into last night's attack attacks but as of now it's still uncertain who is responsible president barham salih issued a statement just a few hours ago blaming the attack on criminal gangs and outlaws so it's still unclear at this point who exactly is responsible the protesters themselves have blamed militia as well as parties for this attack but this is something that hasn't been confirmed at the moment the parliament has also called for an extraordinary session to morrow morning several military commanders to try to better understand this situation but for now the slower the response of the government has been very slow and has raised concerns among protesters that as this violence really risks escalating even more the government should take a much stronger stand and push for a fast investigation to really bring those responsible to account and there have been rocket attacks as well understand on u.s. bases it's all connected. well it's unclear if it's connected but for certain there has been a spike in rocket attacks on military bases where u.s. soldiers are based on these attacks are not un

president's offer to resign after refusing to back the man nominated to become the prime minister barham salih said dani's nomination will satisfy protests his demands for an independent leader israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared victory in the league could posses leadership contest netanyahu will lead the party into an unprecedented 3rd election in 12 months despite an indictment for corruption and tasha game has the latest from west to salem his victory was widely expected but his challenger gideon sar did have a respectable showing yet again it's fair to say though that netanyahu proved why he's been given the nickname the magician for pulling off a victory after victory despite his legal woes as you mentioned he is facing corruption charges an involving bribery fraud and breach of trust his popularity of among his right wing base has remained steady. u.s. president donald trump is us the syrian government and its russian and they radian allies to stop the bloodshed in italy a province fighting in the last rebel controlled areas forced $130.00 that i was in people from t

submitted its resignation after feeling to back the man who's been nominated to be prime minister barham salihas of late on his nomination it won't satisfy protesters demands for an independent leader. turkish president russia type one says parliament vote in january on a motion to send troops to support libya's un backed government the administration in tripoli has been under attack for months by forces loyal to khalifa haftar. and syrian activists are saying that near freezing temperatures a slowing the government's offensive on the last rebel held province of idlib the fighting has forced 130000 civilians from their homes this month. well now in all the stories that we're following the mexican government is appealing to the international court of justice after a series of disputes with bolivia mexico has accused bolivian police of spying on its diplomatic personnel in the past this off to mexico granted asylum to 9 people loyal to bolivia's former president evo morales relations have been strained since morale has resigned and kind asylum in mexico after a disputed presidential election but

to resign over a candidate for prime minister demonstrations erupted on thursday as president barham salih submitted his visit investigation to parliament instead of naming. as leader danny was nominated by iraq's largest parliamentary block which is backed by iran protesters are demanding an independent candidate. well u.s. president will trump has asked the syrian government and its ally russia to stop the bloodshed in the province weeks of fighting has forced 130000 civilians from their homes it's a makeshift camps and the harsh winter weather is making life even more difficult for those who fled said to report from lebanon back of early. winter is setting in temperatures are falling and there is little to protect the hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees who live in makeshift camps there are no concrete structures because the lebanese government doesn't want syrians to stay here permanently. shelters are not suitable for the cold months and families are complaining the aid they receive is not enough they burn wood to stay warm but many can't afford to buy fuel widow as he needs to m

since october more than 450 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations president barham salih says dani will not satisfy protest as demands for an independent prime minister will such a bari has our report now from baghdad. a political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraq's president has sent his resignation letter to parliament saying he would rather step down than approve a new prime minister and a 3 page statement by him solace said out of my keenest to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name a satellite downy as a candidate for the next prime minister i dani is the governor of vassar province he was nominated for the role by the largest bloc in parliament. that coalition is made up of mainly rain in fact political groups which is why their candidate is being furiously rejected by their opponents i don't he was picked to replace the uphill mettie who resigned in november after months of anti-government protests but the governor has been accused of neglecting his own province busser is home to more than 70 percent of iraq's oil reserves bu

