police and an al-jazeera is not one way of telling. keeping this type right and to be honest. it's great to know the. more violence in northern india protests elsewhere over a new law opponents say discriminates against muslims. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iraq's top shia cleric says an early election is the only way out of the crisis sparked by mass protests calling for a government overhaul. australia are already in the grip of record heat and devastating bushfires is warned the worst could be yet to come. and we hear stories from some

of the hundreds of women smuggled out of every year and what's being done to help them. that's protests are going on in new delhi and elsewhere in india against a citizenship law that opponents see as anti muslim there's been more violence in the northern city of luck now where offices have been he's seen heating people with sticks after a police station was damaged at least 2 protesters were shot and killed in bangalore during confrontations with police on thursday a curfew was in place in parts of the city until friday not thousands of protesters have gathered in the capital calling for withdrawal of the newly passed law the legislation offers a path to citizenship for persecuted minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims. over in the grove is a lawyer and human rights activist in new delhi she says the government shouldn't

gauge and understand what people are protesting about all citizens from all walks of life cutting across class classed religion have stepped out and there could be a difference in emphasis in what they are protesting against but what is very clear is that they are all skilled the government and telling the government that the citizenship amendment read to the national population register and the national register of citizens is unacceptable it is unconstitutional it is immoral and we are at the bottom c.b.s. citizens we will not accept this and i think we have not seen these find this killer protests and these are not being led by any political party this is a spontaneous a stepping out of citizens from across classes and there is a very strong feeling here that the government is actually now trying to

completely take steps which are not just unconstitutional and illegal but will destroy the we india has lived as a democracy and the way we relate to each other i think presently is not showing any. the they're not coming forward engaged it's not about backing down they need to engage and understand what is it that people are protesting about the manner in which this government has conducted itself for the last 6 years it is unlikely that they will back down because they feel they have an agenda in how they are going to transform india into a country of their making and therefore i do not see them in any way taking this back of pulling out. iraq's top shia leader has called for early elections and soon as possible grand ayatollah ali al sistani delivered the message through

a spokesman pictured here last friday he said forming a new government is the only way out of the country's current crisis they've been more protests against the government after political leaders filed to choose a new prime minister mass demonstrations forced to step down last month al-jazeera dorsett is in baghdad she says this statement isn't telling from just any religious cleric the highest religious authority the grand ayatollah ali sistani him self issued a statement saying that the country must go to early elections in order to avoid chaos and uncertainty that is looming here this is all because the president has not been able to come up with a nominee for a replacement for the prime minister's post since he resigned on december the 1st that's because the constitution is not very clear about what needs to happen for the replacement to be nominated there is a constitutional crisis going on right now in this country and that's because the

parliament has not been able to come up with a nominee for the position of the prime minister any names that have been floating around over the past 1516 days have all been rejected by the protesters on the streets they say that they want a change to the whole entire electoral system and of course that's not something that is likely to happen overnight and this call by the grand ayatollah only adds an urgency to the matters saying that there really must be a broader solution to try and end this deadlock because as long as this deadlock continues this uncertainty continues so will the insecurity that is looming in iraq at the security situation is just getting worse by day day by day and they said the authorities believe that in order to bring the country together early elections could be a possible way out. in syria thousands of civilians in libya fleeing to the turkish border following a dramatic increase in russian led attacks activists are appealing for turkey to

open its border to allow for safe passage 7 people were killed on friday morning while at least 19 civilians were killed on the 1st time shelling it is strikes and it lives. in recent weeks there are reports that government forces are preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with the northern city aleppo. there are reports that the g.n.a.t. forces have lost of offensive targeting positions of warlord who leave after as forces leave the capital the legibly happened in a town 65 kilometers from southeast of tripoli russia has expressed its concern of a turkey potentially sending troops to libya it comes after the tripoli but government agreed to close military cooperation with turkey well here's how the geopolitics surrounding libya's 2 competing governments look on the map now the u.n. as we've mentioned recognizes the government of national accord which is in tripoli

the g.n.a.s. supported by turkey and many western powers including italy over in the east is the brute based government it's the center of power for warlord and leaf i have to add he's self-styled libyan national army he's backed by saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates france is also accused of providing military support and russian mercenaries fighting alongside after us troops let's get more on this now we go live to our visitors now put up their wired who's in tripoli and as we just outlined there this is not just a conflict within libya it's a proxy war it's dragging in all sorts of different forces what is the intervention of the imposition of turkey going to mean here. well stern as you know the recent a turkish libyan military agreement intel is sending military air force lend air force air force equipment land

