muzzling the media a new report reduces china of using force and influence to stop hong kong's journalist from reporting the anti-government protests. i'm come on santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera rescuers in the southern philippines are looking for survivors after an earthquake killed at least 4 people. also a crackdown during a night of violence in lebanon while the search for

a new prime minister is to begin. and they make a living out of rubbish but recycling is in argentina exploring about their jobs. a crackdown on press freedom this is a report by the committee to protect journalists accusing china of preventing journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely it details an increasingly constrained media environment in hong kong where pro beijing outlets outnumber the independent ones probating groups are also accused of scaring off companies from advertising with independent outlets who can be critical of china the report says that they've been repeated and unprovoked police attacks on journalists in hong kong have been covering the protests the committee to protect journalists says these are the effects of china's rising influence on a region that once had free press has sarah clarke in hong kong was obviously

reported right throughout this whole process of protests in hong kong. and has been looking at the report to take us through some of the conclusions of it so. well as you mentioned come out of this is looking at the they changing media landscape in hong kong due to the increasing chinese influence i'll know is media outlets and the overall conclusion is that it's not a positive situation for the media here it's china's diminishing inhibitions to intervene in hong kong's affairs it's had an unfortunate consequences for journalists it's at the cause of hong kong's more restrictive environment is increasing control of the large media companies which have come on to mind control . or influence it's the media outlets with the chinese slant they tend to get heavier investment so bigger greater income in coming funds from the chinese companies and it says the older not so it pays to be pro choice now it talks about how that's translated to greater pressure on the independent media outlets which

they said are diminishing as a result simply because they are being under funded by side those who criticize the day to question china being starved of any funding or income from advertising other finances it says the independent media who questioned as much of the chinese imports some of the online stance of the online platform for the independent operators is certainly thriving but it still says that the number of outlets and independent media journalists are diminishing as a result now also a particular focus in this report is looking at the violent attacks that have been increasing in the last 6 or so months in the last 12 months and that's been inflicted by the police and sometimes part china supporters now we spoke to the co-author of this report stephen butler and this is what he had to say with regards to the increasing number of attacks on journalists in hong kong. which put the media on the frontline against police and we've seen many instances of police.

really gratuitous attacks on journalists journalists who were standing at the side who were cheered. yesterday pepper spray or in the case of one journalist who was hit by you know bullet in most her eyes i sighed. and there's no justice none of these cases are being investigated by force. and the police are not being held to account and so i think this has led to increasing divide. as for the protest movement itself sara what sort of studies are that in now are things winding down a bit. recently came out a continuing but the number of rallies are small and the number of people attending those rallies also declining we had some small confrontations on the weekend at some of those rallies and that was between police some protesters as well as journalists and this week there was a general strike pool for between tuesday and now there was

a general strike last week but it actually didn't eventuate so you get to see what will come of this week strike and i should also say the hong kong government here has taken out a number of ads in newspapers in australia europe and the united states and it says the home kong is soldiering on is trying to reassure a countries around the world that hong kong is still a good place to invest it not so hong kong is a free and open society and it says that the hong kong government still respects the one country 2 systems policy now hong kong's chief executive terry lamb is currently in beijing she said to make she didn't pick this afternoon this morning she went to. her night at hong kong's unfortunate economic situation he said that china has now said that hong kong is not out of the start of the hong kong is not out of its financial dilemmas yet but says the county facing unprecedented and challenging times but we expect kerry lamb to update the all of us tomorrow which is choose day when she does potentially a briefing on the visit to beijing. thank you for that sarah clarke in hong kong.

