huge crowds a building in the hometown of preparing for the iranian general's funeral after he was killed in a u.s. airstrike. but from joe hockey when i'm kemal santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera the u.s. defense department said it's mistakenly sent out a letter suggesting troops will be withdrawn from iraq also the libyan warlord khalifa haftar us forces say they've taken the city of sirte an important gain in their battle for the can for the capital tripoli. and then as south korea's

students will look at the young people trapped in the lowest social class despite being highly educated. so huge crowds are gathering in the iranian city of for the final funeral procession for general. the top military commander who was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike on friday it is solemn on his hometown he will be laid to rest there in the coming hours signaling the end of 3 days of emotionally charged proceedings force ultimately he was revered by millions of iranians many of whom are now calling for revenge on monday the supreme leader ayatollah ali president hassan rouhani led prayers in his. bag is with us from tehran to talk about some of the you know aside all the commentary here coming from certainly the united states is a. no one will shed

a tear for the loss of course and so the money in iran itself it is the exact opposite these are quite extraordinary things. absolutely yesterday the funerals held in iran where the streets were packed the funerals lead us to. many today he's been buried in kerman that was the wish of customs of the money he wanted to be buried in the martyr ceremony alongside others that were killed during the iran iraq war and now that war was very important to him that's where he gained prominence and he rolls through the ranks now it was a public holiday here yesterday in iran but today in the strip the shops of the schools or public buildings will be closed and people from outside that city are coming into her mind for this spirit it's a very symbolic and very important day for many iranians many people saw him as a patriot to some on the 4th of isis and prevented them from reaching the borders

of iran now it has united many different political factions here from the reformists conservatives and hardliners and what it's done is mobilize people and people have not seen this many. this number of people out on the streets for 30 years since the funeral of the founder of this slimy republic the last for many now the parliament is set to convene today and there is a draft but urgent motion that's been put forward that would declare the pentagon and the united states army worldwide as a terrorist organization now back in april last year and that the motion was passed which declared u.s. centcom in the middle east and afghanistan as a terrorist organization and that was symbolic because the united states had declared iran's revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization that this is every sponsor today's motion is a response to the killing of done as gazans of them. and it is again symbolic but

ok again it's part of that response that retaliation that iran is talking about it's not only about the physical military response but it's also about a symbolic and emotional response from the iranian people to what the parliamentarians here are doing is kind of trying to reflect the emotion and anger and the frustration that's been expressed out on the streets in iran. said begs in teheran and on the right hand side of your screen well it just was their cap on the site of the burial for custom so many today meanwhile the u.s. defense secretary's had to clarify that there's been no decision to pull troops out of iraq. and other military figures said they were setting the record straight after a draft letter from a top general was their words mistakenly circulated the confusion followed a vote in iraq's parliament pushing for all foreign forces to go after sort of

mounties assassination iraq also urging the u.n. security council to condemn the killing of so the money after a show and the shia militia leader who died alongside him so more from the u.n. shortly but 1st political home with this report from the pentagon on the confusion around that letter about the u.s. troops. there was a huge scramble here at the pentagon with the secretary of defense of the chairman of the joint chiefs suddenly appearing before reporters to say don't mind that letter u.s. policy hasn't changed they insist that this general wrote this letter and this date simply to notify iraq that there be increased helicopter traffic as they move troops in and out of iraq but if you read the letter that's not mentioned anywhere in there it seems fairly explicit what he's saying saying that as requested by the iraqi parliament the prime minister they're getting ready to move on begin implementing this next phase of operations goes on to say we respect your sovereign decision to order our departure so nowhere in the letter does it say anything about

increased traffic it makes it fairly clear that the pentagon was planning to leave but here at the pentagon once that letter would public they were quick to put the top bosses out to say oh this was just a mistake we're not leaving more with gary barlow his own daughter who's in washington d.c. now good guy but i said this to before there are mistakes and then there's this it is it is hard to believe that something of this magnitude could just be leaked mistakenly. he and what's what a lot of commentators are saying here in the united states talking to local television channels and here they're just saying former generals military folks pundits they're all just saying people with experience at the pentagon now retired folks over there at this all saying that this is just unheard of to see something like this come from the pentagon usually wing of the u.s. government that runs pretty efficiently that has very formal processes for

