so persons with disabled placards are not held to the time limits of these zones, and so green zones are often a very viable place for people with placards to park at, and we've seen through our data collection a great deal of abuse in that, obviously, using the zones for more than the 15 minutes, so they're not often readily available for people who need them for short-term parking. the other challenge with green zones in neighborhood commercial districts where they're metered is that they, like all of the other zones, a end at 6:00 p.m. typically, and we see that there's a large need for these types of parking in the evening because that's when people are typically getting deliveries or going to get food. so we test in the the sunset our first evening green zones, but we have not done a follow up to see how effectively green zones work in the evening. i think the biggest challenge in the grown zones are enforcement because the meters are no longer on. it's just a type of colored curb. so it's unclear, until we're able to do our follow up, how well those are actually working or if th

within minutes of the announcement, rockets are fired into baghdad secured green zone, killing a child and money inside. this is al jazeera life for.

are just minutes after that announcement, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed near the u.s. embassy, while others were intercepted by air defense systems. a child was killed at least 5 people, and trump has fired the top u.s. election security official who diffuser the president's abstention claims of fraud . chris krebs was the head of the department of homeland security agency that monitors election security. if you know his government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern tier, a region strikes have been launched at the regional capital. mackellar: it's the main base for the t great people's liberation front to p.l.f. which governs their 3. former pro-democracy. politicians have been arrested in hong kong. police are questioning ted, we, eddie, chew, and ray charles. this is spectator of disrupting a legislative meeting held in june to discuss norwich criminalizes, any insults of the chinese national anthem. the palestinian authority says it will restore coordination with israel on the eve

and minutes after the announcement was made, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. a child was killed at least 5 people injured. let's get more from our correspondent allen fisher's out the white house. and this is a significant announcement from trauma in his last few days of office. and surprisingly, nothing on his twitter feed in the last few hours about it. but you'll remember back in 2016, when he ran for office, he was saying that he wanted to end america's involvement in endless wars, particularly those overseas, which he saw is just a drain on resources and on personnel. if you take afghanistan, it's been running for 19 years,, more than $2300.00. people have died there from the u.s., and it has cost the cording to the pentagon somewhere in the region of $193000000000.00. now this had been advertised. donald trump was keen to reduce troop numbers. you'll remember that back in 2018, he announced that he was withdrawing all american troops out of syria that led in part to the resignation of then defense secretary jim mattis. but the trumpet, ministration is tr

so persons with disabled placards are not held to the time limits of these zones, and so green zones are often a very viable place for people with placards to park at, and we've seen through our data collection a great deal of abuse in that, obviously, using the zones for more than the 15 minutes, so they're not often readily available for people who need them for short-term parking. the other challenge with green zones in neighborhood commercial districts where they're metered is that they, like all of the other zones, a end at 6:00 p.m. typically, and we see that there's a large need for these types of parking in the evening because that's when people are typically getting deliveries or going to get food. so we test in the the sunset our first evening green zones, but we have not done a follow up to see how effectively green zones work in the evening. i think the biggest challenge in the grown zones are enforcement because the meters are no longer on. it's just a type of colored curb. so it's unclear, until we're able to do our follow up, how well those are actually working or if th

within minutes, the announcement shows the secure green zone, killing a child. hello, this is al jazeera, live. also coming up. international condemnation after ethiopia's government targets rebels in the north with airstrikes. grace when you have companies that have the power of government, something has to give. >> the buses of facebook and twitter are grilled by both sides of u.s. politics about their efforts to combat election disinformation. and france to bit a controversial new bill to protect police but critics say it will stifle him and right and free speech. -- human rights watch free speech. the pentagon has confirmed sharp reductions in the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq by mid-january. just before president donald trump leaves office. trump wanted a full withdrawal from america's longest war by christmas. instead, 2000 will come out of afghanistan and 500 from iraq, leaving 2.5 thousand in each country. chrysler does remind those that question or resolve or seek to interfere with this prudent, well-planned and corrugated transition. th

