this is al jazeera. this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes here recedes of an abandoned town in northern syria as government strikes target the last rebel stronghold forcing thousands to flee. turkey's president urges action to end the fighting in libya during a surprise visit to its neighbor tunisia. suffers one of the deadliest attacks more than 30 people were killed in a raid on an ice. typhoon 5 phone sweeps through the philippines causing havoc

with strong winds and heavy right. and we begin in northern syria with thousands of people are fleeing the last rebel stronghold of. syrian government forces and their russian allies are closing in on the city of newman other parts of the loop have been under attack for weeks now while that goes on many syrians are in search of safer conditions for their families thousands are heading towards turkey the violence has displaced more than $130000.00 people this month alone. in not only. may god take revenge on all those who caused this what if we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for mr c. god to punish them for displacing us because using all of this to humiliating us for god's sake we have being created to live. muhammad

a door is that antakya on turkey's border with syria he explains the risks being faced by civilians while they're facing all kinds of dangers from the blitz carried out by a russian city and force. crafts of bombarding villages and towns tools say talk been intended to send these people out of their homes so that the syrian government forces can have a free han dealing with the rebels who are in control of large parts of it we've seen long queues of vehicles. coming to its bubble how entry points in turkey they're not being allowed to cross of course and they are setting up come along the road others have had to go into some big tents that have been put up by turkish chided living together in these. places because the winter

is getting worse and it's getting colder and what is happening right now is the turkish child e.t.s. are telling us that they are working around the clock to ensure that these people have whole tamils and also have what they need but then they are also who are stuck for the off field along the road and they're fearing for their health because they don't have proper sanitation or access to food turkey's president is in tunisia where he's urging action to in the fighting in libya richard type earlier want by the surprise visit to libya's neighbor for talks with president kyra society it once said he believed in as you can promote stability in libya earlier turkey announced it may deploy troops to back me b. is un recognized government which has been facing a months long offensive by warlord relief after his forces. because.

we are not guess without an invitation and if it comes we shall look into it we are in constant communication with them however we should raise an issue the forces president libya more than $5000.00 troops from sudan what are they doing there we should ask why are these forces present in libya a request was made to turkey and that's why turkey answered the call based on the agreement related to our economic zone we have signed agreements to rely on and our movies are based on legality and lawful forms however the other foreign troops have no legality to be present on libyan soil in addition are is not a legitimate representative of the libyan people mahmud up there why it is in tripoli he says to want to pee is keen to get libya's neighbors involved in establishing a cease fire. in this surprise visit by the president of the learn he discussed steps possible steps and corporation with the tunisian president.

to solve and to put a cease fire in place in libya we know despite the fact that a deal done has defended the military and security cooperation agreement that he signed with libya the last month but meanwhile he seems to be keen to involve libya's effective neighboring countries lake tunisia to take part in peace talks in in libya a different also has criticized the contras that have been denouncing the military agreement with libya saying that turkey has. dealt with the only. institution libya which is a government of national accord that is backed by the united nations and the international community somebody who is the editor of international interest card

affairs magazine with a focus on the middle east and north africa he says to news you could be backing turkey's role as a mediator to resolve the crisis in libya. i think let's remember the context these discussions are taking place at such dedication went yesterday to russia to discuss it live and that there were talks that they discussed in libya as well russia has implied that it's ready to entertain the prospect of mediation decadal actually want to send troops it feels that it doesn't want to be forced to send troops to libya it prefers the idea of mediation if we follow this line of thought then we should assume that the libyan parties won't agree to go to moscow for talks because they believe moscow is backing hausner and the parties that back house that it won't go to unchain or turkey to discuss talks to news it is the perfect middle ground and it is a neighboring country it's not backing any of the parties it's a perfect place for the parties together and indeed i cited last week showed an

