Injuries are precedented bostocks. And sport a big win for liverpool and as a brazilian side to the mango one delta clinched the pick up coopt world cup at the very 1st. Part of their bid to have your company indias Prime Minister is refusing to back down on a controversial citizenship law that opponents say discriminates against muslims they argue the legislation is an attack on the countrys secular constitution laura birdman the has the story 7. Its the greatest challenge indias Prime Minister. Has faced since he came to power 5 years ago. Dozens of people have been killed in violence fueled by anger against the citizenship law which opponents say discriminates against muslims. Addressing thousands of his supporters and the election rally in new delhi blamed the opposition for stoking the protests ligon by iran is may be. Brothers since this law has been passed some Political Parties have been spreading rumors these people are misleading the public they are inciting the public. You know. I want to ask doris where peltons dines and steve getting paypal to and to place try to do this what are you hoping to achieve the police is no ones enemy. The citizenship Amendment Act makes it easier for migrants from afghanistan bangladesh and pakistan who arent muslims to gain citizenship critics say the law could lead to many muslims losing their citizenship broader storm the matter right staging protests is our right they should not be violent so i oppose that whatever the police are doing i request them not to do it they should also listen we are also indians like you we are also humans. As protests continue in the capital and other parts of the country the government insists the rule will not be repealed i protests have been ongoing since parliament passed the law earlier in december was but a student protest in jamey a 1000000 is still here university in the capital a week ago turned into a movement of hundreds of thousands of students and antigovernment protesters nationwide. People were angered after Government Forces for the students stormed the campus firing tear gas into the library and posture was. The worst violence has been in Uttar Pradesh for more than 5000 people have been detained. At least 1500 people have been arrested in other parts of india. So muslims can get citizenship under the citizenship Amendment Act but its feared millions who are unable to provide proof could be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in in. Idea generations who are about a manly aljazeera. Also been assessed joins us live now from new delhi hi there sabina so we heard earlier accusing the opposition of inciting the violence and asking people not to accept what he called false claims about the citizenship bill do you think these words will make any difference where we were outside the job a 1000000 slum University Just earlier and people were very very angry still the the the workers have done nothing to assuage their anger its also that yesterday with the Police Brutality in with that with the people are very very upset about it and most of the people that weve been talking to are saying that from the students protests there the anger hadnt died and theyre now with with the british flaring up. Theyre not ready to back down and into the british more and more more of what happened was the chief minister had warned people that protesters. Would be punished and now some of their assets have been frozen so thats the news that weve been getting lots of. Information from the state is very difficult to get as internet is spotty so all of this is culminating into a movement sabina do we know how widespread the protests are i know that the government and supporters say that in fact whilst there are polls says there was also a silent majority in india that doesnt agree with the activities of the protesters. The protest in delhi was absolutely massive we were in just one small part of the protests across the city there were multiple such protests and its not only in zelie its been all over the place weve been seeing some of the pictures and in other states where hundreds of thousands of people have been pouring into the streets but whats also true is that in places where the ruling government looting the j. P. Has been in power the protests have turned violent whereas in other places it has largely remained peaceful suggested there joining us with the latest from new delhi so we not thinking well time in canton is professor of law and legal theory at the university of oxford general editor of the indian law review earlier he told my colleague gary navigate why the loss before so much anger. This government has been chipping away at indias constitutional fundamentals for the last 6 years but this act does it so blatantly and so. Expressly that theres no plausible deniability in any solutions a constitutional solution so fail to stop the government from doing what it has done to the constitution and ultimately it seems that the people have decided that its upon them to save indias pluralistic Secular Democratic constitution why is the citizenship law thats caused all these processed seen by many people as a threat to indian democracy as a whole so the been a lot of threats to in a democracy of late but this is the most blatant because for the 1st time in. Democratic independent history we are going to write religion as a qualification into our citizenship laws the law in giving fastrack citizenship to basically non muslims were also some other words the jews hate these to muslims some of these communities are not covered but in those states and jews are covered that is that is just so blatantly against the very core of the Indian Constitution identity which is to seek to build a nation that is not based on religious identity that is secular that is pluralistic that its diverse and its celebrated that day diversity for the last 70 odd years so that its its the explicitness you know a lot of these governments policies have been sort of dog whistle politics of Everybody Knows the gold is anti muslim but now the government felt emboldened to do not feel the need for force for dog whistles its just its blatant misses is whats egregious. The its not me Political Party in pakistan is holding a launch protest against indias decision to strip kashmir of its autonomy the boss has mobilized hundreds of people over the past 2 weeks