0 where every. 0. hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up displaced by fighting then targeted by government jets at least 8 people are killed in as strike on a school in syria's and live province. reports that libya's internationally recognized government has asked for the support of turkish ground troops as the battle for tripoli intensifies defiant protesters keep up the pressure on india's

government as anger of a new citizenship law deepens and pilgrims descend on bethlehem to celebrate christmas but many christian palestinians from gaza have been refused permission to visit. an ounce on a harmless not have all the sporting colluding back to their senses they want to play the test series in pockets on next month over security concerns but are open to play in the country. come to the news hour we begin in syria where the battle for the last rebel stronghold has led to the deaths of more civilians at least 8 people were killed in a syrian government as strike targeting a school in the town of job loss in ed lip people displaced from other parts the country had been sheltering in the school when it was hit tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the province over the past week as government forces helped by russian allies push deeper into the area

a number of towns and villages have also fallen to government control mama i don't know is on the techie syria border and he says the refugees are now on the even more pressure. well the humanitarian crisis is huge and it's keeping on growing because more and more people are being uprooted from their homes. started with the city of man which was the target all for the initial strikes bottle bombs underground shelling but now we're seeing other places also reporting people fleeing from them after being targeted by syrian forces sworn a mission to take every last bit of territory that is in the homs all for a position we are right now one of the hobs for the turkish charity which is helping the refugees on the other side of the border and

speaking to a senior all fishel who told us that they have been trying us much as possible to help the people who fleeing 100 under 25000 was the convoy this tendency of rising and he says there must be up to 150000 of the moment and he says they cannot provide each family with its own individual talent they've been forced to build this must have tents on high heel to avoid flooding of course and they are commentating up 200 people in every tent have separate the men and the women but he says there is a lot of suspicion between the people because it has been home to people who. fled to places like aleppo and other places that the regime had targeted before and he says there are so many other people who have set up tents on the sides of the road i'm going not want to mingle with the rest of the refugees that he fears for their

health because they don't have sanitation they don't have clean water and they do not have food as well and of the moment they say that if you just cannot cook for themselves he says they are forced to to to to provide them with warm mails. well you know the development from syria today customs officials have seize the assets of the country's wealthiest businessmen this is the 1st time an order has been issued for who is the cousin of president bashar assad he's been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges and fees the e.u. and the u.s. and already impose sanctions on the truth who reportedly control 60 percent of syria's economy christo oil is a middle east analyst and director of the council for arab british understanding and he explains why men who might have been targeted. the man who family right in the sense of the call of this regime remember the heart as the last and that's the father of bashar last night was not married to a nice matter which is

a much looser a. and now we clan as well as the assets and in fact in many ways of greater social standing and management who is the father and he was very much the regime's banco he is extremely rich so to see the regime taking action like this against somebody so senior and indeed others who were part of this new crony capitalism that underpin the regime gemma demonstrates that all is not well in new and in a echelons of power now there's a number of scenarios one can consider here there is an extent the regime is trying to shore up its legitimacy at a time of real declining revenues when so many syrians are destitute of below the poverty line. and are resentful of those who have millions who actually show off their wealth in a way and we've seen this or so with a man who found if they happen perhaps that there's been all sorts of stories on

social media and pictures of some of their family with fast cars and the like so this is resents it it could also be that given the regime has so little financial results at the moment that they are trying to basically corral in as many billions and billions they can. now at least 4 people have been killed in northwest libya in the latest s trikes by the forces of khalifa the attack was launched on the town of tajoura around 20 kilometers east of the capital tripoli at least 3 people were injured in the offensive fighting around the fiercely contested capital has escalated in recent weeks off to have to take a final attack on tripoli 7 months ago when libya's internationally recognized government which is based in tripoli has reportedly asked turkey for ground troops after the to cut that you signed a military cooperation pact which was last month for the past few years libya has

been divided between 2 rival governments and those who support them you have the u.n. recognize administration that by promise of a surat based in tripoli that administration is supported by turkey and most western nations including a city which has been worried that the fighting in the capital will force even more people to cross the mediterranean and then in the east you have the tobruk based government this is the center of power for he is backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the united arab emirates france is also accused of providing military support for his forces. it has more from tripoli on the government's request for military assistance from turkey. government sources say that the type of turkish military. individuals requested by the g.n.a.t. the government of national called is military commanders and the government officials say that the troops on the ground did the government forces are in need

