the gates the toxic mix feeding the city's invisible killer i'm asked why more is not being done to relieve its citizens. on a. globe you're in ukraine and pro russian separatists hand over all their prisoners in a move that ended the 5 year old war in the. bar for sarah you're watching out for a live from london also coming up as a missile hits a military parade in southern yemen the who the rebels say that they have a list of 9 targets they tried to strike in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. last this is violent. spurred by hate york's governor

says a stabbing attack at a rabbi's house is evidence of a cancer in american politics. and the show goes on in france but beyond going nationwide strike has emptied see a tourist and decimated take it saying it's. ukraine's government and pro russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a full swap of prisoners from the 5 year conflict $200.00 fighters from both sides were exchanged in what's being seen as a sign that there could be a resolution to the ongoing war this latest prisoner exchange follows talks between the leaders of ukraine and russia a few weeks ago in paris and my heywood reports. for many this was a long time coming ukrainian prisoners finally free to leave the territory they

fought to keep but still controlled by pro russian separatists security was tight as a prisoner exchange began in eastern ukraine some had arrived at the checkpoint in heavily fortified bare coals the identities checked and checked again but the men disbelieve them relief that it was happening and they will be able to return home there was others though found to fight on this moment ukrainian prisoner said they would fight for their country to president taylor one of the arguments while this pro russian separatists said he'd been beaten and tortured by the cranium security services sunday's exchange was the result of direct talks between president for lenski uprooted in front of a small they agreed to implement a full sea spot in a bid to end the war in the region of ukraine relations between russia and ukraine soured when protesters in kiev managed to drive out

a kremlin backed government in 2014 russia then seized control of crimea from ukraine and within weeks russian backed separatists took control of the eastern part of ukraine. more than 13000 people including civilians have died during 5 years of complex the have been attempts before to try to end the war and the prisoner swaps ukraine wants to join nato once your union wants to move west. i'm not sure where ukraine and this. difference may. not mean why a prisoner exchange this one has caused controversy in ukraine protesters gathered outside a detention center angry some members of a ukrainian police unit accused of killing demonstrators in kiev and 2014 were released there is little will i want civilians caught up in the fighting for this war to continue this prisoner exchange then

a sign that tensions could be easing and he would al-jazeera. journalist alexander gulf in moscow says the prisoner swap has largely been welcomed but there is some criticism that ukrainians who died in the revolution have been betrayed. zelinsky faced criticism in ukraine from the very start when he openly showed his willingness to talk with russian president vladimir putin and also a willingness to compromise with him and critics say he might have compromised too much or did he is a bit too willing on the other hand there is effect that he did win the elections by promising to end this conflict and we could read on social networks and also ukrainian media that this prisoner swap is welcome there were posts like are finally our people are heading back home some of them have been kept by the russian

separatists since 2015 at the same time what it calls the criticism mostly in this particular swap that happened today is that. the russian separatists were released 5 x. special police members who were charged with killing people in the square with the pen this in the center of kiev in 2014 so before the crimea was and it was by russia before a 1st gun was fired in the east ukraine and critics say why are you handing over dispy people they have nothing to do with the fighting in east ukraine and they feel that people who died and the whole ukrainian revolution of 2014 has been in a way surrendered has been the way betrayed. it was. the u.s.

military has carried out what it's called defensive airstrikes in iraq in syria against the militia group come 2 days after an american civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an iraqi military base the 3 locations were hit in iraq reported to include i'll cave in which is on the border with syria killing several militia fighters the target was a shia group called kathy hizbollah which is part of the popular mobilization forces that helped the iraqi government fight eisel it is not affiliated with the lebanese group hezbollah the pentagon has accused the group of being allied with iran in a statement it says quote vala has a strong linkage with iran's could forces and has repeatedly received liesl aid and other support from iran that it has used it to attack coalition forces the pentagon says iran and their proxy forces must cease their attacks on u.s.

and coalition forces and respect their acts sovereignty to prevent additional defensive actions by u.s. forces well so wonderful to me is live in baghdad for assessment of 1st of all what do you think the significance of these strikes is. well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u.s. actually strikes a target on iraq his soil let's remember not until too long ago the u.s. and the p.m.i. for fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u.s. and these iranian backed groups have escalated quite a bit in this particular at attack we're hearing from a source inside the p.m.s. has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where both u.s. and iraqi personnel are based in the u.s. attributed some of these attacks to cut type hezbollah the last one happened last

friday and for the 1st time it actually claimed the life of one u.s. contractor and it injured several u.s. personnel now of course secretary of state mike compare has said before that any such attack that harm u.s. troops or their allies would be met with decisive force so this strike is basically a response to that now it does present a departure from the previous stance of the u.s. when it basically tried to urge the iraqi government to rein in groups like the type it has while are reminding the government that it is responsible for the safety of u.s. troops because of course they are here at the invitation of the government so this is these strikes represent a departure from the policy in a sign that the u.s. is now taking matters into its own hands and someone i mean you mentioned the pm if the popular mobilization of forces they help the iraqi army fight against i saw they were officially integrated into the armed forces so is this the reality on the ground then how is the iraqi government likely to react to these strikes. well it

