with news documentary on al-jazeera reporter. this is 0. hello there i'm julie donald this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes allies of iraq under attack from the u.s. airstrikes launched against the sheer brute killed 19 people close to the border with syria. to take actions to put american men and women in jeopardy. get out now tens of thousands of australians were told to leave their

homes as bushfires flayer in another state. finally home ukraine i'm told russian separatists complete a food place or swap after 5 years of war. busking for a living venezuelans to escape their country's economic crisis struggle to build new lives abroad. hello there good to have your company well the u.s. is calling them precision defensive strikes the iraqi prime minister has labeled them a breach of sulfur and say an american attack on the bases of a shia armed group is causing new friction at 3 camps of. were hit in iraq one of them near him and 2 more inside syria itself at these 19 people have been killed the pentagon says it's in response to repeated welker's attacks on iraqi bases the

most recent one killed an american civilian contractor just a few days ago. well u.s. secretary of state michael impale has blamed iran for the attacks on americans inside iraq what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the islamic republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. we will always honor that commitment to take decisive wreck action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the islamic republic of iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations well smaller fulton explains why these targeted strikes appear to be an important shift in u.s. action in iraq so far. 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.s. were fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u.s. and iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular at attack we're hearing from a source inside of 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 of us and iraqi personnel are based in the u.s. attributed some of these attacks took a type has followed 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 my pompei o 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 hezbollah 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 well at school i've ninety's who she have bridgetown see in washington d.c. how does she have so what are we hearing from the u.s. . well as you say they're sort of the u.s. is concerned this is a message to iran part of a proxy battle between the u.s. and what the u.s. says are iran backed militias and all of these all of these titles have to be amla's carefully under the thrown around quite with quite with abandon but they're really little bit more complex than they may have at 1st seem but there are lots of threads to the story why this is such a significant move not just because the u.s.

is taking things into their own had over there but even that is a complex narrative. paramilitaries and militias in iraq have said that they have long been targeted themselves by israeli and u.s. attacks on their arms depots and other control centers and so as of as they look where it is responding to the u.s. aggression and israeli aggression but also this u.s. action happens against the wishes of the iraqi government itself a half an hour before the attacks the defense secretary the u.s. defense. calls iraqi prime minister in photos of him of the imminent attacks of the prime minister says call these attacks off this is against against iraqi sovereignty yet the u.s. does it anyway so that's one point secondly since july this may have been. may be called iraqi backed shia militia and so on but they have been part of the p.l.f. the. popular mission force which is successfully fought against the islamic state

and since july technically they have been incorporated into the iraqi security apparatus the government security apparatus so we just see here than was the u.s. bombing a u.s. government military facility that i mean these are the questions that have to be asked especially against the backdrop of the protests that we've been seeing the outpouring of iraqi nationalism where the child is often reported to be neither america nor iran an end to u.s. foreign interference but i don't know what what could be more interfering from a foreign power than this going against the iraqi prime minister's wishes now we await the consequences for that debate but also the consequences for the us iran proxy war in iraq have extensive live for the latest from washington d.c. she have thank you. well the issue for iraq is that concept has been as ponce of a group to help the government defeat eisel it's been brought into a state sanctioned group of militias known as the popular mobilization forces and many of them are backed by iran because

a of hezbollah's leader abu mahdi ahmad this is one of iraq's most powerful man and has in the past fought against u.s. forces but the u.s. state department says he advises iran's revolutionary. full kenneth katzman is the author of the warriors of islam iran's revolutionary guard and he says the question now is how iran will respond to those strikes secure was a very targeted strike on certain bases ammunition dumps. perhaps certain or rockets facilities cuts a because bola iran backed militia. the question is what the reaction is going to be on the part of particularly iran because obviously this was a militia linked to iran and the reaction of the iraqi government which already the care tech approach minister adl abdul moxy who has tried to straddle the united states and iran and be friendly with both has. said it was an instrument of iraqi

