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And locked and loaded russia says its newest weapon is operational a missile that can travel 27. 00 times the speed of sound. And im lee harvey with all of your sports as the miami heat rediscover their championship form but can they keep the fire burning into the 2nd half of the season. So were starting with a developing story out of somalia where huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people an ambulance official has said 76 people have been killed but many more casualties are feared the car bomb blast in the capital mogadishu was near a security checkpoint it happened during morning rush hour some reports say as many as 90 people may have died and that includes engineers from turkey how to meet also following developments from neighbor. Kenya not know. What more you have at this point. We told the number of people dead for now ranges between 30 and 90 but Officials Say course that number could rise because it was such a big explosion some of the people who have been killed include Somali Police officers and civilians it happened at a security checkpoint used by many people coming into mogadishu so at that time of the day people were going to work and maybe University Students were going to campus and were told a lot of the people whove been killed so far have been University Students officials are now trying to help the injured get them to hospital and then of course the gun try and count the number they did give an official death toll they say sometime later today if that is possible the last biggest attack happened in 2017 when about 300 people were killed so a lot of people on the ground are not asking wired to be the tax keep taking place in mug addition no claim of responsibility yes i believe harder but it wouldnt be unreasonable to start looking towards alshabaab. Exactly has been no claim of responsibility but in the past al shabaab the Group Alshabaab has claimed responsibility for several attacks within mother edition of the parts of the country now officials are a lot more precise to try and stop these attacks from happening whoever was responsible for todays attack the under pressure to explain why it happened why they cant contain the situation the fact that this attack happened at a security checkpoint where you would think it was a lot of security at that place and they still managed to come that close and the officials couldnt do anything about it is worrying some people on the ground some people say the target could have been a building next to that checkpoint that was being used by some Government Troops the question now of course is is what happens next alshabaab for the most. It was pushed out of mogadishu but theyve been managing to come back here and there to attack security checkpoints and hotels the question now is beefing up security explaining what happened and of course the tending to the engines just to be clear about something how do when you say security checkpoint this is one run by Government Military or is it in conjunction with the African Union or the African Union still has a presence there. Yes yes going to have a prison stay and they do do regular patrols and try to i suppose contain the security situation in mogadishu in other parts of the country it seems the checkpoint was manned by Police Officers but there was a building next to a government keeps would be they use it for their own official business so there was a lot of security in the area but again like i say they have managed to come in. Today and attack not just the security troops but also civilians and they bear the brunt of all of this imagine they were coming into work going to university go to campus to learn and you dont make it because of this explosion so a lot of people now are concerned about what is going to happen next can the government actually protect civilians and what theyre going to do about security in mogadishu awful isnt it i thank you for those updates heart of my chances in nairobi for us just to expand on what we were talking about with regards to claiming responsibility attacks like this are often claimed by the on the Group Al Shabaab and it does raise concerns about the readiness of somali troops to take over from the African Union force in the coming months somalis been rocked by conflict since 1901 that was when clan warlords overthrew the former leader. And then turned on each other. Was formed in the late 1990 s. Its trying to topple the government it wants to create a state under its own version of strict islamic law it already controls parts of somalias southern and Central Regions balls pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but continues to target hope high profile areas such as in this case checkpoints and hotels as well it was blamed for and how to mention this the double truck bombing in mogadishu in october 27th team which killed more than 500. 00 people blamed for that but didnt claim responsibility we should say we have got. A on the line now research at the Heritage Institute for policy studies in mortgage issue up to thank you for your time would you suspect anyone else but al shabaab in an attack of the scale. I mean thank you for having me usually this kind of attack on the scales is an act of terrorism and. They have not been any official claim on the part of al shabaab but i think. A clear indication of the brutal attack over the last 8 years in somalia. Has acquired a major. Significance for somalia in terms of the loss and the death toll so so far we have not yet come from to but i think really quite a deadly day for somalia this would be the biggest attack in in a long time but. These types of attacks continue im thinking you know only 6 months ago when the mayor of mogadishu was targeted and he died in an attack because well. It just doesnt get any better and youve got African Union troops potentially leaving at some point. I mean i think we need to d 5 need to know that you know shabaab is really taking a kind of an extra metrical what i think is not a conventional war well by the 2 major. Fighting on the street but its very as symmetrical kind of agree a lot of where the terrorists turn 18 you know major attacks and inflicting a huge concert. By this calling. 