with little regard for workers' lives the remains of the fire are still everywhere rewind made in bangladesh on al-jazeera. iraq's president picks a new prime minister after weeks of political deadlock and antigovernment protests calling for change. hello i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the arab league says nodes of president trumps middle east and saying it doesn't secure the basic rights of palestinians. a plane for help china's prime minister asks the e.u. to provide medical supplies needed to fight the coronavirus. after 3 years of

bitter divisions the u.k. finally leaves the e.u. it's more the future might hold. iraq's president has appointed a new prime minister former communications minister mohammad allawi will take up the top position after approval from parliament he to replace either lobdell maddi allow it has been tasked with forming a new cabinet and is set to hold office until elections can be held well iraq has faced months of mass protests over corruption unemployment and lack of government services one of the key demands was the appointment of a new prime minister well a man can join us now live from baghdad emraan i guess one of the key questions is will the protesters like him any better. well that is one of the key

questions but he's got a very long time to go before the protesters get to decide what they want him and what he has to convince paul and he is the man for the job they have to vote him in now one of the biggest political blogs has to decide been has to decide whether he is the candidate or not now just to give you some background. the current prime minister now caretaker prime minister he quit on november the 30th that was supposed to be a brand new prime minister in place 15 days after that that didn't happen obviously now but i'm sol the president of iraq has to give a name to the parliament there were several names that were suggested. to give me his full name his name was in the mix for a very long time however i kept getting rejected for various reasons by various different political blocs one of the reasons that was given by one of the political blocs he was seen as being too close to iran is

a charge he actually denies he says he is his own man however all of that really doesn't matter until he is an elected prime minister he's approved by the cabinet now whether that happens or not remains to be seen as a very tough road ahead as i say and then it's up to the protesters now already in the south in nasiriyah we all seeing pictures of protesters stomping on his picture on the ground saying that they completely reject him interest square in central baghdad similar scenes but the protesters on united they are they're all very differing views on this you have some of the protesters say well as long as he backs the protest movement we will back him others say well actually what we wanted was a completely different set of faces in the new parliament and he is one of the old school so in the coming days we're going to see what the protesters actually say it is a key element to all of this but he has to get through parliament. he does does in the end these already threatening to resign

a sign of how difficult things might get let's thank him on con more to talk about . the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan at an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss the proposal palestinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the plan and said his people would never accept it especially trump suggestion that the capital of a future palestinian state should lie only in parts on the outskirts of what trump calls eastern jerusalem trump plan was negotiated with israel and no import from palestinians there is in the occupied west bank with more what arbaaz had to say. but he pointed out that he wants an arab support for his rejection of the plan that doesn't meet any of the palestinian demands or aspirations for a state he's explicitly talked about jerusalem something very important he said it's not just important for him it's also important for the arabs and the and the

coach the moment they said to me is and next in israel i knew i have to say it loud and clear we will never accept that under any circumstances i will never sell jerusalem is not for me it is for all of us were just the guards were only here because it is our duty our responsibility is our capital it is our capital and if you talked about students on the street today many of them might not even know that there is an arab league meeting they would tell you that they lost hope that the arabs have been going to be supporting them to be giving them even political support many of those we speak to in the streets say that they believe that the arab people are with the palestinians however it's not necessarily deflected in that way by their political regimes so it doesn't seem that the street is really holding so much hope however politically politicians want to see the arab league

unified in rejecting it or at least supporting abbesses rejection of it there are fears that this will become the new standards that palestinians will be sitting in a few years to accept even less than that and they will be told that you already rejected something less than that president abbas has reiterated that he wanted to go back to international legitimacy and the arab peace initiative as a basis for negotiations. palestinian israelis have been on the streets protesting trumps peace proposal under the plan one area inside israel would be part of a possible territory swap for the parties agree $100.00 jump jhoom is in the upper level of beer he says people there are determined not to give up their land. this is one of 10 palestinian towns in this part of israel referred to as the triangle communities the members of these communities they are palestinian israelis that means they are palestinians with israeli citizenship and one of the reasons they're

