al jazeera. every. al-jazeera. hello i'm maryam namazie or watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes iraq's president submits his resignation saying he'd rather quits than appoint a prime minister who's been rejected by protesters. reports libya is requesting military support from turkey against attacks from a warlord on tripoli. results expected soon as israel's embattled prime minister faces a challenge to his party leadership. and the controversial

business tycoon taking on georgia's government but will voters saying to his team. and our people step in doha with a lot of support a busy fist of 6 journalist and the premier league with little built on up a point lead in the title race. hello welcome to the program our top story this hour iraq's president has submitted his resignation after refusing to back the man who's been nominated to take charge as the country's new prime minister assad a dunny the governor of the oil rich buster profits is supported by a parliamentary bloc that is closely linked with iran but present barham saleh says dani will not satisfy the demands of protest as for an independent prime minister salah now says he will step down to avoid bloodshed and protect peace since october

more than 450 people have been killed in demonstrations led by people who say iraq's political system is profoundly corrupt dosage of by reports now from the iraqi capital baghdad. a political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraq's president has sent his resignation letter to parliament saying he would rather step down than approve a new prime minister and a 3 page statement by him solace said out of my keenest to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name a satellite downy as a candidate for the next prime minister i danny is the governor of buster province he was nominated for the role by the largest bloc in parliament. that coalition is made up of mainly rain in fact political groups which is why their candidate is being furiously rejected by their opponents i don't he was picked to replace other uphill mettie who resigned in november after months of anti-government protests but

the governor has been accused of neglecting his own province busser is home to more than 70 percent of iraq's oil reserves but locals don't have the basic necessities like clean water and reliable electricity i don't think they will accept his resignation i think they will try to convince them is that you must accept our candidate in a way or another but i don't think he will accept that he will try hard also to push over in just someone who is independent transputer and didn't inside the political process and look for the future of. protestors have strongly rejected i can ease nomination and that's the reason president saleh gave up having the choice it now means since matty's resignation no party has proposed a candidate who has been acceptable to all sides the protests which began here in early october have been about demanding political change in iraq a new electoral law was finally passed on tuesday which seemed to please morsi

rocky's and now it is the latest move by president saleh to reject i done his candidacy is likely to strengthen the demonstrators position for such a pari al jazeera baghdad. is there such a university of exeter strategy and security institute joins us now because barham salih really intend to resign do you think. i think that if push comes to shove he will resign because it's become an untenable position to support any of these kind of the kind of pro regime establishment figures that have been coming out of parliament recently. for example is the governor of the oil rich southern city of iraq and that has been undergoing some severe protests itself have been protests as have been killed there so to appoint him the man who's kind of government governing that area where people have died. is obviously going to fly in the face of what the protesters want and other politicians are tuning into this now

so it's unlikely that he's just going to be waiting to call their bluff i guess the problem is that political blocs these groupings in iraq have really struggled to come up with a candidate for prime minister. for a replacement for idol abdul mattie if barham saleh goes that one step further and submit his resignation does that make the situation even more complicated so you just have more delay more paralysis you know and you also have the problem of needing to appoint a new president and obviously considering the other which is the kind of the the confessional based system that iraq has now divided across ethnic and sectarian lines. you know he's going to have to be a kurdish president so to find a candidate who's willing to step into this morass right then you get out of the water then you have to fill 2 posts so basically they're going to this back his threat to resign puts an end to sidle a danny's chances of taking on him oh well i mean you know i mean what the issue is

that we're seeing is that the parliamentary block so for example the largest parliamentary blocs your own coalition which is headed by mokhtar the souther. they've actually abdicated their responsibility for appointing a prime minister so it's gone down the line to the next biggest block and these blocks are constantly putting forward the kind of the same faces as the problem with iraq it's become like a revolving door same politicians coming in coming out changing positions changing . ministries the protesters have had enough of that so despite all the best and the carnage has been going on in the streets they're still willing to maintain that presence and to maintain the pressure of course you remember even before these protests started whenever it came to the point where a premie at to be appointed by different blocs when they had to submit a candidate and reach an agreement i mean this was something that took months and now that you have the pressure of anger on the streets. it's this is not going to be resolved any time soon is it no there's going to be you could say

