and that's why. when i walk in the street people stop me. it's because a. door for football for peace on al-jazeera. libya's government in tripoli accepts a turkish offer for military support as it battles warlord forces. in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up violence in india where opponents of a controversial new law will defy government efforts to crackdown large protests. president must not be allowed to become a dictator. a fiercely divided u.s.

house of representatives votes to impeach president donald trump he says it's a disgrace plus. then nicholas honkin bar gambia find out next why so many migrants travel from here to europe not through the mediterranean but across the atlantic for the paint. what we begin with breaking news out of libya the un recognized government says it will accept an offer of military support from turkey the tripoli base of ministration is facing an offensive by a warlord who for her so his forces are trying to capture the capital schools in the southern just sick of abu salim in tripoli have now been suspended a little suppose he says it's because of sporadic fighting and shelling by have to his forces now we have 3 reporters in 3 countries crucial to the story step wasilla

standing by in moscow mohammed ago is in a stumble but 1st let's go to mahmoud abbas who is in tripoli mahmoud what if you what's the latest on these developments what walk eat salads. this meeting is a crucial. d.n.a. the government of national accord which met with the military commanders are 2 of the volcano of wrath operation the counter military offensive to defend the capital tripoli against have to his forces and the government says it's now being intitled to demand military assistance from turkey that is by virtue of the military and security agreement or a memory memorandum of understanding that was seized between the you and the recognized libyan prime minister face of raj and the president of the van blast

month now government sources say that not only turkey is going to be demanded to send weapons to the d.n.a. but also they have they have asked 3 other countries the united states britain and italy too for also for military assistance and when we asked the government sources why specially these 3 countries they said that for 2 main reasons 1st of all to guarantee extra assistance military assistance the 3 countries agreed to send military and logistical support to the d.n.a. and 2nd to go on t.v. that the 3 countries will mart object on the military. assistance to the government of national court of also this step. as you know that is a kind of reaction to the russian as the d.n.a. calls it russian intervention in libya especially supporting the war

a lot of her have been as you know about a 1000 russian military individuals or most know he's fighting for the world who for have to trying to support or help his forces get into. the capital city center that's according to government officials they say that about $1000.00 russian most knows are now fighting for the world khalifa haftar that's along with the other african mercenaries from chad and from sudan also supporting the warlord khalifa haftar when we asked the government officials why they have now decided to put this agreement the military agreement in place they say that half of the forces have been supporting by civil regional powers including egypt the you know the emirates and jordan they say that have to the forces have been receiving advanced weapons from the united arab emirates for the past 40 years including fighter jets and advance of drones and also the battles including the battle to control tripoli by

half of the forces that have been run by russian immigrants and egyptian military experts again according to the d.n.a. the government of national accord so it is expected that the coming few weeks will whitten its escalation in southern tripoli and meanwhile the fire it or the war has been taking a heavy toll on civilians as you know that hundreds of civilians have been killed or wanted by random rockets or airstrikes by have to fighter jets and about 810130000 people 130000 people have been displaced from their homes because of the fighting today schools in a densely populated area near the city center has suspended work in the schools because of the deteriorating situation around the neighborhood.

bringing us the latest from tripoli thank you very much turkey of course a big part of the story let's cross to mohammed adore he is live for us in istanbul mohamed what have we been hearing of turkey this. turkish government in order with one time our russia. yes indeed and a symbol to be reading from the same hymn sheet when it comes to the situation though from the b a but it will be a while before we see turkish troops on the ground in libya because there is a whole process involved right now the military agreement between tripoli and uncut is going through. parliament just passed and got the approval of the foreign affairs committee in parliament next wednesday it's going

