And so families grieve for those killed in india during demonstrations against a controversial citizenship law. A new player in the space race china successfully launches one of the worlds most powerful rockets. A very warm welcome to the program the United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians and it bled syrias last rebel control province nearly 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces feel shortages of stopping families from moving out both syrian troops have been moving towards the city of moderate a low man president Bashar Al Assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas and has intensified the military offensive despite. A ceasefire in august. Is covered they hope to sri 1000000 syrians many of whom are already in turn they displaced aid agencies have been forced to suspend operations in the area there are fears un funded humanitarian supplies will stop entering the region as soon as next month less the fighting and how the monopoly on today these areas have become disaster areas we declare them disaster areas and they 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 all make like a chast the story. Tents go up in the syrian town of dunn are now a temporary hiring for families with nowhere else to go if they fled martel newmont in the south of italy province as Syrian Government forces advance many leaving most of their belongings behind. We fled from the bombardment and came here its a small camp that doesnt really fit a lot of people and the people just keep coming the situation is not. Since the start of december nearly 250000 people have been displaced from the last rebel held area of syria most are women and children many who fled by road for others fuel shortages have stopped them from getting a why some are trying to seek shelter in turkey but theyre not being allowed to cross the border and this comes on top of the displacement figures that we had from the end of april to the end of august where more than 400000 people have been displaced so what we have is a displacement crisis on top of another displacement crisis. President Bashar Al Assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas shelling in airstrikes backed by russia have intensified forcing aid agencies to suspend operations in the area unless the fighting ends there are fears that the supply of humanitarian aid will stop as soon as next month 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 and russia and turkey for a resolution that doesnt cause massive human loss of life or a humanitarian catastrophe the violence goes against an organist ceasefire deal and International Calls for deescalation but the Syrian Government says recapturing the province is just a matter of time because the gauge al jazeera or many of those displaced families a chime to seek shelter in sarky but theyre not being allowed to cross the border mohamed says the reports now from d. R. Bicker. Most of these people have. Fled their homes heading to cities such as said our kid been in the cup with all of the problems others have gone to government held areas of aleppo province but the laws the majority of them im from the areas where the Syrian Armed Forces have been. Putting most of their togs that is the area around about the money and strategic city that sits on the m 5. 00 which assads forces are really keen to take from the rebels they have most of them come to the Turkish Border and the voters as a motor allowing any of the Syrian Refugees to holes all over the comps are also fool so they are mostly in the open something makeshift comes you know depending on Turkish Charities giving them warm food but they do not have proposed that issue or water or any other amenities wherever they have set up but come live in Government Forces say warlord police i have to find says have carried out an air strike at an oil refinery compound in zawiya thats near the china sea and border it is the 4th attack now in the area just the last 24 hours it was National Oil Company says no one was killed and libyans came out in large numbers and so we are against have time 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 our correspondent. Is in tripoli and he says there are strikes could be in response to the turkish president s announcement 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 have to the scam 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 to the oil refinery of zawiya city 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. So after those forces are accused of committing war crimes by the Government Ministry of defense which is that that have to. Strike started to get civilian areas could mount to work crimes chiles president has signed a decree for a referendum on a new constitution is one of the main demands of protestors who demonstrated against the government for weeks the protests continued in the capital Santiago Police tried to break up crowds of tear gas Water Cannons the referendum will take place in april next year the current constitution dates back to 1800. 00 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 define the paf how country will take. A bar a savan the spec is the founder and editor in chief of cheney today he talked to me on skype earlier and i asked him if the signing of the stick will satisfy those protests s. 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 soft for example the Human Rights Violations parents unit so many people who died who got severely injured. People getting shot in the eyes by riot police at this moment and. There are 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 on 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 or the months until the referendum and everything that happens after death will be very key for his presidency will he be the president of the Human Rights Violations or will you be to president of the new future interior. Colombian riot police are coming under increasing pressure over the way theyve dealt with protests in the strike one student has died and many more say blinded. 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. 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 when i tried to pick it up i passed out. 