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israel strikes several targets in syria. inside syrian territory of launching attacks on the golan heights. live from doha also coming up going prime minister. except selection defeats by his mentor. dr that. nobody thought this was going to happen and if it did it would be years or decades. with the release of three american prisoners from north korea they should arrive in two hours. this is strong i would not. undertake activity. donald trump's nominee to head

the cia promises not to use torture against detainees if she gets the job. tensions between israel syria and iran appear to be escalating with israeli warplanes firing at targets inside syria the state news agency there is reporting that several military sites including a radar facility and munitions depos have been destroyed earlier the israeli military said iranian forces in neighboring syria fired rockets at their positions on the golan heights in shell about us. air raid sounding in the israeli occupied golan heights rockets fired from syria israel says somewhere into sifted other schools damaged to the frontline positions. the israeli army is attributing the attack to the coots brigades part of the iranian

revolutionary guard. iran is an ally of syrian president bashar al assad and the coalition says it didn't start this fight it says israel fired shells at the golan border town of han on a bay earlier on when stay on shoes day it blamed israel for this is a strike on a syrian army base south of damascus that killed two people. the syrian military says this video shows a firing missiles in response to israeli attacks on damascus suburbs. some people estimate that israel has made a hundred incursion certainly doesn't score as including just yesterday i believe it and so for a wider or probably i've been waiting for iranian response iran has increased its military presence in syria and with that increased tensions with neighboring israel it is still a shift this week when u.s.

. didn't donald trump quit the iran nuclear deal referring to israeli intelligence documents that said iran had been pursuing nuclear weapons for years something iran denies. prime minister binyamin netanyahu has traveled to moscow to meet with assad's ally russian president putin it sucked. i presented israel's obligation and right to defend itself against iranian aggression from iran from within syrian territory against the state of israel the iranians declare their intention to attack us they are trying to transfer forces and deadly weapons there with the explicit goal of attacking israel as part of their strategy to destroy israel earlier this week the israel army warned of an imminent attack the i.d.f. has detected irregular iranian activity in syria as preparing the civilian population on the golan heights accordingly as well as defensive systems any aggression against israel will be mixed with a severe response and now after the golan heights attack israel followed through

syrian media broadcasting their air defenses responding to attacks by israel rockets arching from one country to another israelis in the golan heights and syrians urged to find cover hoping the assault doesn't. shiela ballasts al-jazeera ok let's take a look at exactly where these strikes have hit israel's military says iranian forces were the first to strike shelling an israeli outpost in the occupied golan heights then israel responded with repeated strikes on iranian positions inside syria syrian state media says it said phone system intercepted those rockets now people living in damascus reported seeing explosions above the city and syrian state t.v. has said israeli missiles of also being taken south of homs our correspondent harry forces following that story for us out of jerusalem how long did this all go on for . well it went on for several hours as you just reported it

started just after midnight with the initial launching of rockets towards israeli positions from syria something that the israelis attribute to the could force of the iranian revolutionary guard and then it seems to be resumed a couple of hours later in terms of the the nature of this exchange with very extensive strikes by israel the most extensive we've seen in all of israel's intervention so far in syria since the civil war began in twenty eleven and we have now it's a little bit after seven o'clock in the morning here in jerusalem and we have now in the last few minutes have the first sort of comprehensive released relatively comprehensive israeli military statement on exactly what happened and what they're saying is that they attacked dozens of targets belonging to the codes force of the iranian revolutionary guard within syria now if you think back to february when an israeli jet was downed after after an iranian drone israel said came into israeli

territory in response to that downing of a jet there were a targets four of them iranian which were which were struck by israel we're now talking about dozens of iranian targets they say everything from intelligence sites logistics headquarters military compounds weapons storage sites at the damascus international airport intelligence and systems in installations and observation and military posts weapons capabilities within the buffer zone near the golan heights as well they also say that there was there were attempts by syrian air force and here across systems to counteract some of these strikes and that resulted in syrian targets being struck as well so this is a really large show of force by the israelis obviously something which seems to have been in place in advance of what they're expecting according to the military briefings to israeli. most recently what they're expecting to come from iranian

