al-jazeera. turkey's president says he'll send troops to libya as requested and will present deployments legislation to parliament in january. well you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the bad people also coming up a 2nd attack in book enough aso just a day after dozens of civilians were killed in the north. an independent report excuses police in india of using an authorized and excessive force against opponents of a new citizenship law. spy corruption cases and to repeat election failure is

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his audi. turkey's president typewriter one says he will be sending troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government to he says it wants to support the tripoli based administration which has been under a months long offensive by forces loyal to wall otani for have to offer president present a bill on the deployment to parliament when it reconvenes in january. from the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assistance to libya's legitimate government against the coup plotter who is receiving support from certain european states libya is a neighboring country as we share maritime border lines in the mediterranean sea once the parliament comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching

turkish troops to libya based on the security cooperation agreement once indorsed by the parliament we will be able to effectively back the legitimate government some states who support the coup general with their jet fighters tanks and militia object to this move and criticize turkey because of it well we have 2 reporters covering this story for us it is standing by in libya's capital tripoli but 1st we speak to mahmoud idol in turkey. the turkish president announcing military backing we knew this was going to happen talk as forests through the process before take issue is going to actually be sent to libya mohammed. well for the process is drawing closer to a conclusion and the realisation of no one's allowed to send troops to leave he's already passed the 1st huddle which was getting parliamentary approval for his military call push an agreement with libya that passed last week and now

a new legislation has to be brought to parliament on the 7th of january as he ses and debated on the 8th and passed it on the day or the following day on the 9th in which he is seeking a monday for troops to be sent to tripoli to hold the government internationally recognized in government of course this is what the last ship platy haas to do that otherwise he will not be able to deploy this troops and that's why they need to get the monday to know what parameters will be the forces be operating under when they are deployed they are on this is a move that is raising regional concern and tension with already tensions rising between turkey and greece and cyprus on one side over the. energy reserves on the east mediterranean sea all right thank you

mohamed indeed a lot of questions on whether the presence of maybe a will help end the conflict or in fact intensify unless i bring in. tripoli not so much do we know what role taking shows will actually play in libya there will be there to support the internationally recognized government of course but where will they be deployed. fully expected the military assistance is a very crucial in this battle to prevent have forces from advancing any further towards the city center that's according to government sources as you know that the military and security corp memorandum of understanding that was signed by the libyan. prime minister face and the turkish president the last month does

not entail sending troops that is why president stressed on demanding all requesting an official request from the g.n.a.t. the government of national accord and now this separate men date to be submitted is to be submitted to the turkish parliament early in january so that the turkish government can send military individuals or turkish troops on the ground in libya as you know that recently have their forces have been advancing in southern tripoli taken control of us throughout egypt locations including military camps and clashes have been going on recently near the day neighborhood a densely populated area and many people are here are very worried that if the fighting gets a closer to the neighborhood then a humanitarian massacre could be witnessed in southern. but the

government sources here say that they have already advanced it weapons on the ground by virtue of their green that was the last a month but again turkish troops on the ground fighting alongside their troops loyal to the government of national accord with definitely make a change in favor of the government on the ground for thank you for that man. forests in tripoli in other world news people in brooklyn a morning after 2 attacks in just 48 hours at least 2 all soldiers were killed when they were ambushed on wednesday night in headley province near the border with mali has the same region where an omni base and a nearby town were attacked on to say 35 civilians and 80 gunmen were killed a warning some of the images you're about to see in models report disturbing. officials in brooklyn a fossil say these are the bodies of some of the men who were attacked i mean

positions and civilians in the north the military says it killed at least 80 of the attackers. it's one of the worst attacks by armed groups since 2014 this attack on a restaurant and we're going to go in 2017 killed dozens of people the government of booking a fossil has declared 2 days of national mourning for victims of tuesday's attack well certainly some of them to do ok so now 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. all there are thousands of international forces in west africa sail region the violence has increased in the past 4 months there are fears of more attacks in november the army launched

a new offensive against local and foreign armed groups operating in the country. many believe the recent attack in more than brooklyn a fossil was a response to this new offensive brooklyn a fossil has seen many attacks in the past 5 years that killed more than 700 people with have a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has. security problems with fighters kenya to the i so regularly cross the border to launch attacks. or kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 2020 and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the task of a decrease al-jazeera applejack now this is only the latest in a series of recent attacks on military personnel in west africa region where mali and booking a fossil have faced the most number of attacks earlier this month 71 soldiers were killed on a military base in asia as west and in mali at least 53 soldiers were killed on

a military post in november it happened just weeks after 2 other raids on military bases which left dozens of soldiers dead also that month at least 37 people were killed in book enough when gunmen ambushed a military convoy transporting minors to work. is visiting senior fellow at the center for africa at the london school of economics he says the region is being challenged by all groups migrating from conflict zones like libya and syria. these jihadist forces and nuns have this mess the reese has found a safe haven within that particular southern region and the. top of west africa south region and is a matter of finding the territory that the kind of pretty an ox of a caliphate and then exist and do whatever you want to do so it's a social fact territory based along religious lines in the course of that.