2 other news in these 4 people were killed in sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern philippines rescuers are searching for survivors after the magnitude 6.9 quake hit the island of mindanao the region still recovering from a series of earthquakes in october jamila island is in doubt where family members of the missing are still waiting for news. we're in the town of god that involve all those sore one of the areas bearing the brunt of the earthquakes devastation we are right in front of what used to be a 3 story building now this is what's left of it this was a grocery mart where people used to go to to buy their provisions both the time and their offices it is believed that several people remain still trapped at the ground floor of what used to be the ground floor of this building from where i am i can still hear rescuers trying to break in breaking glass is hoping that there will still be survivors rescuers have been telling us they have been working overtime

since the earthquake struck sunday afternoon several bodies have already been pulled out and they said that as early as monday morning someone was still able to send a message asking for help from inside they have already lost contact since over there some of them are actually relatives of those missing hoping for some good news about their loved ones we've spoken to the mayor and the governor of davos or and they were telling us basically what that they are asking for is for people to stay calm people here on the edge afraid of the earthquake and it's aftershocks and it's not only here in davos or the region of mindanao many parts of it has been battered by a series of earthquakes over the last few months thousands of people have already been displaced but what the government is trying to assure everyone that they are prepared and that they are able to send aid to those who need it most.

let's look at lebanon we had been reporting that the president was going to begin consulting political parties to find a new prime minister but now hearing that that has been postponed we've got in a word to take us through the latest dana. yes the constitutional process to appoint a prime minister and form a new government was supposed to begin now the president's palace issued a statement saying that those parliamentary consultations have been postponed until thursday in that statement it mentions that the caretaker prime minister saad el how do you see the man who was believed to be to be nominated by the end of today asked for this postponement in order to allow for more consultations and then go shays shins among the different political factions levanon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide yes like i mentioned saddam heidi is the likely candidate to return

as prime minister he received the support of the sunday religious establishment in this country there's a sectarian basis them of government the post the prime minister is reserved for a sunday muslim but he doesn't have enough support to push ahead with his own government in parliament he's going to need 65 votes in order to get the vote of confidence in parliament what sort of how do you want to head a government of independent technocrats in order to steer levanon out of this economic crisis but his political rivals mainly the iranian backed hezbollah as well as the president michel aoun they believe that the next government should have representatives of the different political parties so the political forces are not in agreement on how the makeup of the next cabinet should be its hard bargaining really because if anyone is to make any concession it means we can ng their political power so the constitutional process now phoned many were hoping that

a government would be formed in order to enact much needed reforms to receive international aid the economy is in dire straits people are losing their jobs companies are closing the local currency is losing value so now further negotiations expected in the coming days. and in the pressure from the street continues doesn't isn't as i guess to what happened on sunday night. 2 nights of violence in downtown beirut that's the center of the capital the epicenter of the protest movement security forces clashing with an armed protesters took consecutive nights tear gas was used rubber bullets water callen cannons dozens of protesters were injured and according to the interior ministry security forces as well were injured so that both sides accusing each other of instigating the violence people on the street believe that those in power the governing elite they have taken the decision to use the armed forces to crush what what has been

really a peaceful protest movement against those in power so they believe in what has what we were really what we have been seeing in the past few days is excessive use of force by the arm to forces against against the people. a 2nd night of violence in central beirut tear gas was again used by security forces to disperse protesters who are outside parliament square there gathered here in a show of defiance a day earlier part of the police used what amnesty international described as excessive force against an overwhelmingly peaceful protest many now fear stated to mediation against the leaderless protest movement is growing. i don't think it's possible for people to see. the way that they're the aggression and the way that they treated protesters yesterday and to kind of turn a blind eye even if they were afraid it seems like they understand that unity and

numbers are really what can create momentum and keep us going. dana was among the dozens of protesters be to know by security forces during saturday night's confrontations the worst since the uprising began in mid october both sides accused each other of instigating the violence there are fears this could be the beginning of a new phase what has largely been a peaceful opposition who. and. seems to be a decision by those in power for the army and security forces to confront the protesters this is dangerous from the start of the uprising the army took a decision not to be harsh with the protesters but the situation has changed in the past few days all at the same time making it clear they will not stand down and agree to the money from the focus this would mean giving up power and they have long benefited from the sectarian system of government by a choice the state resources. to maintain support in their communities but instead

the my listeners are bordering on themselves over the makeup of the next government the lack of government makes it difficult to pull lebanon out of its worst economic crisis in decades which is why the protests began we're not going for weapons we only need needs we are asking for all we need for hospitality for our hospitals for our medication to eat to have jobs all people here are jobless. people who are working they are having their salaries this is not a life. but there are calls for change are not being hurt politicians seem to be sending a message that they are ready to use what ever means necessary including force to protect their power. to maintain stability you're going to need political agreement a political deal among the different factions and you're going to need

