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a british woman found guilty of lying that she was raped by israeli teenagers in cyprus. and a possible showdown in venezuela the opposition leader is determined to return to parliament after being barred from congress. and in sports events a strike a christian or an elder has hit another korea landmark 5 ton wall the player of the year stone his 1st hat trick in italy's top division. or the burial of a top iranian general assassinated by the us has now been postponed after a deadly stampede steering his hometown funeral more than 40 people have been killed across happens as huge crowds gathered in the. city of command to bid

farewell to carson saw the money he was killed in a u.s. airstrike on friday in iraq where in response to the killing iran's parliament has designated the us army and the pence again as terrorist organizations address and crowds solomon his funeral the leader of iran's revolutionary guards has value and revenge. our revenge will be harsh and tough be certain because we are telling the enemy bench him if you respond to our revenge we'll burn the police in love and they themselves know where it is. well this is happening as the future of the american military in iraq remains uncertain the u.s. secretary of defense was forced to clarify that there has been no decision to pull troops that comes after a draft last it was leaked indicates it will withdraw but the top general said it was circulated by mistake what will be speaking. about the u.s.

troops in iraq in just a moment some a binge of aid to standing by for us in baghdad to tell us about the funeral of the deputy commander of the iranian backed militia who was also killed in friday's airstrike but 1st let's go to dorset to barry in toronto get more on that stampede . what more can what more can you tell us about the stampede. well we've heard from the head of the country's emergency services who says that there has indeed been 40 deaths so far reported and the stampede which occurred just a few hours ago in care month city in the central care mon province we also know that over 200 people have been injured so far and because of that the burial ceremonies have been actually postponed we don't know when that's going to happen we believe that the authorities are now trying to clear the areas in the city to

try and make sure that everybody is safe and then have some kind of a burial service and quietly and privately later on possibly in the evening now care man city is quite a small city it's home to about 820000 people and it's about a 1000 kilometers away from the capital tehran and this is really not the kind of sea. he that was equipped to handle this kind of crowd we've heard that some of the victims have come all the way from ban that boss in the south of the country so this ceremony was not just limited to people who lived in the area iranians from all across the country came out to attend the burial services for the assassinated general hossam so the money so it's still. a situation that's ongoing in the authorities are trying to get a handle on it and meanwhile there are so there have been other developments in iran noticeably in the parliaments and also some controversy around the foreign

minister. just because up to date with the political developments in iran if you. well the parliament has now designated 200000000 euros from the national budget to go towards. cuts force that is the branch of the revolutionary guards that deals with the foreign and clandestine operations that was headed by the late general us him so the money so it got a huge boost financially to beef up its defense. capabilities that was the one thing the parliament was adamant about since the assassination we also have now heard from the foreign minister devout serif who spoke to me just a short while ago at a conference he was hosting in toronto where he does talk about the latest developments about the u.s. government's decision not to issue him a visa to attend the united nations security council meeting which he was invited to on thursday let's hear what else 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 will not issue a research. that is a violation of the united states' commitments the i mean if the us if it takes. 25 days for the u.s. bureaucracy to issue a visa for the 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 wide ocean of u.s. obligations but for a country that commits war crimes and crimes against humanity committing a technical violation of a u.n. headquarters agreement is 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 potentially think again they're mistaken as

secretary pump your thought that people were dancing in the streets of tehran and baghdad for their measure of generosity money and now he sees the sea of humanity turning out they think that i cannot communicate with the american people without coming to the united states where i can communicate with the american people sitting at my home iran will respond to because there was an act toward an act of war combined with an act of terrorism against a senior official of the stomach republic of iran and a citizen of iran and we are bound to protect our citizens and our military officials was an act that has to be. reciprocated by you by iran even make the necessary deliberations and it will be an act that we will do not in a hurry not in a hasty man and but after necessary deliberation however the act by the united states had other elements and it enraged to feelings of. many people outside of