open to aggression and just as the announcement is made the rocket attack in baghdad's green zone biden meantime receiving a national security briefing today but not from government officials and the moment on the senate floor the fist bump caught on camera. is it a sign the gop is accepting biden's victory? just in, the top republican senator third in line to the presidency testing positive for covid the staggering surge now in all 50 states the new crackdowns ohio ordering a three-week curfew. mobile morgues manned by inmates in texas. and our interview with the u.s. testing chief. we ask why are the lines so long this far into the pandemic? hurricane iota carving a deadly path after making landfall as a monster category 4 the new trend amid the pandemic for chains like mcdonald's and chipotle and in dark times the holiday tradition still shining bright >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening everyone with 64 days left in his presidency donald trump's refusal to coordinate with the incoming biden administration is taking on new and serious national security im

so persons with disabled placards are not held to the time limits of these zones, and so green zones are often a very viable place for people with placards to park at, and we've seen through our data collection a great deal of abuse in that, obviously, using the zones for more than the 15 minutes, so they're not often readily available for people who need them for short-term parking. the other challenge with green zones in neighborhood commercial districts where they're metered is that they, like all of the other zones, a end at 6:00 p.m. typically, and we see that there's a large need for these types of parking in the evening because that's when people are typically getting deliveries or going to get food. so we test in the the sunset our first evening green zones, but we have not done a follow up to see how effectively green zones work in the evening. i think the biggest challenge in the grown zones are enforcement because the meters are no longer on. it's just a type of colored curb. so it's unclear, until we're able to do our follow up, how well those are actually working or if th

minutes after the announcement was made, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed near the u.s. embassy. others were intercepted by defense systems. a child was killed at least 5 people injured. if you know his government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern region. strikes have been launched in the regional capital. this is the main base for the tea, great people's liberation front or to p.l.f. which governs that to grand fighters have refused to comply with government demands to put down their weapons. perrie's new interim president has called for calm after he was sworn in. francisco's gusti is the country's leader in just one week. the former world bank official will see until national elections are held in april . curry's been in turmoil since to remove all of president monson discard from office last week of unproven corruption allegations, which led to widespread protests. and donald trump's legal efforts against the u.s. election outcome have had another setback. pennsylvania's supreme c

and minutes off to the announcement was made several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. a child was killed and at least 5 people injured. simona fulton has the latest from baghdad. the reduction of u.s. troops in iraq to $2500.00 is not that significant in light of the drawdown that already took place earlier this year. in january, there were $5000.00 troops present in country that number was reduced to 3000 as of september and of course, the political and security context that precipitated this reduction was rather complex. back in january, we had the u.s. assassination of iranian general custom still in miami, as well as other iraqi officials, which prompted the parliament here to vote to oust foreign troops. and we also saw a rise in rocket attacks against u.s. interests here in iraq. and in that context, the u.s. and iraq began renegotiating the presence of foreign troops that began reducing the numbers. of course, the u.s. arguing that this was not in response to the parliament vote or the rocket attacks that it was the result of the official defeat. and that such a

shortly after the announcement was made to several katyusha rockets landed in baghdad's fortified green zone. at least 7 rockets were fired. some of them landing in the u.s. embassy. the u.s. at defense system crown was deployed to intercept and destroy the rockets. one child was killed, so a lot of falls and has more on this now from the iraqi capital, baghdad. within minutes of the announcement to reduce troops to 2500, there was a rocket attack on the u.s. embassy here in baghdad. such attacks have occurred relatively frequently earlier this year, and they were blamed on iranian backed armed groups. now over the recent weeks, we saw a halt in these attacks. and some of these iranian backed groups have come out to say, we will wait for whoever is the new president elect. and we will wait for the trumpet ministrations to announce a full withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq. now that did not happen, the reduction to $2500.00 is not with these groups, were demanding. and tonight's rocket attack at the u.s. embassy was probably a way to voice their disapproval with this latest announcement. wel

