allies of iraq under attack from the u.s. airstrikes launched against a shia group killed $25.00 close to the syria border. we will not stand for the islamic republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. hello i'm adrian figure this is live from doha also coming up stop the crimes against humanity libya's u.n. backed government calls on the international community to act against. up to. get

out now tens of thousands of australians told to leave homes as bush. states plus. the developing world with the pledge to relinquish. power but for those who live in the so-called sacrifice. is too long to wait for. the u.s. defense secretary ruling out further action after airstrikes on a shia armed group in iraq and syria iraq's prime minister has labeled them a breach of sovereignty 3 camps of cuts were hit in iraq one of them their al qaim and 2 more inside syria at least $25.00 people were killed the pentagon says that it's in response to rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent of which killed an american civilian contractor last week serious about

a full team is in baghdad and says the strikes marcus' shift in u.s. strategy. well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u.s. actually strikes a target on iraq his soil let's remember not until too long ago the u.s. and for fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u.s. and iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular ad attack we're hearing from a source inside of p.m.s. has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where both the u.s. and iraqi personnel are based in the u.s. attributed some of these attacks took a type hezbollah the last one happened last friday and for the 1st time it actually claimed the life of one u.s. contractor and it injured several u.s. personnel now of course secretary of state my pompei o has said before that any such attack that harm u.s.

troops or their allies would be met with decisive force so this strike is basically a response to that now it does present a departure from the previous stance of the u.s. when it basically tried to urge the iraqi government to rein in groups like a type and hezbollah reminding the government that it is responsible for the safety of u.s. troops because of course they are here at the invitation of the government so this is these strikes represent a departure from the policy in a sign that the u.s. is now taking matters into its own hands where u.s. secretary of state has blamed iran for the attacks on americans inside iraq. what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the islamic republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy we will always honor that commitment to take decisive wreck action and that takes place and we continue

to demand that the islamic republic of iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations as ounces there as shabba towns explains now from washington the u.s. went ahead with the strikes despite a request from iraq to desist. this u.s. action happens against the wishes of the iraqi government itself a half an hour before the attacks the defense secretary the u.s. defense secretary mark esper calls the iraqi prime minister in photos of him of the imminent attacks of the prime minister says no call these attacks off this is against against iraqi sovereignty yet the u.s. does it anyway so that's one point secondly since july this may have been. may be shia militia and so on but they have been part of the pm after. the popular mission force which was successfully fought against the islamic state

and since july technically they have been incorporated into the iraqi security apparatus the government security apparatus so we just seen it on with the u.s. bombing a u.s. government military facility that i mean these are the questions that have to be asked especially against the backdrop of the protests that we've been seeing the outpouring of iraqi nationalism where the child is often reported to be neither america nor iran an end to u.s. foreign interference but i don't know what what could be more interfering from a foreign power than this going against the iraqi prime minister's wishes now we await the consequences for that debate but also the consequences for the u.s. iran proxy war in iraq or the issue for iraq is that hizbollah is part of a group that helped the government defeat eisel it's been brought into a state sanctioned group and delicious known as the popular mobilization forces many of them backed by iran and hezbollah as leda i will mark the one hand this is

one of iraq's most powerful men it has in the past force against u.s. forces the u.s. state department says that he advised his iran's revolutionary guards kenneth katzman is the author of the warriors of iran's revolutionary guard and says that the question now is how will iran respond to the strikes. secure was a very targeted strike on certain bases ammunition dumps. perhaps certain our rocket facilities cuts a hizbollah iran backed militia. there the question is what their reaction is going to be on the part of to kill iraq because obviously this was a militia linked to iran and the reaction of the iraqi government which already the caretaker prime minister atal of democracy who has tried to straddle the united states and iran and be friendly with both has. said it was an instrument of iraqi

sovereignty so. the strike could potentially cause problems in the u.s. iraq relationship libya's un recognized government is calling on the instructional community to help stop the military push on tripoli by the forces of the warlord company for half the hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the offensive in april to 1 of the one had reports now from tripoli. the fight for tripoli is collating now the foreign ministry is calling on the united nations and the international criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for warlords really for hefted of committing crimes against humanity in their campaign to capture the capital and. we are asking the international community to perform its role after it doesn't have any legitimacy and has been destroying tripoli for the past 8 months yet the international community has not moved to stop him only now as we have

a new ally regional and international powers are rising against us the war on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wanted many more have to the forces repeatedly targeted residential areas and government run facilities with airstrikes and rockets nearly 140000 libyans have fled their homes to seek safety and also under threat are oil revenues which are the backbone of libya's economy. the national oil corporation is assessing the damage following greece and airstrikes on the oil refinery in the western city of zawiya. and as government forces battle to stop the fall of tripoli have to his forces are reported to be getting very enforcement from russia. and advance it weapons supplied by the united arab emirates to his troops could soon be joining the conflict the promise to support for forces loyal to the government is

