Offices of prominent kremlin act critic alexei sayle vonnie he says its part of a coordinated campaign against him coming just days after one of his close allies was conscripted to remote arctic base. And we start off in india the Worlds Largest democracy is in the grip of widespread on rest over a new Immigration Law that critics see as anti muslim immigrants amnesty to undocumented migrants from 3 neighboring countries but only if they are not muslim in his Prime Minister Narendra Modi says its a way to offer asylum to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but many of indias own citizens are outraged at least 25. 00 have died in protests across the country. A sea of defiance it is the biggest challenge to new render a movie since he came to power in 24th for the thousands here it is a battle for indias constitution to look at what we are saying is if youre not someone else who is there for the ideas and. Also obviously hindu if this is really rooted in the rest of the country 40 percent of you know this is rick there. For weeks protests have raged against a law that would run citizenship to refugees from neighboring countries but not muslims some see it as lama for big all those are worried it will lead to white scale emigration. The backlash has provoked a heavy handed response in delhi dozens were arrested for protesting. About a live thousands of people have been detained we are protesting against that people who have been detained for no reason must be released immediately. And amid heightened fears in muslim communities of revenge attacks police were caught breaking c. C. T. V. Cameras. And the government soldiers are out to the r. S. A. A militaristic group of hindu hardliners marching in the capital beating the drum for rent a movie and his nationalist government. Journalists are feeling the heat a vigil at the moment by the press club they say they are being targeted by police as they try to cover these to mull 2 said then said. Well when you act required of communication when youre doing that all people do report when you got off the internet. And this is what something which the establishment should understand india finds itself in a standoff and. Even a flicker of greek is silly age. Now lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world an earthquake has struck close to irans bush era Nuclear Power plant the u. S. Geographical survey says the quake was moderately strong a magnitude of 5. 00 it was also relatively shallow which is likely to have made it more destructive israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a contest for the leadership of his ruling that could party netanyahu gain 72 percent of the votes cast by Party Members fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon. The vote comes ahead of a general election in march. U. K. Authorities say they have rescued at least 60 migrants from iran iraq and afghanistan off of englands south east coast they reportedly sailed from France Interior Ministry says an increasing number of people are risking their lives by trying to cross the English Channel in small boats. Public transport workers have rallied in paris as a rail strike continues to cause major disruptions across france the protesters are demanding that the french government drop its plans for controversial Pension Reforms the overhaul would simplify the Current System and increase the retirement age to 64. Turkish president. Says he intends to send troops to libya at once as the u. S. Backed government in tripoli requested the intervention to help stabilize the country turkey follows through the move to deepen an international proxy struggle in the north african country ravaged by civil war since 2014. After 8 months just partly fending off rival forces from the east of the country the Libyan Government is in need of help. If. We have the right to defend tripoli. We will officially ask that turkish government for its military support. The defense of the capital tripoli has so far been successful but with a powerful and tangled web of cooperation on the insurgent side that includes russia and egypt libyas internationally recognized government is trying to form its own Regional Coalition to defend its hold on power. God willing the alliance and cooperation between us turkey tunisia and algeria will be the support for the stability. Is the. Ankara has already signed 2 broader defense accords with tripoli but now publicly acknowledge is a more definitive request for tickets troops on libyan soil. We would go to a place where we are invited to go. Along with him but we would not go to a place where we are not invited to go to. This. To give it at the moment since there is such an invitation we will respond to it. You just. Took his lawmakers could vote as early as next week to ratify a move that would again as in syria cost turkey as a key player in a very complex theater. Russian authorities have raided the offices of prominent kremlin critic alexei in a volley his foundation publishes exposes on state corruption and is currently under investigation by authorities earlier this week one of his close allies was forcibly conscripted into the military and sent to serve at a remote arctic base a move novell news says amounted to kidnapping. Video footage reportedly shot inside the offices of the Anti Corruption organizations set up and run by alexina vall me. The black clad men were identified by of all these people as Court Bailiffs they were acting