al-jazeera. explosions in baghdad and warnings of attacks on u.s. bases the fallout continues to be assassination of iranian commander cussons although many diplomats are trying to bring the deepening crisis under control qatar has sent its foreign minister to meet iran's leaders. from doha everyone on kimmel santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera forces loyal to the libyan warlord launched air strikes on a military academy killing at least 30 people the daytime sky darkens to an eerie

blood red in australia after another day of destructive bushfires. so they've been rocket attacks in and around baghdad after u.s. drone strikes killed iran's top military commander customer in iraq 48 hours ago now there was one explosion in the heavily fortified green zone near the american embassy to hit close to an iraqi base where there are u.s. troops and contractors also the hezbollah a pro iran paramilitary group is warning iraqi forces to stay away from u.s. bases has been grief and rage also filling the streets of baghdad as well as the shia holy cities of karbala and adjust these funeral processions being held for so many and the iraqi militia leader. mohan this who was killed along side him diplomats and leaders made. scrambling to ease the crisis between iran and the u.s.

that is cut us foreign minister who is dispatched to major runs leaders also from the u.k. saudi arabia all calling for calm as well some a binge of aid begins our coverage now from baghdad. multiple attacks have been reported in and around iraq's capital baghdad 3 incidents confirmed by iraqi security forces one took place inside the fortified green zone they predict have landed near the u.s. embassy compound iraqi security forces calling it a rocket attack near the celebrations area inside the green zone the another incident happened in the job neighborhood in a residential area of baghdad and the 3rd incident north of baghdad in sanaa had been problems in balad base where some storerooms were head and we've also heard from one leader of the militia. brigades which has been deemed as a terrorist organization by the united states that all iraqi forces should distance

themselves from u.s. bases from sunday on birds so it is a state of high alert for iraqi security forces as they brace themselves for what they expect is going to be some sort of a reaction and we've also seen a flurry of diplomatic activity to try and deescalate the situation in that region this is being spearheaded by others foreign minister who went to the iranian capital and met not just the president but his counterpart as well there iran insisting that this attack which happened in baghdad is a flagrant violation of international norms and law which is something that we saw in the telephonic conversation between sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and the really and foreign minister that was something that was repeated as well and throughout the day here in baghdad the situation remains tense but calm as protesters mourn the death of their leaders in the iraqi capital their funeral

procession took place here and then the bodies will be taken from baghdad to karbala and najaf and then jeff is where i will mad the end mohan this will be. 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 anita's and victory is coming. at the funeral of money and 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 advisor 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 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 2 leaders trying. from holy shrines in baghdad to karbala and najaf where hundreds will be buried while still a man is very ill is 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 growing in group say in deaths last until the 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 the or fact that. well u.s.

president has won teheran against taking any retaliatory action series of tweets he's put out saying iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain u.s. assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who just killed an american and badly wounded many of its let this serve as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or american assets we have targeted $52.00 iranian sites and those targets and iran itself will be hit very hard very fast and very hard the usa wants no more threats meanwhile the white house has now sent formal notification to congress about friday's drone strike mike hanna has the details from washington d.c. it's a very important formality in terms of the war powers act from many decades ago in terms of which the president is obliged constitutionally obliged to inform congress

notify congress within 48 hours of putting troops in harm's way now such notification is a signed document from the white house normally it would involve giving information about the reasons for the action as well as which would probably be on a classified basis the intelligence that lay behind taking such action so this is an important step in terms of the trumps administration's attempts to justify this action though as you say it is after the act there's another set of constitutional provisions the use of a war arms authority to authorize ation act which has not been complied with according to many in congress so although the notification has been given in terms of the wartime resolution act it has not been ended the argument within many members of congress that they should be notified before the action takes place remembering of course a very bottom line part of the constitution it's

