tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera December 31, 2019 5:00am-6:00am +03
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latin america the middle east people took to the street to protest the spread of wealth at a trade war reshapes globalization counting the cost on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the only escape will be into the water 1000 shelter on beaches in australia as bushfires start to burn the town cut off from help. vowing retaliation a powerful iraqi shia group says it will hit back after u.s. airstrikes killed dozens of its fighters.
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there calling it a turning point for sudan 29 members of the security forces are sentenced to death for torturing and killing a protester. also we heard from and pietschmann to immigration will take a look at issues that divide americans months before they decide if president trump should get a 2nd term. thousands of people are trapped on a beach in an australian town as the bush fires raging across the states of victoria and new south wales get even worse it's now early afternoon in which is cut off from any help the emergency services are making preparations for a possible sea or air evacuation homes on the edge of are already on fire residents were told to head to the waterfront several hours ago now the time as a popular holiday destination in the past few days the authorities have urged tens
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of thousands of holidaymakers and residents to leave the area. we've been running community meetings so everybody knows that i'm so this is the system was that we activated soren into that community once we were aware that that far i was about to hit the town about early this morning and we also believe that i o'clock this morning the saw arms were activated so everybody in that community that had a plan to go to the breaks or at the bridge we are aware is the permit is that some people chosen not to take that goss and are mining their homes in those also by the communities we want be putting trucks into those areas i would fully briefed on a fully aware before that for impacted on their community service for the major they've taken the chance is absolutely well the east gets low and region of victoria has been particularly hard hit by the fires and the victorian government is requesting urgent assistance from the australian defense forces these fars particularly nice keeps lying on the north and throughout yesterday i would write
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in their own without that's how theists that's how active though as far as we're they have been very significant losses in terms of property stock fencing shooting and there are a number of people who are mine on a can of food for them and of course with fees for this size the. we cannot confirm . where they are. meanwhile in new south wales one volunteer firefighter has died and 2 others have been burned while trying to bring blazes they're under control there are currently more than 100 fires burning across the state through dry conditions and a record heat wave when hall for them out of control state capital sydney has been shrouded in smoke for weeks because of the fires raging nearby and we'll be live in victoria later here on the news hour with latest updates on those coastal communities. to our other top stories so far on the news of the follow from u.s.
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airstrikes in iraq group hezbollah is promising revenge for the attack that killed at least $27.00 of its fighters in iraq and syria the iraqi government has called it a clear violation of its sovereignty the prime minister called together his national security council on monday to discuss the strikes it's reconsidering iraq's relationship with the u.s. led coalition against deisel plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei you says sunday strikes were a response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel iraqis in the cities of kirkuk and bars for a protested at the u.s. operation demonstrators held up pictures of those killed in the airstrikes calling it a violation of their sovereignty and we'll get more from washington on the story in a moment but 1st simona fulton is in iraq's anbar province there are some u.s. troops are based. an unprecedented confrontation between the u.s.
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and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care coq 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 this law of the republic of iran to take actions to put american men and women in jeopardy the type hezbollah is part of the popular mobilization forces a paramilitary group set up to fight eisel it's integrated into iraq's armed forces the u.s. has accused some factions in the pm of taking orders from to hand rather than back at that until recently if the u.s. and the pm are fought side by side against isis following isis territorial defeat 2
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years ago the u.s. retained around 5000 troops in country to support iraqi security forces as they search for i saw sleeper cells hiding in deserts one of those clearing operations coincided with the u.s. mission against the type hizbullah that i know as an air base here in western anbar province is an important launching pad for operations against beisel but recent rocket attacks against bases where u.s. personnel are stationed including i know last an air base in early december could hamper operations raising fears of a proxy war between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil in an unusual announcement following about the acid attack the u.s. publicly blamed the type hezbollah the iraqi government hasn't attribute blame but has tightened security. said the going through security measures were. opposition with coalition forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the. to protect the base investigations are continuing until now
