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mexico takes a dispute with bolivia to the international courts of justice. and 15 years after a devastating tsunami killed hundreds of thousands of people of many across asia many of those survivors are still struggling to deal with their loss. a fair warm welcome to this hour of news libya's internationally recognized government has made a formal request for turkish military support that's according to the reuters news agency turkey's president has already said that he would be willing to send soldiers to tripoli politicians and ancora could fall within the next fortnight on whether to approve that deployment well turkish forces would be tasked with fending off isis loyal to warlord holly for who began a military offensive to capture the libyan capital in april after is backed by the u.s. egypt russia and jordan and in the past 3 hours egypt's president has ours u.s.

president donald trump. to use his influence to end what he called quote illegal foreign interference in libya often tripoli his head with our top story. this is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where there's been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. forces loyal to warlord liefer hefted are now using artillery fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading have to us forces as they take control of civil important locations including military camps near the salafi de neighborhood. 2 key says it's a planning to send troops to help you and your kidneys the government it wants to prevent have to those forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president.

says parliament will voting january on a mandate to send troops to libya in charlotte 6 years in the god willing on the 8th or the 9th of january we will pass this in our parliament we will be responding to the invitation i 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. 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 tara has given them bases and airports in libya without any agreements we hope that this situation is worsening

as half those war planes target civilian locations in and around tripoli. who has voiced concerns. over a possible turkish military deployment to libya while president has done said last week turkey will not stay silent over what he called russian backed mercenaries supporting cast are after his forces are supported by advanced weapons and troops from several countries including russia france the united arab emirates and egypt turkey appears to be one of very few friends of the tripoli based government who are prepared to offer more than mere words to support it. would have to go ahead it is here to pretty. well the conflict in libya is having a destabilizing effect across the region and as we mentioned in tips is calling on the u.s. to intervene as well she have returned see his in washington d.c. hi there she hops what is the u.s. position then. and that is what we frankly don't have

a clue about it has changed so often there's never really any and a firm line on what's the u.s. official position is on libya all we get is constantly shifting messages whether this is to do with strategic ambiguity well thought out foreign policy or whether it's to do to factionalism and confusion within the trump administration itself as to what it stands for what it wants to stand for is unclear but we have this phone call between the u.s. and egyptian presidents this is what the the us readout is regarding libya the leaders rejected foreign exploitation and agreed that parties must take urgent steps to resolve the conflict before libyans lose control to foreign activists not one of those foreign actors is going to egypt and presidency who was on that call let's look at the objection media and look at that presentation of that conversation l.c.c. asserted to the american president egypt's support for him following the libyan

people in achieving security and stability as well as stressed the importance of the role of the libyan national army after us forces in fighting terrorism that frightens the whole middle east region. that would seem that they're all on the same page but that means that the us is with egypt in supporting. the american position has changed quite a bit initially it was with the un with the internationally recognized position of supporting the government in tripoli that i was reported in around may that egypt and saudi arabia lobby door trying hard to start being more positive so we say to general have to and that was followed in may with a phone call between dogs from that which was seen as deeply symbolic or apparently they talked about how a vision for libya that's pretty significant stuff given that might compare just a few weeks earlier had been had been condemning. but then we had those reports which russia still denies of russian mercenaries all mercenary. that he's being paid for by russia who are actively supporting health and then we had an official

statement from the state department pompei or another saying look there has to be a cease fire immediately we don't necessarily supporting after so long clip but they were saying that this has to stop and now we have this phone call between sisi there and trump apparently they're all the same page so does that mean then that the trump administration is back in with her and the egyptians and so on so we don't really we don't really know what's going on we don't know if this is policy or just part of that pulling back from the middle east where donald trump as we love long reported feels he doesn't have a dog in the fight of the time if the europeans want to get involved everyone else will get involved let them sort it out obviously there are other people in the top of ministration who feel differently so i think it just occurred to me that watching that piece the some of the reporting you did just a moment ago january 8th one of the parliamentarians in libya said we will vote on this by john who the 8th that actually is what i believe that i'm a putin is supposed to be in turkey meeting type. 2 in or greater new gas

