that has gone out to our correspondent barnaby phillips who has been following everything in madrid. what's the latest? >> reporter: the latest here at the headquarters of the popular party of mariano rajoy is an atmosphere close to dejection. it is the mutist strangest victory celebration i've been to t a lot of supporters looking at their phones, looking at permanent mutations, looking at possibilities, knowing that they have notionally won, they have received the lowest percentage of the popular vote since 1989. a very, very strange situation. they may have lost some four and a half million votes compared to that enormous victory they had in 2011 and a lot of head scratching in theory. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy may appear on the platform that's behind me later this evening, but the crowd here is pretty meagre. i think the mood inside is pretty introspecktive. i'm not sure whether he will address the crowd. a lot of uncertainty for his future, for the future of spain's government, but, indeed, for all the political parties they all know that they face many negotiations a

. >>> i'm barnaby phillips in vienna at the opec summit.il prices are down, oil-exporting countries are divided on what to do about it. ♪ >>> germany now the latest country to take on a direct role in the battle against the islamic state of iraq and the levant in syria this time. crucially, it won't be a combat mission. politicians voted to send the maximum of 1200 soldiers who will serve in support roles in places such as kuwait, turkey, qatar. they will deploy reconnaissance jets and a frigate. it's germany's response to a french request for help after last month's paris attacks. they believe that germany is now a target as well. >> reporter: the vote in germany's lower house was overwhelming. a margin of 445 in favor to 146 against. and it reflects a wider mood, broadly supportive of military action. but german lawmakers faced immotive questions and vehement debate. >> translator: you can be sure that the bombs of the last three weeks alone in syria have killed more civilians than the barbaric attacks in paris. and the mothers of raqqa a

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >> at least 85 people are still missing beneath a giant flow of mud and construction waste which buried 33 buildings in southern china. it happened in the port city of shenzhen which is home to a building and construction boom that has developed in the past years. china correspondent adrian brown reports. >> reporter: at times like this, manpower is not a problem in china. 1500 rescue workers are now searching for signs of life. hoping survivors may have found an air pocket. if people are alive they're in damaged buildings, trapped under mounds of mud. it is hazardous work. the ground is wet with hours of rain. 24 hours after the landslide there was though still hope. >> translator: since 2:00 a.m. on monday we have regulation cued search trapped people and relocateover 900 residents. at 3:00 a.m. the field command decided to reenforce the rescue work with machinery.. >> damaged, compacted, testament to poor materials used in their construction. the mud spill is covering a vast area. equal in size to 14 football fields. >> an area of around 380,00

as barnaby phillips reports from madrid. >> reporter: it's the strangest victory celebration you will ever see. at the headquarters of spain's popular party they were trying to work out what it all means. they came first, but with their lowest share of the vote since the 1980s. the subdued mood here reflects the atmosphere of political confusion. the prime minister has fallen well short of an absolute majority and it is dip to see how he can build a stable coalition. all this means that spain could be in for a long period of political uncertainty. when when mariano rajoy came out to speak to his supporters, he said he would lead spain on to recovery. >> translation: there are still a lot of people in difficulty. we need to create more jobs. the spanish need a government that has parliamentary support and therefore i will seek a stable government and continue in the general interests of all spaniards. >> reporter: on the other side of town they were celebrating a political earthquake. the anti austerity podemos party has burst onto the scene and will now be a major force in the new par

al jazeera's barnaby phillips was there. >> this is another big meeting about energy taking place thisweek. gathering in vienna, even in paris leaders spoke of weaning the nations off fossil fuel. here in vienna, the agenda is different and the concerns more immediate. low oil prices are hurting 13 opec countries. saudi arabia has argued it is a necessary evil to put rival non-opec oil producers to put the countries like usa and brazil out of business. but others argued that saudi arabia should cut production to force prices back up. venezuela's oil minister told me that his country is not alone in their financial concerns. >> all countries are interested. >> you are desperate, aren't. >> you all the countries are worried about the price. all the countries including the saudis and whatever countries. it is not only venezuela. >> but after seven hours of talks, opec announced there would be no cuts in production. it agreed only to monitor events in the months ahead. i asked the nigerian oil minister how much pain continued oil prices are going to cause his country. >> we look at this, h

