this is news coming to you live from berlin a deadly crash. at least 14 people were killed when a passenger jet came down shortly after takeoff from the city of el monte dozens of passengers survived the crash also coming up. india controversial citizenship the death toll reaches 20 bonneted clashes between protesters and police hundreds of thousands of people continue to rally across the country against a law which they say discriminates against muslims. and will meet an artist on the

streets of los angeles whose work says that even if you're homeless you're not. alone i'm terry martin welcome to the program a passenger jet with 98 people on board has crashed in kazakhstan authorities say at least 14 people have been killed in the back plane came down shortly after takeoff from the city of on route to the capital no zal ton more than 60 others on board have survived with injuries. our moscow correspondent emily sure one is covering this story and she joins us now from there. emily what more do we know at this point. well we know that officials have said that all

the injured are receiving receiving treatment at the moment around 50 people have apparently been taken to the hospital and several people are severely injured according to officials these numbers of course could change this accident happened very recently the plane has just left when it crashed that's the biggest city in kazakhstan and it was on route to the administrative capital nor soltani that's a very frequent route for flights in. and this really is a very dramatic accident the residents in monte have been asked to give blood if they can because a stones president. has expressed his condolences with the families of those who died and he has also said that tomorrow will be a day of national mourning now the government has created a commission to look into the causes of the accident we don't know what they are at

the moment but there has apparently been opened a treat they also apparently opened its pretrial investigation into the causes of the accident and they're looking into perhaps a breach of safety regulations speaking of safety what about the safety record of the airline and. what can you tell us both. well the airline involved is called becky air it's a low cost airline which apparently flies regularly both nationally and internationally and according to what's being reported at least that airline has a good safety record and the same can be said about the airplane as well it's the fokker $100.00 that's the name of the aircraft and many airlines around the world use that aircraft as well now after the crash kazakhstan has now halted operate

sions both of that airline and of the aircraft as well we don't know whether that will be temporary what we do know is that the plane crashed just after takeoff and it crashed in a residential area so it actually hit a concrete barrier of some sort and also a building in that residential area one that was just being built so apparently that building at least was empty really thank you very much from the correspondent sure win there. to india which is seeing fresh protests 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 are not muslim india's prime minister narendra modi says the law aims to help religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but many of india's own citizens are

outraged at least 25 have died in protests across the country. a sea of defiance it is the biggest challenge to new render a movie since he came to power in 24 for this. it is a bottle for india's constitution to look up. what. is different. what also argue. if this is a little bit in the rest of the country 40 percent of you know. rick 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 islamophobia all those are worried it will lead to white scale emigration. the backlash has provoked a heavy handed response in new delhi dozens were arrested for protesting. high that

are low thousands of people have been detained we are protesting against that people who have been detained for no reason must be released immediately after that and amid heightened fears in muslim communities of revenge attacks police were caught breaking c.c.t.v. cameras. and the government. to. a militaristic group of hindu hardliners marching in the capital beating the drum for no rent or movie and his national list government. journalists are feeling the heat a vigil at the moment by price club they see they're being targeted by police i try to cover these to mull to say then. when you actually cut off communication when you're doing that all people do report when you got off the internet you increase rumor mongering. and. this is worth something which the establishment should

understand india finds itself in a standoff and no same job even a flicker of we can silly. just wall is covering this story and joins us now from delhi mischa given the massive protests against this new citizenship law 25 people have been killed is the government not considering withdrawing or at least revising it. that it's pretty safe to say that this government will not be drawing this law every time government leaders including prime minister no random or d. has spoken out about it they have these the blame squarely on the opposition they have cordless protesting and i associate elements and they have said that these protests challenge the national integrity off the country and they're saying that any questions being raised about the law are based on lies it is interesting though that one of the policies of this government has repeatedly talked about

