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katia lapus of the young al-jazeera.here's plenty more video like battling with the latest news analysis sports and comments at the web site take a look at al-jazeera dot com. it is good terry with us hello adrian for the good here in doha the headlines i was as they were greece is calling for a cease fire in libya or lord khalifa haftar has been in athens for talks his forces are fighting the internationally recognized government in tripoli those talks are happening ahead of a conference in berlin on sunday and a huge minimum you would think if we continue to believe that you to the current circumstances our presence in germany should have been viewed as something positive since we will not be there we expect germany the host to be the protector of europe stands on issues concerning libya europe has a clear position has expressed in the last european meeting a common position recognizes the accord signed between tripoli and turkey as invalid al-jazeera sources have given details about the investigation into the killing

one knows yet the precise cost of the damage but it's clear the widespread devastation is immense katia locus of a on al-jazeera. might be a new yeah but there's no sign that hong kong's anti-government protest says have any intention to abandon the cause protesting it is a saying will than a 1000000 people packed the city streets on new year's day but the largely peaceful march eventually violent as police shut it down arresting 400 people florence in the reports from hong kong. was. what was supposed to be a peaceful march descends into chaos and destruction on the streets of hong kong a small fire most likely caused by a petrol bomb buds before it's doused by a will to carry. elsewhere police stupid to arrest a protester after demonstrators ignore their warnings to leave for hours into the protest march police with drew that permit for business deeming this to be an illegal assembly meaning they can take action to clear the state and that is exactly what they are doing here riot police have got water cannon clearing the streets of protesters as well as the barricades that protesters

are banding together warning that libya could become a 2nd syria if a ceasefire isn't to reach soon katia llopis with a yawn al-jazeera. studies bushfire crisis is worsening as temperatures rise above 40 degrees celsius with people again being told to evacuate parts of the southeast emergency alert text messages have been sent to 220000 people in the state of victoria alone at least 27 people have been killed more than 2000 homes destroyed as well since september an update now from jessica washington she is in bundanoon in new south wales jess. where conditions are worsening it is a day off strong he's a strong winds authorities have warned that today is going to be a difficult day ahead with erratic conditions now we do know that those warnings are in place across new south wales victoria and south the strain the kurds are expected to have a long night ahead at the moment these crews behind me are on standby preparing to be called out they are expected that they are expecting that the situation will worsen as winds pick up later in the evening now this crisis has been going for months no

one knows yet the precise cost of the damage but it's clear the widespread devastation is immense katia locus of leon al-jazeera. now to israel where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu was asked parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution on in 3 corruption cases a majority of these ready knesset members have to vote in support of this move requesting immunity is likely to delay any potential trial by several months and rank on reports. just 4 hours before the deadline to request a parliamentary immunity from prosecution expired the israeli prime minister appeared on television and said he would ask the knesset the israeli parliament to grant him immunity but have an opinion. about its mind tension this time before the call to shatter all the public aid accusations against me a citizens of israel the mean achievement what is meant to protect our elected officials from tided law i'm serving political crises harming the will of the people. he has filed a request with the speaker of the knesset but it's likely to be months before m.p.'s vote on it israel will hold its 3rd election

katia llopis of the young al-jazeera.his is al-jazeera these are the top stories greece is calling for a cease fire in libya warlord only for half the is in athens for talks after us forces are fighting the internationally recognized government in tripoli the talks are happening ahead of a conference in berlin on sunday that greece is not being invited. so here's one of them you. think we continue to believe that you to the current circumstances our presence in germany should have been viewed as something positive since we will not be there we expect germany the host to be the protector of europe stands on issues concerning libya europe has a clear position has expressed in the last european meeting a common position recognizes the accord signed between tripoli and turkey as invalid china's economic growth has slowed to almost 3 decades lower its g.d.p. grew by just 6 point one percent to 29 say that's the lowest since 9090 but still within the government's target iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali home in there has to l

one knows yet the precise cost of the damage but it's clear the widespread devastation is immense katia locus of a on al-jazeera. we heard from will steffen earlier as the climate change specialist with the striking national university in canberra he says there is little doubt as to why this fire season is so bad. i think the evidence is very very strong that climate change has made these fires much much worse than far as we would have at 30 or 40 years ago they still are not in a couple of ways one is the extreme temperatures we've already had summer like temperatures the last couple of months in the upper thirty's and forty's and as one of the people who was affected by the fire said it's been dry up there the normal winter time cool season rain that we expect in southeastern australia has failed 3 years in a row and it set up the forests the bush in really really dry conditions well there's not much we can do we obviously have to focus on protecting lives and protecting our property well i think we're extremely stretched given the number of fires that this screwed over a number of st

