very good to bring the news to the world from here. this is al jazeera. i don't know if this is a live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes thousands of people attend a funeral procession in iraq for the targets of friday's u.s. air strikes in baghdad. there's anger in tehran over the assassination of iranian military commander can seem sort of money. then rise up against foreign occupation warlord heavy for have to call to libyans is turkish troops prepared to join the. new year's ministry how did reform and dissent see hope college gainfully japan and what does it mean for the challenges against it i'm joined again with the sports as

the u.s. men's football team counts for by middle east training camp the killing of cats and sum of money. we begin this hour in iraq where thousands have been attending a procession for those killed in friday's u.s.s. strikes targeting major general some sort of money the formal funeral is underway for the top iranian commander as well as. the deputy commander of the iran back pocket of my realization forces behind us will be buried in the back of monies but he will be flown to iran let's go straight to baghdad and you have a it is standing by as ahmed tell us what's the atmosphere like on the streets. well there is lots of anger but their mood is somber thousands of people have turned up on the streets of baghdad mourning the deaths of these 2 military

commanders. money of iran never met the hardest the 2nd in charge of popular mobilization forces we've been hearing chants and in the streets such as i'm on this your blood will not be spilt in vain people have been chanting that everyone's death has is going to come and there's a lot of chanting about revenge but so far the crowds in the thousands of remain peaceful this started off just outside of the green zone marching towards the judge from there the body will be flown to other holy shrines in to be blessed inside iraq and then custom so the money's body will be taken to iran for final burial procedures but so far we've heard from various groups of the have been represented at this funeral we've been hearing from various factions and their supporters on the streets the flags are the representative of various fighting groups that

constitute the popular mobilization forces. militia of dozens of groups which have been fighting against isis and who came together under the banner one of the most prominent flags has been cut time has for law this is the hezbollah brigade which was the target of u.s. airstrikes on the iraq syria border which sparked the latest crisis at the embassy and after that we saw taken a you do u.s. forces taking out a question to the money and a woman at the end behind this i imagine 100 who used to be the leader of hezbollah so he has a lot of support and there's been a lot of anger and statements in the last 24 hours have said everything from revenge is coming to this is going to be the end of u.s. presence in iraq so a lot of tension lot of anger amongst the crowds there what are the security measures that have been put in place. nick late last night we went out on the street and we saw more of a barrier is being placed there is the iraqi security forces have said that they

are making all sorts of arrangements to make sure that the crowd does not march to words the green zone all indications so far suggest that that is not the plan there has been very strict security many streets have been closed in baghdad 4 out of the 9 bridges over the tigris river remain closed also. the counterterrorism forces as well as the army have taken very small just to make sure that they have a more additional troops guarding the green zone to make sure that these mourners and protesters do not much to words there and there's been no indication that they intend to do so at the moment but it is like you said a very tense calm that's in the air in baghdad because everybody has been talking about rap a question everybody's been talking about retaliation and revenge and it really and have said that this it is going to come but it is going to come at their terms and at the time of their choosing so everybody is bracing themselves in iraq of we've

been hearing a lot of angry statements from various factions saying that they are ready to take the fight one military group actually saying that they are ready to fight the americans as well and that is something that we've heard from fighters on the ground as well that they're waiting for orders and if it is necessary if the iraqi government fails to push the americans off their soil they will take matters into their own hands or as our leave there for the moment is on a bridge over the baghdad. well thousands of iranians are denouncing united states for solomon is a nation gathering in cities and towns right across the country shouting death to the u.s. and calling for revenge hundreds of students of also gathered at the university of tehran a spokesman for the iranian armed forces has issued a statement and that says iran has the right to respond to the assassination of. money and our response will be strong if there is a war in the region the cause is the united states of america iran will avoid any

hasty response but it will retaliate for the assassination of soon money any us move off to the iranian response will face a more robust action that's an hour from who's in the iranian capital and has more reaction. we've just heard from the foreign ministry qatari foreign minister mohammad been up over funny is in the iranian capital and holding dialogue with his iranian counterpart one much about zarif we understand that this was a very last minute trip it is the 1st official visit from the qatari foreign minister at a very very critical time we believe that he will also be meeting with the iranian president hassan rouhani later on saturday these meetings come at a time when the international community is extremely concerned about how or iran will retaliate to the assassination of a major general us in some way money we've also been hearing from reigning president hassan rouhani who will sit at the family of the assassinated general

