al-jazeera. well after. an hour. turkey's parliament prepares to vote on troop deployment to libya in tripoli's fights against the warlords khalifa haftar. and how he had seen and this is al jazeera life and also coming up taiwan's top military officer is among 8 people who've been killed in a helicopter crash. dramatic rescue industry or the navy helps those in stranded by fires in one coastal time. and

supporters sand members overrun package troops pull back from the u.s. embassy in baghdad but they still want foreign troops out of the run. but we begin in turkey were parliament is expected to vote in the next few hours on a government motion to deploy troops to libya ancora supports the un backed government in tripoli that spain fighting against the warlords relief after its forces launched an offensive to capture the capital last april turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya and tripoli have recently signed deals on military cooperation and maritime boundaries meanwhile greece israel and cyprus are also about to sign off on an agreement. to

transport gas from the eastern mediterranean to europe that said rhodes with turkey's deal with libya she extracts gas from the sea let's head straight to uncorrupt where mohammed is live for us hi 1st of all do you think this is likely to pass the turkish parliament is there any opposition of told to the proposals. yes indeed the heart of that is the very expectation of the government here and they've been a lot being the different political in parliament to ensure that they get the vote that they need to pass these more from we are seeing an accelerated process here this motion is coming to parliament a week early and parliament has been forced to cut short its winter recess by almost a week so that they could come and pass these motion the defense minister. who has been speaking and he says that the turkish military is civil ready to

deploy and it's high time they get not only the green light also parliament but also us us president. on the bill making it a right to fight and then he says there will be ready to move with seeing a situation where it is really itching to deploy its troops to libya and just quickly if you would not make just remind of white turkey is interested in libya what's behind this. influence of course on this is something techie husband trying to get across is the fall of the libyan strongman mom but i look at duffy it's not just a lot about modern time. border agreement that accompanied the military corp

agreement that is the culmination of which is today small ssion which will discuss the deployment of troops to libya is also a crucial part of it because turkey is really trying to get us much influence as possible only is 10 minutes from me and see especially at the time cyprus greece and israel are working on the project of they also not only extracting gas in the eastern mediterranean but also shipping it to europe it's looking more and more difficult but they will be able to do that without the blessing of turkey ok mohamed life as an anchor thank you very much in hades. well just there is. joins me now in the studio this is quite a complicated topic is it not but it all centers on libya what is effectively a failed state just how did the country get to this point because this is

a country that has always been divided along tribal and regional lines so the the potential for bringing everyone together to form a new government after the arsenal gaddafi in 2011 was always going to be an impossible task and this explains why. from 2014 we started to see this divide between east and west is under the control of holy father after west under the control of the government of national accord despite all the efforts by the international community to build bridges between the east and west never worked because i have to would always say that i am the only guarantee against a descent into chaos or the rule of groups affiliated with i.c.l. and other extremist groups the government of national accord based into pretty would tell you that the reason why we lost our revolution in 2011 is for us to

build a vibrant genuine civic society with after you want to have that because the man is known for being a general determined to build a strong government under the control of the military establishment so against the backdrop of this divide between east and west. it all failed except for 2015 with the international committee managed to create this power sharing agreement in morocco it didn't work and it continues the device continues the potential this time for libya to fragment is massive because how thought is determined to take over tripoli he's about a few miles south of from the capital tripoli backed by saudi arabia the united arab emirates and egypt he sees the momentum tilting in his own favor and this explains why the government of national accord is desperate for a deal with turkey. and we mentioned there are all these external countries who are becoming involved in this in this situation and just talk us through some of the

competing interests why it's so easy arabia involved why are countries like france involved and why is turkey getting involved what are they hoping to get out of the situation in libya for saudi arabia the united arab emirates and egypt it's simple they skin said of the west to be controlled by muslim brotherhood affiliated groups and they say we will we want tolerate this because of the managed to win and take over they would further expand their influence in north africa and they would really revive the spirit of 2011 spring on the other hand. turkey for example has always been siding along with qatar with the with a government of national accord saying that this is a legitimate government now when you look at europe it's a different story 1st of all they saw themselves grappling with a morass of number of sub-saharan africans being smuggled by wars in libya towards your brother so this is something that has to and number 2 they saw eisel planning