a government in order to revive the economy the international community making it very clear we are not going to bail out lebanon this time if the next government does not meet the aspirations of the people thank you for all of that that's the reporting from beirut. in the news ahead we will tell you why chuckie is considering deploying troops to libya. hello despite a spell of wintry weather proper snow in eastern europe and russia is rather a dearth of it now and in fact the patterns change you may not think so big windy cloud band here it is changing this is going to be the active area west in europe and then east and central europe and the good part of russia has got this southerly breeze so it's warming up that doesn't really bring very much snow it was

a little bit moscow 3 degrees it's not going to settle so the place to look then is currently portugal that's rain not snow and it's been a lot of it and this could be a bit more suspect as that low is going to deepen cold enough air still for bit of snow in the hardrock much as spain is quite high as you can see and on the alps but look at this from the italian alps eastwards it's drawing it's not particularly cold fancies getting warmer just on the edge of it you've got snow in places like a stone near the baltic states but the rain is the thing to watch down the southwest it won't just be in spain and currently portugal it'll come across into morocco and it's a slow moving system so it will be in iraq or then the atlas mountains and eventually out very much for that as far south as mauritania so the picture then for the day 19 you're about increasing cloud and wind and of course rain if i run you from monday to tuesday it goes slowly eastwards but only slowly and there's the snow for the hapless. sponsored by katherine.

what was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for i. think it's not about you. dummy allegations that were all years ago how worried are you that the conditions are still right for another i think they are right join me maddi house as i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. the breaking news this hour on al-jazeera comes from lebanon where the president has postponed the process to take

a new prime minister has put off until thursday after another night of violence security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting outside the parliament the other headlines the committee to protect journalists is accusing china of preventing journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely in groups are accused of pressuring firms to stop targeting with outlets that are critical of china and at least 4 people were killed in sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern philippines rescuers still searching for survivors after the magnitude $6.00 quake hit the island of mindanao. india's supreme court studio here petitions challenging a controversial new citizenship law on wednesday was anger over the legislation is now spread to college campuses dozens injured when a police when police raided a university in new delhi late on sunday the new measure off a citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but excludes

muslims critics say it violates india's secular constitution amnesty international says iran's government is carrying out a vicious crackdown after the nationwide protests on november 15th it says in a report at least 304 people have been killed and thousands injured the unrest was triggered by an increase in fuel prices amnesty is calling for the immediate release of all those it says have been arbitrarily detained and in iraq the president has until the end of monday to nominate a new prime minister. they step down after more than 400 people died in weeks of anti-government protests but demonstrators say they're not satisfied they want like lebanon an overhaul of the political system also jabari reports from baghdad. a constitutional crisis is looming in iraq's parliament the summer the 1st was when m.p.'s accepted the resignation of outgoing prime minister. president barham saleh

has until december the 16th to nominate his replacement who will have to form a new government within 30 days. if the deadline is not met will be facing a violation of the constitution and that means all options are available including holding the president responsible for breaking the law as well as early elections. complicating things further one of the largest political coalition blocks of parliament which includes the crisis ali party say they are not going to support any candidate proposed by the president widespread anti western sentiments here only deepen the political divides the new prime minister must be able to balance the fragile relationship iraq has with both neighboring iran and the united states this banner reads that whoever the next prime minister is going to read it will fail because he hasn't been elected by the people here it's every aspiring now despite all the security threats it is demonstrators face on

a regular basis the president is not of the security presence here and those include for nothing 'd it's a stabbing through fighting that's going on between various militias they continue to come out on a regular basis but the longer this border full of uncertainty continues the longer these demonstrators remain vulnerable to attacks since the latest series of protests began here on october the 1st of these 460 people have been killed and thousands injured many blame the crackdown on militias backed by iran. many brands we know that by coming to the square we are taking a risk we may be detained we may be killed but it is still out g.t. we can't just sit at home and do nothing we want to civilize state. and if we have to die for it then that's the price we pay for freedom and. i don't feel safe here the government hasn't done its job in making these areas secure abductions are on the rise the people who are supposed to protect us here are not what's the point of