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but it's not completed. promises of investigations have done little to reassure the us none of the government's probes into any of the previous rocket attacks have been published the analysts say the details are well known and. i think that the iraqi joint operation command in iraq intelligence as many details about the people who attacked the k one basing cook iraqi government was confused because the pressure of khateeb his blood is deeply entrenched in the iraqi parliament and the iraqi government and that's why they decided to keep in line with iran and the iranian political parties the iraqi government divided and weekend after 3 months of protests demanding sweeping political change has called on all sides to seize any unilateral actions neither the us nor the p.m.s. appear to be listening both have vowed to take action setting the stage for further escalation seem awful to an al-jazeera that that gabriel is in washington
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looking at the u.s. reaction. the way that this is being viewed in washington is basically this they senior administration officials are saying we've been very patient we were invited to iraq by iraqi officials we are there their invitation and we've asked iraqi regime officials to figure out how to stop these missile attacks on bases that are putting american lives at risk according to senior military officials here in washington the iraqis have not been able to do that so these these attacks or these strikes now by the americans are in response to that basically telling the iraqis if you can't take care of this problem we will that's number one but then also sending a very clear message to iran that this will not be tolerated at least from this administration's perspective here in washington a big sin to iran with
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a reaction from the iranian government. well iran so far has just responded with words president rouhani was speaking earlier this morning he didn't address the airstrikes what happened was that the foreign office spokes person issued a statement they condemned the airstrike said it was a manifestation of terrorism they called in the united states to respect iraq's sovereignty independence and territorial integrity they also said that the united states wasn't interested in fighting isis because the positions targeted those groups targeted had caused damage to isis in the past but they also said these attacks showed negligence on behalf of the united states and they should accept the consequences of that actions also later on in the day the government spokesman issued a statement and he denied that iran is behind any of the attacks on united states bases and said that these kinds of allegations without evidence are not
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a justification for bombing people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebanon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will respond because and what would united states will do next because the united states has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the united states turns its attention to iran. well the u.s. strikes have added to the current instability in iraq antigovernment protesters have been demanding fundamental change the political system for several months now them as traitors object to what they say is iran's increasing influence in iraq since the affairs tehran has called those demonstrations riots and is demanding strong action and there's deadlock in the parliament over the nomination of a new prime minister following the resignation of a. influential shia cleric ayatollah ali al sistani has accused the political
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classes of being unable to deal with the crisis let's talk to israel also done a he's a retired iraqi brigadier general and former iraqi defense attash in washington he joins us on skype from manassas in virginia ismael also done it welcome to the news or is this situation going to get worse do you think. well thank you very much for having me. but let me 1st of all go through the background of what is happening. the u.s. has you know accused the militia. are a tree forces of the so-called popular mobilization porter of attacking thereby things where they are present where their soldiers are present in iraq there are there were 19 attacks rocket attacks from. february 29th until today so. the u.s.
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administration has warned the iraqi government to provide protection to their forces sense they are present in iraq and the legal agreement or so-called security problem or. so what happened at. the recently just recently the. iraqi forces and u.s. forces were attacked in cookoo who is really a place where isis also active in that area and looks like that it reverently are carefully were selected the time and place ok cells attorney can i just pause you there for a 2nd serve because what you're recapping for us interesting though is is we have already touched on all those issues with our coverage before we began our
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conversation here on the news hour is there a disconnect here though and is this the militias that the united states is blaming the militias that the u.s. says are in effect iranian proxies have not claimed responsibility and yet the u.s. claims it has evidence that they were responsible. yeah yeah that's right that's what's what i'm trying to tell you that none of these attacks were claimed responsibility by and by the militia but the us has you know clear evidence is that cats will which has been attacked by the u.s. forces by the extra trike last night or last that you know die in iraq and they're poor i think that the situation is going to be aggravated the situation is going to be from bad to worse because this kind of you know situation what we ask and they think the security situation in iraq since the east of forces are
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considered as iraq issue keep parts of iraqi security forces and that's why what is happening is going to be proof walk some kind of you know public opinion against the president of the united states also this is also the political issue have political parties who are the made european departments will have this you know moment as as a golden or as a brace yourself you know. a pretense to multiplied the political arena and order to you know massive that was the role of the security of ok american presence in for iraq ok michelle so dani thank you very much. well 20 more still to come for you here on the news hour including could north korea be shifting strategy of a stalled denuclearization talks speculation grows ahead of kim jong un's new year address. also had to pass expulsions over
