al-jazeera has teams on the ground there saying that they're against a good idea to play a moral good documentaries and light news. form . rockets hit the u.s. embassy in baghdad the 1st direct strike after months of close calls. you want to just 0 life from a headquarters and. also ahead donald trump lashes out at a former advisor john bolton who's apparently undermines a key argument in the u.s. president's impeachment. founds gather to pay their respects to kobe bryant after his daughter and 7 others were killed in

a helicopter crash. and china confirms more deaths from the corona virus outbreak the world health organization has sent its chief there for crisis talks. fellow the us embassy in baghdad has been struck by rockets the 1st direct hit after months of near misses 3 rockets landed inside the compound in the heavily fortified green zone one struck a dining area during meal time and we're hearing that 3 people have been hurt only hours earlier iraqi security forces used live ammunition and tear gas to try to clear anti-government protesters. in the capital killing one person the crackdown began after the influential shiite cleric. withdrew his support.

let's get an update on all this bring in joining us from baghdad to 1st talk about the u.s. embassy has not the 1st time of the embassy has been targeted this month but the 1st time it's been directly. in january. 3. that the attack took place or. 8 o'clock local time. sunday night now what happened is we're hearing that rockets came in and they landed within the inside of the embassy now the 'd world. of these rockets but we don't know how many actually inside we are hearing that there may have been at least 2 explosions inside the compound of the embassy now where it landed is actually quite close to the county there was an actively in the middle of the area next to the residential areas so this has been all huge concern to the americans because it really is the 1st time that rockets have landed close now we have been

hearing from iraq officials who have said trying to look into all of this to see who is responsible the americans have reacted they've said is up to the we are iraqis to make sure that the embassy compound is secure but one full politician hotel bars for the very play what he said was this was a dangerous game being played by the puppet of the forces the militia forces 'd attacking the embassy and he's fearing that there may well be an escalation from the u.s. now in the past when these attacks have happened we've seen reprisal attacks from the u.s. against shia militia. there's been nothing sort of fall and indeed the american reaction is actually been quite subdued. and emraan no what are we hearing about nationwide protests. they they continue against the government. well in the south in syria we had unknown gunmen went into one of the camps the

protests there they set fire to various tents at least 2 people have been killed that there is this concern that there may well be now 'd a mounting pressure on the protesters coming from various different political parties including one of the large books and paul in the center is to try and contain. all 'd this. the way of the camera just to show you about 3 way. now that's where most of the took place yesterday between the protesters and the police the 'd iraqi authorities of us he told us is that one of the stories. for the square where i am right now the ones trying to tell you the me and put up all the roads of all the bridges into central baghdad remember this is going on. and a lot of those bridges a lot of those very key roads into iraq. are right amano across back to you later

for the time being thank you for that update from baghdad. so donald trump hit out at his former national security advisor who appears to be undercutting the u.s. president's impeachment defends the new york times has obtained a draft copy of a book by john bolton and he reportedly wrote that trump told him to time ukrainian military aides to an investigation into his political rival democratic hopeful joe biden so this allegation is that the center of efforts to remove trump from office bolton has said he's willing to testify at the impeachment trial and here's what trump said in response on twitter i never told the crane was tied to investigations into democrats including the bidens in fact he never complained about this at the

time of his very public termination if john bolton said this it was only to sell a book and here is what the lead democratic impeachment manager adam schiff had to say the president walked our request for bolton's testimony now we see why bolton directly contradicts the heart of the president's defense of the trial is to be fair senator as must insist that mr bolton be called as a witness and provide his notes as well as other documents. peter matthews is a professor of political science at suppressed college in the u.s. and he says the president can't resort to arguments about national security concerns to prevent bolton from testifying so many presidents have used the national security comma flood to actually hide the truth which was not a national security issue in this case on the usenet is not a national security issue if it's what bolton saying is true he needs to be exposed so we can actually clean up our democracy and abide by the rule of law it's all about the rule of law is the president by the law or easy not under the law like everyone else i believe the 2nd is true and this bold into us and we make

