they began the day at to any que. christmas time here in france set for widespread destruction commuters trying to get home for the special. celebrations stations and cancel trains and up in a letter as the strike action of the pension reform will be put on polls and actual supply could be hit next. protests intensify against the citizenship bill in india the knock on effect mode is hard to lose is a key local election. process of the alleged discrimination against muslims enshrined by the new little. christmas eve means midnight

mass churches worldwide this evening it noted on here in paris no midnight mass for the first time at the two hundred years. historic site still got to five five last. thank you very much for being with us firsrst that been many killed as security forces repelled a militant attack in burkina faso. eighty terrorists were killed according to the country's president thirty five civilians and seven members of local forces also lost their lives. the king of the army says a large number of militants launched a simultaneous attack on a military detachment and civilians. in the town of pop end up on tuesday morning will bring you more on the ststory as we getet it. and anothther brerg story another quake struck central colombia its epicenterer is a hundred and fifty kilometers south of bogota. in the town of miss estos it happened around nineteen hundred g. m. t. that's fourteen hundred local time. the six point two magnitude

quake has also been felt far away in argentina for the moment the authorities in columbia have no word on casualties. so this obviously another story we are watching for you. it's about ta main store here in francis rec action could soon impact petrol supppply. totals refinery dnia paris is producing at a reduced rate after the main union leading the strike voted to hold the output. the cgt is that leading the nation my protests against pension reform. in pariss the main railway stations have become the focus off commuter frustration. the already three week long strike is set to increase the pressure with no let up over this festive period. no christmas truce for holiday travelers in france. unions are maintaining their public transport strikes over pension reforms now in their twentieth day despite president matt coles called for a truce during the busy travel period. national train operator sncf

has announced that only 40% of trains will be running on christmas eve. and getting around in paris will be similarly dire. nearly half of the capital subway lines remain completely shut down while the other half are only operating during certain hours. talks between the government and unions last week failed to find a middle ground and unions vowed to continue striking into the pensioion overhaul is compleletely scrapped. negative continue the strikes will continue there is no truce i'm happy about t that. all times a clear- dimond the withdrawal of this band reform which cuts public spending on french citizens we want to come to the negotiating table and discuss improving the current system for a mutually. under the reform the current system comprised of forty two pension plans would be merged into a single system based on points. unions oppose it as some civil

servants with blue certain retirement privileges. well the government says the new system would be fairer and more transparent. the prime minister's office as a new round of talks is planned for january seventh. strike action and destruction this christmas here in france. next more controversy over the citizenship built in india prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist party has lost a key state election this setback link to the massive protests against. contentious lo diligently discriminates against muslims in india meanwhile the parents of young people taking part in the demonstrations. ready to social media to try to get that of spring to start. many young india women as a consequence of taken to hide their identity. first in line to protest against the new citizenship law is the use including many young women. the taking to the streets can be a dangerous act in a largely conservative society. whwhen prema takes part

in protests she's more scared of her own hindu father finding out then she is of riot police. if my father was to know that ii have beeeen a part of the prprotests o of. i think and i don't thihink i'm a pretty much or that he was make m me leaveve collegege ondo she's's definitey make me get not it does someone i don't know i know it. recently he's b been trying to change her mind about the controversial law by sending heher videos on what sap. the social network is india's app of choice werere millions of people engage in heated political debates. as witnessed by pre other chats are contain and disseminate false information. much of which comes from forwarded messages. he's sending me these fake videos is absolutely and knowing for i'mery frustratining for of fake n newo me and i keep on asking and how do doublee check this how the fafact check this do you think what is the source of this new

is that you're sending me. and he has no idea. previous story is reflected across many indiann fafamilies. but what's up is ony one platform where the generational divide can be witnessed. yeah there is a big generation gap between protestors in venice lousy because i think that into a better time and it was important to get a job make up idea young people are growing at a time and it's more important hapless liberties and freedom. what's have became the head after crossing after political parties poured money into the creation of hundreds of thousands of chatat g groups. ahead of general e elections lat april. at first it was allegedly to spread political messages. but now both the ruling party and the opposition or accused of sprereading falsle informrmation via thapapp. clashes a presumed in hong kong this tuesday between police and anti government protests this. christmas eve some of those which justice don santa claus hats. more than six months long a demonstrations a set to move into the new gear the protests. demanding greater democratic

rights show no sign of ending in spite of ththe overwhelming victory by anti establishment candidates. in the elections the district representatives of the of this month. france twenty four reportersave an exclusive e insight into the currenent situation in iran. situation began on the vendor the fifteen photoshop rising petrol prices. demonstrations followed the rain status tried to hide the violent clampdown that. and shoot i'd spiderman internet blackout over a five day period as the clampdown was taking place. france twenty fours observers have got all of up to seven hundred and fifty videos from cities across iran they show the situation of state violence that a shocked ngos. between november fifteenth and november eighteenth. more than three hundred iranians were killed during protests sparked by a.

