miss it on december twenty eighth. and it is welcome to out live from paris see on fronts twenty four hi marco and these are the main world news headlines. the man behind the controversial pension reforms here in france has resigned over undeclared income. chuckled elev was didn't demise isn't a parcel to present macros french workers prepared to step up the general strike tomorrow. the evidence presidents out on monday postponed consultations to select a new prime minister this after a weekend of fun rest. protesteters threw stones and fireworks please sitit back with tear gas and water cannono. behind the scecenes on this the site looks set to be reappointed. protests in india

of the new nationality laws the critics say discriminate against muslims . thank you very much for being with us embarrassment foror the french president is the man behind his controversial pension reform was forced to resign i commissioner shawn pulleled o ot of what had failed to disclose thirteen private sector posts. in his assets declaration two of them were paid this comes as the unions a publicc sectotor workers pad to step up the general strike tomorrow. bowing down to pressure. the architect behind france's controversial pension reform plans john paul is a live via announced his resignation on monday over his fate i is to decay outside incoe stating that staying in his

position threaten to undermine the efforts of the movement i'm guilty of being through lights on the issue i have paid for that. i have a choose your responsibility to set an example and to be completely transparent not rule e should apply y to everyryone but to me most of f all pressure started o build this week off to deliver admitted he failed to disclose several remunerated or vovolunteer actctivitiess o on s transparenency declaration form file two months off to he entered government. something the french constitution prohibits i failed to the cloud those post becausese i felt they fell into the realm of civic engagement when you were at that level of responsibility if aaron capable of filling out this simple form understanding the simple question transitions you heldld in the past five years. i got. a phone call. you shouldn't be part of the government's. the political scandal erupted at a particularly sensitive time with the pension. leading to widespread protests and severe disruption on france's transport system. the

resignation is a set back for menu michael who saw him as a trusted ally and one of the fefw cabinet members with experience in pensions. levin is pressed on this monday has postponed consultations to select a new prime minister. lester they came the day after clashes near parliament in the capital beirut protested throwing objects including fireworks and bottles. at the security forces who struck back with tear gas and water cannon. well the angle street to spurred by the ailing economy and ongoing allegations of endemic corruption a government levels. a second postptponements of parliamentntary consultations after several weeks of delays. lebanon's leaders have still not nominates a a candidate for the country's next prime minister. as the country's protests continue to rage on. over the weekend demonstrators gathered near the lebanese parliament in bay rates which that calling a symbol of a corrupt and incompetent power began peacefully descended into the most violent clashes

between protesters and security forces since the demonstrations began two months ago. this is how we should continue and this is how it started we will not leave until they submit to all the moms they are the ones who stole the country they are the ones who brought us to this point. no sauce. one million here. but nothing to lose. i am ready to sacrifice my life for the revolution so that lebanon can be a real home runs. for the first time in my life i feel like i can dream of a new home runs a real one. lebanese protesters enraged by the country's ruling class calling for a government made up of technocrats. well they denounce the possible return of lebanon's former prime minister sought to ray ray. since all of the potential candidates have withdrawn from the running all eyes are now on her every. this is the state of the country's econonomy increasingly deteriorates. eating the contextual clues there is a disconnect between the political timetable. which is slow. in the economic time table which is becoming more

and more pressing. it could any key key it best approval process. lebananon's budget deficit now stands at more than eighty seven billion dollars. one hundred and 50% of the country's gdp. and this mrs is report that shows the problems in lebanon c ctinue let's bring it for analysi of holland. it should be at the aug outgoing m. e. n. a. director that's middle east north africa direct and crisis action having thank you. very much for being with us we appreciate your time and just to sort of add more to the context the walls- report the site hurry the- previous a promise was about to be reappointed. that's the job that left back in october. i'm wondering how how this could even be part of the equation saturday returning. why could that happen. good evening and- just a note i'm speaking in my capacity as a polilitical analyst- not in my capacity as- for crcrisis action- well as you mentioned i think it's really mind boggling in some ways to want t tgo- r revolution r re

movement started on the seventeenth of o october. and to mister how did he resigned on the twenty ninth of octotober that seveven weeks ago. and suddenly here we are two months into these protests and- we get back the name of the very person who was asked to resign by the people. and this is why we saw protests in the last two days by- the revolutionary movement- saying that- have the name of mister how did is not accepted- namely because the demand is for a technocratic government. what that means in practice is to get independent- figures who are able to regain the trust of both t the international communityf investors a foreign investors of arab i investorsrs. and of tt lebabanese peoplple so we're rey in a bit of a quagmire- especicially also when we get to the parliamentary consultltatios that are only got t terry. as fr the consnstitution- they s still haven't taken place and the demands from the proteststs are for them to take place as soon as possible. but what we're seeing is. the c confusion of te