within minutes of the announcement, rockets are fired into baghdad secured green zone, killing a child inside . this is al jazeera life and also coming up international condemnation of to ethiopia's government targets rebels in the north with asteroids. when you have companies that have the power of governments, some thing has to give the bosses a facebook and twitter grilled by both sides of u.s. politics about that efforts to combat election dissent from ation and frowns debates a controversial new bill to protect police. but critics say it will stifle human rights and free speech. the pentagon has confirmed shop reductions in the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq by made january just before president donald trump leaves office. trump had wanted a full withdrawal from america's longest war by christmas instead, 2000 will come out of afghanistan and $500.00 from iraq leaving 2 and a half 1000 in each country. let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this prudent well planned and coordinated transition. the united states armed forces remain

minutes after that announcement, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed near the u.s. embassy, and others were intercepted by ed defense systems. a child was killed at least 5 people, and trump has fired the top u.s. election security official who had refused to the president's unsubstantiated claims of fraud. chris krebs was the head of the department of homeland security's agency that monitors election security. it's your peers. government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern tier, a region and strikes have been no interest at the regional capital mckelway. that's the main base for the great people's liberation front or to p.l.f. which governs the 3. former pro-democracy politicians have been arrested and hong kong police are questioning ted at each show and raid chan. they're suspected of disrupting a legislative meeting in june. the palestinian authority says it will restore coordination with israel on the eve of a visit by u.s. secretary of state mike, compare it suspended all con

more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour was time to cause maximum damage. what they could. it was morning and we were leaving our home when an explosion happened 2 of my sisters and my mother wounded. so we took them to hospital and we thought it was around 9 am. rockets hit the bakery wounding an employee who needed hospital treatment. lots of shopkeepers are going to suffer financially because of this. i thought his claimed responsibility for the attack. it came as the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei arrived in cattle's capital. doha. he said tool to talk to both afghan government and taliban negation has involved in peace talks that it shows richie's and security didn't just rest. yet again, the sort of weaponry get into the city. and secondly, it's part of the trends were greater violence in the city 90 assassinations, unity even at a time when taleban said that they won't be launching attacks incentives, eisel has been behind recent attacks on the capital gunmen

so persons with disabled placards are not held to the time limits of these zones, and so green zones are often a very viable place for people with placards to park at, and we've seen through our data collection a great deal of abuse in that, obviously, using the zones for more than the 15 minutes, so they're not often readily available for people who need them for short-term parking. the other challenge with green zones in neighborhood commercial districts where they're metered is that they, like all of the other zones, a end at 6:00 p.m. typically, and we see that there's a large need for these types of parking in the evening because that's when people are typically getting deliveries or going to get food. so we test in the the sunset our first evening green zones, but we have not done a follow up to see how effectively green zones work in the evening. i think the biggest challenge in the grown zones are enforcement because the meters are no longer on. it's just a type of colored curb. so it's unclear, until we're able to do our follow up, how well those are actually working or if th

or just minutes after that announcement, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed near the u.s. embassy. others were intercepted by ed offense, estens. a child was killed. and trump has now fired the top u.s. election security official, who had refused in the president's unsubstantiated claims of fraud. chris krebs was the head of the department of homeland security. the agency that monitors election security. ethiopia's government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern tier of region. airstrikes have been launched at the regional capital. mackellar, that's the main base for the team. great people's liberation front which governs their 3. former pro-democracy politicians have been arrested in hong kong, ted query, eddie chu and chan suspected of disrupting a legislative meeting back in june. the palestinian authority says it will restore coordination with israel on the eve of a visit by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or it suspended all contact 6 months ago now and responds to israeli plans t