sovereignty so. the strike could potentially cause problems in the u.s. iraq relationship. residents of several times and this jillian state of victoria have been told it's not too late to leave as of control bushfires burn towards them is just gone 1 pm and temperatures of climbed over 40 degrees to make matters worse winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour being forecast for the hours ahead well an evacuation order had been given to around 40000 people on sunday firefighters have pooled i want to forest because of unpredictable conditions neighboring south australia is experiencing catastrophic conditions a major fires continue to burn in new south wales striding sydney in small well the a.b.c.'s as a small spoke to us a little earlier with an update from port melbourne well until recently be tory has escaped the worst of these bushfires affecting

a structure that say in 1000 homes lost 9 people lose their lives but authorities say that today this diet is facing a very serious life threatening fire conditions we've got 3 out of control bush fires burning in the state's east they've actually been burning for over a month but all floridians are now extremely concerned that with the deteriorating conditions today which will see temperatures well into the forty's in very high winds that we close conditions these fires will impact communities and as a result they've put out to several militancy warnings telling people to leave they're also extremely concerned about the road several roads have been closed already now despite that region being quite remote it is very popular at this time of year with many families holiday makers going down the course to spend christmas and new year's so in that region about 40000 people have been told to leave ahead of today's all full of fire conditions with authorities extremely worried that if

the fires are in those areas that their ability to help and decipher people will be extremely limited because of those conditions. ukraine's government. and pro russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a full swap of prisoners from 5 years of conflict $200.00 fighters from both sides or were exchanged now it follows talks between the leaders of ukraine and russia that happened a few weeks ago in paris has the story. an emotional return that for many was a long time coming ukrainian prisoners finally free to leave the territory they fought to keep but still controlled by pro russian separatists they're welcomed by family members and president bolton missile linsky as they landed in kiev a young girl but. she may leave the room the main thing is that the people at home

we did what we said they will to liberate new year with their families i'm happy i'm sure that too. security was tight as the prisoner exchange began there was disbelief then relief that it was happening and they would be able to return home others though valid to fight on their own was. these former ukrainian prisoners said they would fight for their country and president there were more than that while these production separatists said he'd been beaten and tortured by ukrainian security services. sunday's exchange was the result of direct talks between president still in ski and putin in france earlier this month they agreed to implement a full ceasefire in a bid to end the war in the dawn bass region of ukraine. relations between russia and ukraine sourwood when protesters in kiev managed to drive out a kremlin backed government in 24 tane 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 conflict ukraine wants to join nato once your european union wants to move west to the poles kind of your where you agree and this is a strategic difference a major strategic that is not the result of prisoner exchange there is little will among civilians caught up in fighting for this war to continue this prisoner exchange a sign the tensions could be easing nicola gage al-jazeera. let's return to our stop story and bring you more now on those fires in a stray well craig lapsley is the former victorian emergency management commissioner and he joins us on skype from melbourne a very warm welcome to the program and just give us some context right now what's

the priority in terms of the developing fire situation in victoria. well indic floria and also said his friend says minus of the southern part of a strike it's just feet wide it's 40 degrees the most locations and it's not 40 it's about 40 degrees and the weans very strong so that's obviously the bridge that people fought as we always did that except the forests and the grass and then the wind comes along and draw it's in far there's total farthings in place which means the regulations assign people should not be outdoors using any top of. or any top of machinery that might cause a fire and it's a really critical die across the summit. and craig i'm reading that a large number of people who are asked to evacuate in parts of victoria weren't actually able to evacuate and i'm just wondering what the challenge is to deal with moving a huge number of people when the situation is developing on the ground. ladies and

this time of the it being the christmas new year periods when many people are a while on the holidays they are in the whole of. the caravans and they can't on ridges and in the in the bottom of the last couple of days the tour of police and the far already is of the very strong to get people in barman to get them a wife from the bush environment but as you know once you go on holiday sometimes you disconnect from telephones you just connect from listening to the right you actually at the to enjoy yourself so it's been a real challenge to get the next egypt will of people although i think most people knowing the temperature and the we would think it that far but they still many that are possibly in homs why because it's across all of victoria and brought them to tour across southern australia so it is a critical time and it's critical to want to get the message that they will so people can mike really decisions about this and what i should do yeah it's a it's a challenging period but i think most community members of taken 8 of the mornings