katia lapus of the young al-jazeera.this is our jazeera these are the top stories we're rushing has called on both sides in libya's conflict to come together ahead of a summit in berlin without adding conditions while a khalifa haftar is in greece. ahead of those talks which are aimed at ending the 9 month conflict glove and it's usually the most important thing now is that after the berlin conference if everything goes as planned and the security council supports the conclusions from the conference if the libyan sides do not repeat their own past mistakes and start adding any additional conditions and blaming each other as of now the relationships between them are very strange they don't even want to be in the same rooms let alone speak or meet each other. dozens of people have been injured in clashes in the iraqi capital baghdad security forces fired tear gas to break up a crowd trying to breach baghdad a bridge it's close to talk to in the square where thousands of people have encountered for months demanding politica

yanis varoufakis: a process which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. this is katia adler and adamite but there are still stuff to get into if we return to the tradition of brexitcast delighting in the nuance and detail. huge news and other parts of the news landscape. but from your end, although he set out in london, something familiar but important from one of the people who will matter in the next 12 months? this is phil hogan, known as big phil! he is phil hogan, known as big phil! he is super tall, about a foot six! he has other attributes that she is irish, he was the agricultural commissioner in the last commission and is now the trade commissioner. he isa and is now the trade commissioner. he is a big character, very forceful. and he will be involved in the trade negotiations and we think with the uk although not clear and he was actually in america talking to doing an interview with peter mandelson at a conference

turned into an international investigation that could complicate the regional tensions even further katia llopis with a yawn al-jazeera. and we're getting some breaking news coming to us from amman we're being told that the sultan of oman has passed away that's it that's all we know at the moment. members of course of the al side dynasty is the ruling family in amman has been the ruling family in a man's. since the middle of the 18th century and since july the 23rd 1970. 8 was is the current salts and that's all we know at the moment we are guessing that information coming to us from various sources telling us that the sultan of the sultanate of amman has died will get more on that for you just as soon as we can the u.n. security council has voted to renew an operation to deliver aid to syria but the number of border crossings involved on the length of the operation has been hard to avoid a veto by russia britain's u.n. ambassador says it will mean deliveries will be in adequate diplomatic editor james bays has the latest from the u.n. in new york. negotiations here at the u.n. security c

katia: this is a key point right now and it is something we have been asking bls.u have data coming in from blscentral source, the online, there is the risk of hacking attacks for example. tryingdo have investors to access that data, or media as well as the public, they will be .craping that data they have to invest in that infrastructure. in the past, we have seen that this does not work out very well. the fda for example doing things with their lockup procedures. one of the websites crash. you have instances where hedge funds or quad traders can scrape that a few seconds in advance. romaine: when we talk about the level playing field, the current system with reporters handling this system has been fraught over the years, do you think that potentially the government could blow this off anyway that there is a level playing field for everyone involved. >> i am a little skeptical. even if the data is only --eased on a website implement a trade before any human can. if we are talking about a leak coming before the release, this would solve the issue. i don't think in

people in its lips to cross over into government held territory it's unclear how many have chosen to go katia llopis with a yawn al-jazeera. germany's foreign minister says the libyan warlord highly for have to is committed to a ceasefire even though one that started on sunday failed i come us talks with that would hate to have to cut his stronghold in the libyan city of benghazi this comes ahead of a conference on libya planned for sunday in germany which have to says he may attend his forces have been trying to take control of the capital tripoli since april meanwhile turkey has started deploying troops to tripoli to support the un backed government base there sin and cos who has been speaking to turkish military sources in istanbul who say they don't plan to see frontline action train the forces of the tripoli government of national accord the g.n.a.t. and also act as a deterrent. since of the it has been signed between jna and turkey we heard 35 troops were deployed there i spoke to the military officials in ankara they involved giving and in numbers exact numbers about how many troops ha

people in its lips to cross over into government held territory it's unclear how many have chosen to go katia llopis with a yawn al-jazeera. the turkish humanitarian organization is based in its lip it says in the past 2 and a half months nearly 400000 syrians have been forced from their homes including a quarter of a 1000000 children and 100 children are among 311 civilians killed many survivors are enduring the winter in makeshift tents with poor hygiene the turkish organization accuses the syrian government and its russian allies of bombing markets mosques schools have sent as and water treatment plants honey magali is a member of the u.n. commission of inquiry on syria he says there's little hope conditions will improve the children in the country and each time soon. we're seeing children who have been dying not just because of the bombings and the sieges but today as we speak children are dying because of the lack of humanitarian access and the lack of medical care and poor conditions but i guess for me what's been shocking is to look at what hope there is for children in syria today goi

turned into an international investigation that could complicate the regional tensions even further katia llopis with a yawn al-jazeera. now the u.n. security council has voted to renew an operation to deliver aid to syria but the number of border crossings involved and the length of the program have been hogged it's about to get a james bays explains why going to order. the vote came just hours before the security council authorization allowing a to be delivered across the borders into syria was jus to expire or russia had taken things to the brink and in the end it got its way this vote means the number of crossing points will now be reduced from 4 to 2 angering the us in the u.k. who had no choice but to abstain they could have use their veto but that would have stopped all cross border a deliver is this day is potentially want to the sat is because it is the 1st time this is security council member has chosen to play politics with humanitarian assistance and on seine play politics with the u.n. and humanitarian assistance this in doing that rush here is playing dice with the lives the

