every. celebrations outside airport has dozens of prisoners are flown in this part of a swap deal with saudi arabia. for my headquarters and. also ahead. army commanders are deployed in iraq to quell the growing protests which also targeted the iranian consulate. thank you. hong kong celebrate

president trumps approval of a law supporting human rights in the territory. the french president stands by his comment that nato is brain dead as he meets the military alliance chief. followthrough plane said to be carrying houthi prisoners have landed at yemen airport which has been closed since 2016 the group of around $130.00 prisoners have been detained in saudi arabia and were released those part of an exchange deal with saudi led coalition has allowed the airports to reopen flights including for patients needing medical care how much more from the airports and sunny. this flight is the 1st flight. for the president before this is the 1st offer szell. swarup will release of for president of war by saudi arabia u.a.e.

little qualification people are hoping this would push forward for achieving all realizing the peace in yemen which has been going through difficult and destructive times throughout nearly 5 years many of those wife talk to hope they will find their relatives. to agree to go out of this at the national polls but so far we couldn't know that. the exact number of who though will be ripe but according to the news that i have heard that some of them have been detained and. which is the just 40 kilometers from son are also those who have been detained in areas in the course the law and the coastline of. there are also fisherman. are concerned that the they want their fighters to be released also there are thousands of people

who are being detained who are that's involved in the war especially those who try to travel outside yemen through the areas which are under the control of the saudi you a little qualification and earlier our reporter in yemen spoke to the whole thing if i show up then in a has shot who says the president releases a great 1st step from saudi arabia. yeah we're expecting the war against yemen to release all the prisoners to. the saudis if all. in yemen and also to open their son i of course if you know any justification to close this airport for 25000000 yemenis living inside and living in all you have been a government. curfew has been imposed in iraq a city of after 16 people were killed during anti-government protests security

forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration the army is sending its commanders to several provinces to quote restore order it's setting up what it calls crisis cells to quell unrest but the army's warning is not stopping protesters in the capital baghdad where 4 people have been killed there throwing rocks and using slingshots as they fight security forces on the streets at least 350 people have been killed in 2 months of violence iraqis say they're fed up with corruption and they want political change they're demanding jobs and better services meanwhile iran is demanding firm action from the iraqi government after an attack on its consulates in the city of najaf on wednesday anti-government protesters stormed the building and set it on fire demonstrators blame to iran for propping up a government they've been rallying against it's own how to go human then the consulate when it was set on fire old ripening within the job started firing going

to us as if we were beginning to iraq as a whole the right police by intensively on the security forces rained as heavily with live bullets how much of june is in baghdad with more. the fact that you have now had 2 attacks on iranian consulates in shiite holy cities within a matter of weeks this month that really goes to show how much frustration there is even in shiite majority cities toward the government of iran because of the outsized role that they play in the politics of course you had this attack last night that was an attack in which the anti-government demonstrators they got into that compound in and they set. the iranian consulate ablaze they burned it before the attack happened the staff at the consulate they had escaped through a back door we're now being told that off the military is going to be sending these security cells to some of the provinces to try to quell the protests we don't really know exactly what form that's going to take there is great concern here right now the perhaps that could mean that there is

a crackdown looming that perhaps there will be more violence we just don't know we'll have to wait and see but also we've been told that there is now a curfew that has been put in place in the city of now for the until further notice so there's so much going on here right now the protests continue to swell but the fact the matter is despite the violence despite the specter of potentially more violence all the demonstrators that we continue to speak with no matter what city they are in they say they are committed to continuing to come out until they have a government they feel that actually represents them and dosage of bari has more on iran's reaction. the reigning foreign ministry spokesperson up us mousavi has issued a statement saying that the iranian government and i'm going to quote from it saying demand decisive effective and responsible action against the destructive agents and aggressors the point of view here is that something needs to be done very quickly to take control of the situation and not just is very much an important sitting for iranians and the clerical establishment here not only did the supreme leader