. alternatives about chinese whatever that more to plan for the dying not the travelling and the really conscious that they have. and working with the far authorities to get the best outcome and craig from your personal point of view given the job to do just how bad is it. look at the 2nd 295-2001 that was the place that was it we saw 173 people lose their logs bicycling to ales of my far operations it's not what the signed it's not as hot it's not as we need but it's certainly up there to be a significant so it's it's one that and it's interesting tomorrow. to drop spec to 27 degrees 28 degrees from 4041 degrees so it's to die it's not tomorrow it's a bit of a one the problem of fog it's not multiple dice. you know it's it's certainly up there in the in the record books of being one of the hottest periods of the many

many years and certainly up there with the significance of what for who do and probably will do this up and play with some scott morrison offering that $4000.00 to volunteer fire personnel are there enough resources to fight fires on this scale is the current strategy the right one. it's interesting people talk about china and the fact that we've had drought in queensland and we said well which is the northern parts of the strident. thing you know there's a lot of affect is in this abass how it's impacting but it's been far in the land sky now for months on end and it's only just come to victoria the southern part of this trial and that will be the next 3 months in victoria that'll be very far and there was a burning you know of a number of it's very tasty communities it's very tasty to an office with a. volunteer. but in particular the volunteer falconis have done in the greenlee

fantastic job like a main commitment to support the community they committed to go back to die it's been exceptional and obviously governments now have a high base. and base that site the commitment to what they do and do so well craig did you have a sense about the prime minister in south and he initially will the fire season being fueled by climate change do you have a sense on how he's seen as handling things. no i don't what with interest to see that all of a our elected leaders and their standing i think to listen to you know what is the songs behind it and understand that climate has to be one of the the scenario around you but it's. you know all the discussions that come along the band forests of being managed by being if you reduce to the right level before the faucet eason's will be issues around how we. have communities to build close to forest and

the top the buildings of leaving so it's broader than just climate. you know the science tells us that we're seeing a change in climate we're seeing off of with that we're seeing more extreme weather and even to die across the story of the with the 6 trying you know you've got chimp ridges that are wrought up the hottest temperatures and some very very strong winds so i think you go to think about more than just climate the climates differently apply or in the. room far in the landscape the destroyer craig lapsley their farm i think to an emergency management committee craig thank you very much. there's plenty more ahead on this news hour including. let's call it what it is these people are domestic terrorists. new york's governor talks of a cancer of hatred in america after 5 or stabbed at a jewish celebration a missile rips through a military parade in yemen killing at least 7 people. and the queen of the so sad

so her world cup tally in austria peter has the action later. libya's un recognized government is calling for the international community to help stop the military push on tripoli by the forces of warlord khalifa haftar hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the offensive in april but without the wide reports now from tripoli. the fight for tripoli is collating now the foreign ministry is calling on the united nations and the international criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for warlord flee for have to of committing crimes against humanity and their campaign to capture the capital and no one another in wisdom or we are asking the international community to perform its role after it doesn't have any

legitimacy and has been destroying tripoli for the past 8 months yet the international community has not moved to stop him only now as we have a new ally regional and international powers are rising against us the world on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wanted many more have to the forces repeatedly targeted residential areas and government run facilities with airstrikes and rockets. nearly 140000 libyans have fled their homes to seek safety and also under threat our oil revenues which are the backbone of libya's economy the national oil corporation is assessing the damage following greece and airstrikes on the oil refinery in the western city of zawiya. and as government forces battle to stop the fall of tripoli have to his forces are reported to be getting giddy enforcement from russian military is an