. >> iraq's military says that for rockets struck baghdad's green zone tonight. that signals the end of an informal truce last month. the rockets landed 600 meters from the u.s. embassy. france has become the first european country to record more than 2 million coronavirus cases . it has been under lockdown since october 29. that has led to a decline in new daily cases. a prime minister said how france would put an end to the walk down. he said it would not be a return to the freedom the people saw last summer. >> all of our energy must go into making this face successful. in order to be well prepared for the next one. the faster or the better we see progress on a public health level during this current phase of lockdown, the more changes we can make and move to the next stage. it will not be a return to what we saw after the first lockdown. that means there will be more restrictions in place. >> now to the race for coronavirus vaccine. the government has preordered 90 million doses of a vaccine. the distrust tort of potential vaccine is very high and many are wo

within minutes, the announcement shows the secure green zone, killing a child.

as soon as the announcements was made, you had rockets hitting the green zone. mike pompeo wanted to pull embassy staff out as well. clearly the situation is volatile. >> the iranians want to show the withdrawal as a victory between iran and its allies. as if they forced the united states to withdraw. they made the promise after the assassination by u.s. forces in baghdad airport. we all know the iranians made a strong statement against the united states, wanting americans to withdraw and ordering their allies to put pressure on the americans. if trump is pulling troops now out of iraq, they want to make sure -- this is going to, this might lead to a return of isil one more time. an agreement led to the emergence of isil. that turned al qaeda into isil. we will start this vicious circle one more time. isil fights back. the united states will fight isolate and so on. >> johnny, i am going to leave it with you. fast-forward, president biden is in office. the troops may be have come home by then. what does he do? how does foreign-policy figure into his administrati

one being the safest, the green zone, and five being the least safe, you know, the red zone.an 3% were one, very safe, green zone. >> do you ever -- >> and two-thirds -- >> finish your point. two-thirds were in what? >> the higher or highest, so the four to five red zone. two-thirds were in that zone but they're onpen right now. that's based on the case rate in the school. >> what does your analysis suggest at this point in terms of what we should be doing differently slash better with our kids in schools? and just so you know, rebekah is not coming at this just as a clinician. she's got little ones herself, and she knows how scary it is to have them in school and but what could we be doing better, with our schools? >> well, part of the problem that we've been encountering with this, at least in the united states, is that there hasn't been a whole lot of research about this in the united states. most of the people, who come and say, oh, it's totally fine and safe, have very limited data here in the u.s., and are using studies from over the summer in countries like south korea

shortly after the announcement was made, several katyusha rockets landed in baghdad's green zone. at least 7 rockets were fired. some of them landing near the u.s. embassy. one child was killed and 5 other civilians injured. and our other headline ethiopia's government says troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern tier guy region. national army is carried out as strikes near the region's main city of mccully. to grind, rebels have refused to give in to government demands to lay down their weapons. now in other news, the chief executives of facebook and twitter of appeared before members of the u.s. senate judiciary committee to answer questions about social media. and the election is the 2nd hearing now in 2 months, and it was called by republican senator lindsey graham in october when the social networks limited the reach of a new york post article that was critical of u.s. president elect joe biden. both companies say they restricted the article because it contained false and leaked material. mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey is being

been reports of a capital.ttack in the iraqi ce say the rockets landed near the heavily fortified green zonebaghdad. sirens can be heard coming from the u.s. embassy. one source says at least four rockets were fired, and we are told some of them landed near the embassy. th u.n. is warning that a full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding in ethiopia where eight two-week conflict in tigray is threatening to descend into civil war. 30,000 people have fled a government oensive by ethiopian forces against tigray 's powerful local aders. hundreds have died in the fighting. government has rejected calls for remediion and rejected -- and had this to say earlier. >> these leaders, they would not hesitate to strikenyone around so that they can create havoc and hysteria in ethiopia, and that would result in civil war. that is why the government had to destroy tir armaments which were discovered. to verify any information from tigray. virtually all communications are blocked. thesere ahe latest pictures we have from the region, broadcast on state media, and is set to show celebrations with federal tro

