he held. this meeting. is that in 1st. this is al-jazeera. the problem and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. recognize government activates a security agreement with turkey it could say on caress sending troops to defend tripoli. lebanon's president named former education minister the next prime minister following weeks of political uncertainty tens of thousands of people

marched through the streets and in coronation protests against a controversial citizenship you know off and a mining project in brazil which is facing opposition from indigenous communities. living as internationally recognized government has a approved a military did with turkey or paving the way for her to play a bigger role in the civil war the deal could save turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from warlord khalifa haftar well egypt which backs half the has rejected the agreement saying it violates un security council resolutions including an arms embargo roy chalons has our top story. libya's warring forces are on the move here soldiers after libyan national army advanced west there are breaking out and hoping to open a new front it's for months they've been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli

against the army of the government of national accord on thursday the u.n. backed g. and i announced it's agreed to receive greater military help from turkey but that. after iran is an awful site is receiving support from whom this is known to all by so raj with his lawful and legitimate government and not receiving any support currently based on us why decide and provide them with the assistance we can afford . this is a proxy conflict that splits the middle east and north africa and beyond the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and russia have all given greater or lesser assistance to have to but if we have to or might topple the government of national accord has spurred turkey into overt action for turkey their interest is not libya itself anybody who looks at a map of the mediterranean will see that egypt to turkey south south cyprus greece and potentially libya if it falls on the half that and therefore goes into the u.a.e. or bit is forming a sort of maritime choke hold on to turkey for taking libya is the final chance to

prevent this chokehold from taking place although libya's g.n.a.t. has ratified the security and military cooperation deal it struck with turkey last month it's not immediately clear what kind of military support turkey might offer libya or when but it reinforces turkey's role in influencing libya's future like with syria russia and turkey have taken different sides increasing their diplomatic leverage and cooperation. we russia by the way are in permanent contact with mr seraphina's government with marshall have to we continuously communicate with our partners including those in turkey in europe in other countries in our opinion the best solution would be to find compromise between the 2 sides of the conflict. at the u.n. al-jazeera asked the secretary general spokesman for his take on turkey's military assistance i think the secretary general a couple times yesterday was very clear in his expression and frankly of his i

would say is frustration at the situation in libya of the constant flouting by various member states of the arms embargo and of the continued fighting that we're seeing in and around tripoli and other places in the country but that fighting certainly isn't over yet it will reach alan's al-jazeera. and talk us troop deployment were made approval from the parliament of mohammad the explains from istanbul. well turkish president. is very clear the turkey is ready and willing to all for the government of national accord in tripoli as much help it needs and even boots on the ground if they come up with a formal request to on current but sending arms is one thing and troops is a different march altogether it takes a whole process and right now that military corp agreement signed between

turkey and libya is going through the formalities of getting. approved by parliament it's supposed to come up for a vote on wednesday it go to the north of the foreign affairs committee of parliament just this week and even after a lot happens and that agreement is ratified by a parliament then the government of national accord has once again go to send a formal request for the deployment of turkish troops and haas to go back to parliament so that the troops can get not only the approval but also among the. 4 for what they will be doing exactly in libya at once they're deployed. now libya is divided between 2 competing governments the un recognizes the government of

national accord based in tripoli it's supported by turkey and many western powers including italy and in the east there is the brook based government the center of power for warlord khalifa haftar and his libyan national army he's backed by saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates and france is also accused of providing military support russian snipers are fighting alongside have those troops well let's get more on this we're now joined by william lawrence professor at george washington university's elliott school of international affairs and co-author of after the uprisings political transition into nosier libya and yemen and he's joining us live from washington d.c. mr lawrence thank you very much for your time this evening it is an incredibly complicated story libya so i'll start with a simple question that i'm not sure you will have a simple answer to it why is the turkish president offering more military support for the u.n. backed government in libya. because he would like to prevent the down

fall of tripoli he would like to do if prevent the western government from falling in all of libya falling into the russian orbit for reasons some of which were laid out in your setup pieces turkey sees itself as the champion of the arab spring and what is left from the arab spring it has this geo political struggle going on with us in egypt and others and it would like also to support of the muslim brotherhood words under attack now the muslim brotherhood is much weaker in libya than in some of the neighboring states but it's a part of the coalition of the west and of course we have solid sound both sides of the struggle but turkey definitely wants the western government to hang on and that is part of the why did you political picture but of course this military agreement hasn't happened in isolation because just about a week or so ago we had this maritime agreement between libya and turkey so how

