on al-jazeera. t.v. scenes of an abandoned town in northern syria at least 12 people were killed in government strikes targeting the last rebel stronghold forcing thousands to flee. fully back to boyer watching al jazeera live from a global headquarters in doha also ahead this hour all christmas celebrations are counseled in booking a fossil after 35 people killed by an armed group in the worst attack in the year plus. india's government pushes through 1000000000 dollar budget for

a population survey that critics fear could be used to further discriminate against muslims or have a live report from new delhi and we look at how a typhoon has disrupted holiday travel for millions in the philippines yes. but 1st some breaking news out of iraq where a new prime minister has been named after parliament approved a critical electoral reform this was one of the main demands of protesters who have been taking to the streets for several months now in iraq the name of the new prime minister is assad nonny and he has been appointed again following this new election reforms and this long gives independent politicians

a better chance of winning seats. in the parliament demonstrations are continuing despite this appointment in iraq will be speaking to our correspondent dorsetshire bar in baghdad in a few minutes to get an update on the situation and also find out more about who the new prime minister of iraq is we move to syria in the meantime where at least 12 people including 6 children have been killed with government forces pushing their offensive deeper into a province the latest attack was on a school in the town of joe boss where hundreds of displaced syrians had been sheltering government forces have made steady gains since a launching an assault to retake the last rebel stronghold vast speak tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the fighting and heading towards the turkish border and syrian government forces are also not closing in on the rebel held city of gnomon in a province most residents have already left the area dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in government attacks on the northwestern city over the last month. the model god take revenge on eve those who

caused us what if we've done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for. god to punish them for displacing us but using all of this to humiliating us for god's sake we have big to live. that speaks to our mohammed idols monitoring the situation for us from near the turkish border with syria a desperate situation as we saw there mohammed for these people who went to live to seek safety in a knob being forced to flee again do we know how many people are on the move and where they're going. well if ali aid workers are saying up to 216 falls' them people have been uprooted from their homes across the province with the last of the displacement coming from the top the city of money the city of such

a cab but also city itself it is the provincial had also solves the problem isn't lost of them on heading to its tuckey should border ruled that they have been using the m 5 itself has been the targets of the aerial bombardments by the russian and city and forces and rescue workers have been saying that 2 vehicles have been hit by strikes in. turn to fall out was and people have died on the road off the been targeted in the tox so most of these people coming. looking for safety and that they come all joined come out of being ground by his charities at the border because they are full force to set up champa on the roadsides. the biggest attack is charted to that's helping the refugees say is it has not been able to come and give the house to all that if they cannot give

individual tons of them and they have been forced to set up tons where many families as many families because they together and stay warm in these harsh winter how significant would it be in iraq on gnomon fanning to government hands i mean the syrian government forces have been pushing deeper into edmond province which is the last rebel have stronghold off or is how would a taking of iraq town amman affect the broader conflict in syria. well no doubt to newman is very strategic in the it sits on the m 5 highway which connects the cup with all the ministers to aleppo which is serious and largest city and it is in the farm group all that are doing forces of the moment and assad's forces are keen to take out a new man opened up the m 5 highway to ensure not only transport but also trade

between damascus i'm aleppo is on the him that it's also a key part of the plan to take every last inch of ted it city under the homs all for the rebel overall position fighters thank you very much for that mohammed i don't live far as. a tech in syria author. returning now to that breaking news story out of iraq which we were we forcing just a few minutes ago the biggest splunk in parliament in iraq has just nominated. as the next iraqi prime minister naive to dos a job in baghdad for a store so an appointment that's been a long time coming who is nonie and will his nomination satisfy protesters. well it is very unlikely that this nomination will go down well here is the governor of a province which is technically the richest province in iraq because it has the