to bring attention to the situation which they say is an issue thats been focal you delhi for many divided india has ministered kashmir into 2 new federal territories last month after it revoked the regions autonomy in august welcome all hyder is in islamabad he says people from across pakistan have come out to show solidarity with kashmir. And drawn show of the border by the right wing. Judges. The board the people local and out again here trotted being meted out by the indian figurative. And theyre here theyre very dirty read they are not the purpose of the rally is to highlight the atrocities being committed by india against the kashmiris and to draw the worlds attention to their plight under islam not only young if modi is not stopped it will become a problem for the minorities in india and will also have dangerous consequences for the world. Of our day while good have come from all across the country. Everywhere making sure our women and children 7 0 you did indeed a very passionate. I know god why did maybe 200 good. Words of death rally florida or the people of august down there about. Living on the other side of the line of new why. Theres plenty more ahead on the news hour including we take you to the spec astound where people are heading to the polls after an Election Campaign so often scientists and im nicholas honk at Victoria Falls despite the rainbow the Worlds Largest waterfall is in some parts a slow trickle when out next how the worst drought in a century is affecting 45000000 people across 14 nation. In Southern Africa. And in sport an unfriendly welcome feels this n. B. A. Star far well be here with that story coming up later. Mexico is dealing with its highest murder rate on record with the majority of firearms involves being smuggled in from the United States violence across the border has been on the increasing scrutiny after number of u. S. Citizens will martyred last month in the 1st of a 2 part investigation into arms trafficking between the u. S. And mexico john home and toast to those smuggling guns across the border and the hit men that end up using. It shocked to mexico the 17th of october 2019 the day the sinhala cult tell turned out like an army with a devastating great fire power they subjugated the miss camilla treat self and took over the streets of coolie a kind that would be good this man says he was there fighting with the cartel were talking about their weapons well most of the people theyre in on the side of the cartel with american guns that to it well yes of course because all the arms that we use here are from the other side of the border. What they got to go hes a hit man a soldier through organized crime one of the many across mexico responsible for record murder right how difficult would it be to do your job. If there wasnt this free flow coming from the United States. It would be hard because the u. S. Is the chief supplier thats where we get the new explosive guns we need going to support all of the guns that have been seized in mexico and traced 70 percent come from the United States theres a reason its hard to get a gun legally in mexico but the regulations are extremely strict not so in the u. S. And cartels you struggle by as gun shop scene shows to get glocks a k 47 off if things and even machine guns its this mans job to smuggle them across the border with. The truth is that its very easy to get them across we do hide them in the upholstery or where we can but the customs agents here dont really focus on that on searching and they never search the car. We saw that for us selves when we made the journey from the u. S. Into mexico on a busy thursday night there were no possible controls we saw no border offices and just to Customs Officials checked to see of cars that were already were into mexico. A lack of vigilance which is hard to reconcile with mexicos concerns to let myself up over the last year the most worrying issue in mexico are the guns the guns that we saw on coulier khan were impressive i want to propose again but using the latest technology from both countries we can stop the arms trafficking at the border. We asked for an interview with mexicos Foreign Ministry and its Customs Agency to to discuss those Border Security plans we didnt hear back. Meanwhile quantities of weapons continued to be brought across the stashed in a multitude of safe houses on arrival the gun run is in charge of this one in a suburb of the border town. When we come back with guns they can stay here a day or 2 and then our people come to get them when everything is ready take them away theyre distributed throughout the country being caught with one should mean jail time but if the government is get stopped by local police theres a simple solution. As they say here with money the dog dances sort it all out with cash and we each coraline way i dont know you and you dont know me with the guns make their way to the Cartel Soldiers the same ones that battle to be commits can authorities on the 17th of october this confrontation between the cartel and the government. That wouldnt have happened if the cinema hadnt have this easy access to weapons. Through a process so yes it would have happened but obviously as you say it would have been hard for us without that number of weapons i mean we probably wouldnt have beaten them if it wasnt so easy to get hold of the guns. The Mexican Forces humiliation then and in direct consequence of leaving us gun regulations and this countrys insufficient Border Security but there were other consequences to more intimate ones for the thousands of victims of mexicos shootings in part 2 will tell their stories john homan al jazeera mccully. Voting is underway in a spec to stans parliamentary elections where there have been major human rights reform since the last elections back in 2016 they include people with criminal convictions being allowed to vote and a minimum minimum number of c. Male candidates but the 5 registered parties still have to operate within strict rules laid out by the government Hoda Abdelhamid before snap from the capital tashkent. Its a show that at 1st done and then galvanized the country allows political debate unscripted edited a 1st news because. There have been 29 others over the past 3 months where a wide range of topics were discussed often putting the candidates on the spot to the point that this party leader