and earlier we spoke with journalist sandia ravi shankar in chennai she told us that not all the people protesting across india have the same objections to the new citizenship lol. there are 2 versions of the truth as far as the protesters go the protests that we've seen in delhi in the truck land and chennai in hyderabad and all of the in the rest of mainland india as we like to call it these are against the exclusion of muslims from the masses and chip amendment act which has recently been passed but as far as the northeastern part of the country goes these people are protesting against any sort of migrants coming into their states because it's a very diverse culture with a lot of trite a lot of. multicultural ethnic groups living there and they're free that there could be an influx of migrants with the passage of this bill and they are very firmly opposing that they don't want any migrants at all saw both of these sets of protests as a protest about different things and what not is and what he is saying is that the muslims have not been included because the 3 countries that the citiz

of the truth as far as the protesters go the protests that we've seen in delhi in the truck land and chennai and headed by then all of the in the rest of mainland india as we like to call it these are against the exclusion of muslims from the masses and ship amendment act which has recently been passed but as far as the northeastern part of the country goes these people are protesting against any sort of migrants coming into their states because it's a very diverse culture with a lot of trite a lot of you know multicultural ethnic groups living there and they're free that there could be an influx of migrants with the passage of this bill and they are very firmly opposing that they don't want any migrants at all thought both of these sets of protesters are protesting about different things and what not is and what he is saying is that the muslims have not been included because the 3 countries that the citizenship amendment act of talks about all muslim countries pakistan afghanistan and bangladesh so his logic is that muslims cannot be refugees or persecuted in a muslim state and that is it i

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born of the movement of the last. 2 kilometers from headquarters in chennai india has set up a model farm at the center the father of the movement. the project aims to show local people that organic farming can be profitable as well as environmentally friendly for instance how organic compounds can replace chemical fertilizers. the training center is in the middle of the farm gulping is currently offering sewing courses to local women here. many of the women want to learn sewing for some it's an outlet for their creativity for others it's their only source of income. i was married off when i was 16 i now have 2 children my husband is an alcoholic we have jobs in a quarry but because my husband drinks we don't have enough money to get by. on one that i'm learning to sew so i can feed my children. that's my only hope that i'm the lever for. this building in chennai is the scene of a remarkable success story it's where angel result runs her own sewing workshop. she receives occulting loan to buy a sewing machine in 2008 now she employs 7 workers specializes in making uniforms. in a clas

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this building in chennai is the scene of a remarkable success story it's where angel result. she receives a cold pin loan to buy a sewing machine in 2008 now she employs 7 workers specializes in making uniforms. in a class. that i used to be a housewife and never left home and if. you're going to becoming a member of coping allowed me to set up this business that's not going to get much before that i was completely dependent on my husband financially. i felt that i was a burden on him i want a little bit of the help i need now i make a contribution to the family income i mean one life. but only this election was supporting my husband and running this business gives me courage and self-confidence i'm going to leave it i've been to that question. husband also works in her business by her side which is still unusual here in india. i've shared my experience through my wife she thought shared with a lot of work with. me on what they're working to really. let it be what is going on. being part of a coping family often helps women gain new confidence there was a lot of there's a pla

through let's go to chennai where protests are also taking place and join journalist. welcome. these are unprecedented demonstrations in many cities and universities why are people so angry. well. there are 2 different sets of sort of you know about this school of citizen and. citizenship amendment and as you said earlier the northeastern part of the country is bad the protest object and these protesters are basically against those citizenship amendment bill because they have a lot right that. it will be an influx of migrants into their states and did as you said a bit at the 1000000000 religiously diet was. and they do not want more migrants coming into this state so that is one reason they're against the bill because they don't want migrants does the rest of the country in chennai and i don't know why they buy all of the other boats of the country it struck just a happening because people want muslims to be sort of included in the citizenship amendment but remember. back to the cup was only 6 religions from the countries and this is being seen by the protesting students by th

and their rubbish on in the city of chennai to decide but why there was so much anger over the state just nation. there are a. lot of those protests in the northeast in the uk and i was. particularly. and these people don't want. my dad to come into the media so all of our other guests are to ensure that there's no influx of migrants. into india that just don't want him as far as the muslim minority community. he knows the law gives you the money and this is the beginning of the store where. you know and maybe you could leap could be a justified when combined with the national it doesn't look here not just oil and the chances of progress so far and i think you know he. made it up to me up me last week. you know listen to this it is this and this is the discrepancy in the you know what he stands for to them and so on. and i don't think it's fair to say they're against the money because you know it's not just the cd or so the citizenship act or you know the companies you know. that have no results who are not. that was. talking to us from the southern indian city of chennai let me now

