the digital entrepreneur to devise an easy to use to struggling. can find a way to bring the 2 worlds together. like smoke harvest on al-jazeera. the u.s. defense department says it mistakenly sent out a letter suggesting troops would be withdrawn from iraq. it's among the developments after the u.s. assassination of iranian general customs on a man whose remains have now arrived in his hometown for burial. from doha everyone i'm come on son to maria with the world news from al-jazeera headlines libyan warlord khalifa haftar his forces have taken the city of sirte an important game in their battle for the capital tripoli and we will hear from

congolese families who say they're being pushed out of lucrative mines to make way for foreign companies. so the u.s. defense secretary has had to clarify that there has been no decision to pull troops out of iraq and other military figures set the record straight after a draft letter from a top general was in their words mistakenly circulated the confusion follows that vote in iraq's parliament pushing for all foreign forces to go after the assassination of the top iranian commander so the money iraq is also urging the u.n. security council to condemn the killing of so the money and militia leader who died alongside him so the man is coffin has also arrived in his hometown this is kind of man where he will be laid to rest later on tuesday the supreme leader ayatollah mohammed they wept as he led the funeral prayers

a day earlier that was in teheran. so we'll go back to iran shortly but if you want to have a look at this letter which talked about u.s. troops in iraq here's some of it in due deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq the combined joint task force will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for on wood movements more on the summit gabriel is on though in washington d.c. gabriel there are mistakes and then there's a sending out alessio which says your troops are leaving it's hard to understand how this has happened. yeah and that's i think what the pentagon is doing now is they're trying to sort out how did this happen it is absolutely remarkable that the pentagon would have had a mistake this bad and to put it in a context we have to remember kemal that it was just over the weekend that the iraqi parliament had that non-binding vote to expel u.s. troops again it was non-binding but it was

a vote in parliament considering to push out u.s. troops that is important because shortly after that letter came out after that vote in parliament president trump tweeted no we have no plans of leaving ok fine so then this letter comes out and the 1st words of the letter are from this general in iraq server in due deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq and requested by the iraqi parliament and the prime minister u.s. troops will be repositioning forces over the coming days and weeks so the 1st sentence says based on the parliament's decision we are moving troops and it ends with as we begin to implement the next this next phase of operations i want to reiterate the value of our friendship and partnership respect your sovereign decision and order our departure so the letter as soon as this came out it was immediately interpreted as that u.s. troops are pulling out then the top brass at the pentagon all came out immediately

after figuring this out and saying whoa this letter was not supposed to be released it was just a draft and it was leaked and that what the letter is meant to say is that all the u.s. is doing is repositioning troops and advising the iraqi government of that voice that is not what the letter says and it was just a poorly written and b. just left totally wrong impression that really threw this thing into chaos for a couple hours until the pentagon could sort this out extraordinary ok so regardless of what does or doesn't happen with troops in iraq what is happening with u.s. troops elsewhere there is no doubt we've got a retching up of tensions between the u.s. and iran and the u.s. is talking about force. yeah the u.s. consent to continues to deploy military assets to the middle east region 82nd airborne up about 4000 troops is said it is being sent to iraq and then you've got to know their 4500 marines and fabian soldiers being deployed to the region as well

there are about $50000.00 troops already in the region but there are there is just a shifting of troops going on right now and more deployments as well there are already about 5000 troops in iraq and these are the troops that are being positioned there are being replenished really for 2 reasons number one is for safety for these troops to better consolidate them and also better also allow them easier movement should those troops need to move to another area so the pentagon does have troops there they're moving smore in in anticipation of what this patient of waiting to see what the retaliatory measures will be by iran deborah that is on the in washington thank you for that so that is the view from the united states and some of binge of aid has more now on this iranian from baghdad. just outside of the green zone we started to hear helicopter traffic heavy helicopter traffic which we

haven't heard since the death of christ in chile money on friday night and that indicated something was happening and after that a letter was released by various media outlets and we confirmed with multiple iraqi sources in the government as well as in the military who said this letter was authentic now it to be is that this was a draft of a letter for coordination purposes and the troop movement which was which were signaled in that letter is only for coordination purposes the u.s. according to the department of defense is not pulling out of iraq it does show the kind of confusion that has existed here in iraq after the assassination of course and still in money every night has been eventful whether it was bin rocketing rocket attacks or some sort of statement from from armed groups it was monday a very busy day for the iraqi government the iraqi prime minister and i spoke to a number of world leaders the qatari of mir leaders from the u.k.

