5 men sentenced to death for the murder of jamal khashoggi but the u.n. investigator calls the trial a mockery of justice. you're watching on to 0 live from also coming up. the battle for syria's last rebel held province reaches a critical point as the u.n. raises the alarm about the scale of civilian suffering. india's main opposition party steps up the pressure on the prime minister narendra modi for a new citizenship law that's divided the country. security and trade top the

agenda as 3 of asia's most powerful leaders meet in china for a rare moment of unity. is being called a mockery and anything but justice the end result of a trial in saudi arabia into the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi is being criticized by the u.n. special investigator and condemned by human rights groups 5 people have been sentenced to death however their identities of not being revealed after a closed door trial in riyadh the former royal aide tahnee widely suspected of being a ringleader has been cleared and so has mohammad. who was the saudi consul general in istanbul with the washington post columnist was murdered the former deputy intelligence chief. a cd was released on grounds of. it's insufficient evidence 3

other people receive jail terms totaling 24 year as the kingdom has denied any links to a hit squad killing but some of the team involved did work for the saudi crown prince under schapelle. 14 months after jamal khashoggi was last seen walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul where his fiance ha t.j. genghis waited for hours before calling for help a saudi court has issued a verdict asante mask images a video of the criminal court in riyadh has issued a preliminary sentence against 11 of the accused individuals and it is as follows the death penalty for 5 and they are those who directly but dissipated in his killing may he rest in peace. but senior saudis with close connections to the royal court have been cleared the court ruled there was no proven involvement of saudi tani in the murder he was advisor to crown prince mohammed bin summoned before his

sacking soon after killing the turkish chief prosecutor's office in istanbul filed a warrant for khatami's arrest a year ago in june the un special investigator agnes callum ard said intelligence agents had identified qahtani as a hit squad ringleader i have and she stood that the killing of mr ease a state killing it is not a killing by rober of his shoulders as the country of the government continue to do to pretend at least under international human rights you know and she urged the world to sanction the crown prince and his assets until he could prove his innocence that hasn't happened. exoneration to her former consul general mohammed although tavi who showed journalists around the consulate in istanbul also cleared off middle of siri the kingdom's former deputy intelligence chief started doing a plan of both of the journalism watchdog reporters without borders says justice has been trampled why did mala been so i'm on he was in contact with i don't call

upon me just before and after the murder of her my live show she this is what the cia based in part it's this edition that that might have been film on was very high probability responsible for doing the killing so yeah lots and lots of questions this verdict will do nothing to quell those questions and it raises many many more questions there is no such thing as fair and open justice in saudi arabia despite intelligence agencies including the cia saying crown prince mohammed bin so man was probably involved the white house shielded the future king from absolute responsibility maybe maybe he did and following intense criticism and skepticism that little happens in the kingdom without his knowledge the crown prince eventually had his say was going to. absolutely not this was a heinous crime like this but i take full responsibility as

a leader in saudi arabia the identities of those convicted were concealed during the closed door trial in the capital riyadh and it remains unclear what roles they played in crucial g.'s death raising suspicions that they are the fall guys for much more powerful saudis and chapelle al jazeera. the u.n. secretary general has called for an immediate end to the violence in northern syria syrian government forces and their russian allies are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold of adelaide to try to retake the area dozens of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands more have fled towards the border with turkey mohammed though is monitoring the crisis from untucked here in turkey close to the border with syria the signs of war are everywhere in the province where russian brokered cease fire is in touches the blitz in northwest syria is driving tens of thousands from their homes scrambling to escape the aerial onslaught from city and

under russian warplanes they are cornett well donna this situation is very bad we fled from the bombardment and barrel bombs we came here just to save our children and women there is nothing else we can do is give a shelter to close to 4000000 city and with us and with a warning another 120000 heading for the border the tech usually does say this is country can't cope with any syrian opposition fighters and russian backed government forces agreed to us is fine focused but asked strikes and artillery bombardments almost daily or cardin's. there is no hope returning to our homes because of into his daily bombardment every day. taking over village after village syria's president has stepped up his promise to tick up to every inch of syrian territory controlled but opposition fighters it live is the only province remaining out of bashar al assad's control here his forces celebrate the seizure of more than