, the university stu d e nts city of chennai, the university students were having a city and inside the university campus and the police went in and arrested two people and the students there are demanding the release of their collea g u es demanding the release of their colleagues and they are also expressing their anger against the citizenship law. thank you very much indeed. that ongoing story there. lightsabers at the ready! star wars: the rise of skywalker is out in cinemas in the uk later today with the european premiere held here in london. experts are talking about a cinema revival, and the uk industry is banking on the final star wars instalment setting a record for ticket sales in 2019. fiona cincotta, a senior market analyst at the spread betting company city indexjoins me now. my my children, three boys, are already nagging me, we have to go apparently. it is a must in our household but it is great for the cinema, these kind of block roster movies? definitely and especially 110w movies? definitely and especially now because obviously streaming with net licks, amazon primed t

to university campuses across the nation with thousands of students demonstrating in delhi southern chennai and northern veyron r.c. there is anger at modi's government following allegations of police brutality during one campus rally in the capital that turned violent on sunday india's supremes court is expected to hear petitions challenging the citizenship law on wednesday. citizenship. and. pilots against the bill that i get this is unconstitutional and we should be standing up for it and people should know more about what is happening in r.t. if you think you are in the genius try me again they're coming and taking away our land and my people are getting killed and ne talking about it. well another story a former member of india's ruling political party has been found guilty of rape and could face life in prison. was convicted on the child protection laws as his victim was 17 when she was assaulted in 2017 the case came to national attention last year one woman tried to set herself on fire alleging police inaction sango was expelled from the b j p an organised by prime minister narendra

around the country even bigger numbers thousands of people who we're hearing protesting in the cities of chennai also it is cold cuts these are opposition controlled. cities and states they have it's not to be j.p. in power and as far as we know there are less restrictions and people are actually being allowed to protest in those places but nevertheless it doesn't make it even when they do impose baseband they do take the 5th and as soon as they can keep protests. and this citizenship has not just muslims but many others in particular in the north western states of. what's been the government's response any sign that it could spot truck. there's no sign funny that they're going to backtrack on the citizenship amendment accepted hans by both houses of parliament a body that is. going to be challenged at the supreme court has with the 65 petitions challenging given that it's you can look at the agency to go above what we could see the back track home and you by the citizenship amendment act has had a lot of opposition even the most eastern sea board is what they call where the bonded they should r

straight to india then we join journalist ravi shankar in chennai welcome sunday bring us up to date. 2 people have been found dead and one person from luck no arm but from the start of the deal manual and both of them are allegedly being util higher cause they're going to need to say no they did not fire and not sure who. was in the fighting and they will be investigating this that asked so far today and i cited the book a 2nd standard because this is a sort of mixed reaction our got. a lot of the art i know you know among the minority muslim community about what really happened to them and with that this is the slippery slope that could lead who. are not of the right. and may be discriminated against just refining impact on the other hand we also have a whole bunch of other been liberated population who are now out on the street and the estonian funded activists students and there's a sense of euphoria that well or actually having come out on the. blood so to deaths. rest across the countryside and yes give us an idea of the scale of opposition to this because what we see the pictur

have beaten india by 8 wickets to win the first of their three match one day international series in chennai. having won the toss and elected to field, the tourists restricted india to 287 for 8 from their 50 overs before centuries from player of the match shimron hetmeyer, and an unbeaten 102 from shai hope saw them home. in the nfl — quarterback tom brady threw a pair of touchdown passes to move within one of the nfl career record as the new england patriots qualified for the post season with a 34—13 victory over the bengals in cincinnati — and the 42—year—old is more than happy with their form on the road. this team has been working hard and trying to put ourselves in a good position so it's good to win and we are six and two on the road this year, spent last year with three and five so it was good defence play, great turnovers. some big news from the world of boxing where british heavyweight tyson fury has splitwith his trainer ben davison. it throws some doubt over his preparations and planned rematch with american wbc champion deontay wilder in february. the two have worked t