admitted it was big politicians lack the courage to watch them and some not that we didnt anticipate this level of success it was difficult at 1st because politicians went ready for this but then they prepared and were able to answer questions they didnt expect. People have become more interested in the parties and their programs. Then hell come back off is a proud cook of the stans National Dish cloth and despite steering hundreds of kilos of rice a day he followed the debates your passion as there was a lot of truth and real issues with these debates we can understand what needs to be done in the correct way and what is wrong there is a lot of change and these elections are very different from previous ones who specs will have to choose between 5 parties ranging from left to right on the political spectrum but all government funded with similar platforms. There are no opposition or independent candidates running in this election. And is only 28 years old it was formed after the fall of the soviet union and 99. 00 to 1. 00 so regardless of those 2 it coming people are excited to go to the ballot boxes still for the 1st time the parties are somehow competing against each other to win over voters since president shafqat made a c. E. O. You have took power in 2016 he is gradually taking the country out of isolation reforms. In almost all spheres of life social life political life a canonical. In some spheres we see Great Success in some spheres we see some controversial changes in sams fears we see the real problems of reforming he has permitted greater freedom of expression which allows come only dean cool of to speak to us without fear of repercussion at 31 hes a 1st time voter he supports the liberal Democratic Party because it promised to back Small Businesses like his own doing a service in turkey and i smell serious elections were just normal no no we say freely what we think before we very scared we can see the reality even if its still not completely transparent i hope this will continue and it will become more liberal. President museo you have promised that parliament will become a true school of democracy billions of whose books hope that day comes sooner rather than later but at that hammy tashkent the news because that. Preliminary results from afghanistan president ial election so incumbent after half has secured a slim majority the results had been expected until it was only released by the independent Election Commission on sunday gonna secure just over 50 percent of the vote for his main rival of dilla say they dont accept those results the Electoral Commission says the final count could change well have a wire dad has a political analyst and Founding Member of the transparency afghanistan he says it will be very difficult for the parties to agree on these final results. Chief executive of the law has already challenged. The preliminary results saying that you still have a lot of projects and votes that needs to be sorted out which could bring president gunnies 50. 64 percent votes down. The case no goes to the end to the Elections Complaints Commission which will look which will look at the complaints but at the same time i think we are looking at some sort of agreement between of the law and president donnie i think we we are sort of going back to what happened in 2014 you know how the elections which which had very little turnout from the afghan general public and then you had massive amount of corruption as there was the issue of electoral biometric votes people got to vote who were not biometrically devices or biomarkers were flawed and a lot of delays raising the issues now that you have to sort of remove the fraudulent votes from from the overall votes 2 bombings in the southern philippines have killed more than a dozen people one bomb exploded and cuts a battle city killing at least 8 soldiers and 47 hands at the same time 5 people died when another bomb exploded just north. Of the Philippines Armed forces say the banks moral islamic and Freedom Fighters could be behind those attacks. Case in hong kong of use force to try and disperse crowds of protesters in the citys financial district the violence follows a largely peaceful rally in support of we got a minority of muslims there calling for their human rights to be respected following an alleged crackdown in china beijing has been accused of Holding Millions of weakness in prison like camps. North korea says leader kim jong un has held a ruling Party Meeting about strengthening the countrys military state news released these images though its unclear when or where the meeting actually took place tensions between pyongyang in the United States are heightened right now north korea is threatening to take new measures of the u. S. Doesnt submit a proposal on denuclearization by the end of the year. Prime minister Scott Morrison has returned to australia after taking a Family Vacation as wildfires that a heat wave swept across the country is that facing the guy ways for being in hawaii is more than 100. 00 places were burning and as the story. Hes long been criticized for failing to directly link Climate Change to the bushfires in australia but his Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited areas affected by fires on sunday that changed our government is a wise and i have always acknowledged the connection between those weather events in these broader far events and the impacts globally of Climate Change but his critics say hes let australia fall behind and then theres his decision to take a Family Vacation in hawaii as a stray burnt morrison cut short the trip after 2 volunteer firefighters died in New South Wales the worst hit state. Or weather over the weekend has given firefighters some relief but the situation is still out of control more than a 5th of the Blue Mountains World Heritage site has been burnt by fire while some towns including balmoral have been ravaged twice in 3 days the fires have burned an area the size of belgium and destroyed more than 800. 