Airports liverpool on top of the world. Anger at a new indian citizenship your is turning into the biggest domestic challenge for Prime Minister that he of them already since he came to power opponents say its an attack on the secular constitution and discriminates against muslims while letting minorities from 3 neighboring countries become citizens at least 23 people have been killed and more than 1500 arrested and more than a week of protests and police are being accused of using disproportionate force now some of the most violent scenes of it in the Northern State of aceh for their ish when 8020 percent of the population is muslim and the northeastern states especially in as sam or people dare fear an influx of hindu bengalis they say that could threaten their language and culture protests have been largely peaceful in opposition control west bengal the ruling b j p. Being accused of seeking electoral gains by opening the door to more in the refugees and migrants and theres also been rest in southern cities like chennai where Police Watched as people chanted against the law and in new delhi thousands of protesters defied police bands to converge on the has stark jumma must mosque so been a stressed of reports now from the indian capital. Police in the Northern State of the but they are not taking chances. Did vans while firing tear gas at protesters who are defying a government ban to congregate in large crowds. Every tactic is being used to quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using excessive force. Was what started as a student demonstration has grown into a Larger Movement to denounce what governments often and say is divisive and discriminatory legislation. The law excludes muslims from neighboring countries from receiving indian citizenship which goes against indias secular constitution the unrest in india has been discussed at a conference of Muslim Leaders in malaysia Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad said the indian law is unfair to its group claims from becoming citizen even by due process i think is unfair saw we have ways. Disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesnt impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian Prime Ministers remark is factually inaccurate we call upon malaysia to refrain from commenting on internal development. In india without the right and the standing of facts. On saturday protesters packed the streets of new delhi despite the governments ban on large crowds. The. Lawyers from Indias Supreme Court and high courts joined the outcry were running. In the discriminate among the 6 jenny jones and muslims if. Everyone. Now. Still getting me joined by people. Its one of the. Art students depicted the constitution and the governments attitude to it by painting this street its amazing the United Nation in that sense but. Its also just the idea behind it which is so vicious the idea behind the act its so vicious that everything human being everyone in this country will be affected and theyre standing up indians here are vowing to continue their defiance revolt against the law and say they wont allow the government to destroy the very fabric on which their nation is built on. To aljazeera new delhi india well lets take a closer look at the citizenship Amendment Act and why its prompted opposition across india it creates a pathway to citizenship for minorities who face religious persecution in pakistan and afghanistan but it excludes muslims opposition parties and protesters say it violates and the a secular constitution but that is not the only dynamic the ruling b j p has promised to implement a National Register for citizens where everyone across the country will need to prove their citizenship and if they. Cant they could be put in Detention Centers some Community Communities could still be given citizenship through the citizenship Amendment Act but its feared that millions of muslims are unable to provide proof would be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in india for generations now dont cause them is professor of law and legal theory of the university of oxford and general editor of indian law review and earlier he told my colleague diana gaita why the laws provoked so much anger that this government has been chipping away at indias constitutional fundamentals for the last 6 years but this act does it so blatantly and so. Expressly that theres no plausible deniability in any solutions a constitutional solution so fail to stop the government from doing what it has done to the constitution and ultimately it seems that the people have decided that its upon them to save indias pluralistic Secular Democratic constitution and why is the citizenship law thats caused all these processed seen by many people as a threat to indian democracy as a whole so the been a lot of threats to in a democracy of late but this is the most blatant because for the 1st time in india as a democratic independent history we are going to write religion as a qualification into our citizenship laws the law in giving fastrack citizenship to basically non muslims but also some other very subdued atheists muslims some of these communities are not covered but in the seats and you are covered that is. That is just so blatantly against the very core of the Indian Constitution identity which is to seek to to build a mission that is not based on religious identity that is secular that is pluralistic that its diverse and its celebrated that day diversity for the last 70 or 80 years so that its