all you access all those people in power has been employed to investigate the escalation of violence in darfur what this means for free speech and the democratic rights of its citizens some trial on al-jazeera. paying tribute to the fallen leaders in west africa appealed for more help to battle on goods. out of arms and they went on this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up posts in the gabby over a broken promise that i was rallying demanding the president step dad. university students across india voiced their anger against a controversial new citizenship law. the search for

a new prime minister is postponed in lebanon and protesters are still demanding a complete overhaul of the political system. the security situation in the sahara region of africa is causing a lot hundreds of soldiers have been killed this year and one of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from measures on me were killed by fight to slick to i still near the border with mali leaders in the sahara region have held an emergency meeting in a share to discuss those escalating attacks well we're live in mali capital bamako where augmented serous is standing by but 1st of all his report. these desperate times so africa's we armed groups inflicting heavy losses and forcing thousands of civilians from the. leaders of the countries affected no one us g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi didn't find

a solution almost president mohammad yousuf who says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks these wars of. the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels. the g 5 chairman appealed for a new strategy to face the growing threat in the foot. we must work together to ensure victory against terrorism in the short middle and long term as the casing of the countries fighting terrorism we need allies in alliance characterized with the responsibility of cooperation and respect for each other. at the end of the meeting the leaders resolve to work together to fight the moves which until now has been largely carried out by international lobbies. leaders have agreed to improve

cooperation between national forces joint military operations and international allies as well as bit of coordination on both a political and strategic level they've also agreed on information sharing between security institutions and the countries to better feist terrorism. earlier the leaders paid their respects at the graves of 720 just soldiers killed last week when fighters linked to eisele over on that base in the ninety's more than 230 soldiers have been killed in mali but you know possible and me here over the past 4 months in addition to 30 french troops who died in helicopter pollution while hunting for the fighters in the electorate region but what i mean it's really it's a rabbit out of touch with you know armies and it's a group of seniors raising concerns of more violence in the coming weeks and months the g 5 leaders have concluded their summit but their citizens living on the front lines are desperate for help for now although it's not clear if the resolutions of the summit will do that well let's go live to address who is in molly's capital

hi there ed so what was the outcome of that emergency meeting the g 5 so hell members that happened in the. well basically the leaders realize that acting alone in tackling the violence in their region will not help and will not work so they have resolved to forge khan closer collaboration between civil and military institutions in their regions as a last help communities especially on the front lines then they also resolve to lobby harder for international allies to come but they also want any corporation between their choice and international forces to be that of mutual respect and understanding. remember there are more than $15000.00 international forces in

the region but largely these attacks are being carried out the attacks being carried out by armed groups in the sahara were actually targeted mainly at military positions military positions in particular past or in mali and major in particular and these armies for most of the times i've been acting alone defending their territories and these are ill equipped and poorly funded militaries in the region of this hell they don't have enough resources and the channel 3 their cover is actually so wide that they don't have enough resources to deal with these problems with the u.n. security council's holding a meeting about security in west africa right now i wonder how do people there feel about whether the u.n. can actually do anything about the violence across as you say such a vast ringtone. well the feeling here across the streets of the saheli is that of expectations is also that of frustration like we said there are more

than 15000 international troops in the cell trying to keep the peace but despite their presence here we see a lot of attacks a rising number of deaths on the military side large scale displacement of civilians and wason in conditions humanitarian conditions i spoke to the resident representative of the world food program here in mali in mali and she was talking about how the last few years people what i'm able to go to the farm and because of bad their food secured a situation is becoming more and more precarious so people here are so much. they've taken so much that they feel they cannot take anymore however they feel that the international forces here in the region should do more than they have they are already doing to to curb the the number of attacks being carried out not only on military targets but also on civilians in the region so they are looking at the meeting of the united nations in new york with expectations that the united nations

will do more international troops that deployed here will also do more to cover the rise in cases of attacks in the region needed to stay with the lines of what the latest from bamako. at least 12 people been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo it happened overnight on monday in the territory of what i linger just a day earlier 32 people were killed in another attack in bed me eastern region has seen a wave of attacks by a rebel group called the allied democratic forces and these 279 civilians have been killed since of told us the government launched an offensive against the rebels. opposition parties in the gambia rallying against president adama barrel they want barrow to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year he made that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago but has since changed his mind and said he'll serve his side dear term barrel's 2016 election that to the end of the 22 former

leader. well nicholas hawke is in banjul where protesters say president battle has made living conditions and worse than they've been in previous years the beginning there was hundreds of people in the crowd swelled up to tens of thousands and they've successfully handed over their petition to the spokesperson of the government a petition asking for adam a barrow to step down their slogan is just no which in the local language means it's time it's time for adam a barrow to step down remember in 2016 on this very road there were tens of thousands of people protesting against the former longtime president in support of adam a barrow today we saw the same people who supported adam a baro asking him now to step down he had made a promise that he would stay in power just for 3 years but it seems he says that he will continue to stay to power complete his full mandate he says he's respecting