military equipment and all sorts navy military equipment so if d.n.a. the government of national accord to gets these advances weapons that could make a change on the ground in the favor of the forces loyal to the government of national accord now yesterday the government met with the military commanders here in tripoli and they have decided to activate to put in place the agreement the military agreement signed with the last month and that as a said includes the air force or military equipment and also all. infantry military equipment and navy military equipment so. on the in the other hand today the front lines in southern tripoli have witnessed clashes again with heavy weapons especially of tillery from both sides in and in and around

earlier and more could military camp in southern tripoli and we're going to just wait it out now that for fighters loyal to the government of national called have been killed by airstrikes lunch and by fighter jets loyal to the world for have to and meanwhile the government forces are trying to open a new front lines to cut the supporting line coming for her as forces from the city of tire who are now about 65 kilometers to the southern east from the capital tripoli now currently the government forces are now engaging in heavy fighting against have to this force as they say the government forces say within the administer. of borders of the city of torn as you know stan the city of the hauler is the measure hop for have to as forces the stronghold and it has the central command of have to the forces after they lost the strategic city of the year and in

the last joint meanwhile the spokesman of the world of sorry for have to accommodate this mahdi has given the city of misrata the bag borne of the government forces has given misrata 3 days of to martin if misrata city is not going to pull out forces and. weapons from the front lines in tripoli and insert it then according to the thomas mahdi have sort of forces will continue targeting the misrata with air strikes like what happened last night as have that as fighter jets targeted several occasions in the city of misrata but we spoke to military commanders with the from misrata they in fact they underestimate this threat and they say that. had have the fighter jets made a change in the front lines it would have made a change to the city of misrata stan mahmoud thank you for the bubble up there was joining us from tripoli to australia where the prime minister scott morrison has

apologized for going on holiday this week while bush fires back at home worsened. voting record breaking heat and drought several people have died including 2 firefighters from sydney to washington as more. this is the personal cost of a stranding is bushfire crisis 2 firefighters killed when their truck overturned after tree fell onto the road like most of the thousands of men and women battling blazes across australia they were volunteers who put their lives at risk to keep others safe we do need all of these men and record know was that there is there is not for a person of allah more of you than someone. that is willing to put themselves on the lawn for the want of nothing in return no remuneration no nothing but other than to simply mike a positive difference in the local community across their home city in sydney flags flew at half mast we can't express enough our deepest deepest sympathy and

condolences to the loved ones obviously still in shock as to what's occurred and these 2 brave young men who lost their lives represent for us the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ground bushfires have been burning across australia for months but this week the combination of heat waves and strong winds is making the situation even more volatile. more than 100 fires are burning in a straining as most populous state of new south wales where dozens of homes have been destroyed. as an environmental crisis unfolds the prime minister found himself facing hate over his decision to take a holiday to hawaii this week many questioned the appropriateness of the leader going on vacation when large parts of the country are on fire he told a sydney radio station the holiday was planned before the fires began because they've been such horrendous events that that is understandably caused

a lot of anxiety i take the risk that. he's been forced to return home as the situation gets even worse authorities are warning the fire danger is reaching catastrophic levels just the washington al-jazeera sydney. the weather is next and then the man said to be lebanon's prime minister lays out his plans but added government protesters have already delivered davit. how it's certainly cold now the northeastern china as you might expect after all the harbor nice festival takes place next month but that cold isn't making much progress across the sea of japan that it all starts minus 2 will probably drop so it gets colder here but if it were for beijing and so low single figures of course it's cold winter but i fancy you start to creep up on the rain did you get into

a sudden hole and shoot during sunday rain not snow there is an sti possible how cardigan that is very fast talk in the sunshine has a maximum temperature of minus 6 but everywhere else that is cold. this rain this develops in central china is just to study south was hasn't produced very much has been snow up in the high ground as you know on the rise is because the rains are falling in shanghai but it's not getting to hong kong it's dying out elsewhere but of unusual winter rain really sort of all that other developments in the philippines see the heaviest rain the next day or so will be in the philippines probably in borneo down towards singapore and parts of sumatra or java otherwise it's a pretty dry picture as it is throughout the fall to settles and cloying air up in new delhi with the rain of course in sri lanka and tamil nadu.

