the search for a new prime minister in lebanon is postponed after another night of protests turned violent. hello from doha everyone i'm come all sons of maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera. university students across india come out onto the streets to voice their anger against the controversial citizenship law. muzzling the media a new report accuses china of using force and influence to stop hong kong's journalists from reporting the protests.

and we will meet a yemeni entrepreneur defying all the odds to keep the country's famed jewelry traditions alive. so we're looking at lebanon where the president had been planning to hold consultations with political parties to decide on a new prime minister but that has been postponed until thursday of course lebanon seen months of protests against corruption and sectarianism which eventually led to the resignation of prime minister hariri but there is a possibility he will return to the job if he's appointed by the president michel aoun that's my demonstrators angry protests over the last 2 nights have ended in violence of course one as any father is in beirut she has more now on those political consultations that have been put off. 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 saddle had either 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 to different political factions levanon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide yes like i mentioned saddle 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 from a government the post the prime minister has reserved for a son a 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 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 2 consecutive nights tear gas was used rubber bullets water cannons dozens of protesters were injured and according to the interior ministry security forces as well were injured to both sides accusing each other of instigating the violence people on the street believe 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 really what we have been seen in the past few days is excessive use of force by the armed forces against against the people. bit of analysis now from there who is the director of the levant institute for strategic affairs also a columnist at monitor lebanon pulse blog and he told us the country is unable to move forward because of the sectarian system in place 1st that is

a division among the. ruling elite club for power as it's called here in arabic secondly i think this is the pressure of the street because the street all the protesters are refusing in block all that to to produce the same sectarian system this same political system the same operating system that was put in place and in their view this system is that responsible of the that is happening this ystem is the other side of color option and they are calling it they are naming it as a responsible of what happened at the economic level and this is the worst economic crisis that lebanon no not for decades but since the world war one we are here in face of hunger the protesters are not only ws there are not only

getting half their salary for those who are still working but they are facing will read hunger and we could see this signs of. such a dire situation now. for the news in india's supreme court will hear petitions challenging a controversial new citizenship law on wednesday the legislation office citizenship to persecuted minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims and anger against it is sweeping across the country university students have now joined the protests 5 people have died since last rate this report from the moment. hundreds of students marched in anger the citizen amendment act was passed by parliament last week and allows illegal migrants from 6 religious minorities to acquire citizenship in india but it excludes muslims and these protesters want to provoked the is not just about oh about us is not about to my not it is about

this again the context of this against the nation and what it is and what is the condition of police met local people and students from jimmy up millia islamia university as they marched towards the parliament building and trying to disperse them. the situation turned violent and buses and cars were set on fire. in the local media say police and to the university classroom and detained students some by force. a deal honey does one of 100 students who were injured he says his arm was fractured i was surrounded by those so many policeman. 6 to 7 got his. started beating me and it was a brutal attack they were not using martins they were using some other sticks oh

very aside sticks of wood so maybe i don't know where they were they were using blades was. kind of brutal a drug that was. thousands of people joined the demonstrations as they continued into the night. and spread across the country in hyderabad right police fired tear gas and rubber bullets the police have been accused of being heavy handed but they say they've used necessary force. if it was a peaceful mob it would have been peacefully dispersed but did cause damage to public property arson and set motorcycles on fire protesters threw stones at police and really have been injured it's in the police interest to push them back and bring law and order the controversial law allow citizenship to be granted to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but the opposition says it discriminates on religious grounds especially against muslims and goes against india's secular constitution and with anti muslim rhetoric increasingly being used in india

pressure is mounting on the prime minister to reduce tensions. for now protesters say they'll continue to demonstrate until the citizen law is revoked and their voices are heard. a crackdown on purse freedom than is come from a report by the community to the committee i'm sorry to protect journalists which is 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 probation groups are also accused of scaring off companies from advertising with these independent alberts who can be critical of china the report says they've been repeated unprovoked police attacks on journalists in hong kong have covered the protests and c.b.i. says these are the effects of china's rising influence on a region that once had free press sarah clarke now in hong kong with more on what