is an amalgamation of dozens of different forces and there is a wide range of them and of course there are some groups of in the p.m.s. that are more loyal to iran and others and hezbollah is one of the groups that is said to have said to be basically reporting to tehran taking its orders from tehran rather then baghdad now of course these strikes put the iraqi government in an extremely awkward position because technically the pm it is part of the security apparatus of the states are technically this u.s. strike was actually an attack on a state actor now that you're back a government hasn't made a statement on this particular strike nor has it made a statement on the friday attack on the base in kirkuk when one u.s. contractor with killed so it's basically caught between a rock and a hard place whereby it understands that there is a great risk that there could be an escalation of tension and even fighting between the u.s. forces based here in iraq and what are believed to be iranian proxies and the

question is will the iraqi government come forward and comment on these attacks and how much power does it really have to rein in groups like hezbollah so in a faltering with the latest from baghdad thank you. the yemeni government is blamed blaming who the rebels for a missile attack on a military graduation parade which killed at least 7 people no one has claimed responsibility for the strike which was in the town of the law in southern yemen apparent target was the security belt forces were trained and equipped by the united arab emirates part of a government allied separatist groups in southern yemen the saudi emmy rossum coalition intervened in yemen's war in 2015 trying to restore the exiled government the power. portray the who 3 militias have tried to move the fighting away from the battlefield after they suffered losses on the front lines

and into the heart of dialing away their strikes and this strike will not fighting there because the joint southern forces will not stop in just securing darling they will also try to secure tyreese and other areas. or meanwhile the who these say that they have identified 9 targets in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. which they plan to hit next year hussein. is a procedure in and is based in santa he says this agreements within the saudi u.a.e. led coalition fighting in yemen mean that they are risk of splitting up. i think because if we see that their goal in the south is different saudi arabia is supporting the legitimacy of the other on the other side we see that united arab emirate is creating a militia and security forces which actually want yemen to be separated over they call it the session of yemen that's why i think if they continue this way i don't think that this coalition can continue on as well we have seen today press

conference for the spokesperson of yemeni out of voters here in sanaa and he has one saudi arabia and i have a minute and he said that this year. 2020. name if they are. truly a difference because we know that in many other means and has been developed there any difference and if they can limit. the strength and the power of saudi are not out of force i believe that they can conduct a major attack against saudi arabia united arab emirates and i just want to mention that 2 days ago yemeni a ballistic missile has targeted a military base in niger and i think that was a clear declaration of the end of the unilateral truce that was announced in sanaa 3 months ago on the spokesperson today have said in sanaa that the yemeni army will respond to any attack against yemen either here in area under the control of some or any other attack or a major development in the south especially from the united arab emirates. the somali government says an al-shabaab operative has been killed in an airstrike in

southern somalia a spokesman says that sunday's operation took place in coordination with u.s. africa command this just one day after a devastating truck bombing that killed at least 90 people in mogadishu the government has blamed for that attack some of the wounded have now been full turkey for specialist treatment i don't want our separate ports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. they survive saturday's truck bomb blast it mother dishes to sustain some of the worst injuries now some victims have been airlifted to better equipped hospitals in turkey clinics and hospitals in mogadishu are struggling to cope with the dozens of wounded while going to have responded from the time the explosion occurred up until now the government leaders have been working hard to provide the services needed by those injured in the explosion it's now possible for us to airlift 16 of some of the seriously injured in the attack to our brothers in turkey. a truck loaded with explosives has degenerated

a security checkpoint in the capital somalis president is blaming the armed group al-shabaab and mohamad abdalla for my joseph in the country won't be demoralized by the attack which caused the highest number of casualties in 2 years. the magnitude of the damage caused by the blast the prime minister of somalia to request assistance from the turkish government to provide treatment to those injured in the attack. a turkish military transporter landed with much needed supplies and medical staff some will stay to treat patients at a turkish one hospital in mogadishu as turkey seeks to boost its influence in the horn of africa it's been an increasingly important especially since the somali famine in 2011 as more aid arise and the badly injured leave the country is on edge somalis constantly wondering when and where the next attack will be. al jazeera. still ahead in this half hour of residents holyday makers in australia's victoria

state are told to leave immediately this monday will be a day of the story. and she survived poachers and hyena attacks to become the world's oldest rhino looked back at the life of foster brazil at the age of 57. and some pretty good weather across central and western areas of europe there's a lot of cloud around and we are actually still seeing some fog across the central areas particularly in the valleys boss it is caring for the most part and we've seen plenty of snow of course this is the southeast of poland it looks very pretty but of course it does make for very dangerous driving conditions as we go through monday it really is not about picture in fact across into poland it's mostly going to be a case of a cloudy skies and the winds are coming from fairly mild direction too so look at