4 laden exposed so it is it is actually a very if the metric war a war that has very difficult to be in the coming. Years and also we have to also remember that over the last 6 months i mean. The level of the pace of attacks has actually. Dropped down quite dramatically thanks largely to. 3 the organized themselves but again. 8 you dont expect it to happen especially in the christmas day. You know saddam has been known for the attack. Doing the christmas and any kind of a major effect of all this was actually was coming one way that the wave but not discount the i came on to thank you for that just an update as well we are hearing medical sources now putting that death toll at 76 and 70 injured severely quickly that death toll rising the latest from medical schools and 76 killed 70 injured in this car bomb attack in mogadishu the United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for the only remaining rebel controlled province in syria after years of attacks and now 8 months of syrian and russian it strikes a ground offensive intensified 2 weeks ago troops of seize towns and villages will sunni a quarter of a 1000000 mostly women and children to seek safety anywhere they can make a gauge as our report. Tents go up in the syrian town of town 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 that. Since the start of december nearly 250000 people have been displaced from youd leave the last rebel held area of syria most women and children many have 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 in russia and turkey for a resolution that doesnt cause massive human loss of life or a humanitarian catastrophe. Paula. The violence goes against an orchestra ceasefire deal and International Calls for a deescalation but the Syrian Government says recapturing the province is just a matter of time become a gauge al jazeera many of the displaced families are trying to seek shelter in turkey but they dont mean a lot to cross the border mohamad to report on that from here most of those people have. Fled their homes heading to cities such as a kid been in the cup with all of the province others have gone to government held areas of aleppo province but the vast majority of them one from the areas where the Syrian Armed Forces have been. Putting most of their hogs. Around. And the 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 woods the Turkish Border and the voters are not allowing any of the city and for years to hold all the on the comps are also sule so they are mostly in the open setting up makeshift calms 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. Heres whats coming up for you on this news on the plane crash survivors in kazakhstan describing what happened just before impact also more on the miles 2020 rows that are sent to pave the way for manned missions to space and the 11 year old skateboarder trying to make it to the index has that and the rest of the sport at about 10 to the hour. Now u. S. Contractor has been killed in an attack on an Iraqi Military base several rockets were fired into the base near cook that houses both iraqi and u. S. Troops several Service Personnel were also injured Simona Fulton has more from baghdad on that attack. Lets attack occurred last night it was several rockets inside the k. One military base which houses both u. S. Forces as well as iraqi forces and this base is used to launch important operations against against i saw who have staged an insurgency in the surrounding mountains now this is just the latest in a spate of similar rocket attacks but its the 1st time that were actually seeing u. S. Casualties there has not been any responsibility attributed to this but officially one member of the u. S. Coalition told me that it bears similar whore marks to previous attacks which were attribute it to the iranian backed armed Group Hezbollah now the secretary of state max pale said on this 113 any such attacks would be met with decisive force so it remains to be seen whether following these u. S. Casualties there will actually be such a response of course this raises great concerns here in iraq because its supposed to be the Iraqi Government to actually protect u. S. Forces based here and the government did promise an investigation but on the part of u. S. Forces they simply feel that with the increase of such attacks they may need to protect themselves and of course there is a real risk that should the u. S. Respond there could be an escalation here on the ground between u. S. Forces and iranian backed armed groups. Shanahans with us now on skype from sydney he is a Research Fellow at the Lowly Institute institute for International Policy roger just to build on what someone was saying without stating the obvious the stars escalate things and rocket attacks sustained rocket attacks are one thing but when a u. S. Contractor loses their life it ups the stakes. Certainly and i think theyll be a lot riding on the investigation or the inquiry that u. S. Forces will be doing inside iraq because that allows the determine the next steps that the u. S. Authorities are going to have to take where they flow of foreign secretary of state on those threats or where there are books to attribute this to Islamic State or whether its indeterminate