this is deemed of the years life from iraq you protesters leave the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad the withdrawal comes after 2 days of clashes with american security forces which have prompted washington to send more troops also on the program the new year for kids with australia's bushfires claiming more lives despite rescues and evacuations some of the victims of people who stayed to try to save their homes. police in hong kong use tear gas to disperse violent anti-government protesters under arrest hundreds of the hundreds of thousands take

to the streets to call for greater democracy. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. iraq's army says protesters have now left the u.s. embassy complex in baghdad after militia leaders called on them to disperse american forces guarding the compound fired tear gas to repel the demonstrators angered by u.s. airstrikes washington deployed more troops to the embassy after the compound was breached by iran backed shia militia men on tuesday. the new year has begun with a fresh political crisis in baghdad more clashes broke out between pro running demonstrators in u.s. troops. lyta protesters pulled back but they were a god they were traitors

a victory of the united states. we achieved exactly what we intended so we pulled back triumphantly and we wrapped america's nose in that. they may have had little choice but to leave more u.s. troops moved into rain for security at the embassy early on new year's day washington deployed 750 rapid response forces to stop demonstrators again breaking the perimeter of the massive u.s. embassy. thousands of kilometers away more u.s. troops have been preparing to travel to the middle east it's a sign of just how seriously the trumpet ministration regards cheez day's events the president has accused iran of focus trying the embassy protest but terence's it see not it states it's acting aggressively because. they find some excuse to attack iraqi soil and martyr people i strongly condemn this crime by america and i do so

on behalf of the government and the people of iran. she says attack was one of the worst on the u.s. diplomatic mission in years and it has further escalated tensions between washington and tehran and already difficult relationship. peshmerga it is covering this story from baghdad welcome pascha what's the situation at the embassy now. things are quiet in down most of the people who are outside the embassy tending to enter have now left after they received orders from militia commanders telling them to leave the embassy. as we heard in the report the u.s. says it is now deploying more troops how is that likely to affect the situation i think it will continue to increase tension between u.s. and iran and iraq. iran back groups are very clear that they want u.s. troops to completely leave there are getting reacting to airstrikes what occurred a few days ago and us doing the opposite of that i think these are the markets of

the country has been struggling with protests for for months now and now we see these attacks on the u.s. i'm 6 foot just explain to us what we're talking about 2 completely different sets of people with different grievances they were having a completely different group of people to ringback the people who were outside of the u.s. embassy majority of those people were supporters from the iranian backed militia groups that were targeted by the u.s. air strikes if you go. following the rules of some of the people who've been killed in the air strikes and they're going to look very much related to the airstrikes that people have been protesting for the past few months of much wider grievances they've been calling for you know the downfall of some of the political elites who they say are responsible for widespread corruption within our arc and many of them in fact i have expressed a lot of anti iranians sentiment in saying that they want iraq to be independent from both iran and america and to be renovated archy's what has been the iraqi

government's attitude to the attacks on the american embassy. iraqi government has very much condemned the u.s. . air strikes occurred a few days ago when it came to the embassy attacks you know and they said that they are against them but at the same time and you talked occurred within the green zone and you know for months now in the demonstrations against the government workers have been trying to flush into the green zone and have not been able to and in this case they were able to there were also several prominent politicians present or near the near the protests in front of the embassy so the objections the mics and so given the very fact that those processes have crossed into the green zone on the presence of those politicians there must be the concerns are that perhaps there's been some collusion. there definitely are concerns i

think that it would be very odd if. the you know supporters of the militia groups were able to cross into the green zone without there being some sort of agreement from the form of the security for it but at the same time you know things are still developing nothing is 100 percent clear good talking to you thanks for joining us a fashion market in baghdad that some of the other stories making news around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will seek parliamentary immunity from corruption charges movie is likely to protect him from prosecution while he remains in office he was indicted in november on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust. austria's conservatives have reached a coalition deal with the green party after 3 months of negotiations agreement maintains conservative leaders sebastián courts as chancellor and brings the

