satellite technology is now helping to set them free on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching the news on live from as we go on more airstrikes have been happening in iraq following the u.s. assassination of the iranian commander kasim sort of money. his reign of terror is over. donald trump says he acted to stop a war with iran not start one by ordering the strike that killed. iran's supreme leader has delivered his condolences to the family and warned

a severe revenge awaits those responsible. iraq's prime minister is the fuse of a destructive conflict has now been linked. also ahead yet another state of emergency declared in southeastern australia for catastrophic bushfire conditions. there have been more a strikes in iraq which we understand have targeted the iran backed popular mobilization forces it happened near a camp in taji north of baghdad at the reuters news agency is reporting 2 vehicles were hit 6 people were killed speaking only on the phone also see those of some a binge of aid said the popular mobilization forces saying the convoy was full of medics not fighters but according to popular mobilization forces the kind of

military wing of the iraqi government to be heard that active and you know could you care. about a lot of different forces. in that convoy having gave at the start because on you go i visited iraq which extraverts the area intelligence. coalition face value speculation that there was some come off of one of the big 8 who was at this critical convoy because it could allegedly by the u.s. . but so far copy localization courses that made a bit of the day that this was a medic on the close ties to the tension good mood in iraq and. they tried to be seen in the last few hours more barricades quote for the streets being closed in baghdad of disputed positions are. behind this and of course

it's. well the u.s. president donald trump says his forces acted to stop a war with iran not start one by assassinating customs sunna monny he added that the u.s. is prepared for any reprisals so the money to let iran could forces died in an airstrike in baghdad on friday solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago a lot of lives would have been saved just recently solemn 80 led the brutal repression of protesters in iran where more than a 1000 innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government we took action last night to stop a war we did not take action to start

a war. iran's supreme leader the ayatollah ali khamenei has warned of severe revenge for in his words the criminals responsible for somalis killing iranians protested after friday prayers chanting death to america iraq's prime minister says the assassination will quote light the fuse of a destructive war and has other leaders around the world expressed concern and condemnation the u.s. has ordered all of its people to leave iraq straight away and its military personnel have been put on high alert simona 14 wraps up developments from baghdad . heartbreak in the upper ranks of the iranian military at the official announcement of the death of major general kasim so in money the commander of iran's courts force the revolutionary guard unit responsible for foreign operations so the money was killed in a u.s. drone strike in baghdad. and a spontaneous outbreak of joy in iraqi cities over the passing of

a man many see as the embodiment of iran's meddling here i sure wish i didn't say that i feel happy about killing saddam money the reason is because of peace foreign interference in iraq would you accept that i didn't have a union and all the families issues everything has been on trees. in the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport a u.s. strike targeted a convoy of sulaimani and his close ally hondas the deputy head of the iraqi popular mobilisation forces an iranian backed part military group other members of the group were also killed for iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali hamann a stolen money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and he warned there will be revenge the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom well make iran more decisive to resist america's expend. in islam and to defend our values

with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge. only. while there is talk of revenge many iranians don't want to see war their own with our support and it will definitely increase violence but i fundamentally disagree with violence and conflict i believe people moving toward peace in negotiation to reach the goals is much better soleimani enjoyed some support when he led the charge to displace eisel from iraq a stronghold but many iraqis now blame iran for instability in interference in their country and soleimani directly for a violent crackdown on anti-government protests which began in october the us assassinations are the most extreme escalation in tensions between to head on in washington in recent years and many in baghdad fear it will continue to play out on iraqi soil and if an indistinct has she you may say and we condemn this it's

unacceptable for something like this to be happening in our country it's a tween america and iran and in the end we will be hurt our situation is already not stable many iraqis oppose iranian and american interventions alike. earlier this week mohandas himself let a crowd of popular mobilization forces supporters as they attacked and besieged the u.s. embassy in baghdad he walked alongside. another senior military leader of the pro iran group who has now called on his followers to take up arms against the american presence in iraq's caretaker prime minister idol of the not to condemn the u.s. strike as a violation of iraq's sovereignty and the rules of engagement of the american presence here he called the death of mohandas an aggression against the iraqi state . parliament is due to hold an emergency session on sunday but analysts say the government beleaguered and divided after 3 months of anti-government protests will