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 in. Oh you to come out of your seem fine on the surface a lost sight in her left eye i mean better than the riot police never followed protocol thats why dylan died thats why i lost my sight and so on they always use brute force. A month after the killing of dylan cruz hundreds of people gathered at the spot heat to leave the injured there demanding the dismantling of 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 the 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. I mean a Simple Police chief in mexicos been arrested for suspected links of the killing of an american mexican family 6 children and 3 women from the mormon sect that originated in the u. S. Were shot dead in the Northern State of sonora last month its believed that they were victims of a drug cartel this chief arrested on friday is suspected of having ties to organized crime. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including a global condemnation the u. N. General assembly both to approve a resolution criticizing me and mars atrocities against the ranger and other minorities a show of dismay iraqs shia leader says hell avoid politics after accusing the government of not listening to protesters demands. That the hike begin while theyre in furious set the date for their highly anticipated b march pizza well have those details later. In india there have been protests outside the state building of 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 per annum spoke to the families of some of those victims the sort 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 for the. He says his 20 year old son son 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 drowned 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 go to the Police Commanders and maintain officers acted in self defense and to prevent communal violence or it could be everywhere they want but there came a point where there was fear of clashes between here doing as many muslims only being. Nor how we have to stop that from happening if we had not been there then things would have deterred you idiot. But those who are too afraid to speak out say Police Attacked people in their own homes. As it is that muhammads larger than tells us police broke into the heart of his brother whos paralyzed and beat the entire family with battens bodies i thought 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. 00 people in both appreciation connection with the citizenship protests theyve only charged 1000. 00 of them. You know a good public reading of government the people here dont seem scared of getting up locked themselves up inside. Many of those have left the police because of police atrocities. Just the police in a bitch nor are sending messages of reassurance to distressed people but Rights Groups say theyre too late by members of a Fact Finding Team who travel to the trip or they 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 fate of either a police raid or a communal attack that those. Activists point out that while protests against the citizenship youll have happened nationwide was protestors have been killed only in states such as to say things which are governed by giving b. J. People police are detaining any protestors 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 india 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 an aljazeera new delhi. A u. S. Civilian contract has been killed in an attack on they were on and they rock a military base several rockets were reportedly fired into the base near cook cook which has 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 answered government protests since october calling for completes a political reform grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani the countrys highest shia religious leader has been critical of politicians for not heeding protests as demands this week he declared he will no longer get involved in politics and more faults and report. A shia 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 an 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 record progress towards early elections based on the. When he finds little response he resumed giving political price. To stun he may have also grown tired of his words being used to meet political ends to fossil 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 stanny 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 boersma listing is necessary for the nomination of a new Prime Minister and his decision to no longer comment on Political Developments is regarded as pressuring Political Parties to choose someone protesters can separate out in silence also creates a leadership vacuum that some. Fear could worsen the crisis throughout our whole team aljazeera not just. The Un General Assembly has strongly condemned human rights abuses against the hinge of muslims and other minorities in me and maher 134 Member States voted in favor and 9 against a resolution its calling on me in mars governments take urgent actions to combat hatred and violence against its minorities General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding me amar also faces a case at the International Court of justice for genocide of the a hinge thousands of people were killed and nearly a 1000000 people fled across the border into neighboring bangladesh after me and maher military crackdown in Rakhine State the u. S. Coast guard says the wreckage of a helicopter carrying 7 peoples been found in hawaii the search began after the aircraft didnt arrive at this destination on thursday it had been touring than the poly cost of. Land when it hit a weather system bringing scattered showers and gusts of wind Emergency Services are currently searching for survivors. Kazakhstan has grounded all back air and focal 100 flights after a crash on friday left these 12 people dead. Airport shortly after takeoff smashing through a wall before hitting a house the cause of that crash is still. Has the story. Emergency crews calm the wreckage of the airliner torn in half the main body of the back edge it barely recognizable its real resting in the field the flight had just taken off from almaty airport bound for the capital no soltani survivors say passengers screamed as the plane started shaking then tilted before smashing into a concrete faints and slamming into a 2 story house raisky has 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 know we found 2 sets of skid marks from 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 flight 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 lot 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 brian aljazeera. Sudans Transitional Government has unveiled its 1st budget aiming to revive its economy after months of political turmoil it includes funds to gradually remove skewl subsidies by next year salaries of employees working in state owned companies will be doubled to keep pace with rising inflation which is reste reached 58 percent the new civilian government is trying to launch a series of reforms after former president while bashir was i was stood last april well from khartoum have a morgan explains how some of those 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 and the president meant 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. But 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 the lifting of fuel subsidies will not go down well previous attempts by the previous government in 2012. 