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a runaway president the escalating dispute between spain bolivia and mexico. and in sport football's decision makers step into the fight over video technology has some fans and players say it's ruining the game. pro-democracy activists are celebrating what they say is the turning point in the history of sudan 29 members of the security forces have been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a protester schoolteacher ahmed keogh was killed in february injuring protests that eventually led to the ousting of president omar al bashir morgan was at the court on. monday morning started with hundreds gathering outside the court in sedans largest eagerly following what was happening behind the heavily guarded wall. some demanded the death penalty for the $41.00 national security service officers they
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were charged with the manslaughter of. a schoolteacher in the eastern state of the center. in court the judge brought the more than 12 weeks of trial to an end. to. the defendants are facing charges of manslaughter which falls on the article 113 which carries the death penalty the 1st defendant to the 27 people who receive the death penalty the 31st and 31st sentence of death defendants $29.38 cleared of charges what her breasts are sentenced to jail. the verdict was welcomed by ahmed the hottest family his daughter and death in custody provokes anger in schools all over sudan and a wave of protests demanding the end of this 80 year rule of president obama and he was eventually deposed in april following months of unrest it was initially sparked by rising food prices and grew into a wider revolt demanding radical change but sheer has been charged with inciting and participating in the killing of protesters. who took to the how we consider
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this case to be a turning point in sudan's history and many institutions in the past both the judicial and security used to cover up the crimes committed by security forces this is the 1st time we have security forces put on trial for torture it's the 1st ever we've had a verdict on a large number of those involved in the crime the security forces and intelligence services used to be a fortified fashion they were untouchable. after what seemed like a long wait the verdict was greeted with celebrations since the formation of a transitional government the demand to bring to account those involved in killing protesters over the past year has been driving demonstrations for many months is very disorderly the start of the response for those small response days they must think elude more trials of the accused to bring justice to other victims. activists at least $250.00 protesters have been killed since the start of the revolution 12 months ago so dance prime minister has set up
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a committee to investigate the death including. the guardian. we welcome the verdict today but we're also waiting for the trials for those who killed my son we followed a complaint and we've brought forward witnesses that we haven't heard of any trial yet we'll be following that up until we bring justice for my son and others who were killed we will die fighting for that justice. sudanese are celebrating what they say is the 1st victory and are vowing to continue to stay in their revolution until all crimes are accounted for people morgan al-jazeera. claimed responsibility for a deadly truck bomb attack in the somali capital that killed at least 80 people a spokesman for the group says saturday's attack targeted a convoy of somali and turkish forces the group has accused turkey of trying to control somalia fighters have regularly carried out bombings in their campaign to topple the government there's growing speculation that north korea's leader is
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getting set change strategy over stalled denuclearization talks kim jong un has given the u.s. until the end of the year to come up with concessions to ease crippling sanctions observers will be watching closely when kim makes his traditional new year's address mcbride is in seoul. as north korean leader kim jong un has been presiding over an important year end meeting of the ruling workers' party speculation has been growing about the new way he might be considering in his nuclear standoff with the u.s. the year began with continuing hopes that his summit diplomacy with u.s. president donald trump would yield success but their february meeting in hanoi ended prematurely without agreement. gradually north korea has returned to testing short range missiles with mounting fears that in 2020 it could restart tests of
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longer range intercontinental ballistic missiles. that risks not only conflict with the u.s. and its allies but also damaging progress with neighbors who've been supporting north korea's push for sanctions relief. rather than having the with the u.s. korea will be looking for a new way to china russia worry an international coalition they could find some relief from the sanctions that you want to condone and use looking at for 2020 just as talks between north korea and the u.s. have stalled so to have into korean relations it's not known when or if the leaders of the 2 koreas will meet again and all of this comes as relations between south korea and the u.s. have been put under strain over who pays for the stationing of american soldiers here. the u.s. has reportedly been demanding a 5 fold increase in the nearly $1000000000.00 that south korea currently