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turned into an international investigation that could complicate the regional tensions even further katia llopis with a yawn al-jazeera. the u.n. security council has voted to renew an operation to deliver aid to syria but the number of border crossings involved and the length of the operation have been of to avoid a russian veto for his u.n. ambassador says it will mean deliveries will be in adequate. bombs killed at least 15 people in a mosque during friday prayers and. stone another $22.00 people injured after the explosion in question which has claimed responsibility is believed to be tossing a senior police officer who was among the victims is in islamabad he says security forces regularly singled us in question and the surrounding region. this particular block. in a densely populated. even end up. military and military force have been targeted. and quite a number of groups have been active in. cross the border. security forces but this particular. time. the beginning of another wave of. india's supreme court has ordered a review of the internet shut down inside indian administered k

one knows yet the precise cost of the damage but it's clear the widespread devastation is immense katia locus of a on al-jazeera. we're now joined by james told from the victoria state fire control center thank you for taking time to speak to us can you describe some of the conditions you've heard about and counted there for us and. also give us a sense of how many new fire is being sparked with each passing day. yes hello america suds the situation in victoria which is in the southeast us says a strike and borders news of wild. means that we've got a number of landscape fires that are occurring right across victoria and the southern parts of yourself wild and there's a strong likelihood that a number of those fires will join up in the days ahead so currently there are within victoria at least there are 47 fires that are still going and not under control and these are burning in very mountainous and forested landscapes very difficult to access and there's obviously a number of road closures and lots of property damage and and danger still in the in not just the going fires but also just

families are now packing their belongings in leaving so many don't yet know where they can go and be safe katia locus of a young al-jazeera. several people have been killed by a car bomb that exploded in an apparent attack on turkish contractors in somalia it happened in the town of a northwest of the capital mogadishu the turkish engineers were having lunch with somali police at the time of the attack al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the bomb. iran says it will send the black boxes of a downed ukrainian airliner to kiev for examination once there it says experts from france canada and the u.s. will try to read their flight recorder data 176 people were killed when the boeing jet was accidentally shot down by the ukrainian military earlier this month canaday ukraine sweden afghanistan and the united kingdom have all been pushing for full access during an investigation into the crash. now after a season of devastating bush fires severe flooding is now sweeping through parts of australia heavy rain as soaked coastal areas of queensland the new south wales for the last few days charlotte

one knows yet the precise cost of the damage but it's clear the widespread devastation is immense katia locus of a on al-jazeera well the a.b.c.'s melissa clark is in that's the new south wales she says most people are trying to escape the flames but some are still choosing to stay. people in maria can either go north or south along the princes highway most people are choosing to go south that will get them down to bigger they can then take the snowy mountains highway into cooma and then for a lot of people go back to either camber or sydney or head further inland i spoke to people trying to get young camera people from all around just trying to get away interestingly a couple of locals i spoke to don't want to leave even though the r.f.s. are advising people to leave this coast even though they can the r.f.s. here are very clear that they want anyone who has the capacity to guard some leave as soon as they can one of the key thing that's worth mentioning is that power has been restored here in maria i have not but there are still plenty of places that joint have power and getting the i

katia llopis of a young al-jazeera. has now a far. mariyam thank you so much carlos sands has won the dakar rally for the 3rd time the spaniard finished more than 6 minutes clear of defending champion of cats are the world's highest profile off-road rally was being held in saudi arabia for the 1st time with sans his previous 2 wins coming in south america the 57 year old winning by 6 minutes. who won the final stage and his 1st win of this doubt car. has been really died from the foot is a. 100 percent no no no d.c. . it's nicer when the bubble is so so so hot it is nice and. so different. but it brought. in the bikes category ricky made history by becoming the 1st american to win the dacor on 2 wheels since the insurance race began in 1979 beat out jose ignacio of chile by 53 seconds. a week after reportedly turning down the job of coach but coach in barcelona hernandez on friday coached his team to victory in the catcher cup final but even a man of his long playing career would have seen many goals quite as bizarre as this one is lo