pipeline and by the way a lot of this is to do with gases is often the case so that's quite significant if they have a parliamentary vote while putin is that already though whispers of putin and coming together with some sort of important initiative while he's that putin not terribly happy about the idea of turkish intervention but this is adds to all this the general confusion in a very very complex proxy war so you have a chance of there joining us from washington d.c. she had thank you. let's take a look at the white impacts of the libya conflict while libya is a major transit route for migrants and refugees heading to you there's also new maritime border deal between the government in tripoli and turkey a corridor between the 2 but tension clearing the way for oil and gas exploration but greece egypt and israel of poles that agreement and speaking of oil libya is no reserves are amongst the largest in the world in fact nearly 50000000000 barrels and well william morris is

a professor at george washington university's elliott school of international affairs he joins us live from our studio in washington d.c. and william lawrence very warm welcome to the program in your review what is turkey's endgame here and how would their backing on the ground of the un backed government change the shape of of this conflict well it's kind of a win win for turkey on the one hand i don't think anyone really wants to send in troops and he's been signaling in various ways including to the tunisians that there's a cease fire coming that he'd prefer not to bring in troops and on the other hand if he does send in troops though those can be used for the defense of tripoli from the 3000 sudanese mercenaries and 1000 russian mercenaries and and other increasing troop levels it also sends a psychological message both militarily and also regarding the internal an extra line says in libya regarding the libyan conflict and it also helps get us to the

berlin peace conference in january because if tripoli falls that completely changes the turner of that discussion then if tripoli is holding up and there's an actual cease fire and peace deal that can be negotiated and william other likely to be behind the scenes conversations here between russia and turkey is there an element of brinkmanship in what we're seeing here or what we think we might be seeing year . no question and i've seen 10 different versions among the analysts of the deal that could be in the making what's being discussed the turkish form is hers mr was just in moscow having discussions there was a talk of an igloo for trippy a tripoli deal where the russians would be given more of a way forward in italy in any exchange for stepping back in tripoli and increasingly the syrian and and libyan theatres are overlapping in the turkish russia negotiation and putin's also been very astute here because with an increased

turkish presence that also is part of his desire to decrease nato influence in libya so it's turks instead of nato and then he's got that other arms deal with turkey which he's trying to cut in and nato has influence and be his relationship with turkey as well so all of those issues are interconnected now and william what's your view on the the u.s. position or lack of a clear position while it's true that trump has been all over the place and every time he calls him he seems to shade toward taft our but after the phone call on april 4th the white house in the state department immediately walked it back every time trump makes one of these phone calls or tweets to the the larger u.s. government will walk it back because it's really not in the u.s. interest to change sides in support have to are when have to himself is committing most of the war crimes is having the greater destabilizing effect in libya and is

generally not been much of an ally in fighting terrorism in fact it was mostly the western government that got isis out of the coastal and city areas in in libya and have to have barely lifted a finger and so there's a lot of skepticism about how far across the u.s. government even if somehow some time sisi can can convince trump to to do some messaging on behalf of how far. william laurance there professor george washington university's school of international affairs william as always thank you iraq's president says he'd rather resign the name danny as the new prime minister has already been rejected by protesters barham salih has been trying to find a replacement for. the who stepped down last month is decision to quit has done little to satisfy the protesters who've been demanding a complete overhaul of the political system those are the reports now from 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 that approve a new prime minister in a 3 page statement barham saleh said out of my kenya so avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name downey as a candidate for the next prime minister i dani 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 rainin backed political groups which is why their candidate is being furiously rejected by their opponents i don't he was picked to replace the 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 own didn't inside the political process and look for the future of iraq. protesters have strongly rejected i can his nomination and that's the reason president saleh for not approving 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 don't is candidacy is likely to strengthen the demonstrators position for such a pari al jazeera baghdad well mother her shame is the director of the center for