early on saturday morning into let's hear some of what he had to say. 'd that the americans do not realize what a big mistake they've made they will see the consequences of their mistake not only today but in the years to come this great men deserve not to be killed by an ordinary person or terrorist but to be mastered by the history's biggest terrorist in this general is martyred the holy some is put on alert in the entire region as well as some on his assassination is worsened already tense relations between the united states and iran the pentagon says it will deploy more than 3000 troops to the region in the u.s. reaction it's been splits along party lines republicans are praising donald trump's actions well why will democrats well they're questioning why the president did not consult congress before approving the strike how did your customer reports now from washington d.c. . president donald trump trying to justify his decision to order the killing of

iranian revolutionary guard commander qassam sulaimani by claiming the 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 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 a trump order 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 u.s. 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 sunni mani's 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 well it speaks a political he joins us live from washington d.c. as we've been discussing already relations between the u.s. and iran very for old spits where are they now. where are they now well they're if the possibly the worst possible place they've been in several decades and that is the big concern here in washington what we've seen is the pentagon taking the usual steps as we've seen this escalating back and forth with iran was accused of bombing. or oil facilities the u.s. sent ships into the region now we're being told the u.s. military sending another 3000 soldiers to the region probably to kuwait there were

to join the 650 that have already been sent there basically to be on standby this is part of the 82nd airborne the minute excuse me the immediate response force they're going to be in the region just in case because the big question now in washington and throughout the country is iran said that they're going to respond exactly how are they going to do that so the pentagon saying they're going to send these $3000.00 troops there just in case so they can be ready to respond if they need to let me more reports that the u.s. stopping the fight against anybody. we're trying to confirm that it's still pretty early here in the united states but we do have calls into centcom and the pentagon so we're not confirming that you have a nato has confirmed that they are temporarily suspending their operations in iraq all of this has. pretty logical if you think about it they're concerned that the america for the americans perspective that these soldiers will be easy targets so

if that's the case you don't want them out and about on patrol you want them in hardened areas within bases with different levels of perverse security so it would make sense that the u.s. would suspend operations of course the big question is if u.s. forces are going to be allowed to stay in iraq that would be politically a huge blow for the president here especially with members of congress within his own party the big question though is about the intelligence what exactly led to this well we know the secretary of state has said that this was an imminent attack that would have killed his words dozens or hundreds of americans so why does that matter well this is a really big deal this is assassinating a member of a foreign government in a 3rd party country so is that even legal well if that self-defense the u.s. can claim that it is in fact legal there's been a lot of questions about the intelligence i think that's where the story's going to move in the next couple of days we know that the full senate is going to be briefed on the intelligence as heidi mentioned democrats have already come out of some of

those briefings and said there's no there there or there's not enough for this sort of action to have been taken so that's going to be the big question the other thing is the legal justification within the united states that what we're seeing is the administration basically trying to backtrack here we saw a tweet from vice president mike pence he accused me of helping facilitate travel of 10 of the 12 hijackers in 911 a couple of problems with that there weren't 12 hijackers there were 19 and all of the investigations in the $911.00 report said that no around. did not necessarily knowingly help transport any of the hijackers so why would he be putting that out there when it's so demonstrably false and somewhat. easily proven to be false well if they can tie it to $911.00 then they can say that we were authorized to do this because congress authorized us to go after people who are associated with $911.00 so what you see is the administration really trying to backtrack and lay

out the case for why this was ok 1st of all ok 2nd of all legal and worth the potential consequences that's going to be the big question on capitol hill in the coming days certainly dimensions to this difficult and troubling situation thanks very much. plenty more ahead on the news hour including another state of emergency in southeastern australia where catastrophic bushfire conditions they're back. and the cleanup begins in indonesia's capital after some of the worst flooding in decades. and the l.a. lakers anthony davis goes to town against his former teammates in the n.b.a. joe will have more rights in sport. now than the libyan warlord who for have to assess his finances now against a foreign occupier to turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya have to us forces have been attacking the capital tripoli since april maybe as un recognized