a congress that declares war not the executive. to the news and libyan medical sources say at least 30 people have been killed after an airstrike by forces loyal to the warlord cut a for have to a military academy was targeted in the capital the latest attack in half as ongoing offensive to seize tripoli from the un recognized government forces are backed by egypt the u.a.e. and saudi arabia about the one who is in tripoli for us and says most of the victims are believed to be in young cadets who are not on active duty. it's very clear to. the hospitals the public hospitals where the victims were transferred from the military academy that was hit by a drone loyal to the warlord. we just came back from one of the public hospitals were the victims are receiving good treatments and medical sources there say that it was so difficult for them to identify bodies of the did victims because most of

the dead bodies were either burned or torn apart by the attack now medical sources also say that they have been calling the health ministry has been calling on people to go to the hospitals to do neat blood most of the victims are aged 18 to 22 and their military students from all the cities and areas in libya do not we spoke to the commander the head of this military academy said that they don't have anything to do with the ongoing fighting for control of tripoli they're just students of military academy they're not fighting against have to his forces that's where there is no reason why his forces are targeting this a military academy and meanwhile have to the fighter jets also targeted the main gate of m 80 gear port and has been halted in the airport and all flights have been diverted again to misrata airport about 2 and

a half hours drive to the east from the capital of tripoli. well what if i have to promise to intensify his assault on tripoli after turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya he said his fight was now against a foreign occupier and said men and women must take up arms same buster of a house. 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 took his people which had tied to us in brotherhood in islam must stand in the face of this deranged cannon labutta who is leading his army into ruin noisy and i don't know much about to be at the opera we had to 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 turkish sultan 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 after is backed by turkey's regional rivals saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates . turkey is determined to support the u.n. 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 lodges position of strength at the negotiating 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 techie. in a statement the un 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 but. in the news ahead from democratic republic of congo to silicon valley why a rights group is suing california's tech giants plus the children forced to live on the freezing streets. calling for urgent action.

hello there plenty of cloud behind me here across much of northern asia we have got some pretty falls along with some snow flurries work in the east was across much of central japan and then you'll see this mass of rain and overseas snow the cold air working its way through eastern china is this that in beijing on sunday 3 celsius that will come with some snow not a bad day that's across the korean peninsula but the rain is on its way towards you and also on its way toward shanghai be feeling pretty warm in shanghai 20 celsius meanwhile fine and dry for the next couple days into hong kong with a high of a 22 very unsettled generate much of indonesia but the very heavy flooding rains across java they have that little bit heavier further towards the east but a bit of a break across this particular area and actually fairly dry for the next couple days much as the marcha and across into the man i put into just those scattered showers and often in thunderstorms i will sustain if you will into will sudden sections of india that will continue as we go through sunday new across into much

of the tunnel knology under pradesh is where we'll see those showers it's warming up there quite nicely up into the hole 22 in new delhi not quite as warm on monday and that's the day we'll see the rain and the snow pushing northwards across areas of pakistan. when the news breaks today the current government has lost the trust of the people they can't do anything because approaches are against it when people to come to places like working in represent the law for sure for opponents of brecht's it's trying to put the conservatives 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 the moon documentaries and the nightly news on em and online.

without jazeera and these are the top stories this hour there have been several attacks across iraq targets including baghdad's heavily fortified green zone and in iraq the air base where there are u.s. troops is of course just days after the assassination of one of iran's top commanders custom so that many in the u.s. strike thousands of iraqis meanwhile have attended the funeral procession for southern army and iraqi militia leader and in iraq emotionally the who was killed alongside him is president don't trump meanwhile says his country will target 52 iranian sites if iran were to attack america. and at least 30 people have been killed in an air strike on a military academy and then they've been capital survives to tank but forces loyal to the warlord any faster as he attempts to seize tripoli from the un recognized

government. will the skies turn dark and ash rained down across southeastern australia on saturday where bushfires have killed another 2 people 2 men were trapped along a highway on south australia's kangaroo island. when flames engulfed. fires for the east in victoria threatening dozens of communities and strong winds have been whipping up the flames in new south wales as well the supports in jessica washington. for these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires 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. conditions the crisis is already astray longest recorded bushfire emergency and millions of hectic as if 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 holiday makers 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 why surrounded it. and women are finally able to get there the whole house was engulfed in flames there was nothing 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 astray. now far the world's biggest tech companies are being sued by humans rights a human rights group on behalf of the families of children till they're injured while mining in democratic republic of congo this is apple google microsoft dell and tests are all accused of knowing that the cobalt metal used in their products could be linked to child labor support from out of metals. in the mining town of cool ways 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 lady. 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 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. 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 businesses using cobalt in the goods and the pressure to guarantee they're not easing child labor. china has replaced its top representative in hong kong as protests there are about