europe so you know 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 of numbering. the foreign minister also told me that since the assassination he has lost not only a great friend but a great confidant and that nothing can replace general us and so the money for the foreign minister is a sentiment that's being shared across the country now as we move forward the question now is what will happen between the united states and iran everybody is asking that very question in the iranians are saying they've decided what they're going to do but they're taking their time to act on it so in the days and weeks ahead we'll find out what will happen next ok dorsett jabari live for us in tehran thank you. for it is the is a professor of world studies at the university of tehran he believes others will carry forward solmonese military agenda. one of the goals that he had was to end

the us hegemony in the middle east and as you have seen in the last number of days the iraqi parliament has voted for the american forces to get out of iraq and this is going to be very of anti american policies he was like many iranians did not have any problem with the american people but they did have problem with the u.s. government in the middle east policies of the u.s. government the support that they give to israelis and the support that they give to the dictators that cause difficulties for the people of this region and i think the legacy is going to be with the idea that you can serve your country you can protect the borders you can be independent and you may get killed in this manner but the ideas are going to be present for many years to come the people. have been a kind of pressure and a segment of society may feel pressured enough to come to the streets

a small segment as we saw in a couple of months ago but people are realizing that there are economic difficulties. important but what is more important is the security of the country and when you hit a general that's his main job was to protect the borders they're going to get upset the assassination was ordered by president trump who had his own ideas of nationalism for him not to realize that this is going to cause iranians to unite and this is going to cause iraqis to unite and it's going to cause iranian people and iraqi people to iraq to unite because they have a common enemy now it is very for the shuffle. we're just getting word into was that the death toll in kirmani where that funeral for a general sort of money was taking place the death toll has now risen to 50 we're going to keep across that story and bring you all the latest as it comes in but for

now let's shift our focus to iraq and iraqis and bastra have held a funeral procession for paramilitary leader abu matty our mohandas he was killed alongside so money in friday's airstrike mindless was the deputy commander of the arena and backed popular mobilization forces whose faces were involved in the siege on the u.s. embassy in baghdad last week a binge of aids is in baghdad for some of the hospital lot of focus on the funerals for the money but up on the hands of his funeral is also taking place but what can you tell us about that funeral and how is his death being viewed in iraq. well we've heard from the prime minister of iraq who held a funeral ceremony rather mourning ceremony at the prime minister's office yesterday where people came and can do or not for just the death. but also for the

killing of the mad hundreds who was the 2nd in command of the popular mobilization forces now that has after some d.n.a. tests and his body being blessed at religious ritual religious science in iran his body have arrived in basra where there was a funeral and the body will now travel to niger for its final resting place i would imagine wonders has now been replaced by how the. commander who's also been quite efficient in the fight against somebody was very close to iran as well and how the lumber used to lead the budget of militia we've also seen the impact of this from his blood because there was a lot of influence of that particular group and the united states going after that group signaled that there was some sort of intelligence that the u.s. had about that group blamed the group for attack and. carried out strikes against

that group on the iraq syrian border and this is a group that was headed by a mad the $100.00 who was taken out with customs and then money so he was a significant figure he was seen as somebody who was bringing together the various factions because of it in the popular mobilization forces there is a number of smaller groups with various interests and ideologies some extreme some not that much of and then he was the kind of figure who could rally them all together under the umbrella of the popular will a vision forces cross into the money being instrumental in giving them the guidance to become a coherent force against isis and that is by seeing a lot of calls of revenge from many of these groups under the umbrella of the popular mobilization forces some groups saying that the blood that has been. build will not go in vain has been lost 8 men just 24 hours ago saying that the united states even if it pulls out voluntarily will not be spared of the revenge so a lot of incendiary statements coming from these groups but so far they have

exercise restraint apparently they're under orders that no action is to be taken on iraqi soil but iraq is bracing itself for some sort of reaction that will come from iran which iran says will be of its time and place of choosing macare some adventure of aides are reporting from baghdad thank you for the trumpet ministration is expected to brief congress about the drone strike that killed car sums of money and. 100 s. for more than their white house correspondent kimberly hauck it's in washington d.c. kimberly air we are expecting congress to be brief not before time many in the democratic party would argue. yeah there is a lot going on in washington on the story it's fast moving the latest news that we have reported that in just about 2 an hour's time or less we will be hearing from the u.s. secretary of state pale in the state department briefing room we expect that he is