governments os turkish president russia typo one for support the e.u. u.s. and the arab league have expressed concern about turkey's decision symbols ravi has the latest from the man who has for years led a parallel government in libya now calls on all libyans to rise up against what he described as a looming turkish invasion but i do and i don't know how the enemy has announced war he has advertised aggression and decided to invade our nation he bit just a watchful defended turkish people which had tied to us in brotherhood in islam must stand in the face of this deranged can elaborate who is leading his army into ruin noisy and i don't know much out of. we address so a speech to the whole arab world to its people and leaders to its youth and saying that a national war is being fueled by this to range tech assault on throughout the whole region targeting the at a bit tentative from its west to its east. khalifa haftar self declared

libyan national army has been fighting to take control of tripoli since april. more than 20 rockets hit civilian areas of tripoli shortly after his speech half stars backed by turkey's regional rivals saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates turkey is determined to support the un backed government defending the libyan capital turkey's parliament approved the deployment of troops to libya last week after the g.n.a.t. asked for military support but there are still no confirmed details on timing troop numbers or what role they'll take. in a statement the u.n. secretary general antonio terra's said he wants an immediate cease fire and a return to political dialogue by all parties but even the un backed government seems to have lost faith in the un's efforts on the ground one senior g.n.a.t. leader told libyan t.v. his government no longer relies on the u.n.

mission in tripoli zain. quote in tripoli al-jazeera is go ahead says people are afraid of further retaliate from have to forces. there is a state of panic state of anger among civilians especially in the vicinity of m a to get airport that's the area that was targeted by rockets launched by half to his forces that's according to the government of national accord and the transportation minister a government of national accord says that. 20 rockets landed in the vicinity and inside the airport of. killing one civilian and injuring get a number of other civilians the outcome of the recent attack is the asian hold at 80 get airports and also schools have have been suspended in. a neighborhood that is the area indivisible of. airports

this is not the 1st time this area has been hit by have to as forces it has been specially made to get airport has been hit dozens of times by have to his forces since the launch of the military campaign to cap the capture of tripoli back in april well let's talk now to the who's the editor of the current affairs magazine the international interest me joins us from london mr hamdi so the turkish decision certainly runs counter to have to interest what do you make of what he's been saying. i think have to made a freudian slip he's been saying for for the whole time that he's been trying to fight against government but the libyans are on his side by declaring now by stating now that libya should rise up against the turkish invasions it's an implicit admission that not all the libyans are siding with him and in fact what everybody has been saying that he's been backed by the sudanese generally

mercenaries are russian mercenaries u.a.e. air support egypt air support that is what has given her the strength in order to march on tripoli and that in fact the libyan parties are not happy with his offensive on tripoli hafter this is not the 1st time we've seen him complain about the turks you'll remember the beginning of the offensive about 8 months ago he took 6 turkish sailors a hostage and complain that turkish drones were restricting his advance into tripoli now with this potential incoming of turkish forces this has the ability to alter the dynamics completely in libya and restore sort of largest position of strength at the negotiating table because turkey doesn't want such a large to overtake to take over libya because they know that the militias don't necessarily support surge but now that such is in part due to go shifting table and given that the u.a.e. and egypt are not keen on an all out war with turkey in libya have to believe that his chances are running out and this is why we see these increasingly hostile statements towards turkey yet he makes this appeal across the arab world to what

degree does he receive support across the region. what is very interesting or from your support from your report the way it was said that arab league voiced concern with regards to the foreign intervention or implicitly implying to the turkish for intervention the arab league didn't actually agree with the regards to their position on libya algeria tunisia and other countries rejected egypt aim of outright condemning turkish intervention and in fact when we look at the arab states interventions in libya we see you egypt and saudi arabia on one side but we also see what that algeria tunisia on the other side although our journey into music claim to be neutral algeria does not want to have to take over tripoli because it believes that it will be targeted by the u.a.e. next the u.a.e. has been getting gold in somalia overthrew bashir in sudan it is involved heavily in a richer or it helped sisi come to power in egypt it's now trying to get have to in power in libya and tunisia algeria believe that the u.a.e.