a long extended period of paralysis i mean the previous times when there was kind of no real menace on the streets as it were from the people nothing to kind of threaten the administration that was just the extended period of horse trade and just quickly is that likely to fuel the protests this political deadlock this political stalemate or could it lead to things beach you know less could it take the sting out of how people are feeling on the streets and lead to fatigue what might happen actually is that the protesters will realize that they may need to organize politically more so they may actually start to offer their own solutions not to saying look we want you to do x. a while there or point to technocratic government or or someone who's outside of the political process they may start to engage in the politics of the country while trying to remove themselves from the process and then change its root and branch so i think that's what may happen thank you so much to appreciate it. well now we go to libya where the internationally recognized government has formally requested air ground and sea military support from turkey as it battles for control of the

capital tripoli government troops have been fighting an offensive from the walled khalifa after turkey's president says parliament will vote in january on a motion to send troops meanwhile the leaders of russia and italy have jointly called for a peaceful resolution to the crisis why would why i had reports on this now from tripoli. this is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where there's been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. forces loyal to have to are now using the tillery of fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading forces as they take control of civil important luke asians including military camps near the salafi de neighborhood. 2 key says it's a planning to send troops to the new kidneys the government. it wants to prevent have to this forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president trichet

tayyip erdogan says parliament will vote in january on a mandate to send troops to libya inshallah six's in the google god willing on the 8th or the 9th of january we will pass this in our parliament we will be responding to the invitation. we have given i will give all forms of support to the tripoli government which is fighting against just general backed by arab countries and europeans. during a news conference in tunis libya's interior minister the war need that libya's neighboring countries will be affected if true police falls he says have to risk being backed by civil regional countries that are easier than. we know very well there are a mirage he forces an airbase in the east of the country there are also forces from sudan and chad they have all been brought by have target has given them bases and airports in libya without any agreements well we hope that this situation is

worsening as have to as warplanes target civilian locations in and around tripoli. who has voiced concerns over a possible turkish military deployment to libya while president of the un said last week turkey will not stay silent over what he called russian backed missionaries supporting have to happen forces are supported by advance of weapons and flow from several countries including russia france the united arab emirates and egypt turkey appeared to be one of better if your friend of the tripoli based government who are prepared to offer more than mere words to support it. mom would have to do i had a duty of. property. so let's just look at it while it is so important to regional stability the role it plays well since being torn apart by conflict in 2011 it's become a major transit route for refugees and migrants trying to reach europe european governments want to stable libya to stop the flow of people across the

mediterranean but there's also the new maritime border deal signed between libya's internationally recognized government and turkey it comes out a corridor that potentially clears the way for oil and gas exploration as equipment is opposed by greece egypt and israel libya's known oil reserves are also among the largest in the world almost 50000000000 barrels well jason pak is a consultant and the founder of libya analysis joins us now from new jersey and i suppose now we could be on the cost of turkey deploying troops to help the internationally recognized government in tripoli and then i suppose the question becomes whether the the patrons in the outside backers of kleefisch after then increase their support for him and the cons you know how is it going to affect the shape of the conflict then you're right there's a degree to which this is a game of chicken it's important to can text realize huffed are and his libyan national army as the aggressors in april of this year the international community

had set up the national conference scheduled for april 14th in adamus and huffed our supporters were going to be invited but rather than wait for that conference he launched an assault on tripoli on april 4th and since that point there has been an asymmetry of outside support russian emma roddie and egyptian. trainers and drones and military have supported the hof to our side and there's been a paucity of international support for the internationally recognized government with turkey picking up the slack essentially what's happened in the last few weeks is the turks have said they're willing to be the backstop they won't let tripoli fall just as a result of more russian or amorality interference they will put an end counterweight so for the more russian help the turks will deploy their support. that have been some provocative statements from the turkish president about sending in troops to

libya and so that's the decision for that to be an official deployment won't come as any great surprise but have that also been at the same time private conversations between turkey and russia i mean they obviously that they back opposing sides in the war but but what do we know about engagement between them on libya that's an excellent question so we do know that on december 11th and do on spoke directly to putin and they discussed libya and just as they were deep conflicting positions in syria it's not impossible that a lot of this bravado talk of russian mercenaries or talk of direct turkish arms deployments are all bravado so that each side is posturing in a game of chicken prior to doing horse trading either in international conferences or direct leader to leader phone calls although i deplore the transition of the