to enter their rights month state media says the head of beijing's liaison office wang john mann has been removed the 1st major reshuffle since the demonstrations began in june last year for and slowly with more now on why beijing's liaison office is so important it's supposed to promote communication between china and hong kong for its 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 believes on office was accused of mobilizing members of the probation 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 thin 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 in the timing of this it says an interesting. and the rights campaigners in france say hundreds of migrant children and teenagers a sleeping on the streets of paris many of them by themselves as winter temperatures plummet they are edging the government to do more to help natasha

butler reports now from the french capital. it's a cold night in paris and these young children and their families are spending it outside the 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 these children and their mother who didn't wish to be identified from the democratic republic of congo instead of their village i don't know what to do my children are 5 a day 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 refugee here arrived in france 2 years ago as

a teenager and was homeless i was very rich. city teacher she right through books. really shop. in a north of the city has rows of tents and makeshift shelters all crammed along the ring road campaigners say that the 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. not. search . for help from the state and basically back in the street.

after more than a year a judge has finally ruled that this afghan teenager is a minor. in progress would be. 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 natasha al-jazeera paris now a lawyer for the foreman is sun boss says he feels betrayed by the japanese to justice system. japan for lebanon this week claiming he was avoiding political persecution over allegations of financial misconduct also some more details are coming out about guns dramatic escape so let's hear brown reports this house in beirut is where cholera is believed to be holed up now arguably one of the world's

most famous fugitives sort by police in japan and turkey the subject of an interpol red notice and a global frenzy. his escape has embarrassed all thora he's 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 harm 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 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. 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 bid says he felt betrayed by carlos guns a skype but not by gun 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. is promising to tell his side of the story this way. alexia brian al jazeera. half past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines there have been several rocket attacks across iraq targets included baghdad's heavily fortified green zone as well as an iraqi air base where there are u.s. troops stationed this of course just days after the assassination of one of iran's top commanders call some sort of money in a u.s. airstrike in iraq diplomatic efforts are underway to try to resolve the growing crisis thousands of iraqis meanwhile have attended the funeral procession for

salinity and the iraqi in the ship. this who was killed alongside him u.s. president on trump has warned against any retaliatory action though he says his country will hit 52 iranian sites if iran attacks america mike hanna with more on that from washington so very strong language there from president trump raising the whole history of the iranian hostage siege which was between november 1989 gendry 981 lasted for 440 days in which 52 hostages were held so president trump is referring to that referencing that in terms of announcing that 52 targets have been isolated in terms of a reaction should any action be taken against u.s. assets the other headlines libyan medical sources say at least 30 people have been killed after an airstrike by forces loyal to the warlord heidi for hafter a military academy was targeted in the capital the latest attack in half his

ongoing offensive to seize tripoli from the u.n. recognized government most of the victims are believed to have been young cadets who were not on active duty. study's bushfires have claimed another 2 lives 2 men trapped so along a highway on south australia's counter island when flames engulfed their top for the east in victoria fires are threatening dozens of communities and strong winds have whipped up flames in new south wales where 150 fires are burning and china has replaced its top representative in hong kong as protests there are about to enter an 8 months state media says the head of beijing's liaison office wang gentlemen has been removed it is the 1st major reshuffle we've seen since the demonstrations began in hong kong in june last year they go you up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera the latest edition of inside story is next.

we did not take action just start a war. donald trump defends the assassination of iran's top military leader but critics say the u.s. president has laid the world a more dangerous place how will the killing of persons the money affects american troops abroad and the trick here another endless war this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm in the u.s. president has long said he pool american troops out of what he called the endless

wars in the middle east but donald trump's critics say he may just have laid the groundwork.