ayatollah khomeini study there but also the founder of these amik revolution ayatollah khomeini spent many years there in exile this city is very important for iran because of the clerical. schools that are there in the history that they share the opinion here is that these attacks are taking place by small groups of people that are being fueled by outside forces removed western countries to try and create a rift between the relationship between iran and iraq their relationship has never been stronger right now their trade annually is that $13000000000.00 in the ratings are currently providing a 3rd of the country's electricity in iraq so it's very important for this relationship to continue also strategically iraq wise shares a border with syria as well as saudi arabia countries that iran is very interested in maintaining some kind of power or around and so for them this incident is

unacceptable and they will do everything they can to put pressure on the iraqi government to try and quell this on the rest as soon as possible china has accused donald trump of sinister intentions and threatened to respond to a new u.s. law that could help protect. the law means washington can impose sanctions on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses. you will in future home residents enjoy democratic rights in accordance with the u.s. has been disregarding the facts and distorting the truth. openly back violent criminals who rampantly smash facilities set fires sell to innocent civilians trample on the rule of law and jeopardize social order the shocking and malicious nature of its intentions is fully revealed its very i aim is to undermine home home stability and prosperity 7 times the purpose of one country 2 systems and disrupt the chinese nations and give it to realize the great renewal. china protesters are describing

president trump's decision as a timely thanksgiving present hundreds of people are showing their gratitude with a pro us rally in central hong kong sarah clarke has more. up to $10000.00 people have gathered here in central hong kong it's almost a celebration this thanking the us of a backing this bill which would as a result could potentially introduce economic sanctions on hong kong if the u.s. believes that the hong kong government isn't bicycle fulfilling its human rights and democracy commitments and as a result these people here behind me it's become almost a party atmosphere and of course this is in light of the less than a week after the city's district council elections were voted in the pro-democracy politicians in a landslide victory so certainly it's been a good week for the hong kong anti government supporters of the protests as you say the fact that the us has signed this bill it's a show of support for what their message is which is an anti government message calling for greater political reform in the city so it's a very different reaction from the hong kong government as well as china's reaction

on both there are a similar message that told the us to stay out of their internal affairs that describe this bill is unnecessary and unwarranted and by simply interfering in their internal masses they've also said that this particular milieu in the show of support of sydney endorsing what they describe as the violent protests actions which are power lies parts of hong kong seems to me so certainly a different a very different response from the hong kong and chinese government but the atmosphere in central hong kong on thursday here at this protest movement the pro-democracy movement has been one of celebration. still ahead on al-jazeera i love unknowns mostly peaceful antigovernment protesters spread through other are changing. the tester's in colombia refuse to back down holding a national strike against corruption and economic inequality. how

i once again will the weather slush the settled in try across the good parts of china my missing thick cloud in see those central parts in that symes that cloud may be thick enough to produce a little bit apache rain or drizzle i think more so as we go on in sea where sas status cladistically up towards john and do some snow on the northern flank of that 15 celsius in shanghai could see the arch shall hit further south you go with the sunshine 25 degrees in hong kong the only sure way in the northeast wales will face some showers into that eastern side of vietnam and the same north easterly winds fading showers to southern parts of in the air just around the peninsula has some very wet weather in play here some lively showers thunder downpours there for schrank or over the next couple of days so carolyn will see what it is shows that is pushing up towards the other possessing the heaviest of the showers as we go

through the next few days largely dry towards the north of that some wintry weather there over the high ground but nothing much to speak of but a cloud there just pushing into the far northwest of the country a little bit of cloud perhaps ticking off the times but choose one or 2 spots around southern parts or maybe into yemen as well but for the right good place to find dry and sunny. trade. transparency. over. there the world's largest oil producer and you don't list in the world's largest stock exchange that definitely says something. the middle east's economic sound company and.

