would we need documentaries from around the world. on al-jazeera. iraq's president picks a new prime minister after weeks of political deadlock and antigovernment protests . hello i'm sam is a this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the arab league says no to president trump's middle east plan saying it doesn't secure palestinian basic rights. a plea for help china's prime minister asks the e.u. to provide medical supplies fight the coronavirus. trump administration roles bank

restrictions on land mines this regarding the impact on civilians. and iraq's president has appointed a new prime minister former communications minister mohamad allow it will take up the top position after approval from parliament he will replace the abdel maddi allow it has been tasked with forming a new cabinet and is set to hold office until elections can be held iraq has faced months of mass protests over corruption unemployment and the lack of government services one of their key demands was the appointment of a new prime minister and a message for doubt on twitter allowing promised change and said he stood with protesters. who. continue demonstrating and protesting and shouting slogans this is your country and these are your right. 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 you 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 election restoring the pride and prestigious 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 and i will leave the same way you left your colleagues for the sake of your country and i will join the masses that 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 now i don't deserve to be a prime minister. well imran khan joins us live from baghdad and then ron this is a person who's just been chosen as prime minister and he's already talking about resigning a sign of just how difficult the task of putting a government together will be. well he certainly set out his stall he's put his support directly behind the protesters he knows exactly the support of that

movement is going to be crucial for him but his the ropes it's not a unified movement already we've been speaking to people over the last few days about. how into law and his what he might represent to the protesters and the various different opinions there's one opinion that suggests well he supports us then we can back him and the other and this is quite significant opinion amongst the protestors is actually what we're asking for is a complete change a complete sweep we don't want any of the old guard to come back in and this is a member of nuri al maliki's government he did actually resign from nuri al maliki's government saying that he had sectarian policies he disagreed it but he is part of the old school that the protesters have been so vocal about so he's got a long way to go before he kind of win the protesters but he knows how important it is and that is the reason for that message but before he even gets to that stage he

has to be approved by parliament now he's been asked by the president himself to form a government now and that means getting a cabinet together and that cabinet has to be approved by the government now his nomination isn't coming from the largest political bloc been actually coming from rival political blocs a bit now could actually block his appointment his name has been mentioned so many times over the last couple of weeks that this may well be a fait accompli they couldn't agree on anybody else so they've circled back to him and said ok we can't get anybody else so let's just back this guy and see what happens the president has been very clear with his deadline he gave the deadline and clearly he's stuck to it so let's see what happens next the constitutional process for all of this is long overdue progress. already resigned on november 30th it was 15 days after that that there was supposed to be

a new president prime minister candidate named that didn't happen it's only now that this is happening so either the parliament looks get behind it and say ok we need it we need a prime minister let's support this guy all they'll be more political infighting the next few days absolutely crucial all right imran khan that thanks for that. well the arab league is rejecting us president don trump's middle east peace plan in the mergence he meeting in cairo to discuss the proposal augustinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the plan saying his people would never accept it especially trump suggestion that the capital of a future palestinian state should lie in the village of about this instead of east jerusalem trumps plan was negotiated with this row and no import from palestinians with him is in the occupied west bank with more on what i had to say and he pointed out that he wants an arab support for his rejection of the plan that doesn't meet

any of their 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 their arabs and lou and the coach the moment they said to do salome is and next year 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 we 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 abbas as a rejection of it there are fears that this will become the new standards that palestinians will be sitting. i asked 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 pieces for negotiations palestinian israelis have been protesting against trump's peace proposal under the plan one area inside israel would be part of a possible territory swap of 4 parties agree $100.00 june is in behind the heart of the year 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 attempts plan for peace which ultimately it's the possibility of 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 become part of a future state of palestine and we spoke with here today is very much opposed to that happening in the sense that we're 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 family 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. only 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 but actually proposed this is what it was rejected then and it is being rejected now the. china is turning to the european union for assistance as it struggles to contain the outbreak of corona virus the country's prime minister has asked the e.u. to help find urgently needed medical supplies 259 people have now died from the virus off the china announced 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 and countries around the world are scrambling to evacuate their nationals while in haiti 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 at last and 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 and 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 close its border with the mainland completely this city could be about to see a big increase in infections wayne hay al jazeera hong kong. a plane has left jakarta to evacuate in the nation nationals from china province the epicenter of the outbreak doctors are preparing to quarantine them for 2 weeks there have been no confirmed cases in the earth or to say. that changes just washing reports from jakarta. on the streets of indonesia's capital this is the new normal on public transport most passengers wear face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak demand for masks and sanitizer is soaring across the country some markets and stores have even sold out many parents like listy for anxious her 18 year old daughter deefa is one of around $250.00