the report says. this report focuses on the china media landscape in hong kong due to china's increasing influence and it says the overall situational conclusion is not positive it says china's diminishing inhibitions to intervene in hong kong internal affairs is having an unfortunate consequences for those media outlets and journalists it's as a cools of home homes more restrictive media environment is increasing control of a large number of media companies which have come on to mine and chinese on the ship will influence now says those media outlets with approach on a slant attracting greater investment grade advertising and traction greater financial resources now the author notes i used to be china as a result now that's translated to greater pressure on the independent media outlets it says there is media outlets are under funded now and stuff of advertising income now the independent media so the online is vibrant but it's underfunded as a result as knowledge in this report now also in this particular horse by the

committee for protect journalists and their knowledge of the increasing number of violent attacks on the media in the last 6 months the cult of the poor is stephen but it's put the media on the front line against police and we've seen many instances of police. is really gratuitous attacks on journalists journalists who are standing at the side who were tear gassed or whatever spray or in the case of one journalist who was hit by you know a lot of rubber bullet in your eyes one side. and there's no justice in any of these none of these cases are being investigated so far as we. and the police are not being held to account and so i think this has led to increasing divide hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb is currently in beijing this morning on monday she met with premier league and the south today and she's met with china's president xi jinping who says hong kong's latest continues to hold the one country

2 systems principle and china strongly supports the hong kong police. she didn't think also said that he continued to back kerry lamb to govern in accordance with the law and he recognized her courage in exceptional times. at least 4 people were killed in sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern philippines rescue as a searching for survivors after the magnitude 6.9 quake hit the island of mindanao the region still recovering from a series of earthquakes back in october his german and organ in there were family members of the missing a still waiting for news. we're in the town of fire 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 a tome 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 dubbo those soar 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 its aftershocks and it's not only here in davos those sore 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 in the news ahead the challenges for iraq's political leaders as the deadline nears for nomination the new prime minister and we are live in the gambia where the opposition is surging the protests against the president will tell you about their king tomorrow. hello beijing has had its 2nd proper starfall of the winter come mid december maybe a little late anyway here it is on its way through so tucked in behind the colder air when the sun comes out it's still plus for the max in beijing so what's on the ground to some degree will melt that of all sorts also about plus 5 snowfalls and

disappears and because southerly breeze for a good part of the terrain plates and japan that will lift temperature and 12 well from $12.00 to $17.00 come wednesday but support goes the opposite direction normally breeze talks in the snow might start for once more it's just a bit of changeable winter and the line extends from shanghai west which i think will develop in the next couple of days you might get some significant rain out of that snow to the north is quiet for most places not much of this great he represents quite with it could well be gray and folk the in the morning possibly even in hong kong at least in the interior 25 degrees or who's going to complain proper rain the seas no rain is where it should be sun the philippines born here and particularly in peninsular malaysia singapore and central sumatra sumatra but that extends down towards java including jakarta is a big falls recently in the middle of java.

a story of. family and freedom from my living here so. we had to sounded large. and the hardships faced in captivity they came to me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i. i saw so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners. and the uprising. on al-jazeera. these are the headlines this hour on al-jazeera lebanon's president has delayed

talks with political parties that were meant to lead to a new prime minister being named after another night of violence between security forces and protesters outside the palms india supreme court studio here petitions challenging a controversial citizenship more on wednesday anger over the new law has now spread to college campuses and the committee to protect journalists is accusing china of preventing journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely beijing groups are accused of pressuring firms not to advertise with outlets critical of china. now 2 cities in western libya have declared a general mobilization of forces to fight the warlord khalifa haftar it comes after turkey's president promised military help to the internationally recognized government that could lead to a confrontation with the u.a.e. egypt and others who support after he's been trying to take over the capital tripoli for months now little may when we declare the following 1st the state of