going to be answering some questions for reporters we know that he made the sunday rounds on the chat shows where he continued to make the argument that the attacks the killing that brought the death of general solo money that in fact that this was justified in the eyes of the trumpet ministration expect that there will be questions on that also questions on the other story that were porting the fact that the iranian foreign minister not being granted a visa to attend those meetings at the u.n. secor security council that are taking place on thursday the last time he was here with the u.n. general assembly back in september but now in the context of the events taking place the u.s. not granting that visas so watching very closely as that happens but as you point out there are real questions not just from reporters but also from members of congress about the timing of this killing of general given the fact that the u.s. president is facing impeachment proceedings in the u.s. congress that moving now to the u.s. senate many members of congress asking was the senate attempt to kind of divert

from that problematic domestic headline that is taking place so these are some of the questions that will be brought up in the briefing as well as also what is the administration's strategy we have been talking here on al-jazeera that in fact the house speaker nancy pelosi introducing measures to limit the president's ability to respond militarily moving forward against iran but at the same time we're also seeing another resolution circulating in the republican controlled senate to praise the president for his actions so a lot of conflicting information a lot of confusion trying to sort it out will be watching very carefully at 15 g.m.t. when. the u.s. secretary of state speaks to reporters. were looking for clarity on the subject there is certainly a lot of confusion among the military strategy in the way forward particularly after a letter was released claiming that the u.s.

defense secretary was going to troops out of iraq and that has not been. wolf you know in washington what's happening with the yeah. well that's what we're all asking it was a bit of a confusing couple of hours when suddenly we saw at the pentagon this impromptu q. and a session question and answer session taking place late monday afternoon local time where we saw the defense secretary mark asked for coming out the army general mark milley coming out and answering questions about a letter that had been circulating they say it was a draft letter but this letter essentially was sort of laying out the plan for withdrawal something that the pentagon to since walked back it's left many in congress and around the world asking what is the u.s. strategy in all of this this is something that the president may address himself or watching that carefully as well he is expected to later on in the day be welcoming the prime minister of greece there is always the potential that he could be talking

about that we do know that the military has been readying for some sort of retaliatory attack by iran adding to the 10s of thousands of troops already in the region with thousands more for his part u.s. president on top so far off and tweets early in the morning here in washington been a bit quiet so far only read tweeting tweets from one of his supporters in the u.s. senate senator lindsey graham essentially saying that once again saying that this was a justified mission that this killing of general solomonic was to avert attacks on americans to foil plots against americans and that he can only blame himself for his own death very strong words being rich waited from the u.s. president will see follows that up when he appears perhaps alongside the prime minister of greece later in the coming hours ok kember we hope thank you very much . there's also more cells to come on this news hour including we'll be live from india's capital where there's been a big decision on an 8 year old gang rape case we'll work out the impacts of south

korea's going wealth gap and in sports cannot maintain their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the a.t.p. cup. a british woman convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli teenagers in cyprus has received a suspended prison sentence she plans to appeal against the 4 month term in july the woman told police 12 teenagers had gang raped her or she was on hold izzie she later retracted her story but says she was forced to do so by the police and didn't have a lawyer the case led to protests in britain and a call for tourists to boycott the islands after serious worry chalons explains what's next for the british woman. i was in the courtroom as this was being read

out. over the shouts of her supporters down on the streets it was quite hard to hear what was going on the judge reading quite loudly and in greek she was having this translates into already english at the bit where the judge was saying that the 12 israelis had had their rights taken away from them and their liberty deprived she she lived very upset about that shook her head slowly in the courtroom but her fight goes on she is although she is now free to go. she is going to pursue this in the supremum court of cyprus still saying that she is a victim not a criminal and if that doesn't work she's going to go to the human rights courts in europe it has political undertones as well there are people research into the way that this court case was handled was to do with cyprus trying to safeguard its time with with israel there are a whole host of things bubbling around and different accusations and defenses being

given but yes the legal team here her legal team asserted that while she was being questioned she wasn't given a lawyer while she was in even given a translator that this was. a kind of a whole host of violations of the the way that this should go through the courts and she had been turned from someone who should be given supports and being listened to into someone who was then made a criminal. a judge in india has set the execution date for 4 men convicted of the rape and torture and murder of a university student on a bus in delhi the case dates back to 2012 of those who died from her injuries and the case triggered mass protests which ultimately led to tougher new reports 6 timer involved in the attack but one hanged himself prison and another