rather resign the name danny as the new prime minister has already been rejected by protesters barham salih has been trying to find a replacement for. the who stepped down last month is decision to quit has done little to satisfy the protesters who've been demanding a complete overhaul of the political system those are the reports now from baghdad a political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraq's president has sent his resignation letter to parliament saying he would rather step down that approve a new prime minister in a 3 page statement barham saleh said out of my kenya so avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name downey as a candidate for the next prime minister i dani is the governor of buster province he was nominated for the role by the largest bloc in parliament. that coalition is made up of mainly rainin backed political groups which is why their candidate is being furiously rejected by their opponents i don't he was picked to replace the uphill mettie who resigned in november after months of anti-government protests but the governor has been accus

is there such a university of exeter strategy and security institute joins us now because barham salih really intend to resign do you think. i think that if push comes to shove he will resign because it's become an untenable position to support any of these kind of the kind of pro regime establishment figures that have been coming out of parliament recently. for example is the governor of the oil rich southern city of iraq and that has been undergoing some severe protests itself have been protests as have been killed there so to appoint him the man who's kind of government governing that area where people have died. is obviously going to fly in the face of what the protesters want and other politicians are tuning into this now so it's unlikely that he's just going to be waiting to call their bluff i guess the problem is that political blocs these groupings in iraq have really struggled to come up with a candidate for prime minister. for a replacement for idol abdul mattie if barham saleh goes that one step further and submit his resignation does that make the situation even more compli

weeks has been because it was not exactly clear who is the largest bloc in parliament president barham salih requests for clarification to the iraqi speaker of parliament who don't confirm that it is indeed benign now in terms of the options going forward for the president he cannot challenge the speaker of the parliament on which is supposed to be nominating but what he can do is actually reject the can . put forward on the ground this may not be a candidate that is acceptable to the street and this may not be acceptable to the other political parties because let's remember that the prime minister has to be a consensus candidate is accepted by all of the parties and as of now we're still waiting to hear their reaction is specially from iran which is the bloc that is led by shiite cleric. libya's government has approved funding for an updated national population register which opponents say is. it follows a do citizenship law that's led to huge protests across the country elizabeth for other new delhi we bore demonstrations against the controversy the law in place already have 2 new delhi wi

and has offered to resign up to refusing to back the man nominates to become the prime minister barham salih says assad dani's nomination won't satisfy protesters to bounce for an independent be to. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared victory and it could watch his leadership contest indeed the party into an unprecedented 3rd election in 13. yes president donald trump is asked syrian government and its russian and radian allies to stop the bloodshed in its lead province fighting in the last rebel controlled areas forced a $130000.00 people from their homes this month there have been weeks of artillery bombardment and airstrikes by russian and the syrian government and a harsh winter there is making make even more difficult for syrian refugees in lebanon saying a hoarder reports now from the big. winter is setting in temperatures are falling and there's little to protect the hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees who live in makeshift camps there are no concrete structures because the lebanese government doesn't want syrians to stay here permanently. shelters are not sui

since october more than 450 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations president barham salih says dani will not satisfy protesters demands for an independent prime minister will such a bari has our report now from baghdad a political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraq's president has sent his resignation letter to parliament saying he would rather step down than approve a new prime minister and a 3 page statement by him solace said out of my kenya so avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name.

overhaul they want a new face somebody who will actually be able to bring about change now president barham salih did also say that whoever is chosen as prime minister will only remain in that position temporarily until fresh elections are held but it remains to be seen who exactly will be appointed into that position by the end of this week so a full turn larry 1st in baghdad thank you. well let's head back to the camp with the opposition policies have been rallying against president. nicholas in the capital but on jewel of the cross and nicholas how did this process play as. well at the beginning there was hundreds of people in the crowd swelled up to tens of thousands and they've successfully handed over their petition to the spokesperson of the government a petition asking for adam to step down their slogan is no which in the local language means it's time it's time for adamant barrow to step down remember in 2016 on this very road there were tens of thousands of people protesting against the former longtime president in support of adam a barrow today we saw the same people who supported adam