intention to invite the libyan parties to discussion so when we put all of these dynamics together it may well be that ed again has as has as gotten something from moscow gotten some assurances that they are interested in mediation as well and this is now about setting up this mediation to take place in tunisia. bicheno faso has declared 2 days of national mourning after an attack that killed at least $35.00 people it happened in the northern region of the military says it's killed 80 of the attackers no group has claimed responsibility. 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 population that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled. well because i was once a pocket of calm in the sahara region but security has deteriorated over the past 5

years the removal of longtime president blaise company aura in october 24th scene created a security vacuum which has been exploited by several groups as well as homegrown fighters groups from bali affiliated with al qaida and us all have crossed the border igniting ethnic and religious tensions the un says more than 700 people have been killed since 2015 and almost half a 1000000 have been displaced. he says armed groups have taken advantage of the political instability in the region. over the past years we've seen the fallout and the importation of a movement of fighters as well as arms and munitions from the conflict in libya into the sahara into parts of west africa and how these have helped groups in this region to execute their activities or other to push their agenda in this region so

in addition also governments in the region have not addressed the key issues that give rights to these local armed groups in the possibly for example the issue of poverty but issue of education employment and of course government presences so many communities so these fighters when they come into these areas they explode the situation allying with them with local communities sometimes they even render humanitarian services to this community and also that is that threat of fear be used against a civilian population if they spy on them or have the government forces michael o'boyle is visiting senior fellow at the for was set and for africa at the london school of economics he explains why he thinks some african countries have experienced attacks recently. these say government can trees have played a major role in the global war on terror particularly in hosting military bases drug bases facilities for example i haven't because it's not going to be hosting an

act of terror training camp so they are clearly got packed negligeable war and terror out and as a result are receiving the backlash for got contribution so it is expected that its national community will also be supporting and not is not the time for the u.s. for example to draw in to be drawing down on forces or facilities are actually in the other international community to actually decide not to support asses expected i mean it to us has been holding a few major meetings recently like 4 days ago trying to see how the best the can actually governance forces defeat these these islamist forces and those are going to be a meeting in january with a defiant and present macros to try to thrash are some of these things i think what we really need is a coalition of strong effort this truckie dick capability to try and actually step up to defeat the said and seize. was plenty more ahead on the news hour including

another move by india's government has critics fearing borders from the nation against muslims. should not expect. just because they can't background sky's the limit we hear from a syrian refugee who tells us about her hopes and dreams after fleeing plus in sport the financial threat hanging over english teams in part 2 of our feature death of a football club. iraq's largest parliamentary bloc has nominated assad danny to be the next prime minister but despite governing the oil rich province of basra since 2017 this year candid it has been rejected by iraqi protesters who are calling for an independent candidate he's not been a sion comes after prime minister marty resigned last month under pressure from

anti-government protests more than $450.00 people have been killed in demonstrations that have gripped iraq since october calling for a complete overhaul of the political system well solid me is a legal advisor to the national council for iraqi opposition and he joins us on skype from hartford it's nice to have you with us now that this nomination has been made is this now a fait accompli do we expect that he would become prime minister. thank you very much for having me 1st of all an army to our home my sincere condolences to the families and not ones of those who lost their lives on the streets of iran during these peaceful protests i think the offering of this. governor is in fact not only a disgrace but also a challenge to the protesters on the streets of iraq because they have made their demands quite clear that they do not want anybody who was involved individual

political process system 1003 to date now we have this gentleman who has been accused by the people of bouncer of themselves of not developing their city of also corruption and of very much leniency towards neighboring iran and all of those make him the most unsuitable candidate for being prime minister so i could not i could not see where is their wisdom in offering his name unless it is as i just said a absolute challenge to the will of the protesters and all of the lives that was lost in order to have a real change the political system the rise a couple of questions then it puts the president. in a potentially very difficult position and it also then raises questions about the future of protests we've seen that people have been killed we've seen the crackdown on protesters but if as you say they're going to reject this nomination what are what is their tactics from here. well 1st of all i think i am receiving indications