releasing information like this this is been a terrible week for the pentagon and a terrible last few days quite frankly after the over the weekend as you mentioned there the iraqi parliament voting to that non-binding vote to expel u.s. troops trump then sending out a tweet saying no we will not to leave iraq we have no plans to leave iraq over the weekend the sending sent that out and then following that up by saying you know if if we do we will charge the iraqis for all of the the money that we invested in the military bases there and they still kick us out will buy those sanctions on iraq that force the pentagon to respond to all of this and then this letter that came out that just it was just very poorly written quite frankly in a lot of people are wondering you know how does the pentagon spin this they're basically just saying as patty call in there just said no it leaked out prematurely but even if it leaked out prematurely it still says pretty explicitly in there what was what was going on there so basically the pentagon saying don't believe what you

just read in that letter now about this triggers troop movements consolidating troops in iraq is what the pentagon wants to believe i mean that would be done for 2 reasons number one is for better protection for these troops to bring them together and also to make it easier should they need to leave iraq and redeploy in the region ok thank you for that debra li's on there with the update from washington d.c. . i want to look at the debate in the deficients at the united nations now we mentioned this before iraq pushing members of the security council to condemn so nani's assassination un secretary general antonio terrace is worried about the growing fallout i've been following the recent rise in global tensions with great concern i mean constant contact with living officials around the world and my message is simple and clear stop escalation exist size mexico restraint restart dialogue re new international cooperation

let us not forget the terrible human suffering caused by war and following the side of the story for us from the un in new york his mike hanna 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 chief of nato has warned iran against further violence and provocations after the group held an urgent meeting in brussels stoltenberg says a new conflict is in no one's interest nato maintains a 500 strong training mission in iraq for the fight against eisel but it did suspend that after the money's death well the impact of constant soloman his assassination is also being felt in yemen where the iranian backed rebels have held their own rally thousands chanted anti-american slogans in sanaa the saudi backed government those says it considers the killing of so the money an important step to ending the conflict in yemen and elsewhere in the region and a lot i was among those demonstrate his reporting for us from the yemeni capital.

but if it is bring him a nice house council guy the the outside the old city of sanaa you know it's going down the assassination was because it's the outside slogans that they will carry on is a struggle as they describe them also they have called them the leaders of the also the axis of resistance so stick with. us it's coming from what strife was this was the big mistake and this would have been sleeping with the role of the us forces on the lookout for what america the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are the enemies of islam today u.a.e. has bombed graduate students at the war academy in libya the u.a.e. with saudi arabia are bombing yemenis indiscriminately with the us recent well crime of assassinating so money i can see an end to such a coalition led by the us which has become very close to the day i became but the

whole the us is existence in the region poses high risks and dangers to the arab people for example yemen has been subject to a brutal war and destruction for nearly 5 years with no justification but it was initiated an ordered from washington through its agents in the region the main role of the us was supporting its tools with weapons in arms sales the united states of america has violated all norms and international principles it has even violated the un charter and its own constitution with trump's order to kill he has violated the agreement of the us existence in iraq. the situation has become more difficult also for we have a taste of what the good will for the 5 years was with saudi arabia. was i think i was out when it was a struggle oh i joined exit the 1st since i believe in their solo ice cold war.