as the prime minister groups backed by iran say president barham salih is serving the interests of washingtonand some bring the country into chaos it comes as anti-government protesters gathered in the capital baghdad reiterating demands for an independent prime minister more than 450 people have been killed since the protests broke out almost 3 months ago and we want an obvious prime minister independent no one citizenship we want to journey an iraqi official who can feel our pain who can relate to us someone who doesn't have any loyalty to others and now we go to protests in india where thousands of people have been out across the country as public anger over a controversial citizenship law shows no sign of abating in the capital new delhi protesters more symbolic handcuffs and chanted slogans calling prime minister narendra modi's government a dictatorship these 25 people have died in and 1500 arrested since the legislation was passed 2 weeks ago the work was citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but that excludes muslims critics say this goes against india's secu

the name aside any adani as the new prime minister who has already been rejected by protesters barham salih has been trying to find a replacement for who stepped down last month dosage of our reports from baghdad. a political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraq's president has sent his resignation letter to parliament saying he would rather step down than approve a new prime minister and a 3 page statement by him solace said out of my keenest to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name a satellite downy as a candidate for the next prime minister i danny is the governor of buster province he was nominated for the role by the largest bloc in parliament but now that coalition is made up of mainly rain in fact political groups which is why their candidate is being furiously rejected by their opponents i don't he was picked to replace other uphill mettie who resigned in november after months of anti-government protests but the governor has been accused of neglecting his own province busser is home to more than 70 percent of iraq's oil reserves but locals don't

refused to approve the nomination of assad as prime minister groups backed by iran say president barham salih is serving the interests of washington and aims to bring the country into chaos it comes as anti-government protests as gathered in baghdad retracing demands for an independent prime minister more than $450.00 people have been killed since protests 1st broke out almost 3 months ago and we want an obvious prime minister independent no one citizenship we want to be an iraqi official you can feel our pain you can relate to us someone who doesn't have any loyalty to others. so that. chaos in montenegro is parliament as serbs protest a new role which could affect the property rights of the orthodox church and mourning the victims of india's protest families accuse security forces of shooting dead those who stood up against a law they say discriminates against muslims. how i once again we've got signs of some rain pushing into northern parts of australia not really where we need it having said that just around the top end around the cape york peninsula and we'll also see some wetter weather

determined to keep going to keep posting rather than celebrating past victories the president of iraq barham salih also issued a statement today commemorating the victory over i still commemorating those people who gave their lives during the war and. also mention. just where basically writing history right now and. to continue this thing in a peaceful way until their legitimate demands are met. prime minister has attended a meeting of the gulf cooperation council but there was no official mention of the ongoing blockade the leaders meeting in the saudi capital riyadh agreed the need for greater military and financial corporation and increased efforts to confront iran and secure regional energy supplies saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties with in 2017 the council's sector general said there on going diplomatic efforts to end the crisis. as you may have noticed see the crisis began we've been moving into axis the 1st is the crisis itself and the core of the problem his royal highness the emir of kuwait has been mediating between all concerned parties and this

really bring about the far reaching changes that they're asking for so they really want president barham salih to decide harlem and which is within his constitutional powers and call for early elections under a new elektra law and until this happens and there is no sign of that really happening just yet until that happens people are not quite satisfied and not really willing to pack up and go home ok i have to leave it there but some afford to live in baghdad thank you very much indeed. well a line has been drawn on. these career cuts here lopez takes a look back at his short time as prime minister 2. a victory for anti-government protesters after months of violent clashes that developed marty said he had no other choice but to resign as a rexx prime minister. in that my resignation was essential to defuse the crisis and become the situation in the country i hope the parliament chooses a quick alternative because the situation in iraq can't handle a kid like a government for long as i his resignation has done little to calm anger protest over high unemployment rate and a lack of basic services

to resign over the candidate for prime minister demonstrations erupted on thursday as president barham salih submitted his resignation letter to parliament instead of naming assad as prime minister danny was nominated by iraq's largest parliamentary bloc which is backed by iran protesters are demanding an independent candidate. said to be america's now i believe years foreign minister says mexico is making a mistake by taking its espionage complaint to the international court of justice but denies spying on the mexican embassy in the past and intimidating diplomats the falling out follows mexico giving asylum to former president evo morales after he resigned in the verb during weeks of protests at his reelection. and you'll never see. that i believe the mexican government would risk bringing a lawsuit before the international court for something i don't believe even happened it would be rejected immediately i think they'll retract the decision because noise police forces entered any diplomatic premises or violated the vienna convention on diplomatic relations. manuel repeller mexico city wit

