al-jazeera. india's prime minister meets his ministers after another nights of violence and more protests against the contentious citizenship. you're watching on 20 live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up while the bombardment of syria's last rebel held province intensifies the u.n. security council fails to approve a delivery. argentina approves an emergency financial package but will it be the shot in the arm its economy needs. also ahead on your bike in paris to get round

the strikes but everyone is finding it an easy ride. india's prime minister is grappling with his biggest domestic challenge since coming to power in 2014. is meeting his ministers where he's expected to discuss the growing protests over that controversial citizenship law some of which have turned violent the police fired tear gas and water cannon at demonstrations in new delhi and other cities overnight more protests are expected nationwide on saturday at least 16 people have died since the law was introduced last week it makes it easier for migrants from 3 neighboring countries to obtain citizenship but it excludes muslims or much of the violence on friday was in the northern state of pradesh where protesters set fires and hold rocks. many have accused the police of

using excessive force rights activists say the police have raided their homes and offices to prevent them from planning more demonstrations sabinus trust or trust is live from the capital new delhi so do we have any news yet from this cabinet meeting. we haven't heard anything from the cabinet meeting yet what they are exactly going to discuss that right now i'm in the midst of the road says that more and more people are just coming in and it's quite. it's also almost to celebrate every kind of mood here a mood to descend to at the language of the protests has been quite poor take people are talking about the need to preserve the constitution the fundamentals of the constitution and people from all walks of life are here from children to young women young men and if you live chickens are also represented here just

earlier a whole bunch of people came and unfurled the constitution of india just in front of us and it's it's just yesterday also this to save kind of a peaceful protest was going on but it turned violent towards the evening and we can expect more protests throughout the day. to those people who are protesting up and down the country actually want from narendra modi the prime minister. still those are the people who have been protesting over here that. they are saying that the idea of the protests right now is not necessarily only about their constitutional law but it's also about the const at the citizenship law partly but it's about the front. situation and

a very brief this on which india this nation has was one on one secularism on equality and when that is a pressure that the right to protest and deception was suppressed that is what people are out there again said that's the way people feel wronged not to be able to protest and that's why they are here. sabina thanks very much. while the unrest in india has been discussed in malaysia where the prime minister is hosting a conference of muslim leaders marty a mohammed says the new citizenship law is unfair it is very unfortunate because india is a secularist see from the very beginning to delete the people did not prevent them from becoming citizens is their business it is all these were but the 2 x. group who slim's from becoming citizen even bay due process i think is unfair thousands of people are leaving syria's province of heading for the turkish

border trying to get away from airstrikes and bombings by the government and russia 1000 kilometers away in new york a split of the un security council has put a deliveries at risk more on that in a moment 1st mohamed the reports on what's happening in syria's last rebel held province. russian backed the government forces of intensified the bombing campaign which includes al strikes dropping bombs on shelling the town of newman in south london and syrians living there say the talks at the school with hospitals markets and homes targeted here rescue workers are struggling to save a young girl stuck under the rubble of all in modern. that tal in northwest syria is seeing some of the heaviest of talks in the almost 9 . public and go against the offensive spilled onto the streets on friday hundreds

in protest at what they call the neglect of their plight by the international community they also called for a swift hole to the bomb but. we are the people of south of the countryside where out in a protest an ellipse city condemning the bombardment on the targeting of the evacuees as they try to flee their homes. on the protesters won't get much of the friday prayers in the small town of soma just a few kilometers from the border with turkey the town is a hub for aid going into city fighters from the opposition hired to his shop said the body has to stop the protesters from walking towards the border but they failed turkish security forces say they were forced to send reinforcements to ensure the protesters didn't cross the border with intensified bombing campaign forcing thousands to flee their homes in the many face a cold and hungry winter official comps on the syria turkey board of food forcing