will not stop in libya they will come after them as well so they are also against have to so what augusta the arab stance towards libya have to do is calling on this whole idea of this arab unity but in reality the arabs are not united at all on any issue in the middle east for that matter mr how do you how do you see this playing out. i think that we have to remember that sarah has his back to the wall if no force goes in to rescue him he will be defeated he will be done for and when he is done for all this talk about negotiations and diplomatic solutions goes out of the window instead the debate becomes very similar to egypt where a democratically elected president was overthrown we start talking about the strongman in libya and how we can establish stability and security and all those buzzwords of terrorism and migration turkey has to get to vote i think turkey will send troops i think they will rescue sort of irish i think have to will be pushed out of tripoli he will be forced a negotiating table so large will be forced in to go sheeting table e.u. will be very unhappy that such called attacks they will try to alter the face of

the government they will try to reduce and empower other factions after will continue to enjoy the support of the u.a.e. and france we will see a new government in tripoli that will follow through negotiations in short ironically turkish intervention will make the negotiations far more fruitful then follow negotiations the only concern i have going forward is russia and turkey will try to monopolize the negotiations and the e.u. france italy us will try to monopolize the negotiations the libyans are now will decide whose orbit they prefer but given that the e.u. and us abandon so large at his moment of need russia and turkey may well become the power brokers in libya and we may see a syria style process take place in libya whereby all the negotiations take place in a designated area by russia and turkey and the e.u. would lament that they did not back the internet she recognized government and they sat and watched and supported have to as he marched on tripoli ensuring you'll be faster then you see how it all pans out somehow thanks a lot. china has replaced as top representative in hong kong as social unrest in

the city enters its 7th month state media say the head of beijing's liaison office that's where you've been has been removed it is the 1st major reshuffle since the protests began deserves florens louis has more and why beijing's liaison office is so important. it's supposed to promote communication between china and hong kong it's effectively a bridge between mainland china and hong kong and it promotes and coordinates probation candidates now it has sometimes been accused of overstepping its jurisdiction just as an example in the 2004 legislative council elections and the malays own office was accused of mobilizing members of the interest groups and housing associations to support the pro establishments party and since 2010 the liaison office has often been a target for pro-democracy protesters now as to what sort of practical impact

it will have on hong kong politically it might be a little bit truth soon to tell we don't really know yet whether the signals that china is going to adopt a more hardline stance when it comes to its treatment of the anti government protests in hong kong but what's interesting to note is the timing now the this reshuffle the 1st major reshuffle since the protests began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after probation candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it's interesting for is really that well let's speak now to joseph jenkins retired professor of political science at city university of hong kong also a political activist joins us on start from hong kong and welcome to the program.

the most senior mainland official in hong kong now he's gone what do you make of it . this is gender being interpreted as a puppet acknowledgment of the favor of the fund 9 officials running a james hong kong policy when openly advocated the cross of cooperation between the central asian office and the hong kong government and he were most responsible for running the party machinery in hong kong as well as the difference in hong kong and default he had to assume responsibility for the city if he of the probating united front in their district council you know actions in november last year when all the public gaze sort of jump in there but the public face of all this chief executive kerry lamb remains in office we don't know because the other 2 officials response of the hong kong policy naturally was it is kerry lamb

the t.v. executive of the income government as well as chancellor meaning the hit of the hong kong and macau affairs office is at the stage console so we do not know whether winds example would also apply to kerry land and jam as well as perhaps to our carrier and. secretary. teves her that if you say in a status even not know of the implications yet and again we don't see any indications that maybe beijing need a softer in its hind bind policy adopted what's hong kong so far a replacement has been named in lieu we need what will he bring to the situation in hong kong do you think. again he is very much a mystery he she comes from outside the hong kong policy arena

the set up she was a party secretary into high and son see a western and a central governments in santa last month he was appointed vice chairman of the finance at the economic committee of the national people's congress meaning that he is retiring into a 2nd 9 position because he is 65 years of age so it is generally in interpreter again that he may be a temporary appointment because upon newsome 21 because of his age there's a big job to clear out this mess isn't it they've all been accused of seriously misjudging the situation in the home caught up in the. obviously. end of calls the siege in picking is looking for a culprit and various no doubt and these officials who'll have been responsible for hong kong affairs have been. thought to be wrongly interpreted

gain the whole concentration to get chinese leadership and probably making the wrong policy recommendations and their removal certainly who. will reveal surrender and dissatisfaction on the power of the people won't come but we don't know whether this mean a softening of the gens approach to hong kong and the good very good indication maybe the weather the caravan ministration this will set up an independent commission of inquiry and she has refused to do so up to today judge of china really appreciate your perspective on this thanks very much thank you. or let's get straight on to the weather evidence danny by thanks nick we got to suddenly bust a moving across the southeast of australia and i ask you more that is well i'll tell you what that is we got this area cloud sweepings for the southeastern corner and it's desperately trying to make a change for the better southerly buster that's when the winds swing around through