country's greens international government for the 1st time the conservatives allied with the far right freedom party collapsed in a corruption scandal and triggered elections in september. illinois has become the 11th u.s. state to record to legalize recreational marijuana customers lined up before dawn to make their 1st legal purchases from licensed dispensers the state has also issued pardons to thousands of people with low level marijuana convictions. those wildfires that raged through australia 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and the only 200 homes destroyed bringing the death toll from this season's places to 70 the biggest fires have spread across 2 states in australia southeast as victoria and new south wales well sources are now delivering food and water to thousands of people who fled the coastal town of malik and took refuge on

the beach. fueled by searing temperatures and fast moving winds more than 200 fires continue to consume australia southeastern states of new south wales and victoria. fire full stays rescue volunteers to take shelter and their truck as flames surrounded them. the crew made it out safely we also have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of loss a lot of communities where we've got reports of of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public we haven't been out to get access via roads all of our aircraft it's been socked you know to dine dress and we simply can't access nor can the people in those areas get out. in some places the blazes are so intense that the thick smoke turned day to night. the fires are causing dry lightning storms that themselves are starting new fires. is pretty scary that wall of fire that we

saw earlier i don't know whether we'd be any use trying to save the house and you're always worried that it's more important save your family and that will probably sell for. some people who've returned home have found there's not much left. first so you know it's. gone this is the other year. i'm on the road trying to stop. a strain has been battling huge bushfires for several months. mostly on its east coast but every state has battled blazes that have raised more than 40000 square kilometers of land stranding people and displacing wildlife. that hong kong streets were packed with large crowds for an annual new year's protest march but it then spiraled into chaotic scenes as riot police deployed tear gas and water cannons against hardline protesters who broke it off from the main group

around 400 people were arrested. it was the 1st alter ised protest in several months and to hundreds of thousands of people. in recent weeks it's been mainly a smaller number of committee demonstrators on the streets but wednesday's march shows there is still significant public support for the pro-democracy movement that . i hope this march can reunify every want to come out and protest and buy into it is it time for us to get there today here again and here tell the world that we haven't given up yet. on the ground and by sheer force of numbers we'll show the government how many of us is still going to fight for hong kong's freedom with. the rally was largely peaceful but then a small number of protesters began vandalizing local businesses. police responded with tear gas and water cannon and told organizers to end the march the vast

majority soon fled leaving only a few 100 protesters to face off with the police as night fell the officers made around 400 arrests police were at pains to point out that they did not use force on peaceful demonstrators. unfortunately again rioters hijacked the procession today which resulted in the decision for the police to end a procession but all get out. this is will want to focus on the huge turnout earlier in the day showing support for the coors. western germany has killed dozens of including some from endangered species officials that. their worst fears have been realised the fire broke out overnight and then told through an ape enclosure leaving them with no chance of escape police are investigating the cause of the blaze. people laid flowers and candles for the more than 30 animals

that burnt to death in the crate overnight. monday dead animals are highly endangered apes like around the towns from borneo lower than gorillas from central africa and chimpanzees from west africa. a total of 8 apes were killed amongst them. europe's oldest gorilla who was 48 years old. shortly after midnight a fire broke out in a palace in the crate. the 8 house was also home to fruit bats and birds they were all killed in the blaze but 2 chimpanzees survived. it's close to a miracle that we have animals that are still alive. ballet a 40 year old female chimpanzee and limbo

a younger male survived this inferno. the cause of the fire is not yet known police believe it may have started from flames in sky lanterns launched for new year. sky lanterns in the air near the zoo and some of them were flying very low we have to assume they went down in the zoo. skyline abound almost everywhere in germany including the state of north rhine-westphalia where craig feld is located police are treating the case as negligent arson. fireworks january the 1st is a public holiday for many of us office a. day also brings its own traditions many of which seem to revolve around. new year's day and for people in northern france the party goes on. 6

some in swimsuits wading into the chilly waters of the north sea. the little. in rome a few hearty souls plunged into this hyper river as part of an annual tradition in the italian capital. they say it clears the head. but most people still just prefer to watch. people in japan also agree water is a fine way to usher in the new year but they like it a little bit warmer. bay there isn't a spot west of tokyo took in the morning vista of mount fuji. locals believe making new year's resolutions while watching the 1st sunrise over the mountain will bring good luck. this is d.w. news we'll have more world news at the top stephen because they will have your business update in just a moment so i'm going to leave you now with some spectacular scenes this 10000 horses galloping through the snow in northwestern china as one that let the horses

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