struggle to mount a decisive response iraqi government is very weak for the time being there will be no more than statements coming out of the. caretaker prime minister or from the ministry of foreign affairs other than that i don't expect anything from the iraqi government but probably the iraqi parliament will. call for an immediate session and do will discuss the current. americans in iraq agreement and probably they will ask for the department of the american forces from iraq. whether their response to u.s. presence in iraq will be political or military the assassinations have put an end to a precarious balance of power that had dust for accommodated both u.s. and iranian interests in iraq the iraqi capital already a battleground for tensions between the u.s. and iran is bracing itself for the aftermath of the biggest escalation yet with

both u.s. and iranian backed troops on the ground the country risks being caught in the middle of a military fallout between washington and tehran simona 14 al-jazeera but that. well in the u.s. reaction to solar nani's assassination was split between the major political parties donald trump republicans are praising his actions while democrats are questioning why the president didn't consult congress before approving the strike castro reports now from washington. president donald trump tried to justify his decision to order the killing of iranian revolutionary guard commander qassam sulaimani by claiming that sulaimani had been planning eminent and sinister attacks on americans in the region we took action last night just stop. a war the us president said sulaimani was responsible for the deaths of thousands of american service people over 2 decades solid mady has been perpetrating acts of terror to

destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago trump's republican allies in congress agreed or to all this evil man operated without them strike and countless and often have suffered for now his terrorist leadership has been and democrats say trump ordered the drone strike that also killed the leader of tehran back iraqi militia groups without consulting congress and warned of serious consequences this is the equivalent of the iranians assassinating the u.s. secretary of defense i do not believe the administration has gamed out. how very badly this could go for the us and our interests this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war

the president promised he would not drag us into. iran has promised retaliation the us state department issued a security alert urging all american citizens to leave iraq immediately despite the secretary of state's claims on u.s. media that americans in the region are now safer after sulaimani his demise while no one is accusing president shrub of ordering friday's drone strike for political purposes and does overshadow all political headlines in the u.s. including trump's impending impeachment trial the u.s. senate was to begin this new year by taking on that as their 1st order of business and instead senators are preparing for briefings on the u.s. military strike and whatever response it may bring heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington iran's foreign minister described the assassination as an act of

international terrorism. me in half the islamic republic of iran holds the right to respond any time and in any manner and it will we will not be involved in america's smear campaigns and their blackmailing we will give a proper response in any manner in time we will as stated by the supreme leader. and iran has told the u.n. security council that it reserves the right to self-defense after the killing of some in money gabriel elizondo joins us live now from washington so let's discuss this letter from the iranian ambassador what do we know as to what he's saying and what reaction is he expected to get. yeah there i remember ambassador to the united nations sent this one and a half page letter friday evening to u.n. secretary general andrew good to it is and the security council and as you mentioned in it he says that iran reserves the right to respond based

under international law and he also had some very strong comments in it as well saying that the assassination is solely a money quote by any measure is an obvious example of state terrorism and a criminal act that constitutes a gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law and the principles of the u.n. charter so that's the statement that's going out to the u.n. from the iranian mission so far the americans at the u.n. have not responded but earlier in the day u.n. secretary general antonio guterres did say that he is deeply troubled by events going on in iraq right now and also i guess we await seeing as well for either the pentagon or the state department to flesh out what mr trump was meaning when he was talking about potential attacks being imminent. yeah there's been a lot of talk about that now a lot of questions to various administration officials throughout the day trying to glean some more details about that and there is not much coming out on that you

know national security adviser robert o'bryant held a press briefing on the phone with journalists where he was asked to give any more details that he could and he simply said he won't reveal anything more than what's already been said that they ministration in the pentagon and had information that there were potentially imminent attacks orchestrated by so their mom but what those were exactly and what what what is the intelligence they had is not being released and let's just remember there is a little bit of skepticism looming over washington and really the world because of the 2003 war in iraq spearheaded by the united states the invasion there that was the justification of which was a false pretty pretense which was weapons of mass destruction which did not exist in iraq now bassed for all these years now and basically you have a lot of lawmakers saying listen we want as much of the evidence and intelligence

as we can to dictate if we think that this was the right thing or not or of congress should have been informed previously before it happened so let's and we don't know if the administration plans to give any more of these details but they say they don't they don't plan to right now for security reasons thanks very much let's talk about benjamin friedman he's also in washington he's a policy director of defense priorities an organization focused on a more restrained u.s. foreign policy agenda benjamin welcome back to the news of course is the strategic wisdom. there isn't in my opinion any strategic wisdom i think this is a reckless act primarily because the united states has far too few forces in the region certainly in iraq to deal with the trouble i think this is likely to kick up there are in the popular mobilization forces in iraq according to some estimates

