hello i'm stan grant this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes.tension in sudan security force personnel opened fire over a government ultimatum to either retire or join the rapid support force we have the latest the capital count. russia resists the libya truce talks are still alive after turkey's leader criticizes wallboard will be for half the full walking away without signing the deal. the e.u. signatories to the iran nuclear deal trigger a dispute make it is up to tehran's to.

the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations and here in doha marwan kabbalah director of policy analysis of the arab center for research and policy studies at the doha institute welcome to you or how much mousavi in iran let me start with you if i may how are you assessing the killing of custom still amani by the americans because it now seems that president trump has pushed iran into a corner here. i think it's very significant i mean this is a very dramatic escalation of hostilities between the 2 countries essentially we've entered on charter territories there have been a lot of tit for tat military operations by both sides in the past 3 decades nevertheless what just happened in the early hours of today is very significant in the sense that the public assassination of the most powerful iranian general is essentially putting iran in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but the question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any gov

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are there signs there in doha that the u.s. military posture is changing in the region to actually potentially act on the threats that the president is making? >> certainly you have those troops moving out from ft. bragg and north carolina 3,000 troops moving into kuwait and seems to be more of a protective force likely to be centered around baghdad. what we are seeing on the ground here is the largest the u.s. base has in the region and house 10,000 u.s. personnel. because qatar finds itself in the middle of a dangerous situation, the activities of that air base are highly secretive. it is on a high state of alert where we normally would see american personnel here on the streets of doha, they are not here, they are on base. those bases are on a high state of alert as they are around the world. certainly the u.s. military is keeping its plans close to the vest. can i tell you in the persian gulf behind me, you have within very close quarters iranian and american ships that has worried around the region. you have threat of furt

inside saudi for me hashem the entirety of it in doha. we understand the different. cultures across the wound so matter how you take it out. and current affairs that matter to you. the on. iran far as more than a dozen mess all that's in iraqi base hosting u.s. forces insisting it's a legitimate self-defense. and how magazine and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iran's supreme leader calls the missile attack a slap in the face for the u.s. and says it must leave the region. the burial has finally taken place of iranian commander cause some sort of money his assassination sparked this latest escalation . plus a ukrainian plane crashes moments after takeoff from iran's capital. killing more than 170 people. well iran has struck back out the u.s. for the assassination of its top commander solo mommy and it's making it clear what happens next depends on donald trump iran far more than a dozen missiles from its territory into a base whole thing u.s. forces in iraq the us base in anbar province around the same time missiles also hit a base in erbil iran say

hello i'm adrian for the get and this is that is our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes so the right decision we got it right the u.s. secretary of state defends the killing of the top iranian military commander custom so the money. funeral ceremony resumes in his hometown after a stampede killed dozens and caused to delay. i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including.

play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also coming out in iran more rallies against the government over the shooting down of a ukrainian and liner. tens of thousands of people have forced to leave their homes in the philippines as the town volcanoes use and lava and we look at what's at stake as fronts for past a whole sapphic in leaders grappling with a dramatic surge in violence in the sahara which. the leaders of libya's warring sides are preparing for separate talks in the russian capital after a cease fire came into force there's no suggestion yet the 2 leaders will meet but the wages of element has raised hope of a path to ending years of civil conflict international diplomatic efforts to end the fighting have stepped up in recent weeks that shows brokered by turkey and russia came into force on sunday morning while otani for have to offer is a ready in moscow and they you

the whole team here in doha by phone and. i. well this last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every level or layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say retention has to start from day one whether again you're in detention or you're incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice for the arts those that support oshkosh will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq. told a number told stories from asia in the pacific on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finighan and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. iran appears to be standing down donald trump seeks to dial down tension after iranian strikes on an iraqi airbase hosting u.s. forces the u.s. president says he wants world powers to negotiate a new nuclear deal. iran's president says the real revenge for the assassination of its top general who will b