20132016 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 active government 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 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. Still ahead here on aljazeera. Montenegros new property law calls are not growing in the parliament diamond it may bring serbia. Relying on the kindness of strangers military people in lebanon are coping with an economic crisis and a close family. And flattens return come the veterans who need to start turning around the fortunes of ac milan sarah will have all the spots. How the weather remains slushy dry and fine across the southern parts of china a little further south weve got this system still swirling away here that is of course what remains of the typhoon im told thats making its way towards vietnam gradually weakening as it does so will still slow some other way whether its essential parts of vietnam over the next couple of days behind that we still dragging in some rather wet weather there over lose on the showers will tend to fade away as we go on into sunday and by sunday some of the west weather just getting into the southeast of china so hong kong will try to increase the wet temperatures falling away to around 19 degrees celsius down into Southeast Asia well its very much a case of sunshine and showers that improving picture across the philippines malaysia seeing quite a rash of showers those showers extending down into indonesia on the heavy side as well as we go on into the 2nd half of the weekend job could see some localized flooding is a results of that some are looking pretty disturbed but up towards the peninsula dry wanted to show was there into the fall south of thailand so the chance of want to into the far south of india maybe into sri lanka but for much of a nearest dry and up into the northeast dying every cold. Whether sponsored by qatar in this. Speech it strongman is ruling with an eye and faced on the silence from his allies is deafening the us was perfectly happy to trade off the march for sea for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even the only citizens have for them victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you wont hear such strong words from lets say berlin or paris or london in cairo on aljazeera. They want to talk to 3000000 homes with a weapon that was 6000000000 in. Theres no hope of a name or because theres always a small cobbles people. Really really good mr. Bin assonance we in the United States have privatized the old Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. You are watching aljazeera remind our current top stories this hour the United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians in syrias its led province nearly 250000 people have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces chiles president Sebastian Pinera has signed off on holding a referendum on a new constitution in april next year there have been weeks of protests against the government the vote was one of the main demands of demonstrates. Means have joined protests against board honey for half star and his forces angry at the killing of 2 people in airstrikes did mean Government Forces say have ties fights hes have carried out another attack at an oil refinery near the chilean sea and border. Our top story the Syrian Government offensive in its lead which is left i was a familys homeless many are on the move towards the Turkish Border but turkeys president says his country simply cant cope with more refugees on its own already theyve taken in more than 3 and a half 1000000 syrians Government Forces and i focusing on capturing the city of moderate the one that sits on a 450 kilometer long highway which makes the capital damascus to aleppo and to neighboring countries well joel bustle is with save the children she says a large number of intense and young people are particularly vulnerable to government attacks the new health of the population of it is made up of children so this is a big chunk of the population when they have to flee and the current circumstances wintertime its very cold its been raining for days on end they are activists of disease of you know frostbite not to mention obviously. Being wounded or killed according to the and 65 of them have been killed so far in december and this is a high number compared also to the rest of the year so children are always the 1st victim of this conflict and you know on a daily basis we hear of either of them being displaced and telling us how its difficult to be far away from home from their friends from their schools or in the with the scenarios and sometimes members of the same probably being. Very very situation and what we hear from civilians at that is that they feel completely abandoned and now coming to you know its the end of the year people have. You know on holiday on the eve and people in the band and by the International Community. 3 of americas biggest rivals have started joint naval exercises near the gulf iran is hosting 4 days of warship drills with china and russia in the gulf of oman is the entry point to the straits of hormuz which carries much of the worlds oil imports iran denies involvement in recent attacks on gulf oil tankers i think im amused by the fact that we all know 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 united and responsible collective cooperation employed. Hundreds of people of marched in serbias capital against a proper tylo which they say threatens the Serbian Orthodox Church in neighboring montenegro and the loss of religious institutions must prove property type of dating to before 918 critics say this will close Serbian Orthodox Churches a monastery on 20 goes president has criticized the church for promoting proles our policies montenegro split from serbia back in 2006 well more than a dozen posts are being m. P. s in montenegro were arrested after they protested against that new law explains the opposition members being carried out of parliament in montenegro deputies from a processor party came to blows with their rivals just before a law on religious communities was passed lawmakers