was a minor at the time launch of war a joins us now live from new delhi and she'll tell us more about this case and the sentence is that we're expecting. well you know the mother. had appealed to a court and she said that she wants capital punishment and that she's been waiting for years now over 7 years and that she wants justice for her daughter dramatic scenes of that court judges of course have a. death sentence the death sentence part was awarded earlier they've said that it would be capital punishment indeed an expedited the sentence of death warrants have been issued against these 4 convicts but talking about dramatic scenes there the mom of a girl who was crying she said she cannot forget what happened to her daughter and she cannot forgive the convict spot the mother of one of the convicts was also crying as has been reported by the local press and she appealed to the mother of

the girl for marci so her son could go on living but. has not given in so we will be witnessing a lot of emotions in the cauldron across the country actually this case as you rightly said it's trending on t.v. laws and said one of the things in the law now is that in the rarest of rare cases capital punishment would be awarded which has been done in this case but i have to mention that several legal experts continue to say that capital punishment is not seen as a deterrent to rape in a country like. in the other patriarchy in other issues continue to prevail and the government has to come up with a more realistic policy in order to be in order to deal. against on online and against women so this case has now perhaps seen a closer this family will perhaps see a closure on january 22nd when these 4 convicts will be hanged we believe that the sentence will be carried out early in the morning indian time and why this is going

to please many people here and many people would consider this just as legal experts continue to be very careful in this estimate of what sort of impact or if any at all this would have on future case of violence against women of their courts and i'll show you mentioned that there are calls for a more holistic policy needed to address violence and sexual violence in particular against women in india and yet we continue to hear of these horrifying cases most recently of. a young vets. who was attacked her body was burnt and yet back kissin even gets a trial how much work is there so to do when it comes to violence against women in india. well a lot of work you know there are certain steps of the government have to take for instance establish more fast track courts that said it would establish you did establish some but not the number that you took promise and sucking up a number that is required in the 1st problem is just as delivery of justice with

the proper traitor as you know are they scared of the justice system system of the legal system it's a superior there not because justice is not delivered or it's delayed so that is something the government actually could do and that's a concrete measure that the government could take but more than that it has to be holistic approach and of ins rights activists have been saying this for years now that the government has to start addressing these by talking to its people by saying that this is not ok bye. talking about patriarchy and the problems that it has created in the societies for god knows when and that is something does the government has to think about it have to sit down really with women's rights experts and gender experts it's a down and talk about how this problem could actually be dealt with you know to stick man up in schools and colleges what sort of conversations need to take place what sort of popular culture should one be thinking about what sort of ideas must be pushed into or are developed to popular culture now these are the conversations

that are not happening experts say that these are the conversations that in fact must take place in the case of the where 2 was killed in telling are the police ended up shooting what the a-q. was so many experts say we actually don't know whether the accused were are cultures actually or not the people many people were happy because they thought justice had been done but was it was that really just isn't is that the way to go about justice these are some of the very very important and big questions that the indian experts and government has to answer for america thank you very much indeed were reporting live from new delhi japanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrants for the wife of former miss sample scholars go on carroll go on is wanted for giving false testimony in courts last april she's currently in lebanon with her husband's who skipped bail in japan last week was awaiting trial for multiple counts of financial misconduct charges he denies he insists that his family had

nothing to do with his escape. community is a summer stroll in states hit by bush far as i've been experiencing cooler temperatures but hot so weather is expected to return later in the week thousands of homes and wildlife have been destroyed during months of fires across the country it's 25 people have died since september. well in say in sydney the funeral has taken place of our volunteer firefighter who was killed last month when a tree fell on his truck andrew dwyer died along with another volunteer jeff keaton colleagues formed a guard of honor as the funeral procession passed by. well let's get more of an update on the weather is sure to hint at the changes it's not a good one in fact if you have a look at the satellite picture and now hope this here in the northwest foster is