. >> barnaby phillips, thank you. >> there have been angry protests in india after the release of a man convicted of a brutal gang rape and murder which shocked the world three years ago. >> we want justice. >> the parents of the 23-year-old woman attacked on a bus in 2012 have been leading dmn administrations in new delhi. the man was 17 when arrested. >> this case of the youngest offender involved in the 2012 gang rape attack has raised many questions particularly about the juvenile detention system in india. what happens to young offenders inside the system and importantly what happens once they're released. what is the road map for their rehabilitation and development as well as their reintegration into society. they're deeply angry and frustrated by issues of sexual violence and as we've heard from the experts and people we've been speaking to about the issue that this is a long running problem and this case is once again drawing attention to the root causes of one of india's biggest issues. according to official crime statistics, nearly 100 women are raped in india every day. expe

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >>> that, of course, is the key question.w to madrid and al jazeera's correspondents david chater so now what can they come up with? >> reporter: well, i think two months at least of negotiation to try to form a coalition, but the math malt i cans, the arithmetic simply doesn't add up, peter. floss way that i can see any of these parties getting together and agreeing a stable political plat form to bring a ruling coalition that can affect the -- have an absolute majority of 176 in the deputy of the lower hours, the lower house of the parliamentary system. so i than although the mariano will be called on for the people's party by king felipe to try to form the coalition government. he has a steep climate of him i think probably facing not only those two months of very difficult and intense negotiations, we are facing perhaps the prospect, if they don't work out, of another general election under the contusion which would occur in march. so there is an awful lot to play for. of course spain needs a strong government. it needs a

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >> monday night we'll look at the election results and see what they mean for spain. >>> school teachers in west pokot region are sheltering girls on the run, after they refused to undergo the procedure. in guatemala, a centuries old practice has allowed girls as young as 14 to get married. it was recently raised to 18. despite the new law old habits aren't dying any time soon. >> it's not the kind of life jennifer chanta wanted. the 17-year-old had plans to finish high school and find a good job but that changed after jennifer got stuck overnight in a nearby town. her father accused her of being with her boyfriend and demanded she married him, to save the family's reputation. a month later jennifer was married, 15 at the time. >> if i hadn't gotten married i'd be studying. it's difficult to have the obligation of of an adult, when you're so young. >> all of paul's friends are married, the situation is all too common. in guatemala a third of girls are married by 18 and wednesday by the time they're 15 years old, the protection of girls is finally

barnaby phillips is in madrid. what are the latest results? >> well, the popular party, the center right, the conservative party, which had a majority in the old parliament, emerged with 123 seats, meaning the majority is reduced and cannot govern alone unless it's the head of a minority government. in other words, it's a messy result. new parties have emerged, taking a substantial proportion of votes and seats away from the old political establishment. and that means that spain is likely to face a prolonged period of uncertainty perhaps unstable, perhaps coalition party. >> as you mentioned there's four political parties in the running. the result means the 2-party system is out. what is driving the political shift? >> it's a number of things. you have to remember spain has been through a long political crisis. unemployment is high. it has come down in the past year or so. it remains over 20%. it is devastating. it's close to 50%. in part it's a reaction against that. although there's a tentative economic recovery, many do not feel the benefi

barnaby phillips has more from madrid. >> here is the man of the moment, pablo iglesias, leader of podemos. no longer cozy with big business, free of corruption. to make that happen, he says he's ready to talk to anyone but the old parties have got to recognize the changes that have taken place in spain. >> today is an historical day for spain. we are very happy that the fact that in spain the term of the two party system has ended and we are happy because we are starting a new political era in our country. >> but awkwardly it's the incumbent people's party that came first and mariano rahoy wants to continue to be president. >> in order to explore the possibility to give the necessary certainty both in and outside spain. >> parliament will set on january the 16th. that's when phillipi ii will decide who is the new president of spain. but if that can't be accomplished, there will need to be new elections in february. >> sir, we were layering at the end of barnaby phillips report that there is a real chance that spain will have to go back to the polls in mid february or right after that if t

