os attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards. an underground fire has been burning for over a century beneath india's largest coal field. now open cost mining has brought the flames to the surface with devastating consequences for the local population. as communities are destroyed and thousand suffer from toxic fumes what lies behind this human and environmental disaster. people in power the burning city at this time on al-jazeera. syrian rebels and families are passed over the siege town under a surrender deal with the government.

live from doha also coming up i protests around iran hundreds of people demonstrate against rising prices. their parents by the palestinian ambassador at a rally in pakistan angers india we ask why. and celebrations as the residents of a town caught up in libya's revolution are finally allowed to return. to. syrian rebels and their families have begun arriving in the dire all regions south of damascus after making a deal with the government a convoy of buses carrying around four hundred find families was allowed to leave the rubble and. travel to daraa and. the rebels last page into the syrian government and its allies after heavy fighting earlier this month so no one has

more from beirut. in the last rebel pocket in the southwestern countryside of damascus it is a military gain for the syrian government and its allies they launched a massive military campaign two months ago the rebels were trapped in a small area they had no other choice really but to surrender we've seen this happen before intense bombardment and then program and forces impose a siege so the rebels have no choice but to surrender or die really but this is a portent of this is not just a military gain for the government it is again for iran iran expanding its influence in a corner of syria very strategic corner of syria it lies between the syrian israeli and lebanese borders which means iran's allies on the ground are moving closer to israel and israel really has been voicing a lot of concern about this as of late talking both to the russians as well as the

americans telling them that they will not accept it random moving closer to their borders in fact a few weeks ago they stepped up airstrikes in syria they weren't just targeting what they believed were arms convoys destined to the iranian allied hezbollah movement but what we understand one of those strikes targeted close to an iranian military base a base that was being set up by iran so it was a warning message from israel so not just another military game for the government again for iran and possibly it could be a source of tension in the near future there is growing anger and frustration in iran rising prices on the government's economic policies hundreds of people joined protests in several cities on friday please use water gallon to gas the crowds in come and broke up demonstrations and rushed fifty two people were reportedly arrested the previous day at the rally at a rally in iran's second largest city much and. all economic

indications in the country are good yes there is an increase in the prices of some products and the government is working on fixing the causes of the high prices some of the events that have taken place in recent days are said to have been because of the economy but there are other reasons the people behind what is taking place think they will be able to harm the government but when social movements and protests start in the street those who have ignited them are not always able to control them i mean was asked a large pro-government rallies got underway state t.v. showed crowds in the capital tehran holding banners in support of supreme leader ayatollah have been a the rallies marked the anniversary of the end of the unrest that shook the country in two thousand and nine following a disputed election. many of the protesters are angry at rising food and fuel prices worse cuts to welfare benefits they say they paid unfairly targeted in the recent budget religious institutions appear to have been untouched unauthorized lending practices have also caused the collapse of some financial institutions our

president hassan rouhani has vowed to clean up the banking sector and kickstart the economy many complain the progress is too slow iranian government leaders have long blames u.s. sanctions for the sluggish economy also many were lifted after the nuclear deal with world powers two years ago some unilateral american sanctions remain as a force of the iranian government and downplaying the unrest memoranda is professor at tehran university he says some western media and u.s. sanctions are to blame for the frustration. iranians while they're upset with mismanagement but they also recognize that the administration is being prevented from doing a lot of what it's trying to do because of the united states and its allies in the in the sanctions and of course social media makes things much more easy so people are have information but also there is a fact that has to keep to be kept in mind and that while some people have been protesting. the economic problems we do see

a very distinct effort on behalf of foreign governments for example b.b.c. persian which is along to the british government to d.o.a. which is owned by the united states government and media outlets that are directly or indirectly funded by the west their show their showing an effort to fix and expand the protests that they're trying to. intensify in order to politicize them whenever there is any sign of discontent you will always have the mail with think tanks in the western media saying that the regime is about to implode in the regime is unpopular in the and we've been hearing that for thirty five thirty nine years now and that's not top of the night don't expect anything like that to happen in the future. one of at least fifty palestinians shot by israeli soldiers during protesting guards on friday has died of his injuries thousands in gaza and the occupied west bank demonstrators for a fourth successive week at the u.s.