middle east studies at the university of denver he says iraq is going through a dangerous moment for the complicated by iran's influence. i think president barham sala deserves a lot of credit for. the position that he's adopted he's event he effectively is you know pushing the limits of the law in order to preserve political stability in the country and i think what he needs right now is some of vocal support from protesters on the street from the senior clerical establishment ayatollah sistani and from other political parties i think that will perhaps provide him with more. political capital to try and navigate this very dangerous moment that iraq is passing through the people of iraq are not fully sovereign and what i mean by that is that you know the united states but

particularly the islamic republic of iran has a huge amount of influence over the. character and the nature of you know the ebb and flow of iraqi politics last month the new york times and the intercept published these you know secret cables that effectively you know documented that iraq is a vassal state of the islamic republic of iran so any type of you know decision on who will be the next prime minister who form the next government is deeply dependent on what the islamic republic of iran wants to do and this just complicates you know the political. debate inside iraq today. this plenty more on the news hour including benjamin netanyahu holds on to the likud party's leadership ahead of israel's 3rd party mention election in less than a year peace in india accused of using excessive force against people protesting

against a new citizenship law. and sport 13 points clear liverpool lay down a bit more curry in the title premier league race of people will have the details. the un has condemned an artillery attack on a market in northern yemen near the border with saudi arabia 17 people were killed including 12 ethiopian migrants who the say the market in sabah province has been targeted 3 times just one month the side of you a coalition fighting in yemen says it will investigate that attack us president dollars from possessed syrian government and its russian and it rainy and allies to stop the bloodshed in libya province the fighting in the last rebel controlled area has forced 130000 civilians from their homes and that's just this month there have been weeks of artillery bombardment and airstrikes by russia and the syrian

government well our white house correspondent kimberly how could now on the significance of the timing of trump's tweet. this tweet from the u.s. president comes on the heels of statements by the u.n. secretary general where there has been a very strongly worded statement regarding the military escalation the concern about the impact on civilians and also the call for sort of a sation in the violence in terms of the hostilities given the fact that those impacted have been children so there is a concern sort of the world is watching at the u.n. level you add to that that the u.s. congress has been also watching very closely the escalating violence in fact so much so it pushed through a pentagon budget that included very tough sanctions against syria russia and also iran for alleged war crimes the president signed that into law on friday so it appears that this is on his mind and you have to remember in the context of this is

the fact that the united states has already launched air strikes in syria on 2 occasions once and 2017 once in 2800 so there's no other way to read this except that the u.s. president has essentially alerted the world and the countries involved putting them essentially on notice that if people are questioning the relationship of the united states president invited the turkish president to washington last month there was also a bilateral offsite unplanned unscheduled meeting that took place in london at those nato meetings so there is real questioning about the relationship the loyalties of turkey and many people putting that into the microscope here in the united states looking at the president wondering with this tweet what are you doing. well president range of tile bardot and has warned that turkey simply cannot cope with another wave of refugees from india province on its own russian backed syrian government forces and i focusing on capturing the rebel controlled city of moto

moment it sits on an important motorway which links the capital damascus with aleppo one how much it always at an attack and that's on the turkey syria border and he explains that the refugee crisis on the turkish border might escalate if there's no pause in the fighting there was a pause in the reichs battle bombs and shelling syrian before says have been cutting out in the provinces something save talk being 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 the household items syrian government forces have been pushing deployed into it in the past few days with their sights on the city of moderates in their money it is a strategic city that sits on the m $5.00 highway that links the must cause the cup at all to aleppo syria's largest city and they're very keen to get control over it

to assure 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. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared victory in the likud party's leadership contest he was up against veteran politician gideon sa votes are still being counted in the official result is expected late on friday netanyahu will lead the party into an unprecedented 3rd election in just 12 months despite an indictment

