drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera. or. a retreat with conditions iraqi protesters withdraw from the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad but demand that foreign troops pull out of iraq. hello i'm adrian for the get this is out to 0 live from doha also coming up. rescuers in australia a search for 17 people reported missing after bushfires ingolf homes and phone. israel's prime minister 6 immunity from prosecution in 3 corruption cases. and the

woman described as africa's richest denies allegations of corruption in an exclusive interview with officers. supporters and members of an iran backed group of withdrawn from the u.s. embassy compound in iraq's capital baghdad after a 2 day siege leaders of the popular mobilization forces ordered them to leave but there's a condition they want to iraq's parliament to vote on a timeline for when the withdrawal of foreign troops i was a serious about a full team reports from baghdad. they left just as they had arrived a day earlier determined and angry but also pleased that they had managed to deliver a message to the us supporters of the iranian backed popular mobilisation forces who had defied the prime minister's orders to withdraw just a day before now heeded the call of their leaders while some dismantled tents and

ferried away supplies used to camp the night out the more defiant ones staged a final showdown in front of the embassy gates burning tires and flags to the sounds of anti-american slogans usa was let out of from our concert we don't. we can't. brought it to ourselves more downtime really young fighters who hurt out. killed i says road them gone through. the attack on the u.s. embassy was sparked by the latest u.s. strikes against hezbollah brigades which is part of the popular mobilization forces the majority of the crowd consisted of its members and supporters but some here say they were also driven by what they perceive as an unjust american policy in the region this is my land and if you want to stay here

you must understand it's. when the governments believe and understand. it's we can leave. as crowds withdrew u.s. helicopter circled overhead after reinforcements arrived from kuwait the night before the white house had pressured the iraqi government to end the standoff but it was clear that of florida's here didn't want to risk confrontation iraqi security forces surrounded the embassy but use no force to remove the crowds or the iraqi governmental forces have been put on a very confusing and sensitive position as i mentioned they have a very sharp partnership and an alliance with both countries the u.s. and iran so the iraqi government has to prove to the u.s. that it's taking either a neutral stance or it's protecting the u.s. embassy because that's what a government has to do. and yet to the outer gates of the embassy burned and vandalized bear witness to the iraqi government's inability to protect the u.s.

presence here the speech here at the u.s. embassy appears to be coming to an end with u.s. trade and iraqi counterterrorism forces now taking over the security and basically securing the area of the browser but the hezbollah brigade has said that this is just the 1st lesson for the united states they have vowed that they will not stand down until they see a full departure of u.s. forces from iraq before the monopole to al jazeera but without the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoa spoken to a number of washington's regional allies about the situation in iraq because al jazeera is cable is on the reports from washington. just because the immediate threat so to speak is dissipated outside the u.s. embassy in baghdad does not necessarily mean everyone in washington is calling with how everything is going and it's moving on to the next thing no they're not this is still very much a big crisis here in washington are seen as that of what happened my pompei the

secretary of state speaking to regional allies in israel iraq and qatar he spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about iran who the u.s. and israel both think were behind this clearly spoke also to iraqi prime minister abdul abdul mahdi on wednesday as well where he the secretary of state stressed to the prime minister of iraq that the u.s. still strongly believes that it's the iraqi government's responsibility to make sure that no such attack happens again on an american diplomatic mission inside iraq and then he also spoke to the qatari foreign minister mohammad to bin abdul rahman al thought me qatar is important because it's a key strategic ally in the region for the united states according the state department to the 2 foreign ministers spoke about their joint commitment to see

peace and security in the region and how to work together to make that happen again qatar very critical the u.s. has about $10000.00 troops stationed in a big airbase just about a half an hour outside the capital of the hot and qatar while a key ally of the united states also speaks with its neighbor iran. evacuations have begun in relief supplies of arrive for thousands of australians stranded in fire ravaged towns thousands more are being told to evacuate with dangerous conditions for cos this week has seen the deadliest spate of blazes since october 8 people have died across new south wales and victoria a further 17 a known to be missing naval ships of started delivering supplies and evacuating people from cut off towns more than $200.00 fires still burning in victoria and new south wales where more than 1300 homes have been destroyed conditions are expected to worsen in the southeast this weekend so firefighters