president on trump's ascension to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and has an ambassador to pakistan as a pair that iran called by the main suspects in the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks into an angry reaction from india thousands of people got involved in the on friday of the u.s. decision in jerusalem it was organized by a conservative alliance linked to half a sad who'd been designated a global terrorist by the us and un the delhi says it will take up the ambassador's appearance with palestrina of currencies india is among the one hundred twenty eight countries that voted in favor of the un resolution rejecting to receive them as israel's capital. having been jacob is an associate professor of diplomacy and assignment studies narrowed university in new delhi he says the ambassador's public appearance alongside have he said has strained india's relationship with palestine i think india as a reaction to the episode in pakistan is completely understandable given the fact

that board in the abyan at the states have declared. as a global. diplomacy and politics that is very pork and who you are seen with whose invitations you accept and who you get photographed with the very fact that. a student about their choice to go to iraq and he knew before and who he was going to be with this was no secret. and photographed with. it terrorist read on. i think it's not going down very well with you to link what we understand of reasons. egypt's former president morsi has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary for a speech he made whilst in office morsi has been tried in several cases after he was deposed following mass protests and a military coup in two thousand and thirteen he's already serving a twenty year sentence another case on charges of inciting attacks on protesters in two thousand and twelve and the top appeals court in september up held

a separate twenty five year on charges of harming national security by leaking state documents to cattle. i saw has claimed responsibility for an attack on a coptic church in a christian only shop in egypt at least nine people were killed and five others were injured in the shooting just south of the capital cairo this is back to the gunmen was injured before being arrested by police yes president trump offered his condolences saying he stands united with egypt against terrorism shiela palace has more. a program of confidence inside the virgin mary church on the outskirts of cairo the family members of different victims brought together by gunmen killing in the name of. this is the suspected attacker it's believed he's wearing a suicide vest first he shot at a christian own shop before moving to cairo's coptic mum in a church he opened fire on civilians and police officers outside who witnesses

people inside closed the doors when they heard the shots. to be here. thank god they locked the doors there were hundreds in sight if getting closer during that time it could have been worse than the back and the road umask in china relatives piece together what had happened is they made it outside the hospital. and. one woman was killed when she tried to help the attacker thinking he had full an order they say he saw her across dangling from her neck and she also had a little boy who she was asking him in the name of christ this something happened to you she was he worried about him or she gives him love and tenderness and peace is this what they need peace with gunfire you make peace with gunfire. as the ambulances left the funeral with their loved ones and size they were accompanied by armored vehicles and a sign of increased security for christians here it's the latest in

a number of attacks on the christian minority in egypt which represents about ten percent of the population the problem is the. there's no clear counterterrorism and counterinsurgency policies so for dealing with this threat for a while egypt has been discontinuing the same blunders and same mistakes egypt has been under a state of emergency since i pro and suicide bombing struck two coptic church is killing at least forty five people on palm sunday i some also claimed responsibility for that attack the government deployed more security forces outside churches this month in anticipation of attacks over christmas. and new years on joining our christmas every holiday every holiday they send these gifts or god you are vengeful. i egypt's christians have long accused the authorities of not doing enough to protect them. on the us which is

a. phrase prime minister has dismissed the idea that asad kaplan president bush among could govern from abroad by roy made the comments in his end of year speech a week after catalonia separatist parties won a majority and a decisive divisive snap election purge of all is currently is self-imposed exile in brussels after he declared catalan independence in october. it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economist region while living abroad it is even more absurd to try to perform one's duties as president of an autonomy region when you are abroad i really think that it's completely senseless it's not even a judicial or political issue it's just common sense i hope that we can quickly count on a government in catalonia that is able to engage in dialogue and reach an understanding with all catalans not just with hospital. doctors say former peruvian president will need medical attention and definitely protests as remain camped outside the