a big difference i think they should go forward with it i think this is a lightning bolt this very well could be the smoking gun that we'll see if we get bolton that bolton can actually testify and if the senate will vote to bring him because he wants to be subpoenaed so he can testify but i think there's a good chance if this comes out even more and discuss more in the news as it's being done that the american people will say look we want to have witnesses especially john bolton now that he's such a person who is very close to the center of all this action and we want to know what the evidence is and you can have evidence on this you have witness so i think there's a good chance that a few republicans might bolt change their position and vote with democrats to require a subpoena or bolton basketball fans around the world are mourning the loss of superstar n.b.a. player kobe bryant who's been killed in a helicopter crash in california his teenage daughter and 7 others on board also died reports from calabasas just outside of los angeles. kobe bryant's

helicopter crashed disintegrated on this hillside in calabasas outside los angeles . witnesses said there was heavy fog and poor visibility in the area at the time of the accident. resident paula dolan heard multiple explosions before the helicopter went down wired one bang one of was in the air and then a 2nd their 2nd bang as it was just sunday and then i heard a huge crash on board with a 41 year old retired superstar and his 13 year old daughter giana as well as 7 others including the pilot police have not released their names there was a white speculation as to their dinner these are however it is being entirely inappropriate right now to identify anyone by name until the coroner has made their identification through their very deliberative process and they've made made an arrest cations the next of kin. the cause of the crash is on known the helicopter

a sikorsky $76.00 b. has a robust safety record federal crash investigators will search the wreckage and more our team will be looking at the history of the pilots and whatever crew was on board will be looking at maintenance records of the helicopter bryant's prowess thrilled fans in l.a. and beyond for 2 decades. a crowd has gathered here below the crash site many people are wearing lakers colors purple and gold some people say it's as if a piece of their lives have been ripped apart even more than you can imagine and you can put in words just the passion and the grit in the sweat and blood east given to the los angeles for the basketball family is i can say of young words see

them with an eye at all everyone loved dumb l.a. is very sad right now he is just human he was not great player that's a reason why i got into baseball kind of and that's why i haven't changed and it's still like unbelievable for me to say that kobe bryant is not here with us anymore it's just tragedy it's just. i'm no words honestly. president donald trump tweeted bryant was one of the truly great basketball players of all time the loss of his beautiful daughter giana makes this moment even more devastating president barack obama an avid basketball fan said koby was a legend on the court and was just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a 2nd act amid an outpouring of sorrow from players from across the spectrum of sports players from the euston rockets and the denver nuggets held a moment of silence before their game on sunday players looked down shaking their heads he leaves behind a sport that is grieving

a city in mourning and a legacy of greatness that will be remembered as long as basketball is played robert oulds al-jazeera calabasas california. early results suggest these right wing leader matteo salvini has failed to win an important regional election the former deputy prime minister was hoping to cause an upset and traditionally left the stranger on top of the country's governing coalition but high turnout spurred by an anti populist movement appears to have tipped the balance reports from. god he campaigned hard trying to turn this left wing heartland far right but my knees hopes of victory in the red belt region of immediate faded almost as soon as the voting had ended the exit polls indicated that his opponent for the democratic party was ahead of the better

at the media but mainly for me it's very emotional but after more than 70 years of a left us government at least this time we were serious contenders. he put himself front and center of the regional campaign turning it into a nationwide battle for the likud party in a bid to consolidate the party's victory across the country spreading his presence far and wide on social media platforms in spite of it all it didn't quite happen this time while the league may not have gained a victory here in a 1000000 all manya however the fact that they are the 2nd largest party here really comes down to the fact that they have made enormous gain here in this region which is part of italy's red belt. get your supporters of the incumbent regional president is that what i thought she may be relieved at the outcome he himself

acknowledges support led to him by the liberal anti populous flashmob group known as the sardines c of a league party when pushed many of them to pack the squares here and across the country nevertheless it is a shock to the system that so. many in this left wing bastion voted for the far right league. can celebrate a personal success. because in this campaign year holder shout a candidate to be sure but it was only the draw of his coalition to a very good result. he may not have won immediate oh man yeah but all eyes are still on mchale salvini watching his next attempt to gain power in italy's fractious political scene on a diagonal al jazeera. coming up in just a moment right here on al-jazeera never forget a plea from the remaining survivors of world war 2 whose most notorious nazi death