people that are out on the streets right now i mean this isn't just places like mumbai and delhi it's chennai environ i see go hard to hydro by bhopal pondicherry all these disturbances and protests going to keep spreading like this. what i can say right now it definitely seems so so these protests are all relating to the citizenship amendment that i would be happy to elaborate on for 2 of the tron but the protests are right now prime the of 2 kinds so in the northeast region of india. were primarily have been having protest against fears of loud skin migration happening into the into these areas because of the citizenship amendment act while in mainland india the protest is primary against the discriminator e nature of the spin and the protests have been in the short span of 36 hours in 16 universities all across india and there have been large scale rallies being carried out on the streets in the roads everywhere and for there has also been parliamentary opposition to this so these states of. job have tried to refuse to implement this act in their states new prime minister narendra modi has

the same wednesday -- 29 in chennai and the same on wednesday with a chance of showers. ♪ again the top stories this hour. boeing temporarily suspending production of its best-selling 737 max aircraft. the plane was grounded worldwide in march after two fatal crashes five months apart that killed 346 people. india's prime minister has called for calm after five days of violent protest against a controversial new citizenship law. thousands of students have joined the demonstrations. and the top democrat in the u.s. senate accused president donald trump of orcs a cover-up. chuck schumer wants current and former white house aides to testify at trump's impeachment trial. the white house is discouraging them from giving evidence. china and russia are calling for an end to some of the sanctions on north korea. they propose a draft unc critic council resolution which would see some sanctions lifted to quote enhance the likelihood of the civilian population of north korea". but the u.s. is now is not the time to consider lifting the sanctions. aljazeera's christmas -- jazeera's reporter is in n

but 1st us are also taking place in chennai journalists. joins us from. santa those processes unprecedented in many cities and universities why are people so angry. amendment act basically fos tracks this isn't just process it was 6 religions from st country and all of these countries are muslim countries they're the majority of the population is muslim and they're called themselves and listen country so there are a bunch of religions who are minorities in these countries and a persecution by the muslim majority and india wants to foster track. citizenship process for them of course. the regular citizenship process is also available what is causing all the problem is the fact that muslims have not been included amongst these 6 diligence and this has forced a lot of anger in india because the muslim minority feels that. they have been discriminated against and also seen that the need to. this is probably the start of some kind of village just the fighting that is like to take this in the future what is the justification for the exclusion of muslims in this

straight to india then we join journalist sanjay rubbish in chennai welcome sanjay bring us up to date 2 people have been found dead and one person from luck now are from the. manual and both of them are allegedly being fielded util hieron. completely the same did not fire and not sure who. was in the fighting and they will be investigating the deaths so far today and i cited the book a 2nd standard because there is a sort of mixed reaction our got. a lot of the art i know you know among the minority muslim community about what really happened to them and with that this is the slippery slope that could lead to who. might be really discriminated against and really just refining it back on the other hand we also have 01000 been liberated population who are now out on the street and yes having funded arab students and there's a sense of euphoria about that actually having come out on the. ride so to deaths. rest across the countryside and yes give us an idea of the scale of opposition to this because what we see the pictures but is that is that being replicated across the whole of the cou

and chennai and had about an all of the in the rest of mainland india as we like to call it these are against the exclusion of muslims from the system ship amendment act which has recently been passed as far as the northeastern part of the country goes these people are protesting against any sort of migrants coming into their states because it's a very diverse culture with a lot of trite a lot of. ethnic groups living there and they're free that there can be an influx of migrants with the passage of this bill and they are very firmly opposed in that they don't want any migrants at all so one of these sets of protests as a protest about different things and what not in some of the is saying is that the muslims have not been included because the 3 countries that the citizenship amendment act talks about all muslim countries pakistan afghanistan and bangladesh so his logic is that muslims cannot be defused g.'s or persecuted in a muslim state and that is it isn't for. muslims being excluded from the list of citizens who will be fast tracked in this legislation that we're seeing now it co

that was journalist on your ravi shankar reporting from chennai in india well let's take a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world berlin is remembering the victims of a terrorist attack on a busy christmas market 3 years ago today 12 people were killed dozens more injured when an islamist extremists rammed a truck into a crowd the attacker and these henri was known to german authorities at the time as a potential terrorist in slovakia the trial over the murder of journalist young chiaki and his fiance martina cushnie rover has begun a suspect is accused of ordering the killing at the same time that it was investigating his business activities the couple was gunned down at their home in february last year police in italy have arrested more than $300.00 suspected members of the calabrian mafia including former politicians and a polies commander arrests were also made in bulgaria germany and switzerland about 2500 officers took part in raids in italy alone isn't. that. in the u.k. the new government elected last week has formally laid out its agenda at