for corruption and a failure to secure a majority in 2 elections in the toxic a name is in west jerusalem for us hi there natasha so netanyahu tooted his thanks to all of his supports his adds to what he described as a huge victory but it's not quite the resenting that tree was hoping for why why is that. well his victory was widely expected but his challenger gideon sar did have a respectable showing yet again it's fair to say though that netanyahu proved why he's been given the nickname the magician for pulling off victory after victory despite his legal woes as you mentioned he is facing corruption charges and involving bribery fraud and breach of trust his popularity among his right wing base has remained steady his supporters at the poll said that they are appreciative

of the way that he has promoted their right wing ideologue ideology during his more than 13 year tenure the longest of any prime minister in israel they cited favorable economic conditions as well as a stable security situation as for the saarc camp his voters did listen and reza his pitch appealed to them greatly his pitch was this that if there had been 2 failed attempts at forming a government by netanyahu why would voters expect a different outcome a 3rd time he also expressed concerns that netanyahu is legal woes he is the 1st sitting prime minister in israeli history to be indicted as a tool of turn ishi the party's image and ultimately possibly weakening it

during national elections in march 1 supporter said that netanyahu i'm sorry one supporter said there has been a kind of decay in democracy within the party and in israel in general sars supporters or alleging election meddling as well as voter intimidation netanyahu on the other hand even before a vote. being stopped today julie made an appeal saying that tomorrow he wants sar by his side to unite all of likud in the same way that he is quote united the entire right wing so they can march on to a decisive victory in march attach a can name there with the very latest from west jerusalem that touched off on cue. an independent investigation is find peace in india used quotes on authorized and excessive force against protesters at a university in new delhi

a fortnight ago civil rights group peaceful union for democratic rights has accused the offices of indiscriminately beating demonstrate just destroying public property and arresting people on lawfully he said were also accused of intimidating and firing on protesters in which are protests were 18 people were killed while elizabeth poor on them was at a protest in new delhi and sent us this report urge on me in 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 norm but to the police mr holmes to the protest 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 said that they were eager to do that they unlawfully detained many people destroyed property that was not involved in

protests and that they used excessive force tear gas charged to protest and battens to stop the rally from reaching parliament the fact finding team has said similar tactics were used in the state of whatever their 18 people were killed in protests last week now we've heard from tanisha liberty he has only condemned what he said was violence on the part of the protesters he said that students have an obligation to keep university safe and that protested there were endangering the public safety so the government very much defiant in the face of criticism. the morial services are being held across asia to mark the 15th anniversary of the devastating indian ocean tsunami. 230000 people were killed when massive waves swept into 12 countries sara 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 wall knows too well that no matter how many years of postes the pain of losing your children never goes away come a day 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. 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's happened during peak to receive and the majority of those who died were in indonesia entire villages were flattened. in the carnage of that day is still fresh on the minds of those living in abject province the worst hit area where 170000 people were killed. when you know a 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 because no one knew the tsunami was coming on that day there was no early warning systems in place but 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 hired al-jazeera. still ahead here on al-jazeera have a freezing winter and economic crisis is making life difficult for syrian refugees in lebanon. with apollo just another oligarch on the rise we meet the banking magnate taking on the government in georgia. and basketball rivalry takes him to court in l.a. peter has more from the crispest and be a action. hello

there's some pretty fine weather across much of the southeast of united states this is where the best images are and certainly the clearest skies plenty of cloud. warnings in place there have been full several days and also a storm developing on of the southwest coast pushing into southern california these the storm clouds as they were gathering is really on into friday will see the heaviest of the rain and by friday of that system pushing through the interior so pushing across into the 4 corners region will see snow here and of course also some rain but touches all below the average across the southwest 7 degrees in seattle so feeling cool as well and then really becoming just blanketed with cloud across much of the eastern half the country as we go through friday it is saturday that that will carry away so pretty nice sunny through the eastern seaboard 40. fading a pretty mild really for this time of year but look at this through the central plains the upper midwest we've got the snow in the cold air and a cold rain ahead of it and some of this could be pretty heavy so no so a good day for traveling and then to the south across the caribbean we've got want