500000 fighters we have 500-6000 troops in iraq that's one to 100 that's not a good ratio so i don't think we're prepared for the trouble this is going to get us into and everybody after watching this presidency for 3 years should be deeply skeptical about the planning capacity and the honesty of this administration clearly we will see the revelations now always understood in the past 24 hours that there was a certain symmetry between the could hezbollah kind of militia on the ground in iraq iran and also iraqi militia is there a risk here that no matter what the u.s. does know the militia force those militia forces will be angered and that anger will have to go someplace. yeah absolutely i mean you have we've had in the past during the occupation of iraq a somewhat muted at times but pretty serious shiite insurgency for years of course

that's when iraq iran got involved helping iraqi fighters with i.d.'s and this that could happen again only this time around we don't have the forces to deal with it so it seems like an incredibly ill considered strike by the united states everybody's talking about whether or not this was just or if we had the right to do it and i think we should instead be talking about if it's going to advance american interests whether or not it was just and it seems to me the answer is resoundingly no there is this so-called gang of 8 to whom mr trump does listen when it comes to foreign policy when it comes to foreign policy in this region the middle east is anyone in the gang of 8 quits. please mr president we don't need another complex war in the middle east. by the gang of 8 you mean the gang of 8 in congress who are supposed to be. referenced talked to before strikes covert strikes occur i don't think he talks them at all i don't think they were informed in this case which is probably illegal i mean the strike is an act of war it's broader than

that it's an act of war we killed a foreign military officer even if he's a terrorist as a side hobby is before a military officer we killed him in an airstrike we're not at war with iran but this is an act of war so arguably we now are under international law we committed an act of war that should've been authorized by congress one remembers when bill clinton was heading towards being impeached his impeachment vote was delayed because he got his paper his face on the front page of all the american newspapers because he was involved in the decision making process to do with military action in the middle east of course one is not saying don't will trump has done this because impeached because of impeachment but the headlines yesterday and tomorrow should in america have been in siri about impeachment so this clearly though is overshadowing that process almost entirely entirely. well today it is i'm not sure how long it will last the pounds and what happens if

a larger scale war. breaks out you know bill clinton ordered air strikes in afghanistan and and in in sudan in response to. tax i think this is a little different i mean this was an attack that was it has no self defense justification at least according to the intelligence we've been given they say there was an imminent attack but i think that just because they've defined. so they've defined the iranian public and guard force as a terrorist group so they by definition are saying they're imminently involved in attacks benjamin friedman thank you very much. diplomacy it is the james bases in new york where some people have been asking if that strike was legal . the u.n. security council has been meeting to discuss the situation in syria but i'm told in the margins of the meeting there were various discussions between ambassadors about

the killing of general sort of money in diplomatic circles there are questions being asked about the legality of the move and whether it's a violation of the u.n. charter. we just for further deescalation this is what we need know we need to escape the ssion we need stability in the region and we would really encourage everybody. to work for further this case is that a violation in china's view of the charter the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has made. that if america we are. paying close attention to this situation and me i can step in the use of form of force international relations and the suffering and territorial integrity of iraq for it to be fully respected meanwhile the u.n. secretary general antonio good terraces issued a statement he's called for leaders to exercise maximum restraint he says the world

does not need another war in the gulf war statement james mentioned there wasn't well received by agnes kalama who reports the u.n. on extrajudicial executions she tweeted this there is no more pressing time for the un and its leadership to step up the now but this statement does not bode well you have the legal tools and the platform please use them and she included the hash tag world war 3 when i spoke to her earlier she said it's unlikely it's on the money as killing was justifiable. the international demand international arena goal justification for the killings are very high because it's not only a question of whether. the us acted lawfully in a sense defense which is questionable. it is not only a question of whether there was an international armed conflict and that's so huge

issue here you know nobody wants to address it directly but d.c. is very much at the heart of the other conversation the statement that twitter provided yesterday and the fact as we knew them seemed to n.t. kid treaty ition the statement provided today by the president this afternoon seems to be anti kitching and and he patrie self defense. which is there was imminent threats even though plans for can get to the action suit against the united states i am not you know position to reach an exclusion as to whether or not these seas and justified under international law is in full mission is far too leads these why i am suggesting that we need an international inquiry in order to get into the details.