i'm about this in in doha the top stories on all jazeera the u.s. senate has launched the formal impeachment trial of president donald trump the chief justice of the u.s. supreme court has been sworn in as the presiding judge along with $99.00 senators as the jury and that process has been complicated after an aide to donald trump's lawyer claims the president is guilty. says trump knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraine's leader more than 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing caravan bound for the united states the migrants many of whom are honduran will 1st have to enter mexico the trumpet ministrations been pressuring central american countries to accept more migrants john holmes in guatemala city at a shelter where migrants have started arriving. we're actually in the overflow section of guatemala city's biggest migrant shelter the cost of them a grant a couple of hours ago there was no $1.00 here let me show you what there is here now there's 2 sorts of being given out now to people that are rising food wa

of international relations and security issues at salter and commutes university in amman here in doha we have luciano the car and assistant professor of gold politics at katter's university goal studies center in brussels in belgium guy burton and adjunct professor of international affairs at the sally s. college thank you very much indeed for joining us let's go to muscat 1st and sultan cabooses seems to have been universally loved. and respected abroad. absolutely he was adored by his people despite their hardship that their country. went true because of their water type situation in the region on the price of oil and never did this because of his care it case mattie personality and the. father of the nation he was extreme be. respected by the people. for a cause because if you look at the time that he took over as as such done there was nothing in the country there was on her to say we learned because the school is . nothing more than that and now you can find that many universities to thousands of students and also in terms of infrastructure of the country to build a modern countr

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hello i'm adrian figure and this is the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 20000000 people sealed off in 2 cities that public transport shut down as china tries to stop the spread of a new virus. protect the evidence and prevent a genocide the international court of justice orders myanmar to protect muslims. a demand to end foreign interference in the fight over libya from the foreign ministers of neighboring countries. and an elite venezuelan police unit is accused of violence here from the victims in a special al-jazeera reporters. and i'm sorry i have all the day's sport including . sensations. highly anticipated. you can inspire when. china's capital has announced that it's canceling all major public events for a lunar new year as the country tries to strong stop the spread of a new virus the extreme move comes after restrictions were ordered on 2 cities affecting some 20000000 people all public transport services air sea and roads out of the city of new han have been suspended that's where the virus was 1st detected last month in the neighboring city of all tran

that's doha. this is iran.s narrowest point is about 21 miles wide which is two shipping channels, one in and out. about 30% of the world's oil goes through there. this has always been a threat a and choke point which and why this kind of activity occurs prices of oil goes up because there are fears ago oil. let's take a look at u.s. troops in the region. there are lots of them. again, there are zero u.s. troops anywhere in iran. we have about 5,000 in iraq, 2,000 in syria. you know we're drawing down in syria. about 2,700 in jordan. this is interesting. we have 13,000 in kuwait. we're adding about 4,000 to that. the 82nd airborne on friday night began to deploy to kuwait. we have 13,000 in qatar where cal is. 7,000 in bahrain. united arab emirates and, of course, 14,000 in afghanistan. so if you're iran and you're looking for targets, there are lots of them around there. cal, this escalation between the united states and in iran is a particular concern to countries in the persian gulf like the one you're in. t

hello i'm adrian for get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the revolutionary guards commander warns that iran's missile strike against u.s. forces in iraq was just the start of a series of revenge attacks. foreign diplomats including the u.s. ambassador visit indian administered kashmir for the 1st time since its autonomy was revoked in oldest. and canada has joined the investigation to find out why a ukrainian jet crashed in iran killing all 176 people on. the us house of representatives is jews of those on measure limiting president donald trump's ability to take military action against iran as the fallout from the assassination of iranian general custom sala mahdi continues earlier on wednesday president trump backed away from saw the military confrontation but democrats are not satisfied house speaker nancy pelosi says that she doesn't believe saddam audi's killing has made the us safer. we are passing today a war powers resolution to limit the president's military actions ministration must use deescalate and must protect prevent further by alliance america and the world c

hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up rescuers in australia search for 17 people reported missing after bushfires in the gulf homes and farmland. israel's prime minister seeks immunity from prosecution in 3 corruption cases. accused of unfairly targeting muslims india's most populous state cracks down on protesters who are opposed to a new citizenship war. supporters and members of an iran backed group of withdrawn from the u.s. embassy compound in iraq's capital baghdad after a 2 day siege leaders of the popular mobilization forces ordered them to leave but there's a condition they want to iraq's parliament to vote on a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops al-jazeera some of the full team reports from baghdad. they left just as they had arrived a day earlier determined and angry but also pleased that they had managed to deliver a message to the us supporters of the iranian backed popular mobilisation forces who had defied the prime minister's orders to withdraw just a day before now heeded the call of their leaders while some dismantled ten

hello i'm adrian finnigan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up north korea's leader talks of a new strategic weapon and says the u.s. needs to stop its hostile policy. a desperate battle into the new year to save homes and lives in australia the military on standby as lightning starts even more bushfires. and stepping into a new decade across the world the year 2020 is ushered in with a spectacular celebration. the u.s. has flown marine reinforcements into its iraqi embassy after angry protesters tried to storm the compound president donald trump is blaming iran but it still night any pawson is this widespread anger of a u.s. air strikes in iraq and syria targeting the hezbollah brigades an iranian backed group serious about a full team begins our coverage with this report from iraq's capital. angry and determined they marched across the river tigris through unmanned checkpoints into the heart of the fortified green zone thousands of members of the iranian backed populum over. forces and their supporters surrounded the compound of the u.s. embassy to deliver a stern warnin

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera hundreds of thousands of iranians are paying their respects to a military commander customs of the money that was assassinated in a u.s. airstrike in iraq on friday his body arrived in the iranian city of was a short time ago lisa live pictures from the procession the funeral marks the beginning of several days of mourning for cinema in iran was is considered one of the most important places for iran's revolutionary guards and it's and he could force sort of money for it in the provinces during the iran iraq war when overnight there were several rocket attacks across iraq targets included baghdad's heavily fortified green zone and an iraqi air base where the raw u.s. troops diplomatic efforts are underway to try and resolve the growing crisis where u.s. president donald trump a sent a series of tweets warning iran against taking any retaliate reaction to the killing of somali trump says his country will hit $52.00 iranian sites if iran targets americans favoritism to has more from washington d.c.

but i'm not c'mon he said i'll be you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. house of representatives approved a non-binding bill to limit president trump's ability to attack iran without congressional approval. russia and turkey announce a cease fire in syria's last rebel stronghold and. we will. all malays here releases recordings that appear to show its former leader covering up corruption. iran's denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash near tehran on wednesday it's calling the allegations against them psychological warfare the video posted by the new york times does appear to show the moment a missile hit the plane near tehran's airport the video shows a small explosion on the aircraft was reportedly struck but the jet did not immediately explode the plane continued flying for several minutes and turned back towards the port. on fire alan fischer has more. this was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near tehran security cameras captured the dramatic moment of impact on the ground 176 people die

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hello i'm adrian from the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. north korea's leader talks of a new strategic weapon and says the u.s. needs to stop its hostile policy to revive stalled. the desperate battle into the new year to save homes and lives in australia the military is on standby as lightning starts more bush files. i connick drops at times square in new york to ring in 20 times. the u.s. has flown a team of marines into its iraqi embassy after protests tried to storm the compound president donald trump is blaming iran for the violence but teheran has denied being involved there's widespread anger of a u.s. airstrikes in iraq and in syria targeting the hezbollah brigades and it rainy and backed group to serious about a full team reports now from iraq's capital. oh stay angry and determined they marched across the river tigris through unmanned checkpoints into the heart of the fortified green zone thousands of members of the iranian backed popular mobilization forces and their supporters surrounded the compound of the u.s. embassy to deliv