minutes after the announcement was made, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed nor'easter the u.s. ambassador and others were intercepted by defense systems. one child was seximmed at least 50eu67 injured. president trump says he's fired chris crebs, the director of the infrastructure security agency. trump has accused him of making heim inaccurate statements about the u.s. election. the tweet announcing this has been flagged by twitter. ethiopia's government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the northern region. strikes have been launched tap regional capital. it's the main base for the liberation front or tplf, this governs there. the flynn authority says it will restore coordination with israel. it suspended all contact six months ago in response to israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank and the united states has adecree agreed to drop drug charges against mexico's former defense minister. he was arrested in las vegas last month on suspicions of drug traffics. those are your headlines. inside story is next. >>

more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour was time to cause maximum damage. this over the what they call it was morning and we were leaving our home when an explosion happened 2 of my sisters and my mother wounded. so we took them to hospital and we thought it was around 9 am. rockets hit the bakery, wounding an employee who needed hospital treatment. lots of shopkeepers are going to suffer financially because of this. the taliban has denied responsibility for the attack, but it came as the u.s. secretary of state might pompei you arrived in catalyst capital. doha. he said you will to talk to both afghan government and taliban negotiate is involved in peace talks that i know has been behind recent attacks on the capital gunmen stormed kabul university. 3 weeks ago, at least 22 people were killed. the government says, in saturday's attack, fighters fired the rockets from the back of 2 trucks. it's investigating how the vehicles managed to enter the city and gets an ear to t

technically still in the green zone, not quite in the yellow zone just yet.as we take a look at traffic elsewhere, the east shore freeway is pretty quiet. a live look at the san mateo bridge. again, traffic moving at the limit with no major delays. a much better choice right now than the dumbarton with the roadwork and delays. the golden gate bridge has a really nice ride so far. we have not seen any brake lights or delays across the golden gate. >>> here is a live look from oakland this morning. some great news for people staying in the bay area this thanksgiving holiday. the oakland zoo just debuted a socially distanced family- friendly experience. it features a mile-long stroll through different habitats featuring more than 100 intricate lanterns. the outdoor event attracts people of all ages looking to spend time with loved ones in a safe, low risk environment during opening weekend. >> we have kids and some of my siblings are around here. this is going to be a safe way for us to get together for the holidays because it is outside. >> we are not going to

open to aggression and just as the announcement is made the rocket attack in baghdad's green zone bidene receiving a national security briefing today but not from government officials and the moment on the senate floor the fist bump caught on camera. is it a sign the gop is accepting biden's

more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. it was a little after 8. 30 in the morning when the 1st rocket landed in the afghan capital for the next 10 minutes, it felt like kabul was under attack. witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour was timed to cause maximum damage. so what they could, it was morning and we were leaving our home when an explosion happened 2 of my sisters and my mother wounded. so we took them to hospital because i would have thought the way it was around 9 am. rockets hit the bakery wounding an employee who needed hospital treatment. lots of shopkeepers are going to suffer financially because of this i still has claimed responsibility for the attack. it came just hours before the u.s. secretary of state might bump a 0. arrived in qatar's capital, doha, he's talking to both afghan government and taliban negotiators. involved in peace talks. there. it shows reach peace and security, but it just pressed yes again. so that the sort of weaponry gets into the city. and secondly, it's part of the t

or within minutes of that announcement, rockets are fired into baghdad's secured green zone, killing a child there on the attain, this is al jazeera live from also coming up. donald trump fires the cyber security chief who rejected claims of election fraud. international condemnation, after ethiopia's government targets rebels in the north with air strikes and hurricane ayers have bass's central america. tens of thousands of people forced to flee there. it's now the pentagon has confirmed shah productions and the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq by mid january, just before president of trump leaves office. both countries will be left with a contingent of 2 and a half 1000, but senior figures in the military as well as tom's republican party have doubts about this decision. out of there as alan fish reports from the white house, donald trump campaigned in 2016 and ending america's wars abroad. in the final days of his presidency, he's acting to cut numbers in both iraq and afghanistan. from 4500 in afghanistan, the number will drop to 2500. it will be the same number in i