more antigovernment protests are planned across iraq after president barham salih pledged to resign over a candidate for prime minister nasser dela danny was nominated by iraq's largest parliamentary bloc which is backed by iran. israel's leader benjamin netanyahu is fended off a leadership challenge from within his own party the good veteran getting in sorry i don't to convince members it was time for change there's a heavy police presence in india's capital new delhi demonstrators are gathering outside the state building up pradesh they're calling on police to stop using excessive force the number of people killed by a typhoon that battered the philippines on wednesday has risen to 28 with at least a dozen missing typhoon found phone left a trail of destruction internet and phone services are still down in some parts of the country planes and a ferry services could be suspended the weather system has now moved into the south china sea. firefighters in australia are trying to limit the spread of wildfires before an expected heat wave this weekend nearly 1300 crews in the state of new so

weeks has been because it was not exactly clear who is the largest bloc in parliament president barham salih and requests for clarification to the iraqi speaker of parliament who don't confirm that it is indeed now in terms of the options going forward for the president he cannot challenge the speaker of the parliament on which is supposed to be nominating but what he can do is actually reject the candid that has put forward on the grounds that this may not be a candid that is acceptable and this may not be acceptable to the other political parties because let's remember that the prime minister has to be a candidate that is accepted by all of the parties and as of now we're still waiting to hear their reaction especially from your own which is the bloc that is led by shiite cleric. here with al jazeera live from london more still ahead one of india's best known writers explains why national protests against a controversial law filled with hope and a deadly typhoon forces filipino families to spend christmas waiting to get high. hello again or welcome back we're here cross a stronger we are s

last night's attack i have a tax but as of now it's still uncertain who is responsible president barham salih issued a statement just a few hours ago blaming the attack on criminal gangs and outlaws so it's still unclear at this point who exactly is responsible the protesters themselves have blamed militia as well as parties for this attack but this is something that hasn't been confirmed at the moment the parliament has also called for an extraordinary session tomorrow morning several military commanders to try to better understand this situation. iranian scientists must sued soleimani as a running back into her it was released from a u.s. facility as part of a prisoner swap deal she was released from an iranian prison after being sentenced to 10 years for spying u.s. president donald trump tweeted his thanks to around for a very fair think of shia action investigators in florida are questioning 10 saudi nationals in connection with the deadly shooting at a u.s. naval base on friday mohammad saeed killed 3 of his fellow students before he was shot dead in india a rape victim who was doused i

prime minister i loved the resign end of november and in addition to that this week president barham salih threatened to resign himself because he basically felt that the political parties were not really putting forward nominees for the new prime minister who really reflected protestors demands and of course in times like these when there is a leadership crisis many people look towards the religious clerics for guidance and one in particular grand ayatollah ali al sistani who is the highest shia religious authority in country he often during his friday friday sermons which are delivered through his representative office also advice and guidance on political matters but this week he decided to no longer get involved in politics and for more on that here is our report from niger on the role of ayatollah ali al sistani in iraqi politics. as iraq slips deeper into political crisis the one man iraq is look to for guidance is silent grand ayatollah ali al sistani is friday's sermon delivered through his representative usually includes comments on political matters closely watched in streets and

largest parliamentary bloc to choose the next prime minister and submit their choice to president barham salih outgoing prime minister abdul mahdi handed in his resignation on saturday and news of his departure boards iraqi sites on to the streets once again as they continue their pressure campaign pushing for a complete political overhaul more than 400 people have been killed by security forces since those demonstrations began back in october. hear more now from our correspondent simona fulton he's in baghdad it was not clear at all whether the parliament needed to vote on his resignation and all because it's not something that is mandated by the constitution but it appears that parliament convened and discussed the resignation there was no actual vote the speaker of the parliament simply asked the members of parliament who had attended the session whether there was any objection to other of those not his resignation and with that his resignation was then accepted now the constitution actually says that if the prime minister's office becomes vacant for any reason whatsoever to be the presiden