political class.. the sense that. they were- they- warn the people of the civil war or they warn the people of the cables. they want people of you know further economic crisis and the only solution they present is for them and for the th ththe same leadersrs to o be recycled- at. this moment we were part of a there's an arm rest. among between the president to win the e out to the caretaker of te current car caretaker prime minister a- side had et. who and at the moment we're part of- the- level of constitutionalal- authoririty tt contradicts the pact of co existence. so what thatat means is that. a all the communities have to be represented and today a part of the reason that was stated that behind the

poststponement was the fact that the two main. christian partiess ththe fifthth republic movemente party of the e president and the foreign minister- diplomacy. and the lebanenese forces were not going to vote for- soughtt how do so he decided to waitit and he got a postponement of three days. which i don't k know if we will getet a good newss in ththe c coming seventy two hours this quote my that you spoke about though. it's hardly likely to- stop the anger on the streets. in your opinion what is likely most likely to happen next. no. i think it'ss a it's extremely hard to predict anything with- certainty- in lebabanon especially with what we've seen the last two months but if you- i think there are two really schools of thought if you'd like to put it that way one school of thought is the school of thought of the status quo parties of the political elites against whom the people are revolting and for them the only solution they can. come back to us to say we

will bring back the strong man so to speak from the from the community who has good relations with the arab world and the international c communiy and he will and that government will bring back a bit of stability now that caretaker prime minister with mr sysop how did it once and- ministry off technocrats now on the other hand you have this is the second school of thought so to speak the revolutionary movement intifada so to speak the anti status quo meant that once fresh faces and the r reasn is very simple you have a country that after thirty years by various parties. and each party the blame for thirteen years- has really led the country. to the state that we are in. and in any reasosonable solution usually would. necessitate that there would be some new fresh independent faces. and there's always that argument being presented that there are no alternatives. and i think anybody who has been to lebanon who knows the lebanese people will not buy that argument that there are no. independent competence figures who can take a certain ministries including the prime

ministry. so let's say therere wawas one namame that wawas pred amamong many. the namame of mr w what salon for example the prevevious un ambsar- the lebanese in.n. there to the u. and- he'e's sunni who can be a name. if how do. i amam an independent. a cacandidate and who mightt get the- so to speak the approval from the street because he was not part of the government's h he wasn't a minister b before. and hee has sosort of speak a clean record. on that level and thahat also goes to sasay when we get to the ministers also thatt therere a e some fresh f faces that can come in. and att least bring back a bit of trust so in terms of what will happen next it's really anybody's guess. but if you want to take the safe bet you'd say that they are lebanese politicalal class will repeat the same mistakes and bring back perhaps mister hardy. who will try to form a governmement and will b be unabe to form a government and we'll cut to go into a deadlock for a vevery long time. if i'd want to be optimistic i'd say misteter how do you wilill see is this ad

make a h historic decision and say he will back an independent candidate from the sunni community will be accepted by both the sunni community on the strereet. and who will form a government with really no faces from the previous political elite that has ruled us and that has gotten us to the state we are now. name should buy it thank you very much indeed. for that's a very thorough analysis of all the possibilities. that lie ahead that eleven thank you so. much for joining us in france today. next anger grows in india of a new citizenshipip laws that's the critics say discriminatess against muslims. promisised under under m mode he has- said the bill will make india a safe haven for hindus. and other religious minorities who fled persecution. in neighboring muslim countries. he's been crititicized for viviolating india's secular. constitution horsemen man can you gallop has this. an update across university campuses in india i'm going to sink into a broader movement tonight people

from all walks of life have gathered here are. interrogated new delhi an iconic symbol of the country to make their voices heard they're protesting against citizenship amendment kamal which many see as discriminate. against india two hundred million strong muslim community you'll be meeting of i don't. know i need to many different you don't i. bill went on and off so. so that is the problem then the beginning of a bloody genocide in. yeah the- end of the decade the same. exactly the same identity and to me that. that is ththmost. the opposition leader from the historic congress party prank on the stage thehe symbolicc sittining here earlier in the evening she sat in the middle of the protest as four to ours throwing a party is weight behind the students but it very much remains a movement led by the students. thank you i'm a student and i will make every

effort to ensure these protests continue until my dying g breat. until they repeal this law. mining and quite brutality against protesters. right across the country. intensified over the next few. my two kids gallagher reported that adventure movies bjp parties focused on the needs of its course support that's india's hindus the motivation behind the use of the ship rolls though plays on the- very divide that the independence of india from britain and the creation of new state of pakistan. back in nineteen forty seven. may twenty nineteen prime minister narendra modi's party the b. j. p. winds india's parliamentary election for the second time. the victorory seen as an endorsement of his nationalist policies. moody's ideology is inspired by the country's main hindu nationalist organization the rss for which he once worked. the rss promotes