let's go places from journalist roughish in chennai a welcome sign to what's happening now we're going to. you know. been some amount of violence and there are reports of one person who has been found dead in the city you are lucky not only look at. a leg to fire on. you people leave the state police. that they have not opened fire on. them but things are pretty tense across the country and this is of course since 2011 the 1st time a large section. is coming out you thought and added to the student look at this against the citizenship. and so despite the riots and the pictures that we've seen how widespread is the discontent with this new law. but it's not actually contained amongst the student population and the opposition as well as some. sections of the urban. population of india especially liberals like your own actions that will have a historian who was detained. did show solidarity with the protest as in bengal today but this is not the sprint to the parts of india and this is the group at themselves not ask if you will find a solution to media networks whatsapp us the messages s

it is now chennai. madras andtanmp obviously needed to be retired. katie: that makes sense. alison: so, elsewhere in the collection, we have a rubber stamp that was used at the u.s. embassy taipei. it is now u.s. embassy beijing. you can see the changing relationship of something like that. this was from a consulate in england that eventually closed down. you can see changing national economies, political priorities with openings and closings of consulates as well. so, fantastic items. katie: yes, and we have some items here that the seal would be appropriate for. alison: absolutely. the great seal appears on passports. we love passports. we have many in the collection. they tell fantastic stories. we have a story about the owner of this passport. katie: we do. it is the second oldest passport we have in our collection, and unusual on many counts. it was issued to this gentleman. his name was samuel waller. he was born in connecticut. he was a businessman who spent most of his time in new york city, but he traveled back and forth to bridgeport quite frequently. we know that

and chennai and hyderabad and all of the in the rest of mainland india as we like to call it these are against the exclusion of muslims from the citizenship amendment act which has recently been passed as far as the northeastern part of the country goes these people are protesting against any sort of migrants coming into the states because it's a very diverse culture with a lot of trite a lot of you know multicultural ethnic groups living there and they're afraid that there could be an influx of migrants with the passage of this bill and they are very firmly opposed in that they don't want any migrants at all so these sets of protests as a protest about different things and what not in someone who is saying is that the muslims have not been included because the treaty. countries that the citizenship amendment act docs about all muslim countries pakistan afghanistan and bangladesh so his logic is that muslims cannot meet a few g.'s or persecuted in a muslim state and that is it isn't for. muslims being excluded from the list of citizens who will be fast tracked in this legislation that

our let's get the latest now for more we bring in sanya ravi shankar's he's a journalist in chennai india 1st of all we understand mobile networks the internet have been shut down in some areas of the country what more can you tell us about that but strong possibly getting the national capital of india had. some black oak for mobile networks and this is largely because the calling for protests are spreading through social media networks as well as the messaging apps like whatsapp so in fact all the talk have received a bunch of close to action and it's been 2 blocks up basically mentioning you know where to protest the going to take place and what kind that's going to take so this is kind of. tickets that is being spread to via social media networks and whatsapp and a large section of urban india is coming out to put this in fun and i do think with the students who are opposing the controversial citizenship amendment and the national shift that this is who sending out those those alerts on social media who's behind these these protests the organizers have been. well it's unfair as to whet

every day and every day the crowds are coming and also a very large protests in the southern city of chennai so around the country follow the opposition to the citizenship amendment act very much alive and is this pressure from the streets is it likely to force the government to reconsider its position. for the it's pretty unlikely because as you know this is a popular government i mean it was voices with an overwhelming majority reelected with a level while majority of the sierra and the act was passed by both houses of parliament so it's unlikely that they will scrap the door but it is going to be challenged in the supreme court where it's received the supreme court has received $65.00 petitions challenging the legal of the liberty of the law and just in the last few hours folly we've heard that the government has actually approved funding for. what's called the national population register which is seen as a precursor for the national register of citizens and that something protesters around the country have not just been against the citizenship goal but also this national register of cit

it is going to be plenty of rain across much of the areas such as a sri lanka as well as up towards chennai attempt of there $27.00 degrees and as we go towards wednesday we do expect to see more rain across next her attempt of 27 in kolkata a cloudy day at 25. on counting the cost especially on investing in emerging markets from the doha for a bright kid if council house foreign direct investment is reshaping the global economy and what that means for the future and to globalization a populist sense of. counting the cost on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are out top stories this hour saudi arabia's public prosecutor says 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 were given 24 years in prison for the murder of saudi journalist about astrology. for my high profile saudi role the pfizer was investigated but released without charge reporters without borders says justice was trampled in the trial. american airline manufacturer boeing has announced its replacing its chief executive dennis mullen but chairman david calhoun will talk of it next month as the company deals with a fallout

