the landfill harmonic of witness documentary on mountains and. another launch march planned in india's capital pressure grows over a new citizenship law that's divided the country. from fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters here in tow also ahead the un's investigator calls it a mockery of justice 5 men in saudi arabia sentenced to death over the measure of journalists. china japan and south korea meet for talks aimed at strengthening security and boosting trade. and i'm nicholas hawke in zimbabwe inside one of the

few government hospitals still functioning find out next what the doctors association says assignment genocide is taking place inside zimbabwe's health care system. we begin in india where 50 student groups in new delhi are set to march against a controversial citizenship law but police say they won't allow the demonstrations to go ahead protesters say the legislation discriminates against muslims at least 25 people have been killed across india since it was passed in parliament 2 weeks ago let's speak to elizabeth bron i'm in new delhi for is so moranis today elizabeth and the protest rally in new delhi could be confrontational. absolutely folley we are here in the center of the capital. early and there is only

ready a very large police presence here hundreds of police officers and there's also riot police here in riot gear they are expecting as you mention 50 students student groups have organized a protest here today and what they're planning to do is to march to the residence of the home minister ahmed shah he is seen as the architect of what critics say the government's anti muslim policies including the citizenship amendment act that new legislation he has been critical of what he says bengali refugees and migrants he calls them and for to infiltrators and to my it's we have to be expelled so we are expecting a big protest today but we're also expecting that to not be allowed folly because the police have imposed a bad now on no more than 4 people are allowed to gather so we'll see what will happen we know that police are preparing to detail anyone who tries to go

a pasta certain point what's been the government response so far on is any sign that it might be backtracking. saudi they are not they don't look like they're going to backtrack on the slow i mean this is a government and a prime minister who has an image of never backing down but what's interesting fall is that this law is very closely linked the government itself has linked it to something called the national register of citizens an exercise which was carried out in the northeastern state of and which the government has said they want to carry out all of the country an exercise which requires indians to prove their citizenship and that is something that the prime minister has backtracked on in the past few days saying that there is no plan to carry out this register we know that they're under pressure these are massive protests all over the country and we now have 10 states and more than half of the states that. india saying that they are

not going to implement the citizenship amendment and they're also not going to carry out a national register of citizens thank you very much for that elizabeth life forests in new delhi. a un special investigator has condemned saudi arabia's trial on the murder of journalist as a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death for the killing but the court exonerated key figures in crown prince mohammed bin solomon's in a sec all the verdicts mock the end of a year long trial in which more than 11 saudis were tried and russia pal has more 14 months after jamal khashoggi was last seen walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul where his fiance. waited for hours before calling for help a saudi court has issued a verdict. 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 tani in the murder he was advisor to crown prince mohammed bin some on 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 sees to it that the killing of mr cash isa state killing it is not a killing by rove official or so as the country of the government continue to do to

pretend i kissed 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 all otay be who showed journalists around the consulate in istanbul also cleared us middle of siri the kingdom's former deputy intelligence chief started doing a plan to vote out of the journalism watchdog reporters without borders says justice has been trampled why their mom had been psalm on he was in contact with i don't call pani 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 now been film on was very high probability responsible for ordering 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 solomon was probably involved the white house shielded the future king from absolute responsibility maybe baby. and following intense criticism and skepticism that little happens in the kingdom without his knowledge the crown prince eventually had his say was. 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 or chapell al jazeera. in other world news in indonesia a bus has plunged off a road and into a river killing at least 25 people it happened in

a remote part of south sumatra and the vehicle is believed to have been carrying about 50 passengers rescue teams are searching for survivors. china's premier says the leaders of japan and south korea have agreed to cooperate on north korea it's one of the main topics at a summit between the 3 countries in the chinese city of chengdu relations between south korea and japan have soured in recent months but 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 nation free trade agreement and a wider trade deal in the region but this is long held animosity south korea wants japan to apologize for abuses it says a nation's forces committed during the 2nd world war katrina you has been following the summit for us from beijing she says despite their difficult history all countries are trying to find common ground 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 a trade was clearly one of those things and they would feel about ways they could boost the complementarity that they have between them we could pull through 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 meaning to its relationships with south korea and japan really working to improve for example if they see in the suv that those 2 countries are lynch and that both countries also mentioned that they would like to work towards pushing for an assigning of the r.e.c. . the regional comprehensive economic partnership and also continue to explore a trilateral free trade agreement they worked with an agreement for the next 10 years that. there are some more urgent issues at hand and the main one being north korea and progression the korean coming through all the readers mentioned that they

