not to so much to the rest of the world's indigenous people who live here have always realized that now is the smoke fills the skies and the ashes pollute the river the rest of the world is beginning to realize it too. prison is between ukraine and russia separatists the latest step to these 5 years of conflict. everyone come out santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera 7 people are killed in a missile attack this is on a military parade in southern yemen. also taiwan's leader warns china is the biggest threat to its well being pointing to events in hong kong she tries to bolster her reelection bid all of that plus. chile is leading the developing world

with a pledge to relinquish things of course to generate power but for those who live in the so-called sacrifice so 13 years is too long to wait. so there's been a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and progress the separatists this is the 2nd major release in 3 months that follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tensions between them times between ukraine and russia broke down after the 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president in kiev . just a bit of background for you moscow went on to annex crimea and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in the fighting the latest prisoner exchange is part of ukrainian president the lot made selenski push for peace but there is anger in ukraine over concessions made to

russia so it could secure the ceasefire for example kiev will release riot police suspected of murder during the 2014 uprising and they've also agreed to pull out troops from contested regions in the east bit of analysis here from valentyn yakkers sheikh who is a professor of political science at the national university of. he says there will be no quick solution though to this ongoing conflict in my view it's an absolutely positive step is small step but very important step it's a step in human istic 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 ukrainian central government control area and separatist controlled area and stopping the war but i'm not optimistic there's 2

quick solution of the gel strategic conflict in the eastern 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 mark how in china the 2nd part of a possible way out is just decreasing the conflict relations and letting separatist regions to be free. 2 other news in at least 7 people have been killed in a missile attack on a military graduation parade in southern yemen in tact happened in the town of valley and targeted the security built forces which is trained and equipped by understanding the u.a.e. coalition there's been no claim of responsibility the government is blaming the rebels a lot happens and so now with more the circumstances behind this attack we couldn't

tell now. figure exactly what what's really happened but there are reports that the parried was itself was planted with bomb with a bomb over night that was exploded in the morning but we have heard also other reports from the security belts of a backpack by the united arab emirates that the whole of these have carried out such missile attack on the buried itself. we have also heard news from the home. news agency that they have poil and attempted to advance towards the northern areas so the we are waiting also for the press conference that was going to be held 12 g.m.t. . by the how these military spokesperson who could should light on this. but in more than one occasion the whole these have carried out. on military parades

especially in the. and aden the last one was in july 31st so the. had been claimed by the fees and also there was a simultaneous attack in this prayer in the previous operations that these al qaeda itself has claimed responsibility so the southern forces are targeted by both sides . the united nations has sent a rapid response team to central african republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money that these 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday when dozens of shops and homes were set fire to traders refused to pay the un's warning against an escalation of fighting following years of un risk between muslim and christian militias one shop owner spoke to us didn't want to be identified but said he's fed up with the violence and. we've had enough

every time they're asking for money sometimes they take things by force we can't continue like this when we're in with the. let's just get an update on the situation in ukraine we were telling you earlier about the prisoner swap with russian separate or of per russian separatists in ukraine alexander got for it has been following events for us from moscow today i believe the swap itself is over now but there were also events where some people didn't want to leave. yes the prisoner swap in which some 200 prisoners were exchanged between here and the russian supported separatist. worried last sound for hours and what it became clear is that some 2022 people didn't want to be a part of this exchange a majority of them are actually were kept by ukraine by of and they decided that they don't want to go back to the separatists areas they were also 2

women that we know wolf that said that they're fine where they are and that they were actually accused of espionage kept in prison for 16 months but they decided that they're released and they decided to stay in this separatists areas in total the ones that were exchanged we have now more or less the final numbers key of released some 130 prisoners rushed back separatists and was handed over 76 people in this 2 phased exchanged in order this exchange to happen has agreed that all the people that they released of the russian back separatists are no longer liable to prosecution either present in or any future ones so they are judicially a free people this prisoner exchange is yet another step in the skull ation of the