to build a strong platform in north in libya to be able to attack europe and they said we need someone to step in and they so what if i have to as the man who could do this to us the problem is that starting from 2014 we started to see some sense of disagreement between italy and france about how to deal with europe with libya italy favors talking to the government of national accord friends has been siding with that divide within the e.u. itself has been an impediment to a comprehensive political settlement in libya ok and it gets even more complicated but we will come back to that straight the day from now. joining us on set thank you very much indeed. taiwan's top military officer in the mean has been killed during a helicopter crash landing 7 others who were also on board when the helicopter made that american sea landing on the north of the island rescue teams have been dispatched and the defense ministry says there could be survivors well in the past

hour the inspector general of time on sarah force spoke as a news conference. helicopter was affected by the weather visibility is not very good what we have yet to clarify is troops on the ground can see and hear the ground after the aircraft disappeared from the radars 2 helicopters immediately took off from sunshine airport also 90 men set off for the rescue operation we have yet to confirm the extent of the aircraft damage some of the passengers are still stranded in the wreckage and some of them are out we are waiting for information from people at the site. or else feingold is an asia political risk analysts he says this crash will impact the campaign talking points in the lead up to the presidential election on january 11th. president as well as the parliament of taiwan will be elected on january 11th as you have this tragedy does occur within a few days of the election and i'll of course one of the most prominent issues in

this election is taiwan's national defense with regard to threats from china so this kind of accident involving suggestion your leadership will unfortunately become part of the political discussion in the final days before taiwan selection the incumbent president sighing why and she's been a supporter of increased military spending social continue to give that message to the public to be hopefully it'll be a period of no campaigning whether it's the rest of today or tomorrow but once the candidates return to campaigning i think we'll see president's side emphasized that she has been a supporter of the military and she's been a supporter of increased military spending in the other side will probably look a way to criticize for example by saying yeah you spend more money on the military but you're not spending it correctly you're not spending it on an op maintenance for example that'll probably be a talking point from the other sad. well evacuations have begun and relief supplies

have a ride for thousands of australians stranded in fire ravaged times 8 people have been confirmed dead this week in new south wales and victoria where 17 people are missing charlotte bellus brings us the latest. 4000 astray leonids were forced onto the beach and stranded here for 3 days now how has arrived for the victorian town of mela kuta the navy ferried people out by the only route possible the ship masked in the smoky haze at the moment we're moving people way of course with the smart clear it will be able to get aircraft into melich herded towards the still night transportation of people out of there as well if. they have an hour wind or high temperatures and strong winds a forecast for australia's southeast on saturday leading new south wales fire and rescue to publish this map they've advised people to leave the shaded area from batemans bay south to the victorian border 250 kilometer distance down the coast i

think the big thing that we've got on the wide the moment is that it's the largest mass rely cashen of people out of the region that will get a sign and people are going to be passionate the rights people are queuing up to get into petrol stations through traffic is unable to get or really have to go to help them to get out and thousands heeded the advice to leave batemans bay and drive north towards sydney many with nothing left to say but themselves and house is gone it's completely burnt we found out yesterday morning to show. we went out there that the block that we were on has been burned from one side of the other does not apply to grass and there's nothing left. about $1300.00 homes have been destroyed in new south wales since the fire season began in october it's been a record breaking year the fires arrived earlier and with more fury the normal straight in prime minister scott morrison cow. claims it's

a consequence of man made climate change is no doubt natural disasters turned that why angry because that's what i up by our natural disasters what we're saying is we have we cannot control the natural disaster but what we can do is control our response firefighters are trying to control the risk by destroying the bush back burning to create natural firebreaks residents prepared to those choosing to stay gathered supply lines and feel for generations in pumps if the wind trying to strike could impact broadly on a more half or more knives and i'm ok and we can say that the family members further up the road from a say again i would buy sickly. of all these residents restocking preparing to face the finest head on challenge ballasts al-jazeera. says come on al-jazeera israel's prime minister has a special request from parliament asking find self numerous corruption cases and we

