this is al jazeera. elephant doha everyone i'm kemal santa maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera a prisoner swap between ukraine and pro russia separatists is underway right now the latest step to ease 5 years of conflict. also in the news 7 people killed in a drone attack on a military parade in southern yemen. women

in india become a symbol of the protest movement against the contentious citizenship law. taiwan's leader warns china is the biggest threat to its wellbeing pointing to events in hong kong as she tries to bolster her reelection. and i'm thomas with all the sporting kidding as the college playoffs reached the finals play a reporter measures to protect the younger players from head injuries. so as we go to a ukraine and pro russia separatists in the country's aist have begun a prisoner swap the 2nd major exchange since kiev and moscow agreed to swap detainees back in september ukraine and russia's leaders agreed at a paris summit earlier this month to work towards deescalating the conflict that goes back to $24.00 teams so let's start with alex on the record for it who is in

moscow for us how big a move is this alexander as far as. potentially normalizing relations. this is the latest in the whole line of them or still words trying to solve the conflict that's been going on since 2014 and this specific last one is still going on they're still very fine the identity of the prisoners that are being swapped of between ukrainian and the russian backed separatists from dunya tsk and lugansk region the final number at this point is still not known there is a number of 55 mentioned by the representative of donetsk separatists that said that this is how many they will hand over to kiev expecting 87 people in return and some of the people that have been kept by the russian backed separatists are kept since 2015 waiting to be exchanged the released the key of

a list of prisoners that they're going to be handing over to the russian backed separatists at this point is also not known but of what we would read in the ukrainian media it involves also people that were charged with terrorism in hochul in 2015 but also an interesting case of 5 x. a policeman of special forces accused of shooting people in the square of independence in 2014 before the crimea was annexed before the war started in the east of ukraine and the discourse brought this to in kiev itself by people were trying to block that then sion center in which they are or were kept whether they're going to be exchanged at this point we don't know and also this this latest move has a bit of resistance in ukraine. to the president of the lansky who won these elections actually promising that he will end the conflict lasting since 2014 and

has that been the catalyst president cements because as you say 5 years of war and now in september and then in the paris summit as well this movement towards not just prisoner swaps but to trying to end the whole thing. yes present the image the landscape does show that he's willing to cooperate and to compromise and we saw a whole line of wolves there was a prisoner exchange between the states of russia and ukraine in september and then there was the militarization of 3 points on the them occasional line between ukraine and russian back a separatist and finally there was after 3 years a meeting in the normandy formant in barry's a with the presidents of ukraine russia france and the chancellor of germany blas so the face to face talks of the zelinsky and the russian president putin now this point of exchanging prisoners have been the reached also by the previous president

better but all schenkel but then all the things stopped as happened in 2017 so there is some hope of that selenski will manage to go furder then. call data but there is a really a very challenging things laying ahead and that is to have the elections in the separatist area by do you crania under the ukrainian law verified by the ois c e and also to take hold the control over the border between europe and russia and ukraine and this is exactly where they disagree because ukraine wants 1st to have the control over its own border and then to have the elections and russia saying no 1st elections because this is what ukraine signed in 2015 in minsk a so how it is going to go from this point is yet to be seen ok thank you alexandra good lord in moscow just to build on what alexander was saying these ties between ukraine and russia broke down after that 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin

backed president moscow went on to an extreme media and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine in these 5 years we're talking 13000 people at least have been. killed in the fighting the latest prisoner exchanges part of ukrainian president volume is the lewinsky's push for peace but there is anger in ukraine over concessions made to russia in order to secure the ceasefire careful release riot police they were suspected of murder during the 2014 uprising and they've agreed to pull troops from contested regions in the atheists we have gone valentino with us now professor of political science at the national university of kiev a more the academy on skype from kiev thank you for your time is is president selenski giving away too much the pictures we see today are obviously good from exchanges things happening actual developments but is he as i outlined there