the government s shut down thehe internrnet and blames the kililg on thugs educators. and foreign agents. a spokesman for iran's judiciary said the bullets that killed people did not come from ththe service weapons of around the security forces. off the- as internet access to gradually came back did you still to el to making it clear who was doing the killing. an examination of more than seven hundred and fifty videos and photographs provides evidence of repeated and widespread killings of unarmed protested. ron's please thehe revolutionary guard and it's s para military brunch the best siege. the announcement came over night petrol prices going up by as much as 2100% protest almost

about friday in a handful of cities. the respse was swift.. in the s southern city of see john. protesters set fire to a petrol station. angry together in the square on the edge of the city. they move toward a petrolol storage depot.. and one month try to climb the fence security guard shot him in the head. it was the first death. the i'm just spread it to morere than a hundred cities on saturday according to state media a near total and national internrnet shutt down was put in place with access by the end of the day that's just 7% of

ordinary levels. by the of frustrating for observers matamacicie international has already reported the over three hundred people werere killed times of from the far higher. than të around with it mate. and festivals observers of base their eksperci on footage from four cities fact checked. geo located a correspondent in tehran racist siete got a response from the iranian authorities. mr catalán a i want to begin with recent events the protests against the increase in gas prices. that led to a crackdown what was your reaction when you saw the outcome of the protests the violence and the fact thatat a number o of protesters were killlled what was your reaction. well my name in the name of god. the point that you raise is a situation that can occur in any country. issues related to

livelilihood and the economy and protests that havee taken place. in countries like france iraq and other countries. the islamic republic of iran has always listened with open is. to peaceful protests. authorities must respond to the people's rightful dimond's. but naturally. when there are disturbances vandalism attacks against government centers. and the destruction of people's property. it is the duty of security forces and police to take action and naturally during these operations it is popossible thahat incidents can happen or call one tonight at thee falll cambios. there are many critics outside of iran who point to these protestst and say this is why we believe that the islamamic repepublic is an authoritarian regime was the amount of force that was used

necessary almost us of honor tienen wanted out for unfortunately the analysis that takes place outside of it on mall is not always the correct analysis. we don't have a good experience and i'll people don't have good memories from an analysis that has taken place outside of our country. but the islamic republic of iran as always been ready to provide documents and proof and- whenever it's been necessary. we supported our people. and tried to provide certified proof that the actions that have taken place. all withihin e legal frframework and regulationss of the cocountry. work o on rom of i've ev w wante to offerer you a contract. durig the prototests the internet was shut down for several days. in your view was that t the right decision- was it worth the cosot i got the your if there's a road or a free way. and

terrorists comome and do something. what'ss the f first thing you will d do to the frfreeway you will shut it down even the- many people will take issue with you d describingg the protesters is all terrorists mon abobout us you know that my short. i've said this before. we have to bebe able to separate those who testing for the livelihood. they have to be on it we must listen to the concerns and see what the problems all. and those who took terroristic actions. and committed sabotage for accreditation. christmas eve here france the a big night for celebration that not for drunk at the tool to obi?no midnight mass this for the first time since eighteen oh three famous crucial is still badly damaged as the five back in april. for the for. the last two hundred years the bells of notre dame will not ring on christmas eve. this is workers continue to repair the paris landmark eight months after a devastating fire.