britain china and the united states ambassador and the essence of that was that he wanted the world to see that he wants iraq's sovereignty to be respected he wanted the world to see that he wants iraq what is standing behind what he called a quick withdrawal of foreign troops. let's look now at the debate in the divisions at the united nations because iraq is pushing members of the security council to condemn and of sort of ironic more now from mike hanna in new york. iraq has sent a letter to the president of the security council and the secretary general asking for the security council to issue a statement condemning the united states for its action iraq says in the letter it stresses that any military operation on iraqi soil without the consent of the iraqi government and without prior coordination is considered as a provocative hostile act that violates the charter of the united nations so iraq

wanting at the very least a statement from the u.n. security council but this isn't very likely the council and as on so many other issues deeply divided on this matter the chinese ambassador is saying that he is consulting with other members of the council when asked whether he will call for an urgent meeting the russian ambassador being even more blunt asked whether there was a likelihood of a joint statement from the security council he simply said no so clearly the issue of the security council and dealing with this crisis at the moment very very difficult where the council remains totally disunited and the nato chief has warned iran against further violence and provocations after it held an urgent meeting in brussels u.n. stoltenberg as the new conflict is in no one's interest does maintain a 500 strong training mission in iraq in the fight against i thought but it's suspended that after saddam and his death. nato is prepared to continue our training and capacity building when the situation permits we remain strongly

committed to the fight against international terrorism. after a meeting today at the united states also briefed on the regional situation following recent attacks on coalition forces in iraq and the strike against generals for the money. for years all our allies have expressed concern about iran's d.s. stabilizing activities in the y. the middle east region. we agreed iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon we shared concern about iran's to me such tests. and has taken some of these live pictures now from. in iran the funeral procession as customs them on his body has arrived it's his hometown we saw the huge numbers out on the streets of tehran on monday the numbers continue to come out in

a kind of an hour long an emotionally charged funeral procession which has gone through the country so that burial will start and around 2 hours from now we'll bring you coverage of that as and when it happens in the meantime this report from us had begun on the lead up to the burial. a nation in mourning and tears from the supreme leader for iran's top military general assassinated in the u.s. drone strike in iraq many a friend of customs in the money lead the funeral service at the university outside the streets of the capital were packed with the iranians who considered for the money a hero a man who defended his country crowds like this have not been seen since the death of the founder of the republic ayatollah khomeini 30 years ago so the money his daughter addressed the crowds you know it's hard the harder are you i would say anwar photo today the philosophy and struggle of my father has made the resistance front into a principled and victorious philosophy. so the money and iran have long supported

palestinian groups a senior hamas leader ismail haniya paid his respects us we're here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the islamic revolution ayatollah khomeini general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the us the crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just for a run for the entire region but here for president donald trump all of us us a nation of boston for the money would result in people coming in celebration but coming out against the political establishment in iran well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there were a chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond so we should take revenge the feeling that i had to was in little it's unique i don't have this feeling towards anyone else in government hand that's not my heart there's no one

is valuable as the general a little on some blood with blood residual and that what kind of it since i heard the news i've been crying 100 so weird feeling but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyone agrees on what action to take and their intended political struggles in parliament if roger arabic or you are the best response is to expel us forces from the middle east and make efforts to liberate palestine but the specific response of iran should be hasty and should be well considered an important body called the assembly of experts condemned the killing of said the money and said silence in the face of assassination would make iran weaker they called upon young people to mobilize and prepared to oust american forces from iraq as the world awaits iran's response the government here will find it hard to ignore the calls for revenge and when it's revenge for a man of course and so the money standing it would appear this popular support for whatever action may follow assad based al-jazeera that are on. when we come back

