this is deed of the new year's live 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 commute if again for the straightest bush fires 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 used tear gas to disperse violent anti-government protesters and arrest hundreds to 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 if 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. light protesters pulled back but they were a god they were trade is

a victory of the united states. we achieved exactly what we intended we pulled back triumphantly and we wrapped america's nose in the dirt. they may have had little choice but to leave more u.s. troops moved in to reinforce 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 tuesday's events the president has accused iran of focus training the embassy protest but terence's it's the knowledge 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 is further escalated tensions between washington and tehran and already difficult relationship. pressure make 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 attending and there 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 us and iran and iraq. and iran back groups are very clear that they want u.s. troops to completely leave iraq getting reacting to airstrikes what occurred a few days ago and us doing the opposite that i think these are people more

attention of the country has been struggling with protests for months now and now we see these attacks on the u.s. embassy but 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 so 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 they came following the rules of some of the people who've been killed in the airstrikes and they're going to be 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 love and iranians sentiment they've been 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. to the attacks only american embassy. the iraqi government has very much condemned the u.s. . airstrikes on the go when it came to the embassy attacks you know and they said that they are against them but at the same time and if you talk to curb within the green zone and you know for months now in the demonstrations against the governmental teachers 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 been mixed and so given the fact that those processes have crossed into the green zone on the presence of those politicians there must be the concerns have 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 these that groups were able to cross into the green zone without there being some sort of agreement from the former security forces it but at the same time you know things are still developing nothing is 100 percent clear good talking to you thank you for joining us of pressure on the gate in baghdad. that are 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 movies 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 sebastian courts as chancellor and brings the

country's greens international government for the 1st time be conservatives alliance with the far right freedom party collapsed of 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 pot purchases from licensed dispensers the state has also issued pardons to thousands of people with low level marijuana convictions. those wildfires rage through australia 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and the only 200 homes destroyed bringing the death toll for this season's blazes to 70 the biggest fires have spread across 2 states in australia southeast as victoria and new south wales wealth or season are 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 a strain southeastern states of new south wales and victoria. these rescue volunteers to take shelter in that 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 our saliva communities where we've got reports of of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public we haven't been able to get access via roads all of our aircraft it's been socked you know to digress and we simply can't access nor can the people in those areas get out. in some places the blazes assume 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 trying to save the house and you're always worried that it's more important save your family on that property itself. some people who've returned home have found there's not much left. first so you know it's. gone this is the other you know. i'm on the road for me i try 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 where the 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 a water cannon against hardline protesters who broken off from the main group

around 400 people were arrested. it was the 1st authorized 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. see movement was. like i hope this march can reunify every want to come out and protest. it is a time for us to get there today here again and let's here tell the world that we haven't given up yet how much money on the ground by sheer force of numbers will show the government how many of us is still going to fight for hong kong's freedom going on at. the rally was largely peaceful but then a small number of protesters begun 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 for some peaceful demonstrations. unfortunately again rioters hijacked the procession today which resulted in the decision for the police to end a procession but organizers will want to focus on the huge turnout earlier in the day showing support for the air cools. the fires in western germany has killed dozens of valuables including some from endangered species officials that zeus said their worst fears have been realised the fire broke out overnight and then tore 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 kray felled zoo overnight. among the 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 pouch in the crate. the ape house was also home to fruit bats and birds they were all killed in the blaze but 2 chimpanzees survived. and then. 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 course of the fire is not yet known.

to police believe it may have started from flames in sky lanterns launched for new year. so. mrs 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. band almost everywhere in germany including the state of north rhine-westphalia what cray felt is located police are treating the case as negligent arson. after new year's eve party isn't fireworks january the 1st is a public holiday for many of us office a welcoming luxation. 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 6 some in swimsuits wading into the

chilly waters of the north sea. in rome a few hearty souls plunged into the 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's 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 mt fuji. locals believe making new year's resolutions while watching the 1st sunrise over the mountain will bring good luck. this is to use we'll have more world news. because they will have no 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 northwestern china. let the horses

a while to exercise it has become a huge tourist attraction of the day. play play. it's all happening good job of it coming. your link to news from africa and the world story link to exceptional stories and discussions can you and will come to the debut suffocating program tonight from funny to meet from one uses easy to our website do demigods come smash africa join us on facebook at t.w. africa.