its the explicitness you know a lot of these governments policies have been sort of dog whistle politics of it Everybody Knows the gold is anti muslim but now the government felt emboldened to do not feel the need for force for the obvious as it is just its blatant misses as was egregious. Moving on to other news now the turkish ship has been seized off the coast of northern libya by forces loyal to warlord really for half that that happened just hours after Turkeys Parliament voted to approve a military agreement with libyas internationally recognized government a half the Spokesman Says their naval forces approached the boat near the city of dirda so they could search and verify its cargo its crew are now being questioned meanwhile 3 people have been killed in libya and the latest join strikes by have those forces there attacked the town of im from martyr in the northwest of libya the internationally recognized government as the drones are being used by the United Arab Emirates which supports have to without the wire have has more from tripoli. The Government Forces tried to enter the hohner city about 65 kilometers to the south east from the capital tripoli to horner is the main stronghold for have to his forces and it has the Central Command from where from which have those generals along with the Russian Military experts are running their battles in southern tripoli thats according to the government of National Accord so Government Forces tried to open new front lines near tarhouni city but they were stronger they say that they faced airstrikes by have to draw and fighter jets meanwhile a new city has witnessed clashes in its vicinity near the city of the horn the city of them silat which is about 88 kilometers to the sub southeast from the capital tripoli the city of there is among the civil cities that have recently declared Mass Mobilization to prevent have to his forces from entering the capital tripoli now so that there is facing have to us forces and its southern vicinities after the Government Forces withdraw from the area and local sources in there say that hundreds of civilians have left their homes because of the fighting and random rockets have been landing inside the city 3 people were killed and a dozen others were wounded according to medical sources sources in the city of. Now as i mentioned earlier Turkeys Parliament has ratified a military deal with libyas un backed government but if mohamed adore explains from a farm ball it will be some time before im correct considers deploying troops. This. Question is just a relative question of the agreement between libya and turkey but whats happening it was going to happen from now on will depend on a formal request that the d. N. A. In tripoli thats the government thats recognized by the United Nations. You know has to send a request to uncurse so that unless they get this quest to go back to parliament for another agreement a nod from parliament and also for the formulation of the monday to what exactly the troops will be mandated to do in libya once they get there before they can be deployed really hearing from sources that the government here is not expecting a formal request from tripoli until probably february but that could change given the. When we get general hotter is comprised now coming out against the Government Installations and positions. Now cooler weather conditions in australia said to help firefighters contain more than 100 places across the state of New South Wales fires have been burning out of control across the state with conditions described as catastrophic the bushfires have killed 8 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and have been through an area larger than belgium the province to scott marrs it has been forced to apologize after taking a family holiday during the fires. So mawson has been criticized in the past for not connecting the bushfires to Climate Change but now he has conceded that there is a link there is no argument about the links between in my view in the governments view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global Climate Change and and weather events around the world but im sure people equally with dignity age that the direct connection to any single fire event its not a credible suggestion to make that link. So we must take action on Climate Change we are taking action on Climate Change jessica washington reports now from the Blue Mountains west of sydney. This is usually one of sydneys most popular Tourist Attractions the normally picturesque Blue Mountains bordering the outskirts of the city. Much of it now decimated by bushfires but. Theyve been burning across large parts of australia for months now with flames as high as 70 metres high in this region alone has destroyed an area 7 times the size of singapore but this isnt just bush land its home for thousands of australians fire crews are working tirelessly to protect residents Robert Beecroft is a former volunteer firefighter hes seen many bushfires in his time but this one is different for being here for 67 years ive seen a lot of for sure the mountains actually might have to rise for quite a few forms but. I havent seen so many out of control back to the b. Crops like so many families here face a difficult choice leave everything behind or stay and potentially put themselves in danger its a little bit stressful but you just got to remain positive us boys its hard to think of what you want to keep and everything but just get what seems important at the time to go and im