Homes as bushfires flayer in another state. Finally home ukraine im told russian separatists complete a food place or swap after 5 years of war. Busking for a living venezuelans to escape their countrys economic crisis struggle to build new lives abroad. Hello there good to have your company well the u. S. Is calling them precision defensive strikes the iraqi Prime Minister has labeled them a breach of sulfur and say an american attack on the bases of a shia armed group is causing new friction at 3 camps of. Were hit in iraq one of them near him and 2 more inside syria itself at these 19 people have been killed the pentagon says its in response to repeated welkers attacks on iraqi bases the most recent one killed an american civilian contractor just a few days ago. Well u. S. Secretary of state michael impale has blamed iran for the attacks on americans inside iraq what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what President Trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the Islamic Republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. We will always honor that commitment to take decisive wreck action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the Islamic Republic of iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations well smaller fulton explains why these targeted strikes appear to be an important shift in u. S. Action in iraq so far. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember not until too long ago the u. S. And the p. M. S. Were fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u. S. And iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular at attack were hearing from a source inside of p. M. S. Has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where both of us and iraqi personnel are based in the u. S. Attributed some of these attacks took a type has followed the last one happened last friday and for the 1st time it actually claimed the life of one u. S. Contractor and it injured several u. S. Personnel now of course secretary of state my pompei o has said before that any such attack that harm u. S. Troops or their allies would be met with decisive force so this strike is basically a response to that now it does present a departure from the previous stance of the u. S. When it basically tried to urge the Iraqi Government to rein in groups like hezbollah reminding the government that it is responsible for the safety of u. S. Troops because of course they are here at the invitation of the government so this is these strikes represent a departure from the policy in a sign that the u. S. Is now taking matters into its own hands well at school ive ninetys who she have bridgetown see in washington d. C. How does she have so what are we hearing from the u. S. Well as you say theyre sort of the u. S. Is concerned this is a message to iran part of a proxy battle between the u. S. And what the u. S. Says are iran backed militias and all of these all of these titles have to be amlas carefully under the thrown around quite with quite with abandon but theyre really little bit more complex than they may have at 1st seem but there are lots of threads to the story why this is such a significant move not just because the u. S. Is taking things into their own had over there but even that is a complex narrative. Paramilitaries and militias in iraq have said that they have long been targeted themselves by israeli and u. S. Attacks on their arms depots and other control centers and so as of as they look where it is responding to the u. S. Aggression and Israeli Aggression but also this u. S. Action happens against the wishes of the Iraqi Government itself a half an hour before the attacks the defense secretary the u. S. Defense. Calls iraqi Prime Minister in photos of him of the imminent attacks of the Prime Minister says call these attacks off this is against against iraqi sovereignty yet the u. S. Does it anyway so thats one point secondly since july this may have been. May be called iraqi backed shia militia and so on but they have been part of the p. L. F. The. Popular Mission Force which is successfully fought against the Islamic State and since july technically they have been incorporated into the Iraqi Security apparatus the government Security Apparatus so we just see here than was the u. S. Bombing a u. S. Government military facility that i mean these are the questions that have to be asked especially against the backdrop of the protests that weve been seeing the outpouring of iraqi nationalism where the child is often reported to be neither america nor iran an end to u. S. Foreign interference but i dont know what what could be more interfering from a foreign power than this going against the iraqi Prime Ministers wishes now we await the consequences for that debate but also the consequences for the us iran proxy war in iraq have extensive live for the latest from washington d. C. She have thank you. Well the issue for iraq is that concept has been as ponce of a group to help the government defeat eisel its been brought into a state sanctioned group of militias known as the Popular Mobilization forces and many of them are backed by iran because a of hezbollahs leader Abu Mahdi Ahmad this is one of iraqs most powerful man and has in the past fought against u. S. Forces but the u. S. State Department Says he advises irans revolutionary. Full Kenneth Katzman is the author of the warriors of islam irans revolutionary guard and he says the question now is how iran will respond to those strikes secure was a very targeted strike on certain bases ammunition dumps. Perhaps certain or rockets facilities cuts a because bola iran backed militia. The question is what the reaction is going to be on the part of particularly iran because obviously this was