indian police are choose the fusing excessive force as the death toll rises from protest against and to citizenship. you're watching al jazeera live from the headquarters in doha and dirty navigate also ahead cooler weather brings a glimmer of hope for firefighters struggling against australia as the stronger it's. getting more photos for politics it was bax go to the polls with a wider choice plus. i'm rob reynolds on the us mexico border where president trump's border wall is under construction in one of the most biologically diverse areas in north america.

protests against india's new citizenship laura turning into the biggest domestic challenge to prime minister narendra modi's since he came to power at least 25 people have been killed in just over a week of protests activists are accusing police of using excessive force opponents say the law discriminates against muslims and is an attack on the secular constitution sabinus trust the reports from new delhi. that it was police in the north who stated with that but they are not taking chances. did vans while firing tear gas at protesters who are defying a government ban to congregate in large crowds. every tactic is being used to quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using excessive force. oh

gosh what started as a student demonstration has grown into one large a movement to denounce what governments often and say is divisive and discriminatory legislation. the law excludes muslims from neighboring countries from receiving indian citizenship which goes against india secular constitution the unrest in india has been discussed at a conference of muslim leaders in malaysia prime minister matti mohammed said the indian law is unfair to exclude will slims from becoming citizen even by due process i think is unfair so we have ways. of. disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesn't impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith

of her or his citizenship the malaysian prime minister's remark is factually inaccurate we call apartment asia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right understanding of facts. on saturday protesters packed the streets of new delhi despite the government's ban on large crowds was. lawyers from india supreme court and high courts joined the outcry we are running out in the discriminate among those 6 jenny jones and muslims if overcautious have allowed us allowed everyone would outside the journey i merely asked me if that's still where the crowds at 1st yet. now closed but still did get me joined by people walks of life with them it's one of the. art students depicted the constitute. and the government's attitude to it by painting this street it's

amazing to me to the nation in that sense but. it's also deceptive the idea behind it which is so vicious the idea behind the act it's all visions that every thinking human being everyone in this country will be affected and therefore standing up indians here are vowing to continue their defiance revolt against the law and say they won't allow the government to destroy the very fabric on which their nation is built on. what's our bring in sabrina for an update from new delhi to talk us through what's happening happening and which are pradesh as well as other states governed by the b j p which have seen the majority of the violence yes deeply distressing news is coming out those days and we've seen some of the really violent protests the police police brutality. there is like a calm before the storm it feels like prime minister narendra modi is holding

a massive rally here in new delhi it is supposed to launch his election campaign and it is unsure what he's going to say if he's going to address these citizenship protests and if it is going to be in from a story at all so old rests on how what the prime minister says on how things will go ahead from here our rights of normal cross back to later thank you for that update from new delhi. cooler weather conditions in australia are set to help firefighters struggling to contain more than 100 blazes across the state of new south wales most far as have been burning out of control with conditions described as catastrophic they've killed 8 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and the prime minister scott morrison has apologized after taking a family holiday to hawaii during the disaster and morrison has also been criticized in the past for not connecting the bush fires to climate change now he

concedes there is a link but there is no argument about the links between in my view in the government's view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global climate change and and weather events around the world but i'm sure people equally with signal age that the direct connection to any single father event it's not a credible suggestion to mike that link. so we must take action on climate change we are taking action on climate change just to washington has been in the blue mountains west to sydney and report some fear the worst is yet to come. this is usually one of sydney's most popular tourist attractions the normally picturesquely mountains bordering the outskirts of the city. much of it now decimated by bushfire . they've been burning across large parts of history for months now with flames as

high as 70 made. in this region alone has destroyed an area 7 times the size of singapore. but this isn't just bush land it's home for thousands of australians fire crews are working tirelessly to protect residents robert beecroft is a former volunteer firefighter he's seen many bushfires in his time but this one is different for being here for 67 years i've seen a lot of for sure the mountains actually in my younger days for quite a few forms but. i haven't seen so many out of control back to the b. crops like so many families here face a difficult choice leave everything behind or stay and potentially put themselves in danger it's a little bit stressful but you just got to remain positive us suppose it's hard to think of what you want to keep and everything but just get what seems important at the time to go and i'm sure there'll be other things that you think about later but