much would you say this additional military set of support to libya is in for to do with the maritime agreement you know where he wants access for drilling for oil and gas in the eastern mediterranean. well the maritime in the security agreements were signed at the same time we just said further announcements today and it is true that the libyan government made concessions to turkey on maritime issues that implicate greece in crete in the european union but that really doesn't matter for libya that much because 3rd parties aren't even bound by bilateral agreements in the maritime sphere so libya and turkey didn't really give up much or accomplish much with the maritime agreement other than you know making the e.u. a little bit more angry about economic development of the mediterranean but on the security side this new agreement set a number of things in motion. remains to be seen whether turkish troops will be

sent but the troops are less important right now what the western government needs is technology and arms they're not lacking from in power as much as they're lacking for arms it needs more help in the air war with her store where he has an advantage and it needs to make symbolic game sport to hold the western libyan alliance together and to demonstrate to the international community that the west isn't going to give up anytime soon and how much of a difference do you think receiving that kind of support will make to the u.n. backed government how much of a threat is it facing by how that's offensive to take the capital. it makes all the difference in the world i mean turkey's really the only country that standing up against eastern government which is backed by a number of countries the latest u.n. expert panel report that came out in early december as i think officially being released this week cites particularly u.a.e. jordan turkey as the biggest violators of the arms embargo but there are number other countries russia sudan. and others who are supporting have tar and

turkey is really the only country that spin systematically supporting the west obviously the italians are helping in small ways and the americans are working with the west on counterterrorism but the west needs both symbolically and in terms of arms all the help we can get mr lawrence said is very interesting to get your analysis thank you for your time that's william lawrence live in washington d.c. . well meanwhile the turkish president has denounced other muslim nations for not supporting his plans to resettle refugees in northern syria budgets of the lancers his country is under increasing pressure with 50000 people migrating from syria's province and to turkey the latest round of russian attacks against rebels and southeastern edler has killed at least 3 civilians and left many more injured and shelling in airstrikes in the province have escalated in recent weeks. let's

move on to other news now and yemen's warring sides have agreed to create humanitarian corridors in the key city of hadera either well the port cities the country's main point of entry for food and aid handling 70 percent of all imports the agreement follows 2 days of un mediated talks between what the rebels and the southern led coalition the conflict has pushed millions to the brink of starvation and created the world's worst humanitarian disaster. lebanon's president has asked an academic to be the next prime minister has on the others backed by hezbollah and its allies he says he hopes to bring stability after months of nationwide protests against corruption and sectarian politics well the album urged as a candidate when the outgoing prime minister saad hariri withdrew on wednesday tony berkeley reports from beirut. 24 hours ago he wasn't even in the running but on thursday last sunday ab was appointed lebanon's new prime minister and given the difficult task of leading the country out of its worst political crisis in decades

you are living a new deal of unease if it should focus on preventing the collapse of restoring confidence and safeguarding national unity by consolidating bridges of understanding between all lebanese people political and security stability is a priority today and it is a cornerstone for the protection of their country 5 years ago mr de service education minister in a cat's government now he's promised to be a unifying force and has asked the country to bury its divisions and give him a chance not everyone is prepared to do that many see him as part of the old political order they want overhauled they want someone that resent us you know and as. our guys say is not related to anyone from all the parties and all the politicians in this country and doesn't belong to the. regime. and the idea is that we've been 60 days on the streets and our demands are very

clear. lebanon has suffered from nearly 2 months of often violent and disruptive street protests over government corruption spiraling inflation and a dire economic situation but there are those who believe mr can succeed look now and lebanon is suffering serious military and economic pressures and risks a social explosion the current social revolution may lead to insecurity and instability and we all have to help the app is a technocrat and specialist and everyone should understand that the former university professor was not elected unanimously the large influential sunny bloc led by the former prime minister saad hariri did not support mr diablo or nominate its own candidate he was backed by the predominately shiite hezbollah alliance the media in israel has already described mr diablo as hezbollah's man. and this shows that as well as dealing with lebanon's pressing domestic issues he was also juggle the interests of outside powers such as iran syria the us and israel which have all

played a part in the country's political instability. hours after mr diablo accepted the nomination people who are still out protesting although in fewer numbers but in sunny areas of beirut and lebanon the 2nd largest city tripoli there were reports of roads being blocked and tires being burned mr diablo begin talking to all parties this weekend but it's clear that not everyone wants to listen. there's still a lot of talking to be done before has and is able to head a new government and that process can still take months but the question is how will his nomination translate for the lebanese people and will it be enough to stop the violence and the demonstrations tony burke 3 al-jazeera beirut. pending more head of the news hour including a day after voting to impeach donald trump democratic presidential hopefuls face off and another debate. the 2 firefighters are killed in a stray as they battle it out of control brush fires and record temperatures.