20 villages in. the villages have either been killed or displaced. at the border comes run by techie charities of forcing many of the newly displaced into makeshift camps where a delivery is out of the air as the winter bites the turkish government wants syrian refugees to return to a so-called safe zone in the north east of syria seized from cuts led forces in october president i don't want his support for the plan saying he will otherwise be forced to open the gates for syrians to head west into europe whole religious have been emptied in the latest all slept with civilians corralled in a corner of adlib with nowhere else to go until the bombardments top the exit us will continue. on talk here on the turkey syria border. at least 8 civilians have been killed in a car bombing in northern syria it was carried out just 10 kilometers south of

turkey's border in the turkish old town of some look a woman and a child were among the dead several others were wounded no claim of responsibility for the attack. a bus was plunged off the road and into a river in indonesia killing at least 25 people it happened in a remote part of south sumatra is thought the vehicle may have been carrying 50 passengers rescue teams are still searching for any survivors. students groups in india's capital new delhi are leading an unauthorized march to protest against the controversial new citizenship more it is the latest action against a law opponents say discriminates against muslims and violates the country's secular constitution at least 25 people have been killed in protests since the law was passed almost 2 weeks ago so what exactly is this citizen ship amendment act well it creates a path to citizenship for persecuted religious minorities in pakistan bangladesh

and afghanistan but it excludes muslims the ruling b.g.p. has also promised to implement a national register of citizens where people will need to prove they have indian citizenship if they can't they could be put into detention centers it's feared that millions of muslims unable to provide proof could be rendered stateless even if their families of lived in india for generations elizabeth ranum joins us live from new delhi liz good morning we're expecting more protests today how big do we think they might be. peter they are expected to be big as you mentioned 50 cities in the capital new delhi have planned the protests today there is a police presence behind me and preferred police tell officers to not let the students get or anyone for that matter get beyond this point to detain anyone that comes to process. and while some protests have been allowed and some haven't today's it is particularly contentious because many

a patent to macho to the president of the home minister ahmed shah he is seen as the most powerful person in the end they don't want all of the prime minister himself and he's also seeing things as the haka tech to what critics say. the government's anti muslim policies he has spoken in favor not just of the citizenship amendment act but he's often referred to beg all the migrants especially if they're muslim by britons as infiltrators as termites who have to be expelled so this is something that we're watching very closely that's what's happening that have been elsewhere in the country more very big protests planned we saw huge numbers yesterday the same plan today a mom to long session to begin in the city of chandigarh and protest elsewhere. and it's not just about muslims i mean there are all the people up and down the country who are feeling pushed to the edges potentially of citizenship of their right to

stay in the country short of. this piece and in fact this citizenship amendment act is very close to the mic to something called the national register of citizens and that was an exercise that was carried out in the movie east and state of ask where the 2000000 people left off that this and around a hot for them to hindus themselves so there are a lot of issues with both the citizenship amendment act which many say discriminates against muslims but also exercise that's linked to call the national register of citizens where many people feel that they might be left off the list if they conned. the ship and this is interesting this is something the prime minister himself seems to be. backtracking on he said a few days ago at a rally that there are no plans for this national register of citizens completely

contradicting what his home minister has been saying for a long time now. many thanks elizabeth there on i'm reporting live from new delhi thank you. still to come here on al-jazeera the boss of boeing is forced out after a disastrous year that included fatal crashes doubts about his 737 max aircraft and in the spirit of christmas volunteers in lebanon feed those struggling in the economic crisis sparked by the recent political chaos. we've got some rather unsettled weather pushing towards the middle east over the next couple of days that may be out of the way here see that cloud spilling out to turkey eastern side of the mediterranean so we are going to see some rather heavy rain coming into parts of western syria pushing down into lebanon and eventually

that will make its way into israel to jerusalem looking at temperatures around 11 celsius in town and right around of course the bethlehem on christmas day it was like a rather wet and windy of some snow with the high ground there over the turkish mountains elsewhere across the region it is assy lousy fine and dry with some decent spells of warm sunshine pleasant one sunshine here in doha in light winds it will feel very good as we go on through the next couple of days little china distance as we go on into wednesday just not just a little further south increasing plants putting across the arabian sea well eventually push some right towards the horn of africa meanwhile for southern africa drying up here across the eastern cape had some of the wet weather in place there want to see a shower see if the choose day i shall is becoming fewer and further between as we go on through wetness day that's not the case too it's eastern parts of madagascar be showers rolling through here and a lot of very heavy showers right up the rift valley.