of military commanders to range this battle and to run the battle on the ground to prevent have to his forces from entering get their capital why now the government is demanding military commanders because have to the forces have been recently advancing with the help of russian missionaries according to the government military source of. russian mysteries are fighting for how to and have to this force have been receiving advanced weapons from the united arab emirates and also from russia now. says that in order for the government to send troops to libya it needs to submit a mandate to the turkish parliament so that it could be endorse it and then in this case it can send troops to libya. well and ourselves

a lot is the director of the aaa based think tank sadik institute he says have to us forces are depending on their outside back as for the trip any offensive was certainly part of a larger international solution of this computer has been going to marry me seriously for months. or years now it's interesting to look at these 2 parties as really looked like on the libyan national army is hard after sort there's not really much that is limited we think it's air force it's predominantly and almost whole holiday run by external actors for the u.a.e. . it is the libya using chinese but you'd lose the cauldron of drones that they used in libya for the last 5 years documented in the u.n. from the mix the reports its ground forces have been ineffective since they launched this campaign before and were not able to make it possible for the reason that make cars the suburbs of tripoli is that it is no longer live in that operation it is hardly one where they're going to be the russian missiles that were

well known to be operating in syria and then now approving in libya as of the last couple of months i want to bring you a story that we've been following in the past hour $35.00 civilians have been killed in an attack on an army base in the northern part of picking a fast $85.00 has were also killed when the military responded to the attack at a base in our benda 7 soldiers have died the attack involved $100.00 people most of bikes and it lasted for several hours this is the latest a cell in the region since violence 1st erupted in 2015. here at the news hour life in london much more still to tell you about we're going to be in iraq where protesters have one of the key demands met by the country's politicians but there is still a fight they had over who will be the prime minister. a christmas getaway that's a go slow strikes in france mean canceled trying to. but many travelers are still behind the strike as they still support them and then later in sport james harden and russell westbrook are irresistible for the rockets have all the n.b.a.

action with santa. now to india the cabinet has approved funds for a census next ship that critics fear could be used to implement a controversial new citizenship law and legislation grants citizenship to religious minorities but it excludes the muslims since it was passed at least 25 people have been killed in protests against the legislation elizabeth branom has more on the on rast. marching to the beat of their own drum thousands of people have defied a bat on public gatherings in the indian capital. the they oppose a recently passed the law that grant citizenship to religious minorities from a fan's phone box. but excludes muslims i think this lawyer exists threat to the idea of

a secular india as it is defined in the constitution it on the back of me are the. things that causes of resentment against the government it's not one thing it's an accumulated resentment against his government a government couldn't say is use an ideological issues like religion to distract people from the problems facing the country the real issue is that economies on the slowdown that unemployment it is regarded never did the last 40 years that. distress and in order to divert attention from those readmissions. be brought in the people here said they won't let the government do that. they are chanting so. i don't think the government. thought police would told earlier to detain demonstration the they're just watching from the sidelines. there were even bigger protests elsewhere from ass out of the northeast to salaman the south but the

government b j p n says these are small sporadic protests big prompted by political parties look at the protests today it is the protest you were just you just you just came from. you know in a city of. people if you have 200 people 300 people and you say that is for this do you think that's relevant give me a break. the government has launched a campaign on social media to calm the anger in the muslim community i really want to assure them that there is real grounds for wanting what is a grown this does not discriminate against them because the india supreme court is expected to hear the case next month. for the government of the day of the mahdi. since protests pose the biggest challenge since he came to power 5 years ago elizabeth pradhan al jazeera new delhi. that's now sprinted to be a dad of social sciences at westminster university joins me now from the city of

ranchi in india but i know david ash that you have also been spending some time in the capital tell us what the the mood the atmosphere was like there and why people decided to take to the streets. atlanta for having me here if i did witness protests by students of john emulate university and really of the people in delhi the mood of defiance very clearly the mood mood was a whole in fact students are quite frustrated the wave in which the peaceful protests were being misinterpreted by the government as well as parts of indian mainstream media that was once the 2nd kind of what i would say works a month with a radius of many people who listen governor was autograph that kept using the word dunbar which means rights to the sense he got what the government wanted to convert peaceful protests into hindu muslim right which was not sort of the end but the purpose or the refused to do that so the way i would see that there was a defiance there city were divided but there was also the hope that our dimmock