most oil in all of the country but it is actually one of the poorest where the infrastructure is very very dire and the protests that have started investors have been ongoing for many months this governor has been accused of not only corruption but also not paying enough attention to try and remedy the situation in his own province he is. educated about certain self he comes from one of the largest tribes in that province is nomination is seen as again an influence by iran countries because he's been nominated by one of the biggest loss in the parliament i would not walk and it is believed that this nominee with the full backing and the reining in the line groups in iraq in politics so protests is not likely to be happy with this demonstrations going to continue the full. certainly and i think what little good news we had about the new electoral laws that were house on

tuesday evening that were making these demonstrators quite happy this morning will now be all reversed based on this decision this will just show that their position has to go on the demonstrators have to continue because this decision shows that they are not a part of their own political process that they're choosing of the prime minister is not up to the iraqi people but rather the parliament and the largest bloc starting this is a part of tension and the cause of all the demonstrate. the scene and the number of deaths that are now over 485 it is because we want to be able to choose our prime minister and this nomination will certainly to be anger and frustration that is present here thank you for that dosage of a with the latest from baghdad where again the biggest bottom entry blog has nominated assad adani as the next iraqi prime minister moving on to other world news in 2 days of national mourning have been declared in book enough aso after at

least $35.00 civilians were shot dead during an attack in the north and according to the government 80 armed men have also been killed a warning some of the images you're about to see might be disturbing to some of you the attack was launched on an army base in. a nearby town of violence has increased after the military began an offensive against armed groups in november there's been no claim of responsibility so far for the attack so they didn't do it though so you know we have to think about solidarity and national cohesion people women for the most part were getting water and got murdered in cold blood by the terrorists while they were retreating we must show compassion with the populations that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled . in afghanistan 27 peace activists have been abducted a while on a macho the leader of the people speace movement says the group was taken by the taliban in the west and district the taliban has not responded to requests for

comments. thousands of people in the philippines are stranded during the christmas holiday after typhoon found phone made landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports and bus terminals authorities have evacuated coastal areas fearing floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by 30 states want to be low is in manila and. says travis had likely to remain stranded for several days we are outside the main port the off manila where traditionally over the holiday season thousands of passengers wait to board their respective passenger ferries going back to their provinces in different islands in the philippines now christmas is a very important occasion for this predominantly catholic country and as you can see families are waiting here they've got their packages here. but they've had to

spend their christmas eve here because this is here this type of phone or local you know enough personal or maybe a landfall in the central region of the philippines on christmas eve and that has grounded all types of travel in the country and so here they are this is where they spent their christmas eve they've only had food that's been given to them by the philippine coast guard and you have children here who have basically nowhere to sleep and they have nowhere to bathe and they're saying this is has been a very difficult christmas for them i don't look at me at night i'm very sad and i've been crying for days i told my child that i can't do anything they did not let us board the ferry because there's a typhoon and we understand that. as i look over my wife wants us to be too good to be here and there's nothing that we can do now the situation here isn't unique

across the country in different ports thousands more are stranded and it is likely that they will remain stranded until the typhoon leaves the philippines passengers here tell us that they have not been assured that they can leave immediately assoon as the typhoon leaves the philippines they've also been told that it is likely that it will be one more week before they can actually get on their. very school back to their provinces so it is likely that they will be spending new year's here as well . we're getting reports that a plane has crashed into sabang mountain northwest of iran's capital tehran details are limited but iran's official news agency suggests it may have been a military plane or fighter jet no debris has been found yet an investigation is underway. the leaders of a rich area any feel p.r. meeting to push forward stoled peace negotiations eritrean president. arrives in

ethiopia the capital addis ababa way has met prime minister abi ahmed the 2 countries signed a historic peace agreement last year ending a 2 decades military standoff but uncertainty remains around economic cooperation and border crossings in libya at least 4 people have been killed in the latest strikes by forces loyal to warlord holly for half time several others were injured when a vegetable market was struck in the town of thai jura east of tripoli last week have tara nonce what he called a final offensive to take the capital. still ahead on al-jazeera you should not expect that 1st person is on the vacated of killed just because they came from or refugee background sky's the limits we hear from a syrian refugee who tells us about our hopes and dreams after the war. i'm a solid job in kazakhstan and i'll tell you how the country is trying to move away from its hydro called gift economy and finding investment to do sources.