total mobilization across the city with all assets and resources to be put at the disposal of the state for the upcoming decisive battle which is meant to root tyranny and oppression preserve the people's will into fend off the enemy seeking to extend their hegemony on the country and to gobble up its riches secondly an emergency operations room be set up in the city and be fully operational to channel all resources towards the battle. iraq's president has until the end of monday to nominate a new prime minister he's stepped down after more than 400 people died in weeks of anti-government protests but demonstrators say they're not satisfied they want to complete overhaul of the political system does the jabari reports from baghdad. a constitutional crisis is looming in iraq's parliament this 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 be easy will fail because he hasn't been elected body of people here it's our viewers where now despite all these security threats it is demonstrators phrase on a regular basis the president is not of the security presence here and those

include for nothing 'd to stabbing through the fighting that's going on there is no worse as they continue to come out on a regular basis but the longer it is the wonderful uncertainty continues the longer these demonstrators remain vulnerable to attack 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 not in any branch nor that by coming to the square we're taking a risk we may be detained we may be killed but it is still out 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 this area 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 backed out. opposition parties in the gambia are rallying against president obama barrow they want baro to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year that was

a commitment he made in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago but since changed his mind saying he will serve his full 5 year term 2016 election victory ended the 22 year rule of the former leader john mayer we are live now in the gambian capitol hill with nicolas hark out in amongst the protesters nicolas. that's right it was on this road about 3 years ago that thousands of people took to the streets against me when he refused to concede defeat and wanted to stay on for power and most of the people that were. protesting then are people that supported adam a baro he was supposed to be the president of transition and when he came to power he promised that he would just stay for 3 years because most of the political leaders and opposition leaders were in fact in prison and so now with the people

here that protested against may want to see that my barrow go respect has turned they say it's about democracy and about being accountable to the people and this movement is called george now which is in local language means it's time it's time for adam to leave but it's not just about at him about the respect of his home is since his time in office some people that we spoke to say things have gotten worse there is a shortage of power the economy has gotten worse and the reform in the security sectors have been slow to come still there are west african forces here on the ground ensuring that the security forces use the us you know don't get involved in politics and so this is what at stake for a lot of people here it's about democracy it's about making sure that there is a peaceful transition so people here are saying comparing this to egypt they don't want to see the people that were in power before you may still cling gone because emotions out of a barrows government or people that were part of his government especially the head

of the security the head of the intelligence services all these people that are now that were with me are now with adam a bars government so you know despite the fact that there is more political freedom here never could we have had a protest like this. people want more than that more than the political freedom they want to see an improvement in their quality of life this is a country that relies on tourism and so and because of the power shortages because you know just a few days ago there was a water shortage of oil that's not attracting tourists and the quality of life as some people here say it's just gotten worse under adam a barrier so they want to hold him accountable kamau back to you tremendous great reporting from nicholas hawke in the gambia thank you. but the united nations is hosting its 1st ever global refugee forum in geneva looking at ways to improve the lives of millions of people across the globe it's

a 3 day events and it comes as the number of refugees is rising with what more than 70000000 people displaced by war conflict and persecution 25000000 of those are refugees who crossed international borders and can't go home last year the u.n. general assembly agreed on a deal to improve the way the world responds and helps refugees i spoke to kelly clements earlier the deputy high commissioner at the u.n. refugee agency who says the country's hosting refugees will benefit from the foreign refugees are right at the center of this global refugee forum both refugee participants speakers refugee led organizations and this really came to a combination last december when the general assembly adopted the global compact on refugees it was with their ideas their their ingenuity to try to drive what we're looking at in terms of solutions this is not going to be your normal un meeting by any stretch we have over $3000.00 people that will be joining us from all walks of

life from government international organizations non-governmental organizations civil society and business in order to try to find solutions to these refugee situation some of them which have been going on for decades what we're looking at is not just words but action we expect that that the participants will be coming with pledges and commitments of what they plan to do what they've already done this can be policy change new legislation it's financial of course it's humanitarian visas resettlement locations it's solutions to trying to make both the lives of refugees and their host different so it's not a communique so much as it's a package of of pledges and commitments in various areas livelihoods education energy so we're looking at solutions both to enable them to hopefully be able to go home or to try to rebuild their lives elsewhere now this has to go to a root cause is. preventative but it also goes to solutions in terms of trying to make sure that they're in a place where once conditions are right they're able to go home voluntarily and