such a southerly direction busting that heat that we've seen in place across the southeastern corner it does mean we're going to see cooler wetter weather coming through but also some windy a weather up towards the northwest is an irony for you up towards the northwest we may well see developing topical sidetone pushing through sunday into monday into the northwest of australia that could bring flooding rains across the other side of the country where we do need the rain down into that southeastern corner we have got some bits and pieces of useful rainfall moving across south australia and on into victoria so if you take a closer look at victoria we can see. cloud just making its way out of south south australia towards that western side of victoria the camper 25 celsius in the heat of the day today we got to 44 degrees or to stay on record heat is well and truly broken you can see how the winds are pushing in from that direction dragging those temperatures down top tempering cambra around 27 celsius there on sunday similar

values to go on into monday a welcome rain making its way into the southeast nick yes some better news a lot straight ahead and thanks very much indeed. still ahead here on al-jazeera with dreams of a better life we meet some of the hundreds of migrant children now desperate and freezing on the streets of paris. why mining for coal balt democratic republic of congo comes at a high cost for many. but we could all start to change things. every morning footballers tackle a mental health jail we'll have the details and support. for the new magic jack outright survival is about reaching their destination if we don't hurry will never be able to get the top up in the storm we follow the mongolian herdsmen on a treacherous migration. dangerous the ice and then as they strive to preserve

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that again you watch out 0 i remind of our top stories this hour the a formal funeral for top iranian come on a custom seller money and who might be behind this of the iran back pocket of my visit maybe like zation forces is underway in baghdad both men were assassinated in a u.s. airstrike near the baghdad airport on friday. in iran thousands of people across the country including several 100 students at the university of tehran denounce united states for saddam on his assassination many are shouting death to the u.s. and calling for revenge. warlord helli for have to his call on libyans to rise up against a foreign invasion itself to turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya to help the internationally recognized government protect the capital from have to force its. about now to our top story the killing of custom sort of money by the

united states we spoke to roger shanahan a research fellow at the institute for international policy and he says his death is likely to bring a political upheaval to iraq. trump foreign policy in the middle east it's relatively incoherent and reactionary rather than the result of well thought out strategic intent but i think what we're saying in terms of military sponsors in the short term is a change in the rules of the game and we saw that after the death of the u.s. military contractor. against the attack on the attack against the u.s. and iraq and we saw a quite distortion response from the u.s. talking 5 militia targets killing up to 30 people in police of iranians and now we say this response as well so i don't think that we can i did use a long term strategic change other than there's a change to the rules of the guy in the stand up to train the u.s.

and iran yes i mean it you know i doubt that you can do something of this magnitude next day. you know the playing field to study the same i think for the next few weeks and perhaps couple of months while both sides are taking stock of exactly what's happened and trying to chart the next 2 to think is going to pick a period of fair political and security and certainty in iraq particularly in the broader region but more perspective now from iraqi rights from journalists because ali he told us about the reaction from baghdad where mourners mullets for those killed in the u.s.s. strikes. barry i'm going to be able to go there or don they feel they were not to the stage make a very big mistake they believe authored all they are our ability were in the call to leader iraqi leader on and therefore in the case where it goes on our government

on iraq the soil so that they feel very are nearly on they did mind their brother money. issue addition to leave all foreign forces a form. birdy their interest saying if they are not in the states or b. this action on iraqi forces when the hockey. me upright thing i says the united states army. mistakes talks. about $46.00 times on this star and they attack and rocky off we shall forces it all card without giving any result of all acceptable reason now than a lawyer for the foreman misson boss call us gone says he feels betrayed by the japanese justice system gone fled to japan this week claiming he was avoiding political persecution and allegations of financial misconduct more details are

emerging about guns a dramatic escape as alexia brought in now reports this house in beirut is where column is believed to be holed up now i get one of the world's most famous fugitives sort by police in japan and taking the subject of an interpol red notice and a global b.d. a frenzy. his escape has embarrassed authorities in japan where gun had lived under house arrest and strict bail conditions including a ban on overseas travel. media reports say the surveillance cameras show him simply walking out of his tokyo home on sunday he didn't return he knows that at the end of the year japan enters new years which is probably the most important holiday season here so that there will be very few people watching him so he was going to escape this was the time. and he had to sort of preparing taking lessons in the martial arts and being

