Taking center stage and fried see how paris theatres are struggling to fill basics. Theres been a prisoner swap in Eastern Ukraine between Government Forces and pro russian separatists the 2nd major release in 3 months follows you crying and russia agreeing to ease tension between the ties between ukraine and russia broke down after the 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president. Russia went on to our next crimea and is accused of supporting separatists in Eastern Ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in the fighting like this Prisoner Exchange is part of ukrainian president for a lot of b. S. Alinsky is push for peace but there is anger in you crying over concessions made to russia in order to secure a ceasefire kiev will release riot Police Suspected of murder during the 24. 00 Team Uprising well journalist alexander gulf has more now from moscow. This prisoner swap is just just and one step in the very long process that was before it and that still longer that is going to come because what is supposed to be going on after this is 1st of all complete cease fire that there are something that has never been managed to achieve then they agreed also to have the elections under ukrainian law and verified by the noise see and also to give a special status to this areas and ukrainians should gain again the control of their own border with russia something they dont have since 2014 and this is exactly the point where kiev and moscow disagree here says 1st we want to have control over our border and then well have the elections in the russian separatists area and that moscow is saying but in the minsk agreements your president signed the previous one you agreed to have 1st elections and then the process of taking over to control over the border can start so it is clear that the process ahead is very complicated very tricky and after all in 2017 when we saw the last exchange of prisoners this was exactly the point where previous president stop new one like him is a lansky shows more willingness to cooperate and some in ukraine say that hes a bit too willing and are accusing him every now and then that he might be giving in to russia. The Yemeni Government is blaming the rebels for a missile attack on a military Graduation Parade which killed at least 7 people theres been no claim of responsibility for the strike in the town of dollars in southern yemen the apparent target was Security Forces which are trained equipped by the u. S. The coalition. Targets in saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Which they plan to hit next year. The journalist posted he says disagreements between the saudi u. A. E. Led Coalition Fighting in yemen are at risk of splitting up i think because if we see that their goal in the south is different saudi arabia is supporting their legitimacy of the un on the other side we see that the United Arab Emirates is creating a militia and Security Forces which actually want yemen to be separated over they call it this is a sense of yemen thats why i think if they continue this way i dont think that this coalition can continue on as well we have seen today press conference for the spokesperson of yemeni out of voters here in sanaa and he has one saudi arabia United Arab Emirates and he said that this year. 2020. Name if they air. Defense because we know that in many armies and has been developed their air defense and if they can limit. The power of the im not out of air force i believe that they can conduct the maid that i talked against saudi arabia United Arab Emirates and i just want to mention that 2 days ago yemeni a Ballistic Missile has targeted a military base in niger and i think that was a clear and of the end of the unilateral truce that was announced in sanaa 3 months ago on the spokesperson today have said in sanaa that the yemeni army would respond to any attack against yemen either here in area under the control of some or any other attack or a Major Development in the south especially from the united out of a minute. The u. N. Has sent a Rapid Response team to the Central African republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday dozens of shops and homes were set on fire after traders refused to pay the uns warning against an escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias one shop owner who did not want to be identified said hes fed up and. Weve had enough every time theyre asking for money sometimes they take things by force we cant continue like this in the Central African republic has filed to become stable since its independence from france in 960 violence and turmoil worse than 6 and a half years ago when most of them rebels from a group called select has seized power in the majority christian nation an alliance of mind the christian militias called was formed to counter them a Transitional Government was handed power in 2014 but it seems to broker any lasting peace have repeatedly broken down but of the conflict is over the countrys vast wealth in diamonds gold oil and you rania just is a senior policy analyst for africa in the middle east at the Heritage Foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania he says violence has been building in bangor is p. K. 5 districts for some time. P. K. 5 has been a