forces it seems they had this in waiting and now we wait to see whether the calibration of this strike back is right whether that deters further iranian action or whether there will be more to come israel worried here that iran and hezbollah are setting up some sort of lebanese slash syrian front against jerusalem. that against israel that is the the consistent warning that's been coming from benjamin netanyahu especially in the light of what's happened this week the pulling out of the iran nuclear deal by the united states his point his contention throughout his extensive lobbying which went back into the obama administration on this was that as well as the clear deal not being sufficient to definitively prevent iran getting a nuclear weapon that iran was doing all sorts of other things as well a point taken up very much by don't trump in his speech in particular what they're

what he's worried about and what he's been warning the israeli people as well about is the increasing emplacement of iranian forces within syria allowing for ballistic missiles to be at least stationed talked about the potential for missile factories springing up both in syria and lebanon and so his case is that this has to be confronted both militarily and indeed as you saw he went to russia yesterday trying to ensure that israel has freedom of action militarily but also trying to increase international pressure on iran the question is whether it will be successful of course russia is an ally not just of assad but also has a close relationship with iran as well harry thank you hashem is monitoring developments for us out of neighboring lebanon he joins us from beirut so hashim give us an update from your vantage point on this incident.

different sources in syria says that the attacks basically targeted areas in the city in the golan heights force of rice progress in the weapons depos and radar installations that we don't know whether those installations were operated by the syrian military all by different. fighting groups or militias operating in the area israel has been accusing iran of trying to expand and set up permanent bases in the golan heights the syrian army has been saying that he has intercepted many of those signs trying getting those areas but some of them manage to hit that target go to high the syrian side of the go that high tide in a flash point over the last seven years with different rebel factions and groups trying to further in and gain their mortality over the last two years backed by

iran's different positions on the ground the syrian army seems to be having the upper hand clearing in many areas it has recaptured that area now has become the focal point of the mounting tension between the israelis on one hand the syrian government and the iranians. because this is rather say that iran is trying along with its variants on the crisis to maintain significant military presence wish to consider a serious threat to their security now we don't know what would be the reaction of the syrian government in the coming hours you have been saying that it would strongly retaliate to. attacks by the by the israelis so this is quite a tense moment now in syria question thanks very much well how did your castro has the reaction from washington. it is difficult to say there is a direct link between president trump's announcement of the u.s.

pulling out of the iran nuclear deal and the attacks that have happened however it is undeniable that there was growing concern that such an escalation would indeed occur u.s. senators warned earlier in the day of a dramatic rise in risk of military confrontation in the region and the u.s. department of state have warned citizens from traveling to golan heights and even as the the sirens began going off in golan heights white house press secretary sara sanders said that the escalation of violence is justification of the u.s. withdrawing from the nuclear deal this just thorough there are shows that the iranian regime cannot be trusted israel absolutely howards a sovereign right to defend itself and we support them in whatever efforts they have in order to defend themselves but again i think this activity in this action is just further demonstration that the iranian regime cannot be trusted in another

good reminder that the president made the right decision to get out of the iran deal the u.s. state department and the pentagon also issued statements echoing that sentiment that the u.s. stands with israel but the concern here is that if the violence further escalates the risk is that the u.s. military may be drawn into the fold lazy is going prime minister najib razak has just given a press conference saying his policy will accept the will of the people losing the general election for the first time since independence and opposition alliance is likely to form the next government most remarkable comeback for the ninety two year old former prime minister mohamad who won the election i was doing resident who become embroiled in a corruption scandal. but you better said national the past not so now is committed to respecting the principles of democracy the king will decide who we made prime minister according to the constitution the party will respect