a militia linked to iran and the reaction of the Iraqi Government which already the care tech approach minister adl abdul moxy who has tried to straddle the United States and iran and be friendly with both has. Said it was an instrument of iraqi sovereignty so. The strike could potentially cause problems in the u. S. Iraq relationship. Residents of several times and this jillian state of victoria have been told its not too late to leave as of control bushfires burn towards them is just gone 1 pm and temperatures of climbed over 40 degrees to make matters worse winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour being forecast for the hours ahead well an Evacuation Order had been given to around 40000 people on sunday firefighters have pooled i want to forest because of unpredictable conditions neighboring South Australia is experiencing catastrophic conditions a major fires continue to burn in New South Wales striding sydney in small well the a. B. C. s as a small spoke to us a little earlier with an update from Port Melbourne well until recently be tory has escaped the worst of these bushfires affecting a structure that say in 1000 homes lost 9 people lose their lives but Authorities Say that today this diet is facing a very serious life threatening fire conditions weve got 3 out of control bush fires burning in the states east theyve actually been burning for over a month but all floridians are now extremely concerned that with the deteriorating conditions today which will see temperatures well into the fortys in very high winds that we close conditions these fires will Impact Communities and as a result theyve put out to several militancy warnings telling people to leave theyre also extremely concerned about the road several roads have been closed already now despite that region being quite remote it is very popular at this time of year with many families holiday makers going down the course to spend christmas and new years so in that region about 40000 people have been told to leave ahead of todays all full of fire conditions with authorities extremely worried that if the fires are in those areas that their ability to help and decipher people will be extremely limited because of those conditions. Ukraines government. And pro russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a full swap of prisoners from 5 years of conflict 200. 00 fighters from both sides or were exchanged now it follows talks between the leaders of ukraine and russia that happened a few weeks ago in paris has the story. An emotional return that for many was a Long Time Coming ukrainian prisoners finally free to leave the territory they fought to keep but still controlled by pro russian separatists theyre welcomed by family members and president bolton missile linsky as they landed in kiev a young girl but. She may leave the room the main thing is that the people at home we did what we said they will to liberate new year with their families im happy im sure that too. Security was tight as the Prisoner Exchange began there was disbelief then relief that it was happening and they would be able to return home others though valid to fight on their own was. These former ukrainian prisoners said they would fight for their country and president there were more than that while these production separatists said hed been beaten and tortured by Ukrainian Security services. Sundays exchange was the result of direct talks between president still in ski and putin in france earlier this month they agreed to implement a full ceasefire in a bid to end the war in the dawn bass region of ukraine. Relations between russia and ukraine sourwood when protesters in kiev managed to drive out a kremlin backed government in 24 tane russia then seized control of crimea from ukraine and within weeks russian backed separatists took control of the eastern part of ukraine more than 13000 people including civilians have died during 5 years of conflict ukraine wants to join nato once your European Union wants to move west to the poles kind of your where you agree and this is a strategic difference a major strategic that is not the result of Prisoner Exchange there is little will among civilians caught up in fighting for this war to continue this Prisoner Exchange a sign the tensions could be easing nicola gage aljazeera. Lets return to our stop story and bring you more now on those fires in a stray well Craig Lapsley is the former victorian Emergency Management commissioner and he joins us on skype from melbourne a very warm welcome to the program and just give us some context right now whats the priority in terms of the developing fire situation in victoria. Well indic floria and also said his friend says minus of the southern part of a strike its just feet wide its 40 degrees the most locations and its not 40 its about 40 degrees and the weans very strong so thats obviously the bridge that people fought as we always did that except the forests and the grass and then the wind comes along and draw its in far theres total farthings in place which means the regulations assign people should not be outdoors using any top of. Or any top of machinery that might cause a fire and its a really critical die across the summit. And craig im reading that a large number of people who are asked to evacuate in parts of victoria werent actually able to evacuate and im just wondering what the challenge is to deal with moving a huge number of people when the situation is developing on the ground. Ladies and this time of the it being the Christmas New Year periods when many people are a while on the holidays they are in the whole of. The caravans and they cant on ridges and in the in the bottom of the last couple of days the tour of police and the far already is of the very