just be prepared i guess it's just bad timing obviously around the holidays but what can you do really. score it's pretty confronting. volunteers for such a strain from the shelves some of these fires have been burning since july but authorities are warning that these are catastrophic conditions it's the combination of extreme heat strong winds and low humidity that makes the situation on the ground incredibly dangerous firefighters are battling the blaze on the ground and from the air the intense heat has even generated its own thunderstorm nearly all the men and women fighting the fires are volunteers some haven't seen their families in days the locals who risk losing almost everything some are just trying to do whatever they can. do to call having their older get much sleep and it's quite anxious sobeys problems as ward this is just the beginning of summer and many

a fearful of what lies ahead for the rest of the bushfire season just a washington al-jazeera blackheath. specs are voting in the 1st election since the new president began political reforms they include allowing people with criminal convictions to vote minimum number of female candidates but the 5 registered parties still have to operate within strict rules laid out by the governments who cross over to her i've been having it in just a moment and task can't but 1st here's her reports. it's a show that at 1st done and then galvanized the country a lot of political debate and scripted and edited the 1st one was because. there have been 29 others over the past 3 months where a wide range of topics were discussed often putting the candidates on the spot to the point that this party leader admitted his big politicians lacked courage lots

of them and some we didn't anticipate this level of success it was difficult at 1st because politicians went ready for this but then they prepared and were able to answer questions they didn't expect. people have become more interested in the parties and their programs. then he'll come back off is a proud cook of the stans national dish cloth and despite steering hundreds of kilos of rice a day he followed the debates your passion as there was a lot of truth and real issues with these debates we can understand what needs to be done in the correct way and what is wrong there is a lot of change and these elections are very different from previous ones who specs will have to choose between 5 parties ranging from left to right under political spectrum but all government funded with similar platforms. there are no opposition or independent candidates running in this election but whose pakistan is only 28

years old it was formed after the fall of the soviet union and $99.00 to $1.00 so regardless of those 2 it coming people are excited to go to the ballot boxes still for the 1st time the parties are somehow competing against each other to win over voters since president shafqat me to say you know you have took power in 2016 he is gradually taking the country out of isolation reforms. in almost all spheres of life social life political life a canonical. in some spheres we see great success in some spheres we see some controversial changes and sam's fears we see real problems of reforming he has permitted greater freedom of expression which allows comely denise a cool of to speak to us without fear of repercussion at $31.00 he's

a 1st time voter he supports the liberal democratic party because it promised to back small businesses like his. previous elections were just nominal now we say freely what we think before we are scared we can see the reality even if it's still not completely transparent i hope this will continue and it will become more liberal. president museo you have promised that parliament will become a true school of democracy millions of hope that day comes sooner rather than later . and let's not get an update from her she's joining us from one polling station and district that's in the capital tashkent and you know that there appears to be more openness how likely is it that that continues. well certainly this is the hope about all of the people i spoke to yes that is more openness than actually many pointed out to the fact that the mere idea that we were

chatting together and was big national with a for a girl is was an indication of that open is that there is a limitation obviously in this election as we said earlier in our court there are no opposition candidates and no independent candidate and the candidates seem to be of the party seem to be more or less the same but still people are excited about the fact that they were able to ask substrate questions they were able to get some straight answers and they were able to figure out who are these people they were voting for now all the onus will be on president near 0 yes will he go on with reforms how far reaching will these reports be and how much of really political openness there will be in the country so do people believe that this could be the beginning of a new era for their country. certainly they do hope so and actually people tell you that this new era has already started they do point out