to come on the assassination of customs the money a little later here on this news hour for you for now we're going to wrap up some of the top stories the libyan warlord holy for have to assess his fighters now against a foreign occupier after turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya his forces have laid siege to the capital since april in the previous u.n. recognized government asked the turkish president mr erdogan for support the u.s. and the arab league all expressing concern about the turkish decision or shortly after have to made those comments civilian districts of tripoli were targeted with new airstrikes over 20 rockets at the capital and at least one person was killed. one of the biggest evacuations in the history of australia is underway amid warnings that strong winds and hot weather will worsen the raging bushfires tens of thousands of people are fleeing at risk to towns and states of new south wales and victoria some with the help of the australian navy weather conditions over the

coming days have been described as catastrophic the australian prime minister scott morrison is speaking now in the capital canberra he's just announced 3000 defense force reservists will be called up to help with the bushfire response and he said it will take some time to get it under control in recent times and particularly over the course of the balance of this week we have seen this disaster is go to an entirely new level this length of season is of course in many senses unprecedented but the ferocity in the absence of dousing runs that would normally bring a season like this underground to control is nowhere in sight and so that means a much longer season is planned for when i was in victoria yesterday and one of the key points that was my to me that the most difficult part of this season is typically usually ahead of them at this point going through february and so there is still a very long why to go. live now to jessica washington on the new

south wales south coast jessica what's the conditions like where you are. if you will the situation is changing incredibly quickly here in maria just in the street behind me most of the residents have already evacuated because fire has already hit this part of south wales but authorities are expecting that the fire will once again return so police are doing further checks of that area making sure that there are no residents behind me there now as we just heard from the prime minister there's no end in sight to this crisis the rain that's required isn't expected for at least another couple of weeks now bushfires in australia are a normal part of some of but this year they came much earlier than expected and they've been much more ferocious and that's part of the reason that so many areas around the country a calling for this national response and what are you hearing from your sources

what we're hearing from the authorities here on the ground is that people need to stay vigilant because the situation is changing so quickly in the southern part of new south wales we know that they has been increased fire activity with some of the major roads have already been shut off police are going checking houses making sure that they aren't residents in areas which are unsafe residents have been warned since since last night and since this morning to make their way out of any areas if it is safe to do so we know that many of the evacuation centers around town full and this is a crisis which is expected to go on for much longer crews are exhausted some of them have been on the ground for months now and they'll still have some difficult weeks ahead jessica thanks very much. ground still to cover for you here on the news hour from al-jazeera including more on the assassination of customs and money with an in-depth look at his role in spreading iran's influence across the middle

east. also how tourists are loving this world heritage site in peru to death. without the most toxic air in the world well it's pretty sad. it's just so. australian sporting stars play on the victims of the bush fires in their minds. i was not particularly when treatment is more or less where you expected to be the winds coming out the interior is a potential for code does exist in her car there but still a high temperatures about minus 3 in support of there are few showers of snow or rain in northern home she was well tokyo's 11 should see you in the sunshine for the most part that there is cloud advancing out of the chinese mainland reaching beijing it will bring you some snow by late on sunday with rain heading towards

shanghai south of that sun is out hong kong's $21.00 quite a pleasant one but the cloud does extend through you know and towards the northeast of india where surprisingly there's a fair amount of rain less surprisingly with the rainy season there's a lot of rain for this is cloud over indonesia has played jakarta of course or a floods in jakarta but the forecast rain is further east in java or in bali and quite possibly not quite reaching the island is tending to concentrate just to the size near australia as the next couple of days will see a few showers but not as many as there were same is true in sumatra where india said the northeast is seeing some rain this clad is a little unusual for this time of the year we have seen rain in west bengal might be a little bit more but the most part think of it being sherry in sri lanka. the stories generate fountains of headlines these protests are saying down with the