having security forces one armed. shia gunmen loyal to iran were blamed for killing $25.00 protesters in their home on the square in baghdad on the sumburgh the 7th the government says it launched an investigation but no one has been held accountable. and on friday protesters reportedly took matters into their own hands when a 16 year old armed with a rifle was reportedly spotted shooting at them from the roof of his home the teenager was beaten to death and his body hung from the traffic lights as the protests demanding political change more jobs and less corruption go on and the security situation continues to deteriorate day by day iraqis are also crying out for leadership and stability dorsetshire pari al jazeera back down. your stomach that's a demanding 2 prominent white house aides give evidence if there is an impeachment

trial against president donald trump senate minority leader chuck schumer wants the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and the former national security adviser john bolton to testify on the house of representatives is expected to vote in the next few days to impeach the president that would set up a trial in the republican controlled senate chamber tansey now with reaction to the democrats' request from washington d.c. well the sort of majority leader to whom this letter is addressed has said he will consult with the democratic leadership about the former out of any trial in the senate however he's also made clear that currently he's taking his cues from the white house is coordinating very carefully with the white house on how a trial would would would unfold and that's got a lot of democrats words and now we have this letter. from the senate democratic leadership because they want to get their voice out that note you play it saying we do what witnesses we want witnesses for witnesses but most notably john bolton the former national security advisor known not to have been

a fan of trump's actions in ukraine with the ukrainian government and acting chief of staff mick mulvaney who said quite openly to journalist one point yeah there was a quid pro quo that's how politics works but then quickly retracted that statement pretended he never he never actually he never actually made it now mcconnell has made it very clear he does but we've heard through all the all the leaks he doesn't want a long trial he doesn't want witnesses at least initially and what he's been visiting is a true week trial the democrats from the house come to the senate make their case the white house then to make their case in defense and if there's a need for witnesses maybe maybe they will be called but mcconnell has said we've understood out exactly that he said look this is would be truly assured destruction for both republicans and democrats he does not want any of these people so these people to testify i think the white house would not want any of these people to testify so it does look like it's a tall order. it is kazakhstan independence day but many people are marking it with

protests against the government of president. of just calling it an illegal rally demonstrators are demanding economic reforms and an end to corruption they're also calling for the release of all political prisoners. the u.s. special envoy for north korea has told pyongyang to return to the negotiating table to discuss denuclearization steffen begun stephen bacon says it's time to get the job done tensions been rising in recent weeks after north korea conducted a series of weapons tests. young has previously warned it would take a new path by the end of the year if the u.s. did not stop pressuring it. turkey's president promising help for libya's internationally recognized government and that would include troops it could also lead to a confrontation with the u.a.e. egypt and others who support the warlord hafta he's been trying to take over the capital tripoli for months this report from enter chapelle. the u.n.

recognize government in tripoli is under attack. by that warlord khalifa haftar has called for a decisive battle nearly 8 months after his offensive began. last week his forces shot down a turkish drone and captured an important camp for militias allied to the government of national accord south of the city now turkey has offered to step up its support to the tripoli government president recently signed a maritime and military deals and says he's ready to send troops to libya if requested. with these agreements the rights of both turkey and libya will be protected in the mediterranean the individual cold huffed are is definitely not a legitimate president or prime minister he is just a person who appears to be illegitimate. turkish military support could put it on a collision course with the u.a.e. jordan and egypt which are backing have to. president sisi says it's in the

region's interest to end the conflict. is he to be a lead today if we look at what's happening in libya of the last few years and why the government there has not been able to have real free will speaking frankly it's because it is hostage to the interests militias that exist in tripoli in the meantime every country is dealing with the situation by so on its own interests it is in our collective interest that this region goes back to stability. cats are which also supports the tripoli government wants to see a political solution what in s.f. little bit of a call on one of the to do it said the we see proxy war supported by many nations in the bia which is cool is devastation for the people we want the libyan people to rise from these troubles we want to see peace between the factions and a clear political direction between them. complicating matters further libya's u.n. recognized government says hundreds of russian mercenaries are also fighting for the russia denies this is after his soul's seems likely.