that the fact that they have reform is ongoing does that has been some sort of reform in the health system that is talks about reforming the education system the new housing given to people so certainly there are changes that are happening and anyone i spoke to so far tells you we feel those changes in our daily lives especially the youth are extremely excited about it they've put in a lot of hope and i think that's which is going to make it quite difficult for the president because he brought the hope among that was that so high that he really needs to keep up with his promises otherwise those hopes could be dashed and that people could be extremely disappointed but anyone i spoke to since we arrived here has told us that changed. are in going they feel it every day more in their daily lives they know they're still far away from being a democracy they know that they're still far away from this being. a strong economy

or getting what they really hope for their country but they hope that they're at the beginning of this new path and the country will continue on that new path ok thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera a turkish ship seized off northern libya by the forces of former tiny for half the hours after turkey agrees to help protect tripoli. and extra time winner against the mango puts liverpool on top of the world. again welcome back to international weather forecasts well over the next few days it is going to be deteriorating across parts of turkey now we do have a system in the balkan peninsula right now that is making its way towards the east

where we see more clouds more rain and it is going to be the winds that are going to be a problem by the time we get towards sunday night you can see the rain start to inch in on sunday but it's really on monday we're going to be seeing the big effects of this storm particular down here along that southern coast of turkey cyprus you will also see the very heavy rain as well it is going to be a rainy day expect to see about 9 degrees as your expected high well here across the gulf the winds are down across much of the region but for doha we are going to be seeing still some clouds lingering temped a few of about $23.00 degrees over towards of a dhabi maybe $24.00 and some clouds coming along the coast of oman with the tempter there of about $23.00 and then very quickly as we go towards southern africa we are going to be seeing some rain showers anywhere from johannesburg possibly down here towards durban still quite warm for johannesburg though we're going to be seeing attempts are there of about 30 degrees durban at $23.00 a beautiful day in capetown plenty of sun in the forecast at about $25.00 degrees but up towards harare plenty of sun few as well at $28.00 over towards madagascar

though a few showers with a temperature of $27.00. a city defined by me. terry occupation there's never been an arab state here with the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depôt structure that maintains the can only project that's what we refuse it was one of the sound of us of a settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera. hello

again the top stories on al-jazeera at least 25 people have been killed in more than 1500 arrested across india in violent protests against the new citizenship. is becoming prime minister narendra modi's biggest domestic challenge. cooler weather conditions in australia are set to help firefighters contain more than 100 places burning across the state of new south wales bushfires have killed 8 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. voting is underway in. election the 1st since the new president launched political reforms but the 5 registered parties still have to operate within strict government rules. the u.s. president's border wall has secured $1300000000.00 in funding under a government spending package signed last week the barrier between the u.s. and mexico is well behind schedule but it's breaking ground in arizona and one of

the country's most biologically diverse areas. reports the environmental costs may be irreversible. president donald trump's border barrier is under construction in southern arizona. crews with heavy equipment are carving a path through the desert the wall will go along the southern edge of the organ pipe cactus national monument an area of exceptional beauty the u.s. national park service says the 1340 square kilometer monument preserves one of the earth's major ecosystems in nearly unspoiled condition and the united nations designated organ pipe national monument as an international biosphere reserve environmentalists say a wall construction threat these this pristine environment we've got endangered. pup fish this annoyed. up fish right here in the stream you can see him swimming

around over there are they an endangered species they are i want to for endangered species here workers will pump water from underground to mix concrete for the barriers base possibly drying out this desert always us which is just a few 100 metres from the border. the barrier will block the normal migration routes of rare animal species like puma and antelope the human experience will also change a 50 kilometer and 9 meter tall wall equipped with floodlights that are on all night long that's what's being proposed here and it's it's insane are nice guys are going to be destroyed we're not going to see the stars anymore from the campground and it's going to be an eyesore this is a place that's designated wilderness it's supposed to look pristine and now it's going to look like 50 kilometer prison wall in order to build the wall president trump declared a state of national emergency here on the border now that together with other legal