advance it weapons supplied by the united arab emirates turkish troops could soon be joining the conflict. the promise to support for forces loyal to the you and your kidneys the government is being seen by some as crucial to preventing the fall of tripoli because president says parliament will vote next month on a monday to send troops but does have to force advance further into the southern neighborhoods and closer to density populated areas of the capital the futa for human casualties is growing. more that there were. tripoli. the yemeni government and taste blaming who feel rebels for a missile attack on a military graduation parade which killed at least 7 people has been no claim of responsibility for the strike in the southern town of dallas the apparent target was security belt forces who are trained and equipped by saudi and coalition it's been fighting against the who's the rebels since 2015 lessons she initiated with

our portray the militias of try to move the parting away from the battlefield after they suffered losses on the front lines and into the heart of darling by way of a strikes and this strike. there because the joint southern forces will not stop in just securing they will also try to secure tyreese and other areas as. well now who say they have identified 9 targets in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. which they plan to hit next year they say in albuquerque she is a pro who the journalist based in samarra he says says he's make these threats there are significant disagreements within the saudi you coalition i think you have because if we see that their goal in the south is different saudi arabia is supporting the legitimacy of the un on the other side we see that the united arab emirate has created a militia and security forces which actually want yemen to be separated over they

call it this is a set 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. confidence vote of the book voters and if you have any out of voters head in sanaa and he has one. and he said that this year. he named. it defense because we know that him in the audience and i had been developed that it depends on if they can limit. the power of a night out of him but i believe that they can conduct the made that i think i can saudi arabia a night out of a minute and i just want to mention that 2 days ago yemeni about a stick missile has targeted a military base. and i think that was a clear and of the end of the unilateral that was announced in sanaa 3 months ago on this book but isn't that they have said in sanaa that the yemeni army would respond to any attack against yemen either here in india under the control of some

or any other attack or a major development in the south of the united out of a minute. the governor of new york has described in this hack on orthodox jews as an act of domestic terrorism 5 people were injured when a man armed with a machete stormed into a rabbi saul during hanukkah. upstate new york it is the latest attack against the jewish community in the u.s. . explains 37 year old grafton thomas faces 5 counts of attempted murder after an attack at a hanukkah party a month see new york a witness called the attack terrifying just when the word my father know what it was back and forth that. he screamed after me when they came out here it's going to have to be hey you all got you but that's it that's about it so far thomas has not been charged with a hate crime the new york state governor says the suspect should get out more i think this is an act of terrorism i think domestic terrorists are trying to

inflict the year they're motivated by hate. they are doing mass attacks these are terrorists the muncie attack is the latest in a series of assaults on jewish americans this year new york city police say that as of december 15th $213.00 anti semitic hate crime complaints have been filed this year that's 36 more than in 20188 of those attacks have happened in the last couple of weeks including a woman and her son attacked while leaving a coffee shop. in nearby jersey city 3 people were murdered in a kosher supermarket and december 10th while police are increasing neighborhood patrols and some israeli politicians say it might be time for jewish americans to leave the u.s. others say it will take much more than law enforcement to fight anti semitism we would leave these thawing even mold in

a veil educational efforts with regard to the whole course remember ins and the fight against something you think and 50 mathieson is most needed but right now people are scared and the priority is keeping people safe rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. well earlier i spoke to this jones do either who's the c.e.o. of insight on them it says that's a consulting firm focusing on race gender and into should and she said the surgeon hate crime in the u.s. is closely tied to political rhetoric washington. what we're experiencing here is a cultural shift that i believe starts from the top where you have a president who has been spewing hate from the very beginning of his campaign all throughout his presidency and unfortunately it's infecting our broader culture and so we're now at a point where we have a record number of hate groups in america now topping over a 1000 the largest number that we've ever seen since that statistic has been

recorded and i think a lot of that has to do with the hateful rhetoric that we're seeing not only from this white house but also the hateful policies that have been acted and his over zealous miss in terms of trying to justify hateful activities you might recall that after the charlottesville sort of attack where one person was murdered and where you had nazis protesting this president without his way to call them very good people right and so this is a culture that unfortunately it has been encouraged by this presidency and until we get rid of that very toxic leadership from the top i think it will be very difficult to be able to root it out from the bottom and even so i wonder if it's only to some degree going to get more intense given that we've got a presidential election next year and immigration has become that kind of hot issue hasn't it for more right wing politicians absolutely and so in your view do you think we could sort of see an intensification of this this boogying kind of speech

