addressed by took a listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple of you know we meet with newsmakers and tweet about the stories that matter. thousands of people in baghdad attend a funeral procession for the arabian military commander caught some sort of mani. hello there i'm getting my donald this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up his reign of terror is over donald trump defends his decision to kill soon the mommy saying he acted to start a war with iran not to start. another state of emergency in south eastern a strictly aware can just stroll the bush bar conditions on. a rise up against

foreign occupation water $25.00 call to libyans as turkish troops prepare to join the war. hello there good to have your company we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u.s. airstrikes targeting major general custom so money on friday the former funeral for the top it wane in command as well as. this the deputy commander of the iran backed . forces as you can see is underway will want to swell later be buried in not just in iraq so the mani's body will be flown to iran. well salamis assassination has inflamed already tense relations between the united states and iran president donald trump said the order was made to stay off a war with

a tirana not to start one he added the u.s. is prepared for any reprisals 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 well iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has warned of harsh revenge for in his words the criminals responsible for these killings iranians protested after friday prayers chummed suggest to america well iraq's caretaker prime

minister says the assassination will in his words like the fuse of a destructive war and as other leaders around the world express concern and condemnation the u.s. has ordered all of its citizens to leave iraq immediately and its military personnel has been put on high alert let's go live now to small to fulton who's standing by for us in baghdad hi there civil so this is a chance today for people to pay their respects. correct and the picture that we saw earlier were from the district of where the bodies had been taken initially to visit the shrine. which is one of the one of the holy shia in moms and just a few minutes ago the bodies of these 8 people who were killed in the strike including stolen my niece and my hundreds were taken in a pretty large convoy through the green zone they were allowed to enter supposedly according to one of the security guards guarding the green zone to be taken to the

other side of the tigris river discomfit was allowed to pass through it included 8 ambulances which board the bodies of those killed in addition to several other vehicles as well as buses full of supporters of the popular mobilization force and as of now we can see and hear crowds of mourners and supporters of the popular mobilization of forces were approaching one of the gates of the green zone it remains to be seen whether security forces will allow these crowds to march through across to the other side if they are allowed to march through it means that they will be passing very close to the u.s. embassy they would be marching across the july 14th street and across the july 14th bridge to the other side of the river but there is a point that is extremely close to the u.s. embassy only at 3 or 400 meters away so the potential for these mourners

and supporters to be diverted into once again try to lay siege to the u.s. embassy is a possibility and simona parliament is expected to make some decisions and meet on sunday up but correct parliament is due to have an emergency session on sunday in response to caretaker prime minister of the of the of this state. meant to take measures to quote preserve iraq's dignity and security it remains to be seen what what will be discussed and whether there will actually be any decision taken what appears clear is that there are increasing calls for the full withdrawal of foreign troops including u.s. troops from iraq and there is a chance that parliament will try to take steps to initiate their departure it is unclear how exactly the procedure for that would on fall normally according to the constitution is the executive branch which means the prime minister's office that

has to table a bill which then parliament votes on but that has not happened so the question is can parliament basically decide to a no the agreement between the u.s. and iraq that basically provides the framework for the presence of the u.s. troops here simona fulton there joining us live from those funeral processions in baghdad simona funky well qatar's foreign minister is heading to the iranian capital for talks of the gulf state urges all parties to exercise restraint dosage of ari joins us live now from tehran hi there dore so a day on from these killings what what is what's the mood. while things are certainly very tense there is a lot of anger and frustration and i think the qatari foreign minister's visit is the 1st official of its kind and the we just spoken to the foreign ministry here

and they're expecting the qatari foreign minister to meet his iranian counterpart know how much of out serif and we will leave this meeting is to express qatar's concerns about the rising tensions in this region following the assassination of us himself and money we are we have heard from the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who appeared on state television late last night and he explained iran's actions and what they were going to do when it came to holding the united states accountable on the international community to draw me in have to. 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. dosa can you tell us more about the funeral arrangements that will see in the coming days in iran. yes