loopholes has allowed the government to completely disregard numerous laws designed to protect environmentally sensitive areas like this environmentalist have taken the administration to court in an effort to slow or halt construction but for now the wall marches relentlessly for. rob rebels al jazeera near solenoid mexico. a chill a in police officer has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after protester was round by an armored vehicle the policeman has been released on bail but there are calls for him and his superiors to be fired a man who was run down is being treated in hospital for a suspected fractured pelvis police are trying to disperse crowds who've been protesting against the pension system for the past 2 months and chile's congress has passed a bill to increase pension subsidies for the poor by as much as 50 percent but many

people say they still want a complete overhaul of one of the world's most controversial private pension systems are latin america editor of this year newman reports from santiago. it's the holiday season and better to see gnosis making the christmas cake. but not for her family selling these cakes is just one of the many ways the 62 year old pensioner tries to make ends meet. she also fixes clothes like other pensioners of her low income neighborhood but at the has to keep working because after 35 years of factory work her monthly retirement check is $133.00 well below chile's poverty line. about him on the same street there are 4 grandparents in the 8th and 3 still work the other is too ill and she lay retirement's nothing to look forward to. who lives in an upper middle class area. she retired at the

beginning of last year after working 37 years 1st as a nurse and then as a university professor with a master's degree she used to make nearly $2000.00 a month. with a look at them but when i went to do my retirement papers i discovered that i had a pauper's pension i said is this a joke and i was told no madam it's like this for everyone the $300.00 i am getting isn't even enough to pay for my health insurance. nothing infuriates chileans of all walks of life more than their compulsory private retirement system or a.f.p. it was created under chile's military dictatorship and was supposed to guarantee pensions equivalent to 70 percent of one's last paycheck. instead of 10 to 20 percent is the average with good reason the a.f.p.'s are the number one target of millions of protestors from. chilis pension funds make massive profits which are

not redistributed to the contributors even as pensions drop would get them or one of the 4 years and you know this model was designed with the objective to transfer the worker savings to capital markets like banks the big retailers etc that's hope create large economic groups that have concentrated wealth in a few hands as never before and worst of all it's forced millions of chileans to live in misery. in chile the suicide rate for elderly people has soared and one of the prime reasons is because they no longer have enough money with which to survive amid all the protests the government has actually raised the state pension subsidy but even after doubling that subsidy for people over the age of 80 it is still nowhere near a minimum wage at a time in life when people have greater expenses for medicine and for doctors. the government's offer to partially compensate for the a.f.p.'s shortcomings with tax

payers money has only added more fuel to the fire and it's unlikely to be put out without a major overhaul of the pension system that only seems to be benefiting those who don't pay for it you see in human sente i will at least 11 people have been killed in iraq strikes on in the province by syrian government forces on their russian allies a busy market was struck in the town of hebron also a main road people were living near your syrian troops are advancing on the last rebel held areas capturing 2 more religious on the southern edge of the and the u.s. secretary of state is russia and china have blood on very hands after they vetoed a u.n. resolution to allow cross border aid into syria on friday. of thousands of people are fleeing the bombardment. that's a little bit about how to be a. russian and syrian government military jets continue to target many towns and

villages in the countryside. here in the town of sara keep a popular market and residential homes were hit many civilians were either killed or injured by the strikes. at the same time other towns and it lives eastern and western countryside were targeted. is on the highway connecting aleppo and damascus tens of thousands fleeing areas under attack such as marital newman use this road the targeting of the main towns and highways used by the residents now worsen as the humanitarian situation in. a turkish ship has been seized off the coast of northern libya by forces loyal to warlords and if i have to what happened just hours after turkey's parliament voted to approve a military agreement with libya's internationally recognized government after a spokesman says they were unable forces approach the boat near the city of dare enough so they could search and verify its cargo its crew are being questioned. 3

people have been killed in libya the latest drone strikes by have to us forces the attack was launched in the town of sunlight on the northwest internationally recognized government says the drones are being used by the united arab emirates that supports have. french forces have killed $33.00 fighters in the region of mali president emmanuel rocker made the announcement in a speech in the ivory coast french army command confirmed the death toll in the operation which it said took place overnight near the mauritanian border. an ebola patients in the eastern democratic republic of congo has become the 1st person during the current outbreak to recover from the virus and then fall ill again the world health organization says 11 new ebola cases have been confirmed in the past week more than 3300 people have fallen sick in the latest it will epidemic 2200 of them have died the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record.

