turkey's president warns nato he will oppose one of its defense plans recognizes kurdish fighters as terrorists. who are watching al jazeera life from a headquarters. also ahead. iranian state television acknowledges security forces shot and killed people it calls rioters during protests against fuel price increase. the un's not an enemy a plea from the congolese army chief after stopping an angry crowd marching on another un base. and an unprecedented number of killings in mexico raises questions about the president's strategy to deal with drug violence.

hello turkish president says he will oppose nato as defense plan for a baltic countries poland unless it recognizes the group's ankara's fighting in syria as terrorists. expect unconditional solidarity in the fight against the mainly kurdish fighters the warning comes ahead of a nato summit in london that's already set to be dominated by internal divisions. nato needs to act in a proactive manner sportbike terrorist organizations it's inevitable that need to the need of readjusting its against terrorist threats they expect us to display strong cooperation with the. let's cross over to join a whole joining us from london how early comments likely to go down at that nato summit. well the 1st glimpse we may get of

a reaction will be in the next hour or so when jens stoltenberg the secretary general turns up at the u.s. residence at u.s. ambassador's residence behind me for breakfast with donald trump though the pair may not speak until sometime later in the day but said the evidence here of the sort of pitfalls that may lie ahead during this very short meeting of nato ostensibly to celebrate 70 years of the alliance the background of course to mr comments mr one probably alongside donald trump the most combustible elements among the members here the background of course the u.s. decision unilaterally to withdraw troops from northern syria back in october allowing mr erdogan to send his forces in to battle what he sees as the terrorist threat of the kurds there that lead didn't turn to emanuel macron the french president a short while ago giving a newspaper interview talking about the potential brain death of nato because of its inability to coordinate among its members spending far too much time talking

instead about budget spending in military defense spending and mr erdogan shooting back to that saying mr macron should perhaps consider whether he wasn't himself brain dead so tense plenty of potential for spats here prompting a new one as you heard there to talk about the need to realign priorities to look at country by country member by member threats and how individual members see their own threats and reportedly as you said they're. planning to block efforts to bolster baltic defenses against russia if he doesn't get the whole hearted cooperation of nato against what he sees as the could use threat in including why p. g. forces until just 2 months ago u.s. allies in the end as it is saying. not only with turkey but over money over strategy over direct sent to what extent do we expect those divisions to overshadow the summit once it begins. as i said it's

a short summit there isn't going to be an awful lot of time to get into all of those issues at least not publicly jens stoltenberg the secretary general and everyone else will be all too aware of what happened last year in brussels when donald trump waded in and really eclipsed what the nato summit was supposed to be all about and directed instead members for their military defense spending not spending enough not meeting their targets and not contributing enough to the nato budget while the 1st thing mr stoltenberg will do over breakfast here is try to set a positive tone for this meeting to try to calm those divisions and differences before they get underway he will hail a brand new nato commitment to redistribute spending on the budget at least bringing germany and the united states into alignment they'll be spending the same amount of money from 2021 and he'll be talking about increases in overall military defense budget spending of $130000000000.00 by members in the last 5 years try not

to mention the fact that only 8 out of $29.00 members are currently meeting the commitments that they've made commitments that donald trump last year insisted they double so still look plenty of potential for trouble but certainly an effort in the next hour or so to get things off to a smooth start all right john i thank you for that update from london amnesty international says more than 4000000 people living with disabilities in yemen don't have access to basic needs and its latest report the rights group says disabled people can't afford to pay for adequate care or move freely to hospitals because of conflicts a saudi u.a.e. coalition that backs the u.n. recognize government has been fighting the rebels since 2015. dozens of people were wounded in iraq after security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas on protesters on monday political parties are trying to work out a deal to form a new government after the resignation of prime minister. and his entire cabinet