libya conflict from one in which different libyan factions are fighting each other to and out and out extra tour territorial drone war a proxy war there could be the paradoxical advantage that the more the outside actors are running the show the more they can just pick up the phone and do a deal to hopefully stop the fighting. all right well thank you very much appreciate your thoughts on this jason pak founder of libya analysis joining us there from the jessie my pleasure meanwhile in syria activists say neah freezing temperatures are slowing the government's offensive on the last rebel held province of idlib fightings forced 830000 civilians from their homes this month many into makeshift camps the region suffered weeks of bombardment and as strikes by the syrian government and its russian ally thousands of syrians have been moving north towards the turkish border but the president has warned his country cannot

cope with another influx of refugees from it live russian backed syrian government forces are now focusing on capturing the rebel held city of new money it's strategically important because it sits on a motorway which links the capital damascus to aleppo once syria's largest city mom mohammed is a techie a force that's on the turkey syria border and says that there has been some or spike from aerial bombardment and it. there was a poles in the reichs bottle bombs and shelling the city and the forces have been cutting out in the provinces something save talk been caused by the weather but also give a good opportunity to some of the thousands who've been displaced from their homes to go back and get much needed supplies on household items syrian government forces have been pushing depart into it in the past few days with their sights on the city of misrata new man it is a strategic city that sits on the m 5 highway that links the musk as the cup it

will to aleppo syria's largest city and the very keen to get control over it to ensure that the road is the be all penned and trade and transport between aleppo and damascus unhindered. how more than 100 unflooded 1000 people have fled their homes in the past few days according to the united nations most of them are headed to the syrian turkish border actually most of them to the border crossing of bubble however the turkish government is not allowing any of the displays to cost over into turkish territory and that is now feeling fear is that a humanitarian crisis might unfold on the turkish syrian border in lebanon severe winter storms making life even more difficult for hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees who live their camps near the border are overcrowded and provide

little protection in the colder months that happen and economy in crisis refugees are struggling to access the most basic supplies and harder imports from the bekaa valley. winter is setting in temperatures are falling and there's little to protect the hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees who live in makeshift camps there are no concrete structures because the lebanese government doesn't want syrians to stay here permanently. shelters are not suitable for the cold months and families are complaining the aid they receive is not enough they burn wood to stay warm but many can't afford to buy fuel widow as is somewhat like needs to make ends meet with the less than $150.00 provided by the united nations with. you know how expensive it has become my children no longer meet our friends i can't afford to send them to school during the day they collect wood and i have kidney disease and can't work. those who can work struggle to find

a job lebanon to qana me is in crisis food prices are rising in the local currency the lebanese pound has lost at least a 3rd of its official value. the general situation of course is affecting both lebanese and syrian refugees and the targets mainly are the people who are in severe but it is situation where they are constantly trying to afford and sustain their basic needs and their needs are greater during the winter months refugees are not only facing freezing weather conditions nearly 900000 of the 1000000 syrians registered with the united nations live below its designated poverty line that means surviving on less than $4.00 a day. mud is one of many refugees who rely on you had cash assistance but she recently lost her refugee status and un help because she returned to syria for a few days and that was not alice either for the country as i had to go to damascus

to get my daughter because health care is too expensive here but when we came back and there you and took away our effort to stay just as for that aggregation. her grandson muhammad is forced to work in the fields for $4.00 a day but that is only during the summer the 11 year old never went to school he doesn't read or write so only you. that us i wish i can study. i wish i can get an education. and be able to go with my friends to school. muhammad seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer there because easter levanon. it with the news hour life from london much more still to tell you about indian police are accused of using excessive force against protesters as anger rises over a new citizenship law also. this call for the field was once part of the amazon

tropical forest and i'm going to see a new line in my pocket also where members of an indigenous group believe they also have the right to get into the lucrative agribusiness. and basketball rivalry takes to the court in l.a. peta has more from the christmas and v.a. action. in israel voting has closed and internal party ballot that could threaten prime minister benjamin netanyahu has grip on power is ruling likud party was asked to decide who will lead them interim president a 3rd israeli election in less than a year now his challenger the former education minister good young side says he will be better placed to form a government after national elections in march results in this are expected to come through shortly. we cannot let the

rain and the wind our spirit is stronger than the one the outside. i ask you i ask you we walk together and we brought about great things to the country and in order for us to continue bringing about great things to the country we need to go vote for me for you or i feel a great awakening of voters in the field people understand that today there is a need for a change and god willing to gether we will make this change today. that are going to joins us live now from west jerusalem what's the voter turnout been like in this . mariyam according to a preliminary exit report we've just exit poll we've just seen it appears that benjamin netanyahu will retain control over the coup party he has moral did into his image for more than a decade this exit poll is showing that netanyahu received 71 percent of the vote