out on the streets demonstrating to this is show their opposition to u.s. president the intense plea for peace which contemplates the possibility going forward that perhaps with the agreement of the parties that the boundaries and the bridge of israel might be redrawn such that the triangle communities would essentially be some part of a future state of palestine and we spoke with here today is very much opposed to that happening and clueless said we are against the whole deal and we believe the support for the upcoming election when you look at this deal with the wider view you see it's meant completely kill the palestinian people. that gave them our message to tromp and all the failing leaders no one is going to move even a centimeter short of the leader of our land will be taken we are steadfast here and staying. oh are you sure if we accept the deal of the century we will lose the resistance that we've lived through since we were young we were raised to know that

this land is ours. that's interesting is that this idea had actually been floated before many years ago far right decision not to go lieberman and i actually proposed this is why it was rejected then and it is being rejected now. china is turning to the european union for assistance as it struggles to contain the outbreak of the corona virus the country's prime minister has asked the e.u. to help find gently needed medical supplies 259 people have now died from the virus off to china and now as 46 new deaths australia and the u.s. have moved to ban visitors who've traveled to china in the past 14 days vietnam and pakistan have also adopted a similar measure countries around the world are scrambling to evacuate their national. when hey reports from hong kong. china's war against corona virus is being waged around the country as it spreads to every province and territory so far the virus is winning with the number of infections and deaths

growing by the day on the front line in who province where the outbreak is thought to have started the challenges made greater by a shortage of medical supplies. with the full support from the party central committee the state council and all the chinese people the shortage of medical supplies has eased to some degree but protective suits it last is an n 95 masks are still in tight balance and have to be scheduled dalal there's not enough medical personnel either which the government is trying to address by sending thousands of extra doctors and nurses both civilian and military to. much of the provinces shut down as authorities try to contain the spread of the virus but supermarkets remain open and the government says it's trying to maintain a steady supply of food at regular prices. we can ensure sufficient supply for daily necessities such as vegetables lamb beef pork in eggs in supermarkets as foreign nationals are evacuated from the provincial capital china's government has

started bringing stranded nationals home from overseas the 1st charter flight arrived in hand from thailand amid reports of who bay residents being prevented from boarding commercial flights back to china in hong kong medical workers are threatening to strike next week unless the government does more to restrict the flow of travelers from the mainland while some border crossings have closed flights from chinese cities are still operating the latest official statistics show that on one day last week almost 10000 mainland chinese residents flew into hong kong it's that traffic that many people here want stopped the government says existing measures to control the outbreak are working and stopping the flow of people goods isn't. the answer but critics say unless hong kong follows the lead of some other governments and closes its border with the mainland completely this city could be about to see a big increase in infections wayne hay al jazeera hong kong. so ahead of

al-jazeera the u.s. hits 6 more countries with travel restrictions will tell you who's affected and why plus. one of the worst tragedies that the senate has ever overcome the u.s. senate votes against calling witnesses and president dog trump's impeachment trial paving the way for being with. how i once again we got the plum rains yet again showing their hand across central parts of china through thick a cloud just coming through here this will make a swell little further south which in east which is we go through sunday and monday some really heavy downpours possibility of some localized flooding further north high pressure stays in charge as a lid on the atmosphere it keeps it dry and somewhat clearer because in beijing at

around 3 celsius with some sun shines focus while at times with those light winds in place of the similar conditions there into the korean peninsula for japan we have got some rain some sleet and some snow through the heaviest snow into the final thought of the country they want across southeast asia not so bad north of the equator actually we have got lively showers yet to get into malaysia as showers of course extend their way down into indonesia some big down poles for java and also for somalia but to the north of that there we go with that sunshine in this plenty of sunshine to all the other side of the by have been go so india generous set that a pop of cloudy much as pick out here into the northeast of india edition seen some cloud and right as we go through sunday and monday a choice of the old shout to into kerala but for most is fine and dry.