matheson this is all just here a live from doha also coming up hundreds of migrants enter guatemala to join a rapidly growing caravan with hopes of reaching the united states with. the. cease fire broken attacks resume on syria's it led province with at least 21 people killed. in iten nations considers setting up a monitoring mission in libya to keep an eye on any potential future cease fire. the u.s. senators last fall proceedings for the impeachment trial of president donald trump house democrats read the charges and congress triggering the legal process the trial which donald trump has denounced as a condo by the democrats is going to start next week i did joe castro as more from washington for. the ceremony laden impeachment trial of president donald trump is now underway theory. all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment donald j. trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that. using the powers of his high office president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government ukraine in the 2020 united states presidential election john roberts the c

for the bacteria watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming out one sided spanish simians react with anger and dismissed doll prompts ripples middle east peace plan the. syrian government forces to seize a crucial town from rebels in adly province that sits on a major highway. and protests in khartoum as a u.a.e. security company is accused of sending young sudanese men to fight in yemen and in libya. the world health organization says it will reconvene for the 3rd time in a week to decide on labeling the outbreak of corona virus an international emergency the number of people infected by the corona virus in mainland china has now surpassed levels we share in the size epidemic in 2332 people have died so far and the number of cases has jumped to nearly 6000 the 1st cases the middle east have been confirmed by the united arab emirates that means the virus has spread to at least 15 countries surrounding 5 continents. countries who have important cases they have to stop transmission some of them are doing that extremely well all of them are actually taking good action but some need some

followers are robbing you watching all just their life by headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes this is not a process for a fair trial this is the process for redress democrats accuse republicans of covering up evidence that the president abused his powers. also after months of uncertainty lebanon finally has a new government but the unrest on the streets is far from over. china warns the new coronavirus could adapt and mutate as the death toll from the illness rises to 9. trial of u.s. president donald trump past begun with senate republicans blocking democratic attempts to obtain documents and evidence in a bitter debate over proposed rules democrats accuse republicans of a cover up trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of justice sheer brutality reports on a longer opening day stretching well into the night. founders trusted the senate to rise above short term passions at the last moment senate majority leader mitch mcconnell altered his proposed rules for the impeachment trial gome was the possibility that the evidence collected during the vari

from doha santamaria continuing coverage here on al-jazeera of events out of the gulf the u.s. aviation authority has banned u.s. airlines from flying over parts of the region. also the iranian military chief whose death sparked the escalation between the u.s. and iran is money being laid to rest. there is a lot of fear and anxiety just worry about what's to come and why the death and the assassination of course until the money has caused fear for iranian american communities in the u.s. . coming from the gulf everyone's just past 7 am here in doha as it is in baghdad it is 7 30 am in teheran it is 11 pm in washington d.c. on come all santamaria continuing coverage of developments out of the region this weapons day the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at u.s. iraqi facilities in iraq this is at least 2 bases we're talking about one is in erbil the other is the. base in anbar province also iran's revolutionary guard has issued a warning to other u.s. allies in the region and that includes israel saying they will be attacked if their countri

hour how could a taliban offer for a brief ceasefire in afghanistan kick off a new peace talks in doha. an alarm over an unprecedented food shortage in southern africa severe weather and economic turmoil being blamed. for. palau the rain has come as you know and it's not finished now it's not all good news because the rain coming down the form of big thunderstorms hitting dry and that's had a fire and it doesn't necessarily soak in to the ground so they get repeated showers it's cooldowns more rain to come and the fires will be quenched to some degree in new south wales the rain might also cause flooding in fact it has already caused some flooding but as long as it's collected i suppose that's good news and this is the forecast for friday so showers potentially there all the way from east victoria through most of new south wales and right up through queensland and on shore breeze keeps it cooler temperatures nowhere that high in the interior they're approaching 40 on that is in perth there are 2900 russia has it west australia to what has happened to change things that's just a change

player watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the back also coming up iran's president obama says that everyone involved in the ukrainian plane tragedy will be punished in the uk to volcanic tremors wrong course of a philippines has caused water evacuated up to a 1000000 people. thank you very much for joining us turkey's president for a ship type writer one has criticised the breakdown in talks on a permanent ceasefire in libya he accused warlord highly for have to are of caught a running away after negotiations ended in moscow with no deal and he says turkey won't hesitate to teach him a lesson if he continues his attacks. after are the leader of the coup refused to sign the peace agreement despite the fact he was initially willing the tripoli government accept the deal our role now in the role of the russians is not to deny our efforts we must keep our promise through to the end but the conditions made by hafter made it clear how he want to things and made it clear that he was only working for his own gain ignoring everything that was not in his own interests. now we have