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welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news our i'm peter dobby these are your top stories an iranian backed paramilitary group in iraq says new u.s. air strikes hit one of its medical convoys its act happened in a camp in time she just north of baghdad the reuters news agency is reporting 6 people died after 2 vehicles were targeted to. iran's supreme leader the ayatollah ali khamenei has about quote harsh revenge over the assassination of the military commander kasem solomonic so the money was killed by u.s. airstrike in the iraqi capital baghdad. donald trump says he ordered the strike on so the money to stop a war not to start what he says to the man he was planning imminent attacks on

american diplomats and military personnel. and a gallagher has more now from miami where donald trump held a rally today for his evangelical christian supporters. well made no mistake president all trump is in full campaign mode here in florida he did mention very briefly the drone strike on friday but then very quickly moved on to the subjects that evangelicals really care about it's important to know that evangelicals back in 201680 percent of them voted for president trump and he really wants to solidify his base with those evangelicals with a particular focus here in florida on black and hispanic voters this is of course a very important state in the 2020 election we did speak to some of the supporters here they just backed up all the actions that president trump has taken one man unprompted came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder and said donald trump is the president we need so that gives you an idea of how evangelicals in this vitally

important swing state feel about this president and how much this president wants to increase that very important base of support. on hearing the news of the customs of the money's deathy israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu cut short a trip to greece speaking in athens he applauded donald trump's decision to approve the strike. just as israel has the right of self defense. you know this is exactly the same right doesn't feel the money is responsible for the deaths of american citizens and many other innocent people he was planning more for took a president wrote deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively israel stands with the united states in its just struggle for peace security and sober thank you and well under kassam cinnamon is leadership iran's could force has been instrumental in building a network of proxy groups across the middle east the string of non-state alliances began with hezbollah in lebanon after the overthrow of saddam hussein iran was able

to become a dominant force in iraq and trained the paramilitary groups who made up the popular mobilization units iran has provided significant support for syria during its civil war that includes training and intelligence services iran's influence extends to the southern tip of the arabian peninsula where it's accused of even backing the who sees in the conflict in yemen from tehran dosage party explains now the significance of kassam so the money and the impact of his death on iran. in his hometown of care mon in central iran thousands gathered to say goodbye to a man many saw as more than just the head of iran's elite courts force. major general essential imani came into the role more than 20 years ago and had been one of the masterminds of iran's military strategy in the region. whatever anyone else thought about so they money he was or feared and admired by many in the islamic

republic that's because. i heard it on the radio in the taxi this morning i was waiting for the names of those killed when i heard general salim manny's name i said oh god he was martyred on with us a foreigner. because. unfortunately it's clear that wherever the u.s. enters it is after domination for its own interests general was one whose. gravely especially fighting i sold drugs are more likely to do were. he was a key figure 100 percent they were targeting him they knew where he was surely a wrong won't leave it on on sort of will do something silly money rarely spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's revolutionary guard had expanded what he called islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon the courts force runs iran's foreign military and clandestine operations so they money delegated iranian diplomats to meet u.s.

officials after the $911.00 attacks and they brutally worked together against the taliban. but that relationship didn't last long. the u.s. and iran's pirate is aligned once again in the fight against eisel but then evolved beyond the battlefield in april last year the u.s. designated iran's islamic revolutionary guards corps as a terrorist organization but so in many had the full support of his government the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei awarded him iran's highest military honor last year the same so the money had survived many attempts on his life both here in iran and abroad and now his death will likely embolden the groups who support it as the rain is marked 3 days of national mourning many here are looking to see what will happen next door says a al-jazeera tehran. rootsy says the killing of cinnamon is dangerous for lebanon and struggles to form a new government. right now you have a situation where there is a prime minister designate he is

a sunni and his name is his son. he is backed by hezbollah the problem with this configuration is that the political divide here in lebanon is completely fraught it always is it's very divided so you have this one person who is backed by hezbollah many of the other sunni politicians in this country because of that do not want to support mr so it already has become difficult for him to come up with a list of names that would be acceptable as cabinet members it has been difficult for him to form a government even though there are some of the demonstrators here that would like to at least give him the chance to do so this just complicates it further because many of the parties that oppose hezbollah in lebanon for many months now have wanted them to distance themselves from iran and that's not something has bollock could have done before it's certainly not something that hizbullah an ally of iran and a group that is backed by iran it's certainly not something that they can do now well