20 mental i can. one of the at the beginning we used to play football in the street using a softball al-jazeera weld meets a group of sudanese boids determined to win against a backdrop of conflict and on such a team. when i walk in the street people stop me oh man it's because of the. door for football for peace on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera my name's piece of just up to your top stories 5 people sentenced to death over the murder of a journalist but the u.n. special investigator has described the trial as a mockery of justice 3 of the most senior suspects cleared. the u.n. secretary general is calling for an immediate truce in northern syria government forces are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold of dozens of civilians have been killed in recent weeks and tens of thousands displaced. police in new delhi a gathering to prevent students marching against a controversial citizenship or demonstrators say it is anti muslim at least 25 people have been killed in protests since it was passed 2 weeks ago. china's premier says the leaders of japan and south korea have agreed to cooperate on north korea as one of the most important subjects at a summit taking place in the chinese city of chengdu relations between south korea and japan have soured in recent months however both nations say they are committed

to promoting dialogue between north korea and the u.s. boosting trade is also on the agenda they're working towards a 3 way free trade agreement and a wider trade deal across the region but historic animosities remain including south korean demands that japan apologizes for abuses committed during the 2nd world war katrina you has more now from beijing. these 3 countries have very complicated histories but they're doing their very best or they've done their very best today to move past their disagreements and really try to work on some shared benefits between them and also really focus on what they have in common as the 3 biggest economies in asia the trade was clearly one of those things and they were talking about ways they could boost from a territory that they have between the council for the house has a lot of needs in terms of its supply chain and in i think it wasn't mentioned but the trade war i think i think china's really looking to sort of lean into its

relationship with south korea in japan really working to improve for example if. those 2 countries are you mentioned that both countries also mentioned that there they would like to work towards pushing for an assigning of the our east to. the regional comprehensive economic partnership and also continue to explore a trilateral free trade agreement they worked with an agreement the next 10 years but there are some more urgent issues at hand and the main one being north korea and deportation the korean coming into all the readers mentioned that they want to continue to push for dialogue and also that they want to continue to support the person as between pyongyang and washington they want to do whatever they can to facilitate those talks and ensure those talks are a success but china at the same time i think is with focusing on really having these 3 countries work together to present a united front when it comes to that issue and reminding i think the people in this press conference that these are the 3 of the 3 countries who are best who are most

affected and also best positioned to see that peace is a is sustained in the korean peninsula. the chief executive of boeing has been sacked but comes less than a week off the company suspended production of his one's best selling aircraft boeing says the leadership change is necessary to restore confidence after turbulent year and set off by the twin crashes of its 737 months aircraft. as more from. washington. it's the biggest crisis and boeing's 103 year history on monday after 2 fatal crashes involving its $737.00 max jetliner boeing fired its c.e.o. dennis mullen burge for breaching the public's trust. the board of directors decided that a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the company moving forward as it works to repair relationships with regulators customers and all other stakeholders. 189 people died when a lion air 737 max crashed in indonesia in october 2018 less than

6 months later another 157 people were killed when an ethiopian airlines jet also a $737.00 max crashed in the north of that country the u.s. government forced boeing to ground the jet until problems with both the operating software and with pilot training could be fixed we've made mistakes we've learned and we are still learning but despite repeated promises from mulund berg to get the planes back in the air by the end of this year the problems continue regulators in the u.s. and europe have refused to clear the 737 max is returned to the skies and lawsuits are pending a lawsuit alleges that the why america crash was in part a result of a recently dangerous conditions of boeing 737 max aero aircraft