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appointed a new prime minister former communications minister mohamad allow we must still be approved by parliament iraq has faced months of mass protests over corruption unemployment and a lack of government services. the arab league has rejected president donald trump's middle east peace plan saying it won't cooperate with the u.s. to exit to the proposal palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he wasn't consulted about the plan and says they will never accept the annexation of jerusalem. china's prime minister has asked the european union for help in getting urgent medical supplies to deal with the worsening coronavirus outbreak 259 people have died from the virus. the stage is set for u.s. president donald trump to be acquitted it is impeachment trial after the senate

voted to block any witnesses from testifying trump is all but certain to be acquitted since the republicans have a majority in the upper house of the us congress is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden hi joe castro has more from washington d.c. . democrats say the impeachment trial of president donald trump is the 1st trial in u.s. history without witnesses is this a fair trial without the ability to call witnesses and produce documents the answer is clearly and unequivocally no but despite hours of arguments trying to convince republican senators to. allowed new witnesses in the trial the yeas are 49 the nays are 51 the democrats lost all but 2 republican senators voted no it's a grand tragedy america will remember this day unfortunately where the senate did

not live up to its responsibilities where the senate turned away from troops and went along with the sham trial democrats had hoped to get the support of moderate republican lisa murkowski but in the end she rejected the idea saying in a statement i have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the senate i don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything it is sad for me to admit that as an institution the congress has failed this means the senate jury has essentially sealed its ears to john bolton chum's former national security adviser in his soon to be released book bolton reportedly says trump asked him to help pressure ukraine for dirt on political opponents and it tied u.s. security aide to the request trump has denied the reports his attorneys argue even if true trump should still not be impeached so this idea that they haven't had

witnesses. is that's the smokescreen you've heard from a lot of witnesses the problem with the case. the problem with their position is even with all of those witnesses it doesn't prove up an impeachable offense the articles failed the impeachment trial now nears its and with trump's acquittal all but certain given that republicans hold the majority trance political fate more likely lies in the hands of american voters who will decide in november whether to give him a 2nd term how did joe castro al-jazeera washington. now the race for the u.s. president officially begins on monday in the state of iowa still a wide field of democratic candidates vying to take on president trump in november there were originally 28 candidates but that's down to 11 unofficial reports from iowa. that have been rallies and defeats. that have been t.v.

ads and looks over and there has been the traditional shaking of hands and kissing of babies but no the politicians are almost done the people will soon have their see the 1st presidential contests of 2020 the caucuses in iowa donald trump will win on the republican side that's a certainty the big story will be the democrats there have been 28 democratic presidential candidates that are 11 still left in the race many of them would have thought they'd spend the summer campaigning across the country instead their campaigns will end here in the snows of america's midwest the conversations largely been dominated by discussions of joe biden senator bernie sanders senator warner and mayor people who did it and i think those are the 4 candidates that everyone is going to be watching but this state is known for producing surprises famously a little known senator called barrack obama won in 2008 and went on to the white

house other long shorts of talk the polls people who won the nomination have finished 2nd to 3rd you don't have to win year to be a winner the performance of who finishes 2nd. in who finishes 3rd and 4th that can have an effect on a campaign as well moving forward you know certainly whoever comes out of iowa in 1st place if there really is a true victor is going to have wind at their back it's going to help them in new hampshire in nevada it might help them in south carolina but ultimately this is a long primary season last minute campaigning has been difficult for the 4 senators in the democratic race they've been tied to washington for the impeachment trial another missing big name billionaire michael bloomberg he was too late into the race to register to run here he's pouring money into his campaign hoping to know what success is later in the process from a group of $28.00 the field will be much tighter in just a few dates iowa doesn't pick the president but it will eliminate several

possibilities alan fischer al jazeera the more in iowa. airstrikes in fighting in northwestern syria have this place hundreds of thousands of people there they are escaping towards the turkish border hospitals and their lives. come under attack so in a 10 years of war government forces are back in control of large parts of the country marked here in red opposition fighters are confined to the northwestern province of idlib forces backed by turkey and surrounding areas after the latest russian backed government advance some turkish observation posts are now surrounded. brown forgot to reports on the dire conditions people face as the fighting rages on. it's difficult to imagine what they might be left to salvage from this destroyed neighborhood in western lap of homes and a hospital shattered by bombs dropped by what we believed to be russian warplanes