being seen by some as crucial to preventing the fall of tripoli because president says parliament will vote next month on a mandate to send troops but as have the forces advance further into this other neighborhoods and closer to the density populated areas of the capital the fuel for human casualties is growing. more that there were. tripoli. residents of several towns in the australian state of victoria have been told that it's too late to leave as out of control bushfires burn nearby temperatures are climbed to over 40 degrees and winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour forecast for the hours ahead and evacuation order had been given to around $40000.00 people on sunday firefighters have been pulled out of forests in the area because of unpredictable conditions neighboring south australia is experiencing catastrophic

fire conditions at major fires continue to burn in new south wales shrouding sydney in smoke the a.b.c. is spoke to us a little earlier from port melbourne and says that many holidaymakers are in the evacuation area. well until recently the tory has escaped the worst of these bushfires affecting that saying 1000 homes lost 9 people lose their lives but authorities say that today this diet is facing a very serious life threatening fire conditions we've got 3 out of control bush fires burning in the states they've actually been burning for over a month little floridians are now extremely concerned that with the deteriorating conditions today which will say temperatures well into the forty's in very high winds that we thought is conditions these fires will impact communities and as a result they've put out a several mergence the warnings telling people to leave they're also extremely concerned about the road several roads have been closed already now despite that

region being quite remote it is very popular at this time of year with many families holiday makers going down the course to spend christmas and new in that region about 40000 people have been told to leave ahead of today's all full of fire conditions with authorities extremely worried that if the fires are in those areas that their ability to help and decipher people are limited because of those conditions. victorian emergency management commissioner says that it's a critical day for several communities threatened by fire. in the. southern part of it's just. 40 degrees. and it's not 40 it's about 40 degrees and the wings are very strong so that's obviously the recipe for obviously . the forests and the grass and in the draw it's in far.

and the far already very strong to get people out of those environments get them a wife from the bush environment but as you know once you go on a holiday sometimes you disconnect from telephones to disconnect from listening to the right you actually at least to enjoy yourself so it's been a real challenge to get that. it's a challenging period but i think most community members of the mornings. alternatives changing whatever they multiply and put it dying up the traveling and the really conscious about their safety and working with the far authorities to get the best outcome. we're going to weather a tape next here on our 0 then finally home ukraine and pro russian separatists completes a full prisoner swap after 5 years of. asking for a living venezuelans who escaped the country's economic crisis struggle to build new lives abroad.

hello there plenty of cold air in place across much of iran and further to the east across into afghanistan it's a little bit of cloud there but really the main activity is still out towards the west to the east and to the med particularly impacting turkey for the next couple of days as sunday and monday we have got this system just sitting in the eastern end of the mediterranean some strong gusty winds again some coastal shows and plenty of snow working its way across into turkey now by choose day it does really begin to fall apart still want to showers and still some gusty winds at times but a much better picture certainly than we will see on monday meanwhile to the east we have got clavicles and snow and some rain in the mix but mostly dry into now to the south of that time which is how being very nice that in the mid twenty's celsius

some light winds a little bit cool in the evening hours we're seeing a few shots on coastal areas of a mom we could just see the same as we go through monday and tuesday a sudden cheese day that is more cloud developing but really it will stay mostly dry and sunny feeling pretty warm as well on the temperatures of certainly on the high side across into much of south africa we've got 29 in johannesburg 25 in been both days of house and scott at thunderstorms at the same we on tuesday and still plenty of rain in north america. the weather sponsored by catherine. leak stories generate thousands of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison doesn't mean rights stopped at the gate separate the spin from the facts. jumps on stories we don't taking down the misinformation from the journalism it's about telling the stories of those human

beings on the ground with the listening post on al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera so much of the main news this hour iraq has called u.s.'s strikes against a shia group an unacceptable breach of self into the u.s. military operation targeted as follows bases in iraq and syria killing 25 people the u.s. secretary of state says it was in response to attacks on american lives by iran backed groups libya's u.n. recognized government has called on the united nations and the international criminal court to stop a military advance by warlord khalifa haftar hundreds of civilians killed since

have to launch the campaign to capture tripoli in april. residents of several towns in this trial and state of victoria have been told that it's not too late to leave us out of control bush fires burn nearby temperatures of climb to more than 40 degrees celsius and winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour a forecast. ukraine's government and pro russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a swap of prisoners for the 5 year conflict. 200 fighters from both sides were exchanged as the reports. and emotional return that for many was a long time coming ukrainian prisoners finally free to leave the territory they fought to keep but still controlled by pro russian separatists they were welcomed by family members and president bolton missile linsky as they landed in kiev a young girl but. she may leave the room the main thing is that the people at home