what you would like to transfer to the southeast is a tropical cyclone blake that's formed and now made landfall somewhere on 80 mile beach and it's forecast is take it inland across what's really the great sandy desert so it's dropping a lot of rain in places where the rain just isn't needed as is typical because this is where you get the cyclons here and also up near darwin's is that spin of their radar when it's in the tropical cycle or almost there and that's produced a fair amount of rain to the east of darwin itself but unfortunately that's where it stays rain was done the bottom right hand corner we've got some we've got the form of showers forming around a.c.t and straight is capital territory a new south wales but not many it's certainly cool down for the next 2 days what you're going to be watching is the day the showers build up on the great dividing range and that's more or less where they stay so all the attention on the wind blowing in the wrong direction nothing is really helping however the heat's getting

up once again this is the heat profile and this is for wednesday book at 42 representatives could be happening in land in new south wales will get a few showers but i'm afraid not many not maybe until saturday our next as very much rob. well sources to come on this news hour will tell you why sizes have rallies in liberia's capital monrovia. and forces loyal to libyan general who if i have to are making sweeping gains we'll be live on the ground in tripoli. and coming up in the sport with an see there's some basketball magic from this washington wizards. make stories generate fountains of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison doesn't mean right stopped at the gate

separate the spin from the facts the western media jumps on stories without taking down the misinformation from the journalism it's about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground with the listening post on al-jazeera. it is murder when you throw a firebomb into someone's home and eat shit off trash you know. that's not insignificant in the numbers that insignificant ideologically the insignificant evil is a crime gag down very significant by dictating the government and the fucked up policy without shalt not kill part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera.

this is al jazeera a reminder of the headlines this hour the burial of a rainy and general cousin salomone has been for sports after more than 50 people were killed in a stampede steering his funeral procession the commander was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in baghdad on friday. iran's parliament sounds proof for motion designating the u.s. army and the pentagon as terrorist groups the foreign minister says the u.s. miscalculated by targeting solomonic. in of all iraq fires and sound it turns at a funeral procession in basra for power militia leader abu moxy mohandas seat was killed alongside solomonic in friday's airstrike. iraqis are worried about what tensions between iran and the us will mean for them many fear sanctions

threatened by president donald trump could see a return to the hardships of the saddam hussein era some wonderful scene has more from baghdad. and an easy mood has settled over but 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 a battle 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 will 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 . assisting 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 end 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 they're 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 us and iran many iran with 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 fear and not to distant memories of conflict and hardship similar faulty in al jazeera but that. m.s.l. strike carried out by hooty rebels in yemen has killed 11 government soldiers iran backed militia targeted a military camp in governance more than 20 soldiers were also wounded it's the 2nd attack in the province just over a week forces loyal to libyan general holly for have to have reached the center of syria it's a coastal city east of the capital tripoli they've also sees the nearby card to be a airbase one of the largest military installations sits strategically important so you have to a months long offensive to seize tripoli where the b.s. u.n.

recognized government is based a correspondent mahmoud's up to what explains just why syria is so strategically important general hatters campaign to seize the capital. it's very close to the oil fields and oil terminals in the central coast of libya now it's also the birth. of the hometown of moammar gadhafi and he was killed by the 17th of february evolutionary and the city into an 11 it was also taken controlled by ice in 2015 until it was liberated from isel by the government forces in december 2016 now the government forces in the city of misrata say that they are sending green for cement to a grey area west of city of the city to recapture the city. buildings have been damaged and communications are partially don't after 2 earthquakes on the island of puerto rico the initial magnitude 6.5 quake not set out just say across

the u.s. territory after damaging its main power plants magnitude 6 earthquake struck just 3 hours later it's the strongest in a series of earthquakes to hit the islands in the past 2 weeks gabriel is in washington d.c. he says they aren't as bracing for further aftershocks. the epicenter at least where the hardest hit area that we're seeing where most of the damage is it's along the southern coast of puerto rico we've seen pictures on social media and a little bit of video that people have been posting on social media showing that in one town the main churches collapsed in other towns along the southern coast we've seen some roads that have collapsed and washed out as well as some buildings and homes that have collapsed as well in the city of potence the city of about 150000 people on the southern coast we've seen some damage there as well the main hospital