barnaby phillips, madrid. >> joining us from madrid, david good to have you with us.ruck how what happened there in spain seems to mirror the u.s. political cycle where you have this rise of antiestablishment candidates. what was driving this in spain? >> well as you said there's an anti-establishment party that has risen to 69 seat in parliament which is something we have never seen. right now the problem that we have here and the problem we're trying to deal with is the fact that we don't have a majority in parliament. it's impossible to form a new government given alliances that we are used to and even the ideologic alliances that you would think are more natural, you know like center and center right, left and center left. so right now, the parties are debating but there's not an established majority that can tell us that there will be a government in the coming weeks. >> what's really interesting is we've ah seen in many other countries across the world, especially in parts of europe, this push to the right. meanwhile it's the podemos party there that did capture

let's go live now to barnaby phillips in the spanish capitol, madrid for us. aby, how much of a turning point could this election be in the political landscape of the country there? >> it's certainly a very unpredictable election. i guess we will find out perhaps within an hour or so. polling closes one hour from now now. that's 8:00 o'clock in madrid. we hope we will get accurate opinion polls pretty soon thereafter. there is a lot of expectation, a lot of excitement. the indications are that there will be a pretty high turnout action higher en than we had in 2011 and i think it was 72% then. wo we are on track for something higher than that. my colleague has been looking at the date's voting here and this is husband report. >> there is a pistol time and tide in the affairs of all men, e spibly politicians. a thought on which the prime minister was reflecting as he took his morning exercise with his people's party struggle to go keep ahead of a surge in support for two new parties, two new kids on the block. there is no such thing ascertainty in politics. one

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >>> britain's first official astronaut has been speaking from space first time in orbit. >> the most unexpected thing, i think, was the blackness of space, because we always talk about seeing the view of planet earth and how beautiful it is, so you come to expect that, but what people don't mention that much is just when you look the opposition direction and you see how dark space is, and you realize how small the earth is in that blackness, that was a real surprise to me. >>> the vatican has confirmed that mother theresa will be made a saint in the roman catholic church. the second miracle was the case of a man who was inexplicably healed by multiple brain tumors. our correspondent reports now from nou deli. >> reporter: quite significant for india. once mother theresa is recognized a saint, we expect this to happen in september next year, in the year of mercy, she will be one of a handful of indian saints. we should say she was born in what is now macedonia, but gained indian citizenship in 1951, and just putting this story into numbers. there are a

. >>> i'm barnaby phillips in vienna at the opec summit.il prices are down, oil-exporting countries are divided on what to do about it. ♪ >>> our top story this hour, four palestinians have been killed by israeli security forces in separate incidents across the occupied west bank. [ gunfire ] >>> in bethlehem palestinians protesters threw stones at the israeli army. earlier north of ramallah a palestinian man was shot dead after ramming his car into israeli soldiers. two were likely injured. stephanie decker joins us live now from ramallah. this is apparently getting worse by the day, steph. get us up to date with the death toll so far. >> reporter: the death toll since the first of october when we really saw this wave of one on one violence start, these are huge numbers, but i think now we're two months on. this is becoming a daily occurrence. it does go in waves. in a day like today, three separate incidents in separate parts of the occupied west bank. last night there was a stabbing in occupied east jerusalem. that palestinian man also s

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, ma drid. >> david chater is live for us in madrid. we have just been listening to mariano rahoy for about 20 minutes. what's he been saying? >> reporter: arbarbara, despie losing majority in the lower house of flairmt, he feels for the good of spain, stability of spain, pulling it out of austerity, he is the man to take spain on the mantle of stability, but when you hear the other parties and the complex arrangement he is not going to have many people can he really talk to. we have already heard from pablo iglesias, the young maverick, age 37, a moral virk tr vick tr. pablo iglesias says he's going to remain in opposition. he doesn't want to talk to a man who represents a system, he went into politician to break that system. how could he help out, most natural as a citizens party, only got 40 seats, faded in the last two weeks of the election. so he is not a natural partner either. they don't want to start talking to mariano rahoy. they took away a lot of core votes from the people's party and he wants to maintain those. we'll see if