you're watchining al jazeera lie from our headquarters here in doha.lso coming up, homes in ruins, the aftermath of devastating bushfires in a straight you. seeps --prime minister seeks immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases. violence and arrest as protesters in hong kong begin the new year with another massive arrest. -- another massive protest. ♪ supporters and members of anaren back group have withdrawn from the u.s. embassy compound -- compound in baghdad after two days -- after a two day siege. leaders of the popular mobilization forces ordered them to leave, but as a condition, they want a >> parliament to vote on a timeline of withdrawal of foreign forces. protesters angry about airstrikes that killed at least 27 people. earlier on wednesday the crowd threw rocks and lit fires outside the compound. iran supreme leader has condemned the u.s. -- condemned the airstrikes and says tehran will defend itself if threatened. the u.s. dispatched an extra 750 troops to the region following the protest. president donald trump threatened to ret

temporary ceasefire in afghanistan of up to 10 days it's being seen as an opportunity to restart talks in doha between the 2 that president trump called dead in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u.s. has said a reduction in violence would see forces pull out in return for security guarantees to stay with us on al-jazeera when i want east has a woman on the asia pacific region. trade tensions could crop global economic growth by the 1.8 percent we bring in the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in for example china be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera. under tories highway cuts through the central the need state of much of the. day and nice cool low cost band pimped the doors is as close to choose to passing motorists in many cases the customers are denying that i believe is a clear cut case of he and me off because. our hidden cameras revealed girls as young as 10 being offered to clients by the roadside factor. in this exclusive investigation one o one east exposes the indian villages with pare

and how he's seen and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. supporters and members of an iran backed militia pull back from the u.s. embassy in baghdad but they still want foreign troops out of iraq. dramatic rescue a strangely.

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because it'll be here in doha with the top stories from al-jazeera after a 2 day siege of the u.s. embassy compound in iraq protest as backing a pro iranian group of now withdrawn on one condition they want parliament to vote on a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops from iraq similar 14 reports from baghdad . they left just as they had arrived a day earlier determined and angry but also pleased that they had managed to deliver a message to the us supporters of the iranian backed popular mobilization forces who had defied the prime minister's orders to withdraw just a day before now heeded the call of their leaders while some dismantled tents and ferried away supplies used to camp the night out the more defiant ones staged a final showdown in front of the embassy gates burning tires and flags to the sounds of anti-american slogans usa was let out of from our country we don't. we can't brought that to ourselves mordaunt real we are fighters who hurt out. killed ourselves road them ran through. the attack on the u.s. embassy was sparked by the latest u.s. strikes against hez

on canal santamaria again here in doha with the headlines in iran is denying accusations that a missilestrike caused the crash of ukrainian jets ran on weapon state foreign leaders including those from the u.s. u.k. and canada say intelligence suggests the plane was downed by an iranian missile wolf must beg in teheran. government has accused the united states of lying about the plane crash and spokesman government spokesman ali roby now he said the united states administration and its friends knowingly or unknowingly are rubbing salt in the wounds of the families of the victims they said they ran said the committee has been formed the investigation has been conducted to international standards and regulations and inviting boeing any country whose citizens have died in this crash to come and join the investigation other headlines in the u.s. house of representatives has passed a non-binding bill to limit president trump's ability to take military action against iran that resolution passed to 24 to 194 just 3 republicans voted in support of it while 8 democrats opposed the measure house

