a geo economic topics of the year for the most important election in the free world we are asked if the world can come together to turn global warming inequality a globalized. culture of the cost on al-jazeera. reports of multiple attacks across iraq as diplomatic efforts are under way with iran's leaders to try to resolve the crisis one in iraq thousands attend the funeral procession for the iranian military chief and all those killed in friday's u.s. air strikes on baghdad. on our intended this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. fighters in australia brace themselves for another difficult night as hot and windy conditions continue to fuel widespread bushfires. and the high cost to children of paying to

mine cobalt in the democratic republic of congo we have a special report. and i will begin in iraq where reports are coming in of multiple attacks across the country just a day after the assassination of one of iran's top commanders a same sort of money as his funeral took place in baghdad iraq's prime minister declared 3 days of national mourning to mark his death they just violence comes as diplomatic efforts are underway to try to resolve the growing crisis cost us foreign minister had been there when i funny as met the iranian president hassan rouhani in tehran he's called for a peaceful solution or some binge of aid is live for us in baghdad and some of what more can you tell us about the latest attacks we're hearing. well in the last few hours the silence that we saw and come in baghdad has been broken by multiple

attacks that are predictable that have landed in the green zone in at least one of the neighborhood but there's been no material damage so far we've heard from iraqi security forces confirming that these projectiles have landed in the fortified green zone in the just the rear neighborhood as well as one more attack and balad air base in provence in crete so we've heard all of these reports but none of these have hit any are targets of significance or caused any injuries or casualties but it goes to sure that there's a lot of tension in the air in baghdad and around iraq in general where as many groups who have been calling for the venue calling for the iraqi government to respond in kind to these attacks that took place when customs their money as well as a mehdi and behind this you have to realize that in iraq that the death of a maybe

a one this probably is bigger because he was the leader of the popular mobilization forces imbroglio group of various fighting factions here in iraq so a number of these attacks have taken place and we've heard previously as well about these attacks in the nights after the incident but we have not had any confirmation so far about who was behind these attacks and whether. the targets were hit were actually intended by the attackers so we've been hearing more reports from iraqi security forces about the possibility of this on high alert there has also been. more reinforcements that have been called in by the iraqi security forces i seem to have lost the connection with you lauren we'll try and reconnect. in the meantime let's listen to some of the generated support that he filed. oh they turned up in their thousands

angry and somber for the killing of their leaders by the united states. chanting and the u.s. slogans the protesters included families of the supporters of iran backed fighters in iraq. god willing the resistance to defeat their merican will continue and this gathering is a response to american attacks on meters and victory is coming. at the funeral of. this represent the various fighting groups which constitute the popular mobilization forces iraqis see the assassinations as a violation of their sovereignty and of the rules of engagement by u.s. forces individuals the u.s. has called terrorists and public enemies are heroes to many in iraq that's why the current and former prime ministers came to pay their respects the leader of the popular mobilization forces who is also the national security adviser also walked with the procession. america's tyranny will fade as it exceeds its limits with our

again as we demand the iraqi government and parliament legislate to make iraq stronger with the popular mobilization forces the army and its people on sunday we want good news from parliament no procrastination and no delay we must get rid of dirty forces standing on iraqi chests. the banners of hezbollah brigades are prominent the u.s. state department has declared the shia group a terrorist organization its fighters were recently targeted by the u.s. on the iraq syria border and that was the reason cited by groups for attacking the us embassy compound in baghdad. this was the brigades former leader because we lost commanders of the hotshot who liberated iraq and liberated provinces occupied by eisel iraq force on behalf of all the world this violation has all iraqi people angry and condemning the crime. the bodies of the leaders traveled from holy.