00 homes is devastating not knowing whether your property is standing on unfortunately we have to save bad news is not much left in dhamaal. Some survivors say the sound of the fire terrified them the most as winds blew flames over mountains like a. River of all i would cry try to think current you could hear the trees exploding. Thousands of firefighters many of them volunteers are also tiring as they try to contain about 60 fires that are out of control weve got fawaz spreading from little face New South Wales a Queensland Border down to the south coast of New South Wales logistical challenges transport and an accommodation challenge is spreading and moving pay. All right across such a broad Geographic Area all add to the challenges of fatigue in crew rotation lower temperatures have helped the fight but theres no rain forecast for the days ahead and temperatures will soon rise again enter chapelle aljazeera obriens and eden is the assistant chief officer at the side of fire service and hes been so my colleague fully backed civil war earlier from adelaide he says the fires are the result of a 10 year drive. The conditions by 5th South Australia victoria and New South Wales are the result of a very extensive period of drought probably over decade of drought where we just have no soil moisture weve had a very early onset of high temperatures adelaide for instance 3 days ago i was the hottest capital city in the will. So extreme temperatures very dry in these being very little humidity in the air and not running for my veins you put all that together and vegetation hes drawing across the something and southeastern part of the whole of australia and really we must include western destroyed and i think catastrophic cause as well over a light to the impact of drought on a vegetation and we need to recognise that this part of a stride it is naturally a far cry an area even in a good year right do you think theres that direct link between nice wildfires and Climate Change is a direct link between these fall as drought drop vegetation high fuel lloyds and high temperatures but if you look across the sort of 100 year history of fall as in a strong we have had these events before each state has had these events before i think what is very challenging for a strike is these are events are appearing much earlier in essays and well before christmas theyre occurring raud across the landscape from Western Australia to new south whiles and theyre also appearing at a time when the Northern Hemisphere is still experiencing fall and that mikes a difficult for by him his fees to manage whats known as the aerial firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is and erickson hate crimes to come from the Northern Hemisphere which traditionally i finished in fire season and theyre available for us now is saying i think its fees i have a lapping very. Conflicting and demanding times for fawcett misses. Well its not just australia suffering from a lack of rain the worst drought for decades in Southern Africa is affecting 45000000 people in 14 countries wildlife is suffering too lets talk has the story from zimbabwe one of the worst drives affected countries something was maybe distressed by some of the pictures in this report from. Deep in ways meant to belittle and people are dying of hunger margaret began then her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day boiled a pumpkin leaves weakened by months of this diet but then they worries the worst is yet to come decorum in line would be what do you and your wife if they smell food in you in 20 s. Songkran that tend to go on sometimes i think long to underneath called pinup in. The United Nations says certain africa is experiencing the worst drought in a century 45000000 people across 14 countries are in need of urgent assistance while Food Distribution is taking place in some areas my gunday has not received any help. A 3 hour drive away there is food at the market but at a price my gunday in most cannot afford the 10. 00 a kilo from 8 or the 5. 00 pack of rice cashing in from the desperation are traders looking to make a profit so this is truth i present going up for everyone and so i want to get the best but i was possible we are all suffering here we are all trying to make ends meet. Zimbabwe needs more rainfall for food to grow in november traditional healers invoked the spirits of the mighty is an easy river to release the rains but they have yet to come and so the Worlds Largest waterfall that separates involve way from zambia doesnt quite look the same with tourists asking where has the water gone this isnt just a tourist attraction its a lifeline for millions of people beyond zimbabwes border because the water is used both for food and power but look at it now. Gone is the thunderous sound of Falling Water left below are hungry animals dying of thirst after travelling for hundreds of kilometers in search of water a hippopotamus experiences the slow painful death from hunger 200. 00 elephants have died since the summer there could be more with endangered species especially vulnerable to those alive both animals and humans are left to graze on whatever they can and so dulled by hunger margaret the 10 day in her grandchildren share their meal today treat a portion of maize tomorrow though is uncertain Nicholas Hawke aljazeera matabele land zimbabwe. Well its time for the weather and i havent seen with news of a developing tyson and yeah thats right cheney said you know lack of rainfall here this is the philippines of course this area a cloud thats been swirling away for the past few days and intensifying as we go on the into where the next 24 hours or so it will reach. Typhoon strength that the my because sustained winds of around 80 Kilometers Per Hour gusting to 100 kilometers per pound just wait through central parts of the philippines heading towards the south of vietnam as we go on into the latter part of this week is likely to make landfall sent for the storm like this make landfall in the central philippines around about Christmas Eve and Christmas Day itll parlous way through and some parts could see as much as 200 millimeters of rain then as we go on over the next 23 or 4 days so a lot of wet weather to come through here and some very strong winds as well meanwhile across northern parts of india so i guess the lack of when this been causing issues here and need it in new delhi we have a return to the fog to the smog has inevitably caused the travel disruption on the roads on the rail and also in the air as well the what kain when we do have across the region status of the southeast here is just pushing across the by a big goal is the wealthiest the monsoon of course is bringing some very heavy rain but warnings