barnaby phillips is there as well, and we were just hearing from mariano rajoy there emphasising the fact that they won the most votes and they are still, as far as he sees it, in the driving seat to form the next spanish government, but it's going to be hard to see exactly how they will do that, isn't it. >> reporter: very difficult, indeed. one possibility, of course, is that they could form a minority government which would be inherently unstable which would live from vote to vote and which the opposition parties combined could always vote down whenever they choose. another possibility is that mariano rajoy could try and construct some form of coalition. well, that is going to be very, very messy when you look at the arithmetic. there is no clear route by which he could obtain a parliamentary majority through working with another party. it would probably be an unwieldy coalition of several parties which, by definition, are going to have very, very different agendas. of course, a third possibility is that we could have new elections in spain sometime in 2016 >>> yes. still a very u

barnaby phillips has more from inside vienna. >> this is energy taking place in europe this week.oil ministers from the opec countries gather in vienna. but in paris leaders spoke of the addiction of fossil fuels. in vienna the concerns are different and more immediate. saudi arabia, the biggest producer say there are necessary evils to put rival non-opec oil producers countries like the usa and brazil out of business. but the weaker economies went in to this meeting saying that saudi arabia should cut production to force prices back up. venezuela's oil ministry told me his country is not alone in its financial difficulties. >> some say we're desperate in changing the price, but this is a mistake. >> but you are desperate. >> all the countries are very worried about the price. all the countries, including the saudis and whatever countries, okay? it's not just only venezuela. >> but after seven hours of talks opec announced there would be no cuts in production. it agreed only to monitor events in the months ahead. i asked the nigeria oil minister how many pain continued low oil pri

barnaby phillips went out on the streets of madrid to talk with voters and found that people are interested in another contest right now, the lottery. >> this queue goes right around the block 300 meters or so, and it has nothing to do with sunday's elections. all these people have come here to buy lottery tickets for christmas. they've come to a particular kiosk in the center of town which apparently has a track record in selling winning numbers. i find all of this to be confusing. it does tell me that the spanish people do have enormous amounts of faith. but what about people in this queue and sunday's crucial elections? let's speak to them to find out what they're hoping for in the vote. >> we're now in the sixth year of the crisis. i feel that the solution of the parties in europe doesn't work, so i feel that we need to chan change. >> i don't think anyone is happy with the state of the country. you'll see people living on th the streets. bravo to any party who can solve this problem. the right or the left, i don't care. [singing] >> this election will be unlike any we've seen in spain

barnaby phillips. al jazeera, vienna. >> around the world disappear at an ever increasing rate. it's an issue in paris where legislature is trying to thrash out the fight against climate change. >> chalais are ready for the christmas rush. but all around things are changing because of global warming. to see the evidence you only have to take the tourist train up the mountain on the railway that's been operating since 1908. one of the longest glaciers in the alps. luke has been studying these glaciers for years. he took a time lapse of the englishes. thousands of years of compacted ice flowing down the mountain, but it's less every year. >> the glacier makes the invisible, visible. we're talking about temperature, energy, greenhouse gasses. we're seeing the result of all these things. the climate is unfavorable to glaciers. the landscape is changing. we have to protect it for ourselves. >> here's a photograph taken in 1910 showing the train station with the glacier just below. it's been exactly 100 years, and see the difference. it's incredibly apparent the sheer volume of ice th

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, vienna. >> now you can find more on everything that we're covering right here. www.aljazeera.com. you'll find all the comment analysis, and background information on all of our top stories, www.aljazeera.com. $70 billion in debt. residents are american citizens, but the poverty rate here is 3 times the national average. now, with the economy facing collapse, record numbers are using their american passports to get out. >> i have never been away from home, like this is the first time for a long time. >> why did he choose to go? >> he wanted to go. his choice. >> so, the family is incredibly sad, the son is going away for the very first time, he's 21-year old. he's got a job in orlando, florida, and he thought it was a better opportunity. he's taking a flight right now. >> yeah, i mean all my friends are leaving. a lot of people i know, that i talk to, yeah i'm leaving soon, and maybe might not come back. so, they're like yeah i want to do that too, 'cause it will be a better like life there, and i don't know, you know the economy... it's like, it'll be bett