possibly giving away too much. it's implementation of presidential promises in promising during the election campaign most of the people want to have peace in the east of ukraine into a stop gel political conflict so president has to implement his promises and it's also part of the decisions of normandy forward to meeting of leaders of france germany russia and ukraine so the president does what was decided at the meeting and what is expected by his electorate definitely there are political forces in ukraine who are not interested in easing of the situation not in deescalation they want to continue fighting until the victory of ukraine which is definitely in the physician but it's maybe profitable for several political forces the extreme

radicals and also for those who are political opponents of the president but anyway the president has enough force military force police force and support of his electorate to implement what he wants now we have protests of nationalist radicals me of the prisons from where the detainees where taken and transported to the border with the separatist controlled regions and definitely now it will happen exchange of duty detained persons in ukraine which are supposed to be $87.00 but we're not sure how much of those will be in fact. transferred to separate regions because as i heard 22 of those said that they do not want to leave ukraine you know this is the fact that absolute majority of those who are exchanged from ukraine the ukraine central government controlled territories to do

the separatist control the territories and on the river. separatist controlled territories to ukraine for 55 on this side the citizens of ukraine maybe only 2 or 3 are citizens of russia right so tell me let me know just how you a quick question here i'm wondering if you can put everything you've just said put it into the bigger context of actually trying to end 5 years of conflict there is this a positive 1st step or is it actually something which can what should i say is it just a little 1st step or is it something that can make a big positive difference as far as ending the whole conflict. in my view it's an absolutely positive step it's a small step but a very important step it's a step in the humanistic direction exchange of all detained for all detained persons it's also one of the measures we are to be implemented like disengagement improving the transition from

one ukrainian area to another ukraine has settled government control area and separatist controlled area and stopping the war but i'm not optimistic as to quick solution of the gel strategic conflict in the east of ukraine there are 3 possible solutions one recognizing the autonomy of the presently uncontrolled territories and their reintegration to ukraine with a status a little bit similar to the status of hong kong or macau china deception thought possible way out is just decreasing the conflict relations and letting separatist regions to be freeze like many other separatist regions in the former soviet union electric destro via transnistria or. or how to say it here separatist from georgia and the 3rd continuing war as it

was before with more or less intensiveness most of the people hope for the solution without containing more but there will be 2 possibilities and i suppose that the presently present president can only afford the 2nd possibility when he had a valid reason of wanted it and further negotiations how to reintegrate you grant the i'm going to have to i'm going after interrupted there because i have got some other news to get to bed thank you so much valentino joining us from care of. that other news right now from yemen actually at least 7 people killed in a reported drone attack on a military graduation parade in southern yemen we've got mohammed a lot with us. from the sun and bring us up to date and we don't have mohammed as shame just seeing him. signaling i will try to reconnect with mohamed in

a moment for that developing news out of yemen right let's have a look at what else is coming up for you on this news hour somalia's president calling for his people to unite against armed groups after a truck bomb kills dozens of people in the capital the united nations sends a rapid response team to central african republic or at least 40 people have been killed in fighting. over the leaders at the top of the standings in the n.b.a. with sana in sport a little later. now turkey has sent doctors and medical supplies to somalia to treat the dozens of people injured in saturday's suicide bombing nearly 80 people were killed in the deadliest attack in mogadishu in 2 years somalia's president is blaming the armed group and says the country will not be demoralized ptolemy tossers following this

one for us from nairobi in neighboring kenya bring us up to date how to. mass funerals will be held for those who were killed there is a concern that some of the hospitals in mother to clip to deal with serious cases serious injuries to take he has sent in a plane with donations and a medical team and they will be there to treat some of the injured people anyone who's considered critical be flown abroad in terms of security it has slightly increased on the ground more police officers and soldiers in mogadishu they made me around security checkpoints that people among the dishes are angry saying why did these attacks keep on happening and the government is under a lot of pressure to improve security in mogadishu and around the country. the attack was carried out joining morning rush hour as many people going to work