to. really would islands on friday fairly heavy rains across central america no real change as we head into saturday cloudy skies in kingston with a high of. day one of a new era in television news we badly need at this moment leadership and felt this encampment that we're in today it didn't exist 3 weeks ago now there's at least 20000 or hinder refugees who live here and. i got to come in you're almost all i'm hearing is good journalism presence 1st of all that has resides after all the lies the attempts of coverups jamal khashoggi his loved ones want some form of closure people are suffering people are dying entire school systems a collapsing we are in the beginning of a mass extinction we saw the syrian army's flag foisted in the city the skipper for

the. goods to massage the mind of a 100 meters away from the front line but such happened after about 15. you're watching the mind of our top stories this hour voices news agencies reporting that libya's internationally recognized government has made a formal request for turkish military support politicians an uncorrupted vote within the next 4 whether to approve

a deployment is aimed at fighting forces loyal to warlord cully fast on. the rocks president's offer to resign after refusing to back the man nominated to become the prime minister but rejected by protesters barham salih says outside olive danis said no my nation won't satisfy the demands for an independent peter. yes president has asked syrian government and its russian and rainy an ally stop the bloodshed in it clipped province weeks of fighting has forced 130000 civilians from their homes many of them into makeshift camps and a harsh winter is making life even more difficult for syrian refugees in lebanon and this year the economic crisis in their host countries making things much worse as in a holder reports now from the bank of. 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 needs to make ends meet with the less than $150.00 provided by the united nations with that. you know how expensive it has become my children no longer eat meat or fruits 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 lebannon 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 out of syria 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 status as bread 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 only the. battles i wish i can study.

i was shaking get an education. and be able to go with my friends to school. mohammad seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer there because easter levanon the chairs government says at least 14 troops were killed in the village of on them and the west western region of tila barre on wednesday the security forces were scorching a team registering people to vote no one has claimed responsibility for that attack . mexico says it's taking a diplomatic dispute with bolivia's new government to the international court of justice they say bolivia's intimidating diplomatic staff and spying on its embassy in la paz well last month makes a call gave for a bolivian president evo morales asylum when he was idea after

a nationwide protest his political rivals and i were in power and they were accused of violating mexico's sovereignty. they push away any temptation to take over or infringe on our sovereignty by wanting to enter our embassy the embassy of mexico in bolivia not even augusta pinochet did that well manuel republic joins us live now from mexico city and money good to talk to you can you get us caught up on this to spew it seems as if the tension between these 2 nations is so only getting worse. juli that's right there's been a friction between bolivia and mexico for about a month now since the start of bolivia's interim government and of course it was mexico as you mentioned that was the 1st country to offer political asylum to former bolivian leader ever more doubt is what's going on now is a sort of war of words that's building up tensions that are building up between diplomats between authorities in both nations on one end you have the libyan

officials saying that mexico is harboring criminals is harboring terrorists at mexico's embassy in the bolivian capital mexico saying that what they're doing is pulled the providing political asylum to 9 individuals 2 of which are former ministers that serve under the leadership of president evill mortalities and the latest that we've heard on thursday is mexico appealing to the international court of justice the i.c.j. and the united nations to help mediate this ongoing dispute the last that we heard from mexican president on this one to look as over the it is for cooler heads to prevail saying that he hopes that common sense will prevail as the dispute drags on julie and manny what about the libyan officials what are we hearing from them and spawns. one thing that we should point out is that diplomatic ties between the 2 countries. still still exist we don't know if that's going to continue to be the case as i mentioned this war of words that's as

collating the last that we heard from bolivian officials today was from former president hoda hickey doga who weighed in and he's been recently appointed as a special delegate to represent bolivia to the international community he called the mexican president a quote coward a bully and a shameless apologist for drug traffickers these are very strong words strong allegations from both sides from both bolivia and and from mexican officials as we said was named a special delegate before the international community we still don't know of a date set by the international court of justice whether or not they're going to provide a neutral ground for both of these countries to. to find a place to dialogue but in the meantime the sort of tension between the 2 nations continues to grow and the allegations from the mexican side is that there is harassment that there is an increased police presence we can even confirm that on thursday there were at least 50 police units and 10 vehicles parked outside of