safely or able to rebuild their lives its self reliance but it's also trying to ease the burden on host communities that have been hosting them from a very very long time these 10 people have been killed and several more injured when a fire broke out in a factory on the outskirts of bangladesh's capital dhaka it happened in the grounds the poor area on sunday the bodies of 10 people have been recovered after firefighters brought the blaze under control earlier this week there was another factory fire in dhaka that one killed at least 17 people. so funny a young mother in yemen is finding to preserve an ancient craft that is increasingly under threat because of the war locals call her the princess of gates for her skills and precious stones and jewelry making mohammed a lot up as her story sana 30 year old self i was lucky begun to have love with precious stones more than 10 years ago she knew yemen was home to germs

that prized the world over and if she learned all she could about turning she tune into beautiful jewelry. jacks she would be able to in a living and have her own shop. but i'll tell you in a school i started to get involved in the business of agate after 3 months of training on a course organized by you know sco and the ministry of culture it's taken love and dedication but with my experience i was able to set up my own business but it wasn't easy being the only woman in water vibrationally has been a business dominated by men suffer says people look down on her in the beginning particularly when she tried to sell her products in the marketplace. well how many criticized me for being the only woman to work in this business but my love for the profession has convinced them otherwise her talent quickly sharp through

craftsman deeply rooted in the tradition and culture of yemenis tune did recognize her ability and dedication to. have an amazing woman but there i've trained sufiah and found out that she loves the business and quickly learned all of its aspects she's even become our point of reference because she knows the best kinds and how to perfect and ship them out. it wasn't long before software was dopped the process of our get and she was able to carry other women to follow in her 4th steps of the process too dangerous. the 1st year many are getting comes from mines in the mountainous region of the rand and this 150 kilometers south of the capital sana'a they are particularly because of their colors banding and unique beard tours through the centuries they have give you did their

own valcke law some say get rain has healing powers or can word of a will. there are many things people still believe today about you me i guess that's why they can be worth up to $3000.00 each especially if they contain inside the image of an icon or a well known character for example an egg of a shadow of a man was sold for $10000.00. but the war in yemen now in its 5th year is threatening the future of this craft and so far may lose her business thanks merely to restrictions imposed by the saudi quality and fighting yemeni fees. but so far has 2 young children says she's determined to carry on regardless believing she owes it to her sisters to pass on her skills to the next

generation of craft workers. so. past the hour on al jazeera these are the headlines lebanon's president has delayed talks with political parties that were meant to lead to a new prime minister being named follows another night of violence between security forces and protesters outside the parliament. in beirut and as more most political consultations that have now been postponed. 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 saddle how do you think 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 they go along the different political factions levanon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide in the headlines india's supreme court will hear petitions challenging a controversial new citizenship law and where anger over the new law has now spread to college campuses dozens were injured when police raided a university in the capital new delhi late on sunday as a new measure offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from some neighboring countries but excludes muslims. the committee to protect journalists is accusing china of preventing journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely probating groups are accused of pressuring firms not to advertise with outlets which critical of china these 4 people were and are confirmed dead after sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern philippines rescuers are searching for

survivors after the magnitude $6.00 quake hit the island of mindanao the region still recovering from a series of earthquakes in october officials say a 3 story market building collapsed in the town of pedometer trapping an unknown number of people. and 2 cities in western libya have declared a general mobilization of forces to fight warlord tally for hafter that's after turkey's president promised military help to the internationally recognized government that in turn could lead to a confrontation with the u.a.e. egypt and others who support haftar he's been trying to take over the capital tripoli for months that's my lot for today thanks for your company the latest edition of inside story is coming up next.

u.s. politicians say democrats should fear the election results in votes and they're warning any candidate to fonts of the left could face the same defeat as the u.k.'s opposition labor leader jeremy corbett but is this really true what lessons can the us saw from the boat across the atlantic this is insight story. hello there a very warm welcome to the program i'm julia mcdonald well the style of the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson is frequently compared to that of u.s. president trump.