this 11 celsius in london on monday 7 in paris 4 in warsaw it's colder in moscow minus one but really the main weather is this system here in the eastern and of the mediterranean that this is going to sit here for the next couple of days heavy amounts of rain we could see about $150.00 millimeters into coastal areas of syria and in fact the snow that will continue to accumulate across into turkey we could see about 50 centimeters to the mountains then searches say we got a little bit more in the way of snow again pushing through poland east was for ukraine and on into areas of russia and is generally cloudy across areas of the u.k. and across into northern areas of from what we will see though of the next couple days is some showers along coastal areas of north africa. to al-jazeera we were told to get to be blunt with triple the ratio has this been

addressed by you took a listen to what these the proposal of a spin for a couple on you know we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter to syria. now. life like i'm. reminded of the top stories on our jazeera ukrainian government forces and russian backed separatists 7 exchanged 200 prisoners in a move aimed at ending 5 years of war. the us air force says targeted militia

fighters in syria and iraq including in the border area of. several fighters from the army that cathay has bala group are reported to have been killed in the air strikes which hit 5 locations across both countries and the missile attack on a military graduation parade in southern yemen has killed at least 7 people government has blamed the attack on whose effects. a man suspected of attacking 5 or socks jews with a machete and upstate new york is facing 5 charges of attempted murder dozens of people were attending hunted at our rabbi's house in the town of muncie when the man burst in every by son was one of the 5 people injured the suspect the suspect was arrested after fleeing the scene by car it's the latest in a number of recent attacks against the jewish community in the way one year extended governor andrew cuomo says the attack is evidence of a cancer in american politics and has branded domestic terrorism this is about the

13th incidence of anti-semitism in just the past few weeks. during a period of high holidays for the jewish people. it is intolerant that is ignorant but it is also illegal. and at the end of the day it's not just about words it's about action and we have seen enough in new york this is violence spurred by hate it is mass violence and i consider this an act of domestic terrorism let's call it what it is these people are domestic terrorists let's speak to. jordan rosen who has a very strong words there understandably of course from the new york state governor andrew cuomo it's still early days but what else do we know about the syntax.

well the suspect who is 37 year old. mr thomas grafton thomas is now being held in the rockland county jail he was arraigned earlier on sunday on 5 charges of attempted murder as well as on a charge of burglary we're now getting a tweet from the u.s. president donald trump who is as on quoting here the eddie semitic attack in muncie new york on the 7th night of hanukkah is last night is too horrific we must all come together to fight confront and eradicate the evil scourge of anti semitism malani and i wish the victims a quick and full recovery this is the 1st comment from the trumpet ministration about this attack and i believe it may be the 1st of such a comment about the wave of anti-semitic attacks that have been taking place here in the united states in recent weeks. we believe that the suspect will be back in

court later this week for more pretrial proceedings he has not been charged with any specific a crime none of the witnesses who were interviewed on sunday said anything about the suspects language but clearly the attack on the home of a rabbi who was hosting a party in connection with a religious holiday and then the suspect allegedly trying to enter the son of god next door certainly does raise the specter that he could face hate crime charges in new york state as well and you just mentioned that roseland as well but this really is the latest in what seems to have been a wave in in recent years of anti-semitic attacks in the u.s. . well it certainly has been you have people law basically reporting for example to new york city police at least $213.00 incidents of anti-semitic attacks since the beginning of this year through december 15th it does

not include some of the attacks that have happened in the past couple of weeks we saw back on december 10th almost 3 weeks ago the deadly attack inside a kosher supermarket in nearby jersey city new jersey 3 people including the store's owner and one of her employees were killed in that attack we also have seen a number of instances of temples and senate gods and gravestones being defaced with anti semitic language with swastikas very much an alarming trend here in the united states and it is something that is spurring many people to question why is this happening now what can be done to prevent it you also see a lot of people saying that the political climate in this country blood in part by the u.s. president donald trump has engendered a new outpouring of anti-semitism or at least making those who share those beliefs

feel free that they can do so without any sort of recrimination very worrisome times here in the united states and certainly it's going to be an active part of the public discussion for weeks to come. join in with the latest on that story from washington d.c. valse thank you. these 2 people are dead and another is critically injured after a shooting at a church in the u.s. city of fort force in texas according to reports a suspect armed with a shotgun seen here in the top part of the photo opened fire during mass it was then shot by someone attending the service seen in the top left that the authorities haven't confirmed if the attacker is among those killed or injured. it's got to australia now where tens of thousands of residents and holiday makers have been told to evacuate parts of victoria state because of a bushfire site officials say that monday could be a day of extreme danger with forecasts of strong winds lightning strikes and the