but the investigation is really the next step in this matter regardless of who is behind it is it vague capitalizing on a moment of weakness because the protests have really taken over iraq for the last few months the political situation is no better arrived at the Country Office so many years of being vulnerable seems even more vulnerable well again were going to turn and who you know who launched this rocket attack its obviously. Showing the interests of Islamic States also tension a sunni interested iranian backed militia forces in iraq as well so the motives behind a potential attack a common to both threat groups for the americans so. Really these are large u. S. Target to attack and so really going to have to weigh into is going to be more if meissen from the u. S. Authorities step aside but still just to build on this point about and i guess this is more widely talking about iraq the weakness in the country at the moment can you see any obvious way out or something which will which will strengthen the government which will strengthen the peoples belief in their leaders. Well as you pointed out you know a well functioning government that can full control over. Security within the country would make these kind of attacks. If not impossible then very difficult to and to take or say no ratcheting up in the number of. Attacks directed against u. S. Targets in particular from iranian backed militia groups in iraq. Until we get some kind of. Solution to iraqs political problem that is well to the population in general until we get a reduction in that growth crushing iraqi politics until we get some kind of unity in the country and the reality is that youre going to have to expect more fracturing around the edges and same today. Roger shannon joining us from sydney talking about the latest situation in iraq thank you roger do appreciate that my pleasure. The libyan warlord before have to carry out an air strike on the city of zawiya 45 kilometers from the capital tripoli and an Engineering Institute in a Residential District was targeted the 4th strike on the city in just 4 days earlier libyas internationally recognized government said it had pushed half to its forces away from an area near tripoli airport destroying some of their military mahmud are the one who has more on the latest fighting now from tripoli so. There is fear among residents in especially in the neighborhood. Were the random rocket launch and they have to as forces landed that last night killed one civilian and injured other 6 civilians including one child that is less than 6 years old according to medical sources in the capital tripoli as the clashes are becoming near the residential areas it is fear among civilians of potential human casualties and a huge influx of displaced people as you know that over the past few days have to as forces have been advancing taken control of the locations in and around the. Quarter of the migration of 30 in southern tripoli needs aladdin neighborhood meanwhile the Government Military sources have posted a video showing what they call a number of have to the fighters taken captives by the Government Forces also the Government Military sources say that theyve managed to repel an attack by have to his forces to take control of the airport road in tripoli. The United Nations General Assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rangar muslims and other minorities in may and 934 Member States voted for the resolution calling on me and myles government to combat the hatred and violence against minorities. Is also facing a charge of genocide to get at the International Court of justice thousands of rango were killed in a government crackdown in the kind state back in 27. 00 saying and nearly a 1000000 more fled to bangladesh meanwhile as ambassador to the United Nations told the General Assembly the resolution will only worsen a complex situation the drop feel to recognize the real situation on the ground and refused to appreciate the efforts of the government and the people of myanmar in search of a comprehensive and lasting solution to the multiple challenges inherited from previous restrictions since independence the driver solution as it stands. Trust and will create a father polarization of different communities in the region it would only be due to mental to the process of liberal tradition as well as the peace and harmony in rakhine. Benjamins of arc is the Southeast Asia analyst who we heard from and says this Un Resolution is too late and it lacks the legal weight to trigger any international action. You havent 9 nonbinding non legally binding General Assembly resolution 2 years late that simply expresses condemnation for something thats now 2 years in the past and urges the myanmar government to take actions that it has repeatedly indicated that it is unwilling to take so no its very difficult to see how this resolution could be of any concrete benefit to either the. Refugees who fled into bangladesh or for the some 400000 or so estimated ranges who remain in myanmar and remain at risk of further genocidal attacks the sad part about him is that the u. N. General assembly the same body that issued the resolution recently passed the responsibility to protect unanimously in 2005 which makes abundantly clear that when a country is either unable or unwilling to protect its people from genocide crimes against humanity and other Grave International Crimes that it is the collective responsibility of the International Community of Member States to take appropriate action to ensure that these crimes are not committed again and yet issuing a resolution 2 years after the fact does not constitute the kind of action that the General Assembly should be taking the resolution should be stating