whatever decision the king makes and i would like to urge the people of malaysia to remain calm and place confidence in the king to make a decision majority live now to kuala lumpur and our correspondent florence lewis so clearly there florence a note of contrition from mr ruddock how will that go down with the voters. well it's very interesting i mean a lot of people are reading it as a speech where he's conceding defeat i mean he did say i accept and my colleagues accept the verdict of the people the people have spoken committed to upholding the principles of democracy however there was there are a few people who saying that he really shouldn't be saying that or that the that you know because no party has won an outright majority that the king has the discretion to pick the next prime minister because if you look at the number of seats the opposition coalition has won they have won enough to form the next government. and clearly this opposition coalition they have because they've won

enough seats to form the next government they need it that they put forward is someone who will have who has the who can command the confidence of the of parliament so people are interpretating this speech in quite a number of ways also some people have pointed out that he did not extend congratulations to the winning side now to the question is who will be the next prime minister of malaysia now the opposition coalition has put forward its candidate it's always been very clear from the start that probably that mahathir mohamad is the person they would like to see sworn in as the seventh prime minister of malaysia his deputy prime minister will be one the wife of anwar ibrahim the former opposition leader who's now in prison. however that is something that is still unclear who the next prime minister of malaysia will be it's a simple majority election system are people going to say look you don't have the

mandate anyway because they had to hit one hundred twelve they got one one three that's one seat that's taken them across that line. that's right i mean. there are no indications that any party is going to defect all about. any. because even with the other smaller parties joining. that's the party that's the former ruling alliance they won't be enough they won't have enough seats to take over the government. opposition alliance has one hundred thirty seats i mean unless there's some sort of defections that we see happening and there's no indications of that they should really be forming the next government. florence thanks very much. plains immigrant still to cover for you here on al-jazeera including a hostage situation at

a prison and into the museum has ended we'll have an update. and a financial aid package with the i.m.f. is causing anger and concern in argentina. from a fresh coast to breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. how i once again we're still struggling to shake off the shabby weather across the middle east we've got a fair amount of cloud pulling out of iraq into iran up towards the caspian sea and look how that cloud just runs its way down into the gulf as well for good measure it will not a little further north which in the east was as we go through thursday ahead of that the warmth setting in now for a couple of about thirty one celsius and behind we'll see highs of around twenty five in beirut but the cloud the rain that continues to turkey into syria northern

parts of iraq more of the same as we go on through friday by friday we will see some of that rain just making its way across northern areas of iran as well as just eighteen back towards afghanistan to the south of that though it is essentially dry there will be some of that cloud effect in the far north of the arabian peninsula they want to see showers into western parts of iran here in doha cooler than it has been lately let's hope so we say that it's six thirty seven celsius and it will be try it with at dusk the listed the inside seven a possibility across that eastern side of the peninsula right so you were crossed south africa over the next day quite a keen northerly wind coming into cape town a little bit of cloud around the western cape will see that cloud nothing a little further race was by the time we come to friday. the weather sponsored by qatar and peace. on package for us what were you hearing whether on line horrendous things humans understand. about that or if you join us on the sacked

a lot of the major countries in the commonwealth have far bigger fish to fry and chips to eat this is a dialogue about some of this excess if perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots themselves are making the decision to join the conversation on mount is iraq. there with al jazeera and peter. these are your headlines. tensions between israel syria and iran appear to be escalating the israeli military said iranian forces in syria fired rockets at their positions on the golan heights

later israeli warplanes fired at syrian military bases and a state t.v. is reporting several air defense positions were hit. going prime minister najib razak has just had a press conference saying his party picks up the will of the people after losing the election the first time since independence an opposition alliance is likely to form the next government marks a remarkable comeback for the ninety two year old former leader. who won the election. could become embroiled in a corruption scandal. and in museum police say a hostage crisis at a high security jail in the capital jakarta has ended after nearly all the persons involved surrendered at least six people died in a riot at the high security prison which. the large number of suspects earlier a prison officer was taken hostage at the depot but was later released comes days after the arrest of three suspected eisel gunman used to plotting to attack carter's police headquarters stuff as in the capital jakarta. a serious standoff of