fall volta in parliament there's a lot of opposition to it but it's expected to sail through and. agreement between tripoli and ankara is a right to fight by parliament everything will be hinged on formal request from the d.n.a. in tripoli the navy and the government in tripoli to ask for money for the deployment of the troops and then to go back to palm and for a vote and it's only out the parliament it's monday to on not only troop numbers but also what the work that they will be doing in tripoli that they would be allowed to be deployed. came ahmed i don't live there it is that fang q well russia's president vladimir putin has spoken about the conflicts in libya during his year in the wide ranging media conference let's go live to step france

and he's in a more screw foras step that's the russian president's address the situation in libya and soldiering that that lengthy press conference. it was lengthy indeed it was more than 4 hours with an address to questions of journalism there was this one question by a turkish journalist who asked him directly is russia backing have to us troops and he is do you believe everything western media are reporting and he said no we are basically in touch with both sides for touch with the government forces and with half their he's been on the phone with manuel michel and also with merkel to discuss the situation in libya and in the next coming days a delegation from turkey will arrive here in moscow and he hopes that all these conversations are now specifically this dialogue with the turkish delegation could lead to some kind of peaceful settlement or at least the start of a dialogue to find

a solution to the ongoing violence in libya that's basically what the sat during the press about of course we have to remember that there are hundreds or maybe a 1000 mercenaries fighting on the side of have to as been has been attacked earlier and of course there's a lot of questions about what are the exact objectives there are of course a speculation about the business side of the conflict the oil resources that libya has but also its shows that that russia like it has been doing in syria always likes to support the strongman it has been able to keep assad in power and it's also believed that have star is also seen by russia as this kind of a strongman that russia can do business with steadfast and that life has an moscow thank you. let's turn to other news now police in india have detained hundreds of

people across several cities for define a ban on protests against a new citizenship law nearly a 1000 people were rounded up in the capital so the legislation has provoked anger because it offers a path to citizenship for persecuted minorities from 3 neighboring countries but it excludes muslims that internet and mobile services have been restricted in parts of new delhi after a government order many a train and metro stations were closed there have also been large protests elsewhere in india as well including this one in luck know in which our pradesh which turned violent sale raman has the latest from new delhi. the security services have had a different strategy in different states overall what's actually been applied so far is something called section 104144 the penal code which stops assembly of more than 4 people or stops the assembly of people in and designated areas so using that

law the police across the country have either stopped halted or perspective and demonstrations what they did in delhi was they allowed the demonstrators to get to the red fort they've let allowed to go through the barriers in single file and no sooner had they got through those barriers that they were all loaded up on 2 coaches arrested there and then shipped out no we thought they were going to be going to be taken to police stations across the city but no the security services decided that what they were going to do was take these coaches to the fair this most point of the cities of border and leave these people let them get off the coach and dump them there basically add to that no internet connection and no media and the phone lines being cut as well these individuals who were part of the civil society that politicians students couldn't connect with each other couldn't communicate with each other so they didn't know what the next stage would be what

the police have done is they've done that in several locations across the capital that's been replicated across the country. now the u.s. house of representatives has impeached president donald trump the democratic party controlled harvest charged with abusing his power as well as obstructing congress and its investigation where those 2 articles of impeachment snow go to the republican controlled senate for trial however house speaker nancy pelosi has thrown uncertainty inside these next steps by refusing to say when she'll send the articles well that so life married to our correspondent kimberly whole kimberly what's more can you tell us about nancy pelosi and this decision says it's a hold back on sending the charges to the senate sort is in fact the next

step in this impeachment process. yeah we're in really uncharted territory right now as you were coming to me i was still watching the tweets coming down from the u.s. president which we'll get to in a 2nd but what we're seeing on capitol hill is moving fast and furious in terms of developments with regard to this handing over of the articles of impeachment to the senate in fact and the way you describe it is furious sparring between the 2 most powerful leaders in each of those bodies were expected to hear from mitch mcconnell at the bottom of the hour he is the top republican in the senate he was expected to map out the process how the senate trial would look as this body takes over we expect him to criticize the democrats conduct of the impeachment inquiry calling it the most rushed least thorough most unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history but there's a big wrinkle he hasn't got the articles of impeachment yet because nancy pelosi the house speaker and can control of the democrat body in the house of