that if genocidal attacks continue that you know Rational Community is prepared to take military forceful military action to stop and punish the genocide in the end but unfortunately the the resolution didnt say that and sadly few Member States of the u. N. Are willing to take that action. Hundreds of protesters have stormed a Shopping Mall in hong kongs northern New Territories near the border with Mainland China theyre angry over the practice of mainland chinese crossing the border to buy goods in hong kong demonstrators say its just up to the local communities these protests have been repeatedly held in hong kong for more than 6 months against chinas increasing influence in the region Florence Louis is among the protesters in hong kong and says this demonstration is different to up as seen in the past 6 months this protest here is partly an offshoot of the main protest movement thats gone on for 6 months in hong kong but its also partly to protest against the practice of our now trading compound all trading is a practice where shoppers traders come and buy goods in hong kong in bali and then resell them for profit in Mainland China a majority of these traders are mainland chinese its a practice that locals if you destroy the social and Economic Life its called shortage of goods its driven the prices of goods and hong kong people im happy about this practice so this is what this protest is about now weve seen the shutters in this Shopping Malls shut as soon as protest is moving its really not had protesters the peace that mainland chinese now in these protests that have gone on for the last 6 months the anger against the hong kong and Chinese Government and now is the window into anger at coming in and trying these people as well and weve also seen riot police move into the Shopping Mall and arrest shoppers now and the whole idea of this protest is to cause economic disruption in a bid to force the government to take notice of this protest movement and to meet the protesters demands now its also aimed at causing disruption to an Economic Activity that protesters see as lamely beneficial to mainland chinese and your people are calling. A time navy seal involved in the dramatic rescue of 12 young Football Players and their coach from a flood. Last year has died officer barrett boudia contracted a blood infection during the rescue operation he had been receiving treatment of the past year but as conditions worsened another rescue a former navy diver sergeant someone during the operation in chiang rai province. Plane crash survivors in kazakhstan have described how the jet shook uncontrollably and suddenly lost altitude just after takeoff the back and flight crashed through a concrete wall and demolished a house near almaty airport fridays crash killed 12 on board and injured 54 some of them critically there was no fire which added to the chances of survival the Airlines Fleet of fucka 100 aircraft are now grounded while air accident investigators examine the wreckage yet in the Current Issue of the plane began shaking severely it was a nightmare inside i put my phone in the pocket in tightened up the safety belt tightly and the plane leaned forward it was clear that we would crash into the ground the bang was strong and the lights went off some were alive some when not. In a moment a check on the International Weather with kept our boat and then also ahead. And unholy rao a new law on Church Property in montenegro isnt going down well with the neighbors. Also looking at the challenge ahead for the german chancellor she tries to secure Party Support despite bowing out of politics and the sales the stars the 75th city doha about rights comes to an end they will have news of the winner in school. Well as we close out the year here is no in north america we are watching this one developing storm here across the southwest of this is going to affect much of the country has already seen a lot of rain out here in the west a lot of snow as well but i want to take you specifically where you see these clouds in texas this is lubbock take a look at what happened because of the very dense fog you can see. See this truck out of control because a big traffic jam afterwards luckily theres only a few injuries no casualties but you can see all the damage and you can see that very low visibility they were dealing with still a big problem with fog right here but thats not the only thing today it is going to be the rain its going to be the snow here across much of the Central Plains as we go towards tomorrow the snow really increases widens out starts to move towards the north in this area right here we could be seeing anywhere between 40. 60 centimeters of snow and then of course we go towards new years eve and that rain starts make its way towards the north as well as towards the east for the big new years celebrations here in new york as well as atlanta chicago well new york is going to be a very messy day only getting to about 40 degrees so its going to be quite a mess there in times square atlantas going to be quite nice clear 8 degrees there when the peach falls and over towards chicago were looking at a messy mix of rain as well as snow as well as a lot of wind in the forecast there. The weather sponsored by qatar in. Day one of a new era in Television News we badly need at this moment leadership and felt this encampment that were in today it didnt exist 3 weeks ago now theres at least 20000 or hinder refugees who live here. I got to commend you all im hearing is Good Journalism president Hosni Mubarak has resides after all the lies the attempts of cover ups Jamal Khashoggi his loved ones want some form of closure people are suffering people on dying entire School Systems the club scene we are in the