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contributes a figure the americans won't confirm right and that is why i say that that. that that's not a number that we are currently focused on in the negotiations but beyond that these are private discussions between 2 close allies but an alliance that remains a polarizing issue here. due to the u.s. demand for an enormous increase in the defense questioning there are lots of frictions and relations between the u.s. and south korea many south koreans believe that the u.s. forces are stationed here for their interests not ours. as winterset in the sight of kim jong un journeying to sacred mount paid coup often a precursor to important announcements only added. the belief that this new year address could have consequences for everyone on the korean peninsula and many more beyond it robert wright al-jazeera sole. turkey's government says it's fast
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tracking a part process that it's been following through on over the past few weeks as the new bill through parliament that would allow for the deployment of its troops to libya is in response to a call for support by libya's un recognized government his forces are trying to stop a military push by the warlord holly for hafter has been trying to seize the capital since april turkey's government says the conflict threatens turkish interests the police in turkey have detained at least $124.00 people over suspicion of links to i saw the raids targeted more than half a dozen cities including istanbul in the capital ankara the police are still searching for at least 17 other suspects a number of those detained and believed to be foreign nationals the crackdown comes ahead of new year's celebrations which have been targeted by the armed group in recent years. spain says it will expel 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move after bolivia's interim president asked 2 spanish diplomats and
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the mexican ambassador to leave the country the tension started when mexico granted asylum to the former bolivian president evo morales john holeman has more now from mexico city. believe his caretaker president jimmy 9 years says she's had enough she's kicking out not just the miss columbus but also to spanish diplomats she accuses him of meddling in her country's affairs looking not only mostly at adam what we cannot tolerate is the abuse and arrogance of rulers who are clearly trying to cover up and protect criminals that have committed crimes of sedition armed uprisings and terrorism her anger is directed at 9 bolivians including allies of ousted president ever more as who've been given asylum inside the mets can embassy the government wants them out and under arrest i am anti moralist protesters keeping vigil outside alongside police to ensure they don't escape when spanish
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diplomats turned up for a meeting with their mitts can counterparts some thought it might be cover for a getaway the spanish security team waiting outside the embassy were harassed and scared off and their diplomats left stranded eventually they go back to base but the believing government remain deeply suspicious if they don't want to elaborate is a group of mexican and spanish government representatives has seriously affected the sovereignty and dignity of the people and the constitutional government. spain denied trying to interfere and announced it was expelling 3 bolivian diplomats in response. it's co-opted not to go to fatah perhaps some willing to further inflame tensions that began when it granted asylum to have a moral is in november not only haven't got the intention to break diplomatic relations with the livia and embassy will continue its work in bolivia of course there are why did. missions beyond this situation chief among them is whether this caretaker government has the right to make these big foreign policy decisions it's
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not just in this case it's also broken with former allies and got closer to former adversaries despite the fact that it's unelected and only meant to bridge the gap until a fresh vote. perhaps the biggest question is when those elections will be held so bolivians can choose a permanent government but 2 has yet to be resolved john homan how does it or mitt screw city. no the u.s. remains deeply divided on issues such as impeachment and immigration which could have a significant impact on the forthcoming presidential election and the next part of al-jazeera series on the biggest stories of 2020 we look at donald trump's chances of retaining the white house in november his company how could. everything that happens in washington in 2020 will be overshadowed by one looming event.
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the presidential election campaign in november voters will go to the polls and decide if u.s. president donald trump deserves another 4 years in the white house in a way that will lead to the democrats' plan to stop him but just who will lead the charge is still to be determined nominating contests for democratic candidates begin in february in iowa it's a total sham democrats will no doubt use the impeachment of the u.s. president as their opening argument article one is adopted the u.s. senate is expected to debate the issue in a trial after trump was impeached by the house of representatives but it's unlikely the republican controlled opportunity will vote to kick trop out of the white house leaving voters to decide still accusations that trump abused his authority by pressuring ukraine to investigate a political rival the basis for his impeachment will haunt his campaign.
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immigration will also be a divisive issue during the election 2020 the supreme court will rule on an immigration matter bit further divided americans will decide whether some children brought illegally into the united states by their parents can stay under a program that trump ended the program is known as dhaka where. 'd the supreme court will also hear arguments on a louisiana abortion case that could decide the future of the law legalizing the practice the case will open old wounds trump is appointed to conservative justices and at least one of them brett kavanaugh faced a difficult nomination and $28.00 team that split the country partly stoked by fears that the right to an abortion is under attack. in june the u.s.