me the money off course we e fel very sad and very disappointed that we won't be able to be in our second home but we're also hopeful because it won't last as by surgery. on april fifteenth the police destroyed its gothic spire roof and many precious artifacts. but it's hard did not stop beating. in september worshippers have been celebrating mass at the nearby church of social monks and wa. this was once a real church attended by kings who lived in the palace. your commute didistance you w world they have continue repairing it and i know that later on. we will feel evenn more happy. when you're done in n the church we opopens. there was a noticeable atmosphere at not for them. a love that especially american global citizens under the watchful eye of the emblematic virgin of paris a sculpture dating back to the fourteenth century that survived the blaze. worshippers are getting ready for this year's christmas mass to be celebrated here in

their temporary. for okay just remind you a second at quake struck a in columbia that's one six point to the of on five point seven is it the same area in the center the country run a hundred and fifty kilometers set fromm bogota but of course. this happening full preparations for christmas will be more on that and thehe rest f the use. of racial stay with us what you past twenty four . the city was sucky spent fifteen years in prison for the murder of his former girlfriend. a crime he insists he did not commit. it was aquí was an uncooperative prisoner. he spent three years in solitary confinement. and was forbidden from talking to anyone. these a harsh punishments but not unusually japan's prisons. it was aiki found solace i in

turning his experiencee of prince life into drawings. ya moral. feelili i'm portrtraying is a for pain and sufferiring. e were shut off from anything that could possibly stimulate the senses. we managed to survive because we were given so many anti anxiety pills. one day off to deliberatelyly breaking cell window it was like he was punished severely he was placed in solitary confinement in a cell where he was made to sit cross legegged n facing the wall. he was not allowed to even move his head. the book for forty five days i wasn't allowed to reading books or even keep a diary. they took all of my position. after breakfast an alarm would indicacate it was time for me to sit facing the wall. another alarm meant it wawas time to eat lunch and go to the toilet then i would return to my cell and said facing the wall. again until four pm. since his release five years ago it was aquí has gone public about the reality of life inside a japanese prison. conditions for people of not even being convicted were highlighted by

the arrest of carlos ghosn. the former c chairman of nissan renault. who was kept in tokyo detention center for a total of a hundred and thirty days. done was interrogated with his lawyer present and slept in a cell that was late day and night. initially he was not allowed to receive visits from family members. the details of guns detetention drew ininternational c criticism b bt they're familiar to japanese suspects you can spend months in detention waiting for that trial to start. godine who is out on bail wants to have his day in court until next spring. this morning it was aquí into other former prisoners of come to told to sixth grade students at this school in the tokyo suburbs. which the demomon i. after he was a arrestedd for taking illegal drugs nash mass kenji once in a bad way to trial at the same detention center and at the same time as carlos ghosn. one time i still cuddles going. people home i

just saw him from afar we lived in the same environment and i can tell you that for a person as powerfull as hehe is being in that place i understand why he was furious. and drained of his energy. another rails against the japanese. justice system in which he says the presumption of innocence does not exist. whenever he went to see a prosecutable judge. you have to move around with a rope tied around his waist. he spent five and a half months in detention awaiting trial in m many other countries he would not have had to spend t that time in detention. court sokha five one twenty eight. wewe were treated very badly whehen thee too close to call. google from clicking all. they shouted at has pushed us andnd abuse disordersrs. we e not seen as human beings we have been through before ending tonight. i went in engines and wewe were e treated i in the say as people who'd'd been foundd guilty and sentenceded. it outut is for you to grow up i cannot understand that. warning i felt

like i wasn't human anynymore coululd you be. moree going onn than i felt tototally helelpless and isolated katie. it was really hard going in game tonightt i'm notot. i dealt with it by pretending i was n no longer human. on the deal. what can we shop you can tell how much your country respects human rights by the way it treats its prisoners thinking about it. don't listen to politicians speeches. just look at how prisoners are treated. and you will know straight away if the authorities really believe in human rights james. i don't. retired p prison guard toshio sakamoto w what's in around ten prisons sure to that's me i was the director i directed executions at that time. japan is resistant to abolish the death penalty. takemototo is a pool by the way death row prisoners are treated. they told the to behind on the

morning of their execution and their families are not informed until after the punishment is being carried out. they give me the opening in the united states executions are announced a one month in advance. to give defense lawyers time to try to prevent them social go it'll nice bececause you g got. n nedt in japanese presidedency evevything is done in secret no one day she meets she critical cables the treatment of inmates is kept from the public. and even executions are carried out in secret. okay battle more not that i think it'll put on single. in frfrance exexecutiony guillotine were conducted in full view of the public. but it doesn't work like that in japan. social go yoll notice with us yeah. japann has a very low crime rates and it doesn't have a problem with prison overcrowding violence among prisoners is practically unheard of and gangs have no influence over the way prisons of run. and as long as it stays