and a limpid goal doesn't budge a federal sites for 2020 peter has more later in the news hour. now one day after president donald trump's m.p.h. meant a sharp partisan divide is emerging between democrats and republicans majority leader mitch mcconnell has asked his fellow republicans to correct what he called a toxic competes went of trump meanwhile house speaker nancy pelosi says she won't send the case to the senate until she's convinced of a fair trial shihab rattansi reports. think. the democrats weren't unanimous in impeaching donald trump 3 voted against it and one jeff boundary of new jersey is not going to join the republican party the president expressed his defiance after meeting about drew at the white house it doesn't feel

like impeachment and you know what it's a phony deal and they cheapen the word impeach it's an ugly word but they cheapen the word impeachment. that should never again happen to another president we think that. what they did is wrong we think that what they did is unconstitutional earlier the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell attacked wednesday's vote in the house of representatives to impeach the president as the fulfillment of a long held democratic party plan to overturn the results of the 2016 election houses vote yesterday was not some neutral judgment that democrats came to with great reluctance it was the pre-determined. of a partisan crusade that began before president trouble is even nominated let alone for now mcconnell has already said that he will take his cues from the white house as he oversees a senate trial for the president the democrats happy leader mcconnell claimed the

impeachment was motivated by partisan rage this from the man who said proudly i am not impartial i have no intention to be impartial at all in the trial of president trump. what hypocrisy immediately after wednesday's vote nancy pelosi refused to commit to sending the articles of impeachment to the senate for consideration some democrats have argued no trial should take place unless there are guarantees of fairness. however on thursday place he seemed to be speaking in terms of when a trial would occur and if a trial would take place the next thing for us will be when we see the process that is set for i can let them know the number. that we may have to go forward that's not just you know. but we'd like to see a fair process but we'll see what they have and we'll be ready for whatever it is negative the democrats want to be able to call witnesses as they make their case in

the senate mcconnell has said he wants as swift a proceeding as possible the house democrats making their case and the white house making its defense only then will witnesses be considered congress begins its christmas recess this week the entire month of january has been set aside in the senate for impeachment proceedings but as of now it's unclear when the trial will occur times the al-jazeera washington. and in the coming hours 7 democrats presidential candidates will be squaring off in a televised debate and wednesday's impeachment volume is expected to dominate the proceedings we'll speak to rob reynolds who is at the debate venue in los angeles shortly but 1st his report. and then there were set up the once crowded field of democrats debating their way to the nomination has been whittled down as once promising candidates dropped out and others failed to qualify for the debate stage due to low polling numbers and flagging campaign

contributions overall the race remains static former vice president joe biden leads the pack with left wing senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren along with centrist indiana mayor pete gedge jostling for 2nd place joe biden has shown an extraordinary resilience. he's taken a number of hits in the press and he continues to lead the field nationally. and i think that's because people feel comfortable with the idea of him and as the democrat who would take on donald trump one of the candidates who fail to qualify senator cory booker complained about the lack of diversity in the debate which will be held on the campus of loyola marymount university booker called on the party to loosen its rules another candidate who won't be on stage is billionaire former new york mayor mike bloomberg who is self financing his campaign and spending tens of millions of dollars on television ads across the country. problem some veteran

democratic campaign manager robert shrum says 2nd tier candidates could still break out of the pack or you can't have an artificial breakout moment it has to fit who you are it has to make sense in terms of. the kind of person you are it has to be authentic it can't be just of a line made up designed to punch through looming over all else is the impeachment of president donald trump some pundits say impeachment will help throw been 2020 by energizing his base but others aren't so sure about that conventional wisdom they see many voters turning against him you know what the clearest signal it's going to hurt trump is how fiercely trump is fighting against it all the time in ways that i think are self destructive the debate could preview how democrats may seek to use trump's impeachment as a political weapon. and rob is joining us live from my own