conflict in east ukraine and is a direct result of the normandy format summited that happened earlier this month and also a face to face talks between the russian and ukrainian presidents still there is a lot of work to be done if we are to see and of conflict in east ukraine alexander good for thank you for that update from moscow. demonstrators have gathered in central hong kong once again saying they want to be back in the protests that have disrupted. they want the territories to resign and still angry about china's increasing influence over the florence is reporting for us from the protests 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 of the ship a lot of no objection to this gathering which means they deemed those to be

a legal offending so we're not seeing a heavy police presence but we know they are in the area. of those mistakes people have been listening to speeches various people have gone up to speak good enjoy have been talking about their experiences in the protests and the thing talking about why why they're fighting for what they're fighting for. encouraging people to continue with the protest movement there have been more of the been shown documentaries on the movement as well. laid out on the ground where people can try and find messages of support to the protesters the same people signing messages of support including the usual slogans of these rallies including we stand with hong kong as well as 5 demands not one less. than huge and i think quite frankly that might be due to the it's been raining all day and it's

a little bit miserable but the fact that this protest is still going on really is a reminder that still a lot of under current anti government sentiment in hong kong. watching these developments in hong kong though is taiwan where presidential candidates have faced off in a t.v. debate ahead of the election next month this year more nations cut their ties with taiwan and switched allegiance to beijing leaving the self-governing island with just 15 democratic diplomatic allies president trying when favors independence from beijing her main rival hunk or you from the chinese nationalist party wants closer ties which i think yes 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 on taiwan my rival hungary hesitates when asked which country he thinks would harm the well being of taiwan the most let me tell you now that country is china and human thought is that in all you do is lie your

lying to those who support taiwan independence the chinese communist party hong kong people and taiwan turns out the democratic progressive party is not the only biggest scam of taiwan it's also a sellout my thoughts now see steve saying who is the director of the china institute at the source university in london explains what is behind the rival contenders positions her position has always been that taiwan has always existed independently all the people's republic of china and her policy i don't want that way a national people to me and in taiwan change so she is enjoying no is drawn. in that pursuit and mold of the pm she will also in general terms not far i'm not very far behind that decision mr han has been slightly more extreme in terms of be more willing to accommodate. 'd beijing

and i think he's calling mostly will have been even within the n.t. . in australia the hot and dry weather that's led to one person is bushfires is forecast to return residents in the state of victoria have been warned to get out now of a fee as it could be hit by more blazes authorities in sydney say they'll will go ahead with their big fireworks display on new year's eve but a warning it will be cancelled if catastrophic conditions are declared the mother prime minister has said some of the volunteer firefighters will now be paid people in northern india being warned to stay inside as the region script by cold snap so-called red warning has been issued for areas including new delhi where temperatures have plummeted the capital's expected to record it 2nd coldest december in almost 120 years in neighboring bangladesh at least 50 deaths have been linked to the cold conditions as well. we'll grab

a break and then when we come back it's just a really fun score and i like to hit people that. plans to make one of america's favorite pastime safer for children but apparently not everyone's a fan i'll take a trip to the circus and power a spot was such a struggle to sell tickets. and though the. central areas of china and we have a few shots just appearing along the coast now what we're looking at here is a front of combined with the remnants of what was high food so 7 homes rainfall has michelle's possible into hong kong where the temperature meanwhile into shanghai 13 celsius on monday a lot cooler as we had to choose day but at the same time this rain that is blanketing taiwan that will really care away but look at that time which in

shanghai just 5 degrees celsius plenty of they really long these northern coastal areas all that now across into india we've been talking about the cold air in place across the north being lots of fog and indeed these temperatures well below the average and nothing really is set to change for the time being but just look at this you can barely see the streets because of this fog and as it's a very cold the temperature is actually by day about 10 degrees below the average so all those 60 doesn't sound cool it is if you are living in from new delhi meanwhile the showers across the south fair amount of cloud as well because he. crawls into sri lanka as we go through monday and into tuesday maybe just a few showers into non-poor as well but about the temperature in new delhi not really getting any higher if anything cooler 50. stories generate sound. since 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 the 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. with al-jazeera and these are our top stories a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and progresses separatists it is the 2nd major release in 3 months following it ukraine and russia