strong to get people in barman to get them a wife from the bush environment but as you know once you go on holiday sometimes you disconnect from telephones you just connect from listening to the right you actually at the to enjoy yourself so its been a real challenge to get the next egypt will of people although i think most people knowing the temperature and the we would think it that far but they still many that are possibly in homs why because its across all of victoria and brought them to tour across southern australia so it is a critical time and its critical to want to get the message that they will so people can mike really decisions about this and what i should do yeah its a its a challenging period but i think most Community Members of taken 8 of the mornings. Alternatives about chinese whatever that more to plan for the dying not the travelling and the really conscious that they have. And working with the far authorities to get the best outcome and craig from your personal point of view given the job to do just how bad is it. Look at the 2nd 2952001 that was the place that was it we saw 173 people lose their logs bicycling to ales of my far operations its not what the signed its not as hot its not as we need but its certainly up there to be a significant so its its one that and its interesting tomorrow. To drop spec to 27 degrees 28 degrees from 4041 degrees so its to die its not tomorrow its a bit of a one the problem of fog its not multiple dice. You know its its certainly up there in the in the record books of being one of the hottest periods of the many many years and certainly up there with the significance of what for who do and probably will do this up and play with some Scott Morrison offering that 4000. 00 to volunteer fire personnel are there enough resources to fight fires on this scale is the current strategy the right one. Its interesting people talk about china and the fact that weve had drought in queensland and we said well which is the northern parts of the strident. Thing you know theres a lot of affect is in this abass how its impacting but its been far in the land sky now for months on end and its only just come to victoria the southern part of this trial and that will be the next 3 months in victoria thatll be very far and there was a burning you know of a number of its very tasty communities its very tasty to an office with a. Volunteer. But in particular the volunteer falconis have done in the greenlee fantastic job like a main commitment to support the community they committed to go back to die its been exceptional and obviously governments now have a high base. And base that site the commitment to what they do and do so well craig did you have a sense about the Prime Minister in south and he initially will the fire season being fueled by Climate Change do you have a sense on how hes seen as handling things. No i dont what with interest to see that all of a our elected leaders and their standing i think to listen to you know what is the songs behind it and understand that climate has to be one of the the scenario around you but its. You know all the discussions that come along the band forests of being managed by being if you reduce to the right level before the faucet easons will be issues around how we. Have communities to build close to forest and the top the buildings of leaving so its broader than just climate. You know the science tells us that were seeing a change in climate were seeing off of with that were seeing more extreme weather and even to die across the story of the with the 6 trying you know youve got chimp ridges that are wrought up the hottest temperatures and some very very strong winds so i think you go to think about more than just climate the climates differently apply or in the. Room far in the landscape the destroyer Craig Lapsley their farm i think to an Emergency Management committee craig thank you very much. Theres plenty more ahead on this news hour including. Lets call it what it is these people are domestic terrorists. New yorks governor talks of a cancer of hatred in america after 5 or stabbed at a jewish celebration a missile rips through a military parade in yemen killing at least 7 people. And the queen of the so sad so her world cup tally in austria peter has the action later. Libyas un recognized government is calling for the International Community to help stop the military push on tripoli by the forces of warlord Khalifa Haftar hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the offensive in april but without the wide reports now from tripoli. The fight for tripoli is collating now the Foreign Ministry is calling on the United Nations and the International Criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for warlord flee for have to of committing crimes against humanity and their campaign to capture the capital and no one another in wisdom or we are asking the International Community to perform its role after it doesnt have any legitimacy and has been destroying tripoli for the past 8 months yet the International Community has not moved to stop him only now as we have a new ally regional and International Powers are rising against us the world on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wanted many more have to the forces repeatedly targeted residential areas and government run facilities with airstrikes and rockets. Nearly 140000 libyans have fled their homes to seek safety and also under threat our oil revenues which are the backbone of libyas economy the National Oil Corporation is assessing the damage following greece and airstrikes on the oil refinery in the western city of zawiya. And as Government Forces battle to stop the fall of tripoli have to his forces are reported to be getting giddy enforcement from