a busy creating natural fire breaks to limit the destruction australia's prime minister scott morrison has countered claims the climate change is the root cause of the record breaking wildfires well there's no doubt natural disasters turned that way because that's what die up by natural disasters and they wreak the sort of havoc when i effect our country is that i have for a very long time what we're saying is we have we cannot control the next will disaster but what we can do is control our response what we can do is support those who are out there putting themselves at risk by showing the patients in the calm this new street that enables them to do their job and we need to do that for as long as it tight and it will cost whatever it costs which is the director of the climate and energy program at the australia institute he joins us now live via skype from sydney good to have you with us richie what do you make of the prime

minister's comments. a lot of people were looking to the prime minister for leadership for empathy and his press conference today just didn't seem to strike the right note the prime minister basically treated the current bush fires his business as usual when there is anything but this is an unprecedented natural disaster that has been exacerbated of super charged by climate change and so in dealing with the immediate evacuation a lot of people are hoping that the prime minister will also deal with astroids responsibility when it comes to the climate crisis so there's no doubt in your mind that climate change is directly responsible for the extent and severity of these fires climate change is definitely linked to the current spate of bushfires there was a serious drought in astray as along with extreme heat conditions and a lot of those things can be linked back to the climate crisis and when it comes to

a strong use role a strong $1.00 to $15.00 largest emitters and the strain is also the largest exporter of coal in the and potentially the largest exporter of gas so stray has a large role both as a direct emitter but also in supplying the fuel for the climate crisis as well but on 40 the prime minister seems to shy away from or completely sideline climate change when it comes to this particular natural disaster as we just saw in the clip you provided so is this straight is new normal what does the nation have to do to counter the effects of climate change to prevent this happening in future years. probably 2 things one on in terms of a straight playing its role in combating climate change a story has a week emissions reduction target under the paris agreement its own independent climate change authority suggested a target twice as strong that even with this week target history is not on track to

hit it emissions have been rising for the last 5 years they'll continue to rise because there's no credible climate policies to bring in strays emissions down the only policy astray has is to use outdated carbon credits in a lot of climate agreement and it's hoping to use it for the current climate agreement something was so controversial at the last climate conference in madrid that it strays position along with others help to deal rail keep that conference so i think he has a lot more work to do on that domestic front there i was i was going to ask you what needs to happen to get the prime minister morris and his government to take action on climate change to introduce the kind of policies you say are needed. it's unclear why the prime minister hasn't really woken up to this issue i mean he had to be shamed back from his holiday in hawaii while a good chunk of the country was burning and people were looking for that leadership to rally behind what was going on in our communities are being trapped there on the

front line and the prime minister just seems to be absent but what is going to be the real question going forward when the bushfires the no longer in the headlines is how is this raid going to deal with this if this is the new normal currently the frontline communities in taxpayers have to foot the bill but really questions must be asked as to whether that is fair or even sustainable and one option that these strange to the think tank i work for is putting forward is whether there should be a levy on fossil fuel production astray being one of the largest in the world a small levy placed on fossil fuel production which then goes into a national climate disaster fund and can be used every year about $1500000000.00 will feed into that to pay for all the volunteer firefighters that are coming in the front lines grants to community that have been put out or had their homes destroyed and for all the infrastructure that history will have to rebuild if this is going to become the new normal good start here richard many thanks indeed all

the dire forecast has led new south wales fire and rescue to publish this map they're warning tourists and residents to leave the shaded zone by saturday from batemans bay south to the victorian border a 250 kilometer distance along the coast severe fires and widespread power and communications outages are expected the a.b.c.'s melissa clock is in maria in new south wales she says that most people have now left for their own safety but there are still some who are choosing to stay. people in maria can either go north or south along the princes highway most people are choosing to go south that will get them down to bega they can then take the snowy mountains highway into cooma and then for a lot of people go back to either camber or sydney or head further inland i spoke to people trying to get young camera people from all around just trying to get away interestingly a couple of locals i spoke to want to leave even though the artificer advising