well, just minutes after that announcement, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed near the u.s. embassy. others were intercepted by ed offense, estens. a child was killed and at least 5 people injured. trump has fired the top u.s. election security official, who had refused said the president's unsubstantiated claims of ford. chris krebs was the head of the department of homeland security, is agency that monitors election security. if your peers government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern tier gray region. as strikes have been launched to the regional capital mckelway, that's the main base for the to great people's liberation front which governs the 3, former pro-democracy politicians have been arrested in hong kong. police are questioning ted at each you and ray chan. they are suspected of disrupting a legislative meeting in june. the palestinian or 30 says it will restore coordination with israel on the eve of a of a visit by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or it suspended all contact

capital of voicing their anger about a deal to end the fighting with car about their opposed to the green zone and handed over to syrian forces. the alleged financing of the rwandan genocide is making his 1st appearance a u.n. court in the hague is accused of funding, militia groups and propaganda. during the genocide which he denies, the former businessman was arrest, arrested in paris in may after 26 years on the run. i can 909400000, people died in that genocide, most of them ethnic to seize killed 5 hutus. so his catherine sawyer, following the story today from our bureau in nairobi. what happened in court today while the listen is still in the courtroom following the proceedings very keenly. he's looking quite frail and frankly tired. he's after all 84 years old. and the court started by asking him to identify himself and talk, asking him if he could understand the proceedings he was giving his responses. ynys can now run. the native language has been translated through one of the interpreters and they read out the prosecution, read out his charges, those charges that is still going on. s

when more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies abased, the attack happened just hours before u.s. secretary state might. pompei was due to hold talks with afghan government and taliban. it negotiate is here in qatar. stephanie deca has more on those talks into might compare wrapped up saturday with meeting the taliban delegation involved in intra afghan talks, see it met an hour earlier with the afghan government delegation. these are talks that were rated back in september. the u.s. secretary of state where he was here for that as well. but it's been a difficult process moving forward, the told still stuck on the technicalities of what kind of islamic nor will govern the govern the framework of these 2. i think the message certainly from my pompei will be that they are keen to get the 2 sides to sit down to really get to the difficult issues when it comes to a long lasting cease fire and a power sharing agreement between the 2 sides. of course you also met the path or is it me or he had a lunch with him and also met with the deputy prim

were killed and dozens more injured. 20 rockets and all landed in the residential areas near the green zone,, where many embassies are based. the attack happened just hours before u.s., secretary of state might compare was due to hold talks with afghan government and taliban negotiators here in qatar. while the coronavirus pandemic is dominating the virtual g. 20 summit, which is being hosted by saudi arabia, leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies are expected to pledge their support to poor countries to help pay for vaccines medicines and tests. more now from, a diplomatic etta james bass. this was very different from the normal g., 20 summit world leaders meeting virtually because of coded 19 with the pandemic and the economic fallout from it at the center of all the discussions. this has been an extraordinary year. the covert, 19 and demick has been an unprecedented shock that affected the entire world within a short period of time, causing global economic and social losses. our peoples in economies are still suffering from this shock. back in 20082009, the g 20 led efforts to get o

green zone. i know you've said before that perhaps the agreement lacked teeth and we've just touched on. not so do you think kerry is the right appointment taken considering, i mean he's a veteran diplomat. so he has the gravitas, but is he the right man to take this forward? you know, i think he's clearly a skilled diplomat. i think we're going to have to wait and see what younger the skill, the mass he brings on his team. we've got big structural problems in the past agreements and we've got to get beyond. 'd the last, you know, adequate reduction commitments at last an accountability system and a lack of commitments on climate that blackguard to use for a green card and financing and so court. so that stuff has got to be charged and we've got to move out with something much more ambitious. and so we've got to wait and see who you put on his team to get this done. it's going to be critical that we've got a younger generation really thinking about, you know, the reality of human or pricing when