his challenger didion sart 28 percent of the vote some people would categorize this as a big win for sar it was believed that if he managed to get about 25 to 30 percent of the members support that he could have a future as the next leader of the likud party we spoke to voters today netanyahu supporters have praised him they said that he's accomplished so much for the country they cite favorable economic conditions a stable security situation they say that he was the only person who could lead the cooed as for sar supporters their approach was this twice they say netanyahu failed to form a government why would there be any different of an outcome a 3rd time many voters were concerned about the corruption charges that netanyahu is facing they view it as tarnishing the party's image weakening the party's

chances in the elections the national elections coming in march 1 source of porter said that quote there's a real feeling of a decay in democracy within the party and also in israel generally there are allegations from the sar camp of election meddling some supporters said that they couldn't find ballots with sars dame on it at polling stations others reported being intimidated by netanyahu supporters. so the consensus is that nasa now who will defeat his challenge and get inside but that won't be the end of his problems . he is definitely in a weakened state and the country. is in the midst of an unprecedented political crisis all intertwined with the legal woes that he is facing he has become the 1st sitting prime minister in israeli history to be indicted in november after

a 3 year long investigation he was charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust he says that the case against him is a politically motivated witchhunt he has until january 1st to ask the knesset to grant him and munity he needs a majority 61 votes incidentally myriam he needed those 61 seats to form a government and failed twice to get that number on tuesday the supreme court is also going to make a ruling or is expected to on whether or not and indicting an indicted sitting prime minister can even form a government one analyst we spoke to say this is the beginning of the end of netanyahu is political career another said do not underestimate the man dubbed the magician he has transformed israeli politics shifted the population to the right and as far as his base is concerned is hugely successful thank you natasha going to a molesters. now at least 30 people have died in the capital of the central african

republic off to fighting broke out between market traders and local fighters this according to the a.f.p. news agency wednesday's violence started when the traders began protesting against taxes the un peacekeeping force says a rapid response force had been sent to the area and at least 40 shops have been burned down. but he's in india being accused of using excessive force against protest as a university and independent investigation by civil rights group found offices indiscriminately beat demonstrators destroyed public property and arrested people on lawfully jaring clashes 2 weeks ago police are also accused of intimidating and firing on a protest as an pradesh state where 18 people killed the demonstrations are against a new citizenship role that's been labeled anti muslim elizabeth purana reports now from the indian capital. bridge amiya many years to me a university in the capital new delhi and that is the police response to protests

that took place here soon also the citizenship law was passed maybe 2 weeks ago that led to protests breaking out at universities around the country not just against the citizenship but to the policeman to the protests and the fact finding team that looks at the response says that police entered campuses unlawfully that they broke the law broke c.c.t.v. cameras that their social security guards they say that they were students that they unlawfully detained many people destroyed property that was not involved in protests and that they used excessive force tear gas charged protests with passions to stop the rally from reaching parliament the fact finding team has said similar tactics were used in the state of. 18 people were killed in protests last week now we've heard from. he has only condemned what he said was violence on the part of

protesters he said that students have an obligation to keep university safe and that protest. were endangering public safety so the government very much defiant in the face of criticism. more still ahead for you on the news hour allegations of spied runs and a police each we'll tell you about the diplomatic battle brewing between bolivia and mexico. thousands gather in southern asia to mark 15 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history and i'm missing out on a century at centurion more from the 1st test between south africa and england. head though that some pretty fine weather across central areas of europe but it really is just one the slice across much of the continent some very unpleasant

weather still across the southeast this is a storm system on its way towards the east still rain pushing in as you can see the across western areas of europe but we have got some nice new scenes this is the southeast of poland the mountains in particular really picking up quite a good amount of the last few days and in the 4 cars now the good news is that through that the eastern end of the med is that is beginning to wind down so by friday still a few shows you will see there quite a lot of rain and some snow again and then quite a line of snow to across the alps as you can see some rain of course in the mild air and it is pretty mild really across much of western europe 11 celsius in paris on friday 9 in london and the rain not making it too far across the u.k. becoming very cloudy those we had through saturday but then as you can see a slice of clear conditions across much of the west europe but some good clear skies and then a lot more snow working its way through poland and on into ukraine as we head into saturday now to the south again northern africa again conditions here are improving