temperature is above 40 degrees celsius more than $100.00 bush fires are burning across australia south wales the worst hit state prime minister scott morrison says conditional compensation will be available for all volunteer firefighters who have lost income due to their efforts to stop the violence. as this is a very prolonged fosli this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular and it means that the turnouts in the call outs have been far more extensive than in previous years going well and beyond and above what is normally expected of those who are engaged in volunteer service and i've got a site particularly when i've been out now saw the cities and seen the impact tickly in rural communities on farmers who are dealing with draft during the day and doing with far as it not in through the afternoon. some oa has lifted a 6 week state of emergency after bringing

a measles outbreak under control the highly infectious disease has killed 81 people mostly babies and children around 5600 more have been infected the government ordered widespread vaccinations closed schools and restricted travel to stop the disease from spreading immunization is now at 95 percent. hundreds of indians have protested against police brutality in the capital new delhi as unrest continues over a controversial citizenship law them straight bandages to symbolize injuries inflicted by police on student protesters at least 26 people have been killed in the unrest and more than $1000.00 the arrested the new law grants citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but exclude those critics say that that goes against the india's secular constitution. well major university in new delhi has become a focal point of the protest movement. or

university in new delhi has become the epicenter of protest against the citizenship law recently passed by the indian government today some of the students some of the scenes from the days when police beat some of these students up this is that they want an inquiry against these police officials 26 people have been killed but only one of these people has managed to file a complaint with the police investigations are expected to start soon the others will be. found those who've been beaten up we've also seen visuals on social media of police smashing private cars so these students are essentially saying that they've been on safe and they feel that they may be attacked by their own now it did start as a student movement but it's also quickly turning into a political long as different political parties out of the ruling. party which is

that you nationalists bob say that they are not going to implement this law in their states back to the stand stage in india that is. on the ground these political parties in this states can make the implementation of this law difficult these students say they will and that they would be but very few leave for the government. a rhino believed to be the world's oldest has died at the age of 57 state conservation authorities in tanzania say the eastern black rhino named foster died of natural causes she had poor eyesight and wounds from her attacks that was 1st seen out in the wild in 1965 by a scientist from the university of the. according to experts rhinos are expected to live between 37 and 43 years there are only 5500 black rhinos left in the world. the only strike in france is proving bad for the

entertainment industry at its most important time of the year but the show has gone on in theaters just without sellout audiences are in it smith reports from paris. and 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 contract with an artist 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 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. some 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 the 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 today after the montana. people have spent an hour and a half on foot to get to work it's too much to expect them to. to go out again when

the crowd the plough the actors the act of supply out that the crowd back because the year of the real heroes we've managed to make it here it is says but the biggest slump in theatre going he's experienced in recent memory. for the performers the show must go warm of course but it's getting harder to live up to the principle. that it's made out to syria palace. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. military has carried out air strikes in iraq and syria against a militia group they come 2 days after an american civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an iraqi military base 3 locations were hit in iraq reported to include al qaeda which is on the border with syria sources say that at least 10 fighters were killed and $35.00 people injured the target was

a shia group called cathay has varla which is part of the popular mobilization forces that helped fight eisel someone a full team has more the tensions between the u.s. and these iranian backed groups have escalated quite a bit and this particular at attack we're hearing from a source inside the p.m.s. has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where both u.s. and iraqi personnel are based in the u.s. attributed some of these attacks took a type as ball and the last one happened last friday and for the 1st time it actually claimed the life of one u.s. contractor and it injured several u.s. personnel. ukrainian government forces and russian backed separatists have exchanged $200.00 prisoners in a move aimed at ending 5 years of war those released include soldiers civilians and members of a special police force who are accused of killing protesters in kiev in 2014 the

swap near the rebel held city of her leave is part of an agreement between the leaders of ukraine russia germany and france the yemeni government is blaming who the rebels for a missile attack on a military graduation parade which killed at least 7 people no one has claimed responsibility for the strike in the southern town of the lie the apparent target was the security belt forces were trained in the quip by the united arab emirates they're part of a government allied separatist group in southern yemen. 16 somalis who were badly wounded in a bombing in mogadishu have been airlifted to turkey saturday's attack killed at least 80 people including 2 turkish nationals those are the headlines a lot more news for you in half an hour talk to al-jazeera is next.

for you you'd see. china china china china john are going to china china they want to make a deal. question is do i want to make a deal we've heard u.s. president donald trump talk about china many times. in fact it was he who started the so-called trade war with china you know the 2018 with tariffs piling up on both countries imports that isn't a real war and how much of it is impacting china's massive economy and it's 1400000000 people. i'm kemal santa maria here in the library at the national museum of carter willis trade war between the world's 2 biggest economies.