a marymount university in los angeles is good to see you rob so we've had 4 debates already what makes this one different. well i think number one it's the smallest of the 5 debates so far it will be a more intimate setting there will be perhaps less diffusion and distraction from a long shot candidate so that some exchanges might be a little more substantive amongst the candidates themselves and it seems likely that one of the people on stage will be the democratic nomination nominee excuse me in the in the summer of this year and of course it follows the it's the day after that has start impeachment so how likely is that to be invested to be featured in this debate. why would be very surprised if this was not the subject matter of the very 1st question to any of the candidates and it

will be very interesting to see how they deal with the question of an impeached president going forward to to benefit themselves in their own campaign for the democratic nomination all the nominees have said that they are in favor of impeachment and of president trump's removal from office but they come at it from different perspectives that the more left wing candidates elizabeth warren and bernie sanders they see this as a symptom of a larger problem in american society the infusion of vast amounts of money into politics and the inequality that is rampant in american society whereas the more centrist candidates including the front runner. former president joe biden and indiana mayor of peat put a judge see this as a opportunity to put themselves forward as candidates who can unite the country

they say that this shows how polarized the country is and how badly i unite are not a divider is needed and the front runner biden had a very interesting. sort of strategy in a e-mail to his supporters. look back at the origins of the entire impeachment. matter which is president trump's pressure on the ukrainian president to mount an investigation into biden himself and his son and says biden saying to his supporters that this shows simply how badly president biden fears that biden may beat him in november of next year probably going for coverage off the debate for now that's a robbery i don't live in los angeles. to india now at least 3 protesters have been shot and killed confrontations with police the nationwide rallies against a new session and went ahead despite

a government ban hundreds of people were detained by law makes it easier for non muslims from 3 neighboring countries to get and the incessant ship protesters say goes against india's secular constitution so i had raman reports from new delhi. they marched in the thousands across india in the capital with placards in hand they denounce the government and its new citizenship lol i it was peaceful here a civil society leaders politicians academics and people congregated at the historic red fort near the muslim quarter of the city i confrontation with the police it was inevitable that it was. just going for control of the situation has been a daily battle for police and civil society says the law was passed nearly a week ago the fact. 6 that there was a heavy security presence backed up by riot control personnel this demonstrator is

clear about why he's here. the government shouldn't be doing this it's unfair you know all the same. we live here in india because we are equal in free we have a right to protest there was a small protest as arrived ready to be taken away by police so that you know. that lady has been saying i'll go i'll go peacefully with the police and that's exactly what's happened with the protests that have been coming 3 into the red fort complex here they've been slowly that the hundreds of them protesting quietly and peacefully arriving at the barriers they've been arrested individually and loaded onto those coaches that you can see behind me for processing and one by one they were loaded onto buses and driven away each denouncing the police it was you know it was a civil society leader you can put a yard of and many communist party leaders were some of the high profile arrests those taken from here were released later while others were detained. there have

been protests in over a dozen indian cities from new delhi to look an hour from mumbai to judge to go calcutta saw some of the largest demonstrations on a national day of anger as it was being called against the new immigration law. even in hyderabad police had their hands full taking demonstrators away to be processed or charged. one politician from west bengal has a warning for the b j p led government the politicians will only be the catalyst and if in our people of people the 1st part they will not accept this law and the 2nd part is the at the 1st opportunity when it comes with the button they will be out. the authorities are not taking any chances while the demonstrations grade strength a number. that the government has imposed restrictions banning gatherings of more than 4 people and cutting internet and mobile services in some areas the protesters here say they want the government to scrap the new law and that and go will likely

go on until lot happens but it will be up to those in power to determine how they deal with that anger and resentment in the days ahead. to hell robin al jazeera you delhi. now as those protests and india continue one of the tactics the government's using to try to stop demonstrations is a shut down the internet and it's not unusual in india last year there were a total of 134 shut downs and online trackers recorded 95 suspensions this year the longest in the disputed region of kashmir has lasted 136 days so far and mobile internet is still unavailable there last year india was the global number one for internet shutdowns cutting services 8 times as often as 2nd placed pakistan but only of my colleague lauren taylor spoke to on the poor men who is a visiting lecturer in politics of the university of westminster and she says protesters have found ways to challenge internet shutdowns. we have had internet