the sort of language that's being used that might drive some of these acts i completely agree with that it's certainly not anything i would like to see but i think it's very plausible and that's because as i mentioned you have a president here who has become a hero to white nationalists and central to the theory of white nationalism is this idea that there need to create a white state a white governmental system which is all about being able to deny these sort of. turning demography that we have in our nation where we're quickly becoming of authority people of color nation and this is another thing that's related i believe to this increased targeting of the jewish population a lot of white nationalists quite frankly blame a number of jewish communities because they see those communities as being supportive of immigrants and so by attacking the jewish population in a sort of indirect way they are also seeking to downgrade the level of immigration

to this country. lots more ahead on. chile is leading the developing world with a pledge to relinquish the use of coal to generate power but for those who live in the so called sacrifice owns 30 years is too long to wait. ballerinas it would belly and against french president manuel mccollum's pension reform funds. and rangers decade long victory drag it sounds like rock comes to an end peter will have the action mate. hello there want to coastal areas of china we've got the remnants of the recent

typhoon mixed in with the front so it does mean for the next couple of days of a few showers around and such a loss of rain really across much of taiwan as you can see there temperature wise on monday not cheap out in shanghai 13 cells with my goodness it does feel cooler on choose the friends of the swinging through so some cooler air coming in behind so 5 celsius at best and generally a cloudy picture elsewhere but no such as wet across into taiwan i want to show these coastal areas of vietnam further to the south throughout much of indonesia we've got the usual rains it's a dry couple of days ahead. much of the philippines in the rain across into west in borneo that does further west was as we head through tuesday so much as some outre java will see some very heavy amounts of rain but on the bad day tuesday across the monday and into the it will stay dry and now the main story in india really has been about the cold air particularly to the north around new delhi and the fog that is coming with it so this is what it is light this is what it has been several days with all these dense fog it is very cold the temperature is

a well below the average so although we've got a high temperature of 16 celsius it feels a lot colder than that and was he wanted to shout was to the south. sponsored by countdown and. that was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for all its cultural society it's not about . pretty damning allegations that would allow you to go how worried are you that the conditions are still right for another i think they are right join me maddi house and i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. a city defined by military occupation bismillah been an arab state he would the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but the depôt structure that mean things because only project does what we diffuse it was one of the sound there was a settlement with this and it's the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own

people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera. he watching out his ear a quick reminder of our top stories this hour iraq is calling u.s. airstrikes against a shia armed group an unacceptable breach of sovereignty the u.s. military operation targeted cuts have it has lost bases in iraq and syria killing 19 people the u.s. secretary of state says it was in response to attacks on american lives by iran backed groups residents of several times in the is truly in state of victoria have

been told it's not too late to leave as i would have controlled bushfires bar and nearby temperatures of climb past 40 degrees celsius and winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour and forecast ukraine's government and pro russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a full swap of prisoners in the 5 year conflict $200.00 fighters from both sides were exchanged. under still brown ski is the director of communications of the ukrainian congress committee of america he believes the prisoner swap is on related to any possible end to the conflict. it's very clear that this is something that president elect has been successful with before because the sailors who were captured in november of 2018 released earlier this year this is the another prisoner exchange it doesn't require ceding any territory changing the lhari constitution this is that in think political win for the president the lenski with

a lot of good media attention however we don't know going forward how that will affect him in the pools there will be some kind of sort of local elections in 2020 at which we can see if this is affecting his popularity it seems almost intractable the path forward 'd is something that presents a lengthy a promise to work on in his 1st term of office so that's why we're seeing a lot of this with the prisoner exchange where he also made some progress with the prison food is signing a 5 year gas agreement which will end this perpetual sort of damocles that russia has held over ukraine for many years of cutting off their gas on or near the bases but in terms of the conflict there everything is so tied together in terms of the constitution of ukraine would have to change for any of the terms that russia is proposing there's no political will to change the constitution the cranes especially on behalf of the the aggressor state so that's not something that can happen very easily i think with ukraine possibly looking for it to get some international waters right up to the line of conflict and seeing them enter