mexico's embassy in la so that we so we know that the tension continues to be high julie. they're joining us live from mexico city manager thank you. russian security forces have raided the moscow offices of opposition leader alexina but only c.c.t.v. footage shows officers using power tools to force their way into the building and confiscating laptops and all the technical equipment of only one of president vladimir putin's most prominent critics he was barred from running running in last year's election he's linked the raid to a $27.00 team video accusing prime minister dmitry medvedev and billionaire businessman alysha of corruption is the only city on the stump which of course all respects linked together the criminal charges against if p.k. declaring a thing the foreign agent. writes the detention of our employees the thought is coordinated it's part of one operation from one thing to which it's very high you can see this by the forces involved in the death toll from

a typhoon the bats of the philippines on whedon's days reason to 28 with the least a dozen people still missing the storm left a trail of destruction tearing roots of piles isn't talking trees internet and phone services are still down in some parts of the country plain and ferry services are also suspended stranding fire was and is a people weather system has i'm moved into the south china sea now albanians made homeless by last month's earthquake of facing a long winter living in tents 51 people were killed and 5000 of homes flattened the government's accuse of not doing enough to help laura freiburg reports. it was here in the albanian village of my mother the earthquake was felt the strongest zella says he had little time to do anything but run. i just grabbed my children everything collapsed within seconds i read out screaming earthquake earthquake.

34 kilometers away in the city of duty as the force of the earthquake damaged the walls of this high rise building jamming the door and trapping people inside. 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. there's little left of many of daughters 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 not even if the building has been totally destroyed or can be repaired and then we can see when the farm where the family so i say here that 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 marjah mother this makeshift shelter is where cellar 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 . ga is scripted by and to give them an protests and parliamentary elections a shadow for next year a banking magnus decided to take on the government robin for a walk

a met men will kill as it cars at our day to find out whether another businessman is on the rise in georgia's personality driven political arena. the was even willing. to choose most seats 60 think you see depicts the in political figure he tells. her it's the sun adventure. politics is now cash as it had says main business i thought a job this summer because it adds it launched his political party. on the black sea but 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 has it i'd say and the business partner of fighting a separate fraud investigation accused of laundering nearly $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 a certain line of which 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 has to answer for the missing millions when you are under investigation and you aren't just creating. a political party you have tour say something or at least hate. about what happened. this is well look i said i'd say it's 3 to make the success of this country the way to make a success of these businesses this is just another oligarch making is a case of history repeating itself. there are there were

a billionaire even a really entered politics promising to rescue georgia from poverty and a power hungry elite he won landslide elections in 2012 the was that i'd say dislikes the comparison it's not the ball myself it's a bold those people who are joining lello the young. people they are easy to spot into which is frequent antigovernment demonstrations the just the bold idea and idea is to georgia and i think we 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 and it's not clear yet how many good you seem to hit to the wedding 1st he will talk and i just hear a. final solar eclipse of the decade has wide sky watches across

southern asia the phenomenon lasted about 3 hours the so-called annular eclipse or ring of fire are singing along a path stretching from india and pakistan to thailand and indonesia it only happens when the moon isn't close enough to the earth to completely obscure at the sun. competing forces in brazil all want to exploit the amazon rain forest president jar ball scenario has already unlocked more land for farming and development and the c.n.n. reports indigenous groups want a slice of the lucrative agri business as well. mata 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 depressives the 15000 square kilometer indigenous reserve says of the it's here that we meet