that they already have rejected this nomination that's number one number 2 i think we are heading in any of that towards an escalation of these protests said this before we may see an escalation from the level of protest around to a level of revolution where by. gender where i protest us from all over iraq would gather in baghdad in order to force a change in government or the opera you've got the entire government i certainly hope that all of this will stay peaceful because if it doesn't then we are going to have a catastrophe on our hands however i think what what's what's happening at the moment is as i said a continuous challenging to the realm of the protesters i don't think that the government will succeed in any of it by submitting to the will of the political parties within parliament and that's exactly what's happening are you know a government is allowing or the there isn't an ounce of a nomination by political parties which is rejected outright part of professors

from the start so any nomination that comes from these but it is rejected so i don't see why they are nominating i think they should start listening to the streets they should start this into the demonstrators why nominating somebody who is completely independent somebody who is possibly an academic all of military background was not been involved in any corruption has not been involved in a major office within government as developing the 3 in order for the true these protests to start at least skating down but i don't think that is happening a month. as you say that's not happening at the moment so what this reveals is ongoing tension ongoing protests and almost an existential crisis for the country because what this nomination shows is that the sectarian nature of politics is so deeply embedded and that is the very thing that the protesters want to see removed . you are absolutely correct that i think one of the very 1st things that the

protesters rejected openly particularly to her square the gracious square backed up was the rejection of any sectarianism yet we see the political parties are holding on to the sectarian agenda and therefore i think they are proving if anything that the protest those were right that nothing could come of this got nothing good could come of this political process and therefore we need an entire change anytime approving of the entire system are they going to change anytime will the government change anytime soon i do not think so because all of the indications prove otherwise and i think one should mention that the recent introduction or the recent letter to reform of the electoral law as a tour of law is a case in point i think the the the preambles of what happened and then degree for the allegedly reforms that we heard about later on after it was voted of all are completely disappointing and therefore i don't see anything good coming out of this

that it will process entirely and as it just said they are proving the protest as absolute wrong with whatever action they take and so the same is been a pleasure to have you on the program sir thank you again thank you. india's government has approved funding for an updated national population register which opponents. it follows a new citizenship law that's led to huge protests across the country it was before . more demonstrations against the controversy a place already in the capital new. year and to protest the protests have been spit on by the government approving funding for this national population register the government says that is just part of the president's national population just over form the face of. the national register of. the country protesting against. that.

act. and i hear at this rally. now that there are protests against the citizenship act and the national register of citizens the government is using a back door in the form of the national population re just we know the economy is ravaged by destroyed the economy with the monetized a hiding that. and a lying about it to the people. but that he made. no protest at all over the country why the. $500000000.00 on a population just when the economy is the worst state in 6 years to stay. on the register 10 states. citizenship carry out the national

register. for the government getting some pushback from the country and. disapprove. of it just. to continue until the supreme court. want to show you again convention on that monday. well earlier we spoke to supreme court lawyer karuna nandi who is in the indian state of goa she explains what impact the mix of law and proposed policy will have on citizens the idea behind the national register citizens is to sort of identify and legends on the people who are seeking to demonstrate. what it does in the us it is not the problem with this is that in a country that is very very short of documentation and also somewhat short of interest this is

a disastrous law because what happens is that you get the point that the electorate you get much lazed you get tribals left out that's the 2nd problem is that of course there is a well discrimination against muslims in those just shipment so there's something of a track for those who can demonstrate that. the us citizens and i think a new christian indeed any other religion but if you're muslim then you can then. be recognized and amenable because that's the only reason left out you see we've also seen in an arson process instead of a sandwich to it so far that has been used as. against muslims as well in that process although a lot and also and that's really what they're going to be all sorts of. what do you

think the damage of perhaps that is us. a state funeral has been held for algeria's military chastely played a key role in asking president carter flicka the tenor general. died on monday after suffering a heart attack laura burden takes a look back at he's live. for years he was the chief of staff of the algerian national army but i heard good solid to mostly be remembered for being behind the resignation of president put a flicker after 2 decades in office. on march 26th this here not long after hundreds of thousands of algerians march in the streets demanding the president's debt down it was get sallust speech urging beautifully get to quit that made that a reality the army backed the arrests of many of put a fleet his allies

