al-jazeera. where every. iran condemns u.s. attacks on a shia armed group in iraq and syria calling it a terrorist act. i'm hella mohit seen and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up bushfires in a strangely a couple of times in victoria state as temperatures soar above 40 degrees. stop the crimes against humanity libya's un recognized government calls on the international community to act against warlord khalifa haftar. and finally

a whole ukraine and poor russian separatists complete a prisoner small after 5 years of war. iran has condemned u.s. attacks on a shia armed group in iraq and syria calling it a terrorist acts 5 camps belonging to cut tapers ball over hits 3 in iraq and 2 in syria at least 25 people were killed iraq's prime minister has called the attack a breach of sovereign c. the pentagon says it's a response to rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent killing a u.s. civilian contractor last week well the u.s. said it would not reliant further action. 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 around to 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 well could save his ball is part of a group that helped the iraqi government defeat i still is being brought into a state sanctioned group of militias known as the whole pillar mobilization forces many of them are banks by iran that have hizbollah's later. this is one of iraq's most powerful men and house in the past 40 u.s. forces with the u.s. state department says he advise is iran's revolutionary guards also to fulton the standing by for us in baghdad but 1st let's get the latest reaction out of iran

with a big what more have we heard from to iran. well this response came from the foreign ministry spokesperson that president rouhani had been speaking to you this morning but he didn't mention these attacks now the statement is come on has condemned these actions said that it's a manifestation of terrorism it's called a night called on the united states to respect iraq's sovereignty independence and territorial integrity they also said that this attack by the united states showed or prove the claim that the fighting isis is a lie because the positions attacked had inflicted damage on isis over the years they also say that this attack showed us negligence as support for terrorism and said that the united states should accept all the consequences for these illegal actions they went on to say what they reiterated in the past that the presence of

foreign troops in the region is of course a crisis and tension and the united states should stop occupying the region also in the last few minutes the government spokesperson has issued a statement now he said that iran was not behind any of the attacks against u.s. bases or troops and that this kind of allegation without evidence cannot be a justification for bombardment and killing people now iran has been quiet since last night since these attacks took place but this morning they seem to be slowly responding and carefully choosing their words. live for us in the iranian capital thank you very much let's cross over now to baghdad where some one of 14 is live simona what's the iraqi government reaction been like so far and what does this say about relations between the u.s. and iraq. well the military spokesperson of the government issued a strong statement yesterday condemning the u.s.

strikes on the 3 positions inside iraq and he also said that the prime minister had told joint operations command here in iraq to prevent any sort of unilateral action by any force be the ground force or aircraft against any of the troops stationed inside iraq the statement also said that the government was investigating the rocket attack on the military base in care quote which had resulted in the death of one u.s. contractor in the injuries of several u.s. personnel but so far there have been no results to that investigation in fact and that is a pattern that we're seeing over the past weeks and even months that the government always promises an investigation into the rocket attacks but there are never any results that are published and this is one factor that has prompted the u.s. to really take matters into their own hands to not only rely on the iraqi government to investigate and to bring those responsible to account but to actually

strike who they believe is responsible themselves now of course the government itself is not a homogeneous entity we have groups that are very close to iran we have groups that are closer to us and the response of the government will be one that will try to balance these 2 sides of course with its armed groups also has political wings inside the parliament and they actually are currently control the largest bloc in the parliament so it remains to be seen that whether there will be any reaction coming out of parliament either today or over the next few days and of course we will also be closely watching how the government will react of course prime minister out of their mouth is currently in a caretaker role he's already besieged because of 3 months of anti-government protests that have weakened his position so his ability to respond strongly to this crisis is of course also affected soon unfold scene for us in baghdad thank you. to a strangely and were thousands of people who were urged to evacuate their homes in the state of victoria i've been told it's too late to leave as bushfires burnt out

of control nearby temperatures are over 40 degrees and winds of up 100 kilometers an hour are forecast for the hours ahead around $40000.00 people were told to evacuate on sunday fires are expected to impact major highways sense the massive smoke columns are generating their own thunderstorms and lightning well andrew crisp is victoria's emergency management commissioner he says the far as including one near the princes highway in particular are displaying extreme behavior within about $44.00 and a half hours that fire travelled all the way the coast so that 24 kilometers you put up a column punch into the atmosphere 14 kilometers high. we just recently looked at the columns and they're generating their own without there's not new coming out of these homes. it is unpredictable it's dangerous out there and people need to stay