coming up the rest of the day's news and protests across india after a mosque group attacked students and teachers at a university in new delhi and one parliament but 2 men claiming to be in charge of it were in caracas for venezuela's latest political crisis. or. how the weather squatting down my see now 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 the lines 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 west impossible syria into lebanon jordan pushing down into israel yet again for the south as a largely dry across iraq in peninsula a few showers just about he just mountains over towards the southern end of the red sea come across the water here and we want to show us just making their way across eritrea through a theo p.-a down across the rift valley mobic 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 towns in there and i really do become somewhat heavy as we go on through wednesday heavier showers to make in the way into central and southern parts of south africa. the latest news as it breaks this bushfire season is far from over but it's caused

so much devastation across a stray. with detail coverage campaign a safe at a 100 so children and teenagers are sleeping on the streets of paris and feel as generalism senators are preparing for a briefing on the u.s. military strike and whatever response it may great. way. the top stories on al jazeera this hour huge crowds gathering in the iranian city of kut amman for the final funeral procession for general concepts for the money this is his hometown he will be buried in the coming hours to try out signaling the

end of 3 days of emotionally charged proceedings for salomone revered by millions of iranians many of whom are now calling for revenge. meanwhile iraq has called on the u.n. security council to condemn the assassination of sort of money and the iraqi paramilitary leader was killed along side him in that u.s. drone strike last week secretary-general and turning to terrorists is also calling for strikes. in the u.s. defense secretary marcus work says the u.s. has no plans to pull out of iraq he said that after a letter was leaked to iraq in media saying u.s. forces will be repositioning pentagons as the letter was circulated by the state. you know there are a lot of iraqis are worried that they will suffer the most from this growing tension between iran and the u.s. not to mention donald trump's threat to impose sanctions so wonderful tim has more on that from bank that. an uneasy mood has settled over back that 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 heart of the bottle 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 . nation demonstrators have been attacked at least twice by pro iranian crowds their worst fear however is losing their cause. people are afraid they were 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 thinks and decides 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. 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 then all parties in 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 within iraq over how the government should respond to the escalating crisis between the u.s. and iran many worried that they will once again be dragged into a war. overshadowed by fear and not too distant memories of conflict and. i'll just say. we're moving

to other news now and forces loyal to the lead. warlord have reached the center of sirte a coastal city east of the capital of also seize the nearby. base one of the largest military installations searches strategically important months long offensive to seize tripoli where libya's u.n. recognized government is based he is 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 in great detail in the span of hours in no more than 3 hours approximately we were in the heart of the city of sirte there's been more protests over the new citizenship law 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 being behind the violence though they deny it gupta has

a report. 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 sticks 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 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 their 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. far as the identification 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 to 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 have become too 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 student. 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. even. at least 5 soldiers have been killed in mali after a roadside bomb hit an army convoy in the town of tona rebel groups of killed more than $140.00 soldiers since september despite the presence of french troops and un peacekeepers. police in uganda have again detained the musician and political activist is planning to run for presidency bobby wine he was prevented from holding

a campaign rally for next year's election police fired tear gas to disperse his supporters outside the capital kampala one has been calling for a long time president yoweri museveni to step down. venezuela's opposition leader is planning to return to parliament 2 days after soldiers blocked him from seeking reelection speaker both and his rival a dissident deputy backed by the government of nicolas maduro have pledged to lead the next parliamentary session a latin america editor on the scene human reports from caracas. the headline reads congress wakes to 2 speakers of the house in a country which already has 2 men claiming the presidency venezuelans 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 another deputies from entering parliament to initiate the use 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. 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 we spiral continues to insist that he's a legitimate government opponent if. 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. their traits they are corrupt and there is only one national

assembly the other voted was a cruel assault on congress with the complicity of the dictatorship. washington has rushed to reconfirm its support of wides all we're looking at additional sanctions personal sanctions economic sanctions that we think will bring more pressure yet on the regime required all has clearly lost momentum and support since he declared himself interim president a year ago promising to usher in the g.m. change how this latest chapter in the power struggle plays out is anyone's guess you see in human al-jazeera. american airlines and aero mexico have reached settlements with boeing of the losses from the grounding of the 737 max jet boeing's best selling jet has been grounded since 2 crashes last year killed or mr injured 50 people won't be back in the u.s. skies until at least april but even that could be delayed further as another