beginning of a mass extinction we saw the syrian armys flag voice that high in the city was here before but. Its a good cinema song that was a 100 meters away from the front line but such rapid rapid out quickly. Breaking news of this hour on the news hour is the huge truck bomb in somalia is capital it has now killed at least 76 people according to hospital sources an explosion that happened near a security checkpoint in mogadishu and mold and 70 others of the search have been. U. S. Contractors been killed in an attack on an Iraqi Military base several rockets were fired into the base near kirkuk houses both iraqi and u. S. Troops and the libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has carried out an air strike on the city of zawiya 45 kilometers from the capital tripoli and Engineering Institute in a Residential District was targeted the 4th strike this was on the city in just 4 days. The u. N. Special envoy to yemen is making his 2nd visit in 10 days to the capital sanaa iran look not impressed with more fighting at the port of the main entry point for much needed aid for millions of yemenis threatened with famine few in suppressing who the leaders to agree to talks aimed at ending almost 5 years of war and now talks have stalled since the Stockholm Ceasefire agreement which was one year ago right place in colombia are being accused of firing rubber bullets to deliberately blind antigovernment demonstrators dozens of lost their sight during National Strikes early this month and a student protester was killed as well. He reports now from bogota. 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 it has been under pressure for its file into response to the mostly peaceful demonstrations. Martial arts trainer. 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 in. You to come out of your seem fine on the surface the last site in or left i mean there is the riot police never followed protocol thats why until an aunt lost my sight and someone always used brute force. A month after the killing of dealing crews hundreds of people gathered at the spot. To leave the injured there demanding that this mantling of the. Human rights organizations say that colombias riot police is responsible for their 34. 00 people in the last 20 years even if its supposed to be a nonlethal force opposition congressman who is supporting a bill in congress to replace the force says there is. Issue goes beyond protocols. The problem in colombia is that during 50 years of internal conflicts the police has always supposed the 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. Get out or it is in columbia insists that the countrys riot police rarely violate protocols and actually needs to be reinforced many big names of their actions here beg to differ alison. Chiles president has signed a decree to hold a referendum on a new constitution in april this is one of the main demands of the protesters have been demonstrating against the government for months but people were out on the streets again on friday in the capital Santiago Police trying to break up crowds with tear gas and water cannon the constitution itself goes back to 980. 00 and the dictatorship of general augusto pinochet. Look i mean once again with a pencil and paper we citizens and be able to express our opinion and they find the pof the country will take. Now russia says it is deployed a new Hypersonic Missile which some defense analysts think could be the latest sign of a new arms race the weapon reportedly flies it 27. 00 times the speed of sound and can carry a Nuclear Warhead the russians say the Intercontinental Missile can make sharp maneuvers in the atmosphere making many Defense Systems useless because they can intercept them russia says it secures its position as a world leader in Hypersonic Weapons the u. S. And china though say they are developing similar systems we have got with us now defense analyst and columnist on skype from moscow its nice to see you pavel hypersonic what is so special about this and if its going at 27. 00 times the speed is down how much faster is that than a quote unquote conventional missile. Oh no this is early conventional missiles have the same speed and actually this is not a new this is a no soviet missile known as nato as s. S. 9 d. But this is old misawa. Produced and there were during the cold war so to bring in brand new war head. Socalled reentry vehicle thats going to fly not by a ballistic trajectory where he goes back from space and there is react messier but will perform different on that rat it maneuvers to battle possible miss out a bad system so this is a new war with a new with an old beside the rushes the robot new missiles thats thats a fact but theyre not not yet deployed right so short story the right out if i use a generic term like that right i cant keep up with a missile like this its zigging and zagging and moving around and and will evaluate if the radar will see it but the interceptor will have problems to do that when its maneuvering at such price. Got shipped so tell me about the us and china you mention them before there are others they are developing at are they close to the sort of technology as well doesnt represent as some a saying the start of or another facet of an arms reiss. Well it is a nonserious developing right now between russia china and the United States at the buzzword this hypersonic speed of course. Reentry vehicles travel that the saints need before but now its a different kind of missile being developed its not yet really threatening in that sense the strategic balance they deterrence but it hasnt but then surely the arms race that bell ups announced new weapons that are in china and russia and america theres going to be oh so the stable as a nation