many of the displaced to live in flooded makeshift comes with a deliveries a few and far between hana marinus we're warming up using these pieces of cloth this family consists of 16 people nobody helped us we use all kinds of materials including shoes in the stove to warm up at children. fuel prices have more than doubled in the past 2 months and charities are all but they'll say they're struggling to respond to the crisis how about the well just stumble. well the u.n. security council meanwhile has rejected rival resolutions that would have continued the delivery of aid to syria the 1st one supported by the u.n. humanitarian office was vetoed by russia and china mike hanna explains the establishment of the 4 crossing points has been renewed each year the 1st time that russia backed by china has cast a veto the drafters of the resolution had initially wanted 5 crossing points to be

established but then they reduce this to 3 in the bill to avoid the russian and chinese veto but even this watered down resolution failed to pass raising once again the question of the credibility of the security council just as i was sitting . in the seat in a state of shock i am continuing to stand here in the state of shock and as many of you know when i started the presidency in the month of december i talked about credibility in the council and today we took a huge step backwards in credibility where it really matters russia in turn introduced its own resolutions suggesting to crossing points be open for a period of 6 months both on the turkish border this was rejected by 6 members of the council who labeled it as a cynical political move the united kingdom voted against aggression text because we will not negotiate with a gun held to our heads over

a cynical offer that would say fewer lives than we know is needed and that the u.n. very clearly set out was necessary. the one year term for the 4 crossing points expires on the 10th of january and unless the security council can come up with a compromise resolution by that date it will be millions of syrians with no humanitarian aid. dozens of homes have been destroyed or damaged by out of control bushfires in the east i'm australian state of new south wales weather forecasters say soaring temperatures and strong winds combined to create catastrophic conditions in response new south wales has seen the biggest ever deployment of its emergency services. jessica washington has more from one neighborhood west of sydney here in the blue mountains of sydney authorities are facing off against a number of challenging factors this the extreme heat and the strong winds but also

the low humidity and that is putting lives and property at risk here in the blue mountains it's worth bearing in mind that this is not just bush land this is a residential area and i'm speaking to you from a residence back yard here in black he would joined now by richard smith who has been a local in this area for a number of years richard tell us what does it feel like to see your community go through something like this it's really horrible it's really frightening it's getting really bad now and it's been we haven't no one's being a slave and spend his a can just flare up at any time during the night. and richard what is your plan residents here have been told i will. saying because it's just getting too bad now it's too windy it's going to close richard thank you and what we have just heard from authorities here in the community of blackheath they're advising that the safest thing for residents to do at this moment is to leave and go to

a nearby suburb but of course the advice is changing basically every moment this is an incredibly volatile situation and an incredibly challenging day for authorities here. more than 50000 guns have been handed over in new zealand since a ban was imposed on assault weapons the government started buying back the weapons 6 months ago part of the reform package in the wake of a mass shooting at 2 mosques 51 people were killed gun owners were also given the option of modifying their firearms to make them compliant with tougher laws you know i have heard countless feedback from many of the like oh by dick events and it is all going good you need a 32000 kiwi separate to survive in this so. there are about 15 percent of the of the gun owning community with a license comino should side have handed in their weapons and i think that feels about right. hundreds of supporters of lebanon's outgoing prime minister saad

hariri protested against his potential replacement. troops fired tear gas at rock throwing protesters who blocked roads hariri tweeted a call for calm and appealed for people who really love him to go home the prime minister designate has his promise to put together a government within 6 weeks 2 days of talks are due to start in these cities capital khartoum aimed at resolving disputes over the biggest hydroelectric dam in africa the $4000000000.00 grand ethiopian renascence dam on the river nile is now nearing completion the ethiopians say it will provide power to 70000000 people and revitalize the economy neighbors sudan and egypt fear reduce supplies of drinking water and water for irrigation coming up here on al-jazeera the international criminal court says it could investigate allegations of war crimes in palestinian territories. and aid reaches a remote pocket of sudan for the 1st time in 9 years. because