leamy be in the national government of india would have existed back and therefore we got the bill but that's an ongoing struggle really is there is there any likelihood that that will happen because the bill also has its fair share of supporters and modi certainly won enough support in the election this year to apps think he has the mandate to implement legislation like this. best tools to resume as someone who would do the protests i wish the purpose of the correct way i see are in analysts if you're dealing with not already democratic form of government even though the won the election the government i believe the majority of them so majority 2 why did one man one get rights and right to decide without a clear so what we find in india and of course if large sections of the opposition like to chance to section of minorities all of the coming together trying to come together against majority government to challenge the fears of that the government is based on far right ideology but some would call

a stash of them and i would quote it at that and because they were willing to use not to do white in group but also particular propaganda in the media and we see that with immense while ensued by the police and the state and also with the professor if you put this legislation in the context of loads decision to change the constitutional status 7 as a majority channel in kashmir cracking down on the region's leaders. pushing for a hindu temple on a site where you had a 470 year old mosque which was demolished by a mob in 1902 and then in various other things. is this not blatant islamophobia it is believed to be some of this islam will hope it's part and parcel of the very explicit agenda of the g.o.p. led by you know the money and that if you invest a gun would india into a hindu nation because this is why we need to see the connection between all of them now of this moment more the course of the reassuring people that this is not against indian muslims there but the way in which they are going about changing law

this made it clear that they do want to go and we're going to do nation and that would be bad of course the muslims but in the long term also for christians who are coming for socialists was sick right so it is i want to ask you about that because if you take this citizenship law and the the census that the government plans to carry out in the context of all those other policy decisions where does modi go from here. so b.g.p. government has not been pretty successful in the promise of development that they have made it's a what they're doing in the course they're generating new schemes one after another said they come with blameless india to come up with in the monitor vision all of them economically of but true discount of let's say the b.s. through the air n.p.r. all these offenses and everything but generating a lot of anxiety amongst muslim minority but also muslim majority increasingly so the word look more they would win if you manage to keep the lid to divided from muslims to the indigenous people divider muslims and the sick list divided from

most of them managed to be successful but what the protests are sure is that they have gone beyond the divides and they can see to begin with noting will be so i think will be a living in interesting time in death rate either through the democratic parties that are taking place in there will be managed to remain a democracy if they manage to sort of saggy or if i am. a you seem to be reasonably optimistic that this is not necessarily the beginning of the end of secularism in india. the way i see them and i have to be optimistic but how would we so i will you know these kind of era where we are to either we do that or there is a big far right into fascism in india so that's the other alternative so i built in the secure risk muslims christians in g.b. dip your women liberals everyone we have locks or they happen option but to come together to struggle and to deal with the government and what we find in the state i ever am in right now in iraq you char can you recent state assembly elections the

chippie lost the elections and it's a sign of hope right thank you very much professor joining us there from ranchi in india. well i want to tell you about protests in hong kong violent demonstrations are broken out in some shopping malls steering a busy christmas eve with riot police firing tear gas in a bid to break up the protest demonstrators threw umbrellas and other objects at police who then charged at them with battens families have been gathering in the busy tourist district of suite to view the christmas lights that the protest on now in their 7th month and demonstrates applied to stage another march on new year's day well the parliament in iraq has approved a new electoral law in a bid to make elections fair and granting one of the demands of anti-government protest as the law gives independent politicians a better chance of winning seats in the parliament that is still deadlocked over the decision to appoint an interim prime minister with

a midnight deadline on sunday looming dosage of bari is in the capital baghdad with more information on what the new law means for vices. the being called a very significant change to the country's electoral system this article was passed just a short time ago in parliament it includes 50 divisions within it which states that the country's electoral system will not be changed it will be one that it will be based on direct voting rather than parties having electoral lists of candidates that they selected this is something that was very important to the demonstrators and it took weeks of political wrangling to make it happen in parliament a number of sessions were held without any of these laws being passed but finally on shoes they the country's parliament managed to get it through and it's being seen as a very significant development and something that would not have happened without the protests taking place in this country which began in october it's being seen as a major step towards what the demonstrators and the people of iraq had wanted and