the constitution but that's something that the protesters here are not buying they believe that he just wants to cling onto power they fear also and that some members of his government or leaders of a performer political leaders or close allies to. and although he had promised at the time change change for the people here and while there has been more political freedom change has been slow to come when it comes to security reform is going to come to the change of leadership when it comes to basic things like power electricity and water shortages that this country is suffering some of the protests are telling me that the situation is worse than before. as the pressure builds on india's government over a controversial citizenship law the supreme court is planning to hear appeals to it this week from new delhi to hyderabad to look people have rallied in anger against the law which offer citizenship to persecuted minorities from 3 neighboring countries but it excludes muslims 5 people have died since last week when hello

mohamad has more. 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 i was not just about about us does not support the minorities is against the context of this against the nation and what it is and what is the condition of the 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. some of the local media say police entered a university costume and detained students some by force. ok

. a deal honey does one of 100 students who were injured he says his arm was fractured i was surrounded by those oh so many policeman legolas 6 to 7 good as there were still there started beating me and though 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 moods. 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 we 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 mohammed al jazeera iraq's president has until the end of monday to nominate a new prime minister abdul mahdi resigned last month but that's done little to competence to see what a complete overhaul of the political system of these $476.00 iraqis have been

killed and $20000.00 injured since the unrest began in october there's anger over widespread corruption high unemployment and poor public services 2 cities in western libya have declared a general mobilization of forces to fight warlord holly for half duck it comes out of turkey's president promised military help to the internationally recognized government that could lead to a confrontation with the u.a.e. egypt send all those who support after he's been trying to take over the capital tripoli for months a little male. why don't 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 operate tyranny and oppression preserve the people's will into fend off the enemy seeking to extend the hit germany 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 toward the battle. still ahead here on al-jazeera rescuers in the southern philippines look for survivors after an earthquake killed at least 4 people. we need a yemeni entrepreneur to find all odds to get colorful ancient alive all that more when we come back. however a good part of central sunshine there's that quiet settled subdued and nice winter . that produces long lived mist or fog if you're really unlucky poor air quality not everybody's that unlucky now the climate that you so building across the from chengdu eastwards is not have just some rain on its northern flank is the colder air so that snow along it. the yangtze really yanks the valley it's rain and this

in the case i think not increasing the likelihood of long lasting for hong kong should be or at 25 degrees seems quite a pleasant sunny situation with the north east monsoon in now it's trailing current i will not get most of the right and that's reflected in the satellite picture the case no trough that comes through showers in the northeast have just happened in the forecast we see very little else right in the final state of the market something in new delhi things according to the same story as in china there is not leaving call today will decrease and you know new delhi is prone to that but the next band of disruptions on its way through pakistan touches streaky ahead of it that's all went by and the disruption is currently rain in iraq it's come down to the go from this is position i think during tuesday. counting the cost of i.m.f. loan tax cuts for big businesses at the stairs of the boys just

a perfect cocktail for street protests speak to the vice president of ecuador plus kenya's cash crunch the competition lining up to take netflix is. counting the cost on al-jazeera. well you. know some of it i like. you are watching al-jazeera in mind of our top stories this hour the u.n. security council is discussing security in west africa just hours after an emergency meeting was held by leaders of the sahara widget rising violence there

and one of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from the shares on the port killed by fighters thing to eisele near the border with moderate. opposition parties in the gambia have been rallying against president and they want him to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year make that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago. in the supreme court was due to hear petitions challenging a controversial citizenship law on a stick and go over the legislation has not spread to university campuses. lebanon's president has delayed consultations with political parties that was so posted lead to the naming of a new prime minister calls on other nights of violence where security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets a protest site paula meant to halt a has more from beirut minutes before the constitutional process to form a new government was set to start lebanon's presidency postponed consultations until thursday politicians were to name their choice of prime minister and saddle

heidi the caretaker prime minister was supposed to be renamed but he requested the postponement to avoid in his words violating the constitution and preserving unity among the nation sects. it seems the christian participation or vote is the reason why. the lebanese forces party is refusing to name a prime minister from the political class and the other main christian party the free political movement is refusing to name this is the problem lebanon's leaders who share power based on a sectarian political system are deeply divided how d.d. says he wants to have a government free from the influence of political parties his rivals led by the iranian backed hezbollah who are part of the governing alliance and hold the majority in parliament say they won't give up power there come from our hearts because every party is sticking to its position and.