we did what we said they will celebrate new year with their families i'm happy. to . security was touches the prisoner exchange began there was disbelief then relief that it was happening and they would be able to return home others though valid to fight on their hands. these former ukrainian prisoners said they would fight for their country and president ever. while these production separatists said he'd been beaten and tortured by ukrainian security services. sunday's exchange was the result of direct talks between president still in ski and putin in france earlier this month they agreed to implement a full ceasefire in a bid to end a war in the donbass region of ukraine. relations between russia and ukraine soured when protesters in kiev managed to drive out

a kremlin backed government in 24 tane russia then seized control of crimea from ukraine and within weeks russian backed separatists took control of the eastern part of ukraine more than $13000.00 people including civilians have died during 5 years of conflict ukraine wants to join nato wants to european union wants to move west moscow's told the poles that kind of for ukraine and this is a strategic difference and major strategic difference is not the result why a prisoner exchange there is little will among civilians caught up in fighting for this war to continue this prisoner exchange a sign the tensions could be easing nicola gage al-jazeera. yemen's government is blaming the rebels for a missile attack on a military graduation parade which killed at least 7 people there's been no claim of responsibility for the strike in the southern town of delhi the apparent target

was security belt forces who are trained and equipped by the saudi u.a.e. coalition it's been fighting against the hooty rebels since 2015. courtrai the heathy militias have try to move the parting away from the battlefield after they separate losses on the front lines and into the heart of darling way their stripes and this strike will wreak not fighting there because the joint southern forces will not stop in just securing they will also try to secure tyreese and other areas. the u.s. has sent a rapid response team to the central african republic after violence between shop owners and fighters who are demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday the un's warning against an escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias the us military and somali forces of hit 2 targets with air strikes somalia's government says that

a senior al shabaab member was killed after a truck bomb attack blamed on the armed group in mogadishu 18 people were killed how tassel reports now from nairobi nairobi in neighboring kenya. they survived saturday's truck bomb blast. some of the worst injuries now some victims had been. hospitalized in turkey clinics and hospitals. are struggling to cope with the dozens of wounded. from the time the explosion occurred up until now the government leaders have been working hard to provide the services needed by those injured in the explosion it's now possible for us to airlift 16 of some of the seriously injured in the attack to our brothers in turkey. a truck loaded with explosives. has degenerated a security checkpoint in the capital somalia's president is blaming the armed group al-shabaab and mohammed abdul life on my joseph in the country won't be demoralized

by the attack which caused the highest number of casualties in 2 years. the magnitude of the damage caused by the blast led the prime minister of somalia to request assistance from the turkish government to provide treatment to those injured in the attack. a turkish military transporter landed with much needed supplies and medical staff some will stay to treat patients at a turkish one hospital in mother dishes as turkey seeks to boost its influence in the horn of africa it's been an increasingly important a donor especially since the somali famine in 2011 as more aid arise and the badly injured leave the country is on edge somalis constantly wondering when and where the next attack will be. algiers or. 3rd counting is underway in guinea-bissau as presidential runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president shows a mario vazquez who failed to get through the 1st round last month one of the candidates for mario says so called bono has already accused the interior ministry of stuffing

ballot boxes. the test is in india continuing their pressure on the government by coming out in large numbers against a new citizenship law the legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to become indian citizens but excludes muslims. was at a demonstration in new delhi and says the protest is there i'm not willing to give up jummy a 1000000 university in new delhi has become the epicenter of protests against the citizenship law recently passed by the indian government today some of the students being knocked at some of the scenes from the days when police boss to meet some of these students this is that they want an inquiry against these police officials 26 people have been killed but only the relative a want of these people has managed to file a complaint with the police investigations are expected to start soon. all those moving in and what about those who have been beaten up we will also see these lives

on social media of police smashing private cars so these students are essentially saying that they meet on c. and they feel that they will be attacked by their own police now he did start as a student movement but it's also quickly turning into a political one as different political parties all of the ruling. party which is a nationalist body say that they are not going to implement this law in their state that's at least 10 states in india nobody's legally. on the ground these political parties in this states can make the implementation of this law difficult these students say their piece of the would be. very. nearly 5000000 venezuelans have left the country since 2013 escaping violence and a lack of opportunities and the latest of our series looking ahead to some of next year's biggest stories. explores the human cost of latin america's largest mass

displacement in recent times. used to be. played most days now he's making a living playing what he calls young music. he was a teacher in business with and played in some of its most important orchestras but now he makes $45.00 on a good day playing on the streets of lima but. this is the reality that life puts in front of us it's important i can do what i like this is the job and learned in venezuela to fight for our dreams and get where you want to. be. part of the worst refugee crisis in the history of latin america and the most underfunded in modern history says the brookings institute. well