hillary mann leverett is fully a white house national security official she says the u.s. is completely underestimated iran and its military capabilities. the fact that the united states designated the money on its own unilaterally as a foreign terrorist does not give the united states in law or in practice even the right to kill him it in u.s. law gives the united states the right to seize his assets but not to kill him and i think here again we're looking at u.s. government under president trump and unfortunately even under just under president trump prior presidents have been under this dissolution as well that somehow we can control the situation in and with iran that has just been flagrantly not true for 40 years we have underestimated that country it's an enormous country 80000000 people sophisticated educated it has

a very significant conventional military force it has a significant asymmetric military force it knows every inch of where the americans are and have been around the middle east and has done so 2 in a deliberate way i think since president bush 1st designated the entire country of iran as part of the axis of evil back in 2002 so my concern is the united states is yet again underestimating the islamic republic of iran and and what it can do the prior killings of others designated as terrorists and as vile as their their their acts have been did not give the united states in those cases either launched to kill them there just was no popular u.s. response to it because those figures are so reviled and they were so reviled around the world i think what you've done with some soul in miami though is of an order of magnitude different this is a person who was widely respected inside iran as the as one of the key

architects for defending that country and also was someone who had wide contacts throughout the region so as the united states goes on this path of killing someone . we don't like the idea that iran is not going to respond is wishful thinking that will make the the debacle of invading iraq look like a walk in the park i do not think that president trump really understands what he's gotten the united states into going up against iran i would argue that going to war with iran will be the most significant adversary that the united states has encountered since world war 2 they are certainly the most capable adversary that we have encountered since world war 2 and the legality of how people may argue what the united states in this case is going to look like a minor footnote in history ok let's wrap up some of the top stories for you so far here in the news out of shortage of medical equipment at a public hospital in the indian state of russia stop has been blamed for the deaths

of nearly 1000 infants last year an investigation was launched after the deaths of $100.00 babies last month alone it also revealed hygiene conditions the hospital was so bad that pigs were living inside the compound and still vote up is at that hospital in kota. this mother has just heard of the news of the death of an infant her daughter was just 15 days old but doctors have not yet told her the reason of her baby's death now there are many such families here just in the month of december in this hospital in dr hassan in india a 100 infants died and even though the local government has ordered a quick cleaning operation the hospital is still pretty dirty you can look at that pile of garbage it's just been covered in front of our eyes have a look at this window this is right outside the maternity ward there is that garbage bin we've seen women cleaning the floors still pretty dirty and that

garbage bin very close to where the intensive care units of the ailing infants is now the hospital authorities say that this infants are dying because they already come in a very severe state they're suffering from septicemia pneumonia and to have low birth weight botched commission for child rights protection their officials are also coming out and they say that they have with their own eyes to see pigs roaming around they've seen that this number of caregivers are far fewer than those who need care and that life sustaining equipment the ventilators have not been functioning many of them if not all according to the report. ventilator in this hospital meant for infants are not currently functional now earlier today we saw a truck full of garbage leaving the premises of the hospital but the local

government insists that the rate of infant deaths in the state over the years is going down and not increasing. indian workers have been demonstrating against the government's handling of the economy they are unhappy with rising unemployment privatisation and a slowdown in the growth rate as the frustration isn't just coming from the opposition the union behind the protests is affiliated with the governing party so her raman reports now from new delhi. the roads are busy in india's capital these day laborers sit here from early morning their bags of tools at the ready they're masons carpenters electricians and painters with no formal contracts and no financial security many have worked for days they say there's little work in the construction industry. is from the northern state of qatar protests in your was there ever since i came to delhi i've been working i didn't have a chance to sit down on the roadside before the contractor would pick me up and

take me to the site to work since more the year i work a stock and i've been sitting here. he's not the only one this gathering of b j p supporters is not happy these daily wage labor is on the union that supports them what the government to act according to government figures the last financial quarter of 2019 so inflation rises to nearly 5.5 percent while food prices went up by 10 percent and manufacturing went down by 3.8 percent the real estate business has seen a slump to more moderate income order and if you've got a union leader and be j.p. supporter no ryan and wants the government to rethink its economic direction one that he says will benefit the working class now that the ball is over the government is what i would do is all the. nationalists are making. is something strange is not going not going. for the going on voicing their