problem has been discovered in the jet's wiring the south korean president says there's a desperate need for better relations with north korea this was his new year's speech in called the new talks with kim jong un me wants kim to visit seoul cooperation between the countries are technically still at war let's not forget a stalled in recent months as have u.s. led denuclearization talks. in a time of deadlock in u.s. north korea talks and we are even concerned about a step backward an intercom in relations we are in desperate need of practical ways to improve into korean cooperation and in the same speech south korea's president vowed to create more jobs to boost workers' pay and to help the poor it's a timely promise given to studies reveal young people are feeling increasingly pessimistic about the future bride with this report from seoul. they are known as

dirt spoons young people from low income families who despite gaining high school and college qualifications often end up in jobs they don't want for little money and with little chance to better themselves they're seen as living in the shadow of so-called gold spoons those with a privileged upbringing you son ho is a writer and social commentator who's long studied the experiences of young koreans caught in the lowest social class. the biggest issue is work housing is next even if you have a good place to live housing costs have gone up a lot the cost of living feels higher because young people don't earn a lot of very few people i know are able to save and there's a sense of dejection. the plight of the dirt spoons has been highlighted by the release of the movie parasite a dark comedy about 2 families of haves and have nots that won the prestigious

palme d'or at the cannes film festival. the belief that working hard in your studies and then in your job will inevitably lead to success has been a driving force for generations of south koreans it's why many schoolchildren will do extra classes until late at night and young workers will put up with poor pay and conditions but increasingly that belief is being challenged. a recent study of people in their twenty's shows 3 quarters of respondents no longer believe hard work alone is a guarantee of success and that a person's future is determined more by the social group they're born into. due to the social class they already belong to even if young people make an effort the possibility of upward social mobility is very limited that the growing wealth gap is unwelcome news for the liberal government of president moon j.n. who is supposed to be narrowing it the faltering economy is making things worse.

if you ask young people if they have hope most will answer now the gap between rich and poor is getting wider bleak economic prospects mean that for the dirt spoons the year ahead is likely to be another that reinforces that life's getting tougher at the bottom rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. half past the hour here on al-jazeera these are the headlines huge crowds gathering in the iranian city of kut a man for some sort of manny's funeral the iranian military commander was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike on friday come on is his hometown this marking the end of 3 days of emotionally charged funeral processions false on a nanny he was revered by millions of iranians many of whom now holding for revenge i said baik as following events from. the public holiday here yesterday and iran

but today entire month the street the shops the schools all public buildings will be closed and people from outside that city are coming into court march for this period it's a very symbolic and very important day for many iranians many people saw him as a patriot to some on the 4th of isis and prevented them from reaching the borders of iran now it's has united many different political factions here from the reformist conservatives and hardliners iraq has called on the u.n. security council to condemn the assassination of so many and the iraqi paramilitary leader who was killed alongside him during a u.s. airstrike last week however council members are divided and u.s. defense secretary marcus misses the u.s. has no plans to pull out of iraq his comments coming after a letter 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 was a mistake the nato chief has also warned iran against further violence and provocations after an urgent meeting in brussels and stoltenberg says the new conflict is in no one's interest and calls for restraint and the escalation. and in other news forces loyal to libyan warlord khalifa haftar have reached the center of the strategic coastal city of sirte trying to take control from the un recognized government out of half as wider offensive to seize tripoli. and protests have been held across india condemning an attack that targeted students and teachers at a prominent university in new delhi demonstrators say students affiliated with the ruling b j p were behind the violence though they denied. the up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera counting the cost is next. taiwan's president seeks a 2nd time facing concrete you advocates restoring closer ties with china will the

selection of the island closer to the mainland will continue to resist beijing's push the unification taiwan's trying to trying to lock on and just to. follow i'm adrian figure this is counting the cost of al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week 2020 we pick through what could be the hot geo political and geo economic topics of the year from the most important election in the free world will president trump win another term and what does that mean for trade wars and dispute could the world come together to tackle global warming and globalization and will we see more people on the streets

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