unorthodox form of the religion and sees india as first and foremost a hindu nation. during his time as chief minister of his home state gujarat intercommunal violence erupted in two thousand and two an attack was carried out by muslim extremists and nearly two thousand people were killed in reprisals. most of the muslim. at the time the renter moody was accused of turning a blind eye to the actions of hindu militias. he became prime minister in twenty fourteen and has since implemented policies that have been perceived as anti muslim. including renaming several cities with previouslyy muslim names and changing school curriculums to minimize the community's contribution to the country's history. also significant was the prime minister's decision to revoke cashshmere special a tony statu. the restive region has a majority muslim population. his most rececent controvoversial movies to chanange the country citizenship laws granting

indian nationality to the members six religious communities who fled to pakistan bangladesh and afghanistanefore twenty fifteen. most migrants are excluded gm without for- what you'll developments for you of course on the situation in india. type of business that means kate movies here. good evening kate steinberg boeing holding a two day board meeting in chicago and it's expected to either suspend or drastically scale back production of the troubled. seven three seven max fleet last week federation aviation authority warned that it would not approve stuff updates to flee before the end of the year tell us okay absolutely well that was a really big deal for boeing because they've been saying for months really that they still expected to get the green light to get those planes back into the air. possibly by the end of this year it has to be said that a lot of airlines were not so confident right now this two day board meeting is taking place and we are expecting a fairly big announcement about the production of that of that

troubled airplane. hundreds of companies of course make up the max supply chain providing everything from engines to interiors they could all be affected by any potential holes or scaling back in production could lead to job cuts and steep financial losses across the industry and for thehe broader you us economy because boeing is the biggest single exporter. in the united states on the market share in the aerospace sectorr trended dowow- and boeing shares dropped over 4% at the close. thanks for turbulencece for jackson's been lolooking at the history o of tt seven thirty seven mac fleet. he was supposed to be boeing's new darlene this short hole at croft with longer range and great to fuel efficiency. the seventy seven max was buildings clustered using the work of a fifty year old staple of the airline industry designed to win back market share from abbas's a three twenty neo. but it's a flight control software on the julian that't's over hole

is believed to be the cause of two fatal crashes that caused the deaths of three hundred forty six people in indonesia and ethiopia. after the second accident in five months the planes were grounded worldwide on the eight thousand six huhundred weekly flights flown y the max was stopped. beau insist the deliveries of the aircraft and slow down production by fifth. at the time of the ground four thousand six hundred and thirty six orders remained and fills contracts with over six hundred billion us dollars to the ashcroft giants boeing has been working to fix the software issues and get the fleets back india. ross working up to bebe updated- training packages for pilots to maintain or so it's a holistic solution- t that will give us confidence that this airplane will be one of the safest ever to fly. boeing estimates the grounding has cost the company over nine billion dollars the company still managed to one point two billion dollar profits in the third quarter of twenty nineteen. largely due to higher defense revenue. but it's the

effects of the van rippling through the aviatioio i industry anand lines of pspseudo into lot income and contractors he builds parts of the plains have lost billions in revenue. boeing has been steadfast in its belief that the plane would be back in the s. soon. but the ground he is likely to have left lost in damage to the max is reputation. american trade negotiators said the text of a trade truce with china will be signed in early january. both sides suspended a new tariff that were due to take effect this weekend following a temporary truce at least that was agreed on friday. the us is also cuts bacack some of its existing tariffs. but c chinese officials have been more reserved about the termsms of te agreemement. for example they declined to confirm us claims that they'll purchase the bill increasese purchase of purchases of us agricultural and energy products by twenty billion dollars. over the next two years a white house of the continue to tell that deal. your victory and that's the two

huge games on a global stock marketets with a record. on wallstreet a in the wake of that traders. the dow jones knocking up a three day winning streak the nasdaq up nearly 1% at the close. the major and also jumped earlier on myself one hundred surging to a quarter percent. building on friday stangel gain. investors servrvice decisivive in thuhurs. election you can. easy up into his plate british businesses markel has meeting with german business leaders about a lack of skilled labor country over the weekend the chancellor said that the government would provide more training to german workers fixes that would also need to recruiuit potential employees from both within and outside the european n union. in march term nor will make your for non eu nationals to get work if they speak the language and have professional qualifications inspectors like nursing and i eat right politicians have argued that the focus should. be on

preventing a brain drain. strike against proposed pension reforms here in front has dragged on into a twelfth day. commuters are t the only o ones susuffering though small bunenesses are incncreasingly worried about their bottom line. during what is usually a busy end of year period. one industry union says that restaurants and cafes here in paris i've seen a 5260% depepict clientele compared to the same weekend back in twenty eighteen. when the yellow vest protests were in full sting each saturday. in the nineteen nineties. i have a real around the holidays is with him don't have that increase and that's how easy it could put the anti his financial results the risk. was very worried because i can't. and it's really might be easier to get a seat in some of those cafes in central paris mark. that is if you can make it there. . indeed the whole. question is that okay thank you very much to the cape with all the business that great to see you. it's close to o the jamesse watch. uss startining with a lok at some of those stocking images coming out of india.