as barnaby phillips reports. >> it's the strangest victory celebration you will see. at the headquarters of spain's topular party it was working out what it means. the mood reflects atmosphere of political confusion. the perform fell short of a majority. all this means that spain could be in for a prolonged period of uncertainty. >> when marian lahoy spoke, he insisted on staying in office. >> translation: there's a lot of people in difficulty. we need to create jobs. and continue in the general interests of all spaniards. >> on the other side of town. they were celebrating a political earthquake. and will be a major force in the new government. for many. they are the future. >> we are very happy for the fact that in spain, the two party system is ended and we are starting a political era in our country. >> for the socialist and their leader, this was not a good night. they, too, recorded their worst result in decades. and yet such is the lack of clarity which surrounds the result. they could be future partners in any collision. that leaves the citizens party. another

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >> burundi's parliament has voted against allowing african union peace keepers in to stop growing unrest. the a.u. wants to send 5,000 troops and it worries the countries is heading towards civil war. 400 people have been killed since april when the president decide to run for a third term. the government has called the e.u. deployment an envision. we have the latest from the capital of burundi. >> after a special sitting, members of parliament rejected the african union decision to deploy 5,000 troops to burundi. they said they do not want foreign forces on their soil, and the government of burundi is able to protect civilians. they said they'll appoint a commission of inquiry to look into the killings that have happened in the country since, due in particular the killings have happened on the 11th december. on that friday, 87 people were killed in the capital, with about a run di--about a run diburundi calling it's bluff, the african union will return to a summit to send troops to that country. this can only be done in a summit that is held twice

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >>> the race to calcutta will become a saint.ancis gave his approval for the sainthood on his own 79th birthday. >>> it the end of an era for british coal mining. the last deep mine has closed down. neave barker reports from beal, in north yorkshire. >> reporter: emerging from almost a kilometer underground, the final shift in britain's last deep coal mine. in its heyday more than 2,000 people worked here. now with little ceremony, the last 451 minors are saying good-bye. >> i feel teary eyed. it's a sad day. >> it's emotional for everyone. you think you are prepared for it, but i don't think that you are. >> reporter: once the largest deep mine in europe, it's an 11 kilometer journey to the coal base. it's noisy dangerous work, jobs the minors hoped to hold on to for life, but 56 years after it opened, it's the end of the road for this mine. coal powered the industrial revolution and fuelled the british empire. the price of coal has crashed. as the u.k. tries to reduce carbon emissions, coal-fired power stations like this are gr

al jazeera's barnaby phillips is in vienna with more. >> reporter: opec oil ministers were badly dividednto this meeting. on the one hand you have the saudi position, and they have argued that opec must maintain its market share of oil exports even if that means some short-term pain, even if it means an oil glut, and oil prices falling as they have, very steeply over the last year, down now to less than $45 a barrel. on the other hand you have countri countries that were going into this meeting, urging a cut in production because they need to see a sharp rise in oil prices. they lead a more hand-to-mouth existence if you would like. i spoke to the venezuela oil minister, and i asked him how bad it was for his country's economy, oil, under $45 a barrel, and this is what he said to me just before the meeting. >> some people try to believe that we are desperate for the oil price. and only venezuela is desperate. but this is a big mistake. >> reporter: but you are disparate. >> other count -- all of the countries including the saudis or whatever countries. okay? so it's not only venezuela. >

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >> another of our correspondents in the spanish capital is david chaser. >>> an extraordinary vote in spain, a vote that has changed the political landscape, one clear winner, one clear loser, the winner, pablo iglesias, who's poe dame must party vowed to break the two party system here in spain and he has achieved that. that means there is no clear coalition that can be formed in what is now a fractured lower house, the congress of deputies. to find out how the complex coalition negotiators are going to go, i have with me a senior member of the people's party who's in charge of social policy. >> can you tell me exactly what the next step is for your party? >> well, we now have only two different choices, and the stability is at risk. people's party means continuing with the stability and reforms and growing in our country in spain. the other chance is a coalition of parties who didn't win the election, including the communist party, podemos, the one who is very similar to modero in venezuela and want to create different countries inside spain. >>