camp 75 years on also. a mentor thomas inside a micro recycling factory in sydney that could revolutionize the way old plastics but it's a new materials. had plenty of rain across areas of europe also quite a bit of snow in the forecast a very mixed picture generally on this such lies as you can see but we have had some snow finally across into moscow time which is of course have been well about the average for the last few weeks that there is some snow and it's indeed it needs to be cleared but this plane just snow elsewhere this is actually in the czech republic up into the mountains and this is they hold a sledge a competition is an annual event and it's all about the traditions and it's about

these holes the edges that. bring down the the woods and the hay from the mountains there's more snow certainly on the mountain tops quite a try to picture the generals that go through monday that is some rain with some snow across areas into the southeast some heavier showers working their way away from the balkan. and then look at this by monday we got this wave of rain pushing through very heavy at times through these more central southern areas eastern areas of france on into germany and some pretty strong winds as well for the next couple of days really beginning to impact will continue to impact much of the u.k. through the channel and as i spotting a lot of this rain and look at this by choose a more heavy rain this time pushing into northern areas a spine and portugal so widely unsettled timing as a not too bad 8 in london under cloudy skies an ace over in berlin. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires is it's really what's

going to alter the climate change informed opinion economy i think is actually what's keeping down the truck afloat right now critical debate to columbus to school to even know what the noise all 'd about this argument is astonishingly patronize a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning for the rock of the new countries and we're used to that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. now we're going to top stories on al-jazeera this hour. the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been struck by walker it's the 1st direct hit after months

of near misses one struck the dining area during mille time 3 people were hurt. u.s. president donald trump is denying claims reportedly made by his former national security advisor john bolton that contradicts his impeachment trial defense the new york times says bolton has written about trying to move him to tie ukrainian military aid to an investigation into his political rivals. one of basketball's greatest players kobe bryant has been you know than a helicopter crash in the u.s. state of california the former los angeles lakers player was one of 9 people who died he was 41 years old ryan's teenage daughter was also among the victims. let's talk about kobe bryant's how he will be remembered and speak to don boyce

is the host of the hoopla that's a basketball podcast he's joining us from the australian city of melbourne thanks very much for your time with us on al-jazeera how will you be remembering kobe bryant's. yeah i mean hoops tragics all across the strike remember kobe bryant very fondly. he was really unique player who overcomes some amazing challenges where the way you rank him i guess in terms of the old time greats is up for debate but what can't really be is that he was. an 18 year old that we saw try to accomplish an almost insurmountable fate off the back of you know the achievements of mark jordan he was . publicly announced that he was hoping to. pass everything that michael jordan had achieved and become the greatest player of all time it was his senior go and we all

went along for that rod and and watched him through his career like i said where you sort of put him on the on you know when it comes to the greats where you least him is up for debate but you know the effort and draw that he gets delivered to the game we're able to witness is certainly something that you can't and that's something that affected everyone worldwide and to the tragic circumstances which we have seen the loss of himself and his daughter. really shocked not just sports fans here in australia but the country yeah it's hard to overstate really what his contribution was to the n.b.a. and obviously we know that he played for the l.a. lakers but what was it about kobe bryant that made him such a global figure and loved around the world. or what made him such a global figure was the cobra and the m.b.a. 996 and that's what that's a really unique time because it was right at the back of mark jordan his success

and you know the marketing. success that companies like nike and weight is in all those other things insane with him so basketball was a that is a pix. the same time e.s.p.n. expanded his coverage and all across the globe people were able to see. to gain access to the n.b.a. which you know at the time was almost a league of mythic proportions and here in australia we have our own professional athletes earning $50100000.00 a year at that time and this is a league where players get paid millions to put a ball through a hoop so it was the ability for basketball to be just that explosion that occurred during that same time and kobe bryant enter that as a fresh face 18 year old straight out of high school you never went to college straight out of high school and people across the globe particularly here in australia were able to get access and watch him through his journey to not only