india as well as sri lanka really no clouds around but we could see some rain coming back here towards chennai that's going to happen here on sunday really lingering as we go towards monday as well up towards the north though it's going to be chilly in the mornings rebounding into the mid teens for new delhi but over here towards kolkata and i stay few with a temperature of $23.00 degrees and we are watching some rain here across parts of southern oman that's all due to a lingering tropical system for sala expect to see some more rain in the forecast with a temperature of 29. legally prescribe for the pain relief of the sick but taken in life threatening doses by millions in search of a fix. huge illegal shipments of the opioid tramadol are flawed because toxic. people in power goes to nigeria to investigate the devastating addiction epidemic that is even fueling the book and search. west africa's opioid crisis on and. you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories this hour a huge bomb blast has killed at least 79 people in somalia one of the worst attacks in years nearly 150

strong will flow across eastern sections of time all night days so we could just see a shower here into chennai over the next couple of days temperatures then really not fluctuating in the high twenty's on both days. sponsored. al jazeera is there when a story breaks but. what happens. for a model. of the old 73 that we need to hear the movies now it's been all about change people have gone near the area the mission of the army 16. and i'm just your stories about telling it from the people's perspective what they think is happening in their culture. welcome back it could come out of our top stories here on the al-jazeera the head of the f.b.i. inquiry into the shooting at a u.s. naval base in florida says they're working on the presumption the attack was an act of terrorism a saudi national was there to receive training shot dead 3 students on friday. a strike has been called in hong kong to mock 6 months since the start of anti government protests organizers say the movement shows no sign of slowing hundreds of thousands joined one of the largest marches on sunday. and thousands of ukrainians

quite january is more the time it gets really heavy rain this is unusual there's been flooding around chennai the shouldn't really be rain that far north at this time of the year but it could well be repeated on tuesday. whether sponsored by cattle is. an investigation of how foreign companies plunder africa's natural resources the trust is showing porton in the question revealing how new media's officials demand cash in exchange for favors. with confidential documents provided to al-jazeera by wiki leaks people are going to say but you can really contras the camps and i'm not denying it our jersey or investigations the anatomy of a bright. kid watching of 0 with me so horrible a reminder of our top stories mexico's homicide rate hits historic levels with 127 deaths reported on sunday that's the highest number in a single day since records began in 1997 it comes as president obrador completes his 1st year in office. also police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people are being killed during protests in betting on monday demonstrations demonstrators are in fact upset about what they s

i elsewhere in india more large protests thousands marched in the southern cities of chennai bengal and hi there about. despite the largest protests against his government since he was 1st elected 5 years ago prime minister linda modi isn't backing down from the new law and system it isn't divisive. but he is backtracking on plans to hold a national register of citizens which would require all indians to prove their citizenship . that's not enough for his critics people at all the trouble was i know. i'm still. on the run. so to come on al jazeera president warns countries in west africa that he's reluctant to send peacekeeping soldiers where they're not wanted and the discovery of not one but 6 new planets outside our solar system by a strong numbers in the u.k. . the weather does look set to remain unsettled across europe more wets and windy but mild weather sweeping through a little quieter across western parts now that storms also and fabien have made their way out of the way clear skies coming back into the upper peninsula at least for a time was weather now making its way away fro

i elsewhere in india more large protests thousands marched in the southern cities of chennai bend and hyderabad. despite the largest protests against his government since he was 1st elected 5 years ago prime minister narendra modi isn't backing down from the new law and system it isn't divisive. but he is backtracking on plans to hold a national register of citizens which would require all indians to prove their citizenship but. that's not enough for his critics. at all the trouble was i know. i still. was. my questions. and on the run and i don't generally. still ahead here on al-jazeera 3 of the most powerful leaders in asia are missing in china for a rare moment of unity. and in the spirit of christmas volunteers in lebanon feed those struggling in an economic crisis sparked by political chaos. how i when i'm place aside because some quiet weather coming into the southeastern corner of the u.s. over the next couple of days this is our latest batch of very heavy rain which has caused some flooding situation in savannah georgia 68 millimeters of rain here in 24 hours west says still