shrines in baghdad to karbala and najaf where hundreds will be buried while still money is very little to take place in iran receiving messages of support for iraq's sovereignty president has spoken to world leaders including the turkish and french presidents they agreed on taking measures to prevent iraq from becoming a battleground for other countries to settle their scores and beason commanders of groups in-depth i sincerely money could achieve the victory he wanted to expel u.s. troops from iraq the parliament's extraordinary session is already under mounting public pressure to legislate against the presence of u.s. forces in iraq but with a weak interim government with limited legislative powers the government is likely to not meet those expectations. with out of there or back that anderson joins us again so that all this is happening as diplomatic effort says spearheaded by cats are underway to try to ease the crisis tell us about the. yes lauren as you heard

there's been kind of phone calls between the iraqi president and world leaders as well as word leaders trying to deescalate tension in the region calling on iran and this is being spearheaded by the attorney for mr who was in the iranian capital meeting the iranian president as well as foreign ministry counterpart the message seems to be that yes this is happening but it should not lead to words or something that the united states has been saying as well that they have taken this step to deescalate tensions they do not want to go to war with iran but iran has been insisting that an act of war can only be met with another act of war so the qatari foreign minister was there there's also been contact between iranian allies such as russia and russia agrees with iran that this attack was a grave violation of international norms and laws and that there has been messages to try and make sure that this does not get out of hand and does not involve the

whole region into yet another war some of injuries thank you very much indeed let's get more on the less developments in the u.s. back to. the pentagon in washington d.c. but you're hearing that thousands of u.s. troops are being sent to the region. yep another $3000.00 u.s. troops the pentagon announced that they would be on their way some are already on their way we video of the members of the 82nd airborne this is the immediate response force so about $3000.00 will be heading out of the next couple of days or to join the more than $600.00 that were sent in when the tensions really started to ramp up with iran this is really par for the course for the u.s. whenever there's what the u.s. perceives to be an action that iran has taken such as mining of an oil tanker bombing the saudi oil fields the u.s. planes that iran they send in troops to send a message so the big question right now of course on everyone's mind is if iran strikes back what is it going to look like where is it going to happen and so what

the pentagon is saying is these $3000.00 plus troops will probably just stay in kuwait they think it's a probably be a 60 day deployed but it could be extended and they'll be there in case u.s. assets comes under attack these soldiers are specially trained to be able to deploy quickly to parachute in to back up any securities security that might be under fire from any direction so that's the pentagon study the statement that they don't know how they'll respond but they're have an additional $3000.00 troops to jump in if needed. thank you very much indeed. iranian president has warned that the us will pay for years to come for assassinating its most revered military commander across iran there be an emotional scenes as the nation it's farewell to some sort of mini it wasn't just held in high esteem iran's leaders but also by much of the population. a friend for more than 30 years and one of his biggest supporters supreme leader

ayatollah ali khamenei pace his respects to the family of major general hossam salim money and the commander in chief of iran's armed forces offered some words of comfort to sell him on his widow you've got to be there surely he faced death a 100 times korean got his duties but he was killed to hear nothing i hope god gives him a higher place in the other war he was eager to martyrdom the supreme leader told the generals daughter how the entire nation appreciated all her father did for his country. a sentiment echoed by president hassan rouhani who also had a strong message for the united states. 'd this great men deserve not to be killed by any ordinary person or terrorist but to be killed by history's biggest terrorist when this general died the whole u.s. army is put on alert and the entire region of the country is now officially in mourning on the streets of the capital on saturday iran prepares to say goodbye to

one of its most important figures. major general hossam so i knew that image is now in full this way across there on people here credit the safety and security that they enjoy to have horses managed to keep groups such as i saw. no one. people here are demanding. i've only seen him on t.v. but i feel like i've lost my father the iranian revolutionary guard corps and the army have to take their revenge our hearts are hurting i express our condolences to his family. and supremely just said the era of hit and run is done we'll get a crushing response is the blood of losses that have kept this country going i can't believe it's gone so i cannot bear. major general salim money was the head of the elite schools force of iran's revolutionary guards which runs iran's military

and clandestine operations abroad the united states said it was responsible for the campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya rain and turkey essential in money rarely appeared in public but videos of his military activities added to his status cards joined a photo another but training him as a man who was not afraid of anything so the money survived many attacks on his life but it would be in iraq where armed groups trained by his courts force killed hundreds of americans that the united states and that his reign at the age of 62 door such a pari al-jazeera to iran. more still to come including indonesia is suffering from its worst flooding in a decade with a situation expected to get worse before it gets better. or honey for have to cause and only be ns to take up arms to turkey in favor of sending troops to tripoli.