and university students heading to campus the bombs exploded at a security checkpoint by many coming into mogadishu. a truck loaded with explosives was decimated at a busy checkpoint the explosion lead to many deaths and injuries most of those died here students who were going to the schools and universities. this explosion is like the one in the junction back in 2007 just a few steps away from where. officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint being used by government troops the group al-shabaab was pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but is still targets high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels. also carried out attacks in neighboring kenya and uganda. is trying to stop attacks like this from happening. so today's tragedy has become a lesson learned since the country is in

a state of war we need to be vigilant against terror attacks since the primary goal of the terrorists is to cause maximum damage to everybody. not only targeting those who work for the government but the entire population for those caught up in the blast and those who lost family members and loved ones that's a little comfort now. the reason why president claims is because it's a certain way operates. but every now and again they manage to come back to the city and they tend to target hotels and security checkpoints for example the one on saturday with a truck. so the people there were telling us that the truck that was used the vehicle that was used was a normal looking people in the car were dressed in civilian clothing so it made it very hard for security forces to identify. it was too late that that was that's was a threat that's what in many many challenges security forces and officials in

somalia facing trying to improve security in the country thank you in nairobi and now on skype from market issue. we've got hold on ali who is a humanitarian and development advisor to the mayor of mogadishu one thank you for your time i'm really trying to get an understanding on how these events affect people in somalia or maybe how the build up to these sorts of events all the security the checkpoints and the constant fear that something like this might happen. thank you. and i think a lot of. physical destruction. all of these threats. sometimes that sense i'd. say are going to. be.

mentally. indigents it's here. that these types are. finding that there. are. many. if not. what more could be actually done to try to prevent attacks because things that. anyone wants to blow up a car or a truck they're going to do it they going to find

a way to do it. finding ways to do it i mean is just more security the. at the moment. it is it. might. not. if it. is. what. it is. but in the end.

senator. kerry. is that they say. thank you so much for your time 2 presidents are going to go back to that story out of. a reporter drone attack. graduation in southern yemen actually. bring us up to that mohammed. yes there are reports that the. it's of was overnight that the pity him of the parade was. bombs and also were planted bombs but the 2. later on be bombed by when the buried is going on but so far so far the we can't confirm that the the security or the transitional forces have not taken care of the security of the of the parade itself but so far the whole fees

who are in more than one occasion targeted parades who are loyal to the transitional forces backed by the united arab emirates. this time the sources say that the the horses have been able unsuccessful to to attack and to or for oil what the according to their words are in terms to foil an attempt to advance towards the northern areas of yemen so the idea is the region of a bar that is situated in a in the middle between the north on the south it's a battle field between the hope these and the saudi u.a.e. backed forces. there are no so far we can confirm that the at least 5 people are dead this attack according to sources were thought to be told me that the we have been able to penetrate their security and also to

activate. extremism extremism extremist elements to in order to carry on this attack or bomb operation but so far these attacks take place in more than one occasion also the al qaeda has claimed responsibility of targeting military personel in the south on a laptop with the latest from sun i thank you. thank you now india's opposition congress party is describing the new citizenship law as an attack on indian traditions culture and history and legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to become indian citizens but protesters say the law violates the secular constitution by excluding muslim refugees and migrants. are us with us now from new delhi 1st of all tell us about the event that you are actually at.

the university. university has become the epicenter of against the french a solution and the students today. and then we enacted the minds 'd of. the last and the university outside and so i. thought that some of these. are all the ways in my ringback life some of the students and. i don't even went inside the library students came out saying that i was not ok. in solidarity i want to say. that they do not expect this sort of that going to. happen the lives of patients are going to. say they are not going to let the problems with the. jones or the legislation the problem isn't with the

national register of the reasons. they want to go to the home minister said even the prime minister later said that he joined the national registry of citizens that's a problem because this national register citizen exercise happens across the country and that is why the he'll do want to ringback do use this new legislation says you're going to act as if. you don't have proper documents to feed dogs. mundo. that. this is not true. for the 16 days into the nationwide protests against the contentious citizenship law and the women of new delhi are undeterred by the 26 dead arrests of a 1000 and the biting cold. in the vote the police say they are only maintaining law and order and denying trying to quell the protests. some of them violent.

