this is news live from berlin outrage on the streets of india the death toll reaches 25 in clashes between protesters and police hundreds of thousands of people continue to rally across the country against a citizenship law they say discriminates against muslims also coming up. turkish president of eddie long says he plans to send troops to support the embattled u.s. backed libyan government the potential deployment puts it at odds with russia and several arab states backing libya's rival go. russian security forces raid the

offices of prominent kremlin critic saying the volley he says is part of a coordinated campaign against him coming just days after one of his close allies was construed conscripted to a remote arctic base. we start off in india the world's largest democracy is in the grip of widespread unrest over a new immigration law that critics see as anti muslim it grants amnesty to undocumented migrants from 3 neighboring countries but only if they're not muslim and his prime minister narendra modi says it's a way to offer asylum to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but many of india's own citizens are outraged and these 25 have died in protests across the country. a sea of

defiance it is the biggest challenge to new rent since he came to power in 24th for the thousands here it is a battle for india's constitution to look at what we're seeing is that you're not so. different here i guess and. also argue. if this is implemented in the rest of the country 40 percent of you know. if it there. for weeks protests have raged against a law that would grant citizenship to refugees from neighboring countries but not muslims some see it as lama for big all those are worried it will lead to white scale emigration. the backlash has provoked a heavy handed response daily dozens were arrested for protesting. i don't live thousands of people have been detained we are protesting against that people who have been detained for no reason must be released immediately. and amid

heightened fears in muslim communities of revenge attacks police were caught breaking c.c.t.v. cameras. and the government. to. a military state group of hindu hardliners marching in the capital beating the drum for rent a movie and his national list government. journalists are feeling the heat a vigil at the moment by the press club they say they are being targeted by police as they try to cover these to mull to sevenpence. when you actually cut off communication when you don't allow people to report when you cut off the internet you increase rumormongering you increase your and you increase riots and this is what something which the establishment should understand india finds itself in a. no signs of even

a flicker of greek conciliation. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a contest for the leadership of his ruling likud party netanyahu gained 72 percent of the votes cast by party members fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon sar the vote comes ahead of a general election in march. u.k. authorities say they have rescued at least 60 migrants from iran iraq and afghanistan off of england's southeast coast they reportedly sailed from france interior ministry says an increasing number of people are risking their lives by trying to cross the english channel in small boats. public transport workers have rallied in paris as a rail strike continues to cause major disruptions across france the protesters are demanding that the french government drop its plans for controversial pension reforms the overhaul would simply simplify the current system and increase the

retirement age to $64.00. an avalanche has swept across a ski trail near the swiss town of undermount injuring at least 2 people police and rescuers are now searching for anyone who might be buried underneath heavy snowfall in recent days has considerably raised the danger of avalanches. now turkish president. says he intends to send troops to libya everyone says the u.n. backed government in tripoli requested the intervention to help stabilize the country if turkey falls through the move could dip in an international proxy struggle in the north african country which has been ravaged by civil war since 2014. after 8 months desperately fending off rival forces from the east of the country the libyan government is in need of help. let us help if. we have the right to defend tripoli. and we will officially ask that turkish government for its

military support. the defense of the capital tripoli has so far being successful but with a powerful and tangled web of cooperation on the insurgent side that includes russia and egypt libya is internationally recognized government is trying to form its own regional coalition to defend its hold on power. god willing the alliance and cooperation between us turkey tunisia and algeria will be the support for this stability what. is the. ankara has already signed too broad a defensive. with tripoli but now publicly acknowledges a more definitive request particules troops on libyan soil. we would go to a place where we are invited to go. along with him but we

would not go to a place where we are not invited to go. is this. to give in at the moment since there is such an invitation we will respond to it. just. took his could vote as early as next week to ratify a move that would again as in syria cost turkey as a key player in a very complex theater. now russian security officers have raided the offices of prominent kremlin critic. as foundation publishes exposé is on state corruption and is currently under investigation by authorities now earlier this week one of his close allies was forcibly conscripted into the military and sent to serve at a remote arctic base a move amounted to kidnapping. video footage reportedly shot inside the offices of the anti corruption organization set up and run by. the