a national register of citizens that would apply across the country they're kind of pulling back on that no the the prime minister said that they have never talked about it even though his own minister has talked about repeatedly and critics say that this could be because the government is willing it's bunches as any action to these protests when they're talking about it they're not reflecting any response to criticism at all security forces have been accused of being heavy handed in their response to the protests what tactics are the police using to try and get the situation under control. most definitely tell you these accusations of brutality have come out from protesters and critics and jodhaa lists alike the police themselves have written these do we do is in full it was showing the protesters have taken up arms and of the protesters have been violence abut he says deny any heavy handedness but on its own part there's been a massive internet shut down today in the largest state in the country with that but the issue in multiple thoughts because fatah expected that have been shut downs

and the police even in delhi have gone out almost brought their sights and appealed to little clips to stop link to these thoughts at sites so the police itself denying any any out of geishas of wrongdoing but it's one thing strong against oil at this point dampen down and we should thank you very much that was. while there in delhi for now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the did death toll from a christmas day typhoon in the philippines has risen to at least 28 and authorities say the number of victims is likely to run its typhoon hand-phone forced many families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air and has left scores of home a day travelers stranded in. australia has called on the army to help battle bush fires raging in much of the country conditions are expected to worsen this weekend with an extreme heat wave and stronger winds in the state of new south wales for

millions of hectares of land have been scorched in the past few months and hundreds of homes destroyed israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a contest for the leadership of his ruling we could party. who 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. now to skid row the district of los angeles that's become synonymous with urban misery and homelessness but one long term resident of skid row an artist who goes by the name of shows art is trying to spread the message that even if you don't have a home you still have hope. around 3000 people sleep rough here on skid row in downtown los angeles it's the highest concentration of unsheltered people in the u.s.

cruiser herring has lived here for the past 20 years nowadays the father of 2 is a kind of community leader drugs and violence are part of daily life on skid row but herring believes they don't have to be for everyone. because. i was successful . i made out the game i wasn't arrested for selling drugs. you know i help my people out of transition into something else. in 2006 when his 1st son was born he decided to stop selling drugs and continue his life on skid row as an artist he adopted the name shows aren't i really don't have a style. or a preference but i always want to make sure that. art makes a statement. to where someone gets something out of it but the same thing with the artist to strike into lotion many of his artworks are inspired by his personal life

and by african-american figures who have made history in the u.s. around 60 percent of skid row residents are black i still think that shows are art and his raps led him to participate in the good to institute's los angeles symposium worlds of homelessness a 4 day project addressing inequality racism migration and gentrification. well make sure that equal rights for everyone else to maybe do it as some people tend to step down but whether rat like i mean i'm not an artist trying to make the money off of the art of an artist tried to make money for people homelessness in los angeles goes beyond just skid row l.a. has the 5th highest rents in the united states with a $1.00 bedroom home in l.a. averaging $2000.00 in monthly rent homelessness has risen to critical levels in the city of l.a. alone $36000.00 people live on the streets the organizer of the worlds of homelessness project says it's not just unemployed people either there is people

here in los angeles that are working they are on a salary and they cannot afford to rent anymore universities are also addressing the issue because they have students to pay tuition they come to university but their whole lives one of shows arts friends has been allowing him to use his studio but in a month he'll have to find somewhere else to paint i have to figure out where a lot is going because other than that it's back to back to the corner but that's where yes the best production that's where i get to where i'm at now. i got here from the corner so i'm not really worried about it. for shows art skid row is more than just a place to sleep it's where his friends are and it's his inspiration when no one else is there for you the street is there for you skid row is a mother for me as she brought me back to life when there was lost. but i wasn't i

was a realizing that it was my way. and she showed me the art was my way. shows art is one of 800 artists registered in the district people who attempt to tell their experiences their stories of skid row a place that for most is synonymous with misery a place very few people associate with. and just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d w news at least 14 people are confirmed dead after a plane crash during takeoff in kazakhstan the flight operated by back air was carrying at least 98 passengers and crew members and was scheduled to fly from the southern city of all monte through the capital north. kazakhstan's aviation authority says emergency services are working to free survive.

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