a month later supported the newly appointed interim leader. i would. i would like to confirm in truth that the transitional period to prepare for the presidential elections will take place with the oversight of the national people's army which will keep watch over the course of this transition in light of the mutual trust between the people and their army. just last week get salah attended the inauguration of the new president have to measure. but many protests is a boycotted the election that brought him to power saying there was little choice of candidates beyond the established elite get sas spend his entire adult life in the armed forces. a former officer in the national abberation army he spent years working his way to the top of the army. he forced non-serious war of independence against the french and was considered a hero in his country. as

a close ally to then president beautifully in 2004 he became chief of staff of the army and 2013 vice minister of defense. in february this year and the sudden wave of protests algerians demanded the entire government step down. his loyalty to prove flicka had come to an end and he joined the calls from protests as for the president to resign but many algerians turned their anger on to. obviously it is part of the establishment because of different positions in the military it's only recently that some of the protesters well calling for him to go because as far as they were concerned he didn't all that. did not live up to expectations they expected all they

wanted a more open democratic. some protesters are rejecting a 3 day mourning and a calling for real democracy and an end to the military state. sedan is marking one year since the start of a protest movement was brought down former president bashir he was deposed by the military in a transitional government has since been installed among those at the celebrations in khartoum was abdullah handle who was sworn in as prime minister in august that protesters say the revolution is far from over by how demonstrations elsewhere in the city he morgan was there once again we see thousands of to denise taking to the street. this time to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the calls by the city's professional testers station a coalition of sudanese professionals to go to the presidential palace and demand then president bashir step down. now the calls for those protests came just

a few days after demonstrations erupted in the northeastern city over the rising costs of bread and basic commodities but the people of sudan have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands of crackdown by security forces people have. to. change. the military the president. and the transitional government. despite all of that and despite the fact that over the past few months there has been significant change in the country people here are saying that is not enough they're saying that the fact that the party has been dismantled and. they're saying that justice and accountability is yet to be delivered and they say that that has been one of the key demands. and until justice is delivered. to. the

people have been killed. over and things like this would be to regular and will become. the end of the year for many people who reflect on what's happened in the past and also look forward to somebody who fled war and conflict settling in a new country can be tough being away from loved ones even though let's hear the story of one syrian refugee who arrived in britain 4 years ago i believe nothing is out of reach. my with. i'm 20 years old. i'm from damascus syria i'm really hoping to become a commercial pilot one day. you know perhaps being the 1st. here in rec. and when war started and it just moved closer and closer until it happened the masks for 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 all the stuff when i were like 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 on the last of the air 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 the cheated unskilled i just feel like some people look at me i don't want them to define me with these kind of stereotypes and labels you should not expect that those persons on the educated and skilled just

because they came from a refugee background you don't expect them to be broken and soured and like you know the past like they can be you offer your best support and like try to be the kindest you can but also expect that you're treating just a normal human beings with normal additions and hopes and dreams. with the paintings gathered over hundreds of years from people giving thanks for what they see as an act of divine intervention. and there's a tall order. for.

hello there some very unpleasant rain through the eastern and all of the mediterranean of this system will actually work its way further east was through much of northern sections of the middle east now the rain has been particularly heavy already across much of turkey and look at this these the waves to the north of beirut in lebanon some really high seas the winds actually around this particular region probably at about 75 kilometers an hour all the way through northern coastal areas of egypt and on as a say through lebanon up towards turkey as well but look at this a very unpleasant picture of the snow as well through turkey through this high elevations and the whole system gradually working its way eastwards plenty of snow through plenty of rain as well and this whole system works its way across into northern sections of iraq so cool as well in beirut by friday 15 degrees and it will stay. further to the south across here even peninsula we've got most of the conditions the winds have been a little bit cool but fairly light 24 in doha on thursday and we have got this is to hit just sitting really off the coast of oman it does get