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i'm stan grant in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the spokesman for iran's foreign ministry says iran is not pursuing war but is prepared for anything about moussavi spoke just moments ago in tehran he said iran is disappointed by u.s. president donald trump remarks and the country will respond to any threats and solve the said iran has not yet decided whether to accept the a use in the station to brussels to discuss the escalating tensions. no one can tell iran what to do or what not to do the determination and the intention of any kind of retaliation remains with the government of the islamic republic of iran foreign delegations have been in constant contact with mr zarif the nature of the situation is that we want to bring to a very attention how important the issue is for us as a nation. joins us now live from tehran and also just take us or what else that had to say. well he said that iran has written to the united nations security council and the secretary general of voicing their condemnation that's what has happened the assassination of general costs and so the money also

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera supporters and members of the iranian backed popular mobilisation forces who've gathered outside the u.s. embassy in iraq have been ordered to leave by their leadership that's according to al-jazeera sources earlier they threw rocks and set fires outside the building security personnel inside responded by firing tear gas president donald trump blames a rom for the protests but terror on has denied any involvement as anger over the recent u.s. airstrikes in iraq and syria targeting the hezbollah brigades the u.s. has deployed marine reinforcements to secure the embassy but some of the fulton has more now from the iraqi capital. it's pretty clear from the events yesterday and also today that it was the popular mobilisation forces and their leadership who were calling the shots what is difficult to say is how much support these events had from the iraqi government of course in the public domain we heard statements from prime minister condemning the attack on the u.s. embassy in asking for those cro

i'm about to send in doha the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's threatened sanctions against iraq after its parliament voted to expel all foreign troops from the country the bill backed by the outgoing prime minister the lucky is nonbinding and still needs the approval of the government but follows the assassination of senior iranian general for the money in a u.s. airstrike in iraq well john hundreds joining us live now from washington d.c. john what more has the president been saying. well the president was very negative about the iraqi vote he said we have an extraordinarily expensive air base it's there meaning iraq at a lot of cost billions of dollars to build long before my time we're not leaving unless they pay us back for it now also threatened to levy sanctions against iraq not just iran he said those sanctions would make the sanctions against iran pale by comparison and then he doubled down on his threat to attack iranian cultural sites if iran were to retaliate for the assassination of hans and. mr salonica. mr

hello i'm adrian figure and this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. iran appears to be standing down donald trump seeks to dial down tension after iranian strikes on an iraqi air base hosting u.s. forces the u.s. president says he wants world powers to negotiate a new nuclear deal. iran's president says the real revenge for the assassination of its top general will be to push america out of the region. a ukrainian airliner crashes minutes after takeoff in iran all 176 people on board are killed. and barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including e.u. chief arsal of underlaying says the u.k. is that line for breaks it for make a full deal impossible as she meets u.k. prime minister johnson in london. and i'm far and smile have all the day's top sports story thing clearing le bron james leads the l.a. lakers to a big win over the new york knicks for their 6 story picturing. us president ronald trump says that iran appears to be standing down after a series of a strike some iraqi military bases hosting u.s. troops the strikes were in

but i'm rob matheson and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws so help you god i do as the impeachment trial against president donald trump officially begins that our new revelations about his alleged efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival. broken attacks resume on syria's ablett province with at least 21 people killed. a new migrants caravan is building in guatemala and it's expected to get bigger with people hoping to reach the u.s. . the united nations considers setting up a monitoring mission in libya to keep an eye on any potential future cease fire. i mean again this news in the united states where the senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of president donald trump as democrats have read the charges in congress what set in motion the legal process the trial which donald trump has denounced as a condo by the democrats is going to start next week i did jocasta reports from capitol hill. the ceremony laden impeachment trial of presi

hello i'm adrian said again and this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes libyan wardle khalifa haftar holds talks with turkey's regional rival greece ahead of sunday's peace summit in berlin. with. calls for unity and condemnation of western powers iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini delivers his 1st friday sermon in 8 years. growing anger at the government's inability to stop attacks by armed groups. as they were flies over the volcano in the philippines getting a bird's eye view of the threat posed by the rumbling craze. smile have all the day's sport including carlos sanford's one madame car rally the spaniard winning the world's highest profile off-road rally for 8 every time. so we begin with the diplomatic moves ahead of a summit in berlin on sunday to try to end libya's civil war the warlord khalifa haftar has met with the prime minister of greece turkey's main regional rival but a country that's been excluded from the summit russia and turkey who support opposite sides in the conflict will be at the conference which will try to end the fighting between how