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president will also host the meeting of g 7 world leaders at camp david expect ongoing disputes over chinese trade european union tariffs and nato to come up amidst all of this is the future of donald trump's tax returns since his election victory the u.s. president has fought every court battle to release them but now the highest court in the united states is set to rule on whether tribes personal tax information should be public can really help that al-jazeera the white house and on wednesday we'll continue 2020 look at head with a special report on south africa's former president jacob zuma is to stand trial on charges of corruption. still to come here on al-jazeera a gesture of political goodwill spain state's attorney recommends the release of a jailed catalan separatist leader. also had allegations of torture we speak to
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ethnic kazakhs who were detained alongside week of muslims in china. and le bron james celebrates his 35th birthday and reaches a milestone on the court as well will be here with more. hello there we have got the chance if you coast into eastern areas of china plenty of crowd has been streaming away from the coast in the last few hours but the showers will tend to go on into choose a now we should have a drives in hong kong we've got this on shore flow so we could just have a stray shabbat really the rain further to the south in the west across into hine and pushing into these northern coastal areas of it now and still fairly wet day really across much of taiwan so taipei 20 celsius with those showers that should be
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dry all wednesday so quite a cloudy day but a much improved picture radio as well through much of eastern china 11 celsius in shanghai so not as cold as it was but there are very persistent in this coastal areas of vietnam want to see wash out in the 4 calls as well across areas of the philippines and certainly west of borneo that's where the heavy rain will be as we go through wednesday it tends to come fairly extensive and really quite heavy across much of sumatra not out across the month and insular but also fairly widespread rains across much of java that want to see showers across southern areas of india but really the main story here has been and will continue to be the cold across northern india and also all the way across into northern bangladesh particularly in the overnight hours but not warm by day new delhi at best up to 17 degrees. whether sponsored by cattle or at least. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. of the
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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour thousands of people are trapped on a beach in an australian town as the bush fires raging across the states of toria in new south wales get even worse emergency services are making preparations for a possible sea or air evacuation. the shia group hezbollah is vowing retaliation for u.s. air strikes which killed at least $27.00 of its fighters in iraq and syria protesters in kirkuk and basra have rejected the strikes and iraq's reviewing its relationship with the u.s. led coalition fighting isis. and pro-democracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in the history of sudan 29 members of the security forces have been
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sentenced to death for torturing and murdering a protester who was killed during anti-government protests in february. let's return to our top story the bush fires raging across the southeast of australia the a.b.c.'s elise can sell or joins us live from lakes entrance that's a town west of in the state of a tory where those evacuations are underway ok at least just get us right up to speed with the latest situation in malik kuta. yeah hi what we know from melo kosha is that fire has gone through that town the people who join the southern part of a strongly a very well mel occurs here is quite a remote town usually only has about a 1000 people there but right now in australia it's the pick of the christmas summer holiday period so we know there were a lot more papal emelle occurs or reports from the town suggest there was up to 4000 people who were trapped on a beach at mello curry's where volunteer firefighters had surrounded them to chime
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protect those people they couldn't get out of the town because roads on either side were blocked we've had reports from at least one person that they have survived that fire but because it is so remote because the roads are blocked and the conditions just saw or elise can you hear us we seem to have lost the line to you we'll give it one more go i can hear you ok please please do carry on the line just dropped but you're back now. so as i was describing in a standard tory or in mel occurs or fire has gone through that small town there were some really horrific images of the sky you know in the early hours of the morning that was just a very brown and orange color visibility was incredibly low fire was coming at that
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town it's very remark it is cut off but really understand the extent of the damage there and in terms of property damage in particular time will tell how damaged that town has been so if the authorities have go 4000 people on a beach they're not out of the woods yet because smoke inhalation will be a problem they've got to eat they got to drink and the authorities have got to try to get them off the beach as well. absolutely we're not out of the woods they were as they were volunteer firefighters in mela crew to this morning i understand it was 3 strike force teams that were doing their best to look up to people as well as people on the beach there was also residents in their homes in the areas surrounding mellor kershaw so absolutely we