in the town of course. russian defense ministry usually denies it's involved it's the new frontline close to syrian opposition fighters main supply lines in neighboring province. their government forces are advancing fast capturing towns and villages and the 2nd largest city of martin amman the violence has once again driven families out of their homes into syria's harsh winter. i have nothing with me we fled with just the clothes we were wearing because of the heavy bombing airstrikes of the earth strikes were so intense that we could only take the clothes we had on our backs for people like mohammad concrete blocks like these in a glimpse city is home for now the cold still is offering little comfort for the children well about the situation here is catastrophic because we can't find a place to live in we are here for families in this place where there are no

windows or doors you don't even have water boarded 3000000 people live in it lived half of them i'm totally displaced businesses are suffering people say they simply cannot cope. the trade is badly hit in the city the displaced people don't have money to buy anything they can barely find a place to live we need a place as for these people apartments or houses without windows and doors are hosting 4 or 5 families now can you imagine 30 people living in one room we can't even find tents for the displaced at least 11 hospitals and health centers came under attack from government forces backed by russian air power in italy blas months the surge in numbers of those displaced has stretched the health workers to their limits the most important. unity challenge for us because that against our best it is our and our because so we

miss you know many chemical society or we documented 82 at the act against the health care services starting last april. for president bashar al assad. the short term goal is to secure serious made highway that runs from north to south of the country the larger plan is to capture the entire province of the last major storm of the rebels. but the people of it led the mood to mean one of defiance priyanka gupta. britain's woke up saturday no longer part of the european union over months of work is still ahead the u.k. now has until the end of the year the hammer out its trade relationship and other arrangements with the day to day life for britons will remain much the same until then with freedom to trade work and travel in europe meanwhile e.u.

leaders of called on the remaining members to form closer ties. one of the biggest challenges for the e.u. and the u.k. now is done is northern ireland while it remains part of the u.k. customs territory it also follows e.u. rules and many business is relying on cross border trade with island that remains in the block don't know how that's going to work in the future o'brien reports. port of belfast accounts for 64 percent of northern ireland's freights traffic half a 1000000 trucks a year pass through here fetching and carrying products between the u.k. mainland and the island of ireland but with ireland in the e.u. and the u.k. now out new checks extra paperwork and added costs are inevitable we have grave concerns we have grave concerns about our business models with grave concerns about choice of also grave concerns about affordability for northern ireland part sold quite simply there can't afford cost rises from fraction on what this plan has at

the moment has lots of friction the amount and intrusiveness of the new customs declarations will form part of the transition negotiations we want to see want but there are a medication for us because to come across the irish sea the volume of trade on not be a hugely time consuming and expensive formality for drivers and business to stop a complete we hope will be this common sense from both sides where we leave you at the need for the. o'neals is a multi-million dollar sport to a company with factories in the north and the south and a manufacturing process built on frictionless movement between them. from the royal yard to the finished product here the shirts are the nails go through a complex series of stages about 8 of them in all cutting printing embroidery sewing and coloring and crossing from the factory here mr brown down to assist the factory in dublin and then back again through the process now a hard border and no deal brecht's it will be a nightmare for this company but the m.d.c. here is reasonably optimistic i do think there's

a good opportunity knowing here for the economy in northern ireland because today on the day you'll find out investors will up in northern ireland a country that has i suppose of what both compounds. with you know the 27 member states of the european union and also the access to the u.k. as well not everyone agrees on the irish side of the border up in county donagh all the bulk fertilizers animal feeds and equipment at this farmer's co-operative mainly come from ports in northern ireland and the frictionless way the farmers currently send livestock and produce to markets looks set to end some of the arguments that have been made is that it would be like a digital type order you cross it's seamless you hardly know you across but all of that adds a lot of cost i was long enough doing haulage to know what it was like to have to do customs papers to get through from here to dublin we had to we had 4 border