i would like to emphasize that russia, along with india and brazil have secured a green zone, the sputniks, the vaccines clinical trials. and also russia is agreed with india and china to open production centers for the vaccine on their respective territories. not only to meet the demand of our countries, but also other states. and i think it's very important that is we have russian vaccines in place. they work their respective, unsecure. the question is how to provide mass production. i would not say it's a problem, but it's an issue we have to sort of, you know, in that respect, it's crucial to joint efforts in securing massively in circulation. by the way, the 2nd and the coronavirus vaccine called epic back corona has now been registered in russia. the 3rd is also on the way. we're ready to engage with the brics countries and their production and implementation will. prime minister has already held talks with the enemy in buying russia's 1st registered vaccine train. our correspondent, poorest has more on the israeli prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has spoken via telephone with the

rockets are fired into baghdad, secure green zone produce. whereas in its 3rd president, within a week after days of protests forced his predecessor to resign, cleaning up after how to going to the storm weakens after causing major devastation in parts of central america. the u.s. says it's pulling out additional troops from afghanistan and iraq by mid january. that'll leave around 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country just before president the office. but senior figures in the military and the trunks, republican party, say it's a mistake and a risky move. al-jazeera has an official reports from the white house. donald trump campaigned in 2016 on ending america's wars abroad. in the final days of his presidency, he's acting to cut numbers in both iraq and afghanistan. from 4500 in afghanistan, the number will drop to $2500.00. it will be the same number in iraq, but it will come clean more than $3000.00 times. so now this is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives supported by the american people and does not equat

minutes after the announcement was made, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed near the u.s. embassy. others were intercepted by air defense systems. the child was killed and at least 5 people injured. president donald trump says he's fied chris krebs, the director of the cyber security, an infrastructure security agency. trump has accused krebs of making highly inaccurate statements about the u.s. election. the tweet announcing this has been flagged by twitter. ethiopia's government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern tier, a region and strikes have been launched at the regional capital. it's the main base for the people's liberation front, told pti p.l.f. which governs that the palestinian authority says it will restore coordination with israel. it's suspended all contacts 6 months ago in response to israeli plans to annex parts of the pined west bank and the united states. has agreed to drop drug charges against mexico's former defense minister. solve a day was arrested in los angeles las

but i mean, as soon as this announcement was made, you had 4 rockets hitting the green zone and i read reports as well that might pump a actually want to pull embassy stuff out of iraq as well. clearly the situation there still incredibly follow us home. absolutely. i think that on yes, they wouldn't, they would want very much to show they would throw in a few good stories from iraq as a dictator and to iran and its allies in iraq as if didn't force the united states to withdraw from iraq, especially they made the promise after that, as a nation,, of course, i'm sorry many, early this year by the u.s. by the u.s. forces in that and, and by the drug war. and we all know that they got me and the, it made a very strong actually statement. and i guess they not just yes and one thing that made against to withdraw from iraq and ordering even their allies, the militias, the shuttle missions in iraq to start at that used roads. not that would push on down americans in order to force them to or towards withdrawing from iraq. and so if trump is actually willing to, it's not out of iraq. so iran

rockets are fired into baghdad, secure green zone, killing a child. hello, there. i'm a stars here, 10. this is al jazeera live from also coming up. international condemnation of the ethiopian government targets rebels in the north of estrades. hurricane ayers, a batter's, central america, tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes. and with daily coronavirus cases rising in south korea's capital, new social distancing measures go into place. now, the pentagon has confirmed shah productions and the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq by mid january. that would be just before president on trump leaves office. both countries will be left with a contingent of 2 and a half 1000, but senior figures in the military as well as trump's republican party, have doubts about this decision out of there as allen fresh reports from the white house. donald trump campaigned in 2016 and ending america's wars abroad. in the final days of his presidency, he's acting to cut numbers in both iraq and afghanistan. from 4500 in afghanistan, the number will drop to