more than 400 people have been killed in weeks of anti-government protests iraqis are now repeating their calls for a complete overhaul of the political system. hong kong's leader kerry says new u.s. laws supporting protesters are an unnecessary interference the law signed last week could limit trade with hong kong if the chinese territories autonomy is jeopardized months of anti-government protests have plunged hong kong into a recession for the 1st time in decades while they go the needle file in a huge we are totally against it we don't see any need for this proposed law and we don't see any justification for it human rights and freedoms are protected by the basic level here in hong kong in fact i would like to ask in which way have the freedoms of hong kong actually been undermined we have freedom of the press the freedoms of assembly and to demonstrate religious freedom so there is an overseas parliament and an overseas government that has interfered with hong kong's affairs

and that is most regrettable oh hi. police say 4 people including one police officer were killed during the latest protest against un peacekeepers in the eastern democratic republic of congo gunfire was heard throughout monday in the city of beni where things remain as security forces say they were forced to fire on protesters who are making their way towards a u.n. base local people accuse the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them from rebel attacks. reports the congolese army says people are misdirecting their anger at the un. the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny but the protests and the shooting continue. conny gave this graphic updates of the chaos. around the siege of. rain here the store to store they did not discourage him but. you have killed

a police officer and his body was even supported by the protesters under the. big challenge for the right now chris for. these people are marching on a un peacekeepers base furious at what they see is the failure of u.n. forces to protect them against attacks by rival groups including the so-called democratic forces determined to keep the mission outs protesters have already damaged a number of u.n. building since process started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.d.f. killing more than 100 people in the last month and more than $1500.00 in the last 5 years now they are ordering the public off the street. they in the un are on their side so. we're calling on the population all members of society in north kivu province to stop working with our enemies the population should not forget about

the real enemy the police is not the enemy. soldiers are not generally the un is not the enemy the real enemy is the a.d.f. rubbles is the violence in benny's now hampering efforts to contain an ebola outbreak that's killed more than 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo since august the militarization of the medical response and parents has falling trees distrust in an area were government troops and sometimes peacekeepers are not always seen as positive forces by everyone and now the world health organization has been forced to scale down operations in the area so to hide out al jazeera. let's bring in catherine stories she's joining us from goma that's the largest city in the eastern democratic republic of congo how are people reacting to claims by the military that are in militias are now infiltrating the protests. it's daryn let me start with what's going on in venice we have been talking to all

of our producer there who say that it's call this morning this follows those dramatic scenes we so all day yesterday of you know running battles between the security forces and protesters the military effectively taking over control of the streets and the press conference we heard yesterday from the army spokesperson saying that now the protests have tons dangerous because they've been in the process has been infiltrated by these elements who did not mention from which group this people are coming from but i did speak to the governor of north kivu who says that they believe it's my my my my is an umbrella name for a group for groups that are operating in different parts of the region we're told including here in goma and i've been watching and then following conversations online by calling these and speaking to some people here in goma as well were very

angry by those statements by the statements by the military they say that the military is also ricci's are trying to vilify the protests are trying to create a perception that the protest of violence and be flexing from the main issue which is a state of security in beni that people are very frustrated about the same for example has been an ongoing operation against a.d.f. rebels the spokesman says as if so 1st killed 80 also rebel 'd commanders as well but then people are saying why is it you know that 20000 soldiers deployed for that operation then why is it that a.d.f. rebels are still able to come to villages like we saw last week and kill people so that's the anger here that also people are also angry that the national government and the president himself has not sayed anything about what's going on in beni right to catherine thank you for bringing us that update from goma. iranian state

television has acknowledged for the 1st time security forces shot and killed what it describes as rioters during recent protests thousands of people joined demonstrations angry over an increase in petrol prices which are set by the government's human rights groups say as many as $200.00 people were killed last month iran's government has rejected that figure let's bring in as a big he's joining us from the iranian capital tehran so as we're saying iran acknowledging that people were killed by security forces for the 1st time but have they said how many people were killed. well not really the official death count here by the iranian government is still still stands that 13 and that also includes security services but you know this country is emerging from internet blackout the internet was restored last week and videos and images are emerging from those demonstrations now this report where the government acknowledged that protesters were killed by state media in a lengthy report it was around 7 minutes long but it gave the iranian version of