thats a very politically speaking this is good for Vladimir Putin isnt it its something he can actually point to and say look were at the cutting edge here and it makes russia. More powerful oh yes and turn oh a message just going very very strong on all the russian t. V. And other propaganda out where that this is russia is number one in the world that we have weapons that no one else has which to some extent that is true and that this sounds good for the russian people. But also the. The actual military properties how much of this risk we the russians are at the i somewhat questioned by experts but little but well get those down well and also of course in the United States many experts and it will be also blowing out of proportion the russian achievements because they have their own agenda to present to congress and to the public that theres a russian threat the russians are and that means they should get more money from the budget to catch up. Such a result should we. Its a strange question paul but should we be worried i think view is listening to us talking about a missile that can evade detect not sorry not to tension but if you know difficult for it to be shot down it doesnt sound worrying a lot the problem is that right now the United States doesnt have a compress and so i missed out of this france shield nor does russia has bought so the conventional warheads that you have to use to date gad penetrate basically also without evidence at least a massive blast that russian or american warheads that you would count on thousands cannot be intercepted anyway so the introduction of this the admin guard doesnt change the balance significant weight and thats where russia is that way just that were in one place and one base but the well arms race thats really the stabilizing and other weapons made here that made it very this. Puzzle fellow well its a pleasure thank you for your time thank you now criminal gangs in mexico than the tourists for Drug Trafficking cocaine trafficking but they are now switching their attention to something with a much healthier reputation avocado fama save a 1000000000. 00 business is being wrecked by kidnapping and extortion gangs profits are growing along with u. S. Consumers appetite for mexican avocados the story now with john home and. The western world and in particular the United States is go mad for avocados within the last 20 years the average consumption there has more than tripled but if you are an american 18 minutes can have a car those on toast or in your guacamole dip its possible not over the profits are heading to the right hands. Michu a can make the heartland gangs a hijacking the industry extorting and kidnapping produces stealing trucks with their crop. Its widespread in lucrative theres a reason they can this green gold. But most grows it too scared to speak out it took weeks for us to persuade this man before they started by asking me for more money perfect hair they came to the farm and said whos the boss we want you to contribute that was 8 months ago he stories coleman eventually different groups were all asking him for protection money and paying them couldnt keep him safe the political role some guys grabbed me and kidnapped me in their truck they beat me and broke my head open i told them to stop hitting me that i would get more money together the state Anti Kidnapping unit rescued him but after more than 40 years of growing avocadoes now everything has changed real roots through a lot of. My workers my children my family we dont have any protection now i cant go to the orchard because there are many more people that beat me. But the 2 account has increasingly become the battleground of a collection of criminal groups as in other parts of the country they branched out from complicated transnational Drug Trafficking to something is simply preying on the local economy. Its affected mining lines local businesses i mean talk comes pacifically is a mutation of what was once trucks trafficking im def mutated into a model where the control territory within the territory you get to school. Hes out any type of commodity thats locally available so it still includes drugs but its also about extortion kidnapping its useless it seems for the victims to turn to authorities you cannot be sure if you talk to mexican functionaries if you talk to the mexican state that you doing so will not be leaked to the criminal forces because in many times the criminals are in accord with. The state forces. Its a Bleak Outlook for an avocado industry that should be enjoying the current boot. John homan now does it a mexico city. Supporters of the Serbian Orthodox Church have protested in the capital belgrade against a law passed in neighboring montenegro critics say that religious property law will force the closure of churches and ancient monasteries montenegro split from serbia back in 2006 negroes the president criticizes the church for promoting pro policy. Police in montenegro arrested proserpine m. P. s who were attempting to stop the vote on the news now has more on that 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 come with 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 weve seen in the Parliament Last night. That dissatisfaction has prompted protests by priests from the Serbian Orthodox Church the 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 918. 00 when montenegro joined the precursor of the now defunct yugoslavia opponents say the law is aimed at pro serb institutions montenegro only separated from serbia in 2006. 2 youre not. Going to stop being chechen serbian people we didnt come to montenegro weve been here since long ago and were here to stay. But were now asking that the government to postpone some parts of this law which absolutely do not bring peace in montenegro but then happiness among people until after christmas is 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 any. 