representatives is saying she's maybe taking her time about having those over why would she be doing that number one she's willing her power and her right as the house speaker number 2 she says she's not confident that there's going to be a fair trial that the american public isn't going to get all the information because we know that the white house counsel some top republicans in the senate want to see a very swift acquittal of the president but now we're hearing that nancy pelosi may be saying hey wait a 2nd until i know that we're going to see the witnesses we're going to have information come out i'm going to deny the president that swift acquittal that he's looking for so we're expecting to hear from both mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi in the coming hours is really a big question mark where things are headed moving forward but at the bottom line in all of this is we're hearing accusations from republicans saying nancy pelosi is behaving unconstitutionally she doesn't have this right she's saying yes i do so

this is a debate for the constitutional lawyers moving forward but for the moment there is a lot of sparring going on between the top politicians ok have to leave it there but thank you very much indeed for bringing as seats. also a so-so county here on al jazeera it's still not clear who will be lebanon's next prime minister after a major party declines to put forward a nomination and at the ceremonial printing of the u.k. parliament to the government's post break set agenda is revealed. hello again welcome back we're here across china things are looking fairly nice down here along the southern coast but we are going to be seeing more rain coming into play as we go into saturday some scattered rain showers across much of the

interior but that really start to develop as we go towards saturday as well shanghai you could be seeing the rain coming back we did have a break but now it's going to be a rainy day here on saturday with a temperature of 10 down towards food show though it is going to be about 19 degrees for you well unfortunately for sri lanka the rain is going to continue over the next few days it has been quite heavy over the last few days it also tell me now to you may see some rain showers as well as we go towards friday to the north though it is going to be mostly cloudy across some of the central states but up towards new delhi expect to see a partly cloudy day with the temps there of $21.00 degrees as we go towards saturday and the wind is still going to be a consideration here across much of the gulf we've had some windy conditions of the last few days it's going to still stay windy here in doha with the temperature of $22.00 degrees but by the time we go towards saturday the winds will start to die down we're going to be seen attempt to come up to about $23.00 but over here towards amman do expect to see some clouds along the coast most got though we do expect to see a nice day for you with plenty of sun in the forecast at about 23 and it is going

to be quite chilly in riyadh but sunny with a tempter there of 18. well there's lots of you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every luggage board layer further and further into the jail or if you join us once a week entry has to start from day one whether again you and attention or your own participants this is a dialogue everyone has a voice over there are studies that support our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq.

this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines for you know the u.n. recognize governments in libya says it will accept an offer of military support from turkey the tripoli base administration is fighting an offensive by warlord khalifa haftar whose forces are trying to capture the capsule. u.s. president donald trump has been and pitched members of the house formally charged him with a piece of power and obstruction of congress he will my face a senate trial next month. and police in india have detained 100 soon defied of ban on protests against the new citizenship long internet services have been blocked in parts of the capital new delhi a new law offers a path to citizenship for persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. christians some pin up the front line of the process

against india's new citizenship lol the. demonstrations and confrontations with police have sprayed scene university campuses across the country sabina shushed brings us this report from one of those universities and alec are in our possession . outside the muslim university in india's northern state of with their predation there's a constant police presence on monday university authorities here declared a holiday in the middle of exams and sunday police joined the campus grounds students were protesting against the controversial new citizenship law that allows religious minorities from neighboring countries to apply for indian citizenship the legislation specifically excludes muslims really any minister but i missed almost or anybody you talk to that muslims are excluded then and it's really it will create fear among the people i'm quite