territory that russia has blocked for many years and maybe in that way we can really reduce the amount of armaments that russia has included in ukraine. u.s. airstrikes have hit 2 targets in somalia killing 4 finds us it comes a day after a truck bomb attack blamed on the armed group in mogadishu 80 people were killed or metacity reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. they survived saturday's truck bomb blast in mother dishes but sustained 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 this one 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 mohammed abdul life on 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 led 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 someone's day to treat patients at a turkish one hospital in mock addition as turkey seeks to boost its influence in the horn of africa it's been an increase in the important a donor especially since the somali famine in 2011 as more as a rise and the badly injured leave the country is on edge somalis constantly wondering when and where the next attack will be. al jazeera. vote counting is underway getting besides presidential runoff and so the result will help the west african nation turn the page on near constant political turmoil 2 former prime

ministers are competing to replace president jose mario vos who failed to get through the 1st round last month one of the candidates so morrow says so-called volatile has already accused the interior ministry of stuffing what looks as michael moore is a visiting fellow at the feeder was largely center for africa at the london school of economics and he says it will be a close race one of them seems to be a general and also an academic at the same time and the other is actually. the head of the main party is going to be so now what seems to be the sense of difference actually is that the incoming domingo's pereira of the main party is actually counting on support for the main party we're asked to position seems to be wanted to gang up with the un to talk to see whether they can actually remove the main party out of this huge for once there is

a clear possibility that the underdog may win. because of said the opposition parties in the run of most of them have actually decided to pitch their tent with the underdog with whom are invalid and see if they can actually use him are in by a 2 to unseat the main part of the has been ruling the country since independence so 3 there's a very high possibility that the table is my 10 but we don't know yet. only 5000000 venice whalen's have left their country since 2013 escaping poverty violence and a lack of opportunity and the latest of an al-jazeera series look at some of the big stories next year arianna sanchez exposed the human cost of latin america's largest mass displacement in recent history. to be used to be the most art but. most days now he's making

a living playing what he calls junk music. he was a teacher in venice with and played in some of its most important orchestras but now he makes $45.00 on a good day playing on the streets of lima but when. this is the reality that life puts in front of us it's important i can do what i like this is the job and learned in venezuela to fight for our dreams and get where you want to. part of the worst refugee crisis in the history of latin america and the most under-funded in modern history says the brookings institute. well many to have faced discrimination nearly 70000 have been granted residence there are more than 100000 of what i'm now living in most are underpaid and most of taking any job to be able to make ends meet and send money back to the families in

venezuela. theatre producer and on them in the us a 1st found a job as a store vendor now she sells toys me that was forced on it's frustrating because we were forced to leave and most of us are young we are productive workforce but you don't know what you'll do. you in h.c.r. director for the because he says part of the challenge is ensuring the skills of an a swim professionals are best used in. 50 percent of the 57 percent of college graduates are belong to a super qualified workforce but if we have engineers selling candy on the street that doesn't contribute to the country's economy that needs to be worked out. fortunately says god he and other musicians have figured out how to make the most of their skills and come together. they've created the migrant symphony orchestra.

most of the musicians are venezuelans and they're giving concerts sometimes for free but they say they feel privileged among refugees if not going back home at least they're doing what they've known of my innocence as i just see that. i. am on tuesday we'll continue our 2020 look ahead with a report on the upcoming u.s. presidential election at a time when america remains deeply divided on issues like immigration and abortion look at how the vote in november could further polarize americans. taiwan's gearing up for one of its most important presidential elections next month on sunday candidates faced off with a televised debate blaming their policies or differences over relations with mainland china were in stark display as alexei o'brien reports. relations with china dominated the heated t.v. debate between the 3 candidates vying for taiwan's top job as she bids to secure