flashpoints in the capital bangui that has seen various levels of violence for years now it was the bastion of safety for muslims who fled to p. K. 5 during the sectarian violence that broke out in the country between christians and muslims so very restive very volatile and again this is just yet another round of violence in the capital city and in this neighborhood car is a desperately complex environment there was a recent Peace Agreement signed in february there were 14 armed groups that were signatories to that agreement and that doesnt represent all the armed groups in the country 2nd as you some sense again the complexity of this so this is a very difficult situation in a desperately poor country very corrupts its one of the least developed on earth a man armed with a machete has attacked 5 Orthodox Jews celebrating the festival of hanukkah in upstate new york he burst into a rabbis home where the event was taking place in the town of muncie 5 victims are reported to be in Critical Condition some people which iced from the house and took refuge in a neighboring synagogue the suspect is now in custody new York Governor Andrew Cuomo described the recent series of attacks against the Jewish Community as domestic terrorism this is about the 13 into that incident of antisemitism in just the past few weeks comes during a period of high holidays for the jewish people. It is intolerant it is ignorant but it is also illegal. And at the end of the day its not just about words its about action. And we have seen enough in new york this is violence spurred by hate it is Mass Violence and i consider this an act of domestic terrorism lets call it what it is these people are domestic terrorists rosedale jordan is covering a story about Washington Bureau the suspects been cited in to custody have charges be like. The man 37 year old Thomas Grafton is going to be facing 5 charges of attempted murder and one charge of burglary he is expected to be arraigned in new york state on sunday afternoon there is no motive that thats been stated as of yet however he was quickly apprehended after he left the rabbis home in montse new york and he was found in his car in manhattan in particular in harlem shortly after driving into the city and that was because of alert witnesses who were able to get mr graftons license plate this is a situation that is quite alarming because theres been an uptick of attacks against Jewish Americans in recent weeks new york city has seen 213 such attacks this year thats 36 more than in 28 and it has many people very very worried about the rise in anti semitism and anti semitism both in in social media as well as in terms of physical attacks on people of course we all recall the murderous spree that happened at a supermarket in jersey city new jersey back on december 10th 3 people were killed in that attack this is a very very troublesome situation rosa jordan live there in washington d. C. Indias Opposition Congress party is describing the new citizenship lors an attack on indian traditions culture and history the legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to be indian citizens protest is cited as the secular constitution by excluding. Margarets. New delhi she says protesters there are not willing to give up. Your university in new delhi has become the epicenter of protests against the citizenship law recently passed by the Indian Government today some of the students some of the scenes from the days when police beat some of these students this is that they want an inquiry against these Police Officials 26 people have been killed but only one of these people has. The Police Investigations are expected to start soon. And. Those who have been beaten up we will also see. Police smashing private cars so these students are essentially saying. Now he did start of the students more quickly turning into a political one as different Political Parties. Say that they are not going to implement this law in the states. That is needed. On the ground these Political Parties in the states can make the implementation. Difficult these students say. They will be. Very few leave the government. Still ahead on aljazeera to bouts of political unrest in iraq we find out how 2020 looks like a tom treat into a book. Chile is leading the developing world with a pledge to relinquish the use of coal to generate power but for those who live in the socalled sacrifice zones 30 years is too long to wait. And though the. Central areas of china and we have a few showers are disappearing along the coast now what were looking at here is a front of combined with the remnants of what was high food so 7 homes rainfall has michelles possible into hong kong where the temperature meanwhile into shanghai 13 celsius on monday a lot cooler as we had to choose a but at the same time this rain that is blanketing taiwan that will really care away but look at that temperature in shanghai just 5 degrees celsius plenty of cheese day really long these northern coastal areas all that that now across into india weve been talking about the cold air in place across the north being lots of fog and indeed these temperatures well below the average and nothing really is set to change for the time being but just look at this you can barely see the streets because