you're watching news the line from under pressure india's prime minister calls a meeting of ministers to discuss security in the country as protests over a controversial new citizenship law and the death toll rises from recent clashes. australia faces another day of catastrophic fires authorities warn that high winds and scorching temperatures could worsen the emergency this sasser prime minister is expected to return home from holiday. and work on a natural gas pipeline from russia to germany grinds to

a halt after the us president signs off on sanctions we'll look at why washington doesn't want the project completed. a my cloak who thanks for joining us indian prime minister narendra modi has called a meeting with his council of ministers to discuss security in the country this comes after violent clashes over a controversial new citizenship law more than a dozen people have been killed in protests and the death toll is rising police say more than 600 people have been arrested as a preventative measure the new law would allow illegal immigrants who have fled religious persecution to apply for citizenship but it doesn't apply to muslims critics are calling it discrimination and say the law violates india's secular

constitution let's bring in correspondent misha in delhi. reports say 5 more people have died in these clashes what more can you tell us about that. well michael moore parker gave us the answers well and there have been brought them against the new law ever since the bark over a week ago but yesterday they were not he says and can fall off the car me and the best ordered from the state of the country i'm wired to walk out of the cafeteria there because that's. the most of being. in the evening there well cash says the police can be part of what the team did their thing and come to florida circuit the police got it brought on charges using water cannons began to call the. a.v.r. the police however argue to the thing that the why isn't that call that thousands

of people's id teams lawyers look i'm claiming that they were not allowed to access the beating in some of the even minor so they have a different opinion coming from both sides that critics are saying that the government is clamping down much harder than it should against any cooked attack and that while there have been violence reported most of the thought that a large be peaceful and armed and such a push back of the division brought them should be criticized and also that in connect them down things used to suppress president but there's a lot of pushback coming although the president and the ok prime minister modi has called for a security meeting what response can we expect from the government. michael the government came out briefly of the process again and all they all calling for commenting to one thing the hominy they're all cooking the law nor promising again more the key to getting back even though this is

a. a source of how do you think the folks. from fox and meeting your government should think about your life and bit off topic you courting confrontation but the big part of government and why is that even though you can possibly get out of office showing he's gotten that out of the open you should begin to think that the government that i'm going to back and believe you for the 1st miscreant rather than the good lord for. me should just fall for us in india thank you so much. bushfires are continuing to burn through parts of southern australia emergency services confirmed on saturday that one person died near adelaide high temperatures and strong winds have created catastrophic conditions for firefighters who are battling more than 100 fires across the state of new south wales several roads outside sydney are closed in authorities are asking people to delay travel plans to the region at least 3000000 hectares of land have been

torched to cross the country in recent months people wildlife and property all in danger as a fire show no sign of winding down. jai o'toole is the red cross manager for emergency services in south australia he joins us now to talk about the situation on the ground. say you've reached a catastrophic level there what does that mean for people on the ground exactly. basically the mains went as far as kind as far. as a really strong go to get control of ice leads about property so just trying to get people out of the wildfire. you talk about trying to get people out of the way the fire in their multiple ones how are the crews the firefighters the emergency personnel the rescuers there coping with the situation. it's very

challenging only ground at. this rally are and also. true is a vein of doing that this. side of. this plane is honest and i was 700 arms last hours and it sounds trite it would be but not sure here it is i saw you have it 20 maybe one minutes and i am really expenses. that house is. destroyed by the files to attend a loss of property loss we've heard reports of these fires are so intense that they're creating their own weather patterns is there any indication of how long these fires in extreme temperatures will continue. in the south last. trawlermen so this is right on top of it which. as far as we have here

neal we're only. going to try to. waken this house you know what it raised again this week and that into next wait so i never really worried about getting troll obese oscars. jai o'toole from the red cross emergency services in south australia appreciate you making time. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. a fierce storm battering spain and portugal have killed at least 5 people strong winds and torrential rains have damaged buildings and roads and cut power lines across the iberian peninsula but the words warn that conditions are likely to get worse as another powerful storm is headed for the region in istanbul thousands of people have marched in support of china's mainly muslim rieger minority they're calling