these women say they feel threatened by the police and accuse some officers of committing what they call atrocities. shahin courser is leading the female protesters have been is not ethically the women are protesting for their safety and to protect their children fear has taken hold of them since the clashes so they want the government to come here and assuage their concerns. but no one from the government has gone these women are bringing the board with their infants. protests against the controversial citizenship they say the violence abuse by the police to suppress the protests including beating up students in a nearby university let them go and since they're out on seeing the man that was shot in course or vividly remembers the events of 13th december the day she says policeman 1st trashed the students of johnny amelia slung a university with stakes like the 1st for the children of many of the women protest

a study that. she says she's never seen them so angry and scared as they rushed to help side the homemade is a women's rights activists who has long experience of working with muslim women she says the police brutality and the unjust citizenship law have forced women even from relatively conservative backgrounds to step out and protest never never have i seen this kind of spontaneous. outpouring of the editing in protest by muslim women they are afraid for the next generation for their children they had a fear that they may become either a few jews in their own land or they may be torn out the mother of 6 says police have pressured her husband to stop her protesting she is equally concerned by divisions within the protest movement and says the lack of leadership may be just the win for india's government is looking for. the leader of the congress party

support the protests along with other parties opposed to the ruling hindu nationalist b.g.p. on saturday the whole gandhi visited the north-east 8 of us where the protests 1st began over 2 weeks ago and. back in the capital the female protesters say they're not against one political party in favor of another they just want the basic right to be able to live safely and with dignity in their homeland. until there's so much opposition from protesters from politicians as well the key really is the government and whether it wants to move at all and do you think there is any sign of that. there's no sign of that we have those see that as i mentioned earlier that the prime minister did sort of backtrack. that the national register of citizen no one's talking about of the government or the government of the said that the ca n.r.c.

which i've explained earlier are not trying to do that the law minister as recently as yesterday as told in the newspaper that an r.c. already much a plan of the government but it could only be implemented after proper procedures have been followed so there's a lot of confusion as far as what the government's plans are with these protesters say they don't have any doubts that the government is going to be implementing both of us citizenship amendment which just not to include muslim or migrants and the last of the citizens which is basically a list of citizens based on documents and i mean. provided it's been invented and then you know who's very able to use as you see a citizenship noise machine that muslims will not have the same protections of these protesters say they don't have any doubt that political parties several long b.g.p. political parties say they don't have any doubt they want to make a donation my campaign against this legislation and against an r.c.

now and this actually now is turning into also a political movement it started as a student but it does actually become a big political will that have these protesters because they have a buffer for the politicians whether they are from the opposition parties and the protesters together are demanding the draw of this fact. and so far and you tell me thank you for that. in a few moments on al-jazeera a live weather update jenny harrison issues and still ahead on this news after yet more political unrest in iraq we're looking at what 2020 might have in store. also taking a trip to the circus in paris but why is there a struggle to sell tickets in the former world number one delays his comeback to grand slam tennis following surgery santa has your sports a little later. hello

there it is a wet and wintry end to 2019 coming up of course with all that just yet but it will be sunny across the northern sections of the united states on the winter weather has already been coming down this is denver just look at these driving conditions so really very hazardous indeed and then to the north of there up into minnesota this is a place called eden prairie now look at this you're looking at a big school bus but believe it or not there was no be hot and this is no real damage done either but it was a just literally one sheet ice it couldn't do anything but the people inside that bus they were actually an ice hockey team on their way to play ice ok now this is the weather as we continue through sunday this is the system we've got the snow in the cold air we've also got some very heavy amounts of rain so where we've got this winter weather there are 23000000 people under some form of wind whether advisory but at the same time with the rain which will be heavy we've also got many many

flood advisories in place as well so monday then on into choose they choose of course being new year's eve we have still got some snow on the full cost to settle snow into southern ontario toronto also a but really for the bulk of the u.s. it doesn't look too bad atoll say the midnight hour in new york it will be clear 4 celsius the same in atlanta and a little bit cold in chicago. but drive to see in the new year. the weather sponsored by cattle or at least. what happens when plans for a new life are brewed idea railed by committing serious crimes from drug trafficking turn obery to. what it is i don't remember how many times it stabbed her 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 mas double exile on al-jazeera. the