a physical trainer so he was ready to run. the former head of the. making alliance and a giant in the global auto industry he was 1st arrested in $28.00 he was facing trial on charges of financial misconduct allegations he's repeatedly denied. his escape spanned 3 continents and plenty of mystery gone contains he was fleeing political persecution of a turkish company it says going to a charter flight from osaka to istanbul and another from there to his childhood home by rote. it's understood that there's an interest in lebanon after a transit through turkey from japan the following is very important it is understood that there was a transfer in the cargo department at the airport in istanbul for says an employee falsified flight records name didn't appear 5 people have been arrested and take

a accused of human trafficking. going has tried before to evade attention by dressing as a workman when leaving custody and match and his blog lawyer to kashi to kano seen here with the v. it says he felt betrayed by carlos going to skype but not by going himself instead the japanese legal system had been bad from seeing his wife and want to qana called a violation of human rights and another lawyer was being spied on gone as promising to tell his side of the story this week alexia brian al jazeera. to australia now and firefighters are bracing for a difficult night says hot and windy conditions continue to spread bushfires. nearly 155 burning in new south wales and dozen of which are out of control in south australia 2 people are confirmed dead after their. own kind ruined and dozens more properties have been destroyed in several states in victoria at least

a 1000000 hectares of bushland has been burned and 6 people are missing tens of thousands of people have fled the worst affected areas in the southeast where the state's leader says firefighters are facing challenging conditions the 40 temperatures plus the wind gusts may not only is the situation exacerbated now but it also means that when the subway does come in that chinese where there will exacerbate existing conditions we are in for a long notch when it's from jessica washington who's in one of the worst hit areas of australia's south east coast many parts of australia have been devastated by this year's bushfire season this south coast of new south wales is just one of them which has been hit incredibly hard if you take a look at these trees you can see that many of them have been absolutely blackened and most of them at the roots that means that they are a risk to the residents here the residents in this community of milou of they do face a difficult prospect of rebuilding their community streets like this one are not

uncommon in this community row after row of houses completely destroyed it's a very difficult to imagine what these residents must be going through this bushfire season has already claimed dozens of lives hundreds of homes and some scientists estimate that around half a 1000000000 animals have died as a result but the full cost is all warning that the crisis is far from over this year's bushfire season began unusually early and it will be at least a few weeks' time before there is enough rain to bring it to an end. the ongoing violence in libya has seen thousands of people displaced is now growing concern about armed groups abducting or arresting people leaving their families with no idea of their whereabouts one of the most high profile cases was the kidnapping of a human rights campaign a few months ago. as the details 5 months after she was dragged away by masked gunmen in benghazi no one knows what's happened to see hampstead 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 offensive to capture tripoli how-to is the most powerful man in eastern 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 opinion 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 her. the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for feliz a rast accusing him of being responsible for the deaths of dozens of civilians the request was ignored by half point stad promoted worthily. activists blame the international community for failing to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice but there are at least 3 states on the p. 5 are hedging on the permanent seats of the on 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 war crimes and these states including russia have essentially taken terms i actually be doing certain resolutions that would bring about a constructive and to this conflict. but the conflict shows no signs of abating

troops loyal to how to. tripoli raising fears of more casualties and human rights abuses. about al-jazeera. we'll move on to indonesia where tens of thousands of people remain stranded in emergency shelters as some of the worst floods and landslides in years devastate entire communities the death toll stands at 53 but it's expected to rise and there's more rain on the way has us. from the air the true extent of these floods and landslides can be seen these helicopter is on its way to the region of la back where dozens of people were buried and communities cut off. medical aid and food supplies are being flown out to the 10s of thousands of people who have lost their homes or simply can't get back to them. monsoon rains that started on

new year's eve have unleashed the biggest splash floods in the region in a decade rescue was a finding more bodies and emergency shelters a feeling up. in the capital jakarta this sports hall has been turned into a temporary home but it can only hold a few 100 people. at least 170000 across the city need shelter. but i've got to get more on this guy he deceived us with children who looked very sad when they arrived they are traumatized seeing the floods their parents delicate . in areas people can return to a cleanup is underway but it's a major challenge in time as suburbs are submerged some places on 19 feet under water with more rain on the way the government has become seeding clouds the process of pumping certain chemicals into the air in an attempt to prevent trying