through what appeared to be a tear gas canister or a firecracker Plainclothes Police wearing gas masks intervened detaining 17 politicians from the Democratic Front to comment on us. We expect that our colleagues will soon be released from custody we will also have a consultation about what to do next how to articulate dissatisfaction with what theyve seen in the Parliament Last night. That dissatisfaction has prompted protests by priests from the Serbian Orthodox Church the big church in montenegro and ordinary citizens there worried the state could confiscate Church Assets under the new law religious communities need to prove Property Ownership from before 1918 when montenegro joined the precursor of the now defunct yugoslavia opponents say the law is aimed at pro serbian situations montenegro only separated from serbia in 2006. Do you know a lot of the donna system is going to stab in church and serbian people we didnt come to montenegro weve been here long ago and were here to stay. Where we now asking. The government postponed some parts of this law which absolutely do not bring peace in montenegro but i learn happiness among people until after christmas the Ruling Democratic Party of socialists denies any plans to seize churches or any of the dozens of serbian orthodox monasteries and other properties in the country. Given gallon teas and assurances that this law doesnt have any hidden agenda its a low any civilised and Democratic Society needs it doesnt endanger anyone it is facility governed by the montenegrin metropolitan it not as a question the status of any priest. The Serbian Orthodox Church in montenegro has called for calm but it says it will complain to International Organizations about what its calling a brutal threat to the freedom of religion barbara aljazeera. Big political changes coming to germany angloamerican countries lee desisted says no 5 is on her way out and a sponsor is get ready for the battle to repay said the sense of less social democrats are still struggling to return to their dominant place dominic came 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 a view of politics and a deep dislike of the coalition with Anglo American the smart underspin scepters us its who 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 police an operative emotions a loss we need to continue to develop a vision because ours is the only party that works through visions and emotions how much smith said that those who have visions should go to the doctor and i would say dont contradict how much mitch 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 but people dont see the kind of stewardship the kind of Political Leadership theyve been here or you know take take the bull by the horns and got into the. Right direction so i think what is with the beats in the next year. Is to come up with the idea of where germany should be in 1015 years time but its now almost 15 years since and its paid a 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 any time soon dominant cane aljazeera at the german chancellor e algerians have been on the streets for the 45th friday night in a row. Protesters have been rejecting the newly elected president abdul mahdi travon they want a complete change of government and are calling for anyone linked to the Previous Administration to step down lebanon has now been without a government for 2 months political deadlock isnt where but it comes at a critical time the economy is near collapse and people are relying on themselves to survive the crisis in a harder reports from beirut. At least 7 people a day are depending on the generosity of one woman to eat it to the 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 it 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 politic. Society as well as 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. Protesters have gathered along the gaza Israel Border fence for the final time this year process of wind and in recent months as egypt cuts on 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 says 2800 palestinians have been gathering at the border every friday demanding the right to return to their ancestors home i suggest is the spokesman for the great march of return movement and he says regardless of who israels Prime Minister is in next years elections they will keep up their demands we are looking at it with evidence 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 palestinian are suffering hardships toppling been suffering leading a miserable life because of the oppression and because of that division as well so that means that no we could say that all the factions all the palestinian groups all the civil communities all they are 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 peaceful. What socalled peace put it in there with the. Bubbling out of it is going to be part of our continue with the on both of our life as will we need these managed to grow the attention of all. Muslims communities that the palestinian are still up to 70 years of. Build out of from their Country Original country are still survive others still fight are still believe that they have a right to. Indonesia has denied that its ignoring chinas mass detention of we go muslims the foreign minister says she met her chinese counterpart to emphasise the importance of religious freedom comes as hundreds of people protested in Chinas Embassy in the capital jakarta over beijings treatment of the ethnic time when minority human Rights Groups say nearly a 1000000 people are being held in socalled Education Centers tensions between china and taiwan have further deteriorated this year and may only worsen in 2020 the results of taiwans president ial election in january could determine whether it continues to resist pressure from beijing to get a fire with the mainland or slowly gives in to it katrina you has this report now from beijing. Taiwan born carefully picks his battles ph d. Student by day martial arts instructor by night the 36 year old cherishes taiwans democracy but. In Mainland China where hes lived for 4 years. Economically and in other ways i think the mainland and taiwan we only become closer the question is form. That question will be answered when taiwanese voters go to the polls on general the 11th independence when is running for reelection and expected to win another term for the democratic progressive party. Had main competition beijing friendly kuomintang candidate you who was leading opinion polls until protests in hong kong reignited fears over mainland influence and the one country 2 systems policy taiwan was always