submitted his resignation after a few zing to back a man who's been nominated to be prime minister barham salih says assad dani's nomination will not satisfy the demands of protest as for an independent leader danny is backed by iraq's largest parliamentary bloc which is allied with iran protesters have been on the streets for months now demanding an end to corruption poverty and unemployment. egypt's leader abdel fatah sisi has discussed the libyan crisis with the u.s. president donald trump they've both called for urgent steps before libya is lost to quote for an act meanwhile libya's internationally recognized government has requested military support from turkey as it battles the forces of 25 to who have been trying to take control of the capital tripoli that is according to reports from the reuters news agency now turkey's president is saying that parliament will vote on a motion in january to deploy troops to tripoli from the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assistance to libya's leg

weeks has been because it was not exactly clear who is the largest bloc in parliament president barham salih had sent requests for clarification to the iraqi speaker of parliament who don't confirm that it is indeed been there now in terms of the options going forward for the president he cannot challenge the speaker of the parliament on which brought he's supposed to be nominating but what he can do is actually reject the candidate that has put forward on the grounds that this may not be a candidate that is acceptable to the street and this may not be acceptable to the other political parties because let's remember that the prime minister has to be a consensus candidate is accepted by all of the parties and as of now we're still waiting to hear their reaction especially from your own which is the bloc that is led by shiite cleric. now christmas and has been recognized as an official holiday for the 1st time since 2011 public celebrations have been stopped by ousted president o'malley the share of the session of christian majority south sudan that sudan's transitional government now says it

passengers and crew on board more antigovernment protests are planned across iraq after president barham salih pledged to resign over the candidate for prime minister. danny was nominated by iraq's largest parliament 3 blocks which is backed by iran and we want to ana's prime minister and the pending now our door citizenship you are general iraqi official you can feel our pain you can relate to us someone who doesn't have any loyalty to others more than 235000 people have fled violence in northwestern syria in the past 2 weeks and that's according to the united nations there been weeks of artillery bombardment and airstrikes on the last rebel held province that it led u.s. president gul trump has asked the syrian government and its russian and to rein in allies to stop the bloodshed he say that they've launched a ballistic missile targeting a saudi military camp in the area of beer a scar in a drug this would be the 1st time the rebels have launched a ballistic attack since september when they claimed responsibility for a strike that crippled a key oil facility in the kingdom. there's a heavy

president has offered to resign after refusing to back the man nominated to become prime minister barham salih says dani is nomination won't satisfy protesters demands for an independent leader israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared victory in the it could party's leadership contest he was up against a veteran politician gideon sa he will lead the party into an unprecedented 3rd election in just 12 months despite an indictment for corruption. a japanese warship and reconnaissance aircraft are being sent to the gulf to protect the japanese oil imports the deployment follows last week's visit to tokyo by iran's president 90 percent of japan's crude oil imports are from gulf arab countries the livia's foreign minister says mexico is making a mistake by taking its espionage complaint to the international court of justice but livia denies spying on the mexican embassy in the past and intimidating diplomats well those are the headlines and now it's back to al-jazeera wilde's stay with us january on on to see the. president donald trump is the president in history to be impeached wha

president has offered to resign after refusing to back the man nominated to become the prime minister barham salih says dani his nomination won't satisfy protesters demands for an independent leda israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared victory in the it could party's leadership contest he will lead the party into an unprecedented 3rd election in 12 months despite an indictment for corruption when japan is sending a warship and military aircraft to the gulf tokyo says the deployment is to protect japanese chipping in the region the ship and aircraft will not be a part of the u.s. led naval force operating in the gulf japanese prime minister shinzo of a briefed iranian president hassan rouhani on national last week and mexico is taking a diplomatic dispute with bolivia's new government to the international court of justice but if he is accused of spying on the mexican embassy in the past and intimidating diplomatic stuff well those are the headlines join me for more news here after the stream stay with us. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the wo