the rest of the day's news and protests across india after a masked group attacks students and teachers at a prominent university in the capital and one parliament but 2 men claiming to be in charge of it were in caracas for venezuela's latest political crisis. whether squatting down my stealing our across the arabian peninsula still quite a brisk wind you see this area fading away out of iran into pakistan southern parts of afghanistan as well making way for the next system actually that's going to slide in from the mediterranean more heavy downpours there just around the levant around the coastal fringes of alliance in particular where of course we have seen some very heavy downpours recently so the choppy seas the very strong wind the gal

force winds and the heavy rain could well lead to further flooding western parts of syria into lebanon jordan pushing down into israel yet again further south as a largely dry across the raven peninsula a few showers just about the just mountains over towards the southern end of the red sea come across the water here and we want to show is just making their way across eritrea through a theo p.-a down across the rift valley more big downpours coming in here so we could see some lively rain once again into you can there into parts of kenya into the democratic republic of congo sliding down into tanzan there and they really do become somewhat heavy as we go on through wednesday heavy showers to make in the way into central and southern parts of south africa. well this last time you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the

weight of the system going to walk through each and every love billboard layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say retention has to start from day one whether again you and attention or you incarcerate but this is a dialogue everyone has a voice ok there are studies that support kalashnikov rifle to varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation amount is iraq . the top stories on al-jazeera this hour huge crowds gathering in the iranian city of her man ahead of the final funeral procession for general concepts automatic this is his home town he will be buried there in the coming hours monday mourners

filled the streets of tech rock as the procession made its way through the capital the supreme leader ayatollah ali common and president hassan rouhani both led principals of. and also we've got news that the u.s. defense secretary marcus spurs said the u.s. has no plans to pull out of iraq after a letter was leaked to iraqi media saying u.s. forces would be repositioning sufis on the money was killed by the u.s. airstrike pentagon says the letter was circulated by mistake. give me iraqis meanwhile are worried that they will bear the brunt of this growing tension between iran and the u.s. especially since donald trump threatened to impose sanctions on a full team from baghdad. and an easy mood has settled over baghdad scarred by decades of intermittent war people in iraq's capital know the eerie suspense that precedes one in coffee shops old and young alike who worry about

being caught in the middle as the u.s. and iran threaten further escalation of the the how we don't want the battle to come to our country they want to start a war they want to settle accounts but we are the ones who lose young men lose money lose infrastructure we won't benefit from this. people here are still in shock over the u.s. strike that assassinated iranian general qassam soleimani near baghdad airport drawing threats of retaliation from iran and its allies in iraq. adding insult to injury president donald trump threatened on sunday to impose far reaching sanctions on iraq if the iraqi government responded by expelling u.s. troops for such authority brings back painful memories from the saddam era when the u.n. security council imposed a crippling trade embargo. for us as young people we've lived through the sanctions during our childhood we don't want to face the same thing again we want to build

the country. instead the country now risks sliding backwards the unfolding crisis between the u.s. and iran has shifted attention away from iraq's months long protest movement demanding far reaching political reform and an end to iranian interference in iraq . as a single nation demonstrators have been attacked at least twice by pro iranian crowds their worst fear however is losing their cause. people are afraid they are afraid of a strike that happened and they fear that something will happen inside to rear to these demonstrations demonstrators are divided over the parliament's non-binding the session on sunday to expel foreign troops some support the motion calling the u.s. strike a violation of iraqi sovereignty and we want iraq to be an independent country a country that thinks and decides and makes its own decisions without any intervention by outside forces while others see the presence of american troops as

a necessary counterbalance to raney an influence on of the. i am against the parliament's decision to expel the troops give me an alternative for the american troops who will protect me an alternative to protect these people that all parties the militias even i have a party to protect me or i will die kurdish and sunni parties boycotted some this parliament vote carried by the main shia blocs it's a sign that iraq's leadership is once again split along sectarian lines. rather than united by national interest as the visions of in iraq to deepen over how the government should respond to the escalating crisis between the u.s. and iran many iraqis are worried that they will once again be dragged into a war they did not choose their demands for a better future are now overshadowed by here and not too distant memories of conflict and hardship simona 14 i'll just. look at some other news now and