the last 8 or 9 days people keep showing up and also a number a large protest in the southern city of chennai so people are very much continuing to send the message to the government 2 weeks i think almost off the billboards pos that they're not ok with it the bill was passed by both houses of parliament and where as in the last few days it did look like the government might backtrack not on the citizenship amendment act but something called the national register of citizens and the thousands of people who've been out on the streets for the last few weeks they have actually been protesting about both both things both the citizenship law and the national register of citizens which is an exercise that was carried out in the northeastern state of which required everyone to prove this that of the shipping of the government has wanted to carry out around the country $1300000000.00 people needing to prove their citizenship now in the last few days we did hear the prime minister seemed to backtrack on that but in the last hours the government has cost funding for a type of said this which is seen as

according to local tradition, in 72 ad, his body is laid to rest in mylapore, now part of modern day chennai, but it will not remain there. >> tradition holds that his followers took his body back to the west to mesopotamia and that they lay in the city of edessa there until the crusades resulted in the bones being brought to europe. >> dr. georges kazan and professor tom higham from oxford university have been granted permission to test a sample of the bone brought here in 1102 ad. >> by getting a date for these bones, we'll be able to work out whether or not the bones are from the first century ad. >> could the testing of his relics provide evidence to support the belief that thomas brought christianity to india in the first century? (danny) let me get this straight. after a long day of hard work... ...you have to do more work? (vo) automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. (danny) every day you're nearly fried to a crisp, professionally! (vo) you earned it, we're here to make sure you get it. quickbooks. backing you. >> bari, italy. professor tom higham and dr. geor

i elsewhere in india more large protests thousands marched in the southern cities of chennai bendel and hyderabad. despite the largest protests against his government since he was 1st elected 5 years ago prime minister linda modi isn't backing down from the new law and system it isn't divisive. but he is backtracking on plans to hold a national register of citizens which would require all indians to prove their citizenship but. that's not enough for his critics people at all the trouble was stick to what the plan was the raid was. my tensions. on the run and i don't generally. time for a short break or not as iraq when we come back to running relations russia's president vladimir putin takes a controversial journey across the cut straight and the new discovery in outer space some what it could tell us about life here on a more on the status. we've got some unsettled weather coming into central parts of china right over the next couple of days not cheap out of the moment but to get me into the southeast the cloud that you day night is here that will thicken up further to go through the n

according to local tradition, in 72 ad, his body is laid to rest in mylapore, now part of modern day chennai, but it will not remain there. >> tradition holds that his followers took his body back to the west to mesopotamia and that they lay in the city of edessa there until the crusades resulted in the bones being brought to europe. >> dr. georges kazan and professor tom higham from oxford university have been granted permission to test a sample of the bone brought here in 1102 ad. >> by getting a date for these bones, we'll be able to work out whether or not the bones are from the first century ad. >> could the testing of his relics provide evidence to support the belief that thomas brought christianity to india in the first century? >> bari, italy. professor tom higham and dr. georges kazan have come to test a relic believed to belong to thomas, the disciple famous in the bible for doubting the resurrection and believed by 7 million thomas christians to have brought the teachings of jesus to india nearly 2,000 years ago. >> it's really exciting because a first-century date would potential

would also wednesday battell much as fitting a little bit cool in new delhi 19 degrees celsius 29 in chennai the same on wednesday with a chance of showers and quite cloudy new delhi as you can see at 19. the weather sponsored by catherine was. a story of love family and fredo calling from i was 8 years old you were at school we heard the sound of large explosions. and the hardships faced in captivity they came for me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i see myself so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners in the our pricing. on al jazeera. so again the top stories on al-jazeera this hour boeing is temporarily suspending production of its bestselling 737. the plane was grounded worldwide in march that was. 5 months apart that killed 346 people. india's prime minister narendra modi has called for calm after 5 days of violent protests against a controversial new. students. across the country. and the top democrat in the u.s. senate has accused president donald trump of orchestrating a cover up chuck schumer wants current and former white house aides to testify

elsewhere in india more large protests thousands marched in the southern cities of chennai bendel and hyderabad. despite the largest protests against his government since he was 1st elected 5 years ago prime minister linda modi isn't backing down from the new law insisting it isn't divisive but he is backtracking on plans to hold a national register of citizens which would require all indians to prove their citizenship. that's not enough for his critics. not to trust the government and want to stick. the. was. my intentions. but. don't tell. al-jazeera journalists know what hussein has now been detained without any formal charges in egypt for summary years hussein was arrested on arrival in the summer 2016 while on a personal visit the see his family is accused of defaming the state and spreading false news allegations he and the al-jazeera media network deny al-jazeera staff of held the solidarity polls as they continue to call for his release. russia's president has taken the 1st ride across the courage straight on a newly constructed rail route which link small school in st petersb