of this fog and as its a very cold the temperature is actually by day about 10 degrees below the average so they 60 doesnt sound cool it is if you are living in from new delhi meanwhile the showers across the south fire amount of cloud as well because he crawls into sri lanka as we go through monday and into tuesday maybe just a few showers into nonpoor as well but about the temperature in new delhi not really getting any higher if anything cooler 50. Agreed to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study for example one on one east investigates the Pakistani Company at legibly selling fake degrees to the thousands of police around the world on aljazeera article. Is it out donald trump is now the 1st president in history of the United States to be impeached. Want to see his major event in the future of the rest joining us with details coverage and analysis of the trump impeachment on al jazeera. Youre watching aljazeera heres a reminder about top stories theres been a prisoner swap in Eastern Ukraine between Government Forces and progress or separatists the 2nd page of release in 3 months follows you crying and russia agreeing to ease tensions between the. Yemeni government is blaming her the rebels for a missile attack on a built for Graduation Parade which killed at least 7 people theres been no claim of responsibility for the strike in the town of dolly in southern yemen. Indias Opposition Congress party is describing the new citizenship law as an attack on the indian traditions culture and history the law by easier for just minorities from free diapering countries to be indian citizens. At demonstrations in hong kong are vowing to continue this 6 months or evolve into the new year theyre demanding less influence from beijing and the resignation of leader kerry lab floors low hughes says that sundays events are much more peaceful than what weve often seen in these protests. 300 test as all supporters of the hotels movement there dressed mostly in. They small so theyre not immediately recognizable by police thats become the usual uniform of people attending such rallies police have issued a letter of no objection to this gathering which means they deemed us to be a legal offending so were not seeing a heavy Police Presence but we know they are in the area. The stage set up people have been listening to speeches various people have gone up to speak good in joshua long have been talking about their experiences in protests and the pain talk about why they why thats why they are fighting for what theyre fighting for their votes are encouraging people to continue with the protest movement if they want to the been shown documentaries on this movement as well theres also a bad guy laid out on the ground where people can write and sign messages of support to the protest at the same people signing messages of support including the use of battle cries a slogan for these rallies including fight for freedom stands with hong kong as well as 5 demands not one less. Than huge and i think quite frankly that might be due to the weather its been raining all day. But the fact that this protest is still going on really is a reminder that still a lot of undercurrent of Anti Government sentiment in hong kong. Were also watching developments in. The president ial candidates have faced off in a t. V. Ad of an election next month. Is the biggest threat to the. Democracy. Relations with china dominated the heated t. V. Debates between the 3 candidates vying for taiwans top job as she bids to secure a 2nd 4 year term president sighing when says beijing is the biggest threat to taiwans free and democratic way of life. When my rival hong hesitates when asked which country he thinks would harm the well being of taiwan the most let me tell you now that country is china. From the Chinese Nationalist party or k. M. Ting is widely seen as ties main challenger he favors kosar ties with beijing and accuses sigh of exploiting the protests in hong kong to bolster her case. Hong kong people are bleeding from fighting against china president what have you done to help hong kong people are bleeding while you are enjoying electoral gains your campaign is based on the blood of hong kong people so the. Prodemocracy demonstrations in hong kong over chinas perceived efforts to curb the territorys freedoms have ignited concerns in taiwan some say the 6 months of protest in hong kong is given a timely boost to its size reelection campaign. A steady end. In taiwan and. Hong kong and china benefited from the rest of the chinese government. I want for example already many and i and how they handled. President xi jinping is emphasise that taiwan is a renegade province that needs to be reunified by force if necessary china is pressured countries to cut diplomatic ties with taiwan the number of nations retaining relations with the island has shrunk to 15 and china is seeking to win favor with voters in taiwan by making it easier for Taiwanese Companies to invest in the mainland part of the opinion polls are correct and cya is reelected chinas efforts are expected to face a further backlash on chinas island neighbor brian aljazeera. Residents and holiday makers in parts of the australian state of victoria have been told to leave now ahead of whats forecast