barnaby phillips and this update from vienna. >> opec oil ministers were badly divided going into this meeting. on the one hand, you have the sawed position and they have argued that opec must maintain its global share, its market share of oil exports, even if that means some short term pain, even if it means an oil glut and oil prices falling as they have very steeply over the last year, down now to less than $45 a barrel. on the other hand, you have countries, particularly perhaps libya, algeria and venezuela that were going into this meeting urging a production cut because they need to see a sharp rice in oil prices. they lead a more hand-to-mouth existence, if you like. i spoke to the venezuelan oil minister and asked him how bad it was for his country's economy, oil under $45 a barrel. this is what he said to me just after the meeting. schwa the smart money r. predicting the saudi's will get their way with smaller countries. saudi arabia has enormous clout of course as the largest producer and it will be saying to countries like venezuela you're talking about cuts but you're not i

barnaby phillips is at that meeting in vienna. >> reporter: there will be a very big debate amongst the 12 ministers. on the one hand i think it's fair to say that you have the saudi position which is that the current level of production should be maintained regardless of the short term impact on oil prices. in other words, the sau darkss are prepared to see this glut of oil on the international market which has contributed to the current dramatic fall in oil prices in recent days going beneath $45 a barrel. the saudi strategy is to put high cost oil producers out of business. there are other countries in opec, venezuelan, algeria, libya, indeed nigeria who frankly lead a more hand to mouth existence, who need high oil prices day-to-day to fund their government social projects, their security concerns and so on, and they will be saying to the saudis, please, let's cut back production, let's try and push the oil price back up to roughly at least 60/70 dollars a barrel which would give us something to play with, some flexiblity, and that is the nature of the debate that will take place in

opposition labor party jeremy offered mps a free vote on the issue, let's get more on that now from barnabie phillips and what will it mean for parliament's decision? >> almost certainly a victory for the british prime minister david cameron and humiliating defeat for the opposition leader jeremy korbin and he has the support of most conservative party and he will take a substantial chunk of labor opposition supporters with him including some very senior figures within the labor party the shadow foreign affairs spokesman hillary been and korbin will be left with a core of labor mps in the house but they probably will be a minority so this bitter debate that we are expecting tomorrow will lay serious divisions within the opposition party in the uk. >> what will the approval of british air strikes and britain is already operating in iraq but what that mean for the credibility of i.s.i.l.? >> that is a very good point and britt has eight tornado aircraft in cyprus so how much difference they will make on the ground or in the air rather i should say is not entirely clear. as you were saying they have bee

we go to barnaby phillips, spa spain, like greece, has reacted to those years of austerity by changing the political landscape in such a profound way. >> yes that's right. it appears it's on its last leg. it has been fractured. it's been broken. they have been hit the hardest by the terribly high unemployment rate looking for mu alternatives. indeed, those alternatives have emerged both on the right and on the left. that makes it exciting and very unpredictable election. my colleagues have been looking at the campaign. >> the force they think is with them. the latest recruit for the anti-austerity party are smashing records and they hope to do the same at the ballot box. yes we can is the message of its young left wing leader. an university lecturer whose party is less than two years old but aiming to break the back of spain's political establishment. the prime minister does look set to lose his absence majority, but the center right people still have the highest number of seats in the spanish parliament. the fastest growth in the economic union. close your eyes and dream of what kind

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >> in belgium, one person is in custody in connection with last month'month's attacks in paris. authorities searched the monthlienbeck district of brussels. >> in kenya, plane was on its way to paris from the african island of mauritius, cardboard partnership and contained a timer. passengers were evacuated. >> more arrests in what indonesian police are called a foiled terrorist plot. police seized computers and bomb making devices though no explosives were found. seven suspects are in custody. they are believed to be behind the same al qaeda group behind the 2002 bali night club bombings. >>> talks will roo resume in mid january, united nations is pushing for peace in yemen as the war has left nearly 6,000 people dead and much of that country in dire need of humanitarian assistance. >>> gun battles this weekend in erbil as iraqi forces try to keep i.s.i.l. at bay. al jazeera's osama ben javad has the story. we want to warn you some of the video is graphic. >> need kurdish peshmerga forces have just knowledge repelled an i.s.i.l. tack. don't appro