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was. problem back a look at the headlines now iraq's president has submitted his resignation after a few zing to back a man who's been nominated to be prime minister barham salih says danis nomination will not satisfy the demands of protest as for an independent media libya's internationally recognized government has formally requested ground and see support

from turkey as it battles for control of the capital tripoli is present russia wants as parliament will vote in january on a motion to send in troops. and the preliminary exit poll is jesting israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is how long. winning 71 percent of the party leadership vote is challenger the former education minister gideon sars insisted he would be better placed to form a government off to national elections in march. or now iraq's christian leaders have cancelled major christmas celebrations on wednesday in solidarity with anti-government protesters the number of christians is dwindling across the country but the demonstrations against the government are uniting people of all faiths simona faulted reports from baghdad. christmas day and better that a rare occasion to celebrate for a beleaguered minority that has yet to recover from years of violence at the hands of iceland. many here remember the days when christians in iraq numbered in

millions and formed an integral part of society. in the thirty's already the people were in the streets celebrating until late at night you couldn't walk from here to there because of the crowds the christians the muslims and all the place we're celebrating this great day. this year's christmas is once again overshadowed by suffering but this time it's the suffering of others church leaders have cancelled celebrations outside these prayers in solidarity with the victims of a violent crackdown on anti-government protests and now you know that god what do we have a celebrations before people would gather together now everyone stays in their own homes there's no christmas this year you don't have christmas because people are dying. during the sermon the congregation prays for the hundreds of victims and tens of thousands of injured in the protests the vast majority of whom are from the south iraq's christian community has faced a steady decline over the years with those left behind feeling increasingly pushed

to the margins of society and politics but the latest protests unique in that they cut across the religion has brought christians and muslims closer in their demands for justice good governance and a better life. is a christian and has taken. part in demonstrations since they began alongside her muslim compatriots mishearing. for the church and islam there is one god and iraq is just one their cause is al course demands of the same which is to change the entire government and to dissolve the parliament. symbols of christianity put up by both christians and muslims alike can be found across tahrir square muslim protesters have erected christmas trees but instead of lights and ornaments they bear pictures of those killed at the hands of security forces are there to do a. lot of history represents those who died in the $25.00 a revolution and research it's up to commemorate the souls who struggled in the demonstrations and who gave their lives for the sake of the country we would not

forget the blood. it's the 1st time since 2003 that christians and muslims stand united for a nation free of sectarianism and the governments that will serve and protect all regardless of their faith only then could iraq's minorities they say once again thrive and perhaps even regain their former strength simona faulting al jazeera but that now the mexican government is appealing to the international court of justice after a series of disputes with the living here mexico's accuse bolivian police of spying on its diplomatic personnel in the past this after mexico granted asylum to 9 people loyal to bolivia's former president abel morales relations have been strained since morales resigned and then claimed asylum in mexico. it also follows a disputed presidential election is now in argentina a money rapper joins us now from mexico city and so we see more friction between

mexico and bolivia with this application to the international court of justice. that's right mary and this diplomatic rift between mexico and bolivia has been growing over the course of last month since the start of the interim administration led by interim president jenene and yes and of course as you mentioned it was mexico that was 1st to offer political asylum to former bolivian leader evill mortalities following his resignation following pressure from bolivia's armed forces what we're hearing now some time in november the mexican embassy in the bolivian capital capital offered political asylum to 9 individuals including former ministers that served under eval mortalities and what we're hearing this week announced earlier this morning is that mexican officials are saying that at one point there were as many as 90 police officers outside of the mexican embassy in bolivia they've alleged harassment the of the alleged spying even early on thursday

there were 50 elements and 10 police vehicles parked outside of the mexican embassy so mexican officials are now calling on the i.c.j. the international court of justice as well as the united nations to help mediate this dispute we did hear from mexican president and this man to elope is over the border in his warning press conference on thursday saying that he hopes that sense will prevail but again this this rift between mexico and bolivia diplomatically only appears to continue to grow myriam yeah relations appears to be going from bad to west the same serious accusations that diplomatic pressure colds have been violated what then is there a spawns from bolivia. well as you mentioned this is this is something that's been brewing for the last month we heard from bolivia's foreign minister in the past accusing mexico of undermining bolivian democracy in favor of ever more dollars accusing mexico of wanting to interfere in bolivia's upcoming general election but on the question of the talks of i.c.j. bolivia's government minister says that mexico is the one threatening the libyan

