Everyone will be let in. And were in zimbabwe where patients are paying the price for what critics call a broken Health System. We begin in syria where the battle for the last rebel stronghold has killed more civilians at least people the day after a Syrian Government airstrike targeted a school in the province displaced syrians had been sheltering in the school but it was his tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes Government Forces and their russian allies are pushing deeper into weirdly the un has called for an immediate end to the violence. There it i want to kill people before the escape here while were packing the jet came and targeted us and killed a large number and others and a whole family is missing. Baba doris on the turkey syria border he says refugees are being left in a precarious position. Well the humanitarian crisis is huge and its keeping on growing because more and more people are being uprooted from their homes. Started with the city of martin man which was the target all for the initial strikes bottle bombs underground shelling but now were seeing other places also reporting people for leaving from them after being targeted by Syrian Forces sworn a mission to take every last bit of territory that is in the homs all through our position we are right now one of the hobs for the Turkish Charity i too which is helping the refugees on the other side of the border and speaking to a senior all fishel who told us that they have been trying us much as possible to help the people who fleeing 125000 was the count of this deadly of rising and he says there must be up to 150000 of the moment and he says they cannot provide each family with its own individual talent theyve been forced to build this must have tents on high heel that to avoid flooding off course and they are commentating up 200 people in every tent have separate the men and their women but he says there is a lot of suspicion between the people because it has been home to people who. Fled places like aleppo and other places that the regime had targeted before and he says there are so many other people who have set up tents on the sides of the road im going not want to mingle with the rest of the refugees that he fears for their health because they dont have sanitation they dont have clean water and they do not have food as well another moment they say is that if you just cannot cook for themselves he says they are forced to to to to provide them with warm mails. And syrian Customs Officials have seize the assets of the countrys wealthiest businessman its the 1st time a new order has been issued for rami backlift who is the cousin of president assad hes been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges and phase the e. U. And u. S. Have already imposed sanctions on back live report of the control 60 percent of syrias economy chris durrell is a middle east analyst and director of the council for arab British Understanding he explains just have been targeted. The matter who family right in the sense at the core of this regime remember the heart as the last sentence the father of bashar last night was not marriage to a niece of matthew which is. Now a week land as well as the assets and in fact in many ways of her greater social standing and who is the father rami was very much the regimes banco he is extremely rich so to see the regime taking action like this against somebody so senior and indeed. There were parts of this new crony capitalism that underpin the regime gemma demonstrates that all is not well in need and in a echelons of power now theres a number of scenarios one can consider here there is an extent the regime is trying to shore up its legitimacy at a time of real declining revenues when so many syrians are destitute are below the poverty line. And are resentful of those who have millions who actually show off their wealth in a way and weve seen this or so with the man who found it they have been prepared to that theres been all sorts of stories on social media and pictures of some of their family with fast cars and the like so this is resent it could also be that given the regime has so little Financial Results at the moment that they are trying to basically corral in as many billions and billions as they can. 4 people have been killed in libya in the latest airstrikes by the warlord to leave after us forces it happened in the town of to jura east of tripoli several more people were injured last week after announced what he called the final offensive to take the capital tripoli where libyas internationally recognized government has reportedly asked turkey to send Ground Troops the countryside to military cooperation deal last month tripoli has already requested warplanes and naval vessels for the past few years libya has been divided between 2 rival governments the un recognized administration there by Prime Minister fires are surat is based in tripoli its supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near the capital will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east there is the to brook based government the center of power for the warlords only for half the hes backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the United Arab Emirates france is also accused of providing military support for his forces rid of there while head is in tripoli and says the request is a sign that un backed Government Troops may be struggling to stop after us forces advancing. Government sources say that the type of turkish military. Individuals requested by their d. N. A. The government of National Court is military commanders and the government Officials Say that the troops on the ground did the Government Forces are in need of military commanders to arrange this battle and to run the battle on the ground to prevent have to his forces from entering get their capital why now the government is demanding military commanders because have to his forces have been recently advancing with the help of russian is according to the Government Military sources. Russian mysteries are fighting for have to and have to this force have been receiving advanced weapons from the United Arab Emirates and also from russia now. Says that in order for the government to send troops to libya it needs to submit a mandate to the Turkish Parliament so that it could be endorse it and then in this case it can send troops to libya 50 student groups in new delhi about you just a controversial citizenship law theyre also calling for a National Protest day across india opponents so if the new law discriminates against muslims and violates the secular constitution at least 25 people have been killed during protests since the legislation was passed nearly 2 weeks ago and this book around them is in new delhi and says the protests look like theyll continue. We saw protests not just here but also continuing in the western city of. The capital of west bengal state where the chief minister has held large rallies every day for the last 8 or 9 days people keep showing up and also another a large protest in the Southern City of china is the people very much continuing to send the message to the government 2 weeks i think almost off the bilbos pos that theyre not ok with it as the bill was passed by both houses of parliament and where as in the last few days it did look like the government might backtrack not on the citizenship Amendment Act but something called the National Register of citizens and the thousands of people whove been out on the streets for the last few weeks they have actually been protesting about both things both the citizenship law and the National Register of citizens which is an exercise that was carried out in the Northeastern State of which required everyone to prove this that of the ship of the government has wanted to carry out around the country 1300000000 people needing to prove their citizenship now in the last few days we did hear the Prime Minister seemed to backtrack on that but in the last hours the government has cost funding for a type of census which is seen as a precursor for this National Register of citizens so since that is something thats happened we really expecting these protests to just continue. France is facing widespread travel disruption during the busy Christmas Holiday as strikes of the pension reform show no sign of easing transporter going heavily restricted with up to 80 percent of trying service is canceled but has been a smith reports from paris people appear generally sympathetic to the process. Just 2 out of 5 high speed trains are running across france on Christmas Eve one of the busiest travel periods of the year but with a nationwide transport strike now in its 3rd week many travelers are used to the disruption seemed to a found a work around paris his garden or was busy but not chaotic and he was tired i think its its to be all very. I mean im sure the other side i can understand you know the reason for the strike and everything ive been looking for a way to get away the status of no no they still havent been able to find. So its like it was it was disrupted the National Rail operator s. N. C. F. Will only guarantee travel for those who booked tickets in advance and even they may not have a seat the s. N. C. F. Says the strike is costing it 22000000. 