there's been a 3 day mourning period the cleared by the supreme leader so that continues today in the understand of the body of us and so the money will come back to iran at some point on sunday where it will go to the holy city of russia where people will pay their respects to him there after that the body will come to teheran where there will be a funeral service prayer that will be carried out by the supreme leader himself on university then the body will travel to his home town of kerem on city improv and province in central iran where his body will be laid to rest according to his own wishes that is where he wanted to be buried all this comes as we've seen the supreme leader paying give visit to his family as the iranian president hassan rouhani early on saturday morning that is where the president said that this crime by the united states will not go unpunished he reassured the sewing on his family

that iran will respond maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but the response that iran will have for the united states will continue for years to come he said he was not just the military commander he was so much more he was a politician he was the strategist that is why his death is being so heavily weighed on the conscience of the iranian public and the nation so the mourning period continues and we expect his funeral to be a very very large event here to a sense of are there joining us live with the latest from tehran dorsett thank you so in the u.s. reaction to sort of mani's assassination has been split along party lines republicans so are praising double jumps actions while rival democrats are questioning why the president didn't consult congress before approving the strike how do you have reports from washington d.c. . president donald trump tried to justify his decision to order the killing of iranian revolutionary guard commander qassam sulaimani by claiming the money 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 'd of american service people over 2 decades 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 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 is 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 but diplomatic editor james spaces in new york where some of been asking if the strike was in fact 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 and 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 will just go for further deescalation this is what we need know we need deescalation we need stability in the region and we would really encourage everybody. to work for father this case is such

a violation in china's view of china. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has made our. position we are clear we are and paying close attention to this situation and me i can stay in the us so for me in forcing you to gnash no relations and the suffering and territorial integrity of iraq food 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 mean another war in the gulf. but when we return we'll take a look at some of the day stopping. by mining for cobol in democratic republic of congo comes at a high cost financial. and a cleanup begins in indonesia's capital after some of the worst flooding in this.

the weather still pretty quiet across the good parts of here bad biologic is on the mild side that's because we are continuing to drag in that from the atlantic so always a mild direction quite a cloudy direction having said that was a fair amount of class pushing into those western parts more thorough westerly winds starting to push in so they'll just bring the temperatures down a touch into those central areas but still getting at sixes and sevens not too bad at all moscow still on the mall side one celsius you must see a flake cool to the snow it's also some snow too down towards the southeast corner over the turkish mountains and some rather large the snow is continuing course at least in sort of the mediterranean cyprus could see somewhat by the thought of much of the made this fight and dry with some pleasant sunshine central areas we'll see some rain perhaps some snow just pushing out of that eastern side of germany its

opponents into austria 4th. time khwaja where the coming back in behind is at least having the effect those briscoe wins least having the effect of shifting the early morning fog that we've been seeing in recent days while up towards the northwest we've got some more wet and windy weather piling in across the northwest there of northern areas of scotland come down into northern parts of africa fine and dry but rather unsettled again the north and possibly egypt. the stories generate sounds these are headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison there's a me right stuff that the gate separate the spin from the facts the western media jumps on stories we don't get into the misinformation from the journalism it's about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground with the listening

post on al-jazeera. they're watching elegies iraq with the mind of our top stories this hour the formal funeral for the senior iranian commander qassam sort of money in a body album on this of the iran backed popular mobilization forces is underway in baghdad both member assassinated in the u.s. airstrike near the baghdad airport on friday u.s. president almost sean says he ordered the strike because solomonic was planning imminent attacks on american diplomats and military personnel in markets as foreign ministers heading to tehran for talks. one of the largest evacuations in

australia's history is underway are strong winds of hot weather worsen bushfires 2 people were killed when their car caught far on kangaroo island that's inside the strip another 21 people are still missing in the state of victoria tens of thousands of people are feeling at risk times in new south wales and victoria and defense force reservists have been called up well jessica washington is in batemans bay due south wales and has the very latest. georgie's had warned of extreme heat today on saturday in a stroller and strong winds that's a dangerous combination for crews on the ground and we can as you can see the wind really has just started to pick up and emergency warnings are in place across the south south coast of new south wales we're standing in the middle of what has become a makeshift evacuation center a resort here in batemans bay which is a holaday area has now become an evacuation center of course residents are very