that is a system in which they have some say in how they elect their members of parliament and now this is being seen as something that has been granted to them and it will be very very interesting to see how the demonstrators react to this in the coming days but was still also waiting for a nominee candidate for the position of prime minister that is something that is being very much debated now between the various parties in parliament and they hope to have inappropriate candidates in the coming days with the demonstrators have said that despite all their political wrangling they want to be able to elect their own prime minister will have to wait and see how that pans out. but protest is in iraq of largely rejected mainstream political parties so one religious movement still maintains considerable influence as so wonderful to report from baghdad. every afternoon and his friends load his pickup truck full of supplies for demonstrators in baghdad starrer square person is from sutter city the stronghold

of influential shiite cleric mark that assad that this is the capital's most populated and marginalized neighborhood it is also a lifeline for the protest. so who says he can be considered a large storage of humans the majority of the protesters are from sort of city and in addition most of the supplies are from sort of city the sudras dominant role in the protest is controversial protesters have rejected the entire political establishment which technically includes party if you dare to speak out against the cleric in public sutter also appears wary of a backlash and has ordered his followers not to openly discuss their allegiance sutter himself has retreated to iran for religious studies and i shall we were in turn out to the process as iraqi people. if the leader came out with us he would be exposed to danger shia cleric commander of insurgencies populist leader of iraq

street protest look that a starter has taken many roles over the years and he has become the kingmaker in iraqi politics now he faces a particularly delicate balancing act his followers form the backbone of protest against the government he helped form and the parliament in which his party holds the biggest share of seats ceterus party saw it all in won 54 of iraq's 329 parliamentary seats in the 2800 but following prime minister out of his resignation the party announced it would nominate a replacement former m.p. he was part of sutter styron alliance but resigned when protests began there is a few. among the. by the. on the because of the president's no because your report by a group made. the. most formal work is the. critics say sirens refusal to nominate a new prime minister is

a populist move and an effort to ensure political survival supporters like hassan call it a genuine step towards meeting protesters demands and although sudras party won't officially name a candidate that doesn't mean the sudras haven't made a choice a list of candidates considered acceptable isp into towns across the area including hasan. we selected those 5 candidates based on the consensus of the people in the square use their old independent who they don't belong to any side a particular policy we select a v.m. for a transitional period until there are elections in 6 to 12 months rival iranian backed parties have put forward their own candidates whether or not the sudras will get their way will be a test of sudras political influence but no matter who gets their man at the helm of government satirise command over iraq streets appears on contested simona

al-jazeera. now thousands of palestinians and christians from around the world have gathered and best to have christmas eve celebrations festivities a centered on the church of nativity where christians say jesus was born with a procession led by the most senior catholic cleric in the middle east palestinian officials are saying that many palestinians in gaza cannot attend the event because israel has not given them permits they say fewer than half of those who saw permits actually had the applications granted now to abraham is in bethlehem for us and says that israel's restrictions are being felt by the community. canonically and financially the city has always depended on people coming from abroad in the place where christians believe is actually the cradle of christianity the star of bethlehem is something that everybody knows and people have been pilgrims have been coming to this city over the years however living under israeli occupation has definitely had its toll on the businesses on people working here especially as the

city relies mainly on that on tourism and joins me now a 7 year shop owner mr met and i wanted to tell us more about the challenges of a new year shops and other small businesses face here in palestine yes basically the obstacle that we've been trying to deal with lately is the outage of power and water in the city and with the high volume of tourists in our hotels with over then 50 hotels in bethlehem filled up with tourists you know need electricity and they need water along with other stuff so power has been a big big thing going on for the past 2 weeks the israeli company of atrocity is cutting the power at least 2 to 3 hours in the city of bethlehem and the surrounding areas and if we talk about challenges we will also want to talk

about hope is there anything that keeps you more hopeful that things are changing oh definitely that's what's keeping me here in this country in palestine in my city bethlehem the hope is the magic word for everyone and we're hoping for a better future for palestine an independent palestine and within a with our neighbors and also to make palestine a safe place for all people who want to visit palestine and the holy places in our country thank you so much and of course the ministry of tourism has said that around 3 and a half 1000000 visitors have came to palestine during the year in 2019 and of course they're hoping that this season would bring them even more tourism and help bring more businesses to the city. to have fully on the program but looking back at months of protests in latin america and why the driving force behind me on the rest