to be another day of extreme fire danger on monday for the north the fire ravaged state of New South Wales is also facing more strong winds and temperatures of 40 degrees celsius and about bushfires in 5 states of birds an area about the size of switzerland since september at least 8 deaths have been linked to the fires. Protesters have stormed an oral field in southern iraq and cut off its power supply but the oil ministry doesnt expect exports to be affected because of extra output from other oil fields meanwhile hundreds of iraqis have marched in baghdad and the nearby city have no jobs to protest against the iran backed nominee for Prime Minister iraqs president saleh has refused to accept the nomination he says he doesnt want to appoint someone who will be rejected by protest. Were not protesting against the Prime Minister and if we would we would have ended our demonstration from the very beginning weve been protesting against the Political Parties we want services we want the government to help. Iraq is no stranger to unrest decades of war u. N. Sanctions sectarian conflict also and now these protests about a faltering reports from baghdad are what 2020 my have in store for iraq. Hundreds dead tens of thousands injured dozens of activists assassinated or abducted and only one resignation that is the result of 3 months of antigovernment protests in iraq as unrest spills into 2020 the rift between iraqis and ruling elites only appears to be growing in but thats the here square the epicenter of protests some people call this a revolution they want the end tired Political Class to leave across the bridge in the fortified green zone politicians offer token concessions as they cling on to power all of the candidates put forward by major Political Parties to replace Prime Minister i love the mahdi have been firmly rejected seen as the product of a political system that has failed the people around them what does once the demonstrates is about the candidates cannot be disregarded we put down all conditions and do something to the politicians and all the world the protests have galvanized iraqis from all walks of life muslims christians the elderly women and the youth all united by demands for a just and sovereign government that serves its people regardless of religion sacked and status i demand my rights im a student and i want to get a future for myself i hope there will be change for the better in the country and the skills will improve the majority of demonstrators came of age in the post saddam era but after promises of democracy they feel that down iraq are turning the reality of education is that 1st of all were in 2019 and there are schools both of mud and 2019 there are over 100 students and one class a student can learn an environment like this but as the weeks passed and crowds growth and so it seems theres the prospect of Sweeping Change what we have. Is. A system whereby there are multiple political actors who are very well entrenched within the state. They are really fighting for their political survival right now and theyre really looking to find a way out of this Current Crisis through consensus i believe through finding some sort of an agreement between them that can push forward a new government that can pops in the future address some of the demands of protesters for now Prime Minister of the of the matter remains in a caretaker role a new election law was passed earlier this month and while it allows voters to elect independent legislators rather than choosing from party lists it doesnt give the people the right to direct the elect the head of state 3 months all the chances that this protest movement will usher in the new political order appear less and less likely that people are discouraged by the lack of progress and intimidated by the states violent response but unless the root causes of this crisis are addressed it seems iraqs streets will bear witness to more turmoil in the year. Ill just. Battered by economic and social unrest government is standing by its ambitions promised to go taliban neutral by the year 2050 the commitment is the prize from environmental advocates in cities like oren though its far too early to celebrate the senior but explains why. This is what remains of the once impressive coal company in the city of coordinated but while today the mines are closed 28 thermoelectric plants powered by coal continue to supply more than 40 percent of chiles energy and 3 of them are located within a 3 kilometer radius here in. America shows the giant coal ash dump of one of the largest plants he says that since 2003 high levels of arsenic and other heavy metals have been contaminating the air in filtering into the. Water supply from one. Cornell is the only city in the world that has a coal ash dump inside a residential area 100 meters from a school 150 from a Nursery School 30 from home the ash is a health hazard. And thats why is known as a sacrifice zone more than 70 residents especially children have tested positive for heavy metals including planet 9 this who has dangerously high levels in her blood stream she and her 2 children suffer from headaches exhaustion muscle and body pains lack of concentration and other symptoms i dont want to. No one has taken responsibility they havent said