hello the fighting cooperation across much of your the stand your cloud around some fog in the morning hours but for the most pause it is staying mild and fairly clear and i was look at the system through the eastern end of the med but nowhere near strong certainly on sunday want to showers working their way across greece pushing on to turkey and we have got some areas a snow as well across much of the balkans but really we're watching this system out across the northwest because this is beginning to work its way across towards you can slightly by monday pushes in through some strong winds as well as some very heavy amounts of rain that will push across into scotland and wales and western sections of england as we go through the day but really the bulk of europe certainly on monday it is a fine day temperatures on too bad even in london with that rain pushing in we've got 8 celsius 7 in paris 11 degrees in madrid but really it is

a very unsettled picture monday across much of that rain back in the fall call some strong gusty winds along coastal areas and some fairly widespread snow as well we've also got want to show these northern coastal areas of africa's as we go through sunday we could see if you are on tools tunisia and then really from sunday on into monday everything shifts of the east with so again a few more shots certainly through libya and egypt as we go through the day on monday. i love the work but it's a series of ceremony parties some feast we might know when they begin but not. in the camorra silence extravagant wedding service markers of social status but this lavish celebration. at the no one ever held this wedding ceremony people truly wild and its budget is also extraordinary the grand marriage on al-jazeera

world. or none of the top stories here are. reports are coming in of multiple attacks across iraq just a day after the assassination of one of iran's top commanders a same sort of money in the u.s. airstrike and they just violence comes as diplomatic efforts spearheaded by cutter are underway in iran to try to resolve the growing crisis. while in iraq thousands attend the funeral procession for custom sort of money as the iraqi prime minister declares 3 days of national mourning. the world hell if i have to

has called on all libyans to take up arms after turkey voted in favor of sending troops to tripoli support the un recognized government in the capital against have to as attempt to take the city the general said his country is facing what he's calling a colonizer send a strong report. 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 recall that i don't know how the enemy has announced war he has advertised aggression and decided to invade our nation just a watchful defended turkish people which had tied to us in brotherhood and islam must stand in the face of this deranged cannon laboratory who is leading his army into ruin north and i don't know much about to be a popular we had a speech to the whole arab world to its people and leaders to its youth and elderly saying that a national war is being fueled by this to raise to take

a sultana throughout the whole region targeting the arab identity from its west to its east. after 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 after is 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 this has the ability to alter the dynamics completely in libya and restore some ledges position of strength at the negotiating table and given that the u.a.e. and egypt are not key in 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 tekkie. 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. desirous of the head is at the scene of the airstrike and says residents are worried about further attacks. this density populated area in a neighborhood in the vicinity of i'm 80 good airport the only operational airport in the libyan capital tripoli was hit by rockets launched by forces loyal to the world for have to the transportation minister of the government of national accord said that this area was hit by 20 rockets into n.t.

4 hours one old man was killed several other civilians were wounded a child lost his eye there is a schools here and this area to get an education was suspended that schools in a airport a vision was also whole to in the in the aftermath of this attack there is also a hospital in the neighborhood they beat his hospital that was hit by a rocket launcher by have to us forces and the united nations support the mission in libya has expressed concern over indiscriminate shelling of residential areas people here are still living in a state of panic fear and anger and they say that in the aftermath of the attack some of them left their homes others try to keep inside fearing other possible and they say that as long as have to his forces are on the southern outskirts of tripoli then such attacks will most probably continue. fighters in australia

bracing for a difficult night as hot and windy weather continues to fuel our president and bushfires in 155 hours a burning in new south wales alone a dozen of which are out of control tens of thousands of people have fled the worst affected areas at least 23 people have been killed since the fall season began in september jessica washington reports. for these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling an unforgiving whether. the extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bushfires burn at emergency levels in 3 states in new south wales one local government minister described it as like an atomic bomb hitting the region fires already caused major devastation here on new year's eve they making

a frightening return with conditions even more unpredictable. citing a lot of. property. and. conditions the crisis is already astray longest recorded bushfire emergency and millions of hectic as of land has been burnt scientists estimate around half a 1000000000 wildlife have been killed in south australia on the popular tourist destination of kangaroo island 2 people died in a fire authorities said it was virtually unstoppable in malibu in the state of victoria where thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on a beach the sky turned a haunting shade of crimson as fire has ravaged the region. prime minister scott morrison has been criticised for being too slow to roll out a national response to the crisis but he finally announced an army reserves and 3