people to leave this coast east they can see are very clear that they want anyone who has the capacity to go to leave as soon as they can one of a k. thing that's worth mentioning is that power is being restored here in maria i have not but there are still plenty of places that joint have power and getting the information that they want people to leave as soon as possible is proving tricky and we are hearing some circumstances where there's been misinformation getting around as well particularly where there isn't mobile reception and power will get a weather update next here on al-jazeera then accused of unfairly targeting muslims india's most popular stories parks down on protesters who are opposed to a new citizenship. it is a home to. the dutch government decides what it would like the country to be cool.

hello again welcome back to international weather forecast over the next few days we're going to be watching the eastern mediterranean very closely of course this area has seen quite a bit of rain over the last week or so and unfortunately as we go over the next few days it is going to be more rain forming across that area notice the rain anywhere from turkey down towards syria even over here across the northern part of egypt that is where we expect to see the heaviest rain here on thursday on friday. really not too much of a change we're going to be seeing some windy conditions develop as we go into the weekend so for beirut expect rain at 14 down towards damascus it is going to be rainy with the time to there of about 11 degrees here in the gulf it is going to be quite nice we expect to see the tempter stay about average for this time of year with doha at about 26 degrees but a warm day in riyadh at about 30 degrees for you there well for parts of somalia we do expect to see the rain across much of the coast so from of that issue it is going to be a most

a cloudy day with some rain showers in your forecast there on thursday the rain is going to extend down a little bit more towards the south and for kenya do expect to see some rain in the forecast even nairobi we will be seeing some partly cloudy showers where the terms are there of about $26.00 degrees and then very quickly across parts of madagascar it is going to be some very heavy rain particularly cross much of that northern coast and flooding could be a problem over the next few days. but . when is the last time you out of the stress test whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk to each and every level or layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on sand retention has to start from day one whether again you're in detention or your own car springs this is a dialogue everyone has a voice ok there are states that supply trucks coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on how does iraq.

hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour after a 2 day siege at the u.s. embassy compound in iraq protesters backing a pro a radiant group of now withdrawn but they've done so with one condition they want parliament to vote on a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops from iraq. and evacuations have begun a relief supplies have arrived for thousands of australians stranded in fire ravaged towns 8 people have died in the state's new south wales and victoria this week a further 17 are known to be missing. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is

asked parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution in 3 corruption cases to succeed to have to win the support of a majority of members in the knesset requesting immunity is likely to delay any potential trial by several months as a 0 sum run com reports now from west jerusalem just 4 hours before the deadline to request parliamentary immunity from prosecution expired the israeli prime minister appeared on television and said he would ask the knesset the israeli parliament to grant him immunity. but it's mine tension this time before the call to shatter all the public accusations against me day citizens of israel he mean achievement is meant to protect us from tided law serving political caseys harming the will of the people. he has filed a request with the speaker of the knesset but it's likely to be months before m.p.'s vote on it israel will hold its 3rd election in

a year in march and they said you know his request can only be debated by a parliamentary committee wants a government has been formed it then has to come out of committee and be presented to knesset members to be voted on forming a government could take months. however some politicians are pushing to speed up the process holding the committee stage before the election already the request fame unity has divided israeli politicians avigdor lieberman from the israeli home party and an influential figure has said he won't vote for immunity netanyahu is only could party has said it will vote for immunity in november israelis attorney general decided to indict prime minister netanyahu in 3 separate criminal cases that alleged fraud bribery and breach of trust the judgment on of the i made the decision to issue an indictment against him and with a heavy heart a heavy heart perhaps but wholeheartedly with a deep sense of commitment to the rule of law to the public interest and to the