indonesian students who have been living in who harm the chinese city where the outbreak began and me on life i worry every 2nd that something bad will happen and i cannot help my child. and the engine asian students are being brought home they'll be in quarantine for 2 weeks. the indonesian government says chinese authorities helped coordinate the evacuation. and. doctors say they are well prepared for the quarantine process. used to dealing with cases requiring strict isolation we dealt with saz through and we have regular training so we're ready for it. at airports around the archipelago it's business as

usual indonesia's line ed which is southeast asia's biggest airline by fleet size has suspended all flights to and from china and while many a trying to get out of china hundreds of chinese citizens flew back from indonesia this week after their travel agents cut short their holiday plans here at indonesia's main airport authorities are taking steps to defend against the virus there are 3 body scanners and quarantine offices checking the health of arriving passengers around the country there are the same precautions in place at more than $130.00 points of entry. incubators already for any passengers suspected of carrying the virus and transfer anyone to hospital if they show symptoms like fever or coughing just washington al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera.

the worst tragedy that the senate has ever overcome the u.s. senate votes against calling witnesses in president gone from simply churn trial heat in the way for him to be acquitted. breakthrough finally becomes a reality ok fishing leaves the european union. hello once again it looks a little quieter over the middle east in the next couple of days we have seen some clouds rain sleet and snow yet again into turkey pushing over towards the caspian sea some when she weather there for a time and to northern parts of iran and that will make its way further east was a couple picking up a little bit of snow as we go on into monday but bright skies do come back in behind it temperatures just starting to not jump over the next day also temps just

here in doha they are around 20 degrees celsius quite a stiff some are for time but things will improve as we go through the week well as you try to cross north africa wanted to be some pieces of that weather cloud up towards but it's rainy but essentially a lot of sunshine so we'll see temperatures in tripoli at around 18 celsius l.g.'s touching 20 degrees chance of the odd shallots ever traveling to the ethiopian highlands just running down into the heart of africa just around the the gulf of guinea but for the most part it is strike full of the showers there down into where you can the 3 kenya pushing down to the northern parts of tanzania will see want to see showers there yet again it's in northern areas of mozambique and also into madagascar that line of heavy rain pushes all the way across into angola. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really won't come

out the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debates equal on both through school board noise on a boat this argument is astonishingly patronize an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian cult or inside story on al-jazeera. you. know come back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap the headlines now iraq's president has appointed a new prime minister former communications minister mohammed and now we must still

be approved by parliament iraq has faced months of mass protests over corruption unemployment and lack of government services they are league has rejected president don't trumps middle east plan the decision was made as an emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he'll 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 and more than 11000 are in fact. the stage is set for u.s. president donald trump to be acquitted in his impeachment trial that 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 u.s.

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. the race for the u.s. presidential election officially begins on monday in the state of iowa it's still a wide field of democratic candidates vying to take on president donald trump in november the original field of candidates was 28 now it's down to $1113.00 billionaires mike bloomberg and tom styer alan fischer of course from iowa . there have been rallies and debates. there have been t.v. ads and looks over the under 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 all 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. senator bernie sanders senator warren 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 barack obama won in 2008 and went on to the white house other long shorts of talk at the polls people who won the nomination have finished 2nd or 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 the 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 days iowa does. pick the president but it will eliminate several possibilities alan fischer al jazeera the more in iowa. and the u.s. has rolled back restraint sions on landmines which have been banned by more than 100 countries control proponents have been quick to criticize the move which will allow the use of anti personnel landmines in exceptional circumstances and russia

has more a weapon of war that most countries believe should no longer be used and cannot be justified morally. anti-personnel land mines maim and kill thousands of innocent people each year often in places where fighting ended decades ago and while most of the world has banned them the u.s. says it's planning to use them again after more than 30 years a land mines are one of very many other important tools that our commanders need to have available to them on the battlefield to shape the battlefield and to protect our forces. with the change in policy u.s. forces will be able to use anti-personnel mines in future conflicts in certain circumstances mines the pentagon says will be able to self-destruct or self deactivate without threatening civilians unlike the millions of mines that dot the korean demilitarized zone the obama administration committed the u.s.

