i. think this is al-jazeera. however i'm how. this is the al jazeera news are coming out for you in the next 60 minutes a stampede kills dozens of people at the funeral for a rainy in general so the money. huge crowd is gathered in his hometown of kerman for a final farewell to the man assassinated in a u.s. airstrike. confusion over the future all of us troops in iraq the pentagon says a general's letter about withdrawal plans was a mistake. and

a possible show died in venezuela the opposition leader is determined she returns of parliament after being barred from congress and in sport events a striker christiane or an elbow has hit another korea landmark the fight song world player of the year scoring his 1st hat trick in its least top division. but we begin with the breaking news from iran a stampede at the funeral procession for a rainy and general cross some sort of money latest reports coming in are over at least $35.00 people killed the crash happened a little over an hour ago among the huge crowds gathered on the hometown of the commander assassinated by the u.s. on friday of course when the bank is following developments for us from the capital tehran aside what work

e tell us about the stampedes. well we're hearing unconfirmed reports coming that 35 people killed and 48 injured now we've heard from iran's emergency services who have acknowledged that there has been a stampede that there have been some casualties but haven't given any numbers that interior ministry official. who has confirmed that they has been an incident but again has not given the number of casualties and the governor of mana gain has said that there has been incidents but he's rejected rumors that it was a terrorist attack now man city is the major city in c'mon province is about 1000 kilometers away from ron it has a population of around 820000 people but there will be questions about whether this city was a quit his equipped to deal with this many number of peoples because there's

hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets following this funeral procession is the 3rd and final day of mourning where the money's body will be buried at a cemetery there but just to give you an idea that as the body passes through it's a coffin is on a truck and it passes through the crowds and people gather around these trucks and throw scarves scarves and other things up on the coffin full of all kind of like blessings but that's when people are cramped into a small space we were here yesterday and ran with the funeral took place and a number of occasions our team had to change location because of the vast number of people out on the streets so it does they are a lot of people who have come in to come on city for the final day for the burial and we're still hearing reports but at the moment there are unconfirmed reports of 35 people killed and 48 injured and assert this day of protests or rather this said

gathering in the streets of karma and there are a considerable number of people expected perhaps because this was the general's own town but we've seen similar numbers across the country just give us a sense of feeling over the last few days as the generals funerals have been taking place. well yes generals body has been taken to a holy city of. but those cities much larger especially with the funeral was being held hundreds of thousands of people came onto the streets the funeral was held at the university where the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini led those funeral press but emotions are still very high people are angry there's one word that we constantly heard out on the streets in tehran and we also heard chanted today in commodities in the column which is the farsi word for revenge and people are asking for revenge around iran they have been images of them for the money some of them show him in his military fatigues others showing him being embraced by the

supreme leader and some show him being welcomed into heaven because he's considered a martyr and what has happened because of the assassination of course and so the money it has united the many different political factions here in iran in unison they all have condemned he's assassination and many people here on the streets are still asking for revenge as said big their life around thanks very much indeed for bringing us all the latest. well as i mentioned unconfirmed reports of the $35.00 death toll but that's from is expected to rise simply due to the sheer size of the crites paying their respects to the money you know the top military commander was assassinated in a u.s. strike in iraq on friday day he is set to be laid to rest in his hometown there in response to the killing iran's parliament has approved a motion designating the u.s. army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations

a short while ago iran's foreign minister said the u.s. had miscalculated by targeting solid money accusing it of making the world in that secure an hours earlier the u.s. secretary of defense was forced to clarify it was not pulling troops out of iraq that's after a draft letter was link's indicates in the withdrawal but a top general said circulated by mistake. oh addressing the kurds solomon is funeral the leader over iran's revolutionary guards has vowed revenge. revenge will be harsh and tough be certain because we are telling the enemy bench him if you respond to our revenge will burn that please love and they themselves know where it is. well the future of u.s. troops in iraq has been in question since the solomonic killing and the past few hours has brought yet more confusion a lesser by u.s. general was leaked to iraqi media saying u.s.