officials with taking them to the international court of justice saying quote we will see you there and we will see who has truly violated the treaties referring there to the conference of vienna of 1961 which guarantees the rights and privileges of embassies and diplomatic missions but basically here what we're seeing is is bolivia accusing the mexican embassy of harboring criminals harboring terrorists mexico on the other hand saying that they're simply providing political asylum to people who are fleeing political persecution in the country marry money in mexico city thank you. and yes government says that at least 14 troops have been killed in the village of saddam in the western region of tonight barry the interior ministry says the group was quote ambushed by heavily armed terrorists on wednesday says a fierce battle took place in several of the attackers were killed the security forces had been escorting a team registering people to vote no one has claimed responsibility. meanwhile and

became a fast people their morning off to 2 attacks in the space of just 48 hours at least 12 soldiers were killed when they were ambushed on wednesday night in hell a layperson sume province in the mali and border is the same region where an army base and a nearby town were attacked on chews day $35.00 civilians were killed and 80 gunmen also died in clashes with police and addresses in abuja for an explains why it's been so challenging for picking a fast and its neighbors to prevent such attacks. these forces don't have enough resources to deal with the problem look at mali for example and look at how vast that area is the north in particular much of it is desert and you have a lot of armed groups even before the arrival of al-qaeda and eisel there were rebellions in the north of mali there were also issues of rebellion in this year of problems in brooklyn a fossil and many other countries in this hell and west africa so in nigeria you have boko haram that is spread not only in nigeria it is going to across the border

into cameroon chad in asia republic and some ministry here that some of them are also moving into particular process so without enough resources to deal with these problems to tackle these train fighters from the middle east from libya north africa and the rest it will be difficult for these forces to to to to to take care of the problem and there are also fear that because of these countries many of these countries don't have any strategic value to probably some members of the influential members of the international community they may not see a response like we saw in syria in other countries where international forces are involved and action is being taken. with georgia quick by antigovernment protests and parliamentary elections scheduled for next year a banking magnate has decided to take on the government so robin farseer will call went to meet one day to find out whether in georgia's personality driven political

arena another might be on the rise. the in rural. most successful banker citigroup's the into the of the new hotels. it's the sun adventure. politics is now as i read says main business i start a job this summer president launched his political party. on the black sea the site of his ambitious 2 and a half $1000000000.00 deep sea port but the ports future is in question georgia's government has delayed its support. and for that i'd say and the business partner of fighting a separate fraud investigation accused of laundering many $17000000.00 through their bank t b c. presidency has entered politics to fight back courting voters and challenging the government on prime time t.v.

in live there is certainly a lot of reach you don't want to cross. should you made a deal with them or change not only for you but change qantas future so that's why i just decided to leave business. the government party says has it i'd say mr owen said for the missing millions when you are under investigation and you are just creating. a political party you have to say something or at least hate. about what happened. this is well look i said i'd say street to make the success of this country the way to make a success of these businesses. this is just another oligarch making his way was a case of history repeating itself. there are there are there 2 were a billionaire even a severely entered politics promising to rescue julia from poverty and

a power hungry elite he won a landslide elections in 2012 i was at odds it dislikes the comparison and start the ball myself it's embolden those people who are joining lello the young people they are easy to spot into which is frequent anti-government demonstrations and he just a bold idea and idea is to georgia and i think really we have a big chance to change this country to make it's very successful the maybe a banker who knows how to build a business but it's not. clear yet how many to do. the grieving for steve wilkos and reduce their conflicts. now memorial services are being held across asia to mark the 15th anniversary of the devastating indian ocean tsunami 230000 people were killed in the disaster

reports. it's business as usual for these fishermen in the thai province of punk but on this day 15 years ago a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9 point one earthquake devastated the coastline here. waves as high as 17 and a half meters came crashing in from the ocean killing nearly 5000 people in this village alone. with half the population wiped out nearly everyone who has lost a relative or even a friend. near one chance or a long knows too well that no matter how many years of postes the pain of losing your children never goes away commits you know when 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 is stuck with me and every time i think about it it hurts my these

images shocked the world the day after christmas shortly before 8 am in 2004 the earthquake struck under the sea in northern india. it rippled across the indian ocean triggering a tsunami that hit dozens of countries in asia and along africa's east coast getting close to $230000.00 people and it happened during peak services and the majority of those who died were in indonesia entire villages were flattened. and the carnage of that day is still fresh on the minds of those living in such a province the worst hit area where 170000 people were killed. when you know about half of the government and people have actually today we formally want to thank more than 150 countries that have been involved in helping rehabilitation and reconstruction. rubble there was no one knew the tsunami was coming on that day