barnaby phillips reports from madrid. >> here is the man of the moment, pablo iglesias, chairman of podemos. he's ready to talk to anyone but the old parties must recognize the changes that have taken place in spain. >> so today is an historical day for spain. we are very happy for the fact that in spain, the two party system is ended. and we are happy because we are starting a new political era in our country. >> reporter: but awkwardly for those who want change, it is the incumbent people's party that came first and mariano rahoy wants to remain as prime minister. >> we are going to do our best, we are going to work very hard to try to maintain the government and try to explain all the different options that we are talking about, our country. and now it's not time for political opinion or political groups. we need to continue growing, and we need to continue making the reforms that all the european countries are looking at us and saying, spain, you are going in the right direction. >> reporter: parliament will sit on january the 13th. that's when the keen, phillipo vi should nominate parl

barnaby phillips reports now from vienna. >> this is a big meeting about energy taking place in europethis week. oil ministers from the opec countries gather in vienna. but in paris leaders spoke of leading the world's fossil fuels. here in vienna they spoke about the oil production. the weaker opec economies like venezuela went into this meeting arguing that saudi arabia should cut production to force prices back up. venezuela's oil minister told me his country was not alone in its financial difficulties. >> some people believe that this is a big mistake. all the countries are very worried about the price. all the countries, including the saudis and whatever countries. it is not only venezuela. >> but after seven hours of talks, opec announced there would be no cuts in production. it agreed only to monitor events in the months ahead. i asked the nigerian oil minister how many pain continued low oil prices will cause in his country. >> we'll utilize the opportunity of the pain, quote and unquote, caused by reduced prices, we'll look at efficiencies in the system, production, cost manag

two parties on the political scene, and some are calling it an new era in spanish politics as barnaby phillipsow reports from madrid. >> here is the man of the moment, pablo iglesias, champion of a new kind of politics. he's no longer cosy with big business and free of corruption. he said he's ready to talk with anyone but old parties must recognize the changes that have taken place in spain. >> today is an historical day in spain. we're very happy for the fact that in spain the two-party system has ended, and we're happy because we have a starting of a new political era in our country. >> but awkwardly for those who want change it's the incumbent people's party that came first, and mariano rahoy wants to remain as prime minister. >> we're going to do our best. we are going to work very hard to maintain the government and try to explain the different options for our country. now it's not time for political opinion or political groups. we need to continue growing, and we need to continue making the reforms that all the european countries are looking at us and saying, spain, you're going in the

barnabie phillips al jazeera, vienna. >> hundreds of thousands of people in the southern indian state are still cut off by severe flooding. relief and rescue operations are being scaled up, but there are concerns that conditions may worsen. reports from new delhi. >> one of the biggest cities is sub edger manied, for many people in the southern state roof tops are the safest and driest place to be. after days of heavy rain and flooding food is scarce. the only way to get essentials to those stranded is from the air. 2,400 people have been rescue sod far, and 30 of our teams are on the ground. we have deployed 110 boats like life jackets. will send some more teams. >> this is the worst flooding to hit in 100 years. coastal areas are drenched with a month's worth of rain in just a few days. aerial pictures show the extent. the whole airport is that it -- and no aircraft can take off, so which is our air base which is 60 kilometers as the crow flies has been activated as well as the flights are operating from our corner. >> with more rain expected there are growing concerns about the spr

barnaby phillips >>> for a look at what's coming up. john seigenthaler is here. >> reporter: hi.claiming responsibility for killing six american troops in afghanistan. they were taking part in a nato mission when they were attacked by a suicide bomber. we will explore highway the taliban has been able to regroup and what the u.s. role now is in afghanistan. also the future of space travel. tonight a spacex rocket will lift off from florida. we will show it to you live and look at the companies competing for space business and what role the government will play. plus the dramatic rise in depth from heroin overdoses. what is now in the suburbs. the parents of some young victims share their stories. fathers who want to pay their child support but can't. they are not dead beats. they're dead broke. what is being done to help those parents and their children. coming in about seven minutes >>> thank you. up next cold war fall. we look at the monumental changes 2015 brought to the relationship between the u.s. and cuba. >>> >>> what a difference a year makes. 2015 has been an eventful o