going to continue to rain across much of the south you can see all the rain showers pushing up towards chennai as well as bengaluru for colombo the rain is going to continue as well we could be seeing a cloudy and rainy day there at $31.00 but for new delhi it is going to be a little cooler with a temperature of $1000.00 degrees for you. our planet is warming as never before with profound consequences for all life on earth but the world's leading scientists say there is still time to act planet s.o.f. sets out the facts and the science behind the issues affecting our planet. and brings you what people across the globe doing to time the crisis around. on al-jazeera. top stories for you this hour on al-jazeera a u.n. climate talks in madrid are making slow progress talks at the summit have dragged on for more than 36 hours past the deadline been protests by activists just outside the venues where. china has suspended tariffs on u.s. exports which was supposed to start on sunday u.s. calls of corn and wheat would have all been affected a decision which comes days after the world's 2 top economies

elsewhere in india more large protests thousands marched in the southern cities of chennai bengal and hyderabad. despite the largest protests against his government since he was 1st elected 5 years ago prime minister linda morty isn't backing down from the new law and system it isn't divisive. but he is backtracking on plans to hold a national register of citizens which would require all indians to prove their citizenship . that's not enough for his critics. say that one of the trust was just a silly force perhaps they knew the raid was was $65.00 sessions challenge only for the 2 of them and the father and i would just be around. the chief executive of boeing has been sacked that comes less than a week after the company suspended production of his one's best selling aircraft the 737 max boeing says the leadership change is necessary to restore confidence after a turbulent year set off by 2 crashes involving the 737 banks aircraft is in washington . it's the biggest crisis and boeing's 103 year history on monday after 2 fatal crashes involving its $737.00 max jetliner boeing fired its

seen as discriminating against muslims on tuesday thousands protested in new delhi called qatar and chennai and moranis are expected today 25 people have died in violence since the law was passed elizabeth brown is in new delhi for us joins us live this tell us about what we're expecting today as far as protests especially after the government approved funding for this population register. in fallujah to rally at delhi university here in the capital new delhi where we're expecting some of india's most prominent intellectuals and actors to come out speak out against all of those things that you mentioned it was the citizenship law being pos that 1st war people out in the streets but they soon connected that to the national register citizens an exercise which would require 1300000000 indians to citizenship and now the government has passed funding for the national population by just it says that the register is just part of the census but critics say that that register would be used for the citizenship register and move already seen an exercise like this carried out should be one station the

india as well as sri lanka really no clouds around but we could see some rain coming back here towards chennai that's going to happen here on sunday really lingering as we go towards monday as well up towards the north though it's going to be chilly in the mornings rebounding into the mid teens for new delhi but over here towards kolkata and i stay few with a temperature of $23.00 degrees and we are watching some rain here across parts of southern oman that's all due to a lingering tropical system for sala expect to see some more rain in the forecast with a temperature of 29. i . fly a cancer place and experience the world is like never before cats are always going to places together to it. and these are our top stories this hour a huge bomb blast which killed 78 people in somalia one of the worst attacks in years the explosion happened near a security checkpoint in mogadishu 125 others were injured. more than a 1000 people been arrested across india in the past 24 hours during protests over the controversial citizenship law hasn't deterred demonstrators though from staging more rallies and si

and that's very much being observed to look at pictures very large numbers in other cities including chennai the very big protest also continue. in the state of west bengal so people very much keeping the pressure on this government against the citizenship amendment act right and will this pressure is force the government to reconsider because it's not just muslims who are angry at this bill but also other groups especially in assam state for instance. that's right for the people in the northeast the protests that actually began in the northeast by people who are against this because they don't want anyone regardless of their religion to be granted citizenship in this way and so they have been large protests and the government has said that they might consider exceptions for some more off the northeastern states they've already given exceptions to 5 they might consider more but the law has been hostage by both houses of parliament so it's now up to the supreme court which has something like $65.00 petitions filed against the war challenging the legal ability and the supreme court will be hea