events now it broke down those that were killed into 4 categories some were called writers and thugs that attacked sensitive centers and military centers armed with firearms and knives passes possible ice and security services and peaceful protesters now what's interesting is that the iranian government hasn't said how those piece of protestors were killed there he said that it was suspicious and should be investigated in fact just now this morning the head spokesperson of the judiciary said that the bullets that killed those peaceful protesters were not of the security services now iran does have a record of claiming outside forces of interfering in iran's affairs and they've done the same during these demonstrations and what's also interesting about this report that was carried on state media was that iran acknowledged the cities that the demonstrations took place if knowledge that demonstrations took place in iran in shiraz and also the southwestern city of my share where it is at the allegations

that there was a massacre but what the report said was that they were on separatists that fight and security services and security services were forced to fire back and defend themselves so this report was very much a kind of defense of the security forces in the country saying that they had to act to defend people and save people's lives accusing protesters of rioting and targeting petrochemical plants which could have risked many lives and what's the reaction been inside iran. well like i said the spokesman of the judiciary has been speaking this morning he's rejected the number by in amnesty international the death toll is said that 'd there's a big difference and that the opposition or the outside forces are giving these numbers to international organizations but there's still a lot a lot of anger and frustration inside iran in fact

a popular opposition leader hussein mousavi who has been under house arrest since 2007 he likened the crackdown on demonstrations to the time of the shah where peaceful protesters were gunned down and led to dislike revolution so there's still a lot of anger and frustration here and we don't really know how many people have been killed and right now as a big thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera. a powerful typhoon tears through the central philippines ripping roofs on homes and damaging an airport and a warning from scientists about how greenland's melting ice sheet is impacting sea levels across the globe. hello that's some pretty nice weather across central areas of your will some carry

skies temperatures oh not too bad out we should seize and sunshine because it this way the cloud across the southeast and also a little bundle of cloud to just sitting across the southern portions of spain now this is bringing with it some fairly heavy amounts of rain and some pretty strong winds as well and it's not moving particularly quickly but as i say away from the nazi about atoll 3 celsius in zurich so cold but this should be some sunshine 8 degrees in london the winds not too bad in more of a westerly direction quite a bit a cow tical scandinavia and then you see where the cold air is where we've got this mix of rain and snow really pushing across much of the southeast and eventually on towards turkey western areas or russia so pretty cold in moscow for the next couple of days just hovering around the freezing mark with some snow like wednesday that snow them working its way further to the south across into turkey but still we'll see this very heavy rain across the south east of spain just pushing into the south of france but elsewhere not too bad at all no surprise near the system in the southwest of the med that will have some impact on northern areas of africa this is

where we'll see the rain showers really for the next couple of days and again we could have some low class fighting because it will be fairly heavy at times. sponsor. you out on the. line you feel the weight of. each and every layer further into the jail or if you join us on. the start. this is a dialogue everyone has a voice. i want to give people the.

top stories on al-jazeera turkish president is threatening to oppose plans for the defense of baltic countries on poland. the alliance recognized groups as fighting in northern syria terrorists. iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time that security forces shot and killed what it describes as rioters during recent government protests she would rights groups say as many as 200 people were killed. police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed during protests on monday demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lie. from rebel groups. almost 130 people have been killed in one day of drug cartel violence in mexico that's an unprecedented number and many

are now questioning the president's strategy of hogs not bullets and tackling the cartels reports from mexico city. to repair the damage to view when your own city hall the memories of what happened here will last much longer. than saturday afternoon a convoy of vehicles covered in the initials of the local drug cartel c d n drove into town and began fighting this the authorities believe was sending a message to the regional government to. security forces surrounded the turn 60 kilometers south of the texas border by the time the gun battles ended on sunday 22 were dead 16 gunman 4 police officers 2 civilians pictures of local politicians were riddled with bullets locals had to literally run for the lights you mustn't down the passing yellow plastic thank you we were arriving at the palace on the back children many began to shoot at us from the hill and we had to run in another direction the attack in question and did on the day it's no been confirmed was the