forces would soon be repositioning but the u.s. secretary of defense then denied it let's get more from gabriel elizondo he joins us now live from washington d.c. again but we had lots of used sirens here is hard to believe that less of such importance was leitz mistakenly and yet officials have been scrambling to limit the damage this has been a bad week for the pentagon has it not. it has and it was not only that this letter was leaked that's bad enough but that the contents of the letter are apparently incorrect according to the secretary of defense as well so to understand this just look back to this weekend 1st when the iraqi parliament voted on a non-binding measure to the victim u.s. troops out of iraq that was the 1st thing that donald trump afterward said tweeted out no u.s. troops will not be leaving iraq so that's the context we have here and that's when

this letter came out in the letter was on department of defense letterhead and it was written apparently by a brigadier general that it's from the u.s. military in iraq it was written apparently to give to his iraqi military counterparts informing them that the u.s. was pulling out their troops from iraq and listen to what the 1st line or sentence of the letter says it's pretty clear it says in due deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq and as requested by the iraqi parliament and the prime minister combined a joint task force will be reese repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement to goes on a little longer than finishes with the last sentence we respect your sovereign decision to order our departure that is very clear and such really saying u.s. troops are moving out of iraq after this letter was leaked people were calling up the pentagon including journalists of course of the like ourselves and they said we

know nothing about this bottom line here is this was a secretary of state i'm sorry secretary defense and joint chief of staff called in journalists off camera briefing and said the letter was leaked it does not mean what it says we are not pulling troops out of iraq it said that this was just a draft letter that was going back and forth in fact the u.s. says that they absolutely will not be pulling troops out of iraq they're simply. just repositioning them. i will give you amid all the confusion president trump has come under increasing criticism over his. cultural sites in his defense secretary seems to be contradicting what walky thomas. yeah this was another mess quite frankly that the pentagon is having to clean up over the weekend donald trump of said on 2 different occasions once on twitter in another time talking to journalists on air force one twice he said that he would consider bombing or

striking militarily cultural sites within iran now that's against international law and can be considered a war crime so raised eyebrows that why the president would consider doing this should be noted iran has 254 different sites that are unesco world heritage sites so on monday journalists asked the secretary of defense is that true do you plan to bomb cultural sites in iran and he said if we go to war with iran he said we will follow all the laws of armed conflict so the journal said does that mean then that you will not cultural sites in iran and he said again we will follow all the laws of armed conflict and then won't say any more about it so clearly he's the secretary of defense is contradicting the president there and putting the secretary of defense in a pretty awkward position bottom line is this really raise the eyebrows of so many people here just and no one really wants to defend the comments by trump and so

the visual line from the pentagon is they'll follow the law of armed conflict which means they won't be bombing cultural sites in iran ok we'll give or we'll keep an eye on that and i thank you very much indeed. live for as in washington d.c. let's cross to baghdad and i want to be following the reaction she joins us now live as some all know the recent statements from president trump are not lesser that was leaked that house it's a rates impacts on iraq itself how have people there been reacting to the contradictory messages coming out of washington d.c. . well there is a lot of confusion here in iraq both among politicians but also on the street over whether or not foreign troops are indeed leaving there is also there are also different opinions about whether or not the decision that was voted on by parliament is indeed nonviolent binding most legal experts appear to agree it is

but in the meantime was seen governments take actual steps to implement this decision we've had prime minister either of them are to speak to the u.s. and about her to iraq here and urge him to take actions to implement the parliament's decision we've also had the military spokesperson of the government announced that mechanisms are being taken to implement this decision so for now there appears to be no additional efforts to really draft legislation to formally ask for these troops to leave it appears that the government is standing behind this decision and has basically initiated steps to make it happen now in terms of whether the u.s. forces are really leaving or not that letter that was released last night has caused a lot of confusion here what we do know that there was a lot of helicopter movement over baghdad last night with troops being redeployed we don't know where they're being degraded but they're being redeployed to other locations inside iraq but there was certainly