many who have faced discrimination nearly 70000 have been granted residence there are more than 100000. under paid. me and send money back to the family. theater producer among them in the us a 1st found a job as a store vendor now she sells toys me that was forced on it's frustrating because we were forced to leave most of us are young we are productive workforce but you don't know what you'll do. director 50 because sis part of the. challenge is ensuring the skills of and it's women professionals are best used in. that the 57 percent of college graduates are belong to a super qualified workforce but if we have engineers selling candy on the street

that doesn't contribute to the country's economy that needs to be worked out. fortunately says he and other musicians have figured out how to make the most of their skills and come together. they've created the migrant symphony orchestra. most of the musicians are venezuelans and they're giving concerts sometimes for free but they say they feel privileged among refugees if not going back home at least they're doing what they've known. and on tuesday will continue look ahead to 2020 with the reports on the issues and the upcoming us presidential election. the weeks long transport strike in france has been a disaster for the entertainment industry in paris some shows have gone all in theatres during christmas holidays but without sellers audiences and others the

performers themselves are on strike as part of smith reports. that paris is the cast expects to perform in front of full houses this time of year. but amid the rows of excited children there are empty seats a drop of 20 percent in ticket sales means the public transport strike is no laughing matter. for the only family that owned the circus for almost 90 years it's one of the toughest seasons they've had we we doing the show until 16 of march so if we lose 20 percent every show is a lot of money lost but we can stop we have contract with. the. our public already more ticket until the 16th of march so we can say we stop it's impossible. sometimes it's the performers who are on strike dances are against government plans to reform pensions because for now they get to retire at $42.00 after

a short career the puts enormous strains on their bodies. to some extent we are against the pension reform the government wants to implement but it's also a gesture toward spectators because we as arsonists are very sorry about what's happening and to go to private hundreds of spectators of christmas shows. the opera house says it's lost $9000000.00 since the start of the strike on december the 5th ticket sales in many paris there is a drop by as much as a 40 percent and december is their most important time of the year it's money they'll not be able to make back. just 250 tickets have been sold for tonight's performance at the 650 seat today after the mom pan us. people have spent an hour and a half on foot to get to work it's too much to expect them to go out again when the crowd applaud the act there's the act of clout that the crowd back because they are the real heroes who've managed to make it here it is says bertrand the biggest

slumping theatregoing he's experienced in recent memory. for the performers the show must go on of course but it's getting harder to live up to the principal. al-jazeera paris. and new year spruce tree has been put up in the exclusion zone around the true noble nuclear plant it's the 1st time the town of pripyat has seen a new year tree since the nuclear disaster in 1986 former residents opted not to use traditional decorations instead covering the tree with family photographs from before the disaster they say they're remembering happier times in moscow there's snow on the ground the new year ok there's nothing unusual in that but it's not foreign from the skies it's being delivered by trucks it's being used to decorate a new year display in the city center 30 years of gone viral with some of those in the irony of trucking in snow in a country which usually spends billions of dollars every year clearing it up moscow

is having one of its warmest winters on record. your kids and you continue that sad as there isn't any snow anywhere it's new year and it feels like it came in autumn but now there's a real festive spirit. it's a taste of winter when you don't have any real snow this will do we've been waiting and waiting waiting for it to fall and here it is it's great. and since there's no snow this makes us happy we like it a lot now we're going to have a snowball fight. it is clear to every with us hello adrian fenty going to here in doha the headlines on i was here at the u.s. defense secretary says that he won't rule out further action to air strikes on a shia group in iraq and syria iraq's prime minister has labeled the strikes a breach of sovereignty 3 camps of hezbollah were hit in iraq one of them i'll

climb into war inside syria at least 25 people were killed the pentagon says the strikes were in response to iranian attacks on american forces inside iraq what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the islamic republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy we will always honor that commitment to take decisive wreck action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the islamic republic of iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations libya's un recognized government has called on the united nations and the international criminal court to stop the military campaign by forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since have

launched his campaign to capture tripoli in april. residents in several towns in this story and state of victoria have been told that it's not too late to leave as out of control bushfires burn nearby temperatures of climb to over 40 degrees and winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour forecast in the hours ahead around $40000.00 people were told to evacuate on sunday ukrainian government forces russian backed separatists of exchange $200.00 prisoners one group returned to the ukrainian capital kiev where they were welcomed by emotional family members president a lot of mayors alinsky exchange followers talks between ukraine and russia's leaders a few weeks ago in paris. those are the headlines the news continues on 0 after the listening post. there are we were told that between all the russian has this been addressed by turkey we listen what is

the proposal. for. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. this document is an official cia memorandum dated september $970.00 and is innocuously titled discussion of the chilean political situation but its contents. is pretty incriminating. on the 14th of september mr helms met with. the independent newspaper. mr edwards expressed the following on the chilean political situation. until 2017 all of this paragraph was built with that meaning that for more than 40 years at one of the most influential newspaper.