shutdowns not just in faraway places like wish me to or as some but it's actually come to the very hard line of india that the itself has seen a complete come down off communication including 4 networks until 1 pm after which there were 3 stored so on the one hand the government has given the justification that this internet clampdown is only to maintain peace and to stop humor mongering but at the same time what we see from the people is an understanding that this is not just for those reasons and then actively challenging it and they're coming out plus they're adopting originated strategies of resistance so to take inspiration from the hong kong movement right now they're using apps that don't require internet connectivity and they're switching to a native means of mobilizing and disseminating messages and information to come together and protest and so i mean aside from that the use of it in this context in the past as we saw in that graphic india is one of the kind of highs uses of this tactic of shutting down the internet why why is the government so keen on this what

are the other issues that it's trying to deal with in this way so the way we see it right now it seems like oh poor strategy to go of any kind of dissent and silence aid because it is not surprising that india has a major problem of fake news that is disseminated primarily through the use of whatsapp india is what's absolutely just market and india also sees the largest number of forwards happening on the on the application without any fact made a fixation or without any source credibility so the problem here is multi-pronged because we're having information being disseminated at crazy rates without any fact waited for geisha in and it is really impacting on people in the sense it's creating an environment of fear and paranoia among the protesters because they're like why are fundamental rights being caused here. and still ahead on the new. uprising. what's changed since the removal of the shia. at the ceremony

of the u.k. parliament the government's breakfast agenda the old and unlucky for some 1st team markets opening a 2nd test in karachi. action. hello surprisingly the weather service us in canada little bit quieter than you might expect to december all the funds been have for the east coast i mean despite the fact the satellite shows your great therefore low temperatures the east coast is looking cold but fine is a massive cloud up through the central plains and midwest but the action next to show itself is coming in from the pacific there's snow for the high ground averse canada and the western states and then that rain comes down the pacific coast down towards san francisco sometime later in the weekend there is a development taking place here you may just notice this potential circulation in

the gulf of mexico just west of florida is one to watch because they'll be heavy rain if nothing else from that now throughout the gulf of mexico there is that streaming breeze which fits will bring some potentially heavy showers into cuba and into maybe believes that the stray wind typically blowing plenty of showers into costa rica and panama are used to that doesn't change very much no indeed does the rain in billy's couple of days a fairly standard pattern weather asked for south america again fall of the season and you expect to see rain in this part of brazil and possibly in paraguayan beyond and that's exactly what you've got for both friday and saturday and i suspect some of these big downpours we're going a bit of flash flooding. story

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the hard things of the top stories this hour libya's un recognized government has approved a military deal with turkey which could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from the border or. egypt which backs half there has rejected the agreement . lebanon's president michel aoun has asked the former education minister to be the new prime minister. backed by hezbollah and says he hopes to bring stability after months of protests and deal at least 3 protesters killed confrontations with police . against a new citizenship law went ahead despite a government ban hundreds of people were detained. a government has opened fire outside the headquarters of russia's top security agency the f.s.b.

in moscow one officer was killed and 5 others wounded the f.s.b. says the attacker has now been code step for us and reports from moscow. the sound of gunfire echoes through the streets of the russian capital. sending people running to safety and initiating a major security operation by heavily armed special forces. according to russian media reports a man attacked this building on lubyanka square in the center of moscow it's the home of russia's federal security service the f.s.b. and its communist era criticise the k.g.b. . the attacker then reportedly fled to a neighboring building barricading himself inside security services then shot him that ambulances were on the scene to help several casualties started where you're

going to start biskupic there were gunshots so of course i didn't get any closer because i wanted to live my head around the corner and watch from there the emergency services came a bit later. before that police officers ran up to number and loaded somebody onto it quickly i don't know for sure but apparently he was already dead. the russian president was informed about the shootings that happened on the same day vladimir putin was pulling his annual showcase press conference screamed life on russian television put in was formally an f. is b. chief before entering politics it's unclear what the attack might have been or whether he was acting alone. or now trying to establish his identity. took place here at the heart of russia with one of the most important institutions in the country. where president vladimir putin felt her 2nd year at the intelligence officer one of the most incident taken extremely seriously especially because of