a lot of movement and we were also sure that there was actually a signed copy of this letter that was actually indeed sent to the iraqi counterparts to announce this redeployment now it doesn't mean the troops are actually leaving iraq at this point now in the meantime we've had other western nations such as france germany who also have troops based here in iraq as part of the coalition to fight eisel basically launched their own efforts to try to preserve their own relationships with iraq they've been caught in an extremely awkward position because on the one hand they're part of this correlation to fight isis but then they are caught in the middle when the u.s. takes unilateral action. against patents and money and i will mark the 100 who were killed in those airstrikes it put them in a very difficult position so they're trying to now negotiate to speak to the iraqi government to see whether their own troops will remain in country some of them are being redeployed germany for example is redeploying some of the troops that are

based here for training purposes and also for example france's redeploying some of the troops that are based at the headquarters in baghdad but it remains to be seen what exactly will happen and the legal foundation for this is extremely confusing none of these countries have a status of forces agreement with the iraqi government so it's extremely difficult to understand what would need to happen legally for these troops to actually withdraw ok sort of old scene in baghdad thank you very much indeed let's get more on this. is a professor of political science at the university of tehran and joins us now live from the training camp so good to have you with on the program let's focus on political events in iran for the moment. no not too long ago the arabian parliament has designated the u.s. military a terrorist organization this is no enjoying in law in terms of the winds or

tensions between the u.s. and iran which are at quite a high level what in essence does this change. a so 9 months ago when the united states there's a canadian the i.r.g.c. the uranium revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization the iranian problem and passed a bill that designated u.s. central command as a terrorist organization what happened today is that the parliament changed the previous law to include the entire u.s. military as well as the pentagon and all its subsidiaries riches institutes and even corporations as a terrorist organization so essentially the iranian government now sees the entire us military as a terrorist organization and i think this lays the foundation the legal foundation for a possible military response by you on but we were expecting

a military response by iran in any case because all 3 since events what kind of military response do you think this points to. well i think i mean it's difficult to tell definitely because our. national security council which has come to a conclusion of what this response will be has not really made its decision public but most probably in this also relates to what was passed today in parliament are essentially u.s. bases in the region will become targets i mean the united states has military bases in iraq afghanistan kuwait bahrain qatar saw all these bases could become potential targets for the year a needs and given the events happening in the united states receiving

a lot of use one minute we're being told that u.s. troops will be pulled from iraq the next minute we're told this isn't the case and then there's the whole issue of trump threatening to pop cultural targets and then the u.s. defense secretary joints of all back these comments how are the how are these new turns being viewed or interpreted 8 iran is this a destabilizing decision making do you think or is it reassuring it shows an adversary here don't know what they're doing. well it's actually i would say it's concerning because it shows that there is a lot of confusion in the u.s. administration and perhaps this is what donald trump himself wants i mean the whole mad men theory of him trying to present himself as this out of control leader that even might hit iranian cultural sites but i mean listen if iran does not respond to the attack of course and soleimani the trumpet ministration will see you on is very

weak and essentially will increase pressure on you our european leaders in the past few days have urged restraint on the part of the iran let's remember that one and a half years ago when the trumpet ministration decided to leave the nuclear record these same european leaders persuaded you want to stay in the deal and not to retaliate and in return you know they were going to alleviate the sanctions the u.s. was imposing on iraq and essentially nothing happened iran are stayed in the deal for a whole year and sanctions on the country increased and i think that's an experience iranian leaders have learned from and i think to day of iranian leaders are pretty adamant to have a military response for the assassination ok we'll have to leave it there but how much of a great secret your thoughts thank you so much for joining us from to her on. there's plenty more still to come on the new siren creating forces loyal to libyan general file if i have to are making sweeping games will be live on the ground in

tripoli. protests across india after a mass group attack students and teachers as a prominent university in the capital. and coming up in the sports wave and see there's some basketball magic from this washington christening. british woman convicted of lying about being rates in by israeli teenagers in cyprus has received a suspended sentence but she plans to appeal the 4 month jail term suspended for 3 years to the supreme court's now in july the woman claimed that 12 teenagers gang raped her when she was on holiday then she changed her story but she insists her retraction was forced because she was under jurists from persistent police questioning where the case led to protests in britain and a call to boycott the islands let's get more now from rory challenge she joins us