navy ships will be deployed to help. this bushfire season is far from over but it's caused so much devastation across australia in the southern part of new south wales it's not uncommon to see streets like this one with rows of houses completely decimated this holiday resort has become a makeshift home for many families forced to escape the fires the burkes don't know what they'll do now their house burnt down on new year's eve by the charm we were able to go through. we had been told on the way home that they also bring the possibility that our house was still there because fires surrounded it. and we're more finally able to get there yet the whole house was engulfed in flames there was nothing out of all of it. their entire extended family has now been evacuated and are waiting for things to return to normal with no significant rain forecast

for at least a few weeks that prospect is still very far away just to washington out 0 batemans bay a stray. in indonesia tens of thousands of people remain stranded in emergency shelters forced out of their homes by some of the worst floods and landslides in many years 53 people are so far confirmed dead and the total is expected to rise with rain forecast we're going to gauge reports. from the year the true extent of these floods and landslides can be seen these helicopter is on its way to the region of low 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 rescuers are finding more bodies and emergency shelters of filling 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. children who looked very sad with the right who are traumatized seeing the floods. in areas people can return to a cleanup is underway but it's a major challenge entire suburbs are submerged some places are 19 feet underwater 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 like the whole group is that flood waters recede before the next rains arrive mykola gauge al-jazeera china has replaced its top representative in hong kong as protests there are about to enter an 8 month state media says the head of beijing's liaison office one regime in has been removed it's the 1st major reshuffle since the mass protests began in early june demonstrations against chinese influence in hong kong frequently turn violent urges or as far as louis has more on why beijing is years in office is 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

probating candidates now it has sometimes been accused of overstepping its jurisdiction just as an example in the 2004 legislative council elections believes on 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 too 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 because major reshuffle since the protests began 7 months ago comes 6

weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too food 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. 5 of the world's biggest tech giants are being sued by a human rights group on behalf of the families of children killed or injured while mining in the democratic republic of congo international rights advocates accuses apple google microsoft dell and tesla of knowing the cobalt used in their products could be linked to child labor permit us or courts. in the mining town of kuwait the dispersed and poor are 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 our main roads but who are. in a legal complaint the nonprofit organization international rights advocates accuses some of the world's largest to 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 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 be a protective clothing and 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 because of corruption in this country this changed then our people will get 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 how to al-jazeera and you can run run of it you can always catch up at any time on our website address that is dot com and you can also watch us live by clicking on the orange live. or one of the top stories making news here. reports are coming in of multiple attacks across iraq just a day after the assassination of one of iran's top commanders. in a u.s. airstrike some of binge of aid has more. well in the last few hours the silence that we saw and calm in baghdad has been broken by multiple attacks that are projectiles that have landed in the green zone in at least one other neighborhood but there's been no material damage so far we've heard from iraqi security forces

confirming that these projectiles have landed in the fortified green zone in the judge the real neighborhood as well as one more attack and balad air base in silat the programs in the creek and his violence comes as diplomatic efforts are underway to try to resolve the growing crisis as foreign minister mohammad been under $130.00 has met the iranian president hassan rouhani in tehran. and the iraqi prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning after thousands attended the funeral procession sort of money in libya war telephone have to has called on all libyans to take up arms after turkey voted in favor of sending troops to tripoli their support the u.n. recognize government in the capital against have to attempt to take the city orton windy weather continues to fuel unprecedented bushfires across australia nearly

$150.00 fires are burning in new south wales alone a dozen of which are out of control tens of thousands of people afraid the worst affected areas and at least $23.00 people have been killed since the fire season began in september in indonesia tens of thousands of people remain stranded in emergency shelters forced out of their homes by some of the worst floods and landslides in many years 53 people a so far confirmed dead and that total is expected to rise with more rain forecast . china has replaced its top representative in hong kong as protest they're about to enter an 8 month state media says ahead of beijing's liaison office one jim in has been removed as the 1st major mission for since the mass protests began in n.h. . and i think post is up next or news after that i phone.

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