become a father time champion but trying achieve his goal of being the greatest possible player ever we were privy to that all of the you know the success and failures of the success in the years the academies life with you know whether it be missed shots or play off our years and then change being ships in you know at the bottom the ladder team or part top of the ladder and the lows were many for kobe bryant in that he's drive and determination and work if they get something that was widely known about and something that we were able to witness and that was something that certainly the basketball community felt but here in australia even you know across all sports you know sports a way of life in a strain even talking with people like scott pendlebury the captain of the collingwood straddling rules football team which is the largest sporting club here in australia the largest professional sporting club in astray. and also a father of 2 children under 3 just rocked devastated and and shocked really have been you know the narrative of conversations i've had with athletes here because of

not only the journey that they followed it with kobe bryant although many of them never met the man he was a real influence an inspiration to their own work at the draw of dedication to their individual sports and being that you know this is a travesty that occurred while he was with his own daughter it's also impacted many a parent as well so you know it's truly devastating on multiple can you not many people shocked and devastated by this news dan boyce we thank you very much for speaking to us from melbourne now china says the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now risen to 81 and more than 2700 have been infected and the head of the world health organization is heading to beijing to discuss how to contain it about $30000.00 people have been under observation since the virus emerged last month the government also extended the lunar new year holidays until next sunday in a bid to strengthen prevention measures while schools remain closed the virus can

spread between people before symptoms show she meets. president xi jinping organized a meeting of the standing committee the meeting clearly requires the strengthening of inspection on migrant people patients that are infected must be strictly quarantined inspections and examinations on suspected cases and people who are in close contact with patients should be done carefully according to medical requirements. let's get an update from scott hyla who is joining us from beijing and with the head of the world health organization now heading to beijing to discuss how to contain the virus shows just how serious the situation really is scott what are you hearing. yes absolutely it's very very serious and the government here as we heard is has taken it to the top levels of government on how they're going to deal with the coronavirus situation actually the premier he's the 2nd most powerful government official here in the country premier

league is in charge now of the government's efforts to control the coronavirus situation now to give you an example of how these mechanisms go into place that try to prevent the further spread of it we're in front of a hospital here in central beijing there are 220 year olds inside 20 something year old inside man and a woman they traveled from who province about 4 or 5 days ago they've been in the hospital since that's because when they went to a hotel they took their temperature in there was elevated so they've been put in here we spoke with the woman on the telephone and she said she's going to be in here for probably another 10 days so it's that 14 day incubation period as you said to some kind sometimes can be asymptomatic that really has raised the concern about the spread of this virus so this gives you an idea of just how seriously and how conservatively the government is taking the situation here and we've also heard that the government of the national health commission rather is saying that the number of infections could continue to rise.

it can continue to rise part of the concern is that it's spreading faster than it was originally when they 1st started to to scientifically look into what causes this but what caused the virus and how the virus is spreading and just let yesterday late yesterday they came out the health minister came out and said it's spreading more quickly than they originally thought or that it's picked up its pace if you will so that's one concern but also you need to look at right now they're still trying to figure out exactly how it's going to spread further how it's going to manifest itself in different people you know we've seen this in some cases where someone gets a very high fever straightaway and then they're put into isolation to put into quarantine sometimes there are some people who have the virus asymptomatic and then really don't really get the virus strong as others so there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered and that is the big concern and you know we've got the head of the the world health organization in beijing they're going to have a meeting and then obviously discuss ways forward with this but right now the

chinese government has definitely elevated it to the very top level and they're being again very very conserve you know more than 50000000 people are essentially on a transportation lockdown because of the situation obviously it's a unique time right now because the lunar new year they've extended that holiday to hopefully figure out you know what they can do more when the people start millions of people start going back to work after this holiday period all right scott high thank you for that update from beijing. in libya at least 11 soldiers from the un recognized governments have been killed near misrata forces loyal to warlords have to we're trying to advance on the town of. misrata libya's 2nd largest city and is home to groups who oppose have to have launched his offensive to seize the capital tripoli in april last year. about 200 holocaust survivors are at a ceremony in poland ouch with camp 75 years after it was liberated these