hospital where he's being treated. the demonstrating against the. twenty five year sentence for human rights crimes. on sunday just days after he survived a. corruption. still ahead here on al-jazeera tension simmering between refugees from sudan and south sudan as they compete for limited resources. and how this viral video in south korea has prompted a national debate about women and the workplace. hello there we've got a big swelling area of low pressure that's working its way across the northern

parts of asia at the moment we look at the satellite picture we can see this area of cloud that the wraps itself up around the center of the low pressure and all of this is sweeping its way eastwards but it's going to bring us to cold weather in fact it looks like it's going to be fairly mild so take care there is six degrees before the system works its way across us and then up to around twelve off towards the north there will be a fair amount of rain maybe a few outbreaks of snow as you might expect at this time of year across hokkaido towards the west certainly not warm here minus one as a maximum there he pyongyang for us in beijing we should get up to around three degrees the further towards the southeast and here it has been relatively dry recently but we are now seeing a little bit more cloud working its way up through parts of it now and just about make you way into the southern parts of china that will just gradually spread a little bit further towards the north as we head through monday for around the coast it should stay dry shanghai at around eleven on monday and force in hong kong will be at twenty one little bit further towards the south and force in the

philippines be relatively dry recently but we are now seeing a little bit more in the way of cloud and a few showers there sunday but as we head into monday it looks like we're going to see some heavy rain make its way across the northern parts of mindanao. in the wake of the race riots how much can someone take before they crack the recognition is crucial we need. to prove how. it was a little thing where people think it was so they're really doing good move things that were submitted to me but will also be disrespect to al-jazeera explores the history and struggles of the lebanese community in australia once upon a time in punchbowl at this time honored.

hello again you're watching out there as a reminder of our top stories this hour syrian rebels and their families have begun arriving in the direction south of damascus after making a deal with the government a convoy of buses carrying around four hundred fighters and their families would love to leave the rebel enclave in base and travel to daraa and. iran's interior minister has called on people to avoid illegal gatherings following two days of anti-government protests hundreds of people joined protests in several cities on thursday and friday over the government's economic policy. the indian government has launched a diplomatic protest after the palestinian ambassador to pakistan appeared on stage alongside the main suspect in the mumbai attacks nine years ago a joint thousands of fighters rally and well indeed to condemn the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. libya's internationally recognized

government is allowing people displaced during the two thousand and eleven revolution to return to their homes they were forced from the town. after pfizer's supported former libyan leader moammar gadhafi. reports from tripoli. for judea and her relatives can't hide their joy. they will finally return to their home. after away for six years some of these children were born here in this camp in tripoli yet they are holding on to their parents' dream is that it has already brought hope that we are so happy that we will finally go home we just need to settle down and live in peace now we've had enough troubles we're sick and tired of the interrogation. but nobody has says she has had a terrible experience the son was accused of fighting for former leader moammar

gadhafi and twenty eleven and was later arrested by rebels from the city of misrata girl who doesn't get up we just need our safety to be guaranteed ahead we need a neutral official brigade to secure our hometown to work we don't want misrata to police to work because it used to be our adversary really you around four hundred fifty families live in this camp they don't have proper health care or sanitation so life here is tough. it is even tougher for disabled people like ahmad mubarak he remembers how spacious and comfortable his old house back home was. it has been so difficult for us living here on all levels the place we live in hygiene education and security on many occasions gangs and armed men attacked us and stole or belongings around four thousand families have been scattered in camps all over libya since september to an eleven most of them are in benghazi and the

capital tripoli for the past six years several attempts have failed to bring the people of back to their home town that's largely because those in misrata have accused them of killing people who supported the uprising against them or get their feet and they have demanded that in order for them to return the government must compensate the families of the victims. during the fall of the deficit rejean hundreds of to one of our men were captured while fighting against the rebels as a major supporter of gaddafi told her was used as a military base for his forces to attack misratah later around forty thousand people were forced out of as collective punishment since then toward has become a ghost town. of the tripoli based a government of national accord has agreed to provide compensation to victims on