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 deal barbara al jazeera. More germany now where 2020 should bring a year of relative political calm with anyone states that hold elections what that does though is give the countrys main parties time to take stock after a surge in support for the far right and chancellor Angela Merkel bowing out of politics at the next federal election should lead to figure out how to transfer her popularity to the next party leader when it came as this from berlin. Political berlin at the turn of the year is a ponderous place the present parliamentary term is more than half way through the Current Coalition of christian and social democrats continues but its clear this is a loveless marriage unloved by the voters Angela Merkel is still chancellor more than a year since stepping down from leading her party she remains by far the most popular politician in germany far more popular with the electorate than her party and as the end of her mandate approaches increasingly shes concentrated on Foreign Policy goals such as they were the conflict in ukraine is that guns often does and because they have a lot of work today but my feeling is there is goodwill to resolve difficult questions and this goodwill is always needed if you want to solve political problems. But theres little sign of that goodwill on the domestic front her preferred successor and im glad to come has struggled in the spotlight recently calling on colleagues to back her or sack her as party leader in the end she got the endorsement she wanted but faced renewed questions over where she stands politically it was a compromise not entirely clear where she wants to steer the party but its clear. That many have question marks whether she has what it takes to be child thank the christian democrats fear a twin challenge from right and left. How to claw back voters who deserted them for the far right alternative for germany in recent years one simple taney asli steering a course which can keep them in the Political Center for in 2019 a green wave swept across the country propelling that party to around 25 percent in the polls and allowing it to make life increasingly difficult for the present government there are 2 did i cannot say what i dont know you didnt the medical area is clearly coming to an end and a new era begins and the question is who is setting the course for this new era we want to help set the course we are campaigning to be the ones to shape the new era and so germany finds itself in a peculiar position right now 2020 is a year in which the politicians can draw breath far enough away from the general election for the main parties to prefer to stay in government but close enough for them both to worry about who will lead them into that election and angloamerican remains the unlikely glue that binds them together for now dominant came out berlin. Now work on a nasa robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of its journey to mars next year to search for any evidence of life joe out of silver reports. A small step in the lab or a tree before a giant launched into space if all goes to plan this rover will touch down on the red planet in february 2021 its mission to collect samples from mars and try to find if there are any traces of microbial life back billions of years from here on out its its a test test test test in everything we possibly can shake you know the bugs to make sure that weve got a reliable system to send to mars. To mars 2020 row Police Currently in 3 sections and being constructed in this terribly vironment outside of los angeles it will be sent to the jazz a crater which scientists believe was once the bed of a lake and could hold martian fossils if they exist what we do in this room is we make sure we have a strict clean room protocol so that we are not sending not contaminating our vehicle so that we can preserve the science that we are interested in learning about as well as searching for life it will also prepare for possible human exploration if successful it will be not his 5th soft landing of a Martian Rover when we landed as a rule were going to use a new landing capability that gives us a hazard avoidance. Function that allows us to land safely which future missions. Can also take advantage of. China also has its eyes set on space it has successfully launched one of the worlds most powerful rockets saying its a big step in its ambitions for the moon and mars its ambition is to have a crude space station by 20221 of the things that people really learn from the apollo era and the space race in the 1960 s. Is that if you try and compete directly. Sides lose out so its all about working together or at the very least doing collaborative Complementary Missions working together or alone the space race is about to reach new frontiers join the silver our dizzier supporters coming up for you on this news hour including the most decorated gymnast history added to a long list of achievements of the details. My name is some people say that my feelings are only programmed that theyre not real but if i think the real 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 around but feel thats a philosophical question its not allowed but you do socially connect on a subconscious level we are creating this new kind of entity. Or knowledge as earring. The brazilian economy is booming but the deep divisions still exist between the haves and the have nots in a country where smartphones have become a part of everyday Life Technology help reach to get. The serious the challenges developers to design acts for a better world travels to real dish a meeting and meets the young people tasked with making a different life and fulfill a far from aljazeera. Talk the look useful with leo thanks come all the miami heat are having one of their finest seasons since their 2013 championship year and they extended the n. B. A. s best record on home court with a nail biting victory over the Indiana Pacers on friday but he were playing catch up when kendrick you know on that got Derek Jones Jr airborne for the duck and the lead kept switching hands late in the 4th the pacers jeremy lamb barging past none here with half a minute on the clock boom but with 6 seconds left gore and drag it dragged their feet over the line to win 113 to 112 a last attempt from the pacers fizzling out as miami improved to 141. 