elephant oh hi everyone i'm kemal santamaria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera explosions in baghdad and warnings of attacks on u.s. bases the fallout continues after the assassination of iranian come on the custom so many diplomats are trying to bring the deepening crisis under control company has sent its foreign minister to meet iran's leader is also in the news forces loyal to the libyan war khalifa haftar.

i'm kemal santamaria here in doha with continuing coverage on al-jazeera all of the latest developments out of the gulf the u.s. aviation off already has banned u.s. airlines from flying over parts of the region. also the iranian military chief whose death sparks the escalation and tension between the u.s. is being laid to rest in iran.

from doha i'm kemal santamaria and this is the world news from al-jazeera. protesters demanding more democracy in hong kong bring in the new year in defiance promising to keep up the pressure. scenes of widespread destruction in australia where firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of bushfires and the weather is not helping and we speak to the daughter of angola's former leader who is now accused of corruption charges she says are politically much. so supporters of iranian backed groups have now left the fortified green zone of the iraqi capital where they've been surrounding the u.s. embassy they were responding to an order by leaders of the popular mobilization forces but earlier on wednesday the crowds were there throwing rocks setting fires once again outside the compound angry over sunday's airstrikes by the united states on the hezbollah brigade scams that killed at least 27 fighters in addition iran's supreme leader ayatollah how many condemned the u.s. strikes and warned tehran will defend itself if threatened it will be as you know me i get

but doha everyone i'm kemal santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera the libyan warlord khalifa haftar us forces say they have taken the town of sirte an important gain in their battle battle for the capital tripoli. and then as south korea's dirt springs we look at young people trapped in the lowest social class despite being highly educated. so the u.s. defense secretary has had to clarify that there has been no decision to pull troops out of iraq. and other military figures set the record straight after a draft letter from the top general was in their words mistakenly circulated the confusion followed a vote to iraq's parliament pushing for all foreign forces to go after the assassination of the top iranian command the cost and so many iraqis also urging the united nations security council to condemn the killing of so the money and militia leader who died alongside him and while some of his coffin has arrived in his hometown of kind of man he will be laid to rest later on tuesday there the supreme leader ayatollah hominidae wept as he led the funeral prayer a day earlier in t

from doha everyone i'm kemal santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera russia and turkey have announced a ceasefire in syria's problems after months of worsening violence. also india's top court hears petitions on the constitutionality of the kashmir lockdown imposed by the indian government. and australian authorities order another mass evacuation is the bushfire crisis worsens we'll have a live update from the south wales. surrounds denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash an attacker on wednesday is calling allegations against them psychological warfare however the video posted by the new york times does appear to show the moment a missile hit the plane. whatever watch small explosion there when the airliner was apparently struck but the jet didn't immediately explode in fact it kept flying for several minutes it turned back towards teheran airport while it was on fire we'll start with this report from alan fischer. this was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near toronto security cameras captured the dramatic moment of im

hello i'm kemal santamaria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week australia mining and climate change. this is called die before i do. that was australia's prime minister 3 years ago and after 30 years of uninterrupted economic growth thanks to the extraction industry he would say that but now with the president of bushfires is it time to rethink its trade his dependence on coal. and the thing is it can be done despite a battered economy and social unrest is standing by its ambitious promise to go carbon neutral by the year 2015 and we're looking at lebanon's economic and political paralysis is the country ready to devalue its currency as it seeks the support of the international monetary fund. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament as a peculiar form of show and tell you can be sure of a couple of things one that call means a lot to the country's fortunes and 2 there is going to be some controversy about it and so it is in australia where prime minister scott morrison went into bat for the country

but from joe hockey when i'm kemal santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera the u.s. defense department said it's mistakenly sent out a letter suggesting troops will be withdrawn from iraq also the libyan warlord khalifa haftar us forces say they've taken the city of sirte an important gain in their battle for the can for the capital tripoli. and then as south korea's students will look at the young people trapped in the lowest social class despite being highly educated. so huge crowds are gathering in the iranian city of for the final funeral procession for general. the top military commander who was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike on friday it is solemn on his hometown he will be laid to rest there in the coming hours signaling the end of 3 days of emotionally charged proceedings force ultimately he was revered by millions of iranians many of whom are now calling for revenge on monday the supreme leader ayatollah ali president hassan rouhani led prayers in his. bag is with us from tehran to talk about some of the you know aside all the commentary here coming fro

i'm kemal santamaria here in doha with continuing coverage on al-jazeera all of the latest developments out of the gulf the u.s. aviation or thora he has banned u.s. airlines from flying over parts of the region. also the iranian military chief whose death sparks the escalation in tension between the u.s. is being laid to rest in iran. there is a lot of fear and anxiety and just worry about what's to come and what customs in amman his assassination is cause fear among iranian americans in the united states . it's just going to tell you i'm in baghdad 830 in teheran it is midnight in washington d.c. i'm kemal santa maria following developments here on al-jazeera out of the gulf this wednesday the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at 2 iraqi air bases which host u.s. forces this is in response to the assassination of the iranian general qassam so the money it was killed in a u.s. drone strike on friday it's the analysts that air base in anbar province which was hit also another air base in erbil was targeted no wood yet on any casualties but iran's re

elephant oh hi everyone i'm kemal santamaria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera explosions in baghdad and warnings of attacks on u.s. bases the fallout continues after the assassination of iranian commander customs although many diplomats are trying to bring the deepening crisis under control qatar has sent its foreign minister to meet iran's leader is also in the news forces loyal to the libyan warlord khalifa haftar launched airstrikes on a military academy killing at least 30 people and the daytime sky darkens to an eerie blood red in australia after another day of destructive bushfires like into an atomic bomb. so there have been rocket attacks in and around baghdad after those u.s. drone strikes which killed iran's top military command the qassam salomone in iraq 48 hours ago no one exploded in the heavily fortified green zone near the american embassy also the brigades that pro iran military group is warning iraqi forces to stay away from u.s. bases also grief and rage have filled the streets of baghdad and the shia holy cities of karbala and najaf we've seen these sorts

of doha everyone kemal santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera greece israel and cyprus all expected to sign a pipeline agreement at all with turkey and libya's plans in the same area also taiwan's top military officer is among 8 people killed in a helicopter crash and flooding in indonesia's capital force's thousands of people from their homes and leaves behind a trail of destruction.