thirty six hours at a high secure prison in the south of jakarta that has and it without further bloodshed police have said that hundred forty five prisoners surrendered early disappointing and the ten who still were resisting have also surrendered police went in with tear gas and then the whole hostage situation and stand of was finished some very serious shocking details have emerged from the scene when police have described the prisoners have taken hold of a store room inside the prison compound full of explosives and weapons that basically were confiscated by police during terrorism operations of course many questions will be asked why and how it is possible that police is keeping all these weapons next to this high security prison compound has also said that they apologize for all the distress that this has caused a nation and also to the families of the victims of the five policemen that were

killed they said were killed in a very sadistic way there were a lot of stop wounds the prisoners also managed to get hold of knifes of course this is going to raise a lot of questions about the security at the prison not only in predicts prism of a lot of prisons in indonesia are known to be very overcrowded and also their security is also being questioned very often mobile phones laptops are still being found inside the prison and also terrorist operations or attacks in indonesia are often planned from inside prison so a lot of questions will be raised about how this could happen and what could be happening next to secure this prisons more thoroughly. three americans freed from prison in north korea have entered the u.s.'s base and then allies plans for a summit between trump and korea's kim jong un mr trump says he will reveal the date and the place for the summit in the coming days kathy novak now from seoul the

release of the americans is another sign of the thawing relationship between pyongyang and washington and improves the climate for the proposed summit between donald trump and kim jong un the u.s. president has pushed the case for months saying there's been constant pressure here likewise fighting very diligently to get the three american citizens back. reports that the three had been moved from a labor camp to a hotel in the capital was followed closely in south korea there they received better food and medical treatment this is what we know about the three men kim jong il is a south korean born u.s. citizen who worked as a religious minister in his early sixty's he was detained in twenty fifteen on spying charges a year later he was sentenced to ten years hard labor at a government arranged news conference he apparently confessed to stealing military secrets while working with south korea a claim rejected by seoul two of the men have been detained since donald trump became president kim hawke song was detained on suspicion of hostile acts in may

twenty seventeen believed to be an ethnic korean born in china he emigrated to the us in the one nine hundred ninety s. he worked at pyongyang university of science and technology. who goes by tony kim was arrested in april twenty seventeen he also worked at the university and was accused of hostile acts trumper had been suggesting that unless the north koreans take real denuclearization steps that he wouldn't go to the summit well the north koreans have given him something else very easy for them to give and now the summit will absolutely go ahead donald trump used to call the north korean leader a little rocket man and warned of a hostile reaction to further threats of attack from their west korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never see but in march there was a dramatic turnaround when president trump announced summit plans after a visit by a south korean delegation to the white house the man who is now u.s.

secretary of state mike pompei o followed up with visits to north korea to lay the groundwork for talks with president trump as three americans celebrate their release the family of student auto war india will be thinking of what could have been arrested in north korea and held for seventeen months he returned to the u.s. in a vegetative state and died days later one because parents have lodged a wrongful death suit against the north korean government kathy novak al jazeera sole. controversial nominee for cia director has testified before a senate committee to the hospital he spent thirty three years working for the agency but it's a work in leading the interrogation of suspects that's brought some politicians to question of fitness to lead the organization particle lane from washington though. you knew there were going to be protests gina haskell is controversial she was in charge of the secret prison in thailand when added on the cherie was tortured but

republicans on the committee across the board said that was actually ok with them it's very easy to sit back and criticize the work of the agency with the benefit of hindsight haskell says she wouldn't torture people now the democrats were not convinced answer yes or no do you believe in hindsight that those techniques were immoral senator what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to answer the question. and i think i've answered the question i have not as she went on to say that she doesn't believe torture works but with a caveat she never said what she supervised waterboarding was torture we got valuable information from debriefing of al qaeda detainees and i don't i don't think it's noble whether interrogation techniques played a role in that she had to answer for another controversial move she sent the order demanding ninety two videotapes of people being tortured destroyed she blamed her