the place during the annual celebration. of the kremlin by the president. to pakistan now where the government has denounced the ruling of judges who sentenced former president pervez musharraf to death a special court found the former president who's in hospital in dubai guilty of high treason for suspending the constitution in 2007 the court ordered his arrest and said that if he dies beforehand his body should be dragged through the streets and hanged for 3 days the government is calling for the leader of the judges panel to be disbarred and the shot of says the verdict is politically motivated. i call this verdict suspicious because during the hearing of this case the supremacy of the law was ignored from beginning to end this case was taken up and heard by certain people solely on the basis of personal energy towards me well our

correspondent. explains how pakistan's military is planning to appeal the ruling. earlier on tuesday a special court set intends to retire generated by read more short of death and a high treason trial dad trial of cause it went on for 6 years and the military then reacting very strongly against that saying how a soldier who served his country for over 40 years be our trade the government then coming on board supporting the military point of view but there was another bombshell $48.00 after that ruling by the color red and in particular. paragraph of dads were day it was mentioned that your daughter did your dad as a man even if he's dead and he should be brought to islam bogard body to be dragged and id should be then hanged for 3 days outside fallen men dead of color's head

from did a very strong reaction from the military and the government the law minister for the. lead government announced that they will now be filing for an application in the bream court for the formation of the supreme judicial council to check the mental state of health of competence level the judge who court issued such a word a. now tens of thousands of people have marched in cities across the dar to celebrate one year since the start of the uprising that saw president omar al bashir from power the protests were 1st triggered by increasing the price of bread but they quickly turn into broader anti government demonstrations calling for political change reports from khartoum protesters still feel like sudan has a long way to go. with chants similar to those that crying out during the start of anti-government protests last year this train takes off from the sudanese capital

to a place nicknamed the city of steel and fire where the revolution started a year ago. while those in power to mark its 1st anniversary the same way they started every demonstration last year with the singing of the national anthem. reproved how resilient they can be and how strong they are and how can they stand up to anything using their creative power in the creative energy and their determination and resilience through tough times it's all began over the high prices of bread in the northeastern city of art but all within hours it spread to other cities and soon turned nationwide people demanded there is a nation of president already bashir who had government for nearly 30 years they also called on his entire government and ruling party to go. the military deposed bashir in april and following months of political turmoil filled with determination and persistence to see change by demonstrators the military and protest leaders

reached a power sharing deal in august and then from the transitional government. sudan's revolution has been costly in terms of lives these pictures show just some of those killed during protests over the past 12 months and even though bashir and his government are gone and a new transitional one is then demonstrators who demanded change say their revolution is far from over activists say more than $250.00 protesters were killed since the start of the protests have of that during an attack on a pro-democracy to 10 on june 3rd and 12 months on in a revolution where people called for freedom peace and justice the demand for justice has taken a front seat. so result we want retribution for those killed they've given their lives for change to happen because of them were able to celebrate today. the transitional government has set up a committee to look into those allegations the government also disbanded the former ruling party in line with some of the demands made by the people the sudanese

professional association which led to calls for protests as much work remains after all this all this progress. shouting for freedom. for justice and also rights. and demanding peace and we think that will come a long way and we still have a long way to go it's just a matter of time so for now people here examine and reflect on what they've achieved so far while making it clear that they still want to see more being done to complete their revolution morgan al-jazeera. and a new court has ruled that a jail cost long separations later was entitled to a new unity that comes with being a member of the european parliament oriole john kerry as was jailed for 13 years in october for has role in a 2017 castellan independence referendum that was deemed illegal by spanish courts the european court of justice has vowed that as an elected the n.e.p.

he should not be subject to detention or legal proceedings. the u.k.'s prime minister boss johnson has put bracks that at the heart of his new government's agenda and as a customer but in square lizabeth read out a list of proposed new laws of a ceremony and opening of parliament the speech also outlined plans to guarantee funding for the national health service and introduce a new immigration system paul brennan reports from london. black rod banging on the door of the commons boris johnson knocking on the door of his grex it destiny the prime minister looked visibly excited next to a stony faced opposition leader jeremy corbyn as the 2 men made their way through to the upper house to hear the queen read out johnson's program of reforms among a raft of new legislation there is a singular priority my government's priority is to deliver the united kingdom's