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it's cold at that and that's going to continue to drive its way further east which as we go on through the next couple of days so this will come as some welcome relief gusty winds on that weather front as it does go through there so that does still give our schools full conserve a $23.00 celsius to sydney a similar temperature there into melbourne up to $31.00 in adelaide and staying around that kind of values to go on into monday it does stay dry but a chance of want to choose shall is by the middle of the week. on the county of adults especially on investing in virgin don't get strong but don't hold for of right here if council house foreign direct investment is reshaping the global economy and what that means for the future it antiglobalization populist sense of. counting the cost on al-jazeera.

well you know. some of it i like. welcome back quick reminder of our top stories for you so far this half hour india's prime minister narendra modi is meeting his cabinet where he's expected to discuss the violence during protests over a controversial citizenship law at least 16 people have died since the law was introduced last week. thousands of people are leaving syria's province heading for the turkish border trying to get away from airstrikes and bombings by the government and russia u.n. observers say 18000 people have been displaced in just 24 hours. dozens more homes

have been destroyed or damaged by out of control bushfires in the eastern australian state of new south wales and in the states of south australia one person died and 15 properties being lost to the fires. japan's prime minister has briefed iran's president on plans to send military forces to protect japanese oil exports from the gulf shinzo are being welcomed haasan rouhani in tokyo on friday iran's looking for japanese support to boost an economy strangled by u.s. sanctions 90 percent of japan's crude oil is shipped from the middle east japan wants to send a navy destroyer and patrol aircraft to safeguard energy supplies. twitter has removed nearly $6000.00 accounts which is says were part of coordinated efforts by saudi arabia to promote its interests the social media company says the accounts were aggressively liking and retreating messages favorable to the kingdom discussions about sanctions in iran and appearances by saudis and western media

were often targeted baseless and outrageous is how the israeli prime minister is describing the announcement by the international criminal court of plans to investigate alleged war crimes in occupied palestinian territory condemnation 2 from the united states but says israel will be unfairly truck targeted palestinians are welcoming what they call a long overdue announcement that the abraham report from. its one of the alleged war crimes the international criminal court me investigate the targeted killing of unarmed protesters along gaza's border fence with israel chief prosecutor fratto been through this says she's satisfied war crimes have been or are being committed in the gaza strip and the west bank including occupied east jerusalem she says because of the complexity of the situation she will ask the i.c.c. to rule on the territories on which it has jurisdiction palestinians welcome what

they call a long overdue investigation. will hoping that the i.c.c. will hold those who are committing crimes against our people against our land. and the crimes that are climbing. countable crimes and no more crimes being committed on the palestinian land which will basically said the stage or ending occupation and thus opening the oracle of the scope but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the court has no jurisdiction to investigate in the palestinian territories this is a dark day for truth and justice. the i.c.c. prosecutor has apparently decided not to dismiss the palestinian claim against the state of israel this is a baseless and religious decision the court has no jurisdiction in this case the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over petitions submitted by sovereign states but there's

never been a promise to. the court based in the netherlands will only investigate alleged crimes committed after june 2014 when palestine became part of the i.c.c. jurisdiction in the past 5 years thousands of new illegal settlement units were developed along with the confiscation of palestinian lands and demolition of their homes israel's response isn't unexpected it says the i.c.c. lacks validity over the israeli palestinian conflict since israel is not a member of the courts and palestine is not a state even though the united nation granted palestine the status of nonmember state 7 years ago palestinian leaders say any crimes committed in palestinian territory must fall under the court's jurisdiction and. it has reached a remote rebel held area of sudan for the 1st time in nearly 9 years as head of morgan reports now from blue nile state the welcome arrival of food and other

essentials coincides with talks to end years of fighting when she heard that aid would be arriving in the blue nile state them says she walked for more than 8 hours to care for it after more than 80 years the area controlled by sudanese rebels known as the sudan's people liberation movement north is finally receiving humanitarian aid and did not want to miss out actually i could match there's no food most of the time and because of the constant bombardment in the 1st years of the war a lot of terrible things happened they didn't care where their bombs are being dropped on people farms or life stuck. some of us fled to ethiopia but i could go because i didn't want to leave my home and become a refugee the war between sudan's government and the s.p.l. and north erupted after the government refused to allow the states of south kordofan and blue nile a referendum on whether to be part of sudan or the newly created south sudan as part of a 2005 peace deal the s.p.l.