frustration is about all the things people can do hear anyone say what they intend to do but it's the government that money changed. policy and in turn the economic future of all of those here it is usually 1st one of india's most respected economists says the government needs to spend in order to stimulate the economy the immediate measures required are demand because this is very clearly a shortage of demand in the economy workers don't have money to spend there isn't enough employment and businesses are not investing somebody has to spend and it has to be the government. it's been difficult for the government to explain or even show the benefits of its new sales tax or why it removed all banknotes 2 years ago and replace them with higher value notes the international monetary fund has acknowledged india's economic slowdown and its urging the government to work on a stimulus package that can benefit the working class and revive the economy. the worry for prime minister in the red remote government is that it's over supporters

that are criticizing its economic policies if it doesn't act soon seems like this may become a common sight so robert al jazeera new delhi. an outbreak of pneumonia is causing alarm in china 44 people have been diagnosed in cases linked to a supermarket in the central chinese city of all are being treated in isolation and a further 121 people are under observation thousands of teachers have taken part in antigovernment protests in central hong kong they accuse the city's leaders of turning teachers into scapegoats for the ongoing social unrest the government has launched several investigations into protests for the aged activities by teachers demonstrations in hong kong and into their 7 months. a big cleanup is underway in the capital jakarta after some of the worst flooding and landslides for 2 decades well then 40 people have died and at least 180000 displaced is katrina.

just commercial district is usually bustling with shoppers but for now it's mud and sludge not custom is keeping store owners busy they've begun cleaning up after 2 days of heavy rain caused some of the worst flooding in years. i've suffered big losses i cannot seem goods to my clients everything is wheat we so busy cleaning up we can't take care of sales i don't know who i can blame in the situation but us common people have become the victims. who are submerged. in 3 warehouses she says the damage will cost her more than $20000.00 but many others have lost much more yeah. i'm disappointed because the government is not helping us business owners i wish they would pay more attention to us because we've lost all our capital most of my goods can no longer be used i can't sell them. torrential

rainfall began on new year's eve quickly overwhelming the city's rivers and canals streets were turned into rivers and strong currents hampered rescue efforts dozens of people died and tens of thousands have been displaced. the capitol frequently floods but analysts say the city was ill prepared for a storm of this scale down by the impact of this flood is bigger than the years before it's massive more people or a directory and indirectly impacted households stores and companies all their assets are gone their houses destroyed and cars damaged. authorities have promised to push ahead with the flooding infrastructure to prevent future disasters but that's little comfort to those whose homes and livelihoods have already washed away the city of rivers have returned to normal but with more heavy rainfall expected this month residents say the cleanup is far from over. al-jazeera for

millions of tourists super as much a peach seuss's adele every year it's one of us cruise world heritage sites but it is increasingly under threat visitors leave behind well in 5 tons of waste every day so there's a plan to make it through his 1st eco friendly zone mariana sanchez reports from the town of. the gateway to much richard. this is the call for pick up cleaning up the small town that i was just to keep safe the ruins above more than 1600000 tourists this is the citadel of much of peach river here camera ready and their water supplies many like don't know that much of the bottles left behind used to end up in the river. i had no idea i always try to recycle at home but i wasn't aware of the problem 2 years ago you nescafe threatened to blacklist much of picchu racing the allowance of high contamination

because it's a protected area the garbage has to be transported out by train there are no roads to reach such a beach and the waste left behind was thrown into the river dug into the ground or burnt in the injuring the citadel and the flora and fauna round it. since the newness a pull towards begun a cleanup effort with the help of a private initiative now they're transforming more than one tonne of plastic bottles daily into compact packs to be shipped out. and the hotel is collecting the used cooking oil for more than $200.00 restaurants and hotels transforming it into biodiesel reuse them cleaning before it also ends up in the river the law prohibits the installation of a large treatment site the tiny plant donated by hotel is treating your gun aggressiveness and to buy a car and. others the aim is to keep the nearly 5 tons of waste here in turn it into bio carbon that will be used for agriculture and reduce comparable nation

officials want to be to surrounding strongly into the 1st eco friendly municipality in the country but they say they need the support of all tourists instead of carrying water bottles realisable of 40 say they would prefer tourist bring in their own reusable containers in that way they could get rid of much of the plastic trash water dispenser stations will be installed around town. in the meantime we are promoting the no use of plastic in hotels and restaurants and distributing recyclable bags everyone here is being asked to do their part the change is low for now they say machu picchu is being spared from this danger and you know some to some just see that i was going to have this baby coming up next in the sport of ac milan's favorite sons returns makes an immediate impact it will have that and everything else in about 6 minutes from the.