in force here into sri lanka and more heavy rain gradually pushing into southeastern parts of india cheerily. Thank you still ahead here on out is iraq i wist africa need to sponsor find the cross border attacks plaguing their countries. On the Us Mexico Border where president border wall is under construction in one of the most biologically diverse areas in north america. In sport that seem hoping to be the 1st east german football tempi and since the fall of the burnham well 30 years ago will be here without meds. What was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for all this Multicultural Society its not about you. Let me down with allegations that were only years ago true how worried are you that the conditions are still ripe for another i think they are right join me man of the house as i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. Youre watching ounces here are in mind of our top stories this hour indias Prime Minister is accusing his political opponents of feeling on rest over a controversial citizenship by critics say discriminates against or to render modi has also defended indias Security Forces and speaks to supporters at a b. J. The rally in new delhi writes could safely say using disproportionate force on protesters 625 people have been telling. The Jemaah Islamiya Political Party in pakistan is holding a large protest against indias decision to stop kashmir of its autonomy the boss has mobilized hundreds of people over the past 2 weeks to bring attention to the situation which they say is an issue that has been forgotten mexico is dealing with its highest murder rate on record with the majority of firearms of the old being smuggled in from the United States violence across the border has been on the increasing scrutiny after number of u. S. Citizens for murder last month. 2 days of talks aimed at resolving disputes over the largest hydroelectric dam in africa taking place in saddams capital khartoum the 4000000000. 00 grand if you. Renee songs dam on the river nile is 9 nearing completion if the opiate says it will provide power to 70000000 people and revitalize the economy but neighboring sudan and egypt fear the project will reduce surprise of water for drinking and irrigation another meeting is planned next month in washington to try and find a license agreement well olomouc made is the president of the World Association of Sustainable Development he told my colleague mary a mozzie that there are several key issues still to be resolved. So broadly we are fundamentally were talking about would be will lives and i think if we dont get to the book of that if it is i think theres 2 issues they have to be solved the dispute over the law is has to be resolved number one of course is about People Living and theres been a good and so on and secondly we need to get as a book on if this project is strictly going to sound and on this but particular itemizing we need to listen to explore how long is this going to take i mean is the current for and ago. I think its probably this is it just too much of a challenge is this too much of a challenge because were talking about a broader corridor you have with all the completion and were going to great to have exactly and. A lot of money and already late so you might you know talking about something already on the ground you might like you this is where the dispute getting very very nasty if the next for how nasty could this get because ethiopia and egypt are 2 of the regions most populous and most powerful countries how much of a threat could all this be to regional stability i seem to be on and it could be because as a more in sudan rather than being its role as bart of this whole negotiation is more of a mediator between. And thats really be that case and that probably means here were talking about a bruges act which is lacking some kind of transparency although we have been even in the u. S. You know a lot of for you steve your loss i think to most of what were discovering this guy the arguments going out from people who are topics spirit in her own legal issues so the dispute. Do you see this just carrying on 3 years and how is it now theres going to be talks in washington so how can how can the International Community help to bring about a fair and equitable settlement or is there a risk that say washington involvement could make things worse. For i think thats a good question of in the fitting in the rhetoric of really can do is to engage in a very transparent been an assessment of the visibility of the broader concern. And secondly possibly also the International Community could engage in International Mediation to find out exactly eveys dispute of only the land is correct or not and number 3 where we have to go to go back as a promotional experience what can we do if we do is to be loose project is being built without sound Engineering Environmental assessment and Technical Assistant if we were you for example we follow that we need also to go back to the experience to tell us what cocoa to solve this a plague of locusts in somalia and neighboring ethiopia has been described as the worst of its kind for 70 years the United Nations food agency says many are unable to feed their families because of the struction to large areas of carbs the insects have plagued parts of somalia following weeks of unprecedented torrential way. Homo locusts spinach the whole area became top farms and plants one 3rd done we wont have anything to feed our children we werent even able to buy anything from the market. Border security remains a big concern for west African Leaders a summit centered in nigerias capital where they discuss farm raising to support the fight against increased attacks in the sahara region the vast and remote area of the southern Sahara Desert spans many borders and include serious dominated by groups affiliated to eisele and alqaeda augmented wrist reports now from a budget. The 56. 