barnaby phillips has more in madrid. >> reporter: giving up on madrid and all of her dreams at the agerosa is preparing to go back to live with her parents on the coast. she studied hard, has two degrees, but all she could find was temporary work and unpaid internships, she feels betrayed by spain's leaders. >> translator: i'm hoping for a change. a change for all of the people that have been left behind, the politicians forgot about us. their priority was to save banks and cut debt. we need them to invest in citizens. >> reporter: at the red cross, they count the cost of the social crisis. they give food, medicine, and legal support to the vulnerable. they told us the number of people they help increased by 700,000 in 2015. >> translator: there has been a change in the profile of the people we help. before we supported many immigrants, and now most of the people we help with spanish. they come from homes that have slipped into poverty. >> reporter: the spanish economy is recovering. unemployment is also falling, but many of the new jobs are badly paid and short-term. the spanish are h

leader of uk opposition party jeremy has offered free vote on the issue and we have more from barnabie phillipsnd the free vote by the opposition leader says that cameron is sure to win, isn't he? >> it does look like that, yes, adrian and david cameron will have the separate of the vast majority, not all but the vast majority of his own party and he will then pick up a significant amount of support from the opposition party in spite of the wishes of jeremy korbin as you were saying and opposition party in disarray over this question of syria, jeremy korbin believes that british aircraft should not be involved but arguments do not carry weight win his shadow cabinet and have the story tomorrow in the british foreign government with hillary arguing that british aircraft should be involved with the french and americans and so on and the leader jeremy korbin saying britain should not be involved and looks like a defeat for jeremy korbin certainly. >> live in london and let's bring in al jazeera's senior political analyst who is here with me in the studio so you have britain depending which way the

. >>> al jazeera's barnabie phillips there and girls as young as 14 can no longer get married in guatemalae of consent is raised to 18 but activists are saying there are still plenty of challenges to reduce the risk of domestic violence, pregnancy and poverty and david mercer reports from san pedro. >> reporter: it's not the kind of life jennifer wanted. the 17-year-old had plans to finish high school and find a good job. but that changed after jennifer got stuck overnight in a nearby town. her father accused her of being with her boyfriend and demanded she marry him to save the family's reputation. a month later jennifer was married, she was just 15 years old. >> translator: it's straining to have to stay and work in the house all the time. if i had not been married i would be studying and hard to be an adult when you are so young. >> reporter: all of jennifer's friends are married and some as young as 15 have babies of their own. across the country the situation is all too common. in guatemala a third of girls are married by 18 and 7% wednesday by 15 years old and pressure by non-environ

al jazeera's barnaby phillips has the latest. >> there will be a very big debate amongst the 12 ministers hand, i think it's fair to say that you have the saudi arabian position, which is that the current level of production should be maintained, regardless of the short term impact on oil prices. in other words, the saudis are prepared to see this glut of oil on the international market, which has contributed to the current dramatic fall in oil prices in recent days going beneath $45 a barrel. the saudi strategy is to put high cost oil producers out of business. there are other countries in opec, principally perhaps venezuela, algeria, libya, indeed nigeria, who frankly lead a more hand-to-mouth existence, who need high oil prices day to day to fund their government social projects, their security concerns and so on. they will be saying to the saudi's please, let's cut back production, let's try and push the oil price back up to roughly at least $60, $70 a barrel would give us something to play with, some flexibility and that is the nature of the debate that will take place in the opec me

al jazeera's barnaby phillips tells us the country's prime minister will honour the vote and work to form a united government. >> it's the strangest victory celebration you will see. at the hours of the popular party, they were trying to work out what it all means. they came first, but with the lowest share of the vote since the 1980s. the mood reflects the atmosphere of political confusion. the prime minister fell short of a majority, and it's difficult to see how he can build a stable coalition. all this means that spain could be in for a prolonged period of political uncertainty. but when mariano rahoy came to speak to supporters, he insisted that he would stay in office to lead spain to economic recovering. >> there are still a lot of people in difficulty. we need to create a lot more jobs. the spanish need a government with parliamentary support. i will seek a coalition government. >> on the other side of the town they were celebrating a political earthquake. the anti-austerity party has burst on to the scene, and will now be a major force in the new parliament. for many young s