a bit of psychology i know then bottles of the. students say police barge into their dormitories hit them and fan to lies property the police fire tear gas and rubber bullets a sweeper told us that some 30 trucks cleaned up the campus before 7 am some students showed us pictures of their injuries they say the police have filed cases against them and some of them are detained and tortured in custody. there was a small bomb like thing that came towards me when i picked it up to throw it back it exploded in my hand other students was stripped naked be done and forced to drink alcohol the students say they still don't know where some of their friends are it at has been. most of the students from out of the city have already been sent back home in buses the remaining children some of whom we have talked to say that they have been warned by the guards who want to talk to media unless they want

to be suspended we reached out to the campus authorities. it's. really. having a really high values. and they are allowed to make their voices heard in a democratic manner in a peaceful manner there's no question of this and it's resolved but more to talk media we were not given permission to shoot at the university we found this small group of students protesting at the main gate park is not complaining that we are protesting in an undemocratic be because this be you can't make us white you can't be ok now no no no no no he said before long the campus authorities along with the police told us that we could no longer talk to the students. other potations india . in lebanon they were the party of caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any other candidates to be his successor the president says holding formal consultations with politicians to decide the next leader hariri

resigns in october after weeks of anti-government demonstrations and says he's not in the running my people have been protesting against corruption and sectarian politicians dominating the government's. now a deadline is looming for the nomination of a new prime minister over in iraq as well as a lobdell not to step down from the polls last month after weeks of violent protests which were $400.00 people were killed but the demonstrations have continued people say they won't say a complete overhaul of the political system they're angry about boys by corruption high unemployment and who are public services well rights groups are warning of an increase in forced disappearances and arbitrary detentions in iraq some wonderful turn reports from baghdad. but no chance of anger and defiance echoed through tahrir square friends of riot alley and bandar sharky demand their return and

accountability for those responsible for their disappearance the 2 university students and demonstrators went missing on december 13th after they left tire square to meet an unknown person who had called to make a donation to their cause nobody has heard from them since top of. it now is he alive is he did we don't know they both previously got a certain nation and restraints. the journey to find a missing person begins here at the iraqi lawyers union we accompany a vice father who traveled to baghdad from the southern city of karbala as he registers his son's case. my son's name is haifa he lives and he's a university student in baghdad and he came here to demonstrate and he's peaceful but he was taken in we don't know which side has the iraqi lawyers union has provided free legal counsel in dozens of protest related cases many have procedural

violations the 1st challenge is finding the detainee. there are random arrests and there are multiple forces carrying out arrests we don't know which side is detaining people there's also a delay in sending the detainees to the judge other violations we observed include arrests without arrest warrants more than 2600 iraqis have been arbitrarily arrested since the demonstrations began more than 100 remain in detention al-jazeera spoke to over a dozen of previous the detained or abducted protesters and activists as well as the families of those still missing the government declined our request for an interview with the fault of arrests appear to be carried out by government forces with protesters eventually brought before a judge and many cases can be characterized as forced disappearances. carried out by armed groups believed to be part of the popular. part of the systematic crackdown that silencing the. several people who said they were

temporarily held by a group under the popular mobilization forces or said they were told to not share details about their case with death threats against them or their families on december 6th dozens of people were briefly abducted in central baghdad by what many say were armed groups on the popular mobilization forces the paramilitary group has denied any involvement in the protests this young man says he. blindfolded and held for hours in a tent the scene was caught on camera and widely shared on social media for his safety we're not revealing his identity or. they question me how much money did you get to demonstrate i told them i'm protesting for gore crowds and because that's the her square have grown sparse over the past weeks people appear discouraged by the lack of results and increasingly scared to risk their freedom for a cause that might not turn in their favor see one awful teen al-jazeera baghdad.