00 ordinary summit of course was anything but ordinary these are particularly difficult times for the region as attacks by armed groups of escalated in recent months. The rising violence in the same hell in other parts of west africa dominated the speeches. Nigerias president whose country has had to deal with the threat from boko haram for the past 10 years he says closer cooperation is needed along with more International Support terrorism remains the major threat to the peace and progress of egypt regarding attacks by terrorists groups remind us of that i just see to read and do it in situ each Year Partnership to come grown to indigents the evil of growth buddha said it is an. Echo as chairman and then just president was country recently lost 71 soldiers in an attack by an isolated group is in no doubt about the effects of the violence on member nations. Not to do the proving elizabeth did it is to sometimes if you shut our region has been hit hard by terrorist attacks which have intensified with every passing day threatening the Many National and regional achievements we have made the terrorist attacks continually test our resolve to fighting this scourge the leaders in their last meeting in september agreed to set up a 1000000000. 00 fund to pay for armies to fight the armed groups 100000000 dollars of that is distributed but with many countries in the region having to fight that individual but as a low it is here that more than a 1000000000. 00 will be needed to achieve peace. Is a night ignatius special representative in west africa theres no question that the more riposte response is required because what we are seeing is that the terrorist groups are still a lot of resistance and one is the resilience and capacities which we have and theres the meeting of this knowledge there has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guineabissau us president ial elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year a course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but its not clear if french speaking countries using the west African Financial Community front the c. F. A. Well ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the plant common currency the coal which is chattel to roll out in 2020 homage to greece. And since i filled that file that story the ivorian president announced overnight the renaming of the europe mannish common currency but says it will still remain pegged to the euro. Im happy to announce that in agreement with the other heads of state of the west African Economic and Monetary Union weve decided to reform the c. F. A. Front with the 3 following major changes 1st renaming the currency from the c. F. A. To the echo 2nd the end of centralization of half of all reserves with the french treasury and the closing of its operating account and 3rd the withdrawal of france from all management of the currency union. At least 25000 civilians have reportedly fled syria is it the province for the Turkish Border as the syrian and Russian Forces intensify their bombardment at least 3 people have been killed in the latest air strikes syrian troops are advancing on the countrys last rebel held area. Turkeys president says if necessary hell increase military support to the internationally recognized government in debian oregon says hell evaluate ground air and marine options hes already raised the possibility of sending troops if libya requests them to and also back the maritime boundary is still signed with libya thats saying good greece which is exploring the Mediterranean Sea for oil and gas on the turkish government is disputing reports the forces loyal to warlord holy father have ties seized and searched a cargo ship off the libyan coast taxi the cargo was checked after the ships captain requested help from libyas coast guard because of mechanical problems cuba has its 1st Prime Minister since fidel castro 43 years ago manuel mateo is the 1st appointment as part of cubas new constitution both was abolished when fidel became president in 1976. Interlace a policeman has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after t. V. Pictures appear to show place trucks running over until government protests of a 20 year old is in hospital with suspectible compel this following fridays battle in santiago well at least 26. 00 chileans have been killed and 1000 injuries and arrested during 2 months of protests against poverty inequality and social injustice congress has approved raising pension subsidies for the poor but many want a complete overhaul of one of the worlds most controversial private Pension Systems Latin America Edison the sea and human reports from santiago. Its the Holiday Season and become one to see nurses making the christmas cake but not for her family selling these cakes is just one of the many ways the 62 year old pensioner tries to make ends meet. She also fixes clothes like other pensioners who are low Income Neighborhood but at the has to keep working because after 35 years of factory work her monthly retirement check is 133. 00 well below chiles poverty line of us talking about him on the same street there are 4 grandparents in their 83 and 3 still work the other is too ill and she lay retirements nothing to look forward to a little did paul saw who lives in an upper middle class area agrees she retired at the beginning of last year after working 37 years 1st as a nurse and then as a University Professor with a masters degree she used to make nearly 2000. 00 a month. If we have to look at them but when i went to do my retirement papers i discovered that i had a poppers pension i said is this a joke and i was told no madam its like this for everyone the 300. 00 i am getting isnt even enough to pay for my health insurance. Nothing in few. Chileans of all walks of life more than their compulsory private retirement system or a. F. P. It was created under chiles military dictatorship and was supposed to guarantee pensions equivalent to 70 percent of ones last paycheck. Instead of 10 to 20 percent is the average with good reason the a. F. P. s are the number one target of millions of protesters from. Chilis Pension Funds make massive profits which are not redistributed to the contributors even as pensions drop would get them or one of the 4 yes and no this model was designed with the objective to transfer the workers savings to Capital Markets like banks the big retailers etc thats hope create large economic groups that have concentrated wealth in a few hands as never before and worst of all its forced millions of chileans to live in misery. In chile the suicide rate for elderly people has soared and one of the prime reasons is because they no longer have enough money with which to survive amid all the protests the government has actually raised the state pension subsidy but even after doubling