a bit closer by the time we head into friday it could just bring a coastal xabi the bulk of the rain will certainly stay offshore where we have. those will continue into madagascar and also pushing across into johannesburg. and you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk to each and every local court layer for the further into the gym or if you join us on say retention has to start from day one whether again you're in detention for your own course this is a dialogue everyone has a voice recording artist a 6 o'clock o'clock coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq. examining the impact of today's headlines you use the misinformation bribe use. by setting the

agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neo fascist mold international filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs to inspire you. on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder about top stories thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel stronghold of the province government forces and their russian allies are closing in on the city of newman. being under attack for weeks. turkey's

president is action to end the fighting in libya. and says he believes tunisia can promote stability in neighboring libya. was to create 2 days of national mourning after an attack that killed at least $35.00 people it happened in the northern region of the military says it's killed 80 of the attackers. thousands of people in the philippines a stranded during the christmas holiday after typhoon fed fund made landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports and bus terminals have evacuated coastal areas fearing floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday to be low is in manila and says travelers there are likely to remain stranded for several days we are outside the main 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 here is type bound for locally known as a personal or made landfall in the central region of the philippines christmas eve one 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 together but to be out of 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 now 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 fareast go back to their provinces so it is likely that they will be spending 2 years here as well. it afghanistan 27 peace activists have been abducted

while the boche the leader of the people's peace movement says the group was taken by the taleban in the west and districts the taleban has not responded to requests for comment. the. spokesman for the peace movement afghanistan he says. some of his colleagues have been captured by the taliban before. this is not 1st time that to be faced with such incidents and this is for time the taliban their culture our members and they're asking certain questions that. who are you and how you started them this is this gathering i just move into the main issues that this moment is. started by local people and this is our effectiveness in the princes in the districts and among the people on the communities is very efficient under people like us because they want peace and they

want to make a good life for themselves and it's. a good life for every afghan and if. his style of are going to mean to interfere but you want to make good life for them the only incident that to this simply happened. distract actually we had planned to conduct a gathering and march and. and but this point says but when our people do a common. they wanted to conduct the covering a much in purpose this incident happened we hope and i reassure the taliban that i will do it. safely and they will be there to get new home from the from the taliban and i did do to provide. proof and evidence that i look at the moment and it's not a letter to anybody and we want just good life and everyone. the leaders of eritrea

and ethiopia may seem to revive store peace negotiations or try and president of work he arrived in the ethiopian capital at a suburb where he was met by prime minister ahmed now the 2 countries signed a historic peace agreement last year ending a 2 decade military standoff but uncertainty remains around economic cooperation and border crossings uganda the fischel says 7 try and football players have disappeared at the end of a regional tournament the players are the latest to defect from eritrea which has been described by human rights groups as one of the most tightly controlled regimes in the world this isn't the 1st time or try and players have done this in 201510 players refused to return home after a tournament to qualify for the world cup in botswana and last october 5 players disappeared in uganda in the middle of a regional maze now it tries government is forcing footballers to pay a bond and surrender their property ownership documents before leaving the country

it's not just footballers every year tens of thousands of eritreans flee mainly to escape in forced military service and rights abuses. is a lecturer killed university in england and he explains why this keeps happening and what the prospects of real change. i think maybe because they've had to ease one of the most of the pacific countries in the world where there are you know why it's strange and because well nations. force military conscription that is indefinite by nature and economy that is not going for society that is very creative and industrious by nature and people are leaving the country to avoid the harsh realities and also the economic the provisions the meaning. i think people who have been observing the countries where hoping that

a peace deal between. would hopefully you know on the brink of space. and give it a chance to have an active save the politics of the country never took the economy but unfortunately you know even after a peace deal has been reached and the chance of a major undertaking 20 asian with neighboring ethiopia with adverted their interest is continuing its. indefinite national has remained in place where that is just the case and. and i think this stage i think it's very difficult to see any hope why the people in place for egypt to move forward. pope francis. the vatican as part of the robben catholic church is traditional christmas celebrations he said wishes of peace and prosperity to south sudan where to go. between the rival sides he also mentioned syria. may