following on the top stories. who've been detained by saudi arabia have arrived. the group of around $130.00 prisoners landed in the airport which has been closed since $26.00 they were released as part of an exchange to. a curfew has been imposed in the iraqi city. government protests security forces opened fire on a demonstration the army is sending its commanders to several provinces to quote restore order. china has accused. the president signed

a hong kong human rights bill that could help protect. beijing. french presidency when my call has rejected a moratorium offered by russia on short term and medium range missiles he made the comment during a meeting with the nato chief bergen paris russia proposed the suspension after a ban on the move was lifted in august. the meeting to address criticism of nato suffering brain death. while questions are being asked about the strength of the transatlantic bomb north america and europe are doing more together than we have done for decades and i can hardly think about them is strong a demonstration of the commitment to our alliance to a collective defense to article 5 the fact that we are actually doing more together increasing there's our forces investing more in our security than we have done for many many years let's be on the up for the finny peace in europe as our

work post i.n.f. treaty our relationship with russia the subject of turkey who is the enemy as long as we haven't resolved these questions we cannot negotiate to realize the cost of the total burden so maybe there's a wake up call that's needed i ask each to consider their priority is to think of the final goal and our strategic objectives we must have a method between us leaders of state and the government along with the organization secretary general on the basis of these questions that are asked so we can automatically move forward in the next following weeks north korea has launched what appears to be 2 missiles that's according to south korea it comes days after the north ordered artillery drills near a disputed maritime border last month pyongyang fired 2 rockets into the sea of japan after a stalled denuclearization talks with the united states robert bright has more from seoul. this test firing does seem to be very similar to previous launches now numbering more than a dozen that have taken place in recent months showing the north korea's

frustration at the stalled nature of nuclear talks with the united states there has been a lull in test firing the last launch or was nearly a month ago when north korea test fired a multiple rocket launcher with rockets landing in the sea separating the korean peninsula from japan but north korea it seems has been looking for other ways to up the pressure it's been widely reported by north korean media this week that last weekend leader kim jong un visited an artillery unit on the maritime border between north and south korea and personally directed an artillery test firing which has irked people here in south korea because of course that is very much against the spirit of the declarations that were signed at the end of last year between north and south korea at the height of the summit diplomacy and it just shows how

relations have cooled significantly since that time and of course with the clock ticking towards the end of this year which is the deadline that kim jong un has given for some sort of breakthrough in negotiations with the united states or with the ominous warning that in the new year he is likely to choose a different path. a 3 day general strike is underway in lebanon where violent confrontations have threatened what have largely been peaceful protests in recent days there were tense standoff between sectarian and political rivals but nearly 6 weeks since they started the movement protesters are determined to restore a united voice against the ruling class and then a 100 reports from beirut it's. a message of peace at a time of political turmoil. mothers joined hands after a violent incident between supporters of rival political parties brought back dark memories. i know of many was re-elected on civil war began in 1975. they

called for a national unity. the people fighting no i born after night in a day after the war was gone they don't know what is the but they stopped of the war they don't know if its blood will come blood will not give them food will not give them job opportunities they walked in the mainly christian neighborhood of i've been to many towards what was the front line that divided the lebanese capital . they then crossed into the mainly shiite neighborhood of shia. it was a warm welcome from a person who seemed to want to leave the past behind was. but it was a different picture a few nights ago there was a standoff between supporters of christian opposition parties and backers of shiite parties in power and hezbollah who have used force against abd establishment protesters across the country in recent days. is doing what

they do is just play on the sectarian. the sectarian emotions they're trying to use the tools on the streets of intimidating. peaceful protesters and this is being used basically to i think. for internal kind of balance and power struggle in between the establishment parties opposition parties have been accused of hijacking a popular uprising for almost 2 months there have been protests against the political elite who are refusing to give up power and that it was a history of civil war and there was stability that is why many are concerned the longer this political crisis lasts and the longer people remain in the streets the likelihood of more violence increases jennifer their favor. a brazilian court has convicted a former president luisa last year lula da silva in

