A Population Survey that critics fear could be used to further discriminate against muslims or have a live report from new delhi and we look at how a typhoon has disrupted Holiday Travel for millions in the philippines yes. But 1st some breaking news out of iraq where a new Prime Minister has been named after parliament approved a critical Electoral Reform this was one of the main demands of protesters who have been taking to the streets for several months now in iraq the name of the new Prime Minister is assad nonny and he has been appointed again following this new election reforms and this long gives independent politicians a better chance of winning seats. In the Parliament Demonstrations are continuing despite this appointment in iraq will be speaking to our correspondent dorsetshire bar in baghdad in a few minutes to get an update on the situation and also find out more about who the new Prime Minister of iraq is we move to syria in the meantime where at least 12 people including 6 children have been killed with Government Forces pushing their offensive deeper into a province the latest attack was on a school in the town of joe boss where hundreds of displaced syrians had been sheltering Government Forces have made steady gains since a launching an assault to retake the last rebel stronghold vast speak tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the fighting and heading towards the Turkish Border and syrian Government Forces are also not closing in on the rebel held city of gnomon in a province most residents have already left the area dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in government attacks on the northwestern city over the last month. The model god take revenge on eve those who caused us what if weve done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for. God to punish them for displacing us but using all of this to humiliating us for gods sake we have big to live. That speaks to our mohammed idols monitoring the situation for us from near the Turkish Border with syria a desperate situation as we saw there mohammed for these people who went to live to seek safety in a knob being forced to flee again do we know how many people are on the move and where theyre going. Well if ali aid workers are saying up to 216 falls them people have been uprooted from their homes across the province with the last of the displacement coming from the top the city of money the city of such a cab but also city itself it is the provincial had also solves the problem isnt lost of them on heading to its tuckey should border ruled that they have been using the m 5 itself has been the targets of the Aerial Bombardments by the russian and city and forces and rescue workers have been saying that 2 vehicles have been hit by strikes in. Turn to fall out was and people have died on the road off the been targeted in the tox so most of these people coming. Looking for safety and that they come all joined come out of being ground by his charities at the border because they are full force to set up champa on the roadsides. The biggest attack is charted to thats helping the refugees say is it has not been able to come and give the house to all that if they cannot give individual tons of them and they have been forced to set up tons where many families as many families because they together and stay warm in these harsh winter how significant would it be in iraq on gnomon fanning to government hands i mean the syrian Government Forces have been pushing deeper into edmond province which is the last rebel have stronghold off or is how would a taking of iraq town amman affect the broader conflict in syria. Well no doubt to newman is very strategic in the it sits on the m 5 highway which connects the cup with all the ministers to aleppo which is serious and largest city and it is in the farm group all that are doing forces of the moment and assads forces are keen to take out a new man opened up the m 5 highway to ensure not only transport but also trade between damascus im aleppo is on the him that its also a key part of the plan to take every last inch of ted it city under the homs all for the rebel overall position fighters thank you very much for that mohammed i dont live far as. A tech in syria author. Returning now to that breaking news story out of iraq which we were we forcing just a few minutes ago the biggest splunk in parliament in iraq has just nominated. As the next iraqi Prime Minister naive to dos a job in baghdad for a store so an appointment thats been a Long Time Coming who is nonie and will his nomination satisfy protesters. Well it is very unlikely that this nomination will go down well here is the governor of a province which is technically the richest province in iraq because it has the most oil in all of the country but it is actually one of the poorest where the infrastructure is very very dire and the protests that have started investors have been ongoing for many months this governor has been accused of not only corruption but also not paying enough attention to try and remedy the situation in his own province he is. Educated about certain self he comes from one of the largest tribes in that province is nomination is seen as again an influence by iran countries because hes been nominated by one of the biggest loss in the parliament i would not walk and it is believed that this nominee with the full backing and the reining in the line groups in iraq in politics so protests is not likely to be happy with this demonstrations going to continue the full. Certainly and i think what little good news we had about the new electoral laws that were house on tuesday evening that were making these demonstrators quite happy this morning will