live from a part of the media worry that the judge has handed down a 4 month sentence suspended for 3 years what exactly does this mean and what morkie tell us about this unusual case. but it does mean that she can go home for the 1st time in around 6 months this british teenager . through this entire experience as university career do you read. lots of. the why she goes back a day to day life completely up ended that can now start to be pieced back together again she does go home but she goes home as a criminal century because you know this could this conviction stand. for the moments i was in that courtroom behind me up above street level when she heard she had this suspended sentence she turned around and gave

a sad smile to the supporters have family who were in the courtroom with her. the judge's ruling it had to be read squire loudly into the translation that she was getting i had to be givens out loud because of the chance of all these activists who were out on the streets below saying that they supported her they believed that they said that she was being rates twice once in the right that she claims had happened so they had sort of visas readies and then again by the cypriot criminal justice system so yeah i think it's a mixed situation for her. legal team says that they are going to carry on fighting this they are going to appeal to cyprus's supreme court and if that fails they are going to go to the european court of human rights and laurie just give us a bit more background about this case because the hoskin extremely controversial

from the outset and the victim saying she was forced to retract her statements wasn't even a light legal representation. yeah it has numerous different elements this case it cuts rights of the hearts of the meat to movement how people how women who say they have suffered sexual violence are treated how they listen to. legal team says that there were numerous violations in the way that. situation was processed. by the cypriot police and then by the justice system here they say that when she was initially questions she was interrogated essentially by police for 'd hours and hours and hours 88 to 10 hours with no legal representation then audion been a translator there they say that retraction of the claim that she made

against these men was essentially made under duress it was it was forced and there were various other irregularities the that the case against. threw up was as a press process so they have numerous complaints negative taken goes to the supreme court. it's also child as i was saying earlier strands of light on this you know that the way that the women listen to when they say they've been sexually assaulted or raped and that many of the protesters and the activists who came here had come from israel and they say that this is something that needs to be addressed in cyprus not just in israel but the world over that finally people need to start waking up or listening to what women have to say about sexual assault and sexual violence against them ok mary chance live for as i did cite the courts in cyprus

thank you. now at least 30 people have been killed in a bomb explosion in northeast nigeria it went off from a bridge that separates the tie in all of europe from neighboring cameroon and nigeria as borno states there have also been reports of several injuries no group has claimed responsibility for the attack but book her arm has been based in the area over the last 10 years of forces loyal to the libyan general while if i have to have reached the center of syria a coastal city east of the capital tripoli is also seized in the by our air bases one of the largest military installations syrtis strategically important to have to a months long offensive to see scenes tripoli libya's you had recognized governments is based let's go live tonight see if mom was up to 100 he is in tripoli for us mahmoud what can you tell us about this latest development in syria

so much of a game changer is this. well hurler it was a swift takeover of the coastal city of sirte by forces loyal to the war lord the whole affair have to take over was very swift last night for 2 main reasons the force the government to military brigade that was assigned with protecting and secured and securing the city of city it was not very well equipped and it was less in numbers meanwhile have to his forces attacking the city with hundreds of military vehicles and hundreds of fighters including according to all government sources including medicine or is african medicine rees also there was some kind of treason that happened in the city because part of the brigade that was assigned by the government to protect and secure the city was called the 6 or 4

brigade that's a cell of fists it's a kind of ultra puritan islamic movement fighters and they switch position at the last ditch taking a legion storm force of law into the world perhaps then they started the open fire the government forces from there we've for 2 for these 2 main reasons have to his forces swiftly took control of the course of the city of sirte plus there was some kind of sleeper cells in the city. militants as you know how that this city is very strategic for 2 main reasons 1st of all it's very close to the oil fields and oil terminals in the central coast of libya that's also the birth town or the hometown of moammar gadhafi and he was killed by the