a 2nd corruption case has been sentenced to 13 years in prison he was released from jail earlier this month after the supreme court ruled a person can only be imprisoned after all appeals have been exhausted he was serving his sentence in a previous case of receiving bribes from construction companies in return for public contracts he has denied any wrongdoing. protesters in colombia remain defiant thousands demonstrated for a 7th consecutive day they're angry about corruption and propose cuts to a minimum wage many are demanding the resignation of the president aleksander own party has more from bogota. colombia and unions and student groups called for a national strike on the under 21st maj and it would have sparked an unprecedented movement for marches that they were the biggest in decades. and night spontaneous demonstrations broke out in rich as well as poor neighborhoods and have continued

now for a week and abated. but this generation will cop colombia's finally awake and if demanded to be head decide has come to find solutions to our social problems we are not afraid anymore to speak up and show ourselves to the world despite being one of the most unequal countries in the world colombians excelled and brought their grievances to the street. they could set civil conflict with rebel groups in paramilitaries violent drug cartels in killings of political and union leaders had silenced social malays. but the signing of the peace deal 3 years ago that disarmed 5 rebels seems to have also opened the door to long to collective demands i can't think to put it down there let him answer them on my. hand that nothing like has led at least in the march. to other times. let me move in here related to education ted said it was her absence.

the president's response has mostly been to discredit then criminalize the demonstrations well playing lip service to their constitutional right to protest. we are living moments of great demand in society but let's be clear the arsonists will not win was violence what they did will not help them at the polls. in recent days riot police have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the mostly peaceful crowds one teenager died after being hit by a gas canister rallies continue though the protests here haven't reached the kind that see that frenzy that we've seen in chile or bolivia or ecuador in past that's a theory that's going to be able to answer for the faith that the police think so so. that many believe it's here to stay. i think colombia's going through

a political transition where the piece to the international contest and a new generation are all playing a role where we don't know yet is where we're going with it. while it's unclear what they were achieved these protesters believe the time was come to confront many political challenges that have been postponed for way too long i listen to n.p.r. just. armed groups have carried out new attacks in the eastern democratic republic of congo 2 health workers were killed and the world health organization base the violence comes as residents protest against what they see as inaction by u.n. peacekeepers tossed with keeping them safe catherine sawyer reports from goma. another tense day in. a protest is shot dead by a policeman on saturday. the police man was later killed by an angry mob. they marched through the city with his body in a way to the area where he was shot in the head. the bodies one of 6 people who

have been killed. over the weekend people here are not and their anger is directed to the u.n. peacekeeping mission called one school they blame the peacekeepers for failing to protect them from a tox from an armed group in the area called allied democratic forces or. the un mission in benny has also been accused of using excessive force of protest as one of our peacekeepers showed that a protester was throwing. them at the peacekeepers so we are still in the process so very fine old socks and fact checking the ripples we have received in the midst of all this another tragedy happened and mourning attack by a.t.f. and the village about 30 kilometers from benny more than a dozen people hopped to death with machetes some of them the copy tape had.

gone the streets of benny is also being felt many kilometers south and north. was protestors here have expressed their frustration police have been deployed to keep them from getting too important says this is just a small group of people who have. fired tear gas at protest the all the blood libel that's in the air to the fact that they have $150.00 people much more all of what is going on in benny they fear the killings but he also said the united nations me called were not god must leave this country . them message was clear and they told us no matter what force is used to remove them from the street. they'll keep coming back until the demands of the people met that was funny we are tired i come from our people are being slaughtered the un and

our soldiers are there and doing nothing why then all this force is there if not to protect our people. they finished their protest at a police station. where they paid their last tribute to heat or battle. and back in bed he was buried by family friends and hundreds of other protesters determined to keep the pressure on until the violence stops cathy zoi al-jazeera. covering efforts in kenya have been stretched beyond their limits by devastating flooding and landslides in west palm coats so people have been left to dig in the mud themselves searching for the remains of relatives at least 65 people have died in the past 3 days of up 212-0000 more affected 1000 reports in the village of one of the communities cut off after the storm. the people of time called village in kenya sportsbook called county. mission days of the floods and landslides swept away the