haddo that quite a mixed picture across much of japan we've got some clout and also plenty of rain and seek have plenty of cloud streaming radio across much the northeast of asia so as we go through thursday very cloudy picture throughout much of the korean peninsula it should be mostly dry but to whoring close to freezing in pyongyang it is milder throughout much of honshu 12 celsius in tokyo but that does come in cloudy conditions and the chance of some rain showers and it doesn't really clear by friday in fact of anything the system just sitting to the east that will spread much more in the way of rain snow of course in the cold and certainly to the north so minus 2 in sapporo into those cloudy skies clearing in pyongyang minus 2 there is your daytime high then we had further to the south mostly clear through the

coastal areas of china and knows a cold day in shanghai and. you'll notice the south a massive rain here that of course is typhoon. that is actually on its way to the south china sea but a clearer day again friday generally throughout much of china cooling off in shanghai and this care skies so there is of the typhoon is working its way into the south china sea by thursday a very strong still 185 kilometers an hour those winds by thursday weakening slightly on friday but still with some very heavy amounts of rain particularly through the central philippines. what happens when times for a new life abroad are derailed by committee serious crimes from drug trafficking turn agree to. i don't remember how many times it started the way her boyfriend spoke to me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men

and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind bars double exile on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha reminder of the top stories after months of anti-government protests in iraq the largest block in finally nominated a choice for prime minister aidan his spin the governor of the oil rich boss ripoff and since 27000 in syria at least 12 people have been killed as government forces push their offensive deeper into adlib province they are now closing in on the

rebel house. and 2 days of national mourning have been declared in book enough ah softer at least $35.00 civilians were shot dead during an attack in the north and according to the government 80 of the attackers were killed it happened at an army base in not been done and any a by tom. now the end of the year for many people is a time to reflect on what's happened in the past and also look forward for some who fled war and conflict settling in a new country can be tough and being away from loved ones even harder as hear the story of one syrian refugee who arrived in britain 4 years ago who believes nothing is out of reach my was by a gazelle i'm 20 years old and i'm from damascus syria i'm really hoping to become a commercial pilot one day and you know perhaps be the 1st ever female syrian refugee problem i was 11 when the war sources and it just moved closer and closer

until it happened the mosques were old prepared that we're going to do something at some point because that's what war does that's what everyone's face from experience during the war is losing something whether like a relative a loved one their house their businesses and different stuff so it was almost off whenever like my parents would leave the house they would they would say goodbye as if we might never see them again so we were like we were not living. my mom my 2 younger brothers and i got from damascus to live on the actual fare for on them from the airport we went to turkey and then from turkey to bermuda. i always. believed that if you cation is what's going to define my future and education is how i can represent myself my country my family where i'm from. i knew the kind of stereotypes that people have about refugees of being on

a catered unskilled i just feel like when people look at me i don't want them to define me with the kind of ferret i have the label of it should not expect that 1st person is on the vacated just because they came from a refugee background you don't expect them to be broken soudan like you know the past like they can be you offer your breasts a poor like try to be the kind of street can also expect that you're treating just a normal human being normal impressions and hopes and dreams. to kazakstan which faced with rising pollution and falling oil prices is looking to diversify its economy the government is focusing on investing in environmentally friendly energy projects osama bin javid went to visit one of those 5 jets fans cup shy guy in southeast encaustic south in this where the heating is needed to survive in cuz it stands largest city smoke can be seen billowing from chimneys all around the much

needed heating plants are also major contributors to air pollution because exxon has one of the highest rates of london these in the region according to the world health organization that in this cause is 13 percent of all the deaths here and it's one of the reasons why kazakhstan's authorities are looking for healthier alternatives like this it's one of the largest solar power plants in central asia and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by a $150000.00 tons a year in the early hours solar panel a covered by snow. this engineer has worked in conventional plants for years and says this is the future. of barrel which there are no rotating elements here all panels are static they do not require constant attention we generate electricity with the sun even without the sun we produce but not as good in comparison with traditional energy the costs of creating green energy are great for now but technology is developing and the efficiency of solar panels is growing. the plot