17th of february evolutionary is in that city in 2 and 11 it was also all taken controlled by i use. in 2015 until it was liberated from iceland by the government forces in december 2016 now the government forces in the city of misrata say that they are sin degree in 4 cement to a green area west of city of the city to recapture the city ok mahmoud up there will have their life in tripoli thank you very much indeed for bringing us the latest let's get an update now on our top story the stampedes in iran at the funeral procession for assassinated general carson saw the money wouldn't cross live now to our said beg he's our correspondent on terror and. we're hearing developments there out of kerman what more can you tell us. well we're hearing unconfirmed reports that there have been casualties we can't give you the number as of yet but we do know that the emergency services have said

that there was a stampede there have been casualties in iran the interior minister official an interior ministry official he's acknowledged that there have been a number of casualties but he hasn't given a number the. governor governor's office he's also. acknowledged that there has been an incident but he's rejected rumors that it was a terrorist attack now there are hundreds of thousands of people out on the on the streets of the city of c'mon it's the largest city in province it has a population of around 820000 people it's about 1000 kilometers away from the iran but this is the final day of mourning the 3rd and final day of mourning for general has got some sort of money but we are hearing that jus to the over crowding that the barrier has been canceled. that would be hugely disappointing for the people in kerman but also his family didn't want to bury him and start the 40 days of

mourning as they do here so he's buried has been canceled and the thing is that we have much time to prepare for this they haven't seen crowds this large for 30 years since the funeral of the supreme leader of the founder of this republic the last for many and for that they had time to prepare and so the man who was assassinated unexpectedly his body was flown back it was flown to advise with the airport has been renamed after him then it was taken to mush then to iran and even on in iran that's the capital city that's used to dealing with this large number of crowds even here yesterday was very very crowded out team had to change locations several times because of the number of people that were out there so this is the news that is coming in that they are unconfirmed casualties incurred and the burial of general hossam for the money has been cancelled due to that overcrowding

ok back to life with an update on thank you very much indeed. let's take a break now and check in with the weather rob is here and i'm off down to our part of the world more my sense of turkey and i think the majority because if you look at this revolving satellite behind me you see all the cloud coming to the atlantic hits the u.k. and goes through northern europe the career is well that blocking high in the middle means we need to go down and have a look at its bottom right hand side in the last 3 or 4 days i've seen plenty of social media for sure flooding in the event but the back end of that is snow this is greece you're looking at here it's still a surprise to see greece's time the year under snow but anchor in turkey let me not doing that quite as well surprising we're talking about mid winter all the same and we don't expect these conditions precisely to be replicated in the slightly warmer weather or for example but this is the forecast if you look at the the winds the color shows you quite clearly the circulation the low is sitting in a sense

a turkey and it is sitting there which means battering the coast of lebanon syria and turkey strong winds and the blue of course represents the rain and that rain's going to continue not just today but overnight tonight and into tomorrow and it's piling up against the coast all the time of course there are going to be 2 or 3 days worse of this the total collection is something like i think $250.00 millimeters but local time polls could again lead to some flooding help thank you very much rob. what's more still ahead on this year's are including disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein could face life in prison as he goes on trial for rape charges in new york. we'll tell you why fire isn't so hard for a reason liberia's capital monrovia. and in sports canada maintained their hopes of reaching the 3rd stage is $38.00.

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a witness documentary on al-jazeera. the all to the all the. world. this is al jazeera quick mind of the headlines this hour the burial for a rainy and general course on so the money has been perspire woods after at least $35.00 people were crushed to death a stampede happened as huge crowds gathered in tahrir mon at salamis one time the commander was assassinated by b. us in baghdad on friday. well it's the 3rd day of procession for solomonic after ceremonies across the country state t.v.