departure from the european union on the 31st of january of the 25 new bills listed in the speech 7 are related to delivering breck says but the government intends to make the most of its 80 seat majority there will be the deepest review of britain's security defense and foreign policy since the end of the cold war the official secrets act and the laws on treason will be reviewed and the government will establish a constitution democracy and human rights commission to look at the very nature of how british democracy operates it is a radical program. the queen's role is over the ceremonial here and parliament has finished and responsibility for enacting this ambitious lists of legislation now falls to the m.p.'s back in the commons the prime minister was chaired by his backbench as i know call the prime minister. i say to the people of this country we owe you we know it

and we will deliver and we have now the energy we have the ideas we have the mandate we have the people and we will spare no effort to fulfil that mandate from scotland though a warning to the prime minister scottish national party leader nicolas sturgeon publishing her own draft legislation to start the process of calling another scottish independence referendum sturgeon knows that the prime minister will refuse to allow it a refusal she intends to use in her favor. for the time being though boris johnson is on a high fresh from a resoundingly lecture when equipped with a big stable parliamentary majority there is little to stand in his way for since the law screen speech back in october was also quite ambitious but there was no chance of ever being able to deliver a new policy that was more of a kind of shop window for the forthcoming election campaign as it was that whereas now there is a sense that at least at least in terms of the palm entry arithmetic he can

actually deliver these policies right the pace of lawmaking will be hectic there is a lot of legislation to pass in less than a year to do in e.u. trade deal and introduce a whole new points based immigration system seems an ambitious timetable it may be that actually enacting the new laws would be a bigger challenge than actually passing them paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. brazilian president jar balls and ours is a controversial burley allowing a mining project on indigenous land is ready for congressional approval the planned mines would be near the river where nearly 14000 indigenous people live in 112 villages also now or has promised to quote assimilate indigenous people into brazilian society and raise their living standards but rights groups say he's putting them at risk or sam cowie is a journalist based in brazil and he says the mining of indigenous land will only increase under brazil's current government. in the main at least the most visible

indigenous voices from activists overall do not want mining and commercial production of castle or of a growing. corn on their lands many dishes period people know from very bitter experience in fact that when they let's not indigenous people into their hands for mining this is things tend to get out of control very very quickly mining tends to bring prostitution it and to bring drugs tends to bring violence and you know most indigenous communities many communities in the abs and i have bad experiences with mining this isn't something new this is something that mining interests have been after in brazil for decades now and with boats that are 0 it seems that they are getting closer and closer so they don't go seeing this year especially increased numbers of land grabs an

indigenous land with people moving into indigenous lands deforesting the land of the brazing cows they're often to be sold from the farms and the group of clients in the enforcement agencies having their budgets cuts and stranglehold was over them by the balls in our own government unfortunately most critics and environmentalists see this a problem only getting worse next year and in years to come. to australia on our way to volunteer firefighters have been killed while battling out of control bushfires both the ball and comes training experience to hottest day ever breaking a record set just 24 hours a week now the average temperature across the country on for 41.9 degrees south has promised to scott mausam has cut short the caution to address the emergency jessica washington reports. a crisis that has been raging for months millions

of acres of land destroyed as hundreds of fires burned around the country bushfires are a normal part of the summer but not like this the ferocity of this year's is prompting authorities to take extreme measures in history as most populous states new south wales will be in a state of emergency from today for the next 7 days as you are away this is the 2nd state of emergency we've declared since the far as commenced in july was to die is going to be very bad. here in new south wales the forecast says that sort of i will be even worse so we're talking about some very serious and dangerous conditions i over the coming days the state of emergency means the fire service will have authority to shut down utilities like water and electricity close roads demolish buildings and evacuate residents sydney's famous harbor views have been completely transformed by the disaster was. and frustrations are growing the

combination of the crisis drought heatwaves criticism of the government's climate policies a group of protesters most of them high school students gathered outside the prime minister's house braving the smoky and uncomfortable heat to stage a sit in i'm just really sick of what's been happening. by the government for weeks and weeks. there's almost a festival atmosphere at the stadium just outside the prime minister's residence. but the protesters here say that they're serious about their message that the government isn't doing enough to stop what they're calling a climate emergency. across the country across the country and they're not doing anything about it we've seen a 25 percent increase in risk presentation said. across sydney because of this crisis in the air pollution that's resulting from. deepening health inequalities

because government in action on climate change and it's negligent and it's actually killing people oh prime minister morrison wasn't home to hear their message he's on holiday and is due to return later this week to face the heat of the war in the volatile situation will grow even more dangerous in the coming days with strong winds and soaring temperatures forecast just a washington. now 2 former executives at south africa's state one electricity company eskom have been arrested over accusations of fraud the suspected of pocketing millions of dollars from the budget for turn your power plants eskom provides 90 percent of the country's electricity. still ahead on the news hour. more. world. you go out.