agreeing to ease tensions between the countries. but the 7 people have been killed in yemen after a drone hit a military graduation parade security build forces allied to the government say the attack happened in the southern town of balad. and the u.n. has sent a rapid response team to central african republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday. a man armed with a machete has attacked 5 orthodox jews celebrating the festival of hanukkah in upstate new york and burst into a rabbi's home in the town of months say 5 people are reported to be in a critical condition and police say the suspect is in custody the governor of new york state has called it an act of domestic terrorism. india's opposition congress party is describing the new citizenship law as an attack on indian traditions culture and history the legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to become indian citizens but protesters say it violates the

secular constitution by excluding muslim refugees and migrants vora is at the. islamiyah university in new delhi and says the protesters aren't willing to give up jummy a media sawmill university in new delhi has become the epicenter of protests against the citizenship law recently passed by the indian government today some of the students reenacted some of the scenes from the days when police boasted and beat some of these students up this is that they want an inquiry against these police officials 26 people have been killed but only the relative of one of these people has managed to file a complaint with the police investigations are expected to start soon for one of the aisle those moving in and what about those who have been beaten up we will also see visuals on social media of police smashing private cars so these students are essentially saying that they've seen on c and they feel that they may be attacked

by their own police now he did start as a student's movement but it's also quickly turning into a political long as different political parties out of the ruling party join the party which is the new nationalists bob he says that they are not going to implement this law in their states that's at least 10 states in india nobody's leading the argument but on the ground these political parties in the states can make the implementation of this law difficult these students say they have to stop the school and that they will be but very few of them you know eat the government. protesters have stormed an oil field in southern iraq and cut off its power supply but the oil ministry doesn't expect exports to be affected because of extra output from other oil fields but hundreds of iraqis of it are marching in baghdad and the nearby city of najaf to protest against the iranian backed nominee for prime minister remember iraq's president bottom seller refused to accept that nomination

he doesn't want to appoint someone who would be rejected by the demonstrators. iraqis have suffered decades of war and sectarian conflict there was i so have been u.n. sanctions so much so i want to fulton reports now from baghdad on what might be in store for 2020. hundreds 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 but that's the here square the epicenter of protests some people call this a revolution they want to enter 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 only watch as one of the demonstrators say about the candidates cannot be disregarded we put down all conditions and do something 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 sect and status i demand my rights 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 skills will improve the majority of demonstrators came of age in the post saddam era but after promises of democracy they feel that down iraq are turning the reality of education is that 1st of all we're in 2019 and there are schools built of mud and 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 and so it seems there's the prospect of sweeping change what we have. 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 i will 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 year. i'll just. spine baffling and social unrest government remains committed to being the 1st developing country to go carbon neutral by the year 2050 it's been hailed by experts as one of the most ambitious goals yet for a coal dependent economy but for those people living in the most polluted cities it's a little too early to be celebrating the last in america on the scene human reporting from cornell in chile. this is what remains of the once impressive coal company in the city of coordinated but wild today the mines are closed 28 thermoelectric plants powered by coal continue to supply more than 40 percent of chile's energy and 3 of them are located within a 3 kilometer radius here in. the mare shows just

a giant coal ash dump of one of the largest plants he says that since. 2003 high levels of arsenic and other heavy metals have been contaminating the air and filtering into the water supply from. cornell is the only city in the world that has a coal ash dump inside a residential area 100 meters from a school $150.00 from a nursery school 30 from homeless the ash is a health hazard. and that's why is known as a sacrifice own more than 70 residents especially children have tested positive for heavy metals including planet 9 this who has dangerously high levels in her blood stream she and her 2 children suffer from headaches exhaustion muscle and body pains lack of concentration and other symptoms i don't want to. and no one has taken responsibility they haven't said what will be the long term consequences what