says millions of people turned out to pay their respects. iran's parliament sours approved a motion dissipating you saw me and the pentagon as terrorist groups announce foreign minister says the u.s. miscalculated by targeting cousin saudi money. and our correspondents dorsetshire bari has spoken to the foreign minister in saharan well that's a cross life it's a heart know a door so you had to get a sense and with john it's a relief what exactly is even saying at this tense time. well the foreign minister is visibly upset about the events that have unfolded between the 2 governments iran and the united states i began by asking about what he thought about the reports that we've heard about the fact that u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe has called the united nations secretary general to

let him know that the u.s. government has not has have had sufficient time to issue a visa for the iranian foreign minister he's supposed to be speaking at the united nations security council on thursday let's listen to what he had to say secretary pompei or caused the secretary general of the united nations yesterday and said they didn't have time to. consider my request and therefore they would not issue a visa that is a violation of the united states commitments. i mean if the u.s. if it takes. 25 days for the u.s. bureaucracy to issue a visa for a foreign minister was visited the united states many times in the past 35 years then. that's the word asian of the u.n. charter headquarters agreement what if some of us obligations but for a country that commits war crimes and crimes against humanity committing a technical violation of a u.n. headquarters agreement it's not important the question is what are they afraid of

what do they think would happen if i go to new york. that that's a question that they need to answer but i think again they're mistaken as secretary poppier thought that people were dancing in the streets of tehran. for their murder of generosity money and now he sees the sea of humanity turning go they think that i cannot communicate with the american people without coming to the united states i can communicate with the american people sitting at my home iran will respond because there was an act of war. an act of war combined with an act of terrorism against a senior official of the stomach republic of iran and a citizen we don't and we are bound to protect our citizens and our military officials it was an act that has to be. reciprocated by by iran. make the necessary deliberations and it will be an act that we do not in

a hurry not in a hasty about but after necessary deliberate however the act by the united states had other much it and greatest of creating so many people outside iran inside iraq that will have consequences for the united states and i believe the most important consequence is that the days of the united states in this region are not. the foreign minister was had a terror on dialogue conference which he was hosting when you have the omani foreign minister who was attending as well as the former afghan president hamid karzai the foreign minister in his opening remarks also stressed the importance of the assassination of us in solomon he said that solomon is death will not go unanswered but that iran will take its time he also said that so the money's deaths will achieve something that he was fighting for his entire life and that is to get rid of the u.s.

presence of troops in the middle east in the united states needs to be very well a very aware of this fact that they need to leave the this region 'd and that is what iran will aim to do in the coming days and weeks and months really. there are so jabari there live for us in the arabian capital thank you. iraq has pushed members of the united nations security council to condense solmonese assassination the killing has led to debates on to vision and he when he has actually general antonio caetera says he's worried about the growing phone lights 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 exercise maximum restraint restart dialogue re new international cooperation let us not forget

the terrible human suffering caused by war. the nato chief has warned iran against further violence and provocations after an emergency meeting in belgium against stoltenberg says a new conflicts is in no one's interest they still maintains a 500 person strong training mission in iraq for the fight against eisel but it suspended that after solomon his death. need to is prepared to continue or training and capacity building when the situation permits for years all our lives have expressed concern about iran's destabilizing activities in the why the middle east region. we agreed iran must never require a nuclear weapon we shared concern about iran's missile tests. a sense other years now and process have been held across india 2 days after masked men and

a woman broken so university and beat up students and teachers students affiliated with the governing b.j. peer accused of carrying out the attack they deny being involved campuses have been a forefront of protests over controversial citizenship. as reports. 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 white wings student groups have been sparring over a hike ill advised the accommodation fees for weeks but too many sundays brazen attack in one of india's leading universities is unprecedented when i read that i

was a huge shock because harry are in a eat university ennia and there's a group of about 5060 young men aung. with their faces covered and very 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. back. then to vacation of people who are 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 the some turned violent in kolkata protesters from another top university faced off with b.g.p. activists and the police. this was a bad week i'm told i mean by let me know when it was the day. i cannot even imagine that i was there 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 government. al-jazeera. venezuela's opposition leader is fun and see returns of parliament 2 days after soldiers physically book kidded him from seeking reelection as speaker of 1.050