black clad men were identified by now of all these people as court bailiff's they were acting on a warrant issued because not all these groups refused to erase a video that accused russian prime minister dmitri medvedev of corruption. this desk in the office has been empty since monday it belongs to bruce lynch of ed enough a member of the staff seen in these file pictures to the right of the opposition leader chavez an author has allegedly been kidnapped and forced to do military service. for a bad day we did not know where roselyn was or what was going on because it was a real kidnapping. there were no legal grounds to beth we did not receive any documents we had no access to lawyers. u.s. laws us to books. reports say the 23 year old was picked up from his apartment on monday he was then brought to a military base on the distant island of novi

a somalia in the arctic ocean where he will do military service the army said she had enough had been trying to avoid military conscription and now a court order has been issued to draft him however it's not clear if a valid draft notice has been issued not all the accuses the authorities of acting illegally. is a fool it is of course only use facts are linked together the criminal charges against the anti corruption organisation the author is declaring us a foreign agent then there are all those endless raids i think this was the 4th as well as the detention and harris meant of our employees and the illegal trafficking of her sunshade enough to the arctic this is all coordinated as part of a single operation with orders coming from high up. the government is playing down the issue kremlin spokesperson dimitri peskov says that it should end and did try

to dodge the draft and the actions taken by the military are perfectly legal. now the year is coming to an end and we're taking a look back at the reports filed by our correspondents from around the world reports about people's personal fates political crises wars and disasters in the u.s. more than 400000 people have died from old open opioid overdoses and millions more are addicted g.w. is alexander phenomena reports from maryland about how the opioid habit epidemic has been impacting people's lives just take it out the box hold your thumb on the bottom of the plunger and press one time and whichever nostril you prefer they're learning how to use narcan and they've both sprayed that's going to help reverse an opioid overdose 1st responders social workers commonly members people on the front lines of america's crisis the health the problem and recommends the training to

anyone working with the public or we're trying to target the mandate community to get them nor can and i know for sure for a fact we has saved several lives just putting this in the hands of those who need it. brian overly completed the training but he tells me he never expected to needed here and his library he did when a visitor with symptoms of an overdose was discovered in the restroom at the library and use narcan to save his life we've never had anyone cross this line before we've had to call the ambulance as before we call the police sometimes but we've never had anyone fully sound like this so it is perhaps more telling of g.o.p. would have taken the epidemic has a hole. that it is now becoming just visible. maryland ranks among the top 5 states in the u.s.

in related overdose deaths it has seen a nearly 300 percent increase since 2010 they also are to spill the pharmaceutical companies have been fueling the crisis maryland's attorney general has filed charges against purdue pharma accusing the company of engaging in the sept of trade practices to sell highly addictive painkillers such as oxycontin they knew what to do to properly use and the fact is that many people became addicted to heroin because they couldn't afford oxycontin they became addicted to turn opioid medications and switched to her own because it was cheaper maryland is just one example for how america is struggling with the epidemic cities and counties across the united states have filed thousands of lawsuits over the crisis targeting every facet of the health care industry from drug makers to pharmacists to individual

doctors they wants to industry to pay up to recoup the costs borne by communities grappling with widespread addiction. communities like this one in maryland where they desperately need help to fight the epidemic but they also. the want the pharma industry to admit their wrong doing and stop it. right now the annual sydney to hobart yacht race began on thursday 155 yards are racing along the southern coast of australia to the island state of tasmania is one of the toughest sailing races in the world the boats cover almost 630 nautical miles 2 years ago the comanche set the record for the race reaching the tasmanian capital hobart in one day 9 hours and 15 minutes but this time around the record holder is currently languishing behind scallawag a yacht from hong kong. you're watching news from berlin we'll have more news at the top of the hour coming up in a minute

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