a 2nd 4 year term president sighing when says beijing is the biggest threat to taiwan's free and democratic way of life has a down day when dar my rival hung 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. from the chinese nationalist party or k. m. ting is widely seen as sys main challenger he favors kosar ties with beijing and accuses sigh of exploiting the protests in hong kong to bolster her case. people are bleeding from fighting against china president what have you done to help hong kong people are bleeding while you are enjoying electoral gains your campaign is based on the blood of hong kong people so the. pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong over china's perceived efforts to curb the territory's

freedoms have ignited concerns in taiwan some say the 6 months of protest in hong kong is given a timely boost to its size reelection campaign. a steady and he's facing. in taiwan and responding to events in hong kong and china benefited from the end of the chinese government. i want for example already many and i and how they handled. president xi jinping is emphasize that taiwan is a. in a gate province that needs to be reunified by force if necessary china is pressured countries to cut diplomatic ties with taiwan the number of nations retaining relations with the island has shrunk to 15 and china is seeking to win favor with voters in taiwan by making it easier for taiwanese companies to invest in the mainland part of the opinion polls are correct and cya is reelected china's if it's

are expected to face a further backlash on china's island neighbor elixir brian al jazeera so more has lifted a 6 week state of emergency after doctors managed to control and i wake of measles the highly infectious disease killed 81 people mostly babies and children around $5000.00 s'mores were infected the government ordered door to door vaccinations close schools and restricted restricted travel to stop the spread. despite being battered by economic and social unrest chile's government is standing by its ambitious promise to go carbon neutral by the year 2050 environmentalists are praising the commitment but in cities like coronel it's far too early to celebrate as are latin america edison the sea and the human explains. this is what remains of the once impressive lot of coal company in the city of cotton in the 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. america shows us the 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 i go to is known as a sacrifice zone 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 occurring in wonder. 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 aimed to confront climate change and contribute to reducing greenhouse gases but they also are 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. 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 stone will have to wait. you see inulin i just see that. france is week long transport strike has been a disaster for the entertainment industry in paris some shells have gone and there it is joining christmas holidays but without their usual sellout audiences and in others performers themselves are on strike bernard smith has the story. 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 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. some of it we are against the pension reform the government wants to implement but it's also a gesture towards spectators because we as arsonists are very sorry about what's happening and about depriving hundreds of spectators of 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 that is a drop by as much as a 40 percent and december is the most important time of the it's money will not be able to make back just 250 tickets have been sold for tonight's performance of the 650 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 go out again here when the crowd applaud 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 as bertrand 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. when it's with al-jazeera paris. well the snow on the ground the new year in moscow

nothing unusual you might think in that but it's not falling from the skies but being delivered by truck the snow is being used to decorate a new year display in the city center the russian capital is having one of its warmest winters on record some knows that the irony of trucking in snow in a country which easily spends millions of dollars clearing it here here doesn't you don't you get sad as there isn't any snow anywhere it's new year and it feels like it came in autumn but now there's a real festive spirit. it's a taste of winter when you don't have any real snow this will do we've been waiting and waiting waiting for it to fall and here it is it's great. since there's no snow this makes us happy. now we're going to have a snowball fight. still ahead all al-jazeera in memory of happier times. noble nuclear disaster come together for the new via. jumping sensation was the

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but it's time to spoil his peter thank you very much we start in the english premier league where david moyes is back as manager at west ham united he's been named as replacement emmanuel pellegrini who were sacked after saturday's defeat a leicester which left the hammers one place above the relegation zone 2 years ago moyes was brought in also with the club in trouble but he only stayed until the end of the season despite keeping them up at liverpool going to 2020 with

a 13 point lead in the title race but v.a.r. incidents dogged their $10.00 win over wolves on sunday a disallowed saudia man a goal counted after review wolves then had an equaliser cancelled out by a tight call using technology coach and you know a spirit of some top believes v.a.r. is sucking the soul out of the game decisions are made has been are being taken by by so by a referee that miles away from here miles and miles away in the t.v. screen he doesn't feel the game doesn't get. to the field the game is not in the game elsewhere on sunday mikel arteta was beason a nice 1st home game in charge of arsenal that's the spine taking the lead against chelsea through america about a young 2 goals in the last 7 minutes from georgina and tammy abrahams snatched the points it leaves arsenal down in 12 place in the table. the final premier league