where the army last night gold in northern iraq in a fire sale of perhaps a mile you'd look at a quantity of facts but it's a show about a flight attendant surely you know that she actually meant to say a religious jihadist agenda syrian activists say near freezing temperatures are slowing the government's offensive on the last rebel held bargain so they'd leave the fighting has forced 130000 civilians from their homes this month many into makeshift camps the region has suffered weeks of artillery bombardment n.-s. strikes by the syrian government and its russian allies about football but how can they do this to us even israel wouldn't do this this is so wrong 20 houses locked into the ground all at once how can this be possible there are no frontlines here just civilians i have got to punish all of them all of these muslim states even turkey turkey is supposed to be the guarantor to stop this madness but the key

protecting russia iran and even assad may god curse him on. a boat has capsized in eastern turkey drowning at least 7 migrants 64 other afghans pakistanis and bangladeshis were saved from lake van by emergency workers the lake is near the border between turkey and iran and is a well use crossing point for migrants heading towards europe. protesters have rocked a major highway in the iraqi capital as they continue their campaign against the government came to a standstill in baghdad as people may down on the roads many protesters have rejected the nomination. as the next prime minister it was put forward by the iranian backed spark in parliament but protesters want an independent candidate to lead the country. others well i want a country and that's why i don't hear what does a country mean if you mean social security and health insurance my mother passed

away at the hospital because there was no medicine and i couldn't afford to go through it without. head of policy analysis at the center for research and policy studies he says it will be difficult to find any candidates who will satisfy the protests from the very beginning they have been actually calling for the. it is ignition of a new prime minister who is independent from all of the parties which have actually somehow hold the country since the us invasion in 2003 and suddenly danny the governor is actually. belong to one of these parties bloc which is backed by iran the governor. is known actually for his mismanagement of basra and. just last year. to be involved in corruption the protesters believe that his a no win nation for prime minister doesn't change anything and also we have to keep in mind that the protesters have so far succeeded in achieving 2 major objective

the 1st one is forcing prime minister. to resign and also forcing the parliament to pass a new electoral law i don't think that they will accept. the nomination of danny or any other nominee. that is not independent. still ahead on al-jazeera struggling to breathe in iran how. no quality surely is being blamed for filling up hospital says. hello welcome to another look at the international full cost of got some slightly quasi weather pushing into japan now the latest area cloud and rain sleet and snow that's in the process of pulling away but still have this legacy of fronts them

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you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories turkey's president says he will send troops so maybe after a request from the internationally recognized government the tripoli administration has been under a months long offensive by forces loyal to warlord holly for have to are at least 10 soldiers have been killed in a 2nd attack in booking a fossils province of soem it came just a day after dozens of civilians were killed in a coordinated attack mia by 2 days of mourning were declared and syrian activists say near freezing temperatures are slowing the government's offensive on the last trouble house province of idlib the fighting has forced 830000 civilians from their homes this month. israeli warplanes have attacked how mosque in gaza no injuries are reported as israeli forces say they were responding to rockets fired from gaza towards ashkelon that's where an election campaign ronnie was being held by caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu israelis are going to the polls

again for the 3rd time after next now failed to form a government but before that national vote his contending with in leadership challenge from his own party at a name reports from western. in april there were fireworks and a jubilant crowd as prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife took the stage to celebrate winning the largest number of seats in the israeli election. tonight is a night of an immense victory 5 months later in front of a sparse crowd a somber netanyahu addressed supporters once again after winning the most seats but failing for a 2nd time to form a government. there can't be and won't be a government that leans on the arab and he zionist parties since then netanyahu has become the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted for bribery fraud and popular breach of trust charges he says are politically motivated now he's fighting to

retain control of his likud party. on thursday more than 100000 likud party members will decide if they'll put their support behind the man who's become the longest serving prime minister in israeli history. or if it's time for new leadership former interior and education minister gideon sar is vying to replace him i think that it's a very good thing that the likud had the primaries i think that. had to call ridge to confront. and i think it's a good indicator that. an attorney owns days are. his last days in power but netanyahu has popularity has remained consistent among his base the economy has been good and the security situation is stable during that in yahoo's