it didn't budge for one single inch and it's true that the prime minister of greece aren't. trying to produce the same the same system a change in leadership is what anti-establishment protesters have been demanding for 2 months but the largely peaceful uprising against those who have ruled lebanon for 30 years has turned violent in recent days confrontations between unarmed protesters and security forces is raising fears about stability and security political deadlock is not rare in lebanon but there is an urgent need to form a government the country is in turmoil the ruling class is bargaining over power while workers are losing their jobs companies are closing the local currency is losing its value and people do not have access to their money and banks the economy is on the brink of collapse but even international financial assistance is being conditioned to the formation of

a government that needs the aspirations of the lebanese people and now the united nations is warning the political impasse creates fertile ground for provocations and political manipulation that can lead to more violence. beirut. in the us the house judiciary committee has released a report headlining what it says is evidence of quote high crimes by the president the committee approved 2 articles of impeachment against all jump on friday the report lays out the democrats' case against the president and what they say is an urgent need to impeach him as representatives is expected to vote on it in the next few days if that bill passes john will be tried in the republican controlled senate as kazakhstan independence day and many people there are marking it with protests against the government of president kasim joe martok a of which is calling it an illegal rally demonstrate is demanding economic reforms of an end to corruption and some binge of

a reports now from almighty. dozens of people have been coming to mourn him and in kazakhstan's largest city some of them have been coming here to commemorate independence day others have been coming to more than 1986 revolution against the soviet union and some others have been coming from various political factions in gaza from including those belonging to the opposition some have been demanding more political and economic reform asking for political prisoners to be released asking for more freedom to assemble as well as read what they want to see people should hearing from protesters saying that they want to cause a government to stand with the conflicts in china not to give back to those who crossed over into called the territories and they want the government to stand by its people this is an opportunity for base opposition groups to come and so far they've remained peaceful they're happy would eventually be heard from police saying that when they start chanting out the government slogans that this is not an

organized or authorized protest and they should go home but by and large it has remained peaceful. a course in brussels has to spawned a hearing over the arrest warrants issued by spain for the extradition of 3 catalan leaders former separatist leader persian mom is facing sedition charges he was president of the catalan region from 2016 until 2017 he was charged after organizing an illegal referendum and declaring independence he fled to belgium to avoid of rest at least 4 people were killed in sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern philippines westerners 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 jimmy allen dorgan is in punjab where family members of the missing are waiting for news. we're in the town of where that involve all those who are 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 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

sore 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 sure 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 needed most. the un is hosting its 1st ever global refugee forum in geneva to look at ways to improve the lives of millions across the globe the 3 day event comes as the number of refugees is rising more than 70000000 people are displaced by war conflict and persecution so into 5000000 of them are refugees who crossed international borders and are unable to return to their homes last year the u.n. general assembly agreed on a deal to improve the way the world responds and helps refugees kelly clements is

the deputy high commissioner of the un refugee agency she says the country's hosting refugees may also benefit from the forum refugees are right at the center of this global refugee forum both refugee participant speakers refugee led organizations and this really came to a culmination 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 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. a young mother in yemen is fighting to preserve an ancient craft that's increasingly under threat because of the war locals call her the princes of allah gave for her skills in using precious stones to make jewelry. business is a workshop in dama south of the capital some. 30 year olds of albuquerque

begun have love affair with precious stones more than 10 years ago she knew yemen was home to germs that prized the world over and she learned all she could about turning stoon into beautiful jewelry and other objects she would be able to in a living and have her own shop whatever her 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 looked down on her in the beginning particularly when she tried to sell her products in the market place while many

criticize 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. from the from a very mundane 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 perfectly ship them out. it wasn't long before software was dropped the process of argot and she was able to encourage other women to follow in her 4th steps. in the process too dangerous. the money i get comes from mines in the mountainous region of the run 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 full glory some say get rain has healing powers or can ward off a evil. 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 can time 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 crafts and stuff i may lose her business thanks milly to restrictions imposed by the saudi quality and fighting yemeni whole thesis. but so far has 2 young children says she's determined to carry

on greek godless believing she owes it to her sisters to pass on her skills to the next generation of craft workers. so. this is and these are our top stories right now the u.n. security council is discussing security in west africa just hours after an emergency meeting was held by leaders of the sahara wage an on rising violence there and one of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from the shares on they were killed by fighters linked to eisele opposition parties in the gambia have held a rally against president adama barrel they want him to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year as nicholas whop reports people fear were turned to

authoritarian government it was 3 years ago on this day that thousands of people took to to this street against former president. who refused to concede defeat and for adam a barrow he was the head of a coalition of the opposition well while many of the opposition leader were in prison he was heading this kohli this popular coalition he had promised then that he would stay in power just for 3 years and now he's saying that he wants to extend his time to complete a full mandate to respect the constitution but the people here are not jews their fear is that he just wants to stick on to power to control the situation. india's supreme court is due to hear petitions challenging a controversial new citizenship drawn breath and stay over the legislation has now spread to gain a verse or 2 campuses. iraq's president has until the end of monday to nominate a new prime minister abdul abdul mahdi resigned last month but protesters are still demanding a complete overhaul of the political system lebanon's president has delayed talks

with political parties that were meant to lead to the naming of a new prime minister that follows another night of violence between security forces and protested outside parliament. a court in brussels has postponed a hearing over the arrest warrants issued by spain for the extradition of 3 catalan leaders former separatist leader hard precision mom is facing sedition charges he was charged after organizing an illegal referendum declaring independence he fled to belgium to avoid arrest at least 4 people were killed in sunday's powerful erith quake in the southern philippines rescuers are still searching for survivors there those are your current headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost we will see you in a little while but by. hello

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