now a jury is near the elected president. has been sworn in he was confirmed science presidents for the next 5 years despite widespread unhappiness at his election to whom will now have to appoint a new prime minister but many opponents see him as part of a long running corrupt establishment britain's queen elizabeth in the agenda of boris johnson's new conservative government addressing the houses of parliament she said leaving the e.u. by the end of january is at the top of the agenda the events marks the official state opening of parliament and it comes to the way after johnson's conservative party secured a month's lied when. they used top corps has ruled that a jailed council and separatist leader is entitle to immunity after he was elected to the european parliament's in may you keris was one of 9 catalan separatists

jails in october for organizing an illegal independence referendum in 2817 he received the longest prison sentence of 13 years. castling is regional president kim torah says he will appeal against a willing by a spanish courts that he is unfit to hold office for in 13 months the courts concluded to disobey the electoral board by refusing to remove septa symbols from public buildings cheering the april front the ruling will only come into effect if it's confirmed by spain supreme courts which could take months no survivors of a balls that sank off the coast of mauritania say they would risk the same journey again so reach europe at least 16 people were killed when the boat went early this month nicholas met some of them in the city of daraa where their journey began. it's a journey that still haunts him. why did the others die she could you funders and

why did he survive. on board were friends and neighbors from bar all hoping to make it to europe he says they had meticulously planned the trip for weeks but the ocean often brings the unexpected running out of fuel and food they had decided to turn around for supplies when a wave hit them people panicked the boat capsized off the coast of mauretania juice friends died while he swam to shore why did you want us a lot of i pray that they have forgiven me and i hope that i can one day complete their journey so that we can all find some peace among the dead sufi to a 16 year old orphan. gomez died with her 6 year old son in her arms and georgia approaching these were young gambians fleeing not war but the poverty in their country georgia worked as a waitress in a bar catering to tourists from gambia europe seems so close at home she would ask her aunt why it's so easy for europeans to come to africa and so hard for africans

to go to europe don't you don't play a better life and to help his parents and a family. early as it was he went to the sea. she paid $700.00 to travel from barak to the canary islands by boat while the trafficker who arranged this trip is in hiding there is no shortage of boat men willing to make the journey . these are birds made for fishing not to transport people through the plans of goshen and to the shores of europe but yet migrants get in these vessels sleeping here eating here sometimes they get lost on the 'd ways of the journey can go a few weeks or months on this by the river people continue to use this way to get to europe because so many have successfully made it across. while june in georgia his boat sank migrants on 3 other vessels traveling with them made it to the canary islands undetected by border guards they sent back pictures of themselves from

shopping malls or standing next to expensive cars but they don't show the hardship of life in europe. haunted by those who died despite the failed attempt. is preparing to travel again it appears his journey is not over. nicholas hoult al jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the un recognized government in libya says it will accept an offer of military support from turkey the tripoli base of ministration is facing an offensive by warlord who have to his forces are trying to capture the capital. police in india have detained hundreds seem to fight a ban on process against new citizenship while internet and mobile services have been blocked in parts of the capital new delhi a new law offers a path to success from ship for persecuted minorities from neighboring countries

that's it excludes muslims. u.s. president or trump has been a peach members of the house formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress in my face a senate trial next month. in lebanon the party of caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any other candidates to be his successor the president is holding formal consultations with politicians to decide the next leader harry reid resigns in october after weeks of antigovernment demonstrations and says he's not in the running now people have been protesting against corruption and sectarian politicians dominating the government's a deadline is looming for the nomination of a new prime minister in iraq. the step down from the polls last month after weeks of violent protest in which more than $400.00 people were killed but the demonstrations have continued people say they want

a complete overhaul of the political system they're angry about widespread corruption high unemployment and poor public services. and i'll jarius newly elected presidents abdul majeed to bono has been sworn in he was confirmed as president for the next 5 years despite widespread frustration at his election to born will now have to appoint a new prime minister but many opponents see him as part of a long willing corrupt establishment. and britain's queen elizabeth outlined the agenda of boris johnson's new conservative governments addressing the houses of parliament she said sleeve in the e.u. by the end of january is at the top of the agenda events marks the official state opening of parliament and it comes just a week after johnson's conservative party secured a landslide win that's your states the news continues and i'll just say are after the stream.

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