it is going to be plenty of rain across much of the areas such as a sri lanka as well as up towards chennai attempt of there $27.00 degrees and as we go towards wednesday we do expect to see more rain across next her attempt of 27 in kolkata a cloudy day at 25. cancer . experience will never be. concerning places to get. your watching out to see a reminder of our top stories this hour saudi arabia's public prosecutor says 5 people have been said to us to death and there were 3 were given 24 years same prison for the murder shot saudi journalist jamal khashoggi so dark qahtani a former high profile saudi royal advise it was investigated released without charge forces without borders says quote justice was trampled in the trial. india's main opposition congress party's held a rally in new delhi against a controversial new citizenship law it's one of many protests across india against the law courts say it's anti muslim and undermines india's secular constitution. 3 days of national mourning have been declared in algeria following the death of the army's chief of staff attorney general ahmed g

the last 8 or 9 days people keep showing up and also another large protest in the southern city of chennai so people very much continuing to send the message to the government 2 weeks i think almost after the bill goes pos that they're not ok with it the bill was passed by both houses of parliament and where as in the last few days it did look like the government might backtrack not on the citizenship amendment act but something called the national register of citizens and the thousands of people who've been out on the streets for the last few weeks they have actually been protesting about both things both the citizenship law and the national register of citizens which is an exercise that was carried out in the northeastern state of which required everyone to prove their citizenship of the government has wanted to carry out around the country 1300000000 people needing to prove their citizenship now in the law. days we did hear the prime minister seemed to backtrack on that but in the last hours the government has cost funding for a type of census which is seen as a precursor for this natio

covered one of india's most famous tourist beaches for a 4th consecutive day the white substance along chennai's marina beaches believe the cause skin problems and fisherman have been told to avoid the nearby waters it forms during the monsoon season but doctors say it's worse than usual this year the foam is being blamed on the untreated sewage that's being washed into the sea by heavy rain. more on that story and everything else that we've been covering here on the program on our website the address al-jazeera dot com. thank. i am. and our reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera police of the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of benny 3 protesters and one policeman gunfire was heard as civilians marched towards a un peacekeeping base in the area the congolese army was deployed to stop them from getting close european stock markets posted their biggest fall in 2 months after u.s. president donald trump announced he's reimposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from argentina and brazil he said the 2 countries had been pres

much and we believe in chennai why this issue certain people such as. the minister who but whatever happened to want to see. how. we reveal how an icelandic company is plundering africa's resources going to get us to some of the clothes that are going to help. fibroid in its politicians' utilities have said look we've got on the side of the average those. people who. now do serious investigative unit will pertain to a cache of confidential documents from wiki leaks this is because russian scheme goes to the highest level i'm not going to be. buying political intrigues that would be corruption but the files reveal that to me being cabinet members the minister of fisheries and the minister of justice are accused of accepting bribes you didn't know that your company was receiving money well i challenge you that would be proceeds to show you the bank statement. and the man who paid the bribes tells his story. i can do much for that form of costs the minister was right to have been patient and. if you speak. to them and just think about people is there movem

spreading to university campuses nationwide with thousands of students demonstrating in new delhi southern chennai and northern veyron assy as anger at the modi government following allegations of police brutality during a campus rally in the capital that turned violent on sunday india's supremes court expected to petitions challenging the citizenship law on wednesday. at least 12 people have been killed in a rebel attack in the eastern democratic republic of congo the right happened in the village of come on go on sunday night just a day earlier at least 32 people died in another attack in beni which was blamed on the rebel group the democratic forces. and thousands of gambians are rallying against the president adama baro calling for him to step down promise to leave office at the end of the year as part of a deal to form a coalition government but has since changed his mind. do stay with us on al-jazeera the big picture is coming up coming up next focusing on china looking out ancient chinese principles help explain the power and problems of modern china. china the world's largest communist sta

i elsewhere in india more large protests thousands marched in the southern cities of chennai bengal and hyderabad. despite the largest protests against his government since he was 1st elected 5 years ago prime minister narendra modi isn't backing down from the new law and system it isn't divisive. but he is backtracking on plans to hold a national register of citizens which would require all indians to prove their citizenship. that's not enough for his critics. it was said of the trust the man was testing. for perhaps. it was 65. 0000 to. thailand's main opposition party says it will range mass protests in the new year even as it comes under increasing pressure from the courts more than $6000000.00 people voted for the future forward party in march but the election commission wants the party dissolved and its leaders banned from politics when a report from bangkok. thailand politics is again being played out in the courts and on the streets in its 1st election in march the future forward party won 81 seats in parliament and was almost able to form a government since then it's been hit w