00 on. The heavyweight world title rematch between us as u. S. A. s dante wilder and Britains Tyson fury was finally announced on friday and is set to be the biggest fight of 2020 the pair will meet at the m. G. M. Grand in las vegas on february 22nd both are unbeatable but while their retained his title after their 1st fight ended in a draw a year ago thierry won 3 World Championship belts and 2015 but gave them up as he battled Mental Health problems. The English Premier League title looks like its liverpools to throw away after defending champions Manchester City slipped up at wolverhampton on friday they went to nil up before losing 3 to city now 14 points behind liverpool and seeming to admit that the best they can hope for is to catch 2nd place leicester with 5 months still to play i have to think about lace them so the chance to do to record a 2nd position is 2 out of the 13 that is the point of the season for some mistakes some of the situations we are far away so now with. Is you know to thinking about to to get to circle one and well see what happened at the fixtures coming and thick and fast in the premier league there are 7 more games later on saturday and then 3 more on sunday as liverpool look to avoid being the next to be thrown to the wolves who are now up in 5th place. All right over to baseball in the 1st ever korean player to star in the world series is now with a new team ahead of the 2020 m. L. V. Season hyun jin rue is one of south koreas biggest sports stars and has spent the past 7 years pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers making the all star Team Last Season but as of friday he is with the Toronto Blue Jays signing a 4 year deal with the Canadian Team worth a cool 80000000. 00 now while most 11 year olds are focused on being a kid sky brown is trying to make it to the olympics as 11 year olds do shes a skateboarder with dozens of titles to her name already if she does make it to the olympics in tokyo she will be great britains youngest olympic athlete despite her age sky is one of the best female skateboarders in the world 1000000 tricks most boys her age couldnt land if i go there and if they seem like this will go a bonus maybe i can say this they were not every day for a day just get out there have a brave and because you love it. So cool also mon biles has been named the 21000. 00 Associated Press female athlete of the year she is now the 1st genesis to win it twice and the 1st to do it in a nominal unpick year she won 5 gold medals at the World Championships for gymnastics into her collection with a total of 25. 00 world medals will likely be competing and her 2nd olympics next year and to. Well looking back on 21000 biles was not the only gymnast to make headlines you may remember a College Gymnastics champion Caitlin Ohashi for this perfect 10 routine she nailed as a student athlete she became one of the most talked about sport stories online this year with more than 77000000. 00 views shes also one of only 2 gymnast who have beaten simone biles as a senior even still says she was bullied online and now speaks out against body shaming is how i want to use my platform and the voice that i do have and i want to make people feel like theyre not alone when theyre going through we are struggles and Health Issues and things like that because ive been there and i felt super alone and i feel like social media is a thing that will only put one side in one image of ourselves one that we dont mind showing the world and id like to show my false self australias cricketers are closing in on victory in the 2nd test against new Zealand Australia now a massive 456 runs ahead after day 3 and melbourne. And one of the Worlds Toughest sea races has come to an end in tasmania the sydney to hobart yacht race had to contend with smoke from nearby bushfires after leaving the australian coast on thursday and more than a 1000 kilometers away it was the french super max that triumphed among the 157 starters one day 18 hours 20 minutes and 24 seconds later that was the one time just so you. Could say. Well i know come all of that sport young back over to oh thank you we will be leader again at 3100 hours g. M. T. With the next sports update and you will see so ill romanists a couple of minutes with the latest news. A city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depot structure that maintains the can only project thats what we refuse it was one of the founders of the 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 a rock and a hard place on aljazeera. A huge bomb attack rocks somalias capital mogadishu at least 76 people are killed. Tonsil rahman youre watching aljazeera live my headquarters here and also coming up the u. N. General assembly condemns atrocities against the writings are piling more pressure on me and. On the 1000000000. 00 avocado industry in mexico that gangs are battling to control plus well have more on the mars 2020 rover that set to pave the way for manned me