both sides food for judy year and ben nobody here they say it feels like they will be set free after six years of imprisonment they can't wait to go back home in february until then they are counting down days more to. tripoli. in south sudan life is becoming increasingly tough for refugees of war north of the border in sudan having to share limited resources with south sudanese who also have war and potential famine to contend with some refugees have been killed in the fraction of a morgan reports from the county in south sudan home to one of four refugee camps for people from north of the border this has been a frog nasser's home for more than six years their refugee from sudan fled her home and sought safety in neighboring south sudan she says she no longer feel safe after her brother was killed last year in fighting between refugees and there's how

sudanese hosts. that we lost our brother last year he was kidnapped and killed they brought back his body that night we were tucked inside the comes with guns we lost a lot of people during the fights or just my brother but children women were killed in this time as we fled fighting broke out in state after the sudan people's liberation movement north rebelled against government leaders in khartoum the armed opposition group accuse the sudanese government of breaking the two thousand and five peace agreement it allowed state to choose whether to be part of sudan or a newly independent south sudan the conflict has resulted in more than two hundred fifty thousand refugees fleeing to south sudan more than half of them live in four camps here. sudanese refugees started arriving here in my band since two thousand and eleven a few months after south sudan gained independence but since then the host country has been at civil war which is still happening that has created an economic and hunger crises all over it have had an impact on the refugees the war in south sudan

which started in twenty thirteen also display started in east and resulted in more than half of the twelve million population peace in food insecurity south sudanese government leaders say tensions are being created because the refugees have freedom to move and reach limited resources in modern. if you. feel better there are advantages and disadvantages of having them here the main problem is that the camps are not first that means the refugees can move around freely in countries for domestic use and that is having an impact on the hospital and with almost no chance of returning home to sudan soon the united nations high commission for refugees says they need to be protected they are here they have needs they have rights and these needs and rights have to be met and so that there has to be a very high level of cooperation between you and the south sudanese government to ensure that they are safe protected and and that their needs are met

a friend has no plans to return to the word zone in sudan but she may have to do just that if there is a repeat of the violence between refugees and their star sudanese hosts people morgan al-jazeera south sudan as ambien president has called on the military to help fight a cholera outbreak has killed at least forty one people in the capital lusaka. says emergency measures are needed to try to stop the epidemic from spreading including closing some markets over one thousand people of contraction of disease in september and number of cases decreased in october but new infections have surged in recent weeks. three u.n. agencies have issued a joint statement condemning the war in yemen saying people there cannot stand another day of fighting the world health organization the world food program and unicef say the conflicts created the world's worst humanitarian crisis there is widespread famine and displacement as well as an outbreak of cholera much of the

country's infrastructure and health system has been destroyed by assad's led coalition as strikes and who see rebel shelling meanwhile u.s. defense secretary james mattis says washington is working with the saudi alliance to limit civilian casualties as well as advising on military tactics the comments follow u.n. condemnation of the coalition's bombing campaign after more than one hundred civilians were killed by airstrikes within ten days trying to remove taxes on its steel exports in a move expected to raise trade tensions with the u.s. and europe china as the world's top steel producer in two thousand and sixteen exported more than one hundred million tonnes twice as much this nearest rival japan the global steel sector is valued as an estimated nine hundred billion dollars with china exporting to more than two hundred twenty countries and territories the u.s. is worried that china's exports will undercut its domestic production prize has more from beijing. until it was closed this was the biggest steel plant in beijing

production got moved from here to a province outside the city as a way of reducing apple lucian but it's the specter of idle mills like this that holds all of the world's steel produces and china or is the biggest given the oversupply of steel in the world right now china often gets accused of breaking the normal rules of trade by dumping that is selling its deal to the world for less than the cost of making it simply to keep its mills turning and the changes in the export taxes will add to suspicions in the u.s. and europe about china's trade practices from january the first to china will be reducing export taxes on some of its steel products making them cheaper and it will be cutting them altogether on things like steel wire and rugs at the same time it will also be reducing export taxes on fertilizers as a way of giving that industry a boost for its part china denies the accusation of dumping pointing to the fact