Russian Military is an advance it weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates turkish troops could soon be joining the conflict. The promise to support for forces loyal to the you and your kidneys the government is being seen by some as crucial to preventing the fall of tripoli because president says parliament will vote next month on a monday to send troops but does have to force advance further into the southern neighborhoods and closer to density Populated Areas of the capital the futa for human casualties is growing. More that there were. Tripoli. The Yemeni Government and taste blaming who feel rebels for a missile attack on a military Graduation Parade which killed at least 7 people has been no claim of responsibility for the strike in the southern town of dallas the apparent target was Security Belt forces who are trained and equipped by saudi and coalition its been fighting against the whos the rebels since 2015 lessons she initiated with our portray the militias of try to move the parting away from the battlefield after they suffered losses on the front lines and into the heart of darling by way of a strikes and this strike. There because the joint Southern Forces will not stop in just securing they will also try to secure tyreese and other areas as. Well now who say they have identified 9 targets in saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Which they plan to hit next year they say in albuquerque she is a pro who the journalist based in samarra he says says hes make these threats there are significant disagreements within the saudi you coalition i think you have because if we see that their goal in the south is different saudi arabia is supporting the legitimacy of the un on the other side we see that the United Arab Emirate has created a militia and Security Forces which actually want yemen to be separated over they call it this is a set 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. Confidence vote of the book voters and if you have any out of voters head in sanaa and he has one. And he said that this year. He named. It defense because we know that him in the audience and i had been developed that it depends on if they can limit. The power of a night out of him but i believe that they can conduct the made that i think i can saudi arabia a night out of a minute and i just want to mention that 2 days ago yemeni about a stick missile has targeted a military base. And i think that was a clear and of the end of the unilateral that was announced in sanaa 3 months ago on this book but isnt that they have said in sanaa that the yemeni army would respond to any attack against yemen either here in india under the control of some or any other attack or a Major Development in the south of the united out of a minute. The governor of new york has described in this hack on Orthodox Jews as an act of domestic terrorism 5 people were injured when a man armed with a machete stormed into a rabbi saul during hanukkah. Upstate new york it is the latest attack against the Jewish Community in the u. S. Explains 37 year old Grafton Thomas faces 5 counts of attempted murder after an attack at a Hanukkah Party a month see new york a witness called the attack terrifying just when the word my father know what it was back and forth that. He screamed after me when they came out here its going to have to be hey you all got you but thats it thats about it so far thomas has not been charged with a hate crime the new york state governor says the suspect should get out more i think this is an act of terrorism i think domestic terrorists are trying to inflict the year theyre motivated by hate. They are doing mass attacks these are terrorists the muncie attack is the latest in a series of assaults on Jewish Americans this year new York City Police say that as of december 15th 213. 00 anti semitic hate crime complaints have been filed this year thats 36 more than in 20188 of those attacks have happened in the last couple of weeks including a woman and her son attacked while leaving a coffee shop. In nearby jersey city 3 people were murdered in a kosher supermarket and december 10th while police are increasing neighborhood patrols and some israeli politicians say it might be time for Jewish Americans to leave the u. S. Others say it will take much more than Law Enforcement to fight anti semitism we would leave these thawing even mold in a veil educational efforts with regard to the whole course remember ins and the fight against something you think and 50 mathieson is most needed but right now people are scared and the priority is keeping people safe rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. Well earlier i spoke to this jones do either whos the c. E. O. Of insight on them it says thats a Consulting Firm focusing on race gender and into should and she said the surgeon hate crime in the u. S. Is closely tied to political rhetoric washington. What were experiencing here is a cultural shift that i believe starts from the top where you have a president who has been spewing hate from the very beginning of his campaign all throughout his presidency and unfortunately its infecting our broader culture and so were now at a point where we have a Record Number of hate groups in america now topping over a 1000 the largest number that weve ever seen since that statistic has been recorded and i think a lot of that has to do with the hateful rhetoric that were seeing not only from this white house but also the hateful policies that have been acted and his over zealous miss in terms of trying to justify hateful activities you might recall that after the charlottesville sort of attack where one person was murdered and where you had nazis protesting this president without his way to call them very good