want to continue to push for dialogue and also that they want to continue to support the person 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 focusing on really having these 3 countries work together present in united front when it comes to that issue and reminding i think the people in this press conference that these are the 3 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. to zimbabwe now where many doctors are on strike demanding better pay and a reform of the health care system along with a troubled economy that's left many people needing medical care with few options and for some their situation is getting worse nicholas hart reports from zimbabwe 2nd largest city below while. let me tell you about this story. banda

has lost the ability to speak since a stroke in september disoriented she no longer leaves the confines of her room frequent power cuts means she's for the most part in the dark with her daughters the tempest so. i asked her do you remember this man pointing it and the husband and this lady pointing at an old picture of 10 the healing before a stroke turned the keeley took the nursing aide course thinking she could help sick patients know she's the one who needs help doctors across them but we have been on strike since september so the only cure she can get is from her daughter sometimes she gets frustrated. the difference. because the terms of. who might be looking for something seen it.

they can hear and understand our conversation when she collapsed during her stroke her family rushed her to one of the few functioning hospitals in the country most medical staff were on strike and it took 3 days before a doctor could see her condition worsened because of insufficient care her right arm paralyzed the doctors union say the medical system is to blame things like gloves i should say things. like needles. i.v. fluids the most basic things that are supposed to find in the last few holes and then on to. a hospital director gave al-jazeera rare access to one of the public hospital in bulawayo in the wards he chose to show us there was no shortage of equipment but few medical supplies right now the government is. a major problem is this the sanctions in there. to get foreign carriers to import trucks so that's

beyond my control by. weight i have to wake and use what devices was available to save lives most doctors on the wards refused to talk to us or be filmed a curtain of shame shrouds conditions inside hospitals with doctors paid less than $70.00 a month not only are they protesting over pay and working conditions they say the government is failing to protect the sick but when they took to the streets last september they were met by riot police. the government's response was to fire about 400 doctors in a country that's already short of medical staff and while some have returned to work it's the patients and those that are sick that are paying for this crisis private care is an affordable to most zimbabwe carers is an online citizens movement that raises funds to help those desperately in need of treatment but it can only do so much abandoned by a broken health system many people in zimbabwe are left to cope however they can.

or left to suffer alone. nicholas hawk al jazeera bulawayo zimbabwe. still ahead on al-jazeera facing dissolution by the election commission thailand's main opposition party household widespread bing's and in the spirit of christmas volunteers in lebanon feed those struggling in an economic crisis sparked by political chaos. how the weather does look set to remain unsettled across europe more wets and windy but mild weather sweeping through a little quieter across western parts now that storms alpha and fabien have made their way out of the way clear skies coming back into the upper peninsula at least for a time west weather now making its way away from southern italy through greece and

heading over towards turkey where it's looking pretty poor across at least the sort of the mediterranean choppy waters some strong winds battering through here very wet weather to snow with the turkish mountains some snow to around the generic outside and across the alps as well wherever you are over the next couple days it does look likely to stay on the mild side so if you're looking for a white christmas little chance of that unless you're over the high ground even in moscow temperatures getting up to 3 degrees celsius which is around 7 degrees above the seasonal normal see temperatures around donald 10 celsius there for london and paris the next area clad in way that's waiting in the wings and that will push into western parts of europe as we go on into the latter part of the week the latter part of the year that wet weather that we're talking about across the eastern side of the med well that will bring want to see coastal showers to the into northern parts of egypt driving further raise with this we go on through wednesday the most is dry.