fearful of what is to come the winds only pick you up now we're hearing that winds in some parts of new south wales are as fast as around 80 kilometers an hour they're expected to pick up speed so we are hearing that it will be a very long day for fire crews ahead well earlier we spoke to one man who fled to batemans bay alongside his family. we're not too sure about the conditions today but we've actually lost not because conditions were worsening and it was meant to be a very bleak day today so we made sure that we were in a safe zone and that's where we came here work to make sure our family my family and my kids were safe and is this seems to be the safest area at the moment so they've been warlord says his fight is now against a quote foreign occupier after turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya after us forces have laid siege to the capital tripoli since april libya's u.n. recognized government has asked turkish president rage of tired or doing for

support the e.u. u.s. and arab league have expressed concern about turkey's decision or shortly after huffed are made those comments civilian districts of tripoli were targeted with new air strikes within 20 walk it's hit the capital and at least one person was killed . meanwhile there's going concern about armed groups in there be abducting or arresting thousands of people leaving their families with no idea of their whereabouts one of the most high profile cases was the kidnapping of a human rights campaigner just a few months ago. explains 5 months after she was dragged away by masked gunmen in benghazi no one knows what's happened to see how upset again the prominent women's activist told a local t.v. channel the day before she was kidnapped that she was concerned about the warlord highly offensive to capture tripoli how is the most powerful men in is to libya and criticizing him is widely seen as

a red line even if it comes from someone like who's also a member of parliament. who by simply expressing her opinions even as a member of parliament who should enjoy legal rights to voice her opinion that was not tolerated she was not allowed to express his opinion when she voiced her opposition to the offensive in tripoli she paid a heavy price. he will rights violations in libya have increased over the last few years fighting between forces loyal to the tripoli based government and how to has killed and displaced thousands of people this is more than what it can band of an elite unit loyal to have. the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for feliz rust accusing him of being responsible for the deaths of dozens of civilians the request was ignored by half who instead promoted were fully.

activists blame the international community for failing to bring perpetrators of you rights violations to justice there are at least 3 states on the p 5 that are gene on the permanent seats of the u.n. security council that have been either hedging their bets on who would capture tripoli knowing full well that that would come at the expense of a lot of infrastructural damage and a lot of work crimes and these states including russia have essentially taken terms are actually very doing certain resolutions that would bring about a constructive and to this conflict. but the conflict shows no signs of abating troops loyal to have to. tripoli raising fears of more casualties and human rights abuses. possible about al-jazeera rescue workers in cambodia digging through rubble looking for survivors after a 7 story building collapse in the coastal province of kept thora to say workers

were pouring cement on the top floor when the building crumbled at least 7 people have died a building collapse last year which killed at least 30 people led to calls for safer conditions for cambodia's construction workers in the democratic republic of congo many children working in mines say they are physically and sexually abused they're forced to mind cobol to metal used to make telephones and computers now in a landmark lawsuit a nonprofit organization is accusing 5 of the world's largest tech companies of exploiting child labor and being complicit in the deaths of some metaxa has more. in the mining town of kuwait the dispersed and poor looking for cobalt it's a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from electric cars to phones and laptops. more than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of children are estimated to be used to dig for the toxic metal without protective clothing. they're here with their parents who

say the whole family has to work to survive. we are here because we are suffering we have nothing to eat therefore and mining companies won't give us jobs they are getting rich from almendras but. in a legal complaint the nonprofit organization international rights advocates accuses some of the world's largest to companies being involved in a system of forced child labor in congo the group says some children have died mining coal belt and others have been seriously injured. many are physically and sexually abused. their younger. it's hard to give exact number but. you can tell they have been abused by the change in their behavior. some aren't even 14 years old. doctors say the number of people getting sick is disturbing. many young boys and

girls coming in to us sometimes it's injuries from when the mines collapse sometimes it's sexually transmitted diseases people don't we are protected so in women we see birth defects and miscarriages from exposure to the middle. human rights with the say a lack of political will is partly to blame. but more on you would be there is a lack of leadership foreign companies get away with a lot of things sometimes they treat local communities on a fairly they get away with it because of corruption in this country if this changes then our people will get info from the resources. the government says is putting in place monitoring and tracking mechanisms to tackle the exploitation of children in mining but international business is using cobalt in the goods and a pressure to guarantee they're not using child labor how to al-jazeera.