stories generate thousands of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison doesn't mean rights stopped at the gate separate the spin from the facts you western media jumps on stories we don't taking down the misinformation from the journalism it's about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground with the listening post on al-jazeera. or on the news i hear at al-jazeera and these are our top stories a prisoner swap has begun in ukraine with pro russian separatists the 2nd major

release of prisoners since september. at least 7 people killed in yemen after a drone hit a military graduation rate the security belt forces which are allied to the government say the attack happened in the southern town of balad. and turkey has sent doctors and medical supplies to somalia to treat dozens of people injured in saturday's suicide bombing nearly 80 people were killed in the deadliest attack in mogadishu in 2 years. now demonstrators of demonstrators have gathered in central hong kong saying they won't back down from the protests that have disrupted the city for more than 6 months to stick to their demands for change against china's increasing influence over the territory florence law is there with the protesters in hong kong. about $300.00 protesters or supporters of the protest movement there dressed mostly in black with a small so they're not immediately recognizable by police that's become the usual

uniform of people attending such rallies police have issued a letter of no objection to this gathering which means they deemed this to be a legal offending so we're not seeing a heavy or obvious needs presence but we know they are in the area where we're seeing here there's been a stage set up we will have been listening to speeches various people have gone up to speak i'm including joshua along the kind of thing as one of the leaders of the protest movement have been talking about that experience is in protest and the can talk about why and why that's why they're fighting for what they're fighting for their votes of encouraging people to continue with the protest movement if there were more to the been shown documentaries about on the movement as well that's also a bad guy laid out on the ground with new book and bright and fine messages of support to the protesters the same people finding messages of support including the usual battle cries of slogans about ciancia that these rallies including fights for freedom stand with hong kong as well as 5 demands not one less now the turnout is

in huge and i think quite frankly that might be due to the weather it's been raining all day it's wet and it's a low bit miserable but they fight but this protest is still going on really is a reminder that that's still a lot of undercurrent of anti government sentiment in hong kong. now also watching the developments in hong kong is taiwan where presidential candidates have faced off in a t.v. debate ahead of the election next month this year more nations actually cut the ties with taiwan and switch to beijing it leaves the self-governing all of the just 15 diplomatic allies the president signing when favors independence from beijing while her main rival han course you from the chinese nationals he wants closer ties . see how on the day of the election. i believe media from all over the world will observe and report on how taiwan people choose to react to china's increasing suppression aren't i want my rival hanako you hesitates when asked which country he

thinks most harms the world being of taiwan the most let me tell you now that country is china and human thought us that in all you do is lie your lying to those who support taiwan independence the chinese communist party people and taiwan turns out the democratic progressive party is not the only biggest scam of taiwan its also sell out my. state of science with us now director of the china institute so as university of london is on scott from nottingham thanks for your time steve is this or what is happening in hong kong i should say helping president sign our as far as trying to bolster her reelection bid can she point to hong kong and say look that's what china does do you want that here. on hong is any help. in getting her so we elected early in. may she was doing very poorly in the whole weight should be given it to make things better in may but then

came to an end. and it was a steady and the safety should not be. in hong. kong i guess the problem though for the president is that we pointed this out in the introduction more countries have been switching their a large an allegiance to beijing away from taiwan how much of a factor is that do you think in the voters' minds. well the shift in taiwan is diplomatic and i used to recognise beijing was very much a the result of the policy option changed to snatch as many or taiwan's people many and hours away now these events on. want is now quite marginal most people in taiwan realise that what matters want real will isn't shared with the rest of the world and some of these is retracted in the book some people how to how

many traveling overseas on taiwan has for its being we see and that is improving and use hulu and that goes a long way to compensate for the loss of diplomatic and the taiwan has suffered in the last. sort of port support as mr han have the k m t's presidential candidate the one in favor of closer ties with china. well mr. bush children by the k m t earlier in the year because they felt he would have to best chance been a published to potentially win the presidency but he's true religion should with china and his record as a major. eaglesham has been sterling and that's really the big problem which undermined his campaign to win the presidency and in china benefited