citizens of the state of israel and. they said you know he and his supporters have claimed that the charges of politically motivated and the law enforcement and the judicial system in effect mounting a coup against him. netanyahu now faces a tough political fight yes to win an election form a government and then persuade m.p.'s to vote for immunity i mean if he only last as long as he is in office as prime minister or if he remains a member of the knesset the move will delay the prosecution of these 3 court cases by months or even stole the process completely until netanyahu is out of politics it's already been a very uncertain year in israeli politics and the future it would seem is equally uncertain and wrong how does their western slim. the u.n. envoy to libya is accusing security council members of violating an arms embargo on salami says that there are concerns about foreign fighters being flown into libya

turkey's parliament is due to vote on thursday on whether to deploy troops it follows a request for military support by the un backed government in tripoli it's coming under attack by forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar who've been trying to seize the capital since april turkey's vice president says that turkish troops may not be deployed if holt's is offensive at least $400.00 pro-democracy demonstrators have been arrested in hong kong after a peaceful new year's day marched through the city and in violence tens of thousands of people took part in the police approved rally passed its permit was revoked after mosques demonstrators broke off from the main crowds serious florence louis reports from hong kong. what was supposed to be a peaceful march to chaos and destruction on the streets of hong kong a small most likely caused by a petrol bomb it's before it's doused by

a will to carry. elsewhere police stupid to arrest a protester after demonstrators ignored their warnings to leave for hours into the protest march police with their permit for this rally deeming this to be an illegal assembly meaning they can take action to clear the street and that is exactly what they are doing here riot police have got water cannon clearing the streets of protesters as well as the barricades that protesters have set up crowds of protesters many wearing gas masks had earlier used to braless and breaks to block groet. police fired rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowds i the march it started peacefully in the afternoon attracting tens of thousands of people who slowly made their way along a 3 and a half kilometer route young and old they chose to spend new year's day much the same way hong kong had spent the 2nd half of last year at another street

demonstration although he mocked by new year's wish for peace in hong kong but that will depend on the government and the chinese communist party if they continue to tighten their grip on hong kong and these protests will continue. along the way labor union groups set up recruitment booths and volunteers collected donations to assist the protest movement oh my god i the crowd did let up on its 5 demands which include an independent investigation into allegations of police misconduct during the protests and the right to choose their leaders. police did a distance away keeping a close watch occasionally protest this would direct the anger at the police there . who had tea government protests of hong kong have gone on for nearly 7 months now and even though their rallies and gatherings almost every day they've reduced in intensity there's no indication the government is willing to make further

concessions hold on no matter what the outcome will be. but no one knows for how long this will go on florence louis al-jazeera hong kong. in taiwan at least 13 people are missing including the nation's military chief of staff after the helicopter they were aboard made an emergency landing in the north of the island rescue teams been dispatched to the helicopters last known location. leaders of one of india's largest states of being accused of intimidating muslims many of whom been protesting against a controversial new citizenship law at least 19 people have been killed in car pradesh the state is led by a hindu nationalist zeros on show voting records now for the city of beirut. 24 year old was shot in the head he was a bread maker and the sole provider for his family. his 80 year old father is inconsolable his mother less his disabled brother with 3 kids who were raised

has no clue how the family will survive the loss of over a girl who didn't even let his body home for the last. what happened to the government what's happened to the police but you came to this fighting bullets. on december 20th some people here in the city of merit in order for they should try to protest against a controversial new citizenship law that many say discriminates against muslims the police say the protesters protect them the rocks which lead them to use force. limbs family says he was not even part of the protests and was merely walking back home from the restaurant he worked in when the police shot this was a video with someone they say was a witness and claiming he saw the police shooting him al-jazeera cannot independently verify its authenticity. activist who went on a fact finding mission to the city soon after the killings say most gunshots were

above the waist and appeared targeted this is absolutely clear deliberate shooting to kill it is not following the standard operating procedure of announcing there were no one else means no warning announcements mean nothing of the kind and no attempt to use tear gas or water cannons or anything like that no attempt to shoot at the feet 1st it was street to be a shooting to get. activists accuse the police of being biased against muslims. in a recent video the city superintendent of police saying was her telling people in a muslim dominated neighborhood to go to pakistan. we asked the superintendent about the allegations and i will i won't comment on that and while he admitted that the police did fire shots he said it was protesters with illegal firearms who killed the people however he added the police were investigating. there's a big difference between