tuned to their local conditions and stay across that good information so they can make good decisions. well this is one of the story is most devastating fire seasons in decades so if this truly is experiencing catastrophic conditions and a volunteer firefighter has died in new south wales where major fires shredded sydney in smoke thomas newsome is a lecturer at the university of sydney school of life and environmental sciences he says a straightly is used to bushfires but the crisis this year is unlike anything in recent history in a lot of people's living memories like how not and have not we witnessed the amount of area that has been burnt so far 5000000 hecht is across the strata 3400000 hectares in new south wales alarming and these fires sosa via causing quite a catastrophic damage to ecosystems and the fires are very quickly encroaching on.

areas and rural areas where people living their livelihoods through agriculture or they will actually live but really when we're talking about size specifically i think there needs to be a massive rethink about how we're going to manage phys certainly these conditions have been so severe that bushland is burning so much quicker and hotter on the people really ever anticipated and that in itself is going to create i think the nate for a shift in the way that we that we manage fires and probably massive reinvestment back into our land management and national parks organizations to deal with these threats which really where any at the beginning of the fire season we've already saying 5000000 hecht is but and it's place conditions and these fires are not going to slow down and they're not going to stop until we get really good rifles and the

predictions on good for that rifle coming soon. libya's un recognized government is calling for the international community to help stop the military push on the capital tripoli by forces loyal to warlord holly for have there hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the offensive in april mahmoud's of the war had reports 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 have to of committing crimes against humanity and their campaign to capture the capital. 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 a lot moved to stop him only now as we have

a new ally regional and international powers are rising against us the world on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wondered 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 our 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 to government is being

seen by some as crucial to preventing the fall of tripoli because president says parliament will vote next month on a monday to send troops but does have to advance further into this other neighborhoods and closer to density populated areas of the capital the futa for human casualties is growing. more doctors are to put it. so as to come on al-jazeera. let's call it what it is these people are domestic terrorists. governorates talks of a cancer of hatred in america after 5 or stabbed it's a jewish celebration. and the race to replace jeremy corbin in the u.k. have to the opposition suffered its worst defeat since the 1935.

hello there quite an array of showers across much of indonesia but a much better couple of days we've had so far and again will continue to do so across much of the philippines one of the washout is pushing into the south of the islands but you can see how the bulk of the rains across west borneo push across towards the montra and also the money peninsula wanted to shock but actually quite dry there really even on wednesday but much heavier rain as you can say across really the whole of the java that we had done it towards australia now that is the one in the forecast right monday we have got a line of thunderstorms working their way eastwards it's a double edge sword this front as it comes through this is what is bringing in 1st of all the very very hot air which is exacerbating these fires and at the same time it is bringing in some very very strong winds 50 to 80 kilometers an hour in some areas now as the front goes through the winds should die down the will have been

some. rain however it is still very warm 25 in adelaide 21 in melbourne so these temperatures on getting back to what we should see for this time of year but it's warm again at into western australia 30 celsius that on cheese day and those we had off into wednesday just a little bit woman again no sign of any rain we have got plenty of rain showers and thunderstorms across northern sections of western australia but still warm and dry across much of the southeast. castle ways and experience the world like never before catalina is going places

together. this is al jazeera reminded of the headlines this hour iran has condemned u.s. attacks on the shia armed group in iraq and syria calling it a terrorist act 5 camps belonging to could save his ball overheads killing at least $25.00 people the u.s. says it will not be reliant further action. catastrophic fire conditions are impacting 5 cents of people in southern australia extreme far warnings are in place in the states of victoria so if history and you say wales many have been told it's too late to leave. and libya's un recognized government has called on the united

nations and the international criminal courts to stop or locally for have just offensive on tripoli until civilians have been killed or wounded since have to launch his campaign in april. by ukraine's government and pull russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a swap of prisoners from the 5 year conflict 200 fighters from both sites were exchanged as nicholas cage reports. an 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 lived there on 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 i'm