isn't that black. history has shown homelessness is up in england we visit the center providing a lifeline for roughly as at christmas. and in training of a fight christmas the gloves are off as the n.h.l. gets into the festive spirit we'll have the details later. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well if you are looking for a white christmas it is going to be very hard to find here across parts of europe actually tomorrow is going to be quite nice on christmas day for many locations such as the u.k. down across parts of france as well as probably into the iberian peninsula we are looking at sunny conditions for london with a temperature of 8 now for snow you really have to go to the higher elevations in the alps maybe down towards some of the higher elevations of the balkan peninsula the big problem tomorrow is going to be down here across eastern mediterranean

we're looking at a storm system bringing very gusty winds heavy rain turkey cyprus syria lebanon as well as down towards israel you are will see rain for the next several days and we are expecting to see the likelihood of flooding across much of that area actually across the higher elevations of turkey we will have plenty of snow there for athens it is going to be a better day here on thursday with a temperature of 14 degrees while for the northeastern part of africa you will also be affected by the same storm very windy conditions along the coastal areas we don't expect to see too much in terms of rain you could see off and on showers but it is going to be those winds pushing across parts of egypt as well that will continue from wednesday as well as into thursday well 5 start to see a break by the time we get towards friday. she egypt strongman is ruling within a fire and faced on the sidelines from his allies is deafening the u.s.

was perfectly happy to trade off the mark for city for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even their own citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you won't hear such strong words from let's say berlin or paris or london in cairo on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks boeing is the one just manufacturing exporter in the u.s. . with detailed coverage critics say secular protections are great in the indian constitution and now the threats. and fearless journalism from around the world for recycling fanfares like this one play a crucial role in argentina's waste management system.

welcome back to the news out a look at the headlines now at least 8 people have been killed in as strike as syrian government forces continue in that battle for a rebel held province the victims were displaced people who were sheltering in a school in the town of job. for civilians have been killed in an as strike on a town in the libyan capital tripoli it's the latest attack by the fatah us forces as they try to advance on the city which is held by the internationally recognized government. and india's government has approved funding for a census next year which its fit could be used to enact a new citizenship protest as of continued their action against the bill which they

say is discriminatory to muslims. many commuters in france have had to change their christmas plans of strikes over pension reforms continue to cause widespread travel destruction transport mines heavily restricted for the holidays and the french rail upright s.n.c.f. is lost more than 4 $120000000.00 so far but has been a smith now reports from the capital paris people are generally sympathetic to the protest as. just 2 out of 5 high speed trains are running across france on christmas eve one of the busiest travel periods of the year but with a nationwide transport strike now in its 3rd week many travelers are used to the disruption seemed to a found a work around paris is guarded nor was busy but not chaotic and he was tired i think it's it's we're ready for it to be over our but again it's i mean i'm sure the other side are going to understand you know the reason for the strike and everything that i've been looking for the way to go the way the city support oh no

they still haven't been able to find the world until it is so it's my turn it was it was described to the national rail operator s.n.c.f. will only guarantee travel for those who vote tickets in advance and even they may not have a seat the s.n.c.f. says the strike is costing it $22000000.00 a day in lost revenue. in 1995 after 3 weeks of public sector strikes in the run up to christmas the government caved in and shelved plans to reform france's pension and welfare system there's no indication so far that the government will perform a similar retreat this time. there seems to be no end in sight to beast transport strikes the government and the unions will meet again in the 2nd week of january but that's when they'll also be another round of nationwide demonstrations bernard smith i'll just era powers. china japan and south korea agree to work together to promote dialogue between the united states and north korea countries 3 leaders made

the pledge at a summit in southern china they also discussed discuss trade and agreed on closer cooperation despite tensions dating back more than a century katrina your ports now from beijing. overlooking old wounds by reinforcing ancient ties china japan and south korea presented a united front during the trilateral summit in china's southern city of chengdu. i want to build a new era of 3 kingdoms in which we cooperate and develop together with the international community. 2 setting aside deep grievances dating back to world war 2 the leaders of asia's largest economies pledged to work closer together on trade they want to agree on a 16 nation regional comprehensive economic partnership or. by the end of next year and continue negotiations on a 3 nation free trade agreement trade between south korea japan and china exceeded $720000000000.00 in 20. 4 we need to protect the free trade in order