on a warrant issued because novell nice group refused to erase a video that accused russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of corruption. This desk in the office has been empty since monday it belongs to roussillon chavez enough a member of the staff seen in these file pictures to the right of the Opposition Leader chavez an author has allegedly been kidnapped and forced to do military service. For a bad day we did not know where roselyn was or what was going on it was a real kidnapping. There were no legal grounds to that we did not receive any documents we had no access to lawyers. Reports say the 23 year old was picked up from his apartment on monday he was then brought to a military base on the Distant Island of novi a somalia in the arctic ocean where he will do military service. The army said shot bad enough had been trying to avoid military conscription and now a court order has been issued to draft him however its not clear if a valid draft notice has been issued. Not all the accuses the authorities of acting illegally. Of course all use facts are linked together the criminal charges against the empty Corruption Organisation the author of hes declaring us a Foreign Agent then there are all those endless raids i think this was the 4th as well as the detention and harris meant of our employees and the illegal trafficking of 1st lunch of heading off to the arctic this is all coordinated as part of a single operation with orders coming from high up. The government is playing down the issue. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov says that it should have been off did try to dodge the draft then the actions taken by the military are perfectly legal. To the philippines now where people there are reckoning with the damage left by a severe typhoon that battered the region at least 28 people have been killed and its fear the death toll could rise significantly many buildings there were destroyed and large areas are still without internet or electricity a Tropical Storm a 1st offense phone was upgraded to a typhoon when it made landfall at christmas devastating celebrations in this predominantly catholic nation. The extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge. Fun phone destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air both or shes evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storms arrival as a precaution. Severe rain caused major flooding forcing people to wade through the deluge of these are seeking a to deal with the typhoons aftermath. Toiletries whatever items that can be useful and helpful to us and thats what were appealing for i hope we receive help. From sun phones powerful winds rex have a conceptual provinces in central philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan and 6 years ago. Damage from fon fon blocked roads and cut communication lines there are reports of people taking shelter in the regions airports. Now that the storm has passed for those who are returning home the job of cleaning up and rebuilding their lives has begun although the philippines is hit by storms several times a year typhoon fan phone has made this christmas one that will be remembered. Now earlier we spoke to Richard Gordon of the Philippine Red Cross he told us about the aftermath of the storm so far and how those affected by the powerful type of typhoon are dealing with it people are beginning to go back to their role. And after the onslaught of the typhoon last night and the other night but really a lot of people have lost their homes. The people in the coastal areas they really got walloped their houses their ramshackle homes so its totally destroyed their hoosier run away their walls are blown away and so a lot of people will have to do without and thats why were addressing that by providing carpooling children kids to the folks out there also they would need food because everything that they have their coach and sundry identify cooking utensils. There without them so that person makes an impact with their questions because right. Track thats provided the ready made meals so again this is going to be a recurring problem of we dont have enough right the way were trying to bring in all the food stuff that we can bring including im sure its creeping kinch imagine your home being blown away you need your blankets you need a mosquito match and thats what they need right now apart from the fact that they would need. If anyone was as witnesses none americans dont want i myself was told its not going to be from a dull moment and there is a belief in the area of responsibility. For a major typhoon commanders for us to be. That was Richard Gordon of the red cross now the annual sydney to hobart yacht race began on thursday 155. 00 yachts are racing along the Southern Coast of australia to the island of tasmania it is one of the toughest sailing races in the world the boats cover almost 630 nautical miles 2 years ago the yacht comanches set the record for the rays reaching the tasmanian capital hobart in one day 9 hours and 15 minutes for this time around the record holder is currently languishing behind scallawag thats a yacht from hong kong. Watching t. W. News from berlin well have more news at the top of the hour next up is the business with Kate Ferguson but 1st well leave you with some images from Southern California where it snowed in the Joshua Tree National park thanks for watching. After. 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