became operational a few weeks ago as the day progresses the sun melts the blanket of snow on the panels within hours electricity production jumps. even in the extreme conditions blanketed in this nor the new will sources of energy sure that they can be relied upon but economies which are dependent on fossil fuels find it cheaper and more convenient to continue to rely on hydrocarbon oil and hydrocarbon exports make up nearly 3 quarters of this country's income and with powerful oil drilling neighbors such as russia and china trying to change that has political implications as well so the government has set up a department to attract foreign investors we had 75. projects which were already implemented by saying you weren't resources 1st of all at talking about solar power plant when paul planned hydro power plant and bio gas now is

alliance which has 92000000000 of investments in kazakstan and then we have u.s. which has around $50000000000.00 of investment and afterwards we have u.k. and we also have russia and we have. series a learnt which is in the top of investors here in kazakstan for this far central asian state with a small population renewable energy is seen as the future the challenge is finding the fastest way to free itself from its centuries old reliance on coal and oil some of injury does appear. india's government has announced new guidelines and approved funds for an updated national population register that critics fear could be used to further discriminate against muslims the survey was introduced in 2010 but for the 1st time people will be asked says share information about the

date and place of birth. of their parents they'll also be asked to give details of identity documents like voter cards driving licenses and passports the government has approved more than $500000000.00 in funding for the exercise prime minister narendra modi's pushing ahead with despite facing backlash over a new citizenship law that's also being viewed as an anti muslim and new delhi there are more protests against the law 25 people have died in violence since the magistrate passed elizabeth is live for us in new delhi so liz what's been the reaction to the government approving funding for this population register. of hollywood just returned from a rally at delhi university in the center of the capital new delhi and we're joined now by one of the speakers at that rally one of the country's most prominent intellectuals award winning author miss royal we saw you at the rally and i know that you're very hopeful about this moment in india now why is that why do you

think we are seeing the biggest protests whether it's against the citizenship law or the national register of citizens will now the national population register that we've seen against the government in the more than 5 years that it's been in power . because this movement intellectually understands and emotionally and passionately understands the horror of this program that the recess has been selling for the last so many years and of course in power since 2014 so they only have this as the one answer to every problem economic social. whatever it is the idea is to wreck their ideas to ratchet up the hatred you know and suddenly young people are just saying sorry but we're not buying this you know and that's why and do you think that the protests that we're seeing by young people by many many people across the country. will make

a difference because even as those protests happened the government passed funding for this national population register which many people see as a precursor to the national register of citizens know it it is a precursor it's the database you know so. they're going to go through with whatever they can go through with you know they're going to go through with every bit of their agenda and they're going to shed blood i mean they've already killing people all over the state of the british because that is where they have the most vicious chief minister acting in tandem with the central government but they're losing power in all the other states so just a few years ago they were in power in so many states separate states you know in india now they just hold power and i think 3 or 4 and 10 chief ministers have already said that they will not allow the national register citizenship they have

not said that they will not allow the n.p.r. which is the softer entry to the us i think people still have to understand that that's a very dangerous thing but i do think that there's a chance if there was a chance here is the chance to stop them and you think that the supreme court will stop them when it hears dozens of petitions against the citizenship amendment actually next month. look i don't know or i don't have much there you know because look at what happened in the samuel of they went ahead with the national registry of citizenship while the supremes court is still hearing the case about whether or not it's constitutional you know so all the damage is already been done and the supreme court is still going along its plodding way and the horror that suddenly showing people in assam because of this few people in india know all you know and so i'm just hoping that it's going to have to take much more. in the supreme court