across flood affected areas hit. by. the peak of the rainy season is in february and march so we're still facing possible floods we're now modifying weather so the rain won't fall in the cities for the people whose houses are flooded we hope they'll stay in refugee compounds so we can monitor their health and reduce possible disease the hope is that floodwaters recede before the next rains arrive nicola gage al-jazeera hundreds of migrant children and teenagers a sleeping on the streets of paris many of them as winter temperatures plummets activists are urging the french government to do more to help but the reports now from paris. it's a cold night in paris and these young children and their families are spending it outside most people here are asylum seekers who say they fled violence and poverty for a better life in europe but few imagine that they'd end up on the street relying on

charities for survival the 6 year old girl is from iran her and says they've been homeless for months. we have so many problems we want to send her to school but we can't as we don't have a home for these children and their mother who didn't wish to be identified from the democratic republic of congo but was still jealous lover i don't know what to do my children are 5 and 8 years old i want them to go to school it's so painful for me to see others go but my live in the street a mere is one of a group of volunteers helping the families he understands them better than most the kurdish refugees here arrived in france 2 years ago as a teenager and was homeless i was very rich my father has factory. city teacher she write your books. come to your is really shop. back in the north of the city has rows of tents and makeshift shelters are crammed along the ring road campaigners say that hundreds of children and teenagers are

sleeping on the streets of paris often in appalling conditions like this and what activists say is that the french government is flouting international rules by failing to protect minors under french law all minors should be protected by the state but at this charity's day center staff say many young people sleep outdoors for months waiting for a judge to formally recognize their age there are many. not. search . from help from the state and they are basically back in the street. after more than a year a judge has finally ruled that this afghan teenager ahmed is a minor now i. could live in princeton be. because the french government says it wants to crack down on illegal immigration and has

tightened its laws but the authorities tougher approach seems to deny basic human rights to some of the most vulnerable natascha al jazeera paris. police in chile have used water cannon and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital sense yaga demonstrations of been going on since october on monday chile's president announced the referendum on constitutional reform would be held on april the 26th that is one of the main demands of the protest movement that began over a rail for crisis. at least 65 people have died in recent tribal violence in sudan's west africa region disputes between ethnic groups have seen homes burned and thousands of civilians displaced according to un peacekeepers diverge sudan's government to restore peace and bring its perpetrators to justice in democrat or republican congo many children working in mines say they're physically and sexually abused forced to mind cobalt metal used to make everything from batteries to mobile

phones now and the landmark lawsuit a nonprofit organization is accusing 5 of the world's largest tech companies exploiting child labor. has more. in the mining town of 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 are 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. poor. illegal complaint the nonprofit organization international rights advocates accuses some of the world's largest

companies of 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. doc to 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 have protective clothing so in women we see birth defects and miscarriages from exposure to the middle. human rights workers say a lack of political will is partly to blame. there is

a lack of leadership foreign companies get away with a lot of things sometimes they treat local communities unfairly they get away with it of corruption in this country if this changed then our people will gain 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 easing child labor. always look at sports come and the us football team consuls a trip to the gulf after the killing of custom sort of money joe we'll have more shortly. for the nomadic jock outright survival is about reaching their destination if we

don't carry on never be able to get the temp up in the storm we follow the mongolian herdsmen on a treacherous migration. to trace dangerous the ice and then as they strive to preserve their traditional way of life illegitimate sometimes luser cattle there with the cold war because of the storm risking it all mongolia on al-jazeera. when the news breaks and the moment today the current government has lost the trust of the people they can't do anything because the protestors are against it when people to places like working in represent the law for sure for opponents of rex it's drawing from the conservative al-jazeera has teams on the ground right now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring. documentaries and nightly on and on line.

