palestinian groups all the civil communities all united together under one table and the all agree that the right of return is what a great issue and now we believe that continue we continue with the of this peace for. What so called peace for the 10 there with. A lot of the time its going to be part of our want to continue with the on both of our life as well we need managed to the attention of all. Muslims communities that the palestinian are still up to 70 years of. Pulled out of from their Country Original country are still sort of 5 out of still fight are still believe that they have a right to. Sudans traditional government has plans to gradually lift fuel subsidies next year and increase wages for Government Employees from khartoum have organ explains how some of the Economic Reforms could prove controversial recently appointed council of ministers revealed the new governments 1st budget and that is for the year 2020 which had passed late on friday now according to the government there will be Free Education in Public Schools as well as Free Health Care and Public Hospitals and there will be an increase in the pace of civil workers as well as cash transfers to those of low income but where the main focus of the governments budget for the year 2020 comes is on the fuel subsidies the government says that there will be gradual lifting of fuel subsidies according to the former government which was deposed in april following an uprising that was triggered by the economy last december the government pays up to 90 percent of the fuel costs which cost that the government more than 50000000. 00 per week and the minister of finance in a press statement where he revealed some details of the 2020 budget said the change will be gradual so that people on the street get used to it then a. Moment in which we have put down this budget with a response to program the looks into subsidies that allows us to make achievements without letting those achievements go in vain through inflation we recognise the importance of having the fuel subsidies lifted gradually and not immediately. Now despite attempts by the government to assure the public there are concerns that lifting of fuel subsidies will not go down well previous attempts by the previous government in 2012201320 extension 16 all led to antigovernment protests and the 1st rejection to this budget came from the forces of freedom and change coalition that is the coalition that has been leading antigovernment protests since december last year which led to the ousting of former president ahmed bashir and his government in april the Coalition Says that the budget doesnt look into the suffering of the sudanese people which led them to take to the streets demanding a better life to begin with the countrys already facing an inflation of more than 60 percent and more than half of the countrys 41000000. 00 population live below the poverty line so there are concerns that the lifting of fuel subsidies will raise prices of commodities in the market despite an increase in the pace of civil workers and increased as well as an increase in the minimum wages but the government says that it needs to make those are short term reforms to try to improve the economy in the long run judges in says korea have dismissed legal action seeking to repeal a japanese compensation deal for so cold comfort women financial composition was agreed 4 years ago for korean women forced into Japanese Military brussels during the 2nd world war but some women complained to the Constitutional Court that they didnt consent to the deal and they said it undermined their right to seek further reparations from japan. Firefighters in astray are trying to limit the spread of bushfires before another heat wave thats expected this weekend there a 1300 officers in the state of New South Wales are trying to reduce the amount of fuel in bushland of 75 as burning across the state with about half still out of control weeks of rise in australia have killed 9 people and destroyed at least 8000 properties we are seeing the temperatures starting to rise over the coming days were seeing this heat wave starting to move across New South Wales a guy thats going to bring not just the heat have a sense of a strong were going to see the temperatures up into the low to mid fortys across a lot of areas but its going to be a very draw as well so thats going to elevate for dangers and we know the winds are going to start turning around to the west in the northwest which is war so much work has been going on over this last week while conditions are more more out there is extraordinary work going on with with hand to Long Construction far break up upgrades theyre locking in control laws with back burning men and women on the ground doing really difficult work in pretty rugged country but also being supported by a craft in the in the nation has denied that it signori chime as must attention of wego most slims the Foreign Ministry says she met her chinese counterpart to emphasise the importance of religious freedom comes as hundreds of people protested at Chinas Embassy in the capital jakarta over beijings treatments of vs the land or ity human Rights Groups say nearly a 1000000 people are being held in socalled we education census. China has successfully launched one of the worlds most powerful rockets saying its a big step in its ambitions for the moon and mars the long march 5 rocket was carrying a Communications Satellite launched without a hitch unlike the failed mission 2 years ago that was caused by an engine problem china hopes to have a crude space station by 2022 Elizabeth Peterson is an astrophysicist and journalist specializing in space and she says a well there are now 4 nations trying to get to mars this is where of Space Exploration is quite different from the space race of the 1960 s. In the last couple of decades china has come in leaps and bounds so theyve been very much concentrating on their human spaceflight they are trying to build a space station a permanent space station to rival the International Space station within the next decade or so and theyve also sent multiple very Successful Missions to the moon and thats a trend that they can plan on continuing so they definitely come a long way one of the things that people really learn from the apollo era and the space race of the 1960 s. Is that if you try and compete directly both sides lose out so its all about working together or at the very least doing collaborative Complementary Missions so rather than stepping on each others toes pretty much everybody realizes that if they want to go to mars with a big mission specifically a Human Mission then you really need to work with other nations obviously going to mars any kind of Space Mission is very expensive youre talking billions of dollars to the big missions so that is again another reason why International Collaboration is so important because rather than becoming one nation trying to put 10000000000 dollars its 10 missions trying to find a 1000000000. 00 which is a lot more manageable. Now extreme weather hit every populated continent this year bringing death displacement and the enormous financial cost the British Charity christian aid looked at 15. 00 disasters that each caused damage worth at least a 1000000000. 00 well the highest death toll was in india where flooding between june and the top were killed 1900 people cycle and i was devastated zimbabwe mozambique in malawi in march killed 1300 people the highest bill for damages was 25000000000. 00 from wildfires the rabbits the us state of california throughout oktober and november phones fax fi and high give this cost japan at least 20000000000. 