to give up its commitment there is danger of an escalation of this which might turn into a regional issue the tripoli government has not accepted the offer from turkey yet if it does a quick reaction force could be sent capable of fighting on the ground sky and sea and or chapell al-jazeera. at least 10 people have been killed and several more injured when a fire broke out in a factory on the outskirts of dunka the capital of bangladesh it happened in the poor area on sunday earlier this week another factory fire in the capital killed at least 17 people. now argentina this is mission could soon start importing rubbish but those who depend on recycling all that rubbish to make a living say it could threaten their livelihoods to raise a boat has that story now from. recycling has been for

years the way these people have of making a living. she makes around $250.00 a month and it helps her provide for her 4 children. this helps i have 4 kids and with this i can feed them and buy clothes i'm lucky enough to have my house but this helps a lot these recyclers are known locally as kind of the nato us there's about 150 of them in this car pretty even one of the recycling centers like this one play a crucial role in argentina's waste management system because they not only prevent . things bottled like this one from and bring in a family fairy land fill but it also helps her an informal labor into a professional activity. but these days recycler is here are worried after the former government signed a decree that n.g.o.s say has turned waste into a commodity of obama's job the government announced they will allow the import of

trash and this will hurt us because what we recycle here will lose value if our buyers can get their products for a cheaper price than we would be left without a job. argentina's constitution prohibits the import of foreign waste by the former administration of monkey and now study cre that would allow the import of specific items that would be destined for national production. maglis government said they decrease was misinterpreted. but people here are not convinced saying that countries like china ended up closing its borders to foreign waste for a reason most of their is a waste you receive from. is never sakal and it's not possible to get into name history it's all a very low person dish of what from i would say that you could be recycling so what is really happening is you're going to be bathed for. garbage father countries in your country. the measure has been denounced by environmental and recycled and i

say sions pushing the new administration if i read of the fundamentalists to suspend the decree. i set out here this measure sets a precedent for other countries in latin america that want to import ways like argentina it's about examples of. many in argentina say this country is already struggling with its own trash. and even though the government claims the system needs change when we cyclers here it will be at their expense. it is have all. up past the hour and these are the top stories on al-jazeera lebanon's president has postponed the process of picking a new prime minister until thursday that news comes after another night of violence security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting outside the parliament. but the headlines

a report by the committee to protect journalists is accusing china role of preventing journalists in both hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely pro beijing groups are accused of scaring off companies from at the time. with independent outlets who are critical of china it's put the media on the frontline against police and we've seen many instances of police. really gratuitous attacks on journalists journalists who are standing at the side with tear gas or pepper spray or in the case of one journalist who was hit by you know alive rubber bullet and lost her eyes i said i. and there's no justice for any one of these cases are being investigated unfortunately. and the police are not being held to account and so i think this has led to an increasing divide. at least 4 people are known to have died during sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern

philippines rescue is a searching for survivors after the magnitude 6.9 quake hit the island of mindanao the region still recovering from earth quakes back in october amnesty international says iran's government is carrying out a vicious crackdown in response to nationwide protests on november 15th it says in a report at least $304.00 people have been killed and thousands more injured and it is supreme court is due to hear petitions on wednesday which challenge the controversial new citizenship. anger over the legislation has now spread to college campuses the new measure off as citizenship to persecuted minorities from some neighboring countries but excludes muslims up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera up front with the hot sun is up next talk to al-jazeera we were told that between ration has this been addressed by tokyo we listen what is the proposal. for.

we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter how does it . he's the nobel peace prize winner who's also accused of covering up war crimes i'll challenge former colombian president juan manuel santos and we'll also discuss his fellow nobel peace laureate aung sang suu kyi who's been defending her government against accusations of genocide this week at that aig. it was. one manuel santos former president of colombia thank you for joining me on up front your country is the latest in latin america to be the scene of anti-government protests we're now 3.