sure that too. security was tight as 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. these former ukrainian prisoners said they would fight for their country and president the other would 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 great to implement a full ceasefire in a bid to end the 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 once your european union wants to move west so the poles on the or ukraine and this is a strategic difference a major strategic. reserve 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 gauge al jazeera. vote counting is underway in guinea besides presidential runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president jose maria of us who failed to get through the 1st run last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuffing ballot

boxes. the un has censored rapid response team to the central african republic jews are fighting between armed groups and shop owners being forced to pay the money at least $40.00 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday in the mainly muslim p.k. 5 district the un is warning against an escalation of violence following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias. the us military and somali forces have had to train targets with air strikes some of those government says a senior member was killed on saturday a truck bomb attack blamed on the armed group in mogadishu killed 80 people are reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. they survived saturday's truck bomb blast in mogadishu but sustained some of the worst injuries now some victims have been airlifted to better equipped are spittles in turkey clinics and hospitals in mogadishu 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 who did a security checkpoint in the capital somalis president is blaming the armed group al-shabaab and mohamad up to life 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 someone's day to treat patients at a turkish one hospital in mock edition as turkey seeks to boost its influence in the horn of africa it's been an increasingly important aid donor especially since

a similarly 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. the yemeni government says blaming hooty 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 dolly it appears the target was a group called the resistance forces are trained and equipped by the saudi coalition has been facing against the rebels since 2015. courtrai the heathy militias have try to move the parting away from the battlefield after they suffered losses on the front lines and into the heart of darling of a strikes 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. yes place of chars they suspected intruder with 5 attempted murders phone the multiple stop injuring the jewish festival the governor of new york says saturday night's attack was an act of domestic terrorism rosalynn jordan has more. 37 year old grafton thomas faces 5 counts of attempted murder after an attack at a hanukkah party a month see new york a witness called the attack terrified just winging it is the word knife i don't know what it was back and forth with the people descending screamed after me when they came out here is going to have to me hey you all got you but that's it that's about it so far thomas has not been charged with a hate crime the new york state governor says the suspect should get that and more i think this is an act of terrorism i think these are domestic terrorists they are trying to inflict they're motivated by hate. they are

doing mass attacks these are terrorists the muncie attack is the latest in a series of assaults on jewish americans this year new york city police say that as of december 15th $213.00 anti semitic hate crime complaints have been filed this year that's 36 more than in 20188 of those attacks have happened in the last couple of weeks including a woman and her son attacked while leaving a coffee shop. in nearby jersey city 3 people were murdered in a kosher supermarket and december 10th while police are increasing neighborhood patrols and some israeli politicians say it might be time for jewish americans to leave the u.s. others say it will take much more than law enforcement to fight anti semitism we would leave these thawing even mold in mayville and you question our efforts with

regard to the whole course remember the ends and the fight against something you think and theism atheism is more needed but right now people are scared and the priority is keeping people safe rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. where they are my colleagues folks if jones to weaver who's the c.e.o. of insights on limits it's a consulting firm focusing on race gender and inclusion she said the surgeon hate crime in the u.s. is closely tied to political rhetoric in washington. what we're experiencing here is a cultural shift that i believe starts from the top where you have a president who has been spewing hate from the very beginning of his campaign all throughout his presidency and unfortunately it's infecting our broader culture and so we're now at a point where we have a record number of hate groups in america now topping over a 1000 the largest number that we've ever seen since that statistic has been recorded and i think

a lot of that has to do with the hateful rhetoric that we're seeing not only from this white house but also the hateful policies that have been acted and his over zealous miss in terms of trying to justify hateful activities you might recall that after the charlottesville sort of attack where one person was murdered and where you had nazis protesting this president went out his way to call them very good people right and so this is a culture that unfortunately it has been encouraged by this presidency and until we get rid of that very toxic leadership from the top i think it will be very difficult to be able to root it out from the bottom and even so i wonder if it's only to some degree going to get more intense given that we've got a presidential election next year and immigration has become that kind of hot issue hasn't it for more right wing politicians absolutely and so in your view do you think we could sort of see an intensification of this this boogying kind of speech

the sort of language that's being used that might drive some of these acts i completely agree with that it's certainly not anything i would like to see but i think it's very plausible and that's because as i mentioned you have a president here who has become a hero to white nationalists and central to the theory of white nationalism is this idea that there need to create a white state a white governmental system which is all about being able to deny these sort of. turning demography that we have in our nation where we're quickly becoming a majority people of color nation and this is another thing that's related i believe to the increase targeting of the jewish population a lot of white nationalists quite frankly lame a number of jewish communities because they see those communities as being supportive of immigrants and so by attacking the jewish population and a sort of indirect way they are also seeking to downgrade the the level of