the supreme court has not stood in the way of the government in any of its agenda so far so i hope it will but i don't have that much will miss roy thank you so much for your time so that is that the void and we are expecting the protests that we've seen over the last 2 weeks to continue until at least until the supreme court does hear those petitions folly thank you very much for that elizabeth branom live for us in new delhi. and millions around the world are celebrating christmas but in hong kong the festive period has been marked by more violence between anti-government protesters and police demonstrators occupied a shopping mall and rallied in the streets around a busy shopping district in colorado and on christmas day this is a most unless the territory has seen in excess. pope francis meanwhile has held the vatican as part of the roman catholic church's traditional christmas celebrations he sent wishes of peace and prosperity to south sudan where peace

negotiations are faulted between rival sides and thousands of christians have gathered at the site where jesus is believed to have been born in bethlehem in the occupied west bank and a scene president mahmoud abbas attended mass said the church of the nativities. 2019 has been one of the holy cities busiest years with nearly 2000000 tourists making the trip al-jazeera is not named reports from bethlehem. music and prayer joy and reflection from the church of the nativities built over the grotto were christians believe jesus christ was born this was the last midnight mass of the decade the. 6 months of planning brought the ospina family from columbia to manger square in bethlehem the recreations especially out to me in the place where we believe jesus was born i don't know how to bring to

some joy to hide and make you know they can not turn out real christmas. these tourists joined a declining population of christians in the holy land experts say in the last century the christian population has decreased more than 15 percent with 1900000 visitors bethlehem is having its best year in 2 decades according to the ministry of tourism and antiquities. that may be in part due to the relative calls in the area yet small business owners such as newbuild jack i'm in say this is not a merry moneymaking christmas i spent all week to correcting preparing for this day and live really i'm a little bit sad dr spending all of this money like that for the $1000.00 for a great day and i still i didn't have a proper picked the biggest attraction seemed to be the 16 metre christmas tree with hand carved nativities tailor made for the selfie age many of those posing for

photos were muslim it's a very magical where's especially with all the different religions coming together here i really really love it really gives me a wrong feeling inside this kind of a message for the world like we are here like we stand to each other like with that we have no conflict with each other the christmas of the 21st century has evolved into something no one could envision centuries ago but christian leaders hope the holy day spirit of good will and peace will always prevail it's going to aim bethlehem. get him fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera after months of anti-government protests in iraq and not just blocking parliament has finally nominated their choice for prime minister assad dhani he's been the governor of the

oil which province of basra sends $27000.00 jabari has more from bank that. what little good news we had about the new electoral laws that were passed on tuesday evening that were making these demonstrators quite happy this morning will now be all reversed based on this decision this will just show that their position has to go on the demonstrators have to continue because this decision shows that they are not a part of their own political process that their choosing of the prime minister is not up to the iraqi people but rather the parliaments and the larger blocks around the political pension and the cause of all the demonstrations of the sea at least 12 people have been killed a syrian government forces pushchair increasingly violent offensive deeper into italy province syrian forces are not closing in on the rebel held city of maharat gnomon in book enough aso 2 days of national mourning have been declared after at least $35.00 civilians were shot dead during an attack in the north or into the

government 80 of the attackers were killed it happened of an army base and a nearby town in afghanistan 27 peace activists have been abducted while on a march the leader of the people species movement says the group was taken by the taliban in the western babu districts the taliban has not responded to requests for comment and india's government has approved funding for an updated national population register which opponents say is on time muslim it follows a new citizenship law and that's led to huge protests across the country finally thousands of people in the philippines have been left stranded on the christmas break us typhoon sound foreign made landfall authorities have evacuated coastal areas hearing floods and landslides those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's inside story thanks so watching.

turkish involvement in libya deepens as anchor moves to support the internationally recognized government militarily will that intensify the conflict he says it's and this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam he say that turkey is considering all kinds of military backing for libya that includes ground marine and support if necessary president to do and also said he's ready to deploy troops if the internationally

recognized government of libya formally requests help the government of national cold or g.n.a.t. has been.