christ bring his lights to the many children suffering from war and conflicts in the middle east and in various countries of the world may bring comfort to the beloved syrian people still see no end to the hostilities that have lacerates their country over the last decade. the consciences of men and women of goodwill he inspired governments and the international community to find solutions that can guarantee the security and the care existed. in the region and to their unspoken is suffering. it's a mexican tradition painting the story of what someone believes was a divide intervention for hundreds of years artists have captured the moment they felt their prayers were answered al-jazeera is alan fischer reports from mexico city. they are from the devote the pious and the grateful thank you mark in recovery good fortune or success in mexico they are called paintings delivered to

the church of devotion after prayers were answered. those who wanted their story to be known ordered these little paintings they were made by artists that worked near the church and people told them their story and they would interpret it painted a road a few lines about it at the bottom of a painting. the idea of giving gifts in fact has been around for thousands of years and even as the survey see the mexico is becoming less religious there are still those commissioning paintings to mark what they see as divine intervention. one of the artists most in demand. from a small studio in a working class is. here in the west of mexico city he's been painting for more than 30 years he started after losing his job as a builder. i started doing what i thought i could do drawing in small pieces of paper cardboard in solace in sardine cans anywhere and at some point i want to sell

them on the street and that was it it's difficult to start as an artist the people give thanks for many things recovery from illness a man being released from prison after a car he was accused of stealing turned up a prostitute who wanted more customers praying for someone's return after the 911 attacks in new york. went to the full as an ex voto painter i hear many stories but my favorites are love stories giving thanks for having found the love of their life because his partner came back when she thought it was over those are nice because the feelings are nice there are always 2nd chances or a lot of photos work is always in demand he said exhibitions in canada germany and even at the world famous lived in paris. but his greatest joy creating for those who live nearby for those who want a permanent reminder of the day when the prayers were answered alan fischer al-jazeera mexico city. people in south lebanon fear another war between israel and

hezbollah could happen in the last conflict in 2006 more than a 1000 lebanese civilians died as tony burke the reports the discovery of oil and gas reserves in waters disputed by lebanon on and israel has raised the stakes. this should be productive farming land but south lebanon has been a war zone for 40 years and areas lie idle for the last 20 years it's been a battleground between israel and hezbollah are enemies separated only by a thin blue line of un peacekeepers. the armed group has amassed a huge stockpile of rockets and missiles that can reach as far as television but as well as its military capability israel is concerned about has was growing power in the current lebanese political crisis. i don't think has the financial means. to. transfer a conflict with the israelis so i think they're not really in

a position to enter a conflict at this stage but on the israeli side maybe israel will see an opportunity and launching a war at this moment that's a constant fear in september there were heavy artillery and rocket exchanges between the 2 sides after an israeli drone attack it lasted only a day but underlined how fragile the peace is along the so-called blue line. the blue line stretches 120 kilometers about 20 kilometers of it is concrete wall but most of it is open and easily cross a ball now in 2006 this was a battleground in the war between hezbollah and israel but the u.n. then was powerless to stop it wrong since then israel and lebanon have disagreed exactly where the land and maritime border runs in some stretches this includes the zone called block 9 in a corridor rich oil and gas reserves have been discovered which are worth tens of millions of dollars and desperately important to lebanon's depleted economy. is

there a. claim that it has some part of it and we claim that it is fall under the current they are in lebanon according to the law of these is a part of the economy than so in this case if israel objected and me and conducted an operation military operation against. the. the companies which are bringing. in this block i think that there will be a war. whatever the reason for a war the outcome is the same for the people of south lebanon they pay the human price the village of kfar killer is right on the blueline it is under hezbollah control and has suffered many civilian casualties in the exchanges with israel especially in the last war 13 years ago. akhmed faqih is 84 years old and he remembers even as a boy hiding in olive groves to avoid israeli shells the prospect of war is

a fact of life he says. either you'll live with the situation or you will leave because some people are scared but the fears are not only from this border it's a general loree when you see the world on fire around you like syria and iraq conventional wisdom suggests that there won't be an immediate war but wisdom is something that has been in short supply in this volatile and unpredictable region for now most can only watch wait and hope tony berkeley al-jazeera nic or a southern lebanon. still ahead on al-jazeera in sport there's a question of the sting world cup soccer we'll have all the day's. january on al-jazeera president donald trump is that the president in history to be