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we need to learn exactly what has happened in mel occurred to this morning it's also not the only area that's been affected by fire essentially all of the eastern part of the state of victoria so right down the southern end of the mainland of a stroller is affected by fire and under an emergency warning so a very large areas across eastern gibson and what fire has gone through the area is still blocked off firefighters haven't been able to get in this morning and we still don't know the extent of damage ok we'll leave it there at least can sell it reporting live for us at least concerned with the a.b.c. many thanks and apologies for the way that line kept on dropping in and out during our conversation live television news but we did get a good sense of the very latest on what's going on there in and around those coastal areas in australia at least $23.00 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo fighters from the allied
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democratic forces launched an overnight raid on a tina 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there have been several protests in beni in recent weeks with locals accusing the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks perelman tasa has been following developments from nairobi. it's now calm but tens of thousands to the death toll would likely rise in fact this day the number is now $23.00 solely because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still aren't accounted for they say when the rebels into the village they went from house to house burning everything in their path anyone they came across including women and children they killed the worst thing happening but a couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town a woman that can take them hours when they get big they plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified the a.d.'s are from uganda they've been operating in that part of for more than 20 years causing havoc attacking villages
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a terrifying people and these civilians have lived in those conditions for many many years when it comes to the government for years for decades people in that part of. the healthy been marginalized by the government in kinshasa they feel that all the resources go to the capital when you look at their part of the d.r. see the roads are in a bad state there's no infrastructure they feel let down so a lot of people say that when these attacks happen and they do happen often they feel alone. in the capital of the central african republic at least 40 people have been killed in benghazi during days of fighting between market traders and armed groups and the u.n. has sent more troops to keep the peace the deadlines been issued to government to surrender their weapons and address reports from. traders in the p.q. 5 neighborhood market their losses and rebuild while reconstruction work starts trouble is threatened. visual and his who are protecting traders in the
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community are no longer welcome. to. the traders have set up a crisis committee which is empowered to declare war on the armed groups we gave them a 40 hour ultimatum to surrender their weapons and reintegrate into the community if they don't surrender we will resume hostilities with them government authority has to be restored in the p.k. 5 neighborhood. that threat is what's making people here and of us fighting started on tuesday when an armed militia man was killed when he refused to pay a shopkeeper for an item you wanted his group retaliated and over the course of 3 days 40 people were killed and dozens of in hospital 40 shops in the market or destroyed people in this market in the future 5 neighborhood say militias have long been exporting traders here and the actual violence that broke out last week one of
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the 1st in 2018 the united nations mission in central africa attempted to stop extortion. by the time it operations is over more than 40 people i mean you. the united nations mission here is struggling to keep the peace more troops are patrolling the area but they may not be able to deal with a major attack the main issue is that there is no lookout for police and military then we are also applies to sent. list but not the russian army base in the area our forces are conducting battles. but then we don't have enough force there with the need to increase families on both sides are left to mourn their dead and fear more attacks. the central african republic a good civil war that started in 2013 and killed thousands of people. since
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then more than a 1000000 of the 5000000 population have been forced from their homes many couplet abroad for now there isn't an easy calm on the streets of benghazi but as everyone here knows it will only take a spark to ignite another wave of killings in a country where warlords control more territory than the government. greece al-jazeera buggy spain's attorney general has called for the release of a cattle and separatist leader so he can take his seat within the european parliament. 13 years in prison for his role in the catalonian failed bid for independence his sentencing came 5 months after his election as an m.e.p. the european court had earlier ruled he had parliamentary immunity. ridgeland is following the story from london who says the state's attorney isn't calling for ordeal just to be absolved of any wrongdoing. what's going on here is an