that way few people believe japan needs to reform itss criminal justice system. how do we reinvent fashion the burning question in the industry today. if we want to get to the root of the problem it goes back to how it's towards. russian schools a costly and elitist. so former journalist nineteen guns on is decided to create a french version of the school she established a few years ago in the letters of rio. the idea being to get young people inmates and sex workers out of poverty. instant one the situation is not as extreme but the principles the same situations free you don't need qualifications to guests in its cool kind of the ninety three like the sense on any post code where it's located. we were so lucky to have the support to get from the outset we started the association with nothing at all just some of the past volunteers and the free space. that's the sort of thing never

again for us it's been a really painstaking task it's like a made to measure program that we create every time. and with that that depending on the profile of a- - what thehey lean is that doing things together is a always better than during the millones. working collective with respect for those in the planet to. students a work on special projects throughout the year and in hand with the brands and institutions that have entrusted them with these commissions. today's a big day the end of years shows and this season's collective collections insolent my recycling of course. is mobile neck garment designed were made with leftover fabrics donated by the brand's who are sponsoring. it's material that they don't need any. and you can still make a lot of stuff with these of cuts for example this is a crops bomba jackets i did this gather defect on the sea to myself and on the bottom a really simple pale white hands in jersey fabric with.

these shoes ththat to o a cuomomized by mymy classmates. doing wewell at school s shepite decided against university reluctant to get have family into debt for the sake of studies. true to have believed she only west second hand clothing. thank you. that's what's crazy about this school is that you see the logic in everythi that we're doing. why we're doing it and then what are we going to do later on. it's such a fantastic experience sample of a community of it that i can think is wrong because i feel like i've lived a thousand lives since i've been at castle ninety three. yeah because every time we do a project even if you think it's going really well there's a problem or challenge. as we always manage to solve it and three an incredible experience i've learned so much restaurant. having some. corporations att the center of cans in ninety threes philosophy everyone has to learn to get stuck in and lend a helping hand with other

people's projects. place on communal. i worked in a kimono for law reduces or use lots of different pieces of their surplus stock including a jean jacket and velvet is that i used to make the complex on the i want to get this makes a tweener harjo denim workwear look and the soft supple feel with the valve s. i managed to land das in with the other off because people donate to contact the local militia because a job please six minutes i called the komodo hyper. it's a hybrid because of the materials i use it also in terms of the cost also quickly join us is twenty three and he's been out of school for two years he grew up in the north of paris in a disadvantage neighborhood of oz on to you it for him about the social codes in a housing and eight and just how different they all to the more. affluent. is this knowing de so codes is a valuable hang. as long as you don't get fenced in by them. jesus you just have to use them in their history. you know where you come from but also be interested in the

culture the to randy to keep. that can be a culture that you don't necessarily have access to but i think it's always good to have the curiosity. and even if you come from enjoying my de area. you shouldn't get struck by seeing yourself as a victim. con thank. my deprived area i can't do anything i mean on the on the country. about so called we- can be a strain. and it can be a real solid source of strength this with. that is the hausa nininy three isis much moe than a fashion so. it's really alive school make its is a bit of distance to see ourselves in the world. and then we can go in participating dot world as individuals. but can you choose. a personal decision the big question is. one of my trying to convey with this style is fashion. lana is twenty four she grew up in the loft and regions and underprivileged area in the northeast of franz close to the borders with belgium luxembourg and germany. after moving to paris at sixteen she struggle to make ends meet and ended up living in squats sewing sub passion and here she is being

coached by a pro designer he said kosha. it's true in the beginning we does have strong ideas about things and we could easily have veered off into costume. what i mean is would be up for wearing all sorts of things i had like a traffic cone or whatever and she was really good coming down well we like funny things stuff that's a different but at the same time it can. too extreme. you have to be able to wear. ninety threes collectivive collection was held up as one of the best example. of creative energy this year. this generation is really committed. socially and politically. and this collective is even more so because they're totally aware of the issues we face in terms of the planet. and they also asking the question. what meaning to be making close today. and that's very positive for the fashion industry. and to move the host of the close this is not the end of the road. paris is prestigious fashion institute has decided to provide scholarships to these young talents which will cover three years of higher education. as the council

ninety three that work continues

12/24/19 12/24/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy y now! >> ♪ happy birthday to you fonda spend the eve of her birthday? under arrest. arrested for the fifth time at the fire drill fridays protests she started in washington, d.c., inspired by swedish youth climate activist greta thunberg.