00 well Catherine Kramer ruled the christian aid report and she says poor countries still bear the biggest cost of Climate Change and certainly there is a real need in 2020 for all countries to come forward with enhanced and bishan this report to showing that the impacts of Climate Change that were seeing with just one degree of approach will make but the top the pledges that people of that the countries are put forward so far under the Paris Agreement amount to 3 degrees of warming and the kinds of impacts that we would see it that would just be just beyond human imagination but beyond Human Experience i think one of the things that this report shows very clearly though is that the cost get anomic costs that you talked about in your introduction the economic costs in countries that have been short insurance against these losses and as you rightly pointed out the real human cost are in the countries that are very that are a fellow up to the level that dont have the resilience within their countries that dont have the resources to help people build the resilience to to these a climate impacts as they increase a runaway ship in turkey is close one of the worlds busiest waterways. Nervous drivers watched as the phrase a ran aground in istanbul mechanical failure is being. Blame for the mishap in the boats for us the famous Narrow Strait reopened after the ship was told for repair. Amazing pictures there still ahead here on aljazeera peter has this force and hell tell us why paris is the toast of the italian ski slopes. Will. The most memorable moments with aljazeera was when i was on air as host of a back felt with the crowds in Tahrir Square to watch it. If something happens anywhere in the world how does iraq is in place were able to cover news like no other news organizations. Were able to do it properly. And that is our strength. Its time for us boy he is peter thank you very much russia has told the World Antidoping Agency it entirely disputes accusations of manipulating doping data and will appeal its 4 year ban from major Sports Events unless the sanctions are overturned russian athletes wont be able to compete at next years olympics all the 2022 football world cup athletes who can prove they are clean can still compete but only under a neutral flag the case is now heading to the court of arbitration for sport the former sweden strikers the latter an abraham of itches returning to one of his former clubs ac milan and the one time giants of european football have confirmed the signing of the 38 year old on a 6 month contract milan are currently 11th in the italian said they are and havent won a trophy since 2011 abraham of each left l. A. Galaxy last month. And after being stripped of the Club Captaincy arsenal looks set to offload granite shaka to buddhas league aside Hertha Berlin in the january transfer window according to his agent the Swiss International was punished for angrily gesturing to arsenal fans after being substituted against Crystal Palace in october the wolves staged a stunning fight back to be 10 men Manchester City in an entertaining and controversial English Premier League match on thursday so he keeper it isnt were sent over leon for a fell on the ogre jotter but the visitors took the lead a penalty awarded by v. A. R. Was twice saved from rame sterling but the strikers called the rebound the 2nd time around sterling added a 2nd before adama troll or a pulled one back for wolves more late drama followed row humanists equalise before met doc as he grabbed the winner 3 to the final score. To the american champions cork about a case shot are leading the way in putting womens football on the map in the country despite cultural resistance and a lack of Financial Support and National Womens league was founded just over a year ago with a dedicated core of womens coaches and players helping it thrive on a shoestring budget behind the growth of the core team is former player and current coach a talib she said it was harder to be a female player in morocco but believes football can help empower them. Helly there are always you must be better with the Current Group of people players as at the same time the future generation that is why we are working on training them well this will not happen by chance we as coaches are responsible for this training we need to realise this we should not give up arab african and moroccan female soccer players suffer from many problems in crises boxing fans wont have to wait too long into the new year for whats expected to be one of the biggest fights of 2020 on friday tyson fury and the anti wilder confirmed the date of the highly anticipated rematch the pair will meet at the m. G. M. Grand in las vegas on the 22nd of february the 1st meeting a year ago so while they retain his w. B. C. Heavyweight title after the bout ended in a controversial draw it is reported the purse for the rematch will be a 5050 split. Wickets have been tumbling on day 2 of the 1st test between south african england that since youre in 15 of them in total Vernon Philander took 4 for 16 as england were bowled out for 181 thats a 1st innings deficit of 103 2nd time around so africa closed on 72 for giving them an overall lead of 175 to the n. B. A. Where you could on church stole the show for the Dallas Mavericks in a texas showdown concert sure returned to the lineup of the missing 4 games because of an ankle injury and he did it in some style scoring 24 points for the mabs he finished with 10 rebounds and 8 assists and only just missed adding to his n. B. A. Leading total of 8 triple doubles the San Antonio Spurs are ready to school 13 points but it wasnt enough dallas took this 110298. And so they use our jazz Donovan Mitchell scored 35. 00 points and joe ingles added 26. 00 in a game against the portland trailblazers Damian Lillard scored a team high 34. 00 points but fell short all together the jets winning this one. Italian skier dominic para secured a piece of world cup history on friday he won the mens downhill title for a 3rd successive year at the course in bormio in front of his home fans paris took his 1st world cup title of the season switzerlands berry art for us was 2nd and remains top of the Overall Standings and that is where well leave it for now ill be back again a little bit later with another sports news update so you are up to date on all the days sports as you can of course find out much more about the stories we are following on our web site lots of reaction and video on demand from our correspondents around the world that just a red dot com. January on down to 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. Me down 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 an expropriation of family links to the sydneys regime examines it its of a may now be embracing fascist ideologies most believed gone forever with the general election out of the way bricks it is now set and how will the u. K. Proceed with the transition in the coming months january on aljazeera. Closer. Into. Talk to old trees there oh we were told to get to the boat because through all the brochure has this been addressed by you took a listen what does the proposal of a spin for a couple on you know we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the road to 0. The u. N. Warns of the disasters a quarter of a 1000000 syrians escape intense fighting in the last rebel held province. Some of them to be once all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protests in libya against warlord Khalifa Haftar his forces launch air strikes at targets near the china sea and border. After months of protests todays president signs the law for a referendum on a new constitution. Is a. Demanding answers families grieve for those killed in india during protests against the controversial citizenship lol