or. we're going to own the sport now is just nick thank you well the u.s. men's football team has canceled an upcoming training trip to the middle east following the u.s. airstrike that killed iranian general custom samani the team had been due to begin a 2 week campaign cats on sunday say they'll stay home due to quote the developing situation in the region iran has promised harsh retaliation for some of monies killing spanish champions barcelona will be in saudi arabia next week to take part in the spanish super cup with 3 of the teams but 1st up for vassar is the catalan darby on saturday but league leaders travel across town to espanyol who by contrast are bottom of the leak barcelona have their own troubles lawyers representing their

chilean star 2 of our tour of adele have filed a complaint claiming unpaid bonuses of $2600000.00. but after listen. i suppose from time to time there will always be contractual differences when it comes to money it depends on how contracts were made and i suppose it will come to a solution. as for how this could affect our daily work i know auto everything is ok he trains and plays as usual i don't foresee any problem just export slow mistry cuz lots of neighbor have it she scored on his return to another of his former tubs ac milan the 38 year old swede easing his way back into the team in a 9 mil friendly way and over a denser he's on a bit of a rescue mission as well with milan 11 in syria. holders munches city and leicester are among the teams playing in the 3rd round of the english f.a. cup on saturday all the matches are kicking off

a minute late as the football association rolls out a new mental health campaign shown on screens in stadiums up and down the country moments even little things. start to change things featuring in new football stars in the rated by britain's prince william the ad is trying to break down the stigma around mental health particularly men encouraging them to take a minute to support themselves just as they do the teams. his big summer signing anthony davis has been showing no bursey towards his old team the new orleans pelicans davis had a 40 point game against his former teammates for the 2nd time this season. the pelicans number one draft pick resigned williamson just a spectator though as he awaits his n.b.a. debut because of injury meanwhile davis' partnership with the bron james has been blossoming brown setting up davis who ended the game with 46 points and the lakers

123-2113 victory they stayed top of the question standings most and celtics came back from 18 points down to beat the league's worst team the atlanta hawks learned to have a chance to win it but daniel tice towered over troy trey young to block the 3 pointer austin a 2nd viral wilkie in the u.s. . up and coming back and monosyllabic shayna scored his 1st double century for australia he helped into a total of 454 in the 2nd day of the final much from new zealand in sydney shane has a huge average of $119.00 so far in the australian test summer the kiwis were $63.00 without loss a close in cape town south africa's dean eldar is closing in on a century against england the tourists were bowled out for $269.00. and if playoffs began on saturday with the wild card games defending champions the new england patriots have to play in this round for the 1st time in 10 years quarterback tom brady will lead them against tennessee on saturday after failing to

secure a boy when they lost to miami last week. and he is the 4 wildcard lineup the winners will find the baltimore ravens san francisco $49.00 is green bay packers and kansas city chiefs waiting for them in the next round meanwhile the detroit red wings a bottom of their division in the n.h.l. i won't take any halt at all from their latest performance they were one nothing up before a series of errors gifted goals to the dallas stars detroit scramble to find a 4th but no matter how many bodies they threw in front of it the pot found its way into them tina it's. all right that's a yes but for now will have will feel a little bit later nick. thanks very much indeed that is it for this news out there to get our web sites the dress of course for that is al jazeera dot com it's a media welcoming us news outing as it i'll be back in a couple minutes with more the day's news the latest of the funeral procession for us or is it.

more than 7 decades ago a country was split in 2 we believe that it did anything and now at the time. they all it took was a plan a man and a collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled 72 had never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violence of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders of blood. does not seem. a compelling film about getting an education under occupation and. that is one student of that that looked at it asked us if you don't feel sick you want them to come frankly if we don't feel secure but we come. but what

happened after the cameras laughed. and learning to die on al-jazeera. for centuries it was the remoteness of brazil's indigenous communities the protected them from the rapacious outside walls now it's what shields those who are encroaching on protected indigenous territory starting fires and threatening the residents of the county when i had this 1st contact with the outside walls in 1978 and what are you. talking honey 2000 which translated for us into portuguese remembers it well she says they brought diseases that decimated the community got a couple years we had a lot of land and we lived peacefully we lived with fear that are very few of us the invaders are coming closer it's difficult of us to gauge why a place so remote so tranquil should not so so munch to the rest of the walls the indigenous people who live here always realised it but now as the smoke fills the

skies and the ashes pollute the river the rest of the world is beginning to realise it's too. thousands of people attend a funeral procession in iraq for the targets of friday's u.s.s. strikes in baghdad. ironically this is out there a line from doha also coming up in the program his reign of terror is over donald trump defends his decision to kill and soleimani saying he acted to stop a war with iran not stop one. rise up against foreign occupation warlord holy for have to school to maybe and just.