what will be the long term consequences what will happen to our children we have been totally abandoned by the state what will happen to my children if i die. The good news is that chiles government has vowed to close down all coal plants by 2040 and replace them with Clean Energy Sources like solar and wind. These measures aimed to confront Climate Change and contribute to reducing Greenhouse Gases but they also are intended to create a positive impact in the cities where there is contamination from coal plants chilies pledge to each Carbon Neutrality by 2050 it will require one of the fastest coal shutdowns yet for a coal dependent economy but the governments plan to begin by shutting down 8 of chiles oldest electric plants is regarded as an ambitious by environmentalists and much of the communities that live next to them. As plants are unlikely to be shut down for another decade the government argues transitioning to alternative energy takes time and technology. Unfortunately for residents like 109. 00 days the dream of no longer living with her children in a socalled sacrifice so will have to wait. To see inulin and just see that. The 3 week walkout by workers in france is causing the Entertainment Industry to suffer it is traditionally busiest time of the year the show has gone on in theaters during the Christmas Holidays but without sellout audiences Bernard Smith reports from paris. Of paris is the cast expects to perform in front of full houses this time of year. But amid the rows of excited children there are empty seats a drop of 20 percent in ticket sales means the public transport strike is no laughing matter. For the only family that owned the circus for almost 90 years its one of the toughest seasons theyve had we we doing the show until 16 of march so if we lose 20 percent every show is a lot of money is a lot of lost but we can stop we have contract with an artist and public already more ticket until the 16th of march so we can say we stop its impossible. Sometimes its the performers who are on strike dances or against government plans to reform pensions because for now they get to retire at 42. 00 after a short career the puts enormous strains on their bodies. Were against the pension reform the government wants to implement but its also a gesture toward spectators because we as artists are very sorry for whats happening to deprive hundreds spectators from christmas shows. The opera house says its lost 9000000. 00 since the start of the strike on december the 5th. Ticket sales in many paris theaters have dropped by as much as a 40 percent and december is the most important time of the year its money theyll not be able to make back just 250. 00 tickets have been sold for tonights performance at the 650. 00 seat. When people have spent an hour and a half on foot to get to work its too much to expect them to go out again when the crowd the plow the actors the act of clout that the crowd back because the year of the real heroes managed to make it here it is says bertrand the biggest slump in theater going hes experienced in recent memory. For the performers the show must go on of course but its getting harder to live up to the principle. Going to aljazeera paris. This is al jazeera these are the top stories theres been a prisoner swap in Eastern Ukraine between Government Forces and progress the separatists the 2nd major release in 3 months follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tension between them the Yemeni Government is blaming her 3 rebels for a missile attack on a military Graduation Parade which killed at least 7 people theres been no claim of responsibility for the strike in the town of dolly in southern yemen the u. N. Has set a Rapid Response team to the Central African republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday one shop owner who did not want to be identified said hes fed up with the violence. A man armed with a machete has attacked 5 Orthodox Jews celebrating the festival of hanukkah in upstate new york he burst into a rabbis home where the event was taking place in the town of see 5 victims reported to be in Critical Condition the suspect is now in custody York Governor Andrew Cuomo described the recent attacks against the Jewish Community as domestic terrorists. This is about the 13 into the incidence of antisemitism in just the past few weeks. Comes during a period of high holidays for the jewish people. It is intolerant it is ignorant but it is also illegal. And at the end of the day its not just about words its about action and we have seen enough in new york this is violence spurred by hate it is Mass Violence and i consider this an act of domestic terrorism lets call it what it is these people are domestic terrorists indias Opposition Congress party is describing the new citizenship law as an attack on indian traditions culture and history of old bikes it easier for religious minorities from 3 united bring countries to be tom indian citizens and demonstrators in hong kong are valid to continue this 6 month revolved into the new year they demanded less influence from beijing and the resignation of leader kerry last those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after one i want to just. 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