has turned into an international investigation that could complicate regional tensions even further katia llopis a began al-jazeera. the un security council has voted to renew its cross border operation to deliver aid to syria for the next 6 months but the number of crossings and length of the program will have to avoid a russian veto the security council will allow a deliveries to continue from turkey but dropped crossing points from iraq and jordan. mexico city has banned the use of plastic bags as the latest in a series of cities around the world trying to cut out single use plastics is that. residents of mexico city are looking toward a plastic free future. the city has announced a ban on single use plastic bags the new law is largely seen as an important step to curb back pollution businesses that don't comply with the mandate could face fines or other penalties. leaders within the plastic industry however say the new measure is too extreme and could result in tens of thousands of jobs lost. but. the fine is absurd there are serious crimes that one could commit that carry a lesser pe

killing 4 people in it it's a latest attack to violate a ceasefire that came into force a week ago katia lopez called the on reports where no one. heard a desperate rush to save lives but this shelter for displaced people was one of several sites hit by recent airstrikes in syria. inside is a family including several young children yeah divergence he crews take the injured to hospital or some of the missiles hit several towns in the northern province of aleppo. but for others it's too late for the new year because some of the airstrikes hit this house which was for displaced people they came here looking for shelter trying to escape the bombing when we arrived we found 4 bodies on the ground. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan on says syria's government violated the cease fire brokered by turkey and russia. the target it live province is the last territory controlled by rebel groups in syria's northwest region. thousands of civilians are caught in the violence the u.n. says more than 300000 syrians have been forced from their homes over the last 10 weeks women men and children simpl

are banding together warning that libya could become a 2nd syria if a cease fire isn't to reach soon katia llopis with a yawn al-jazeera the political consultancy eurasia group has released its top global risks for 2020 and the top sources november's a us presidential election the group says no matter who wins it will be seen as rigs and illegitimates and competition between washington and beijing over trade and technology is also likely to escalate as they seek more global influence the politics of economics attack and climate change are also set to collide this year and there is a high risk of social and political upheaval across latin america let's get more on this from ian bremmer he's the president and founder of the racial group joins us now from new york thank you so much for speaking to us here on al-jazeera we're only 10 days into 2020 and it's already been defined by heightened tensions urgent crises and it seems a strain leah is on fire so why is that iran and the crisis between iran and the united states is quite far down your list it only comes at number 7 or so. that's right

families are now packing their belongings in leaving so many don't yet know where they can go and be safe katia locus of the young al-jazeera. an eruption warning. in the philippines but some fishermen in the area have ignored it and gone home back to work rob mcbride joined coast guard trying to keep people away from the dangers so . the philippines coast guard is making this early morning patrol every day at the moment there's still a restriction in force on anyone going to the island it's simply too dangerous to go there and this is part of that. just as we were approaching the island we saw boats also coming to the island and also we see people on the shoreline here people still have fish farms here so they come out very early morning to tend to their fish farms despite warnings that they should be staying away. so they've been telling the fishing boats they can't stay here they have to leave and some of them have left but we still have these guys on the shoreline here who are determined to stay and there's not much the coast guard it seems can do about that. we're urging them to leave the

one knows yet the precise cost of the damage but it's clear the widespread devastation is immense katia locus of a yawn al-jazeera. the thoughts now of will steffen as a climate change specialist with the australian national university in canberra and he says there is little doubt as to why australia's fine season is so bad this year i think the evidence is very very strong that climate change has made these fires much much worse than far as we would have at 30 or 40 years ago they still are not in a couple of ways one is the extreme temperatures we've already had summer like temperatures for the last couple of months and the upper thirty's and forty's and as one of the people who was affected by the fire said it's been dry up there the normal winter time cool season rain that we expect in southeastern australia has failed 3 years in a row and it set up the forests the bush in really really dry conditions well there's not much we can do we obviously have to focus on protecting lives and protecting our property well i think we're extremely stretched given the number of fires that this sc

joining me now is neil katia. thank you for being here. ken starr is an interesting choice.eachment of bill clinton for lying about a sexual affair. he's had some weird sort of issues in his past regarding baylor university pushing him out because of his sort of -- or push for light treatment of someone accused of a sexual offense there. and hen he also said that donald trump exhibited poor judgment in a tweet when he, essentially, threatened ambassador marie yovanovitch when she was testifying. ken starr said i must say the president was not advised by counsel in deciding to do this tweet, extraordinarily poor judgment. he said the president follows my instincts, sometimes we have to control our instincts. talk about your thoughts on ken starr that donald trump turns to as his counsel. >> i'm not going to like join the chorus of those who say because trump has hired ep seen the's lawyers, that's somehow bad. i think it's dangerous thing in this country to attack the lawyers for the clients that they've represented in the past. we don't want to incentivize great lawyers not