crossings to do. and it was delays and paperwork and we don't want to go back to that but it was a nightmare in the next 11 months of trade negotiations a specialized committee to represent northern ireland specific interests but the challenge is complex and the time is short paul brennan al-jazeera belfast. nigeria plans to work with the u.s. and interpol to address issues that lead to visa restrictions by washington it's one of 6 countries affected citing security concerns the department of homeland security said it will suspend visas that can lead to permanent residency for people from eritrea killed me in march and nigeria sudan and tanzania will also stop receiving diversity visas that award green cards to countries with low immigration numbers the u.s. gov is on there has more on the homeland security announcement from washington d.c. . well administration officials are saying that in their words it's not

a travel ban they're saying it's just travel restrictions it only applies inferi at least they say to a certain group of people that want to come to the united states it would be citizens of these 6 countries but they say will only apply to immigrant visas for people that from those countries that wanted to move to the united states administration officials are quick to point out that it will not apply they say to people that are applying for student visas or work visas they also say it will not affect any of the citizens currently in the united states from these 6 countries that are legally here on valid visas they're saying it simply will only affect those that are applying for new pieces to immigrate to the united states but that still potentially is a lot of people thousands of people potentially any people from the 6 countries that will be applying from here on out for immigrant visas to the united states

with a few exceptions will have those visas denied now administration officials are saying they're trying to avoid the situation in 2017 and that so-called muslim ban on those 7 come predominantly muslim countries where they are coming to the united states airports being detained held sent back to their countries and all sorts of confusion and hearty for many families the department of justice department homeland security saying they're specifically trying to avoid that by making this a little bit more clear however the big question is when this goes into effect which is february 22nd how will it actually play out at airports in reality and that's a big question the want to wait and see. there's been another shooting at a protest against india's controversial new citizenship law police arrested the gunman who opened fire at demonstrators in the capital new delhi run no reports of casualties the law allows minorities from 3 neighboring countries to get citizenship but excludes muslims more and the government protests have been held in

chile despite the government's promise to hold a referendum on a new constitution security forces in santiago used water cannons against protesters who threw rocks and blocked roads at least 2 people have been killed in recent violence demonstrations have been held since october calling for social reforms. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now iraq's president has appointed a new prime minister former communications minister mohammed allowing must still be approved by parliament iraq has faced months of mass protests over corruption unemployment and the lack of governments says in a message on twitter lowy promised change and said he stood with the protesters.

the. children continue demonstrating and protesting and shouting are slogans this is your country and these are your rights our job is to meet your demands and we have to protect you and not oppress you the country's weapons should be directed towards those who carry weapons and who should stay in the streets so we managed to hold the killers accountable to compensate families of the martyrs to treat all the wounded to set time for elections restoring the pride and prestige of the security forces to reform the economy to fight the corruption and to form my government if the political powers try to impose certain names on me i will tell you directly i will leave the same way you left your colleagues for the sake of your country and i will join the masses and finally i want to tell you that you went out to the streets to get back your nation and if i don't meet your demand i don't deserve to be a prime minister. the arab league has rejected president trump's middle east peace plan and says it won't cooperate with the u.s. to implement the proposal palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he wasn't

consulted about the plan china's prime minister has asked the european union for help in getting urgent medical supplies to deal with the worsening corona virus outbreak will strain the air has joined the u.s. in banning the entry of foreign nationals who've recently been to china due to the corona virus outbreak so 159 people have now died from the virus on saturday china announced 46 new deaths the stage is set for us fraser and donald trump to be acquitted in his impeachment trial that's after the senate voted to block witnesses from testifying trump is all but certain to be acquitted since the republicans have the majority in the upper house of the u.s. congress. as they headlines the news continues off the people and powerless they with us.

migration whether for safety and freedom from conflict and repression all for economic benefits has become one of the dominant things of our time but this huge flow of people isn't only aimed at europe but the united states many from central asia and to russia instead so what faces them on the right.

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