over that- controversial. citizenship battle. yes enormous process taking place at many university campuses across the country against what many people see as an anti muslim citizenship the war. has been going on for five days and it's likely to continue stoked by images of police violence and this is one of the most. iconic images that is spreading far and wide our own social media the image of young wen trying to protect the young male friend. broughtn attack by police officers i am not- is being pushed you can see just. called the police officers. are going for him on the stick the whole thing on. he and then made of bamboo and found with i am thank you to the death of what a blow from not might feel like. and the women- with from the two media. media universe dallas denny wishes and move the majority of that city and that protesting because they fear the next step who will

like this could be to remove that. citizenship in india- so the image spreading far white it's been immortalized in cartoon form as well- because- these women's bravery i think it's not to be under the understated really to be honest. at this woman to be saying that the image- will stay. at the edge in her memory i and- ii national herald india has actually spoken to you. too all of those young women did in that video i *-*- right and to suck and- i'm they say they they escaped by the skin. because police noticed that there were people taking photographs and filming around them and- they said we chased by police they were choking on tear gas. and that the police. them as if they were human. deserving of any. duration of the day the police for that

part they used maximum restraint midland. and that thing that protest in debt. one or many at. the prime minister has this this is i am too tame peace unity and brotherhood it's my appeal to everyone to stay away from any sort of room among the full sets a very different tone from the time he took yesterday at when he spoke even more controversy by saying other those violently protested could be recognized by the type of place that they were wearing taken as a reference of course to muslim religious dominance at. and seeing as rudy staking out the racism acumen in this case i'm a lawsuit i bust groups coming out against him including scientists- school is obviously his political plans to- this gentleman he's the chief minister of the state of kerala has that made the comment in a hindu rashtra basic hindu nation on the outside he fears that- mister mehdi is tempting to date- well sonia gandhi who is the president. of the indian

national congress and left of center party sayss that the government is the creation of violence and divisiveness which is declared a war against its own people and you will still celebrities joy into you people with hundreds of thousands of dollars on. this making. his as going to fall. this girl is. yes to head to use thank you strongly condemns the violence the police have shown in dealing with the street he also condemns any acts of destruction of public properties up very even handed response that from him i'm some people they do seem to be siding with the press with the police. rather than the protest as he started the violence fast at police okay. all students aren't sir it says the specimen response. i'm just going to you can you please inform this bryant supporter how many police officers was sent to intensive cad by students in about a comma is clearly not believing the old. a genuine students at since all this started- but it's worth noting that this is really being seen as the biggest threat that run

from may to his at a scene to his premiership. is the shock at the crack down the seed has reunited with his opponents against him and this was the same. the room for mode he was greeted with a big hugs and a conscious by menu micro once upon a time so it clearly. interesting times for both leaders- because here in front of course the french government has the embarrassment of- a minister's resignation old into the current. controversy in francia the strikes of pension full. yes exactly the right man he's pension reform a plan. as to hundreds of thousands onto the street. i'm proof public transport gririnding to a halt- is actually the man who has had to stand down today he is cool john. who died of walk. and this is a- is a call to my son i got. at when it's the advent calendar of support of law. day has a new conflict of interest because the numbers all close. it has to be said i'm looking for a fee which is a spoof news

on each not a real one- it's- see at. home on the figaro that well newspaper which is off to his resignation as you'll pull the law. is in chewing his well deserved retirement set me extremely tongue in cheek that and it's interesting that meriones reporting doesn't see a fourteen job that went on to class. i we believe it's the esee or we'd dressing happen reported at mar and claims as fourteenth what. i'm it well they were all of his other posts were paid this one actually netted him six thousand euros a month that's twice the national average salary for a french passes. at say it's quite incredible i think that that was just one of fourteen extra jobs he has i'm- i'm not sure or the other but others a p paid i think. probaby getting more travel map in the coming days. meanwhile the account kentucky's twelve day at the site of his over the paris ring raiders at sorry for all the hassle at least. a foot

retirement at not to add in. is misery hello a- drive is it. and around the capital

12/16/19 12/16/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! clclose there are e millions of world who aroround the are already suffering from thehe impacts of climate chahange. denying this fact could d be intetereted by some to be aa crime against humanity. thank you. climateted nations summit in madrid, spain,