there while not collapsed has been completely evacuated because there's fear that the hospital infrastructure or the foundation could be compromised soon after these earthquakes hit there was a tsunami warning that was issued but it does not appear that there is a tsunami threat at this time the people were very nervous in puerto rico because they've been hit by seismic activity that has been going on recently it was just on monday that the island was hit by a 5.8 earthquake so and these are latest earthquakes it there are reports that people ran out of their homes into the streets and gathered in parks and other public areas just to be together in fear of more aftershocks that could be coming coming soon. spain's parliament has approved its 1st ever coalition governments the votes just a few minutes ago and months of political deadlock which was triggered by inconclusive

elections last year had recension billie's an alliance between his socialist posse and left wing t.v. that's what them us. but as well as opposition leader is planning to return to parliament 2 days after soldiers physically blocks him from seeking reelection as speaker both won porto and his rival but this isn't deputy backed by the material governments have pledged to leads the next parliamentary session or latin america and so we see 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 whalen's are understandably confused and frustrated when you think you know muslim brotherhood 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 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 but that wasn't the end of it this is the headquarters of the opposition newspaper el nasional 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. there are traces there are corrupt and there's 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 and why the all we're looking at additional. sanctions personal sanctions economic sanctions that we think will bring more pressure yet on the real father but quite all has clearly lost the mental and support since he declared himself interim president a year ago promising to usher in regime change how this latest chapter in the power struggle plays out is anyone's guess you see in human al-jazeera caracas. protests have been held across india 2 days after masked men and women broke into the university and beat up students and teachers students affiliated with the governing b j p are accused of carrying out the attack they deny being involved campuses have

been up for front of process over a controversial citizenship low as priyanka gupta reports. that. 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 6. 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 white when student groups have been sparring over a hike in university 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 here you are in a eat you know was denia and there's a group of about 5060 young men on.

their faces covered and very calmly getting her ready for an attack. i spend my entire life on the gamble i've never seen anything so the protesters are a queue. 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. into 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 turn 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 little 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 government. in liberia thousands of people have been out on the streets angry about the per state self economy he accused the president of failing to axe while costs continue to skyrocket as interest 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. 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 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 have is sent a message and what is the message that if you disenchanted people who are not satisfied based on the way governance is behind on not. the crowds of this the most christian one nowhere near the number sitting in june 29th 2 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 overall the constitution did not make it mandatory for him to do so. many liberians are disappointed that their 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. pleasure of the president against the. interest of the people the government for its part says it has resolved many of the grievances of the protesters and blames i just hate us 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. al-jazeera. the south korean president says there's a desperate need for better relations with north korea. in his ear a speech in called for you talks with kim jong un cooperation between the 2 countries has stalled in recent months u.s. led the denuclearization talks are also on hold. well in that same speech president one promise to create more jobs and help the poor is a timely pledge given study that reveals young people are increasingly pessimistic about their future bride reports 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 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 strong children 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 of faith 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. still to come on al-jazeera we'll have the sport for you africa gets ready to celebrate his best football this will be here to explain.

or. it's time for the sport here's andy thank you so much hallowell australian open organizers say they're not expecting a delay to the start of the 1st tennis grand slam of the year that's despite the

ongoing bushfires impacting on air quality in melbourne where the manger all starts on january the 20th contingencies though in place if conditions become hazardous for the players and spectators action or we move to the 3 stadiums with retractable roof and 8 indoor courts if the air quality is deemed unhealthy or so far there's been no smoke related interruptions the 80 page cup which is taking place in sydney and brisbane that was where canada has just beaten germany to wind giving canada a shot at qualifying for the quarter finals of that sort of it's great britain also in with a chance of reaching the last 8 after this picture of a moldova in sydney moldova or else britain could be caressed depending on other results the 80 take up a new 24 nation to a moment set up to kick off the scenes in. russia are definitely into the quarter finals after their 3rd straight win in group b. russia beating norway after earlier victories over italy and the united states