to destroy landmines stockpiles except those intended to defend south korea the last thing which we need is more land mines it's an incredibly reckless made is a very dangerous and even people will die as a result of this mood. just by her normalizes pieces and obscene weapons they're not designed to be safe they're designed for one purpose and that is to kill. 22 years after princess diana's walk through an angolan minefield helped galvanize the world to take action 80 percent of un member states have signed the mine ban treaty and destroyed more than 55000000 of them yet thousands of people continued to be killed and injured each year more than half of them children mostly in a handful of countries including afghanistan syria and ukraine the u.s. is unlikely to ever use landmines on its own soil and campaigners say the change in policy will put civilians at risk in future conflicts no matter how smart the minds become and al-jazeera. airstrikes i'm fighting in

northwestern syria have this place hundreds of thousands of people many are scaping towards the turkish border as hospitals in libya and aleppo come under attack priyanka go up to reports on the die conditions people face as the fighting rages on. it's difficult to imagine what they might be left to salvage from this destroyed neighborhood and west map of homes and a hospital shattered by bombs dropped by bullets were believed to be russian warplanes in the town of poor. 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 and the airstrikes were so intense that we could only take the clothes we had on our backs for people like mohammad concrete blocks like these an adlib city is home for now the cold flows offering little comfort for the children 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 more than 3000000 people live in it live half of them i'm tired of 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 blasts month the surgeon numbers of those displaced has stretched the health workers to their limits the most important. unity challenge for us they make us sick that against our best it is our and our because so we miss you know american medical 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 mate 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 the mood remains one of

defiance. britain's woke up on saturday no longer a part of the european union over months of work is still ahead the u.k. now has until the end of the year to hammer out its trade relationship and other arrangements with the e.u. day to day life for britons were main much the same until then freedom to trade work and travel in europe. one of the biggest challenges for the e.u. in the u.k. now brace is done is northern ireland remains part of the u.k. customs territory it also follows e.u. rules many business is relying on cross border trade with ireland so know how it's going to work out in the future or grown reform. 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 $3.00 of concerns we have grave concerns about our business models with grave concerns about choice of also grave concerns about affordability for northern ireland high salt quite simply there can't afford cost rises from fraction on what this plan has at the moment as 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 levy at the need for the. o'neals is a multi-million dollar sports work company with factories in the north and the south and a manufacturing process built on frictionless movement between them. from the royal

yacht to the finished product here these shirts are 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 down to a sister factory in dublin and then back again through the process now a hard border a 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 to know here for the economy in northern ireland because then 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 you know everyone agrees on the irish side of the border up in county donagh all the bulk fertilizes animal feeds and equipment at this farm is 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 seamless you hardly know you cross. 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. paperwork and we don't want to go back to that 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 time is short paul brennan al-jazeera belfast. take you through some of the headlines here now just here and now iraq's president has appointed mohammed allawi as the new prime minister after months of political

deadlock the former communications minister is expected to be approved by parliament he says his priority will be to listen to the demands of anti-government protests. continue demonstrating and protesting and shouting your 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 you should stay in the streets we managed to hold the killers accountable went to compensate the families of the martyrs to treat all the wounded to set time for elections restoring the pride and prestigious purity forces to reform the economy to fight the corruption and to form my government. the arab league has rejected president trance middle east peace plan an emergency meeting was called by palestinian president mahmoud abbas the plan allows israel to annex its settlements in the occupied west bank but also denies palestinians their capital in east jerusalem. the moment they said you do

salamis and next to 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 we're just the guards we're only here because it is our duty our responsibility is our capital it is our capital china's prime minister has asked the european union for help in getting a medical supplies to deal with the coronavirus australia has joined the us in banning the entry of foreign nationals who recently been to china 259 people have died and more than $11000.00 infected it's inside story now.

donald trump looks certain to be acquitted republican said of those witnesses of the u.s. president's impeachment so is this trial day is it and will democrats still pursue trump's removal of what does it mean for his reelection bid this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finighan the 3rd impeachment trial of a sitting u.s. president will likely come to an end on wednesday after the senate voted to block any witnesses testifying this puts startle trump a step closer to being.