speak to angola's richest woman after a court froze a her bank accounts and assets. hello i get a welcome back to your international weather forecast we have a very big storm coming in off the atlantic that's going to be a lot of rain to parts of the u.k. we're talking scotland ireland northern ireland as well as some very windy conditions as we go through thursday notice the rain entering to the picture as we go through the rest of the day for london it is going to be the winds we do expect to see attempt a few of about 10 degrees no rain today but by the time we go through the overnight hours and into tomorrow that front will push through we will be getting some rain also affecting parts of northern europe as well well down here towards the southeast we're still dealing with some very heavy rain across. the eastern med this is been an ongoing problem we're going to be seeing a little bit of

a break as we go towards friday and into saturday but unfortunately as we go towards sunday we're going to be seeing that system regenerate that system is also causing a problem here across parts of libya as well as into egypt will be seeing some winds some rain as well temperature cairo at 16 benghazi at 14 as we go towards friday seeing the winds still picking up across much of the coastal areas and then down towards the south for medicare we are going to be seen as a very heavy rain over the next few days flooding is expected particularly on that northern coast that we could be see well over $150.00 millimeters of rain over the next few days down towards cape town though it is going to be quite a nice day $26.00 degrees in johannesburg at about 28. when is the last time you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every level or layer further further into the jail oh if you join us on say entry has to start from day

one whether again you're in detention or you're incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a price for the earth is they 6 o'clock our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on how does iraq . why. this is all just the requit reminder all the top stories for you this are a circus parliaments is expected to vote in the next few hours on the government's motion to deploy troops to libya turkey says the forces will protect its whites in the mediterranean and interests in libya. taiwan's top military officer show me

mean has been killed during a helicopter crash along with 7 other people a helicopter made an american city landing on the north of the island rescue teams have been dispatched. and evacuations have begun and relief supplies have arrived for thousands of history of the ins stranded in far ravaged highlands and of a heat wave is expected over the coming days the bushfires have killed 8 people. supporters and members of an iran backed group have 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 they did so on condition that iraq's parliament votes on a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops some one of 14 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 mobilization 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. carried 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 country we don't americans we can brought it to ourselves was done through really young fighters who dared alter. killed isis road to send 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 they. 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 off already is 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 they share a 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 iraqi count the service forces now taking over the security and basically securing the area as the crowd but the built of brick gates has said that this is just the 1st lesson for the united states they have vowed that they will not let down until they see a full departure of u.s. forces from iraq as they want to hold to the al jazeera but about. hillary mann leverett says so former white house national security official she says president trump should be concerned find the unrest in iraq is being perceived in washington what we see is an interior an enduring symbol the storming of the u.s.

embassy by thousands of iraqis it's an enduring symbol that nearly 17 years after the u.s. invasion of iraq one trillion dollars spent $5000.00 u.s. lives lost that the u.s. position in iraq is is worse today than it ever was and i think the trump administration president trump in particular but also secretary of state pompei o are very concerned that what is happening in iraq could at least you know on television look like in other benghazi moment that's what they're talking about here the concern that back in 2013 when the u.s. u.s. diplomatic compound was stormed in magazine libya and the u.s. ambassador was killed it was a tragic terrible moment for the united states but what if it was an issue that both president and especially secretary of state pompei oh use mr lee to attack then secretary of state hillary clinton when she ran for president they are both

very concerned that a similar type of in an incident could now happen in iraq to president. japanese prosecutors have raided the talk you home of former nissen chairman carlos go on he fled to lebanon despite living under strict bail conditions he was waiting trial for financial misconduct will go on who holds lebanese citizenship says he left to escape what he calls political persecution lebanese authorities say he entered the country illegally. at least 40 people have been killed during attacks on me displaced people's camps in sudan's west are for region government officials say they're trying to calm the latest wave of ethnic violence that forced people to flee arab tribesmen arrived at the camp and reportedly started quote killing and burning and shooting according to a un peacekeeping spokesman. prime minister binyamin