deadliest since mexico began keeping records 127 people were killed on december 1st the day that marked the 1st anniversary of president andres manuel lopez obrador taking office he had promised a new approach to tackling mexico's violence and it is morning news conference claimed the incident and quite relocate was unusual is de castle this case is let's say unusual it is not something that happens and quite we'll every day we have a plan for the national guard we need 140000 guards but we only have 70000. later in the day the president met members of the love boat and family 9 of them were killed in a cocktail ambush near the u.s. border in early november we were updated on the investigation into the murders 4 people have been arrested he didn't speak after the meeting. poses took to the streets on sunday to protest against the president's 1st you know office one of the

largest groups demanding he do more to curb the violence yes president donald trump says he's begun the process to designate mexico's drug cartels as terrorist organizations. mexico opposes that idea but we find itself under increasing pressure to do something about the murder rate especially if there's another day as bloody as december the 1st 2019 alan fischer al-jazeera mexico city the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been on the witness stand for the 1st time to defend himself against corruption allegations the high court trial has to do with a multi-billion dollar scandal that malaysia state fund known as one m d b now is accused of illegally receiving about $10000000.00 when he was in office he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges which include money laundering and abuse of power. the end. scheme was devised by. together with 4 arabs ok from saudi and another 2 from the.

right and the empire management or one m.b. b. and as artists were all paid off by doodle a strong typhoon has struck the philippines main island of luzon forcing nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people from their homes typhoon come already has ripped roofs from buildings knocked out power and halted hundreds of flights it's the 25th typhoon to hit the philippines this year alone dogon is an alibi province and says people were well prepared. because the city of the guys see these have become familiar scenes police officers and other members of the local government rushing to clear out the streets paved the way for help to get to those who need it most we've spoken to the mayor of the guys who says he's quite happy that this city as a seed casualty sargon which is something that has been going on for the last 18

years more than 100000 people were evacuated over the last few days and moved to safer areas but this privately gaspy being stable not much is known for other outlying islands like speak out and that these areas remain cut off there is still no news but we've been told that some of the areas their communities have been severely battered and need to get there as soon as possible. scientists say they're becoming more alarmed about how fast the world's 2nd largest ice sheet is melting researchers from the university of cambridge in the u.k. say lakes on top of greenland story glacier are draining into the ocean through holes in the ice formed by water temperature formed by warmer temperatures the water under the ice then lifts the glacier causing it to move and melt faster scientists are using drones to keep a closer eye on its. green and i see this today the single

largest contributor to sea level rise and that's why there's a lot of attention on the green and i said it's a very dynamic ice sheet it contains the fastest glaciers and is the ice is melting the most but actually what we've discovered is. when fractures intersect lakes on the ice sheet of which there are thousands the water can rapidly flow through the fracture down to the bottom of the ice sheet and it forms what we call a moon which is essentially a big cabin a big hole and we think these moons of holes. open we can see water flowing into them even after these lakes drain. in what's essentially a kilometer high water falls. no it isn't good news in the sense that we can see we can see big changes in the green an ice sheet. having no effect on sea level rise

just 25 years ago and now it's a roughly a 3rd of all sea level rise on the planet is from greenland alone. and so that's a very significant increase and this is an increase that's ongoing and we think is likely to continue so it is clearly an adverse effect. the warning about greenland this time the wood delegates and world leaders meeting in spain for the un's annual climate conference cup 25 gathering in madrid has been told the world is approaching a point of no return unless governments do much more to reduce greenhouse emissions by the end of the coming decade we will be on one of 2 paths when is the path of surrender where we have sleepwalked past the point of no return joe provides in the health and safety of everyone on this planet do we really want to be remembered as the generation that birdied its head in the sand that. while the planet burns