from the at rest of the polish of the chinese government to push taiwan for example that it implemented and eyes and over how they handled hong kong not to suggest that taiwan would have a hong kong type moment i think the you know the that the situations are different there but if president i wins re-election and keeps pushing for further separation do you think that is something that can sort of ignite the people there in some way . well to be clear and to china and she is not creating independence for taiwan her position has always been that taiwan has always existed independently all the people's republic of china and her policy is to keep taiwan that way unless public opinion in taiwan change so she is enjoying very strong public support in that pursuit.

of the g.m.c. also in general terms not far i'm not very far behind that decision. on has been slightly more extreme in terms of be more willing to accommodate. beijing than i think his colleagues multi-lingual have been even within a few empty saying it's always a pleasure talking to thank you for your time thank you. the united nations has sent a rapid response team to central african republic after fighting broke out between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday dozens of shops and homes were set on fire after traders refused to pay the u.s. warning against an escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias c.i.r.

is $1.00 of the world's poorest countries the un actually says 2 thirds of the population needs humanitarian aid there is rarely been a moment of peace since the conflict began 6 years ago an alliance of muslim rebels known as the seleka overthrew president funds from zs government in 2013 subsequent administrations have been unable to contain the fighting between the seleka and the christian fighters known as the anti balata 2014 the un sent its peacekeeping force to support the african union and the french forces who were already there and since then cease fires have been signed and violated and all sides have been accused of war crimes joshua xavier's a senior policy analyst for africa in the middle east at the heritage foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania and told us violence has been building in bangor p.k. 5 districts for some time. p.-k 5 has been a flashpoint in the capital bangui that has seen

various levels of violence for years now it was the bastion of safety for muslims who fled to peek a 5 during the sectarian violence that broke out in the country between christians and muslims so very restive very volatile and again this is just yeah i'm out there round of violence in the capital city and in this neighborhood car is desperately complex environment there was a recent peace agreement signed in february there were 14 armed groups that were signatories to that agreement and that doesn't represent all the armed groups in the countries that gives you some sense of again the complexity of this so this is a very difficult situation in a desperately poor country very corrupt it's one of the least developed on earth $125.00 to us troops are now threatening the operations of libya's state oil firm

a national oil corporations as it may be forced to close the country's largest oil refinery in the fighting in the west important zawiya 3 bombs landed close to storage tanks over the weekend and says loyal to haftar of been accused have. been accused of targeting the oil port complex but up the light is in tripoli for us. he talks about how to tax thing particularly calculated. oil revenue is the bag born of libya's income zawiya oil refinery is very strategic and. at the oil is the state oil 3rd of the national oil corporation has worn it that it is looking into shutting down the refinery in a year and evacuating the hole in a solution there that after multiple attacks by half to the fatal jets near the honest to. the finery you know that the city is

pro-government it has been sending troops and the air force meant to the front line to defend the capital tripoli against have those forces and it has in its cost to be the pilot that whose fighter jet was shot down by rebels 3 weeks ago it seems that half the us forces are trying to punish zawiya but in in fact the are. about to cause a humanitarian and environmental disaster if they continue targeting the oil installation in zawiyah. protesters have also stormed an oil field in southern iraq and cut off its power supply while thousands of students rallied on the streets of the regional capital but they're angry at the political deadlock on appointment to prime minister protesters say the political system is corrupt and most iraqis are

being kept in poverty and in baghdad marchers demanded the release of protesters they say were abducted $150.00 iraqis have been killed and thousands injured during 3 months of these latest demonstrations demanding new leaders jobs and an end to corruption. iraqis have really suffered decades of war sectarian conflict that i saw u.n. sanctions so many things similar fulton reports now from baghdad on what may be in store for 2020. $500.00 dead tens of thousands injured dozens of activists assassinated or abducted and only one resignation that is the result of 3 months of anti-government protests in iraq as unrest spills into 2020 the rift between iraqis and ruling elites only appears to be growing in baghdad to hear square the epicenter of protests some people call this a revolution they want the end tired political class to leave across the bridge in