for an end to the crackdown that is seen upwards of a 1000000 people sent to detention camps in northwestern china the protests followers social media posts from turkish german football star made suit who condemns china's actions poland's lower house of parliament has passed legislation that allows punishment of judges who make rulings considered unfavorable to the government opponents have demonstrated for weeks against the charge changes the european union urged poland to suspend the bill the e.u. commission says it erodes judicial independence and has launched legal proceedings against the country. u.s. aviation giant boeing suffered a setback friday when its starliner space capsule failed to climb high enough into orbit the u.s. space agency nasa says the unmanned spacecraft was on a test flight to the international space station boeing says the spacecraft missed its planned orbit due to timing error. a company laying pipes for the

north stream 2 gas pipeline between russia and germany says it's halted work the subcontractor all cs says the move was in response to u.s. sanctions on friday president donald trump approved sanctions against companies involved in the pipelines construction the u.s. has criticized the project for handing too much power to russia. the sanctions on the north stream to project are included in a wide ranging us defense spending bill president trump signed the legislation into law at a ceremony held under space just outside washington. now my honor to. sign the 2020 national defense authorization act into law. the sanctions target companies involved in the almost 10000000000 euro project to double the pipeline capacity carrying russian natural gas to europe's leading

economy germany most of the pipeline has been completed all seized the company building the unfinished section through danish territorial waters announced it was holding its work in anticipation of the new law. washington had made it clear in advance that noncompliance would have consequences. you know senator cruz who is the sponsor of the bill wrote a letter to the c.e.o. of all scenes today basically saying as soon as this bill is signed into law you're out of compliance and you are subject to sanctions so it's a it's a it's a hot topic. the u.s. move has angered germany a longtime ally. magicks the idea that washington can legally impose sanctions on 3rd parties the. next company have flown been against extraterritorial factions we have the same problem with iran in my opinion the only solution is to hold talks very decisive talks with against letting these extra territorial

sanctions take effect. despite the anger in berlin germany is not planning any action against washington that's not the case with russia the other partner in the pipeline president vladimir putin has threatened retaliation a moscow has made it clear it will go ahead and finish the project whatever the united states does. u.k. prime minister boris johnson won last week snap election promising to get it done and now he has his e.u. withdrawal deal passed the house of commons with room to spare there's still more to do before it becomes law but friday's vote puts the u.k. on course to leave the e.u. on january 31st the 2 sides will then have until the end of 2020 to strike a trade deal. after winning his historic election victory last week boris johnson said he wanted to heal the nation and in the house of commons he presented

his bracks its bill as a step towards that it was a time that together as one reinvigorated nation one united kingdom filled with a renewed confidence in our national destiny and determined at last to take advantage of the opportunities but not a lie before us but despite the sweet talking johnson had stripped away many of the sweetness trees a may had added to help and peace support it before the election that raised passions from the opposition. this things out of an issues not only workers' rights that being downgraded it is commentary ends rights because the ability of the legislature to scrutinize executive has been taking is bad for democracy 2. outgoing labor leader jeremy colvin still licking his wounds after humiliating defeat drew attention instead to what he saw as bret's it's damaging implications for ordinary people will sell out on this deal will be used as

a battering ram to drive us down the path of yet more deregulation. and so wards i took sick deal with donald trump he didn't draw attention to a surprise in johnson's bill which will limit the negotiating time to just 12 months critics argue it will give the prime minister less room to maneuver in talks johnson says it'll speed things up. that we depart from the e.u. on the 31st agenda that point breaks it will be done it will be over johnson's mantra during the election was get bracks it done but it's unlikely that the argument teva britain's place in europe will end with this bill on the new rules but instead. now we have some dramatic footage of 2 massive cruise ships collided off the coast of mexico have a look. the carnival glory rear ended the carnival legend as it docked on the caribbean island resort of cozumel in a statement carnival said 6 passengers had presented themselves to the on board

medical center with minor injuries a fortunate outcome perhaps given the circumstances. well they may not be ninjas or even teenagers but conservation authorities in bali are counting on these heroes in a half shell to help save the declining sea turtle population the majestic marine animals are under serious threat of extinction from commercial fishing illegal trade and climate change these 7 gentle giants were rescued by authorities and have now returned safely to the sea with a careful nudge from human helpers. don't forget you can get all the news on the go just download our app from google player from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also used to send us photos and

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