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to our. it is time for sports now. thank you very much russia is through appeal it's 4 year ban from sporting events by the world anti-doping agency president vladimir putin describing the sanctions as unfair and politically motivated. personally speaking after the russian and we don't need to go to file the case with the court of arbitration for sport within the next 10 to 15 days what is punishing russia for manipulating the bar of free data and covering up past doping offenses the country would be disqualified from next year's olympics on the 2022 world cup if the ban is upheld which really were the. i think the decision is not only unfair but also against

common sense and the law nothing like this is ever happened in the history of mankind in any legal system of the world and hopefully it will never happen with any punishment should be individual if someone is caught for some wrong doing then this is natural and fair but if the vast majority of sportsmen are clean how can there be sanctions applied to them for the actions of others ukrainian weightlifter or lexi a toric t. has been stripped of the gold medal he won of the 2012 olympics and banned for 2 years the i.o.c. has retested samples from the london games and found a positive test for banned steroids talk to no longer competes but he's banned prevents him working as an official within any sport. also the weather ruined the historic return of home test matches to pakistan the 2nd series of the series against sri lanka has begun in frantic fashion half centuries from. them if

pakistan a good platform to build from but they lost their last 5 wickets for just 24 runs all after 191 and really matthews here taking a terrific catch on the run to remove shahid afridi. then lost 3 weeks before the close of play including that of captain de mint. it was $64.00 for 3. so they went out the history. if you want to lies the history of this ground it's always a batting 1st wicket team's batting 1st have scored big runs but we were not expecting it would take turn the ball would seem like that if you look at the whole day's play our poll is also bowled well i still say that if we bowl well we could dismiss them within the total we've put on the board. liverpool and flamingo are preparing for saturday's final of the fever club world cup in doha back in 1901 the brazilian side beat liverpool 3 no in the final of an earlier version of this tournament the intercontinental cup the club world cup has been dominated by the european champions and only once in the last 12 finals has there been

a south american winner roger federer says he is heading into his 22nd year on the a.t.p. tour with win new belief and vigor he didn't there to ease 20 grand slam titles in 29 team but a great hearts that he was still able to compete for the top prizes at the age of 381 title federer has never won is the olympic games singles gold medal in the years making it one of his big targets in 2020. after the year that i've had where i played really good and felt good physically there not many issues a little something at the u.s. open little things here and there but not really worth mentioning. and you know it really plays a good tennis you know all around but you know maybe just missing out on the big one i think that that what i would like to change i have to go back to the drawing board with my team and to train really hard and i think that will be obvious to a goal of mine trying to win you know one of the 5 big ones. plus the olympic 6 you

know one of those 6 chances i would like to take by contrast maria sharapova says she's not sure what's expected 2020 or for another season troubled by injury it's 5 and a half years since she last won a grand slam title tara povey still hopes to get back to the top of the game this season has been a very limited season for me in terms of the amount of tournaments that i've played so tough to make any decisions looking forward right now i want to take it a step at a time and see where i am a few months into the season while i love waking up and getting better at my craft so although it's been challenging and challenging just not to be out playing competitively and giving myself the best chance to compete i think that's been the toughest part you know mentally as well but i certainly strive to be the best again . well the former world number one is at least off to the right start in terms of

getting back to the top of a game on thursday she faced australia's own good time again of h. at the world tennis championship in abu dhabi sharp over getting a good workout today with love down in the open set and training for one in the 2nd eventually the 32 year old would win this 164 and 7 for. 3 months after the rugby world cup in japan was hit by a typhoon organizers of the tokyo to a t 20 olympics are taking no chances when it comes to natural disasters or thora these have been carrying out earthquake rescue drills at the new iraqi gymnastics center where stars like simone biles are set to compete next year this one simulated a 7.3 magnitude quake organizers also preparing for the effect of summer heat with american already having been moved from tokyo to the cooler climate of support. i am that all the sports news for now we'll see you again later. peter thank you very much for that and that does it for the news hour but do stay with us we're

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