the fortified green zone politicians offer token concessions as they cling on to power all of the candidates put forward by major political parties to replace prime minister i love the mahdi have been firmly rejected seen as the product of a political system that has failed the people can win what does one of the demonstrators say about the candidates cannot be disregarded we put down our conditions and we sent them to the politicians and all the world the protests have galvanized iraqis from all walks of life muslims christians the elderly women and the youth all united by demands for a just and sovereign government that serves its people regardless of religion sacked and status and i demand my right. yes i'm a student and i want to get a future for myself i hope there will be change for the better in the country and the schools will improve the majority of demonstrators came of age in the post saddam era but after promises of democracy they feel let down iraq are turning up the reality of education is that 1st of all we're in 2019 and there are schools

built of mud in 2019 there are over 100 students and one class a student can learn an environment like this but as the weeks passed and crowds growth in so it seems there's the prospect of sweeping change what we have is. a system whereby there are multiple political actors who are very well entrenched within the state they are really fighting for their political survival right now and they're really looking to find a way out of this current crisis through consensus i believe through finding some sort of an agreement between them that can push forward a new government that can pops in the future address some of the demands of protesters for now prime minister of the of the matter remains in a caretaker role a new election law was passed earlier this month and while it allows voters to elect independent legislators rather than choosing from party lists it doesn't give

the people the right to direct the elect the head of state 3 months all the chances that this protest movement will usher in the new political order appear less and less likely that people are discouraged by the lack of progress and intimidated by the state's violent response but unless the root causes of this crisis are addressed it seems iraq's streets will bear witness to more turmoil in the years to come the wonderful thing i'll just about. in australia the hot dry weather has led to unprecedented bushfires is forecast to return residents in the state of victoria have been warned to get out now of a few years a could be hit by more fires of origins in sydney say they will go ahead with the fireworks display on new year's eve but warn it would be cancelled if catastrophic conditions are declared. a man armed with a machete has attacked 5 orthodox jews celebrating the festival of hanukkah in upstate new york burst into a rabbi's home in the town of muncie some people were chased outs and took refuge

in a nearby synagogue 5 people are reported to be in a critical condition and police say the suspect is in custody some more has lifted a 6 week state of emergency after doctors managed to control the outbreak of measles the highly infectious disease killed 81 people mostly babies and children the government has ordered vaccinations closed schools and restricted travel to stop the spread. of a 3 week walkout by workers in france is verging bad for the entertainment industry at its most important time of year the show's going on in theaters during the christmas holidays but without the usual sellout audiences and smith reports from paris. of paris is the cast expects to perform in front of full houses this time of year. but amid the rows of excited children there are empty seats

a drop of 20 percent in ticket sales means the public transport strike is no laughing matter. for the only family that owned the circus for almost 90 years it's one of the toughest seasons they've had we we doing the show until 16 of march so if we lose 20 percent every show is a lot of money is a lot of lost but we can stop we have a contract with an artist and public already more ticket until the 16th of march so we can say we stop it's impossible. sometimes it's the performers who are on strike dances or against government plans to reform pensions because for now they get to retire at $42.00 after a short career the puts enormous strains on their bodies. and some of them were against the pension reform the government wants to implement but it's also a gesture toward spectators because we as artists are very sorry for what's happening to deprive hundreds of spectators from christmas shows. the opera house

says it's lost $9000000.00 since the start of the strike on december the 5th. ticket sales in many paris there is a drop by as much as a 40 percent and december is the most important time of the year its money will not be able to make back just $250.00 tickets have been sold for tonight's performance at the $650.00 seat today after the montana us when people have spent an hour and a half on foot to get to work it's too much to expect them to go out again here when the crowd the plow the actors the act of clout that the crowd back because they are the real heroes who've managed to make it here it is says bertrand the biggest slump in theater going he's experienced in recent memory. for the performers the show must go on of course but it's getting harder to live up to the principle. al-jazeera paris. sport in just