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interesting mix of european justice spanish justice party politics in spain and also that nation's experience with separatist sentiment the state attorney is certainly not recommending that the supremum court in spain releases oriel from the keris forever that he is now absolved of all wrong doing but it is saying that he should be let out of prison to go to brussels to take up his position as an m p it's also asking that the european union essentially remove his diplomatic immunity his immunity as an m.e.p. . is doing all of this because the top court in the european union the court of justice for the you said that that is what should happen but there is a party political context to all of this and that is that spends out to elections this year that have been basically inconclusive the socialists have won but not
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with the majority so at the moment they're doing lots of horse trading and trying to build a coalition one of the parties that they're talking to is the cat's a land separate his party that can carry us is their leader also this is being seen in spain as a kind of goodwill gesture to try and help the socialists form that coalition government at the same time as looking like everything is being done in accordance with the letter of european law. al jazeera has testimony from people who say they were detained and tortured in camps in china according to activists more than 2000000 people have been held in xinjiang province most are muslim we but there are also minority groups such as ethnic kazakhs osama bin met some of them. or in mixes the guards tortured him for fun he is one of thousands of ethnic cause x. who have been held in china's internment camps in the northwestern singeing region
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he claims he was forced to take medicines and injections that have damaged him physically and mentally and he says he lost some of his hearing because of beatings he sustained he struggles to remember what happened but he recalls being forced to resign chinese palms and rhymes. everyone an able to cope or learn the song is locked up in a dark solitary cell for days i often heard screams in there the only fed us one serving of rice there were about 25 people in one cell everyone there had one dream to get out. he's not the only one at this mosque in a month the in kazakhstan some people claim spies from china have tried to film them because the government does not corroborate these claims others here interviewed several ethnic conflict men and women many refused to reveal their identity saying they are afraid and feared their relatives may be persecuted rights workers say an estimated half a 1000000 catholics are being held in camps in china thousands of their relatives
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don't know whether they're dead or alive many people have been telling us that basic freedom of movement such as the ability to go to a mosque could land them in jail in xinjiang activists documenting their cases say they all share similar stories this organization has documented the cases of at least 2000 ethnic conflicts who've gone missing in xinjiang your world says many suggest members of the hunt chinese majority are trying to eradicate muslim identity. after detention people were sent to came through they were subjected to ideological purification they were forcibly to. chinese language and renounced religion and the camp's prisoners are tortured or not about to sleep people are forced to lie on the concrete floor of those who have been freed from caves there's not a single person who doesn't have a physical or mental health issue human rights watch says the world must act for those being held in detention camps in china there is real merit in investigating. officials who are now credible lead to have engaged in serious human rights
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violation of the result will make the cables publish through the i.c.i. terry certainly substantiate those points there's no room for sanctions on the companies that have enabled repression in their own version for individual sanctions you know people like 10 to one or 2 high one chinese government officials who are architects of the policies but possibly most important is closing the camps and giving people inside the region the ability to once again contact their family members. in managed media tools china shows ethnic people in what it calls reeducation camps it says most who have been detained have graduated and left the chinese government denies detainees have been abused and tortured experts say those mistreated have no legal recourse on the international level all we have. effective goal is to meant for the victims. compensation for the torturous. dividing their families for the.
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orenburg wants china to pay compensation to harming him and to explain why he was detained without charge and brainwashed but he also knows that with china's enormous power that weight is likely to be in vain. down to 0 a month the kazakhstan. chinese scientists who created the world's 1st genetically edited babies has been sentenced to 3 years in prison her g.n. quake was convicted of illegally practicing medicine and violating regulations in a court in china last year her declared he'd used gene editing technology on twin embryos to make them resistant to each i.v. but the announcement set off an ethical firestorm with many scientists warning that the genetic changes could have dangerous consequences a state of emergency has been declared in areas of northern peru after strong floods and heavy rains lashed the region cars and belongings were swept away in the deluge homes have been destroyed and roads cut off. india's capital has
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experienced its coldest a temperature in more than a century new delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 9.4 degrees celsius the lowest the mercury has dropped to since 1901 along with the cold hazardous levels of air pollution brought visibility in the city down to just 200 meters air pollution levels there are currently 10 times more than the world health organization considers as safe. he has.