and north also accuse the government of impeding democracy the united nations says more than 2000000 people have been affected by the conflict with more than have a 1000000 displaced several rounds of peace talks between the s.p.l. and north and the previous government of ahmed rashid collapsed when they failed to agree on many issues including humanitarian access. since the was also more than a series ago yeah boss has been cut off from the military and those of people but they bring also but many remain behind what missing the horrors of the civil war now with is coming in for the 1st time they're waiting to see after all of these years things are really starting to change. the most trouble held areas in the country are nearly impossible to access from the capital hot some so dan's new transitional government which is in talks with armed groups including the s.p.l. and north changed that in december allowing aid workers to head in for the 1st time a major day

a great breakthrough in an area that has not received the help that is needed none at all from the united nations in over 9 years and when you compound the war the ton fully with the flooding that just take place these people are in need of been extremely impressed with the openness and the willingness of the leadership of humble can others to do what we need to do without getting in the way and they have given us just unimpeded access talks between sudan's people liberation movement north leader abdul aziz and hello and the sudanese government are going on but many issues need to be resolved before a peace deal can be signed calling for an answer down oh for. justice. democracy and equality of the busy problem is a show of the sharia sharia islamic law for being of islamic no we warn a secular democratic. state and this is where the government is there like as

the issues continue to be talked through hundreds of thousands wait and hope that whatever the outcome be age will continue to arrive he will morgan al-jazeera. denial. now it is a familiar story in argentina the government's again deep in debt as inflation and poverty levels rise. the lower house of parliament has voted to declare an economic emergency and announced new measures to deal with the crisis but opinion is split on whether the tax rises and other reforms will work this time or not is money. a sweeping new economic law has been approved by argentina's congress it's. officials declared a public emergency to prioritize the worsening debt crisis gripping the nation's economy. it does necessary to solve the debt problem in order to bear you need the ability to pay and in order to be able to bear the economy has to cover.

argentina's debt crisis has put the government on high alert the new economic measures seek to combat worsening poverty and to curb back inflation estimated to reach as high as 55 percent by the end of 2019. the planned will also implement higher taxes related to farm products tourism and exports. on wednesday thousands protested outside argentina's congress calling for a rejection of the economic plan to go if you're going to go the 5 years the president of the nations had last week that if we don't like something about them we can go out in the street well here we are mr president and we're asking for serious news. for those in favor of the law the measures are a crucial step toward restoring economic stability in our country was left if concrete steps are not taken to curb hunger and poverty things will only get worse . the government says 70 percent of revenues recovered from the new taxes will be

directed toward housing infrastructure and social projects but some analysts believe the measures go too far it's more of an imposition than consensus building strategy so you know for the for the government it's really important to show that it has all the tools to negotiate with the i.m.f. to bring in more funds through taxation. the challenge is that the powers are so broad that it effectively rigged. the quality and effectiveness of democracy and for any investor looking at the country from outside out they'll be wondering how long will this last for when they'd only be in 2020 or will this administration seek to extend such powers beyond that day. the public debate over argentina's economic policies takes place as the nation's central bank is engaged in talks with private creditors and the international monetary fund over the nation's debt estimated at $50000000000.00. madrid up below.