now be all reversed based on this decision this will just show that their position has to go on the demonstrators have to continue because this decision shows that they are not a part of their own political process that theyre choosing of the Prime Minister is not up to the iraqi people but rather the parliament and the largest bloc starting this is a part of tension and the cause of all the demonstrate. The scene and the number of deaths that are now over 485 it is because we want to be able to choose our Prime Minister and this nomination will certainly to be anger and frustration that is present here thank you for that dosage of a with the latest from baghdad where again the biggest bottom entry blog has nominated assad adani as the next iraqi Prime Minister moving on to other world news in 2 days of National Mourning have been declared in book enough aso after at least 35. 00 civilians were shot dead during an attack in the north and according to the government 80 armed men have also been killed a warning some of the images youre about to see might be disturbing to some of you the attack was launched on an army base in. A nearby town of violence has increased after the military began an offensive against armed groups in november theres been no claim of responsibility so far for the attack so they didnt do it though so you know we have to think about solidarity and National Cohesion people women for the most part were getting water and got murdered in cold blood by the terrorists while they were retreating we must show compassion with the populations that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled. In afghanistan 27 peace activists have been abducted a while on a macho the leader of the people speace movement says the group was taken by the taliban in the west and district the taliban has not responded to requests for comments. Thousands of people in the philippines are stranded during the Christmas Holiday after typhoon found phone made landfall many in the predominantly catholic nation were stuck in airports and bus terminals authorities have evacuated coastal areas fearing floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the South China Sea by 30 states want to be low is in manila and. Says travis had likely to remain stranded for several days we are outside the main port the off manila where traditionally over the Holiday Season thousands of passengers wait to board their respective passenger ferries going back to their provinces in different islands in the philippines now christmas is a very important occasion for this predominantly catholic country and as you can see families are waiting here theyve got their packages here. But theyve had to spend their Christmas Eve here because this is here this type of phone or local you know enough personal or maybe a landfall in the Central Region of the philippines on Christmas Eve and that has grounded all types of travel in the country and so here they are this is where they spent their Christmas Eve theyve only had food thats been given to them by the Philippine Coast guard and you have children here who have basically nowhere to sleep and they have nowhere to bathe and theyre saying this is has been a very difficult christmas for them i dont look at me at night im very sad and ive been crying for days i told my child that i cant do anything they did not let us board the ferry because theres a typhoon and we understand that. As i look over my wife wants us to be too good to be here and theres nothing that we can do now the situation here isnt unique across the country in different ports thousands more are stranded and it is likely that they will remain stranded until the typhoon leaves the philippines passengers here tell us that they have not been assured that they can leave immediately assoon as the typhoon leaves the philippines theyve also been told that it is likely that it will be one more week before they can actually get on their. Very school back to their provinces so it is likely that they will be spending new years here as well. Were getting reports that a plane has crashed into sabang mountain northwest of irans capital tehran details are limited but irans official news agency suggests it may have been a military plane or fighter jet no debris has been found yet an investigation is underway. The leaders of a rich area any feel p. R. Meeting to push forward stoled peace negotiations eritrean president. Arrives in ethiopia the capital addis ababa way has met Prime Minister abi ahmed the 2 countries signed a historic Peace Agreement last year ending a 2 decades military standoff but uncertainty remains around Economic Cooperation and border crossings in libya at least 4 people have been killed in the latest strikes by forces loyal to warlord holly for half time several others were injured when a Vegetable Market was struck in the town of thai jura east of tripoli last week have tara nonce what he called a final offensive to take the capital. Still ahead on aljazeera you should not expect that 1st person is on the vacated of killed just because they came from or refugee background skys the limits we hear from a syrian refugee who tells us about our hopes and dreams after the war. Im a solid job in kazakhstan and ill tell you how the country is trying to move away from its hydro called gift economy and finding investment to do sources. Haddo that quite a mixed picture across much of japan weve got some clout and also plenty of rain and seek have plenty of cloud streaming radio across much the northeast of asia so as we go through thursday very cloudy picture throughout much of the Korean Peninsula it should be mostly dry but to whoring close to freezing in pyongyang it is milder