people right and so this is a culture that unfortunately it has been encouraged by this presidency and until we get rid of that very toxic leadership from the top i think it will be very difficult to be able to root it out from the bottom and even so i wonder if its only to some degree going to get more intense given that weve got a president ial election next year and immigration has become that kind of hot issue hasnt it for more right wing politicians absolutely and so in your view do you think we could sort of see an intensification of this this boogying kind of speech the sort of language thats being used that might drive some of these acts i completely agree with that its certainly not anything i would like to see but i think its very plausible and thats because as i mentioned you have a president here who has become a hero to white nationalists and central to the theory of White Nationalism is this idea that there need to create a white state a white governmental system which is all about being able to deny these sort of. Turning demography that we have in our nation where were quickly becoming of Authority People of color nation and this is another thing thats related i believe to this increased targeting of the Jewish Population a lot of white nationalists quite frankly blame a number of jewish communities because they see those communities as being supportive of immigrants and so by attacking the Jewish Population in a sort of indirect way they are also seeking to downgrade the level of immigration to this country. Lots more ahead on. 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 so called sacrifice owns 30 years is too long to wait. Ballerinas it would belly and against french president manuel mccollums pension reform funds. And rangers decade long victory drag it sounds like rock comes to an end peter will have the action mate. Hello there want to coastal areas of china weve got the remnants of the recent typhoon mixed in with the front so it does mean for the next couple of days of a few showers around and such a loss of rain really across much of taiwan as you can see there temperature wise on monday not cheap out in shanghai 13 cells with my goodness it does feel cooler on choose the friends of the swinging through so some cooler air coming in behind so 5 celsius at best and generally a cloudy picture elsewhere but no such as wet across into taiwan i want to show these coastal areas of vietnam further to the south throughout much of indonesia weve got the usual rains its a dry couple of days ahead. Much of the philippines in the rain across into west in borneo that does further west was as we head through tuesday so much as some outre java will see some very heavy amounts of rain but on the bad day tuesday across the monday and into the it will stay dry and now the main story in india really has been about the cold air particularly to the north around new delhi and the fog that is coming with it so this is what it is light this is what it has been several days with all these dense fog it is very cold the temperature is a well below the average so although weve got a High Temperature of 16 celsius it feels a lot colder than that and was he wanted to shout was to the south. Sponsored by countdown and. That was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for all its Cultural Society its not about. Pretty damning allegations that would allow you to go how worried are you that the conditions are still right for another i think they are right join me maddi house and i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. A city defined by military occupation bismillah been an arab state he would the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but the depot structure that mean things because only project does what we diffuse it was one of the sound there was a settlement with this and its 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. He watching out his ear a quick reminder of our top stories this hour iraq is calling u. S. Airstrikes against a shia armed group an unacceptable breach of sovereignty the u. S. Military operation targeted cuts have it has lost bases in iraq and syria killing 19 people the u. S. Secretary of state says it was in response to attacks on american lives by iran backed groups residents of several times in the is truly in state of victoria have been told its not too late to leave as i would have controlled bushfires bar and nearby temperatures of climb past 40 degrees celsius and winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour and forecast ukraines government and pro russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a full swap of prisoners in the 5 year conflict 200. 00 fighters from both sides were exchanged. Under still brown ski is the director of communications of the Ukrainian Congress committee of america he believes the prisoner swap is on related to any possible end to the conflict. Its very clear that this is something that president elect has been successful with before because the sailors who were captured in november of 2018 released earlier this year this is the another Prisoner Exchange it doesnt require ceding any territory changing the lhari constitution this is that in think political win for the president the lenski with a lot of good Media Attention however we dont know Going Forward how that will affect him in the pools there will be some kind of sort of local elections in 2020 at which we can see if this is affecting his popularity it seems almost intractable the path forward d is something that presents a lengthy a promise to work on in his 1st term of office so thats why were seeing a lot of this with the Prisoner Exchange where he also made some progress with the prison food is signing a 5 year gas agreement