to the largest parliamentary bloc to choose his replacement and submit its choice to president barham salih well the protest as we've been calling for political change in iraq were out on the streets as the news emerged many iraqis accuse these governments of corruption as resignation isn't expected to end the demonstrations which are demanding a. holy overhaul of the country's political system. hundreds of university students dressed in black and also took part in a march in the capital baghdad to mourn the protesters in the last few days more than $400.00 people have died in the last 2 months from anti-government protests. i know what i know that i want a homeland i want fair rule my heart is heavy you politicians are all thieves and you need to be rooted out of the bus because the prime minister resigned the parliament should resign the party should get out we don't want any of the you know i am of out of and i would be simple changes and reforms at 1st but now we've discovered fake faces and we don't want any of them we want to change the entire constitution. or bring you more on the si

weeks has been because it was not exactly clear who is the largest bloc in parliament president barham salih had sent requests for clarification to the iraqi speaker of parliament who don't confirm that it is indeed benign now in terms of the options going forward for president he cannot challenge the speaker of the parliament on which dr is supposed to be nominating but what he can do is actually reject the candidate that be not has put forward on the grounds that this may not be a can do this that is acceptable to the streets and this may not be acceptable to the other political parties because let's remember that the prime minister has to be a consensus candidate is accepted by all of the parties and as of now we're still waiting to hear their reaction especially from side on which is the bloc that is led by shia cleric looked at us that are. well from a hashmi legal adviser to the national council for iraq your opposition he says the nomination will further escalate to rest in iraq. i think the offering of this. pass for a governor is in fact not only a disgrace but it's also a challenge

to keep going to keep protesting rather than celebrating past victories the president of iraq barham salih also issued a statement today commemorating the victory over commemorating those people who gave their lives during the war and. for their support but he did also mention. a square for basically writing history right now and. to continue this thing in a peaceful way until there are legitimate demands. now unions in france are increasing pressure against the government's pension reform plans airport workers and teachers have joined nationwide strikes which are now into this day president emanuel back home says he's planning to modernize the national retirement system but unions say it will see people to work longer. now greece has sent 2 dashes to the united nations denouncing a maritime boundary deal between turkey and libya the agreement sets out new boundaries in the eastern mediterranean sea which greece says that it illegal and egypt in cyprus have also backed greece and saying that the deal violates international law libya's ambassador in athens was expelled on friday because of

largest parliamentary bloc to choose the next prime minister and submit their choice see president barham salih outgoing prime minister abdul mahdi handed in his resignation of course on saturday no news of his departure brought iraqis out onto the streets once again as they continue their pressure campaign pushing for a complete political overhaul remember more than 400 people have been killed by security forces since those demonstrations began back in october. less course life now it's a baghdad where similar fulton is standing by smaller the prime minister has now resigns what happens next he replaces him. well what. a very lengthy and complicated process to choose his reply was large a walk in parliament wouldn't controlled by shiite cleric look at a thought or nominate when in reality that requires the constant all the make all of the watching the yeah the fun is in the kurds but it's a process that traditionally. month what remains to be seen whether the urgent or regular iraq will more pressure on the political parties to expedite this process. wow well well. ok or did you apologize for

weeks has been because it was not exactly clear who is the largest bloc in parliament president barham salih has sent requests for clarification to the iraqi speaker of parliament who don't confirm that it is indeed been done now in terms of the options going forward for the president he cannot challenge the speaker of the parliament on which dr is supposed to be nominating but what he can do is actually reject the candidate that be not has put forward on the grounds that this may not be a can but this that is acceptable to the street and this may not be acceptable to the other political parties because let's remember that the prime minister has to be a consensus candidate that is accepted by all of the parties and as of now we're still waiting to hear their reaction especially from side on which is the bloc that is led by shia cleric looked at us either. well tomorrow the teen is the founding president of the middle east research institute he joins us now from what fit in hartford so clearly there are objections to assad. has been nominated as iraq's new prime minister is he likely to survi

to approve the nomination of assad donny as prime minister groups backed by iran say president barham salih is serving the interests of washington and aims to bring the country into chaos it comes as anti-government protesters gathered in baghdad where trading demands for an independent prime minister more than $450.00 people have been killed since protests broke out almost 3 months ago and we want an obvious prime minister independent no one citizenship we want to join the an iraqi official who can feel our pain who can relate to us someone who doesn't have any loyalty to others. rocky city of najaf is home to the grand ayatollah ali al sistani the highest shia religious authority in the country since anti-government protests began in october he has delivered some sharp criticism of the government's handling of the crisis during his weekly friday sermons but this week he decided to no longer get involved in iraq ie politics his somalia fault and again reporting from natural gas. as iraq slips deeper into political crisis the one man iraq has looked to for guidance is silent grand ayatollah