netanyahu has asked parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution in 3 corruption cases succeeds he'll 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 in iran can reports 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 haven't a clue. about its mind tension this time before the call to shatter all the public accusations against me day citizens of israel the mean achievement what is meant to protect us from tided law serving political crises into 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 israeli's attorney general decided to indict prime minister netanyahu in 3 separate criminal cases the 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's interest and to the citizens of the state of israel and. they said you know he and his supporters have claimed that the charges are politically motivated and that 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 you remains a member of the knesset the move will delay the prosecution of these 3 court cases by months or even stall the process completely until that 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 long car how does or what's true slim. at least 16 and mates have

been killed during a prison riot in central mexico at least 5 others were injured in the violence on cheese steak night officials say some of the victims died from gunshot wounds that were caused by weapons believed to have been brought in by this it is there's also are all the goal is former president's house denies allegations of corruption after a court froze our bank accounts and estimated $1000000000.00 worth of assets in seize as part of an answer corruption drys by the end goal when governments isabel dos santos says the accusations are politically motivated and that she has not been summoned by any court. but hold the santos souther spoke exclusively to al jazeera she says there's been a lack of to process we have not been summoned we have not received any notices from the court nor i or any of my directors or companies have been issued any notices 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 to present any witnesses this is a politically motivated attack there's no doubt about that my father was on 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 have now trying to convey is politically motivated attacks on his family and specially on his children. at least 400 protesters have been arrested in hong kong after a peaceful new year's day marched through the city and it environments the rally had been approved by police but that was revoked after mosques demonstrators broke all from the main crowd florence louis reports from hong kong. was

what was supposed to be a peaceful march descends into chaos and destruction of the streets of hong kong a small fire most likely caused by a petrol bomb but it's before it's doused by a will to carry. elsewhere police stupid to arrest a protester after demonstrators ignore their warnings to leave for hours into the protest march police were drew the permit for business rally deeming this to be an illegal assembly meaning they can take action to clear the state 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 hurt us is that set up crowds of protesters many wearing gas masks had earlier used a braless and bricks to block roads. police fired rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowds i the march had started peacefully in the early 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 himmel 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 holding my god 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 stood a distance away keeping a close watch occasionally protesters would direct their anger at the police but there's no doubt the n.t.

government protests in hong kong have gone on for nearly 7 months now and even though there are 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 we hope to persist but no one knows for how long this will go on florence louis al jazeera hong kong. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines the turkish parliament is expected to vote in the next few hours on a government motion to deploy troops to libya turkey says the forces will protect its rights in the mediterranean sea and interests in libya that are has more from ankara. we are seeing more and more support for these laws from the foreign minister on the route home your husband law being opposition leaders trying to get

us march support of course we want to real seeing a little bit of courses here this morning was supposed to be brought before parliament you know on the 7th or 8th of this month when parliament resumes from a winter recess now we're seeing parliament holding us postal sitting just to discuss this libya bill taiwan's top military officer shani mean has been killed during a chemical crash landing 7 others were also on board when the helicopter made the emergency landing on the north of the islands rescue teams have been dispatched the defense ministry says there could be survivors huge numbers of people are heeding emergency warnings and fleeing towns at risk of ours in the a strain states of new south wales and victoria relief supplies have also were rife for thousands more stranded by the fires 8 people have been killed this week and

another 17 are missing supporters and members of an iran backed script have withdrawn from the us embassy compound in iraq's capital baghdad after a 2 day scene leaders of the popular mobilization forces ordered them to leave but they did so one condition iraq's parliament votes on a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops. and japanese prosecutors have raided the tokyo home of former nixon chairman carlos go on he fled to lebanon despite living under strict bail conditions he was waiting trial for financial misconducts goan who holds lebanese citizenship says he left to escape what he calls political persecution lebanese authorities say he entered the country illegally that's your updates the u.s. continues and al-jazeera after the stream. january don't you see. president donald trump is the president in history to be impeached what does this

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