which will end this perpetual sort of damocles that russia has held over ukraine for many years of cutting off their gas on or near the bases but in terms of the conflict there everything is so tied together in terms of the constitution of ukraine would have to change for any of the terms that russia is proposing theres no political will to change the constitution the cranes especially on behalf of the the aggressor state so thats not something that can happen very easily i think with ukraine possibly looking for it to get some International Waters right up to the line of conflict and seeing them enter territory that russia has blocked for many years and maybe in that way we can really reduce the amount of armaments that russia has included in ukraine. U. S. Airstrikes have hit 2 targets in somalia killing 4 finds us it comes a day after a truck bomb attack blamed on the armed group in mogadishu 80 people were killed or metacity reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. They survived saturdays truck bomb blast in mother dishes but sustained some of the worst injuries now some victims have been airlifted to better equipped hospitals in turkey clinics and hospitals in mogadishu are struggling to cope with the dozens of wounded while going to have this one from the time the explosion occurred up until now the government leaders have been working hard to provide the services needed by those injured in the explosion its now possible for us to airlift 16 of some of the seriously injured in the attack to our brothers in turkey. A truck loaded with explosives has degenerated a security checkpoint in the capital somalis president is blaming the Armed Group Alshabaab and Mohammed Abdul life on my joseph in the country wont be demoralized by the attack which caused the highest number of casualties in 2 years. The magnitude of the damage caused by the blast led the Prime Minister of somalia to request assistance from the turkish government to provide treatment to those injured in the attack. A Turkish Military transporter landed with much needed supplies and medical staff someones day to treat patients at a turkish one hospital in mock addition as turkey seeks to boost its influence in the horn of africa its been an increase in the important a donor especially since the somali famine in 2011 as more as a rise and the badly injured leave the country is on edge somalis constantly wondering when and where the next attack will be. Al jazeera. Vote counting is underway getting besides president ial runoff and so the result will help the west african nation turn the page on near constant political turmoil 2 former Prime Ministers are competing to replace president jose mario vos who failed to get through the 1st round last month one of the candidates so morrow says socalled volatile has already accused the interior ministry of stuffing what looks as Michael Moore is a visiting fellow at the feeder was largely center for africa at the London School of economics and he says it will be a close race one of them seems to be a general and also an academic at the same time and the other is actually. The head of the main party is going to be so now what seems to be the sense of difference actually is that the incoming Domingos Pereira of the main party is actually counting on support for the main party were asked to position seems to be wanted to gang up with the un to talk to see whether they can actually remove the main party out of this huge for once there is a clear possibility that the underdog may win. Because of said the opposition parties in the run of most of them have actually decided to pitch their tent with the underdog with whom are invalid and see if they can actually use him are in by a 2 to unseat the main part of the has been ruling the country since independence so 3 theres a very high possibility that the table is my 10 but we dont know yet. Only 5000000 venice whalens have left their country since 2013 escaping poverty violence and a lack of opportunity and the latest of an aljazeera series look at some of the big stories next year Arianna Sanchez exposed the human cost of latin americas largest mass displacement in recent history. To be used to be the most art but. Most days now hes making a living playing what he calls junk music. He was a teacher in venice with and played in some of its most important orchestras but now he makes 45. 00 on a good day playing on the streets of lima but when. This is the reality that life puts in front of us its important i can do what i like this is the job and learned in venezuela to fight for our dreams and get where you want to. Part of the worst refugee crisis in the history of latin america and the most underfunded in modern history says the brookings institute. Well many to have faced discrimination nearly 70000 have been granted residence there are more than 100000 of what im now living in most are underpaid and most of taking any job to be able to make ends meet and send money back to the families in venezuela. Theatre producer and on them in the us a 1st found a job as a store vendor now she sells toys me that was forced on its frustrating because we were forced to leave and most of us are young we are productive workforce but you dont know what youll do. You in h. C. R. Director for the because he says part of the challenge is ensuring the skills of an a swim professionals are best used in. 50 percent of the 57 percent of College Graduates are belong to a super qualified workforce but if we have engineers selling candy on the street that doesnt contribute to the countrys economy that needs to be worked out. Fortunately says god he and other musicians have figured out how to make the most of their skills and come together. Theyve created the migrant