boeing has lost more than $8000000000.00 and another $8000.00 companies are also suffering from lost business airlines are scrambling to revise their business plans and juggle flight schedules since they don't want to use or buy jets with a dodgy safety record and on friday boeing had a setback in its space business its starglider transport shuttle suffered technical problems forcing nasa to ditch a planned docking with the international space station. the new c.e.o. david calhoun takes charge in january it's now up to him to reassure everyone that boeing is taking their faith in flying seriously rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington todd curtis is formally a safety engineer for boeing he says the company still has a way to go before it can regain customer trust. there's both a cultural and an organizational as well as a regulatory issue that is happening here one of the major changes with the 7

through 7 max and it's not just with boeing it's throughout the industry the relationship between the f.a.a. which is the certifying authority and the manufacturers of change and also it gave more power and influence to manufacturing managers as opposed to f.a.a. managers and although the investigations are still ongoing for the 27 $37.00 max crashes that major change could be a part of what's underlying the situation that's happening now the space situation that having that this leak is one of the things i pointed out there's a software issue with the starliner spacecraft that made it misses orbit with the i assess that there was a software issue with the m cast which was involved in the 2 crashes one question i had is is there any sort of relationship between the organizations that made the software for those 2 vehicles even if it's an indirect relationship it's something that boeing should be forthright about and come clean about as soon as possible moberg was a representation of boeing to the public and although we had some role in what's

going on most of it is going to have to result by the existing organizations within boeing that part of it will be technological getting to the bottom of the crashes of the 737 max and getting to the bottom of why the spacecraft when it's the wrong organ and others will be more of a if i could say at a public relations effort to show the public by words and deeds that they have not only changed how they do business but the way they do business is going to be more reliable safer and with less risk in the general public. and arrest warrants been ensued in ivory coast for. a candidate in next year's presidential election the former rebel leader is accused of misusing public funds in trying to destabilize the country so it was due to return home to start his campaign but his flight was diverted to ghana the police fired tear gas of supporters who gathered to greet him as the 1st major politician to announce his candidacy for next year's vote that could pretty mcgann's the president what are. fireworks and flares have been set

off inside one of parities main railway stations during protests against pension reforms strikers confronted riot police at the garda leone with smoke filling some of the main concourse the 2 week long nationwide walkout has crippled railway services and for schools to close workers are angry the president emanuel micron's planned reforms to public sector pensions which would force people to work up until the age of 64. iran says it's begun a series of new operations at a heavy water nuclear reactor plant the move could take the country closer towards producing weapons grade levels of plutonium but it does not breach the 2050 nuclear deal with world powers washington withdrew from the landmark accord last year the imposing sanctions on tehran that prompted iran to scale back its commitments to the deal. heavy pollution has forced iran's government to extend school closures in the capital tehran is covered in i think blanket of toxic smoke and air pollution

has surged to more than 6 times past world health organization recommended levels schools were 1st closed on saturday and will now remain shut for one week. with temperatures cooling firefighters in australia hoping to make progress in fighting about 200 bush fires burning across new south wales and south australia months of fires have killed 9 people and destroyed at least a 1000 properties and the deputy commissioner of new south wales is warning it could take years for the environment to recover we shouldn't underestimate just how much of the natural environment is being burnt and you know that's got seriously into you know ecological impacts as well as the fire impact as well and i think that will be felt for years to come well as some of the smoke does clear many residents are returning to see what's left of their homes has jessica washington. for dozens of families here in balmoral this is all they have left most of the town

was engulfed in a blaze sophia's it created a firestorm this family stayed to try and protect their home while the inferno swept through their property we had no chance we got smashed. the heat was intense for want of a better word. estimating that it probably hit 100-2004 degrees back here. without a house just days before christmas members of this family are being helped by their neighbors but there aren't sure what lies ahead the generosity of the community as these small communities and everywhere else that just been amazingly generous people. have offered us homes in and everything else under the sun. at this time. really we don't have any plans at this stage this community is