game of 29000 was won by the champions manchester city goals from sergio aguero and kevin the brainer giving them to no victory over sheffield united city or 14 points behind liverpool and they've played one game or. and it has taken rangers the home of this decade but they'll head into the new year in buoyant mood after their 1st win at glasgow rivals celtic since 28 when they collect catechize grabbing the decisive goal as rangers beat the champions $21.00 at celtic park. the german bundesliga is enjoying its 4 week winter break but parisienne dortmund's push for a 1st title since 2012 will be helped in the new year by the arrival of the highly rated teenager early in the hall and the club announced on sunday they've signed him from rb salzburg the norwegian striker impressed in the champions league group stages and has scored a prolific 28 goals in 22 games this season australia's cricketers have

a wrapped up a series victory of a new zealand they won the 2nd test in melbourne by 247 runs with a day to spare and south africa lead the 4 match series against england after winning the 1st test at century and. taking 4 week at the tourists were beaten by 107 runs the 2nd test begins at newlands in cape town on friday the removal of good starters as well but the way that the special last 2 days when they rejected it with lots of the word the way the gaza school were just remarkable consistent all the time. yes it's a good start and that's what we needed with a good start to get our confidence burks. so very happy to suggest that. mccain the shiffrin secured a slice of slalom history on sunday with another world cup win at lens in austria she called it the record of fellow american military vanishing of the most women's

victories in the single discipline it was shipped from the 60 full time and 40 food in slalom events leaving her 3 short of the record for most wins in one discipline held by swedish great in the mostyn mark. and the men's world cup combined event set bormio in italy so a number of the ladies due to crashes that is austrians christof annoy maya he was a miffed at the hospital after that incident it was defending world champion alexis spencer over who won the title the frenchman came from 12th in the rankings after the super g. section to win the slalom and with it the overall victory. and japan's world ski jumping champion new kobayashi was wowing the crowds that were but still in germany on sunday night leaps of 148154 anything more than enough to win the event this was the 1st leg of the prestigious full hills

tournament with the remaining 3 competitions taking place over the next. lebron james in the los angeles lakers ended a run of 4 straight defeats as they beat the portland trailblazers on saturday meanwhile james harden shooting massacre as the eastern rockets down the brooklyn nets and scored $44.00 points and seemed to be able to school from every day he chose to lead their division and 02 places behind the lakers in the us. that's a phenomenal sport but it's in coming up again later and we'll see you then. now in the exclusion zone around the chernobyl nuclear plant a new year spruce tree has been put in the abandoned ton of it is the 1st time the time has seen a new year tree since the nuclear disaster happened in 1906 former residents opted not to use traditional decorations instead they covered the tree with family photographs from before the disaster they say they are remembering happier times. that's it for me to be with all of this news our adrian finnegan will be here just

a 2nd with much more of the day's things. big stories generate fountains 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 there's a me right stopped at the gate separate the spin from the facts the western media jumps on stories without taking down the misinformation from the journalism it's about telling the stories there are those human beings on the ground with the listening post on al-jazeera. and this law is the most incredible stories are often true. and cheering go on experiences. makes the on from your for me. in this life

diversity makes a difference understanding the importance of being part of something much greater so in this laurie what i want to use is freedom of expression. the right to moral. showing and to march into the darkness. because you dislike the desire to understand that. makes us human. and the human. it is universal. they wanted 43000000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. there is no hope of ending war because there's always a small album of people for really really good misfits. in essence we

in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function more shadow on al-jazeera. allies of iraq under attack from the u.s. airstrikes launched against a shia group kill mine team close to the syria border. we will not stand for the islamic republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. get out now tens of thousands of australians sold to leave their homes as bush fires flare at another state.