symphony orchestra. Most of the musicians are venezuelans and theyre giving concerts sometimes for free but they say they feel privileged among refugees if not going back home at least theyre doing what theyve known of my innocence as i just see that. I. Am on tuesday well continue our 2020 look ahead with a report on the upcoming u. S. President ial election at a time when america remains deeply divided on issues like immigration and abortion look at how the vote in november could further polarize americans. Taiwans gearing up for one of its most important president ial elections next month on sunday candidates faced off with a televised debate blaming their policies or differences over relations with Mainland China were in stark display as Alexei Obrien reports. Relations with china dominated the heated t. V. Debate 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 has a down day when dar my rival hung 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 sys main challenger he favors kosar ties with beijing and accuses sigh of exploiting the protests in hong kong to bolster her case. 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 and hes facing. In taiwan and responding to events in hong kong and china benefited from the end of the chinese government. I want for example already many and i and how they handled. President xi jinping is emphasize that taiwan is a. In a gate 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 if its are expected to face a further backlash on chinas island neighbor elixir Brian Al Jazeera so more has lifted a 6 week state of emergency after doctors managed to control and i wake of measles the highly Infectious Disease killed 81 people mostly babies and children around 5000. 00 smores were infected the government ordered door to door vaccinations close schools and restricted restricted travel to stop the spread. Despite being battered by economic and social unrest chiles government is standing by its ambitious promise to go Carbon Neutral by the year 2050 environmentalists are praising the commitment but in cities like coronel its far too early to celebrate as are Latin America Edison the sea and the human explains. This is what remains of the once impressive lot of coal company in the city of cotton in the wild 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 us 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 and filtering into the water supply from. Cornell is the only city in the world that has a coal ash dump inside a residential area 100 meters from a school 150. 00 from a Nursery School 30 from homeless the ash is a health hazard. And thats why i go to 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 occurring in wonder. 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 days the dream of no longer living with her children in a socalled sacrifice stone will have to wait. You see inulin i just see that. France is week long transport strike has been a disaster for the Entertainment Industry in paris some shells have gone and there it is joining Christmas Holidays but without their usual sellout audiences and in others performers themselves are on strike Bernard Smith has the story. 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. Some of it we are against the pension reform the government wants to implement but its also a gesture towards spectators because we as arsonists are very sorry about whats happening and about depriving hundreds of spectators of 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 that is a drop by as much as a 40 percent and december is the most important time of the its money will not be able to make back just 250 tickets have been sold for tonights performance of the 650 seat today after the montana. People have spent an hour and a half on foot to get to work its too much to expect them to go out again here when the crowd applaud the actors the act of clout that the crowd back because they are the real heroes whove managed to make it here it is as bertrand the biggest slump in theatre going hes experienced in recent memory. For the performers the show must go warm of course but its getting harder to live up to the principle. When its with aljazeera paris. Well the snow on the ground the new year in moscow nothing unusual you might think in that but its not falling from the skies but being delivered by truck the snow is being used to decorate a new year display in the city center the russian capital is having one of its warmest winters on record some knows that the irony of trucking in snow in a country which easily spends millions of dollars clearing it here here doesnt you dont you get sad as there isnt any snow anywhere its new year and it feels like it came in autumn but now theres a real festive spirit. Its a taste of winter when you dont have any real snow this will do weve been waiting and waiting waiting for it to fall and here it is its great. Since theres no snow this makes us happy. Now were going to have a snowball fight. Still ahead all aljazeera in memory of happier times. Noble Nuclear Disaster come together for the new via. Jumping sensation was the crowds in any. Store. But its time to spoil his peter thank you very much we start in the English Premier League where david moyes is back as manager at west ham united hes been named as replacement Emmanuel Pellegrini who were sacked after saturdays defeat a leicester which left the hammers one place above the relegation zone 2 years ago moyes was brought in also with the club in trouble but he only stayed until the end of the season despite keeping them up at liverpool going to 2020 with a 13 point lead in the title race but v. A. R. Incidents dogged their 10. 