throughout much of honshu 12 celsius in tokyo but that does come in cloudy conditions and the chance of some rain showers and it doesnt really clear by friday in fact of anything the system just sitting to the east that will spread much more in the way of rain snow of course in the cold and certainly to the north so minus 2 in sapporo into those cloudy skies clearing in pyongyang minus 2 there is your daytime high then we had further to the south mostly clear through the coastal areas of china and knows a cold day in shanghai and. Youll notice the south a massive rain here that of course is typhoon. That is actually on its way to the South China Sea but a clearer day again friday generally throughout much of china cooling off in shanghai and this care skies so there is of the typhoon is working its way into the South China Sea by thursday a very strong still 185 kilometers an hour those winds by thursday weakening slightly on friday but still with some very heavy amounts of rain particularly through the central philippines. What happens when times for a new life abroad are derailed by committee serious crimes from Drug Trafficking turn agree to. I dont remember how many times it started the way her boyfriend spoke to me and even her aljazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind bars double exile on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera live from doha reminder of the top stories after months of antigovernment protests in iraq the largest block in finally nominated a choice for Prime Minister aidan his spin the governor of the oil rich boss ripoff and since 27000 in syria at least 12 people have been killed as Government Forces push their offensive deeper into adlib province they are now closing in on the rebel house. And 2 days of National Mourning have been declared in book enough ah softer at least 35. 00 civilians were shot dead during an attack in the north and according to the government 80 of the attackers were killed it happened at an army base in not been done and any a by tom. Now the end of the year for many people is a time to reflect on whats happened in the past and also look forward for some who fled war and conflict settling in a new country can be tough and being away from loved ones even harder as hear the story of one syrian refugee who arrived in britain 4 years ago who believes nothing is out of reach my was by a gazelle im 20 years old and im from damascus syria im really hoping to become a commercial pilot one day and you know perhaps be the 1st ever female syrian refugee problem i was 11 when the war sources and it just moved closer and closer until it happened the mosques were old prepared that were going to do something at some point because thats what war does thats what everyones face from experience during the war is losing something whether like a relative a loved one their house their businesses and different stuff so it was almost off whenever like my parents would leave the house they would they would say goodbye as if we might never see them again so we were like we were not living. My mom my 2 younger brothers and i got from damascus to live on the actual fare for on them from the airport we went to turkey and then from turkey to bermuda. I always. Believed that if you cation is whats going to define my future and education is how i can represent myself my country my family where im from. I knew the kind of stereotypes that people have about refugees of being on a catered unskilled i just feel like when people look at me i dont want them to define me with the kind of ferret i have the label of it should not expect that 1st person is on the vacated just because they came from a refugee background you dont expect them to be broken soudan like you know the past like they can be you offer your breasts a poor like try to be the kind of street can also expect that youre treating just a normal human being normal impressions and hopes and dreams. To kazakstan which faced with rising pollution and Falling Oil Prices is looking to diversify its economy the government is focusing on investing in environmentally Friendly Energy projects osama bin javid went to visit one of those 5 jets fans cup shy guy in southeast encaustic south in this where the heating is needed to survive in cuz it stands largest city smoke can be seen billowing from chimneys all around the much needed heating plants are also major contributors to air pollution because exxon has one of the highest rates of london these in the region according to the World Health Organization that in this cause is 13 percent of all the deaths here and its one of the reasons why kazakhstans authorities are looking for healthier alternatives like this its one of the largest solar power plants in central asia and is expected to reduce Carbon Emissions by a 150000. 00 tons a year in the early hours solar panel a covered by snow. This engineer has worked in conventional plants for years and says this is the future. Of barrel which there are no rotating elements here all panels are static they do not require constant attention we generate electricity with the sun even without the sun we produce but not as good in comparison with Traditional Energy the costs of creating green energy are great for now but technology is developing and the efficiency of solar panels is growing. The plot became operational a few weeks ago as the day progresses the sun melts the blanket of snow on the panels within hours electricity production jumps. Even in the extreme conditions blanketed in this nor the new will sources of energy sure that they can be relied upon but economies which are dependent on fossil fuels find it cheaper and more convenient to continue to rely on