a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but. you can only project that's what we refuse it was one of the sound of the settlement and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera he's a reminder of our top stories this hour india's new citizenship war is provoking

more protests thousands in the capital new delhi and other cities condemning the legislation as being anti muslim 3 protesters were shot and killed and hundreds detained by police on thursday a spokesman for iraq's top shia leader grand ayatollah ali al sistani says he's called for early elections as soon as possible he said forming a new government is the only way out of the country's current crisis australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologised for going on holiday this week while bush fires back at home worsened strikers facing record breaking heat and drought several people have died including 2. now the debate is underway in westminster is the u.k. parliament the peers to vote on prime minister bars johnson breaks a deal and peace in the u.k. is duly elected parliament will vote in just a few hours it would implement the agreement reached with the european union mean the u.k. would leave the e.u. on january 1st one let's go live to were a challenge suzy outside the house of parliament in westminster this is what powers

johnson campaigned for her saying well let's get it done let's get past this. yeah absolutely and i don't think anyone in the u.k. at the moment is thinking that this bill is not going to make pretty swift progress through parliament now boris johnson has his 8 c. m.p. majority following is snap election which he won convincingly so now he can do what he wants to do i mean if you compare westminster today with how it would have be know how it was on the previous times the. parliament is being asked of votes on a withdrawal bill that would be in banks of flags behind me huge numbers of protesters both for and against bretz it's making their points today it's crickets really it's nothing and that's because everyone knows that you know from the remains side the battle has been lost for the leaf side the battle has been one

side bar a stance of yes it's going to get this bill through today with is is a see the majority of course has to go through the full legislative process and that means that it needs and another reading needs to go through the house of lords so he's expecting everything to be settles with this withdrawal bill as early as possible in the new year and that means that the u.k. will be leaving the european union on january 31st with rory of course going back before the election often struck that deal with the e.u. they were serious questions raised particularly in northern ireland about what it's going to mean there and those criticisms and reservations to remain after this big thumping victory at the election about what brics it will actually mean what type of bricks and bars johnson will ultimately deliver a much softer for. well i mean this is the heart of anyone who

still sits on the remain side of the fence the boris johnson 'd is by nature. more of a centrist more 'd of a moderate than he has had to show himself to be over the last few months that now he's got this 80 m.p. majority he doesn't have to listen so closely to the to the more 'd right wing side of his own party and that therefore he might tack more central and give us a soft of respite but the early signs are that is not happening this withdrawal bill that he is bringing back to parliaments to get them device on has been changed from the one he brought before and it's been toughen up so what he's done is take out. parts of the withdrawal bill that dealt with his rights off to brag that happens that has a pulls labor who say that this is essentially now going to be a race to the bottom of deregulation stripping away valuable workers' rights the

previous 2 a pegs of the european union ones is also making sure that this bill cannot be tampered with by parliament or the courts that it's essentially it enshrined in law that the u.k. leaves the european union on the 31st generation and that the transition period will go on no longer than the end of january 2020 that means that he only has basically a year to get this new trade deal agreed with the european union otherwise no deal is brought back on the table and that if that deal doesn't materialize then the u.k. can fall out of the e.u. properly and revert to world trade organization terms at the end of 2020 and of course that is anathema to all those people who want to either itself writes it or no brits at all. thank you rob. the man picked to

become lebanon's next prime minister says your work to form a new government within 6 weeks house and also promised to build a team of technocrats or experts in specific fields like economists and a government protesters though aren't convinced he's capable of lifting the country out of crisis tony burke the 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 live in a new deal of unease and if it should focus on preventing the collapse of restoring confidence and safeguarding national unity by consolidating bridges of understanding between all of a nice people political and security stability is a priority today and it is a cornerstone for the protection of their country 5 years ago mr diaz 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 all sectarian. and ideas 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 to die 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 you.

university professor was not elected unanimously the large influential sunny bloc led by the former prime minister saad hariri did not support mr diaz or nominate its own candidate he was backed by the predominately shiite hezbollah alliance the media and 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. i was after mr diablo accepted the nomination people will 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. but there's still a lot of talking to be done before has and the ad 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 free al-jazeera beirut. japanese prime minister shinzo r.b.a. has called on iran's president to stick to the international nuclear deal in an effort to ease tensions between tehran and washington made the comments while meeting house on rouhani in tokyo the united states unilaterally withdrew nuclear deal last year and reimposed sanctions against iran as a countermeasure iran has steadily been walking away from the commitments it made under the agreement. people trafficking campaigners say hundreds of women are being smuggled out of burundi every year to work as virtual slaves in middle east countries as catherine saw reports in the commercial capital bujumbura forced labor sexual abuse and a common complaints. every woman in this room has

a disturbing story to tell he travels to the middle east to become domestic workers and this is a support group for those who time. so who are on duty says she feels traumatized by what happened to her she used a human traffickers to take her to a mine and saudi arabia on different occasions she says she was mistreated overworked and not paid in the years she was abroad. to night. one final more i went there because my mom was sick and i needed money for her medication but they did not pay me and she died they did not even allow me to come for her funeral when i returned from amman life was still difficult so i had to try saudi arabia the treatment was. traffickers started targeting mostly women in after undress broke out in 2015 following a disputed presidential election and with a struggling economy life has become more difficult most of the women come from