00 win over wolves on sunday a disallowed saudia man a goal counted after review wolves then had an equaliser cancelled out by a tight call using Technology Coach and you know a spirit of some top believes v. A. R. Is sucking the soul out of the game decisions are made has been are being taken by by so by a referee that miles away from here miles and miles away in the t. V. Screen he doesnt feel the game doesnt get. To the field the game is not in the game elsewhere on sunday mikel arteta was beason a nice 1st home game in charge of arsenal thats the spine taking the lead against chelsea through america about a young 2 goals in the last 7 minutes from georgina and Tammy Abrahams snatched the points it leaves arsenal down in 12 place in the table. The final premier league game of 29000 was won by the champions Manchester City goals from Sergio Aguero and kevin the brainer giving them to no victory over Sheffield United city or 14 points behind liverpool and theyve played one game or. And it has taken rangers the home of this decade but theyll head into the new year in buoyant mood after their 1st win at glasgow rivals celtic since 28 when they collect catechize grabbing the decisive goal as rangers beat the champions 21. 00 at celtic park. The German Bundesliga is enjoying its 4 week winter break but parisienne dortmunds push for a 1st title since 2012 will be helped in the new year by the arrival of the highly rated teenager early in the hall and the club announced on sunday theyve signed him from rb salzburg the norwegian striker impressed in the Champions League group stages and has scored a prolific 28 goals in 22 games this season australias cricketers have a wrapped up a series victory of a new zealand they won the 2nd test in melbourne by 247 runs with a day to spare and south africa lead the 4 match series against england after winning the 1st test at century and. Taking 4 week at the tourists were beaten by 107 runs the 2nd test begins at newlands in cape town on friday the removal of good starters as well but the way that the special last 2 days when they rejected it with lots of the word the way the gaza school were just remarkable consistent all the time. Yes its a good start and thats what we needed with a good start to get our confidence burks. So very happy to suggest that. Mccain the shiffrin secured a slice of slalom history on sunday with another world cup win at lens in austria she called it the record of fellow American Military vanishing of the most womens victories in the single discipline it was shipped from the 60 full time and 40 food in slalom events leaving her 3 short of the record for most wins in one discipline held by swedish great in the mostyn mark. And the mens world cup combined event set bormio in italy so a number of the ladies due to crashes that is austrians christof annoy maya he was a miffed at the hospital after that incident it was defending World ChampionAlexis Spencer over who won the title the frenchman came from 12th in the rankings after the super g. Section to win the slalom and with it the overall victory. And japans world ski jumping champion new kobayashi was wowing the crowds that were but still in germany on sunday night leaps of 148154 anything more than enough to win the event this was the 1st leg of the prestigious full hills tournament with the remaining 3 competitions taking place over the next. Lebron james in the Los Angeles Lakers ended a run of 4 straight defeats as they beat the portland trailblazers on saturday meanwhile james harden shooting massacre as the eastern rockets down the Brooklyn Nets and scored 44. 00 points and seemed to be able to school from every day he chose to lead their division and 02 places behind the lakers in the us. Thats a phenomenal sport but its in coming up again later and well see you then. Now in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl Nuclear plant a new year spruce tree has been put in the abandoned ton of it is the 1st time the time has seen a new year tree since the Nuclear Disaster happened in 1906 former residents opted not to use traditional decorations instead they covered the tree with family photographs from before the disaster they say they are remembering happier times. Thats it for me to be with all of this news our Adrian Finnegan will be here just a 2nd with much more of the days things. Big stories generate fountains of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison theres a me right stopped at the gate separate the spin from the facts the western media jumps on stories without taking down the misinformation from the journalism its about telling the stories there are those human beings on the ground with the listening post on aljazeera. And this law is the most incredible stories are often true. And cheering go on experiences. Makes the on from your for me. In this life diversity makes a difference understanding the importance of being part of something much greater so in this laurie what i want to use is freedom of expression. The right to moral. Showing and to march into the darkness. Because you dislike the desire to understand that. Makes us human. And the human. It is universal. They wanted 43000000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. There is no hope of ending war because theres always a small album of people for really really good misfits. In essence we in the United States have privatized the ultimate Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. Allies of iraq under attack from the u. S. Airstrikes launched against a shia group kill mine team close to the syria border. We will not stand for the Islamic Republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. Hello im adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Get out now tens of thousands of australians sold to leave their homes as bush fires flare at another state