more than 13 years in power he's transformed israeli politics and shifted the country to the right some say he's divided the population and it is a battle against corruption charges he's attempted to deal with genom eyes law enforcement the judiciary and the media at work all over the world this populism. using. claiming that the courts and the media and other elites are after me and i'm of workers and that is of the people and also you have to remember that at least from the point of view of the right wing you know i was very successful by days and is really so find out if he can pull off another victory even if he does he faces another challenge on tuesday the supreme court will rule on whether an indicted prime minister is even allowed to form a government natasha going to name al-jazeera west jerusalem. police in india are

being accused of using unauthorized and excessive force against protesters at new delhi's jamey a university around 2 weeks ago an independent investigation has found officers indiscriminately beast demonstrators destroyed public property and arrested people unlawfully police are also being accused of intimidation and firing on protesters in uttar pradesh where 18 people have been killed in demonstrations against a new citizenship law that's being labelled as on time muslim there speak to elizabeth in new delhi for as so a report of police brutality liz tell us more about the findings of this investigation for us. because we're the only we're in johnny a 1000000 it's me university here in the capital and you generally i mean the. police response to protests which took place here soon off to the middle and shipped over the past 2 weeks ago. to universities around the country not just in

the citizenship but also of the police response to it the fact finding team we've been speaking to your office told us that police entered the campus campuses not just the small but other universities without station that they've broken or laws that they assaulted dogs fifi t.v. cameras being stupid unlawfully detained me will just more public probably wasn't related to the protests at all they also say that police indiscriminately you just. c turn around from here reaching. usually excessive force. charging people what that's not so for all of these things that it's the fact finding to have a hold of the police station dependent commission of inquiry and. police are telling us. most of the violence liz has happened in areas that are controlled.

by the governing b j p and. the demonstrations still seem to be going on despite the fact that the government doesn't seem to be backing down on this citizenship and is. going to put up with all that. and this event can you hear me and. my dad i thought it was very loud here you can see that it is a megaphone just behind me but if we're going to the police were small arms we heard from 5 minutes another the lawyer yesterday and he talked about the protests and the police response very much condemning what he said was violence only the protesters caught saying that students have an obligation to keep university safe when students protest of the fact finding team says that it's actually the government that violated the safety of the security problem everybody should also

spoke about what's happened in with them for their 18 the people killed in the process last week again saying that protestors and danger. safety with * the chief minister was. not supporting for revenge on. the government demanding very defiant in the face of this crisis on the thank you for that elizabeth quantum live for us in new demi. the iranian government is denying no quality fuel is to blame for causing at pollution hospitals are treating thousands of iranians with breathing difficulties smaug in the capital tehran has forced a weeklong shut down of schools. toxic smog hangs over the run schools and kindergartens have been closed for a week children and people with respiratory problems have been told to stay indoors sits at a high altitude and is surrounded by

a mountain range which can trap polluted air the government says it's investing millions of dollars to reduce pollution but many here believe it's the quality of fuel in vehicles that's causing the problem the government insists it's not like this is. the environment department earlier said that gasoline share in an air pollution is minimal the fuels type is not the issue the pollution created for example by nonstandard motorcycles as i'm told the pollution by a motorcycle is equivalent to 7 vehicles and we have many nonstandard motorcycles but on the streets of the city many are not convinced by getting bans in these posts the government should be kind to us and improve the quality of our fuel then we can breathe more easily you don't feel like you're breathing in oxygen at all no add on your looks to go on and if it's not fuel then what is it maybe there are natural factis such as inversion but the major reason is the lead in our kathleen. pollution is the daily story of children in tehran every night they are waiting to

hear that schools are closed tomorrow this pollution is very serious look at people they are wearing a mask and compre they will talk pollution is also taking its toll on the health service with more people being treated in hospital for breathing problems strasse than southport real life more than 60 percent of cars in the streets are older ones 20 years or more they should be replaced with new models these old cars are even worse than the new low quality types produced by domestic auto makers if we can replace these worn out old cars with hybrid or electronic. as we can get rid of this pollution law if we were not under sanctions we could easily import by quality spare parts and get rid of the situation that many in france say they have no choice but to live under this great cloud this time of year you should be able to see the snow capped mountains that surround the run but the behind back there of smog iranians are not only concerned about the health implications of the pollution but also that this robbing them of the idyllic skyline aside big al jazeera the

iran the un is condemning an artillery attack on a market in northern yemen from across the water in saudi arabia the saudis aren't commenting on the cross border shelling which killed at least 17 people including 12 ethiopian migrants they say the 3rd attack within a month on the same market inside a province won't go unpunished protests in hong kong gathering for the 3rd day in shopping malls across the city over the christmas holiday feast on this mall in typo district as protesters chanted anti-government slogans slogans to disrupt shops and restaurants several people were arrested demonstrations in hong kong began more than 6 months ago over an extradition bell but they've since grown into a wider movement demanding more democracy. in the philippines internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the country after typhoon sun phone hit at least 16 people were killed in the storm which tore hoofs of houses and toppled trees planes in ferry services