a small one home to just 400 but it's been devastated by this bushfire crisis dozens of homes were lost this weekend alone and more than a 1000 houses have been destroyed since the start of the bush. this couple's property is scorched but they still have their house we were lucky to keep a half very lucky and it was thanks to that we create. we know if he wasn't here we would have lost a house emergency warnings are still in place and a heat wave is expected to return in just a few days but fire crews are making the most of the cooler weather and that's allowed some of those who evacuated to return and assess the damage they said we're very lucky and extremely grateful. but we help together that's what we have a close knit community. and we'll get through this. her house has

escaped the fire along with her christmas lights. washington. volunteers and providing meals for those in need this christmas as the country goes through its worst economic crisis in decades diary column e. is one of the main reasons for ongoing process against the political class has ruled the country for 30 years so you know how to report from beirut. a show of solidarity with those in need at a time of crisis volunteers from across lebanon have been helping prepare christmas dinner for the poor but a lot of people are hungry they need to eat right now hosts them with flowers and good food. they are hosting them in martyr square which has become the epicenter of a. protest movement against the political class that has ruled lebanon for decades . my people. even.

all united and. better county there may be unity here but this is a deeply divided country that has been without a government for weeks politicians are bargaining over power instead of heating demands from the street to make way for a new leadership the situation is. bright this is this love. of generosity of kindness of voluntary initiatives of people coming together . i think. we have to look out for it is difficult times the state is on the verge of bankruptcy one and a half 1000000 lebanese are officially designated as living in poverty that's a 3rd of the population the world bank has warned the total could rise to house the population and that dire prediction was made before the economy started to collapse a few months ago. and the crisis has worsened further with businesses shutting down

thousands losing their jobs and many workers receiving half their salaries lebanon is in need of international financial assistance but no country seems to be willing to come to the rescue until the make up and shape of the new government capable of reforms is agreed for now people only have each other to rely on it is that the only day these people are my government because when i used to ask the government to help they never help the. protesters against the ruling elite want a new leadership it's proving hard to achieve but gatherings like this are achieving something else they're bringing people together as lebanon faces tough challenges ahead senator al jazeera beirut 6 new planets outside our solar system have been discovered by astronomers in the u.k. these are artists impressions of the planetary systems each of the so-called exoplanets orbit stars that are between 160 and 440 light years from earth the

planets are extremely hot that makes a difficult time in the type of rock surfaces the headlines are next. updating your top stories for you so far today saudi arabia has sentenced 5 people to death for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi but 3 of the most senior suspects are being cleared the u.n. expert on extra judicial killings has described the saudi investigation and trial as a mockery of justice what we. whitewash than. just you. and. general. and. not being it means. that maybe also people.

here in. 50 student groups in new delhi are set to march against a controversial citizenship law but the police say they won't allow the demonstration to go ahead protests to say the new law is anti muslim because 25 people have been killed across india in the last 2 weeks and is about purana has more now from new delhi prepared police tell officers to not let the students get or anyone for that matter get beyond this point to detain anyone that comes to play chess and while some protests are being allowed and some have been today's it is particularly contentious because many of having to march to be president of the home minister ahmed shah he is seen as the most powerful person in the in the government other than the prime minister himself and he's also seeing things as the architect of what critics say. are the government's anti muslim policies the un secretary general is calling for an immediate truce in northern syria government

forces are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold and if you live dozens of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in recent weeks. in another part of northern syria at least 8 civilians have been killed by a car bomb that happened in so long a time turkish backed fighters took from kurdish forces in october. china's premier says the leaders of japan and south korea have agreed to cooperate on north korea they've gathered at a summit in chengdu it's a rare agreement between seoul and tokyo after months of worsening relations. you are right up to speed with all the top stories up next here on al-jazeera counting the cost of a summary for you in 30 minutes by. big stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate the spin from the facts . with the listening post on al-jazeera.

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost of al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business i think it is this week a special program for you from the doha forum here in castle will discuss the future of investments in emerging markets since the 1990 s. globalization has given the impression that emerging markets were and could converge with developed nations the brics and next 11 became the latest investment craze hundreds of millions were lifted out of poverty and millions more climbed the social escalator into the middle class but something has gone wrong the end of the commodity supercycle and easy money came along before populism and the threat to globalization but it could be argued that most emerging market growth has been attributable to china and india so let's dissect what countries really want from globalization of more.