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move forward. ok time for sports news here's peter thank you very much victims of australia's bushfires have been on the minds of top tennis players at the new a.t.p. cup tournament taking place in that country the crisis has seen several stars pledge to donate to relief efforts among them the curiosity said he would give $200.00 australian dollars for every ace he hit 20 of them against young men it's through on friday in a straight sets win a straight one tie against germany 3 nil embrace them. how to really care about the prize to you know i just think you know we've got the ability in the platform to do

something like that obviously you know why kamber we've got the most toxic air in the world well it's pretty sad. so it's just. tough. talk hard by the time we all feel like. and the tournament organizers have apologized to the moldovan team after they played the romanian and from by mistake before they match with belgium. south africa's bowlers had the better of the opening day of the 2nd test against england in cape town the tourists closed on 262 for not enough to choosing to bet on the pope with an unbeaten half century for the tourists the prestigious stack already raves into action in the middle east for the 1st time on sunday saudi arabia hosts the 42nd edition of the race after 11 years in south america the defending deco champion is cutters nothing. he spoke to someone about the systolic moment. this is

a really. big step you know for the motor sport than in the middle east and to have one of the best. race in the motor sport you know and the difficult race you know to have it here in saudi arabia now what does it mean for you to defend the title so close to home and to be the 1st one to win it in the middle east. to defend the title it's not easy because. we need to prepare a lot you know but this year we. all the race will which we compete you know on. our level really very very strong you know we need to understand you know. it's. 12000 kilometer it's not one day out 2 days out 3 days you know it's a 12 days did you have 2nd thoughts about taking part in the rally because of the

blockade imposed on qatar by saudi arabia. the politics side you know it's between 2 country it's it's a little. bad situation you know but ok from sports side. this year if we see. the team of saudi as was competing here in qatar and also the team of. this was competing in saudi you know from a sports side i think it's everything. going very very well in this edition we'll see a new terrain for the drivers what talent does does it pose for all of them we know duck out is a difficult difficult race. is not easy but we we love you know that. that french are you know how confident are you. winning the

race and who do you think will be your biggest challenge or we have a strong confidence i don't have any problem you know we need to respect all the drivers you know. there is. also some other drivers. yeah there is. a few names but. i'm the best swedish striker's latin abraham of which are schooled he's 1st goal in ac milan colors since 2012 ybor him of each scored $28.00 goals in $32.00 games in his last season but the club will be hoping for something similar this time around considering they are 11th in surrey are in the early signs are good the 38 year old helping themselves to a goal and in a $90.00 friendly win the road. so the miami heat of got back

to winning ways in the n.b.a. after the shock loss to washington earlier in the week the heat were up against the toronto raptors on thursday with a great defensive performance. blocked their tamed and then we played 15 points and 14 rebounds of his own in the 8476. heat extending their home record to a lead 16 wins and won lots. and in the western conference oklahoma city thunder made it 4 wins in a row shade jol just salad xander. a man with 25 points in the victory over senator in your spirit is in texas on tuesday night the founder taking this 18109103. trip as it's a contact. sport we have for you for now stay tuned for more again. and that was broadcast that was your news will keep you company in the coming hours for me please it will be everyone on the news thanks for watching i'll see you soon.

for the no magic jack outright survival is about reaching their destination. if we don't hurry well never be able to get to town but the story we follow the mongolian herdsmen on a treacherous migration. is dangerous to the ices of them as they strive to preserve their traditional way of life here in the interior sometimes luser cattle there was called for because of the storm risking you don't go via on al-jazeera. well there's more to. a compelling film about getting an education under occupation. that is once the been of that i took that it asked us if you don't feel sick you would bump come frankly we don't have security but we come.

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his reign of terror is over donald trump says he acted to stop a war with iran not stop one by ordering the airstrike to kill top iranian general . iran's supreme leader delivers his condolences this all about his family and warns severe of in a whites those responsible. this is al jazeera live also coming up yet another state of emergency declared in southeastern australia where catastrophic conditions are back plus 100 babies

did in one month we look at the reasons behind the unusually high.