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a reminder of our top stories 50 student groups in new delhi india are set to march against a controversial citizenship law that's criticized as being on time muslim but police say they won't allow the demonstration to go ahead. a u.n. special investigator has condemned saudi arabia's tried on the matter of journalists as a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death but those closest to the royal courts have been exonerated and china's premier says the need is of japan and south korea have agreed to cooperate on north korea meeting at a summit in a china leaders also said they're working towards a 3 nation free trade agreement and a wider trade deal in the region. the u.n. secretary general has called for an immediate end to the violence in northern syria government forces and their russian allies are pushing deeper into the last rebel held stronghold of adlib trying to retake it dozens of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands have fled to war suborder with turkey. is monitoring the

crisis from on taqiyya in turkey the size of the problems we're out of brokered cease fires in the blitz in the west city is driving tensile thousands from the hopes scrambling to escape it will also look from city and i'm sure will please they'll call it we're going to the situation is very fluid from the boredom and. we came here just to save our children and women there is nothing else we can do vicky is giving. to close to $4000000.00 city and with fiji's and with a warning another 120000 heading for the border the tech usually does sees his country can't cope with any syrian opposition fighters and russian backed government forces agreed to a ceasefire in august 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 the regime is taking all village after village syria's president has stepped up his promise to rick up to every inch of syrian territory controlled by opposition fighters it lip 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 area 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 would 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 'd the lip with nowhere else to go until the bombardments top the exit

us will continue. on tucker on the turkey syria border. and at least 8 civilians were killed in a car bombing in northern syria on monday it happened just 10 kilometers south of turkey's border in the turkish how town of so much several out of people have been wounded and there's been no claim of responsibility for the attack. and the arrest warrant has been issued in ivory coast's. a candidate in next year's presidential election the former prime minister and rebel leader is accused of misusing public funds in trying to destabilize the country sarah was due to return home to start his campaign but his flight was diverted to ghana police fired tear gas sets of horses who had gathered to greet him. now france's facing christmas travel chaos the strikes over pension reform plans show no signs of easing on monday

demonstrators squared off with police at one of paris his main railway stations fireworks and threads were set off inside the 2 week long nationwide walkout has crippled transport services and forced many schools to close workers are angry at president emanuel course plans reforms to public sector pensions which would force people to work until the age of 64. moscow's envoy says the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to a prisoner swap before the end of the year it follows a cease fire agreement between both countries in paris and this month this was the 1st face to face meeting between the need is for jimmy isn't in ski and vladimir putin aimed at tackling the conflict that's killed 13000 people since 2014 the chief executive of u.s. plane make a boeing has been fired that's less than a week after the company suspended production of its once best selling at kraft boeing says the leadership change is necessary to restore confidence after a terrible n.t.'s set off by twin crashes over its 737 max airplane was in jordan

has more from washington. it's the biggest crisis and boeing's 103 year history on monday after 2 fetal crashes involving its $737.00 max just liner 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 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 $737.00 max is returned to the skies and lawsuits are pending a lawsuit alleges that the why america crash was in part a result of recently dangerous conditions of boeing 737 max aero aircraft boeing has lost more than 8000000000 dollars 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 and flying seriously rosalind jordan al-jazeera washington. chile's president has approved a referendum to change the country's constitution one of the main demands of anti-government protesters in recent months president sebastian pinera says the referendum would help unify the country on april 26th chairmen's will be asked 2 questions whether they want a new constitution and who should dropped it in thailand the main opposition party says it will organize mass protests in the new year even as it comes under increased pressure from the courts more than 6000000 people voted for the future for party in march by the election commission wants the party dissolved and its leaders banned from politics from bangkok wayne hale reports. thailand's politics

is again being played out in the courts and on the streets in its 1st election in march the future food party won 81 seats in parliament and was almost able to form a government since then it's been hit with a series of legal challenges which it says a part of a deliberate coordinated attack designed to destroy its 90 percent of them came off the election result was announced so it was obvious that before the election those in power might be a little bit nervous but they didn't have too much of ours but after we have proved ourselves in the election they start to be really afraid as it's come under increasing pressure future food led by charismatic young businessmen tom atoned jr room room kid has urged people to come onto the streets he says this protest just over a week ago which was the largest since a military coup in 2014 was just the beginning and more will be held early next