that subsidy for people over the age of 80 it is still nowhere near a minimum wage at a time in life when people have greater expenses for medicine and for doctors. The governments offer to partially compensate for the a. F. P. Shortcomings with tax payers money has only added more fuel to the fire and its unlikely to be put out without a Major Overhaul of the Pension System that only seems to be benefiting those who dont pay for it you see in human. Voters in croatia are heading to the polls for a president ial election 11 candidates are running including incumbent leader kalinda gropper kittrell which opinion polls show that it could be a tight race between her and her main rivals what comes this question is set to take over the were taking you presidency next month. Great great candidate i vote for always loses and then all is well i wish them all the basis for going to what im rethinking gradually i must vote voting is a civic duty otherwise nothing would change free from everyone is prone to insult from curses when it comes to the election thats not good people should have positive attitude more the permitted if we love voting may help but i doubt it theres too much corruption. Roman catholic religious order in mexico has admitted its fun to sexually abuse dozens of boys including some he fathered secretly living a double life father Marcel Massey ill denied paedophilia until he died 11 years ago the legionnaires of christ which is attempting to confront its past says other priests abuse 175 mexican boys for decades whove gone cold dismissed the accusations but his successor Pope Benedict ordered mass ale to retire to a life of prayer and innocence. Some so that simple as to build a border wall with mexico is taking shape construction crews are busy in arizona but soon vironment us here ever its our civil damages big one of the most biologically diverse regions of the United States. Story. President Donald Trumps border barrier is under construction in southern arizona. Crews with heavy equipment are carving a path through the desert the wall will go along the southern edge of the Organ Pipe Cactus National monument an area of exceptional beauty the u. S. National park service says the 1340 square kilometer monument preserves one of the earths major ecosystems in nearly unspoiled condition. The United Nations designated organ pipe National Monument as an International Biosphere reserve environmentalists a wall construction threat these this pristine environment weve got endangered. Pup fish also known as this annoyed pup fish right here in this stream you can see and swim around over there are they an endangered species they are a lot of 4 endangered species here workers will pump water from underground to mix concrete for the barriers base possibly drying out this desert always this which is just a few 100 meters from the border. The barrier will block the normal migration routes of rare animal species like pool and antelope the Human Experience will also change a 50 kilometer and 9 meter tall wall equipped with floodlights that are on all night long thats whats being proposed here and its its insane are nice guys are going to be destroyed were not going to see the stars anymore from the campground and its going to be an eyesore this is a place thats designated wilderness its supposed to look pristine and now its going to look like a 50 kilometer prison wall in order to build the wall President Trump declared a state of National Emergency here on the border now that together with other legal loopholes has allowed the government to completely disregard numerous laws designed to protect environmentally sensitive areas like this environmentalists have taken the administration to court in an effort to slow or halt construction but for now the wall marches relentlessly forward. Rob reynolds aljazeera near solenoid mexico still ahead here on out in sport its illegal to sleep the blood at the Winter Sports cup final will have more on that. Legally prescribe for the pain relief of the sick but taken in life threatening doses by millions in search of a fix. Huge illegal shipments of the opioid tramadol or float the quest to. People in power goes to nigeria to investigate the devastating addiction epidemic that is even fueling the book and search. West africas Opioid Crisis on a just. When the news breaks and the only. Today the current government has lost the trust of the people they cannot do anything because the projects just are against it when people to be coming to places like work in the represent the love dogs proponents of brechts its trying to stop the conservatives aljazeera has teams on the ground right now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring in our own going documentaries and in the evening. And online. While thats got all the days sports news that works far thanks so much julie liverpool are celebrating after winning the fee for Club World Cup for the very 1st time the champions beat flamengo brazil in saturdays final and doha the game was settled in extra time with liverpools brazilian strike over berto from a neo scoring the only goal and the 16 times this tournament has been staged the trophy has gone to the european sides on 12 occasions with that south American Teams winning the other 4 but we did so many good things believe ability so many good football moments. Everybody was for Different Reasons on the pretty much. But i saw so many sensational good performances. Our correspondent Andy Richardson was watching the match at the cliff International Stadium he said there was more to this game off the pitch than on it well liverpool manager youre going to clubs said it would be like the club taking a lunar leap forward if they could win this title and they have indeed taken that giant step and won the Club World Cup for the 1st time albeit in a very tight final against flamengo of brazil so what ironically decided by when a buyer brazilian striker playing for liverpool are both sides to me and im scoring the winner just as he did in the semifinal against monster a little pull now straight back into premier League Action as they tend to win that title for the 1st time in 3 decades huge disappointment for flamengo and the fountains of fans in my the long trip from brazil a title that means so much to the consonants and the country they couldnt quite repeat their heroics