there was no early warning systems in place by. it was a global lesson learned. since then more than $400000000.00 has been spent across $28.00 countries on detectors. survivors say the technology is not enough though and that public awareness and education are necessary to save people's lives so i highly doubt al-jazeera our people left homeless by last month's earthquake in albania say the government's not doing enough to help and at least 51 people killed and hundreds of buildings destroyed or for reports. it was here in the albanian village of marjah mother the earthquake was felt the strongest since he had little time to do anything but run without giving us i just grabbed my children everything collapsed within seconds i read out screaming earthquake earthquake. 34 kilometers away in the city of

dudas the force of the earthquake damaged the walls of this high rise building jamming the door and trapping people inside. of that the girl was under a chair but the quake was so strong that it should both her and the chair one break fell off the wall and almost hit her. this little lift of many of today's is hotels a huge setback for businesses and a city that relies heavily on tourism hundreds of houses to a now just rubble many have nowhere to live root is trying to help them through this sap we can see here that i have said that even if the building has been totally destroyed or e.q. eve can be repaired and then we can see when the farm where the family so i say here start even leaving at the end there are in there are a lot of these or even they believe in their building again. but the community has come together providing food and clothes to those in need of the day we're going to

have beans and rice. and it will be we will make at least. it's a 25300 bushels and it's happening with a little help from the albanian government so volunteers have stepped in. we are alone in this business there is an administrative office but it's been closed for more than 10 days people come here to talk to us about their problems and daily challenges after the earthquake there's no one else to help them. back in marja mother this makeshift shelter is where cell and his family are now living they'll spend a cold winter here waiting for help they fear may not come laura frick berg al-jazeera . now to brazil 13 percent of the amazon rainforest is made up of indigenous reserves off limits to farmers who contribute to deforestation present garbles nor is determined to unlock some of that land for economic growth now some of brazil's

indigenous groups say they want to slice of that lucrative ackley business our last america and italy seen human reports. good also which means thick forest is a state in central brazil twice the size of california and better known today for its endless fields of crops and cows. but there's still a lot of tropical forests left including incompetent norval defied s.e.'s the 15000 square kilometer indigenous reserve says of the blue it's here that we meet or. leader of the national indigenous farmers association and like most tribes the used to live from subsistence farming but now they're growing and selling soya and other grains for export as well that is just the home are pregnant women were losing their babies from lack of food children were malnourished but after 15 years of producing greens our lives have changed now we have lots of food the project is

giving us sustainability there was. and his tribe earlier this year received a visit from the agriculture and environmental ministers of the role model for president jade also not his vision for integrating brazil's indigenous communities into mainstream society the project has been vilified by other indigenous groups and many environmentalists who argue that they will lose their culture and further destroy the amazon donaldo disagrees if you're lost on the circle route you know we're in the 21st century of course our culture traditions and identity are important but we can't remain frozen in time indeed these days this traditional palm leaf house is used mostly for meetings guests and religious ceremonies i got side of the reserves the president is also giving the green light to expand brazil's agricultural from tear this road sample is cotton in fact almost

everything that's profitable grows here brazil is already the world leader in so. boy in sugar cane in beef and among the top 3 corn producers but in order for the abbey business to continue to expand it needs more and more land which explains why the brazilian amazon is so coveted. paradoxically brazil's king of soybean is concerned about a global backlash. the president has taken a mistaken approach but i think our mistakes in the agribusiness sectors concerns of a possible boycott against our products may make them realize while the amazon is sovereign brazilian territory needed by the entire world. that the reserve. many foreign governments of expecting indigenous tribes to remain naked eating ants in the forest he explains they using only 1.7 percent of their

territory to grow soya another grains for export he insists they don't need more at least for now to see and human al-jazeera company. brazil. well the latest news coming out here very shortly and it bring you all this one of the world's toughest races that story and much more coming up in this ball stay with us. it really is the international perspective that sets al jazeera apart other news outlets beyond 1st since about 3 pounds adding up simply to our original ism is about public service and making a difference in people's lives i'm amazed every day by reporting on al-jazeera and the places that my colleagues go it inspires me to take

a different approach to how i report news new york. teach it strongman is ruling with an iron fist and the silence from his allies is deafening the u.s. was perfectly happy to trade off the march for city for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even their own citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you won't hear such strong words from let's say berlin or paris or london man in cairo on al-jazeera. pieces and now with this book. mary thank you very much liverpool have laid down