a dissident stepped back on the material government supplied to lead the next parliamentary session for latin america and service in 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 that is will injure understandably confused and frustrated years ago our muslim brotherhood as assange gars we left 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 swore in as speaker and deputy recently expelled from his opposition party the. that wasn't 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 at 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 supplied cell. were there traits is now 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 on the really. has clearly lost the mental and support since he declared himself interim president a year ago promising to usher in change how this latest chapter in the power struggle plays out is anyone's guess you see in human al-jazeera caracas. the south korean president says there's a desperate need for better relations with north korea in his new year's speech monday in cold for new talks with kim jong un he wants came to visit so cooperation between the 2 countries which are still technically at war a stalled in recent months u.s. led denuclearization talks are also on hold last week kim said he'd soon reveal a new strategic weapon. to talk focus on in a time of deadlock in u.s. north korea talks and we are even concerned about a step backward in enter korean relations we are in desperate need of practical

ways to improve into korean cooperation. former u.s. national security adviser john bolton says he's prepared to testify in the senate impeachment trial of donald trump bolton could provide a 1st hand account over vent central to the case against the u.s. president the senate is set to decide whether trump will be removed from office over allegations he pressured ukraine's president to investigate let's go ride for joe biden. communities in some the strain states hit by bushfires have been experiencing cooler temperatures but hotter weather is expected to return later in the week thousands of homes and much wildlife have been destroyed during months of fires across the country at least 25 people have died since september. thousands of people have been nights on the streets in liberia demonstrating over the poor states of its economy they're accusing presidents george we're all failing

to act for costs continue to skyrocket and people say these fantasy litigious reports from the capital monrovia. a tense standoff between protesters and liberian security forces after demonstrators try to march to the office of the president. 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 an effective deterrent if you say people should be having the right to protest not intimidate them the message has been sent to do that even if his few number like rwanda have is sent

a message and what is the message that disenchanted people who are not satisfied on the web is behind on. the crowds of this demonstration why nowhere near the number saved until 29000 but their message remains the same they want an end to what they call 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 they're looked at representatives failed to stand up to the prospect to stop the excesses they are protesting against that opinion shared by some parliamentarians. of. this. the president begins. in terms of the people the government for its part says it has resolved many of the grievances of the protestors and

blames i just it just for stirring up trouble the 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. public release how does iraq. yes prosecutors in the central assad falls new sexual assault charges against hollywood producer harvey weinstein and his trial on separate charges begins in new york where he's pleaded not guilty to assaulting 2 women one says he waits in a hotel room in 2013 winds and could spend the rest of his life in prison if found guilty of dozens of women have accused the holy producer of sexual misconduct. american airlines and aero mexico have reached settlements with boeing over losses

from the grounding of the 737 max jets or special and plane has been grounded since 2 crashes last year killed almost 350 people it will be back in u.s. skies until at least april but this could be delayed further because another issue has been discovered in the jet's wiring. still to come on al-jazeera. in the sports africa gets ready to celebrates its best footballers and he will be here with bats after this.

it's time for the sport here's andy thank you so much hallowell australian open organizers say they're not expecting it alights the start of the 1st spanish grand slam of the year despite the ongoing bushfires impacting on air quality in melbourne where the main draw starts on january the 20th we know smart related interruptions of the 80. up which is taking place in sydney person brisbane that was where canada be germany a short time ago when giving canada a shot at qualifying for the quarterfinals of the tournament. or great britain are also dance of reaching the last 8 after this victory over moldova in sydney moldova or outs brits in crete progress depending on other results the a.t.p. cup is a new 24 nations limit set up to take off the season. russia they're definitely into the quarter finals after their 3rd straight winning 3 day russia beating norway after earlier victories over its early in the united states australia and