that in the past year it has reduced its steel exports by a third nevertheless there will always be the suspicion that china will always put the interests of its steel plants way above any international criticism meaning that the kind of trade tensions we've seen in the past year will definitely continue into twenty eighteen into the air this is just all time to have a party especially for black has to say slice with colleagues for a change that's also the norm in the south clear but in video nesses dancing at a hospital talent show has sparked debate about the piece of women by their bosses from the capitol so kathleen is that helpful. treatment when these women became nurses this was not part of the job description video of them dancing at a hospital talent show was posted on social media prompting a national conversation about something not often openly discussed in south korea

the treatment of women in the workplace these nurses didn't want their identities revealed fearing repercussions at work for the talent show we were forced to dance we had to wear indecent clothes and perform sexy dances on stage and we were embarrassed. she says hospital officials sat in the front row judging the performances and that refusing to participate wasn't an option unless she could find a colleague to take her place. in south korea because of the confusion tradition of respecting it's difficult to say no to superiors this type of power abuse has become normal lawyer leonis says sexual harassment is a problem for south koreans of all professions especially when junior employees are expected to drink with their bosses after hours to know that a year and a party is a common occasion for sexual harassment people expect women to pour drinks for men

or for young and pretty women to sit next to older male bosses. drunk male bosses hug us and hold our hands during these company occasions but we can't say anything because they're our bosses in the most recent government survey the majority of those who say they experienced sexual harassment took no action among the reasons given were that they thought it would make no difference and that they would be disadvantaged at work. the government announced plans to impose harsher penalties for sexual harassment in november after a young employee at the country's biggest furniture company hon simms accused colleagues of reaping and sexually assaulting her the employment and labor ministry found the company failed to investigate the claims and find about five thousand dollars. as for the talent show a hospital spokesperson said it is planning to reform the dress code and is considering getting rid of it completely kathy novak al jazeera sole. authority is

a mumbai have started the motion illegal restaurants and pubs after a fire in the indian city left fifteen people dead bulldozers raze through parts of a popular nightspot an office complex at kemal mills i also plan to conduct a fire safety audit. of celebrations a fire is a rooftop restaurant on friday engulfed a four story building and. a vigil has been held there a new york apartment building where twelve people died despite the extreme cold neighbors gathered to remember those who lost their lives in the blaze officials say the fire was started by a young boy playing with a stove the flames spread quickly through the building in the bronx area is the deadliest fire in the city in twenty five years police in serbia have uncovered twenty five tons of highly toxic waste buried in barrels and containers at a private property southwest of the capital belgrade the chemicals include benzene

a cancer causing compound that is highly regulated across the developed world the owner of the property has been arrested serbia is heavily polluted use of years of mismanagement and economic decline. i think that within two weeks we will have all the analysis there are some indications but we don't want to talk about indications what is important is that we ask citizens from this part of our brand of it's not to use wells for drinking water until we get the analysis. can be found on our website. you're watching out of these are the top stories syrian rebels and their families have begun arriving in the region south of damascus after making a deal with the government a convoy of buses carrying around four hundred fighters and their families was

allowed to leave the rebel and. and travel to iraq and the rebels lost to the syrian government and its allies after heavy fighting earlier this month iran's interior called on people to avoid any legal gatherings following two days of anti-government protests over rising prices and economic policy hundreds of people joined protests in several cities on friday. dispersed crowds. and broke up demonstrations and rushed fifty people were reportedly arrested the previous day at a rally in iran's second largest city. pro-government rallies got underway state t.v. showed crowds in the capital tehran holding banners in support of supreme leader ayatollah ali hum in a rally. at the end of the unrest that shook the country in two thousand and nine following a disputed election. indian government has launched

a diplomatic protest after the palestinian ambassador to pakistan appeared on stage alongside the main suspect in the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks they joined thousands of. us recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. egypt's former president mohamed morsi has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary for a speech he made whilst in office morsi has been tried in several cases after he was deposed following mass protests in the military coup in two thousand and thirteen he's already serving a twenty year sentence in another case on charges of inciting attacks on protesters in twenty twelve and the top appeals court in september held a separate twenty five year on charges of harming national security by leaking state documents to castle zambian president has called on the military to help find a cholera outbreak has killed at least forty one people in the capital is soka at. needed to try to stop the epidemic from spreading those are your headlines more

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