a moment including this is just a really fun sport and i like to have people. laugh likes to help people but there are plans to make football safer for children in the u.s. that everyone's a fan though. born in. january on down to see the. president only trump is that the president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. leader on the brink of an election reform a chilean presidential candidate explores the defeat of left wing political parties across latin america a look at how this year's world economic forum to focus on ways to tackle the impact of climate change the next probation of family links to the sillies regime examines it it's early may now be embracing fascist ideologies most believed gone forever with the general election out of the way breaks it is now simple how moving

you can proceed with the transition in the coming. january on al-jazeera. sometimes there with a look at your sports thank you very much to come alla bron james and the l.a. lakers ended their run of full straight defeats as they beat the portland trailblazers on saturday meanwhile james harden the agave is shooting last the class as the houston rockets down the brooklyn nets on saturday and had $44.00

points and seemed to be able to score from anywhere he chose used in the lead at their division and 2 paces behind in lakers in the west. us so call it football semifinal atlanta went ahead on saturday despite a plane crash before kick off 5 people were killed including the daughter in law of one of the team's coaches the n.c. the a a pale one of the biggest occasions in the american sporting cut into the ls you tigers will head to the national championship game against it clemson off to beat in the oklahoma sooners. some lawmakers in the united states that want to change the way kids play american football to make it safe for the state of new york is the latest to consider amending the rules in the attempt to reduce head injuries but even with a new study highlighting the risks of the game is resistance algis is christians

who me house. saturday night on the gridiron for many fans. he's playing american football is a tradition. one that starts at an early age. i am i it's really fun competitive. 11 year old brian for ranch act loves playing the game even after suffering a mild concussion and it's just a really fun sport and i like to hit people. but those hits even the ones that don't cause concussions could increase his chances of a degenerative brain disease was a recent study by the boston university school of medicine found a player's risk of developing c.t.e. or chronic traumatic encephalopathy increases 30 percent each year they play the sport it isn't so much concussions although of course the cautions are a problem but it's also

a cumulative effect of even sub concussive injuries the study is fueling efforts to ban tackling under the age of 12 in some states talking about a modification to the game not banning it that's number one number 2 we're talking about addressing children we're not talking about adults that can essentially consent to engage in whatever activity regardless of the risks. hitting is part of the game in football not an accident opponents say the studies don't take into account new training techniques and time limits on drills that involve contact which many youth leagues have recently imposed. we take the head out of the game we were using more upper body strength hip strength leg strength and the head is out of it the best answer for me as a commissioner is training football is the most watched sport in the united states but the number of kids who play on school teams has been declining for the last 10 years in part due to concerns about head injuries still for many parents a tackle ban is a step too far i think the prevention comes with teaching the proper techniques and

the proper way to play the game i don't know that a law is going to ever you know solved. probably i do worry about it but i you know every bit footballs are going on for a long time and a lot of people play and not everyone gets hurt. the research may be raising awareness of the issues. but these hardcore fans don't yet see a ban as the way to tackle this problem kristen salumi al-jazeera bridgewater new jersey. or there's another managerial change in the english premier league a former real madrid head coach emmanuel pellegrini lost his job at west ham on saturday he spent more than $200000000.00 on players a during his 18 months in charge but has lost 9 times in 12 games while he won't have been surprised by the sacking given his comments after the defeat by leicester . one of the great things of this club before that they all have these $3.60

something people full so they do sort of break the results and they did so they did they deserve a better. performance of the team are there 3 more games on a sunday the london derby is a 1st but then liverpool can increase their lead to 13 points man city trying to play catch up from. a former world number one andy murray has had to cancel his return to grand slam tennis scotsman will set out at the australian open in january because of a pelvis injury it's not all bad news 12 months ago murray thought of his career was over but he has been a rising a back up the rankings since having surgery to resurface his head. and also his fall from we'll have more later but for now back to you from a lovely thank you sun a year 1300 hours g.m.t. is the next news astana and i will be back for fats in a cup abouts after the break so how raman is here with the latest headlines right

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