immigration to this country. so the u.k. know where the search is on for a new laser off the labor party jeremy corbyn says he won't leads the main opposition into another election following his landslide defeat to boris johnson and the rhythm conservatives last month and arguments over the future direction of the party and how to win back forces have already started for brennan reports from london. december the 12th was a disaster for the labor party and the humiliation for its leader jeremy corbyn $42.00 parliamentary seats were lost its worst general election result since 1935 the concept of party candidate 17. labor support in its traditional northern english constituencies evaporated the sorts of voters abandoned labor at the election in next industrial seats have been moving away from the party for some time but the support really went off

a cliff in this action and that's partly because of bracks it but it's important to remember that a lot of people who voted remain also rejected the labor party this election so it's more than just brick said they really didn't trust or have any connection with jeremy colvin as a candidate opens replacement will face an unknown people challenge it's not just the 123 seats labor would need to win back to get a parliamentary majority it's also the need for internal reflection particularly by momentum the grassroots group formed in 2015 to support called in socialist vision for labor i'm not saying every momenta member will sign up to that but there will be some as happened in the 1980 s. when labor we realise what the party is going to change we've got to be part of the change and we've got to be willing to reexamine our own beliefs and recognise if we're going to win an election as people on the left we have to be prepared to compromise and we have to be where the country is not where we would like it to be . there are several senior figures thought to be considering

a leadership bid among the existing shadow cabinet there are rebecca long bailey emily thornberry pearce starmer and angela raina and from the wider party to support for past critics of corbin such as jess phillips lisa mandy event cooper and clive lewis the timetable on the rules of the contest will be decided by the party's national executive committee body still dominated by corporate supporters the reasons why labor's vote collapsed are varied and they are disputed and the party's response in fact its very future depends on perhaps 2 crucial questions firstly to the party membership put aside internal factional differences to choose a leader who can accurately identify the relevant problems and tackle them and secondly do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. as in

china scientists he calls a worldwide controversy over so-called gene edited babies has been sentenced to 3 years in prison clergy unquote he was convicted of illegal medical practice in the human embryos and what the court in shenzhen described as the pursuit of personal fame and gain his announcement last year of the birth of twins his genes have been altered caused worldwide concern about the ethics of his work. this is all to syria and these are the headlines iran has condemned the u.s. attacks on a shia armed group in iraq and syria calling it a terrorist acts 5 camps belonging to cut hezbollah were hits 3 in iraq and 2 in syria at least $25.00 people were killed iraq's prime minister has called the attack a breach of sovereignty but the u.s. said it would not relate further action as

a big is in tehran with more on iran's reaction to the u.s. airstrikes in iraq. president rouhani had been speaking to you this morning but he didn't mention these attacks now the statement has come on has condemned these actions that it's a manifestation of terrorism it's called a night called on the united states to respect iraq's sovereignty independence and territorial integrity they also said that this attack by the united states showed or proved the claim that the fighting isis is a lie because the positions attacked had inflicted damage on isis over the years catastrophic fire conditions are impacting sizes of people in southern australia extreme far warnings are in place in the states of victoria south australia and new south wales many have been told it's too late to leave. libya's un recognized government has called on the united nations and the international criminal courts

to stop or logical if i have to is offensive on tripoli hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since have to launched his campaign back in april the vote counting is underway in guinea-bissau his presidential runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president jose maria of us to fail to get through the 1st friend last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuff and ballot boxes. and the un has sent a rapid response team to the central african republic due to fighting between armed groups and shop owners being forced to pay the money at least $40.00 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday in the mainly muslim p.k. 5 districts the un is warning against an escalation of violence that's how it states the news continues not just syria after witness. counted the cost 2019 what are you it's been a world struggle to put aside short term economic game to save the planet for glass

of america to the middle east people took to the streets protesting you know the spread of wealth out of trade war reshapes globalization counting the cost on al-jazeera. and that is always good when he can meet all of the family to the. media so we're going to give him a little bump in the bin we have the lead but. you know it doesn't.