sure therell be other things that you think about later but just be prepared i guess its just bad timing obviously around the holidays but what can you do really. Score its pretty confronting. Volunteers for such a strain from the shells some of these fires have been burning since july but authorities are warning that these are catastrophic conditions its the combination of extreme hate strong winds and low humidity that makes the situation on the ground incredibly dangerous firefighters are battling the blaze on the ground and from the air the intense heat has even generated its own thunderstorm nearly all the men and women fighting the fires are volunteers some havent seen their families in days for locals who risk losing almost everything some are just trying to do whatever they can. Hang their older get much sleep and its. Anxious cities problems as word this is just the beginning of summer and many of fearful of what lies ahead for the rest of the bushfire season jessica washington aljazeera blackheath. Repente more ahead on news hour including a University Lecturer in. Blasphemy after his social media. We take you to start with people heading to the polls after an election campaign. And. Open the new 2020 National Stadium has. Sentenced a University Lecturer to death for blasphemy jeanette have fees was arrested and 2030 accused of insulting islam Prophet Muhammad on facebook he spent nearly 6 years in solitary confinement waiting for his trouble with pakistans controversial blasphemy law carries an automatic Death Penalty its yet to actually carry out a death sentence for the charge but the law has drawn one straight condemnation from Rights Groups as explained. Fees came to pakistan from the us and was hired as an English Literature professor. However. Busy. To 95. Because. Now about 40 people convicted of blasphemy on death row in pakistan the a baby a christian woman spent more than 80 years on death row before her conviction was overturned a year ago and she said she found them in canada a case attracted to global attention and led to the killing of Punjab Government proceed he was shot dead by one of his bodyguards and 2011 to see to oppose the blasphemy laws and had called for the baby to be pardoned and 3 months later pakistans minorities minister was killed by gunmen in islamabad Shahbaz Bhatti a christian had received Death Threats to suggesting blasphemy laws be reformed with his wife chancellor at National University and he says the blasphemy law in pakistan is supported by the established legal process. I believe. The freedom of expression is one of the basic principles of islam but that does not mean use of language for any abuse or any poisonous statements and theyre surviving i think this law was enacted under british later on it was revised unembarrassed by 930. 00 and later on a Pakistan Parliament and senate jointly approved the law becomes an act and under the act. A person who is accused has full liberty here and plead his case till today i believe it has not been a single execution as such but there have been accusations and judgments have been passed but not just minutes have been carried out till today. Means if it provides for all possible venues for the accused to come forward and defend and even now there is a chance for appeal for the person i think the law as such is a. Law of land and if proper which had been followed then that judgment should not be condemned. Was back astonished holder at 1st parliamentary elections and since a new president came to power in 2016 the Central Asian country has seen key human rights developments since then that includes people with criminal convictions being allowed to vote and a minimum number of female candidates but despite those moves well the 5 registered party still have to operate within the political confines defined by the government without the reports from the capital touched cant. Its a show that at 1st done and then galvanized the country allows political debate unscripted edited a 1st news because. There have been 29 others over the past 3 months where a wide range of topics were discussed often putting the candidates on the spot to the point that this party leader admitted it was big politicians lacked courage. Not that we didnt anticipate this level of success it was difficult at 1st because politicians went ready for this but then they prepared and were able to answer questions they didnt expect. People have become more interested in the parties and their programs. Then hell come back off is a proud cook of the National Dish cloth and despite steering hundreds of kilos of rice a day he followed the debates. There was a lot of truth and real issues with these debates we cannot understand what needs to be done in the correct way and what is wrong there is a lot of change and these elections are very different from previous ones who specs will have to choose between 5 parties ranging from left to right on the political spectrum but all government funded with similar platforms. There are no opposition or independent candidates running in this election. And is only 28 years old it was formed after the fall of the soviet union and 99. 00 to 1. 00 so regardless of this tour cummings people are excited to go to the ballot boxes. Still for the 1st time the parties are somehow competing against each other to win over voters since president shaft at me to say your you have took power in 2016 he is gradually taking the country out of isolation reforms. In almost all spheres of life social life p