australia and serbia the other countries assured of a place in the last 8 south. i want the most exciting drivers in formula 1 march for stop and has committed his future to red bull the dutchman has signed a new deal until the end of the 2023 season at 18 he became the youngest race winner in formula one he's 22 now finished 3rd in last year's championship behind him lewis hamilton and valtteri bottas us. all the african footballer of the year will be announced in egypt certain later on this tuesday 3 for president gianni and francine is in cairo ahead of that event getting involved in a kick about with some of the games former greats all 3 nominees for the men's awards start in the english premier league liverpool g.-o. of mohammed salary and starting armani in contention alongside manchester city's rich morris and real madrid in valencia or in saudi arabia to take part in the new look spanish super cup for the 1st time for teams are involved with barcelona and

athletic are madrid also playing the events was held a broad last season as well when barcelona beat sylvia in morocco. or christian are now those hits another career landmarks growing his 1st hat trick in its least top division when elbow scored 3 goals for us this in their all new home win of a county the 34 year old has now scored in his past 5 league games. he's the 1st person to try and strike alexis sanchez to score how tricky in the english premier league spanish league and syria with 56 over. that effort are not enough to put you vince's at the top of the sable in some on returning to 1st place after a 31 win over napoli belgium forward romelu lukaku scoring twice insane for their 1st serial title since 2006. now former serious star daniel to russy has announced his retirement from football the 36 year old who won the world cup with italy in 2006 was at roma for 18 years he joined argentinian

sadakat juniors in july now says he wants to become a football coach or club director. global beautiful will be not only am i saying goodbye to a club that has touched my heart i'm saying goodbye to my whole life my job my sport and 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 a tough task to reach the forefront of the f.a. cup made to work harder against former european champions league semifinalists early they won one now thanks to this call for east nelson. that's a full of praise for lead to a county top of the english 2nd theory on track for a return to the premier league. and name is their name for a reason to play i said before the game you're playing in going to the dentist you know he. is of the media really high and there are a great team. there's

a big game in the english league cup later on holders manchester city taking on manchester united in the semifinals it's part of it see legs the 1st one is at old trafford united won away at city in the league in december that's healthy game in a month but are going to so sharp elise's players will 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. there was a rare defeat for the league leading milwaukee bucks in the n.b.a. they were aiming for their 6 straight victory up against the san antonio spurs bucs starting honest answer to cooper showing what he can do but it was the spurs who have b.i.g. specially to moderate an erector 25 points is the same a pass emails also chipping in with 21 of the spurs ran away with it over the bucs still have the best overall record of 32 wins and 6 losses. another of the n.b.a.

title contenders the boston celtics suffered a shock defeat against the washington wizards that was largely down to one standout player. spirit dancing around i crossed over against cancer i want to. let me show. you i love the wizards are one of the worst performing things this year but smith came off the bench tonight 27 points leading his team to victory by 5 and the new year has officially begun in the world of sumo the traditional foot stomping performance led by japan's best sumo wrestlers has taken place in tokyo this ceremony taking place just around the corner from the country's new national stadium that of course will host the olympic games later on this year ok that is or is for for now bags very much indeed stay well that's it for this news hour to stay

with us i'm back after this. more than 7 decades ago a country was split into rebated but didn't do anything and now the time come when we shall edema page all it took was a pen a map of the collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled its 72 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. all dizzy or explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how why the reason influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights the method of nonviolent resistance they evolved over the work of arab to oppress

the revenue look at me and continue to think that negroes to be defense that what you mean by thought about malcolm x. and martin luther king face to face on 00. it is impossible to overstate the mental scarring of the survivors sure peter lived in the home until the age of 4 when the nuns sold him all to fun and family by that time he'd lost his sister she like nearly 800 others had a name recorded in the death for just a quarter catholic organization put bodies in here there were baptized to put them into our own consecration ground savages for become painters and the government is so frightened of the damage to the church that the full excavation would do that it is resisting it's so they're threatening court action i think the only way in which this will be result is through an order

of the spirit of courts of this country i can't see any other way because there is no will there's no wish there is no appetite church and state in this country are still wedded in a poisonous pact. the burial of an arena in general assassinated by the u.s. is postponed after dozens die in a stampede at his funeral. home how he and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up confusion over the future of u.s. troops in iraq the pentagon says the general's letter about withdrawal plans was a mistake. a suspended sentence for a british woman found guilty of lying that she was raped by israeli t.v. .