the big prize and it was look how are we going to deal with. A new your going to want to come back to the fold i think about pieces the communist party says reunification is inevitable achieved peacefully or otherwise. We do not promise to renounce the use of force and reserve to use all necessary measures. President xi jinping recently unveiled one of those measures chinas 1st locally built Aircraft Carrier the 2nd in its fleet beijing has continued to ramp up its military presence in the South China Sea and is closing in on taipeis dwindling diplomatic allies she didnt ping has fashioned himself as a great leader of china and how such is determined to leave behind a great legacy analysts say securing chinas role as a leader in the asia pacific and bringing taiwan firmly under control essential to that legacy and a disastrous outcome according to the United States washington has agreed to see. Taiwan fighter jets tanks and weapons infuriating the communist party but china is not taking any action just now do you want to provoke the us to get involved such else you want to take what wait why dont wait a few years. When you or your military is going to be stronger this is the the us which is likely to be weaker too will be watching taiwans election from beijing waiting to see whether the island moves closer to the mainland or further away. Beijing. Well well look into how the latest protests will effect to arc in 2020. Now 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 can communicate and satellite launch without a hitch unlike the failed mission to use a goal that was caused by an engine problem china hopes to have a crude space station by 2022 Elizabeth Pearson is an astral physicists and journalist specializing in space she says overall there are now 4 nations trying to get to mars this year of Space Exploration is quite different from the space race of the 1960 s. In the last couple of decades china has come in 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. Russias deployed its 1st batch of hypersonic missiles that can Carry Nuclear Weapons moscow says they can fly 27 times the speed of sound all that much harder to intercept president Vladimir Putin says the rest of the world is playing catch up after what he described to be a technological breakthrough. Run away ship in turkey schools one of the worlds busiest waterways. Take a look at these pictures nervous drivers watching as the freight ceramic grande in istanbul mechanical failure is being blamed for the mishap in the bosphorus the famous Narrow Strait did reopen though after that ship was towed for repairs still ahead here on aljazeera peter has the sport his house why paris is the toast of the italian ski slopes. Examining the impact of todays headlines you use the misinformation ive used the term by setting the agenda for tomorrows discussion how unique alone is this in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism you have the makings of a little fascist most International Filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs to inspire you. On aljazeera. What was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for our. Society its not about you. Down with allegations that were only to go chill how worried are you that the conditions are still right for another i think they are right join me maybe half an hour by putting up from questions to my special guest and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on our. He said african cyclists with hopes to compete in next years olympics had his arm broken during an altercation in a National Park nicklaus let me with training in Table Mountain when a park ranger stopped him they say he entered a section of the park that conservation and that he resisted arrest south africas environment history has ordered the suspension of all the officers involved well its time for the day sports news yes 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 amidst 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 a latin neighbor him of each is returning to one of his former clubs ac milan 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 ybor him of which left the 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 city keeper edison 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 corker are leading the way in putting womens football on the map in the country despite cultural resistance and a lack of Financial Support a 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. Healthy theyre always you must be better always at 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 and 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 beyond so while the 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. 00 split. Wickets have been tumbling on day 2 of the 1st test between server gaining limits ensuring 15 of women total Vernon Philander took 4 for 16 years in the new boulder for 181. 00 thats a 1st innings deficit of 103 2nd time round so africa closed on 72 for 4 giving them an overall lead of 175 to the n. B. A. Where you could on cheech stole the show for the Dallas Mavericks in a texas showdown. 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 percentage turn your spurs are ready to school 13 points but it wasnt enough dallas took this 11298. 00. 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 switzerland barry art for us was 2nd and remains top of the of the world standings and that is where we will leave it for now ill be back again a little bit later with another sports news update. Now archaeologists in mexico have discovered a large palace which may have been used by mayans more than a 1000 years ago there remains of the building was found in the modern day to a spot of kank could mayan civilization will large stretches of what is known as southern mexico guatemala believes and on jurist. Thats it for meeting with all this it means our nest as a table be here in a moment with much more of the days news but i. 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I dont remember how many times it stopped the way her boyfriend spoke to me and even her aljazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind bars double exile on aljazeera. The u. N. Warns of disaster as almost a quarter of a 1000000 syrians escape intense fighting in the last rebel held province. And this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Chalange carry on with their protests even though the president signs off on one of their demands for a vote on a new constitution. More pressure on me on law as the u. N. General Assembly Passes a resolution condemning a