a suspended stranding thousands of people the storm has now moved off into the south china sea. memorial service is a being held across asia to mock 15 years since the devastating indian ocean tsunami survivors gathered in chem one of the hardest hit villages in thailand 230000 people were killed across 12 countries when ways as high as 17 meters swept through. comment i don't think they died on the day the tsunami hit we couldn't find them until the 28th and their bodies hadn't decomposed at all i often imagine how much they would have thought about me before they took their last breaths but we couldn't find them we couldn't help them this has stuck with me and every time i think about it it hurts. wildfires have ruined christmas for many in chile's 3rd largest city dozens of families are homeless invalid but i saw the fire started in a forest and quickly spread to suburbs nearby bellis port. a

neighborhood wiped out by a wildfire that tore down from the hills a valid part of esau on christmas eve. i live over there and my house was burnt my cousins and uncles were relatives in the street this is my mother's house that house was built by my father i was born here. the port town is renowned for its colorful wooden houses its lift is charcoal hundreds of residents spent christmas day sifting through the debris for items that escaped the place. we were preparing dinner with the family with everything that had already happened in valparaiso with protest we were very sad because we could not work and now we have finally lost what we need to live and stay here. i managed to get the pets and the t.v. out but i couldn't take more because the police took me away there was nothing more that could be done. the fire began on tuesday fanned by strong winds and

a hot dry start to summer firefighters began a ground an aerial if it limit the destruction to move swiftly into the dance neighborhood. at least 60 homes have already been damaged and this number is likely to increase because many are in bad shape so it's difficult to count in these minutes. that number soon. residents did what they could before they were evacuated some using buckets of water to douse the fire annoyed i feel powerless because all the houses are praying another fires coming here and there's my mom's house down this government official survey where the blaze began speculating it had been started deliberately. there is evidence being investigated by. the prosecution post investigators are carrying out all the due diligence to find possible responsibility and if prevented him and the highest penalty. for now though it's residents who are paying the penalty homeless they're sleeping in school buildings

clearing out what's left to start again charlotte dallas al-jazeera. sky watchers across the gulf and southern asia have been treated to a rare solar eclipse it's known as a rain of fire and happens when the morning isn't close enough to the earth to completely obscure the sun and it means you can still see a thin bright ring around the outside the phenomenon lasts about 3 hours. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera turkey's president says he will send troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government the tripoli administration has been under a months long offensive by forces loyal to war latifa have tar once the parliament comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching turkish troops to libya based on security cooperation agreement once indorsed by the parliament we

will be able to effectively back the legitimate government some states who support the coup general with their jet fighters tanks and militia object to this move and criticize turkey because of it. at least 10 soldiers have been killed in a 2nd attack in book province of soome it came just a day after dozens of civilians were killed in a ordinated attack nearby 2 days of mourning were declined declared syrian activists say near freezing temperatures are slowing the government's offensive on the last rebel held. the fighting has forced 130000 civilians from their homes this month a boat has capsized in eastern turkey drowning at least 7 migrants 64 other afghans pakistanis and bangladeshis were saved from made by emergency workers the lake is a well used crossing point for migrants heading towards europe protesters have brought a major highway in the rocky capital as they continue their campaign against the government traffic came to

a standstill in baghdad as people lay down on the road many protesters have rejected the nomination of. the next 5 minister. police in india being accused of using an authorize an excessive force against protesters at new delhi's jama university around 2 weeks ago an independent investigation has found officers indiscriminately beat demonstrate is destroyed public property and arrested people are not fully police are also being accused of intimidating and firing on protesters. who have been demonstrating against a controversial new citizenship law israeli war planes have attacked targets in gaza no injuries are reported israeli forces say they were responding to rockets fired from gaza towards ashkelon you're up state with headlines here on al-jazeera coming up next it's the bottom line stay with us.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have some questions as we say goodbye to 2019 what were the big stories that affected us this past year and what are the big issues that may hit us in 2020 let's get to the bottom line. what are your 21000 turned out to be people took to the streets across asia latin america and the arab world hoping for change the images from beirut in hong kong and caracas have been moving just really riveting the united states and china probably the world's 2 anchor economies today settled in for what looks like a fun to me relationship for the long term and identity politics took hold around the world with more and more people looking inward and turning against others in their own societies in washington the muller investigation into donald trump came and went you.