the courts in turkey has arrested 5 people accused of helping a former nissen see your carlos corn field to lebanon a turkish private aircraft operator says its planes were used illegally in his escape from japan and filed a criminal complaint the company says one of its employees falsified documents to fly in and out of turkey golden fled talk for beirut through turkey despite living under strict conditions whilst awaiting trial for financial crimes. a shortage of medical equipment at a public hospital in the indian state of raw just stunned has been blamed for the deaths of nearly 1000 infants last year an investigation was launched after the death of 100 babies last month alone it also revealed hygiene conditions of the hospital were so poor the pigs were also living in the same compound. is in culture at the hospital where those deaths occurred. this mother has just heard of the news of the death of an infant her daughter was just 15 days old the doctors have

not yet told her the reason of her baby's death now there are many such families 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 the pile of garbage it's just been covered in front of our eyes have a look at this window this is right outside the mud on the 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 this suffering from septicemia pneumonia and to have low birth weight botched commission for child rights protection their officials are also

coming 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 half of the ventilator in this hospital meant for infants are not covered. 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 the increasing. a major cleanup is underway in indonesia's capital jakarta after some of the worst flooding and landslides for 2 decades more than 40 people have died and at least 180000 in this place it's highlighted the city's

increasing the inability as it continues to sink but in its 30000000 residents risk continue the latest. jakarta's commercial district is usually bustling with shoppers but for now it's mud and sludge not customers keeping store owners into to 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 tens of thousands have been displaced. the indonesian capital frequently floods but analysts say the city was ill prepared for a storm of this scale. the impact of this flood is bigger than the years before it's massive more people or a directory and in direct impact is households stores and companies all their assets are gone their houses destroyed and the 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's rivers have returned to normal but with more heavy rainfall

expected this month residents say the cleanup is far from over. al-jazeera. we can find out much more on our website the address is usually al-jazeera dot com . this is al-jazeera and these are current top stories the formal funeral for the senior iranian commodities and solomonic and i will not be on the high on this of the iran backed popular mobilization forces is underway in baghdad both men were assassinated in a u.s. airstrike near the baghdad airport on friday some of also has more for us from baghdad after this tour of the shrine. they will then be headed to another area of baghdad which is right across from the fortified green zone it's in fact exactly the same place where the funeral procession began for the

$27.00 fighters from the hezbollah brigades who were killed in sunday's strike on their position the question on everybody's mind now is whether this crowd will once again attempt to breach the fortified green zone and to march on the u.s. embassy which is exactly what happened on tuesday and wednesday. u.s. president donald trump said he ordered the strike because the money was planning imminent attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we welcome foreign minister is heading to tehran for talks one of the largest evacuations in australia's history is underway as strong winds and hot weather worsen bushfires to people were killed when their car caught fire on kangaroo island in south the strip another 20 want to still missing in the state of victoria tens of thousands of people are fleeing at times in new south wales and in victoria. they've been ward says his fight is now against a foreign occupier to turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya shortly

after halftime made those comments civilian districts of tripoli were targeted with new air strikes within 20 walk it's hit the capital and at least one person was killed rescue workers in cambodia are digging through rubble to try to find survivors after a 7 story building collapsed in the coastal province of cape at least 7 people have died of course in turkey has arrested 5 people accused of helping the former nissen see carlos golan lebanon from japan a turkish private aircraft operator says its planes were used illegally in his escape and filed a criminal complaint going landed in beirut after flying to turkey despite living under strict bail conditions whilst awaiting trial for financial crimes those are the headlines the news continues after listening post.

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