to help business activities and continue to grow together north korea carrying out a missile test over the christmas period overshadowed some of the pageantry. chinese prime minister lee could chung south korean president and japanese prime minister shinzo agreed to continue supporting negotiations between washington and pyongyang a demand for the u.s. to lift economic sanctions has led to a halt in the nuclear talks and an end of a deadline to progress the negotiations is fast approaching. china is north korea's most important ally and sees itself as playing a simpler world working towards doing privation on the korean peninsula has its thing why did nations to lift sanctions on pill one to help break the deadlock but it's unclear whether so or tokyo 4th u.s. allies would support the troops. on monday when j. and she met separately the chinese president xi jinping. for china the summit is an

opportunity to expand its regional influence but the 3 countries have currently embroiled in territorial disputes in the south china sea. south korea and japan are laws with the u.s. so if china can develop on the improve the relations with these 2 countries crease u.s. influence in this region and the weakened china's pressure from the u.s. the leaders have signed a 10 year corporation plan which includes tackling shared challenges such as climate change and aging populations but the biggest challenge perhaps is whether they can view each other with trust rather than a spirit it's a chain al-jazeera. a presidential candidate for ivory coast general election is flying to spain after authorities issued a warrant for his arrest former prime minister and sorrow is charged with what prosecutors called attempt against the state's authority has the loyalty of many. previous rebel commanders where people in ivory coast have mixed views about the

arrest warrant wall so it hurts me to learn that there's a warrant for sars arrest saying as he worked the evolution. the ivory coast he previously served as the prime minister he was also the president of the national assembly it hurts my heart that someone of his authority can be prosecuted like the . brunt of this is what happens when you take up arms against your country we take up arms against the motherland it is nature itself that has brought this about this is what must happen to him in a country governed by the vote of law things must be done according to the vote of law we must let him in a way for him to come in and shed light on all the things that we were approaching for. that addresses in nigeria's capital and explains why these charges are a turning point. sorry sir very important politician in ivory coast not only because of the 2020 presidential elections but rick looking at his role previously

as 2 time prime minister and president of the national assembly he also led the rebellion. against his former boss laurent gbagbo help allison ouattara form the next government after the crisis in ivory coast that killed at least 3000 people now lot of course shuttle to arrive ivory coast yesterday monday afternoon then there was this a warrant of arrest announced by the public prosecutor state prosecutor on television along side with 4 others over investment in addition. to was also charge for climbing to the site of violence against the state and other crisis in the in the country in ivory coast which could set the tone of probably the things to come in the run up to the 2020 presidential elections the public prosecutor made weighty allegations against him sorrow a very notable opposition figure in ivory coast. when our

government says that an oil spill from a sunken ship off the galapagos islands is now under control ship carrying 600 gallons of oil overturned and sank on sunday when a crane fell on it ecuador's navy has placed barriers in absorbent cross around the vessel to prevent too much oil from leaking into the sea the collapse because islands are in esco world heritage site and home to dozens of vulnerable species found nowhere else in the world. now from ecuador to chile the final months of 2019 or so various latin american countries engulfed in daily street protests and while many of them are fighting for their own causes there was one issue that they all had in common inequality a latin american attitude you see in human reports now from the chilean capital santiago. 78 year old widow. is the matriarch of her large family she lives in

a low income san diego neighborhood with her daughter and her 2 grandchildren she had little formal education and worked hard all her life 1st in the fields and then as a maid to help the family get ahead. i worked in homes where people with money do love the staff use the same cutlery as the mostest they did not eat the same food or use the same crockery either. over t. her 48 year old daughter solange concedes that their economic situation has improved but not chile's acute class divisions the 23 year old son is steven studied law the 1st in the family to graduate from university but there's still an invisible barrier. there in miami and. the students from the upper class have countless advantages from not having to study and work at the same time to access to internal ships and jobs their parents belong to the class with clout and they're

not discriminated against because of where they come from. although chile does have the highest per capita income in latin america it also has the highest inequality index the biggest gap between rich and poor in tina for example if you're in the bottom of income you are well made up to 6 generations to get to and to the mean income that's not all a recent study revealed an astonishing statistic women living in the wealthiest suburbs of santiago have a life expectancy 18 years longer than their counterparts in the poorest municipalities in men the difference is 9 years says dr alexander v. this would explain the fact that there is an equality is within the city has to do with the segregation social canonic segregation across the city. this persistent class divide helps explain the recent social outbursts in chile i.