minister and a lot of the mother who remains a caretaker has not spoken out here and president barham salih issued a statement 21 hours after the incident condemning the attack and promising those responsible would be held account he blamed the attack on criminal elements are not attributing responsibility to this attack just yet the ministry of interior said started an investigation and the parliament today also said it would be holding an extraordinary session tomorrow to some more on the military commanders to find out what exactly happened we also had a new statement come out just now from the popular mobilization forces which is a december a large group of armed groups some of them with links to iran who basically said that they operate under the control of the joint operations command and this statement appears to try to refute allegations that some of these groups may be responsible for the attack. simone i just want to go on a slight tangent here but i think it's still probably related and that is a statement i'm looking at here from the u.s. led coalition it is about recent attacks

after refusing to back a man nominated to become the prime minister but rejected by protesters barham salih said this nomination won't sound. by the depends for an independent leader. u.s. president donald trump sas syrian government and its russian and it worried me and are lies to stop the bloodshed and lead province weeks of fighting is forced 130000 civilians from their homes many of them into makeshift camps and a harsh winter is making life even more difficult for syrian refugees in lebanon and this year the economic crisis in their host country is making things much worse as in a harder reports now from the big. winter is setting in temperatures are falling and there's little to protect the hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees who live in makeshift camps there are no concrete structures because the lebanese government doesn't want syrians to stay here permanently. shelters are not suitable for the cold months and families are complaining the aid they receive is not enough they burn wood to stay warm but many can't afford to buy fuel widow as he needs to make ends meet with the le

into last night's attack attack but as of now it's still uncertain who is responsible president barham salih issued a statement just a few hours ago blaming the attack on criminal gangs and outlaws so it's still unclear at this point who exactly is responsible the protesters themselves have blamed militia as well as parties for this attack but this is something that hasn't been confirmed at the moment the parliament has also called for an extraordinary session tomorrow morning several military commanders to try to better understand this situation but for now the slow response of the government has been very slow and has raised concerns among protesters that as this violence really risks escalating even more the government should take a much stronger stand and push for a fast investigation to really bring those responsible to account. is a legal adviser to the national council to iraqi opposition he says the protesters demands are becoming more credible every day. that the amount of the work crystallized as as time went by i think the call for the are proving an entire political system that w

into last night's attack attack but as of now it's still uncertain who is responsible president barham salih issued a statement just a few hours ago blaming the attack on criminal gangs and outlaws so it's still unclear at this point who exactly is responsible the protesters themselves have blamed militia as well as parties for this attack but this is something that hasn't been confirmed at the moment the parliament has also called for an extraordinary session tomorrow some morning several military commanders to try to better understand this situation but for now the slow response of the government has been very slow and has raised concerns among protesters that as this violence really risks as clear even more the government should take a much stronger stand and push for a fast investigation to really bring those responsible to account. also to come here on the news hour including. fighters loyal to libya's u.n. recognized government say they've shot down a fighter jet belonging to the warlord having. a divided city after 6 months of protests hong kong. and in sport find out if struggling co

s accepted the resignation of prime minister as a duma the that gave president barham salih 15 days to nominate his replacement well that deadline one said on monday of the resigned last month but that's done little to calm the protesters who are demanding a complete overhaul all of these 6 tarion political system the latest nationwide protests started in october but similar process was seen last year with the same complaints widespread corruption high unemployment per public services and it will standard of living continue to infuriate millions who at least $475.00 iraqis have been killed and 220000 rather injured snafus in just 2 months of 2 months for change well dorsett jabari joins us live from baghdad zeh door sickies give us a sense of feeling about this upcoming prime ministerial norman need you think this will actually help seat stabilize the country. you know from what we understand this is not going to help the situation at all and the main reason is because this that is the iraqi constitution is at the core of the problem the iraqi people the demonstrators that we've seen a