the other option is the passive hope oppressive resolve of sustainable solutions. a press where more fossil fuels remain where they should be in the ground and where we are on the way to carbon neutrality by 2050 australia's largest city has again been covered in smoke from bushfires on the outskirts of sydney there are more than 100 fires burning across the state of new south wales around half of them uncontained andrew thomas has more from the smoke filled streets of sydney this type of hay this is becoming regular in sydney and you can really taste the smoke in the air it all comes from the bush fires that are burning both to the north of sydney and now to the west of the city in the mountains as well and those fires in these hot dry conditions and this is been the driest hottest spring in australia for many many years well they're burning largely uncontrolled and the smoke is

drifting over the city of sydney towards the coast and then with a lack of wind here simply sitting on top of sydney there's no substantial rain forecast for the forseeable future so in all likelihood the fires will continue to burn and this smoke will continue to sit on sydney. there is still little progress towards the formation of a new government in lebanon and it's adding to the frustration and anger among protesters who want to overturn the way the country is run it's also pushing an already faltering economy closer to disaster cinna heard reports from beirut. pierre aboud came home from dubai to design the sculpture made from recyclable materials it is a way of crediting lebanon's women for being at the forefront of the so-called october revolution this artwork stands in beirut's martyr's square which has been taken over by opponents of the governing elite who have been demanding change the corruption that is in this country want us to be violent they are dragging us to be

violent but then the woman comes calling down guys i'm going to deal with those people we are nice women have been on the frontlines visiting strongholds of the mainly sectarian political parties reaching out to their supporters who have attacked peaceful protesters they say they are trying to keep the country united and the void to return to the days of the civil war there have been violent incidents but the protest movement has remained largely peaceful but there is also fear of a financial collapse banks are imposing controls on access to cash there is a shortage of dollars which resulted in the national currency lira losing nearly 40 percent of its value on the black market. a political crisis is preventing the formation of a government that is needed to implement economic reforms and those changes are required for international assistance to start flowing in what we all have as one

main goal and that is an independent government from all the political parties as long as we all stay together and that's what we're just trying to keep a strong front on the ground with the same demands. and they'll just they're going to be forced to listen sooner or later so far the governing alliance is refusing to give up political power despite almost 2 months of protests instead they have tried to intimidate those in the streets were literally out on the streets smashing property terrorizing coming down to the present to the protest sides pulling down. and yet people's response. we're not going to you know this is the this is. this we're not going to become sectarian protesters used what was left of the burned tents to build this statue the phoenix a symbol of renewal and resistance the message that they will continue the struggle that began on october the 17th. beirut.

hello again the headlines on al-jazeera through his presidency is threatening to oppose nato's plans for the defense of baltic countries and poland. is demanding the alliance recognize groups ankara's fighting in northern syria as terrorists. nato needs to act in a proactive manner against sports but the rest organizations it's inevitable that need to the need of readjusting its against terrorist threats they expect the allies to display strong cooperation with us again the flip side of basing its iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time people it describes rioters were shot and killed during recent protests thousands of people joined demonstrations angry over an increase in petrol prices which are set by the government human rights groups say as many as 200 people were killed police in the

democratic republic of congo say 5 people were killed during protests in burnie on monday demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lack of un protection from rebel groups catherine sawyer isn't go mother largest city in the eastern she explains how the government is responding to the unrest. have been talking to allah our producer there who say that it's calm this morning. all day yesterday all of you know running battles between security forces and protesters the military effectively taking over control of the streets and that press conference we heard yesterday from the army spokesperson saying that now the protests dangerous because they've been in the process has been infiltrated by these elements. from groups this. i did speak to

the governor. who say that they. might. say it's historic levels with 127 deaths reported on sunday that's the highest number in a single day since records began in 1907 many are now questioning the new president's strategy to tackle drug cartels a strong typhoon has struck the philippines main island of luzon forcing nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people from their homes. ripped roofs of buildings knocked out power and halted hundreds of flights it's the 20th typhoon to hit the nation the sear those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera the stream is coming up next thanks for watching. h.i.v. 8 is still a major killer and african nations are struggling with the highest infection rates thousands of experts will meet in rwanda to exchange ideas and work out how to come from one of the world's most serious else challenges special coverage on al-jazeera

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