forces loyal to the libyan warlord reach the center of sirte a coastal city east of the capital they have also seen the nearby. air base which is the largest or one of the largest military installations searches strategically important to have to as months long offensive to seize tripoli where libya is you and recognized government is based he's of course allied to the rival administration in eastern libya. but. this strike which was planned for very efficiently and with great caution was under the direct supervision of the commander in chief the plan was executed great detail in spite of hours in no more than 3 hours approximately we were in the heart of the city of sirte. for u.s. national security adviser john bolton says he's prepared to testify in the senate impeachment trial into donald trump bolton could provide a firsthand account of events central to the case against the u.s. president the senate is all set to decide whether trump will be removed from office

over the allegations he pressured ukraine's president to investigate his political rival joe biden and as well as opposition leader is planning to return to parliament 2 days after soldiers blocked him from seeking reelection as speaker but one white oh and his rival a dissident deputy backed by the madeira government have pledged to lead to the next parliamentary session a latin america editor to see in human reports now from caracas. the headline reads congress wakes to 2 speakers of the house in a country which already has 2 men claiming the presidency that is whalen's are understandably confused and frustrated when you think you know muslim but i have a thing as the saying gars we lift as if we were lost in space. on sending national guardsmen prevented opposition majority leader one by law and other deputies from entering parliament to initiate the year's session as the constitution stipulates. in his place the pro-government minority sworn in as

speaker and deputy recently expelled from his opposition party that was the end of it this is the headquarters of the opposition newspaper el nasser not whose auditorium was used on sunday night by the opposition to elect and swearin door but in a few hours why the law will attempt to return to the real congress building accompanied by some 100 opposition deputies to challenge the man who he says is usurping his rightful place ironically least part of that continues to insist that he's a legitimate government opponent. this is a parliament that continues to raise the flag of democracy this is an opposition that represents an alternative to those in power. but given that he was chosen by the government that's a hard sell. for their traits they are corrupt and there is only one national assembly the other food was

a cruel assault on congress with the complicity of the dictatorship. washington has rushed to reconfirm its support and why the all we're looking at additional. sanctions personal sanctions economic sanctions that we think will bring more pressure yet the really. required fall has clearly lost momentum and support since he declared himself interim president a year ago promising to usher in the gene change how this latest chapter in the power struggle plays out is anyone's guess you see in human al-jazeera. american airlines and aeromexico of reach settlements with boeing over losses from the grounding of the 737 max jet boeing's best selling jets been grounded since 2 crashes last year killed almost 350 people it won't be back in u.s. skies until at least april and even that could be further delayed because another problem has been discovered in the jets wiring the south korean president says

there is a court desperate need for better relations with north korea this was his new year's speech monday and called for new talks with kim jong un he in fact wants him to visit seoul corporation between the countries which is still technically at war has stalled in recent months as has the u.s. led denuclearization talks last week kim promised he'd soon reveal a new strategic weapon. more protests over a new citizenship law have been held in india following an attack on teachers and students at a new delhi university students affiliated with the governing b j p are accused of carrying out the attack though they deny being involved priyanka gupta has a report. the a warning from these protest is mostly students to india's hindu nationalists that violence will not keep them from the streets. but will only strengthen their

resolve. on sunday masked men armed with roots and stakes stormed the jawaharlal nehru university campus in new delhi attacking students and staff. rival leftist and quite weak student groups have been sparring over a hike in university accommodation fees for weeks but too many sunday's brazen attack in one of india's leading universities is unprecedented when i read that i was a huge. area or in a university any year and there's a group of about $5060.00 young men aung. their faces covered and mary calmly getting her ready for an attack. i spent my entire life on the gamble i've never seen anything so. the protesters are accusing a student union linked to prime minister during the more these ruling party a party it has denied the accusations police blamed for not doing enough to stop

the assault say they are investigating what happened. back. then to vacation of people who were participating in the clashes all possible methods of identification are being invoked we're also keeping an eye on the messages videos and pictures circulating on social media students and campuses across india came together in solidarity. some turned violent in kolkata protesters from another top university faced off with b.g.p. activists and the police. that week i'm told i mean by letter from the university. i cannot even imagine that i felt so safe when i was studying in college and what i'll be giving to our students. it's the latest in a series of crackdowns against students in recent weeks over india's controversial