a clean and an untrained shooter the mob doesn't see whether it's firing from behind a front he said that a dozen police officers were shot and injured and shared this video people here say they are demonstrating their right to live in the land of their birth. and that they don't want to go to pakistan they also say they fear the police in a few of investing people indiscriminately this if night they're taking turns then neighborhoods in case of the says our. family is in mourning they demand an investigation but don't expect the administration to conduct it fairly. made out with the predation india. the daughter of former president has denied allegations of corruption after a court case froze her bank accounts and estimated $1000000000.00 worth of assets has been seized as possible anti corruption drive is about dos santos says the

accusations are politically motivated as dos santos spoke to al-jazeera exclusively earlier and she says there's been a lack of due process. we have not been summoned we have not received any notices from the court nor are i or any of my directors or companies have been issued any notice is whatsoever so this was a completely secret procedure we had no recourse of defense so we were never called to show any documents or even do business any witnesses this is a politically motivated attack there is no doubt about that my father was the former ruler of angola he was president for a very long time chose not to stand for this elections he chose not to stand in 2017 believing that it was important to have a transition it was important for someone new to come and unfortunately the nuclear who came on board has now trying to convey is politically motivated attacks on his

family and specially on his children now to talk about the land of 2 lips when bills and canals holland or the netherlands usually comes to mind but which name should we use from now on the government would prefer and if people called it the mettle of this planet smith reports. poland is not a country despite suggestions to the contrary all over amsterdam north and south holland are just 2 coastal provinces in a country officially called the netherlands and the government tired of its biggest city being a by word for legalized prostitution and recreational drug use wants a reprint. so with a new p.r. push it's asking us to forget holland and think only of the netherlands for the whole rest of the world i think holland is quite clear what it is some small spot somewhere on the earth. where such people live.

and to change that image around to change that. idea of holland into the netherlands i think it's quite a task it's quite a difficult task everywhere you look from cloaks to other souvenirs the name holland dominates it's no surprise tourists aren't sure where they are what would you call this country. romance what do you call this country we're in now. you are right. near the land sea yes. i know it was i don't. yes i mean this is just states the netherlands is the country today

officially they want you to stop calling it all and they want to call it the netherlands. in amsterdam they're struggling to cope with a number of tourists 42000000 people are expected to visit this country by 2030 that's up from around 20000000 now and to manage that the government hopes that this rebranding will encourage people to explore outside overcrowded amsterdam to the country beyond the 2 provinces of holland. al-jazeera in the netherlands. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the headlines and i was 0 supporters and vendors of an iranian backed group are withdrawn from the u.s. embassy compound in iraq's capital baghdad after a 2 day siege but they've done so on one condition they want to iraq's parliament to vote on a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops the u.s.

secretary of state has called some of washington's regional allies about the situation. reports. just because the immediate threat so to speak is dissipated outside the u.s. embassy in baghdad does not necessarily mean everyone in washington is called what how everything is going and it's moving on to the next thing no they're not this is still very much a big crisis here in washington are seen as that of what happened my pompei of the secretary of state speaking to regional allies in israel iraq and qatar he spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about iran who the u.s. and israel both think were behind this people are beginning to be evacuated and relief supplies of arrived for thousands of australians stranded in fire ravaged towns at least 8 people have died this week and of the 17 though to be missing more than 200 fires are burning in the states of new south wales and victoria. israel's

prime minister benjamin netanyahu has asked parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution in 3 corruption cases netanyahu was indicted on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in november last year. the un envoy to libya is accusing security council members of violating an arms embargo salami says that there are concerns about foreign fighters being flown into libya turkey's parliament is to use a vote on thursday on whether to deploy troops at least $400.00 pro-democracy demonstrators who could be arrested in hong kong after a peaceful view year's day march through the city and that in violence tens of thousands of people took part of the area in the police approved rally and there's the headlines the news continues here on syria after the stream next. to al-jazeera we were told to get to that between russia has this been addressed by

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