homes there such and for the bodies of the missing relatives william domi killer is looking for the body of his 5 year old daughter much somebody's gonna i found the body of my son who also died not far from here so i've asked my neighbors to help with the search for my daughter had body is under this rubble the flood some landslide in followed days of torrential rain entire families were wiped out when a vast saga of water rocks and mud swept across the village the land that once held their homes is now covered by mud and rocks. lost his entire family to live that down by the millions of them it's hard to bear the loss of my sister who had just finished school that day as well as my mother and 2 brothers i'm all alone in the world in all 21 people died in time come 11 bodies have been recovered the rest are still missing. william capello is yet to find the bodies of 7 of his 9

children who died began you know with my appeal to the government is to help me raise and educate my only remaining son life will never be the same for us we also need machinery to move these rocks to check if there might be anybody's underneath . but government rescue workers are yet to reach this fall flung village they've been hampered by the torrential rain and floods which also swept away bridges and grooves in was the court that tried to do that took place here as part of a grim picture affecting many parts of west cork county and with continued rainfall there is a possibility of water repeats government officials have been appealing to people to move to say fun but the people of this village say they conned do that until they find the bodies of their loved ones locals say told the last disaster that witnessed and they dread and if for the most. we need the government to carry out some conservation work deforestation and all the farming has made this oil problem

too slighting. most. of the local challenge others have chosen to live in the open. if their lives come with time too and it's a. tough call. rescue workers in albania are racing to try to find survivors from tuesday's earthquake several countries have sent teams to help 41 people are confirmed dead it was the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in decades and hungary has charged the captain of a cruise ship involved in a collision in may 27 people died when the mermaid capsized and sank in the river danube the ukrainian captain has been charged with misconduct leading to mass casualties and failing to provide help most of the victims were tourists from south korea. the incoming head of the european commission has promised to fight climate change ursula vanderlyn is due to lead the blog from the 1st of december the german

politician says she will work towards an inclusive european green deal within the 1st $100.00 days of her tenure and she says any new trade deals will include clauses protecting the environment. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera 3 plane set to be carry the prisoners have landed at yemen airport which has been closed since 2016 the group of around 130 prisoners had been detained in saudi arabia were released as part of an exchange deal so you led coalition has allowed the airport to reopen to limited flights including for patients needing medical care how much more from santa. this is the 1st flight. for the president before this 1st there are fishel. warble release of for president before by saudi arabia. people are hoping

this is a good push forward for achieving all realizing the peace in yemen which has been going through difficult destructive times throughout nearly 5 years a curfew has been imposed in the iraqi city from nasiriyah after 16 people were killed during anti-government protests security forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration the army sending its commanders to several provinces to restore order but the army is warning is not stopping protesters in the capital baghdad that's where 4 people have been killed they're throwing rocks and using slingshots as they fight security forces on the streets china has accused donald trump of sinister intentions and threatened to respond to a new u.s. law that could help protect protestors the law means washington can impose sanctions on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights

abuses. hundreds of people are showing their gratitude approach us rally in central hong kong they're describing president decision as a timely thanksgiving present. french president to many when my call has rejected a more terror moratorium offered by russia on short term and medium range missiles he made the comment during a meeting with nato chief bergen paris russia proposed the suspension after a ban on the move was lifted in august rescue workers in albania are running out of time to find survivors from tuesday's earthquake 41 people are now confirmed dead several countries have also sent teams to help. those are the headlines on al jazeera more news coming up after the stream thanks for watching. what kind of care does that provide and is anyone willing to pick up the cost we bring you the

stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in so is it possible for trump to actually commit to a t. on counting the cost on al-jazeera. i have 3 ok i'm really going on you're in the stream today protests in a wrong what happened while the country's internet was shot off we'll speak to people inside iran for an update and since several of our community members for quested today's topic we want to hear from you what questions you have for our guests send us a tweet or join the live chat streaming right now on you tube. this is jasmine ramsey on the communications director of the center for human rights in iran and here in the stream. increase in the price of petrol santa ronnie ends to the streets they smallest.