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rising pollution and falling oil prices kazakhstan is looking to diversify its economy the government is focusing on investing in environmentally friendly energy projects osama bin visited one of those projects in this where the heating is needed to survive in cars or to stand 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 lung disease in the region according to the world health organization that in this cause a 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 power 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 plan 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 the blanketed and 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 in hydrocarbon exports make up nearly 3 quarters of this country's income and the powerful oil reliant neighbors such as russia and china are 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 will end resources and 1st of all are talking about solar power plant when paul planned hydro power plant and bio gas now is alliance which has $92000000000.00 of investments in kazakstan and then we have u.s. which has their own 50000000000 of investment and afterwards we have u.k. and we also have russia and we have. so there is

a learnt which is in the top of investors here in cassocks for this vast 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 the sun of injury does appear. and this is the latest in sport with sana thank you very much a fan of a liverpool return to english premier league duty on thursday after coming back from qatar as club but world cup champions manager yogen club takes his team mates to 2nd place less a city liverpool go into the game at temple inthe clear of leicester but they have experience of losing leeds before as they did for the 1st as a bid for the 1st league title since 1990. 2 asian because we would be thought things over before they are over we are not in the same situation because we didn't take each game we played so far 100 percent serious always when i was in

focus and that's what we will be all the premier league is now a world away from a club but that twice won the f.a. cup and were the pride of the town near manchester very f.c. it were kicked out of the english league the season the tail a warning of 4 other teams that could pay the price of financial mismanagement all does is he willing to report in part $2.00 of death of the football club this should have been much to him bury the pictures be maintained in hope but there will be no match. after 134 years of existence barry f.c. is closed today. big clubs including manchester united feared giggling and the white shirts of barry at the time of the 20th century the team won the famous f.a. cup twice. well the big clubs got bigger very couldn't

keep up with. chairman tried but i was stretched themselves a familiar tale the modern football the controversial out of joining the liquidation process steve dial has stayed away from the town the people of barry are angry with him and at the english football league for expelling them but mainly they are heartbroken or almost grieving. and going through something they were remembering all the good times and we're getting upset. so that's something i like about barry and especially grassroots football. we're not going to win every week zoe hitchens staged an exhibition of barry memorabilia a man just. yet there is no shortage of precious memories in the town bizarrely to collect. the given 40 years of support. for him.

back in february of 0. well there is very big strong community. within the mess in the unlucky in the old football the. last really without wall were as big as months they seem on united. we've been a big club. too much money now in the snow sports anymore it's just a business in the. area one of many english clubs who've had severe financial problems 10 kilometers away much. wonders. survivals one of english football's glorious old clubs i nearly went out of business just a few months of guard barry were kicked out of the football league and were punished with points deducted but they were rescued when

a buyer intervened just in time there's just something about mars. as being part of life. and something can't just be taken away from people. and burying crisis in the 1st chairman. bad decisions left him with a lot of debt 2nd chairman steve dale i don't think he's sol was invested in the place and i don't think he was there for the right reasons is meant to have control over both of those people being able to run a football club for me they lost control of the both of those men footballers got to be protected and clubs like barry of got to be protected in the future because once they got the gun. peterborough were meant to be barry's opposition in league one on this particular saturday nothing special but it would have meant something. joy a hot encapsulates barry football can't be so much for coming. was

a player here i'm too busy and manager she had raised awareness of the plight by handcuffing ourselves to the club it means everything is being great a football community we're all. with a morning over the town. generation it will affect. you have to be. really to understand if they're thinking about is they know the death that we feel . over in bolton by school light so when then my. heart your acuity are where. you know i was a. very short yet just what we needed a larger a oh it's hard. to get back in there barry fans just want them

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