one of the biggest football clubs in the world has added the club world cup to its trophy cabinet for the 1st time european champions liverpool beat brazil's flamingo in saturday's final in qatar but it took an extra time goal from brazilian striker roberto for me no to break a nail all deadlock for the top english team liverpool now becomes the 12th european club when the try them and south american sides have won for the other 4 and qatar will be hosting that's relevant again next year as part of fitz preparations for the 2022 fee for world cup our correspondent and the richest and was watching the final at international stadium. while liverpool manager you're going to club said it would be like the club taking a lunar leap forward if they could win this title and they have indeed taken that giant step and won the club world cup for the 1st time albeit in a very tight final against flamengo of brazil so what ironically decided by winner

by brazilian striker playing for liverpool rebirths i feel mean i'm scoring the winner just as he did in the semifinal against months are a little poll now straight back into premier league action but they tend to win that title for the 1st time in 3 decades huge disappointment for flamengo and the thousands of fans who might the long trip from brazil a title that means so much to the consonants and that country they couldn't quite repeat their heroics of $981.00 when they beat liverpool in the incidence and antle cup final that was the forerunner of the club world cup as for this tournament well it returns in this format to qatar next year as the country continues to build up to the main world cup in 2022 ast events fifa president john in france you know intends to expand its what 24 team tournament hosted by china in 2021 he's talked about his desire to have more powerful clubs aims around the world talk of a global super league perhaps in the future as well what you can see on the horizon for an organization like fee for who have traditionally been involved in organizing

international team tournament. is a bit of a power struggle as they attempt to get more influence over money and soft the club . hello again the headlines on al-jazeera at least 25 people have been killed in more than 1500 arrested across india in violent protests over a new citizenship law opponents say it discriminates against muslims and is an attack on the secular constitution and police have been accused of using excessive force against protesters so we mistrust the husband. there is like a calm before the storm it feels like prime minister narendra modi is holding a massive rally here in new delhi it is supposed to launch his election campaign and it is unsure what he's going to say if he's going to address these citizenship

protests and if it is going to be intimate story at all so old rests on how what the prime minister says on how things will go ahead from here. cooler weather conditions in australia are set to help firefighters contain more than 100 blazes across the state of new south wales fires have been burning out of control with conditions described as catastrophic bushfires have killed 8 people and destroyed hundreds of homes prime minister scott morrison says his government is taking action on climate change voting is underway in his record stands parliamentary election the 1st since the new president began political reform and among the changes people with criminal convictions are allowed to vote there is a minimum number of female candidates but the 5 registered parties still have to operate within strict rules laid out by the government. at least 11 people have been killed in airstrikes by syrian government forces on their russian allies in the latest attack on it look province a busy market was struck and then the main road as people were fleeing.

a turkish ship has been seized off the coast of northern libya by forces loyal to warlords. it happened just hours after turkey's parliament voted to ratify a military agreement with libya's internationally recognized government. meanwhile drone strikes on the libyan town i'm son have killed 3 people and the internationally recognized government says the drones are being used by the united arab emirates that supports. those are the the headlines on al-jazeera people in power is coming up next. with one of the highest murder rates in a while that's the main challenge i want to central america the smallest countries is gang related violence you are a country that's not technically a war but you have levels of fossils that look like countries that are the president of al salvador like he. told us to how does iraq.

for well over a year now from his yellow vests activists have been making full use of their constitution in trying right to protest against the economic policies president emanuel mccrum but the often uncompromising response of your thirty's has raised disturbing questions about the appropriate use of force to police those demonstrations giuliana roofless being to investigate claims that france's democratic principles are being on the motive.