boss and republican seemed convinced of her innocence were telling you were sponsible for drafting a cable at your boss's direction make any more sense than holding a senate speechwriter responsible for the boring speeches senators given the senate floor. center all deferred. some of war and giving her the job would send the message that the u.s. like president trump is ok with torture at least one democrat now says he doesn't agree making it likely she will be the next leader of the cia. al-jazeera washington the police in chile have fired tear gas and water cannons protesters in the capital santiago hundreds of students have been launching against sexual harassment but they want the government to implement gender equality in schools and with us it has several protesters were arrested. in talks about a financial deal with the i.m.f. but that comes after recent interest rates hit forty percent the highest among the

major economies the president elect create to set the eight wouldn't strengthen growth but many people aren't convinced the risible. protests i'm going to cite is against the government. it is against the recent race in the price of utility services but also against the recent announcement of i request a financial help of the international monetary fund. this cannot continue the government has raised the prices of utility services as never before and now an agreement with the i.m.f. we know what happens when we deal with the i.m.f. it has never ended well most start in time very shocked with the government is seeking financial help from the international monetary fund because it brings back memories of what happened seventeen years ago when i did sit on it sovereign debt and entered one of the worst crisis in this country to me many fear that an

agreement with the i.m.f. where we start in hardship on the measures that it will hurt but. i. love the peso currency and capital flight. strengthening u.s. dollar. is affecting emerging markets and especially vulnerable countries like argentina that has been struggling with double digit inflation rate and the deficit for years. we understand that these days people are upset afraid that this situation will end up in a crisis like the ones we've seen in the past or that it's going to stop the process of change that we are going through right now we have a strong conviction that what we're doing will end up in development and growth that we've been waiting for for years. maggie says he's trying a gradual approach to reduce the deficit but for many he's announcement is like going back in time the president. was part of the team that helped argentina

negotiate with the world after the crisis in two thousand and one but it looks as if they're going to get by with. argentina is being cautious with what is happening in the world and is trying to get ready to leave the situation gets worse the government has a clear vote but it's not enough if your macro economy is not working machree said inflation was going to be twenty percent and twenty sixteen and it was actually forty percent they did not believe that a rise in tyrus would worsen inflation. without credibility i didn't tina is facing economic uncertainty once again and while the government asking for international help on the streets people are trying to make sure that economic won't come at their expense. this is al jazeera these are your headlines so far today.

tensions between israel syria and iran appear to be escalating the israeli military said iranian forces in syria fired rockets at their positions on the golan heights later israeli warplanes fired at syrian military bases. syrian state t.v. is reporting several air defense positions were hit the white house press secretary sara saunders has also been speaking about the rising tensions between iran and israel. this just third there shows that the iranian regime cannot be trusted israel absolutely has a sovereign right to defend itself and we support them in whatever efforts they have in order to defend themself but again i think this activity in this action is just further demonstration that the iranian regime cannot be trusted and another good reminder that the president made the right decision to get out of the iran deal. the u.s. could reimpose sanctions on iran as early as next week to ensure it doesn't develop

nuclear weapons that follows america's withdrawal from the landmark deal that limited iran's nuclear capabilities. but going prime minister najib razak has held a news conference in the last hour saying his party will accept the will of the people after losing the general election the first time since independence an opposition alliance is likely to form the next government it marks a remarkable comeback for a ninety two year old the former prime minister martin mohammed who won the election sting razzak has become embroiled in a corruption scandal well dr mahathir mohamad holding a news conference right now will take you live. if we can politically internationally as well as domestically because what you're looking at is the world's oldest elected prime minister ninety two years old with a simple parliamentary election system he had to get past two hundred twelve seats one hundred thirteen that coalition we're being told will stay together is pretty solid in the film meaning that he will very old and very probably become the next

prime minister although ultimately it's down to the king to decide we're expecting that decision a little later today. is a board of any deep. sea this is born of a big deal eat bread i mean is there is this a bone of the media will be of members of parliament he is and then build the week up there prime minister and then he made during the is there a name game and. he be duly abe i did. see. there's been some. is. a leg up on.