the tank service have won a legal battle forcing government leaders to take faster action on climate change judges said the government must reduce emissions so that the 25 percent lower than they were in 1990 this they ruled has to happen by the end of next year the dust prime minister says he'll do everything possible to reach that target then spend berchtold as a lawyer the agenda foundation which brought the case against the government obviously they have a responsibility but the difference with government is that since 1902 they have acknowledged that they have a response they have the responsibility over this problem that they have the responsibility of all the emissions in their territory since the climate treaty in 1902 they have adopted that responsibility in paris again in 2015 they said we are responsible for this problem we need to make sure that these emissions are going to not lead us to

a warming about 1.5 degrees and we have human rights which are the basis of this case that obligate the state to do to take these actions. people in paris are getting on their bikes to be the 3rd week of strikes by french transport workers cycling to work becoming ever more popular as metro rail services remain at a standstill because of a dispute over pension reforms as more. weaving through traffic in paris on a bike can be daunting at the best of times but more than 2 weeks of public transport strikes against the government's planned pension reforms has made cycling around the city particularly challenging with most metro train and bus services cut many people opting to cycle valentine to all runs a shop in the city center that sells repairs recycled bikes he says his staff is inundated with work we've seen far more people coming in lots who want an old bike fixed some who want to buy

a cheap secondhand bike because the only plan to cycle temporarily lots of people bring in dusty bags that have been in their center which proves they don't normally cycle persistency council says the number of cyclists on the road has doubled since the strike began and there has long been encouraging people to bike rather than drive to help fight air pollution there's a vast network of cycle lanes and a widely used bike share scheme i would say yes i'm right regularly that would strike them but they're often because there's not really enough there is good enough to stop it we say drivers are definitely more stressed and because i have to cycle further on busy road it's not easy there are lots of benefits to cycling it's often much faster on small to journeys it's more environmentally friendly than driving and also it's good exercise for since the beginning of the strides the roads have been so busy the city officials say that the number of accidents involving cyclists has surged emergency workers say the number of accidents

involving bikes has increased by 40 percent this expert says that inexperienced riders are often ill prepared or. poorly equipped. to bite you need a basic level of fitness if people are fit they may not have a balance of they can fall down and risk fractures to their head shoulders and body also too much biking if you want it can cause a multitude of health problems and pain in the knees head and back it's clear that many people will be relieved when the city's transport services return to normal but with trade unions threatening to continue their industrial action throughout the holiday season that's unlikely to happen any time soon until then and despite the risks cycling remains one of the best ways to get around the trash butler which is they were powerless. to cruise ships got into something of a big scrape with each other in the waters of mexico.

the carnival glory was docking in the caribbean resort of cozumel but its 88000 ton sister ship was in the way 6 people suffered minor injuries at the stern of the carnival legend as that ship was damaged too. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories so far today india's prime minister narendra modi is meeting his cabinet where he is expected to discuss the violent street protests over that controversial citizenship law at least 16 people have died since the law was introduced last week while much of the violence on friday was in the northern state of pradesh where protesters set fires and whole rocks many have accused the police of using excessive force rights activists there say the police have raided their homes and offices to prevent them from planning more demonstrations while the unrest in india has been discussed in malaysia where the

prime minister is hosting a conference of muslim leaders mahathir mohamad says he understands why people are angry. it is very unfortunate because india is a secularist see from the very beginning it is elite and so the people did not prevent them from becoming citizens they have been citizens all the swear by the do x. group who slim's from becoming citizen even bay due process i think is unfair thousands of people are leaving syria's province of idlib heading for the border with turkey trying to get away from airstrikes and bombings by the government and russia u.n. observers say 18000 people have been displaced in just 24 hours a heat wave has worsened already catastrophic conditions in australia as firefighters there battle more than 100 bush fires burning across new south wales the authorities are warning that high winds are making the flames more

unpredictable. supporters of lebanon's outgoing prime minister saad hariri protested against his potential replacement. hariri went to twitter calling for karma's troops fired tear gas of rock throwing protesters who blocked roads in beirut the prime minister designate. as promising to put together a technocrat government within 6 weeks. the international criminal court wants to open an investigation into alleged war crimes in palestinian territories palestinians have welcomed the decision but israel's prime minister says the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says it's unjustified both israelis and palestinians face the possibility of having charges filed against them those are your headlines so far up next is counting the cost the reigns here with the news are from tenshi by phone or. in 2008 al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into

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