of 981 when they beat liverpool in the end succumb to mental cup final that was the forerunner of the Club World Cup as for this tournament while it returns in this format to cuts on next years the country continues to build up to the main world cup in 2022 after votes for president john in france you know intends to expand its were 24 Team Tournament hosted by china in 2021 hes talked about his desire to have more powerful club seems around the world sort of a global super league perhaps in the future as well what you can see on the horizon for an organization like fee for who have traditionally been involved in organizing international Team Tournament is a bit of a power struggle as they attempt to get more influence over and money out of the club. I. Know there is heartbreak for manga fans watching back home in rio this tournament meaning so much more to south American Teams who best talent often gets bought up by european clubs like liverpool fans were also proud of their team having gone so close against european champions and English Premier League leaders. Neighbor saudi arabia host the italian super cup on sunday christian or in all those events is take on lot c. O. In riyadh here they lost 31. 00 to the roman team earlier this month allowing interim land to catch up with the leaders in the italian title race. And there have now taken full advantage of you face absence to go top of syria on goal difference Romelu Lukaku scored the winner scored twice in a 4 nil win over genoa the belgian could have had a hot trick when into one of the penalty but generously gave the ball to teenagers Sebastiano Esposito and said the 17 year old story would spur syria go on his 1st start for the club to do the same but it did you know i always asked the players to think in terms of us i think today revolution hes this kind of guy esposito scored im happy but a penalty kick player is romelu it was his choice of german champions byron munich are staging a recovery after their difficult start to the season they left it late at home to wells fargo teenager josh was there exceed finally getting the breakthrough in the minutes surgeon at 3 then wrap things up to make it 3 straight wins for. Bob there are still 4 points behind r. P. Leipsic at the top of the Bundesliga Conrad liars tackling goal helping them beat augsburg 31. 00 likes it hoping to be the 1st east german champion since the berlin wall came down in 1000. Australian golfer adam scott has ended his 4 year wait for a title of former masters champion won the australian p. G. A. Championship at royal pines on the gold coast by 2 shots on sunday scot winning the title for the 2nd time and claiming the 30th victory of his career there was opportunities for everyone and i was the one who took him today so im stuck to it this is a Long Time Coming but im really having to win another p. G. A. Here. Former spurs star quire leonard got quite an unfriendly welcome on his return to san antonio on saturday but now l. A. Clippers player led his side to a huge win over the spurs leonard was booed every time he touched the ball on the last why hes traded from san antonio to toronto in 20 teams or 26 points and visitors rushed the clippers 1342100 9. Over in brooklyn the nats overcame an 18 point deficit to beat the visiting Atlanta Hawks spencer scored 39 points to lead the nats 21222112 when. All meanwhile injured nats player kevin duran used his down time to spread Holiday Cheer to some kids in new york city a 31 year old handed out gifts to 40 children whose families are facing homelessness now with the cancellation of major skiing events in europe due to excess snow the sport of snowboard cross has been stepping into the spotlight this is been olympic sports since 2006 and its world cup season is well underway. There was a photo finish here at the mens final in italy and it was the home hope the run so in summary browsing one it had of another italian to tense in the air and. On the womens Cross Country world cup in slovenia went ahead despite the heavy snow that proved too much for other events swedens 2nd pairing thrived in the conditions winning this one ahead of none other than swedens 1st pairing so a great day for sweden. Ok and that is all your sport for now watch for coming up later but for now back to you john q cyrus so much thats it from a specific out the back you just to say though with much more of the days news to them by. From the aljazeera London Bureau car center to special guests in conversation this is the chance to start the revolution unprompted uninterrupted we need to do away with the way evil because it stops a conversation where should we get our land deployed turn meets a can be this is the beginning of friendship this is the beginning of love growth like getting somewhere you can really break through the barriers studio be unscripted on aljazeera. The un published the most comprehensive study of life on. They found 1000000 species face extinction thats more than 12 percent of known life on. While on track to destroy the much Oil Infrastructure on which our world to. Report identifies the 5 main drivers of this declared crisis 1st the way we use and abuse our products resources 75 percent of the land and 2 bags of Marine Environment have been severely altered by human activity exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting Climate Change. Caused by our Greenhouse Gas emissions. Pollution and finally the half a creek tunnel local ecosystems by invasive species. The borders both to say the decline can be slowed even stopped in some cases but to do that we must transform our relationship with. A city defined by military occupation business ever been an arab state he with 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 saunders of a settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem our rock and a hard place on aljazeera. Indias Prime Minister accuses the opposition of inciting public anger over a controversial new citizenship law. Kind of them to the macdonald this is live from so also coming up an exclusive report from mexico where our dizzier reveals just how easy it is for cartels to smuggling guns from the u. S. A still yes Prime Minister returns home from hawaii to contrive a seat as the country enjoys unprecedented bushfires. Just getting a taste of democracy is begs head to the polls for parliamentary elections