serbia are the other countries assured of a place in the last states. now the african footballer of the year will be announced in egypt later on this tuesday for president jonny and fanciness is in the country ahead of that event getting involved in a kick about here with some of the gangs former greats all 3 nominees for the men's player of the year star in the english premier league liverpool. and studier moderate in contention alongside manchester city's rehat morris ramadan valencia of arrived in saudi arabia to take part in the new look spanish super cup for the 1st time 4 teams are involved with barcelona and outlets going to it also playing events was held abroad last season as well when barcelona beat severe in morocco. for cerner and i'll go instead another career landmark scoring his 1st hat trick in its least top division ronaldo scored 3 goals for the events this in their 4 nil home we have a camry the 34 year old is now scored in his past 5 league games. he is the 1st

person to join strike alexis sanchez to score a hat trick in the english premier league spanish league and syria it's his 56th overall. foreign allies effort not enough to put events at the top of the table in similar on returning to 1st place after this $31.00 win over napoli belgium for romelu lukaku scored twice in their 1st syria championship since 2000 and. 4 mysterious star daniel de rossi has announced his retirement from football the 36 year old king won the world cup with italy in 2006 was it wrong with the 18 years he joined argentine side bucket unions in july but now says he wants to become a football coach or club direct. in clothing with you it will be not only am i saying goodbye to a club that is touch my heart i'm saying goodbye to my whole life my job my sport my passion but i'm 36 years old it was going to happen at some point whether in

june or in december i don't think i could have played for another 10 years. in england arsenal came through to reach the 4th round of the f.a. cup went to work hard against former european champions league semifinalists leeds they won one nil thanks to this goal from recent nelson arsenal coach mikel arteta full of praise for leads to a current top of the english 2nd series on track for a return to the premier league. and i mean he is a name for it. i said before the game. going to the dentist you know he. is solve the immediate really high and the great. big game coming up in the english league cup a little later on hold as manchester city taking on manchester united in the semifinals played over the sea legs 1st one of old trafford united want to wait city in the league in december 10th game in a month but are going to sole show believes his players will still find the strength to perform. the games give you energy gives you. the

urge to go. to the next level and above and beyond what you might be capable of. in your head but sometimes you can you surprise yourself it's counterpart headquarter you're rolling out of a switching jobs coach united saying is more chance of finding him on a beach in the malise have to train sitting there we train it it's like oh no it's to madrid. definitely not whatever happens in the future it was the only offer. i will be mulled lives you know they'll have offers. and it was a rare defeat for the league leading milwaukee bucks in the n.b.a. they were aiming for their 6 straight victory against the salmon signing our spurs but star johnny and include part showing what he can do it was the spurs are at the edge especially the moderates and racked up 25 points is to make having males also chips in with 21 as the spurs ran away with it however the bucs still have the best

overall record this season of 13 wins and 6 losses. another of the n.b.a. title contenders the boston celtics also suffered a shock defeat against the washington wizards and that was largely down to one standout player. spirit dancing around crosses over against cancer. puts it up. when they get back shot it's. always it's all one of the worst performance things they shared ish smith came off the bench tonight $27.00 points in his victories. ok that is high sports is looking for now thank you very much zain what that sets for me for this new santana georgian is up with the next you keep it here and i'll just say about.

taiwan's president seeks a 2nd task facing hank or you who advocates restoring closer ties with china will this election move the island closer to the mainland who continue to resist beijing's push the unification taiwan's 20 trying to presidential election on al-jazeera frank assessments the one good thing about these bush fires is that you really wipe them out the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate goes to school board lawyers on 'd a bogus argument is astonishingly patronize an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of the new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera more than 7 decades ago a country was split into 3 with jenny and now at the time come

to be my page all it took was a pen a map of the collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled at his servant who had never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders of blood. driven by outreach and spanning generations the role hinges demonstrators gathered on the very day a widely criticised repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was powerful if you don't like we're so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow they'll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow they'll send back 2030 years if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among

the most persecuted minorities in the world. a stampede kills dozens of mourners at the funeral for the iranian general hossam sentiment in his burial plans on monday has now been postponed. and this is obviously a live from doha also coming up confusion over the future of u.s. troops in iraq the pentagon says a general's letter about withdrawal plans was a mistake. a possible showdown in venezuela the opposition leader is determined to return to after being barred from calling.