00 a day in lost revenue. In 1995 after 3 weeks of Public Sector strikes in the run up to christmas the government caved in and shelved plans to reform frances pension and welfare system theres no indication so far that the government will perform a similar retreat this time. There seems to be no end in sight to the east transport strikes the government and the unions will meet again in the 2nd week of january but thats when theyll also be another round of nationwide demonstrations. Ill just era palettes. Still ahead on aljazeera. Behaves. Like its course television is a computer case to them revealing the hidden harmlessness of the socalled sofa surfers in the u. K. During the holiday period. After months of protests and well hear why quality is one of the big problems they face. Hello again and welcome back to International Weather forecast well this hour i do want to start here in tehran not a lot of activity on our satellite thats not really the problem in terms of whether its actually the very bad air quality that they have been dealing with over the last week and a half and as you can see really bringing that visibility down schools have been closed since last week when theyre going to be closed this week as well and unfortunately were not going to be seeing much of a break until the system out here towards the west starts to move in and that system is going to cause a lot of problems in terms of flooding anywhere from turkey syria down towards parts of lebanon as well as into israel even towards egypt you could be seeing some very heavy rain over the next few days wednesday the rain and the winds will be the big problem and then were going to be seeing the snow start to accumulate in those Higher Elevations as well you can see over here towards tehran we do expect to see some rain coming in in terms of how much rain well it is going to be centered mostly up here cross parts of turkey where we could be see well over 225. 00 millimeters of rain just in the next 3 days well across the gulf things are looking quite nice here in doha were going to sing tempers of about 22 degrees over towards of a dobie on wednesday at 24 but by the time we do get towards wednesday and thursday things warm up to about 20 for. A city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depot structure that maintains because only project does what we defuse it was one of the founders of the settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera hes a top stories. The Syrian Government is strike targeting a school with provinces killed at least 8 people Government Forces the russian allies are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold. For people whod been killed in libya in the latest strikes by Police Forces it happened in the town of jura east of tripoli libya recognize government has reportedly asked turkey to send troops. France is facing widespread travel disruption during the busy Christmas Holiday strikes of a pension reform showing no signs of easing up to 80 percent of trying service is a cancer. A new electoral law has been approved by the Iraqi Parliament which was a key to bow out of protest government demonstrations are calling for the removal of the entire Political Class and an independent minister dorsetshire bari is in baghdad and she explains what the changes will mean for. There being called a very significant change to the countrys electoral system this article was passed just a short time ago in parliament it includes 50 divisions within it which states that the countrys electoral system will not be changed it will be one that it will be based on direct voting rather than parties having electoral lists of candidates that they selected this is something that was very important to the demonstrators and it took weeks of political wrangling to make it happen in parliament a number of sessions were held without any of these laws being passed but finally on tuesday the countrys parliament managed to get it through and its being seen as a very Significant Development and something that would not have happened with. Out the protests taking place in this country which began in october its being seen as a major step towards what the demonstrators and the people of iraq wanted and that is a system which they have some say in how they elect their members of parliament and now this is being seen as something that has been granted to them and it will be very very interesting to see how the demonstrators react to this in the coming days but were still also waiting for a nominee candidate for the position of Prime Minister that is something that is being very much the bated now between the various parties in parliament and they hope to have inappropriate candidates in the coming days with the demonstrators have said that despite all their political wrangling they want to be able to elect their own Prime Minister well have to wait and see how that pans out thousands of pilgrims are celebrating christmas in bethlehem in the occupied west bank the archbishop opened the festivities during the traditional procession in the streets of the old city but many christian palestinians in gaza cannot attend because israel has not given them permits according to the Greek Orthodox church in gaza only 193 out of the 950 applications have been approved. Bethlehem and she says israels restrictions are being filled by the community. Comically and financially the city has always depended on people coming from abroad in the place where christians believe is actually the cradle of christianity the star of bethlehem is something that Everybody Knows and people have been pilgrims have been coming to this city over the years however living under Israeli Occupation has definitely had its toll on the businesses on people working here especially as the city relies mainly on that on tourism and joins me now a 70 year shop owner mr met and i wanted to tell us more about the challenges of a new year shops and other Small Businesses face here in palestine yes basically the obstacle that weve been trying to deal with lately is the outage of power and water in the city and with the high volume of tourists in our hotels with over then 50 hotels in bethlehem filled up with tourists you know need electricity and they need water along with other stuff so power has been a big big thing going on for the past 2 weeks the Israeli Company of atrocity is cutting the power at least 2 to 3 hours in the city of bethlehem and the surrounding areas and if we talk about challenges we will also want to talk about hope is there anything that keeps you more hopeful that things are changing oh definitely thats whats keeping me here in this country in palestine in my city bethlehem the hope is the magic word for everyone and were hoping for a Better Future for palestine an independent palestine and within a with our neighbors and also to make palestine a safe place for all people who want to visit palestine and the holy places in our country thank you so much an of course the ministry of tourism has said that around 3 and a half 1000000 visitors have came to palestine during the year in 2019 and of course theyre hoping that this season would bring them even more tourism and help bring more businesses to the city. Well theres no end inside to a medical staff strike in zimbabwe many doctors are working because theyre fighting for better pay and improvement of the Health Care System