a. leader of the national indigenous farmers association and like most tribes the pot s.c.'s used to live from subsistence farming but now they're growing and selling soya and other grains for export as well that is just not the us 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 we have 40 university graduates in law medicine agronomy teachers all working inside our community the project is giving us the staying ability. ronaldo and his tribe earlier this year received a visit from the agriculture and environmental ministers of the role model for president jade 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 for their destroy the amazon canal disagrees with your circle route you know we're in the 21st century the colonial period is over all societies transform and developed and we indigenous peoples are also transforming ourselves 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. mother still leaves ceremonial clothes but now the silk in my family lives in a hamlet of modern houses. outside of the reserves the president is also giving the green light to expand brazil's agricultural frontier this red sample is cotton in fact almost everything that's profitable grows here brazil is already the world

leader in soya and sugarcane 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. results largest slow producer blight on my g. is nevertheless concerned nicknamed the king of soil he was given the golden chainsaw award a few years ago by environmentalists but today he says unlimited deforestation of the amazon is unacceptable especially since it's unleashed a global backlash so that demand to. keep. 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 it's also needed by the entire world. as of the 5 of the back of the reserves as many foreign governments of expecting indigenous tribes to

remain naked eating ants in the forest who 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. you see in human al-jazeera cumple no look at us cease brazil. still ahead here on out. peter has the sports including the latest from one of the world's toughest he ought breaks it's. children born into a city of trash discovered the beauty of music and of the list of places. where the chance to play for the world moment turned their reality into a dream. land

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let's get all the day's sports news there with peter. thank you very much we start in the english premier league where little people have laid down a big marker in the title race the league leaders have moved 13 points clear at the top of the standings on thursday they hammered 2nd place leicester 4 no 2 strikes from reverse of amino a james miller penalty and a train to alexander arnold goal enough to sink. on a busy 3rd they faced a fixture list southampton provided a big surprise at 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 a lottery 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. the premier league didn't change it was the same fantastic have not fear no violence everything and the people that comes with to the stadium enjoyed football and so that was the primary is always the same but for me it was a reception was really it. was 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 this is a crime that they're willing to play football again and on the 10th year it is against every rule of. physiology biology bio chemistry is

against a very very rule. clinton because it led the way for south africa against england on the opening day of the 1st taste james anderson took a wicket with the 1st ball of the series for the 1st time since 2007 but the kaka led the recovery with $95.00 he fell to send car and though current taking 4 wickets s.l. africa closed on $277.00 for 9 it was a busy christmas on the basketball court in the united states the 2 los angeles teams battling it out with le bron 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 resounds 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 just the 3 time champion helped build up an almost commanding lead in the 4th quarter. but the clippers 2 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 storyline and 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 put down a marker in this growing rivalry the whole race out his era. the iconic sydney to hobart yacht race started down under on thursday the french designed super max. made for a tidy 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 red square in moscow have turned into a bit of a presidential new year tradition last year putin managed to school 5 goals to lead the seam to a full team tame victory and that's where we'll leave it for now we'll see you again later for more sports news that's it from me in the team this is our way back

in just to say. legally prescribe for the pain relief of the sick but taken in life threatening doses by millions in search of a fix. huge illegal shipments of the opioid tramadol are flawed because that from. people in power goes to nigeria to investigate the devastating that fiction epidemic that is even fueling the bokhara insurgents. west africa's

opioid crisis on a. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for apache otic reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks midway's karimi was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as he try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is to sacrifice we have to mike to serve this country. and africa's technological at the center of an awful us and brutal poverty to live side by side . in its 1st episode life lapse challenges kenya an app developers to help small scale farmers cultivate a new future but can mobile phones really be the seed of change it's us putting

things because it's already brought people together life out silicon savannah on al-jazeera. turkana and his plans to send troops to libya next month to safeguard tripoli against warlord the us forces. hello there i'm julie we're told this is a live from doha also coming up there ox president says he'll resign rather than approve a candidate for prime minister backed by the biggest block in pot. israel's prime minister survives a leadership challenge ahead of the 3rd election in less than a year. and brazil's indigenous tribes faced tough decisions as they can.