citizenship law which many say discriminates against muslims. this attack seems to be only uniting them further against the gulf. entres even. thousands of people have been out on the streets in liberia to demonstrate over the poor state of the economy they choose president george where sitting back while costs skyrocket and their savings disappear and interest reports from monrovia. a tense standoff between protesters and liberian security forces after demonstrators try to march to the office of the president a move the police have been asked to stop. so the demonstrators broke into a song and dance asking the president to quit office. those also a small group of government supporters but the police quickly stepped in to disperse them because they had no permit to hold

a counter protest. organizers were hoping for a large and to government gathering but the massive police presence proved and the effective deterrent if you say people should be happy in your right to protest peacefully you cannot intimidate them the message had been sent to do that even if his few number like rwanda. is send a message and what is the message that if you disenchanted people who are not on the web is behind on not. the crowds of this demonstration why nowhere near the number sit in june 29th day but their message remains the same they want and to what they call the rampant corruption to stop economic decline and for the president to publicly declare his assets the constitution did not make it mandatory for him to do so. many liberians are disappointed but there lectured representatives failed to stand up to the prospect to stop the excesses they are protesting against that opinion shared by some parliamentarians much of.

this. the government for its part says it has resolved many of the grievances of the protestors and blames just for stirring up trouble. president george will have survived a 3rd major protest of his 2 year old government. what's not clear is if protesters will once again take to the streets as promised if the government fails to meet their demands. just a couple of stories in brief for you police in uganda have again detained the musician and political activist bobby wine he was prevented from holding a campaign rally for next year's presidential election police fired tear gas to

disperse his supporters outside of the capital kampala and u.s. prosecutors in los angeles have filed new sexual assault charges against hollywood producer harvey weinstein as his trial on separate charges begins in new york he has pleaded not guilty to assaulting 2 women one of whom says he raped her in a hotel room in 20 if found guilty he could spend the rest of his life in prison. take you to the headlines now an al-jazeera huge crowds gathering in the iranian city of kerman ahead of the final funeral procession for general. this is his hometown he will be buried there in the coming hours on monday mourners filled the streets of tehran as well as the procession made its way through the capital supreme leader ayatollah ali common a and president hassan rouhani both led prayers in his honor meanwhile iraq has

called on the u.n. security council to condemn the killing of so the money and the iraqi paramilitary leader killed alongside him and a u.s. airstrike last week secretary general antonio is also calling for restraint. and u.s. defense secretary marcus misses the u.s. has no plans to pull out of iraq his comments coming after alessio was leaked to iraqi media saying u.s. forces will be repositioning over the course of the coming days and weeks the pentagon says the letter doesn't reflect current policy and it was a mistake to be sent there without its own though with more of that from washington . as soon as this came out it was immediately interpreted as that u.s. troops are pulling out then the top brass of the pentagon all came out immediately after figuring this out and saying whoa this letter was not supposed to be released it was just a draft and it was leaked and that what the letter is meant to say is that all the u.s. is doing is repositioning troops and advising the iraqi government of that of what

that is not what the letter says and it was just a poorly written and b. just left totally wrong impression that really threw this thing into chaos for a couple hours until the pentagon could sort this out and in other news forces loyal to the libyan war khalifa haftar of reached the center of the strategic coastal city of sirte trying to take control from the un recognized government all part of his wider offensive to seize the capital tripoli and former u.s. national security adviser john bolton says he is prepared to testify in the senate impeachment trial of donald trump bolton could provide a 1st hand account of events central to the case against the u.s. president's you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera we are back with more for you right after the street. he's notorious for creating fake passports that food is flourishing spirits one money speaks the monster forger as

he reveals the secrets of the strike on al-jazeera. me ok and you know in the stream today in india will mass protests stop the country's controversial new citizenship law we will take a look at the debate surrounding the citizenship amendment act you can be part of the conversation as well where on twitter at 8 a stream and streaming live on. ringback i'm an actor writer and activist but most importantly a human voice and you are in the street. protests across india are continuing their fight against a new citizenship law that excludes muslim immigrants and i stuck in fear of break to add to muslim discrimination in the country the citizenship of men but i.