will happen to our children we have been totally abandoned by the state what will happen to my children if i die. the good news is that chile's government has vowed to close down all coal plants by 2040 and replace them with clean energy sources like solar and wind. these measures aim to confront climate change and contribute to reducing greenhouse gases but they also intended to create a positive impact in the cities where there is contamination from coal plants chilies pledge to each carbon neutrality by 2050 it will require one of the fastest coal shutdowns yet for a coal dependent economy but the government's plan to begin by shutting down 8 of chile's oldest electric plants is regarded as an ambitious by environmentalists and much of the communities that live next to them. put in as plants are unlikely to be shut down for another decade the government argues transitioning to alternative

energy takes time and technology. unfortunately for residents like 109 days the dream of no longer living with her children in a so-called sacrifice so on will have to wait to see in human i just see that. oh in the united states there is a movement to change the way kids play american football try to make it safe a state of new york is the latest to consider amending rules as it tries to reduce head injuries but even with the new study highlighting the risks of the game there is resistance christensen to me as the story. saturday night on the gridiron for many families playing american football is a tradition. one that starts at an early age. i am the god it's really fun competitive. 11 year old ryan 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. 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 concussions 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 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 hips 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 that 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 solve that problem i do worry about it but i you know every bit football's been going on for a long time and a lot of people play and not everyone gets hurt. the research maybe 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. funny the 3 week war count by workers in france is causing the entertainment industry to suffer what is usually its busiest time of year the show has gone on as they say in theaters during the christmas holidays but without the sellout audiences bennett smith has this report from paris. of paris is the cast expects to perform in front of full houses at this time of year. but amid the rows of excited children that 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. is a lot of money is a lot of lost but we can stop we have contract with the artists we are and our 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. 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. 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 theaters have dropped by as much as a 40 percent and december is their most important time of the year it's money they'll not be able to make back. just $250.00 tickets have been sold for tonight's performance at the $650.00 seat théâtre to montana do 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 when the crowd applaud the act there's 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 theatre 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 that principle. al-jazeera paris. they are will take you to the headlines now there has been a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro russian separatists and is the 2nd major release in 3 months and follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tensions between the 2 countries at least 7 people have been killed in yemen after a drone hit a military graduation parade for security built forces allied to the government so

the attack happened in the southern town of delhi the un sent a rapid response team to central african republic after violence between shop owners and find his demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday one shop owner who didn't want to be identified said he just fed up with the violence there have gathered in central hong kong saying they won't back down from protests that have disrupted the city even more than 6 months still want the territories leader kerry lamb to resign. meanwhile taiwanese president china in when has faced off against her main rival in a televised debate ahead of next month's election this year more nations cut their ties with taiwan and switched allegiance to beijing leaving the self-governing island with just 15 diplomatic allies china favors independence from beijing her rival for you wants closer ties. protesters have stormed an oil field in southern

iraq and cut off the power supply though the oil ministry doesn't expect exports to be affected because of extrapolate from other oil fields meanwhile hundreds of iraqis have marched in baghdad and the nearby city of najaf to protest against the iranian backed nominee for prime minister iraq's president bottom seller refused to accept that nomination because it isn't want to appoint someone who would be rejected by the demonstrators. in the hot dry weather that's led to unprecedented bushfires in australia is forecast to return the prime minister said some volunteer firefighters will now be paid also authorities in sydney will be going ahead with the big fireworks display on new year's eve but have warned it would be cancelled if catastrophic conditions are declared that's my lot for today thank you for your company the listening post is next on article 2 is it out donald trump is now the 3rd president in history of the united states to be. the world security

everyone want to see his major event for the future of the rest joining us with details coverage an analysis of the trump impeachment on al-jazeera. this document is an official cia memorandum dated september $970.00 and is innocuously titled discussion of the chilean political situation but its contents what it exposes is pretty incriminating. on the 14th of september mr holmes met with. the independent newspaper. mr edwards expressed the following on the chilean political situation. until 2017 all of this. was brought out redacted meaning that for more than 40 years edwards the owner of the most influential newspaper in chile and. kept to a story that yes.