year tom atone was the opposition blocks candidate to become prime minister but last month he was banned from taking his seat in parliament for violating election laws related to his ownership of shares in a media company and now the election commission is recommending that future ford be dissolved and its leaders banned for up to 10 years because of alleged financial wrong. doing the future forward party and some of its leaders have delved into some sensitive areas that others haven't did too like discussing reform of laws designed to protect the monarchy from criticism campaigning on ending military conscription and changing old laws that benefit corporate monopolies by doing so the perception is that become a threat to some of the most powerful people in thailand's thailand is led by prime minister pro-u. the army general who led the coup 5 and a half years ago and many in his government are also former military personnel and m.p. from his party late delayed his complaint with police about the leaders all future

forward alleging they're guilty of sedition for organizing the recent protests in bangkok. d. says the cases are not politically motivated as. in reality no conflicts between future forward and the government but all the charges and allegations that are being laid against the party are caused by their own actions ties are used to large scale protests that are often ended violently by security forces another cycle of turmoil may be about to begin this time led by a new younger generation who say they want real democracy and not a military government in disguise when hey al-jazeera bangkok volunteers in lebanon are providing meals for those in need this christmas as the country goes through its worst economic crisis in decades the struggling economy is one of the main reasons for ongoing protests against the political class that's been on for 30 years as in a harder has a story 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 host them with flowers and good food. they're 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. all united. but. 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 has got this traffic but. this is this love. of generosity of kind. of people coming together.

we have to. it is difficult times the state is on the verge of bankruptcy one and a half 1000000 lebanese are officially 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. thousands losing their jobs and many workers receiving half their salaries lebanon is a 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. people because when i used to help they never help. protesters

against the ruling elite want a new leadership is proving hard to achieve but gatherings like this are achieving something else they're bringing people together as lebanon faces tough challenges ahead senate beirut. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera 50 student groups in new delhi set to march against a controversial citizenship law that's criticized as being on time muslim but police say they won't allow the demonstration to go ahead and is withdrawn amazin new delhi where police have had a barricades near protesters what they're planning to do is to march to the residence of the holy minister ahmed shah he is seen as the architect of what critics say this government's anti muslim policies including the citizenship amendment act that new legislation he has been critical of what he says

bengali refugees and migrants he calls the end for to infiltrators and termites we have to be expelled so we are expecting a big protest today. a un special investigator has condemned saudi arabia's trial over the matter of journalists as a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death about those closest to the royal courts have been exonerated in indonesia a bus has branched off the road and into a river killing at least 25 people it happened in a remote part of south sumatra and the vehicle is believed to have been carrying about 50 passengers rescue teams searching for survivors. china's premier says the leaders of japan and south korea have agreed to cooperate on north korea meeting at a summit in china and leaders also say that they are working towards a 3 nation free trade agreement and a wider trail trade deal in the region the u.n.

secretary general is calling for an immediate to see northern syria government forces of pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold of adlib dozens of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in recent weeks france is facing christmas travel chaos those strikes over pension reform plan show no signs of easing fireworks and flares west set off as demonstrators confronted police at one of paris's main railway stations on monday a 2 week long nationwide walkout has crippled railway services in 4 schools to close workers are angry at president emanuel not course plant reforms to the pensions which would force people to work until the age of 64 as always more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com and have more for you 9 to 30 minutes time inside story is next article to visit dot donald trump is now the 3rd president in history of the united states to be. the one that you'd be

the one going to says major event for the future of the rest joining us with details coverage and analysis of the trump impeachment on al-jazeera. islamia putin creating a new reality on the ground in crimea and explained they are from ukraine in 2014 and russia has since been under international sanctions but now the russian president has opened a direct train link to the peninsula so what does this mean for the future this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on the whole robin a new road and rail bridge now connects the crimean peninsula with russia the full 1000000000 dollar transport link is the longest in europe but it seemed by many him .