hello i'm adrian figure and this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes fighting against a spreading virus china restricts the movement of tens of millions of dollars a new hospital in will harm be built within a week. huge crowds come out in iraq's capital after a senior cleric calls for a protest against u.s. military presence. 10 newborns die in one south african hospital in just 2 months the mothers one aunt says. i'm touching partly in paris where the sun fashion design is sustainability is more than a fashion statement. and in sports arena well you will suffer as a shock defeat at the australian open the 23 time grand slam champion is not down in the 3rd round by china's kang wang. china is taking drastic measures to try to contain the outbreak of a deadly new virus as hundreds of millions of people prepare to celebrate the lunar new year at least $26.00 people have died and more than 8 $130.00 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed but health authorities fear the infection rate could saw during what is normally china's busiest travel period of the year but th

. ♪ rob: this is al jazeera live from doha.undreds of migrants into guatemala joining a rapidly grgrowing caravan hopining to rh ththe unit states. cease fire broken, tax resume on idlib -- a tax resume on idlib province with at least 20 one people killed. the united nations consider setting up a monitoring mission in libya to keep an eye out any intentional future cease-fires. u.s. senator senators launch formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of president donald trump. house democrats read the charges in congress, triggering the legal process. the trial, which donald trump has denounced as a con job by the democrats, is going to start next week. here is more from washington. the ceremony laden impeachment trial of president donald trump is now underway. all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. >> donald j. trump has abuse the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2020 united states

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a send off from iran's most powerful the supreme leader leads prayers for the assassinated commodity solomonic as huge crowds packed the streets. iraq's caretaker prime minister tells the u.s. ambassador that both countries should work together on withdrawing american troops . and the nato secretary general against altenburg calls on iran to avoid further violence and provocations. also ahead forces loyal to libyan warlord khalifa haftar to take control of one of the largest military bases in the country. sports. fans who made racist chants towards mario balotelli and on the field christiane or another starts the new year in style with a hat trick for you the interest in city are. huge crowds of packed the streets of iran's capital tehran for the funeral of military commander kasim solomonic the general was assassinated on friday by u.s. airstrike in iraq prayers were led by the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei whose promised revenge al jazeera has said big reports from tehran. nation in mournin

and doha the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization says it's too early to declare an outbreak of chronic virus a global emergency china's government now says 25 people have died and more than 800 people have been infected 5 cities are under lockdown and brown has more from hong kong but 1st china's government won't people against traveling to high on the epicenter of the virus now a day later it's gone a step further and banned all travel to and from the city 11000000 people are effectively living in quarantine many people fled to han before the ban took effect on verified pictures posted on social media shows signs of panic among those who stayed behind a hospital in the city where face masks are now reportedly being rationed now the ban on public transport has been extended to other cities in central china. or miracle that is. arriving in hong kong passengers from one of the last flights out of. silent by choice the incubation period for the virus last up to 10 days doctors say it's therefore possible that some of them could be carrying a silent killer after returni

i'm kinda telling doha the top stories on al-jazeera one of basketball's greatest players kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in california tributes are pouring in from the sporting world and beyond some how much has more. for 2 decades kobe bryant rose above every challenge that came his way in boston bulls in the t.v. the n.b.a. one of the game's all time greats he spent his entire career with the los angeles lakers winning the n.b.a. championship in 5 occasions bryant also won to him to gold medals for the united states. is a giant in the sports world it goes far beyond the n.b.a. goals for far beyond basketball he is a world wide giant in sports. is hard pressed to fly anymore and it doesn't know kobe 'd he was bigger than life he is one of the biggest most well know in the 8 players of all time after michael jordan he is one of the players that made the n.b.a. into a global school into going into this 'd next situation. after excel ing on the court at high school in philadelphia bryant opted to skip college and find his 1st n.b.a. contract 8 just 17 at the time of p