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thank you very much well this season in the english premier league was meant to be the one in which the new video assistant referee finally eradicated poor decisions by the actual referee but instead the technology is causing huge discontent among players coaches and fans many of whom think it's ruining football while still getting decisions wrong now the sports lawmakers ifa have stepped in and suggested the technology is being used too much they say they'll issue new advice to referees in february on monday brighton's manager suggested they look to an even more radical solution if you want everything so correct then in the end just do away with lawyers referees put drones up use computers artificial intelligence and more i'm sure that all the decisions are correct but don't think anybody will really like football anymore i think football at times is really unfair but also so good
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about it it's like life sometimes you get on the wrong end of a decision and you have to get on with it now david moyes was once the rising star among football managers in the english premier league but he's failed to hold down a job since being sacked by manchester united in 2014 now he's returned to west ham united a club he left 18 months ago he says he has unfinished business in east london where he replaces manuel pellegrini who replaced him in 2018. lucia with those very 1st there's. a really really enjoyed not so your last job. feel like be able to tell you we hate you we terms things that you variation of the players and i think the players will see the world. sports and sustainability don't often go together but one football team in the u.k. is bucking the trend with a series of eco innovations forest green rovers have already won the title of the
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world's only officially vegan football club and have now been given permission to build a new stadium out of wood they believe their new $5000.00 seater ground will reduce their carbon footprint the lowly team already has an organic pitch solar power and an all of the menu at their existing stadium le bron james celebrated his birthday in style as he reached a milestone in the l.a. lakers a victory against the dallas mavericks james who turns 35 on monday became the 9th player in n.b.a. history to reach 9000 assists he got 13 of them against dallas the lakers summer signing on to the davis also how the 23 points on line rebounds as they used to 808 to 95 victory they could stay top of the western conference standings. for. the fending n.f.l. champions the new england patriots were given a wake up call as the regular season draws to a close they'll have to play the 1st round of the playoffs for the 1st time in 10
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years after being beaten 2724 home by miami the tennessee titans and philadelphia eagles took the last 2 playoff spots that were up for grabs on sunday in the n.h.l. it's 8 straight wins for the defending champion sent louis blues on sunday night they secured their 26th victory of the season with a $41.00 win over winnipeg the blues bettering the 7 game winning streak they managed at the start of november. in tennis australian open champion novak djokovic has arrived down under with an extra set of judy's to take care of he'll defend his title at the year's 1st grand slam but before that he'll lead serbia at the a.t.p. cup a new team event played across 3 cities. at the rio olympics in 2016 the diving competition was hit by a problem that turned their pools green and at the next games in tokyo it seems especially is the trouble 2020 organizers are set to take emergency countermeasures
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after the substance was found in the roof of the olympic swimming venue the fireproofing and insulation material aspects the us has been linked to a range of health problems including cancer that soya sport and i will have more later and finally 2019 has been a year when people across the globe rose up against their governments in some countries that brought an end to the rule of leaders in power for decades and others young people stood up to demand more action to save the planet or year is drawing to a close. demonstrators you know to them opposition to opposed extradition. now it's the summer it's called the. protesters say it's become about much more than the clothes mucked about the future of the city.
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away the political and social unrest sweeping south america. is slow for they talk about. how long what you will give them and challenges his legitimacy and some that he is still the president of bolivia why did they choose day. and the next so. this is how the end of 50 years of the one president already bashir was deposed. after 18 months of protests and 4 months of listening to dance with its weak and the opposition coalition thanks finally our share the blame. for tests tied to celebrations of the news and both of his resignation. it's not about where you are legions is lying in this deeply divided sectarian country's place all walks of life are united against the political leadership. panic among the crowds of protesters as gunfire echoes from
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central baghdad protesters say they want to live in an independent iraq that's a puppet of the united states and iran. are dying and school systems collapsing and we are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fame. tales of just telling them just to let me go how did you. turn 18 churches on one of the most important days of the christian calendar. this is what the end of isis self declared caliphate looks like but i want to move the car aisle baghdadi is dead. the time is now to
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run out. boris johnson returned to downing street triumphant the conservatives have redrawn britain's political map. the result was never in doubt article one is adopting a move from his book per u.s. president in history to beat him to discredit a nobel peace prize winner the plain for years by the military now defending them and herself against charges of genocide. i observed this is a war on the awful video billions into its use especially will swim in the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of peace this spirit is so resilient is so hot this is so low that.
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january on al-jazeera president donald trump is that the president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. nido on the brink of an election before much chilian presidential candidate explores the defeat of left wing political parties across latin america and look at how this year's world economic forum will focus on ways to tackle the impact of climate change the next probation a family links to the sydney's regime examines if it's of a may now be embracing fascist ideologies most believed gone forever when the general election out of the way breaks it is now certain how will the u.k. proceed with the transition in the coming months john mulaney on al-jazeera.
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al-jazeera. well every. time. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depôt structure that maintains the can only project that's what we refuse it was one of the founders of the settlement this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people
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segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al jazeera. the only escape is into the water thousands shelter on an australian beaches bushfires start to burn the town. hello i'm adrian forgotten this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up trying retaliation a powerful iraqi shia group says that it will hit back after u.s. airstrikes killed thousands of its fighters. they're calling it a turning point for.
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