survivors are laying wreaths at the execution wall germany's biggest jack complex more than a 1000000 people mainly jews were killed there between 1940 in 1905 with the number of survivors dwindling this could be the last major on a verse or a attended by those who lived through the camps ors. well when china stopped taking foreign recite global's over 2 years ago innovation was needed to deal with the world's plastic problem and now engineers in australia say they've developed a technology to reduce plastic that can fit into a small room they say the micro factory ends the need for a waste product to be transported over long distances and could lead to much more rubbish being recycled andrew thomas reports from sydney. the plastic to be recycled it has to be collected and transported 1st to

a sorting center. then to a recycling plant but often these big plants are a long way from where the plastic was disposed of sometimes in other countries but at the start of 28 c. china banned most of its importation of plastic waste and that's forced a rethink. in australia engineers have developed a potential solution a micro recycling factory but what we're actually showing here is that the micro scale you can set up these decentralized facilities where it's not one big mega for say we're transporting a lot of waste you actually take that factory on site on the location and safely convert that into a high value product all the machinery fits into a single room mixed plastic waste like this that used to be parts of a computer printer it's crushed and fed into a machine. on the high temperature and pressure the mixed plastics turned into

a single long filament that can be used in 3 d. printing to create nearly any product the scientists say there's 0 waste and no need to transport this machinery is within a university but the idea is this whole micro recycling factory. it's small enough to be put inside any business that has ways to recycle or any business that wants to manufacture products from recycled material. this technology is in its infancy and has not yet been tested in a commercial setting but that should happen soon those behind the technology also think it can be moved around your mobile unit could actually be travelling on the back of a truck and going across to a very small towns now imagine these communities could suddenly start recycling and be forming materials you can imagine a future where every town actually has

a micro factory that's taking locally available end of life products and reforming those into valuable materials and becoming part of this global supply chain there inventors hope these micro factories will become a compact solution to a very big problem andrew thomas al-jazeera city. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been struck by rockets the 1st direct hit after months of near misses 3 rockets landed inside the compound in the heavily fortified green zone one struck a dining area during meal time 3 people were hurt iran has more from baghdad's. where it landed is actually busy quite close to the had seat area which is effectively in the middle of the area next to the residential area so this is going

to be. the americans because it really is the 1st time the rockets have landed that close now we have been hearing from iraq officials who have said that they are trying to look into all of this to see who is responsible the americans have reacted what they've said is up to the iraqis to make sure that the embassy compound is secure. to try to clear anti-government protesters from their camp in the capital killing one person the crackdown began. to. hit out at his former national security adviser who appears to be undercutting the u.s. president's impeachment defense the new york times has obtained a draft copy of a book by john bolton he reportedly wrote that trump told him to tie ukrainian

military aide to an investigation into his political rival democratic hopeful joe biden this allegation is at the center of efforts to remove trump from office has said he's willing to testify at the impeachment trial. one of basketball's greatest players kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in the u.s. state of california the former los angeles lakers player was one of 9 people who died including his daughter bryant was 41. early results suggest italy's right wing leader. failed to win an important regional election votes are still being counted in the. region projections put party several points behind the center left democratic party in europe today for the headline story we have next thanks for watching. on counting the cost a nation representing point 3 percent of the world's population but 5 percent of carbon emissions in australia gave up its addiction to call it promises to go

carbon neutral by the 2050 us we're looking at 11 and how long before it turned to be on a map counting the costs on al-jazeera. the ongoing scojo of all those all over the world land mines from iraq to egypt ukraine to afghanistan they continue to kill long after the financing is ended how big is the challenge of clearing them and all of these explosive remnants treated with the same seriousness as in an active conflict this is inside story. hello everyone i'm come on santa maria they are the dormant legacy of war until coles trade it land mine.