poor areas like this one. that that bridge to get any kind of job to feed their families traffickers know this and take advantage of it. trafficking campaign is see an average of $300.00 women are being smuggled out of the country each year the traffickers face a prison tom of up to 20 years if convicted more than 20 people smugglers are in jail and several job agencies have been shut down. the law is helping but then mid-story a good environment for women to report many are often scared to do so especially if they have been sexually exploited they think will not be accepted by a real family. nora debt has just returned from saudi arabia after one and a half years just promised a salary of about $200.00 a month but says everything ended up with the traffickers. i got sick

and they would not let me go home i want on a hunger strike and they finally gave me back my passport but when i asked for my salary they said the only nothing. nor a gear s's life is now even harder and when she left for saudi arabia she sells pineapples making about a dollar a day she says it's hard to survive but hopes to never again be forced to make another desperate journey to the middle east catherine saw al-jazeera opportunity. muslim countries are being urged to reform education systems to keep up with the rest of the world and produced leaders such as climate activist bird the calls being made on the 3rd day of a 4 day summit in malaysia for the policy makers of experts from 20 countries are discussing ways to improve people's lives in the islamic world force lawyers at the summit in kuala lumpur. we're not here to discuss religion but the state of affairs

in the muslim world that's what the host of the summit the malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad said this scale summit is billed as a forum a place for government leaders officials academics representatives from non governmental organizations to talk about the problems facing muslim nations and communities around the world and on the 3rd day of this 4 day summit that's been more in-depth discussions including on education we really need to embrace the attitude of. the attitude of in islam the quality of khan you know to do things. with. you you must satisfy with whatever you're doing you must try to get the the best of what you're doing but it's not clear just how far the summit will go in addressing the more pressing problems facing mostly the wars in syria and yemen the persecution of the rohingya minority the oppression of we get another muslim groups

in western china it's also not clear whether this summit presents a united platform all $57.00 members of the organization of islamic cooperation or y.c. were invited but less than half sent delegations pakistan pulled out at the last minute amid speculation that it feared upsetting saudi arabia which heads the oh i see indeed an official from the oh i see said it was not in the best interests of muslims to hold a summit outside the framework of the oh i see. at the end of the day this is a grouping of islamic leaders and organizations and they have to prove that they have the will the political will as well as the weight to champion issues facing muslims worldwide. china's president has wrapped up his visit to macau on the 20th anniversary of the handover of the former portuguese colony sea jinping praised the gambling capitals progress since the return to chinese rule and warned against foreign interference in both macau and hong kong police in italy are questioning

a former m.p. a town mayor at a police chief for suspected links to the mafia ever among $330.00 ariston the largest operation since the 1980s police targeted the. mafia based in the southern region of calabria the world suspected of smuggling 80 percent of cocaine in europe . this is al jazeera and these are the top stories india's new citizenship lords provoking more protest thousands in the capital new delhi and other cities are condemning the legislation is being 3 protesters were shot and killed hundreds of times by police on thursday iraq's top see a leader has called for early elections as soon as possible grand ayatollah ali al sistani delivered the message through a spokesman pictured here last friday he said forming

a new government is the only way out of the country's current crisis they've been more protests against the government after political leaders filed to choose a new prime minister mass demonstrations forced. to step down last month. in syria thousands of civilians in italy before going to the turkish border following a dramatic increase in russian late attacks activists are appealing for turkey to open its border to allow for safe passage 7 people were killed on friday morning while at least 9000 civilians were killed on thursday shelling it is strikes in the province of escalated in recent weeks there are reports that government forces are preparing for a ground offensive to secure the mine highway linking the capital damascus with the northern city of aleppo there are reports of libya's internationally recognized government has launched an offensive targeting positions of warlord liefer have to us forces near the capital it's allegedly happened in a town 65 kilometers southeast of tripoli russia has expressed its concern over

turkey potentially sending troops to libya it comes after the tripoli by the government agreed to close a military cooperation with turkey australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologized for going on holiday this week while bush fires back at home and worse and australia is facing record breaking heat and drought several people have died including 2 firefighters the man picked to become lebanon's next prime minister says he will work to form a new government within 6 weeks her son did also promise to build a team of technocrats or experts in specific fields like economists at the government protesters though are convinced he's capable of lifting the country out of crisis those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story.

swears in a new president after an election few people wanted protesters rejected. as illegitimate so how will he manage those critics and can he ends months of demonstrations demanding political change this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. for the 1st time in 20 years algeria has a president who isn't. the former leader step down in april 1000 people rallied against.