or than 2 months of ongoing protests that have brought hundreds of thousands on to the streets demanding structural reforms to level the playing field. for more last year gone we were born with different aspirations than our parents and we feel the segregation in the upper class areas when our parents go to work but are treated like inferiors in our neighborhoods that aren't any parks any restaurants cinemas or hospitals. we have to leave our communities to access a better life that generates resentment and discontent. the inequalities and class privileges in this highly stratified society have been passed on from generation to generation putting an end to that system as would millions of chileans are now fighting for. to see in human al-jazeera santiago. a british harmlessness charity has opened his annual christmas and has to give people a place to stay over the festive period last year the centers gave more than 4 and

a half 1000 people shelter across britain and this year the charity crisis is highlighting the hidden homelessness of so-called sofa surfing paul brennan reports have been a lot of those tools have been breakfast or over england for the past 20 years russell was one of the 1st arrivals when the doors opened at this center the street is no place to be at christmas or any other time to killed. the nearest dangerous you're all. here all put it in squabbling over drugs it will be it is a bit. it's with the state and. for him this christmas center alleviates the loneliness and boredom of being homeless it means i will be able to spokes will touch. 'd it means i might be able to watch television use a computer occasionally. we'll have a lot of arts and crafts activities in here for the 7 days that these centers are

open they can be a lifeline for homeless guests can get medical checkups advice and counseling as well as a chance to wash and get a haircut and importantly to relax what you see on the last day is a group of transformed people leaving those that come in very suspicious of people from mainstream society and suspicious of the world in which they operate leave you know looking much better having showered having had haircuts had their feet looked at they they'd just leave kind of transformed the most visible form of homelessness is of course rough sleeping in doorways for example but new research from crisis this christmas shows that nearly 6 times as many people are caught in a precarious existence no less so for surfing crisis found 39 percent of sofa surface it stayed at 5 or more different places in the past year including friends and relatives 28 percent had not had a stable home for 4 years or more and 77 percent said their physical health had

suffered as a result we're talking about people with whom i don't even have access to washing facilities to read people who might have to go out during the day when their hostess is there so it's very very unstable situation back at the north london christmas sent to the board games had begun the escapism in company of the centers are only a temporary respite latest figures show the numbers rough sleeping in england had increased 15 percent on the previous year and when this center shuts next week many of the homeless guests here will be back outside again paul brennan on his 0 north london. they. are. probably.

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business updates. going places together. now one of the most prominent relics of new york's $964.00 welfare is being restored as part of a $24000000.00 recovery project the pavilion and its towers were meant to be temporary but remained in place as they were too expensive to ted down kristen sumi went to have a look and spoke to campaign as hoof welcomed the move. they were the

centerpiece of the 1964 world's fair exhibition in new york the observation towers once a bold vision of hope in the future now after decades of neglect a crumbling relic of the past but a new plan aims to update the towers for the 21st century i am excited by this i'm excited that the excitement was catching and that other people felt it too and understood the historic constant storable concept of making sure that this new york city building was saved that it become a tourist attraction for people from all across the world the renovation in flushing meadows queens is projected to cost $24000000.00 and is expected to be complete in the spring of 2021 the work will include water proofing the bases of the towers stair replacements electrical upgrades and conservation work it never would have happened without conservationists who campaigned tirelessly for the overhaul and in recent years did their part to help even chipping in to repaint the

former new york state pavilion next to the towers see history come back to life and see the park sort of you know regain a great icon and a great asset we couldn't be happier we could be more excited for ourselves personally but for everybody who's going to stand to benefit this for generations to come. the groundbreaking ceremony was attended by politicians and by people who took part in the 1964 world's fair the long time waiting you know it's going to be in stages and i hope to be around long enough to seattle done but the so much potential here really is people cared people were interested and they cared and they said no we're not going to let you spend money to tear it down we'd rather spend money to fix it and preserve and protect it and bring it back to life even once the renovation is complete the observation tower will remain off limits to visitors at least for now the hope is it will be a beacon drawing people to this far corner of the city for