a marker in the english premier league title race the league leaders have moved 13 points clear at the top of the standings on thursday they hamad 2nd place less the 4 nil to strike strummer both of them ina james miller penalty and of trains alexander arnold goal enough to sink. on a busy thursday faced of fixture list southampton provided a big surprise the chelsea frank lampard side were brought down to earth with a bump chelsea were beaten to know at home by the saints thanks to goals from michael epiphanny and nathan rape and life and a new coach make a lot at arsenal saw them come from behind to draw one want to bournemouth end kahlo enter lotty is off to a winning start at everton dominic calvert lewan securing a 10 win over burnley at goodison park and shalott enjoying his 1st premier league game in over 80 years yet most fear the premier league didn't change it was the

same fantastic i'm not here no violence everything and the people that comes with to the stadium i enjoyed football and so that was the primary is always the same but for me today i was happy i was released what a special day jersey merinos tottenham fought back from a goal down to win 21 at home against brighton thanks to 2nd half goals from harry kane in delhi ali but marino like many other managers bemoaning a congested fixture should you all around christmas time any person that understands. physiology. is a crime that they're willing to play football again on unattentive it is against every rule of physiology biology biochemistry is against every every rule to major cricket test started on thursday with clinton to cock

leading the way for south africa against england james anderson took a wicket with the 1st ball of a series for the 1st time since 2007 but the calculated the recovery with $95.00 he felt current it took 4 wickets in south africa close on 277 for 9. it was a busy christmas on the basketball court in the united states the 2 los angeles teams battling it out with lebron james pushing for the 1st lakers n.b.a. title in 10 years but the arrival of a reigning champion at the clippers is giving the brawn a problem right on these doorstep pull reese has more. with co i learned in the team it's been generally smooth sailing for the l.a. clippers clippers but it was point guard patrick beverley who would end up having to headline moment in this game this defensive rebound on 100 baskets in the 2nd just a taste of what was to come from him. le bron james has led the lakers to the top of the standings in the west. in the 3 time champion helped build up an almost

commanding lead in the 4th quarter. but the clippers to big summer signings swung the pendulum back 1st paul george a 6 time n.b.a. all star now helping the clippers step out from the lakers shadow an ally and then leonard n.b.a. champion and finals m.v.p. with the raptors last year and wrapping the lakers defense with $35.00 points on christmas day it's no wonder the lakers were 3 points behind with 6 seconds to play when le bron shape to tie it. i but beverly showed it tended in the crowd not in the basket clippers when 11121062 go 3rd in the west and put down a marker in this growing rivalry whole race out his era the iconic sydney to hobart yacht race started down under on thursday the french designed super maxi come on a made up for a tardy start moving into believe at the halfway stage of the journey organizers have banned satellite phones for race checkpoints amid concerns smoke from nearby

bushfires could affect marine radio signals the race is more than 1000 kilometers takes more than a day and is considered one of the most difficult york races in the world. and finally many politicians find themselves on fern ice throughout the year but that wasn't the case for this up and coming hockey star you wouldn't know it but number 11 right there is russian president vladimir putin he was playing alongside his defense minister among others playing in raid square in moscow have turned into a bit of a presidential new year tradition last year fruiting managed to school 5 goals to lead the seam to a full team tame victory. of course they were on the winning side of marion back to you in london thanks very much peter that wraps up the news al beilby back in mine with a full bulletin for you around up the day's top stories coming up very shortly in

a bit. january on al-jazeera president donald trump is that that president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. leader on the brink of an election before much chilian presidential candidate explores the defeat of left wing political parties across latin america and look at how this year's world economic forum to focus on ways to tackle the impact of climate change an expropriation of family links to the sydney's regime examines it

it's early may now be embracing fascist ideologies most believed gone forever with the general election out of the way bricks it is now setting how moving you can proceed with a transitional period in the coming months january on al-jazeera. what happens when plans for a new life are broad idea railed by committing serious crimes from drug trafficking turn obery to. what it i don't remember how many times it stopped 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 was double exile on al-jazeera. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world.

al jazeera. in. iraq's president submit his resignation saying it rather quits than appoint a prime minister has been rejected by protest is. a very warm welcome to the program i am maryanne demasi and london also coming up. reports that libya is requesting military support from turkey against attacks from . tripoli. results suggest israel's embattled prime minister has survived a leadership challenge to his party to.