a glimpse of its forgotten glory. to being a new generation a chance to create their own memories of the towers christian salumi al-jazeera new york time now for with santa. thank you very much merriam all bangladesh cricket board. insists that its national team won't play a test series in pakistan despite the successful visit by sri lanka and in karachi this week the b.c.b. say they will only play a short t 20 series allow them to assess a safety conditions countries that have avoided test matches in pakistan since the 2009 attack on the sri lankan team bus in lahore bangladesh a stance has drawn as widespread criticism of from pakistan's cricket officials and players. the russian olympic committee says it will join with the country's anti-doping agency to appeal its ban from major sporting events the ban means the

russian athletes will only be able to compete at next year's summer games in tokyo under the lympics flag the world anti-doping agency wada handed russia a 4 year ban for doping in regularities they ruled earlier this month that russia had manipulated doping libertarius data to cover up of past offenses he would use only. the russian anti-doping agency does not agree with the want to sanctions the russian olympic committee will participate in the appeal process the 3rd party because of the olympic charter violations we have selected lawyers which represent our interests now the northwest of england is a hotbed of world football that includes liverpool manchester city united a few kilometers away a club that was once mighty has fallen this year very f.c. or expelled from the english football league fans are holding on to hope that it can be resurrected reports. right now it's the football it was like

having a massive family all we want is just a call to support the new the we feel. what is a football club who is it fall in the shadow of the famous manchester clubs in the northwest of england bury for 134 years bury football club was there for the people of the town they were feared by their bibles and drew big crowds very again that's not like one or twice they won the famous i cup they gave lang ground is now deserted the club close to the mismanagement from their own is largely to blame that the business football has become the norm for us the bangun is one of the most important areas of world football some of the big premier league clubs liverpool bunch of the 30 minute just united all from this

area if i tell my kids 20 football a crop of about a 5th of the football league come from the north west of england is 19 we'll have demise of barry i think it's just it's a working class for us and it always has been it was formed in the mills if you couldn't afford to go to the games as a lot of people couldn't it didn't matter because you could still chance he may on the corner of the street gary hey did you see what happened as you read in the paper you know i don't think people understand much or football fun what is life to then leave and you. owe. playing field so i rise early and still dream of a goal of winning maybe a career in football barry under seventeen's applying little borah. volunteers still providing time and support for young players working with barry's community trust this was the idea that if you bring him through the ranks. be taken

away from them which is a shame. for a. lot of. on the other side of town for a different age group brooklyn football the community work of barely see continuing keek matter is one of the people keeping it alive and now. it just doesn't it isn't the job of dogs is absolutely vital to the lady who. treats him and her parents went to a thing called sports in memories which are for peace which is something we do with people with dementia alzheimer's etc just over there by the social call and she said it's almost keeping the moment out alive the year fell on the premier league game was given as a formed in and so the summer they're going to continue beyond know. james bentley watched his 1st barry game aged 7 with his father 23 was his lucky guy.

who were able to take the field a good line i missed this place with everything in my brain at the moment. i know i don't look forward to the weekend i do a 5 day work in weight monday to friday 9 to 5 in an office and previously. thinking with about football to go through this week amount of i have a good way of going to go through now what are after. fans still come together could bury rise again a phoenix club somewhere down the leagues but alive and we don't want to be in the situation again never a line of individuals who are promising. it's own comes i don't think yes you have hope in some way. to keep going this is one of these fans me weekends this is focused on the phoenix we got to keep our minds to keep even though. we will be very very close friends are bearing the controversial joining the

liquidation process steve dial has stayed away from the town and would not respond to all questions the english football league or expelled the club says it will review its procedures but told a u.k. government inquiry responsibility lies with the owners of barry bonds for many cobs have left skalds a messages of support for former england manager bobby robson once said what is a football club not the buildings or directors or people who represent it it's the noise the passion the feeling of belonging the pride in your town who won't join a football club and what they intend to do with it which club which town is next to suffer the why barry has. al-jazeera in the town of barry. and you can see. especially poor death of

a football club all when say. the n.b.a. is gearing up for some big match ups on christmas day the houston rockets the feds for their game at golden state with victory over sacramento james harden and russell westbrook combined for 62 points a rocket's winning hung set scene to hunt in the fall. and the n.h.l. boston finally broken on once and streak the bruins hadn't beaten the washington capitals in boston and 5 years before the caps a soda up on monday but they had bad taste of that record that with a 73 when the teams had a 5 as well it just to keep things festive. and that's it for me about to marry and thanks very much donna well that wraps up the news hour but i will be back in a moment with a full bulletin for you around up the top stories coming up shortly else here she needs.

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